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Dismissal of Stowers Principal still being questioned, school district refuses to be forthcoming on matterBy Jerry Bernstein

Questions are being asked about why a schoolteacher, who has exhib-ited instability in the classroom for 16 years, was not dismissed or put on an extended leave of absence.

Instead, the principal at his last school, Stowers Elementary, was put on administrative leave and sub-sequently demoted for reporting to law enforcement officials-the prin-cipal alledgedly being told not to say a word about the threats by the Director of Human Resources at AB-CUSD-that the teacher threatened to hire someone to kill two Stowers’ teachers whom he claimed didn’t like him.

Sources have told LCCN that the teacher, Kevin Kirby, was an appar-ent pawn used in a power play to force the dismissal of Stowers’ Prin-cipal, Eileen Blagden, intimating that she was set up.

Mrs. Blagden, and her lawyer, Ron Wilson, have requested a hear-ing to learn why she was dismissed and demoted. To date they have not received an answer.

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Fireworks at Norwalk City Council meeting-Ramirez won’t seek re-electionBy Shelley Henderson

At its regular meeting on May 4, the Norwalk City Council faced both real and

metaphorical fireworks. During City Council comments after Mayor Gor-don Stefenhagen called the meeting to order, Councilmember Rick Ramirez launched an aerial rocket by announc-ing with emotion that he would not seek re-election. After reading from a letter that stressed the importance of everyday things, Councilman Ramirez said that his family was his top priority. He then thanked his colleagues, Norwalk City Manager Ernie V. Garcia, city staff, con-stituents and supporters.

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Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. kicked off the relocation and opening of its new store at Los Cerritos Center with a sold-out fundraising gala May 4. The event, entirely underwritten by Nordstrom, helped raise $80,000 for the Long Beach Museum of Art and the Community Fam-ily Guidance Center.

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By Andrew Perry

Artesia Councilmember Larry R. Nelson died May 1after fighting a battle with cancer.

Nelson served on Artesia’s City Council since March 1999, and has been mayor twice. He coined the popular slogan that can still be seen on bumper stickers throughout the city, “Artesia, where every day is a good day.”

He married his wife Pat in 1970, and is survived by her, their son Chip, daugh-ter-in-law Dawn, and grandchildren Austin Gray, Dakota Nelson, and Larry Nelson III.

Nelson was born in Superior, Wisconsin and joined the Navy Seabees in 1967. After marrying Pat, he moved to Arte-sia in 1972. Nelson had a passion for draft horses, and that prompted him to open his business called Larry’s Ponies, which specializes in horse-drawn car-

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Nelson’s legacy is Artesia’s Veterans Day event. More than a decade ago, Artesia didn’t have an event for Veterans Day. To-day it is one of the larger regional events, with cooperation coming from the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, the Na-tional Guard, and all of the Armed Forces.

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Winners in 15th annual Ironwood Women’s Golf Club President’s Cup Tournament are (l-r) Jane Pattison and Yvonne Payne, Co-Chairs, Abbi Vlha, Penny Lee, Denise Vest, Liz Goldbach, and Nancy Fenoglio.

Cerritos Ironwood Women’s Golf Club played their annual President’s Club Tournament on the four Tuesdays during the month of April. Chair of the tournament was Jan Pattison with Yvonne Payne serving as co-chair.

Winner in Flight 1 was Nancy Feno-glio with Yvonne Payne as alternate. Winner in Flight 2 was Penny Cranston with Abbi Vlha as alternate. In the Con-solation Tournament, Lia Goldbach won in Flight 1 with Kay Lee as alternate.

Anne Miller won in Flight 2 with Denise Vest as alternate.

Several members of the club enjoyed Away Golf at Lawrence Welk’s on April 28-29 arranged by Gail Garland. Next away Golf will be at Catalina with Kathy San Nicolas making arrangements.

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Artesia-Cerritos Lions Club Co-Chairs Cece and Tessy Prumatico hold flyer pro-moting a fund raising event May 27 at Mimi’s Café in the Cerritos Towne Center from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. to help raise money for a Cancer cure. All proceeds will ben-efit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life to be held on June 26-27 at Gahr High School. Participants are asked to bring a copy of this newspaper picture to exchange for the flyer and will be entered into a raffle courtesy of the Lions Club.

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The May 4 La Palma City Council meeting was called to order with no ma-jor surprises. Councilmember Waldman gave the Pledge of Allegiance, Mayor Pro-Tem Rodriguez gave the Invoca-tion, and the new Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief, Ed Fleming, was introduced and presented with a Proclamation by Mayor Shanahan in recognition of Arson Awareness Week.

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Artesia High School finally breaks through with a victory in boys tennis

The Artesia High School Boys Var-sity Tennis Team had never won a tennis match the past 5 seasons.

They had been at the bottom of the standings of the CIF – Suburban League for so many seasons that other coaches felt sorry for their team losing so much.On April 19, 2010, the Artesia Boys Varsity Tennis Team finally won their first match when they played La Mirada High School at Artesia High School’s tennis courts.

In a closely contested match, Ar-tesia prevailed 10-8 when Artesia’s Marlon Fernandez held serve leading 40-30 and 5-4 to close out the match vs Harrison Wu. Artesia’s new first year coach Miguel Vera and the other Artesia teammates mobbed Marlon as they cel-ebrated their first victory in 5 seasons.

