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The New DUI: Detaining Unlicensed Immigrants

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By Rosario Vital – El Observador

On October 25, the SanJose Police Depart-ment announced it re-

ceived $382,259 from theCalifornia Office of Traffic Safetyto continue with checkpoints inthe City of San Jose and arrestdrivers under the influence of al-cohol.

According to authorities anaverage of nearly 11,000 peoplehave died annually as a result ofDUI traffic accidents nationwide.In California, authorities indicatethat 950 people have lost theirlives because of drunk drivers.

It is good public policy tolimit the number of drunk drivers.What is questionable is the paral-lel policy of arresting those whodo not have licenses, and cannotobtain licenses because of theirimmigration status. These are thenew DUIs: Detaining UnlicensedImmigrants.

Detaining and arresting theseindividuals does nothing to ad-vance the policy of getting drunkdrivers off the road. In fact, ittakes time and resources awayfrom the real goal and focus: as-suring that drunk drivers are notallowed to drive.

The San Jose Police Depart-ment DUI Checkpoint Manual re-lies on guidelines and proceduresfrom two sources: the 1990 “Useof Sobriety Checkpoints for Im-paired Driving Enforcement” is-sued by the National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) and Ingersoll v. Palmer,a 1987 California Supreme Courtcase that reviewed sobriety check-point standards on El Camino

Real in Burlingame. Neither source mentions or

recommends combining sobrietycheckpoints with the laboriousand unrelated task of checking forunlicensed drivers. In fact, theyrecommend stops long enoughonly to detect alcohol abuse:

1. The NHTSA 1990 guide-lines recommend: “A uniformstatement/question to the drivershould be used, for example:‘Good Evening. You have beenstopped at a Department Namesobriety checkpoint. We usecheckpoints in an effort to detectand deter the impaired driver.Have you consumed any alcoholor controlled substance today?’ Ifthe driver’s answer is no and thereis no other compelling reason todetain the vehicle, the officershould permit the motorist to pro-ceed.” No mention is made ofasking for a driver’s license.

2. The 1987 CaliforniaSupreme Court case stated the fol-lowing: “Minimizing the averagetime each motorist is detained iscritical both to the intrusiveness ofthe stop on the individual driverand to maintaining safety byavoiding traffic tie-ups. As oc-curred in the Burlingame andCHP checkpoints, each motoriststopped should be detained onlylong enough for the officer toquestion the driver briefly and tolook for signs of intoxication,such as alcohol on the breath,slurred speech, and glassy orbloodshot eyes. If the driver doesnot display signs of impairment,he or she should be permitted todrive on without further delay.”No mention is made of asking for

a driver’s license.In the immigrant community

the problem of arresting thosewho do not have licenses and arecaught at the checkpoints is ahuge issue: immigrants lose theirvehicles, thousands of dollars inwages lost, and the loss of onlyway to get to work or take theirkids to school. The grants forDUI checkpoints should be usedto go after the real DUIs—thoseDriving Under the Influence—notto go after the detention of unau-thorized immigrants.

According to Zélica Ro-driguez, Policy Director ofSIREN, “Those driving without alicense face detrimental conse-

quences at checkpoints and also atpatrol stops. The cars of workingimmigrant families are being im-pounded for 30 days resulting inabout $2500 in fines and fees.”

Rodriguez is also concernedabout the other stops made by theSJPD. “Cars of undocumentedimmigrants are also being im-pounded in large numbers at pa-trol stops due to equipmentviolations or other minor viola-tions. They lose their means oftransportation that way too.”

SIREN has contacted boththe City and the acting PoliceChief to discuss the city’s currentimpoundment policy. “We arelooking at its disparate impact on

low income immigrant familiesand how it compromises publicsafety”, said Rodriguez.

The Crime Analysis Unit ofthe SJPD reports that in 2007 theyarrested 2,406 persons under theinfluence of alcohol. In 2008 theyarrested 2,526 and in 2009 theyarrested 2,155 individuals for thesame reason.

In 2008 the SJPD impounded379 vehicles. In 2009 the numberof impoundments was 251, and in2010 only through the first 9months of the year the SJPD im-pounded 301 vehicles. This totals931 impounded vehicles. While854 persons were stopped duringthese 33 months for driving with-out a license, only 292 personswere arrested for DUIs. It is clearthat the vast majority of impound-ments are a result from undocu-mented immigrant drivers, notfrom persons driving while drunk.

According to SJPD statisticsthe causes of most accidents andarrests are related to driving underthe influence. There is no infor-mation or evidence that peoplewho drive without a license arethe cause of these alcohol-relatedaccidents. So how, when, andwhy did the SJPD start attaching

license stops to sobriety check-points?

From the best sources whichinformed El Observador, licensestops began to accompany sobri-ety stops in 2005, soon after RobDavis became the Chief of theSJPD. This has led to deep dis-trust of the SJPD by the immi-grant community; the painful lossof savings and a vehicle to get towork and take kids to school; mis-demeanor convictions that under-mine self-sufficiency by notallowing a person to get a job; andthe disproportionate arrest and de-tention of minorities.

According to neighborhoodactivist Aaron Resendez, interimPolice Chief Chris Moore under-stands the need to re-gain the trustof the immigrant community. “Ibelieve Chief Moore will try tomake important improvements inthe policies that affect low-in-come immigrant families, such asthe checkpoint and impoundmentpolicies. I think the SJPD willfocus more on the actual perpetra-tors of alcohol-related accidents,the drunk drivers, not on soberimmigrants.”

El Observador hopes he isright.

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SHECKLER 4 WRAITH FADER VULC FADER M. TAYLORJAMESON 2

The New DUI: Detaining Unlicensed ImmigrantsSJPD stops of undocumented driversinstead of drunks undermines publicsafety

Those arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol can recover their vehicle the next day. Unlicensed drivers who are not

under the influence have to wait 30 days to get their car back. Why the disparity?

