Serving BixBy KnollS, California HeigHtS, loS CerritoS, Wrigley and tHe City of Signal Hill

Your Weekly Community Newspaper October 29, 2010VOL. 32 NO. 21

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Just before 11am last Friday, unitsfrom the Long Beach Fire Departmentwere called to 261 E. Willow St. to areport of a structure fire at a strip mall.Engine 7 was the first to arrive on thescene, and firefighters found the win-dows of Juice It Up! juice bar stainedblack with smoke and hot to the touch.The establishment was closed at thetime of the fire, so crews were re-quired to use forcible entry.

A total of 31 firefighters mountedan aggressive interior attack on the

rapidly spreading fire, which appearedto be located at the rear of the busi-ness. At least one hole was cut in theroof in an attempt to release the build-up of super-heated smoke and aid in-terior fire crews in locating the seat ofthe blaze. The fire, which was con-fined to a utility room to the rear of thejuice bar, was brought under controlwithin a matter of minutes. Adjacentbusinesses received minor smokedamage. The cause of the fire is cur-rently under investigation. ß

Courtesy LBPD

A total of 31 firefighters mounted an interior attack on the rapidly spreading

fire at the rear of the juice bar last Friday.

Photo by Samuel Lippke

As the world’s largest Halloween event for pets, the Community Action Team’s 10th Annual Haute DogHowl’oween Parade in Belmont Shore will feature four-legged companions donning costumes of allsorts this Sunday, Oct. 31. Costumed kids will lead the parade, for which about 500 dressed-up dogsare expected. The parade will step off at 2:30pm from Livingston Park, 4900 E. Livingston Dr., whichwill also be the endpoint. The event will also include a pet-adoption and vendor fair from noon to 5pm.For information on more local “haunts” to attend this weekend, see page 11.

Nick Diamantides

Staff Writer

Republican Martha Flores-Gib-son hopes to replace incumbent Bon-nie Lowenthal as representative forCalifornia’s 54th Assembly District.Flores-Gibson said the state’s ongo-ing economic crisis is what moti-vated her to enter the political arena.

“According to a recent survey, 81percent of the citizens in the 54thDistrict know that our economy isgoing in the wrong direction, andthey are very scared,” she said. “Thebottom line is that we need to grow our economyand we need jobs.”

Flores-Gibson explained that cutting the statepayroll tax will be one of her top priorities if sheis elected. “Cutting that tax will enable businessesto hire at least one more person, maybe two,” shesaid. “Think of how many jobs would be created

if every business in the state hired just one moreperson.” She added that many companies, stores

and restaurants in the 54th Districtthat could make a marginal profitduring this time of economic down-turn are forced to go out of businessbecause of what she called the exor-bitant state payroll tax.

“You can drive all around LongBeach and San Pedro and see theclosed doors of hundreds of busi-nesses that might have survived if notfor the taxes and fees they had to payto our inefficiently run state govern-ment,” she said. “Those closed busi-

nesses have resulted in a very highunemployment rate throughout the district.”

Making matters worse, according to Flores-Gibson, even successful large manufacturers likeBoeing are moving jobs out of California because

Nick Diamantides

Staff Writer

Incumbent Democrat BonnieLowenthal is running for reelection asthe California Assembly 54th Districtrepresentative. “Our state is in a cri-sis,” she said. “I believe I have deliv-ered for my district, and I want tocontinue along the same path to ad-dress the needs and the economy andto move forward for the district.”

Lowenthal said her track recordproves she has served her constituentswell, and she mentioned three of heraccomplishments as legislator.

The one of which she is most proud is AB2098. “This bill will bring 18,000 jobs in Califor-nia to improve the infrastructure of our state andis perhaps the most important bill passed in thelast two years,” she said. “It was a bipartisan billthat created a special resolution for the design,

build and completion of a $1.3-billion upgrade ofthe 91 Freeway. This will also result in improving

regional traffic flow.” Lowenthal saidthat she worked with Democrats andRepublicans and played a key role inthe passage of that bill.

Another bill of which Lowenthalis proud is the urgency bill she au-thored that will enable the plans toconstruct a new courthouse in LongBeach to move forward. GovernorSchwarzenegger signed the bill intolaw last month. The bill exempts thestate from having to pay a “posses-sory interest tax” that is imposed on

real property interests on public land. The taxthreatened to delay the much-needed project.“Without this bill, there was a real chance thatwe’d be waiting several more years to start build-ing our courthouse,” Lowenthal said.

Martha Flores-Gibson cites economiccrisis as her reason for seeking StateAssembly’s 54th District representation

Bonnie Lowenthal says her trackrecord qualifies her to continueserving 54th Assembly District

see lowenthal page 6see flores-gibson page 7

Fire strikes local juice bar, adjacentbusinesses receive smoke damage Don’t be afraid of the woof, man!

2 SIGNAL TRIBUNE OCTOBER 29, 2010NEWS

THE NEXT SUPPER

The next restaurant for the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association’sSupper Club will be Phil Trani’s, 3490 Long Beach Blvd. The group will meeton Monday, Nov. 1 at 6:30pm. RSVP to info@bixbyknollsinfo.com. The con-cept of the Bixby Knolls Supper Club is to support local restaurants on Mondaynights, which are typically slow. HELP HOF’S HUT HELP

Hof's Hut’s Los Altos location, 2147 Bellflower Blvd., will be hosting afundraiser dinner to support Meals on Wheels of Long Beach on Nov. 3 from4pm to 11pm. Fifteen percent of customer purchases will be donated back toMeals on Wheels. Valid for dine-in and take-out, as well as delivery purchases.All are welcome; no reservations are required. Call (562) 597-5811.A PIECE OF HISTORY

The Long Beach Sierra Club will present a special program on Wednesday,Nov. 3 at 7:30pm in honor of Native American History Month. Linda Gon-zales, a Tongva-Gabrielino/Yaqui, will speak on the history and culture of theLA Basin's indigenous peoples, with a special emphasis on the Long Beacharea, home to one of the largest and most sacred of the settlements. The pro-gram is free and open to the public, and will take place in the meeting roomof the Environmental Services Bureau, 2929 East Willow St.FAMILY FUN

Westerly School has announced the launch of a new education series for LongBeach families. The first presentation of the three-part series will be “HowArts Education Builds Student Confidence,” a panel discussion from 6pm to7:30pm on Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Westerly School Arts Village, located at2950 E. 29th St. Featured panelists will include: Geraldine Walkup, Visualand Performing Arts Administrator at the Los Angeles County Office of Ed-ucation; and Carlton Wilborn, artist, life coach, author, and inspirationalspeaker. Sponsored by Westerly School PTO, this informative and interactiveparent education series is free and open to the public. The events are gearedtoward parents with children aged 5 to 17. Call (562) 981-3151.SHOPPING FOR A GOOD CAUSE

The public may do their holiday shopping while enjoying home-bakedgoods at the Children’s Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s annual HolidayFaire, 9am to 5pm Thursday, Nov. 4 and Friday, Nov. 5. The Faire will beat Houssel's Forum at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, 2801 Atlantic Ave.Call Collette Anderson at (562) 618-7868.HONORING VETERANS

The US Vets–Long Beach Advisory Council will host a luncheon entitled“Honoring Those Who Serve,” as a tribute to veterans, on Friday, Nov. 5 from11am to 1pm at the Hilton International Ballroom, 701 W. Ocean Blvd. Costis $75 per person. Business attire is required. Call (562) 388-8015. GET A HEAD START

The Assistance League of Long Beach will have its annual major fundraisingevent, the Second Annual Holiday Gift Boutique, on Friday, Nov. 5 from9:30am to 7pm, and Saturday, Nov. 6 from 9am to 4pm at the PhilanthropicCenter, 6220 E. Spring St. More than 35 vendors will be present with high-quality gift items, including decorative home accessories, holiday décor, gour-met foods, scarves, purses, stationery, women’s and children’s clothing andmore. Admission and parking are free. Major credit cards accepted. Drawingsfor door prizes will take place hourly. All proceeds will be used to supportthe League’s philanthropic programs. Call (562) 627-5650 or visit allb.org.CULTURE WITH A CAUSE

A Dia De Los Muertos celebration and artists’ reception will take place Sat-urday, Nov. 6 from 6-10pm at the 2nd City Council Art Gallery and Perform-ance Space, 435 Alamitos Ave. There will be music, dance, children’s artprojects, a youth art exhibit, parade and festival. Concessions will be sold,and proceeds support a local charity. The event is free and open to the public.Call (562) 901-0997.COMMUNI-TEA

The public is invited to Su Casa’s “Communi-Tea” Friend & Fund Raiser toend domestic violence. The event will take place on Sunday, Nov. 7 from1pm to 3:30pm at Lakewood Youth Center, Del Valle Park, 5939 HenrileeSt. in Lakewood. Cost is $20 for one admission or $25 for two, and $100 tohost a table for a group or organization (up to 8 people). Admission includestea or coffee, tea sandwiches, and sweets. Group recognition for Best TableTheme– arrange a group of 8 friends or club members to plan a theme, thenbring decorations, tableware and serving pieces that carry out the theme.Table decorators will be admitted at 12:45pm, and prizes will be given towinners. RSVP by Monday, Nov. 1 to tlwhiteleather@juno.com or by calling(562) 866-8755.TAKE ACTION

The 2008-2009 NUSA National Champions, The North Long Beach Com-munity Action Group will have newly elected Long Beach City ProsecutorDoug Haubert as its featured guest speaker Sunday, Nov. 7 from 2pm to5pm at the North Police Substation, 4891 Del Amo Blvd. This monthlymeeting provides education, information and current events for the NorthLong Beach Community. The meeting is open to the public the first Sundayof each month (except for holidays). Call (562) 428-7710.CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE

The Friends of Music at California Heights United Methodist Church willpresent a concert by the California Baptist University String Ensemble onSunday, Nov. 7 at 4pm. The group, conducted by Dr. Angela Brand, will per-form works by Bach, Mozart and others. The church is located at 3759 OrangeAve. Free-will offering. Childcare provided. Visit calheightsumc.org or call(562) 595-1996.NOVEL DISCUSSION

On Saturday, Nov. 13, at 10am, the Los Altos Neighborhood Library BookGroup will discuss Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, a sweepingnovel that moves from India to Ethiopia to a Bronx hospital, while revealingthe intertwined lives of twin brothers. New members are always welcome.The library is located at 5614 E. Britton Dr. Contact the librarian atcliff.phillips@lbpl.org or (562) 570-1045.

LBPD now using bracelet technologyto locate those with cognitive disorders

The Long Beach Police Depart-ment (LBPD) has announced Safe Re-union/Long Beach, a program inpartnership with EmFinders technol-ogy company, to help locate missingloved ones. The program was designedspecially for those prone to wander dueto cognitive disorders such asAlzheimer’s disease, autism, and de-mentia.

The LBPD receives and investi-gates missing-person reports on a dailybasis, and timing is crucial in these in-vestigations. While most missing-per-son cases have a happy ending with theperson quickly located and returnedhome, some do not, and, in some rarecases, the missing person is never lo-cated.