City facilities to observe Memorial Day

Cerritos City Hall, Library, the Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park, the Community Gymnasium at Cerritos High School and the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Ticket Office will be closed on Monday, May 31 in observance of Memorial Day.

Other City park facilities’ hours will not be affected, and are as follows: Community Centers: 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Cerritos Iron-Wood Nine Golf Course: 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Cerritos Sports Complex: 2 to 8 p.m.; Cerritos Olympic Swim Center recreational swim: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; adult lap swim: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and the Com-munity Gymnasium at Whitney High School: 1 to 10 p.m.

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Dr. Mary Sieu, Deputy Superinten-dent of ABC Unified School District was selected by Region XIV’s Associa-tion of California School Administrator (ACSA) as the Central Office Admin-istrator of the Year. She was honored at the Annual ACSA Awards Dinner held on Thursday, April 22 at the Grand Event Center in Long Beach. Dr. Sieu was nominated by her colleagues from ABC and selected from other district nominees in Region XIV for this presti-gious award.

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At the end of my 6 hour commit-ment I quietly left. There was no one to give a thanks or “atta boys”, but none was needed. It was my pleasure to take a very small part in this noble endeavor. We do live in a very nice section of the world with relative peace and stability. It is easy to forget there are others close by not so fortunate. I hope RAM returns again next year.For answers to your dental questions, contactDouglas Urban, D.D.S.Cerritos, CA 90703562 924-1523DrDouglasUrban.com

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La Mirada — A Day Away Adult Day Health Care Center, located at 15060 Imperial Highway, La Mirada, is in need of caring individuals to do-nate their time as volunteers to assist in providing care for adults 18 years and older who require continuous supervi-sion and whose caregivers may need to work, care for other family members, or just rest. A Day Away participants may be those affected by Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy, a

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Rep. Linda Sánchez tapped to serve on President’s Export Council

Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) has been appointed to the President’s Export Council, the principal national advisory committee on international trade. As a member of the council, Rep. Sánchez will advise President Obama on policies and initiatives that improve U.S. trade policy, promote expanded exports, and create jobs in America.

“Strong trade relationships help grow businesses and create jobs in California and across the country,” said Rep. Linda Sánchez. “I look forward to working with President Obama to develop an aggressive export strategy to revitalize American manufacturing. Additionally, I hope to work with the Administration to improve enforcement of our trade laws and agreements so that American working families don’t face unfair com-petition from countries that don’t play by the rules.”

Sánchez is one of five members of the U.S. House of Representatives appointed to the current council. Recognizing that trade can be a job-creating pillar of eco-nomic recovery, Sánchez has advocated for American working families and has led efforts for trade policies that are pro-active, responsible, and responsive to American families’ interests. In addition to promoting exports to create American jobs, the council works to strengthen our economy on the global stage and address trade-related challenges among the busi-ness, industrial, agricultural, labor, and government communities.


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Toastmasters International Division Governor Kris Krishna proudly receives a Proclamation May 5 from La Palma Mayor Steve Shanahan that officially pro-claims the City of La Palma as a new Charter member of Toastmasters. "There are currently more than 250,000 members and more than 12,000 clubs world-wide," said District Governor Maira Pineda. Also participating in the ceremony were Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Rodriguez, Chamber Executive Director Esther De Leon Hernandez and Chamber member Noella Lew.

Two elementary schools were select-ed for the 2010 Cali-fornia Distinguished Schools Program sponsored by the Cal-ifornia Department of Education. Gonsalves Elementary School and Leal Elementary School both located in the city of Cerritos were selected for this top honor in the State.

Both schools went through a rigorous applica-tion process and validation visits before being selected. The criteria to be selected as Distinguished Schools include student achieve-ment results on the State assessments for all stu-dents. The Distinguished Schools Program recog-nizes schools that are suc-cessfully implementing the educational priorities of the State and highlights best practices that contribute toward closing the achievement gap.

Claudia Ross, Principal of Gonsalves Elementary School and Laura Makely, Principal of Leal Ele-mentary School were pleasantly surprised to receive the word directly from the State Superintendent of Public Education, Jack O’Connell last

week. Leal ES received a personal visit by Super-intendent Jack O’Connell last week as well. Both schools will be honored at the Annual Distinguished Schools Awards Ceremo-ny held on June 4th at the Disneyland Hotel in Ana-heim.

Selected school staff, district staff and board members will be attend-ing the Awards ceremony in June. In addition to the Awards ceremony in June, both schools will be cele-

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The Hollywood Trolley Tour is a ful-ly narrated, one-hour sightseeing tour of historic Hollywood. The open-air trolley will travel past such landmarks as Para-mount Studios, Capitol Records, Charlie Chaplin Studios, KTLA, CBS, FOX, the Pantages Theater, Nickelodeon and fa-mous filming locations from a number of Los Angeles themed movies.

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Participants ages 8 and over are wel-come, and children under 13 years of age must be accompanied by a paying adult. All participants must pay to participate, regardless of age. The excursion (regis-tration #150805) costs $25 for residents and $38 for non-residents. Participants should bring spending money for lunch and souvenirs. The bus will leave Heri-tage Park promptly at 9:30 a.m. and re-turn at approximately 3:30 p.m. A signed waiver is required. Participants should arrive 15 minutes prior to the departure time to complete required paperwork. Registration for this excursion is non-transferable, and refunds will not be given unless the trip is canceled by the City.

