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Gahr Replaces Longtime Girls Volleyball Coach with AlumnaBy Loren Kopff

In a stunning move that surprised many around the Southern California high school girls volleyball circuit, Gahr High School has replaced longtime head coach Sonny Okamoto with one of his former players, Iris Murray. Okamoto had been the Gladi-ators coach for 32 years, five at the junior varsity level.

Okamoto met with Gahr principal Gina Zietlow and assistant principal Mi-chael White on Dec. 21st. The next day, Zietlow talked with Murray and later that afternoon, sent Okamoto an e-mail stating that the change had been made. Okamoto didn’t read that e-mail until Dec. 24. Oka-moto wasn’t given any reasons to why the coaching change was made and stated that he would not coach at the junior varsity level.

“I was going to leave in two years any-way,” Okamoto said. “How can I be mad? As long as [Iris] knows [she] has a pro-gram, that’s important. As a varsity coach in two sports, it’s difficult to do all of the paperwork.”

Artesia Council Asks Planning Commission for Further Study on Sidewalk DisplaysBy Jerry Bernstein

Artesia retail outlets may soon have permission to display their merchandise in front of their stores as long as it is not in the sidewalk right-of-way and the merchants follow city rules governing such displays.

Planning Director Okina Dor said vari-ous merchants have put outdoor displays in front of their stores that violate city code which prohibit such displays. He said the planning commission reviewed the matter after a request from merchants in the down-town shopping district on Pioneer Boulevard for permission to display their merchandise outdoors in front of their stores.

In a report to the council William R. Kelly, President of Kelly Associates Man-agement Group asked to do a study on what other cities were doing on this matter, he said they had compared Artesia Zoning Code with three cities that have a central historic shopping district: Seal Beach, Cla-remont and Monrovia. Of the three he rec-ommended the council look at the city of Claremont, saying Claremont’s commercial activity is focused primarily around The Vil-

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The Hawaiian Gardens City Coun-cil approved a resolution designating the Hawaiian Gardens Housing Authority as housing successor Agency to assume all housing assets and function of the Rede-velopment Agency. City Attorney Omar Sandoval said Redevelopment Agency is scheduled to be dissolved on Feb. 1. The City may also elect to retain the housing as-sets and functions previously performed by the redevelopment agency . He said if the council decides to retain this responsibility, then all rights, powers, duties, and obliga-tions, excluding any amounts on deposit in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund will be transferred to the city. He said if the council didn’t act the county would take it over and have the authority to run the Housing Agency.

Sandoval said the benefit to the city

would be all the properties owned and purchased through the Hosing Fund were transferred to the Housing Authority which can sell the properties, provide for other housing functions and home ownership as opposed to the County doing it. He noted if the County had jurisdiction the city would have no say on the properties.

Sandoval went on to say that all of the Housing funds are restricted and can only be used for housing.

In other business the Council ap-proved the first phase of a traffic study for the intersection of Norwalk Boulevard and 223rd Street authorized by the council on May 24, 2011. At the same time it gave the go ahead for KOA/CBM Consulting Firm to complete plans, specifications and cost estimate for Phase Two if the project.

Dan Barnett, Project Manager for KOA/CBM Consulting told the council the ex-isting stoplight was installed in 1994 and

needs to be replaced with a new modern traffic light for improved signal operations and safety. He also recommended the two existing crosswalks should be replaced by a single crosswalk originating on the north-west corner of 223rd St. crossing Norwalk Boulevard and ending on the southeast cor-ner of Norwalk and 223rd Street. It was noted the problem, is 223rd Street on the east side of Norwalk is slightly north of the west side. The single crosswalk would begin on the southeast corner of the east leg of 223rd Street to the northwest cor-ner ending on the southeast side corner of 223rd Street. Total cost of the new traffic signal is estimated to be between $150,000 and $175,000. Funding for the project may be available from the state in the form of a grant.

The Council also approved a contract with Pageantry Productions for the coordi-nation of the city’s annual “birthday” pa-

rade which his year will have a new route. Director of Human Services Steve Gomez said due to the fact carnival will be located at Furgeson Elementary School this year the parade route will begin on 214th Street across from Fedde Middle School, move south on Norwalk to Carson, go west on Carson to Seine Avenue ending at Furgeson Elementary School on 223rd Street.

The city’s Birthday Celebration will continue with a two-day carnival at Furgeson. The carnival will include six-to-eight carnival rides, a food booth, and four game booths. Revenue from ticket sales will be $12,000.

The council approved a proposal to establish an employee benefits program offered under IRS Code Section 125 Caf-eteria Plan providing Flexible Spending Accounts. Candi Judd, Interim Human Re-

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LA MIRADA HIGH SCHOOLLEADERS IN EDUCATION ACADEMY

The Apple Academy is a unique academy that deals with high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who are interested in the teaching profession. When they join, they are placed in a program that supports their career interest with special electives and internships. Seniors are also guided through the registration process at Cerritos College and given admission to their Teacher Trac/Pre-trac program which then feeds into CSULB‘s teacher track program.

ACE BUSINESS ACADEMYThe ACE Academy is designed to introduce students to the

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each other to give students exposure to the many different business fields. Academic courses are specially designed to meet the state standards for that subject.

Two unique programs. The first is the Business Education Scholarship Training B.E.S.T. program which is a non-profit organization that sponsors the “Apprentice“ program. The Apprentice program is a competitive internship program that has the apprentices work as interns for 4 months and compete in 4 business challenges. For more information on the B.E.S.T. program visit www.socalbest.org. The other outstanding program is Virtual Enterprise (VE). VE is the Senior class for ACE students in this class students create and run a fictitious business and compete against other high schools in California. Students are given the opportunity to travel and compete in several business categories. For more information on the Virtual Enterprise program for California visit www.virtualenterprise.org.

By completing the ACE course sequence, students will meet all requirements for entrance into a community col-lege or California State University (CSU) system. Due to the entrance requirements, academy students not meet criteria for entrance into the University of California (UC) system.

THE MATADOR SCHOLAR ACADEMYThe Matador Scholar Academy is the honors path for

those students who want to be challenged academically and be well prepared for college. Students can to earn college credit while still in high school. All students must apply and be accepted into the Matador Scholar Academy before they register for these courses. Students will receive special recognition at graduation and on student transcripts for students who meet the academy special recognition criteria.

SOLAR ENERGY ACADEMYThis Academy, funded by the California Department

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offered to all students at Norwalk High School. The Medical Services Academy will give students the experience and training to be able to enter college and/or go directly into a paying medical position upon completion of the program Ninth grade students apply for the program in the spring semester of their freshmen year. Admission to the program is not automatic, but will be based on student scores on an interest inventory, a compiled application, recommenda-tions, and an interview with the Academy teachers.

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The Cerritos City Council commended ABC students who participated in the 2011 Student Government Day Program Dec, 9 and the Cerritos Regional Chamber of Commence for co-sponsoring the program. at its Jan. 12 meeting,

The Student Government program in-cluded a presentation attended by ABC Se-nior students about the city’s departments. They also contributed to the event by serv-ing in a role as a city council member, city staff members or as members of the com-munity in the audience while participating in a mock city council meeting in the coun-cil chambers.

Students on the council were Xavier Buck, Mayor, from Gahr High School; Raymond Ku, Mayor Pro Tem, Whitney; and David Alaniz, Artesia High; Katheryn Lee, Cerritos; and Brandon Sutherland, Tracy High.

Deputy Superintendent Dr. Mary Sieu said the students received a thorough look into city government they wouldn’t have received otherwise. “This has been a real experience for our students,” she stated.

Present at the meeting were ABC Board President Olympia Chen, Vice President Celia Spitzer, Board Member Maynard Law and Chamber Executive Director Catherine Gaughen,

Cerritos Council Recognizes ABC Students Participation in Student Government Day

Norwalk Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast to Feature NFL Great Mark SeayBy Randy Economy

Final preparations are underway for the annual Norwalk Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast that will be held Tuesday, February 14 at the Norwalk Doubletree Hotel, 13111 Syc-amore Drive.

Featured speaker will be NFL great Mark Seay who played for both the San Di-ego Chargers and the San Francisco 49ers in the 1990’s.

According to event organizer Ken Johnson, tickets are still available and can be purchased at Norwalk City Hall, Room 5 “until they run out.” Tickets are $16 per person.

Seay will focus on how he overcame a life threatening gunshot wound when he was playing college football with Califor-nia State University Long Beach while at-tending a Halloween Party for his sisters three young children. During the shooting, that created national attention, Seay lost a kidney left a puncture wound in his lung.

Seay will reflect on “his Faith in God” and how he ended up with a successful ca-reer in the NFL and in the private sector as a community relations representative for a major grocery food chain.

Seay is also in the Super Bowl Record Book for catching the “first two point con-version” in the history of the storied his-torical game.

Also during the Norwalk Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, attendees will hear a “personal testimonial” from Doyle Tol-bert, the Founder of Veteran’s Without Families. Tolbert, and his organization that is based here in Southern California, has buried more than 170 war veterans who would have otherwise been buried without Military honors, or worse, cremated and dumped into a common grave.

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District Based ElectionsOn Jan. 11, the News ran an article about

ABCUSD's refusal to consider district-based elections and featured comments by Deputy Supt. Dr. Mary Seiu. Although I re-spect Dr. Seiu as an educator and a leader, I believe her statements unfairly patronized community residents who have asked for district-based elections. Moreover, they in-dicated a troubling refusal to acknowledge glaring shortcomings in the district that merit attempts at reform.

