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¿De vuelta a los estudios? Consejos para elegir el programa universitario adecuado / Para muchas personas, la obtención de un título universitario abría las puertas al mundo laboral. Tal vez fue un factor vital para su empleo actual. Pero, ¿está aplicando lo aprendido en la Universidad a su profesión? Una encuesta reci-ente revela que posiblemente no sea así.

Según una encuesta realizada por Harris Poll, cumpliendo un encargo de la Universidad de Phoenix, solo el 35 por ciento de los trabajadores con instrucción universitaria considera que todo o la mayor parte de lo aprendido es aplicable al empleo actual. (Mas en news.el-observador.com)

County of Santa Clara Adopts Guidelines for Graffiti Preven-tion and Removal Guidelines to Facilitate Implementation of County’s Graffiti Ordinance /Today, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors adopted guidelines to facilitate the imple-mentation of a recently amended graffiti ordinance. The goal is to ensure that people who own or have control of any property in the County remove all graffiti from their property within 48 hours of receiving an official notification.(More on our site)

Cortese Calls for Immediate Response to Sanitation Needs at Homeless Encampment / As winter approaches and the City of San Jose prepares to close the area’s largest homeless encampment, Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese called on Tuesday, November 4, for an immediate response to sanitation and public health issues along Coyote Creek. (Read More on our site)

Ordenanza que elimina el uso de contenedores de comida hechos de poliestireno extendido toma efecto el 1 de enero del 2015 en la ciudad de San José / La ciudad trabajo cercanamente con los establecimientos de alimentos para desarrollar la ordenanza. “Al eliminar este producto que frecuentemente acaba como basura, mantendremos la calidad del agua en nuestros ríos y arroyos..” (Mas en news.el-observador.com)

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Luisa Fernanda MonteroLA RED HISPANA

Si no lo ha hecho, ya es hora. El cambio de tempo-rada no viene solo y la gripa puede ser una seria amena-za para su familia.

Este es el momento de va-cunarse si quiere mantener a raya esta enfermedad respiratoria que mata. El llamado de los Centros de Control de Enfermedades - CDC - este año es especial para los adultos jóvenes y de mediana edad que aun se rehúsan a ser vacunados.

Recuerde, si lo suyo es el miedo a la aguja, que existe la opción del aerosol nasal y que en cualquier caso, la molestia es mínima si se compara con la fiebre, la tos, el dolor de garganta, la mucosidad persistente, los dolores musculares, de cuerpo y de cabeza y el can-sancio extremo o la fatiga que lo atacaran cuando lle-gue la gripa.

Y es que es bueno recordar que la gripa – o influenza – es impredecible y su grave-dad puede variar amplia-mente de una temporada a otra. Además, es impor-tante aclarar que algunas personas corren riesgos más altos de presentar compli-caciones graves si contraen la enfermedad. Este es el caso de las personas may-ores, los niños pequeños, las mujeres embarazadas y las personas con ciertas afec-

ciones, entre las que figura el asma, la diabetes y las en-fermedades cardiacas.

Los CDC recuerdan, sin embargo, que entre las complicaciones de la in-fluenza, es decir entre las condiciones que pueden so-brevenir si no se cuida la en-fermedad, esta la neumonía bacteriana, las infecciones sinusales, la deshidratación o el empeoramiento de condiciones como insufi-ciencia cardiaca congestiva, asma o diabetes.

¿Quién debe vacunarse?Todos. La recomendación

de las autoridades de salud es que todas las personas se vacunen contra la influen-za, menos los niños meno-res de 6 meses.

Recuerde además que esta enfermedad se transmite a través del aire de persona a persona. Una persona con influenza puede contagiar a otros – transmitir el virus –

hasta a 6 pies de distancia. El principal vehículo de los virus son las gotitas que se producen al toser, estornu-dar o hablar. Estas gotitas pueden terminar en la boca o la nariz el vecino o este puede inhalarlas y trasladar el virus a su sistema.

Los virus de la influenza pueden sobrevivir en ciertas superficies, así que es posi-ble adquirirlo tocando una de ellas y llevando la mano contaminada a nuestra boca o nariz. Por lo tanto es siempre recomendable la-varnos las manos frecuent-emente con agua y jabón.

Si estamos enfermos, lo mejor es quedarnos en casa. Es bueno recordar, sin embargo, que podemos tener el virus y transmitirlo, mucho antes de presentar síntomas. Así que lo mejor, de nuevo, es la vacuna. No se deje alcanzar de la influ-enza, vacúnese.

OPINION

OCCURIELCIAS

AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA’S VETERANS

At the Department of Veter-ans Affairs (VA), we have one of the most noble and inspir-ing missions in Government. I accepted this job and joined this mission to better serve you—our Veterans—and im-prove the delivery of the care and benefits you have earned. It is our privilege to serve you, and I have made clear that as we move forward as a Depart-ment, we will judge the suc-cess of all our efforts against a single metric—the outcomes we provide for Veterans.

The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA), enacted less than 3-months ago, goes a long way toward enabling VA to meet the demand for Veterans health care in the short-term. VA has put con-siderable focus and attention on ensuring the law is imple-mented seamlessly, without confusion, and without cre-ating hardships for Veterans. This legislation provides au-thorities, funding, and other tools to better serve Veterans in the short-term. We are ap-preciative of this temporary measure to improve access while we build capacity with-in the VA system to better serve those who rely on us for health care.

From June 1 to September 30, 2014, VA completed more than 19 million Veteran ap-pointments in our facilities and made nearly 1.1 million authorizations for Veterans to receive care in the private sec-tor and other non-VA health facilities—a 46.6-percent in-crease over the same period in 2013. This was all done under existing programs prior to the passage of VACAA, and sets the stage for strengthening existing partnerships between VA and the private sector. We have much we can share with one another to the benefit of Veterans.

VA has signed contracts with two private health care com-panies to help VA administer the Veterans Choice Program (Choice Program) under VA-CAA. The Choice Program is a new, temporary benefit allowing some Veterans to re-ceive health care in their com-munities rather than waiting for a VA appointment or trav-eling to a VA facility. It does not impact your existing VA health care or any other VA benefit you may be receiving. We will begin implementing this benefit on November 5, as required by law. A call center is now operational to answer your questions and verify your eligibility for this program.

As part of this new program, we are issuing a Veterans Choice Card to every Veteran who is potentially eligible for the new, temporary health benefit. The Choice Card al-lows Veterans to elect to re-ceive care outside of VA when they qualify for the new pro-gram based on the distance of their residence from a VA care facility, or when wait times for VA health care exceed the standards established in law. The Choice Card does not re-place the identification card you already use to access other VA benefits; please do not throw away that identification card.

The Choice Card will be is-sued in three phases. The first group of Choice Cards along

with a letter explaining eligi-bility for this program is cur-rently being sent to Veterans who may live more than 40 miles from a VA facility. The next group of Choice Cards and letters will be sent shortly thereafter to those Veterans who are currently waiting for an appointment longer than 30-days from their preferred date or the date determined to be medically necessary by their physician.

The final group of Choice Cards and letters will be sent between December 2014 and January 2015 to the remain-der of all Veterans enrolled for VA health care who may be eli-gible for the Choice Program in the future.

