Signal Tribune Issue 3308

Your Weekly Community Newspaper July 29, 2011Vol. 33 No. 8

Serving BixBy KnollS, California HeigHtS, loS CerritoS, Wrigley and tHe City of Signal Hill

T R I B U N EFor a full view of this work and

information about the artist, see page 6.

Stephanie Raygoza

Staff Writer

It started with a stroll down PacificCoast Highway 20-plus years ago. DeeAndrews and a young lady were walk-ing toward and reminiscing over thearea near the V.I.P Records store inLong Beach and he said, “Maybe wecan do a walk of fame.”

Flash-forward to July 2011, and thenow councilmember has had the pleas-ure of revealing the long awaited andfirst five honorees of the Poly HighWalk of Fame. Opting to place thestars on a fence to avoid graffiti prob-lems in the area, the five stars representa form of recognition to the individualswho came out of Poly.

“People come from all over theworld to see the V.I.P record shop andI thought, ‘God, wouldn’t it be nice tohave this little walk of fame in the littlecircle,” Andrews said. “Why not trythe fence of fame? And that’s why wewent to that idea to really keep it awayfrom any graffiti situation.”

Singer Thelma Houston, formerLong Beach Mayor Beverly O’Neill,

former NFL player Willie Brown andtennis champion Billie Jean King wereamong the first batch of alumni to behonored with a star at the first cere-mony on July 9. Latin singer JenniRivera was honored at the second cer-emony held July 26.

The Poly Walk of Fame is a projectpartnership between the 6th district ofLong Beach and redevelopment agen-cies (RDA). Vice chair of Long BeachRDA Diane Arnold said the agenciescontributed $35,000 for the design andfabrication of the five stars. CJ Lati-more, founder and CEO of CJL Inter-national Inc., created the stars for thefive honorees.

“The art project not only adds tothe city’s vast collection of public art,but it also serves to celebrate the richhistory of Long Beach Poly High,”Arnold said.

Arnold joined Andrews and LongBeach Unified School District Boardof Education President Dr. FeltonWilliams in honoring Rivera at thePoly High Track and Field Stadium,which brought out the singer’s familymembers, friends and over 50 fans

cheering from the bleachers.Rivera said she still considers her-

self a Poly Jackrabbit and thankedeveryone for choosing her for a star. “Itfeels really good to be able to comeback,” Rivera said. “I would play mymusic then, and I came back becauseof my music, and that feels reallygood. I am truly honored, truly hum-bled and very blessed– thank you verymuch.”

Andrews asked several individualswithin the Poly High community forinput about famous alumni that theyfelt would be worthy to go up on thefence.

“We felt really strongly aboutWillie Brown. Beverly O’Neill wasone of our number-one candidates andBillie Jean, with her background,everybody knows about her,” Andrewssaid. “I wanted to put the diversity inthere. You know, with as many nation-alities as we could.”

Funding for the Poly Walk of Famecame from RDA, however Andrewshopes to reach out to the community

Poly High’s Walk of Fame highlightsa legacy of renowned LB alumni

Stephanie Raygoza/Signal Tribune

From left, Jenni Rivera’s husband Esteban Loaiza, Rivera, her mother Rosa, 6th District Councilmember Dee Andrews anddesigner of the Poly Walk of Fame stars, CJ Latimore, present the singer’s star to dozens of friends and fans.

see POLY page 19

CJ Dablo

Staff Writer

If his new bid for a spot on the LosAngeles City Council is successful,Assemblyman Warren Furutani willhave just a few months to leave hismark on Sacramento politics.

Earlier this month, the assemblymember announced he would be run-ning for the open Los Angeles CityCouncil seat that was vacated by for-mer councilwoman Janice Hahn whenshe was elected to Congress in a spe-cial election last July. Furutani joineda number of Angelenos, including LosAngeles Police Department officer JoeBuscaino, former City CouncilmanRudy Svorinich Jr., and San Pedro fire-fighter and president of United Fire-fighters of Los Angeles City PatMcOsker, who announced their inter-est in the open council seat.

Last week, Furutani announced

that he received endorsements frommore than 50 California leaders,including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Furutani is serving his second two-year term as an assembly member rep-resenting the 55th district, which coversan area that stretches from Carson to

Assemblymember makes list ofpriorities before concentratingon run for LA City council

see FURUTANI page 18

Warren Furutani

Athena Mekis

Staff Writer

Now that Los Angeles CountySuperior Court Judge LauraLaesecke has ruled that Long Beachhas the authority to criminallyenforce its medical marijuana ordi-nance, City Prosecutor Douglas

Haubert can proceed legally againstfive Long Beach marijuana collec-tives who have zoning and permitviolations.

“These operators know they willhave to close down, they are justholding on to make money for aslong as possible,” Haubert said.

Athena Mekis/Signal Tribune

Herbal Solutions is one of 22 marijuana dispensaries/collectives that won the

lottery last year. It is located at 1581 W. Wardlow Rd. in Long Beach

Long Beach marijuana collectivesfighting zoning and permit violations

see MARIJUANA page 4

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On Saturday, July 23, the LongBeach Police Department’s (LBPD)traffic division conducted a check-point to screen for impaired and unli-censed drivers at Anaheim Street andDaisy Avenue, from 6pm to 2am thenext morning. During the eight-houroperation, which was aided by LongBeach Police Explorers, Long BeachSearch and Rescue, and Long Beach

Police Reserve Officers, 1,057 vehi-cles passed through the checkpoint,and, of those, 471 were screened,with the following statistics:• six arrests for driving under theinfluence (DUI)• nine cited for unlicensed driving• one cited for driving with a sus-pended license• 10 vehicles impounded

• one vehicle stored• 26 other citations issued

Funding for this program wasprovided by a grant from the Califor-nia Office of Traffic Safety, throughthe National Highway SafetyAdministration.

For additional information, con-tact Traffic Section Sergeant AaronAlu at (562) 570-5737. ß

LBPD releases sobriety checkpoint results

On Saturday, July 16, at approxi-mately 1:50am, officers from theLong Beach Police Departmentresponded to an injury-hit-and-runtraffic collision in the 3600 block ofBroadway that left a female pedestrianin critical condition.When officers arrived on the scenethey found that the victim, a 24-year-old female resident of LongBeach, had been struck by a vehiclethat was traveling westbound onBroadway when it hit her.

After the collision, the vehicle fledthe scene, continuing westbound onBroadway a short distance before itwas last seen turning northbound onLoma Avenue. The victim was trans-ported to a local hospital in criticalcondition. Her condition has improvedsince, but the suspect still remains atlarge.

Since the evening of the accident,investigators have obtained an imageof the suspect vehicle from a surveil-lance camera in the area. The imageshows the suspect vehicle, possibly asilver four-door Lexus or Toyota, leav-

ing the scene. Investigators have released the

photo of the suspect vehicle and areasking for the public’s help in locatingit and its owner, as well as asking any-one who may have witnessed this inci-dent, or who may have anyinformation related to it, to come for-ward. Tipsters may leave their contact

information, or remain anonymous ifthey prefer.

Those with information about thisincident are asked to call Long BeachPolice Accident Investigations Detec-tive Richard Birdsall at (562) 570-7355. Anonymous tips can also besubmitted via text or web by visitinglongbeach.gov/police. ß

Photo of suspect vehicle involved in hit-and-run released

Courtesy lBPD

Surveillance camera image shows a suspect vehicle leaving the scene of a hit-and-run incident. The car is thought to be a four-door Lexus or Toyota, possibly silverin color.

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Four wheels vs. two wheels

I have been waiting for the proper time and forum in which to tell mybike rider story. Since I just heard on the radio that the city council of LosAngeles just passed an ordinance giving special protections under the law,the time has arrived for me to vent. No, I am not a bike rider.

About a month ago, Saturday, around noon, I ventured out to BixbyRoad headed east towards Orange Avenue. That’s my neighborhood; Idrive Bixby between Cherry Avenue and Atlantic all the time. At the inter-section near Walnut Avenue and Bixby, I came to that all too familiarfour-way stop, and proceeded. (The suspense builds...)

Two bikers in the newly created bike lane were headed in the samedirection as I. But wait! A little problem occurs! Even though the bikershave on their legally required helmets, and are seemingly out for a casualbike ride, one is 10 inches out of the bike lane and into the car lane. Fur-ther, there is a car coming towards me in the opposite direction, so I can-not swerve a couple of extra feet to give him good clearance from mygas-hog, eight-cylinder Cadillac DeVille. I could easily hurt this guy ifhe veers into my lane anymore, and he was biking very s-l-o-w-l-y, so Ibeeped my horn.

Well, these guys were alert! They instantly held up their arms pointing“the finger” up towards the air. They were verbal too– a flurry of exple-tives shot out of their mouths like fireworks! I was a little surprised.

At the nearest intersection with a stoplight, Orange and Bixby, theyquickly sped up to speak with me. Oh, yeah, they did! It was more of theexpletives through my car window, up close!

I opened my window enough to point out (loudly), “You were over theline. You have a whole bike lane all to yourself!”

The younger guy said, “YOU were over the line!”“I didn’t want to hurt you! I am in a CAR– I could hurt you!”With that, the younger guy got personal and referred to my middle-age

spread and said, “We know you were on your way to go get something toeat– just go ahead and do that.”

I used one profane word back to him, to show I may be middle-aged,but I can swear like a sailor too.

My last words, and they were the final ones in this dialogue, were,“You are not helping the bikers talking that way. You are not helping the

bikers talking that way. You are not helping the bikers talking that way!”The light changed, and they took off towards Atlantic Avenue.

What I learned: the best defense is a good defense. Next time, I’ll pullover, call the police sub-station, report it, and wait for a cop to come writethem a ticket. I won’t bother with a warning honk. I won’t swerve out ofmy lane. I’ll let the police take care of it.

And please, State of California Legislature, do not pass a similar ordi-nance for the entire state.

Maybe some people on bikes are on a bike because of a DUI. They’renot all angels. That would be social profiling if we thought every bikerjust wanted to save the planet.

I have been waiting for the proper time and forum in which to tell mybike rider story. Since I just heard on the radio that the city council of LosAngeles just passed an ordinance giving special protections under the law- the time has arrived for me to vent. No, I am not a bike rider.

