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L.A. FIGHTS FOR BLACK LIVES�ousands of Angelenos take to the streets and call for police reforms as city reckons with protests and unrestBY ISAI ROCHA AND AVERY BISSETT

On Memorial Day, George Floyd died while being detained by police in Minneapolis, Min-nesota. Fi�een hundred miles away, Angelenos took to the

streets to protest and voice their anger at police brutality and the killing of people of color.

Converging on Los Angeles’ civic center on Wednesday, May 27, hundreds gathered in

front of the Metropolitan Detention Center, chanting “Black Lives Matter!” Camera crews captured a protester falling to the ground from the hood of a CHP cruiser as protesters hurled debris at it.

Demonstrations grew by the day, and by the weekend thousands protested across the city, as did citizens cross the country. 

“We really need the media to step up for

black people and for justice. We took to the streets with masks on amidst a pandemic to show up for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many other black people whose lives have been cut short by the anti-black racism that exists in this country,” Black Lives Matter (BLM-LA) co-founder Patrisse Cullors told L.A. Weekly in a writ-ten statement. “We are in pain and we are demanding this country defund the police, to invest in the critical social services that so many of us need during this pandemic mo-ment. �is week is our Week Of Action in defense of black lives, where we outline our �ve demands. We urge Los Angeles to join us and �nd ways to take action.”

We’ve all seen the video footage of Floyd’s death, showing him on the ground as police o�cer Derek Chauvin kneels on his neck, Floyd repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe” and pleading for relief. O�cers involved in the incident have since been �red, and Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder.

Hundreds of protesters made their way to downtown Los Angeles on Friday, as the LAPD attempted to break up the crowd a�er

declaring the rally an unlawful assembly.Around 6 p.m., the protesters made several

attempts to march toward freeways, but were blocked by cordons of LAPD o�cers. A small-er group did split from the crowd and stop tra�c on the 110 South Freeway, where they sat and even gathered around the few LAPD o�cers on the scene. �e o�cers drew their weapons as the group guided them toward the freeway’s center divider, but ultimately it did not escalate at that moment.

On city streets, a larger group of the pro-testers were more vocal. A few got in front of o�cers and yelled, while non-confrontational citizens attempted to intervene and pull away the more vocal ones.

With local news choppers capturing the scene, a line of o�cers attempted to guide the marchers away from the freeway on-ramp. Some of the marchers smashed police cruiser windows, and an LAPD o�cer and a protester wrestled each other to the ground as demon-strators and the LAPD looked on. �e o�cer was then ushered away from the scene.

�ough L.A. has seen a week of nonviolent

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protests — some even popped up in relatively removed suburbs such as Irvine and Santa Clarita — it was perhaps Saturday’s events that still proved to be an in�ection point. �ou-sands converged in the Fairfax District for a march organized by BLM-LA. Unlike in 1992, during the protests and riots a�er the Rodney King acquittals, the seminal moments would occur in a markedly di�erent setting.

“I thought it was important geographically the neighborhood we were meeting up in,” said Celia, a black teaching artist who attended the march. “Because that neighborhood is pre-dominantly white, and it’s important for white Angelenos and huge businesses, successful businesses, in that area to recognize that it’s an Angeleno and American issue.”

Protesters painted a scene of community, with a largely positive, nonviolent atmosphere.

“I le� before things seemed to have gotten really intense, but while I was there it was very

emotional and overwhelming to see thou-sands of people stand in solidarity,” protester Britnee Sweat told L.A. Weekly. “It was a great feeling to have that reassurance that there are so many people who truly believe that black lives do matter.”

“It was incredible, there were so many peo-ple and people with care and love and soli-darity in their hearts,” recalled Celia. “People were handing out masks, water, snacks — it was very hot, especially with the masks, and we were walking 12 miles.”

Events, however, would take a turn, just as they did earlier in the week when demonstra-tions took over freeways, trash cans burned, and there was scattered looting of businesses, such as the Target on 7th and Figueroa.