Dr. Seiu said that changing the electoral system "falls into the category of trying to fix things that are not broken." Personally, I am not convinced that ABCUSD is so good - everywhere - to be above improvement. Cerritos High School in 2010 achieved an API of 865 out of 1,000, which put it in the top 10% of California high schools. In con-trast, Artesia High School, which serves the district's South Side, had an API of 748 - more than 100 points lower - and ranked firmly in the middle of all California high schools. Gahr High School, which also draws many students from outside Cerri-tos, had an API of 771, also significantly below Cerritos High's. This flies in the face of Dr. Seiu's assertion that "by holding our elections at-large, rather than by trustee area our District has been able to main-tain the quality of the education provided to all of the children in the District": I see no such equality of education. If the district leadership does its job so well, why do two schools only 2 miles away achieve such different results for students? In light of these disparities, it makes sense for neigh-borhoods to have the right to elect a school board member who is accountable only to them, for nothing is more local or personal than the school in which one's child spends his or her day and - hopefully - learns.

Dr. Seiu also stated that district voters currently select "representatives based on the content of the candidates [sic] character and qualifications, and not on the color of the candidate's skin." I agree that the board has for the most part performed well over the last few decades, but a simple look at the board's history suggests that school board elections are not nearly as color-blind as Dr. Seiu suggests. The last Hispan-ic board member was Sally Havice, from 1989 to 1996, and she was from Cerritos, supporting district-based elections advo-

cates' point that minorities from outside Cerritos have difficulty being elected. The only other minority board member elected from outside Cerritos in recent memory was Louise Dodson of Lakewood.

Furthermore, in a statement prepared by the Superintendent's Office, the district administration claims that "members of groups protected by the Federal and State Voting Rights Acts have run for the ABC USD Board and have often won seats." This is true, but irrelevant when one con-siders that in all but two instances the board members referenced have been of Asian descent and exclusively from Cer-ritos, where according to the 2010 Census persons claiming Asian descent make up 61.9% of the population and therefore ac-tually are a majority group in the district's largest city. That they have been elected is certainly something to celebrate, but it should not be mistaken for proof that mi-norities - especially from outside Cerritos - can fairly win election in ABCUSD.

It is time for ABCUSD to recognize that electing all of its Board Members from one city does a disservice to a large percentage of its students. It is time to establish elec-tion by district rather than at-large.

Sincerely,Daniel G. Fierro

Maybe you should fact check what you print.

Some people might think it is truthful.

A couple examples: Charles Ara writes, "we activist Democrats have made it a bet-ter world. We stand for JUSTICE FOR ALL. Against the opposition of the Re-publicans we passed Social Security, Civil Rights and Medicare. We are responsible for promoting Women's Right to Vote".

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was fili-bustered in the Senate for 57 working days by the Democrats before it was passed by a vote of 73-21: Democratic Party; 46-21 (69%-31%) and the Republican Party, 27-6 (80%-20%). The House passed it by a vote of 289-126: Democratic Party, 153-91 (63%-37%) and the Republican Party, 136-35 (80%-20%).

The 19th Amendment (Women's Right to Vote) was passed in the Senate by a vote of 56-25: Democratic Party, 20-17, and the Republican Party, 36-8.

Were these votes against the opposition of the Republicans?

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To Begin is EasyTo Persist is DifficultBy Jerry Bernstein

“Politics can be unpredictable,” ac-cording to my Friend from Fruitcake, Flor-ida. “One day you announce that you will not run for office and/or seek re-election. A few weeks latter you let be known your thinking of running for re-election. “ He couldn’t be more right.

The next round of city council elections in many cities won’t be held until Novem-ber 2013. In Hawaiian Gardens, for exam-ple, three seats will be open. Councilmem-ber Michiko Oyama-Canada has said she will not seek re-election. Councilmember Reynaldo Rodriguez has stated he will not seek re-election. However, he is reportedly re-thinking his position. Councilman Barry Bruce is expected to seek re-election to a second four-year term. Disgraced former councilmember Kathy Nevejas, who says she has moved back into Hawaiian Gardens and now resides in the Lakewood Mobile Estates on Carson has told residents she plans to run for a seat on the council.

“I guess she, Rodriguez and Bruce would run as a slate,” commented my Friend from Fruitcake. Well, they tried to elect two surrogate candidates to the coun-cil this past election and failed. Maybe they think they have a better chance of getting a majority on the council if they run as a slate,” he said.

“Well, it’s going to be an interesting in two years,” I said.

Turning to another subject my Friend from Fruitcake, Florida asked, “Now that your Governor has killed Redevelopment Agencies in California, what’s going to happen to the low cost housing agree-

ment between the city of Cerritos and the ABC School District. I understand the city bought the two buildings that were to house the District’s warehouse and kitchen.

“I don’t know,” I replied. My under-standing is with the killing of the city’s re-development agency, the remodeling of the building is on hold.”

“What about the building the District was going to move into on 166th Street?” he asked.

“I don’t know,” I answered. “I was told the deal to buy the building died with the death of the city’s redevelopment agency.”

“Well.” he said I understand the real es-tate agency that is presently located there, is moving out of the building at the end of the month.”

“There are a lot of questions that need to be answered,” I said, “but we’ll just have to wait until the “dust” settles down before we get a clearer picture.”

I guess so,” he replied. “You know I question whether your legislature knows what its doing. It votes to kill the agencies but still requires the cities to provide low-cost housing. Where are the cities going to get the funds now that they killed the Rede-velopment Agencies.? he asked.

“That’s a good question,” I answered. By the way, have you heard from Val

Lynder, Defender of All that is True?”“Why do you ask?” “I understand she’s back in town. I

thought maybe you would have heard from her.”

“No,” I replied, “I haven’t heard from her, but if she’s back in town it’s just a mat-ter of time.”

“We’ll I’ll be shuffling off,” he said. He hesitated, then asked, “By the way how much influence does a council member have on a city’s Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors?

“That depends,” I answered. For in-

stance, in Norwalk one of the council mem-bers represents the city on the chamber’s board. I suppose she would have some in-fluence. Why do you asked?”

No reason,” he said. “I was just curi-ous. In Fruitcake the council has a repre-sentative on the chamber’s board, but she’s very careful she acts for the city and not any friend or special interest.” Before I could respond he lifted himself out of his chair and left.

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Not 'Seiu' Fast...On Jan. 11, the News ran an article

about ABCUSD's refusal to consider dis-trict-based elections and featured com-ments by Deputy Supt. Dr. Mary Seiu. Although I respect Dr. Seiu as an educa-tor and a leader, I believe her statements unfairly patronized community residents who have asked for district-based elec-tions. Moreover, they indicated a troubling refusal to acknowledge glaring shortcom-ings in the district that merit attempts at reform.

Dr. Seiu said that changing the elector-al system "falls into the category of trying to fix things that are not broken." Person-ally, I am not convinced that ABCUSD is so good - everywhere - to be above im-provement. Cerritos High School in 2010 achieved an API of 865 out of 1,000, which put it in the top 10% of California high schools. In contrast, Artesia High School, which serves the district's South Side,

had an API of 748 - more than 100 points lower - and ranked firmly in the middle of all California high schools. Gahr High School, which also draws many students from outside Cerritos, had an API of 771, also significantly below Cerritos High's. This flies in the face of Dr. Seiu's asser-tion that "by holding our elections at-large, rather than by trustee area our District has been able to maintain the quality of the education provided to all of the children in the District": I see no such equality of education. If the district leadership does its job so well, why do two schools only 2 miles away achieve such different results for students? In light of these disparities, it makes sense for neighborhoods to have the right to elect a school board member who is accountable only to them, for nothing is more local or personal than the school in which one's child spends his or her day and - hopefully - learns.

Dr. Seiu also stated that district voters currently select "representatives based on

the content of the candidates [sic] charac-ter and qualifications, and not on the color of the candidate's skin." I agree that the board has for the most part performed well over the last few decades, but a simple look at the board's history suggests that school board elections are not nearly as color-blind as Dr. Seiu suggests. The last Hispanic board member was Sally Havice, from 1989 to 1996, and she was from Cerri-tos, supporting district-based elections ad-vocates' point that minorities from outside Cerritos have difficulty being elected. The only other minority board member elected from outside Cerritos in recent memory was Louise Dodson of Lakewood.

Furthermore, in a statement prepared by the Superintendent's Office, the district administration claims that "members of groups protected by the Federal and State Voting Rights Acts have run for the ABC USD Board and have often won seats." This is true, but irrelevant when one con-siders that in all but two instances the

board members referenced have been of Asian descent and exclusively from Cer-ritos, where according to the 2010 Census persons claiming Asian descent make up 61.9% of the population and therefore ac-tually are a majority group in the district's largest city. That they have been elected is certainly something to celebrate, but it should not be mistaken for proof that mi-norities - especially from outside Cerritos - can fairly win election in ABCUSD.

It is time for ABCUSD to recognize that electing all of its Board Members from one city does a disservice to a large percentage of its students. It is time to es-tablish election by district rather than at-large.

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Cerritos City Councilman Joseph Cho has decided to not run for election in the up-coming June California Primary in the 39th Congressional District, the Los Cerritos Community News has been told.In a statement Cho said he will not be a candidate in the upcoming June California Primary Election and will continue to fo-cus on his duties as a member of the Cer-ritos City Council.Cho has decided to endorse Jay Chen, an elected member of the Hacienda-La Puente

Unified School District Board of Education in the congressional campaign. Republican incumbent Rep. Ed Royce, will be seek-ing reelection in this newly drawn district that now includes the area of Buena Park, Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, and Fullerton.Cho said that he and Chen held a private meeting on Tuesday and he was very im-pressed with him and his credentials. “I believe he is well qualified. I have there-fore decided not to run for Congress, and instead fully support Jay Chen instead,” Cho said.

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“This was something we talked with Sonny a while ago,” Zietlow said. “I’m really looking at this as an opportunity to kind of have her take over with him still around to give pointers and advice. It’s not a, ‘oh, I don’t like Sonny’. That’s not it at all. Sonny has done amazing things for Gahr High School. It’s really about when-ever he decides to retire. I don’t want the program to just fall off the map.”

