Los Cerritos Community News Feb. 19, 2010

By Jerry Bernstein

Cerritos College has received a $100,000 grant from Southern California Edison [SCE] in supports of the college’s green job training program.

“The funding will help our students receive valuable training in the new ever-emerging green jobs, stimulate the econ-omy and save the environment,” said Dr. Linda Lacy, Cerritos College President/superintendent.

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Accepting a symbolic check in the amount of $100,000 is [l-r] Cerritos College Presi-dent Dr. Linda Lacy from California Edison ‘s Public Affairs Regional Manager Connie Turner, and Manager of Community Involvement Tammy Tumbling. Looking on is Cer-ritos College Foundation Executive Director Steve Richardson. The grant is in support of the colleges green job training programs.

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ABCUSD facing ABCUSD facing $6.5 million deficit $6.5 million deficit $6.5 million deficit $6.5 million deficit $6.5 million deficit for new fiscal yearfor new fiscal yearfor new fiscal yearfor new fiscal yearReduction proposal plan includes increasing class sizes, laying off 59 teachers and 14 administrative personnel, eliminating district-wide activities, and charging a fee for high school sports transportation.

By Jerry Bernstein

Facing at $6.5 million budget deficit for the fiscal year 2010-11 members of the ABC School Board were told by Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts at its Feb. 16 meeting that the District faced drastic cuts in the service it provides to its students.

In a report to the Board, District Finance Director Toan Nguyen said for the past two years the state has cut education funding by $11.5 billion. To ABC, this has meant a reduction of $28.3 million. If statutory COLA [Cost of Living] is included the total is $46 million. The District now faces another $4.5 million in cuts. Couple that with increases in health insurance costs and an anticipated decline in attendance, and ABC faces a total deficit of $6.5 million.

Dr. Smuts said the District was at a point that it was not going to be able to provide all the services it has done in the past. “We’re at a turning point,” he asserted.

Nguyen reviewed 20 budget reduction options for the Board’s consideration. They included:

•Continue four furlough days for a saving of $2,160,000. He said this would be for one year and would have to be negotiated.

•Transfer of $1,500,000 categorical funds into the general fund. He said the state has approved 20 categorical-funded programs where this is permissible.

•Transfer from health benefits workers compensation funds, $500,000.

•Transfer from Adult Education Fund an additional $500,000.

•Reduce instructional year, 540,000.

La Palma City Council discusses infrastructure planCouncil also talks about progress on Orange County human relations.

By Larry Caballero

At its regular meeting Feb. 2 the La Palma City Council viewed a Power Point presentation by Harris & Associates Mike Kapanpour who provided an update on the City’s 2009-10 Pavement Management Program. “The reason for pavement management is quite clear,” said Kapanpour. “Pay now…or much more later.” He told the Council that applying a cost effective treatment to the streets is a solution the City needed to consider.

The Council agreed and had already budgeted $700,000 for improvements to the streets south of Orangethorpe, north of Houston, and between Moody and Walker. The priority of maintenance will be determined by condition and by City zones. La Palma’s streets are currently divided into seven zones

Overall, Kapanpour felt that the City-wide pavement condition is quite good, although there is always room for improvement, especially on streets such as Conifer Drive and Tiara Lane. He recommended a $316,000 annual funding for pavement rehabilitation of arterial streets and encouraged the City to continue re-inspecting arterials and residential streets every five years.

The council was also informed on the progress of Orange County Human Relations goals. Although Executive Director Rusty Kennedy has stated in the past that OC Human Relations was witnessing “a deteriorating civility in our neighborhoods and increasing threats of violence to individuals who may appear different,” California State University,

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Brave folks: Back row: Councilmembers Barrows, Chen, Cho, Lee, and Edwards, Depu-ties Jason Jones, Frank Cordova & Anthony Morga. Front/middle: William & Kathleen Kooiman, LAPD Officer Alvaro Garzon, LA County Recreation Services Supervisor Angel Baltazar, Security Guard Aaron White, Cerritos resident Carlos Rubio and Deputy Raul Marquez. Tony Whitfield also assisted, but was unable to make it for the photo.

Council honors group who rescued women from burning car

“We will invest the Edison grant with the California Community College Schol-arship Endowment which will allow us to receive an additional $50,000 march from the Bernard Osher Foundation,” said Cer-ritos College Foundation Executive Direc-tor Steve Richardson. “It will help more students with financial need who are inter-ested in green job training.”

The grant is part of She’s $1 million Green Jobs Education Initiative, which funds sustainable or green education and

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The Arts are an essential part of public education. From dance and music to theatre and the visual arts, the arts give children a unique means of expression, capturing their passions and emotions, and allowing them to explore new ideas, subject matter, and cultures. They bring us joy in every aspect of our lives.

Arts education not only enhances stu-dents' understanding of the world around them, but it also broadens their perspec-tive on traditional academics. The arts give us the creativity to express ourselves, while challenging our intellect. The arts integrate life and learning for all students and are integral in the development of the whole person.

Whitney High School's performing arts program exposes students to theater, dance, music and other forms of art. The biggest obstacle the performing arts pro-gram at Whitney faces is a lack of perfor-mance space. The school has no theatre, so literally tens of thousands of dollars are spent each year renting auditoriums for performances.

Consider this against the backdrop of

the entertainment industry, which is the best known industry in the region. Los Angeles has a share of 45% of the total US entertainment employment. The region has seen over a 30% growth in employment in the entertainment industry over the last decade. When a film journalist once asked 'American Beauty' director Sam Mendes whether he would like to work in 3-D (like James Cameron in Avatar), his simple answer was - "I already do - it's called theater". This answer sums up the power of theater, which is a form of art.

Although primarily known as a school that is focused on academics, Whitney High School offers more performance opportunities than any other school in the ABC District.

The parent group, The Whitney Foundation for Educational Excellence, is currently raising funds to help build a media arts center/auditorium for the school by hosting “Casino Royale,” a din-ner and dance at the Holiday Inn Select in La Mirada on Saturday, March 20th from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. For more info, call (562) 926-5566 ext. 22302.

By Helen M. Brown

Have you been a victim of CyberCrime, or the ever-growing threat of Identity Theft? If not, you have been fortunate as it is much easier than any of us realize, ac-cording to LASD Detectives Mark Chris-tiansen and Rajean Holloway from the Norwalk Station.

W i t h approxi -m a t e l y 90% of American h o u s e -holds now having at least one computer, s m a r t c r i m i -nals, aka hackers , no longer have to go ‘ D u m p -ster Div-ing’ to get access to your personal infor-mation. With hi-tech gadgetry, most of which is readily available at your local Radio Shack, they can learn most of what they need from the comfort of their own homes.

Detective Holloway enumerated some valuable tips in his talk; check your credit rating regularly. The three major credit

check companies each allow one free check per year. Another tip was not to check all three companies at one time, space it out. It was suggested you check our your rating with one company in January, another com-pany in May, and the third check around September. In this way, you are able to keep a much closer watch on your rating. Also

you should check you bank ac-count ev-eryday if you bank online.

He also suggested to cross-shred all your junk mail as well as any important papers you have to discard. Norwalk City Clerk

Theresa Devoy suggested that before you dispose of the shredded documents in a plastic trash bag, add water. In this way, everything is effectively water-damaged.

A delicious luncheon was catered by Ramon Fuentes of Rosewoods Family Restaurant located at Norwalk Square on Pioneer. Long-time member Mary Jane McIntosh sponsored this January meeting.

Contacts, a Cerritos-based business networking and referral group recently held its annual installation of officers.

Contacts meets every Wednesday from 7:15 to 8:30 at Mimi’s Café at the Cerritos Towne Center. Each membership is exclu-sive in category, with only one person or one company representing each business category.

The group offers a free breakfast and meeting to anyone that may want to consider membership in Contacts. For more information, call Diana Needham, Recruitment Chair, at (562) 926-4882. The group’s website is www.contactsnet-working.com.