People who lose their vehicles must spend about $2,500 to recover them. Some do not bother to pick up the vehicle after 30 days

because of the “under water” value of their car.

The vehicle towing company charges $60 for each tow.

Century Tow, City Tow, Courtesy Tow, Delta Tow, Matos Tow and Motor Body Tow have contracts with the city to tow vehicles.

The SJPD gives 30 minutes to speak to a licensed family member or friend who can pick up the vehicle at the checkpoint. In Oak-

land, the police allow such cars to remain in safe places and the cars are not towed at all. EO recommends the adoption of this this

practice as a policy improvement.

Did you know?

EO has just learned that the SJPD plans to announce anew policy next week where in cars will not be impoundedwhen unlicensed drivers are stopped for minor traffic viola-tions. The police will allow the car to be parked in a safespot and be picked up later by a licensed driver. Whentowed, a licensed driver will be able to pick up the car im-mediately. EO strongly supports this proposed policychange. Read more next week when details areavailable. (Read more www.el-observador.com)

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The Biggest DealOc

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This lame duck Congressionalsession is, as expected by many,not getting to any of the busi-

ness which impacts the largest number ofAmericans. The biggest deal that can beenacted is one that favors the re-establish-ment of the American consumer economy.This is an issue which impacts the currentsilent majority (the middle class which isvery concerned, angry and disappointed).Why might that be? Well, for one thing,lobbyists, representing special interests, aredelivering too much influence money to astrategic group of members of Congress,both Republican and Democrat.

One of the ways to extract some goodfor the nation from the ‘influence activities’of lobbyists representing special interestsis to require payment to the U.S. Treasuryas much as they deliver to various congres-sional members as ‘influence money’.This is one way to collect a tax that is di-rectly applied to the national debt. This tax,if ever enacted and implemented, would re-ally be ‘a big deal’.

Imagine the impact of special interestmoney when it is ‘legal’ to exert influencewith money, providing that an equalamount is paid to reduce the national debt.It would be very likely that at first theywould ignore this idea; then they will fightthis idea; and then accept this tax as a‘business expense’. In the end the peoplewill benefit if an amount of money equalto that delivered by lobbyists is applied tothe national debt.

President Barack Obama is being crit-icized for making ‘a very big deal’ directlywith the Republican minority at this timein order to get certain negotiated conces-sions which will benefit the most needy ofthe American public: those who arepresently unemployed. This strategic movewill force the leadership of the Democraticleadership in both the Senate and the Houseto focus on what this deal was all about. Itis a brilliant move to force the Democraticleaders who have not supported the WhiteHouse’s proposals.

The Senate needs to assemble 60 votesto pass any legislation which will decrease(or for that matter, increase) taxes paid bythe middle class American public. Theywill not recall that special corporate inter-ests have already reduced their share of alltaxes paid from 75% some 50 years ago to

a present 25% paid by corporations today. The ‘super-rich’ need to understand

that they would not be that rich had notmany middle class Americans participatedin the competition required by a capitalisticeconomy. In addition, wars have been usedto create those situations wherein ‘an emer-gency’ exists which permits the conduct ofthis nation’s business by setting aside theusual, customary, and rational rules fordoing business.

Be aware that the lowest tax bracket(10%) which applies to the lowest incomelevels will go up to 15% if the ‘Bush taxes’is not extended. Simply stated, the taxes onthe low income taxpayers goes up 50% ifthe Bush taxes are permitted to lapse. Thevery few ‘super-rich’ may benefit by get-ting very low tax rates applied to their veryhigh incomes, however the massive num-bers of the low income folks will benefiteven more.

Consider that individuals having lowincomes have a propensity to spend 100%of that income while the individual with avery high income does not spend all oftheir money which is deemed to be discre-tionary. Some is saved; some is invested;and certainly not enough gets back into‘circulation’ as ‘consumer’ economic activ-ity.

Consider that today many jobs havegone to off-shore locales where skilledlabor is available at much lower wageswhich enables the generation of higherprofits. The capitalist of today is interestedin profits only so that this income must betaxed at higher levels unless that profit isre-invested domestically to create jobs inAmerica. The jobs that have already been“outsourced” will never come back.

Why do all that is being done by Pres-ident Barack Obama? It is because thebiggest deal is the one that benefits thelargest number of the American workingpublic. It has been a long time since this na-tion has had a President with the intellectand brain power to deal with politicalforces who oppose dealing with the busi-ness that benefits most Americans. ThePresident has made the best deal possiblewithout any help from many Democraticmembers of Congress who need to sufferthe consequences of not dealing with thebusiness of the American people.Δ

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d i t o r

Adult Education Opens Doors, Delivers Success

Ihave been taking an ESL class for about 7 months at Metropolitan Adult Education. When I cameto the U.S. last year, I got good information about Adult Education. I really appreciate this programbecause my English skills are getting much better. My ESL teachers teach us not only English

skills, but also teach us the culture and history of U.S. In the ESL class, we can share ideas and understandeach other. So I have made many friends with my ESL classmates.

I am very concerned about closing the Adult Education program with Metro ED. Metro ED is a goodopportunity to study English as a first step for the English language learner. It is also a first step to freedom.Educated Adults= Educated Children!

Natsuko IkunagaESL Student at Metropolitan Adult Education

Adult Education's Inportance to Me

My name is Maria Ramirez. I have been taking ESL classes since February 2009 to now atMetropolitan Adult Education. I decided to take this class because I have two daughters inelementary school and I want to help and understand their homework, Also, I work as As-

sistant Manager at Burger King, and I really need to speak, read and understand English. These are the twobig reasons that I decided to take this class. San Jose Unified School District is planning to take a lot ofmoney from Metropolitan Adult Education and many of our classes will close. I want to get my collegedegree. In the future I would like to be a nurse assistant.That's my big dream. I couldn't finish school in mycountry because I had to come here and find a job to support my daughter. She has a kidney problem andshe has to take medicine until the doctors find some new treatement that could work better for her. That'sanother reason I want to learn English so I can understand what the doctors tell me, and read the instructionson each treatment that she has to take. I hope San Jose Unified will consider keeping all the classes openbecause this will affect me and my daughters.