Zietlow, who called Okamoto an icon, added that this was more about a big pic-ture transition and could not comment on any specific talks or options that she and Okamoto had, saying that it falls under per-sonnel issues that cannot be discussed.

Okamoto has been a staple of South-ern California high school volleyball for over three decades. He compiled a 355-225 record during his time at Gahr, winning a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section divisional championship in 1986 and 1988. The Gladiators won 12 San Gabriel Valley League titles but none since 1998. Gahr posted a league mark of 224-52 and his teams missed the playoffs only once during his tenure.

Last season, Gahr went 14-15 overall and tied for second place with Warren with a 7-3 league mark. The team lost to Fuller-ton in a Division II-A first round match.

Okamoto took over for co-coaches Kent Scanlon and Brian Gimmillaro, the current head coach for Long Beach State Univer-sity, in 1986 and went 20-1 as his team won the school’s fourth CIF championship in nine years. In his first three seasons at Gahr, Okamoto lost only three matches and went 36-0 in league action.

In 1989, Okamoto took a year off to become an assistant coach under Gimmil-laro at Long Beach State where the 49ers won the NCAA championship. The follow-ing season when Okamoto was back on the Gahr sidelines, he took his team to the Di-vision 4A semifinals and in 1992, Gahr par-ticipated in the Division II state playoffs.

Okamoto coached three CIF Players of the Year, the first coming in 1986 (Jill John-son) and two more in 1988 (Alicia Burns and Sabrina Hernandez). The list of stand-out players that Okamoto coached is like a who’s-who of top notch players.

Among the long list of players to have worn a Gahr jersey under Okamoto’s tu-telage are Traci Dahl (Long Beach State graduate, former Downey High boys coach and current Indiana State University head coach), Nancy Marin (former Warren High head coach and current Cerritos College assistant coach) and Hernandez, who was the first assistant coach at University of California, Irvine and is currently the as-sistant at Occidental College.

“I went to Gahr High School,” Okamoto said. “That’s what it’s all about. It’s about Gahr High School. There’s tradition here. It’s hard to build volleyball programs.

“Sports are important in everybody’s life,” Okamoto added. “Coaching is part of that and that’s the part I’ll miss.”

Okamoto has also been the Gahr ju-nior varsity baseball coach where he won nine league titles between1977-2007 and is currently a member of the CIF-SS ad-visory committee as well as the California Basketball Officials Association. In addi-tion, Okamoto was the school’s assistant athletic director from 2005-2007. Only two other coaches in the state, according to the CalHiSports.com State Record Book and Almanac have more victories than Oka-moto. DaeLea Aldrich of Mira Costa, who coached for 25 seasons, won 668 matches before retiring in 2007 and Lisa Reis of Po-way compiled 571 victories before retiring as well after 26 seasons.

“What’s so nice is I look at Dr. [Han-ford] Rants, who was my principal, and the man who always stepped up to what they call courage,” Okamoto said. “He re-tired early at Gahr High School because of

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something that took place at graduation at Gahr High School. I must be going out the same way even though I don’t know why. And they don’t have to tell me. I’m going to tell you that I did not get fired. All they did was replace me with Iris. If they were going to fire me, they would have relieved me of my teaching duties. As far as I know, I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Murray, who graduated in 2004 and is also played at Long Beach State, had been Okamoto’s assistant and has coached the boys team for the past two seasons. Mur-ray played for Okamoto on the 2001, 2002, 2003 teams. Last spring, Murray coached the boys team to a 14-6 record, the most victories for the boys program since going 29-5 in 2000 when Gahr won the Division II championship. It was only the third time since 2004 that the boys program had ad-vanced to the playoffs.

“For me, it comes really out of the fact that she came through the program,” Ziet-low said. “Sonny knows how to run a good volleyball program, so she understands the fundamentals of that. I like that she takes time to figure out who her players are. She really understands who they are and tries to approach them in a way that they will hear her and make the changes or do the things they need to do.”

“Helping everybody is more important than doing everything by the book,” Oka-moto said.

Mary Balvina Barcelle passed away Jan. 22. During her almost 89 years of life, all of it was spent living in the Artesia-Cer-ritos area. She was born on Tuesday, Janu-ary 30, 1923 in Dairy Valley (now Cerri-tos), and has been a native of Artesia since the late 1940s. Mary’s daughter, Jeanette Alkhoutoff said she was a farmer, and the classic Portuguese Catholic woman.

She worked as a dairy farmer’s daugh-ter and milked cows on South Street where Target is now,” said Alkhoutoff and taught. a pre-school in the capacity of teacher/di-rector for 25 years. She had a green thumb, and one of her passions in life was garden-ing.

Three daughters survive her: Mary Ann, Jeanette Alkhoutoff, and Kathleen Borges, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

A rosary will be on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. Mass will be at Holy Fam-ily Church at 18708 Clarkdale Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m. The buri-al will be at All Soul’s Cemetery at 4400 Cherry Avenue in Long Beach.

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at childhood obesity that has spiraled out of control in Hawaiian Gardens.

The Russian born Khananashvili, is creating a new community wide effort on behalf of Tri-Cities Medical whose sole mission is to “save our kids from dying” from living “unhealthy lifestyles.”

He points to data published by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in September of 2011 that lists the childhood obesity rate at 23 percent, a fig-ure that experts call “an emergency medi-cal epidemic” in America’s largest county.

The situation in the City of Hawaiian Gardens is even more alarming. According to that same data source, the prevalence of obesity among youth in Hawaiian Gardens is 33 percent. Plain and simple, one out of three children in Hawaiian Gardens is now considered “obese.”

For Khananashvili, and others, it “can-not and should not” be tolerated.

“The health risks associated with child-hood obesity, both long and short-term, are dire. Premature death, diabetes and overall poor health are the outcomes of facing life as an obese person,” he told Los Cerritos Community News and he is serious and passionate about what obesity is doing to the children of Hawaiian Gardens. “Let’s face it, when our children are morbidly obese, it points to poor performances in school, reduced long-term employment prospects and income, as well as severe so-cial injustices.”

But, the good news is that obesity is preventable, he quips.

Khananshvili and Tri-City Regional Medical Center is so serious about the situ-ation of childhood obesity in the area that he is proposing a community-wide initia-tive that will tackle the problem head on.

The program, in which he calls “AC-

the media sometimes demonstrated posi-tive outcomes.”

Khananashvili wants to launch the “ACTIVATE HAWAIIAN GARDENS” campaign that will target kindergarten stu-dents at the four elementary schools in the one square mile community.

“When we start with selecting kinder-garten students, we can get them on the right path from the first day they enter school,” he said.

“If we can get the youngest children in the community to participate and to get their parents, teachers, and school admin-istration involved, we will have the most long-term impact of carrying the ACTI-VATE campaign forward.”

He said that it is best to start with “a small amount of students” and then expand it as the campaign develops more traction.

“We track our children academic prog-ress from the day they enter school, till the day they graduate. Now is the time to start tracking how healthy eating directly improves the academic and personal life of our children,” he said. The study should also include tracking body mass index (BMI) and blood glucose level on a regular basis.

Brian Hews, the Publisher of Los Cer-ritos Community News, said “the entire community needs to focus on this epi-demic. Public awareness and community involvement needs to happen and everyone needs to unify on behalf of our children.”

Khananashvili said that he has already began talking to Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Mike Gomez, and hopes to have an “open dialogue” with members of the ABC Uni-fied School District Board of Education and with district administrators. “Every-one needs to come to the table, and roll up our sleeves and help,” he said.

TIME TO ACTIVATESome of the changes Khananashvili

said are simple to implement. He said the city council could augment policies about access to “junk food and unhealthy bever-ages” on all City owned properties.

He also pointed that school officials could institute proactive changes to after-school programs, including physical activ-ity, healthy snacking and eating education.

“We also need to stop building fast food restaurants on every corner in our commu-nity,” he said and to “maximize access to safe Playgrounds and play areas.”

He would also like to see that the ABC Unified School District and even private schools in Hawaiian Gardens have updated curriculum and study plans about healthy lifestyle and to address access to junk foods on campuses. “We also need to update and address school menus to reflect improved dietary needs for healthier eating and to en-courage our teachers and school principals to become role models and resources for healthier eating.”

At a recent visit to a Hawaiian Gardens campus Khananashvili said he saw a teach-er with a “36-ounce soda in one hand, and a bag of French fries in the other” out during a noon time break. “Kids in Kindergarten are like magnets. When they see a teacher eating junk food, they will follow the teach-er, 99% of the time.”

Hews said that Los Cerritos Communi-ty Newspaper Group would dedicate its Fa-cebook, Twitter, and www.loscerritosnews.com website to promote and help bring “engagement” to the community and to get other Southern California news outlets to participate in the “ACTIVATE” effort.

Khananashvili and Hews are planning a community event to get “ACTIVATE” up and running, a pun intended to get the com-munity going.

TIVATE Hawaiian Gardens” would in-clude the participation of the ABC Unified School District, City of Hawaiian Gardens and Tri-City Regional Medical Center and Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Group.

“We have analyzed available scientific and clinical data and studies from public health and medical institutions,” he said. “We discovered that almost all community-based programs fail to make a difference in long-term studies. However, short-term results from obesity prevention programs that included a comprehensive partnership and collaboration between schools, com-munity and health care organization and

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In other business the Council continued to its Feb. 15 meeting a request by Artesia Partners of Costa Mesa for an amendment to a previous approved conditional use permit that would allow for an increase of service and professional uses on the ground floor and would reduce tenants space from 1,000 sq. ft. in floor area to 500 sq. ft. with a minimum of 16 ft. store front width at City Plaza on South Street.

The planning director said the current recession has reduced retail sales and man-agement would like to lease space for ser-vice professional use that does not require a large area that retail needs. The original permit requires a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft. per unit. He said the planning commis-sion recommended the individual units be reduced to 500 sq. ft. while maintaining a 16 ft. wide storefront.