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Principals for a Day honored at annual ABCUSD luncheon

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By Jerry Bernstein

Principals from the 24 schools in the ABC Unified School District and their surrogates for the day gathered at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel Feb. 4 for lunch where they compared notes about their morning activities at the school.

ABC Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts welcomed the acting prin-cipals and thanked them for taking time from the sched-ules to participate in the program. He said Principal responsibilities can include being landscape special-ists needing to know what kind of trees and plants have been installed on the school grounds. Sometimes they are psychologists or they need psychologists he quipped, with psychic’s ability to

anticipate the day’s events that may and may not happen during a school day.

They’re also sheriff’s, probation officers, secretar-ies and they also have legal responsibilities. He said he would define a principal as being a good and faith-ful friend. He also said a principal needs to know how to handle money, He said the smallest elementary school costs about $1 million to run. In so many words a princi-pal wears many hats.

School Board President Celia Spitzer also welcomed the Principals for a Day and thanked them for taking time out of their schedules to participate in the program. It’s important for you to un-derstand what is going on in the schools, classroom activity, budget problems etc. She said Dr. Smuts attended a conference in Monterey last weekend. He said most of the discussion was on the budget crisis in Sacramento and how it is affecting the schools.

“We’ve put aside some funds for a rainy day,” she said, but ABC faces diffi-cult times in the next fiscal year. We can’t make money, only the federal government can.

Carver Principal Deborah Berlyn said former Cerritos Mayor Jim Edwards took his duties seriously and was seen play-ing a game of baseball with the students. Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Victor Farfan, who was Principal of a Day at Fedde Middle School, commented the program was worthwhile and he learned a lot about today’s classroom studies. The programs they have at the school are very good. The Mayor is a graduate of the school.

The mayor stated there were a lot of great things happening at Fedde. He said the partnership Hawaiian Gardens has with the District would benefit Fedde and the District as a whole especially when the Sports Complex to be constructed at the school is built. He said it would afford Fedde with new baseball, football and soccer fields, a basketball court as well as tennis courts

Los Cerritos Center Senior Property Manager Ken Kraus, who was assigned to Bragg Elementary School, expressed amazement at the knowledge the students have about broadcasting. “I was amazed at the knowledge the students have about today’s technology at that young age,” he stated. He also pointed out the students had collected approximately 2,000 pair of shoes that will be sent to Haiti,

.Cerritos High School Principal for a Day Cerritos Sheriff Station Commander Captain Joe Gonzales said kids usually look to the star athletes at school to be their role models when they should be looking to their Principals and teachers. “I was only on the campus a few hours, but they are doing a great job,” he stated. He said from what he saw on campus Cerritos has great kids.

Deputy Superintendent Dr. Mary Sieu told the gathering, instead of giving them a cup to commemorate their day, they would receive artwork done by the

students at their schools to remember this day.

Principals for a Day included, Gustavo Lorena, Mental Health America, Los Angeles; Ken Kraus, Los Cerritos Center; Victor Manalo, Artesia Mayor Pro Tem; Jim Edwards, Cerritos City Councilmem-ber’ Chris Halverson, General Man-ager Sheraton Cerritos; Brian C. Tom,

California Educational Centers; Salvador Hodgkin, Jr., Atkinson, Anderson, Loyal, Rued & Romo; Bobby Lee, Boy Scouts of

America; Mike Gomez, Hawaiian Gardens Councilmember; Mark Frembling, BJ’s Brewery Restaurant; Marianne Hughlette, Friends of Arts Education at Cerritos Center for Performing Arts; Joe Esquivel, Lakewood Vice Mayor; Assemblyman Tony Mendoza; Steven Castillo, GST- Information Technology Solutions; Iran Tzu, District Representative California

Senator Alan Rosenthal; Allen G. Wood, Mer-riwood Management Company; John Buck, City of Lakewood; Julia Huang, Interterm Com-munications; Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Vic-tor Farfan; Nicoleta Ammar, Schools First Credit Union; Carlyn Heminger, Ross Middle School; Diana Needham, Prudential California Reality; Dr. Stephen Johnson, Cerritos Col-lege; Ron Serabi, Gen-eral Manager Hawaiian Gardens Casino; Joe A. Gonzales, Captain Cerritos Sheriff Station; Ray Potlongo, Heriff Jones, Inc.; Dr. Robert Simpson, Cypress Col-lege; Dennis Hunter, Long Beach TBV; Ron

Fritsch, Concordia University; and Dr. Shin Liu, Cerritos College.

Principals for a Day gathered together at the annual ABC luncheon held in their honor at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel following a morning where members of the business and education communities volunteered to serve as Principals for a Day at the district schools.


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Lakewood Sheriff ’s Station participating in the Sheriff ’s Department “Safe Drug Drop-Off” program

Storing unused or expired medications at home can lead to improper and illegal use if they fall into the wrong hands. Chil-dren and others may access these medica-tions from medicine cabinets and either use them inappropriately, sell them, or give to others for illegal and unintended uses.

The Sheriff’s Department is par-ticipating in the “Safe Drug Drop-Off” program to ensure that residents have a safe way to dispose of these items. The practice of flushing medicines down the drain can have an adverse impact on aquatic wildlife. Wastewater treatment plants are not able to test or treat for phar-maceuticals. Therefore, the drugs end up in our rivers, streams, lakes, groundwater systems, and oceans.

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Invitation to DisasterRe: ABCUSD teachers threatened, Principal placed on leave

Dear Editor-

Reading the article 2/12 on a Stow-ers Elementary school Principal, I can't believe the School District would suspend a Principal for calling law enforcement. I believe one of the primary responsibilities of a school Principal is the safety of the students and staff on the school campus.

It seams to me the responsible thing to do when a teacher shows up for work with blood on the clothing and makes di-rect threats to have fellow teachers killed is to call law enforcement immediately.

If there was an error in judgment by the principal it was to call the District Human Resources Department in the first place. If this is District policy it needs

to be changed. The Principal in charge should have the responsibility to protect the campus in an emergency situation.

The District Administration and School Board should not create an atmo-sphere that causes a Principal to hesitate calling law enforcement for help in an emergency.

The nightmare for our community is to have a principal hesitate calling for help and the situation ends up being a tragedy like happened in Alabama where a teacher went on the campus and killed three fellow teachers.

George RayCerritos

State of EducationRe: Education spending broken

Dear Editor:

When it comes to spending public dol-lars for education or other public services, Mr. Ara and the ABC Superintendent are wrong. The Superintendent contends education spending is broken and Califor-nia is dead last in per pupil spending. Mr. Ara says pretty much the same thing but blames the Republicans for not spending enough on education. A brief look at the facts will show that they are both wrong.

According to the most recent U.S. cen-sus survey, taken in 2007 and published in 2009, California spent an average of $9,152 per stu-dent per year and ranks 23rd in total student spending. California is closer to the national average and far from being dead last. (source: http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/07f33pub.pdf) As both the Superintendent and Mr. Ara should know there are 50 states and the number 23 is a little above the median.

To mislead the public on what California spends per student, the Su-perintendent, Mr. Ara and unions use the base revenue which does not include all the supplemental revenues the district receives per student.

If you divide the districts total revenues by the districts enrollment, a taxpayer can easily calculate the true figure. Additionally, to make the case for additional funding, it is common for Superintendents and Unions to join forces and paint the bleakest picture they can in regards to public funding of education. It is easy to see that $9,152 per student per year is not chicken feed as you can just about pay for a quality private school with this amount.

At this point you’re probably asking yourself, “what do they do with all that money and why is it that they always say they don’t get enough. A very good ques-tion indeed and you can bet that very little goes to benefit students.

New York and Washington D.C. at $16,000 and $14,000 per student per year, respectively, spend the most per student

per year and we all know how good their schools are. At about $5,000 per student, Utah is dead last and not only do their students perform better their schools look much better.

Raising taxes is not the answer.Education funding isn’t the only thing

that’s broken in the golden state. The way local Superintendents spend the funds is also very broken. During the good times a few years before the current recession, school districts were receiving funding in-creases that ranged from 3% to 6%. For a district, like ABC the increases ranged from about $5.7 million to about $10 million per year, again not chicken feed. Where did the funding go? Did any of it go to establish a rainy day fund? Well, if you dig into the public records you will find that the lion’s share went to salaries with the justification that teachers are the lowest paid of all workers in the country and state. A brief look at the data will dispel this notion.

