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4th Annual SJ Taco Festival of Innovation

May 23, 2015 at 1 PMMay 24, 2015 at 6 PM (PDT)

History Park1650 Senter RoadSan Jose, CA 95112

Info: http://tiny.cc/a8a3xx

Shop with a Cop presents: 3rd Annual Fundraiser Salsa

Sunday BrunchMay 17, 2015 11 AM - 2 PM

Loft Bar & Bistro90 South Second Street,

San Jose, CA 95113

2015 Boogie on the Avenue: Jazz, Blues & Art | Campbell

May 16-17, 2015 Saturday: 10am-6pm Sunday: 10am-5pm

Downtown Campbell East Campbell Avenue & North

Central AvenueCampbell, CA 95008

Exit, Pursued by a Bear(see website for full schedule) City Lights Theater Company

529 S Second St, San Jose, CA 95112

Info: app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=clt01

Lantern Run 5KSaturday May 16, 2015

6:00pm-10:00pm Spartan Stadium 1251 S 10th St,

San Jose, CA 95112Info:thelanternrun.com

Lana Del Rey & Courtney LoveMay 20, 2015 7pm

Shoreline Amphitheater At Mountain View

1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043

Tickets available on Ticketmaster

Your Most Beautiful SelfMay19th 5pm

San Jose Holistic Health Care Clinic551 East Santa Clara Street,

San Jose, CA 95112 Info at: holistic-health.com/

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Maestros: 20th Century Mexican Masters (Art exhibit)

March 13 to June 28, 20156:00 PM

Mexican MuseumFort Mason Center, Building D,

2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123

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¡VAMOS A GOZAR!

Off the Grid Mountain ViewMay 15, 20155:00pm-9:00pmComputer History Museum 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043 Info:http://offthegridsf.com/

American Battleground: Photographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865Monday May 11 (full schedule below) Wed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues Cantor Arts Center Stanford University 328 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305Info:http://museum.stanford.edu

17th Annual Latino Art Now! (exhibit) May 06, 2015 to May 31, 201512:00 PM - 5:00 PMMACLA510 South First Street, San Jose CA, 95113

Son Jarocho Dance Workshop on Sundays

May 10, 2015 to June 07, 20152:30 PM - 4:30 PM3234 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610

Arboreal Architecture: A Visual History of TreesMonday May 11 (full schedule below) Wed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues Cantor Arts Center Stanford University 328 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305Info: http://museum.stanford.edu

Bravo!: Music and Theater in Enlightenment EuropeMonday May 11 (full schedule below) Wed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues Cantor Arts Center Stanford University 328 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305Info:http://museum.stanford.edu

Rashel Díaz elegida por People en Español en el listado de los “50 Más Bellos” del 2015.La estrella de la televisión hispana en Estados Unidos Rashel Díaz hace parte del exclusivo listado de los “50 Más Bellos” que cada año publica la revista People En Español. En esta ocasión, Rashel Díaz hace parte de este especial grupo de celebridades que son destacadas por la publicación de entreten-imiento más importante del país. (mas en el sitio)

Workers Say a Good Cup of Coffee Can Make Entire Workday BetterIf you want to make your workday a bit better, just turn to coffee. That’s ac-cording to a survey where coffee was identified as key to securing some of offices’ best business deals, improving networking and giving office workers a feeling of being at their best. (visit us online for more)

Soda Tax Vote in California State AssemblyThe price of soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages could go up in the Golden State if a new tax being considered in Sacramento is approved. The measure could mean paying an additional $1.34 for a two-liter bottle of soda. (visit us online for more)

CA Activists Push for Higher Commercial Property TaxesAnti-poverty advocates are rallying in Sacramento saying California could raise $9 billion a year by fixing a loophole that froze certain commercial property tax rates back in 1978 when Prop 13 passed. Currently commercial property is taxed based on what the buyer pays for it, not at the market value. (More on our site)

Jason Alderman MONEY MATTERS

The 2015 Financial Lit-eracy Summit 2015, (http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/summit2015/) held April 15 in Chicago and co-hosted by Visa Inc. and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chi-cago, focused on how mobile technology might improve millennials’ learning, savings and investing behavior in the future.

A recent FICO study said millennials, the demograph-ic born between 1980 and 2000, not only represent the largest group of individu-als using mobile banking applications, but also the biggest cohort partaking in Internet browsing, emailing, searching, social network-ing and news consumption on a smartphone or tablet, bypassing desktop machines

entirely. By comparison, only 5 percent of 35-54 year-olds and 3 percent of those 55 years and older are using mo-bile devices exclusively.

The Summit audience heard particularly eye-open-ing insights from a panel on how early education and mo-bile technology applications can help build future gen-erations’ financial literacy. While online gaming (http://practicalmoneyskills.com/games/) is showing particu-lar success in training grade- and high-school age students in financial fundamentals, panelists suggested that the broader solution will de-pend on national educational policy and a broader under-standing about young adults and their financial needs.

Amando M. Tetangco, Jr., governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank

of the Philippines, told the audience that young Filipino adults are “struggling more than their older counterpart groups with regard to bud-geting” and retirement plan-ning, but he said he is still optimistic: “I believe there are certain characteristics of millenials that provide op-portunities to build [their financial capabilities]. They have a desire for change.” Such change, he said, should be driven by data and policy should be made personal and tied to technology solu-tions embraced by younger citizens.

Panelist Jason Young, CEO and Co-Founder of Mind-Blown Labs, an Oakland, California-based software developer behind the Thrive ‘n’ Shine personal finance game app for teens and young adults, said mobile technology will bridge the

gap between financial litera-cy and a lifetime of successful financial decision making. “Eighty to 90 percent of U.S. teens have smart devices. That’s huge, but the impor-tant thing to understand is that these aren’t just things they use. They’re a way of life.”

Developing a stronger con-nection between financial lit-eracy education and mobile technology could be benefi-cial for global educators and policymakers trying to im-prove spending, saving and investing knowledge for fu-ture generations. In January, the Organization for Eco-nomic Cooperation and De-velopment (OECD) released a first-time global financial literacy study (http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results-volume-vi.htm) that revealed that U.S. students ranked between

eighth and twelfth place among all 18 participating countries in overall literacy skills.

Bottom line: Focusing on the way under-35 consumers

use smartphones and tab-lets might provide a way for educators, financial services companies and policymak-ers to narrow the financial literacy gap.

All jobs today are impacted by the global economy. The propensity of today’s Top 1% is to focus upon profits (the bottom line). So it is not surprising that access to a job is not their highest priority. Andy Grove, former CEO, INTEL, pointed out that too many middle class jobs were disappearing from Silicon Valley. This was a di-rect impact of ‘outsourcing’. Was it ever considered that an employed individual who earned enough to have dis-cretionary money enabling continued consumerism of goods & services was essen-tial to any economy? ‘Off-shore labor’ works at job sites not subject to being moni-

tored or regulated by Envi-ronmental Protection Agen-cy (EPA) or Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Grove pointed out that while start-up firms are wonderful in the develop-ment of new technology & products, start-ups do not create jobs. It is the ramping up to large volume manu-facturing which creates jobs. Today much production is performed by robotics rather than human labor. This is why Wall Street keeps re-porting that production is increasing and profitable while employment levels are stagnant or declining. The challenge today is to include some high skilled labor into the cash flow systems being formed. Certainly, manu-facturing today is on the increase, however, massive investments in automation and robotics are limiting the number of jobs available to local labor.

That Andy Grove article is entitled “How to Create An American Job” (Bloom-berg Business Week, 2009). Grove documents that the very high cost of ‘ramping up’ in America is what hinders the development of jobs. So firms such as HP and Apple have moved manufactur-ing offshore to China. Only one in ten HP workers are in America. That 1:10 ratio applies to other firms which have outsourced their pro-duction and manufacturing to offshore venues.

It is the scaling up process (aka ‘ramping up’) which creates jobs. Today’s capital investments in manufactur-ing fund robotics and au-tomation in order to keep labor costs down while also reducing benefits human labor requires (health care, vacation, & retirement ben-efits). The scaling up process is not happening in America today, therefore jobs are not being created in the numbers needed.

Consider also that main-stream media (NY Times & Wall Street Journal) do not report statistics about poverty. It is the altruistic non-profit organizations and government agencies which provide these statis-tics on poverty. They deal with the challenges of those who are unemployed, under-employed or impoverished. Business statistics focus upon profits generated by produc-tion, distribution and sales. Firms such as Walmart and McDonalds are not paying their labor force a living wage with the outcome that some employees often require wel-fare assistance. Something is very wrong when not enough wealth stays with the Ameri-can labor force to enable its members to care for the usual and customary respon-sibilities of human existence: family, homes, food, clothing, education, health-care and some recreation. More busi-ness and government leaders need to understand Abra-ham Mazlow’s Hierarchy of

Human Needs (google it).

When will the top 1% (the very wealthy) learn what gardeners practice as a mat-ter of habit to keep fertility in the soil they work? A por-tion of the vegetation grown is plowed back into the soil to keep it productive. In this former ‘Valley of the Heart’s Delight’ that should not be too difficult to recall this practice. The top 1% must begin payment of their fair share of taxes at all levels of governance in order to pro-vide revenues needed to un-derwrite local infrastructural improvements along with welfare, retraining the local labor force and to provide meaningful employment for a diverse American labor force. The allocation of land for future manufacturing is not enough without also having made arrangement for very large capital invest-ments needed to scale up a new technology from proto-type to the commercial prod-uct/service which are sold in

large volumes to American and global markets.

The poverty that exists to-day is a direct outcome and index of ‘the bottom line’ (i.e., profits) focus. New concepts regarding ‘sharing the boun-ty’ that this universe provides must be developed, accepted and practiced. Some wealth must be ‘mulched back into the local domestic economic soil’ while at the same time preparing for the opportu-nities of a developing global economy and its challenges. A new equilibrium para-digm is required in which the top 1% pay fair share taxes to government or do-nate to altruistic community based non-profit-non-gov-ernmental organizations. The current issues of JOBS, LAND AND POVERTY are an interconnected mosaic. Ownership coupled with stewardship are essential in-gredients. When understood and adjusted, a new dynamic American Dream will have been created.

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com4 EDUCATION MAY 15-21, 2015

Veronica T. AvendañoEL OBSERVADOR

SAN JOSE, Calif. – With

Common Core now in place in schools across California technology is playing an in-creasingly outsized role in and out of the classroom. For some Latino parents in Sili-con Valley, the shift presents an added firewall to engag-ing in their child’s education.

Maria Martinez lives in San

Jose’s Mayfair district. A par-ent of three, ages 7, 10 and 13 in the Alum Rock Union School District. She volun-teers with the community

organization Somos Mayfair, which she says helps keep her informed of what’s happen-ing in the classroom. But, she admits, even she has strug-gled to make sense of recent changes.

“They [my sons’ school]

explained to us that there will be a test, and that it will be different,” said Martinez, referring to the new comput-er-based standardized test that California students are now taking. But rather than explaining what the changes were, Martinez says school officials simply pointed par-ents to a website.

“They didn’t really explain the changes,” she says.

Those changes include the

new Smarter Balanced as-sessment, which this year replaced the previous pencil and paper California Stan-dardized Test. The SBAC, as the new test is known, mea-sures student progress under the Common Core standards in English Language Arts and math. Given over sev-eral days to students in 3rd through 8th and 11th grades, the tests require students to give an answer and, in places, articulate how they got it.