Center Manager Lorrie McMann said when the plaza was developed the economy was much better than it is now. “We are working with the chamber and are looking forward to another business expo. We want to be more involved with the city and cham-ber, so we can provide more revenue for the city by people attending our center and res-taurants.

she said, “The Center gets very few in-terviews from perspective retail tenants. Most of them are service professionals who we cannot accommodate at the present time. We’re hoping to get that changed, not that we don’t want retail, but we also want to keep the center filled. It’s important to look at, not what we would like, but what the re-ality is.

In other business newly installed Arte-sia Chamber of Commerce President Manu Patel said the chamber will hold its organi-zational meeting next week and will outline its activities for the coming year, including holding its Second Annual Business Expo. It

will also be mailing a monthly newsletter to its members. In addition he said the cham-ber is looking for an office space location.

The Council also filed for future refer-ence a request seeking the ABC Unified School Board to go to a “By-District Sys-tem” to elect members to the Board replac-ing the present “at large” system. Coun-cilmember Victor Manalo noted that neither Artesia nor Hawaiian Gardens had represen-tation on the School Board.

Mayor Pro Tem Sally Flower recom-mended the item be tabled so a member of the Board could be invited to a council meeting to respond to the request.

Councilmember Tony Lima said he felt the present makeup of the board was doing a good job and saw no reason to change how it was elected.

Superintendent Gary Smuts told LCCN earlier in the day that he saw no basis to change the way the Board is elected. He said the District is not violating California’s or the Federal Voting Rights Act. He said vot-ers have not based their choice on race or ethnicity but have selected board members on their qualifications and character, adding Board members are voted by all citizens of the District and represent the interest of the entire community.

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sources Manager said under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code employees are permitted to elect either cash on non-taxable benefits to be excluded from tax-able gross income. She said FSA’s are an effective method of offsetting rising health career costs and saving substantial tax dol-lars.

Judd said under Section 125, employ-ees may elect to have eligible expenses deducted from their paycheck, prior to the calculation of federal, state, and FICA pay-roll taxes. The pre-tax eligible expenses in-clude group insurance premiums, medical to-of-pocket expenses, dependent car ex-penses, and personally paid medical insur-ance premiums. “Since payroll taxes such as FICA, Medicare and Social Security, and Worker’s Compensation premiums are de-termined using gross wages, these payroll taxes are reduced accordingly with each participant contribution The council voted to provide information and enrollment ses-sions for all employees and to implement the flexible benefit plan with the effect date of Feb. 1. It also authorized staff to execute an administrative service agreement with the recommended third party administra-tor of The Advantage Group (TAG).

In other business the council awarded a contract to Barbara Raileanu from Wood-ruff Spradin and Smart to provide special legal counsel labor and employment legal services.

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EDUCATION CORNER: Featuring NLMUSD President Darryl AdamsEditor’s Note: Los Cerritos Community News is proud to introduce Hon. Darryl Adams, President of the Norwalk-La Mira-da Unified School District Board of Educa-tion as this week’s featured commentator.

By Darryl Adams

I'm proud to be member of the Norwalk- La Mirada School Board! This is not a title or commitment I take with minimal effort. Since 1985 I have served this district as a teacher or board member. Decisions that have made our district flourish I take great pride in, and the ones that may require a little work, I am determined to work tire-lessly to minimize their impact on our most precious commodity- Our children. Peri-odically, I want to share a few words that will highlight this district and all aspects of our educational community as to what makes this profession and the task that lies ahead of us, special.

The film Field of Dreams said it best; "If you build it, they will come" A school district is comprised of several parts, not often visible to the naked eye, but each part is extremely important for the well-being of the district. It is critical to examine each part to understand the whole. Not all of your building components refer to struc-tures, but they are all indeed, structural in nature.

Stability- Any district that plans to be around for the long haul and in control of their destination must provide stability. This not only refers to their administration and board, but it also involves adaptation of an academic path for all kids. Norwalk-La Mirada is working on their 2nd Superinten-dent in 18+ years. Like many of our neigh-boring districts, you have seen very little turnover at the top spot. This enables each of us to have a clear definition of our direc-tion. As a board, Norwalk-La Mirada has maintained a level of stability and change as well. We have two members elected in the 1990's, three elected between 2000-2009 and two recently elected this past fall. New perspectives and fresh ideas are con-stantly being brought forward by this tran-sitional group and by its veteran core. As the senior member of our school board, we have continually added new members who fit in and challenge us to do even more.

Fiscal Solvency- There has to exist within our fiscal plan a financial outlook that enables the district to control what they can, especially in these dire economic situations. Our district has a plan that over the years has enabled us to forge ahead in programs that support student and foster support for our educators in terms of staff development training or identified leaders within the curriculum or departments to minimize the impact that exist as the dis-tricts receive less funding. While we are proud of our accomplishments within the district, the bottom line is we are all work-ing with less. Money may not be the pana-cea for what all ails a school district, but in the race for equity, access and. Staffs can not be empowered if they are operating on a shoe-string budget. This legislative ad-ministration, led by Governor Jerry Brown must continue to find ways to fully finance schools and hold us accountable for our ac-tions and occasional missteps, or the large thud you hear in the back will be the func-tional end of the public schools system. In my next piece, I plan on addressing the fol-lowing; Academic Vision, Opportunities and Long term facilities planning

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Editor’s Note: This is the first of several stories by two Cerritos High School Ju-niors about their fellow students as they prepare for college, student activities on campus and what it’s like to graduate from middle school to high school.

It’s January, the start of a fresh begin-ning, the slow crawl into spring. But to many it’s the stressful time of the year, when finals are just around the corner and best of all, college application deadlines come to a close. The seniors must obviously be anxiously worrying for acceptance letters, juniors must be terrified about keeping up their GPAs, sophomores should be starting to care about their grades, and freshmen should just be trying to fit in.

If we look around at the multiple high schools like Cerritos High and Whitney High, this generalization is fairly accurate. Freshmen, the novel kids, who desperately spring onto campus in search of current trends and the “cool” cliques to hang with, don’t give college a second thought. Whit-ney High School freshmen, Lauren Lee explains, “Honestly I'm not so worried on where I'll be going right now.”

However, opinions do change through-out the years. Arthur Chen, Cerritos High sophomore, says, “As a freshmen I was just

trying to adjust to high school, but this year I figured out that I really need to study. I am extremely worried about my grades, know-ing that I need to keep a certain GPA to get to a school scares me.” Junior, Jocelyn Kuo, also adds, “I feel stressed and pres-sured from all the competition. I feel like I was more laid back last year since I didn’t take as many Advanced Placement classes. As I’m getting closer to my senior year, I’m more worried.”

The generic increase in concern about college in blatant, but it’s not devastating all high school students, as much as we may view it to be. Cerritos High junior, Earnest Chae, describes, “I’m not worried about college at all. I know what I’m going to do and what college I need to go to. I’m sure I can get in with my GPA and my SAT score.” Cerritos High school senior Sharon Kim declares, “I have a mixture of feelings. I’m surprised that I will be attending college this year and am going to miss highschool. However at the same time I am excited of the new experience I will have.”

Most high school students who have back up plans are at ease after submitting their college applications. Cerritos High senior Roger Pak remarks, “I was kind of nervous but not as much as other people because I only applied to CSUs which took a lot of stress off and even if I don’t make it to any Cal States I can just go to junior

college and transfer out.” Despite all the as-sumptions about stressful seniors it’s only relevant to a mere fraction of the students.

If one decides to look beneath the sur-face, one can uncover the varied efforts stu-dents put into school. Besides choosing the college path, some students have other op-tions in mind; there are choices like starting a family, jumping into a career, or joining the military. Alice Kim, Cerritos High ju-nior, explains that her ultimatum is to join the air force and to find her knack in life after. Gahr High school junior, Gina Kim’s, only concern is about joining the Peace Corps after high school.

What’s pictured in movies about fit-ting in and surviving the first years of high school, can be applied to underclassmen. However, the assumption that juniors are completely stressed out about grades and that seniors are frantically worrying about acceptance letters, is only partly authentic. Many high school students, in fact, don’t plan on entering colleges or universities. Even the ones that do plan on applying, aren’t all going BANANAS over grades. To some, high school is the stepping stone to their future, but to many others, high school is all fun and games. People have indented in their brains the supposition that all high school students experience academically stressful years. However, this belief needs to be abandoned for good.

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By Randy Economy

The King of Rock and Roll was back in Cerritos recently , bigger than life, and he never looked so good.

Yes, the legend of Elvis Presley made a triumphant return to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in the personages of entertain-ers Scot Bruce and Mike Alpert Dec. 11 in an afternoon matinee.

Billed as the “Blue Suede Christmas: The Ultimate Elvis Holiday Bash” the iconic CCPA was almost filled to the raf-ters with screaming (mostly female) fans who could not get enough during the near-ly three hour show.

Entertainer Scot Bruce portrayed Elvis Presley during the “early rock and roll era” when new recording label “Sun Studio” was just starting to rise on the Memphis and Nashville in the mid 1950’s. He nailed “Blue Suede Shoes” perfectly.

Bruce is an “icon” himself on the Elvis circuit and displays the vintage jet black

Pompadour hair style, the silk red shirt, white satin tie, and black slacks and shoes that complete the “ultimate Elvis look.” Bruce told the story of Elvis during the “early years” including his stage swagger that even El-vis would be thrilled to wit-ness.

Bruce and Alpert deliv-ered Elvis’ popular holiday

tunes and some of his greatest all-time hits with fervor and energy. Women at the CCPA, some in their 80’s and 90’s, stood and applauded and sang word for word songs like Heartbreak Hotel, Love Me Ten-der, All Shook Up, Jailhouse Rock and so, so many others.