A recent NEA survey showed that Cal-ifornia Teachers at an average of $64,000 and ranks #1 in average teacher salaries. ABC pays its top teachers over $90,000 per year. These numbers easily surpass what an average taxpayer earns per year.

And the excess of public funding doesn’t stop there. Our Superintendents and other district office administrators are perhaps among the best paid in the nation. The last time the school district received a 6% raise, the Superintendent and the Union agreed that the equitable thing to do is do give everyone a 6% raise.

At the time the Superintendent was earning about $200,000 and his raise came to about $12,000 per year.

The lowest paid workers in a district average about $30,000 per year so their increase is about $1,800. The Superinten-dent banks an additional $12,000 over six times more than the lowest paid worker and calls it equity for all. Eventually, the Superintendent’s salary was increased to about $240,000 per year not includ-ing benefits with the justification that he was one of the lowest paid in the state. If that’s low, I wonder what the others are earning. This is something the public re-ally needs to check into.

Of course, all Assistant Superintendent salaries were increased commensurately to about $200,000 plus per year. Not bad for being among the lowest paid in the state. How much of the increases went toward student spending on curriculum, technol-ogy, reducing class size and a rainy day fund. You guessed it, very little or non at all.

And, if you think private retirement packages are generous, check this out. Educators after 30 years of service receive 2.4% for each year of service. This would mean that a Superintendent with only 30 years of service would earn 72% of his peak salary and earn a retirement of $172,000 per year for life. Assistant Su-perintendents with 30 years would receive $144,000 per year for life. Most admin-

istrators retire with more than 30 years of service and actually get to the point were they earn more in retirement than they did working. Who pays for most of this? You guessed it, Joe Taxpayer.

Generous Administrative salaries and retirement packages aren’t the only thing broken in public education funding. The general philosophy in spending seems to be, “spend it all and more if you can, that way you can justify that you don’t get enough”. Little or no effort is made to spend public funds wisely.

Our Governor recently proposed that district office staffs be cut in order to provide more funding at the school level. I’m the first to agree that he is not the perfect governor but I do believe he knows where most of the money is going. Yes, education funding isn’t the only thing that’s broken and in light of the waste and abuse of public funding, raising taxes isn’t the solution it’s the problem, as people that pay higher taxes have less to spend on consumer goods and spending on con-sumer goods is the single best way to get the economy moving again.

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La Traviata translates: Tragic love at CerritosBy Glen Creason

It might be appropriate that Teatro Lirico D’Europa staged the great Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” on lover’s weekend at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Like many well aimed cupid’s darts and valentine sentiments La Traviata starts with grand hope but ends in a heap of re-grets and sorrow. While love may be di-vine and the bond between Violetta and Al-fredo seems eternal, the soap opera-esque intrigues that keep them apart in this life end up making a grand statement of fidel-ity but then again somebody is dead at the final curtain. Based on the Alexandre Du-mas novel and first performed in 1853 “La Traviata” or “the Fallen Woman” has been causing fans to dab at their eyes with han-kies since California was four years old. Originally this opera was scandalous be-cause it portrayed a courtesan in a sympa-thetic light but even in 2010 the story man-ages to place audiences firmly in Violetta’s corner after her misuse by men. Despite the agonizing d’amor the music and sing-ing along with dazzling costumes make for a rewarding day at the old operatic heart-break hotel.

This company has visited Cerritos sev-eral times before and the principals are all top drawer to match the memorable arias contained in this most popular work. On this night those singers who spend an inor-dinate time performing were soprano Sne-jana Dramcheva as the tragic Violetta and tenor Igor Borko as the sadly misled Al-fredo. Ms. Dramcheva was especially im-pressive in this monumentally demanding role that sees her singing throughout the two and a half hours of the unraveling of her undoing. Set in Paris and Provence but taking place in ballrooms and bedrooms

La Traviata starts with the hopeful admo-nition “yes, life is made for pleasure!” As a matter of fact the first aria sung in Act 1 is a drinking song “Brindisi: Libiamo” fol-lowed by Alfredo’s song of adoration “Un di Felice” followed by Violetta’s hopeful “Ah fors’e lui” that wonders if he could be the man of her dreams.

In Act II the happy couple is cohabi-tating blissfully but in opera bliss is often obliterated, as is this state by the father of Alfredo who fears the breakup of his fami-ly because of this tryst. Baritone Peter Da-nailov was excellent in the thankless role of the father and indeed his “Dite alla gio-vine” is the persuader that moves Violetta to make the ultimate sacrifice for her love. While she pretends to leave him for her former lover she suffers terribly as heard in “Amami Alfredo” that demonstrated some of the soprano’s finest singing.

Of course, there is a confrontation at a ball, recriminations, the ache of lost love, warnings of revenge and opera is opera. In the final scene the anguish of this part-ing has taken the consumptive Violetta to death’s door and even after Alfredo’s fa-ther has told his son the truth of Violetta’s parting with him they cannot save her at the sad end.

Yet when the scales are made to fall from Alfredo’s eyes and he is finally re-united with his beloved Violetta and they sing “Parigi, o cara” there has not been a dry eye in the house for the last one hun-dred and fifty plus years.

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Cerritos Ford18900 Studebaker Road(562) 405-3500

Lexus of Cerritos18800 Studebaker Road(562) 865-7447

Power Toyota Cerritos18700 Studebaker Road(562) 860-6561

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Cerritos Dodge18803 Studebaker Road(562) 402-5335

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Norm Reeves Honda18500 Studebaker Road(562) 345-9100

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1st CEB Adoption Committee hosts 1st annual Aloha Bowlathon

The community is invited to partici-pate in a fund raising Bowlathon to be held on Saturday, March 13th at AMF Cerritos Lanes, 18810 Carmenita Rd starting at 1pm to benefit the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion from Camp Pendleton. adopted by the City of Cerritos. Entry

fee to bowl is $25 which includes 2 games of bowl-ing, shoes, ball, and goody bag.

Business owners can also support this fund raiser by spon-soring a lane for either $50 or $25.

Their business name will be displayed on a sign mounted on a scoring machine, distributed in a handout to participants, and listed on a large poster for all to see. Non bowlers can sponsor a Marine with a donation. Clubs, groups and families can form their own teams. Call early to reserve your lane. For information, call Joanne Witt 562-860-2036 or Dorothy Owen 562-926-1092. Come out and cheer for our teams and meet our Marines.

All proceeds benefit the Marines of 1st CEB from Camp Pendleton. The Adoption Committee ships care packages to the Marines stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq filled with comfort items not readily available, as well as honoring one Meritorious Marine each month with a proclamation and entertaining weekend in Cerritos.


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Local Soroptimists are hard at work on their Monte Carlo Night, “Springtime in Paris,” which will be held on Satur-day, March 6, 2010, at the Cerritos Cen-ter for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $75 each. The evening, which features gaming, raffles and a delicious dinner provided by Turnip Rose Catering, is the organization’s major fundraiser of the

year. Money raised at the event goes to support local charities (including Su Casa Shelter for battered women and children and Family Guidance Center which pro-vides counseling for needy local families) and scholarship programs geared to help-ing women who are going back into the workplace to better support themselves and their children.

“We’re very excited about the eve-ning,” co-chairperson Ivana Royse said. “It’s always a lot of fun for the folks who attend. We go out of our way to provide fabulous food, fun gaming, and great raf-fle prizes for everyone. Soroptimists are well known for throwing a great party.”

“And this year we’re trying to add a little Ooh-la-la for a very good cause,” co-chair Marcia Verkaik added. “But we de-pend on the local community to make it a big success,” third co-chair Billie Thorn-ton explained. “Without them, the event simply can’t happen. We need commu-nity members to donate sponsorships or prizes.”