The computerized test typ-

ify the larger shift happen-ing with the Common Core, which has driven a growing number of teachers to turn to online resources in lieu of more traditional curricular materials.

According to a 2013 nation-

wide survey by PBS Learning Media, 48 percent of K-12 teachers say technology plays a “critical role” in daily lesson plans. Teachers in low-in-come districts were especially optimistic about the benefits that technology brings to ed-ucation, with 75 percent say-ing they would like to more of it. <HYPERLINK: http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2013/teacher-tech-survey/>;

Martinez stays in touch

with her children’s teach-ers through the school’s on-line portal, which is used by teachers to communicate lesson plans, grades, home-work, and allows parents to send in any questions they may have. But while she finds the system efficient, she worries about other parents in the Latino community who may not have access to the technology or who don’t speak English.

“That’s the largest prob-

lem that we have, that many parents don’t speak English,” said Mayfair resident and parent Oliva Ortiz, adding, “The person who pays the most is the child because they

are not at the level they need to be at.”

Martinez says for all the

benefits of technology, schools still need to focus on providing more bilingual staff support and educational resources for parents. “Many parents don’t know all the help that the district has to offer,” she said.

Like Martinez, Ortiz says

she was directed to the school website after asking about changes to the curriculum and testing.

“The majority of those here

in our community don’t have access to the Internet or a good computer,” explains Ortiz. “If the schools are only telling us to look on the In-ternet for explanations, then I think that’s not going to work.”

A recent report from

UC Berkeley’s Joan Ganz Cooney Center bears that out.<HYPERLINK:http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/learning-at-home/>; The report found that only 48 percent of Span-ish-only households had ac-cess to high speed Internet, compared to 86 percent in English only households, and 68 percent in bilingual households. Spanish-only households also relied more heavily on television for edu-cational content rather than the Internet or an online app.

While the figures point to a lingering digital divide, they also suggest an equally troubling information gap when it comes to things like the Common Core. Many in the community say they have either not heard of the stan-dards, or, if they have, do not understand them.

But Ortiz says her concerns

revolve less around what the new standards are than around the increased use of technology. Her daughter is in the second grade at Cesar Chavez Elementary and uses the learning tool i-Ready for most of her classroom les-sons. The i-Ready learning software is specifically de-signed to follow Common Core standards while helping teachers monitor the prog-ress of individual students.

Ortiz feels the tool ham-

strings teachers by taking away their ability to per-sonalize lesson plans in the classroom. “The teacher has to follow those instructions, they have to follow the man-ual ... it’s a little worrying to think that the teachers aren’t teaching anymore, that the program is.”

Veronica T. Avendaño wrote this article as part of the In-formed Communities Edu-cation Reporting Fellowship, a partnership between New America Media and Silicon Valley Community Founda-tion.

NAPS

People start businesses ev-ery day. Life is full of oppor-tunities, and pursuing the American Dream of business ownership is one of them. But ask yourself—do you personally have what it takes to run a business?

“When you start a busi-ness, your head, heart and gut need to be in it,” said Di-ane Emo, author and former small-business owner, now with Coverall North Amer-ica, Inc. “I believe a lot of people have what it takes but something holds them back.”

Despite the fear factor, peo-ple are doing it. According to the May 2014 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, 84 percent of small-business owners said they would do it over again. Key reasons in-cluded independence, pride and flexibility. Key chal-lenges were finding custom-ers, managing cash flow, and financing.

Do you have what it takes to start a business? Ask your-self seven serious questions.

1.Are my dreams bigger than my fears?

Many people have ideas

that could be great but they fail to take action. Entre-preneurs arise when they fix the gap between a problem and a solution—even if the rest of us could not see the need…Facebook, Google and Spanx. Taking no action is safe and familiar. Taking ac-tion and starting a business is risky and unknown. Business owners make things happen. “Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, and your actions louder than your words.”

2.Am I a perfectionist?

When you’re running a business, perfect rarely hap-pens. You will have to take actions and make decisions without knowing all the facts—always moving for-ward and being smart. No one has a crystal ball. Over-analyzing can result in per-petual dreaming.

3.Do I expect pay for every hour worked?

Employees look at money as pay for hours worked. Business owners view mon-ey as profit. They see their business as an investment, not a job. For example, if an employee makes $20 an hour and works eight hours,

that’s $160, right? But what if you own a restaurant? Your profit depends on how many people you served, what they ordered, labor, advertising, overhead. Business owners look at eight hours as oppor-tunity to create profit.

4.Do I need steady cash flow?

While many of us like to believe we are risk takers, be honest with yourself about your tolerance for erratic income. When cash flow is steady, you can count on revenue coming in and ex-penses paid out. But when your business has negative cash flow, the financial and emotional stress can shut you down. Run through “what if ” scenarios and cre-ate a realistic business plan that matches your skill set, risk profile and personal life. What if your cash doesn’t cover your expenses? What if you aren’t able to find customers as quickly as you thought? What if customers don’t pay on time? Plan your safety net now.

5.Can I sell?

Do you like to sell? A lot of people say no. They may have a negative perception of

people who sell for a living, or are afraid of rejection. When you’re proud of your business, you will want to tell everyone about it. Selling is about build-ing relationships and deliver-ing what you promise. If you don’t sell, you don’t grow.

6.Do I take criticism personally?

It’s human nature to protect our ego. So when your cus-tomer calls to complain, there are things you might want to say (use your imagination), but only if you plan to lose a customer. If criticism kills you emotionally, then you’ll need to think seriously about how you will react to customers. Pointing fingers at others and

playing the blame game won’t work. You know what they say about pointing a finger at someone else? There are three fingers pointing right back at you. As a business owner, change your mind-set from “He’s wrong and I don’t need to take this from him” to “This is a business problem that I need to solve.” It’s not personal, it’s business.

7.Am I willing to give up my free time?

When you’re the boss you have a lot of flexibility, but the responsibilities and financial importance of success are greater. As a business owner you will need to make sacri-fices and work hard to main-

tain personal relationships, a healthy lifestyle and a reason-able balance between work demands and real life. Become an expert at quick prioritiza-tion, decision making and delegation. Always focus on what’s most important.

Since 1985, Coverall has helped more than 8,000 peo-ple become independent fran-chised business owners. To learn more, visit www.coverall.com/ownyourfuture.

Many people have ideas that could be great but they fail to take action. Entrepreneurs arise when they fix the gap between a problem and a so-lution. Business owners make things happen.

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 5BUSINESS

1. Una vacante entre los miembros de la Mesa Directiva de la Oficina de Educación del Con-dado de Santa Clara se ha producido por causa de la dimisión del fideicomisario Leon Beauch-man del área 3.2. La dimisión fue presentada ante la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Santa Clara el 20 de febrero de 2015 y fue efectiva el 31 de marzo de 2015. 3. Rosemary Kamei fue seleccionada para el nombramiento provisional para el puesto va-cante por la Mesa Directiva de Educación en su reunión regular del día 6 de mayo de 2015. 4. El nombramiento provisional entrará en vigor a menos que una petición solicitando una elección especial y que contenga un número de suficiente firmas, sea presentada en la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Santa Clara dentro de 30 días de la fecha del nombramiento provisional.

Para obtener más información por favor llame a la Oficina de Educación del Condado de Santa Clara.1290 Ridder Park Dr.San Jose, CA 95131-2304(408) 453-6840

Anuncio Público sobre Posición Vacante y Nombramiento Provisional(Codigo Educativo §5092)

MAY 15-21, 2015

1. A vacancy in the membership of the Board of Education of the Santa Clara County Office of Education has occurred by reason of the resignation of Area 3 Trustee Leon Beauchman.

2. The resignation was filed in the office of the Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools on February 20, 2015 and was effective on March 31, 2015.

3. Rosemary Kamei was selected as the provisional appointee to the vacant position by the County Board of Education at its regular meeting on May 6, 2015.

4. The provisional appointment shall become effective unless a petition calling for a special election, containing a sufficient number of signatures, is filed in the office of the Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools within 30 days of the date of the provisional appointment.

Please contact the County Office of Education for information.1290 Ridder Park Dr.San Jose, CA 95131-2304(408) 453-6840

Public Notice of Vacancy and Provisional Appointment(Education Code §5092)

Suzanne PotterCALIFORNIA NEWS

SERVICE

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The price of cigarettes could go up by $2 a pack if two new ballot initiatives are ap-proved next year.

The Save Lives California Coalition just filed papers with the state attorney gen-eral to ask voters to hike taxes on traditional tobacco prod-ucts and on e-cigarettes in 2016.

The coalition estimates it would raise $1.5 billion in the first year - money that would be used to expand access to Medi-Cal, fund research into smoking related diseases and improve anti-smoking ef-forts.

Kimberly Amazeen, a vice president of the American Lung Association Califor-nia, says tobacco companies spent heavily to defeat simi-lar ballot measures in 2006

and 2012. “California has not increased its tobacco tax since 1998,” she points out. “We’re currently at 87 cents per pack, which ranks 33rd in the nation for tobacco taxes.”

Supporters are also going the legislative route - pushing for several similar bills cur-rently under consideration in Sacramento.

The Save Lives California Coalition includes, among others, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, the Amer-ican Cancer Society and the California Medical Associa-tion. Opponents say tobacco

taxes disproportionately af-fect low-income residents.Amazeen says raising the price encourages people to make better choices.

“Increasing the cost of to-bacco is widely recognized as the most effective way to re-duce smoking across Califor-nia, especially with our young people,” she states. “Just by raising the tax alone, it will keep kids today from trying their first cigarette.”

Supporters maintain that over the past 20 years, anti-smoking programs have pre-vented 1 million deaths and saved taxpayers $134 billion in health care costs.

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com6 HEALTH

El Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara (HACSC, Autoridad de Vivienda del condado de Santa Clara) propone incorporar enmiendas al borrador del Plan Moving to Work (MTW, Mudarse al Trabajo) para el año fiscal 2016 a fin de incluir una nueva actividad y modificar una ya vigente. Las actividades nuevas y modificadas brindarán mayor flexibilidad en términos administrativos al programa de la Sección 8 e impulsarán más opciones de vivienda para las familias de bajos ingresos del condado de Santa Clara. El borrador de Enmienda al Plan Anual MTW para 2016 estará disponible para su revisión en el siguiente establecimiento desde el 20 de mayo hasta el 18 de junio de 2015:Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara505 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95110Horario de atención: de lunes a viernes, de 7:30 a. m. a 5:00 p .m. (cerrado el 22 de mayo y el 5 de junio de 2015).Se realizará una audiencia pública el martes, 9 de junio de 2015, de 3:00 p. m. a 5:00 p. m., en este mismo establecimiento. El borrador de Enmienda al Plan Anual MTW para 2016 también estará disponible en el sitio web del HACSC en la página www.hacsc.org, a partir del 20 de mayo de 2015.Podrán enviarse comentarios del público por escrito, por correo electrónico o correo postal estadounidense, hasta el 18 de junio de 2015, a las siguientes direcciones:Correo electrónico: [email protected] postal: Kinndy Lin, Housing Programs DepartmentHousing Authority of the County of Santa Clara505 W. Julian StreetSan Jose, CA 95110El borrador de Enmienda al Plan Anual MTW para 2016 se presentará ante la Board of Commissioners (Junta de Comis-ionados) del HACSC para su aprobación el 30 de junio de 2015 y se entregará al HUD para su aprobación final antes del 10 de julio de 2015.