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The store opened to the public today, May 7, with a kickoff at 8 a.m. with a “Beauty Bash” at 8a.m. complete with complimentary makeup consultations and a preview of new products and tips from beauty advisors. Doors opened of-ficially at 10 a.m. Revenue Generated

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Visiting are [l-r] Cerritos Councilman Jim Edwards and his wife Connie with Steve Vicencia of Vicencia & Buckley Insur-ance in La Palma.

[l-r] Family Guidance Director Richard Murase with former Board President Jae Parker and his wife Lynn.

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Two robberies were reported. A male victim exited his vehicle in the 20200 block of Bloomfield Avenue on Thurs-day April 29 at 4:00 p.m. when a male suspect drove up beside him and dis-played a handgun. A laptop computer, cell phone, and cash were relinquished by the victim. At 7:50 p.m. on Friday April 30, a female juvenile was walking in a lot at the Los Cerritos Center when she was approached by a lone suspect on foot. He held a handgun and demanded her MP3 player. She began screaming and running. The suspect chose not to follow her but instead entered a vehicle driven by a second suspect and fled the lot.

Four residential burglaries were in-vestigated, up by one from the previ-ous week. Two open windows, an open garage door, and a garage door opener removed from a vehicle were used as en-try points. Cell phones, digital cameras, bank statements, and cash were taken. The new 2010 weekly average in resi-dential burglaries is 2.3.

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Six vehicle burglaries were recorded, also down by one case from the previ-ous week. High-volume commercial parking lots were involved in four of the crimes. Five of the vehicles were SUVs, and two victims reported high-end stereo components stolen. Other items reported taken included third-row seats from SUVs, MP3 players, wallets, cash, CDs, cell phones, and retail gift cards. The new 2010 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is 6.3.

We continue to see fitness center members leaving their ID, cash, and other valuables in the passenger com-partments of their vehicles as they work out. Thieves are well aware of this prac-tice. If you do not have the opportunity to leave these items at home, make sure that at the very least, they are secured in the trunk of the vehicle.

Vehicle thefts rose from four to five last week. High-volume commercial parking lots were the crime scenes in four. Three SUVs, a Honda, and a bobtail truck were involved. The 2010 weekly average in vehicle thefts is now 4.9.

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Senior Center (South Street and Ely Av-enue) on Wednesday June 9, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. Those in attendance will be briefed on crime information in the area and learn more about how to better prepare for a natural disaster and better protect them-selves from being victimized by crime. We look forward to seeing you there.

honoree as Ambassador of the Year from the Artesia Chamber of Commerce.

Services was held Thursday, May 6 at Holy Family Church in Artesia located at 18708 Clarkdale Avenue. He was put to rest at Artesia Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, Larry asked prior to his death that donations go toward the Artesia/Cerritos Relay for Life Team. The Relay for Life is an event sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Con-tact Melissa Gobas for information on how to donate to the American Cancer Society, or to the Artesia/Cerritos Relay for Life team. Gobas can be reached at (562) 860-3361.

Rep. Linda Sánchez issued the fol-lowing statement upon learning of the passing of Councilmember Nelson: “The passing of Councilmember Larry Nel-son is a loss to the City of Artesia, but his work will live on in a community in which he truly believed, “every day is a good day.”

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ment of the reasons for such a transfer. She has also denied having any

knowledge of Mr. Kirby’s mental sta-tus prior to his being transferred to her school

Mrs. Blagden is known as a strong principal willing to stand by her teachers if she feels they have been wrongly ac-cused. She said she was advised by the Sheriffs’ deputy to inform the teachers of Mr. Kirby's threats for they had a right to know. Mrs. Blagden said the Direc-tor of Human Resources was extremely angry with her for not following her in-structions to not say anything to the two teachers.

Another question being asked is where the School Board stands on the is-sue; there seems to be some conflict. At the March 5 Stowers PTA meeting, Dr. Smuts stated that the Board had not dis-cussed Mrs. Blagden in closed session. But on Mar. 2 meeting, the Board unani-mously voted to put Mrs. Blagden on paid administrative leave and demoted her to a teaching position.

At the Mar. 5 PTA meeting Dr. Smuts was asked why Mr. Kirby was trans-ferred to Stowers when it was an open fact he was unstable. Dr. Smuts respond-ed that he would not discuss Mr. Kirby’s problems, that it was a personnel matter. Smuts said it was his decision alone to transfer Kirby to Stowers. He did say the District does not knowingly have “troubled” teachers in the classroom and if such a situation occurs it takes appro-priate action.

LCCN has learned that Mr. Kirby was placed on a one-year leave of absence for the school year 2008-9. Sources have said that at Stowers Elementary School, some teachers were afraid of him and worried he might be very unstable; oth-ers locked their classroom doors because they were afraid he might snap and they would become his victims.

The Superintendent was also asked why a sheriff deputy was not placed on the Stowers campus in lieu of the teach-er’s threats. Dr. Smuts answered there was no immediate threat to school per-sonnel or students. He said he had con-sulted with the Sheriff and they agreed there was no threat to Stowers.