“�ere were moments of tenseness... �e police presence was very powerful and they initiated contact very early on,” said Celia. “We le� from Pan Paci�c Park and stopped

momentarily at 3rd and Fairfax, and they were already shooting rubber bullets at that location.”

Another attendee, Richard, recounted the moment he saw the LAPD advancing, aggres-sively yelling, as he watched friends get shot with rubber bullets.

By mid-a�ernoon, police cars had been torched, businesses were looted and alterca-tions with police broke out. At least �ve o�-cers would be injured that day and hundreds of protesters arrested, according to the LAPD.

Multiple marchers told L.A. Weekly that people una�liated with the nonviolent protest were responsible for the mayhem. Both Mayor Eric Garcetti and Governor Gavin Newsom said they believed out-of-town agitators were sent into the city to disrupt protests, with Garcetti going as far as calling them “orga-nized criminals” and Newsom refusing to give any speci�c group public acknowledgment.

Within hours, Garcetti ordered a curfew of downtown L.A., which by nightfall became citywide. �e governor declared a state of emergency as 1,000 National Guard mem-bers were deployed to assist law enforcement.

“...At one point, you’ve got to take the tem-perature of the crowd, and eventually it starts getting ugly, we’ve got hundreds in this area ready to go in,” Garcetti said later.

He also declared, “�is is no longer a protest, this is destruction. Looting, stealing or van-dalizing have nothing to do with the protest.”

�e one-night, citywide curfew would be followed, at the time of this writing, by three consecutive nights of countywide curfews, from evening to early morning. In some local-ities, curfews began as early as 1 p.m.

Meanwhile, on Monday President Donald Trump controversially threatened to dispatch active-duty military units across the country to “stop the rioting, looting, vandalism, as-

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saults and destruction of property.” At least 3,000 arrests have been made in L.A.

County since protests began — the vast major-ity for o�enses unrelated to looting or rioting.

DeShawn Brown drove from the Valley on Sunday to attend his �rst protest. Marching from Santa Monica to Venice in a demon-stration that was “95 percent peaceful,” he, like many residents, received the o�cial alert for a 6 p.m. curfew at 5:18 p.m. He immedi-ately started walking with a group back to his car, only to be delayed by a labyrinth of street closures and police blockades.

Less than half an hour a�er curfew and still on Olympic, multiple police cars arrived. O�-cers leapt out, weapons drawn, yelling “Don’t move!” and “Get on the ground!”

Brown and the group were zip-tied and held on the curb until a bus arrived to transport them to an unhygienic detention center at the Santa Monica Airport. He was �nally released with a citation around 2:30 a.m. and returned home at 4:30 a.m.

Brown was one of more than 400 people arrested in Santa Monica on Sunday night. �e very next day, LAPD’s Hollywood division reported a daily record — nearly

600 arrests, mostly for curfew violations. Recalling that night, Brown said he wasn’t

scared. “I was doing the right thing for my family members, for my friends, for myself.”

Where Los Angeles goes from this historic, at times combative week remains to be seen. Protests across the nation show no sign of abating in the midst of a global pandemic during which people have been advised to wear face coverings and avoid large gather-ings for more than two months.

“I could put together a group of advisers. I could put together another task force. I could promise and promote a few pieces of legis-lation, but program passing is not problem solving,” Newsom said Monday. “You got to

change hearts, you got to change culture, not just laws.”

A six-plus–hour Zoom meeting for the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners — its �rst since the protests began — saw Angeleno a�er Angeleno call in for two-minute public comment periods while more than 16,000 watched streams online. At times emotional, comments were overwhelmingly critical, even scathing, of the LAPD and the commission’s oversight of the police force.

Many called for Chief Michel Moore to be �red, particularly in light of his quickly re-tracted and widely panned statement Monday assigning blame to protesters for the death of George Floyd. Others accused local law en-forcement of hypocrisy and paying lip service to Floyd, given police killings of Angelenos.