We are continuing to work with our partners—Congress, Veterans Service Organiza-tions, and others—to get the information about this health program out to Veterans in as many ways as possible. Please visit our Web site at www.va.gov/opa/choiceact<http://www.va.gov/opa/choiceact> where we have provided help-ful information on Choice Pro-gram eligibility. We will work with our partners to keep you informed as we improve our delivery of high-quality, timely care.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Sincerely,Robert A. McDonald

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Employment opportunities seem to be on the upswing for military veterans, which is encouraging for the hun-dreds of thousands of service members returning from duty and veterans who are looking for new civilian ca-reer opportunities.

The unemployment rate for veterans dropped to 6.6 per-cent in 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the news is positive, a 2013 University of Phoenix survey conducted by Harris Poll, revealed only one-third (33 percent) of active duty ser-vice members reported having made a transition plan for re-turning to civilian life after separation from the military.

“Service members acquire skills during their military careers that bring value and

diverse experience to civilian workplaces,” said University of Phoenix Military Relations vice president, retired Army Col. Garland Williams. “But some men and women leav-ing the service may not know how to market their skills as they transition to civilian jobs, and may therefore take jobs that do not leverage their experience. As thousands of men and women return from Iraq and Afghanistan to a highly competitive job mar-ket, it is imperative that they have a plan to translate their skills into fulfilling and en-riching jobs.”

If service members don’t know where to start, there are resources such as the U.S. Department of Labor’s Tran-sitional Assistance Program (TAP) to help veterans trans-late their skills and find qual-ity jobs.

Service members who have recently returned home might be interested in pursuing ca-reers at firms recognized for hiring veterans. The military has a Best Veteran Employ-ers list as well as current job postings for those companies. This list is updated frequently, so job seekers should check it often. In additional to apply-ing for current positions, ser-

vice members may consider requesting informational in-terviews in advance of their job searches to make sure they have the necessary training to be considered for the roles.

Some universities also of-fer resources for members of the military community who want to understand the avail-able career options, making it

easier to get started or contin-ue a career path. For example, the Military Skills Translator Tool provided by University of Phoenix takes a service mem-ber’s military occupational specialty code and provides a list of civilian occupations that correlate to the job skills the service member used, and refined while in the military. Each military job is linked di-rectly to labor market data to provide background on jobs and the education required to enter a specific field. Service members can also earn col-lege credit toward their degree programs based on their mili-tary experience.

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pare for a civilian job search:

-Start early. Begin the tran-sition process from military

to civilian life as early as two years before being discharged.

-Speak the language. Com-municate military experience and training with words, not acronyms, which may not translate on a resume. Pro-mote universal skills such as leadership, management, cooperation, teamwork and strategic thinking.

-Don’t be afraid to promote yourself. As every proud ser-vice member knows, there is a “we” vs. “me” mentality in the military. The ability to work in a team is important to com-municate, but you also have to be willing to discuss your own contributions and results.

-Consider flexible education and training programs. Edu-cation can help you address knowledge gaps and better understand and prepare for future careers.

“As thousands of men and women return from Iraq and Afghanistan to a highly competitive job market, it is imperative that they have a plan to translate their skills into fulfilling and enriching jobs.”

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¿qué es l o que se pr opone? El Departamento de Control de Substancias Tóxicas (DTSC, por sus siglas en inglés) invita al público a comentar en su Borrador del Plan de Acción de Remoción (RAW, por sus siglas en inglés) para el Sito Skylark en San José (Sitio), localizado en el 2470 y 2482 Almaden Road en San José, California. El DTSC está supervisando la investigación y la limpieza de contaminación propuesta para el Sitio. Investigaciones ambientales demuestran que el compuesto orgánico volátil (VOC, por sus siglas en inglés) tetrachloroethylene (PCE, por sus siglas en inglés) está presente en el gas del suelo en concentraciones que pueden potencialmente crear riesgo a la salud humana. El RAW propone instalar, monitorear y mantener una barrera impermeable y un sistema de ventilación en el subsuelo para prevenir que los futuros residentes se expongan al PCE. Se ha propuesto construir townhomes sobre la barrera impermeable y el sistema de ventilación del subsuelo.

LA DECLARACIÓN NEGATIVA SUBSIGUIENTE DE LA CALIDAD AMBIENTAL DE CALIFORNIA: El DTSC ha preparado un Estudio Inicial subsiguiente/Declaración Negativa Subsiguiente para dirigirse a los impactos potenciales al medio ambiente provenientes de la porción de limpieza del proyecto planeado para el Sitio, como lo requiere el Acto de Calidad Ambiental de California (CEQA, por sus siglas en inglés ). Este documento también esta disponible para el público y se puede encontrar en el Appendix E en el RAW.

¿CÓMO PUEDO PARTICIPAR? Los comentarios concernientes al borrador de Plan de Acción de Remoción se pueden someter a Jovanne Villamater, Project Manager, 700 Heinz Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94710 o [email protected]. Todos los comentarios deben de ser recibidos antes de Diciembre 8, 2014.

¿dónde puedo r ecibir mas inf or mación? El borrador del Plan de Acción de Remoción se puede revisar en la biblioteca: Willow Glen Branch Library 1157 Minnesota Avenue San Jose CA 95125, (408) 808-3045, o en el sitio de Internet de la DTSC: http://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/.

El record administrativo entero del sitio esta disponible para revisión en: DTSC- Berkeley Regional Of ce 700 Heinz Avenue Berkeley, California 94710 (510) 540-3800; Llame para una cita.

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Welcome Market, Inc. dba 99 Ranch Market of Union City, CA is recalling “Taro Toast”, “Family Toast”, “U-Ta-Ne Toast”, “Raisin Toast”, “Green Onion Porksung Toast”, “Coconut Toast”, “Pineapple Toast”, “Multi-9 Grain”, “Cheese Toast”, “Wheat Bran Toast”, and “Red Bean Toast” because the product labels failed to declare food allergen wheat, soy, and/or and milk in the ingredient statement. People who have an allergy or se-vere sensitivity to wheat, soy and/or milk run the risk of a life-threatening allergic reaction that requires im-mediate medical attention should they consume these products.

“Taro Toast”, “Family Toast”, “U-Ta-Ne Toast”, “Raisin Toast”, “Green Onion Pork-sung Toast”, “Coconut Toast”, “Pineapple Toast”, “Multi-9 Grain”, “Cheese Toast”, “Wheat Bran Toast”, and “Red Bean Toast” are vari-

ous flavors of toast, packaged as pre-sliced loaves in clear plastic bags. The products were distributed to company owned stores and each store has a different bar code and address information specific to each store. The products have a sell by date of 11/04/14 or prior.

Consumers in possession of “Taro Toast”, “Family Toast”, “U-Ta-Ne Toast”, “Raisin Toast”, “Green Onion Pork-sung Toast”, “Coconut Toast”, “Pineapple Toast”, “Multi-9 Grain”, “Cheese Toast”, “Wheat Bran Toast”, and

“Red Bean Toast” should not eat the product and should return the product to the place of purchase.

Consumers who have ex-perienced allergic reaction after consuming this product should contact their health care provider.