De acuerdo con la Rehabilitation Act (Ley de Rehabilitación) de 1973, el Housing Authority (De-partamento de Vivienda) hará esfuerzos razonables para dar lugar a personas con discapacidades. Llame al (408) 993-2930 al menos tres días antes de la audiencia pública si necesita ajustes especiales. Los usuarios que necesiten servicio de teléfono de texto (TDD/TTY) deben llamar al 408-993-3041.

Notificación pública: borrador de Enmienda al Plan MTW para el año fiscal 2016

MAY 15-21, 2015

NAPS

Here’s food for thought: Food allergies affect approxi-mately 15 million Ameri-cans. Despite this, according to a recent survey, half of all Americans say they lack proper knowledge about the condition.

The Danger

Many people dangerously believe there’s little or no dif-ference between food aller-gies and food intolerances and that someone with a food allergy can eat small amounts of a food without having a reaction—when, often, the reaction can be life threatening. Fortunately, there are people working on a solution to this problem.

An Answer

The Food Allergy & Ana-phylaxis Connection Team (FAACT) and American Col-lege of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) are launching a public service campaign to raise aware-ness of accurate food allergy diagnosis and effective man-agement. The campaign encourages Americans with

food allergy questions and concerns to see a board-certified allergist and visit www.livingwithfoodallergies.org. There, they can quickly access science-based infor-mation from trusted sources and find a board-certified allergist nearby. The site also provides links to support groups, resources for devel-oping food allergy and ana-phylaxis management plans, and other ideas valuable to anyone who has or may have a food allergy.

Further Findings

The survey also discovered:

• More than half of re-spondents (68 percent) think the average American would not know what to do if some-one he or she is with has an allergic reaction to a food;

•82 percent agree that much more education needs to be done about food aller-gies and keeping those with allergies safe;

• 31 percent incorrectly believe the only difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance is the level of severity;

• One in four reported they would search the Inter-net or visit a health-related website first for more infor-mation.

“Too often in my practice, I see patients who don’t have the correct informa-tion about food allergies,” ex-plained allergist Todd Mahr, M.D., ACAAI Fellow. “Many people aren’t taking all the steps we recommend to keep themselves or their loved ones safe. Others are living a life that doesn’t have to be as difficult as it is because they have been misdiagnosed with or think they have food allergies.”

About the Research

Research was conducted by leading international re-search firm Toluna, on behalf of FAACT and ACAAI.

Learn More

For further information, visit:

livingwithfoodallergies.org.

A food allergy can be a seri-ous and often misunderstood condition. A new campaign and website may help.

Two new ballot initiatives have been filed to raise cig-arette taxes by $2 per pack in California. The money would fund an expansion of Medi-Cal, medical re-search and anti-smoking programs. Photo credit: trestle/morguefile.com

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Una venta de pasteles es una manera dulce de brin-dar apoyo a cualquier causa benefica, ya sea para recaudar dinero para nuevos uniformes o donar a un refugio de animales local. Estas recomendaciones y recetas de los expertos de celebraciones de Wil-ton harán que las delicias de la venta de pasteles se destaquen entre los demás – es pan comido.

Poner al horno deliciosos pasteles es apenas el comienzo de una venta de pasteles exitosa, añada algunos detalles deslumbrantes. Los acabados que atraen la atención en una Venta de Pastelitos Cup-cakes Listos para Servir, espirales de glaseado col-orido cubierto con confites jumbo y decoraciones de mariposas, completos con envolturas vibrantes, aseguran su venta rápida.

Sirva dulces con un palito como los Kaleidoscope Cookie Pops y School Star Cereal Treat Pops. Los dulces favoritos son más divertidos y fáciles de comer cuando los clientes pueden simplemente to-marlos y disfrutarlos.

Ofrezca opciones de tamaño. Venda algunos cup-cakes y minipancitos en porciones “individuales” y galletas en un pop. Tenga docenas disponibles, tambien.

Envuelva los dulces utilizando bolsitas y cintas, o empaque en cajas coloridas y fáciles de llevar, con-virtiendolos en el regalo perfecto que los clientes quieren quedarse para ellos.

Visite, www.wilton.com para más ideas y recetas de venta de pasteles, y para todos sus productos para hornear y decorar.

COCONUT LIME MINI BREADS (MINIPANCITOS DE

COCO Y LIMA) PANCITOS

1-1/2 tazas de harina 1cucharadita de cáscara de lima finamente

rallada 1/2cucharadita de polvo de hornear

1/2taza (1 barrita) mantequilla, suavizada 1taza azúcar granulada

3huevos 1-1/2 cucharaditas extracto de coco 1/3 taza de leche de coco sin azúcar

cobertura (opcional) 1/2 taza de azúcar de confitería

1a 2 cucharaditas de jugo de lima fresco 3cucharadas de coco rallado dulce y tostado

Precaliente el horno a 350°F. Cubra un molde de

pan petite con papelitos para hornear petite.

En un tazón mediano, combine la harina, la cáscara de lima y el polvo de hornear. En un tazón grande, bata la mantequilla y el azúcar con una batidora electrica hasta que la mezcla este espumosa. Añada los huevos uno por uno, mezclando bien despues de cada adición. Incorpore el extracto de coco, aña-da la mezcla de la harina alternando con la leche de coco a la mezcla de la mantequilla; mezcle hasta que

este bien mezclada. Divida la mezcla uniformemente en moldes de hornear.

Ponga al horno de 25 a 28 minutos o hasta que un palillo de dientes que inserte en el centro salga limpio. Deje enfriar las barras de pan en el molde por 10 minutes. Retire las barras de pan del molde; deje que se enfríen por completo.

Para preparar el glaseado, combine el azúcar de confitería y el jugo de lima en un tazón pequeño hasta la consistencia deseada. Esparza el glaseado sobre las barras de pan, dejando que se deslice hacia abajo en los lados. Rocíe con el coco tostado.

RINDE CERCA DE 12 PORCIONES. KALEIDOSCOPE COOKIE POPS (POPS DE GALLETA KALEIDOSC

OPE) 2-3/4 tazas de harina

1cucharadita de polvo de hornear 1cucharadita de sal

1taza (2 barras) mantequilla, suavizada 1-1/2 tazas azúcar granulada

1huevo 1-1/2 cucharaditas de esencia de vainilla

1/2 cucharadita de esencia de vainilla Cortador de galleta redondo

Glaseado de galletas de varios colores Confites grandes u otras decoraciones favoritas

varidas Azúcar y confites

Palitos para dulces de galletas Caramelo derretido Candy Melts (opcional)

Precaliente el horno a 350°F. En un tazón pequeño, mezcle la harina, el polvo

de hornear y la sal. En un tazón grande, bata la man-tequilla y el azúcar con una batidora electrica hasta que la mezcla este espumosa. Añada el huevo y las esencias; bata bien. No deje enfriar la masa. Divida la masa en 2 bolas. En una superficie enharinada, en-rolle cada bola en un círculo de aproximadamente 1/2 pulgada de diámetro x 1/8 pulgada de grosor. Inserte el cortador de galleta en la harina antes de cada uso. Ponga a hornear las galletas en un molde de galletas sin enmantequillar de 8 a 11 minutos o hasta que las galletas esten ligeramente doradas. Deje enfriar las galletas por completo.

Decore y rellene la galleta con el glaseado de galle-ta. Añada un borde zigzag a algunas de las galletas. Si desea, trace círculos alternados de colores en la su-perficie de la galleta; inmediatamente hale el palito a traves del glaseado desde el centro de la galleta hasta el borde exterior, sacando los colores hacia fuera. O adorne los confites y azúcar en la superficie de las galletas con glaseado. Deje que se sequen.

Peque los palitos en la parte trasera de las galle-tas con glaseado o caramelo derretido. Deje que se sequen.

RINDE UNAS 2 DOCENAS DE GALLETAS.

BAKE SALE-READY CUPCAKES (VENTA DE PASTELITOS

CUPCAKES LISTOS PARA SERVIR) Moldes de paletitos variados en colores primarios,

dorado y plata Receta o mezcla de su cupcake favorito

Glaseado de crema de mantequilla o crema de mantequilla de chocolate

Amarillo dorado u otro color de glaseado de-seado

Estrellitas jumbo y confites jumbo Mariposas u otras decoraciones de glaseado fa-

voritas Precaliente el horno a 350°F. Cubra los espacios

de un molde de muffin estándar con papelitos para hornear.

Ponga a hornear sus cupcakes favoritos en el mol-de preparado. Deje enfriar por completo. Pinte el glaseado de crema de mantequilla con colorante para glaseado. Dibuje la punta con glaseado en espiral de 1M crema de mantequilla o crema de mantequilla de chocolate sobre el cupcake; inserte la decoración del glaseado.

Cada cupcake es una porción.

SCHOOL STAR CEREAL TREAT POPS

1/4taza (1/2 barra) mantequilla o margarina 4tazas mini marshmallows

6tazas cereal crisp rice Palitos para dulces de galletas

Glaseado de galleta Confites variados

Rocíe el molde de Star Cookie Treat Pan y la espá-

tula de plástico o cuchara de madera con spray de horno vegetal.

En un tazón grande, derrita la mantequilla. Añada los marshmallows; cocine y mezcle hasta que la mez-cla este derretida. Retire del fuego y añada el cereal; mezcle bien. Ponga la mezcla en un molde prepara-do; inserte los palitos de galletas. Cuando este fría, retire del molde. Repita el proceso con la mezcla de cereal restante. (Si la mezcla se pone difícil de manio-brar, ponga en horno microonda a 50 por ciento de potencia por 30 a 60 segundos para suavizarla.)

Decore el dulce con el glaseado de galleta; añada los confites. Deje secar.

Rinde unas 2 docenas de pops. Candy Bark

2 paquetes (12 oz. cada uno) cocoa blanca o clara

Caramelo Candy Melts Confites Rainbow Chip Crunch u otros

o azúcar Cubra un molde de galleta de 10.5 x 15.5-pulga-

das con papel apergaminado.

Derrita el caramelo Candy Melts siguiendo las in-strucciones del paquete; vierta con una cuchara so-bre el molde preparado. Dele golpecitos al molde sobre la mesa de cocina para eliminar las burbujas de aire; si fuera necesario, suavice la superficie con una espátula grande. Ponga los confites sobre Rain-bow Chip Crunch. Deje enfriar hasta que este firme, unos 15 minutos. Retire el papel apergaminado del molde; rompa el caramelo en pedazos más peque-ños.

Specifically, Liccardo ad-vocates a four-point plan to address concerns about bias and policing. “First,” he proposes, “I will identify the funding in my June Budget Message to purchase and fully deploy body-worn cam-eras on every patrol officer in this coming fiscal year.” Lic-cardo first publicly proposed use of body-worn cameras in 2012, and has urged the SJPD to accelerate its exten-sive study and repeated pilot efforts. After discussions with police union leaders in recent months, a consensus has emerged of the need for cameras. Upon taking office sixteen weeks ago, Licca-rdo urged SJPD and staff to identify federal grant fund-ing for cameras through his March Budget Message. “Whether that grant fund-ing emerges or not, I will make it a priority to get it done within the fiscal year,” Liccardo added.