“�is is about #GeorgeFloyd and about so much more than him...It’s about the thousands of folks who are killed by police every year, in-cluding #KennethRossJr, #WakieshaWilson, #GrecharioMack, #RyanTwyman and #LeeJef-ferson, whose families were all at the protest,” Melina Abdullah, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, wrote in a statement to the Weekly. “�is is also about a system of policing that puts targets on the backs of black people and eats up public funds which could be used for resources and services, like permanent

housing, healthcare, youth programs, parks and libraries.”

Protests continued Tuesday, as hundreds marched the streets of L.A. County, from downtown L.A. and Hollywood to Manhattan Beach, Pasadena and even Windsor Square, where Mayor Garcetti resides.

Some made their way to City Hall, where they met without incident both LAPD and National Guard members. At several points, protesters kneeled for eight-minute tributes. Garcetti at one point joined in.

Hundreds that gathered in front of the may-or’s home stayed past the curfew, continuing to chant, although it did not appear that the mayor was there.

Addressing Angelenos from City Hall, Garcetti said that he did not plan on imple-menting a weeklong curfew, but would take things day-to-day. Earlier that evening, L.A. County Sheri� Alex Villanueva insisted in an interview with KTLA 5 that curfews would continue “until organized protests are gone.” Critics such as the ACLU have labeled them unconstitutional and counterproductive.

As the 6 p.m. curfew went into e�ect, hand-fuls of protesters lingered throughout L.A. Some allowed themselves to be arrested; oth-ers scattered to avoid police. With Wednesday would come more planned protests.

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“THIS IS ABOUT #GEORGEFLOYD AND ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN HIM...IT’S ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS WHO ARE KILLED BY POLICE EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING #KENNETHROSSJR, #WAKIESHAWILSON, #GRECHARIOMACK, #RYANTWYMAN AND #LEEJEFFERSON, WHOSE FAMILIES WERE ALL AT THE PROTEST” –MELINA ABDULLAH,

A CO-FOUNDER OF BLACK LIVES MATTER LOS ANGELES

ART HELPS US UNDERSTAND AND TAKE BETTER CARE OF EACH OTHERVisual artists of all genres respond to this moment in historyBY SHANA NYS DAMBROT

A rt at its best is not always only about the artist’s own self-ex-pression, as powerful as that is. Sometimes the power comes from the artist’s gi� for ex-

pressing that self on behalf of the culture, and re�ecting us back to ourselves at a higher level of insight. �is is a time of collective anger and grief, of volatile, complex emotions and fresh calls to action, and our progress must be rooted in an honest conversation —

no matter how uncomfortable— about what is happening and what is at stake.

At moments of profound societal change such as this, a further gi� of the artist is to o�er us tools to conceive and imagine the terms of badly needed structural change. When powerful issues, histories, fears and hopes are on the move, art can bridge gaps of language, terminology, entrenched posi-tions and unconscious biases and give form to what can be di�cult to articulate but is

nevertheless deeply felt. Whether serving as education for those who resist change, inspiration for those who persist in the face of violence and oppression, or a document for the future to access the texture of this time in history, artists are among the most valuable voices in a truly just society.

Here is a selection of some of the most com-pelling work being put out there this week, especially through the IG platform. Honorif-ic commemorative portraits of George Floyd from the saintly to the heroic, clever and eu-

logistic by Otha “Vakseen” Davis III, Patrick Martinez, Chad Robertson and Carlos Rolón (who has made a high-res download available for distribution and marching with). A new GIF of the 2018 work “Blue Love” by Lorna Simpson expressing the power of the focused, engaged mind. A tribute to the last terrible moments of Floyd’s life made from collaged pages of Luke Cage, Cloak and Black Panther stories, by Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik.

Calida Rawles and Diedrick Brackens have teamed up on a project supported by Various Small Fires to o�er limited edition posters of a pair of their works in exchange for proof of donation to progressive activist and protest-er-support funds. Miles Regis channels the �erce organic energy of the diverse crowds of protesters into a street scene that is both hopeful and fraught, simply titled “America.” And the radiant architect, designer, illustra-tor, children’s book author and 2016 White House Innovators of Color fellow Nikko-las Smith reinterprets an indelible work of photojournalism in his classic, soulful and evocatively painterly style.