99 Ranch Market will be sending recall notices to all of its direct customers. Please call Wendy Lo at (510) 487-8899 extension 221 for fur-ther information.

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Location:Tare Green Sector, Utah Beach,

Normandy, FranceUnit: 531st Engineer Shore

Regiment, 3rd Army

“Now we would see water and sky and just wait, wait, BS and we played cards till I just didn’t feel like it any-more so I walked away and laid down to rest and think. As I lay there it came to me: “I wonder out of us who will be killed or wounded?” Will it be Sgt. Collins or Ter-cutto (who was wounded at Salerno), my pal Macie, maybe Tarbini (the company joker) then I would feel my throat lump and my body chill. No! Maybe it will be me, me killed or wounded. How would my family take it? My Mother with her bad heart could be fatal. Then I would force myself to get up and go back to the card game to relax but I could see other fellows doing the same – like Cole who almost lost his leg at the invasion of Sicily (was eventually killed in France). As he played you could see his hands shake as he dealt the cards and laughed.

Finally I fell asleep when suddenly my pal Macie shook me awake. He said, “Get up Amador and start getting ready. We’re going over the side in about an hour.” I looked at my watch and it was 5AM, June 6th. I thought to myself: “It’s al-most time.” I hurried, put my pack together, my towel, soap, cigarettes, candy, socks (I put the cigarettes and a pair of socks in my helmet in case everything else got wet). I tried to think if I had done everything right for what might come or happen. I took a last look at my family pictures and then I wrapped my wallet in cellophane from the “K-rations” so it wouldn’t get wet.

Up on deck there was sort of a heavy mist but we could see France miles away. There was the coast and to one side of us was the “Nevada” blast-ing away with its 16 inch guns and in the early dawn it seemed to light up the sky every time it let a salvo go.

We could see the first boats getting on shore behind us

and the first troops coming towards us. Now the ground shook something awful and the “Jerrys” began throw-ing shells around us. I felt last as if any second a shell would land in our hold and I heard yells of fear as the guys who were being hit by the deadly 88mm shrapnel. I was frozen with fear. Now as I looked over the edge of my hold, I could see more and more troops all over the beach and the water full of men wading in from the hundreds of boats coming in wave after wave, crawling and some digging as soon as they got on soil, but one made a move to advance.

The beach was a mass of men all in one small spot, to stay here was death for some, one every time a shell landed. It was a sure thing every time a shell landed I could hear screams and yells of agony. The fact was too many men in one spot. Soon I looked up and there was the stern face of a Colonel hollering at the men and pleading, almost begging saying “Boys if we must die let go on land and

die with a fighting chance. Here on this crowded beach we haven’t a chance. Come on!” Men forward and as he stood there in the sand, the men realized the cold fact they needed to move forward or be wiped out for sure as there was no protection from the deadly shell fire on the German’s were throwing at us.

The days passed and I prayed. Then towards the end of June outside of every day having a Gerry plane come down and taking a few fast shots at us we kept to our jobs of guiding in com-ing troop convoys across the beach mine fields and the outgoing convoys of poor torn, beaten up bodies of American wounded. Soon, our first batch of mail came in and I got the news from home. Nance wrote saying everyone was fine but told me Pop died from Appendix operation. (I found later this was not true). I felt bad and wondered how Ma was tak-ing it, then tried to get it off my mind.”

Pvt. Monico C. Amador’s journals were put into print and interpreted by long hours spent by Jeanne Ama-

dor. Many thanks to her. Jim Amador edited and added the photos and artwork.

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Pvt Monico C. Amador in later years, pictured with Robert F. Kennedy. Photo from Chris Equihua.

The following is a journal excerpt by Pvt. Monico C. Amador that took place starting on the early morning of June 6th 1944

Susan FerrissNAM

As the national debate over childhood inequities sharpens, recent develop-ments in California highlight struggles over practices crit-ics say deprive some kids of quality class time and fuel a “school-to-prison pipeline.” This month, for instance, a judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring that state education officials intervene immediately at a school where students have joined a class-action lawsuit originally filed in May; stu-dents at the school, Jeffer-son High in lower-income south Los Angeles, allege that they’ve been deprived of equal time for education in comparison to kids at other more affluent schools. More than 90 percent of students at Jefferson High are Latino, many the children of im-migrants, and more than 8 percent of students are black. The Oct. 8 order by Alam-eda County Superior Court Judge Hernandez, Jr., re-quired state officials to im-mediately ensure Jefferson kids are not placed in classes this fall that they’ve already taken and passed or assigned periods dubbed “home” or “service” periods that are “devoid” of academic instruc-tion. State officials say they’re complying with the order. The class-action suit over “lost learning time” was filed in May on behalf of kids at nine California schools, including two in Alameda County, as the Center for Pub-lic Integrity reported. Kids at Jefferson in L.A. joined the suit in early October. Students at various schools in the suit complained they were denied classes they needed to either graduate or apply to college, and suf-fered from poor instruc-

tion due to frequent teacher turnover and chaos in sched-uling. The litigation was filed by Los Angeles-based Public Counsel, which has also represented students in expulsions, along with the American Civil Liberties Union and other law groups. Policy makers and busi-nesses in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in California also argue for more action to close an “achievement gap” and boost access to college prep classes for La-tino and black students. In a request this fall for im-mediate intervention, Jeffer-son student Jason Magaña, who aspires to be an aero-nautical engineer, said in a Sept. 14, 2014, declaration to court that he was scheduled this fall for a graphics design class he had already taken and passed twice. He was also placed in an overcrowded AP English class of 50 kids. In addition, he was moved to an economics class he needs to graduate but had to struggle to catch up because he entered four weeks late. The student also said was given two “home” periods he didn’t request this semester and a schedule that had him done with school by 11:20 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fri-days.

“These ‘classes’ are not designed to deliver real in-struction…but rather are no more than fillers designed to plug gaps where no genu-ine courses are readily avail-able,” Deasy said. He said he thought the restraining order should be placed on every school in the L.A. district that assigns kids to these periods. The Center in 2013 investigat-ed how Mexican-American farmworker kids who were removed from regular schools were limited to alternative campuses so far from their homes they either dropped out or were put on indepen-dent “home” study with only one half day a week of actual time with a teacher. The Kern High School District, which is named in the suit filed Oct. 9, has declined to comment. Data also showed at-home suspensions have been dis-proportionately imposed on black and Latino kids, rais-ing questions about whether certain kids are treated more harshly for perceived misbe-havior. Moreover, critics—including law enforcement officials—pointed to research that suspensions put kids behind academically, further alienate them from school, and also increase their risk of getting into trouble and drop-ping out.