Alpert portrayed Elvis circa 1970’s and 80’s decked out in a skin tight white satin pant suit with trademark stripped flared legs, and lots of red jeweled stones.

Alpert really played well with the crowd, and spent a great deal of his perfor-mance “swooning” female fans with love song after love song.

Terri Torres, a longtime community

member who is currently active with the Artesia-Cerritos Woman’s Club literally brought the house down during the second set when Alpert sang to her and another gentleman “Falling in Love.” When asked how long Torres and the gentleman she was with had been married, Torres deadpanned, “Married? I have never met this man in my life.” It literally was a show stopper. Alpert presented Torres with a couple of signature gold and red scarves for being such a “good sport.”

Some people came as far as Arizona and Northern California to attend the afternoon matinee, and no one was disappointed, far from it.

Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts is the perfect venue for acts like “Elvis Blue Suede Christmas.” The grand ambi-ance that is the signature of the CCPA is a place the real Elvis Presley would have fallen in love with.

If you get a chance to ever catch Bruce and Alpert in an Elvis review concert, do yourself a huge favor, grab a couple of tickets, throw on the blow dryer, and throw yourself into the fun of this “experience.” The King of Rock and Roll still lives on forever.

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If Nia Lateju didn’t get the attention of the Cerritos girls basketball team last month in the Gahr Varsity Winter Clas-

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Lateju fell two points short of the school record, held by Lily Rodriguez on Nov. 28, 2005 against Whitney. Lateju, who scored 26 points and had 18 boards when the two teams played each other in the consolation

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“She can go to Cal State Dominguez [Hills] if she wants,” said Norwalk head coach Richard Drake. “She hasn’t decid-ed. Rio Hondo College wants her. I don’t know what Nia wants to do. The light bulb is totally on right now for her. She’s going to help us finish in the top two or three. I think she can only get better. I don’t think there’s any limit on her right now.”

But Lateju wouldn’t have gotten past 20 points if it wasn’t for a monster fourth quarter rally. The Lady Dons, who had led or was tied for all but 90 seconds of regula-tion, had a 41-27 advantage with 6:54 left in regulation. That’s when Norwalk went on a 16-0 run in which Lateju scored eight points. She tied the game with 1:49 left in regulation and a steal and basket from se-nior point guard Brenda Pineda gave Nor-walk its first lead 19 seconds later.

“That run was a combination of defense and offense,” Drake said. “It was almost like we were finally, for once, clicking on all cylinders. We knew we had to get some stops at that time and we got our stops. Not only did we get our stops, we were patient and didn’t let their press bother us.”

“I was kind of freaking out but I was just praying not today, not today,” Lateju said of the late deficit. “I asked for strength and I got it.”

Cerritos (8-12 overall, 3-3 in the Subur-ban League) tied the game on a pair of free throws from Jazmine Langford with 47.5 seconds left in the quarter but missed three straight perimeter shots down the stretch. In the first overtime, Norwalk built a 50-43 lead before senior Katey Kanamoto’s three-pointer with 1:01 left ended a field goal drought of 10:32.

Norwalk (13-7, 4-2) still had a six-point lead with 36.2 seconds left but junior Deshields Fajardo sank two free throws, then freshman Alyssa Movchan scored off a pass from Fajardo with 9.4 ticks remain-ing. After a Norwalk timeout with 2.5 sec-onds left, Fajardo inbounded the ball and through all of the chaos and scramble un-der the Cerritos basket, Movchan came up with it and tied the game at the buzzer on a controversial call.

“In my eyes that shot went up after the buzzer” Drake said. “In my opinion, I’m not those two officials [but] I just think they got caught up in the moment. But you have to go with what they say. They both conferred together and they came up with the basket being good. If anything, that was in Cerritos’ favor because they should have had all the momentum.”

Cerritos was unable to feed off that mo-mentum because Norwalk kept the lead in

the second overtime, thanks to Lateju and junior forward Maiya Griffin-McNair. The two six-foot towers combined for eight of Norwalk’s 10 points in the second over-time. Griffin-McNair, who was out of town last month when the two teams met, fin-ished with a career-high 12 points and had 16 rebounds. She was also three of four from the line in the final 21.8 seconds of the second overtime to seal the victory.

“I was excited [to play them],” Griffin-McNair said. “I wanted to see how miss-ing one of our players…how it affected us. I think [this game] brought us together. I think we played really good. We came to-gether as a team when we needed to.”

Cerritos raced to a 16-5 lead in the first quarter behind Kanamoto (six points, four steals) and led by as many as 14 points early in the second quarter. The Lady Dons limited Norwalk to 19 shot attempts in the half and forced 22 turnovers. Drake said he sat Griffin-McNair most of the first half be-cause she wasn’t handling the Lady Dons pressure. Whatever he said to her in the locker room helped because she scored 10 of her 12 points after halftime.

Norwalk had cut its deficit to six points late in the third quarter before Cerritos ex-tended the lead back to 14. That’s when the tide shifted for both squads. From the fourth quarter on, Norwalk was 11 of 29 from the field, made 14 of its 18 free throws and turned the ball over 10 times. Cerritos, on the other hand, was seven of 15 from the field and had 13 of its 33 turn-overs. Griffin-McNair said the difference between the two halves was heart and in-tensity, something Norwalk lacked in the first half.

“We knew we couldn’t trade baskets,” Drake said. “Early in the fourth quarter, we were full-courting. Then we were starting to get into foul trouble again. We went to our spread match man, which then turns into our 2-3 and that needs to work. We kept looking for combinations that would stop [Cerritos]. Well, they stopped hitting outside shots.”

Kanamoto led the Lady Dons with 19 points and six steals while Movchan, the freshman sensation who is averaging eight points, added 18, her second highest total so far. Kanamoto and senior Ashley Juarez each had five rebounds as the team got 27 boards to 52 from the Lady Lancers.

“We knew we were supposed to win the first game with them,” Lateju said. “We weren’t in it from the first half. The same thing happened tonight but we finished strong.”

“The one thing that hurts Cerritos, while they’ve got a lot of things going for them…they don’t have height,” Drake said. “When we lost our guards, it was finding a third guard or going with [junior forward

Jazzlyn Gaxiola] and that seemed to help us on the boards.”

Following the game, the Norwalk boys were hoping to stay in the hunt for one of the top four spots but never found any rhythm and fell to the Dons 64-55. The Dons led the entire way to pick up a critical victory that left them at 3-3 in the Subur-ban League at the midway point.

“We talked about it in the beginning of the season how tough league was going to be,” said Cerritos head coach Jonathan Wa-tanabe. “We knew that Mayfair was above everyone else and after that, it was going to be a tough battle every single night and it’s shown. It puts a lot of pressure on you when you drop two crucial games early. But I’m glad our guys responded.”

Cerritos (9-11 overall) led 11-10 late in the opening quarter before going on a 13-0 run to put the game out of reach early. Norwalk would get to within 10 points by halftime but never closer than that.

“They got out to a good shooting start and that didn’t help us getting behind,” said Norwalk head coach Jim Webster. “We’re trying to slow down Fulton and some other guys hit some threes. That really kind of got us behind. If we get to 50, that’s a pret-ty high scoring game for us. For them to have 30 points in the first half, then getting to 45 early in the third…we played hard in the fourth quarter and came back but it was too far.”

The Cerritos lead grew to 20 points (55-35) in the fourth quarter before the Lancers (5-16, 1-5) made one last push and forc-ing Watanabe to bring his starters back in to seal the victory. Senior Terrence Fulton led the Dons with 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals while junior Elijah Leon-ard added 10 points and five rebounds. Norwalk was led by senior Angel Flores (20 points) and junior Ralph Wormley, who posted a career-high 14 points along with nine boards.

“He’s been playing better the past couple of weeks,” Webster said. “So he’s been starting. He’s a junior and we wanted to give him some experience. He’s done a pretty good job.”

Both Cerritos teams visited John Glenn this past Wednesday and will travel to Ar-tesia on Monday before hosting Bellflower on Wednesday. The two Norwalk squads, who hosted league leading Mayfair this past Wednesday, are at Bellflower tonight and will host John Glenn on Monday be-fore visiting Artesia on Wednesday.

“We’ve played four of the teams really close, so we can hope for that,” Webster said. “Maybe at 5-7 we can sneak into the playoffs, hoping some things fall our way. We were really hoping for this one but they played well tonight.”

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The Valley Christian girls soccer team entered its bye week as Olym-pic League leaders and was hop-

ing to gain some momentum for the final three weeks of the regular season. But an old nemesis came to Crusader Field last Thursday night and dealt the Lady Crusad-ers their first loss since Dec. 27.

South Torrance used its speed and per-sonnel to blank the Lady Crusaders 3-0. It was the seventh time in 20 games this sea-son that V.C. has been shutout.

“We played Mayfair on Tuesday and they were faster,” said V.C. head coach Kim Looney. “[South Torrance] got us in a couple of areas. They were more skilled. But, they have better personnel on the field that can execute what they want to do. We couldn’t do that. We can’t keep up with that. When you play a bigger school with 1,800 to 2,000, I don’t have the personnel

to do that. Sometimes skill outweighs heart and that’s what happened tonight.”

Last season, the Spartans defeated V.C. by the same score in the South Torrance Tournament. Three seasons ago, South Torrance edged V.C. 1-0 in overtime to capture the California Interscholastic Fed-eration-Southern Section Division V cham-pionship. The last time the Lady Crusaders knocked off the Spartans came in the 2007 Division V quarterfinals (1-0).

South Torrance took a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute when Amanda Whittle poked a ball just above the outstretched arms of senior goalkeeper Rebekah Ramos. The only shot for V.C. (10-8-2 overall) came in the 26th minute when a free kick from senior midfielder Natalie Lara was cleared away at the right post. Five minutes before halftime, the Spartans went up 2-0 on a goal from Korie Bozart.