Look closely, be inspired, seek out and am-plify these and other voices, and take care of each other.

A R T

Patrick Martinez Racism Doesn’t Rest During A Pandemic Pee Chee (No Justice No Peace) Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

Nikkolas Smith Re�ect

Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik I Can’t Breathe

Miles Regis America

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Chad Robertson George Floyd

Otha Vakseen Davis III Remember Me, George Floyd

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ART HELPS US UNDERSTAND AND TAKE BETTER CARE OF EACH OTHERVisual artists of all genres respond to this moment in historyBY SHANA NYS DAMBROT

A rt at its best is not always only about the artist’s own self-ex-pression, as powerful as that is. Sometimes the power comes from the artist’s gi� for ex-

pressing that self on behalf of the culture, and re�ecting us back to ourselves at a higher level of insight. �is is a time of collective anger and grief, of volatile, complex emotions and fresh calls to action, and our progress must be rooted in an honest conversation —

no matter how uncomfortable— about what is happening and what is at stake.

At moments of profound societal change such as this, a further gi� of the artist is to o�er us tools to conceive and imagine the terms of badly needed structural change. When powerful issues, histories, fears and hopes are on the move, art can bridge gaps of language, terminology, entrenched posi-tions and unconscious biases and give form to what can be di�cult to articulate but is

nevertheless deeply felt. Whether serving as education for those who resist change, inspiration for those who persist in the face of violence and oppression, or a document for the future to access the texture of this time in history, artists are among the most valuable voices in a truly just society.

Here is a selection of some of the most com-pelling work being put out there this week, especially through the IG platform. Honorif-ic commemorative portraits of George Floyd from the saintly to the heroic, clever and eu-

logistic by Otha “Vakseen” Davis III, Patrick Martinez, Chad Robertson and Carlos Rolón (who has made a high-res download available for distribution and marching with). A new GIF of the 2018 work “Blue Love” by Lorna Simpson expressing the power of the focused, engaged mind. A tribute to the last terrible moments of Floyd’s life made from collaged pages of Luke Cage, Cloak and Black Panther stories, by Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik.

Calida Rawles and Diedrick Brackens have teamed up on a project supported by Various Small Fires to o�er limited edition posters of a pair of their works in exchange for proof of donation to progressive activist and protest-er-support funds. Miles Regis channels the �erce organic energy of the diverse crowds of protesters into a street scene that is both hopeful and fraught, simply titled “America.” And the radiant architect, designer, illustra-tor, children’s book author and 2016 White House Innovators of Color fellow Nikko-las Smith reinterprets an indelible work of photojournalism in his classic, soulful and evocatively painterly style.

Look closely, be inspired, seek out and am-plify these and other voices, and take care of each other.

A R T

Patrick Martinez Racism Doesn’t Rest During A Pandemic Pee Chee (No Justice No Peace) Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

Nikkolas Smith Re�ect

Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik I Can’t Breathe

Miles Regis America

Carlos Rolon 2020Rest In Paradise (George Floyd) -

Chad Robertson George Floyd

Otha Vakseen Davis III Remember Me, George Floyd

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UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS�ieves take advantage of protests to target cannabis storesBY JIMI DEVINE

In the midst of the ongoing crime wave that’s targeted the legal cannabis indus-try in California over the last few years, organized criminal groups are now us-ing protests over the murder of George

Floyd by Minneapolis Police as a distraction to target pot.

�ese more organized groups have proven to be a factor, in addition to those dispensaries caught up in wider looting waves hitting a vari-ety of businesses across the state. But many of the locations across the state’s biggest cannabis markets in Los Angeles and were well removed from the protests at the time of their robbery. Not all, but enough to be suspicious.

With police resources heavily focused on the ongoing demonstrations across the U.S., no-body is showing up to help when these cannabis locations are getting targeted. Many dispensa-ries saw multiple waves of looters attempting to scavenge whatever was le� or make multiple e�orts to breach a facility. One location saw eight attempts to gain entry all fail.