Second, Liccardo will urge his Council colleagues to ac-cept the recommendation of the Independent Police Auditor (IPA) to broaden the scope of inquiry of com-plaints of bias-based polic-ing. Specifically, a recent IPA report criticized the In-ternal Affairs’ investigation of bias-based policing alle-gations as narrowly ignoring prior patterns of complaints by persons of color against specific officers. Liccardo noted, “[w]e all recognize that prior complaints and patterns of conduct can be relevant in understanding whether race entered an of-ficer’s decision-making, and our IA investigation needs to embrace the same approach used by our courts: looking at the totality of circum-stances surrounding a pat-down frisk, arrest, search, or use of force.” In August, the Council will consider the SJPD’s response to all of the IPA’s recommendations, and Liccardo will push to imple-ment several of those rec-

ommendations, particularly concerning allegations of racial bias.

Liccardo also committed to expand civilian review of police misconduct, subject-ing department-initiated in-vestigations to review by the Independent Police Auditor. “The IPA has urged that we apply a consistent procedure to all misconduct complaints, whether they originate from the public, or from within the department,” Liccardo noted. “I look forward to working with the Police Department, Police Officers Association and IPA on a consistent and legally sound procedure to expand civilian review.”

Finally, through the Rules Committee, Liccardo will urge the acceleration of long-planned independent analy-sis of detention and search data presented by the Mer-cury News. “The analysis made available to me raises significant questions that deserve further scrutiny and public discussion,” Licca-rdo noted, “before jumping to conclusions, we critically need to understand whether similarly-situated people are being treated differently because they’re Latino or African-American. That requires a deeper dive.” Lic-cardo characterized that the

disproportionate search and detention rates of drivers as problematic, for example, but added that “not all car stops are alike. We expect that an officer will deal dif-ferently at 3 a.m. when stop-ping a speeding car full of 19-year-old males, than she will when pulling a driver maneuvering rush-hour traf-fic to get to work at 8:30 am.” Liccardo agreed to fund the consultant’s work, which the Council approved in Febru-ary, and now will seek a hear-ing before the Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Sup-port Committee in June to ensure the consultant’s hir-ing and timely report in the weeks ahead.

Liccardo lauded efforts by SJPD Chief Larry Esquivel to expand training in bias-based policing, and to pro-actively collect the very data that led to the Mercury News report. “Chief Esquivel de-cided to require officers to report every detention and arrest, and to identify the de-tainee’s race, in every interac-tion. We commend the De-partment for their transpar-ency, and for their proactive efforts to confront bias. We have more work to do, but I’m confident that working together, we’ll create practic-es that will become a model for the rest of the nation.”

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have the nation’s most pro-fessional, highly-trained po-lice officers,” Liccardo noted, “but we can do better, and when it comes to issues of race and policing, we must vigilantly seek every oppor-tunity to do so.”

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - About 1 million animals are killed on America’s roads every day, pushing some species to the brink of ex-tinction. The problem is par-ticularly acute in California’s national forests and parks, including Yosemite, where conservationists are building special tunnels for wildlife to cross roads safely.

Humans have to know where to build the tunnels, so

Fraser Shilling, co-director of the Road Ecology Center at the University of Califor-nia-Davis, is asking the pub-lic to report roadkill on the website wildlifecrossing.net.

“It’s open to anybody to participate in,” he said, “and helps us to understand where there are conflicts be-tween wildlife and vehicles and possibly what we can do about it.”

The California Roadkill Observation System also helps biologists track animal movements. One species,

a medium-sized carnivore called a fisher, is estimated to have only 300 adults left in its Southern Sierra popu-lation. Pamela Flick, Cali-fornia representative for De-fenders of Wildlife, said the fisher now is a candidate to be listed as an endangered species on the West Coast.

“The amount of fishers be-ing hit by cars in the South-ern Yosemite area could ac-tually be causing a decline in the species,” she said.

Sandra Jacobson, a U.S. Forest Service wildlife bi-ologist, said the roadkill isn’t just a problem for the ani-mals.

“We have usually about 200 people per year killed in animal-vehicle collisions in the U.S.,” she said, “and in addition to that, there is literally billions of dollars in other costs including human injuries and then property damage. “

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Arturo HilarioEL OBSERVADOR

Andy Kluger is the Chair-man of the Board of The Mexican Museum and shared with us his passion for meshing knowledge, art and the Latino culture. He is excited about the recent-ly launched collaboration with UC Berkeley and their Center for Latin American Studies which aims to reach toward the educational sec-tor but also promote art and culture to the communities which are rarely afforded such opportunities.

“About 7 years ago I was asked by the Mexican gov-ernment to be one of the co-chairs of the celebrations of the bicentenario of Mexico. I was actually born in Mex-ico City and grew up in the states” says Kluger. As his 3rd year as the chair he has seen to the redevelopment and ascension of the museum as one of the premiere collec-tions of Mexican/Chicano art in the world, boasting over 16,000 pieces as the single largest collection of Latino, Mexican and Chicano art.

Much like previous en-deavors (such as arranging a UNAM relationship in Mex-ico City as well as with UCSF in the Bay Area) Kluger was

optimistic about the conver-sations between the Mexican Museum and the Center for Latin American Studies at Berkeley, which opened up an avenue to collaborate. “As a result of our conversations we formed a partnership, it was the first big one academ-ically” he notes.

The aim is to create an en-vironment of Mexican/Chi-cano art and academia that is open to the public and the world.

One reason for the collabo-ration was the wealth of art-ists and education they could tap into. “They (Berkeley) have a lot of strong connec-tions with a number of art-ists and academics involving Latin America and we are going to be making them part of our lecture series and exhibits, and special visiting exhibits at the museum” says Kluger.

Besides the Mexican Muse-um’s opportunity to expand their role in the academic field and to work with great artists and people educated in their respective fields, the importance of this collabora-tion is to bring these features to the community. “The rea-son for the relationship is was a decision not only of mine but of the board to begin do-ing community outreach. We have such an extensive and rich collection that we felt it was important now” says Kluger.

He adds that “we’ve had a number of lectures most recently was the head arche-ologist of Teotihuacan. The lecture was an overwhelm-ing success we had standing room only, which was excel-

lent. We also have at the mu-seum an exhibit called Mae-stros de Mexico, which also receives a good deal of visits from UC Berkeley audience. Thats the type of beginning relationships we’re starting.”

Three things Kluger finds important in the Mexican Museum and its collabora-tions are that “1, many people are not aware of what activi-ties or collections or exhibits we have at the Mexican Mu-seum, 2 We have free fam-ily fun days we have a series of programs where we have open doors to families with children. Our belief is that a lot of children, second and third generation Chicano/Latinos in the Bay Area have no knowledge of Mexico, have no knowledge of Latin American art or history, and so we’re trying to open the doors to expand and enrich their education.”

Finally he adds that the third reason is “there’s a very interesting lectures for indi-vidual adults who want to come. specifically we’ve got cooking, we’ve got exhibits involving certain periods of time whether its colonial whether its pre Colombian art. Basically for a much more adult oriented audi-ence. Those are the three ar-eas that we are really pushing at the museum.”

Currently located at Fort Mason, the Mexian Museum is opening up its brand new home in the Yerba Buena Arts District in 2018.

For more info on the col-

laboration visit:

www.mexicanmu-seum.org/.

The fisher is a medium-sized carnivore that is on the brink of extinction partly because of vehicle collisions. Californians can help biologists protect them by reporting roadkill to wildlifecrossing.net.

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It starts with an idea and 35 acres. Founder of the Ber-ryessa Flea Market George Bumb Sr. saw while work-ing in the landfill business, there were many items be-ing discarded out that others would pick up and reuse. He

saw in this an idea of creating a space where people could sell. “(He) instinctively knew a lot of people wanted the stuff that was being thrown away in the dump, so why not facilitate people bringing it to a place where they could actually buy it or barter for it and create a sense of com-munity” says Brian Bumb, son of George Bumb Sr. and

current owner and overseer of day-to-day operations at the famed Berryessa Flea Market.

Time has changed the con-tours of the Bay Area and this is true for the flea market, now celebrating its 55th year as a community business and world renowned open mar-ket. At its peak, it sat at the

edge of San José where 120 acres were in use, including 60 for parking alone. Now the market, a bit smaller but still alive and well, offers plenty of sights and pur-chases as it adapts to online markets, big-box stores and merges with the busy and evermore populated Silicon Valley.

Brian Bumb was born and raised in his fathers business. Being one of the youngest of his siblings, (the 6th out of 8 children), he recalls his earli-est experiences with the flea market, “Berryessa road was back then (in the 1960’s) a two-lane road. There were cherry orchards and apricots across the street. It was so rural. The flea market was the thing my dad did, but I spent all my time in a (near-by) creek. I would come out here and get a coke and some french fries, but id always end up playing in the creek all day.”

Bumb was around 12 or 13 when he began working at the flea market, doing odd jobs such as sweeping and wiping down tables. He held it as a summer job during high school, then came back to work after graduation in the maintenance depart-ment in the 1970’s.

After taking on more re-sponsibilities and taking col-lege courses in accounting and business, Bumb began transitioning into more of a management position as his father Bumb Sr. backed away from the day-to-day opera-tions.

In the early 90’s Bumb took over as the general boss and

through his direction the flea market saw growth ev-ery year, all the way into the middle 2000’s. “The busi-ness just grew exponentially through all those years and in the middle 2000’s it started to turn and then the reces-sion hit and our customer, the blue collar immigrant folks, at that point didn’t know whether they were go-ing to have a job next week let alone a home” he says.

Although business declined with the country’s economi-cal downturn, things eventu-ally evened out, and it is par-tially to do with the dedicated and diverse customer base at the open market. Bumb rec-ognizes the similarities the customer base shares as well as the various differences. One thing that is constant though is the experience of going into the Berryessa Flea Market on a Sunday afternoon amongst all these eclectic community mem-bers. Bumb says, “you can grab a plate of food, sit in the big mariachi area, and you’re in the midst of a large group of people. It’s so diverse that you’ll feel comfortable in it. You’ll be amazed at the re-lationships and synergy be-tween people and everything thats going on here.”

Although advances in con-sumer technology and meth-ods of purchasing online have shifted the way places like the Berryessa Flea Mar-ket operate, Bumb has a lot in mind for the future of the San José icon. One aspect he is looking forward to is VTA and BART coming, “I look forward to that happening and seeing what kind of syn-

ergy there is from people that can come from the North Bay and come to the flea market. I hope we can get 6k-7k riders a day to come here. I think that would help our business dramatically.”

Among some of the accom-plishments that Brian Bumb feels that the flea market has attained is its continued support to the community as a destination that offers a huge variety of products and services, at good prices and a comfortable place for people of all ethnicities and walks of life to spend a day. “55 years later here we are. We keep it clean, keep it safe, give them what they want, and give it to them fast.”

And so the icon that is the Berryessa Flea Market, one of the ultimate small business incubators in the Bay Area, continues to operate. Apart from employing thousands upon thousands for over 50 years, people from around the world have come to this place to see the market and its eclectic inner-workings in person.

“We gave people something to do in San José, a comfort zone. Then you take that gen-eral immigrant community and they’ve supported us and we’ve supported them, and I think thats why its an icon” says Bumb. It continues to build on that entrepreneur-ial spirit that started with George Bumb Sr.’s idea of an open air market amongst the orchards and fields of San José.

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San Jose City College an-nounced on Wednesday the creation of an advisor posi-tion whose sole responsibility will be to liaison directly with former students of Heald College, who were left with-out a school after Heald’s parent company, Corinthi-ans, filed for bankruptcy.

“With Heald’s closure, we were well aware that there would be many students whose dreams came crash-ing down in an instant,” said San Jose City College Presi-dent Byron Breland. “As the educational lifeline of the Silicon Valley, we were not going to allow these students to have their dreams come to an untimely end, nor were we going to allow this untapped source of talent to go wasted.”