He also said Mr. Kirby was no longer

employed by the District and had moved to Northern California. When asked who told him that, he answered Mr. Kirby’s lawyer had told him that he was no lon-ger in Southern California but had moved north.

LCCN has since learned that Mr. Kirby had not moved out of his home in Long Beach.

Officials at ABC refuse to comment on the situation, saying it is a personnel matter. Mrs. Blagden told the School Board she didn’t know what they were told in closed session, but it became a public matter when Dr. Smuts discussed her dismissal at the Mar. 5 Stowers PTA meeting. She said her biggest concern were the District principals. “Are they going to sweep something like this under the rug because we don’t want the pub-lic to know that sometimes a problem or crisis occurs?”

She said when she went to the sheriff to report the threats, she was fearful she would lose her job because of the tone used when she was told not to say any-thing to anyone. “I went [to the sheriff] anyway because I care about my staff and I care about my students.”

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The last bit of fireworks involved more noise than light, as the Council returned to the question of whether to amend City regulations banning the sale of Piccolo Petes, Whistling Phantoms and other similar fireworks. At a prior Council meeting and joined by non-profit organizations that sell fireworks to raise money, TNT Fireworks, the manufactur-er of Piccolo Petes, asked that a ban on the sale of Piccolo Petes be lifted. TNT’s representative stated that the design of Piccolo Petes had been changed to meet the objections of the regulations, mainly noise and ease of inappropriate modifica-tion.

At the request of Council during the prior meeting, a demonstration of the new Piccolo Pete design and of a com-petitor’s similar product, the Whistling Phantom, was conducted.

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stated that she could not see how the City could write a regulation allowing Piccolo Petes but not Whistling Phan-toms.

Councilman Michael Mendez said that more dangerous illegal fireworks were a bigger problem. He also suggest-ed that the City ask Phantom Fireworks to redesign its Whistling Phantom along lines similar to the redesign of the Pic-colo Pete by TNT Fireworks.

Councilman Ramirez said that the City should either allow all safe and sane fireworks or ban all safe and sane fireworks.

City Attorney Steven L. Dorsey agreed that it would be difficult to draft a regulation discriminating between Pic-colo Petes and Whistling Phantoms. He noted that the state of California sets criteria for safe and sane fireworks, and that both Piccolo Petes and Whistling Phantoms met those criteria.

After extensive discussion, the Council voted unanimously to lift the ban on the sale of Piccolo Petes, Whis-tling Phantoms and other similar safe and sane fireworks.

In other business, the Council ap-proved a Community Development Block Grant action plan and Okayed as a consent item a second reading of an ordinance to establish a preferential parking zone for residents near Cerritos College.

Councilwoman Kelley announced to the audience that city staff had “tweaked” the council chamber sound system to improve the ability of the audience both in the chamber and watching at home to hear Councilmembers and speakers at the

podium. With the exception of Council-man Luera, who leans back in his chair away from his microphone, speakers at Tuesday’s meeting were easier to hear and understand than at prior meetings.

Larry Nelson honored

Pastor George Bojorquez of Victory Outreach Church of Norwalk gave the invocation. Tak Hamabata, Norwalk Director of Social Services, led the flag salute. The meeting was adjourned in honor of Artesia City Councilman Larry Nelson, who died recently from cancer.


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SUBURBAN LEAGUE BASEBALL

Artesia’s De La Rosa foils Norwalk’s premature celebration plans againBy Loren Kopff

Last Friday, Norwalk’s baseball team was looking to secure its first trip to the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section playoffs for the first time since 2006. But Artesia junior pitcher Os-baldo De La Rosa made sure the Lancers wouldn’t be celebrating on foreign soil.

Despite trailing by four runs early in the game, De La Rosa bounced back and retired 12 straight batters and 14 of the last 16 he faced as the Pioneers staved off playoff elimination and rallied for an 8-5 home victory. The big blow was a bases clearing double to deep center from senior left fielder Anthony Johnson in the bottom of the fifth.

What this means for Artesia (8-13 overall, 4-4 in the Suburban League) is that it remains one full game behind third place Mayfair. Norwalk stands in between the two teams but has one more week of regular season action while the Pioneers and Monsoons have two. Artesia has also won four of its last five home games with Norwalk, eight of its last 10 and nine of its last 12.

“We really haven’t played good ball until maybe post Cerritos,” said Artesia head coach Michael Gaoghagen. “It took us longer than it should have just to get going. We had that one big inning which was pretty much the key today.”

The Lancers (10-12, 6-4) saw their

season-high four game winning streak come to an end. They still need one more win to clinch a playoff spot and a sweep over Mayfair, with the final game today at Norwalk, will land the Lancers no worse than third place.

“I stressed the urgency because I wanted that seventh [league] win,” said Norwalk head coach Ruben Velasquez. “Odds are, there was a better chance of getting it against Artesia. But I stressed that what happened last year I didn’t want to happen here again. I think we’re in bet-ter shape, still, because of the six wins we have. It puts us in a better spot than last year but here we go again. We’re going to have to play one of the better opponents in the league next week and figure out, at bare minimum, a split.”