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“Every item donated, whether large or small, is greatly appreciated,” Marcia Verkaik explained. “And in these difficult economic times we really need communi-ty members to open their hearts and their pocketbooks for local families who might otherwise do without valuable services.”

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•Increase class size K-3 from 22 to 24 [Reduce staffing by 19 teachers], $460,000.

•Increase class size from 3-6 from 22 to 30 [Reduce by 17 teachers per grade], $700,000.

•Increase class size grades 7-12 from 31 to 33 [Reduce by 18 teachers], $1,080,000.

•Reduce Administration by seven positions, $700,000.

•Reduce MOTF staff by seven positions, $420,000.

•Decrease employee’ contribution to health benefits, $1,000,000.

•Charge a fee for home-to-school transportation, $150,000.

• Eliminate band program at Elementary Schools [five teachers], $300,000.

•Close a school between $500,000 and $800,000.

•Reduce Board meetings to once a month, $30,000.

•Additional site/district budget reductions, $300,000.

•Eliminate district-wide activities [honor band, band-o-rama, track meets, Science Olympiad, District Art Show, $75,000.]

•Eliminate Middle School after school sports/activities, $65,000.

•Charge a fee for High School activity/athletic transportation. Board Comment

Board Member Armin Reyes said he would not necessarily favor eliminating middle school after school sports/activities, not for a savings of $65,000. The program’s benefit far outweighed the cost. He said he needs to talk to the parents and teachers and see what kind of program they want to see in our schools. “We need a permanent fix and/or a solution until legislature decides to fix the budget. He suggested perhaps it was time to set up a District Foundation to help offset the state budget cuts. Reyes also wanted to know what the impact would be on the Adult Education Program by the transfer of another $500,000 on top the $1 million transferred to the general fund last year. He also asked about new District textbooks, Nguyen said the

District textbooks are current and the state has exempted Districts from buying new ones until 2014.

Board Member Olympia Chen asked if class sizes were reduced, what would happen to the teachers. Would they be laid off or would the number of retirees take care of that.

Nguyen said retirees would absorb the any

layoffs. “We would not have to layoff any permanent employees.”

Board member Maynad Law inquired about school closing and asked what the difference was between the $500,000 and $800,000 that would be saved. Nguyen replied the difference was between closing an elementary school as opposed to a middle school. Law also inquired about adopting a parcel tax. Dr. Smuts said they had not explored a parcel tax. He said many districts were looking at it with a low vote threshold of 55 percent as opposed to two thirds. He said the District was looking at an initiative that would lower it to 55 percent. He said they would explore the matter and see what other districts are doing.

Law also asked about the transfer of health benefits/workers compensation funds. Nguyen said the fund is projected to have about $1.5 million . “We could transfer $500,000 and leave $1 million there which would still protect the program.”

Board member Sophia Tse asked if the classes were increased were the classrooms large enough to handle the increase class size. Nguyen replied yes. He said prior to 1996-97 the classes were larger than the present and there was plenty of room.

Board Member Mark Pulido also wanted to know about the Adult Education Program and how the transfer of funds would effect the program. Nguyen said the program operates on a $7.5 million budget received from the state. They used to receive approximately $10 million. The money transferred is money in their reserve.

Pulido also asked about charging a fee for home-to-school transportation. Deputy Superintendent Dr. Mary Sieu said the District experimented with it several years ago. She said it was not $1 per ride but approximately $300 a year. She said it was not very successful and was dropped. “It was very short lived,” she stated.

On the question about closing a school, Dr. Smuts said they could not close a school this year but if a decision was made it could be done by Sept. 2011.

Board President Celia Spitzer said it was very sad that education had become such a low priority in California. Here we are, public education which is required by the State of California for all the children K-12 and they don’t give us near enough money, let alone the money they owe us.” She said all the money we set aside for a rainy day is gone. She also said she did not favor closing schools. She agreed it was time to get together with the public and get its input. She also believe the after school programs were definitely needed. The last thing we want to do is cut physical activity for our students; we want to provide a safe place for them,” she asserted.

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Receiving a $5,000 check from the Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation for the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff's Women's Relay Team are Chief Abner, Representatives Stacy Lee and Alicia Hinojosa, Sheriff Lee Baca, Representative Danielle Leos, Moskowitz Presenter Sal Flores, and Senior Deputy Sheriff Gary Hartog. This is the 25th anniver-Presenter Sal Flores, and Senior Deputy Sheriff Gary Hartog. This is the 25th anniver-Presenter Sal Flores, and Senior Deputy Sheriff Gary Hartog. This is the 25th anniversary celebrating friendly competition among law enforcement agencies.

Attending the Cerritos Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon Feb. 11 at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel were [l-r] Allen G. Wood, Merriwood Management Company; Gordon Zbinden, PMP and Brian Han, D.D. of Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary.

Getting together are [l-r] are Cerritos College Trustee Ted Edmonston, Realtor Robyn Wonnell, Cerritos Mayor Bruce Barrows, Cerritos College Trustee Bob Hughlett, and Cerritos Council Member and Realtor Carol Chen.

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Los Angeles Professor and Orange County Human Relations Director Chor-Swang Ngin, Ph.D. said that OC Human Relations is building understanding and respect within diverse ethnic and racial communities, developing diverse leaders of tomorrow, creating safe inclusive schools and neighborhoods and mediating conflict.

“We are in tough economic times, yet we are building strong communities who are working together with no warring factions.” Ngin said the organization provides countywide services, human relations training and education programs. “In 2009, we had no documentation of hate crimes in Orange County,” said Ngin. “We are building a sense of community and taking positive steps to address challenges

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Angel Tree appreciation eventBy Helen M. Brown

It was a ‘Winter Wonderland’ Thurs-day evening, January 28, 2010 as Tak Hamabata, Director of Social Services and his assistant Veronica Garcia, along with his wonderful staff welcomed and recognized all organizations, businesses, and individuals from Tam’s Hamburgers to Sheriff Leroy Baca for their generosity and help with this year’s Angel Tree.

Fifteen elementary schools, Net-tie Waite Middle School, both Norwalk High Schools, and Joyland preschool all donated this year to this worthy project as did our two Fire Stations #20 and #115, American legion Post #359, Moose Lodge

#1739, Elks #2142, Norwalk Community Coordinating Council, St. Linus and St. John of God Knights of Columbus #10623 and #3678 as well as the NLMUSD, Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, Senior Center, Woman’s Club, and Old Timers.

We don’t want to overlook such gener-ous individuals as Kurt & Melissa Ander-son, Mary Jane McIntosh, Tom & Marie Jackson, Socorro Valdez, and Assembly-man Tony Mendoza. This is just a few of the many organizations, Businesses, and individuals who open their hearts and their checkbooks each year to help the less fortunate to have a Merry Christmas.

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and Senior Center Staff went all out to welcome the invited guests and over 150 volunteers to this special annual event.

A special video, that would also be shown later at the February 2 coun-cil meeting. It showed the many gaily

wrapped gifts and enthusiastic children as volunteers passed them out. There was even a quick appearance of Santa and Mrs. Claus on the video.

A warm welcome was given by Tak Hamabata and commissioner Chair Aleida Alvarez. Games were played and raffle tickets were drawn. Everyone present re-ceived a 2009 Angel Tree pin, a snapshot, a thermos mug, and other nice gifts if they were lucky enough to have their raffle ticket drawn.

Director Tak Hamabata graciously introduced guests’ mayor Cheri Kelley, vice-mayor Gordon Stefenhagen, coun-cilmember Mike Mendez, and assembly-member Tony Mendoza. Assembly mem-ber Mendoza spoke. He congratulated the staff and volunteers on their good work. “I represent eight cities but Norwalk is the only who has an Angel Tree project such as this”.

It was a happy and joyous event with delicious canapés furnished and served by

the Norwalk All City Youth Band. Music was provided by the One Way Ticket band and Lightning by Star Lighting.

It was a wonderful evening filled with great music, delicious food, and wonder-ful friends. Thank you Tak, Veronica, Elizabeth, Aleida, and all who planned and made it possible. You are a delight to know and to work with.