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Supervisor Dave CorteseSan Jose

CALIFORNIA Day on the Bay, co-presented by my office and the County Parks Department, was a memorable success again this year because of all the people who came together to make it happen, starting with the 9,000 plus Santa Clara County residents who joined us at Alviso Marina County Park. From what I saw, you had a great time kayaking, pump-

kin picking, zucchini car rac-ing, wall climbing and eating hamburgers grilled by the Santa Clara County Fire De-partment. Thank you for at-tending the October 12 event. Thanks also to the 156 exhib-itors who filled the park with canopied booths and dis-tributed information about services that are vital to the health of our community, and to the Santa Clara Coun-ty Public Health Department for giving free flu shots to at-tendees, to the County EMS for demonstrating CPR and a host of other health care

providers who gave vision and dental checkups and blood pressure tests. Thank you to Los Gatos-Saratoga Community Edu-cation and Recreation for providing the kayaks and the free rides, and to the Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s De-partment for bringing out the SWAT Command Ve-hicle and the San Jose City Fire Department for letting us inspect a fire engine. A big thanks to our emcees who announced our prize winners and kept the per-

formers on time at our two stages: Sam Van Zandt from KBAY 94.5, CelinaRodri-guez from La Kaliente 1370 AM and Margaret Jackson from AM 1220 KDOW Busi-ness on the Edge. We’re grateful to South Bay School of Music Arts in Mil-pitas for bringing their enter-tainers to the festival and to owner Joe Santoro for run-ning the sound board. Also performing were Angela Ti-rado, Hung Vuong Institute, El Grito de la Cultura, Mil-pitas High School Glee Club, Monica Guzman-Vallin, Andres Faz & Ben Cadana, Bytes and Notes, Hala Dance, Zumba Fitness with Bonnie, The Alliance, Mad-

die Bartolome and Zumba Fitness with Rosemary.

We couldn’t have done it without the Santa Clara County Parks Department, my staff and the 200 volun-teers from high school and youth groups led by John-son Tran. And last, but certainly not least, thank you to our sponsors that include Sprint, El Observador, EV Princess Cosmetics, Double Ten Celebration Commit-tee, PG&E, McDonald’s, Hotel Valencia, Kaiser Per-manente, South Bay Islamic Association, CEFCU, At&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Youth Fund and the

Oakland Athletics. We were also supported by Lunch With Tony’s, Kaati Fresh, San Jose Sharks, San Jose Giants, Target, Chick fil-A, Starbucks, Applebee’s, Dave and Busters, Black An-gus, Outback, PetSmart, Red Lobster, Sports Basement, Patxi’s Pizza, Panera Bread, Noah’s Bagels, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Hobee’s, Nurse Builders Academy, George Mayne Elementary School and MV Transit. For any questions about Day on the Bay or any other topic, please call my office at 408-299-5030 or email me at [email protected].

9,000 plus Santa Clara County residents attended the October 12th event at Alviso Marina County Park which included fun games, pumpkin picking and free kayaking

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Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR

What is obvious is that a tra-ditional wave of voter frustra-tion resulted from the success of the Republican strategy to link all Democratic candi-dates with the Administra-tion of President Obama. At the national level, many Re-publican candidates for Gov-ernor won aided by all the restrictive activities aimed at low income ethnic voters. Re-publicans won 7 Senatorial seats which means that Sen-ator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) will no longer control the U.S. Senate. With a Repub-lican majority a new leader will be elected by the con-servative Republican Party. For the final two years of his administration, President Obama, like four prior U.S. Presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, and G.W. Bush) will have to deal with a U.S. Congress where the opposition party (Repub-licans) now controls both the Senate and the House. This was not unexpected by those political analysts who follow these trends. The registered voters are very dissatisfied and frustrated by the gridlocked inaction of the U.S. ‘do-nothing’ Congress. During the past six years of the Obama Administration, the only significant legisla-tion passed was the Afford-able Care Act (ObamaCare) which reduced the number of uninsured citizens. How-ever, in many RED states with a Republican governor, the choice was made not to implement the 2010 ACA health care insurance pro-gram. This was aided by the

inept launch of online enroll-ment websites which had to be revised several times. That led to President Obama being labeled as ‘ineffective’ despite the successful leadership which ended the Iraqi war and Afghanistan war along with the economic recovery efforts (especially jobs) from the Great Recession of 2008. The Hispanic community is repulsed by the inept reso-lution of immigration is-sues, low wage issues, and perceived continued neglect of long standing socio-eco-nomic issues. The Obama Administration deported many Hispanics, with the re-sult that many Latino fami-lies were separated. Looking back, Democrats may have been favorably rewarded had the new Obama Administra-tion, which had a majority in both the House and the Senate (2008-2009) taken on the long standing im-migration reform issues be-fore crafting the ACA 2010 (ObamaCare). The His-panic community has not been treated well by either Democrats or Republicans. An outcome of this lengthy inept treatment is that the Hispanic citizen would be well advised to not belong to either party. The best choice today is to be totally independent and unaffili-ated. Then it would become a true independent swing vote, especially if the Hispan-ic registered voter did vote. Let’s face the fact, that by not voting in great numbers which the Hispanic commu-nity already possesses, the Hispanics will continue to be underserved, underfunded,

and unattended. One thing will continue, its labor force will be exploited by being un-derpaid. Its skilled labor will be used when needed and set aside unemployed when not. In Silicon Valley the conser-vatives will continue to bene-fit from a Latino skilled labor force which can be depended upon to do their job without becoming involved as an ac-tive member of the electorate. This is the traditional behav-ior which must be changed if Latinos are to really assimi-late. Some 85% are citizens by birthright (i.e., they were born here, educated here, work here, and live here), though when convenient, some Hispanic-Americans were deported along with their immigrant parents. The question now is ‘When will this frustrated Hispanic community revolt?’ That eventuality may be closer now than before. But be-cause it is not organized well today; because this community focuses upon differences rather than its common traits, because it has experienced governance neglect, its revolution will not happen. It often deals from a position of weakness rather than one of power. And the most effective power is going to be more difficult to obtain…..that is the eco-nomic power which every-one respects and recognizes. For the next six years or so, the Hispanic community can expect to not see immi-gration reform nor will it see access to affordable housing, middle class job opportuni-ties, access to education, and inclusive social acceptance.

Its lack of ability to become a component of the electorate which elects its own repre-sentatives continues to con-tribute to its inability to rise to its full potential. That is self-inflicted. Every election counts. Hispanics missed a great opportunity to stand up by participating in this November 4, 2014 election and it did not do that….so it will continue to be neglected and exploited. That is the sad outcome of its own inactions. If that does not change, they will stay where they are to-day. That is the outcome of non-participation.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV271087Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Juan Jesus Lugo and Jes-sica Naranjo Saucedo. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners, Juan Jesus Lugo and Jessica Naranjo Sauce-do, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Juan Je-sus Lugo to Juan Jesus Velazquez b. Jessica Naranjo Saucedo to Jes-sica Naranjo Velazquez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons inter-ested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 02/17/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a news-paper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara. September 25, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV271087Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Joshua Nathon Peevyhouse and Jacob Sebastian Peevy-house. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that pe-titioners, Joshua Nathon Peevyhouse and Jacob Sebastian Peevyhouse, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Joshua Nathon Peevyhouse to Joshua Nathon Morales b. Jacob Sebastian Peevyhouse to Jacob Sebastian Morales. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 03/17/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published

at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a news-paper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 30, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV272814Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mar-cos Ivan Castanesa. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Mar-cos Ivan Castanesa, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Marcos Ivan Castanesa to Marcos Ivan Diaz Castanesa. The COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show

cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 03/24/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. November 5, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSI-NESS

NAME STATEMENT NO. 598068

The following person(s) is(are) doing business, MundiTravel Tours 13785 Story Rd. San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara Co. Ivania Arguel-lo, 148 Puerto Golfito Ct. San Jose, Ca 95116. This business is con-ducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon. “I

declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Ivania Arguello November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/04/2014.