Mary JamesLong Beach

Tiptoe through the…

I wanted to send some thoughts to you regarding the ukulele– afriendly four-string instrument “invented” by the Portuguese and madefamous by Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards, Arthur Godfrey, Tiny Tim, IsraelKamakawiwo’ole, and now Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam!

George Harrison used to break them out when “the boys” came overto visit, and President Obama even owns one. I’ve been to the East Vil-lage Art Walk to see some high school kids playing them.

Well, to make a long story nauseating, wouldn’t the world be a betterplace if everyone owned one and played? Sounds crazy, but it’s amazingwhat a therapeutic tool it is.

I’ve been playing for a long time, and you’d be surprised what a mag-net it is when someone sees it. I’ve been asked by many a stranger toplay. I tell ’em it sounds better in the case, but they listen anyway.

Bring a smile to a friend or stranger, get an ukulele. They’re taking thecountry by storm!

ron Petke Mediocre ukulele player

Long Beach

Tee time

Thank you for running the article about my 56th Len Kennett JuniorGolf Championship. Our event was a huge success. We introduced 314youngsters to the thrill of golf completion. A record turnout. Again,thanks and best wishes.

Len KennettLong Beach

Ed. Note: Neena Strichart is taking a break fromwriting her “Thoughts from the Publisher”

this week and will resume her column next week.

In last week's article "International Quilt Festival returns to LongBeach for its fourth year," the ticket information should have readas: Daily tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors.Children 10 and under are free. Preview night (Thursday, July 28

from 5pm to 9pm) ticket good for one additional day for free.

Mea Culpa

The Laesecke ruling comes afterJudge Anthony J. Mohr of the LosAngeles Superior Court invalidatedLos Angeles’s marijuana ordinancein December 2010 because key por-tions were ruled unconstitutional. Inaddition, 26 Long Beach collectivespassed the lottery last year.

Attorney Charles Farano is repre-senting the 14 defendants.

He defended the Los Angeles rul-ing by saying that criminalizing col-lectives is illegal.

“Every collective I represent isrun according to the state attorneygeneral guidelines,” Farano said.“They are extremely fastidious.”

Farano notes several problemswith the decision to prosecute themarijuana collectives he is represent-ing. Two of the collectives in viola-tion were in existence before theordinance was adopted. According toFarano, they had business licensesand were “grandfathered in.” In addi-tion, many of the defendants areemployees or volunteers rather thancollective owners or managers.

“Each person being criminallyprosecuted was caught in the opera-tion of a dispensary,” Haubert argued.

Landlords are also being crimi-nally prosecuted or fined becausethey are liable for how their propertyis used.

“Many illegal operations havealready been shut down by land-lords,” Haubert said. The City hasput pressure on landlords to evict col-lectives by locking out tenants andshutting off electricity.

Attorney Farano is hoping thatthe court will delay the cases until thePack et al. v. Superior Court of LosAngeles County case, which debatesfederal preemption, is decided. Fed-eral law states that the sale and pos-session of marijuana is illegal whileCalifornia law has deemed it legal.

According to Assistant CityAttorney Michael Mais, the Pack etal. v. Superior Court of Los AngelesCounty case has been delayed untilSeptember so people can commenton the ordinance.

There has been no word on thelikelihood of delaying the LongBeach case.

Long Beach’s marijuana ordi-nance may be viewed under theLong Beach Municipal Code Chap-ter 5.87 under Particular BusinessRegulations (municicode.com/library/library.aspx). ß

Marijuanacontinued from page 1EYE ON CRIME

Wednesday, July 20Robbery9:30am– 2500 block of MagnoliaAve. An adult female was pushing astroller when an adult female sus-pect approached her. The suspectstole items from the victim byforce and fled the scene. The vic-tim sustained minor injuries thatdid not require medical attention.

Robbery10am– 2200 block of MartinLuther King Blvd.Patrol Officers responded to thehome of three adult victims thathad been robbed by three adultmale suspects. The three suspectsentered the residence and tookitems by force. There were noinjuries.

Thursday, July 21Robbery12am– 700 block of West PacificCoast Hwy.An adult male suspect, armedwith a handgun, entered a local

business, stole items and fledwith the loss. There were noinjuries reported.

Burglary5am– 2000 block of East CarsonSt.Patrol Officers responded to areport of a commercial burglaryat a local business. Officerssecured the business and discov-ered several items had beenstolen.

Friday, July 22Assault8:30am– 2000 block of MartinLuther King Blvd.A family dispute resulted in anadult male suspect stabbing hisadult male relative in the torso.The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was latertransported to the hospital wherehe was treated for his injuries.The suspect was taken into cus-tody without incident.

Crimes reported by the LBPD July 20 - 22Council Districts 6 (North of PCH) 7 & 8 (East of the L.A. River

& North to Del Amo Blvd.)

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LB’s plastic bag ban beginning August 1

Congresswoman Laura Richard-son released the following statementthis week regarding the redistrictingof California’s Congressional districtsand her intention to seek another termrepresenting the cities that the Califor-nia Congressional Redistricting Com-mission (CRC) has designated,including Carson, Compton, Flo-rence-Graham, Lynwood, North LongBeach, Rancho Dominguez, SanPedro, South Gate, Walnut Park,Watts, Wilmington and Willowbrook.

“Over the past two weeks, byunanimous votes, the CRC hasrepeatedly released CongressionalDistrict visualization maps, whichwould split the city of Long Beachbetween two counties (Los Angelesand Orange). The proposed maps alsosplit the city of Carson, dividing theregion’s well-established, decades-oldCambodian, Filipino, Samoan,African-American and other commu-nities, which is inconsistent with thecitizens’ recorded testimony and cre-ate a legally questionable majorityLatino, Section II Voting Rights ActDistrict,” Richardson wrote in anemail that was sent Monday. “Sinceapproximately over 65 percent of thecurrent 37th Congressional Districtlies within the communities of Car-son, Compton, North Long Beach andWilmington, which I have repre-sented on the local, state and federallevels over the past decade, havinglived in San Pedro in the 1990s andgrowing up near Florence-Graham,South Gate, Lynwood and Walnut

Park, I look forward to continuing towork hard for these communities andexpanding on the constituent serviceand legislative work I have providedin my last two-and-a-half terms inCongress.”

Assemblymember Warren Furu-tani has announced his plans to runfor Los Angeles City Council. Furu-tani represents the 55th District, whichincludes the cities of Carson, HarborCity and Harbor Gateway, Lakewood,and parts of Long Beach and Wilm-ington.

“I was born in San Pedro and havelived in the 15th Council District foralmost 20 years,” Furutani said. “I’man LA guy and I’m very excited at theopportunity to work closely with thecommunity on important issues likejob creation, gang prevention, educa-tion, transportation, air quality andimproving the great neighborhoods ofSan Pedro, Watts, Wilmington, Har-bor City and the Harbor Gateway.”

Furutani began his career in LosAngeles as a community organizerduring the Civil Rights movement.He later worked as a counselor at acontinuation high school fordropouts in downtown LA to keepat-risk kids out of gangs and inschool.

If elected, Furutani would be thefirst Japanese-American to serve onthe Los Angeles City Council, andonly the second Asian-PacificIslander, after Michael Woo, whoserved from 1985 to 1993. ß

The Campaign Trail

Long Beach residents arereminded to “take a tote” whenshopping at large grocery stores,big-box retailers and large drugstores that sell food and perishableitems.

Beginning August 1, 2011, thesestores will no longer provide plasticcarryout bags.

In response, Long Beach retail-ers are gearing up to accommodateconsumers by hosting bag give-away events.

To see a complete list of retail-ers that are scheduled to discon-tinue the distribution of plasticcarryout bags and a list of storesconducting bag giveaways, visit lit-terfreelb.org, email [email protected] or call (562) 570-2876.

Created by the City of LongBeach, litterfreelb.org providesinformation on the 10-cent charge

per paper bag, Toting Tips, and ahost of answers to FrequentlyAsked Questions.

Under this plastic carryout bagban, retailers that discontinue plas-tic carryout bags will be required toprovide free reusable or paper bagsto customers in the California Spe-cial Supplemental Food Programfor Women, Infants, and Childrenor the Supplemental Food Pro-gram.

Under this ordinance, paperbags can also be purchased fromretailers at a cost of 10 cents perbag. The 10-cent fee will beretained by the retailer to assistwith costs associated with the ordi-nance, as well as educational mate-rials designed to encourage the useof reusable carryout bags.

The Long Beach City Councilvoted to ban the distribution of

plastic carryout bags and approveda 10-cent per bag charge for recy-clable paper bags in May 2011. Theplastic bag ban ordinance isdesigned to reduce litter in neigh-borhoods, reduce plastic debris inwaterways and storm drains, reducewaste transported to landfills, andpromote the use of reusable bags.

The first phase of the plastic car-ryout bag ban goes into effect Aug.1. The second phase of the ordi-nance goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012.In addition to large grocery stores,big-box retailers and large drugstores that sell food and perishableitems, the second phase will applyto neighborhood markets and phar-macies, convenience stores, bode-gas, sandwich and coffee shops,liquor stores and farmers marketsthat sell food and perishable items.ß


On Tuesday, July 26, at approxi-mately 7am, Signal Hill PoliceDepartment detectives served asearch warrant after receivinginformation about marijuana beinggrown inside a commercial build-ing located in the 2700 block ofRose Avenue.The search warrant resulted in theseizure of more than 170 marijuanaplants, which were in variousstages of growth, and several pieces

of equipment used to cultivate themarijuana. During the search, twosubjects were located inside the

business, questioned about theirinvolvement, and later releasedpending further investigation.

SHPD seizes 170-plus pot plants from commercial building

On July 26, at approximately3pm, units from the Long BeachFire Department (LBFD)responded to a garage fire on the1700 block of Rose Avenue. LongBeach Rescue 10 and Battalion 1responded to the fire at a detachedgarage within three minutes.

Upon arrival, Engine 7 quicklypulled multiple hose lines to exe-cute an aggressive interior attack ofthe fire.

Truck 7 immediately gainedaccess to the roof of the building toprepare for vertical ventilation,making it possible to successfullyextinguish the fire.