To begin the process of ag-

gressively seeking former Heald students, San Jose City College will be holding an information session on Saturday, May 16 to begin the process of assisting students seeking to transfer and make San Jose City College their new home.

As has been widely report-

ed, many of Heald’s credits

may not be transferrable. However, understanding there is much misinforma-tion in the public sphere, San Jose City College repre-sentatives are asking former Heald students to attend the informational session in order be provided an indi-vidual assessment of their former course work and pro-vide clarity as to their indi-vidual requirements needed to complete their degree or certificate.

“What happened at Heald

is a tragedy for the many students whose educational careers came to a sudden halt,” said Dr. Rita Cepeda, Chancellor of the San Jose-Evergreen Community Col-lege District. “This moment, however, provides us the op-portunity to demonstrate to the region and our student community just how critical

an asset our community col-lege system is to the Silicon Valley economy by providing a pipeline for these students to accelerate their education-al progress and, ultimately, their professional success.”

The new advisory position

will also be critical in assist-ing students in qualifying for financial aid. While many of Heald’s former students may qualify for financial aid debt waivers through the US De-partment of Education, the complexities of that process have been a daunting ob-stacle for many. However, through the college’s advisor, the goal is to provide students with every possible option to pursue their education while limiting the debt incurred by their former educational in-stitution.

Heald college’s website directs to parent company Co-rinthian Colleges Inc., noting “Cessation of Effectively All Operations”. Photo: cci.edu

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NO. 604742The following person(s) is (are) doing business Claudia and Javier House Cleaning 194 Brooklyn Ave #2 San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara Co. Alberto Mota and Claudia Vazquez 194 Brooklyn Ave #2 San Jose, CA 95128. This business is conducted by a married couple; registrants have begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/05/2006 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Alberto MotaMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 05/11/2015


NO. 603935The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Noyar Landscaping/Maintenance 2878 Elliot Ct Santa Clara, CA 90051, Santa Clara Co. Francisco Rayon 2578 Elliot Ct. Santa Clara, CA 90051. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 04/17/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Francisco Rayon May 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/17/2015


NO. 604608The following person(s) is (are) do-

ing business G. Cox & Associates, Inc. 1086 Michigan Ave. San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara Co. G. Cox and Associates, Inc. 1086 Michigan Ave. San Jose, CA 95125. This business is conducted by a limited liability company; registrants have begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 01/01/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Regina M. CoxPresidentMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 05/07/2015


NO. 604811The following person(s) is (are) doing business Crime Stopper Ser-vices 23 Bernardo Circle Salinas, CA 93905, Monterey Co. Maria M. Carrasco 23 Bernardo Circle Salinas, CA 93905. This business is conducted by an individual; reg-istrant has not begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Maria M. CarrascoMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 05/12/2015


NO. 604657The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Black Diamond Lim-ousine 1514 Foxworthy San Jose, CA 95118, Santa Clara Co. Laura Rios 1514 Foxworthy San Jose, CA 95118. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Laura RiosMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 05/07/2015


NO. 604709The following person(s) is (are) doing business Queen’s 1070 Kiely Blvd Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara Co. Aeran Kim 220 Monroe St. Apt108 Santa Clara, CA 95050. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 05/08/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Aeran KimMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 05/08/2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV280592Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Seungmi Suh. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Seungmi Suh has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Seungmi Suh to Judy Seungmi Suh. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/25/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing

on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. May 13, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015


NO. 115CV280396Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Yu Chuang Chang. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Yu Chuang Chang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Fang Ling Feng to Lynn Troung Cao. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/18/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. May 8, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015


NO. 115CV280396Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mirella Guttenbiel and Joshua Ingold Guttenbiel. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners Mirella Guttenbiel and Joshua In-gold Guttenbiel have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a. George Poutele Guttenbiel Ofa to George Poutele Guttenbiel. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted on 08/18/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. May 11, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015


NO. 115CV278061Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Karina Torres. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Karina Torres has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Karina Torres to Karina Chavarin b. Robert Em-manuel Torres to Emmanuel Cha-varian. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 06/30/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. March 13, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015


NO. 115CV276781Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the

application of: Crystal Ortiz Torres. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Crys-tal Ortiz Torres has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Crystal Ortiz Torres to Crystal Ortiz-Torres. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 06/09/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. February 9, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015


NO. 115CV280337Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Chin Yong Hur. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Chin Yong Hur has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Chin Yong Hur to Gina Chin Hur. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/18/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. May 7, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015


NO. 115CV279351Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Victoria R. Borquez. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Victo-ria R. Borquez, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Desiree Na-tasha Davies to Desiree Natasha Borquez b. Leilani Charlene Da-vies to Leilani Ariel Borquez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 07/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 14, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015


NO. 115CV278814Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jason Kim & Soo Mi Kim. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petition-ers Jason Kim & Soo Mi Kim have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: a. Allen Dongunn Kim to Joseph Dongunn Kim. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 07/21/2015 at 8:45 am,

Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 1, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2015

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of George D. Roberts, Jr. also known as George D.

Roberts, George Downing Rob-erts, Jr., and George Downing

Roberts No.115PR176226

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Mark Roberts in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition requests that Mark Roberts also known as Mark Downing Roberts be appointed as personal representative to admin-ister the estate of the decedent, George D. Roberts, Jr. also know as George D. Roberts, George Down-ing Roberts, Jr., and George Down-ing Roberts. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the per-sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration au-thority will be granted unless an in-terested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/27/2015 at 9:30am, Dept. 10, lo-cated at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appear-ance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or con-tingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issu-ance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in sec-tion 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other Cali-fornia statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an at-torney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person in-terested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:Jane Brindle Miller, Attorney at Law5050 El Camino Real, Suite 111Los Altos, CA 94022650-336-7251

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Ricki Roberts, also

known Rickie Roberts and Mary Lou Roberts No.115PR176227

A Petition for Probate has been filed by James M. Barbera, in the Supe-rior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition requests that James M. Barbera be ap-pointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the dece-dent, Ricki Roberts, also known as Rickie Roberts and Mary Lou Rob-erts. The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of

Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the per-sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration au-thority will be granted unless an in-terested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/27/2015 at 9:30am, Dept. 10, lo-cated at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appear-ance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or con-tingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issu-ance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in sec-tion 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other Cali-fornia statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an at-torney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person in-terested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:Jane Brindle Miller, Attorney at Law5050 El Camino Real, Suite 111Los Altos, CA 94022650-336-7251

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of

Muhammad HussainNo.115PR176542

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Farhat Hussain in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition requests that Farhat Hussain be appointed as personal representative to admin-ister the estate of the decedent, Muhammad Hussain The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to pro-bate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal rep-resentative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The inde-pendent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the peti-tion and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/6/2015 2015 at 9:30am, Dept. 10, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appear-ance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or con-tingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issu-ance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in sec-tion 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date

of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other Cali-fornia statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an at-torney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person in-terested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner:Javed I. Ellahie12 South First Street, Suite 600San Jose, CA 95113408-294-0404


NO. 604457The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Vital Health and Body 14375 Saratoga Ave Suite 101 Saratoga, CA 95070, Santa Clara Co. Dr. John R. Marian 14611 Big Basin Way Apt. A Saratoga, Ca 95070 and Sogol Farzaneh 1190 W. Hillsdale Blvd. Apt PH San Ma-teo, CA 94403. This business is conducted by a general partnership; registrants have not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Sogol FarzanehMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 05/01/2015


NO. 603961The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Quynh Huong 2455 Al-vin Ave San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara Co. TH & VL Inc. 2455 Alvin Ave San Jose, CA 95121. This busi-ness is conducted by a corporation; registrants have begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 04/20/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Van LuongPresident May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/20/2015


NO. 604389The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Mariachi Primo 577 Burke St. San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Rodolfo Torres 265 Staples Ave San Jose, CA 95127 and Rafael Ramos 577 Burke St. San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by a joint venture; registrants have begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 04/30/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Rafael RamosMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/30/2015


NO. 604511The following person(s) is (are) doing business AJ’s Property Maintenance 125 Laumer Ave San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara Co. Aristides Garcia 125 Laumer Ave San Jose, Ca 95127. This business is conducted by an individual; regis-trant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 01/21/2004 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Aristides Garcia

May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 05/05/2015


NO. 603761The following person(s) is (are) doing business AARTI Consulting 135 Rio Robles E, 161 San Jose CA 95134, Santa Clara Co. Aarti Thakur 135 Rio Robles E, 161 San Jose, CA 95134. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Aarti ThakurMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/15/2015


NO. 604176The following person(s) is (are) doing business Zui Ze Café 3975 Senter Rd. Ste # 104 San Jose, CA 95111. Ma, Amy Tuyet 1049 Honeysuckle Dr. San Jose, CA 95122. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 04/22/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Ma, Amy Tuyet May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/202015


NO. 602447The following person(s) is (are) doing business 1.Integrity Shek 2.live2trav-eldeals.com 1922 The Alemeda San Jose, CA 95126 , Santa Clara Co. Jaime Walter Alvarezmejia 24534 Sybil Ave. Hayward, CA 94542. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Jaime Walter Alvarezmejia May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 03/10/2015


NO. 604480The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business WR Properties 6707 Elwood Rd San Jose, CA 95120, Santa Clara Co. Benjamin Fernan-dez 6707 Elwood Rd. San Jose, Ca 95120. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Benjamin FernandezMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/23/2015


NO. 60393The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business MV SJ Cali Kustom 7158 Via Lomas San Jose, CA 95139, Santa Clara Co. Manuel Vindiola 7158 Via Lomas San Jose, CA 95139. This business is conducted by an individual; regis-trant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 04/05/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Manuel Vindiola May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 4/17/2015

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 13LEGAL CLASSIFIEDSMAY 15-21, 2015ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV275377Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jose E. Faria. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Jose E. Faria has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Beverly Capito Faria to Beverly Adelaide Faria b. Beverly Capito Farias to Beverly Adelaide Faria c. Beverly Ortiz Le-siur to Beverly Adelaide Faria. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/11/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. May 4, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015


NO. 115CV277457Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Sejeong Park. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Se-jeong Park has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sejeong Park to Hayui Park. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted on 06/16/2015/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. March 3, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015


NO. 115CV278865Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alembirhan Wolde-mariam. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that pe-titioner Alembirhan Woldemariam has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Alembirhan Woldemar-iam to Alex Woldemariam. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 07/14/2015/2015 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 2, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015


NO. 115CV277439Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Seyun Ahn, Kang Yun Ahn. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petition-ers Seyun Ahn and Kang Yun Ahn, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows:

a. Seyun Ahn to Rachael Seyun Ahn b. Kang Yun Ahn to Kevin Kangyun Ahn. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 06/16/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. March 2, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015


NO. 115CV280241Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Loan Bich Thuy Mai. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Loan Bich Thuy Mai, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Loan Bich Thuy Mai to Lyna Mai b. Bich Loan Thuy Mai to Lyna Mai c. Loan Bich Mai to Lyna Mai d. Bich L Mai to Lyna Mai. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/18/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. May 6, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015


NO. 603765The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Ally Home Care and Medical Staffing 100 E Santa Clara St. Ste 107 San Jose, CA 95113, Santa Clara Co. Almario Espiritu Corp 100 E. Santa Clara St. Ste 107 San Jose, CA 95113. This business is conducted by a corporation; regis-trant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, June 2014 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Thaddeus Espiritu PresidentMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/15/2015