Artesia grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a run scoring single from se-nior left fielder Geovanni Vidal. But in the next inning, the Lancers got to De La Rosa with a pair of runs. He walked senior third baseman Ryan Martinez and later served up a double to junior right fielder Steve Mendoza. Following the second out, Mendoza came home on an infield single from sophomore catcher German Vasquez.

Norwalk added to the lead in the next frame when the first six batters reached base. Senior shortstop Moises Acosta and Mendoza each had run scoring hits while sophomore first baseman Jose Sandoval plated Martinez with a groundout. But Sandoval’s groundout would be the first of the dozen retired in succession from De La Rosa. In fact, De La Rosa, who threw a one-hitter last season at Norwalk and was instrumental in denying the Lancers a trip to the playoffs, never got to a three-ball count with any of the 12 straight he retired from the third to the seventh. His complete game performance on 104 pitches was his

third of the season and seventh in almost two full seasons.

“He wasn’t as sharp [today] and he hasn’t been as sharp this year as he was last year,” Gaoghagen said. “In fact, this was basically for him a “put up or shut up” game. He still has work to do. He’s not where he should be yet but it was a good step in the right

direction. It just gives us more options in the next two weeks. We have four or five guys we feel confident we can throw out there, which is huge.”

Norwalk junior pitcher Johnny Lopez was cruising after allowing the first run, giving up a pair of hits and walking three through the first four innings. But he hit De La Rosa on the first pitch to lead off the fifth and the flood gates would soon open. An infield single from senior center fielder Jeff Samreth and a walk to junior shortstop Jose Esparza loaded the bags. Then Johnson came up with the big hit before Lopez hit Vidal and junior catcher Jeff Gunter to load the bases again. An-other walk, his fifth of the game, ended his time on the mound and the Pioneers would add two more runs as 11 batters came up to bat in the inning.

Lopez still limited the hosts to four hits as the Pioneers have won five of their last eight games. The eight victories match the 2009 total and the team is also looking for its first trip to the playoffs since 2007. For that to happen, it will need at least two wins and some help with Bellflower and Mayfair, the two teams it will play in the final two weeks of the regular season.

“For us, we just have to take care of ourselves, concentrate on playing good defense, throw strikes and the rest will come,” Gaoghagen said. “Our offense is much better than it was last year and I also have a couple of guys on the bench who I have a lot of confidence in. In years past,

I really didn’t have the depth on the bench that I’d like.”

Acosta and Mendoza each went two for three for Lancers, who will play the waiting game next week should they not pick up at least a split against Mayfair.

John Glenn cashes in on seventh inning mistake, rallies to edge Valley ChristianBy Loren Kopff

There haven’t been too many high-lights for John Glenn’s baseball team this season, having won six games, all of them outside of the Suburban League. With the Eagles having been out of playoff conten-tion since an Apr. 23 loss against Artesia, the team is now hoping to make the most of a disappointing season.

This past Tuesday night, the Eagles were down to their final two outs and trailing host Valley Christian by a pair of runs. But a botched potential game-ending double play attempt gave the Eagles new life and back to back doubles from senior Juan Vera and sophomore John Lemos al-lowed the hosts to rally for a 4-3 victory. Glenn, which has a week off from league action, improved to 7-15.

“It was nice to watch the comeback but it was even sweeter to see my kids finally come together and have a good time at the end,” said John Glenn head coach David Cruz. “It’s been a miserable season, es-pecially at the end when we haven’t been able to pull them out.”

Glenn was trailing 3-0 entering the top

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of the seventh when senior second base-man Davon Foggie led off with the team’s first home run this season. Senior first baseman Rudy Villegas then singled to left and following a pop-up back to junior catcher Jacob Dupuy, junior right fielder Juan Rojas appeared to have grounded out to end the game on a routine 4-6-3 double play. However, the play went awry and that set the stage for Vera and Lemos to come up with the big hits and allow the Eagles to claim their first and only lead.

Vera, who is the team’s ace on the mound but began the game at first base, came on to pitch the bottom of the sev-enth and retired all three batters he faced. He picked up the team’s first save of 2010 and gave senior Joseph Guerra his first victory in eight decisions.

“At this point in the year, there’s not an issue of anything we do in practice,” said V.C. first-year head coach Sean Buller. “We’re the best practice team out there. Guys just can’t make that transition of staying calm and staying collective when they get in the game. They tighten up and they just want to make things hap-pen too quick instead of trusting their in-stincts and trusting their abilities to just let it happen.”

The Crusaders (7-16 overall) took a 2-0 lead in the second off of Lemos when junior center fielder Sam Raffaelli singled and came home on the first varsity home run from senior second baseman David Hefley. That would appear to have been more than enough for junior pitcher Dan-iel Hernandez, who making his first start of the season. Hernandez worked five strong innings, scattering three hits and striking out half a dozen. During his time on the mound, no Glenn base runner got past second. Junior Ryan Fronke needed 11 pitches to work a hitless sixth inning.

“He’s been on me to go ahead and try to get a start and this was a perfect oppor-tunity for him,” Buller said of Hernandez. “He’s shown he has a really good career to pitch, especially through the summer. He’s a confident kid and it’s going to be fun to work with him in the summer and for next year.”