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Stanford Professional Real 4062 Fabian Way #7 Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara Co. Frank Ruan 49 Showers Dr A229 Mountain View, CA 94040. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 01/01/2008 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Frank Ruan November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/23/2014.



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Latin Foods Market 5583 Playa del Rey San Jose, Ca 95123, CA 94303, Santa Clara Co. Oscar Rios 5583 Playa del Rey San Jose, CA 95123. This business is con-ducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Oscar RiosNovember 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/04/2014.



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, 1) Tonita’s Cleaning, 1138 Starbird Circle Apt. 7 San Jose, CA 95117, Santa Clara Co. 2). Tonita’s Carpet Cleaning 1138 Starbird Circle Apt 7 San Jose, CA 95117,

Santa Clara Co. Maria A. Rodas 1138 Starbird Circle Apt 7 San Jose, CA 95117. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual; registrant has be-gun transacting business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names list-ed hereon, 09/26/2014 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Maria A. Rodas November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/31/2014



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, 1) Santa’s Helper Light-ing 815 Pescadero Dr San Jose, 95123, Santa Clara Co 2). Angel’s Lighting 815 Pescadero Dr San Jose, 95123, Santa Clara Co. Carlos Angel 815 Pescadero Dr San Jose, 95123. This business is conducted by an individual; regis-trant has begun transact-ing business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 11/15/2009 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Carlos AngelNovember 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/04/2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV267485Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Roya Dawn Montano. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitioner, Roya Dawn Montano, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Roya Dawn Montano to Roya Dawn Afshar. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 12/09/14 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San

Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a news-paper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 29, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 31; November 7, 14, 21, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV272515Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Shankar-narayana Rahul Kava-laphra. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Shankarnarayana Rahul Kavalaphra, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Shankarnaray-ana Rahul Kavalaphra to Rahul Kavalaphra b. Rahul S Kavalaphra to Rahul Kavalaphra. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 03/17/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a news-paper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 29, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 31; November 7, 14, 21, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV267485Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tianyou Yu. TO ALL INTEREST-ED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Tianyou Yu, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Tianyou Yu to Peter Yu. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this

matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 03/15/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a news-paper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 24, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 31; November 7, 14, 21, 2014



The following person(s) is(are) doing business Elva Arambula 5E 2817 San Point Dr. San Jose, CA 95148, Santa Clara Co. Elva Arambula 2817 San Point Dr. San Jose, CA 95148. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who de-clares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Elva Arambula October 31; November 7, 14, 21, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/08/2014.



The following person(s) is(are) doing business Golden Freight 510 Par-rott St #2 San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Christine Hoang 910 Rockefeller Dr #5 Sunny-vale, CA 94087. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 10/21/2014 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Christine Hoang October 31; November 7, 14, 21, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/21/2014.

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 13LEGAL CLASSIFIEDSNotice of Petition to Administer Estate of Victoria PlasenciaNo.114PR175024

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Gabriel Plasencia in the Supe-rior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition requests that Gabriel Plasencia be appointed as per-sonal representative to administer the estate of the decedent, Victoria Plasencia. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are avail-able for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests au-thority to administer the estate under the Inde-pendent Administration of Estates Act. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: November 14, 2014 9:30am, Dept. 12, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95112If you object to the grant-ing of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attor-ney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal represen-tative appointed by the court within the later of ei-ther: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general per-sonal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowl-edgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person inter-ested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Spe-cial Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner:Owen Singer, SBN 93272/ Masumi M. Sakai, SBN 242902152 N. Third Street Suite 800San Jose, CA 95112408-947-1751



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, XL Vehicle Graphics & Digital Prints 947 Park Ave. San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara Co. O & J, Inc. 947 Park Ave San Jose, CA 95126. This business is con-ducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon, 3/20/13. “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who de-clares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Omar Lara, PresidentOctober 24, 31; Novem-ber 7, 14, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/17/14.



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Tiempos Finales, 1640 Alum Rock Ave San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co. Tiempos Fi-nales Corp., 1640 Alum Rock Ave San Jose, CA 95116. This business is conducted by a corpora-tion; registrant has be-gun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 08/08/2011. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Jose Arturo Gutierrez Osorio, PresidentOctober 24, 31; Novem-ber 7, 14, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/16/14.



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Math and Science Prep, 187 S. 12th Street San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Julia Miller 187 S. 12th Street San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by an individual; reg-istrant has not begun business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false

is guilty of a crime.)Julia MillerOctober 24, 31; Novem-ber 7, 14 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/14/14.



The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Subway Sandwiches & Salads 2105 Middlefield Way #F Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara Co. OSM Enterprises Inc. 2361 Mabury Rd San Jose, CA 95133. This business is con-ducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon, 12/31/2008. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Gupreet S. Marwah, PresidentOctober 24, 31; Novem-ber 7, 14, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/15/14.

Statement of Aban-donment

of Use of Fictitious Business Name

NO. 597463The following person/entity has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Tiem-pos Finales Television, 1640 Alum Rock Ave San Jose, CA 95116. Noe Lumus, 2352 Lu-cretia Ave #4 San Jose, CA 95122. This business was conducted by an in-dividual and was filed in Santa Clara County on 08/06/2009 under file no. 527452Noe LumusOctober 24, 31; Novem-ber 7, 14, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 9/25/2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV272018Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Aidene Olia Elio Brown. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitioner, Aiden Olia Elio Brown, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Aidene Olia Elio Brown to Aidene Olia Zeno. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons

interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 3/3/15 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a news-paper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 17, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 24, 31; Novem-ber 7, 14, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV272013Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kseniya S Serbina. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Kseniya S Serbina, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Kseniya S Ser-bina to Xenia Serbin. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 3/3/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a news-paper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 17, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 24, 31; Novem-ber 7, 14, 2014

.FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTNO. 597352

The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Scooby Doo, 411 La Pala Drive San Jose 95127, Santa Clara Co. Jacinto Rivera Barragan 411 La Pala Drive San Jose, CA 95127. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 10/10/2014. “I declare that

all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Jacinto Rivera Barragan October 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/14/14.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 596595The following person(s) is(are) doing business, JBiz Threadz n’ Treadz, 4188 Haines Ave San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara Co. James E. Bau-man, 4188 Haines Ave San Jose, CA 95136. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names list-ed hereon. “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)James E. Bauman October 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 9/18/14.


NO. 597342The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Sil-icon Valley Brokers, 3152 Story Road San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara Co. Ponciano C. Alvarez 1158 Machado Ln. San Jose, CA 95127. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Ponciano C. AlvarezOctober 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/10/14.


NO. 597343The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Silicon Valley Advanced Technologies, 1158 Mach-ado Ln. San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara Co. Xavier B. Alvarez, 1158 Machado Ln. San Jose, CA 95127. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true

and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Xavier B. AlvarezOctober 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/10/14.