NO. 604061The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business 1st Capitol 2180 Story Rd Ste 201 San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara Co. Felipe Uribe 2248 Jonesport Ave San Jose, CA 95131. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has be-gun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 05/02/2006 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Felipe Uribe May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/22/2015


NO. 604203The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Friends of Tsai – NC 13208 Peacock Ct. Cupertino, Santa Clara Co. Frank Hong 13208 Peacock Ct. Cupertino, CA 95014. This business is conducted by an

individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Frank HongMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/27/2015


NO. 603565The following person(s) is (are) doing business Cruz Avila Truck-ing 2033 Pacina Dr. San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co. Antonio Avila Cruz 2033 Pacina Dr. San Jose, CA 95116. This business is conducted by an individual; regis-trant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Antonio Avila Cruz May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/08/2015


NO. 604150The following person(s) is (are) doing business Professional Housecleaning 525 River View Dr. San Jose, 95111, Santa Clara Co. Ana L Ortiz 525 River View Dr San Jose, CA 95111. This business is conducted by an individual; regis-trant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 04/01/2015 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Ana L OrtizMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/24/2015


NO. 603484The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Eco Clean Solar Con-struction 111 W. St. John Street, Suite 1200 San Jose, CA 95113, Santa Clara Co. Eco Clean Solar, Inc 111 W. St John St., Ste. 1200 San Jose CA 95113. This business is conducted by a corporation; reg-istrant has not begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Dan Dunham V.P. / Director of ProjectsMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/07/2015

Statement of Abandonmentof Use of Fictitious Business

NameNO. 603949

The following person/entity has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: A&T Nails 15874 Monterey Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara Co. An Trinh 3265 east Hill Dr. San Jose, CA 95127. This business was conduct-ed by an individual and was filed in Santa Clara County on 01/22/2013 under file no. 573925An TrinhMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/20/2015


NO. 114CV275026Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tej B. Gurung. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Tej B. Gurung, has filed a petition for

Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jurick Gurung to Amulya Gurung. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interest-ed in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted on 05/26/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 24, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015


NO. 114CV278838Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Marilyn Lara. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Marilyn Lara, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Marilyn Lara to Marilyn Lara Martell. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 07/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 1, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015


NO. 114CV279874Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Quyen Phuoc Thanh Bui. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petition-er, Quyen Phuoc Thanh Bui., has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: a. Quyen Phuoc Thanh Bui to Quyen Bui. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/11/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 27, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtMay 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Esteban Frausto

MorenoNo.115PR17634

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Christina Van Aman in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition requests that Christina Van Aman be appointed as personal repre-sentative to administer the estate of the decedent, Esteban Frausto Moreno. . The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for exami-nation in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the in-dependent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the person-al representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal rep-resentative will be required to give

notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The inde-pendent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/08/2015 2015 at 9:30am, Dept. 10, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95112

If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the dece-dent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal de-livery to you of a notice under sec-tion 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to con-sult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner:Patricio Letelier, Esq870 N. First St. San Jose, CA 95112408-924-0933

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV279778Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tranquilina P. Banquicio. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Tranquilina P. Banquicio, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Tranquelina Salvani to Tranquilina Piandong Banquicio. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/04/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 22, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV279740Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: John Wade Pondo. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner John Wade Pondo, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. John Wade Pondo to John Wade Cole. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/04/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the

county of Santa Clara. April 22, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV276638Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Brandon Tollison. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Bran-don Tollison, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Audrey marie Rodriquez to Audrey Marie Tollison. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 06/02/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. February 10, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV279730Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Arianne Wallis Rubinfeld. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Arianne Wallis Rubinfeld, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Arianne Wallis Rubinfeld to Arianne Maelle Bexfield. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/04/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 22, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV277283Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Enedelia Cuevas-Ortiz. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Enedelia Cuevas-Ortiz., has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Vicky Karisma Cuevas-Ortiz to Vicky Karisma Lopez ue-vas. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 06/09/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. February 25, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 603991The following person(s) is (are) doing business J + S DHAtt Trans-port 655 Sinclair Dr. San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co. Sukjit

Sing 655 Sinclair Dr. San Jose, CA 95116. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Sukjit SinghApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/17/2015


NO. 603919The following person(s) is (are) do-ing business Building Maintenance & Repair 472 N. 10 St. Unit # A San Jose, CA 951112, Santa Clara Co. Juan R Bautista 472 N. 10 St. Unit #A San Jose, CA 95112. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Juan R Bautista April 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/17/2015


NO. 603563The following person(s) is (are) doing business 1. Calsmile Den-tal Lubna Azeem, DDS Inc. 2. Calsmile Dental Practice of Dr. Lub-na Azeem 3. Calsmile Dental 5150 Graves Ave Suite 111 San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara Co. Lubna Azeem, DDS, Inc 1027 Corvette Dr. San Jose, CA 95129. This business is conducted by a corporation; reg-istrant has not begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Smed Ahmed SecretaryApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/08/2015


NO. 115CV279596Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Hong Tham Le. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Hong Tham Le, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Hong Tham Le to Tham Hong Le b. Tham Hong Thi Le. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted on 07/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the peti-tion in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 20, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV279496Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jining Wang. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Jining Wang, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jining Wang to Jeanine Wang. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-

ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 07/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 16, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV279498Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ashwin Devdas Baliga. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Ashwin Devdas Baliga, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ashwin Devdas Baliga to Ashwin Baliga. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 07/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 16, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV279505Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kiley Kathleen Langtry. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Kiley Kathleen Langtry, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kiley Kathleen Langtry to Kiley Langtry Callister. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 07/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 16, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015


NO. 115CV279595Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Gabriela Nava de Lopez. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that peti-tioner Gabriela Nava de Lopez, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: a. Gabriela Nava de Lopez to Gabriela Nava Carpizo. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 08/04/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. April 20, 2015 Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtApril 24; May 1, 8, 15, 2015

Doug Moss & Roddy ScheerEARTHTALK

Unlike the Great Wall of

China, a 5,000-mile forti-fication dating back to the 7th century BC that sepa-rates northern China from the Mongolian steppe, the Great Green Wall of Chi-na—otherwise known as the Three-North Shelter For-

est Program—is the biggest tree planting project on the planet. Its goal is to create a 2,800-mile long green belt to hold back the quickly ex-panding Gobi Desert and sequester millions of tons of carbon dioxide in the pro-cess. If all goes according to plan, the completion of the Green Wall by 2050 will increase forest cover across China from five to 15 percent overall.

The Chinese government

first conceived of the Green Wall project in the late 1970s to combat desertifica-tion along the country’s vast northwest rim. Soon there-after, China’s top legislative body passed a resolution requiring every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least three Poplar, Eucalyptus, Larch and other saplings ev-ery year to reinforce official reforestation efforts.

But despite progress—ac-

cording to the United Na-tions’ most recent Global Forest Resources Assess-ment, China increased its overall forest cover by 11,500 square miles (an area the size of Massachusetts) between 2000 and 2010, with ordi-nary citizens alone planting upwards of 60 billion trees—the situation is only getting worse. Analysts think China loses just as many square miles of grasslands and farms to desertification every year, so reforestation has proven to be an uphill battle. The encroaching Gobi has swal-lowed up entire villages and

small cities and continues to cause air pollution problems in Beijing and elsewhere while racking up some $50 billion a year in economic losses. And tens of millions of environmental refugees are looking for new homes in other parts of China and be-yond in what makes Ameri-ca’s Dust Bowl of the 1930s look trivial in comparison.

“The desertification of north

and western China is argu-ably the most under-report-ed environmental crisis fac-ing China today and is little understood outside the cir-cles of NGOs [non-govern-mental organizations] and groups of scientists who are desperately fighting against it,” reports Sean Gallagher, an activist with Greenpeace. While climate change is cer-tainly a big factor, Gallagher adds that overgrazing, water mismanagement, outdated agricultural methods and the swelling of human popula-tions are also contributing to this wholesale conversion of the region’s once arable and habitable landscapes into sand dunes. “In China, approximately 20 percent of land is now classified as desert or arid, and desertifi-cation is adversely affecting the lives of over 400 million people in China alone.”

More recently, the Green

Wall project has taken on additional importance for its potential as a “carbon sink” to

store greenhouse gases that would otherwise find their way into the atmosphere and exacerbate global warming. But critics point out that it’s hard to quantify just how much carbon the Green Wall can store, and that planta-tions of fast-growing non-native trees going in as part of the project don’t store as much carbon as more di-verse, naturally occurring na-tive forests.

Regardless, the Chinese

government is already talk-ing up the Great Green Wall as key weapon in its arsenal to fight global warming and as proof to the rest of the world that China is taking strong steps to mitigate car-bon emissions. With comple-tion of the Great Green Wall still 35 years out, only time will tell how effective it will be as a solution for some of China’s (and the world’s) most vexing environmental problems.

CONTACT:

UN Global Forest Resources Assessment, www.fao.org/

docrep/013/i1757e/id1757e.pdf.

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com14 GREEN LIVING

Haga su parte para reducir su uso de agua por un 30% durante la sequía Por favor siga estas reglas que se aplican a todos los residentes y negocios en San José:

1. Esté fresco — riegue cuando está más fresco. El horario de riego en exteriores está restringido: antes de las 10 a.m. y después de las 8 p.m. y en dos días designados cuando usen un sistema de regadores automáticos.

•Domiciliosconnúmerosimpares-lunesyjueves •Domiciliosconnúmerospares-martesyviernes

2. Esté de moda – use agua gris (agua usada de tinas, etc.) para lavar su auto, llévelo a un lavadero de autos o déjelo sucio. No lave autos con agua potable (bebible).

3. Sea local — vaya a piscinas comunitarias o a la playa. No rellene las piscinas residenciales o los spas más de un pie (30 cm) y no llene piscinas nuevas con agua potable (bebible), con la excepción de piscinas existentes que se vacían para reparar fugas. 4. Sea rápido — arregle las fugas de agua tan pronto como sea posible.

5. Tenga el control — no deje que el agua fluya a las alcantarillas o en las calles. 6. Sea un tirador de primera — utilice boquillas de cierre automático. Se requiere que las mangueras tengan una boquilla que se cierra cuando se suelta el mango.

Para más información:

www.sjenvironment.org/waterconservation

CADA GOTA CUENTA

Environmental Services

MAY 15-21, 2015

Dust storms in the Gobi Desert (as seen from space) highlight the need for China’s Great Green Wall. Credit: NASA

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LA EPA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS LLEVA A CABO CUARTA REVISIÓN DE LA LIMPIEZA DEL SITIO SUPERFUND SOUTH BAY ASBESTOS

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) lleva a cabo la cuarta Revisión de Cinco Años (FYR) de remedios para la limpieza del Sitio Superfund South Bay Asbestos (Sitio) en San Bernardino, California. Esta revisión evaluará la efectividad de las cubiertas protectoras en los antiguos vertederos Highway 237 Landfi ll y Santos Landfi ll.

A la EPA se le exige revisar la limpieza de un sitio cada cinco años, si el proceso de limpieza toma más de cinco años en completarse o [si] desperdicios peligrosos permanecen en el sitio. El tercer FYR efectuado en el 2010 determinó que los remedios para la limpieza protegían la salud humana y el ambiente. El propósito de éste cuarto FYR es determinar si los remedios continúan siendo protectores. La EPA invita a la comunidad a aprender más sobre éste proceso. Si usted tiene cualquier pregunta, favor de contactar a Alejandro Díaz, Coordinador de Participación Comunitaria, al (415) 972-3242, o a [email protected].