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Twenty-three Part I felony crimes were reported to the Cerritos Sheriff’s Station last week, down one from the week before. Residential burglaries increased, robberies remained the same, while commercial and vehicle burglar-ies as well as vehicle thefts were lower. Patrol personnel handled 288 calls for ser-vice last week, down from 302 the week before, and below the new 2010 weekly average of 307.

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Gahr routs Paramount, grabs San Gabriel Valley League’s top hard-wareBy Loren Kopff

It’s hard to tell where the Gahr boys bas-ketball team would be this season had Ervin Ware not been a member of the new San Gabriel Valley League champions. But the Gladiators are glad that he returned for his senior season to help them win their first ever outright league title and third overall.

Last Thursday night against visiting Paramount, Ware had a game-high 11 assists, six of them coming in the first quarter when Gahr jumped out to a 29-6 lead. In the end, what was to be a winner take all battle for the league cham-pionship turned out to be a 73-58 rout that wasn’t as close as the final score shows. Gahr led by as many as 33 points late in the third quarter, then withstood a 24-4 run by the Pirates during a six and a half minute span.

After playing for Gahr’s varsity team his first two seasons, Ware left the school last season, hoping to play somewhere else. When that plan backfired, he came back to Gahr where all he did was average close to 17 points a game this past season, second best on the team.

“I feel really good about coming back to Gahr,” Ware said. “At first, I was going to go to another school but I wanted to stick it out and come back to Gahr. I’m glad that my teammates let me come back. I feel like I never left; I feel like this is my home, where I was supposed to be at.”

Gahr scored 22 straight points in the first quarter with Ware dishing off to senior Charles Nebo and junior Davon Potts three times each. Sophomore Anthony Martinez

added to the party by hitting a pair of three-pointers as Gahr was true on 12 of 19 field goals in the opening stanza. Ware added two more assists in the second quarter and when the first half had concluded, Gahr was up 45-22 and could smell the school’s first league championship since the 2006-2007 campaign when the Gladiators shared it with Dominguez.

“Again, how does someone want to in-terpret a point guard,” Gahr head coach Bob Becker questioned. “I look at a great point guard as a guy who makes the other four guys on the court better. When Ervin is on the court, those other four guys are bet-ter. He doesn’t have to score a point. If he

got one point to-night, that’s one more point than he needs from be to be deter-

mined a great point guard. His passes were pin point; they were sharp. Average players don’t thread the needle like that. He’s way above average.”

The hosts got out to another fast start to begin the second half, going on a 15-5 run to lead 60-27 with 3:27 remaining in the third quarter. But the Pirates, who had defeated Gahr 67-65 on Jan. 27, tried to get back in the game and trailed by 13 points nearly midway through the fourth quarter. How-ever, Potts converted five of six free throws down the stretch to finish with a game-high 28 points, the most he had scored in league action this season.

“We deserve it because we’ve been work-ing hard from the get go,” Ware said. “Coach [Rob] Matchett, our trainer, did a good job in the weight room and we even worked out on game day. I think our coaches did a good job keeping us conditioned and keeping us working hard in the study hall.”

“When this group is focused and they move, we seem to get open,” Becker said. “When we’re standing, we’re really easy to guard. We were moving and they couldn’t catch us. We were getting a lot of good looks and converting on them.”

Nebo scored 20 points and grabbed nine

rebounds, Martinez added eight points and junior Josh Perkins chipped in with seven points and eight rebounds and three assists but again, the story of the night was Ware, who was held to a season-low one point.

“I’ve played with Charles Nebo since we were younger,” Ware said. “I know where he is on the court. I also have two great shooters-Anthony Martinez and Davon Potts, so that makes it easier for me to kick it out so they can knock down the shots. We even have Josh Perkins filling the lanes and making it easy for me.”

“I have really hard-working kids, very dedicated and very committed,” Becker said. “When you have those kinds of kids, the degree of success is not a surprise to me. We lack size but we don’t lack heart.”

The Gladiators finished the regular sea-son at 22-4 overall and 8-2 in the league. During the 2006-2007 season, the team went 24-4 before losing in the first round of the playoffs. They also went 9-1 in the cir-cuit. Gahr began the California Interscho-lastic Federation-Southern Section Division III-A playoffs this past Wednesday night with a home game against Antelope Valley. The Gladiators are the fourth ranked team in the division.

“I think now, everyone has their home kids,” Becker said of the league. “I don’t think anyone ever is going to go 10-0 in this league. Until someone comes up with just super players…there are good players in this league but no All-American players. It’s going to be competitive. It made for a more interesting league this year to have every night something meaningful on the docket for someone to go to.”

Cerritos hoopsters end regular season looking up at MayfairBy Loren Kopff

LAKEWOOD-Not too long ago, the

hardest place for a visiting basketball team to win a Suburban League contest was at Artesia. But lately, that has been replaced by Mayfair and last Friday night, in the reg-ular season finale, the two Cerritos teams fell short of sharing a league championship with the Monsoons.

The girls found themselves tied with Mayfair entering the fourth quarter but ran out of gas and came up short 67-55. The Lady Dons finish the regular season at 18-8 overall and 10-2 in the league with both of those losses coming to Mayfair. Cerritos trailed by seven points after the first quarter and was behind 26-16 with 5:52 remaining in the first half.

But the Monsoons wouldn’t score again in the half and Cerritos took full advantage of the situation. Senior Kristy Kanamoto scored all six of her second quarter points as part of an 11-0 run that gave the visitors a one-point lead at the break. The last basket was courtesy of a steal that she converted and she finished the half scoring 16 of her team-high 25 points.

Cerritos owned its biggest lead of the game (35-31) three minutes into the sec-ond half and was still up 45-42 following a basket from junior Amanda Graham 35 seconds into the fourth quarter. The Lady Dons were still leading 48-45 a minute lat-er but Mayfair’s double threat of Amanda Gosselin and Chidiogo Ofoegbu combined to score 15 points in the fourth quarter, one more than Cerritos did as a team. Ofoeg-bu’s three-point play tied the game at 48-48 with 5:43 remaining and Gosselin scored the game winner 16 seconds later.

Graham’s final basket with 3:35 left pulled the Lady Dons to within three points but the Monsoons closed the game by converting seven of eight free throws.

Kanamoto also grabbed 10 rebounds while junior Leighann Tomita added 12 points and three rebounds. Graham also had five boards as Cerritos entered the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Sec-tion Division III-AA playoffs with a home game against Pacific on Feb. 18. A victory would put the Lady Dons into the second round most likely against third ranked Bishop Amat on Saturday.

Following the game, the boys were playing for a league title on the last game of the season for the first time under head coach Jonathan Watanabe and were giving Mayfair a good battle in the first half. But Tim Douglas and Brenton Owens nearly controlled the second half and the Mon-soons pulled away for an 84-70 victory. Cerritos (17-10, 8-4) was outscored 25-11 in the third quarter and trailed by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter.

“I don’t think it had to do with the envi-ronment,” Watanabe said. “I think it had to do with Brenton Owens. He played really well and I’ve never seen him play like that. He just hit everything.”

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las led everyone with 27 points, 11 coming in the fourth quarter. Cerritos was down 15-4 nearly midway through the opening quarter but senior Anthony En scored five points off the bench and junior Aaron Wright had three of his five assists of the stanza as part of a 12-3 run to end the quarter. The last basket was scored at the buzzer when Wright fed a cross court pass to En. Midway through the second quarter, senior Titus Walden scored consecutive baskets to give the Dons their first lead at 26-25.

The Dons were trailing by just a point at halftime but Mayfair began the second half by scoring 13 of the first 15 combined points and Cerritos wouldn’t get closer than nine points the rest of the way.

“It was our defense,” Watanabe said of the third quarter. “I don’t think it had any-thing to do with our offense. We couldn’t stop them. We couldn’t stop Tim; we couldn’t stay in front of him. Everything broke down.”