V.C.’s third run came in the fifth when Raffaelli drove in sophomore third base-man Shane Stillwagon, who had singled to center with one out. The Crusaders posted seven hits off of Lemos and Guerra with Raffaelli collecting a pair.

“[Lemos] knew he was throwing four innings because this is our only game this week and I wanted to get two pitchers in, at least,” Cruz said. “Joseph was going to come in for the fifth, sixth and seventh. I didn’t anticipate Juan coming in and right before the [seventh] inning, I told Juan if we score four runs, he could pitch the last inning. He was the first one to tell me we had four runs.”

The Eagles also had seven hits but only three came through the first six innings. Lemos went two for four while Vera drove in a pair. Glenn will wrap up the season on Tuesday and Thursday against sixth place

Cerritos with the second game on the road. Glenn, which is hitting around .260 on the season, will lose 10 seniors includ-ing Foggie and Vera who are two of three everyday players batting over .300.

“My underclassmen are some of my hardest workers, so I’m looking forward to the summer,” Cruz said. “Last year we took the summer off and I thought it re-ally hurt us. I’m not going to make that mistake ever again. We’re going to work through the summer and through fall ball and I think these kids will come around. They’ll get enough experience at the plate and enough experience on the field where we should be able to have some baseball savvy next year rather than picking it up at the end of the season.”

While the Eagles will be sitting home in two weeks, the Crusaders are hoping to extend their season. After hosting Ontario Christian tonight in another non-league contest, V.C. will be home to Whittier Christian in the first of a season-ending home and home series. V.C. needs one more win to lock up third place in the Olympic League as it was a half game behind the Heralds as of May 5. A split by the Crusaders gives them a 2-1 season advantage as they doubled up the Heralds 4-2 on Mar. 30. V.C.’s last trip to the play-offs was 2007.

“I always hate having it out of our control,” Buller said. “Our control is to just play one game at a time. Obviously my focus is going to be for [tonight]. We need to go out and create some momen-tum and get us back on the winning way. When we come back on Tuesday, David Hefley will be starting for us; I’ve already settled that.”

SUBURBAN LEAGUE SOFTBALL

Cerritos still can’t figure out La Mirada, left standing against MatadoresBy Loren Kopff

When the Cerritos softball team won their second straight California In-terscholastic Federation-Southern Sec-tion divisional championship in 2000, no one would have thought it would be the last time the Lady Dons would beat La Mirada. But this past Wednesday in a key Suburban League game, the visiting Matadores owned the Lady Dons for the 19th straight time.

Cerritos gave up three runs in the top of the second and ended up stranding nine runners on base in a 7-1 loss. The Lady Dons fell to 9-13 overall, 3-6 in league ac-tion and remained in fifth place in the cir-cuit. Not making it better was the fact that the hosts committed four errors as three of the seven runs were earned.

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“We could have won,” said Cerritos assistant coach Michelle Medina. “It just seems like it’s the same old story-they give up one run or two runs and they have to be motivated or they have to be in the game. It seems like they drop in and out of the game. They need to be in the game to win.”

La Mirada scored an unearned run in the top of the first but the Lady Dons struck back in their half of the frame when sophomore catcher Sarah Smith tripled and came home on a sacrifice fly from freshman shortstop Erin Clinton. Despite falling behind 4-1 in the next inning, the Lady Dons got to La Mirada starter Jen-nifer Klewein in the third.

With one out, Klewein hit Smith, gave up a base hit to sophomore left fielder Al-yssa Marquez and walked Clinton. But a fielder’s choice and a strikeout ended the best chance for Cerritos to cut into their deficit. Cerritos would get seven hits off of Klewein and Mylee Machalig, who pitched the final three innings for the save.

Freshman pitcher Kaylilani Minami was stronger in the middle of the game than at the beginning or end. In the third, fourth and fifth innings, Minami faced 10 batters, giving up a hit to Lauren More-no, who would get caught stealing, and

having Becca Rice reach on an error. La Mirada added an unearned run in the sixth and two more in the seventh when Lisa Perez tripled with two on and two outs.

“She did very well,” Medina said of Minami. “The one thing I love about her is she hits her spots. Sometimes in the be-ginning, it will be a little rough because she’s not warmed enough. As a pitcher, you need to be warmed going into the game. I think she stepped up a little bit in the middle of the game.”

The Lady Dons stranded a pair of run-ners in the fifth and the sixth frames and even had a runner at third with one out in the sixth. Smith went three for three while Marquez collected a pair of hits in four at-bats. Cerritos will visit La Mirada to-day and John Glenn on Tuesday. The last game of the regular season is Thursday against Glenn as the team is still waiting to see who gets the league’s fourth and fi-nal automatic playoff berth between itself and Norwalk.

“We’re looking to win but we’re look-ing one game at a time,” Medina said. “When you talk about the future, that’s when they think too much about the fu-ture and don’t think about the game that’s most important which is the next one.”

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During Public Comments a supporter of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement was disappointed that the council did not endorse it at its Apr. 6 meeting, but he was respectful and polite.

There was some controversy over awarding a contract, in the amount of more than $830,000, for the pavement rehabilitation of residential streets and Houston Avenue with an asphalt rubber overlay, but City Engineer Jeff Moneda put many of those concerns to rest, and the council approved it.