Typically, the chance of the personbeing located safely decreases thelonger that person remains missing.The “EmSeeQ emergency locator sys-tem” by EmFinders will assist policewith these often time-consuming in-

vestigations, and help locate and returnthe missing to their loved ones likelyfaster than before.

The emergency locator system re-quires the person-at-risk to wear abracelet, which can be activated afterhe or she is reported missing. The re-porting party must first call the policeand provide necessary information inorder to generate a report. The reportnumber is provided to the caller whothen provides it to EmFinders via theirtoll-free number, and EmFinders acti-vates the bracelet. The missing per-son’s location is then transmitted viacell tower to 9-1-1 dispatchers who cansend assistance.

Last Sunday, representatives fromthe LBPD and EmFinders unveiledthe EmSeeQ device at the LongBeach Convention Center in conjunc-tion with Maria Shriver’s March onAlzheimer’s.

Starting Nov. 1, a limited quantityof free bracelets will be provided by

the LBPD to those suffering from a di-agnosed cognitive disorder. This offer-ing was made possible by a group ofprivate donors led by Long Beach res-ident Coralyn Wahlberg, who providedthe initial funding for SafeReunion/Long Beach. The monthlycost for the 24-hour monitoring serviceis approximately $25.

Long Beach Police Chief Jim Mc-Donnell sees many benefits of the de-partment utilizing technology toincrease community safety. “Safe Re-union/Long Beach is a great tool for re-turning loved ones home safely and forminimizing police resources, while lo-cating a person who has a propensityto wander,” he said.

For more information aboutEmFinders’ EmSeeQ emergency loca-tor system, visit emfinders.com. To do-nate to Safe Reunion/Long Beach,contact the Long Beach Police Foun-dation at (562) 343-5111 or throughlbpolicefoundation.org. ß

Long Beach Commu-nity College (LBCC)Trustee Roberto Urangahas been elected to serveas the chair of the Associ-ation of Community Col-lege Trustees (ACCT).Uranga was elected lastweekend at the annualCommunity CollegeTrustee Leadership Con-gress in Toronto, Canada.

“I’m extremely proudto have received thishonor from an organization that advo-cates for our community colleges,”said Uranga. “I am humbled to be the

first Latino to serve inthis capacity and hon-ored to bring this recog-nition to Long Beach.”

Uranga, currentlythe vice-chair of theACCT, becomes thefirst Hispanic to serve aschair of the nationalboard. The ACCT is anational nonprofit edu-cational organization ofgoverning boards, rep-resenting more than

6,500 elected and appointed trusteeswho govern over 1,200 community,technical, and junior colleges in the

United States and other countries.Uranga remains on the Long

Beach Community College DistrictBoard of Trustees. He was first electedto serve on the board in 2000. Urangawas unanimously voted president ofthe Board in 2002 and 2006.

“Trustee Uranga is a nationalleader in community college policy,and we are fortunate to have him as amember of our local governingboard,” said LBCC President EloyOrtiz Oakley. “I am sure he will bringthe same level of passion that we haveseen here in Long Beach to the Asso-ciation of Community CollegeTrustees.” ß

Grant to help LBPD institute special traffic operations

Additional police officers arrested in grand theft caseLong Beach Police Department de-

tectives have arrested an officer and aformer officer of the department inconnection with the Aug. 5, 2010 arrestof former officer Damian Ramos forgrand theft of weapons.

Ramos, a five-year employee withthe department, handled a “foundproperty” call at a Long Beach busi-ness, which turned over numerousweapons to him. However, the de-partment discovered that not all of theweapons had been placed into evi-dence. Detectives following up onthis confiscation of weapons deter-mined that the number turned in bythe business did not correspond withthe number placed into evidence byRamos. Upon learning of this dis-crepancy, the department launched animmediate and exhaustive investiga-tion. Significant resources were de-voted to the case to determine the

whereabouts of the missing firearms. As the investigation progressed,

Ramos became the focus, which led tothe service of multiple search warrantsand his arrest. Since then, the investi-gation has been ongoing and additionalinformation was discovered, leadingdetectives to the arrest of Officer Ben-jamin De Los Santos and former offi-cer Derrick Dinsmore.

De Los Santos, a six-year em-ployee, was arrested Tuesday in LongBeach. He was booked for receivingstolen property, conspiracy, grandtheft of firearms, embezzlement, andcirculation of a false document, and isbeing held on $20,000 bail. Dinsmore,a former four-year employee, was ar-rested Monday night in the city ofWalnut. He was booked for receivingstolen property, accessory after thefact, and preparing false documentaryevidence, and is being held on

$20,000 bail. At the time of Ramos’s arrest, de-

tectives believed he acted alone. How-ever, during the course of the ongoinginvestigation, additional evidence wasdiscovered that led detectives to deter-mine that these two additional officerswere also involved. “This is an unfor-tunate situation, but we are committedto ensuring that every investigation ofmisconduct involving any of our em-ployees is thorough and complete,”said Chief Jim McDonnell.

The Los Angeles County DistrictAttorney’s Office Justice Integrity Di-vision will be presented with this caseand will handle the prosecution. DeLos Santos has been suspended with-out pay pending the outcome of thecriminal investigation. Dinsmore wasdismissed from employment on Sept.27, 2010 after his involvement in thisinvestigation was discovered. ß

The Long Beach Police Depart-ment (LBPD) is expanding its regulartraffic enforcement with special oper-ations funded by a recent $278,000grant awarded by the California Of-fice of Traffic Safety. Special trafficenforcement measures will include in-creased enforcement around intersec-tions and traffic lights.

“We have made progress, but thereis still much work to be done in order toprevent the tragedies that are caused byimpaired and distracted driving,” saidChief Jim McDonnell. This grant en-ables us to continue educating the publicon the perils of drunk driving as well asthe importance of refraining from tex-ting and driving and using hands-freedevices with cell phones.”

The Selective Traffic EnforcementProgram (STEP) grant is designed toassist in efforts to deal with traffic-safety problems and to reduce thenumber of persons killed and injuredin traffic collisions. Traffic deathsfrom all causes declined in 2009 inCalifornia by 10.3 percent from 3,434

killed in 2008 to 3,081 in 2009. Thestate recorded 950 alcohol-impaireddriving fatalities in 2009, a 7.6-percentdecline from 1,025 in 2008; however,DUI deaths remain at 31 percent of fa-talities.

“Everyone in California should beheartened with these figures,” saidChristopher J. Murphy, director of theCalifornia Office of Traffic Safety(OTS). “But as encouraging as this is,we can’t let up on the efforts to encour-age and enforce traffic safety. Thou-sands are still losing their lives or beingseverely injured on our roadways.”

The grant activities will targetDUI offenders, drivers with sus-pended or revoked licenses, red lightrunning, distracted driving, motorcy-cle safety, and seatbelt violationsthrough the use of DUI/driver’s li-cense checkpoints, DUI saturationpatrols, and special enforcement op-erations. The grant also providesfunding for additional training of of-ficers in driving under the influencedetection and enforcement, as well as

supervising enforcement operations.For the second year in a row, spe-

cial motorcycle safety enforcementoperations will be conducted. In Cali-fornia, motorcycle fatalities have fi-nally dropped following a decade risein deaths. Motorcyclists killed in 2009numbered 393, a 29-percent drop from2008 statistics. However, Californiaremains one of three states that stilllead the nation in motorcyclist deaths.

Long Beach police officers will beconducting specialized enforcement ef-forts throughout the course of the nextyear. Extra officers will be on duty pa-trolling areas frequented by motorcy-cles. Officers will be cracking down ontraffic violations, made by motorcyclistsand other vehicle drivers, that result infar too many motorcycle collisions, in-juries and deaths.

“More people are making it homesafely and alive each day,” said Mur-phy. “But to keep this trend going, wewill continue to strive to meet our vi-sion– toward zero deaths, every 1counts.” ß

Uranga elected chair of Association of Community College Trustees

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Bring this coupon for $3.00 offthe regular adult price 15th Annual Historical Cemetery TourSaturday, October 30th1095 Willow Street (between Orange& California Avenues)

Saturday,October 30, 2010

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Adults $18, Members $12,Students 12-18 $5, under 12 are free

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Join us on Halloween Eve at theCity’s two oldest cemeteries ascostumed actors tell about the livesand deaths of those who havecalled Long Beach home. Along with ten graveside story-tellers, you’ll learn about cemeterysymbols, see examples of funeraladvertising from around the turn ofthe century, enjoy free hot dogsand a fun walking tourbeneath the trees.

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Hiring military veteransis good business

By Bill Whitmore

If your company’s diversity re-cruiting strategy fails to include mil-itary veterans, you are missing out onworking with some of our country’smost outstanding men and women.Organizations that fail to recognizethe extraordinary leadership qualitiesthat veterans bring to the workplacepass up the opportunity to work withresults-oriented employees that havea strong sense of accountability andresponsibility. It is time for our coun-try’s corporate leaders to awaken tothe reality that combat leadership andmilitary discipline translate into dy-namic employees who can enhancean organization’s productivity.

While the national unemploy-ment rate hovers around 9.7 percentfor civilians, the unemploymentrate for young male veterans, in-cluding those returning fromAfghanistan and Iraq, is more thandouble the national average at 21.6percent, according to the Bureau ofLabor Statistics. Isn’t it time toshine the employment spotlight onthe brave men and women who

serve our country?What essential set of life skills do

military veterans bring to corporateAmerica that makes them an indis-pensable pairing? The military trainsour men and women to lead by ex-ample as well as understand the nu-ances of delegation and motivation.As General Douglas McArthur oncesaid, “a true leader has the confi-dence to stand alone, the courage tomake tough decisions, and the com-passion to listen to the needs of oth-ers.” Military veterans understandthe value of teamwork, which theycan apply in our country’s officesand boardrooms. Veterans under-stand their role within an organiza-tional framework and serve asexemplary role models to subordi-nates while demonstrating accounta-bility and leadership to supervisors.

Veterans generally enter theworkforce with identifiable skillsthat can be transferred to the businessworld and are often skilled in techni-cal trends pertinent to business andindustry. And what they don’t know,

they are eager to learn– making themreceptive and ready hires in work en-vironments that value ongoing learn-ing and training. Veterans representdiversity and collaborative teamworkin action, having served with peoplefrom diverse economic, ethnic andgeographic backgrounds as well asrace, religion and gender. Even underdire stress, veterans complete tasksand assignments in a timely manneras they have labored under restrictiveschedules and resources on the bat-tlefields and military installationsthat they’ve served.

Employers can find qualified vet-erans from a variety of sources, in-cluding the Employer Partnership ofthe Armed Forces, Employer Supportof the Guard and Reserve,

Military.com, HireVeterans.com, andthe Wounded Warriors Project. Em-ployers can become true partnerswith selected veterans organizationsand work with them proactively toensure you are maximizing yourability to recruit from this extremelyqualified talent pool. Lest we forget,the men and women who have cho-sen to serve our country are patriotswho have made enormous sacrificesto ensure our safety and freedom. Byemploying military veterans, we aresaying, “thank you for your service”and for protecting us from terrorismand other threats.

Bill Whitmore is chairman, pres-

ident and CEO of AlliedBarton Secu-

rity Services.