Maria RamirezESL student at Metropolitan Adult Education. Adult Education's Inportance to Me

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SANTA CLARA COUNTY.Melinda Cervantes, Execu-tive Director of the Santa

Clara County Library Joint Powers Au-thority (JPA) and Santa Clara CountyLibrarian has been honored with the2010 California Library AssociationMember of the Year Award. The recog-nition highlights her active and inno-vative leadership in service toCalifornia communities.

Cervantes has represented Califor-nia libraries in regional, statewide andnational library advocacy efforts.Under her leadership, Santa ClaraCounty Library has been recognized byHennen’s American Public LibraryRatings and Library Journal’s Star Li-braries as one of the nation's leading li-braries for delivering outstanding andcost effective service.

“I am very grateful to the Califor-nia Library Association for this honor,”said Cervantes, who is the 2010-2011Chair of the Urban Libraries CouncilBoard, and past Chair of California Li-brary Association’s Legislative Com-

mittee and the Public Library Associa-tion's Legislative Committee. “Thishonor reflects the strong support I re-ceive from the profession and dedi-cated Santa Clara County Libraryemployees that take our mission toheart.”

About the Santa Clara CountyLibrary

The Santa Clara County Libraryincludes two book mobiles, an onlinelibrary, seven community libraries andone branch library serving, Campbell,Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los AltosHills, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, MorganHill, Saratoga and the unincorporatedareas of Santa Clara County. The sys-tem has a collection of 1.8 millionitems, 290,985 library card holders andhas recorded 12,066,869, check outs.

The Santa Clara County Librarymission is to be an open forum promot-ing knowledge, ideas, and cultural en-richment. The library provides freeaccess to informational, educational,and recreational materials and services.In response to community needs, the li-

brary provides diverse resources on awide variety of subjects and view-points and helps people use these re-sources.

Santa Clara County Librarian Receives California Library Association Member of the Year Award

By Hilbert Morales, EL OBSERVADOR

Ethnic advocates are upin arms for the lack ofinclusion of their busi-

nesses in the bid process for lucra-tive contracts being awarded by theCalifornia High Speed Rail Author-ity (CA-HSRA). These advocategroups include the “Lawyers Com-mittee for Civil Rights (San Fran-cisco), National Concilio ofCalifornia and The San FranciscoAfrican-American Chamber ofCommerce.

Their analysis and monitoringof the bid placement record to dateof the CA-HSRA reveals that so farof 134 companies given work, only12 were ‘owned and operated’ byminorities. This record is the basisfor an official complaint filedWednesday, December 8, 2010with the U.S. Department of Trans-portation. The complaint allegesthat the CA-HSRA “utterly failed”to attract a diverse group of busi-nesses when making contractawards valued at more than $500

million. It is this lack of ‘inclusivediversity’ which resulted in theseadvocates asking the federal agencyto pull $3 billion in funding. Theadvocacy group alleges that theCA-HSRA’s “laissez-faire” ap-proach led to an unfair disadvan-tage to ethnic-owned businessesand that this violated Title VI of theCivil Rights Act of 1964.

Diane LaCome, President, Na-tional Concilio of California andFrederick Jordan, President andChair, San Francisco African-American Chamber of Commerceare to be commended for their ef-forts and leadership in this requiredadvocacy action. This demonstratesthat monitoring and whistle-blow-ing are essential to having majorprojects be managed and operatedin a manner that benefits the great-est number of Americans, both thelabor force and their businesses. Akey to achievement of desired out-comes is for CA-HSRA to becomemore effective in communicationsthat reach the minority community,especially its businesses.

High Speed Rail Bid Bias?

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By Cinthis Rodriguez – El Observador

On Tuesday, December 7, over 50 people gathered at San Jose’s City Hall insupport of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.

The following day, the Act was passed in Congress’s House of Representativesby a 216-198 vote and on Thursday, the Senate, not having 60 votes, deferred thevote.

“I have a couple of students who are scared to reveal their status so we’re gettingour students to focus on private colleges because they are more lenient to acceptingundocumented students, said Luis Marquez, California Student Opportunity andAccess Program counselor, James Lick High School. “Unfortunately for the restwho don’t qualify, we ask them to go through the community college route and hopethat the DREAM Act does pass.”

The DREAM Act is a bill aimed at providing immigration relief to young peo-ple. The passage would grant many undocumented youth access to legal residencyand federal financial aid, removing legal and economic barriers to higher education.

Currently undocumented students can’t participate in federally funded programsdesigned to assist low-income students. Immigration laws also prohibit undocu-mented students from activities like study abroad programs, any paid internships orstudent employment.

“What keeps me going is my family, I think the struggle that I go through is allworth it,” said Kimberly Martinez, sophomore at San Jose State University.

As a freshman in high school, Martinez realized she was undocumented anddecided she had no future in a country that she has known since the age of one. Sheled a carefree life until she learned it was possible for her to attend college.

“The DREAM Act would give me an opportunity to help others through thehardships that I’ve endured with the struggle of being undocumented,” said Mar-tinez. “I’d also be able to get an education. I can’t imagine myself without it.”

With the help of scholarships, students like Martinez may graduate college butlife after that is uncertain. When others don’t see the incentive to continue their ed-ucation the U.S. is losing out on their creative productivity as well as tax revenuefrom their potentially higher earnings.

“We have to stand up and say enough is enough, we have to put a line in thesand and we have to treat all people with dignity and respect,” said councilmemberAsh Karla.