It’s not just dispensaries we’re talking about, grow, distribution and manufacturers are also targets. One of the things industry insiders pointed to was how accessible the locations of all these facilities had been through the Bureau of Cannabis Control’s website prior to their removal, but regardless, the streets talk. Many have questioned the idea of those addresses being so accessible since the earliest days.

�e resulting chaos has now le� many places closed in lockdown. Parts of the supply chain are essentially halted for dispensaries that sur-vived the demonstrations.

Another looming aspect of the destruction — whatever federal aid comes to help repair America from the weekend will not include the cannabis industry. As with coronavirus, pot businesses will be barred from participating in whatever support structures are created for the many businesses destroyed since Friday night.

Within the darkness, many dispensaries have not let the damage and losses they’ve sustained impact their view on the message at the root of these protests around George Floyd’s murder. Among them is Cookies, who had their shops on Melrose and in Oakland decimated. Berner, Cookies’ co-founder and CEO, spoke with L.A. Weekly about the current unrest.

“�e world is in pain, without justice how can I expect anything else right now, a statement needed to be made,” Berner said. “We were able

to re-build and open our store back up today, but that man’s life is gone.”

A Bay Area native, Berner has seen his fair share of controversial police encounters result-ing in a loss of life shake communities to their core. It’s been an all too common occurrence in places like Oakland and San Francisco.

“We are fed up with the justice system and pray all of the officers involved in George Floyd’s murder face criminal charges,” he said. “We will be here to continue to spread love through this plant and bringing positive vibes to the city of Los Angeles.”

�e industry in other states is dealing with the same issues. One letter currently making the rounds across social media in the industry comes from Kris Krane. Krane is co-founder and president of 4Front, one of the industries leading investment and operations �rm, but has also been an activist for over 20 years. His 4Front’s Mission South Side dispensary in Chi-cago was hit hard over the weekend. Krane posted his personal take.

“We were one of a number of dispensaries in the Chicago area and nationwide to be targeted, and in this case we were also part of a spate of lootings in our neighborhood,” Krane told col-leagues in a Facebook post while noting nearly every other business in the neighborhood had been destroyed.

Krane was overjoyed his sta� was able to re-move itself from the location unscathed.

“Despite the sadness and destruction, my support for the protests and the underlying goal of ending police brutality, systemic law en-forcement reform, and societal recognition of the fundamental humanity of people of color in this country remains undeterred,” Krane said. “I stand with those protesting for human rights and justice, and understand why some feel so disempowered that they have no recourse but rage and violence.”

As for the man the group that raided the dis-pensary, Krane said they were not protesters. �ey arrived in cars, armed ready to strike the store. “But I urge people not to look at this as anything but a distraction from the cause that started the protests in the �rst place, and the overwhelming majority of protesters who stand for justice and equality,” Krane said.

�is is a list of L.A. dispensaries targeted so you can show them support in the weeks to come: Cookies Melrose; MedMen, West Hollywood and downtown; LA Kush; Sweet Flower; Pottery.

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BREAKING THE CYCLE IN CENTRAL L.A. Danny Trejo tries to do his part in a forgotten community as the city battles a pandemic, poverty and police brutalityBY MICHELE STUEVEN

A small ray of light during a turbulent weekend took place at the corner of East 41st Place and Avalon Bou-levard in South Los Angeles,

when a honking motorcade of graduating kindergartners and parents circling the Kedren Community Health o�ces came upon a waving Danny Trejo in the hospital’s parking lot.

With help from the Everest Foundation, Trejo’s Tacos set up in the parking lot of the outpatient center for the Department of Psychiatry Accreditation Council for Grad-uate Medical Education Residency Training Program of Charles Drew University School of Medicine to hand out 500 free grilled chicken and barbacoa bowls for neighbors and hospital sta�.

Kedren has aided the underserved com-munity of South Central Los Angeles for decades years and currently is also provid-ing free COVID-19  testing for the area. �e Everest Foundation assists medical research in schools of medicine and universities with their Part of the Cure program.