The occupants of those unitswere able to evacuate safely beforethe fire department’s arrival, andno injuries were reported as aresult of the fire.

One parrot was saved during thefire, and two small dogs arereported missing. The cause of thefire is currently under investigationby LBFD fire investigators.

One family was displaced as aresult of the fire. The Red Crosswas contacted to assist with tempo-rary shelter. ß

LB fire resultsin no injuries,2 missing pets

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July 28 – Pay What You Can Afford (Best Value!)Be prepared to laugh early and often– as the signature

show tune puts it: Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!”

A musical comedy

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Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart

Master Harold & the Boys: July 2 – July 30A moving look at the way prejudices are passed from generation

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LBCCO was one of 184 arts organ-izations funded through the commis-sion’s Organizational Grant Program.The 2011-12 season marks the chorale’s

23rd year as a Long Beach institutionand will include a holiday concert and acomplete performance (with orchestra)of Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation.

LBCCO is inviting talented singersto audition for its upcoming season.Auditions will be held by appointmentduring the month of August at St.Bartholomew Catholic Church, in theBelmont Shore area of Long Beach.Prospective members are invited tocontact the chorus by calling auditioncoordinator Alan Caddick at (562) 431-2781 or emailing [email protected] information or to schedule an audi-tion.

Singers in all voice parts are wel-come; the ability to read music isrequired. Auditions are brief, informal,and non-threatening. Rehearsals areheld on Monday evenings. ß

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Directed by Eliza Rubenstein, the Long Beach Chorale consists of 40 to 50 ama-teurs of all ages and backgrounds.

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in1964, Chip Landry began drawing at anearly age, inspired by his mother, whowas also an artist. His growth in art con-tinued throughout his early years andculminated with a degree in graphicdesign from Louisiana State Universityin 1988, with an emphasis on paintingand drawing.

Making a move to New Orleans in1991 to further his career in the artworld, Landry’s love for that city andfor films inspired a series of illustrationsdepicting scenes from the classic 1951adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s AStreetcar Named Desire.

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illustrations can be best described asphoto realism with a bit of grungethrown in for good measure, consider-ing the film and play’s bleak and intensesubject matter,” Landry said.

Pencil and watercolor pencil wereused as a symbolic concept for muted,limited colors being eroded away by theharsh and dark shadows of the blackpencil strokes– much like BlancheDuBois’s character was beaten downand broken by the cruelties of life.

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He attended Washington JuniorHigh and then Poly Senior HighSchool, where he received a masterof pioneering honor from the localYMCA.

After graduating from highschool in 1933, he returned toYuma, where he worked for hisuncle doing farming. In 1941, hereturned to California, moving toSacramento, where he worked forMcClellan Army Air Depot on asquadron of “Jimmy Doolittle” B-25s.

In 1942, he moved to Riverside,where he worked on the flight lineas well as assisting pilots on vari-ous test flights, riding everythingfrom a Piper Cub to the war-testedB-29.

He returned to Yuma and farm-ing in 1947, joining Yuma ElksLodge No. 476 in 1956. He retiredfrom farming in 1963 and movedback to Long Beach in 1966.

Upon his return here, he trans-ferred his membership to LodgeNo. 888 on Aug. 7, 1967. While amember of the local lodge, he hasserved on the Chimes folding com-mittee and makes donations severaltimes a year to various funds, suchas the charity fund and the buildingfund. He also purchased a newbingo board for the lodge. ß

elks Lodge no. 888 namesits June member of the month

The Long Beach Police Depart-mentwill join forces with thou-sands of communities nationwideto celebrate the 28th AnnualNational Night Out crime and drugprevention event Tuesday, Aug.2. National Night Out is a cam-paign to help build neighborhoodunity and strengthen police-com-munity partnerships, and it isdesigned to heighten awareness ofcrime and drug-prevention, aswells as to generate support for andparticipation in local anti-crimeefforts.

The goal of National Night Outis to send a message to criminalsthat neighbors are unified andlooking out for one another, andworking with police to keep crime

out of their neighborhoods.From 6pm to 9pm that night,

residents in neighborhoodsthroughout Long Beach are askedto lock their doors, turn on outsidelights and spend the evening out-side with neighbors andpolice. Last year, 10 family-friendly block events were heldcitywide, and events ranged fromice-cream socials and potlucks tocookouts and block parties. Mem-bers of the Long Beach PoliceDepartment will be stopping byneighborhood National Night Outevents this year as well, as a showof support and thanks to the com-munity members for their involve-ment.

Neighbors that get to know each

other and communicate are muchmore likely to look out for oneanother, notice suspicious personswho don’t belong, and call toreport suspicious activity andcrime. This neighborhood involve-ment is the main concept of theLong Beach Police Department’sCommunity Watch program, whichwill be highlighted at all NationalNight Out events.

Those interested in hosting aNational Night event for theirneighborhood may call LongBeach Police Department PatrolLieutenant Michael Beckman at(562) 570-5817.

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The Pacific Gateway WorkforceInvestment Network will offer freeconstruction-skills training classesbeginning in August. The trainingprogram will span 11 weeks andwill provide participants withhands-on experience in the con-struction field.

Eligible participants can obtaincertifications for Hazardous WasteWorker Protection and EmergencyResponse; OSHA 30, includingTraffic Control and ConfinedSpace; and CPR/First Aid. Individ-uals will also enhance their indus-try skills, knowledge andcertifications and participate inlife-skills, resume-writing andinterview-techniques workshops.Successful candidates will receivejob-placement assistance.

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Registration in the Pacific Gate-way Workforce Investment Net-work is free, but is required priorto enrollment in the training pro-gram. To register, bring your stateID or driver’s license AND aSocial Security card to a PacificGateway One-Stop Career Center.In lieu of a state ID or driver’slicense, interested participants maybring:

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If applicable, those interestedshould also bring an unexpired per-manent resident card (green card).For males born on or after January1, 1960, proof of registration withthe Selective Service is required.For more information, call 847-688-3117 or visit sss.gov.

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This week, the Bixby Knolls Busi-ness Improvement Association releasedthe names of the winners in the 6thAnnual Bixby Knolls Dragster Expoand Car Show, which took place Satur-day, July 9, on Atlantic Avenuebetween San Antonio Drive and Roo-sevelt Road.

The top winners were:

Best of Show 1913 American Under-slung. Owner– Greg Joseph

Long Beach Airport Director’sChoice Award 1961 Cadillac.Owner– John Goodin

Bixby Knolls Choice Award 1941Ford Panel 110. Owner– Bill Epson

1948 & earlier – All vehicles (Class10) 1940 Ford Coupe. Owner– Dougand Susie Bush

1949 & Later – Autos (Class 20)1956 Buick Century. Owner– RickLorenzen

1949 & Later – Trucks (Class 30)1955 Chevy 3100. Owner– GaryWymore

Muscle Cars 1965-1973 (Class 40)1972 Plymouth Hemi Cuda. Owner–Rick Lorenzen

Mustangs 1965-1973 (Class 50)–1966 Mustang. Owner– Tom Thomas

Mustangs 1974 – Present (Class60)– 2008 Ford Shelby GT. Owner–Bob Lee

roadsters (Class 70): 1932 Ford.Owner– Tom and Cindy Brenneman

Foreign Cars (Class 80)– 1967 VWCrew Cab. Owner– James White

Sultans Club (Class C-1)– 1932Ford Victoria. Owner– Danny Costa

Mercifuls Club (Class C-2) 1957

Pontiac Star Chief. Owner– Jack Petitt

Mopar Knights Club (Class C-3)1964 Plymouth Fury. Owner– GlennForbush

Day of Show entries (Class DoS)1941 Ford Panel 110. Owner– BillEpson

More than $5,300 was raised for theLong Beach Special Olympics throughan opportunity drawing, auction andsponsorship proceeds. The funds willhelp with transportation and otherneeds of local athletes.

To view photos and videos from theevent, visit bixbyknollscarshow.com. ß

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Greg Joseph’s 1913 American Underslung won Best of Show in the 6th AnnualBixby Knolls Dragster Expo and Car Show.

Despite the uncertainty of thefuture of redevelopment agencies, theBixby Knolls Business ImprovementAssociation (BKBIA) is continuingto move ahead with its RDA-fundedprograms for this fiscal year. The lat-est project was the installation of new“feature” banners along AtlanticAvenue and Long Beach Boulevard.

“We have Bixby Knolls bannerson every light pole from Wardlow to46th Street to designate the business

district,” said BKBIA ExecutiveDirector Blair Cohn. “The new ban-ners show the ‘features’ of BixbyKnolls as you drive through the dis-trict. Not only do you know you arein Bixby Knolls, but you also get tosee what Bixby Knolls has to offer.”

Every third light pole has a differ-ent image highlighting either shop-ping, dining, professional services,the Bixby Strollers walking group,the area’s supper club, the literary

society, the neighborhood’s bike-friendliness, live theater, or the FirstFridays art walk.

“We even created banners for theLong Beach Shakespeare Company,Historical Society, and Rancho LosCerritos,” Cohn said. “It’s importantto showcase all the assets of the com-munity both business- and neighbor-hood-related. We are determined tokeep the momentum going and makeas many improvements to the districtas we can. Bixby Knolls is a textbookexample of redevelopment dollars atwork. We can walk the corridors andliterally point to all the changes madein the last few years with the assis-tance of the RDA.” Courtesy BKBIA

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This is the first year of LBSFinancial’s Adopt-a-School program.The credit union is working directlywith the school districts to select adifferent school each summer. Dur-ing the summer months, the programis promoted at their Greater LongBeach area branch offices, on mar-keting materials and on their websiteto encourage their members and

employees to make donations.Before the school year begins inSeptember, all of the supplies col-lected will be delivered to eachschool.

The credit union is requestingsupport from area residents who areinterested in helping the localschools. With the continuing budgetcrisis and less support for theschools, teachers and families of stu-dents are often responsible for pur-chasing their own school supplies.

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The Long Beach Health Depart-ment is joining with the State of Cal-ifornia’s Department of Public Healthcampaign to encourage parents tovaccinate middle- and high-schoolchildren against whooping cough, orpertussis, early.