Walden tied a career-high of 20 points and had half a dozen rebounds while Wright added 16 points and six rebounds as well. Senior Christopher Keseloff also had 11 points as Cerritos, the second place team in the league, hosted Ramona this past Wednesday in a Division III-AA first round game. With a win, Cerritos would face either fourth ranked Sonora or Hueneme tonight.

“We need Aaron,” Watanabe said. “Ev-erything we do goes through him. When he plays well, we have a good chance to win. Tonight he had a good first half, then they kind of rattled him a little in the third quar-ter. I thought Titus stepped up and had a great game. He played big inside.”

Norwalk boys basketball makes most of rare postseason home gameBy Loren Kopff

Last season when the Norwalk boys basketball team advanced to the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Sec-tion playoffs for the first time since 1995, it drew a road game against South Hills. But this past Wednesday night was even more historic for the Lancers as they hosted their first playoff game since 1981.

Before its Division II-A first round game against Rowland, Norwalk head coach Jim Webster reminded his team that it had been 29 years since a home playoff game and asked his team not to disappoint the home crowd. There would be none of that as the Lancers, who never trailed in the game, posted a 51-37 victory. Norwalk improved to 16-12 overall and will play third ranked Mark Keppel tonight in a second round game.

“The Mayfair [victory] was great be-cause we hadn’t beaten them and it meant a lot at the time,” Webster said. “But when you do it in the playoffs, it’s huge. I think we were mentally ready. We had some mo-ments where we were scatter-brained. They pressured the ball more than I anticipated in the man to man. But luckily we were able to play great defense.”

A three-pointer from junior Manuel Castaneda with 1:42 left in the first quarter began a 14-6 run for the Lancers that came to an end almost three minutes into the sec-ond quarter when senior Jeffrey Montoya grabbed a rebound, then fed a pass to senior Anthony Holliday who threw down a thun-derous dunk. Castaneda would sink another outside shot later in the half to give Norwalk a 27-16 halftime lead.

The hosts would score just eight points in the third quarter but still led 35-23 heading into the fourth quarter and when Castaneda dialed long distance again, the Lancers had their largest lead of the game 15 points 29 seconds into the final stanza. In fact, Row-land went scoreless for a span of 6:25 in the second half as Norwalk’s lead went from six

to 13 points.Castaneda led all players with 17 points

and 11 rebounds and was six of 11 from the field while Holliday scored 14 points. All 51 points came from the five starters as the Lancers won for the ninth time in their last 11 games.

“We’ve learned to win with seven to eight guys and I know they’re going to be hurting or tired,” Webster said. “But when this is on the line, they want to play.”

DIVISION IV BOYS SOCCERArtesia 6, Godinez 0

It didn’t take long for the Pioneers to jump all over the Grizzlies in this wild card game this past Tuesday afternoon. In the 12th minute, sophomore forward Francisco Magallon crossed a pass to sophomore for-ward Jose Ramirez who went one on one with the Godinez goalkeeper and scored the first of his two goals. Three minutes later, senior midfielder Jose Vences made it 2-0 and five minutes after that, senior midfielder Jorge Valle scored on a penalty kick.

The fast start allowed head coach Rudy Magallon to earn his first playoff victory since 2006 when the Pioneers advanced to the quarterfinals.

“They’ve played some tough opponents in the preseason and their league is re-ally balanced,” Magallon said of Godinez. “Teams from Santa Ana are pretty skillful. We had opportunities and we just put them away.”

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Leon ordered Valle to throw it in long be-cause the defense was playing too short. The plan paid off as Valle’s long throw landed in front of junior forward Luis Macias who added to the scoring party. Artesia would then get second half goals from Ramirez in the 55th minute and junior forward Jesus Mejia in the 74th minute. Artesia, which had 14 shots on goal, improved to 13-6-3 overall and visited eighth ranked Cathedral on Feb. 18. The Pioneers are now 10-10 in their last 20 playoff games.

“It’s a little bit of luck; the ball bounces your way,” Rudy Magallon said. “Last year we had a couple of calls that didn’t go our way and we had a chance to put the game away within the first 10 minutes and we didn’t. I’m hoping we’re peaking at the right time.”

DIVISION III GIRLS SOCCERFullerton 5, Cerritos 1

It had been 12 years since the Lady Dons hosted a playoff game because they would always finish in third place in the Suburban League, thus facing a league champion on the road. But Cerritos ran into a buzz saw with the Indians who set the tone 10 seconds into the game with a fluke goal.

Still, Cerritos battled back against the at-large representative from the Freeway League and easily could have been enjoying the halftime break tied at 2-2.

“Talk about the most annoying alarm clock in the world,” said first-year head coach Victoria Lathrop of the first goal. “That’s what I would call that.”

In the 11th minute, junior midfielder Bianca Frontino saw her rocket of a shot

bounce off the cross bar. Fullerton would then score two more goals in a span of seven minutes midway through the first half. But the Lady Dons avoided the goose egg when freshman midfielder Connie Caliz boomed a free kick from 28 yards out four minutes before halftime.

Cerritos continued to keep the pressure on three minutes into the second half when freshman forward Analisa Marquez had her shot kicked away at the right post from the Fullerton goalkeeper. After the Indians made it 4-1 in the 48th minute, a free kick from Caliz sailed up and to the right of the corner of the net midway through the sec-ond half. Then in the 70th minute, a shot from Frontino was punched away.

“That’s been our Achilles heel all sea-son long,” Lathrop said. “Whether it was a dumb foul or a poor reaction time by our keeper, we’re constantly finding ourselves having to scramble back.”

This was the first playoff game for the Lady Dons since the 2005-2006 season and the team finished at 9-9-1, the best record since that same season when they went 13-8. Cerritos loses only five seniors and the prospects of getting back to the playoffs next season already looks very bright.

“It would have been nice to come away with a win today but we got here,” Lathrop said. “I think that’s what we have to walk away with. We had a strong senior class this year. Every single one of them contributed, whether it was from the back of the net to the forwards. Our job now is to prepare our juniors to take over that and continue to cul-tivate the program.”


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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Title Order No.: 5801434 Trustee Sale No.: 68182 Loan No.: 0070213687/001 APN: 7069-012-003 You are in Default under a Deed of Trust dated 12/27/2005. Unless you take action to protect your property, it may be sold at a public sale. If you need an explanation of the nature of the proceedings against you, you should contact a lawyer. On 03/04/2010 at 10:00AM, FCI Lender Services, Inc. as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Record-ed 1/6/2006 Instrument # 06 0033315 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: Antonio Ortiz a married man as his sole and separate property, as Trustor PFF Bank & Trust, 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 associa-tion, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: The West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust. The prop-erty 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: 22106 Horst Ave, Hawaiian Gardens CA 90716. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining princi-pal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $297,658.04 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The ben-eficiary 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. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defined in California Civil Code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. The timeframe for giving a Notice of Sale specified in Subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code Sec-tions 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 2/1/10 FCI Lender Services, Inc., as Trustee 8180 East Kaiser Blvd., Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 U.S. Bank National Association, Customer Service Department (949) 798-6002 For Trustee Sale Information log on to: www.rsvpforeclosures.com or call: 925-603-7342. Vivian Prieto, Vice President, FCI Lender Services, Inc. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (RSVP# 186666)(02/12/10, 02/19/10, 02/26/10)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 430769CA Loan No. 5303490519 Title Order No. 602119080 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02-17-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 03-05-2010 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEY-ANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 02-24-2006, Book -, Page -, Instru-ment 06-0411377, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: SEVERINO ATAYDE JR AND LYDIA A ATAYDE, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., (MERS), SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, ALLIANCE BANCORP, IT'S SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS., as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOULEVARD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: LOT 69, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED TRACT NO. 26378, WHICH MAP WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN BOOK 784 OF MAPS PAGES 98 TO 100. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $720,027.93 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real prop-erty: 19615 LUSK AVENUE CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7050-014-026 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with Cali-fornia Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DECLARA-TION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. DATE: 02-03-2010 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3439399 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010