NO. 597356The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Corazon’s Saludables, 915 S. Almaden Ave San Jose CA, 95110 Santa Clara Co. Isaac Hernan-dez 308 David Ave #22 San Jose, CA 95128 and Elizabeth Nungaray 308 David Ave #22 San Jose, CA 95128. This business is conducted by a general partnership; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 10/14/14. “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Elizabeth NungarayOctober 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/14/14.


NO. 597384The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Tacos Time 1250 E. Ju-lian Street San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co. Miguel Flores 1578 Terilyn Ave San Jose, Ca 95122. This business is con-ducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Miguel FloresOctober 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/14/14.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV271751Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Sebastian Antonio Tercero-Marcia. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner; Se-bastian Antonio Tercero-Marcia has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for

a decree changing name as follows: a. Sebastian Antonio Tercero-Marcia to Donaldson Sebastian Gonzalez-Tercero. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 02/24/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 10, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV271527Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jenny K. Singh. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner; Jenny K. Singh has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing name as fol-lows: a. Jenny K. Singh to Jatinder K. Singh. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 02/24/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 6, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV271420Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Zach-ery Thomas Hender-shot and Madonna Mae Ulanday Lazo. TO ALL

INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitioners, Zachery Thomas Hendershot and Madonna Mae Ulanday Lazo, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Zachery Thomas Hendershot to Zachery Thomas Smith and b. Madonna Mae Ulanday Lazo to Madonna Mae Ulanday Smith. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 11/25/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 2, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF

CITATIONTO APPEAR AT

HEARINGNo. 1-13-AD-023088

The Court finds that the presumed father Andres Diaz Isalas, cannot be served in any other man-ner specified in the Cali-fornia Code of Civil Proce-dure. The Court approved this order for Citation on October 6, 2014; this file was endorsed on July 6, 2014, to be served by publication re: the Adop-tion Petition of; Enrique Silverstre Castro, petition-ers on behalf of Zuildey Maqueda, a minor. The People of the State of Cal-ifornia to ANDRES DIAZ ISALAS: You are hereby cited to appear at 11:00am on November 17, 2014 in Department 15 at the Su-perior Court of California, located at 191 North First St in San Jose, CA. At that time and place, you must show cause why the peti-tion of Enrique Silverstre Castro to terminate your parental rights regarding your minor child, Zuildey Maqueda should not be granted. You are further advised that if you appear at the above hearing and wish to have legal counsel but are unable to afford counsel, the court will appoint counsel on your behalf. October 17, 24, 31; No-vember 7, 2014

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The true story of a WWII U.S. Army combat unit is docu-mented by author Dave Guti-errez’s five year labor of love. commitment, and intense personal interest which began with the simple research of his family genetic tree using online sources of information. His family history led him to learn that his relative, Ra-mon G. Gutierrez, had served in Company E, Second Bat-taliion, 141st Regiment, 36th

Division, U.S. Army. This unit was composed of more than 200 GI’s who were all Mexi-can American residents of the Del Rio and El Paso, Texas border area. All these Mexican Americans experienced the segregated military services of that 1940’s era. Company E served with valor, honor and distinction when participating in the Allied Forces campaign in North Africa, and spear-headed the invasion of the

Italian mainland at Salerno. Company E would also make the landing at Anzio and the drive towards Rome. The first invasion of the European continent was not at Nor-mandy Beach, France on June 6, 1944, rather it was when Salerno was assaulted and oc-cupied many months earlier by U.S. Army forces which in-cluded Company E.

Over a five year period. au-thor Dave Gutierrez traced survivors for interviews and commentary; or contacted surviving family members who shared photos, docu-ments, dairies, and memories. A poignant landscape of per-sonal and collective experienc-es is documented and com-municated through anecdotes and descriptions which convey with unusual clarity the preju-dicial, bigoted, and biased practices of their American society prevalent during that 1940’s WWII era.

Yet these Mexican American men served their nation with valor, honor and distinction during their entire military service period. DUTY, HON-OR AND COUNTRY WAS THEIR MANTRA. A prior Department of Defense re-port documents that Mexican American combat service men earned/were awarded the most ‘Congressional Medals of Honor’ (more than 60 and more than any other ethnic group). This book, entitled PATRIOTS FROM THE BARRIO, conveys the per-sonal stories of these AMERI-CAN CITIZENS, who. despite the pejorative attitudes and

practices of their communities in Texas at that time (1940’s) chose to serve with verve, val-or, honor, and distinction.

The ‘Patriot from the Barrio’ Ramon G. Gutierrez, of Del Rio, Texas, earned the Silver Star Medal, received three (3) Purple Heart medals, and was recognized by the Soviet Union, which awarded Ra-mon G. Gutierrez its Medal of Valor (He is listed along with General Dwight D. Eisen-hauer, CIC, Allied Forces). Gutierrez was captured twice, escaped twice and returned to his unit. His true story is an ex-ample of Mexican-American men who served in the U.S. Army during WWII as mem-bers of this unique combat unit.

Company E is relevant today because it makes us all proud of our own. When the door of opportunity to serve this na-tion opened, these Americans of Mexican heritage, stepped up and performed very well.

This book needs to be read by all current Chicanos.Latinos, Hispanics and the American public. It needs to be avail-able in all local school and college libraries because it fills a historical void not taught in American History classes, and read by our current generation of youth who are not aware ‘Why they belong’ in the cur-rent American society. Their personal situation today was earned by the valor and com-bat experiences of Mexican-Americans whose homes were in barrios; whose housing. education, and social status

was considered ‘less than that of the Anglos.’ These ‘Ameri-cans of Mexican heritage came home to the biased practices which denied them their GI Bill of Rights entitlements (education, job training, home loans, ‘redlined for business loans’, etc.)….which led to the formation of the American GI Forum by Dr. Hector Gar-cia (1945). The local San Jose American GI Forum, Chapter No. One, addressed ;local so-cial, education, economic, and public policy issues which this book describes with precision and clarity.

Dave Gutierrez and his family are residents of San Jose, CA. He and his family maintain their Tejano roots and Mexi-can-American heritage.

Publisher’s Note: Make plans to add this book, published by Xlibris, to your personal library. Order online at www.Xlibris.com, www.amazon.com or www.barnesand-noble.com. It is available in hard copy format ($29.99 + S&H), soft copy format, and digital Ebook format. ISBN 978-1-4990-5493-4; This re-viewer strongly recommends purchasing two copies; keep one and present the second one to your local elementary or high school library to en-sure its presence sooner rather than later. The Latino youth who read PATRIOTS FROM THE BARRIO will acquire historical knowledge that will swell their self esteem. We are beyond ‘Si se Puede’; today ‘Juntos racemes mas con exito’ (together we do more success-fully).

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Ingredientes1 cuchara de aceite

4 dientes de ajo, picados½ taza (4 oz/125 gr) de cebolla picada finamente

1 pimiento verde, cortado en tiras1 cucharadita de sal

½ cucharaditas de pimienta fresca molida 2 hojas de laurel

5 tomates medianos, cortados en dados1 cucharadita de orégano seco

½ taza (2½ oz/75 gr) de aceitunas verdes picadas¼ taza (2 oz/60 gr) de alcaparras

1 lata (28 oz) de Salsa de Chile Colorado LAS PALMAS®6 filetes (aproximadamente 4 oz/125 gr cada uno) de salmón fresco

2 cucharas (1 oz/30 gr) de mantequilla PreparaciónCalienta el aceite en una olla grande, agrega el ajo y la cebolla y deja saltear por 3 minutos. Agrega la Salsa de Chile Colorado LAS PALMAS® y los tomates, y deja que hierva. Agrega el pimento y mezcla por 2 minutos. Agrega sal y pimienta, y mezcla por 2 minutos. Agrega sal y pimienta otra vez, al gusto, las hojas de laurel y el orégano. Deja a un lado.