“We’ve been to Cedars and Verdugo Hills, but this one is really important because this is the neighborhood here that everybody talks about, but nobody wants to come here,” Trejo told L.A. Weekly on Friday as he passed out bowls to young and old. “I grew up in a spot like this and I love doing this. �is is what I’m supposed to be doing. I owe my life to God. I talked to him a couple of days ago and asked him how I’m doing. He said, ‘Keep it up Trejo, you’re almost out of hell, just a few more hospitals’.”

Also on hand for support was the center’s chief medical o�cer, Dr. Rahn Kennedy Bailey, who authored the book At Gunpoint: Firearms Violence From a Psychiatrist’s Perspective.

“We have so many stressors right now that are worsening concerns for those who are already struggling with emotional issues,” Dr. Bailey told L.A. Weekly. “Right now we have police brutality issues, COVID-19 and individuals who are tweeting things that are throwing lighter fuel on the �re with acrimony and animosity. We need people to encourage harmony.”

Trejo, who spends a lot of time downtown on Skid Row and has had his own struggles in the past, says that out of 10 people they help, four are bi-polar and two are autistic — and even if they were given homes they wouldn’t know what to do with them.

“A lot of the homeless have been on the street since Reagan closed the mental health facilities,” Trejo chimed in as he handed out bowls �lled to the brim with grilled chicken, Spanish rice, mixed beans, roasted corn, salsa verde and his signature pico de gallo. “We’re talking three generations — they have children going to school who are homeless.”

�e giveaway has kept the Trejo empire busy, but business has taken a hit. Pickup and delivery have helped, as well as a deal with Goldbelly. “�is (pandemic) has been a real sock in the stomach and in the face for the restaurant community,” says the Echo Park native and Machete �lm character.

Dr. Bailey says that the pandemic has been a full court press for Kedren. �e outpatient hospital is full, with an increase in inpatients and demand on the system for mental health support. While more people are coming in for care, the center is losing clinicians due to the virus. Seven sta� work-ers are doing the work of the usual 20, which includes psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners and social workers.

So how do we cope?“You have to �nd a base or foundation

that works for you,” says the doctor, who was a fellow in forensic psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine from 1994-95.

“For some people that’s family, for some it’s religion, exercising or going for a run.  Find somebody you can trust and depend on when you’re overwhelmed.  Internally, �nd something that will give you peace — planting a garden, writing your thoughts down. Because you’re at home, don’t feel anxious that you should be doing something else. �is is the new normal, we’re resetting the temperature. And mostly, it’s really important to �nd somebody you can talk to. It’s valuable to hear how somebody else is grappling with a problem similar to yours. Engage in dialogue — that’s why group ther-apy has been so important and successful.”

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Formosa Interactive, LLC Los Angeles, CA seeks a Business Develop-ment Manager, Audio& Post Production for Burbank of�ce. Directs com-prehensive sales, client rel., & bus. dev. activities. Req. 2 yr. exp. in bus.dev./sales/mktg. Exp. as entrepreneur in audio tech., music & post-production ser-vices, or entertainment ind. 2 yrs. must incl. exp. analyzing industry & business speci�cinfo. to prepare strategic bus. plans. Must have completed university level courseworkin sales, marketing, entrepre-neurship &entertainment bus. jobs@pic-turehead.com. EOE. No calls.

Operations Manager: Req’d: Bachelor's in Busi-ness Admin. or related. Mail Resume: ARMS TRANS INC. 2839 E. El Presidio St. Carson, CA 90810

Computer System Analyst: Analyze, develop, con�gure computer software and hard-ware. Contact Car Lux, 20501 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91364.