Hey, neighbor… there’s a car in my viewIs there a simple answer to this question and, if so, will somebody please

tell me what it is?I have a neighbor who owns more cars and trucks than he/she and family

can drive every day so he/she parks in front of a neighbor’s house (mostlymine and another neighbor) every week from sweeper day to sweeper day,and never a word is said or [anything] done to correct this violation.

I am unable to look out my own door and see the passing cars and peoplebecause there is always a car or truck parked right in front of my house allweek. We all have garages, so what do they have in theirs that won’t allowthe addition of a car? I use mine every day to park my car in.

Our police department is the best in the West so I know, if I called them,they could or would check it out, but who wants to bother the departmentevery week?

Vivian C. NelsonLong Beach

Super volunteers?Imagine…after effectively serving on the Long Beach City Council for

six years (a very demanding job) then running for State Assembly (politicalraces are an immense strain) then came the tragic unexpected passing of Con-gresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald. Laura Richardson decided to runto serve and to do all she could to fill those beautiful shoes on very short no-tice. She did so heroically, with wonderful intelligence and heart.

She has faced difficulties courageously like millions in America. In herpersonal life, she experienced an anguished divorce with complicated prop-erty settlement issues people face. She recovered because of her strength anddedication. Then her father passed away, and she handled the difficult processof probate.

Sound familiar, like other real humans you know? Real people, doing allthey can with great challenges and surprises life deals them.

We are entirely too hard on public servants. They endure torturous criti-cism. It sometimes borders on abuse. They live under a magnifying glass ofscrutiny.

Only rare people can do the difficult work our elected representatives do. Our representatives are people who are dedicated and motivated to tackle

and solve problems Americans face. They are the super volunteers. It is notan easy job. What if you had to handle such challenging issues?

Laura put serving her nation first. She has done a great job. She has given.She has studied the issues. She shares what she learns with us through manyvenues, personally visiting the community in our district. She communicates.She listens. Her virtual town hall meeting was wonderful, personal and thor-ough. She demonstrated incredible grasp of the issues with intelligence andclarity. She flies home to see you and all the constituents she represents everyweek. Because she cares!

She has amazing energy and intelligence. She has given it everything she’sgot. She is devoted to her job to serving the people.

Summer HansenLong Beach

Candidate correctionAs an avid reader of the Signal Tribune, I am grateful for the many well-

written and informative articles published by your community newspaper, in-cluding all those covering the election and candidate forums. Please provideyour readers with the following corrections/clarifications of facts and/or ofmy remarks (shown in parentheses) in last week’s article “Topics of welfare,corruption and defense characterize 37th District seat forum.”

“I’m the first person since 1950 to get on the ballot (twice or two times ina row) as an Independent candidate for Congress in the State of California.”

“…the 37th District, as well as the nation, needs people in Washingtonwho have (will bring) common sense (solutions) and are not under the controlof party bosses or special-interest groups.”

I mentioned Iraq, not Iran: Dibs noted the wars in (Iraq) and Afghanistanare the primary causes of the government’s deficit spending.

Nick DibsCandidate

37th Congressional District

Halloween has always been afun time for me. When I was achild, our family didn’t havemuch money for things likefancy decorations or costumes. Imostly relied on my parents’imagination and ingenuity toprovide me with a suitable outfitto wear while trick-or-treatingthrough our Signal Hill neigh-borhood. I remember when I wasabout 6 years old, Dad boughtme a gypsy mask to wear withmy red, black and white ruffleddress. Mom helped finish up theoutfit as she threw some big,dangly clip-on earrings on mealong with a scarf and half adozen strands of long beads.Once the costume was complete,Dad declared me “Queen of theGypsies”– what fun!

Another time, Mom dug outa sleeveless summer dress ofmine that had a solid-color bodywith rows of different-colorflounces at the hem. While I hadlong, colorful beads tied in aknot across my chest, a littlerouge and lipstick along with aribbon tied across my head, shedeclared me a flapper from the1920’s! I felt so pretty.

About ten minutes into ourtrick-or-treat trekking, Ithought I was going to freeze todeath in that little flapper-styledress. Mom to the rescue– shehad brought along a sweater forme “just in case.” Now, eventhen I was pretty sure flappersdidn’t wear button-up sweaters,but Mom convinced me thatknits over dresses had been allthe rage in the olden days. Shesure had a gift of persuasion–

still does. Back then, we didn’t have or-

ganized school-, church- or city-sponsored carnivals forHalloween. Nope, instead wevisited our friends’ and neigh-bors’ homes, all the while tryingto remember who had given outthe best candy the year before.Some folks gave out homemadetreats (all but forbidden thesedays). Others gave out pencils,small candies, gum, pennies, orour favorites– full-sized candybars. In our early years, our par-ents went trick-or-treating withus. As we got older, we kids trav-eled in groups and promised tobe careful. We’d put the candy inour bags, buckets, sacks or pil-lowcases while eating and walk-ing, walking and eating, trying togobble down as much good stuffas we could before going homewhere Mom and Dad perusedour booty for inappropriatetreats. After confiscating whatthey deemed dangerous or ques-tionable, our folks would allowus a piece or two of candy (afterwe had already eaten our fill onthe way home) before sending usoff to bed with a sugar high thatkept us hyped-up for days.

Looking back to those sim-pler, sweet days, I believe that itwas the fun of creating the cos-tumes with my folks that made itso memorable. I don’t think astore-bought outfit would havebeen as unforgettable, or evenworth writing about. Have funwith your kids, grandkids andneighbors this Halloween. Youjust may build some fond mem-ories. ß

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Every year for the past six years,thousands upon thousands of womengather at the Long Beach ConventionCenter to attend the annual, and alwayssold-out, Women’s Conference hostedby California First Lady Maria Shriver.Women arrive from all over the coun-try for a variety of reasons. Some at-tend just to see the celebrities– morethan 150 famous and fearless news-makers graced the various stages at thisyear’s three-day event that began onSunday with a march for Alzheimer’sand ended on Tuesday evening withthe Minerva Awards. Other women at-tend for the exhibits and workshopshosted by hundreds of businesses andorganizations. Many women make itan annual road trip with their family,friends, or co-workers to mingle andnetwork.

Pennsylvania native AlainaHoward attended this year’s confer-ence for the first time as a volunteerwith the sole purpose of witnessingfirst-hand what it takes to put on a con-ference of this magnitude. She plans touse this experience to launch her ownconference-consulting business in thenear future.

“I have volunteered at dozens ofconferences for many, many years,”said Howard, “but this has to be thebiggest, most incredible one of all. Theenergy at the Convention Center iselectrifying. The logistics involved inexecuting a conference of this magni-tude is amazing, and I am learning somuch.”

This year’s conference theme was“It’s Time,” which certainly applied toHoward. Her imminent business,which she is just about ready to launch,is called Person-to-Person. It will targetnonprofit organizations needing to hostconferences to boost membership,publicity, and revenue. Years of volun-teering at numerous other conferencesacross the country have given Howardvaluable experience and a very uniqueperspective of what is involved in co-ordinating similar events.

“I am really focusing on how thespecial guests are handled at this con-ference,” said Howard, who served asinformal security surrounding the mainstage during Monday evening’s “ANight at the Village” event. She com-mended the conference planning staffon their treatment of everyone–celebrity, attendee, worker, or volun-teer– with the utmost respect. As anadded benefit of volunteering in thiscapacity, Howard had front-row seatsfor two of the most anticipated speak-ers of the night.

“Jane Fonda’s testimony was trulyinspiring,” Howard said, “and I could-n’t believe Paula Deen started off withjust $200. They, along with the otherspeakers, made me feel like I could re-ally do anything.”

This year’s ticket prices for the dif-ferent conference events ranged from$50 to 100 and sold out in less than onehour. Volunteers were admitted free.

Some of the most notable eventsfor which Howard has volunteered in-clude conferences for the Children’sDefense Fund organized by MarianWright Edelman, the MomentumAwards hosted by the Women’s Foun-

dation of California, and the NationalHead Start Conference.

“Volunteering at these events istruly empowering,” said Howard, who,with every conference she attends,strives to learn something new that willultimately help her with her own busi-ness. “I am able to interact first-handwith positive, forward-thinking peoplewho are committed to making a differ-ence in our world in an extraordinaryatmosphere.” Howard, who has neverbeen compensated for her time as aconference volunteer, has to take timeoff from her job as an outreach special-ist at Cal State University DominguezHills, in exchange for a T-shirt, a park-ing pass, meals while on duty, and anoccasional souvenir. “But I alwayswalk away with much, much morethan just that,” she added.

Another first-time volunteer, origi-nally from Northern California, wasLong Beach resident Shirley Huling,who served as high-level security priorto First Lady Michelle Obama’s ap-pearance on Tuesday. Huling has plansto launch a nonprofit organization tohelp women ease the transition be-tween new motherhood and their ca-reers.

“Day care issues forced me to leavea career I loved and excelled in when Igave birth to my son four years ago,”said Huling, who was an executive infashion retail with Nordstrom. “I hadto compromise between my new babyand my career, and no woman shouldhave to do that.” Huling wants to helpcompanies provide on-site day care formothers who want to continue workingafter having children.

“This conference is definitely theplace to be to meet the right people andto learn the ins and outs of formingnonprofits and other businesses,” saidHuling. “I’ve met so many womenwho are excited about my idea andwho have offered to help me get it offthe ground.” Huling plans to volunteerat next year’s conference with her non-profit, Plan-It, already operational. Sheencourages other women who havepersonal and professional goals to vol-unteer as a means of networking to re-alize those goals.

“I usually submit a letter of inquiryto an organization asking if volunteersare needed and expressing my interestin assisting them,” said Howard. “Theyare usually very receptive to and grate-ful for volunteers who want nothing in

return but to attend.” Howard regis-tered to volunteer for the Women’sConference online in March and ob-tained the confirmation she was wait-ing for in June. She received periodic

emails and updates, and last week wastold where to check in on the date ofthe event. “This is a very smooth op-eration, considering the enormity of theconference.” ß

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Lowenthal also authored AB 2435,which was signed by the governor thisyear. She explained that the new lawrequires all mental-health professionalsto have elder abuse training. “Therecognition of elder abuse is really crit-ical,” she said. “Elder abuse is one ofthe fastest growing crimes in Califor-nia.

Lowenthal explained why shethinks she is the best choice for the54th Assembly seat. “I have the expe-rience and track record that tells peoplethat I am focused on delivering for mydistrict,” she said. “This is a job that re-quires difficult choices that go beyondcampaign promises.”

Speaking of difficult choices,Lowenthal explained her vote with themajority of her colleagues in the legis-lature to take $3.5 billion from localgovernments, which included $1.7 bil-lion taken from the schools– $176 mil-lion from the Long Beach UnifiedSchool District.

“In the last two years, we had to cut

an enormous amount– billions of dol-lars– from the state budget because wedon’t have the revenues,” she said.“That included municipalities andschool districts. Everybody was hurt-ing, and the money was not there toprovide the critical services. Peoplehad been asking us to cut governmentand we did.”