Due to epidemic levels of pertus-sis in the state last year, a new lawwas passed that requires all middle-and high-school students, in publicand private schools, to have the per-tussis booster vaccine, called “Tdap,”before starting school for the 2011school year this fall.

As of July 2011, the Long BeachUnified School District reported that68 percent of students have alreadymet this requirement.

Students who have yet to be vac-cinated against pertussis shouldschedule an appointment for the Tdapvaccine as soon as possible. Studentsshould also bring their immunizationrecords to school when registeringfor classes in August as proof of the

vaccine. Long Beach City Health Officer

Dr. Helene Calvet commends theLong Beach Unified School Districton their efforts to document immu-nization records of more than 40,000students. “School nurses have put inmany hours and worked closely withthe City’s Department of Health andHuman Services since the newrequirement was announced lastyear,” Calvet said. “Parents who stillneed to get their children immunizedcan get the Tdap vaccine throughtheir doctor’s offices and many localpharmacies, so don’t wait until thelast minute, when appointments maynot be available.”

Students who do not have healthinsurance or a regular source ofhealth care may receive the Tdapvaccine at the Long Beach HealthDepartment. To schedule an appoint-ment for the Tdap vaccine, or othervaccines, parents may call the LongBeach Health and Human Services

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Led by Long Beach ViceMayor/2nd District Councilmem-ber Suja Lowenthal, the press con-ference provided a platform for thevarious city officials and redevel-opment agency representatives to

voice their concerns against thepotential citywide redevelopmentelimination that would halt theconstruction and renovation ofmany future projects. Constructionof the $490 million, 31-courtroomLong Beach Courthouse would notbe affected under the bills withcompletion slated for late 2013.

The lawsuit requests a stay toprevent the legislation from goinginto effect until the court can ruleon the merits of the case. The peti-tion filed asks the Supreme Courtto make an initial ruling on therequest for stay by Aug. 15.

“These bills are unconstitu-tional– we believe this, and it willbe proven with certainty,” Lowen-thal said. “They violate numerousprovisions of the California consti-tution. Most directly, they violateProposition 22, passed overwhelm-

ingly by our voters in this statejust this past November, whichprohibits the state from raiding,shifting or otherwise redirectinglocal redevelopment funds.”

Lowenthal, along with Leagueof California Cities president JimRidenour, Signal Hill Mayor LarryForester and Long Beach Redevel-opment Agency board memberJohn Thomas, stressed the vitalrole the agencies play in local citydevelopment and shared some ofthe significant projects underwayas a direct result of RDAs.

Ridenour said Sacramento con-tinues to pick the pockets of localgovernments to solve its budgetproblems. “It’s unconstitutionaland it must stop,” he said. “Voterswant redevelopment dollars to stayin their communities. They wantjobs, they want economic develop-

ment, they want affordable hous-ing, they want to clean up aban-doned properties, and none of thisis done without redevelopmentfunds.”

AB 1x26 and 1x27 were passedwith the state budget in June andfall under violation of Prop. 22,which was passed last year. AB1x26 would abolish redevelopmentagencies, and AB 1x27 wouldallow agencies to exist in somelimited capacity only if they agreeto pay a “ransom” payment of $1.7billion statewide in the first yearand $400 million statewide eachyear thereafter.

Ridenour also read aloud textthat directly falls under Proposi-tion 22, which states that statepoliticians in Sacramento are com-pletely prohibited from ceasing,diverting, shifting, borrowing,

transferring, suspending and orotherwise taking or interferingwith revenue that has been dedi-cated to funding services providedby local government.

Forester said the state is hold-ing city communities up for ran-som. “Legislators who voted forthis will forever be remembered asdestroying our communities andeliminating the best tool we havefor revitalizing neighborhoods andcreating jobs,” he said.

According to Thomas, RDAshave contributed over $148 mil-lion in public improvements since2002.

Under the terms of AB 1x27,cities have until Oct. 1 to notifythe state that they are going tomake the required payments tocontinue their redevelopmentactivities. ß


Long Beach Vice Mayor/2nd District Councilmember Suja Lowenthal (middle)and several city officials and redevelopment agency representatives voice theirconcerns against the potential citywide redevelopment elimination that wouldhalt the construction of many future projects.

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The Gen. W. S. RosecransCamp No. 2, Sons of Union Veter-ans of the Civil War (SUVCW), acharitable nonprofit organization,has announced that it has willinglyassumed responsibility to spear-

head an effort to replace the miss-ing plaques and restore the dese-crated Civil War memorial atSunnyside Cemetery. The memor-ial’s two bronze plaques disap-peared from Sunnyside Cemetery,

1095 E. Willow St., in late Marchand have not been recovered.Because of bronze’s value, it isbelieved the plaques were taken tobe recycled for cash.

“We were saddened to learn ear-lier this year about the theft of theplaques from the memorial at Sun-nyside Cemetery,” said CampCommander Loran Bures. “Thecreation of that memorial tookabout 25 years of planning andeffort by the Grand Army of theRepublic (GAR) and its AlliedOrders, with support from the com-munity, to bring it into existence. Ittook only one night to desecrateit.”

As happened nearly 100 yearsago, the local SUVCW camp,along with its auxiliary, has begunto collect funds necessary torestore the memorial to honor CivilWar veterans who fought to pre-serve the Union between 1861 and1865. The national organization ofthe SUVCW has a grant programto assist in the restoration of CivilWar memorials. To qualify for agrant, the local SUVCW Campmust raise money with help fromthe local community. The SUVCWCharitable Foundation has a simi-lar grant program.

“Once we have met the require-ments, we plan to apply for bothgrants,” Bures said.

Those wishing to make a mone-tary contribution can make checkor money order payable toSUVCW Camp No. 2 and send itto:

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t.S. no.: 2010-00192 loan no.: 902255481 aPn: 7211-026-045 tra no.: 05674 notiCe of trUStee’S SaleyoU are in defaUlt Under a deed of trUStdated 3/1/2007. UnleSS yoU taKe aCtion to Pro-teCt yoUr ProPerty, it May Be Sold at a PUBliCSale. if yoU need an exPlanation of tHenatUre of tHe ProCeedingS againSt yoU, yoUSHoUld ContaCt a laWyer. a public auction sale tothe highest bidder for cash payable at time of sale in lawfulmoney of the United States by cash, a cashier’s checkdrawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a stateor federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or fed-eral savings and loan association, savings association, orsavings bank specified in Section 5102 of the financialCode and authorized to do business in this state will beheld by the duly appointed trustee as shown below. thesale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, orencumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of thenote(s) secured by the deed of trust, with interest and latecharges 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 amountmay be greater on the day of sale. trustor: anilSadHnani and Jaya SadHnani HUSBand and WifeaS Joint tenantS Beneficiary name: ing Bank, fSBduly appointed trustee: integrated lender Services, adelaware Corporation and pursuant to deed of trustrecorded 03/09/2007 as instrument no. 20070522515 inbook ---, page --- and rerecorded on --- as --- of officialrecords in the office of the recorder of los angelesCounty, California, date of Sale: 8/5/2011 at 10:30 aMPlace of Sale: at the front entrance to the Pomona Supe-rior Courts Building, 350 W. Mission Blvd., Pomona, Caamount of unpaid balance and other charges: $331,518.04the property heretofore is being sold “as is.” the streetaddress or other common designation of real property ispurported to be: 1460 east Willow Street, Unit 104, SignalHill, Ca 90755. as more fully described on said deed oftrust a.P.n.: 7211-026-045 the undersigned trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the streetaddress or other common designation, if any, shownabove. if no street address or other common designationis shown, directions to the location of the property may beobtained by sending a written request to the beneficiarywithin 10 days of the date of first publication of this noticeof Sale. the beneficiary under said deed of trust hereto-fore executed and delivered to the undersigned a writtendeclaration of default and demand for Sale, and a writtennotice of default and election to Sell. the undersignedcaused said notice of default and election to Sell to berecorded in the county where the real property is locatedand more than three months have elapsed since suchrecordation. tHiS firM iS atteMPting to ColleCt adeBt. any inforMation oBtained Will Be USedfor tHat PUrPoSe. date: 7/12/2011 integrated lenderServices, a delaware Corporation, as trustee 2411 Westla Palma avenue, Suite 350 – Bldg. 1 (800) 232-8787 forSale information please call: (714) 573-1965 Sem Mar-tinez, trustee Sale officer forM 7 for attaCHMentto notiCe of Sale after JUne 15, 2009 ts no. 2010-00192 loan no. 902255481 addendUM to notiCe ofSale Civil Code §2923.54 the Mortgage loan Servicerhas ( ) has not (x) obtained from the commissioner a finalor temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil CodeSection 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date filedof execution of this addendum, and the Mortgage loanServicer is not aware of any pending or threatened rejec-tion or suspension of the order of exemption by the Com-missioner. and the timeframe for giving notice of salespecified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 (x) does not( ) apply pursuant to the Section 2923.53 or 2923.55. "ideclare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the Stateof California that the foregoing is true and correct, and thatthis document was executed on april 4th, 2011, at Wilming-ton delaware.” ing Bank, fSB By: Jessica gross (Printname legibly) its: default associate (Print name legibly)P858061 7/15, 7/22, 07/29/2011

TST3800notiCe of trUStee'S Sale tS no. 11-0032423 titleorder no. 11-0025910 investor/insurer no. 01700564585aPn no. 7211-020-022 yoU are in defaUlt Under adeed of trUSt, dated 01/13/2006. UnleSS yoUtaKe aCtion to ProteCt yoUr ProPerty, it MayBe Sold at a PUBliC Sale. if yoU need an exPla-nation of tHe natUre of tHe ProCeedingagainSt yoU, yoU SHoUld ContaCt a laWyer."notice is hereby given that reContrUSt CoMPany,n.a., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the deed oftrust executed by SUng KHUn tran, a Single Man,dated 01/13/2006 and recorded 01/31/06, as instrumentno. 06 0226908, in Book , Page ), of official records in theoffice of the County recorder of los angeles County, Stateof California, will sell on 08/24/2011 at 9:00aM, Sheratonlos angeles downtown Hotel 711 South Hope Street, losangeles, Ca 90017 California Ballroom 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 interestconveyed to and now held by it under said deed of trust,in the property situated in said County and State and asmore 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:2320 leMon avenUe, Signal Hill, Ca, 90755. theundersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. the total amount of the unpaidbalance with interest thereon of the obligation secured bythe property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs,expenses and advances at the time of the initial publicationof the notice of Sale is $436,761.47. it is possible that atthe time of sale the opening bid may be less than the totalindebtedness due. in addition to cash, the trustee willaccept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank,a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federal savings and loan association,savings association, or savings bank specified in Section5102 of the financial Code and authorized to do businessin 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 theindebtedness secured by said deed of trust, advancesthereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid prin-cipal of the note secured by said deed of trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said note, plus fees, chargesand expenses of the trustee and of the trusts created bysaid deed of trust. dated: 07/22/2011 reContrUStCoMPany, n.a. 1800 tapo Canyon rd., Ca6-914-01-94SiMi valley, Ca 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Saleinformation (626) 927-4399 By: - trustee's Sale officerreContrUSt CoMPany, n.a. is a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt. any information obtained willbe used for that purpose. aSaP# fnMa403701407/29/2011, 08/05/2011, 08/12/2011