By passing the DREAM Act, Congress would give undocumented youth a pathtoward realizing their full potential and an opportunity to fully participate in thecountry that has given them the opportunity to succeed.

Holding onto a dream

(ARA)

College is becomingmore expensive bythe year. If you

have a student entering school,you probably are faced with thesobering task of figuring outhow to pay for it. While cost ofcollege tuition continues torise, scholarships are still atried-and-true way to bring theprice tag of college to a morereasonable level.

But your child can't receivescholarship money if he doesn'tapply for it. And as with mostthings in life, “the early birdsget the worms.” Now is thetime to get those applicationscompleted in hopes of hand-some rewards in the spring andsummer.

Applying for scholarshipsshould be one of the first stepsin your plan to pay for college.However, scholarship mythscontinue to flourish and need tobe dispelled.

Myth 1: Billions of schol-arship dollars go unclaimed.

In reality, the number ofunused scholarships is minus-cule. You'll need to do your re-search and apply early to havea chance at getting your shareof available funding.

Myth 2: Scholarships goonly to the best students.

Many scholarships areawarded based on elementsother than academic achieve-ment. Some scholarships arebased on the student's majorfield of study, involvement inextracurricular and communityactivities, ethnicity and geo-graphic origin, or other factors.

Myth 3: Scholarshipsearches are worth paying for.

This myth eventually willdie as people discover themany free resources availableon the Internet or in the printmedia.

So how do students andtheir parents sort through the

myths and get to the facts? Startthe process early - January isperfect for the next school year- and utilize the resourcesaround you. To find scholarshipopportunities, start with yourhigh school guidance counselorand local library for a list ofpossible resources. Next, checkwith your college financial aidoffice. Most states and manycolleges offer scholarships, sostudents should also inquireabout them. Finally, the Inter-net and organizational websitesare excellent places to search.Remember, this informationshould always be free.

Don't count yourself outjust because you are not thevaledictorian, class president orstar athlete. There are scholar-ships available for many inter-ests, backgrounds and abilities.The bottom line is apply now,and the more scholarships forwhich you apply, especiallylocal and regional opportuni-ties, the better your odds are tobe selected.

Though the scholarship ap-plication process can be timeconsuming, most scholarshipsrequire similar information.Once you complete your firstapplication, you can easily re-use the same information foradditional scholarships.

Scholarships come frommany sources, but the studentmay have to do some detectivework to uncover them. For ex-ample, atwww.usbank.com/student-loans, you can apply to be oneof 40 high school seniors orcollege undergraduates to re-ceive a $1,000 U.S. Bank Inter-net Scholarship. Over the past13 years, U.S. Bank hasawarded more than $350,000 inscholarship funding for thisprogram. Scholarship award re-cipients are selected through arandom drawing process. Thereare no essays to complete orminimum grade point average

requirements. The U.S. Bankwebsite also features a power-

ful scholarship search engine.

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Apply yourself: Now's thetime to go for scholarships

Scholarship search tips

* Start early - Experts recommend college-bound studentsand their parents start looking as early as their freshman yearin high school. By identifying potential awards, students canchoose classes and activities that will increase their chance atwinning a specific award in the future.

* Use the Internet - But be wary of scams posing as schol-arships. If a scholarship is reputable, you should be able to findinformation about it through multiple sources. Try to use twosources and make sure the profile submitted is accurate; payingfees does not increase your chance of winning.

* Think small - Competition can be tough for large awards.Smaller awards ($1,000 and less) typically have less competi-tion and are easier to obtain.

Additional free scholarship Web sites you may want tovisit include:

* www.collegeboard.com/scholarships * www.collegeplan.org * www.collegescholarships.com * www.collegenet.com * www.scholarships.com

(NewsUSA)

As the school year passes thehalfway point, some kids mayget distracted from their studies.

If you and your kids want to re-focus onschool success, here are some suggestions forkick-starting learning:

* Commit to learning. With your chil-dren, come up with one or two major goalsthat you want to accomplish for the remain-der of this school year. Raising that algebragrade? Getting homework done on time andturning it in the next day? Organizing a studyarea at home? Using a planner regularly andefficiently? Agree on some age-appropriaterewards and consequences. Commit to afamily-centered goal that education is impor-tant to all of you, and work together to sup-port, encourage and help each other.

* Set up helpful routines. Give your kidsthe consistency of fairly regular routines(weekends and holidays can be breaks). Bed-time, wake-up, study, homework, play, fam-ily time -- kids rely on these routines, and thestructure helps them to feel safe, know what'sexpected of them and be successful.

* Help them organize. Organized kids dobetter in school than haphazard kids. Helpthem to set up their planners (written or elec-tronic), to keep their notebooks and back-packs neat and orderly, to break up largeassignments into smaller ones so they don'tseem overwhelming, to maintain a workspace at home that's actually workable and

not a disaster area, and to stick to the goalsyou've set together.

* Maintain healthy habits. Healthy kidsare better learners. Help your children bymonitoring their screen time (TV, videogames, cell phones, etc.), making sure they'regetting enough sleep, insisting on their goodeating habits, making sure they're involvedin regular and aerobic exercise, and stickingto the goals and routines you've established.

* Be a good role model. Kids learn fromtheir parents. If they see that you're organ-ized, focused on what's important to you andyour family, staying healthy and being trueto your values, they'll pick up some prettyimportant life lessons.

* Don't give up. Let your kids know thatyou're serious about these goals and that theirschool success is as critical to you as it is tothem.

* Get help early if you need it. Whenyour kids show that they're having troubledespite your best efforts, get help early. Aska teacher or guidance counselor for help. Geta tutor. Find a "study buddy" for your kid.Just get help before the little problem growsinto a big one.