Cuando empiece a hervir, cubre y cocina a fuego bajo por 8 minutos. Agrega las aceitunas y las alcaparras y cocina por 5 minutos más. Prueba y si es necesario, ajusta los condimentos. Retira del fuego.

20 minutos antes de servir, precalienta el horno a 375F (190C). Enjuaga los filetes, sécalos y rocía suavemente con sal y pimienta. Derrita la mantequilla en un sartén grande; coloca los filetes y cocina hasta que estén un poco marrón de cada lado.

Pásalos a un plato para hornear engrasado y cubre con la salsa. Cubre el plato con papel de aluminio y hornea por 10-15 minutos. Adorna cada filete con la mezcla de Salsa de Chile Colorado LAS PALMAS® antes de servir.Nota: Si prefieres, puedes usar un pescado entero pero tendrás que hornearlo por más tiempo.Pruébalo con una porción de arroz blanco y una cuchara de Frijoles con Chili LAS PALMAS®.

6 porcionesTiempo de preparación: 40 minutos

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this year’s was meant to out do and garner much more help from fans and com-munity for the organizations that these haircuts would be done for. While getting trimmed, Assistant Captain Joe Pavelski added, “It’s for a good cause. (There’s) so many good foundations out there, its great to give back a little bit.”

Last year’s buzzcut involved only Burns, with some of his teammates doing the cut-ting and shaving. This year though, professionals came in from Santana Row’s W’s Salon to cut the Sharks players’ hair. Burns was relieved,“they really saved my head a lot of trauma.”

Members of the San Fran-cisco Zoo came with a friend in hand, a blue-tongue skink, a reptile resembling a lizard, which has a blue tongue used to ward off predators. This omnivore-friend helped highlight the need for dona-tions to the various organiza-tions. The zoo in particular would use some of the dona-tions to provide new ham-mocks for their gorillas.

Burnzie’s Buzzcut started in 2013 as an idea by Burns and wife Susan, to raise money for causes close to their hearts. The fundraiser started mid-October with a modest goal of raising $10,000. By day five the goal had already been

reached. By the end of the campaign, Sharks fans across the country donated more than $24,000 to the cause.

Defending the Blue Line’s (DTBL) mission is to en-sure that children of military members are afforded every opportunity to participate in the game of hockey. This is accomplished by providing free equipment for military kids, hockey camps, special events, and financial assis-tance for registration fees and other costs associated with hockey.

The Katie Moore Founda-tion (KMF) was founded by former Sharks athlete Dominic Moore following the passing of his wife Ka-tie due to a rare liver cancer. The KMF is committed to funding research to advance cancer care and providing resources and hope to indi-

viduals and families battling rare diseases.

The San Francisco Zoo is designed with the underly-ing belief that nature-focused interaction leads to conserva-tion action. Learning about animals inspires visitors to care for all wildlife. The San Francisco Zoo is home to over 1,000 exotic, endangered and rescued animals representing more than 250 species and lovely peaceful gardens full of native and foreign plants.

Donations are still being accepted at sjsharks.com/buzzcut with the goal of rais-ing $5,000 for each of these worthwhile charities. For more information on the or-ganizations involved, please visit their respective websites: www.defendingtheblueline.org, www.KatieMoore.org, and www.sfzoo.org.

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In an effort to raise funds to support Defending the Blue Line, the Katie Moore Foun-dation, the San Francisco Zoo, Sharks defenseman Brent Burns and some of his

teammates allowed profes-sional Santana Row’s W’s Salon to give them buzz cuts and in Brent’s case, shave his beard as well.The event took place on Nov. 3 at Sharks Ice in San José. Burns was joined by Sharks teammates Chris Tierney, Barclay Goodrow, James Sheppard, Joe Pavel-ski and Mirco Mueller, who also got a buzz cut to raise funds for charity.

The top six donors will re-ceive two tickets to watch a 2014-15 Sharks home game in Brent’s suite, while the top 15 donors were allowed to witness the shaving in person, and meet Brent and the company at the buzzcut event.

While last year’s inaugural buzzcut for charity did attract a lot of attention and praise,

‣James Sheppard (left) and Mirco Mueller (right) took to the shears before Brent Burns (far right, pictured with his wife), who was the “headliner”.

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Thousands of Central Val-ley residents descended on Bakersfield this month to celebrate “Guelaguetza,” a vi-brant festival of indigenous dance and music with a long tradition in Mexico.

Since its start in 2001, the Bakersfield festival, mirror-ing the Central Valley’s indig-enous Mexican population itself, has grown in size and diversity.

“It was put together by a group of us who are Mixtec,” said Hector Hernandez, ex-ecutive director of Unidad Popular Benito Juarez, a grassroots coalition of indig-enous community groups. “Over time as we grew, differ-ent indigenous groups want-ed to participate, so it became a Guelaguetza.”

As the Guelaguetza – in the Zapotec language the word means “offering” or “an exchange of gifts” – has grown, said Hernandez, it has become a sort of cultural showcase for the various in-digenous communities that have migrated to the valley in recent years, groups that have historically been marginalized both in the U.S. and Mexico.

Only 1,831 individuals in Kern County self-identified as indigenous on the 2010 Cen-sus, but Hernandez estimates the real number of indigenous people in Kern County, the majority from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, is somewhere between 8,000 and 10,000.About 3,500 people attended this year’s Guelaguetza at the Cal State Bakersfield amphi-theater, the largest event yet.

“We are very thankful to ev-eryone who made this event as successful as it was -- our community, the volunteers, the dancers, and all of the media outlets who helped us promote this event,” said Hernandez.

Guelaguetza perfomanc-es tell the story of the first contact between European Christians and indigenous peoples. Before colonization, the Guelaguetza brought in-digenous nations together to honor Centeotl, the goddess of maize. In colonial times, the image of Centeotl took on a Catholic form, in La Virgen del Carmen.

These, calaveritas, or skulls, are decorated crafts, often customary in Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations. The calaveritas were only a few of several crafts on display at this picturesque festival.

Part of the aim of Guelag-etza, said Hernandez, is the retention of cultural memory and pride in one’s indigenous heritage.

“Before I became more conscious and historically aware, I used to refer to my-self as “Hispanic,” but once I learned what it refers to and that it doesn’t refer to me, I don’t use it anymore,” said Hernandez. “There’s a legacy of colonization forced onto me… the Spanish language, is supposed to make us “His-panic” but it just isn’t that way… [indigenous identity] lives on.”

Language also became a point of contention at the most recent organiz-ing meeting for Guelagetza in Bakersfield. A question

arose over which language should be used first in giving the welcome that would kick off the event. Despite some internal resistance, organiz-ers eventually decided that indigenous languages, not Spanish, would be placed front and center.