Lowenthal noted that although heropponent Martha Flores-Gibson hassharply criticized her for voting to cutthe $176 million in state funding forLBUSD, the California Teachers As-sociation and almost every member ofthe LBUSD Board of Education hasendorsed her. “I am supported by theparents, and by the people who care themost about education,” she said. “Theyknow that I am watching very closelyto ensure that the districts get at leastas much as they had last year, if notmore. Education is sacred to us in Cal-ifornia, and I will continue to guard allof the school districts in the 54th As-sembly District.”

Lowenthal also talked about elimi-nating wasteful expenditures in thestate government. “There is a greatdeal of auditing going on,” she said.“One of the audits being done by thestate auditor was at my request.” Sheexplained that she had asked the bipar-tisan Joint Legislative Audit Commit-tee (JLAC) to look into the ongoingdevelopment of the state’s Court Case

Management System. She noted thatthe project was originally estimated tocost approximately $200 million, butlegislators were later told that it couldcost as much as $2 billion. After look-ing into the matter, JLAC asked thestate auditor to audit the project, andthat process has now begun.

Lowenthal noted that she alsoserves on the Assembly’s Accountabil-ity Committee in order to examine anyexcesses and lack of efficiencies thatexist in state government.

Lowenthal earned her master’s de-gree in clinical psychology from CalState University Long Beach and hasserved on the LBUSD Board of Edu-cation, as well as the Long Beach CityCouncil.

“I believe very strongly that I amthe person to represent the people of the54th District,” she said. “I have beenappointed the chair of the AssemblyCommittee on Transportation, whichwill allow me to have oversight of the$10 billion the voters have invested inhigh-speed rail. She noted that she isalso working with experts and stake-holders to make sure infrastructure forplug-in vehicles is in place in the nearfuture. “I am very actively working forenvironmental issues, for business is-sues, for economic development, to im-prove the educational system in ourstate and for jobs,” she said. ß

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As 55th District Assemblymember, Furutanikeeps career/technical education as top priorityNick Diamantides

Staff Writer

Democrat Warren Furutani isthe incumbent Assemblymemberfor the state’s 55th District. Hehopes to be reelected to his secondfull term in that office. “I am run-ning to finish the business I havebeen working on since I was firstelected,” he said.

Furutani noted that his first pri-ority is to advance career/technicaleducation. He explained that he es-tablished a legislative committeeon career technical education, andhe has organized the first commu-nity college caucus in the legisla-ture for that purpose. “I amworking with all the differentgroups involved in career/technicaleducation and hoping to create acomprehensive system that willhelp more students get that kind ofeducation,” he said.

Furutani said career/technicaleducation is critical to the future ofthe district and the entire state, butit has not been given as much atten-tion as it deserves. “I am a firm be-liever in higher education, and weneed to do everything we can tosupport and expand our collegesand universities,” he said. “But Ialso know that not everyone isgoing to college. Rather than hav-ing such a large percentage of stu-dents dropping out of high schooland not learning any skills, let’s de-velop a career training program forour young people.”

Furutani noted that, with largenumbers of Baby Boomers ap-proaching retirement, hundreds ofthousands of jobs that require skillswill soon be available to youngpeople, but most of them do nothave those skills. “We also need totrain our youth in the new skills re-lated to advancements in technol-ogy and in the new trend towardgreen industries,” he said.

Furutani stressed that about 25percent of all California high-school students drop out beforegraduating, and in the inner cityhigh schools, the drop-out rateranges from 33 to 50 percent. “An-other issue is that students enteringjunior colleges are not prepared to

succeed in college,” he said. “Weneed to better prepare high-schoolstudents who want to go to college,and we need to provide career/tech-nical education to those who do notwant to go to college.”

Furutani strongly defended hisstance on career/technical educa-tion against charges that it is moti-vated by the unions that contributeto his campaign. “I have been aunion guy my entire adult life,” headmitted. “But I am looking out forthe interests of working people,whether they are in a union or not.I am not owned by the unions. Youask anybody that knows me, andthey will tell you there are two ad-jectives that describe me: honestyand integrity.”

Furutani said his second priorityis to continue working on improv-ing the way goods are movedthrough the district. “On one hand,the movement of goods is criticalto the economies of California andthe western United States,” he said.“On the other hand, if we are mov-ing goods, it must not be at the ex-pense of children getting asthma,and other health problems causedby the diesel particulates that arecoming from trucks and trains.” Hesaid that he has been working withofficials of the two ports to makethem greener and he hopes to con-tinue those discussions.

Furutani said he is proud of thelegislation he has authored that hasbeen signed into law. “Last year,

one of my bills, AB 37, waspassed,” he said. “It conferred hon-orary college degrees to Japanese-Americans that were forced out ofcolleges and forced to live in in-ternment camps during World WarII, and that helped right a pastwrong.”

Other Furutani bills signed intolaw include: AB 1847, whichstrengthens existing law by allow-ing prosecutors to initiate incomedeductions from convicted crimi-nals to ensure that victims of crimereceive court-ordered restitution;and AB 2444, which makes it eas-ier for inter-district transfer stu-dents in K –12 schools to stay in theschools to which they have trans-ferred.

Furutani also talked about thepublic’s poor image of the statelegislature, and he acknowledgedthat its failure to adopt a budget ontime is one of its biggest problems.“As soon as the election is over, weneed to get to work immediately onthe state’s budget,” he said, ex-plaining that legislators typicallydo not begin talking about thebudget until mid-January and don’tstart serious work on it until May.He noted that he is the chair ofBudget Committee Four, whichdeals with state administration. “Aschair, I am gong to ask all the com-mittee members to immediatelystart looking at how we can bemore efficient as a state govern-ment,” he said. “We need to startwork on next year’s budget imme-diately.”

Furutani graduated from Anti-och University with a bachelor’sdegree in liberal arts, served on theLos Angeles Board of Educationfor eight years, and on the Los An-geles Community College Boardfor 10 years. He was elected to theAssembly in a special election in2007 and reelected for his first fullterm in 2008.

“I want to thank the people ofthe 55th District for electing me tothis office,” Furutani said. “I thinkthey see the wisdom and experi-ence that I have brought to this of-fice. I commit to continue to do thebest I can to serve the people ofthis district.” ß

Warren Furutani

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of the payroll tax and other burden-some taxes and fees imposed by stateand local governments. “Nobody evenasked Boeing why just this monthalone it moved 500 local jobs to Okla-homa,” she said, adding that as a leg-islator she would have met withBoeing officials to ask if there wassomething that the state could do tokeep those jobs here. “The payroll tax,the fees, the amount of paperwork thatneeds to be done and all the otherforms of red tape are driving jobs outof California,” she said.

Flores-Gibson added that the state’sworkers compensation system alsoneeds to be revamped. She said that, ifshe is elected, she will conduct a sym-posium on workers comp fraud and in-efficiency to see how the state canreduce the amount of money employ-ers have to pay for that insurance inCalifornia. She also wants to extend itbeyond the two-year limit so that in-jured workers have adequate time torecover.

“The problem is that GovernorSchwarzenegger cut back on theamount of time that someone can col-lect on workers comp,” she said, ex-plaining that the cutback amounted tolittle more than a shell game, becausewhile the state’s workers comp costshave decreased, welfare costs have in-creased. “The governor cut workers

comp payments to two years, but theproblem is that some conditions lastmore than two years, so the injuredemployees who still cannot work be-cause of their injuries must then go onwelfare. So the state’s welfare costs in-crease. We need an audit to see howmuch money is being spent on welfarepayments for those who are no longerable to collect workers comp pay-ments.”

Flores-Gibson also strongly con-demned the way the legislature, withLowenthal’s approval, chose to bal-ance the budget last year. “In July2009, my opponent voted to take$3.5 billion from local governmentsand school districts,” Flores-Gibsonsaid. “Stripping local governmentsand school districts of money fromtheir budgets, after many of them al-ready forced employees into early re-tirement, cut back positions anddipped into reserves, is just plain ir-responsible and doesn’t hold Sacra-mento accountable for its years ofreckless spending.”

Making matters worse, accordingto Flores-Gibson, Lowenthal and a ma-jority of state legislators also voted toraise taxes in 2009. “We were told thathigher taxes would keep teachers andfirefighters working– it did not,” shesaid. “And, because of higher taxes,more businesses are leaving the stateand our unemployment rate is higher.”

According to Flores-Gibson, of the

aforementioned $3.5 billion, $1.7 bil-lion came from state funds that wouldnormally have gone to school districts.“How can my opponent say now thatshe cares about our schools when shevotes to take so much money awayfrom them, including $176 millionfrom the Long Beach Unified SchoolDistrict?” Flores-Gibson asked.

She said that, if she is elected, oneof her first actions will be to introducea bill that will bring back the $3.5 bil-lion taken from the local governmentsand school districts. “I will also demandthorough audits of every state agency,department and commission to elimi-nate unnecessary entities, stop fraudand increase inefficiency,” she said.“We cannot afford two more years ofbusiness as usual in Sacramento.”

Flores-Gibson earned a master’sdegree in social work from Cal StateUniversity Long Beach and workedfor the LBUSD for 20 years, mostlyas a social worker, until budget cutsforced her layoff last March. The lay-off gave her more time for a businessshe started two years ago, sellingprepaid legal services. “I am not apolished career politician, but I dohave the welfare of the people of the54th District at heart,” she said. “Byelecting me, the people of the 54thAssembly District will be sending aclear message to Sacramento– weneed to change the way our stategovernment operates.” ß

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Hoping to unseat Furutani for Assembly’s 55thDistrict, Salabaj pushes for education reform

Nick Diamantides

Staff Writer

Republican Christopher Salabajbelieves it’s time to change thingsin Sacramento, and he hopes thevoters send him there to do so. Sal-abaj is running against incumbentDemocrat Warren Furutani for theCalifornia Assembly 55th Districtseat.

“The main reason I am runningis because I and many other peoplein this district feel that our currentpoliticians are not working for us,”he said. “It is very clear to all of usthat our politicians are looking outfor the people who are contributingto their election campaigns andthat’s why we are in the mess thatwe are in right now.”

Salabaj ran against Janice Hahnfor the 15th District seat of the LosAngeles City Council in 2009 andlost. He said that race taught himmuch about how the election processworks. “It’s not about whether youare a Democrat or a Republican– it’sabout making decisions and passinglaws that put the people first,” hesaid. “I want to represent the peopleof our district and make changes thatMr. Furutani can’t because he owesfavors to the various unions and spe-cial-interest groups that contribute tohis campaign.”

Salabaj said that Furutanidemonstrated his loyalty to hislarge campaign contributors duringhis last term. “If you look at all thebills that he drafted, they all relateto who gave him money and havenothing to do with helping our dis-trict,” he said. As an example, Sal-abaj mentioned a bill authored byFurutani that would have takenaway the requirement that high-school students complete two yearsof physical education before beingable to graduate.

“Mr. Furutani wrote a bill thatwould have eliminated that require-ment and instead offer the kidstrade-school classes,” Salabaj said,adding that it was unconscionablefor Furutani to try to get such a billpassed during a time when theyouth of the country are experienc-ing an obesity epidemic. “It did not

make sense to me that someonewould offer a bill that would doaway with a class that could helprid the nation of that epidemic,” hesaid. “The bill was obviously afavor to the unions, but it was noteven passed by the Assembly.”