* Ask other parents. You're not the onlyone trying to keep your kids on track. Learnfrom parents who've been through this,teachers who've guided hundreds of kids andothers whose opinions you respect. No onehas all the answers, but all of us have a lot ofideas.

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Help Your Kids Re-focus on School

Keep Kids Learning During Winter Break

(NewsUSA)

If you're a parent, when you're done visitingthe museum, going down the sled hill orbaking holiday goodies, try out something

new with your kids this winter -- design a videogame with them. If you're a teacher, make it a hol-iday assignment.

That's right. Not just play another video game-- design and develop one.

Developing video games is a great way tokeep your kids learning over the holidays andwhen indoors during the cold winter months -- ina way that is fun and appealing to them. Videogame design has been proven to help advance kids'critical science, technology, engineering and math-ematics (STEM) skills, and it also teaches them in-valuable 21st-century skills like problem solvingand critical thinking. And, it's a great way to spendquality time with your kids to help them learn.

So now that you're bought into the idea, howdo you get started? Boys & Girls Clubs of America

(BGCA) offers two options:* Find your local Boys & Girls Clubs. Many

of the 4,000 Clubs across the country offer theClub Tech program, which promotes technologyliteracy and access. And select Clubs also offerClub Tech: Game Tech through a partnership withthe AMD Foundation and its AMD Changing theGame initiative. This program is specifically de-signed to teach video game development.

* Visit BGCA's youth website MyClub-MyLife.com to download information that is ap-propriate for all ages. Navigate to Game Techunder the ARTS & TECH section for a copy of thecourse guide, which will direct you on how to im-plement Game Tech at home.

For more information about technology pro-grams offered by Boys & Girls Clubs of America,visit www.bgca.org. You can use the "Find a Club"feature to locate your local Club. For more detailsabout AMD Changing the Game, visitwww.amd.com/changingthegame.

By Cinthia Rodriguez – El Observador

In 2006, a woman from East San Jose decided to go on a huntfor nice glass ornaments for her Christmas tree. She wantedvery specific ornaments, Latino themed, but didn’t find any.

“I was looking for Latino ornaments and I couldn’t really findanything besides penguins and angel ones,” said Darlene Tenes, de-

signer and founder of CasaQ.She couldn’t believe she didn’t find any ornaments, despite the

number of Latinos in the country. The next year, Tenes decided to de-sign her own ornaments through her Hispanic lifestyle companyCasaQ.

Her first creation was Pancho Claus, a little man with his sack ofgifts, dressed in red with a sombrero and riding along his piñata. Fol-lowed by Sancho Snowman, the snowman that is strapped with a gui-tar, sandals and even a mustache. The Querida Collection was born.

Those two ornaments were invited to be featured in celebrity giftbaskets at the 8th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards and have alsomade appearances at People en Español's Christmas Party and CBS'A Home for the Holidays TV Special.

CasaQ introduced its exclusive Latin-themed fine glass ornamentcollection at select Macy's Department Stores this Holiday Season.

"I'm excited to be debuting the CasaQ product line at Macy's, oneof the strongest names in the retail industry,” said Tenes. “I appreciatethe opportunity they have provided to help me share my passion formy Latino culture with others.

The collection includes Our Lady of Guadalupe, Frida Khalo, theAztec Calendar, and La Catrina. As the collection grows, Tenes goesback and forth between cultural symbols and the more traditional or-naments. She has included a piñata, pan dulce, but also a snowgirland an angel.

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Pancho Claus and his holiday friends

www.el-observador.com | DEC 10 - 16, 2010 |9|Community

Por Rosario Vital - EL Observador

El pasado 25 de octubre, el Departa-mento de Policía de San José (SJPD)anunció que recibió $382,259 en fon-

dos por parte de la Oficina de Tráfico y Seguridadde California, a fin de continuar con los retenes enla ciudad y arrestar a conductores bajo la influen-cia de alcohol.

De acuerdo a las autoridades, un promedio de11,000 personas mueren en los Estados Unidosanualmente como resultado de accidentes de trán-sito causados por el alcohol. En California las au-toridades afirman que 950 personas perdieron lavida por culpa de conductores ebrios.

Es bueno que se controlen a los conductoresebrios. Lo que es cuestionable es el arresto para-lelo a aquellos conductores que no tienen licencia,y que no la pueden obtener debido a su condiciónmigratoria. Los retenes están detiendo a inmigran-tes indocumentados.

Deteniendo y arrestando a aquellos indivi-duos, no contribuye con la meta de aminorar el nú-mero de conductores ebrios. Es más, quita tiempoy recursos del propósito principal que es: Asegurarque los conductores ebrios no esten permitidos demanejar.

El manual de retenes del SJPD se basa en lasdirectrices y procedimientos a partir de dos fuen-tes: La de 1990 titulada "Procedimientos en losretenes de conductores en estado de ebriedad",emitido por la National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA) e Ingersoll v. Palmer, yla de 1987, un caso de la corte suprema de Cali-fornia llevado a la jurisprudencia del Tribunal querevisó las normas de estos puestos de control desobriedad en la calle El Camino Real en la ciudadde Burlingame.

Ninguna fuente menciona o recomienda lacombinación de los puestos de control de sobrie-dad, con la tarea laboriosa y sin relación de controla los conductores sin licencia. De hecho, reco-miendan usar el tiempo únicamente necesario paradetectar el abuso de alcohol:

1. Las directrices deNHTSA de 1990 recomien-dan: "Una declaración uni-forme / debe hacerse lasiguiente pregunta: "Buenasnoches. Usted ha sido dete-nido en un puesto de controlde sobriedad. Utilizamos lospuestos de control en un es-fuerzo por detectar y disuadira los conductores ebrios. ¿Ha consumido hoy al-cohol o sustancias tóxicas? ". Si la respuesta delconductor es no y no hay otra razón de peso paradetener el vehículo, el oficial debe permitir al con-ductor seguir su rumbo." No se hace mención depedir una licencia de conducir.