“No matter what we tried to do, they were getting there a little bit quicker than

us,” Looney said. “I’ve had injuries galore this season. I can’t keep a steady lineup on the field. This is my 20th game and I proba-bly had 20 different starting lineups. When we get somebody healthy, then somebody else goes out.”

It was more of the same in the second half as V.C. could muster just one shot while the Spartans were getting numerous chances. They took seven shots on goal and added two more corner kicks to the six they had in the first half. The final goal came in the 74th minute from Kalyn Kaemerle.

“They run a 4-5-1 which forces us to play a different defensive game,” Looney said. “But it also opens up stuff for us that we can utilize later on in playoffs. That’s what I want to see. I like to see differ-ent schools that run different formations. [South Torrance coach] Brad [Gomez] and I have known each other for a couple of years, we’ve competed against each other and it’s always nice to play people you

know.”V.C., which entered last week tied for

10th in the Division IV top 10 poll, moved up to ninth. The Spartans went up one spot from fourth to third. V.C. ended its non league schedule at 7-8-1, making this the eighth straight season that the Lady Cru-saders have been within three games either way of the .500 mark. Of the eight losses, six have come to teams that are currently ranked in the Division III, IV, V or VI top 10 polls. The Lady Crusaders will visit Maranatha today before hosting Los Ange-les Baptist on Tuesday.

“I set our schedule up for a reason this year,” Looney said. “If you look at our schedule, it’s probably one of the tough-est ones in our division. We play a lot of Division IV schools purposely because I wanted to see if we could keep up this season. Going out in the first round [of the playoffs] last year was devastating for us and I wanted to be able to compete.”

SOUTH TORRANCE TOO MUCH FOR VALLEY CHRISTIAN

By Phil Okoll

Despite coming back after many free throws and open shots, the Cerritos College’s men basketball team was

unable to beat Los Angeles Southwest bas-ketball team, losing 75-69, in their Jan 14 game.

The Falcons (8-10) had trouble in the beginning of the game against the Cougars,

not being able to make any of their shots, and trailing by 17 only seven minutes into the half, and at one point LA Southwest was beating the Falcons 33-9.

It wasn’t until close to the end of the second half that the Falcons started making numerous three-pointers to close the half with the score of 44-30.

During the second half, the Falcons were losing by 22 points but was able to take the

chances they were getting, with sophomore guard Anthony Scott making Cerritos first nine points in the half for the Falcons, play-ers making their free throw shots, and soph-omore Dominique Kilgore scoring crucial shots off rebounds, the Falcons were able to cut the lead down to eight.

With less than three minutes in the game, Kilgore and sophomore forward Darius Williams were able to draw fouls

and make free throws to close the score 68-64, but it wasn’t enough for the Falcons to take the win home.

Sophomore Anthony Scott was the lead-ing scorer for Cerritos, racking up 19 points this game. Sophomore Willie Edwards lead the team with seven assists.

Cerritos is currently in last place in the South Coast Conference, with a conference record of 0-4.

Cerritos College Basketball Team Drops Game to Los Angeles Southwest Team


LA MIRADA CRIME SUMMARY CERRITOS CRIME SUMMARY

2012004860FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTThe following person is doing business as Landmark Nail and Spa 11316 South St., Cerritos, Ca. 90703. The following business is conducted as a corporation. /S/ Vy Le NguyenThe statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 1/10/2012 NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (see section 14400et seq. Business and Profession Code), Published at LCCN on 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3/12

2012015028FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTThe following person is doing business as Festa De Fatima, 11903 Ashworth, Artesia, Ca. 90701. The following business is conducted as a corporation. /S/ David EnesThe statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 1/26/2012 NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (see section 14400et seq. Business and Profession Code), Published at LCCN on 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 20110015005465 Title Order No.: 110488772 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/13/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-ING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/27/2007 as Instrument No. 20071539024 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: AL-BERTO VILLAMAR, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 02/02/2012 TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: BY THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT 400 CIV-IC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. STREET ADDRESS and other common designa-tion, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11427 HART ST, ARTESIA, CALIFORNIA 90701 APN#: 7035-002-028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the 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 $174,103.27. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be re-corded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 2 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730-2727 NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 01/09/2012 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addison, Texas 75001-9013 Telephone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800 ASAP# 4168478 01/13/2012, 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE APN: 7065-002-032 TS No: CA09001081-11-1 TO No: 5123497 PROP-ERTY ADDRESS: 21331 NORWALK BLVD #25, HAWAIIAN GARDENS, CA 90716 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED May 16, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. On February 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM, by the foun-tain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, in the city of Pomona, County of Los Angeles, MTC FINANCIAL INC. dba TRUSTEE CORPS, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale con-tained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on May 31, 2007 as Instrument No. 20071311974 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by SUNG SUK PARK, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of JPMOR-GAN CHASE BANK, N.A as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said Coun-ty, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 21331 NORWALK BLVD #25, HAWAIIAN GARDENS, CA 90716 The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the prop-erty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $347,761.99 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premi-ums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral 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 California Financial Code and authorized to do business in Cali-fornia, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property of-fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. DATE: January 12, 2012 TRUST-EE CORPS TS No. CA09001081-11-1 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Rowena Paz, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AU-TOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COL-LECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 4179067 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0114924 Title Order No. 11-0095329 APN No. 7056-006-022 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/25/2007. 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." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by STEVE KIM, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 01/25/2007 and recorded 2/7/2007, as Instrument No. 20070267269, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 02/21/2012 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19908 RAINBOW WAY, 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 reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $705,535.86. 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, advances 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: 01/20/2012 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 # 1006.151654 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012, 02/10/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0119230 Title Order No. 11-0099324 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 116831044 APN No. 7167-015-022 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/19/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by GRACIELA ROMERO AND RENE ROMERO, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 12/19/2005 and recorded 12/29/2005, as Instrument No. 05 3213034, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Cali-fornia, will sell on 02/21/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the high-est bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5943 LORELEI AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $495,792.46. 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 feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, 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, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/21/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. ASAP# 4183936 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012, 02/10/2012

CALIFORNIA AUCTION AD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the contents of the following storage units will be offered for sale by public auction to highest bidder for enforcement of storage lien. The auction will be held on or after February 14th@ 9:30am. Location: Extra Space Storage, 10753 Artesia Blvd. Cerritos, CA 90703. Terms: Cash, ExtraSpace Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or cancel auction. Name of Auctioneer: West Coast Auctioneers Bond #137857. The following units are scheduled for auction:

Customer Names

Liwayway Romero Joseph AghahowaKathleen Overleese Roscoe MarchCalvin Jr. Davis Fremont CollegeRuth Rhodes Ivory PeraultLoretta Williams Monique GivensTomas Casiano Amber FerrellSergio Mathus Yolanda LellWillie Brown Group Capital MortgageDiane Watts Karen DistDave King Scott MarmanTomas Casiano Jr. Main Street Vending

All units to include but not limited to tools, furniture, electronics, household items and misc. items unless otherwise specified.

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 1/27 and 2/3/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. 11-33668-RC-CA YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08/16/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier's check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), 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; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an "as is" condition, 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 and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: AMISHA KELKAR, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded 08/25/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1901069 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of LOS ANGELES County, California. Date of Sale: 02/16/2012 at 11:00 a.m. Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $546,023.69 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 18337 DELOISE AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 A.P.N.: 7038-001-028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common des-ignation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or beneficiary pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.5(b} declares that the mort-gagee, beneficiary or the mortgagee's or beneficiary's authorized agent has either contacted the borrower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code 2923.5. Regarding the property that is the subject of this Notice of Sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in California Civil Code Section 2923.53 (k) (3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this Notice of Sale is recorded. The timeframe for giving a Notice of Sale specified in Subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 does not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 01/23/2012 NA-TIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85020 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com/sales Nichole Alford, TRUSTEE SALES REPRESENTATIVE ASAP# 4179716 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012, 02/10/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. 11-33668-RC-CA YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08/16/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier's check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), 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; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an "as is" condition, 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 and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: AMISHA KELKAR, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded 08/25/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1901069 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of LOS ANGELES County, California. Date of Sale: 02/16/2012 at 11:00 a.m. Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $546,023.69 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 18337 DELOISE AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 A.P.N.: 7038-001-028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common des-ignation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or beneficiary pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.5(b} declares that the mort-gagee, beneficiary or the mortgagee's or beneficiary's authorized agent has either contacted the borrower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code 2923.5. Regarding the property that is the subject of this Notice of Sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in California Civil Code Section 2923.53 (k) (3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this Notice of Sale is recorded. The timeframe for giving a Notice of Sale specified in Subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 does not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 01/23/2012 NA-TIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85020 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com/sales Nichole Alford, TRUSTEE SALES REPRESENTATIVE ASAP# 4179716 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012, 02/10/2012

CERRITOS SHERIFF’S STATION

January 16-22, 2012Part I felony investigations dropped

by one from the previous week as 24 were investigated. Residential burglar-ies and vehicle thefts were up, while robberies, commercial burglaries, and vehicle burglaries were down. 261 calls for service were handled by patrol per-sonnel, down from 270. The current 2012 weekly average in calls for service stands at 264.

GREAT NEWS! There were no rob-beries reported last week.

Residential burglaries were up from four to six last week. Three were the result of open/unlocked doors or win-dows. One window was shattered, one was pried, and a side garage door was kicked in. Tools, laptop computers, a TV, cell phones, and a safe were taken. The 2012 weekly average in residential burglaries is now 5.3.

By nature, burglars do not like to at-tract any attention. The majority of our entries in Cerritos are caused by either a door or window being left open or un-locked, and by use of a pry tool. A good defense to prying is to make sure that it will be unsuccessful. This is best ac-complished by installation of hardware that keeps the sliding window or door connected to the frame. This inhibits any lateral or vertical movement that could allow the window or door to be lifted from the tracks. Locking pins are available at many hardware stores and

are a very small investment for such a vital purpose.