Salabaj added that GovernorSchwarzenegger recently vetoedanother bill authored by Furutanithat would have replaced many for-eign-language and fine-arts classesin the public schools with trade-school classes. “So once again, dur-ing this severe budget crisis, he ishammering away trying to get thisthing passed for a special-interestgroup,” Salabaj said.

“My first priority is job cre-ation,” he said. “We have to createjobs in California, and I am very in-terested in creating jobs in my dis-trict. We have such a great locationto bring in companies and smallbusinesses that can offer jobs to ourresidents, and we are not taking ad-vantage of that.”

“My second priority is ourschools,” he said. “Our state has togo through major educational re-form. The first thing is our relation-ship with the schoolteachers. Inorder to be successful, school dis-tricts have to be like small commu-nities that govern themselves.School districts like LAUSD arejust too spread out to be run theright way. The state needs to step inand break up the huge school dis-

tricts to give more power to the par-ents and the teachers. That’s theonly way the schools are going tobe run in the right way.”

Salabaj also said that as a statelegislator he would look into howschool districts, colleges and uni-versities purchase books. “The waythat we purchase our books is state-mandated and questionable,” hesaid. “It basically opens the doorfor corruption.” He explained thathe suspects that taxpayers are foot-ing the bill for exorbitantly over-priced textbooks and collegestudents are also forced to pay out-rageously high prices for their text-books. “The books are basicallychosen on the basis of who knowswho.”

Salabaj said his third prioritywould be to attack the corruptionthat exists in state government. “Ihave talked to people who are in of-fice who say that is a losing battle,”he said. “But someone has to be inoffice who really questions whatthe other politicians are doing andbrings it out to the public.”

Salabaj noted that recently Har-bor College invited Furutani tospeak to the students there, but neg-lected to invite Salabaj. He said thatwas a form of corruption becausethe school is funded by taxpayerdollars and yet seems to be encour-aging students to vote in a particu-lar way.

Salabaj graduated from the Uni-versity of Laverne with a bachelor’sdegree in physical education and isnow completing a teacher creden-tial program at California StateUniversity, Dominguez Hills. Hehas been a real-estate salesman forthe last nine years. He had workedfor LAUSD as a physical-educationinstructor for several years but waslaid off last February and is now afootball coach for Bishop Mont-gomery High School, a privateschool in Torrance.

“It is very important that every-one get out and vote in this elec-tion,” he said. “We are in a pivotalpoint in our state’s history, and weneed to pick the right leaders to rep-resent the people and not special-in-terest groups.” ß

Christopher Salabaj

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Long Beach Opera(LBO) this week an-nounced the appoint-ment of Bill Eisentrautas its new director ofDevelopment. His se-lection follows an ex-tensive national searchconducted by Los An-geles-based Arts Con-sulting Group, NorthAmerica’s leadingprovider of executivesearch and other con-sulting services for thearts and culture sector. Since 2004,LBO has expanded its budget from$430,000 to 1.2 million, more thandoubled its audience, and has quadru-pled its subscriber base.

“Bill’s depth of experience in all as-pects of development and fundraising,along with his strong love of music,make him the ideal person to helpLBO’s continued growth as a leadingarts company and to further its goal ofproviding more daring and innovativeoperas to increasing audiences,” saidAndreas Mitisek, artistic and generaldirector. “All of us at LBO are thrilledto have Bill as part of our team.”

Eisentraut brings 15 years of sen-ior development experience to LBO,most recently as director of ResourceDevelopment and Public Affairs atNeighborhood Housing Services–Chicago, Illinois’s leading commu-nity development organization. While

in Chicago, Bill wasalso director of De-velopment at VitalBridges, the HowardBrown Health Center,and the Gay & Les-bian Center.

“Bill’s experiencewill strengthen theteam that continuesour tradition as one ofthe nation’s most inno-vative opera compa-nies,“ said BoardPresident Sue Bi-

enkowski. “Under the leadership ofAndreas Mitisek, the company hasshown impressive development, andwe look forward to working with Billto bring LBO to the next level by ex-panding our audiences in SouthernCalifornia and beyond.

“I am very pleased to be selectedas director of Development forLBO,” said Eisentraut. “I have lovedopera and classical music all my life,and I very much look forward to re-turning to Southern California and toworking with Andreas and the Boardof Directors to help LBO realize itsexciting goals.”

Eisentraut studied applied voiceat Drake University. He is a mem-ber of the Chicago chapter of theAssociation of Fundraising Profes-sionals and will join the Los Ange-les chapter upon relocation toSouthern California. ß

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In a fundraising effort for January2011’s 23rd Annual Martin LutherKing Jr. Peace & Unity Parade Cele-bration and the I Am S.H.A.N.T.E.Foundation, Sixth District CouncilmanDee Andrews and Boss Lady Enter-tainment’s Shante Broadus hosted“Laughin’ Large,” a red-carpet comedyfundraiser Thursday of last week atThe Laugh Factory in Long Beach.

Comedians who performed thatevening included Chris Spencer, Yvettethe Funny Lady, Scruncho, Deon Cole,Faizon Love, Rick Harris, and TiffanyHaddish. Spencer, who served as mas-

ter of ceremonies, set up the other sixcomics to take the stage, and thencalled Broadus on stage to close theshow with her thanks to everyone whobought a ticket to the show.

Broadus’s I Am S.H.A.N.T.E.Foundation (standing for “Seeking HerAmbiton Necessary to Excel) teachesyoung girls the essentials of becominga lady and developing teamwork, goodhealth, proper etiquette, and being en-vironmentally green. “We empoweryoung girls from ages 7 to 18,” saidBroadus, who is married to hip-hopartist Snoop Dogg. “So far, we put ona double-dutch camp for the girls overthe summer.” The foundation’s mis-sion statement adds that it will chal-

lenge and cultivate the minds of thesegirls through a series of workshops,seminars, field trips, mentorship, vol-unteer campaigns, artistic expression,and developmental awareness to growa sense of leadership.

When she had been offered thechance to run the event in conjunctionwith the City of Long Beach’s MartinLuther King Jr. Peace & Unity ParadeCelebration, Broadus jumped at thechance. “It’s important to support, giveback, and help others,” she said at theevent. “It’s why we’re here tonight.”

Despite the parade’s funding beingreduced by more than 50 percent fromthe past three years, Andrews’s Office,which produces it, remains optimisticthat they can gather the funds requiredfor the parade to take place. “I’veknown Mrs. Broadus for years andyears,” said Andrews. “Partnering withher has been a pleasure, especially tosupport these two important causes.”

10 SIGNAL TRIBUNE OCTOBER 29, 2010CULTURELocal councilman, celebrities try toelicit guffaws for a good cause– or two

Brett Hawkins/Signal Tribune

Comedian Chris Spencer and Shante Broadus arrive outside the LaughFactory to greet press and fans at the “Laughin’ Large” benefit last week.

Murder by the Bookoctober 16 - november 20is it possible to commit the perfect murder?Come and find out on the Mainstage!

"...a zigging-&-zagging saga of murder,mistakes, misleading clues and enticingcharacters (tricky, vulnerable, nasty, evensilly), wrapped in sharp humor. It's a fun,murderous treasure." -Joseph Sirota, Buena Park Independent

Studio Nights at the Long Beach Playhouse

november 20 at 11pmJoin us for a night of laughs and goodtimes as you enjoy a late night at thePlayhouse, our cash bar, and somegroovin' tunes. Come experience it!

Boston MarriageClosing Weekend! don't miss BostonMarriage, a wickedly funny comedyclosing this Saturday in the Studio.

"Mamet's Boston Marriage masterfullyweds comedy with emotional power."-vicki Paris goodman, Signal Tribune

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The Long Beach Symphony Or-chestra will present Wicked Divas onSaturday, Oct. 30, featuring PrincipalPOPS! Conductor Steven Reinekeand starring special guests Julia Mur-ney and Erin Mackey from theBroadway show Wicked.

Murney and Mackey will performclassic songs from such notableBroadway shows as Chicago, My

Fair Lady, The Phantom of the

Opera, Ragtime, Titanic, and ofcourse, Wicked, all backed by thelush sounds of the Long Beach Sym-phony Orchestra.

Audience members are invited tocelebrate Halloween a day early andcome dressed in costume; prizes willbe awarded for the best.

The floor of the Long BeachArena will be adorned with 300 dec-orated tables of 10, and attendeesmay bring foods and beverages ofchoice, or inquire about having atable catered.

Wicked Divas will start at 8pm atthe Long Beach Arena, 300 East

Ocean Blvd. Tickets begin at $20.For more information or to purchasetickets, call (562) 436-3203, or visit

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LB Symphony Orchestra conjuring upa bewitching night with Wicked Divas

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Julia Murney, who has portrayed El-phaba in Broadway’s Wicked, willperform classic songs from notableshows of the Great White Way.

OCTOBER 29, 2010 SIGNAL TRIBUNE 11HALLOWEEN 2010

2750 Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach 562-494-9955 • 9:30am - 6:30pm, Monday - Saturday • 10am - 6:30pm, Sunday

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Usable donations accepted: 800-97-HELP-1

Our LOW, LOW priceson Halloween costumes

and decorations will save you $$$!

A DEVIL OF A GOOD TIMEThe Signal Hill Public Library willscreen The Exorcist on Friday, Oct. 29at 6pm at the Community Center, 1780E. Hill St., as part of its “Final FridayFilm Night.” Children under 18 notpermitted, since the R-rated film con-tains strong language and disturbingimages. Call (562) 989-7323.

FRIGHTENING FAMILY FUNGatsby Books, 5535 E. Spring St., willoffer a “haunted” book signing withClaudine Burnett, author of HauntedLong Beach 2, during a free book-sign-ing party with family-friendly scarystories on Friday, Oct. 29, beginning at7pm. Refreshments will be provided,and costumes are welcome. Call (562)208-9783 or email gatsbybooks@hot-mail.com.

IT’S NOT FOR REAL!On October 30, 1938, radio listenerstuned in to CBS, expecting a dra-matic adaptation of a literary classic,and heard what sounded like an ac-tual news bulletin announcing thelanding of a Martian spacecraft. Peo-ple panicked across America as theylistened to the fictional War of theWorlds. The Long Beach Shake-speare Company, 4250 Atlantic Ave.,will perform this dramatic adaptationbefore a live audience at 8pm on Fri-day, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 30,and at 7pm on Sunday, Oct. 31. Theproduction is directed by Helen Borg-ers, with music and sound effectsfrom the original broadcast. Generaladmission is $15, and $10 for stu-dents. Visit lbshakespeare.org or call(562) 997-1494.

A GHOULISH GOOD TIMEBixby Park Preservation will host itsfirst “Bixby Park Halloween Carnival”from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, Oct. 30at Bixby Park, located on the corner of1st Street and Junipero Avenue. Thisfamily event will include prizes for car-nival games, a Halloween costumecontest, ghoulish activities, an EdgarAllen Poe-try Contest, a best home-decorated/home-carved pumpkin con-test and scary arts and crafts. Tickets are50 cents each, contest entries are $2 andbouncer is $1. Proceeds from the eventwill be used for a new playground andimproved landscaping. Contact (562)983-8139.