La EPA mantiene depósitos de información que contienen los Documentos Administrativos del Sitio y otra información relevante en la Biblioteca Filial de Alviso, en el 5050 North First Street, San José, California 95002, (408) 263-3626 y en el Centro de Documentos Superfund, 95 Hawthorne Street, 4th fl oor, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 820-4700. El informe fi nal del cuarto FYR estará disponible al público después del 30 de septiembre de 2015 en los depósitos mencionados anteriormente y en el sitio web de la EPA en: www.epa.gov/region09/SouthBayAsbestos/

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 15ENTERTAINMENT MAY 15-21, 2015

Eduardo Hilario SPECIAL TO EL OBSERVADOR

After a 2014 that was middling or deeply upsetting for many gamers, it isn’t a surprise that most are hoping for a strong 2015 and 2016 to ease the sting of disappointment. The first several months of 2015 offer a number of promis-ing games, but it won’t be until E3 in June that we’ll get an idea of how many blockbuster titles are shaping up and when their release dates will take place. While the lineup for E3 hasn’t been solidified, it’s simple to boil down the anticipated list for the event into a few releases.

Bethesda is holding its first ever E3 2015 press conference, putting their name into the hat with the big game publish-ers like EA and Ubisoft. Now, the gaming community is incredibly excited because it means they have something big to announce. Sure, we’ll get our share of Elder Scrolls Online rubbish, but it’s also extremely likely that we’ll see a Fallout 4 announced as well. The existence of Fallout 4 has been rumored in the past, with many clues suggesting that the game will take place somewhere in Massachusetts. Still, it hasn’t been confirmed, but a game of this caliber would fit perfectly on the gaming industry’s biggest stage.

Square Enix made a big announcement at E3 2013 that made fans of the Kingdom Hearts series, the confirmed Development of Kingdom Hearts 3. Since 2005, there has been no direct sequel to Kingdom Hearts 2, only spin offs and HD remakes of Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2. Fans have been speculating since then when the game would be officially announced. With the news of its development in 2013, it’s pretty safe to say that Kingdom Hearts 3 will have some form of announcement at E3 2015, even if it’s just a trailer or game play, fans will be excited to final hear about the next installment in the series.

No Man’s Sky is a bit of a surprise this year. Hello Games

is set out to create what the call a, “Procedurally Generated Open Universe” game. Meaning that the game will auto-matically generate planets, 18 quintillion total thanks to the game engine it runs on, as you explore the cosmos. Your character, a space explorer, begins on randomly generated planet of the outer rim of a galaxy with no ship and it is up to you, the player to collect resources and build a capable enough ship to go out and explore the center of the galaxy. Space battles and randomly generated wildlife have been confirmed for the game. A personal favorite of mine this year, No man’s land will be a game that I’ll be hoping gets

some recognition at E3 this year.We’ve seen 3D remakes of 2D Super Mario levels, first-person perspective levels, and even a high-definition remake of the opening area of Super Mario 64. It’s clear that the Super Mario fan base is passionate about their games, and Mario Maker is like a loving little wink to them, as if to say, “Okay, let’s see what you can really do.” I’m exceptionally excited to see some of the challenging, fun, and sometimes insane levels that will come out of Mario Maker by the fans. I’m also excited to see these creations not get hit by cease and desist letters from Nintendo for once.

E3 2015 is looking to have a strong presence when it comes to games this year. With the market saturated by triple A first person shooters, it’s nice to some more variety when it comes to the titans of gaming this year and at the first third of 2016. Being a avid gamer myself, I am very excited for lots of games that will hopefully get some recognition this year on the big stage at E3. It’s great to also see some older IP’s in gaming getting a new game so the newer generation of gamers can see what we, as youngsters, got excited about when we went to the local game store to buy.

Hello Games is set out to create what the call a, “Pro-cedurally Generated Open Universe” game with ‘No Man’s Sky”. Tthe game will automatically generate planets, 18 quintillion total thanks to the game engine

Fallout 4 is rumoured to be one of the big announcements out of E3 2015 in Los Angeles, CA.

Both Mario and Kingdom Hearts are established and adored franchises. What new offereings will they bring in the upcoming iterations?

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com16 TECHNOLOGY

EN CINES EL 29 DE MAYOBoletos disponibles hasta que se acaben

Esta película ha sido clasificada PG-13. El teatro tiene reservaciones en exceso para garantizar la capacidad. Boletos recibidos mediante esta promoción no le garantizan un asiento en el teatro y debe ser entregado cuando se le solicite. Las personas se sentarán de acuerdo con el orden de llegada. EXCEPTO LOS MIEMBROS DE LA PRENSA QUE CUBRAN EL EVENTO. No se dejará entrar a nadie sin boleto o después que la película haya comenzando. Se impondrán todas las regulaciones federales, estatales y locales. La persona que reciba los boletos asume todos y cualquiera de los

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They’ve reached what you could call the braking point.

Fueled by anger over Uber and other ride-booking ser-vices’ own warnings that their drivers may pose a “risk,” critics are calling for a “Passenger Bill of Rights” that would serve as a stop-gap until lawmakers act to officially crack down on the app-based industry’s most egregious safety issues.

Safety -- or the lack of it -- has been a major concern ever since news reports be-gan piling up of ride-booking drivers across the country being arrested for allegedly raping and assaulting pas-sengers. And with the com-panies fighting efforts to sub-ject their drivers to the same rigorous background checks as taxi and limousine driv-ers, the last straw may have been the discovery that the

“terms of use” posted on their own websites appear to place the burden on passengers to decide who they’re willing to entrust their lives to behind the wheel.

“By using the services,” Uber states, “you acknowledge that you may be exposed to situ-ations involving third-party providers” -- meaning, their drivers -- “that are poten-tially unsafe, offensive, harm-ful to minors, or otherwise objectionable, and that use of third-party providers ar-ranged or scheduled using the services is at your own risk.”

And from Lyft, another top industry player: “Users understand and accept that Lyft has no control over the identity or actions of the rid-ers and drivers. . . Drivers and riders use the services at their own risk.”

The Bill of Rights inten-tionally includes all “ground

transportation,” not just app-based services like Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and Whisk. That jibes with the stance of the non-profit National Lim-ousine Association, which suggested the guidelines as part of its “Ride Responsibly” campaign, that “everyone be held to the same standards.”

“As the global voice of the private driver transporta-tion industry,” said Gary Buffo, the NLA’s president, “we feel it is our obligation to promote a safer and more accountable system for pas-sengers and operators.”

Among the rights passengers would be entitled to:

* Proof of commercial-for-hire licensing and certifica-tions.

* A safe and courteous driv-er covered by commercial ve-hicle insurance (which ride-booking drivers may or may not have).

* A fully vetted and trained

driver who’s undergone of-ficial criminal background checks and pre-hire drug testing.

* Air-conditioning on re-quest.

* Fully functioning seat belts.

* A quoted fare and final charge that match the agreed upon amount.

* Assurance that the vehicle has undergone regular in-spections and is certified as being safe.

With a new Harris Poll showing a whopping 91 per-cent of Americans believe there should be mandatory rules and regulations for ride-hailing drivers, the NLA also stepped up pressure on lawmakers by setting up a website (www.rideresponsi-bly.org) to provide a forum for public debate on the issue.

Time for a new Passenger Bill of Rights?

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 17MOVIES MAY 15-21, 2015

AHORA EN CINES

Torturado por su turbulento pasado, Mad Max cree que la soledad es la mejor forma para so-brevivir. Sin embargo, se deja llevar por un grupo que escapa a traves de Wasteland en un vehiculo de guerra conducido por Furiosa, unaImpera-torde elite. Ellos estan escapando de una ciudad-ela tiranizada por Immortan Joe, alguien a quien han robadode algo irremplazable. Enfurecido, el caudillo reune a todas sus pandillas y persigue de-spiadadamente a los rebeldes en una Guerra de la Carretera de alto octanaje.

Tom Hardy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) es el protagonista de “Mad Max: Fury Road”—la cu-arta en la historia de la franquicia. La ganadora del Oscar®, Charlize Theron (“Monster,” “Pro-metheus”), es la Imperator llamada Furiosa. En la pelicula tambien participan Nicholas Hoult (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) como Nux; Hugh Keays-Byrne (“Mad Max,” “Sleeping Beauty”) como Immortan Joe; Josh Helman (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) como Slit; Nathan Jones (“Conan the Barbarian”) como Rictus Erectus; conocidas colectivamente comoLas Esposas, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”) es The Spendid Angha-rad, Riley Keough (“Magic Mike”) es Capable, Zoe Kravitz (“Divergent”) interpreta a Toast the Knowing, Abbey Lee es The Dag, y Courtney Eaton es Cheedo the Fragile. Tambien actuan en la pelicula John Howard, Richard Carter, el can-tante y compositor iOTA, Angus Sampson, Jen-nifer Hagan, Megan Gale, Melissa Jaffer, Melita Jurisic, Gillian Jones y Joy Smithers.

El cineasta ganador del Oscar® George Miller (“Happy Feet”) dirigio el filme a partir de un guion que escribio con Brendan McCarthy y Nico Lathouris. Miller tambien produjo el filme, junto con su socio de produccion de toda la vida, el nominado al Oscar®Doug Mitchell (“Babe”, “Happy Feet”), y PJ Voeten. Iain Smith, Chris de-Faria, Courtenay Valenti, Graham Burke, Bruce Berman y Steven Mnuchin fueron los producto-res ejecutivos.

El equipo creativo detras de camaras incluyo al director de fotografia ganador del Oscar®, John Seale (“The English Patient”), al disenador de produccion Colin Gibson (“Babe”), a la editora Margaret Sixel (“Happy Feet”), a la disenadora de vestuario ganadora del Oscar® Jenny Beavan (“A Room with a View”), al director de segunda unidad y coordinador de escenas de riesgo Guy Norris (“Australia”), y a la disenadora de maquil-laje Lesley Vanderwalt (“Knowing”).

Warner Bros. Pictures presenta, en asociacion con Village Roadshow Pictures, una produccion de Kennedy Miller Mitchell, una pelicula de George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road.” La pelicula es distribuida por Warner Bros. Pictures, una Compania de Warner Bros. Entertainment, y en territorios selectos por Village Roadshow Pictures.

Esta pelicula ha sido clasificada R por secuencias intensas de violencia y por imagenes perturbado-ras. madmaxmovie.com

OPENS FRIDAY,

MAY 29, 2015

After the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a magnitude 9 earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife make their way together from Los Angeles to San Fran-cisco to save their only daughter. But their treach-erous journey north is only the beginning. And when they think the worst may be over...it’s just getting started.

The action thriller “San Andreas,” from New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures, reunites Dwayne Johnson with director Brad Peyton and producer Beau Flynn, following their collaboration on the global hit “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.”

The film also stars Carla Gugino (“Night at the Museum,” TV’s “Entourage”), Alexandra Daddario (“Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” TV’s “True Detective”), Ioan Gruffudd (“Fantas-tic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”), Archie Pan-jabi (TV’s “The Good Wife”), Hugo Johnstone-Burt (Australian TV’s “Home and Away”), Art Parkinson (TV’s “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti (“Cinderella Man”). “San Andreas” is produced by Beau Flynn (“Hercu-

les,” “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”). Rich-ard Brener, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco, Toby Emmerich, Rob Cowan, Tripp Vinson and Bruce Berman serve as executive producers. The screenplay is by Carlton Cuse, story by Andre Fabrizio & Jeremy Passmore.