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Senior MIS Security Admin-istrator sought by Public Storage, Glendale, CAMaintain prgms protecting integrity, con�dentiality, & security of technology infra-structure & info resources. Reqs Bach's Deg in Comp Sci, or related, CISSP PCI (ISA), 5 yrs' exp w/ N/work Infrastructure, 3 yrs' exp in IT security controls monitoring w/ extensive exp in Active Directory security/administra-tion. Proven ability in SOX review/compliance, n/work security mgmt tools, vulner-ability scanning/remediation, security info event mgmt (SIEM), tools to defend against &/or respond to attacks upon occurrence, assessing/im-plmtg security mechanisms, monitoring systems. Strong implmtn/monitoring exp w/ Cisco ASA/PIX �rewalls, routers, VPN's, other devices incl DMZ's, IDS, IPS systems/security forensics tools. Proven exp investigating security events, determining incidents, use of tools similar to Qualys, Tripwire, Nessus, EnCase, Netezza Mantra, Imperva SecureSphere, Wire-shark. Please send resume to: senriquez@publicstorage.com

CPA Exam Instructor (West Covina, CA) Teach & tutor students as a class, in small groups, & one-to-one on CPA exam; Dsgn & dvlp lesson plans, curriculum content & delivery methods; Test, grade & score students’ performance periodically; Manage scheds & goals, & monitor & analyze progress of students. Master of Acctg reqd. Must have passed all the US CPA exams or hold CPA license in a state of the US. Send resume to HR, Hongjing International Education USA, Inc.,100 N Barranca St, Ste 749, West Covina, CA 91791

Financial Analyst (San Marino, CA) Provide �n'l & investment analysis about our client's �n'l products & support mgmt in internal �n'l analysis. Master's deg in Accounting, Finance, or other rltd �eld; Pro�cient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, & Access. Apply to SVIG Insurance Center, c/o Qiuyan Fan, 2390 Huntington Dr., San Marino, CA 91108.

Sr. Manager of Data Analyticssought by Public Storage, Glendale, CA, to support our Revenue Mgmt & Mktg teams by using their analytical skills to gather, validate, organize & interpret our website (desktop & mobile) performance data & provide managerial reporting & trends. Reqs Bach deg in Business Analytics, Comp Sci, or Math, & 3 yrs prior busi-ness analytics & data analysis exp. Exp w/ Python, R, SAS, SPSS, & SQL, Tableau, Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Google BigQuery, Adobe Ana-lytics (Omniture SiteCatalyst), Google Tag Manager, Adobe Experience Manager, SiteCore, Scheduling/Query tools such as SQL Server Management Studio, Optimizely or similar A/B testing platform, w/ demonstrated ability to generate ad-hoc data extracts from various d/bases using Structured Query Language (SQL), Python, & SQL & Database Modeling. Please send resume to: senriquez@publicstorage.com

Management Analyst:Conduct organization study, evaluate operation & business development., design & provide solution on operating system & procedure, prepare operation procedure to run company ef�ciently. Need BA, Major: International trade or management Jobsite: EC Logistics LLC, 1700 E Walnut Ave, Ste 420, El Segundo, CA 90245. email resume: sunny@eclogisticsusa.com

Event Coordinator (El Monte, CA) Provide proposals & promo-tions to prospective tour clients. Dvlp cost-ef�cient events & ensure banquets qlty. Coord event details & logistics. Control event budget & dvlp negotiation strategy. Reqmts: Master's in Hospitality Mgmt & Certi�cate of Servsafe® Food Protection Manager & Pro�cient in Google Analytics & Photo-shop. Mail resume to: T.E. LLC 9550 Flair Dr, #313, El Monte, CA 91731.

Manager, Project Quality & Risk Management sought by Parexel Interna-tional in Glendale, CA to plan, direct, & dvlp quality over-sight activities in active clinical studies. Reqs Bachelor's in Clinical Research, Human Physiology, Health Manage-ment, or a related �eld plus 1 yr of clinical trial quality mgmt exp in: FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulations; ICH-GCP & SOP guidelines; creating CAPA to address quality de�ciencies; leading quality mgmt teams within a clinical research en-vrmt; hosting audits & regula-tory inspections for clinical trials. Will accept 3 or 4 yr Bachelor's deg. May req travel to various & unanticipated locations throughout the US. May work from home up to 1 day per week. Interested can-didates must send resumes to openings@parexel.com & cite code 00748.