Trustee Sale # CA0858381 Loan# 1004353700 Order # 090711544 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/13/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 3/9/2010 at 10:30 AM, MTC Financial Inc., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/19/2004 as Document No. 04 1268779 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, Kim A Phan, a single woman, 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 to 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 # 7030-006-029 As more fully described in said Deed of Trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 18324 Alfred Avenue , Cerritos, CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as pro-vided 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: $417,930.99 (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 Sec-tion 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary’s agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. 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 I Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 2/12/2010 MTC Financial Inc. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: Paula Gutierrez, Trustee Sales Officer *TRUSTEE CORPS* 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400, Irvine, CA 92606 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)573-1965, (714) 573-1965, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 P664453 2/12, 2/19, 02/26/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Title Or-der No.: M814116 Trustee Sale No.: 67948 Loan No.: NO6559507 APN: 7040-009-014 You are in Default under a Deed of Trust dated 10/20/2005. Unless you take action to protect your property, it may be sold at a public sale. If you need an explanation of the nature of the proceedings against you, you should contact a lawyer. On 03/04/2010 at 10:00AM, FCI Lender Services, Inc. as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/07/05 as Doc #05 2682643 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles Coun-ty, California, executed by: Cecilia Gonza-lez, A Single Woman, as Trustor Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Resmae Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns, 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 busi-ness in this state). At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 18327 Elaine Avenue, Artesia, CA 90701. 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 princi-pal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $443,447.28 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The ben-eficiary 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. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defined in California Civil Code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. The time-frame for giving a Notice of Sale specified in Subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does frame for giving a Notice of Sale specified in Subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does frame for giving a Notice of Sale specified

not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 2/1/10 FCI Lender Services, Inc., as Trustee 8180 East Kaiser Trustee 8180 East Kaiser TBlvd., Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 Phone: 714-282-2424 For Trustee Sale Information log on to: www.rsvpforeclosures.com or call: 925-603-7342. Teri Snyder, Exec. Vice President, FCI Lender Services, Inc. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (RSVP# 186624)(02/12/10, 02/19/10, 02/26/10)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE Trustee Sale No. 08-23880 Loan No. 6869 Title Order No. 20800820-30 APN 7049-022-042 TRA No. - YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/12/07 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 03/05/10 at 10:30AM NEW HAVEN FINANCIAL INC as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/25/07 AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER 20071516063 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County California executed by EUNIE GRACE SULIO A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY AS TO 50% INTEREST AND TIMOTHY SPENCER AND ROXANNE SPENCER HUSBAND AND WIFE AS TO 50% INTEREST AS TENANTS IN COMMON as Trustor ARTHUR PAUL BURTON A SINGLE MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPERATE PROPERTY AS TO UNDIVIDED 100 000% INTEREST 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 WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD 12720 NORWALK BLVD NORWALK CA all right title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County California describing the land therein 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: 19327 GRIDLEY ROAD CERRITOS CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation if any shown herein Said sale will be made but without covenant or warranty expressed or implied regarding title possession or encumbrances to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said note(s) advances if any under the terms of the Deed of Trust estimated fees charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust to-wit $310,932.91 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances if any will increase this figure prior to sale The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale and a written Notice of Default and Electron 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 recorda-tion. DATE: 2/5/10 NEW HAVEN FINANCIAL AS TRUSTEE RELIABLE TRUST DEED SERVICES AS AGENT 19510 VENTURA BLVD., SUITE 214 TARZANA, CA 91356 (818) 708-7272 SALES LINE 818-961-0040 Lynn Wolcott, President ASAP# 3442936 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010

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NOTICE OF SALE OFABANDONEDPERSONAL PROPERTY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and pursuant to Section 1988 of the California Civil Code, the property listed below believed to be abandoned by: Wien Bakery, LLCWho last known business address was:18929 Norwalk Blvd., Artesia, CA 90701Will be sold at public auction on: Date: March 11, 2010Time: 11:00 a.m.Place: 18929 Norwalk Blvd., Arte-sia, CA 90701Preview: 9:00 a.m.Description of Property: Bakery inventory including True refrig, True freezer, tables & chairs, refrig display cases, Bunn coffee mchn & grinder, fax, Hobart comm mixer, 36 oven trays, 2-burner comm. Stove, Hobart comm. Oven, Hoshizaki freezer & refrig, stainless tables, ice maker, food scale, slicer, misc kitchen items, misc. decor itemsTerms of sale are: cash in lawful money of the United States, money order or cashier's check, with sale going to the highest bidder in com-petitive bidding, the property must be paid for and removed by the purchaser at the time of sale.Cost of advertising and sale will be paid for from the proceeds of sale.Dated: February 10, 2010

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CITY OF NORWALKNOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS

JUDGES PARKING GARAGE12710 NORWALK BOULEVARD

PROJECT NO. 7701

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Norwalk will accept bids for this project until the hour of eleven o'clock A.M. on March 4, 2010.March 4, 2010. Bids are to be submitted to City Clerk's Office Room 16, Bids are to be submitted to City Clerk's Office Room 16, City Hall, Norwalk, California. Bids will be opened in the City Clerk's Office Room 16 unless otherwise posted.

Plans, specifications, bid forms, bonds and contracts may be obtained at the office of the City Engineer, Room 12, City Hall. Plans and specifications will be issued to prospective bidders over the counter for a $75.00 charge. For plans and specifications that are required to be mailed the charge will be $95.00. Checks are to be made payable to the City of Norwalk.

It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon all sub-contractors under him, to pay not less than the general prevailing rates of per diem wages to all workmen employed in the execution of this contract in accordance with the provisions of Section 1770 to 1780 of the Labor Code. Said general prevailing rate of per diem wages and classification, if applicable, to said contract and work was adopted by the City Council of the City of Norwalk and is on file in the office of the City Clerk. Attention is directed to the provisions in Section 1777.5 (Chapter 1411, Statutes of 1968) and 1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the contractor or any sub-contractor under him. The Contractor will be required to submit weekly payrolls to the City of Norwalk to verify the above requirements. No payments shall be made until the above requirements are met. In performance of the terms of this Contract, the Contractor shall not engage in nor permit such sub-contractors as he may employ from engaging in discrimination in employment of persons because of the race, color, national origin or ancestry, or religion of such person. Violation of this provision may result in the imposition of penalties referred to in Labor Code Section 1735.

The City Council of the City of Norwalk reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and/or waive any informality on a bid. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening thereof.

BY ORDER OF THE NORWALK CITY COUNCIL of the City of Norwalk, California this 12TH day of February 2010.

/s/Theresa Devoy, City Clerk

Published at Los Cerritos Community News 2/12 and 2/19/10Published at Los Cerritos Community News 2/12 and 2/19/10

CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS

CITY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICIA PARA UNA AUDIENCIA PUBLICA

Notice is hereby given that City of Hawaiian Gardens will conduct a public hearing pertaining to the item(s) listed below:

DATE OF HEARING: TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010TIME OF HEARING: 6:00 P.M., or soon thereafter.LOCATION OF HEARING: City Council Chambers City of Hawaiian Gardens 21815 Pioneer Boulevard Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716

HEARING ITEM:

CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION APPROVING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND APPROV-ING ENERGY SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT AND THE ENERGY ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT PROGRAM FOR ENERGY RELATED IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY FACILITIES WITH PACIFICWEST ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.

INVITATION TO BE HEARD

Those persons desiring to testify in favor of or in opposition to the proposal listed above will be given an opportu-nity to do so at the public hearing. If you challenge the subject application in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspon-dence submitted to the City Council at, or prior to the public hearing.

Further information may be obtained by contacting the City Administrator’s Office at (562) 420-2641, Ext. 201.Si desea obtener mas informacion, llame a la Oficina del Administrador Municipal (562) 420-2641, Ext. 201.