There were no commercial/“other structure” burglaries reported last week. Three were logged the week be-fore. The new 2012 weekly average in commercial/“other structure” burglaries is 1.3.

Vehicle burglaries dropped from eight to three last week. All three were in high-volume commercial parking lots. Only one was an SUV. Victims reported the loss of purses, credit cards, laptop computers, cell phones, and a stereo. The new 2012 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is 5.0.

Please note the stolen property in the last paragraph and remember, if you leave certain items in the car, you stand a very good chance of losing them. Vehicle burglary is one of the most pre-dominant felony crimes in Cerritos.

Vehicle thefts increased by one crime last week. Nine were investigated. Seven were removed from high-volume commercial parking lots. Two were Acuras, two were Hondas, and two commercial trailers were stolen. Others taken were a Chevrolet, a Dodge, and an SUV. The new 2012 weekly average in vehicle thefts is 6.0.

Car thieves are not always as selec-tive as you think and are often just look-ing for transportation. Consider a steer-ing wheel locking device that serves as a good visual deterrent.

January 16-22, 2012 Aggravated Assault An assault was reported on the 15800 block of Imperial Hwy. A male was assaulted by unknown suspects.

Grand Theft A theft occurred on the 16200 block of Phoebe Ave. Scrap metal and metal racks were stolen from a storage yard.

Grand Theft Vehicle Three vehicle thefts were reported last week. A vehicle was stolen from the 16100 block of Rosecrans Ave. An older model Honda was reported stolen from Armsdale Ave. and Telegraph Rd. The vehicle was recovered the same day. A

van was stolen from the 13700 block of El Espejo Rd. The vehicle was recovered by the South Gate Police Department four days later.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0112526 Title Order No. 11-0094232 Investor/Insurer No. 0408381838 APN No. 7012-029-017 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/24/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT 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." No-tice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by HYE S LEE, AND KYUNG YOON LEE WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 05/24/2006 and recorded 6/1/2006, as Instrument No. 06 1199339, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 02/06/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Cen-ter Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and inter-est 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: 17223 MARIA AVENUE, CERRI-TOS, 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 inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $612,565.88. 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, advances thereunder, with inter-est 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. DATED: 01/08/2012 RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4175012 01/13/2012, 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 749546CA Loan No. 5304115792 Title Order No. 110272813-CA-MAI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12-22-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 02-03-2012 at 11:00 A.M., CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 12-29-2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, In-strument 2006-2896159, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ AND AME-LIA HERNANDEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., (MERS), SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, PLAZA HOME MORT-GAGE, INC. IT'S SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS., as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or nation-al bank, a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal sav-ings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: BY THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. Legal Description: LOT(S) 105 OF TRACT NO. 19981, IN THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 528, PAGE(S) 25 THROUGH 27 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $531,580.17 (estimat-ed) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 5653 CANEHILL AVENUE LAKEWOOD, CA 90713 APN Number: 7166-012-010 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is be-ing sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or autho-rized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to ex-plore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal de-livery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 01-06-2012 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee REGINA CANTRELL, ASSISTANT SECRE-TARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com ASAP# 4172938 01/13/2012, 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TSG No.: 5275607 TS No.: CA1100227459 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN:7027 004 031 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/18/05. 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 Febru¬ary 2, 2012 at 11:00 AM, First American Trustee Servicing Solu¬tions, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 07/25/05, as Instru¬ment No. 05 1750296, in book , page , of Official Records in the Office of the County Re-corder of LOS ANGELES County, State of Cali-fornia. Executed by: MARK IHNCHEOL SHIN AND JULIA RA¬CHEL JUYONG LEE, HUS-BAND AND WIFE, COMMUNITY PROP¬ERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVOR¬SHIP,. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Inside the lobby of the building located at 628 North Dia-mond Bar Blvd., Suite B, Diamond Bar, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 7027 004 031. The street address and other com¬mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur¬ported to be: 13025 DESTINO LANE, CERRITOS, CA 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remain¬ing principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the un¬paid balance of the obligation se¬cured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, ex¬penses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $632,396.01. The benefi¬ciary under said Deed of Trust here¬tofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Elec¬tion to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mort¬gagee or the Mortgagee's Trustee. The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporations a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or The timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision (s) of California Civ-il Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been pro-vided or the loan is exempt from the requirements. Date: 01/03/12, First American Title Insurance Company First Ameri¬can Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC 3 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Original document signed by Autho-rized Agent, Chet Sconyers -- FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916) 939-0772. First Ameri¬can Trustee Servicing So-lutions, LLC May be Acting as a Debt Collector Attempting to Collect a Debt. Any Information ob-tained may be used for that purpose. NPP0195005 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-10-360768-RT Order #: 100285207-CA-GTO YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/27/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan associa-tion, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): JOEL CRUZ AND CHONA CRUZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 7/2/2007 as Instrument No. 20071574635 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 2/6/2012 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $616,544.51 The purported property address is: 18306 SAN GABRIEL AVE CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessor's Parcel No. 7038-002-050 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclu-sive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no fur-ther recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no fur-ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.lpsasap.com Rein-statement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit re-port reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 4167967 01/13/2012, 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012

Trustee Sale No. 251369CA Loan No. 0645215799 Title Order No. 857391 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01-14-2005. 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 02-03-2012 at 9:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 01-26-2005, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 05 0186413, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: HEL-ENA H. KWON, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., (MERS), SOLELY AS NOMI-NEE FOR LENDER MEGA CAPITAL FUNDING INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Ben-eficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, inter-est thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reason-ably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $465,385.68 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 13309 ASHWORTH STREET CER-RITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7027-013-010 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore op-tions to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 01-04-2012 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee DEREK WEAR-RENEE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chats-worth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Informa-tion: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com P912825 1/13, 1/20, 01/27/2012

Trustee Sale No. 11-10-696 Loan No. 3208011140 Title Order No. 7742-414778APN 7030-001-044, 7030-001-045, 7030-001-046

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEUNIFIED SALE

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/01/2008. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.________________________________________________________________________________________________

On 02/09/2012 at 1 :00PM, Lender's Foreclosure Services as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing ("Deed of Trust”) Recorded on 11/18/2008 as instrument number 20082031085 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: Sejwad Hotels & Development LLC, a California limited liability company, as Trustor, EverTrust Bank, a California banking corporation, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: ON THE FRONT STEPS TO THE RIO HONDO COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 11234 VALLEY BOULEVARD, EL MONTE, CA 91731, 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:

Parcel A:

Parcels 1, 2 and 3 inclusive and Parcel Map No. 24827, in the City of Cerritos, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map filed in Book 282 pages 88 and 89 of Parcel Maps, records of said Los Angeles County,

Parcel B:

A non-exclusive reciprocal easement for vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress as contained in the instrument entitled, "Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Grant of Easements", recorded October 15, 1993 as Instrument No. 93-2016130, of Official Records

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: 12601, 12607 & 12615 Artesia Blvd., Cerritos, CA 90703.

Notice is further given that pursuant to Section 9604 of the California Commercial Code , the trustee will, as a result of the failure of Trustor to pay the unpaid indebtedness desribed below, conduct a unified sale of both the real property and personal property encumbered by the Deed of Trust described above and a UCC Financing statement filed with the secretary of state on 10/16/2008 under Filing Number 08-7175671658, and that the trustee will sell simultaneously with the above described real property encumbered by the Deed of Trust , at the same public auction and under a single bid, each and all of the personal property as set forth herein

All right, title and interest which Trustor now has or may later acquire in the real property described herein, all appurtenances, easements, covenants, rights of way, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any way appertaining thereto now or hereafter, and all of the estate, right, title, interest, claim, demand, reversion or remainder whatsoever of Trustor therein or thereto, at law or in equity, now or hereafter in possession or expectancy, including, without limitation, all mineral, oil, and gas rights and royalties and profits therefrom, all water and water rights and shares of stock pertaining to water and water rights, and all sewers, pipes, conduits, wires and other facilities furnishing utility or services to the real property (collectively, the "Land");

All right, title and interest which Trustor now has or may later acquire in all to all buildings, structures and improvements now or hereafter erected on the Land, including, without limitation, all plant equipment, apparatus, machinery and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever now or hereafter located on or forming part of said buildings, structures and improvements (collectively, the "Improvements"; the Land and Improvements being hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Premises");

All right, title and interest which Trustor now has or may later acquire in and to the land lying in the bed of any street, road, highway or avenue now or hereafter in front or adjoining the Premises;

Any and all awards heretofore or hereafter made by any governmental authorities (federal, state, local or otherwise) to Trustor and all subsequent owners of the Premises which may be made with respect to the Premises as a result of the exercise of the right of eminent domain, the alteration of the grade of any street or any other injury to or decrease of value of the Premises, which said award of awards are hereby assigned to Lender;

Any and all claims under and proceeds of any insurance policies by reason of or related to a loss of any kind sustained to the Premises, now or hereafter, whether or not such policies name Lender as an insured and whether or not such policies are required by Lender, and whether or not such claims thereunder are characterized as personal claims;

Any and all unearned premiums accrued, accruing or to accrue, and the proceeds of insurance now or hereafter in effect with respect to all or any portion of the Premises;

Any and all claims or demands which Trustor now has or may hereafter acquire against anyone with respect to any damage to all or any portion of the Premises;

All goods, equipment, machinery, furniture, furnishings, trade fixtures, appliances, inventory, building materials, apparatus, utensils, vehicles, wiring, pipes, conduits, elevators, escalators, heating and air conditioning equipment, chattels and articles of personal property, including, without limitation, any interest therein now or at any time hereafter affixed to, attached to or used in any way in connection with or to be incorporated at any time into the Premises or placed on any part thereof wheresoever located, whether or not attached to or incorporated in the Premises, together with any and all accessions, accessories, attachments, and replacements, thereof, appertaining and adapted to the complete and compatible use, enjoyment, occupancy, operation or improvement of the Premises;