A recommendation that the city coun-cil should receive and file the Third Quar-ter Financial Report for fiscal year 2009-10 and provide direction on extending the Permit Fee Holiday to the end of the Fiscal Year was also approved with some discussion.

More than two hours after the meeting had been called to order, Councilmember Larry Herman requested that the council consider a mandatory rotation of Mayor and Mayor-Pro Tem positions. He asked if anyone from the public would like to address this issue before he spoke, and two residents did.

The first speaker was long-time La Palma resident and former Mayor Keith Nelson who said that he wasn’t trying to show disrespect to the current Mayor or anyone else, but the Mayor position “is 98% a ceremonial position.” Nelson felt the current procedure in choosing a Mayor “is demeaning” and all five coun-cilmembers were elected equally by the population to serve on the council. Resi-dent Steve Hwangbo agreed. “I want to be proud of you when you do your job,” Hwangbo said, “and all of you were elected by the same voters.” He did com-pliment Mayor Shanahan for trying “to bring unity to the council.”

Herman, who had served twice as Mayor in earlier terms in the 1990’s, had not been selected by current coun-cils in the last eight years to serve as Mayor. He favored the automatic rota-tion by seniority because “it would bring fairness and continuity” to the council.

“It would be helpful to staff to know who is next in line.”

Rodriguez agreed in principle. “This song and dance thing leaks into our goal setting sessions every two years.” Mayor Shanahan was concerned about putting in place a policy that would restrict future councils. Rodriguez felt that any future council could always override any policy that a current council had put in place. An automatic rotation “would take politics out of it, personali-ties out of it, so we don’t have to go through this circus every two years.”

Councilmember Charoen had a dif-ferent opinion. “I strongly believe in the democratic process that gives us a great right to vote.” He mentioned that many soldiers had fought and died to give us this right and disagreed with Nelson that the Mayor holds a ceremonial po-sition. Councilmember Mark Waldman said, “My decision is based on choosing the best person for the job.”

“It takes three votes,” said Walden, “and it’s an important safeguard.” He also felt that being a Mayor Pro-Tem shouldn’t automatically be enough to be-come Mayor the following year. “It’s a factor, but not the only one.”

Shanahan felt the Mayoral rotation “is an important issue” and the process hasn’t always been harmonious in the past.” He agreed with Charoen. “It should still be a democratic process and the majority decides who the spokesperson for the city will be.” Shanahan believed the council has the responsibility to de-termine who should serve.

Rodriguez felt the democratic pro-cess was being denied when all of the members do not have the same o p -portunity to serve as Mayor, and he was tired of the “bloodletting and the junk we’ve gone through” in the past. Fi-nal vote: Mayor Pro-Tem Rodriguez and Councilmember Larry Herman in favor of an automatic rotation while Mayor Shanahan, Councilmembers Waldman and Charoen were opposed.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. WC-

237723-C Loan No. 0047374210 YOU ARE IN

DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED

10/16/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO

PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD

AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-

NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-

ING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT

A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest

bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state

or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal

credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal

savings and loan association, or savings association,

or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the

Financial Code and authorized to do business in this

state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The

sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,

expressed or implied, regarding title, possession,

or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured

by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee

disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the

property address or other common designation, if

any, shown herein. TRUSTOR:HORTENCIA BO-

JORQUEZ, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded

10/24/2007 as Instrument No. 20072406893 in

Book , page of Official Records in the office of the

Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date

of Sale:5/21/2010 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the

west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, di-

rectly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd.,

Norwalk, California Property Address is purported to

be: 13014 BAHIA DR CERRITOS, California 90703

APN #: 7044-023-013 The total amount secured by

said instrument as of the time of initial publication of

this notice is $536,228.00, which includes the total

amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued

and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs,

expenses, and advances at the time of initial publica-

tion of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code

2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi-

ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares

as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has

obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary

order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that

is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is

filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale

specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does

not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55.

Date: 4/27/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North

Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-

3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Ileanna Petersen,

TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3537251

04/30/2010, 05/07/2010, 05/14/2010

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

CITY OF ARTESIA

In connection with

LEVYING A FEE AGAINST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN

THE CITY OF ARTESIA FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS HANDLING SERVICES

AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO TRANSMIT THE CHARGES

TO THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TAX COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTION ON THE COUNTY

PROPERTY TAX ROLL

Consolidated Disposal Service, Inc. (“Consolidated”) collects and disposes refuse from single-family

residences and mobile home park units within the City of Artesia (“City”) pursuant to an agreement with the City.

The fees charged by Consolidated are subject to approval by the City and are collected by the City on your prop-

erty tax bill. Currently the fees were approved by Ordinance No. 09-746 and took effect July 1, 2009. The fees

are not proposed to be increased for fiscal year 2010 – 2011 and are proposed to remain at current levels which

are as follows: (i) single-family residences - $20.77 per unit per month (includes one 96 gallon cart for trash, one

64 gallon cart for recycling and one 64 gallon cart for green waste); (ii) mobilehome park units - $18.61 per unit

per month for one 64 gallon cart; and (iii) temporary residential trash bins - $118.42 basic charge (service includes

seven-day use or one dump, whichever comes first)

A public hearing at the City Council meeting of the City of Artesia has been scheduled for 7 p.m.,

Monday, May 10, 2010, in the Council Chambers of Artesia City Hall, 18747 Clarkdale Ave. Artesia, California so

that you may provide comments on the continued imposition of the rates specified in subparts (i) and (ii) above on

the tax roll.