The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Steve Yedlin (“Looper”), pro-duction designer Barry Chusid (“The Day After Tomorrow”), editor Bob Ducsay (“Godzilla”), VFX producer Randall Starr (“Into the Storm”), VFX supervisor Colin Strause (“The Avengers”), and costume designer Wendy Chuck (“Twilight”). The music is by Andrew Lockington. “San An-dreas” was shot on location in The Gold Coast and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The film is slated to open in theatres in both 3D and 2D on Friday, May 29, 2015. New Line Cin-ema presents, in Association with Village Road-show Pictures, a FlynnPictureCo. Production, a Brad Peyton Film, “San Andreas.” It will be dis-tributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. “San Andreas” is rated PG-13 for intense disaster action and may-hem throughout, and brief strong language.

CHARLIZE THERON as Imperator Furiosa in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD.” Photo Credit: Jasin Boland.

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com18 VIBRAS MAY 15-21, 2015

Mota, monte, pasto, pot, cannabis y weed, son algunos de los sobre nombres con que se conoce la �marihuana� (cannabis sativa) Actual-mente existe una gran con-troversia sobre su uso con fi-nes medicinales y recreativos. En algunos países europeos, la utilización de esta hierba ha tomado un gran auge por sus aplicaciones y virtudes te-rapéuticas, aunque en las na-ciones de Latinoamérica se le sigue considerando como la puerta de entrada al abismo de las drogas.

El agente químico activo de la marihuana es el tetrahi-drocannabinol (THC), que puede ser ingerido al fumar, masticar sus hojas, o por me-dio de cápsulas; todo ello con el fin de calmar dolores que sufren los pacientes de HIV y cáncer, además se le conside-ra auxiliar en el tratamiento de la artritis, el asma, el estrés y sirve también para tratar glaucomas y aliviar dolores de las reumas y la esclerosis múltiple, también se le cono-ce como un tranquilizante.

Platicando con un Doctor general de Santa Clara Va-lley Medical, quién prefirió que omitiéramos su nombre por lo controversial del tema,

nos dijo que la marihuana es adictiva en muchos casos como el de los jóvenes estu-diantes, por ejemplo, y puede convertirse lastimosamente en la antesala al uso de dro-gas más fuertes, sin embargo; se ha comprobado que para muchos pacientes con enfer-medades terminales ha resul-tado como un “elixir de vida’, ya que además de promover el apetito, les ayuda a sentir-se más relajados y disminuye los efectos secundarios de la quimioterapia, en el caso de los enfermos de cáncer.

Enfermos de depresión también han encontrado alivio a su padecimiento fumando o ingiriendo ma-rihuana en pequeñas dosis o dosis controladas. Si la marihuana es fumada o in-gerida en dosis sin control, la depresión puede volverse más severa, señaló el Doctor. Lucía, una residente de San José nos comentó que por mucho tiempo había padeci-do de insomnio y estrés exce-sivo debido a varios eventos dramáticos que le ocurrieron en un lapso bastante corto, ella afirma que no le ayudaba mucho el medicamento que le recetaron y sintió alivio hasta que comenzó a ingerir galletas de marihuana, según

su propia experiencia al com-binar los medicamentos y el cannabis logró estabilizarse y ahora goza de muy buena salud física y emocional.

Existen diversos tipos de cannabis desde los más li-geros hasta los más fuertes. La marihuana se ha venido usando con fines medicinales desde hace más de mil años, en la India y en otros países de Asia. Actualmente Cana-dá es el único país de Améri-ca que no penaliza el consu-mo recreativo y además auto-riza el uso terapéutico. En los Estados Unidos, California es uno de los estados de la na-ción que autoriza el uso de la marihuana con fines médicos gracias a la iniciativa de Ley, Propuesta 215.

Para muchos la marihuana es una droga que fastidia la vida de millares de jóvenes adolescentes, para otros es como un elixir que les ayuda a soportar con menos dolor la cruz de sus padecimientos. La recomendación general es usar todo con medida y tener mucha precaución. ¿Usted qué opina, la Marihuana es simplemente una droga o puede reconocerse también como medicina?

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 19NATIONAL MAY 15-21, 2015

Former Miss Deaf America

Says Act Helped Tear Down

BarriersGinny Grimsley

The day the Americans With Disabilities Act passed in 1990, U.S. Sen. Tom Har-kin delivered a speech from the Senate floor in a way most of his colleagues didn’t understand.

Harkin, the bill’s sponsor, used sign language for the benefit of his brother who was deaf and had taught Harkin this lesson: “People should be judged on the basis of their abilities and not on the basis of their disabilities.”

With the country marking the Act’s 25th anniversary, Brandi Rarus, a former Miss Deaf America, remembers how important it was for people with disabilities to make it known they would no longer allow others to set limits on what they could achieve.

“Those of us with disabili-ties face many barriers,” says Rarus, co-author with Gail Harris of the book “Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman’s Story of Identity, Love and Adop-tion.” (www.brandirarus.com)

“Some of those are unavoid-able. I can’t listen to the ra-dio as I drive to work in the morning. Often, because of communication barriers, I have to work twice as hard as a hearing person. Instead of taking me five minutes to make a doctor’s appoint-ment, it takes me 10.”

But some barriers are avoid-able, Rarus says. And that’s why the Americans With Disabilities Act has played such an important role in people’s lives for the last 25 years.

The ADA prohibits dis-crimination against qualified individuals with disabilities when it comes to employ-ment issues. The Act also requires employers to make reasonable accommoda-tions for a disability unless it causes an “undue hardship.”

Harris, a professional story-teller and Rarus’ co-author, says that although Rarus is deaf, her life struggles are similar to everyone’s.

“We can all relate to finding our place in the world and fitting in, about self-accep-tance, about being judged and judging others, and how we must look past all that to fulfill our dreams,” says Har-ris. (www.gailharrisauthor.com)

The U.S. Department of Labor says many concerns about the ADA never ma-

terialized. According to the department:

• Complying isn’t expen-sive. The majority of workers with disabilities do not need accommodations, and for those who do, the cost is usu-ally minimal. In fact, 57 per-cent of accommodations cost nothing, according to the Job Accommodation Network, a service from the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.

• Lawsuits have not flood-ed the courts. The major-ity of ADA employment-related disputes are resolved through informal negotia-tion or mediation. The Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission, which enforc-es the ADA’s employment provisions, investigates the merits of each case and of-fers alternatives to litiga-tion. The number of ADA employment-related cases represents a tiny percentage of the millions of employers in the U.S.

• The ADA is rarely mis-used. If an individual files a complaint under the ADA and does not have a condi-tion that meets its definition of disability, the complaint is dismissed. While claims by people with false or minor conditions may get media attention, the reality is these complaints are usually dis-missed.

Rarus, who became deaf at age 6 when she contracted spinal meningitis, was mak-ing strides toward success even before the passage of the ADA.

Winning the Miss Deaf America crown in 1988 led to numerous opportuni-ties. She signed the National Anthem at a Chicago Cubs game. She spoke at corporate conferences and traveled the country speaking out for deaf children and building aware-ness of what it means to be deaf. She was understudy for Marlee Matlin in the play “Children of a Lesser God.”

Her latest project is “Find-ing Zoe.” The book Rarus and Harris joined forces to write tells the story of Rarus’ early years as she learned to live with being deaf, but the focal point becomes her ef-fort to adopt Zoe, a deaf in-fant caught in the foster care system.

Harris, upon collaborating with Rarus on her story, was on a mission to help bring it

Still Important 25 Years Later

forth, as everyone is deserv-ing of basic human rights. “People don’t realize what the deaf have gone through,” she says. Working with Rarus and the anniversary of the

ADA have reminded her of the challenges all people face, whether black or white, deaf or hearing, gay or straight. “It’s how we deal with them that counts,” Harris says.

“Brandi’s courage and te-nacity can get us thinking about our own vulnerabilities and how they can make us strong.”

Former Miss Deaf America Brandi Rarus continues to build awareness of what it means to be deaf.

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San Jose CALIFORNIA

San José Mayor Sam Licca-rdo and the San Jose Sharks announced last week that an agreement has been reached between the Sharks and the City of San José for a lease extension to allow the Sharks to remain at SAP Center at San Jose potentially through 2040. The terms of the agreement will be discussed by the May-or and City Council in a pub-lic hearing on Tues., May 19 in the San José City Council Chambers. The Sharks have called SAP Center home since the build-ing’s inception in 1993. The current lease agreement between the City and the Sharks, amended in 2001, runs through June 30, 2018. The newly-negotiated exten-sion states that Sharks Sports & Entertainment will contin-ue to manage and operate the City-owned SAP Center and that the Sharks will play their home games at the facility on a fixed-term through 2025 - ten calendar years from now. Beginning in 2026, the lease will renew on an annual basis through the year 2040. “I am very pleased that we have been able to reach an agreement with the City of San José to keep the Sharks where they belong - in down-town San José,” said Sharks Sports & Entertainment Ma-jority Owner Hasso Plattner. “I love this arena and this is the only place we want to call home. I want to thank Mayor Liccardo and the City Coun-

cil for their support through-out these discussions. Our fans are what truly make SAP Center a special place - the best home-ice advantage in hockey - and we’re excited that the Sharks will remain here long term.” “Since its opening two de-cades ago as the home of the San Jose Sharks, the SAP Center has consistently ranked amongst the busiest indoor sports and entertain-ment facilities in the country,” said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo. “The Sharks are a major tenant to our down-town, generating millions in economic development for our City, and their success is paramount as we plan for the future. We thank Sharks Sports & Entertainment for their commitment to San José and for the significant investments and contribu-tions that it makes in the community.” “We are excited to extend the wonderful partnership the City of San José and the Sharks have had for more than 20 years,” said Chief Op-erating Officer John Tortora. “SAP Center has generated tens of millions of dollars for the City and hosted unpar-alleled events for San José residents, bringing millions of visitors to the downtown area and filling local hotels and restaurants. This deal ensures that Sharks Sports & Entertainment can continue to operate a world-class facil-ity for the citizens of San José and the region.” “The agreement between the City of San Jose and the

San Jose Sharks to extend the team’s lease is wonderful news for the National Hock-ey League, for the Sharks - and, most importantly - for the great fans in San Jose, who make ‘The Shark Tank’ one of our loudest and most exciting arenas,” NHL Com-missioner Gary Bettman said. “The lease extension underscores Hasso Plattner’s commitment to the San Jose community, provides the long-term continuity that he always has prioritized, and ensures that one of our proudest and most-success-ful franchises will stay at SAP Center for many years to come.” SAP Center is annually ranked by Pollstar Magazine as a top-five arena in the United States and a top-ten arena in the world in terms of non-sports tickets sold each year, and hosts an aver-age more than 150 events per year. That number is slated to increase this year with the addition of the American Hockey League’s San Jose Barracuda, who are relocat-ing to San José beginning this October. Since SAP Center’s opening on Sept, 8, 1993, nearly 35 million people have stepped through the arena’s doors, attending a wide variety of world-class sports entertain-ment, including: San Jose Sharks hockey, NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments, U.S. Figure Skating Cham-pionships, US Olympic Trials - Gymnastics, ATP Tennis, WWE wrestling events, and the AFL ArenaBowl.

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