All instruments, investment property, deposit accounts, accounts, contract rights, general intangible, and other intangible property and rights now or hereaf-ter relating to the foregoing property, or the operation thereof or used in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all options, letters of intent, and rights of first refusal of any nature whatsoever, covering all or any portion of such property, together with any modifications thereof, and deposits or other payments made in connection therewith, existing and future development rights, permits and approvals, air rights, density bonus rights and transferable development rights; all of Trustor's right, title and interest in and to any awards, remunerations, settlements, or compensation heretofore made by any and all courts, boards, agencies, commissions, offices, or authorities, of any nature whatsoever for any governmental unit (federal, state, local or otherwise) to the present or any subsequent owner of the foregoing property, including those for any vacation of, or change of grade in, any streets affecting the foregoing property and any and all licenses and privileges obtained by Trustor from non-governmental sources;

All leases of the Premises, Personalty, Fixtures, or any part thereof, now or hereafter entered into and all right, title and interest of Trustor thereunder, in-cluding, without limitation, cash or securities deposited thereunder to secure performance by the lessees of their obligations thereunder (whether such cash or securities are to be held until the expiration of the terms of such leases or applied to one or more of the installments of rent coming due immediately prior to the expiration of such terms); all other rights and easements of Trustor now or hereafter existing pertaining to the use and enjoyment of the Premises; and all right, title and interest of Trustor in and to all declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions as may affect or otherwise relate to the Premises;

All permits, plans, licenses, specifications, subdivision rights, security interest, contacts, contract rights, public utility deposits, prepaid sewer and water hook-up charges, or other rights as may affect or otherwise relate to the Premises;

All rents, income, issues and profits, including, without limitation, the accounts, revenues, and proceeds of any business operation conducted by or on behalf of Trustor on or though the use of the Premises, prepaid municipal and utility fees, bonds, revenues, income, and other benefits to which Trustor may now or hereafter be entitled to, or which are derived from, the Property or any portion thereof or interest therein.

The foregoing listing is intended only to be descriptive of the property encumbered hereby, and not exclusive or all inclusive. It is the intent of Trustor to encumber hereby all property located or to be located upon the above-described real property. Said real property (or the leasehold estate if this Deed of Trust encumbers a leasehold estate), buildings, improvements, appurtenances, Fixtures, Personalty, additions, accretions, and other property are herein referred to as the "Property." As used herein, the term "Fixtures" shall include all articles of personal property hereinabove described, now or hereafter attached to, placed upon for a definite term, or otherwise used in connection with the Property, and shall include trade fixtures and goods which are or are to become fix-tures. As used herein, the term "Personalty" shall include all furniture, furnishing, equipment, machinery, goods, contract rights, general intangibles, money, deposit accounts, instruments, accounts, leases, chattel paper and other personal property described in this Deed of Trust (other than Fixtures) of any kind of character now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, now or hereafter located upon, within or about the Property, or which otherwise pertains to the use, ownership, management, operation, construction, leasing, and sale of the Property, and all products and proceeds thereof, and all of the Trustor's right, title, and interest in and to all such property.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $8,271,559.27 (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: 01/10/2012

Lender's Foreclosure Services, as TrusteeP.O Box 92086City of Industry, CA 91715(626) 579-5350

_______________________________________Sylvia L. Ramos, Senior Trustee's Sale Officer

Published at Los Cerritos Community News 1/20, 1/27, 2/3/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 9551-0240 TSG Order No.: 110508403-CA-LMI A.P.N.: 7176-012-005 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08/24/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust Recorded 09/01/2005 as Docu-ment Number 05-2114051 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, made by: Francisco Magana and Maria Leticia Magana, husband and wife, as Trustor(s), WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). 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. Sale Date & Time: Feb-ruary 9, 2012 at 01:00 PM Sale Location: At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 4823 Palo Verde Ave, Lakewood, CA 90713-2428 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $336,941.80 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will in-crease this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bid-der’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 Decla-ration pursuant to California Civil Code, Section 2923.5(a) was fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded on 10/18/2011 NBS Default Servic-es 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Sale Information Con-tact: RSVP (925) 603-7342 NBS Default Services, Mandi Harvey, 1/19/2012 “We are attempting to collect a debt, and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.” (RSVP# 282633, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0119984 Title Order No. 11-0100244 Investor/Insurer No. 104186600 APN No. 7175-034-021 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/01/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT 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." No-tice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by WILLIAM E. SLAUGHTER AND MELINDA SLAUGHTER, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 09/01/2005 and recorded 9/19/2005, as Instrument No. 05 2249919, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 02/14/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4539 WOODRUFF AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90713. 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 bal-ance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $451,811.16. 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 cov-enant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebted-ness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereun-der, 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. DATED: 01/20/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any infor-mation obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4177037 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE APN: 7016-015-110 TS No: CA09001646-10-1 TO No: 55015897 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 16625 GRIDLEY RD #3, CERRITOS, CA 90703 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 18, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION 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 February 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM, by the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, in the city of Pomona, County of Los Angeles, MTC FINAN-CIAL INC. dba TRUSTEE CORPS, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on January 24, 2007 as Instrument No. 20070146506 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, Califor-nia, executed by EDGAR LLAMAS A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BID-DER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property here-tofore 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: 16625 GRIDLEY RD #3, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remain-ing principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is es-timated to be $356,920.43 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a 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 asso-ciation or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful 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. DATE: January 12, 2012 TRUSTEE CORPS TS No. CA09001646-10-1 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Rowena Paz, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OB-TAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AU-TOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. ASAP# 4179058 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0117004 Title Order No. 11-0098383 Investor/Insurer No. 133189034 APN No. 7034-007-023 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/07/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, 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." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pur-suant to the Deed of Trust executed by PEDRO VASQUEZ, AND BLANCA VASQUEZ, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 04/07/2006 and recorded 4/17/2006, as Instrument No. 06-0830868, in Book , Page ), of Official Re-cords in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 02/14/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 17603 ALORA AV-ENUE, CERRITOS, CA, 90701. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $752,371.80. 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 asso-ciation, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with 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. DATED: 01/20/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. ASAP# 4175516 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TSG No.: 6021808 TS No.: CA1100236201 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN:7049 002 002 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/23/07. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, 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 Febru¬ary 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM, First American Trustee Servic-ing Solu¬tions, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 03/30/07, as Instru¬ment No. 20070747119, in book , page , of Of-ficial Records in the Office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: DANNY L. SIPE AND MARY ELLEN SIPE, TRUSTEE OF THE SIPE FAMILY TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 21, 2006,. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Inside the lobby of the building located at 628 North Diamond Bar Blvd., Suite B, Diamond Bar, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 7049 002 002. The street address and other com¬mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur¬ported to be: 19105 WIERSMA AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other com¬mon designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex¬pressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) se-cured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as pro¬vided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and rea-sonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $553,373.03. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore exe¬cuted and delivered to the under¬signed a written Declaration of De¬fault 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. If the sale is set aside for any rea¬son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mort-gagee or the Mortgagee's Trustee. The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporations a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or The timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivi¬sion (s) of Califor-nia Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements. Date: 01/20/12, First American Title Insurance Compa-ny First Ameri¬can Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC 3 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Original document signed by Authorized Agent, Chet Sconyers -- FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916) 939-0772. First Ameri¬can Trustee Ser-vicing Solutions, LLC May be Acting as a Debt Col-lector Attempting to Collect a Debt. Any Information obtained may be used for that purpose. NPP0193113 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No CA1100044359 Loan No 0307352959 Insurer No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08/23/2002. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPER-TY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 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: GARY DURAN A SINGLE MAN Recorded 09/03/2002 as Instru-ment No. 02 2053702 in Book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California Date of Sale: 02/14/2012 at 11:00 A.M. Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomo-na, CA 91766 Property Address is purported to be: 17109 JEANETTE AVE CERRITOS, CA 90703-1216 APN#: 7012-024-017 The total amount se-cured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $252,804.62, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and rea-sonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Date: 01/17/2012 Executive Trustee Services, LLC dba ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 TRUSTEE SALE OFFI-CER ASAP# 4173455 01/20/2012, 01/27/2012, 02/03/2012

2012011688FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTThe following person is doing business as Leo’s Real Estate, 9732 Pritchard St., Bellflower Ca. 90706. The following business is conducted as a individual. The registrant has not began to transact business./S/ Chinthaka AbeysekeraThe statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 1/20/2012NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another un-der federal, state or common law (see section 14400et seq. Business and Profession Code), Published at LCCN on 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/12.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE(UCC Sec. 6105)

Escrow No. 12-33351-JPNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) are: SUN YE HONG AND CHRISTINE PARKER, 5835-C BELLFLOWER BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CA 90713Doing business as: DON RUBEN MEXICAN GRILLAll other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: NONEThe name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) is/are: MARIA DESROCHE, 7618 VALLEY VIEW ST, BUENA PARK, CA 90620The assets being sold are described in general as: ALL STOCK IN TRADE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, GOODWILL, TRADENAME, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE and is located at: 5835-C BELLFLOWER BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CA 90713The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: TEAM ESCROW INC, 17310 REDHILL AVE, STE 140, IRVINE, CA 92614 and the anticipated sale date is FEBRUARY 14, 2012The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.[If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided.] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: TEAM ESCROW INC, 17310 REDHILL AVE, STE 140, IRVINE, CA 92614 and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be FEBRUARY 13, 2012, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above.Dated: 1-16-12MARIA DESROCHE, Buyer(s)LA1086918 LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS 1/27/2012


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