ZOMBIES ON PARADEThe Greater Long Beach Arts Lab(GLOBAL) will host the 3rd annual4th Street zombie Walk celebration onSaturday, Oct. 30 from 5pm to mid-night, with live music, ghoulish food& drinks, maniacal make-up stations,a zombie flash-mob dance perform-

ance, and more. The event culminateswith the zombie Walk down 4th Street(starting at 8:30pm from Portfolio Cof-feehouse) and ending at the Art Theatrefor the screening of Shaun of the Deadat 9:30pm. More info at mondocellu-loid.com/zombiewalk.

HALLOWEEN…LATIN STYLE!The Museum of Latin American Art,628 Alamitos Ave., will present a freeDay of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)Festival on Sunday, Oct. 31 from noonto 4pm, with a variety of activities forthe whole family, such as art work-shops, face painting, an altar display,live music and folkloric dancing. Call(562) 437-1689 or go to molaa.org.

HAVE A BALLRancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranchand Gardens, 6400 E. Bixby Hills Rd.,will be the site of an afternoon of in-ternational fun on Sunday, Oct. 31,from noon to 4:30pm. Kids and adultswill be entertained by the JumboShrimp Circus and the Southern Cali-fornia Band Organs. Participants canwin prizes by playing internationalball games and competitions through-out the gardens. Kids will have thechance to create crafts representingharvest lore from around the globe.Visit rancholosalamitos.org or call(562) 431-3541.

LIVING TOUR WITH THE DEADRancho Los Cerritos, 4600 N. VirginiaRd., invites the public to its “LivingHistory Tour” on Sunday, Oct. 31,with free tours offered on the half-hourbetween 1pm and 4pm. “Ghosts fromthe past” (costumed living historycharacters from the 1840s, 1870s or1930s) will entertain visitors with sto-ries of their lives, as visitors tour thetwo-story adobe home and grounds.Visit rancholoscerritos.org or call(562) 570-1755.

HAPPY HOWL’OWEEN!The Community Action Team will hostwhat it describes as “the biggest Hal-loween pet event in the world” with its10th annual “Haute Dog Howl’oween”Parade on Sunday, Oct. 31 at 2:30pmon the sidewalks of 2nd Street. Thecost is $15 per dog for advance regis-tration, but it’s free to spectate (front-row chair rentals available for $5 eachalong the route). The pre-parade enter-tainment, vendors, adoption fair andthe “SoCal Kids Halloween Contest”will take place at Livingston Park, atEast Livingston Drive. Kids will meetbefore 2:20pm in the Tot Lot at Liv-ingston Park and then walk theHowl’oween Parade route in advanceof the dogs. Judges will be stationedalong the route and cash prizes will be

awarded at 3pm inside the TotLot. Visit hautedogs.org.

MUSIC IN THE SCAREAt the Cerritos Center for the Perform-ing Arts (CCPA), 12700 Center CourtDr., the Pacific Symphony will presenta “Halloween Family Concert” onSunday, Oct. 31, at 3pm. In this fam-ily-friendly celebration promotingmusic appreciation and exploration,the symphony will play frightfully funmovie music, including selectionsfrom Pirates of the Caribbean, StarWars, and Harry Potter. Children areencouraged to come dressed in their fa-vorite costumes. Tickets, which are$30, are available at the CCPA ticketoffice, at cerritoscenter.com, or by call-ing (562) 467-8818. Tickets are $18each if four or more tickets are pur-chased.

TRUNK OR TREATThe California Heights UnitedMethodist Church, 3759 Orange Ave.,

will offer its “Trunk-or-Treat Spook-tacular” event on Sunday, Oct. 31 from5pm to 7pm. The event will includetrick-or-treating from decorated cars inthe parking lot, activities, and games.More info at calheightsumc.org or(562) 595-1996.

GOBLINS ON THE GREEN?The Wrigley Area Neighborhood Al-

liance (WANA) will have its 4th AnnualHalloween party on Sunday, Oct. 31 onthe Green at 20th Street and Daisy Av-enue from 6pm to 8:30pm. The costumecontest will begin at 7pm and offersprizes for the best costume in the agecategories of: 1 to 4, 5 to 8 and 9 to 12.Call (562) 427-5021 or email wrigleyal-liance@msn.com. ß

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Halloween

Sharing the challenges and oppor-tunities veterans face when they returnto the business world after the battle-field will be the focus of the next CalState Long Beach (CSULB) NotableSpeaker Series event on Thursday,Nov. 4, at 7pm in Room 139-A of theCollege of Business Administration(CBA) Building.

Titled “Veterans in Business: Chal-lenges and Victories,” the presentationwill feature a panel discussion with

successful professionals who are alsoveterans, including Michael O’Gor-man, director of the Farmer-VeteranCoalition, and Steve Peck, presidentand CEO of United States Veterans Ini-tiative. Mike Murray, director of gov-ernment and external affairs forVerizon, will serve as the moderator.

The Notable Speaker Series wasestablished by the CSULB College ofBusiness Administration to add rele-vance to current students’ learning ex-periences and offer opportunities forprofessional development and intellec-tual engagement to alumni, staff, fac-ulty and the community.

There is no cost to attend the event,but reservations are required. Visitorsto the campus must purchase a parkingpermit at one of the yellow kiosks for$5 in Lot 15. Those attending the eventshould park in the parking structure onMerriam Way adjacent to the CBABuilding and may park in the spacesmarked “Employee Permit” in Lot 15after 6pm.

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12 SIGNAL TRIBUNE OCTOBER 29, 2010COMMUNITY

the rubber Duck is an am-

phibious vehicle that gives tours

of the Long beach port by land

and by sea. We will board the

Duck at Delius and drive to

downtown Long beach. the

Duck will then splash into the

water and give an aquatic tour

featuring an evening view of the

downtown skyline and the Queen

Mary. the tour will end back at

Delius at roughly 6:30pm. to

make these outings even better,

I encourage you to bring a special

bottle of wine to share with your

fellow adventurers. Now is the

time to open that special bottle

that you have been saving (unless

it's a 20-year-old white. Keep that

one to yourself, please). As an-

other incentive, Chef Louise is

coming along with us. We will

provide cheese and crackers and

will have a couple bottles of our

own to share.

Come tour with us,

Dave Solzman

Sunday, November 14, 2010

5pm-6:30pm$25 per person (all-inclusive)

reservations are required and space is limited.

2951 CHErry AvEnuE, SiGnAL HiLL

562.426.0694 • www.deliusrestaurant.com

The Heart ofdelius restaurant

dave and Louise Solzman

Food is a passion and an art for

Louise Solzman. She has been

cooking as long as she can remember,

and works to rave reviews as

Executive Chef at delius restaurant

in Signal Hill, that she operates with

her husband, dave, the General

manager/Sommelier.

Chef Louise is inspired by tastes from

all over the world and carefully plans

the weekly menus with emphasis on

foods in season as well as the

changing trends in dining. She is

assisted by an experienced and

efficient staff. Even though Louise

is usually busy in the kitchen, that

doesn't mean you won’t see her

popping out to visit with the guests

every now and then to see what they

think of the cuisine.

™™

Rubber Duck “Wine Sharing” Tour of Long Beach!

In memory of

rOnALd A. mAyOOCtObEr 1941 – OCtObEr 2010

Mr. ronald A. Mayo, bornOctober 17, 1941, went to bewith his Savior, October 14,2010. He is survived by his wifeof 23 years, Susan Mayo; by hischildren, Sheri basham, timMayo and wife Hollie, WendyWang and husband Conan,Daniel Mayo, Dana Veca andhusband Joe; by his grandchil-dren Jessica, Jacob and Megan,Pamela and Mya. He is precededin death by his parents, Cliffordand Maxine Mayo.

ron was a loving husband, agentle father, and a caring man. Even through his last days, he left be-hind a legacy that will forever remain in the hearts of those he touched.While in the hospital, his family encountered many instances of thenurses and other patients who came in to thank ron for the ways thathe touched their hearts. ron was an amazing soul, and always wantedto leave people feeling better about themselves than they ever had.

ron worked as an aerospace engineer for trW then NorthropGrumman for almost 35 years. His children often fantasized

about his real job, as they were always told it was a secret.He could have been traveling to the moon and back, and justmay have in their minds. He was an avid violinist and lulled

his children to sleep. After retirement, he picked up theviolin again and was on his way to performing on aCD of his youngest son’s band.

After his retirement, ron was able to becomeeven more involved in his church and was able tojoin his wife in greeting the patrons Sundaymornings. Mr. Mayo always had a smile and en-couraging word, and would welcome the new-

comers just as readily and happily as the regularchurchgoers. He was always such a positive man, and gavepeople the uplifting support they needed.

ron will be sorely missed by his friends and family, and themany people he touched throughout his life. A memorial service washeld at Los Altos Grace brethren Church on October 26.

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Collier named local Elk of the Month The Bellflower/Long Beach Elks

Lodge No. 888 has named Leon C.Collier as Elk of the Month. BornMarch 7, 1936, in Pedernal, New Mex-ico, Collier moved with his family tosouthern California in 1943. He at-tended elementary school and gradu-ated from Banning High School inWilmington.

He later worked for Pacific Tele-phone for 29 years, except for the twoyears he served in the Army, most ofwhich was spent at Fort Huachuca inArizona. He was initiated into the

lodge on March 21, 1977. He haschaired the Visiting of the Sick Com-mittee since 1991, and he serves asstaff photographer for the lodge, back-up bookkeeper, and a member of theBreakfast Committee.