Pursuant to law, the City caused a written report to be filed with the City Clerk which contains a

description of each single-family residential parcel and mobile home park unit receiving refuse collection and

disposal services and the proposed amount of the charge for each such parcel for fiscal year 2010-2011.

If you have any questions regarding the amount of the proposed rate for your particular property,

please contact the Deputy City Manager’s Office at Artesia City Hall, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, California,

(562) 865-6262.

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April 30, 2010 and May 7, 2010

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 4/30/10 and 5/7/30

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0018911 Title Order No. 09-8-061462 APN No. 7012-004-064 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/10/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DAVID M. THAWLEY, A MAR-RIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 01/10/2006 and recorded 01/13/06, as Instrument No. 06 0089806, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 05/28/2010 at 1:00PM, At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, Los Angeles, CA at public auction, to the highest bid-der for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 16927 CEDARWOOD COURT, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $411,121.12. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 05/26/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.52258 4/30, 5/07, 5/14/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale #09-1071-CA Loan No. 471900-C Title Order # 4289570 APN Number: 7039-009-057 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 07-20-2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 05-28-2010 at 10:30 A.M., ROBERT E. WEISS INCORPORATED as the duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to deed of trust recorded 08-02-2005, book , page , instrument 05 1830660, and Re-recorded on 10-11-2005, Book , Page , Instrument 05 2442141 of official records in the office of the recorder of LOS ANGELES county, California, executed by: GIOVANNI MEDINA, AND, CHRISTINA O MEDINA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a ca-shier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Place of sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK CA all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said deed of trust in the property situated in said county, California describing the land therein: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11540 186TH STREET #11 ARTESIA, CA 90701 The undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said not(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and of the trusts created by said deed of trust, to wit: Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $335,591.13 (estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a Written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said notice of default and election to sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: April 26, 2010 ROBERT E. WEISS INCORPORATED, As Trustee ATTN: FORECLOSURE DEPARTMENT 920 VILLAGE OAKS DRIVE COVLNA CA 91724 (626)967-4302 FOR SALE INFORMATION: www.lpsasap.com or (714) 730-2727 CRIS A KLINGER-MAN, ESQ. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 3546155 04/30/2010, 05/07/2010, 05/14/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. WC-237091-C Loan No. 0001686930 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/21/1999. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR:STEVEN JOSEPH MALABICKY, A MARRIED MAN Recorded 9/28/1999 as Instrument No. 99 1850986 in Book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:5/28/2010 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California Property Address is purported to be: 12420 CUESTA DRIVE CERRITOS, California 90703 APN #: 7012-002-069 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $67,478.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 4/29/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Christine Gomez-Schwab, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3550790 05/07/2010, 05/14/2010, 05/21/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1252636-10 APN: 7012-005-102 TRA: 01986 LOAN NO: Xxxx5421 REF: Mora, Jason IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED May 31, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 26, 2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded June 07, 2007, as Inst. No. 20071380637 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Jason Eric Mora and Yuli Gabriela Mora, Husband And Wife As Joint Tenants, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the west side of the los angeles county court-house, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16737 Cedarwood Circle Cerritos CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $347,613.66. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in civil code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to civil code section 2923.53 and that the ex-emption is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in civil code section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to civil code sections 2923.52. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconvey-ance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: April 26, 2010. (R-313199 05/06/10, 05/13/10, 05/20/10)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1264497-02 APN: 7010-020-005 TRA: 002622 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx1742 REF: Baysic, Benjamin C IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED April 23, 2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 26, 2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly ap-pointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded May 01, 2008, as Inst. No. 20080768583 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Benjamin C Baysic and Emerita R Baysic, Husband And Wife, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the west side of the los angeles county court-house, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16407 Bubbling View Cir Cerritos CA 90703-1905 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $515,957.36. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in civil code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to civil code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in civil code section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to civil code sec-tions 2923.52. This California Declaration is made pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54 and is to be included with the Notice of Sale. I, Jaimee Gonzales, of Wachovia Mortgage, FSB (‘Mortgage Loan Servicer’), declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the following is true and correct: The Mortgage Loan Servicer has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporation a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the accompanying notice of sale is filed AND The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Civil Code Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 7/22/09 Name of Signor: Jaimee Gonzales Title and/or Position: Vice President For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconvey-ance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: May 06, 2010. (R-310427 05/06/10, 05/13/10, 05/20/10)

For more information, contact:Renne Sanchez, 310.323.4663 x 141or [email protected]

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saturday, may 8, 201010amCity of Hawaiian Gardens Council Chambers21815 Pioneer Blvd. Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716

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ELigibiLiTY rEquirEmEnTs• Prove homeownership and residency in the City of Hawaiian Gardens.

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• Stay in your home a minimum of 3 years after repairs are completed.

• Work alongside volunteers, in various capacities, when the work on your home is being done.

HOW TO APPLY• Applications are being accepted

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• Ten qualified applicants will be selected in a lottery format.

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1 2 3 4 5 6

80% grossincome limits

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