TST3801tS #: Ca-11-433910-Ct order #: 110155365-Ca-gtinotiCe of trUStee’S Sale yoU are in defaUltUnder a deed of trUSt dated 9/29/2006. UnleSSyoU taKe aCtion to ProteCt yoUr ProPerty, itMay Be Sold at a PUBliC Sale. if yoU need anexPlanation of tHe natUre of tHe ProCeedingagainSt yoU, yoU SHoUld ContaCt a laWyer. apublic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’scheck drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn bya state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a stateor federal savings and loan association, or savings associ-ation, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to thefinancial Code and authorized to do business in this state,will be held by duly appointed trustee. the sale will bemade, but without covenant or warranty, expressed orimplied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, topay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured bythe deed of trust, with interest and late charges thereon,as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms ofthe deed of trust, interest thereon, fees, charges andexpenses of the trustee for the total amount (at the time ofthe initial publication of the notice of Sale) reasonably esti-mated to be set forth below. the amount may be greateron the day of sale. BenefiCiary May eleCt to BidleSS tHan tHe total aMoUnt dUe. trustor(s): 2006CrogHan faMily trUSt WitH denniS CrogHanand JUditH CrogHan aS trUSteeS recorded:10/25/2006 as instrument no. 06 2366025 in book xxx,page xxx of official records in the office of the recorderof loS angeleS County, California; date of Sale:8/17/2011 at 10:30 aM Place of Sale: at the front entranceto the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West MissionBlvd., Pomona, Ca amount of unpaid balance and othercharges: $349,686.03 the purported property address is:2508 e WilloW St 210 Signal Hill, Ca 90755assessors Parcel no. 7214-009-135 the undersignedtrustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of theproperty address or other common designation, if any,shown herein. if no street address or other common desig-nation is shown, please refer to the referenced legaldescription for property location. in the event no commonaddress or common designation of the property is providedherein directions to the location of the property may beobtained within 10 days of the date of first publication ofthis notice of Sale by sending a written request to americasServicing Company 1 Home Campus x2504-017 Cus-tomer Service des Moines ia 50328. Pursuant to CaliforniaCivil Code §2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the ben-eficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as fol-lows: [1] the mortgage loan servicer has obtained from thecommissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pur-suant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on thedate the notice of sale is filed; [2] the timeframe for givingnotice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52. if thetrustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the suc-cessful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be thereturn of monies paid to the trustee, and the successfulbidder shall have no further recourse. if the sale is setaside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall beentitled only to a return of the deposit paid. the Purchasershall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, theMortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s attorney. date: Qualityloan Service Corp. 2141 5th avenue San diego, Ca 92101619-645-7711 for non Sale information only Sale line:714-573-1965 or login to: HyPerlinK "http://www.prior-ityposting.com" www.priorityposting.com reinstatementline: 619-645-7711 Quality loan Service, Corp. if you havepreviously been discharged through bankruptcy, you mayhave been released of personal liability for this loan inwhich case this letter is intended to exercise the noteholder’s rights against the real property only. tHiS notiCeiS Sent for tHe PUrPoSe of ColleCting a deBt.

tHiS firM iS atteMPting to ColleCt a deBt onBeHalf of tHe Holder and oWner of tHe note.any inforMation oBtained By or Provided totHiS firM or tHe Creditor Will Be USed fortHat PUrPoSe. as required by law, you are hereby noti-fied that a negative credit report reflecting on your creditrecord may be submitted to a credit report agency if you failto fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. P854247 7/22,7/29, 08/05/2011

TST3811notiCe of trUStee'S Sale tSg no.: 3970424 tSno.: 20099017100081 fHa/va/PMi no.:aPn:7215‑015‑032 yoU are in defaUlt Under adeed of trUSt, dated 04/13/07. UnleSS yoU taKeaCtion to ProteCt yoUr ProPerty, it May BeSold at a PUBliC Sale. if yoU need an exPlana-tion of tHe natUre of tHe ProCeedingagainSt yoU, yoU SHoUld ContaCt a laWyer.on august 18, 2011 at 11:30 aM, first american trusteeServicing Solutions, llC, as duly appointed trustee underand pursuant to deed of trust recorded 04/23/07, asinstrument no. 20070971244, in book , page , of officialrecords in the office of the County recorder of loSangeleS County, State of California. executed by:doMiniC J. Perera,. Will Sell at PUBliC aUCtionto HigHeSt Bidder for CaSH, CaSHier'SCHeCK/CaSH eQUivalent or other form of paymentauthorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawfulmoney of the United States) at the front entrance to thePomona Superior Courts Building, 350 W. Mission Blvd.Pomona, Ca.. all right, title and interest conveyed to andnow held by it under said deed of trust in the property sit-uated in said County and State described as: aS MorefUlly deSCriBed in tHe aBove Mentioned deedof trUSt aPn# 7215‑015‑032. the street address andother common designation, if any, of the real propertydescribed above is purported to be: 2140 BayvieW dr.,Signal Hill, Ca 90755. the undersigned trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the streetaddress and other common designation, if any, shownherein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant orwarranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession,or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of thenote(s) secured by said deed of trust, with interestthereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under theterms of said deed of trust, fees, charges and expensesof the trustee and of the trusts created by said deed oftrust. the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obli-gation secured by the property to be sold and reasonableestimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of theinitial publication of the notice of Sale is $742,847.05. thebeneficiary under said deed of trust heretofore executedand delivered to the undersigned a written declaration ofdefault and demand for Sale, and a written notice ofdefault and election to Sell. the undersigned caused saidnotice of default and election to Sell to be recorded in theCounty where the real property is located. if the sale is setaside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall beentitled only to a return of the deposit paid. the Purchasershall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, theMortgagee or the Mortgagee's trustee. the beneficiary orservicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Com-missioner of Corporations a final or temporary order ofexemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice ofSale is filed and/or the timeframe for giving notice of Salespecified in subdivision (s) of California Civil Code Section2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan isexempt from the requirements. date: 07/20/11, first amer-ican title insurance Company first american trustee Serv-icing Solutions, llC 3 first american Way, Santa ana, Ca92707 original document signed by authorized agent, ChetSconyers -- for trUStee'S Sale inforMationPleaSe Call (916) 939-0772. first american trusteeServicing Solutions, llC May be acting as a debt Collec-tor attempting to Collect a debt. any information obtainedmay be used for that purpose. nPP0186043 07/29/11,08/05/11, 08/12/11

TST3812notiCe of trUStee'S Sale tS no. 11-0032423 titleorder no. 11-0025910 investor/insurer no. 01700564585aPn no. 7211-020-022 yoU are in defaUlt Under adeed of trUSt, dated 01/13/2006. UnleSS yoUtaKe aCtion to ProteCt yoUr ProPerty, it MayBe Sold at a PUBliC Sale. if yoU need an exPla-nation of tHe natUre of tHe ProCeedingagainSt yoU, yoU SHoUld ContaCt a laWyer."notice is hereby given that reContrUSt CoMPany,n.a., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the deed oftrust executed by SUng KHUn tran, a Single Man,dated 01/13/2006 and recorded 01/31/06, as instrumentno. 06 0226908, in Book , Page ), of official records in theoffice of the County recorder of los angeles County, Stateof California, will sell on 08/24/2011 at 9:00aM, Sheratonlos angeles downtown Hotel 711 South Hope Street, losangeles, Ca 90017 California Ballroom 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 interestconveyed to and now held by it under said deed of trust,in the property situated in said County and State and asmore 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:2320 leMon avenUe, Signal Hill, Ca, 90755. theundersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. the total amount of the unpaidbalance 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 publicationof the notice of Sale is $436,761.47. it is possible that atthe time of sale the opening bid may be less than the totalindebtedness due. in addition to cash, the trustee willaccept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank,a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federal savings and loan association,savings association, or savings bank specified in Section5102 of the financial Code and authorized to do businessin 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 theindebtedness secured by said deed of trust, advancesthereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid prin-cipal of the note secured by said deed of trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said note, plus fees, chargesand expenses of the trustee and of the trusts created bysaid deed of trust. dated: 07/22/2011 reContrUStCoMPany, n.a. 1800 tapo Canyon rd., Ca6-914-01-94SiMi valley, Ca 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Saleinformation (626) 927-4399 By: - trustee's Sale officerreContrUSt CoMPany, n.a. is a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt. any information obtained willbe used for that purpose. aSaP# fnMa403701407/29/2011, 08/05/2011, 08/12/2011

TST3791 / 2011 049043FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the fo l low ing person is do ing bus iness as : 1 .f ingerS and toeS aCCoUnting, 2 .WeaSel_WerKS, 3345 Santa fe ave. #100,long Beach, Ca 90810. registrant: Kyle Mariee. laird, 3345 Santa fe ave. #100, longBeach, Ca 90810. th is bus iness is conductedby: an individual. i declare that al l information inthis statement is t rue and correct . Signed: KyleMarie e. laird. the registrant has not begun tot ransact bus iness under the f ic t i t ious bus inessname or names l isted herein. this statement wasfi led with the county clerk of los angeles Countyon June 16, 2011. notiCe: this f ic t i t ious busi-ness name statement expires f ive years from thedate i t was f i led in the off ice of the county clerk.a new f ic t i t ious business name statement mustbe f i led prior to that date. the f i l ing of this state-ment does not of i tsel f authorize the use in thisstate of a f ict i t ious business name in violat ion ofthe r igh ts o f another under federa l , s ta te , o rcommon law (see sec t ion 14411 e t seq . , Bus i -ness and Pro fess ions Code) . Pub. the S igna ltribune: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2011.