2. En 1987, la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Su-premo de California declaró lo siguiente: "Mini-mizar el tiempo de cada conductor cuando esdetenido, es fundamental tanto para la orden dealto de cada conductor y para mantener la seguri-dad al evitar congestiones vehiculares. Como ocu-rrió en los puestos de control de Burlingame, cadaautomovilista fue detenido sólo el tiempo sufi-ciente para que el oficial haga la pregunta breve-mente y determine si el conductor muestra signosde intoxicación, tales como el alcohol por elaliento, dificultad para hablar, y los ojos vidriososy enrojecidos. Si el conductor no muestra signosde ebriedad, la persona debe ser permitida de se-guir conduciendo, sin más demora. No se hacemención de pedir una licencia de conducir.

En la comunidad inmigrante el problema dedetener a aquellos que no tienen licencia y estánatrapados en los puestos de control es un gran pro-blema: Los inmigrantes pierden sus vehículos,miles de dólares, y el único medio de transportepara llegar al trabajo o llevar a sus hijos a la es-cuela. Las subvenciones para los puestos de con-trol de DUI debe ser utilizado para apuntar a losconductores reales por DUI y no ir tras la deten-ción no autorizada de inmigrantes.

Según Zelica Rodríguez, Directora de Políti-cas de SIREN, "Los conductores sin una licencia

pagan caras consecuencias en estos puestos decontrol y también en las paradas de las patrullas.Los coches de las familias trabajadoras inmigran-tes están siendo embargados por 30 días con ungasto de $ 2,500 en multas y honorarios".

Rodríguez también está preocupada por lasparadas de otros vehículos realizados por el SJPD."Los coches de los inmigrantes indocumentadostambién se incautan por las patrullas que los de-tienen por cometer infracciones a veces no mere-cen ser confiscados y lo son. "

SIREN ha contactado tanto a la ciudad y alJefe de la Policía para discutir la política actual."Estamos analizando su impacto desigual sobrelas familias inmigrantes de bajos ingresos y cómose compromete la seguridad pública", dijo Rodrí-guez.

La Unidad de Análisis de Crimen del SJPDinforma que en el 2007 arrestaron a 2,406 perso-nas bajo la influencia del alcohol. En el 2008 searrestaron a 2,526 y en el 2009 se detuvieron a2,155 personas por la misma razón.

En el 2008, el SJPD incautó 379 vehículos.En el 2009 el número de conductores fue de 251,y en el 2010, sólo durante los primeros 9 mesesdel año, la policía en San José ha incautado 301vehículos.

Esto suma un total de 931 vehículos incauta-dos. Mientras que 854 personas fueron detenidasdurante estos 33 meses por conducir sin una licen-cia, sólo 292 personas fueron arrestadas por DUI.Es evidente que los retenes están dirigidos a in-migrantes indocumentados y no a personas con-duciendo en estado de ebriedad.

Según las estadísticas de la policía, las causasde la mayoría de los accidentes y las detencionesestán relacionadas con la conducción bajo la in-fluencia de alcohol o drogas. No hay informacióno evidencia de que las personas que conducen sinlicencia son la causa de estos accidentes relacio-nados con alcohol. Entonces, ¿cómo, cuando ypor qué la policía incorporó la revisión de licen-cias a los puestos de control de sobriedad?

De acuerdo a las fuentes obtenidas por El Ob-servador, la revisión de licencias en los retenes co-menzó en el año 2005, poco después de que RobDavis se convirtiera en el Jefe de la policía. Estoha llevado a una profunda desconfianza entre lapolicía y la comunidad inmigrante. Los inmigran-tes tienen que enfrentar la dolorosa pérdida de susahorros, el vehículo para ir a trabajar y llevar a losniños a la escuela; condenas por delitos menoresque atentan contra la autosuficiencia al no permitira una persona a conseguir un trabajo, y el arrestoy la detención desproporcionada de las minorías.

Según el activista Resendez Aarón, el jefe depolicía interino Chris Moore entiende la necesidadde volver a ganarse la confianza de la comunidadinmigrante. "Creo que el Jefe Moore va a tratar dehacer mejoras importantes en las políticas queafectan a familias de bajos ingresos de inmigran-tes, como los retenes y las políticas de confisca-ción de vehículos. Creo que el SJPD se centrarámás en los autores materiales de los accidentes re-lacionados con el alcohol, los conductores ebrios,no en los inmigrantes, gente trabajadora. "

El Observador espera que eso suceda.

Cambiarían políticas de incautación de vehículosRETENES

¿Sabía usted?* Las personas detenidas por conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol pueden recuperar su vehículo al día siguiente. Los

conductores sin licencia que no están bajo la influencia tiene que esperar 30 días para recuperar su coche.* Las personas que pierden sus vehículos deben gastar alrededor de $ 2,500 para recuperarlos. Algunos no se molestan

en recoger el vehículo después de 30 días por el valor de su coche.* Las remolcadoras cobran $ 60 por cada remolque.* Century Tow, City Tow, Courtesy Tow, Delta Tow, Matos Tow y Motor Body tienen contratos con la ciudad para remolcar

vehículos.* El SJPD da 30 minutos para hablar a un miembro de la familia con licencia o amigo que pueda recoger el vehículo en el

puesto de control. En Oakland, la policía permiten a los vehículos sean mantenidas en lugares seguros y los coches no son re-molcados.