TST3568NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE tS no. 10-0083558 title order no. 10-8-342096investor/insurer no. 1704662040 aPn no.7217-011-020 you are in default undera deed of truSt, dated 08/21/2007. un-leSS you taKe aCtion to ProteCtyour ProPerty, it May Be Sold at aPuBliC Sale. if you need an exPlana-tion of tHe nature of tHe ProCeed-ing againSt you, you SHould ContaCta laWyer." notice is hereby given that re-ContruSt CoMPany, n.a., as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the deed of trustexecuted by Karen denniS, a SingleWoMan, dated 08/21/2007 and recorded08/30/07, as instrument no. 20072026360, inBook , Page ), of official records in the officeof the County recorder of los angeles County,State of California, will sell on 11/19/2010 at10:30aM, at the West side of the los angelesCounty Courthouse, directly facing norwalkBlvd., 12720 norwalk Blvd., norwalk, Ca 90650at public auction, to the highest bidder for cashor check as described below, payable in full attime of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said deed oftrust, in the property situated in said Countyand State and as more fully described in theabove referenced deed of trust. the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, ofthe real property described above is purportedto be: 2854 eaSt 19tH Street, SignalHill, Ca, 907551109. the undersigned trusteedisclaims any liability for any incorrectness ofthe street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. the total amount ofthe unpaid balance with interest thereon of theobligation secured by the property to be soldplus reasonable estimated costs, expenses andadvances at the time of the initial publication ofthe notice of Sale is $316,861.28. it is possiblethat at the time of sale the opening bid may beless than the total indebtedness due. in additionto cash, the trustee will accept cashier's checksdrawn on a state or national bank, a checkdrawn by a state or federal credit union, or acheck drawn by a state or federal savings andloan association, savings association, or sav-ings bank specified in Section 5102 of the fi-nancial Code and authorized to do business inthis state. Said sale will be made, in an ''aS iS''condition, but without covenant or warranty, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession orencumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness se-cured by said deed of trust, advances thereun-der, with interest as provided, and the unpaidprincipal of the note secured by said deed oftrust with interest thereon as provided in saidnote, plus fees, charges and expenses of thetrustee and of the trusts created by said deedof trust. dated: 10/22/2010 reContruStCoMPany, 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 reCon-truSt CoMPany, n.a. is a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt. any information ob-tained will be used for that purpose. aSaP#fnMa3758509 10/22/2010, 10/29/2010,11/05/2010

TST3567trustee Sale no.: 20100028701012 title orderno.: 100415134 fHa/va/PMi no.: notiCe oftruStee’S Sale you are in defaultunder a deed of truSt, dated4/30/2007. unleSS you taKe aCtion toProteCt your ProPerty, it May BeSold at a PuBliC Sale. if you need anexPlanation of tHe nature of tHeProCeeding againSt you, you SHouldContaCt a laWyer. ndex West, llC, asduly appointed trustee under and pursuant todeed of trust recorded on 05/08/2007 as in-strument no. 20071110043 of official records inthe office of the County recorder of los ange-les County, State of California. executed By:John l thompson and Kathleen M thompson,will sell at public auction to highest bidder forcash, cashier’s check/cash equivalent or otherform of payment authorized by 2924h(b),(payable at time of sale in lawful money of theunited States). date of Sale: 11/12/2010 timeof Sale: 10:30 aM Place of Sale: at the front en-trance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, Ca Street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, ofthe real property described above is purportedto be: 2300 amelia Court, Signal Hill, Ca 90755aPn#: 7217-028-018 the undersigned trusteedisclaims any liability for any incorrectness ofthe street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. Said sale will bemade, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, regarding title, possession,or encumbrances, to pay the remaining princi-pal sum of the note(s) secured by said deed oftrust, with interest thereon, as provided in saidnote(s), advances, under the terms of saiddeed of trust, fees, charges and expenses ofthe trustee and of the trusts created by saiddeed of trust. the total amount of the unpaidbalance of the obligation secured by the prop-erty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs,expenses and advances at the time of the initialpublication of the notice of Sale is $674,951.71.the beneficiary under said deed of trustheretofore executed and delivered to the under-signed a written declaration of default and de-mand for Sale, and a written notice of defaultand election to Sell. the undersigned causedsaid notice of default and election to sell to berecorded in the County where the real propertyis located. for trustee Sale information PleaseCall: Priority Posting & Publishing 17501 irvineBlvd., Suite one tustin, Ca 92780 714-573-1965 www.priorityposting.com ndex West, llCas trustee dated: 10/16/2010 ndex West, llCmay be acting as a debt collector attempting tocollect a debt. any information obtained will beused for that purpose. P753893 10/22, 10/29,11/05/2010

TST3548trustee Sale no. Ca09001127-10-1 . loan no.0015625577 title order no. 100401094-Ca-lPiaPn 7215-019-072 notiCe of truStee’SSale you are in default under a deedof truSt dated 6/28/2006. unleSS youtaKe aCtion to ProteCt your ProP-erty, it May Be Sold at a PuBliC Sale.if you need an exPlanation of tHe na-ture of tHe ProCeedingS againStyou, you SHould ContaCt a laWyer.on 11/9/2010 at 10:30 aM, at the front entranceto the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350West Mission Blvd., Pomona, Ca MtC finan-cial inc., dba trustee Corps, as the duly ap-pointed trustee, under and pursuant to thepower of sale contained in that certain deed oftrust recorded on 07/11/2006 as instrumentno. 06 1522540 of official records in the office

of the recorder of los angeles County, Ca, ex-ecuted by: denise Miller, an unmarried woman,as trustor, in favor of lending 1st Mortgage, asBeneficiary, Will Sell at PuBliC auCtionto tHe HigHeSt Bidder, in lawful money ofthe united States, all payable at the time ofsale, that certain property situated in saidCounty, California describing the land thereinas: as more fully described in said deed oftrust the property heretofore described isbeing sold “as is”. the street address and othercommon designation, if any, of the real propertydescribed above is purported to be: 2101 eaSt21St Street #308 , Signal Hill, Ca 90755the undersigned trustee disclaims any liabilityfor any incorrectness of the street address andother common designation, if any, shownherein. Said sale will be made, but withoutcovenant or warranty, express or implied, re-garding title, possession, or encumbrances, topay the remaining principal sum of the note(s)secured by said deed of trust, with interestthereon, as provided in said note(s), advancesif any, under the terms of the deed of trust, es-timated fees, charges and expenses of thetrustee and of the trusts created by said deedof trust. the total amount of the unpaid balanceof the obligations secured by the property to besold and reasonable estimated costs, expensesand advances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the notice of trustee’s Sale is estimatedto be $262,976.73 (estimated), provided, how-ever, prepayment premiums, accrued interestand advances will increase this figure prior tosale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may includeall or part of said amount. in addition to cash,the trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawnon a state or national bank, a check drawn by astate or federal credit union or a check drawnby a state or federal savings and loan associa-tion, savings association or savings bank spec-ified in Section 5102 of the California financialCode and authorized to do business in Califor-nia, or other such funds as may be acceptableto the trustee. in the event tender other thancash is accepted, the trustee may withhold theissuance of the trustee`s deed upon Sale untilfunds become available to the payee or en-dorsee as a matter of right. the property of-fered for sale excludes all funds held onaccount by the property receiver, if applicable.if the trustee is unable to convey title for anyreason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclu-sive remedy shall be the return of monies paidto the trustee and the successful bidder shallhave no further recourse. date: 10/15/2010MtC financial inc dba trustee Corps tS no.Ca09001127-10-1 . 17100 gillette ave irvine,Ca 92614 949-252-8300 Clarisa gastelum, au-thorized Signature Sale inforMation CanBe oBtained on line at www.prioritypost-ing.com autoMated SaleS inforMationPleaSe Call 714-573-1965 Compliance withCalifornia Civil Code Section 2924f: the Bene-ficiary or Beneficiary’s agent has indicated thatthe requirements of California Civil Code Sec-tion 2924f have been met. regarding the prop-erty that is the subject of this notice of sale, the“mortgage loan servicer” as defined in CivilCode § 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has ob-tained from the Commissioner a final or tempo-rary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Codesection 2923.53 that is current and valid on thedate this notice of sale is recorded. the timeframe for giving a notice of sale specified in CivilCode Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does notapply to this notice of sale pursuant to CivilCode Sections 2923.52. Clarisa gastelum, au-thorized Signature truStee CorPS iS adeBt ColleCtor. any inforMation oB-tained Will Be uSed for tHat Pur-PoSe. P750176 10/15, 10/22, 10/29/2010

TST3560NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE trustee Saleno.: 20100028700967 title order no.:100402567 fHa/va/PMi no.: you are indefault under a deed of truSt, dated09/26/05. unleSS you taKe aCtion toProteCt your ProP erty, it May BeSold at a PuBliC Sale. if you need anexPlanation of tHe nature of tHeProCeeding againSt you, you SHouldContaCt a laWyer. NDEx West, LLC, asduly appointed trustee under and pursuant todeed of trust recorded on 10/04/05, as instru -ment no. 05 2388743 of official records in theoffice of the County recorder of LOS ANgE-LES County, State of California. exeCutedBy: WILLIAM ALLEN DAVIS, Will Sell atPuBliC auCtion to HigHeSt Bidder forCaSH, CaSHier’S CHeCK/CaSH eQuiva-lent or other form of payment authorized by2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawfulmoney of the united States) DATE OF SALE:November 4, 2010 TIME OF SALE: 11:30 AMPLACE OF SALE: At the front entrance tothe Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350W. Mission Blvd. Pomona, CA. STREET AD-DRESS and other common designa tion, if any,of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 2119 RIDgEVIEW TERRACEDRIVE, SIgNAL HILL, CA 90806. APN#7217-029-007 the undersigned trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of thestreet address and other common designation,if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made,but without covenant or warranty, expressed orimplied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum ofthe note(s) secured by said deed of trust, withinterest thereon, as provided in said note(s), ad-vances, under the terms of said deed of trust,fees, charges and expenses of the trustee andof the trusts created by said deed of trust. thetotal amount of the unpaid balance of the obli-gation secured by the property to be sold andreasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publication of thenotice of Sale is $1,050,965.71. the benefici-ary under said deed of trust heretofore exe-cuted and delivered to the undersigned awritten declaration of default and demand forSale, and a written notice of default and elec-tion to Sell. the undersigned caused said no-tice of default and election to Sell to berecorded in the county where the real propertyis located. for truStee Sale inforMa-tion PleaSe Call: nationWide PoSting& PuBliCation, inC. 5005 WindPlaydrive, Suite 1, el dorado HillS, Ca95762-9334 916-939-0772, www.nationwide-posting.com NDEx West L.L.C. MAY BE ACT-INg AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTINgTO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee, By:ric Juarez dated: 10/10/10 nPP016687710/15/10, 10/22/10, 10/29/10

TST3557 / 20101347666FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: WilloW runenterPriSeS, 388 e. ocean Blvd. #1106, long Beach,Ca 90802. registrant: tHoMaS H. Buffington, 388e. ocean Blvd. #1106, long Beach, Ca 90802. this busi-ness is conducted by: an individual. i declare that all in-formation in this statement is true and correct. Signed:thomas H. Buffington. the registrant has not begun totransact business under the fictitious business name ornames listed herein. this statement was filed with thecounty clerk of los angeles County on September 22,2010. notiCe: this fictitious business name statementexpires five years from the date it was filed in the office ofthe county clerk. a new fictitious business name state-ment must be filed prior to that date. the filing of thisstatement does not of itself authorize the use in this stateof a fictitious business name in violation of the rights ofanother under federal, state, or common law (see section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. theSignal tribune: october 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010.

TST3558 / 20101425067FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: CaMBodianexPreSS ServiCe, 843 e. anaheim St., long Beach,Ca 90813. registrant: KuntHie PiCH, 5450 ParamountBlvd. #44, long Beach, Ca 90805. this business is con-ducted by: an individual. i declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct. Signed: Kunthie Pich.the registrant has not begun to transact business underthe fictitious business name or names listed herein. thisstatement was filed with the county clerk of los angelesCounty on october 6, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious busi-ness name statement expires five years from the date itwas filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitiousbusiness name statement must be filed prior to that date.the filing of this statement does not of itself authorize theuse in this state of a fictitious business name in violationof the rights of another under federal, state, or commonlaw (see section 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: october 8, 15, 22, 29,2010.