the fo l low ing person is do ing bus iness as :BlaCKBird Cafe, 3405 orange ave. , longBeach, Ca 90807. registrant: BlaCKBird CafeinC., 3405 orange ave., long Beach, Ca 90807.this business is conducted by: a Corporat ion. ideclare that a l l in format ion in th is s tatement istrue and correct. Signed: debbie rossett i -Cola-cion, President. the registrant has not begun tot ransact bus iness under the f ic t i t ious bus inessname or names l isted herein. this statement wasfi led with the county clerk of los angeles Countyon July 6, 2011. notiCe: this f ict i t ious businessname statement expires f ive years from the datei t was f i led in the o f f i ce o f the county c le rk . anew f ict i t ious business name statement must bef i led pr io r to that date . the f i l ing o f th is s ta te-ment does not of i tsel f authorize the use in thisstate of a f ict i t ious business name in violat ion ofthe r igh ts o f another under federa l , s ta te , o rcommon law (see sec t ion 14411 e t seq . , Bus i -ness and Pro fess ions Code) . Pub. the S igna ltribune: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2011.


the fol lowing person is doing business as: 1.long BeaCH air CHarter, 2. long BeaCHflying ClUB, 3. long BeaCH fligHt aCad-eMy, 2631 e. Spring St., long Beach, Ca 90806.registrant: CandaCe a. larned enterPriSeS,inC., 2631 e. Spring St., long Beach, Ca 90806.this business is conducted by: a Corporat ion. ideclare that all information in this statement is trueand correct. Signed: Candace a. robinson, Presi-dent. the registrant has not begun to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name or namesl isted herein. this statement was f i led with thecounty clerk of los angeles County on July 6,2011. notiCe: this fictitious business name state-ment expires five years from the date it was filed inthe office of the county clerk. a new fictitious busi-ness name statement must be f i led pr ior to thatdate. the filing of this statement does not of itselfauthorize the use in this state of a fictit ious busi-ness name in violat ion of the r ights of anotherunder federal, state, or common law (see section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Pub. the Signal tribune: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2011.


the fo l low ing person is do ing bus iness as : 1 .fUll Moon entertainMent groUP, 2. fUllMoon ent. groUP, 3 . fUll Moon, 4 .MideaSt l ive, 5 . MideaSt l ive ent. , 6 .MideaSt l ive entertainMent, 6000 B ixbyvi l lage drive #7, long Beach, Ca 90803. regis-t ran t : KUlCSar inveStMentS llC, 6000

Bixby vi l lage dr ive #7, long Beach, Ca 90803.this business is conducted by: a limited liabi l -i ty Company. i declare that al l information in thiss ta tement i s t rue and cor rec t . S igned: reataKu lcsar, Pres ident . the reg is t ran t has no tbegun to t ransact bus iness under the f ic t i t iousbus iness name or names l i s ted here in . th isstatement was f i led with the county clerk of losangeles County on July 1, 2011. notiCe: thisf ic t i t ious business name statement expires f iveyears f rom the date i t was f i led in the off ice ofthe county clerk. a new f ict i t ious business namestatement must be f i led pr ior to that date . thef i l ing of this statement does not of i tsel f author-ize the use in th is state of a f ic t i t ious businessname in v io lat ion of the r ights of another underfedera l , s ta te , o r common law (see sec t ion14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Pub. the S igna l tr ibune: Ju ly 8 , 15 , 22 , 29 ,2011.


the fo l low ing person is do ing bus iness as :fUnCtional fine art, 1111 W. 10th St . , Uni tB , San Pedro , Ca 90731. reg is t ran t : eKleK-tiKo inC, 1111 W. 10th St. , Unit B, San Pedro,Ca 90731. this business is conducted by: a Cor-pora t ion . i dec la re tha t a l l in fo rmat ion in th iss ta tement i s t rue and cor rec t . S igned: Car losSoto, President. the registrant has not begun tot ransact bus iness under the f ic t i t ious bus inessname or names l isted herein. this statement wasfi led with the county clerk of los angeles Countyon Ju ly 11, 2011. notiCe: th is f ic t i t ious bus i -ness name statement expires f ive years from thedate i t was f i led in the off ice of the county clerk.a new f ic t i t ious business name statement mustbe f i led prior to that date. the f i l ing of this state-ment does not of i tsel f authorize the use in thisstate of a f ict i t ious business name in violat ion ofthe r igh ts o f another under federa l , s ta te , o rcommon law (see sec t ion 14411 e t seq . , Bus i -ness and Pro fess ions Code) . Pub. the S igna ltribune: July 15, 22, 29, & august 5, 2011.


the fol lowing person is doing business as: Joyride MoBile SKate SHoP, 37 W. Pleasant St.,long Beach, Ca 90805. registrant: MiCHael t.alverSon, 37 W. Pleasant St., long Beach, Ca90805. this bus iness is conducted by: an ind i -vidual. i declare that al l information in this state-ment i s t rue and cor rec t . S igned: Michae l t.alverson. the registrant has not begun to trans-act business under the f ict i t ious business nameor names l isted herein. this statement was f i ledwith the county c lerk of los angeles County onJuly 13, 2011. notiCe: this f ic t i t ious businessname statement expires f ive years from the datei t was f i led in the o f f i ce o f the county c le rk . anew f ict i t ious business name statement must bef i led pr io r to that date . the f i l ing o f th is s ta te-ment does not of i tsel f authorize the use in thisstate of a f ict i t ious business name in violat ion ofthe r igh ts o f another under federa l , s ta te , o rcommon law (see sec t ion 14411 e t seq . , Bus i -ness and Pro fess ions Code) . Pub. the S igna ltribune: July 15, 22, 29, & august 5, 2011.


the fo l low ing persons are do ing bus iness as :BroadWay loCKSMitH SHoP, 3199 e. Pacif icCoast Hwy. #103, Signal Hi l l , Ca 90755. regis-t ran t : 1 . JaMeS t. Carter, 2 . lorine l .Carter, 6749 Stearns St . , long Beach, Ca90815. th is bus iness is conducted by: Copar t -ners. i declare that al l informat ion in th is state-ment i s t rue and cor rec t . S igned: lor ine l .Carter. the registrant has not begun to transactbusiness under the f ic t i t ious bus iness name ornames l i s ted here in . th is s ta tement was f i ledwith the county c lerk of los angeles County onJuly 14, 2011. notiCe: this f ic t i t ious businessname statement expires f ive years from the datei t was f i led in the o f f i ce o f the county c le rk . anew f ict i t ious business name statement must bef i led pr io r to that date . the f i l ing o f th is s ta te-ment does not of i tsel f authorize the use in thisstate of a f ict i t ious business name in violat ion ofthe r igh ts o f another under federa l , s ta te , o rcommon law (see sec t ion 14411 e t seq . , Bus i -ness and Pro fess ions Code) . Pub. the S igna ltribune: July 15, 22, 29, & august 5, 2011.

TST3788 / Case No. NS024144order to SHoW CaUSe for CHange ofnaMeSUPerior CoUrt of California, CoUntyof loS angeleS, 415 West ocean Blvd., longBeach, Ca 90802, SoUtH JUdiCial diStriCt.Petition of Ur i tza Sant iago Smith, (mother) ,el i jah ray guthrie, (son) for Change of name.to all intereSted PerSonS:1. Pet i t ioner UritZa Santiago SMitH, f i led apet i t ion w i th th is cour t fo r a decree chang ingnames as fo l lows: Present name: eliJaH raygUtHrie to Proposed name: eliJaH raySMitH.2. tHe CoUrt orderS that a l l persons inter-es ted in th is mat te r sha l l appear be fore th iscour t a t the hear ing ind ica ted be low to showcause, i f any, shy the pe t i t ion fo r change o fname should not be granted.

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Publ ished in the Signal tr ibune newspaper: July 22, 29, & august 5, 12, 2011


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PUBlIC HEARING NoTICE

notiCe iS HereBy given that on tuesday, august 9, 2011, the PlanningCommission of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. inthe City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill,

California, to review the items described below.

notiCe iS HereBy given that on tuesday, September 6, 2011, the CityCouncil will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber

located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill, California to review theitems described below.

Zoning ordinanCe aMendMent 11-05

a reQUeSt to aMend tHe Signal Hill MUniCiPal Code to PerMitfood trUCK eventS and eStaBliSH regUlationS for foodtrUCK eventS on Private ProPerty in all CoMMerCial and

indUStrial ZoneS.

applicant: the City of Signal Hill

all intereSted PerSonS are hereby invited to attend public hearings topresent written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evidenceon the above matter. if you wish to legally challenge any action taken by the Cityon the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or some-one else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or in written corre-

spondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearings.

a negative deClaration has been prepared in conjunction with the subjectZoning ordinance amendment based on an initial study that found no significant

environmental impacts associated with the proposal.

tHe file containing negative declaration 7/29/11 (2) relevant to the proposalmay be inspected by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,

Monday through thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on fridays, in the Commu-nity development department at City Hall.

tHe PUBliC iS invited to submit written comments to the Community devel-opment department, during the review period from July 29, 2011 – September 6,

2011 prior to City Council adoption of the negative declaration. Written com-ments may also be submitted at the public hearings.

fUrtHer inforMation on this item may be obtained at the City of Signal HillCommunity development department located at 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal

Hill, California, or by emailing reina Schaetzl, assistant Planner at HyPerlinK"mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] or calling at

(562) 989-7341.