“Language is how [we] make sense of things, it has power, and for an indigenous event, about indigenous cul-ture, we need to use indig-enous languages,” said Her-nandez, adding, “It’s all very foreign to a lot of people. Just the word [Guelagetza] can be hard for people to hear and pronounce.”

According to Hernandez, when Unidad Popular Benito Juarez presented their plan for the Guelaguetza to depart-ment heads at Cal State Ba-kersfield, they were reluctant to support it.La Guelaguetza gave families the opportunity for multiple generations to learn about Oaxacan culture together.

“They were taken aback that we used the name of Benito Juarez (a liberal reformist president of Mexico, of Zapo-tec origin) because they said he was a rebel… that he was a problematic figure,” recount-ed Hernandez.

Nevertheless, the university’s initial uneasiness with asso-ciating with Unidad Popular Benito Juarez “smoothed out” in subsequent years, accord-ing to Hernandez.Today, said Hernandez, the Guelaguetza aims to preserve history and culture for future generations, and to instill pride in the leg-acy of indigenous people. A customer purchases tlayudas, a traditional Oaxacan dish.

Tlayudas, often described as a “Mexican pizza,” are consid-ered one of the most popular Oaxacan street foods. Tlayu-las are prepared with an over-sized corn tortilla, followed by a spread of pork fat and bean paste, then covered with cheese, shredded lettuce or cabbage, tomatoes, salsa, and topped with meat.

“The youth today prefer to adapt to current customs and completely forget their pasts -- to go trick or treat-ing instead of building an altar to the dead, or cooking mole with the family. That is culture,” said Hernandez. “In Mexico they used to com-pose calaveritas, poems and

lyrics to denounce political injustices, to talk about your history and yourself,” he said. “But now it’s about commer-cialism or consumption of themed movies… We have to study and analyze our histo-ries and reclaim what’s been lost.”

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Photo Caption: “Guelaguetza,” is a vibrant festival of indigenous dance and music with a long tradition in Mexico. Photo credit: Daniel Jimenez

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porque es amigable, respe-tuosa, jovial, no le teme a las situaciones novedosas ni a los nuevos contactos, tampoco se deja vencer por condiciones adversas. No se debe tener temor al cambio, cuando las situaciones varían hay que variar también, ajustarse a

las circunstancias y seguir adelante en busca de nuevas y mejores oportunidades. No debemos lamentarnos por lo que ya pasó, por lo que hi-cimos mal o por lo que deja-mos de hacer, mucho menos perder energía en la tristeza o en la temida depresión.

Al incluir el feng shui en nuestra personalidad es in-dispensable dejar a un lado la inseguridad, la angustia, la timidez y el qué dirán. Una persona progresista siempre está dispuesta y lista para asimilar nuevas experiencias, aprende de todo, trabaja con entusiasmo, lee libros, se su-pera, se informa, trata de estar al tanto de todo lo que sucede a su alrededor y saca prove-cho de los acontecimientos que le rodean. Y como tiene una conversación agrada-ble e interesante, no le faltan amigos, conocidos y perso-nas que deseen conocerle. Esencialmente la persona que disfruta del feng shui, se aleja de la apatía, evita el mal carác-ter, huye de la rutina y se apar-ta de la inconstancia. Man-tiene la mente cargada de buenos propósitos, le dedica unos minutos diarios a la ora-ción, decreta paz, abundancia, buena salud e inventa nuevos senderos para salir adelante y ser feliz. Y cuando ha de to-mar una decisión importan-te, la toma sin vacilaciones. La familia, los amigos y los conocidos, representan una fuente de energía en el feng shui, energía que se nutre cada vez que somos genero-sos. La generosidad represen-ta el máximo caudal de buena suerte que se cultiva en la men-te y el corazón de los demás. Un aspecto muy importante y verdaderamente prioritario consiste en cuidar la aparien-cia personal. Una persona feng shui, es alguien que luce bien y que presta atención al buen mantenimiento de su salud y a su presentación, se ejercita constantemente, come sanamente, evita los vicios, toma tiempo al mante-nimiento y cuidado de su piel, dentadura, cabello, uñas, etc. y con ello crea a su alrededor una aura positiva que le con-duce por un sendero de fortu-na y éxito.

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Hispanic YouTube stars come out of nowhere … Una chica makes some videos in her bed-room. Two years later, maybe she’s talking to 15 other kids – or maybe she has 7.5 million subscribers to her YouTube channel.

The most high-profile of the latter is Bethany Mota, AKA Macbarbie07. Mota began pro-ducing “haul” videos in 2009, showing off new purchases. Her first video shows a shy, sub-dued tween sitting in an under-lit bedroom rambling on about some makeup she bought.

Fast forward to 2014, and Mota is on the cover of Fast Company and launching her own clothing line from Aero-postale, while flying around the world producing kicky videos about style and shopping – oh, and appearing on Dancing with the Stars.

There are plenty of Hispanic video stars, including Rosanne Pansino, Tiffany Garcia and Divino.

There will always be com-petition in launching new video destinations, but nothing of the scale that YouTube has achieved.

Why one blows up and an-other doesn’t is somewhat mysterious. For example, in her second-ever video, Mota gives a shout-out to a mentor, Blair Fowler, known on YouTube as juicystar07. Fowler began covering the style and beauty territory earlier than Mota, yet she’s coasted along at around 150,000 views per video. That’s nothing to sneeze at: Any brand would be happy with that many views of its video. But it can’t compare to the 5 to 8 million views Mota typically garners.

Secret weapons

While YouTube provides information and tools for its creators to help them garner more views, some stars have an

extra edge in the form of multi-channel networks, or MCNs. This confusing moniker refers to companies that act as talent agencies and ad-sales networks for video bloggers. Many of them also produce custom con-tent for brands featuring the stars in their networks.

Omnia helps video blog-gers develop their audiences on YouTube and beyond. For example, EME Music, Baby Rasta y Gringo’s label, had only a small presence on YouTube, so Omnia helped it establish a few new channels and launch content, making use of its ex-pertise about best practices on YouTube, such as the best time to upload, how to properly tag content and search engine opti-mization.

Divino’s channel had only 5,000 subscribers. When he launched two new songs, Om-nia helped EME cross-promote them with strategies including targeted ad buys and place-ments in more popular playl-ists, as well as driving views through likes and favorites. The campaign bumped his sub-scriber numbers up to close to 40,000.

Internationalization

It’s interesting that many of these young online stars are not creating Hispanic-specific con-tent, nor are their fan bases pre-dominantly Hispanic. At the same time, non-Hispanic stars recognize the importance of the Hispanic audience. According to Shafi, Inna has a very large following in Mexico, and Om-nia is helping her to optimize her video content to bring in more fans from Latin America. “A lot of Hispanic talent creates content for a global audience,” he says.

More and more of these young influencers are, with the help of their MCNs, trying to build a strong brand that’s less depen-dent on YouTube. That’s partly due to the fragmentation of video and the rising importance of sites including Vimeo, Vine, Twitter and Blip.tv.

Will these rising stars flee YouTube altogether? Not a chance, according to Shah. He says, “There will always be competition in launching new video destinations, but nothing of the scale that YouTube has achieved.”

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