TST3559 / 20101425068FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: 1. dyMaMiCglaSS, 2. dynaMiC glaSS By dyana, 3. glaSS Bydyana, 3305 Brayton ave., Signal Hill, Ca 90755. reg-istrant: dyana duPeray anderSen, 3305 Braytonave., Signal Hill, Ca 90755. this business is conductedby: an individual. i declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct. Signed: dyana andersen. theregistrant has begun to transact business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed herein. date startedbusiness was april, 2005. this statement was filed withthe county clerk of los angeles County on october 6,2010. notiCe: this fictitious business name statementexpires five years from the date it was filed in the office ofthe county clerk. a new fictitious business name state-ment must be filed prior to that date. the filing of thisstatement does not of itself authorize the use in this stateof a fictitious business name in violation of the rights ofanother under federal, state, or common law (see section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. theSignal tribune: october 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010.

TST3561 / 20101457590FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: King CaM-eran foundation, 6186 atlantic ave., long Beach,Ca 90805. registrant: folloWerS of tHe Way Min-iStrieS, 6186 atlantic ave., long Beach, Ca 90805. thisbusiness is conducted by: a Corporation. i declare that allinformation in this statement is true and correct. Signed:William Jones, President. the registrant has not begunto transact business under the fictitious business nameor names listed herein. this statement was filed with thecounty clerk of los angeles County on october 13, 2010.notiCe: this fictitious business name statement expiresfive years from the date it was filed in the office of thecounty clerk. a new fictitious business name statementmust be filed prior to that date. the filing of this statementdoes not of itself authorize the use in this state of a ficti-tious business name in violation of the rights of anotherunder federal, state, or common law (see section 14411et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Sig-nal tribune: october 15, 22, 29, & november 5, 2010.

TST3562 / 20101457591FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: green Cor-ner, 4103 viking Way #B, long Beach, Ca 90808. reg-istrant: HeMPeror'S neW ClotHeS, 4103 viking Way#B, long Beach, Ca 90808. this business is conductedby: a limited liability Partnership. i declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct. Signed:lawrence King. the registrant has not begun to transactbusiness under the fictitious business name or nameslisted herein. this statement was filed with the countyclerk of los angeles County on october 13, 2010. no-tiCe: this fictitious business name statement expires fiveyears from the date it was filed in the office of the countyclerk. a new fictitious business name statement must befiled prior to that date. the filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitiousbusiness name in violation of the rights of another underfederal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq.,Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Signal trib-une: october 15, 22, 29, & november 5, 2010.

TST3563 / 20101457592FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: ren-deZvouS toBaC-Sundi reCordS, 11400 W.olympic Blvd. #1510, los angeles, Ca 90064. registrant:g.a. CaBot, 11400 W. olympic Blvd. #1510, los ange-les, Ca 90064. this business is conducted by: an individ-ual. i declare that all information in this statement is trueand correct. Signed: g.a. Cabot. the registrant hasbegun to transact business under the fictitious businessname or names listed herein. date started business wasJanuary 12, 2005. this statement was filed with thecounty clerk of los angeles County on october 13, 2010.notiCe: this fictitious business name statement expiresfive years from the date it was filed in the office of thecounty clerk. a new fictitious business name statementmust be filed prior to that date. the filing of this statementdoes not of itself authorize the use in this state of a ficti-tious business name in violation of the rights of anotherunder federal, state, or common law (see section 14411et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Sig-nal tribune: october 15, 22, 29, & november 5, 2010.

TST3564 / 20101457593FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following persons are doing business as: roSS-Mont HoMeoWnerS aSSoCiatgion, 2135 floridaSt., long Beach, Ca 90814. registrant: 1. deBra t.Bennett-JoneS, 5599 olive ave., long Beach, Ca90805, 2. viCtoria l. WeSt, 80 Park ave., long Beach,Ca 90803. this business is conducted by: an unincorpo-rated association other than a Partnership. i declare thatall information in this statement is true and correct.Signed: debra t. Bennett-Jones. the registrant has notbegun to transact business under the fictitious businessname or names listed herein. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County on october13, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious business name state-ment expires five years from the date it was filed in theoffice of the county clerk. a new fictitious business name

statement must be filed prior to that date. the filing of thisstatement does not of itself authorize the use in this stateof a fictitious business name in violation of the rights ofanother under federal, state, or common law (see section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. theSignal tribune: october 15, 22, 29, & november 5, 2010.

TST3565 / 20101436454FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: CHill Cof-fee lounge and Cafe, 510 e. Broadway, longBeach, Ca 90802. registrant: alex KotoyantZ, 4324gardenia ave, long Beach, Ca 90807. this business isconducted by: an individual. i declare that all informationin this statement is true and correct. Signed: alex Kotoy-antz. the registrant has begun to transact business underthe fictitious business name or names listed herein. datestarted business was october 1, 2010. this statementwas filed with the county clerk of los angeles County onoctober 7, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious business namestatement expires five years from the date it was filed inthe office of the county clerk. a new fictitious businessname statement must be filed prior to that date. the filingof this statement does not of itself authorize the use inthis state of a fictitious business name in violation of therights of another under federal, state, or common law (seesection 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Pub. the Signal tribune: october 15, 22, 29, & november5, 2010.

TST3569 / 20101496099FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: exeCutivevalet, 2012 7th ave., los angeles, Ca 90018. regis-trant: Jorge floreS, 2012 7th ave., los angeles, Ca90018. this business is conducted by: an individual. i de-clare that all information in this statement is true and cor-rect. Signed: Jorge flores. the registrant has not begunto transact business under the fictitious business nameor names listed herein. this statement was filed with thecounty clerk of los angeles County on october 20, 2010.notiCe: this fictitious business name statement expiresfive years from the date it was filed in the office of thecounty clerk. a new fictitious business name statementmust be filed prior to that date. the filing of this statementdoes not of itself authorize the use in this state of a ficti-tious business name in violation of the rights of anotherunder federal, state, or common law (see section 14411et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Sig-nal tribune: october 22, 29, & november 5, 12, 2010.

TST3570 / 20101496100FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: traSHoutand reCovery, 2669 Myrtle ave., Ste. 211, Signal Hill,Ca 90755. registrant: verna M. CHarleS, 2101 e.21st St. #306, Signal Hill, Ca 90755. this business is con-ducted by: an individual. i declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct. Signed: verna M.Charles. the registrant has begun to transact businessunder the fictitious business name or names listed herein.date started business was october 1, 2010. this state-ment was filed with the county clerk of los angelesCounty on october 20, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious busi-ness name statement expires five years from the date itwas filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitiousbusiness name statement must be filed prior to that date.the filing of this statement does not of itself authorize theuse in this state of a fictitious business name in violationof the rights of another under federal, state, or commonlaw (see section 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: october 22, 29, & no-vember 5, 12, 2010.

TST3572 / 20101479530FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following persons are doing business as: fruitBatS and CatfiSH, 1835 e. florida St., longBeach, Ca 90802. registrant: 1. MiCHael Cole,1835 e. florida ave., long Beach, Ca 90802, 2. guS-tavo Caldron, 9 Barrington, aliso viejo, Ca 92656.this business is conducted by: a general Partnership.i declare that all information in this statement is trueand correct. Signed: Michael Cole. the registrant hasbegun to transact business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed herein. date started busi-ness was September 1, 2010. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County on octo-ber 15, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious business namestatement expires five years from the date it was filedin the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious busi-ness name statement must be filed prior to that date.the filing of this statement does not of itself authorizethe use in this state of a fictitious business name in vi-olation of the rights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq., Business andProfessions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: october29, & november 5, 12, 19, 2010.

TST3573 / 20101537238FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: ProJeCtClotHing, 12626 e. 213th St., lakewood, Ca90715. registrant: Brian allan BelCHer, 12626e. 213th St., lakewood, Ca 90715. this business isconducted by: an individual. i declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Brianallan Belcher. the registrant has not begun to transactbusiness under the fictitious business name or nameslisted herein. this statement was filed with the countyclerk of los angeles County on october 27, 2010. no-tiCe: this fictitious business name statement expiresfive years from the date it was filed in the office of thecounty clerk. a new fictitious business name statementmust be filed prior to that date. the filing of this state-ment does not of itself authorize the use in this stateof a fictitious business name in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state, or common law (seesection 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: october 29, & no-vember 5, 12, 19, 2010.

TST3574 / 20101537239FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following persons are doing business as: aalaSdiStriCt 8 2012, 6475 e. Pacific Coast Hwy. #323,long Beach, Ca 90803. registrant: 1. deniSeBreaZeal, 25924 Sandalia drive, valencia, Ca91355, 2. elliot SCHWed, 1817 Knoxville ave.,long Beach, Ca 90815. this business is conductedby: an unincorporated association other than a Part-nership. i declare that all information in this statementis true and correct. Signed: elliot Schwed. the regis-trant has not begun to transact business under the fic-titious business name or names listed herein. thisstatement was filed with the county clerk of los ange-les County on october 27, 2010. notiCe: this ficti-tious business name statement expires five years fromthe date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. anew fictitious business name statement must be filedprior to that date. the filing of this statement does notof itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitiousbusiness name in violation of the rights of anotherunder federal, state, or common law (see section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub.the Signal tribune: october 29, & november 5, 12,19, 2010.

OCTOBER 29, 2010 SIGNAL TRIBUNE 13PUBLIC NOTICES

TST35712175 Cherry Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90755-3799

PUBLIC WORKSHOP NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY gIVEN THAT on tuesday, november 9, 2010, the Plan-ning Commission of the City of Signal Hill, California, will conduct a public work-shop at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall, 2175 Cherryavenue, Signal Hill, California, to consider recommendations on the following:

PROPOSED ZONINg ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

a WorKSHoP to ConSider Staff reCoMMendationS aMendingSignal Hill MuniCiPal Code CHaPterS 20.20.020, related toStorage uSeS and 20.22 Storage yard fenCeS. iteMS to BeConSidered inClude:

• ProHiBit neW Storage yardS• ProHiBit tHe folloWing at aPProxiMately 100 exiSting

Storage yardS WitHin tHe City, WHiCH are alloWed to re-Main and SuBJeCt to tHe folloWing StandardS:

• no StaCKing of ContainerS (none found By inSPeCtion)• no Storage on toP of ContainerS (aPPlieS to five Stor-

age yardS)• MiniMuM 5’ SetBaCK for outdoor Storage if aButting a

reSidential Zone (aPPlieS to tHree Storage yardS)• reQuire Storage, WitH tHe exCePtion of veHiCleS, at ex-

iSting Storage yardS to Be adeQuately ConCealed froMvieW froM adJaCent PuBliC rigHtS of Way (aPPlieS to tenStorage yardS)

applicant: City of Signal Hill

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend this Workshop topresent written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evi-dence on the above matter. tHe file containing material relevant to the proposed project may be in-spected by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Mondaythrough thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on fridays, in the Communitydevelopment department at City Hall.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community de-velopment department prior to the Workshop by tuesday, november 9, 2010.Written comments may also be submitted at the workshop or via email atrschaetzl@cityofsignalhill.org

Published in (no less than 1/8 Page) in the Signal tribune newspaper:october 29, 2010Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before:october 29, 2010Mailed to affected property owners:october 29, 2010

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