Meloni Hribal Tratner LLPseeks Staff Accountant (Woodland Hills, CA) prep. tax return, FS; perf. �n.anal., plng. & audit, etc. Bachelor’s in Acct. w/6 mon exp. in same or rel.role in CPA �rm or acct.service co.rqd. Send res.to:Jillian Phan, 21600 Oxnard Street, Suite 500, Woodland Hills, CA 91367

Public Relations Specialist. Req. Bachelor’s degree in PR, communications, or rel. �eld of studies. Develop & execute company’s public relations strategies, design theme of company’s ad campaign, prep. organizational publica-tions to audiences, & maint. working relations w/ media. Send resume to: Top Profes-sional Service Inc. at 1245 W Huntington Dr., Ste 212, Arcadia, CA 91007.

Accountant: provide accounting services; bachelor’s degree in Account-ing, Economics, Business; Mirae Accountancy and Consultants, LLP 2525 W. 8th Street, #300, Los Angeles, CA 90057

Lead Engineer - Software for Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. in Hollywood, CA to design, implement and deliver code that meets all speci-�cations for complex high availability (99.99% uptime) and highly- scalable (40,000 requests per second) soft-ware programs and systems. Requires: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related �eld (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus six years of experience(pre-degree experience accepted) in LAMP Stack software development. Submit resume to Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., John Burkle, 7060 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California 90028. Reference Position Number: 467"

Marketing Specialist: Collect & analyze mkt. data. Req: BA/BS in Bus. Admin., Mktg. or related Mail resume: Knit Plus, Inc. 15954 Downey Ave. Paramount, CA 90723

Accountants: Prepare �n. records & tax return. Req: BA/BS in Acct., or Bus. Admin. Mail resume: BW CPA Group, Inc. 3600 Wilshire Blvd. #1620 LA, CA 90010

Accountant: Prepare �n. data & tax return. Req: MA/MS in Acct., Bus. Admin., or Finance Mail resume: Unison Accountancy Corporation 3450 Wilshire Blvd #302 LA, CA 90010

ACCOUNTINGAdvisory Manager, Delivering Deal Value (Mult Pos), Price-waterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, Los Angeles, CA. Assist clients achieve max value on their deal transs by solvng transfrmtnl & complx challngs thru opertnl aspcts of a trans, pre & post compltn. Req Bach’s deg or foreign equiv in Acct, Mgmt, Bus Admin, Engg or rel + 5 yrs post-bach’s progrssv rel work exp; OR a Master’s deg or foreign equiv in Acct, Mgmt, Bus Admin, Engg or rel + 3 yrs rel work exp. Travel up to 80% req. Apply by mail, referenc-ing Job Code CA2596, Attn: HR SSC/Talent Management, 4040 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.

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FL-110FL-110 Summons (Family Law) �led November 8, 2019. Notice to Respon-dent: ERIC L. HAWKINS. You have been sued. Read the information below and on the next page. Petitioner’s name is: JOAN HAWKINS. Case Num-ber 19STFL13407. You have 30 calendar days after this Sum-mons and Petition are served on you to �le a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not �le your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer im-mediately. Get help �nding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local bar association. Notice—Re-straining Orders are on page 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement of�cer who has received or seen a copy of it. Fee Waiver: If you cannot pay the �ling fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part

FL-100FL-100 Petition for Dissolu-tion of Marriage�led November 8, 2019. 1) Legal relationship: We are married. 2) Residency requirements: Petitioner has been a resident of this state for at least six months and of this county for at least three months immediately preceding the �ling of the Petition. 3) Statistical facts: Date of Marriage: February 3, 1991. Date of Separation: May 1, 1998. Time from date of marriage to date of separation: 7 years, 3 months. 4) Minor children: There are no minor children. Petitioner requests that the court make the following orders: 5) Legal grounds (Family code sec-tions 2200-2210, 2310-2312) Divorce of the marriage based on irreconcilable differences. 8) Spousal support: Terminate the Court’s ability to award support to Petitioner and Respondent. 9) Separate property. There are no such assets or debts that I know of to be con�rmed by the Court. 10) Community and quasi-community property. There are no such assets or debts that I know of to be divided by the Court. Signed, November 7, 2019 by Joan Hawkins.

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