Sue UnderwoodCity Clerk

Published: Los Cerritos Community News 2/19/10

CITY OF ARTESIANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City Council of the City of Artesia will hold a Special City Council Meeting in the City Council Chambers of the Artesia City Hall, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, California at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 8, 2010 to conduct a Public Hearing to consider the following item:

Ordinance No. 10-753An Ordinance of the City of Artesia Adopting by Reference the Updated and Amended Version of Title 10, Animals, of the Los Angeles County Code, andAmending Section 6-1.01 of Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Artesia Municipal Code

If you challenge this action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. All interested persons are invited to attend this hearing and express their opinion on the matter listed above.

Gloria Considine PUBLISHED: February 19, 2010 City Clerk City Clerk City Clerk

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 2/19/10

NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGCITY OF ARTESIA AND ARTESIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Artesia and the Artesia Redevelopment Agency will hold a joint public hearing on the payment or reimbursement by the Agency for the value of the cost of the installation and construction of the improvements to the roof, water damaged walls and related repairs of the Albert O Little Community Center in the City of Artesia (the “Improvements”). The joint hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. on March 8, 2010 at the Artesia City Hall, Council Chambers, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, California 90701. A summary relating to the Improvements is available to the public for inspection and copying at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Artesia, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, California. The summary includes all of the following: (i) an estimate of the amount of taxes allocated to the Agency pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sec-tion 33670(b) which the Agency will use to pay for the value of the cost of the installation and construction of the Improvements, including interest payments; (ii) the facts supporting the determinations required to be made by the City Council and the Agency pursuant to Health and Safety Code 33445; and (iii) the redevelopment purpose for which such taxes are being used to pay for the cost of the installation and construction of the Improvements. Gloria Considine, City Clerk/Treasurer City of Artesia

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 09-512344 INC Title Order No. 090783758-CA-DCI APN 7038-009-007 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/28/06. 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 03/11/10 at 10:30 a.m., Aztec Fore-closure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/06/06 in Instrument No. 06 2230763 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: Doris Sison, A Married Woman, as Trustor, OneWest Bank, FSB, 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 speci-fied in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state), at the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described as: 18615 RHINE PLACE, CER-RITOS, CA 90703 The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $647,365.09 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the 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 re-corded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Require-ments of SB1137 have been met pursuant to the Notice of Sale Declaration of record. The mortgage loan 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 the notice of sale is filed. DATE: February 17, 2010 Elaine Malone Assistant Secretary & Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation c/o 4665 MacArthur Court, Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (800) 731-0850 or (602) 222-5711 Fax: (847)627-8803 For Trustee's Sale Informa-tion Call 714-730-2727 http://www.lpsasap.com www.aztectrustee.comASAP# 3450794 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 09-512303 INC Title Order No. 090783741-CA-DCI APN 7010-007-147 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 07/10/06. 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 03/11/10 at 10:30 a.m., Aztec Foreclosure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee un-der and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 07/17/06 in Instrument No. 06 1563619 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, ex-ecuted by: Leanora D. Cross, An Unmarried Woman, as Trustor, HSBC Bank USA, Na-tional Association as Trustee for DUTSCHE ALT 2006-AR5, 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 the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described as: 16420 MEADOWBROOK LANE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". 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 ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $468,580.00 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the 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. Requirements of SB1137 have been met pursuant to the Notice of Sale Declaration of record. The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pur-suant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed. DATE: February 17, 2010 Elaine Malone As-sistant Secretary & Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation c/o 4665 MacArthur Court, Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (800) 731-0850 or (602) 222-5711 Fax: (847)627-8803 For Trustee's Sale Information Call 714-730-2727 http://www.lpsasap.com www.aztectrustee.com ASAP# 3450809 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TSG No.: 4310618 TS No.: 20099070822273 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/27/06. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PRO¬CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 11, 2010 at 11:30 AM, First American LoanStar Trustee Services LLC as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 07/07/06, as Instru¬ment No. 06 1503248, in book , page , of Official Records in the Office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: CARLTON L DOWDY,. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 W. Mission Blvd. Pomona, CA.. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 7012 002 026. The street address and other com¬mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur¬ported to be: 16707 JUDY WAY #26, CERRITOS, CA 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances, to pay the remain¬ing principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the un¬paid balance of the obligation se¬cured by the property to be sold and reasonable es-timated costs, ex¬penses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $303,309.14. The benefi¬ciary under said Deed of Trust here¬tofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Decla-ration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Elec¬tion 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. The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corpora¬tions a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or The timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision (s) of Califor¬nia Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the require¬ments. Date: 02/18/10, First Ameri¬can Title Insurance Company First American LoanStar Trustee Ser¬vices LLC, 3 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Original document signed by Authorized Agent, Chet Sconyers -- FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 530-672-3033. First American Loanstar Trustee Services LLC May be Acting as a Debt Collec¬tor Attempting to Collect a Debt. Any Information obtained will be used for that purpose. NPP0153267 02/19/10, 02/26/10, 03/05/10

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1249049-14 APN: 7054-022-055 TRA: 002011 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx6067 REF: O'brien, Lorraine IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED March 15, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 10, 2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly ap-pointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded March 22, 2005, as Inst. No. 05 0647515 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Lorraine O'brien, An Unmarried Woman, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the west side of the los an-geles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11948 Agnes Street Cerritos CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the re-maining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $413,266.13. 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. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in civil code § 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 and that the exemption 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. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: February 18, 2010. (R-291082 02/18/10, 02/25/10, 03/04/10)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 09-0157908 Title Order No. 09-8-480678 Investor/Insurer No. 147385020 APN No. 7156-026-008 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/20/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by FIDELA MEJIA, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 11/20/2006 and recorded 12/01/06, as Instrument No. 06 2665206, in Book -, Page -), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Ange-les County, State of California, will sell on 03/19/2010 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2739 DOLLAR STREET, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $601,916.21. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding or warranty, express or implied, regarding or warrantytitle, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with in-terest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/23/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3451439 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale No. CA-BUL-096766 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/12/1997. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. On March 11, 2010, at 10:30 AM, AT WEST SIDE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD., 12720 NORWALK BOULEVARD, in the City of NORWALK, County of LOS ANGELES, State of CALIFORNIA, ASSET FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., a Cali-fornia corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by SELMA PEVAR, ERIC PEVAR AND STA-CY PEVAR, A CALIFORNIA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, as Trustors, recorded on 12/24/1997, as Instrument No. 97 2015551, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinaf-ter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Property is being sold "as is - where is". TAX PARCEL NO. 7150-027-018; 7150-027-013, 7150-027-015, 7150-027-019 From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no representa-tion or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is purported to be 4151 E. CARSON ST. , LAKEWOOD, CA 90712. Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is $227,410.37. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SALE INFORMATION LINE: 714-730-2727 or www.fidelityasap.com Dated: 02/16/2010 ASSET FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., AS TRUSTEE By Georgina Rodriguez, Foreclosure Assistant ASAP# 3451212 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010


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Acid Reflux SeminarsSpeaker: Shyam Dahiya, M.D.Join us for a free community seminar and learn aboutthe latest procedures for treating chronic acid reflux.Seminars will be held on:Tuesday • March 2 • 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.Tuesday • March 23 • 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.Lakewood Regional Medical CenterConference Area, Room B3700 E. South St. • LakewoodCall 800-813-4345 to reserve your seat.

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The Aging Eye Speaker: Emma Clay, M.D.Learn about the most common issues affecting the eyesof seniors, as well as the latest treatments and advancesin ophthalmology.Friday • March 5 • 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.Lakewood Regional Medical CenterConference Area, Room B3700 E. South St. • LakewoodCall 800-813-4345 to reserve your seat.

Is Bariatric SurgeryRight for Me? Speaker: Shyam Dahiya, M.D.If you’re considering weight-losssurgery, join us as we discuss the indications, types ofprocedures, possible risks/benefits and post surgicalfollow-up care. Board Certified Surgeon Shyam Dahiyawill present very detailed descriptions of gastric bypassand gastric banding surgery and demonstrate how theoperations work. Doctor Dahiya will explain thedifferences between the operations and compare thesuccess rates and risks of each.Wednesday • March 24 • 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.Lakewood Regional Medical CenterConference Area, Room B3700 E. South St. • LakewoodCall 800-813-4345 to reserve your seat.

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