Published in the Signal tribune newspaper (no less than 1/8 page): July 29, 2011Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010: July 29, 2011

Mailed to affected property owners on or before: July 29, 2011


NoTICE oF A PUBlIC HEARING

notiCe iS HereBy given that the Planning Commission of the City of Sig-nal Hill will hold a public hearing on tuesday, august 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in theCouncil Chambers located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill, Cali-

fornia, to consider:

reviSed PlanS for tHe aragon reSidential CondoMiniUMdeveloPMent

(formerly known as Cityview)

tHe aPPliCant HaS SUBMitted an aPPliCation reQUeStingaPProval of Modified floor PlanS and elevationS for tHe 81

-Unit toWnHoMe-Style CondoMiniUM ProJeCt PrevioUSlyaPProved at oriZiBa avenUe SoUtH of 19tH Street (see attached

map). PreliMinary grading, ConStrUCtion of a CUl-de-SaCeliMinating ConneCting traffiCe BetWeen PaCifiC CoaSt HigH-

Way and 19tH Street and oil Well aBandonMent Have BeenCoMPleted BUt ConStrUCtion on StrUCtUreS HaS not

oCCUred. tHe Site Plan and nUMBer of UnitS (81) reMainS tHeSaMe. ProPoSed CHangeS inClUde:

eliMination of 4-Story BUildingS (all UnitS Will Be 3-Story)inCorPoration of tWo 3 BedrooM floor PlanS (19 3 BedrooM

UnitS and 62 2 BedrooM UnitS)addition of 3rd ParKing SPaCe for 3 BedrooM UnitS (15 WillinClUde 3rd SPaCe aS tandeM SPaCe in Private garage and 4

Will inClUde extra driveWay SPaCe in addition to 2 Cargarage – all 2 BedrooM UnitS inClUde 2 Car Private garageS)

applicant(s): MBK Homes

a Mitigated negative deClaration was previously adopted for the sub-ject project and mitigation measures were included as a part of the Mitigated

negative declaration that will mitigate identified significant impacts to a level ofinsignificance. the Mitigated negative declaration and material relevant to the

proposed project may be inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m., Monday through thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., fridays, in the

Community development department at City Hall.

tHe PUBliC iS invited to submit written comments to the Communitydevelopment department or at the public hearing.

fUrtHer inforMation on this item may be obtained at the City of SignalHill Community development department located at 2175 Cherry avenue, Sig-nal Hill, California, or by calling Scott Charney at (562) 989-7343 or by email at:

HyPerlinK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected].

.Published in the Signal tribune newspaper: July 29, 2011

Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010: July 29, 2011Mailed to affected property owners: July 29, 2011

18 SignAL TriBune JuLy 29, 2011neWS

parts of Lakewood and south to Wilm-ington/West Long Beach. He’s now inhis fourth year in the Assembly.Assembly members are limited to

serving six years. In an interview with Furutani on

Monday, he explained that his deci-sion to run for city council instead ofseeking a third term as an assembly-man was influenced by proposed dis-trict line changes that would likelybreak up the 55th district. These

changes are based on early drafts ofthe proposed maps for representationat the Board of Equalization, StateSenate, Assembly and House of Rep-resentative levels released by the Cal-ifornia Citizens RedistrictingCommission. Based on his analysis ofthe Commission’s draft maps, the dis-trict boundaries would shift west, withNormandie Avenue as its eastern

boundary. According to Furutani, Tor-rance, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beachand Manhattan Beach would be in hisdistrict.

“I don’t even know what my dis-trict is going to look like in the future,and all the maps that I’ve seen up tonow have me in areas that I’ve neverrepresented in my life. I’ve never beena beach person,” Furutani said.

Furutani was born in San Pedroand raised in Gardena, and has been aresident of the Harbor Gateway areafor about 20 years.

With a primary nomination elec-tion in Los Angeles on November 8and (if one is necessary) a generalelection on January 17, time is run-ning short for Furutani who has set anumber of priorities for his work as aCalifornia lawmaker.

Furutani said he’s focused on anumber of bills that deal with careertechnical education. He authored a billthat included career technical educa-tion classes among the class optionsstudents would have to satisfy a highschool graduation requirement.Another bill would create pilot pro-grams for high schools that link aca-demic studies to career paths sostudents can see the relevance of theirclasses.

Furutani has often focused on edu-cation. He has served on the Board ofEducation for the Los Angeles UnifiedSchool District as well as the Board ofTrustees for the Los Angeles Commu-nity College District.

The assembly member is alsopressing for pension reform before heleaves office. One bill, AB 340,known as the “Anti-Pension SpikingAct,” has been passed by the stateSenate and will be reviewed by theAssembly in August. It’s one of anumber of pension reform bills thatFurutani, as the chair of the PublicEmployees, Retirement and SocialSecurity Committee, hopes to seepassed.

AB 340 would prevent new publicemployees from using housing or carallowance benefits to calculate theirretirement pension. It would also givebroad authority to county pensionboards. According to analysis from aconsultant for Furutani’s committee,these boards could deny compensationthat would spike an employee’sallowance.

No analysis has been offered todetermine exactly how much the pen-sion reform bills would affect the statebudget.

Furutani said that he was trying toaddress pension reform with a“scalpel, not a meat cleaver or sledgehammer.”

“I think people appreciate thatmessage in terms of how to fix this sothat we don’t throw out the baby withthe bathwater,” said Furutani.

The assembly member acknowl-edged that a few of his battles over thestate budget still must be resolved. Healso recognized the steep criticism thathe and fellow Democrats receivedwhen they threatened to shut downredevelopment agencies across thestate. California lawmakers passedtwo bills concerning redevelopment.One bill would end redevelopmentagencies altogether, and if they aren’tdissolved, another bill would forceagencies to pay a significantly largeamount to benefit schools. City offi-cials throughout Southern Californiathrew their support behind a lawsuitthat hopes to stop these two bills.

According to Furutani, the leadersof the Assembly and Senate havepromised to put together a committeeto review their options. They will beconsidering how to continue redevel-opment in the “context of meaningfulreform and improvement,” Furutanisaid.

“It’s still a work in process,” Furu-tani said of redevelopment agencies,“but I think the best description of it isthat we’re trying to fix the airplane inflight. So it gets a little chaotic.”

The press offices of the assemblyspeaker and the senate president pro-tem did not confirm that a specificcommittee as described by Furutanihas been formed, however they didacknowledge that redevelopment isstill an ongoing issue among a numberof committees and staff members inSacramento. The senate president pro-tem’s press office indicated that otherredevelopment legislation may be pro-posed later.

The legislature reconvenes onAugust 15 and ends on September 9for the winter break. ß

TST3808NoTICE oF A PUBlIC HEARING

notiCe iS HereBy given that the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hillwill hold a public hearing on tuesday, august 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the City CouncilChamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill, California, to review:

Site Plan and deSign revieW 11-03

a reQUeSt to reModel an exiSting 768 SQUare foot one-Story,tWo- BedrooM, one-BatH Single-faMily dWelling to a tWo-Bed-rooM, tWo-BatH Single-faMily dWelling WitH a one-Car garage

and deMoliSH an exiSting tHree-Car garage in tHe rear andConStrUCt a neW tHree-Car garage WitH a 931 SQUare foot

tWo- BedrooM, one-BatH Single-faMily dWelling aBove it at 3347Brayton avenUe in tHe rlM-2, reSidential loW/MediUM-2, Zoning

diStriCt

applicant: reginald Mcnulty

all intereSted PerSonS are hereby invited to attend this public hearing topresent written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evidence on

the above matter. tHe file containing material relevant to the proposed project may be inspected bythe public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through thursday,and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on fridays, in the Community development department

at City Hall.tHe PUBliC iS invited to submit written comments to the Community develop-ment department prior to the public hearing no later than tuesday, august 2, 2011,for insertion into the staff report as an exhibit. Written comments may also be sub-

mitted at the hearing or via email at [email protected] inforMation on this item may be obtained at the City of Signal HillCommunity development department located at 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill,

California, or by calling James Kao, associate Planner at (562) 989-7344.

Published in the Signal tribune newspaper: July 29, 2011Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010: July 29, 2011

Mailed to affected property owners: July 29, 2011

CiTy oF SignAL HiLL

TST3806NoTICE INVITING BIDS

a-1 Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of SignalHill, California, until 10:00 a.m. on august 23, 2011, and on the same dayshortly thereafter, they will be publicly opened and read for the “adaiMProveMentS at orange avenUe and WilloW Street” project,in accordance with the Specifications therefore. Bids must be made on theforms provided for this purpose, addressed to the City Clerk, City of SignalHill, marked "Bid for," followed by the title of the project and the date andhour for submitting bids. Bids are required for the entire work as describedin the Bid Schedule and the Specifications.the work to be accomplished under this contract includes the rehabilitationand the construction of sidewalk, curb ramps, retaining wall, and water, strip-ing, signage, and traffic signal improvements Willow Street between orangeavenue and gundry avenue.a-2 all work must be completed within one hundred and twenty (120) work-ing days after receipt by the Contractor of the notice to proceed from theCity. the contract documents, which include the Specifications, may beobtained at the City of Signal Hill department of finance for $20, or $25 ifrequested by mail. the documents are entitled “ada iMProveMentS atorange avenUe and WilloW Street”.a-3 Bids will not be received unless they are made on a proposal form fur-nished in the Contract documents by the City of Signal Hill. each bid mustbe accompanied by cash, certified check, cashier's check or bidder's bond,made payable to the City of Signal Hill for an amount equal to at least tenpercent (10%) of the amount bid, such guarantee to be forfeited should thebidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the Contract.a-4 all bids are to be compared on the basis of the lump sum or itemizedbid items shown in the Bid Schedule(s). Bids will not be accepted from theContractors who are not licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chap-ter 9, division iii of the Business and Professions Code of the State of Cal-ifornia. the Contractor shall be required to possess a Class a or Class C-10license, with subcontractors possessing appropriate licenses, at the time thecontract is awarded.a-5 attention is directed to the provision in Section 1777.5 of the labor Codeconcerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor of any subcon-tractor under the Contractor.a-6 Before a Contract is entered into with the successful bidder, the biddershall present evidence in writing to the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, that hehas a current combined single limit liability policy with aggregate limits forBodily injury and Property damage in the amount of two million dollars($2,000,000).a-7 Prevailing Wage Statement: this is a federally-assisted constructionproject. federal labor Standards Provisions outlined in the HUd-4010 form,including the prevailing wage requirements of the davis-Bacon and relatedacts (dBra) will be enforced. the “current federal Wage decision” is theone in effect 10-days prior to the bid opening date and can be found on-lineat http://www.wdol.gov. in the event of a conflict between federal and Statewages rates, the higher of the two will prevail. also, the federal labor Stan-dards Provisions (HUd-4010 form), and the federal Wage decision mustbe in the bid documents and physically attached the agency report of Con-tract award form for each subcontract awarded. the Current federal Wagedecision must be included in the bid documents and, within 10-days of Bidopening, the lCa must check (online) to see if a new modification wasissued. if a new modification was issued, an addendum must be sent to bid-ders.the Contractor’s duty to pay State prevailing wages can be found underlabor Code Section 1770 et seq. and labor Code Sections 1775 and1777.7 outline the penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages and employapprentices including forfeitures and debarment.a-8 attention is directed to government Code Sections 4590 and 14402.5permitting the substitution of specified and approved securities for contractretention of funds. all such securities shall be subject to the review andapproval of the City attorney of the City of Signal Hill.a-9 the successful bidder will be required to furnish a payment bond in anamount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price and afaithful performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent(100%) of the contract price, and said bonds shall be secured from a suretycompany satisfactory to the City attorney of the City of Signal Hill.a-10 the City of Signal Hill reserves the right to reject any and all bids, ordelete portions of any and all bids or waive any informality or irregularity inthe bid or the bid procedures and shall be the sole judge of the bidsreceived.a-11 Conflict of interest: in the procurement of supplies, equipment, con-struction, and services by sub-recipients, the conflict of interest provisionsin 24 Cfr 85.36, oMB Circular a-110, and 24 Cfr 570.611, respectively,shall apply. no employee, officer or agent of the sub-recipient shall partici-pate in selection, or in the award or administration of a contract supportedby federal funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved.By order of the City of Signal Hill. Posted at Signal Hill City Hall on:July 22, 2011 Published in the Signal tribune on:

July 29 and august 5, 2011

CiTy oF SignAL HiLL


PUBlIC HEARING NoTICE

notiCe iS HereBy given that on tuesday, august 9, 2011, the PlanningCommission of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m.in the City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal

Hill, California, to review the items described below.

notiCe iS HereBy given that on tuesday, September 6, 2011, the CityCouncil will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber

located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill, California to review theitems described below.

Zoning ordinanCe aMendMent 11-04

a reQUeSt to aMend tHe Signal Hill MUniCiPal Code to PerMittattoo and Body PierCing StUdio USe SUBJeCt to diStanCeand SeParation reQUireMentS of 500 feet froM SenSitiveland USeS SUCH aS reSidential ZoneS, CHUrCHeS, ParKS,

liBrarieS and SCHoolS and 1,000 feet froM any SiMilar eStaB-liSHMent and to PerMit tHe USe in tHe Cg, CoMMerCial gen-

eral, Co, CoMMerCial offiCe, CtC, CoMMerCial toWn Center,Ci, CoMMerCial indUStrial, li, ligHt indUStrial, gi, generalindUStrial, and SP-10, PaCifiC CoaSt HigHWay SPeCifiC Plan,

Zoning diStriCtS.

applicant: Jon Hall and Wade Hexberg

all intereSted PerSonS are hereby invited to attend public hearings topresent written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evi-

dence on the above matter. if you wish to legally challenge any action taken bythe City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues

you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or inwritten correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearings.

a negative deClaration has been prepared in conjunction with the sub-ject Zoning ordinance amendment based on an initial study that found no sig-

nificant environmental impacts associated with the proposal.

tHe file containing negative declaration 7/29/11 (1) relevant to the proposalmay be inspected by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,

Monday through thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on fridays, in the Com-munity development department at City Hall.

tHe PUBliC iS invited to submit written comments to the Community devel-opment department, during the review period from July 29, 2011 – September6, 2011 prior to City Council adoption of the negative declaration. Written com-

ments may also be submitted at the public hearings.

fUrtHer inforMation on this item may be obtained at the City of SignalHill Community development department located at 2175 Cherry avenue, Sig-

nal Hill, California, or by emailing James Kao, associate Planner at HyPer-linK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] or calling at

(562) 989-7344.

Published in the Signal tribune newspaper: July 29, 2011Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010: July 29, 2011

Mailed to affected property owners on or before: July 29, 2011

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for next year’s stars as RDA fundingmay no longer be an option.

“I’d like to get a lot of the commu-nity involved financially. I think it willbe very easy to get some communityinput financially on that. I really do,”Andrews said. “Once they see thosebeautiful stars up on the fence, I thinka whole lot of people will want to be apart of that. It brightens up our commu-nity.”

Andrews is hoping to fill up thewhole fence that lies on the east side ofMartin Luther King Jr. Avenue. He iskeeping hush about the possiblechoices for next year’s honorees, how-ever he has one candidate in mind forthe Poly High community to consider.

“I don’t want to give away thesecret. I think I’m going to be one ofthem. Let’s just put that down,”Andrews said and laughed.

Other Long Beach high schoolshave shown interest in starting theirown walks of fame, said Andrews, buthe’s confident that Poly’s will gainmomentum through the years. He’spredicting an even bigger and betterturnout for next year’s ceremony.

“I think with the next one you prob-ably won’t be able to get into thosebleachers,” Andrews said. “It was oneof those situations where it just cameabout. All kinds of individuals camefrom Poly. It’s the history everyonethinks about. It just resonates no matterwhere you go.” ß

Stephanie Raygoza

Staff Writer

A large crowd of residents, cityofficials and neighborhood groupscame out to discuss the latest ninthdistrict news at the first North LongBeach Community Assembly onJuly 23rd at Houghton Park. Hostedby 9th District CouncilmemberSteven Neal, the assembly was cre-ated to better inform North LongBeach residents and inspire commu-nity participation.

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster,US Rep. Laura Richardson (D-37th)and 8th District CouncilmemberRae Gabelich thanked attendees forcoming together to address commu-nity concerns and neighborhoodimprovements. City Manager PatWest, Long Beach Prosecutor DougHaubert, Long Beach PoliceDepartment Commander Galen Car-roll, and Tony Foster, redevelop-ment project officer for the LongBeach Redevelopment Agency(RDA), provided attendees with up-to-date information on the progressof ongoing projects.

A panel of 11 neighborhoodassociations and groups was seatedat the front of the community room.Neighborhood association represen-tatives gave brief introductionsabout their groups, specified theareas they represent, and disclosedthe dates and frequency of theirmonthly meetings.

“I’m very grateful to be having avery productive year organizing,working with the community in theNorth, and moving the communityforward,” Neal said. “This is a gen-eral meeting of North Long Beachresidents to meet their neighbors,receive important communityupdates, and most importantly, tolearn from each other by sharing oursuccesses, challenges, opinions, tal-ents and resources with oneanother.”

Mayor Bob Foster addressed theimpact Assembly Bills AB 1x26 andAB 1x27 would have on the manyproposed city projects if the currentredevelopment agencies are notreinstated under the lawsuit filedJuly 18 against the CaliforniaSupreme Court by the League ofCalifornia Cities and the CaliforniaRedevelopment Associations. Thelawsuit challenges the constitution-

ality of recent legislation affectingthe agencies in the state.

“We believe that what the statedid was clearly illegal,” Foster said.“I’m not going to predict the out-come of the lawsuit, but I think thateventually we should be victoriousin litigation. I’m very emotionalabout this because I think what wasdone to the city and done to othercities around California is almostunbelievable.”

The bills will not affect ongoingprojects but future projects wouldbe at risk. The Supreme Court hasuntil August 15 to make an initialruling on the lawsuit’s request for astay that would prevent the legisla-tion from going into effect.

West discussed the many festiv-ities happening throughout LongBeach as part of the 100 Days ofSummer program. In addition, heconfirmed that the Long Beach Air-port’s new parking garage has beencompleted, and that work hasstarted on several other projects,including airport terminal upgrades,the Port of Long Beach’s GeraldDesmond Bridge Reconstructionand Middle Harbor Project, and thenew Long Beach courthouse.

West also affirmed the reinstate-ment of the previously canceledFarmers and Merchants Bank andPalm Desert Development Com-pany-funded housing developmentproject along Artesia Boulevard.According to West, approximately

$500,000 of infrastructure projectshave been completed in the pastthree years.

“Over the years, the City haseliminated over 644 positions in thecity, [totaling] 19 percent of ourgeneral fund workforce,” West said.“The number one need in this stateis pension reform. The whole citycouncil and city management isunanimous in pension reform.”

The Long Beach City Councilwill release a budget on August 1and the hearing will begin onAugust 2.

Gabelich spoke about the impor-tance of focusing on a communitywatch program that is currentlybeing development. “It’s all aboutthe partnerships we create toimprove the neighborhoods andcommunities we live in,” Gabelichsaid.

In addressing the ongoing gangviolence issue, Haubert announcedthat his team handles more than14,000 misdemeanors every year.He reported more than 100 arrestsunder gang injunctions last year,and an additional 85 made sinceJanuary 1st of this year. He esti-mates that this year’s arrests willsurpass last year’s numbers of ganginjunction prosecutions.

“It’s the most powerful commu-nity empowerment strategy that wehave,” Haubert said. “This has beenasked for, and we get help from theschool district, police department,

community groups and other citydepartments.”

Carroll offered crime statisticsand updates for the North LongBeach area, attributing many of theincidents to property crimes. Heencouraged residents to expandtheir community watch and payattention to their surroundings.Attendees were invited to partici-pate in the 28th Annual NationalNight Out crime and drug preven-tion event on Tuesday, August 2.

RDA representative Tony Fosterconcluded the evening with aslideshow of the many ongoing

projects in North Long Beach, andencouraged residents to becomemore involved in their community.

According to Foster, LongBeach is currently weighing theoptions presented under the assem-bly bills, including the decision toreestablish the redevelopment agen-cies.

“In the meantime, we’re contin-uing to work on our obligations,”Foster said. “Much of the work thatyou see going on around the cityand the contracts that have alreadybeen enacted are going to continue.”ß

residents, city leaders gather to focus on north LB development


Mayor Bob Foster, left, gave residents at the North Long Beach Community Assem-bly a rundown of the City’s efforts to save redevelopment agencies.

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