EO se acaba de informar que el SJPD tiene planes de anunciar unanueva política en incautación de vehículos para la próxima semana. En elnuevo procedimiento. los coches no serán confiscados cuando los con-ductores sin licencia sean detenidos por violaciónes de tráfico de menorimportancia. La policía va a permitir que el vehículo se encuentre esta-cionado en un lugar seguro y será recogido por un conductor con licencia.Si es confiscado, un conductor con licencia será capaz de recoger el cocheinmediatamente. EO apoya este cambio de política propuesto. Leer más lapróxima semana, cuando tengamos disponibles mayores detalles. (Leermás www.el-observador.com)

ÚLTIMO MINUTO

|10| DEC 10 - 16, 2010 | www.el-observador.com Holiday

Por Mario JiménezEl Observador

La fe Guadalupana se ha convertido conel paso de los siglos, en todo un dogmainalterable, sin embargo, hace unos

años el abad Guillermo Schulenburg, puso en dudalas apariciones de la Virgen Morena y hasta intentódesacreditar la existencia del indio Juan Diego, en-viando una carta al Vaticano para que se le pusieraun alto a su canonización.

En aquel momento miles de sacerdotes, obis-pos y cardenales, se opusieron al abad, adjudicán-dole el nombre de “católico de pobre fe”.

La controversia surgió debido a unas pruebasque se le hicieron a la mantilla original, la cualsegún la historia, Juan Diego presentó como evi-dencia de las apariciones ante el poder eclesiástico.Uno de los investigadores puso en tela de juicio laautenticidad de la mantilla. Las apariciones de laVirgen María siempre han sido puestas en dudas,lo mismo sucedió en Fátima, Portugal y con la Vir-gen de Lourdes en Francia.

La Virgen se ha aparecido en diversas partesdel mundo, se ha revelado a seres humanos selec-tos y de corazón puro, para que por medio de ellos,el mensaje de luz que ella dicta, sea propagadoentre los pueblos. Los diversos nombres de la Vir-gen María alrededor del mundo se deben al nombreque se les da a las diferentes advocaciones. La apa-rición de la Virgen en México a principios del sigloXVI, tuvo una apariencia mestiza, porque la madredel Redentor quería que la nueva raza que se estabaforjando en el nuevo mundo, le recibiera comomensajera del cielo, de ese modo las nuevas gene-raciones se iniciaran en el culto Mariano y almismo tiempo los indígenas, dejaran de adorar alos dioses paganos.

La Virgen de Guadalupe fue coronada canóni-camente el 12 de octubre de 1895 por el Papa LeónXIII. San Juan Diego fue finalmente canonizadoen el año 2002 por el Papa Juan Pablo II, convir-tiéndose así, en el primer Santo de origen indígena.La Virgen de Guadalupe es la Reina de México yemperatriz de las Américas y las islas Filipinas.

La fe en laGuadalupana

Virgen de Guadalupe es siempre milagrosa

Por Rosario Vital - El Observador

Cada 12 de diciembre las celebraciones a la Virgen de Guadalupe no se hacen esperar.Miles de feligreses se reunen en las Iglesias del Área de la Bahía para llevar a cabomisas con mariachis, vigilias, serenatas, mañanitas y representaciones de las apariciones

de la virgen.La Virgen de Guadalupe también conocida como la “Morenita del Tepeyac” inspira al mundo.

Los feligreses toman las calles y celebran este gran día.“Me siento muy contenta de participar en todas estas celebraciones. A pesar de la crisis me en-

canta que nuestra gente salga a honrar a nuestra virgencia tan milagrosa”, dijo María Roldán.De otro lado Martha Campos todos los años es una fiel devota a la virgen y asiste todos los

años a México para visitar la Basílica.“La siento muy milagrosa, sé que me escucha y está entre nosotros”,dijo Martha Campos.Como todos los años diferentes Iglesias organizan sus propias celebraciones con el apoyo de

sus repectivas parroquias. A continuación un calendario de eventos locales relaciones a la celebra-ción de la virgen. Conozca a dónde ir y honrar a la Santísima Virgen.

Celebración GuadalupanaIglesia Nuestra Señora deGuadalupe2020 E. San Antonio St. SanJose Ca 95116Tel 408 258-7057 Sábado 11 de diciembre 9:00pm Vigilia y SerenataObra de las Apariciones deNuestra Sra. De Guadalupe12:00am Misa de GalloDomingo 12 de diciembreFiesta de Nuestra Señora deGuadalupe6:00am Las Mañanitas7:45am Misa en español9:30am Misa en inglés11:00am y 5:30 pm Misa enespañolSábado 18 de diciembre 7:00-8:30pm Concierto Mariano

Honrando a la Virgende Guadalupe Iglesia Saint Joseph582 Hope StreetMountain View, CA 94041(650) 967-3831

Domingo 12 de diciembre5:00 am: Mañanitas12:00 am Santo Rosario Estacionamiento de la Iglesia1:00 pm Santa Misa.2:00 pm Comida para todos.3:00 pm Dramatizacion de las apariciones de la Virgen aJuan Diego.4:00 pm Presentación de dan-zas folklóricas.

Celebrando a la Virgende Guadalupe enGilroyIglesia Santa María11 First St Gilroy CA 95020Sábado 11 de diciembre10:00pm Serenata12:00 Misa de GalloDomingo 12 diciembre9:45 am Misa con Mariachis1:00 pm Procesión2:00 pm Misa

La Virgen del TepeyacDía: Hasta el 19 de Dic.Lugar: Old Mission San JuanBautista705 Fourth St.San Juan Bautista, CA 95045Tickets: $32,$22,$18 y $14Informes: (831) 623-2444

Feligreses salen a las calles a honrar a la Virgende Guadalupe que une al mundo, que trae un mensajey que vela por el bienestar de todos.

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By Cinthia Rodriguez – El Observador

History San Jose kicked off the hol-iday season by hosting a familycelebration at the History Park in

Kelley Park. The main attraction of the celebration was

Santa Claus. After arriving from the North Pole,he made his way to the park on a vintage firetruck to meet the children and parents.

There were carriage rides throughout thepark for a limited time while demonstrationsand tours were also going on.

The history park features a town atmos-phere, with trolleys, historic buildings, an icecream parlor and exhibit galleries. Some ofthose buildings were once homes and wereopen to the public. There were demonstrations

by yarn-spinners, blacksmith, lace-makers, andprinters.

History San José, a non-profit organizationdedicated to preserving and sharing the contin-uing history of the Santa Clara Valley, also or-ganized a traditional tea for the older audience.

Before heading to tea time, people gatheredat the different stations offering arts, crafts, andhands-on activities. Throughout the day, cos-tumed carolers performed holiday songs.

Once Santa Clause made his appearance, aline was formed by anxious kids waiting fortheir chance to have their personal conversationabout their Christmas gift.

History Park at Kelley Park, located at1650 Senter Road is open Tuesday throughSunday; 12 noon – 5:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Heritage holiday and traditional tea

Leticia Galdamez recibe de Monica Amador, Directora de Ventas de EO, los premiosque nuestro medio entregó durante la celebración de “Las Posadas”. El evento tuvolugar en la Universidad Nacional Hispana y pese a las luvias tuvo un éxito rotundo. Δ

EO en “Las Posadas”

Por Rosario VitalEl Observador

La temporada de lagripe ha comenzado,y por esta razón las

autoridades de salud del estado deCalifornia toman cartas en elasunto. Se han iniciado campañaspara prevenir que ésta enferme-dad se propague.

Durante la “Semana Nacio-nal de la Vacunación”, el Dr. Fe-lipe Lobelo del Centro para elControl y Prevención de Enfer-medades, está haciendo una girapor todo el país a fin de asegu-rarse que las personas sean vacu-nadas en diferentes ferias que seorganizan en diferentes ciudades.

Con la campaña “Yo me va-cuno” se busca conscientizar aque todas las personas se vacunena fin de prevenir la enfermedad.

“Es importante vacunarsepara prevenir la gripe que repre-senta un peligro para personascon enfermedades crónicas”, dijoel Dr. Lobelo.

Lobelo estima que la falta deacceso a servicios médicos ade-más de la falta de informaciónhacen que las personas no acudana vacunarse. “La vacuna es se-gura, efectiva y preventiva. De-bemos estar preparados porqueno se puede predecir cuándoviene y cómo el virus nos ata-cará”, agregó el galeno.

La vacuna contra la gripe2010-2011 protege contra el virusde influenza A H3N2, un virus deinfluenza B y el virus H1N1 2009que causó tantas enfermedades latemporada pasada.

Todas las personas mayoresde 6 meses deben vacunarse con-tra la gripe tan pronto como la va-cuna contra la gripe de temporada2010-2011 esté disponible en suárea.

La vacunación de personascon alto riesgo es particularmenteimportante para disminuir elriesgo de padecer enfermedadesgraves por la gripe.

La vacunación es importantepara los trabajadores de los cui-dados de salud y otras personasque conviven o cuidan a personascon alto riesgo para evitar conta-giar a aquellas personas en altoriesgo.

Los niños menores de 6meses tienen un alto riesgo de su-frir graves complicaciones por lagripe pero son muy pequeños

para ser vacunados. Las personasque los cuidan sí deben vacu-narse. (Fuente informativawww.flu.gov)

“No podemos predecir la di-mensión de la enfermedad. Esimportante estar preparados y noqueremos que la gente baje laguardia, es un virus que se puedeprevenir hay disponibilidad devacunas en todo el país”, aseguróLobelo.

El doctor Lobelo es experto

en prevención de enfermedadescrónicas,obesidad y enfermeda-des de metabolismo en paísesdesarrollados y subdesarrollados.

Lobelo tiene experiencia eninvestigaciones sobre el terrenonacional e internacional epide-miológica, que tiene un papel ac-tivo en la respuesta contra la gripeH1N1 de los CDC, y la investi-gación del brote en el extranjeroy que actúa como portavoz de unfuncionario de los CDC medios

de comunicación para la pobla-ción hispana o latina. Su trabajocon el H1N1 lo llevó a la CasaBlanca, donde se desempeñócomo el representante del CDCen la primera reunión junto alPresidente Obama y la Secretariade Trabajo de EE.UU. (Si deseamás información sobre la in-fluenza puede visitar sitios weben español www.cdc.gov owww.flu.gov ). Δ

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“A vacunarse contra la gripe”

(NewsUSA)

There are many bene-fits for patients withall types of athero-

sclerosis (hardening of the arter-ies) when they take statins.Side-effects are relatively rare,and there are many varieties ofstatins available that allow care-ful selection for the best statinfor each individual patient.

Statins lower "bad" (LDL)cholesterol, which reduces therates of stroke, heart attack, andatherosclerosis of leg arteries.Data suggest that statins benefi-cial effects go beyond simplylowering the level of "bad" cho-lesterol in the blood stream.They stabilize atheroscleroticplaques, making sudden rupturethat causes stroke and heart at-tack less likely. They also lesseninflammation within the arteryby improving the function ofcells that line the inside of the ar-tery. This likely leads to a lowerchance of sudden thrombosis of

any artery affected withartherosclerosis.

Even patients who havepreviously had a heart attack,heart surgery, angioplasty, or astent benefit in survival and pro-tection from other cardiac eventsby taking statins. And patientswho take these drugs while un-dergoing surgery or interventionfor cardiac or vascular problemshave a noticeably lower rate ofcomplications during the surgi-cal time period.

Few adverse effects ofstatins have been recorded sincetheir introduction 40 years ago.However, the effects can be se-vere, and it is important to knowthe potential down-side of thesedrugs. In rare circumstances,statins can cause liver damage.There are no symptoms withliver damage, so doctors do fre-quent laboratory tests when useof a statin is started to closelymonitor liver function. Statinscan also cause a wide range of

muscle injury. In its worst form,myositis results from statin use.This rapid muscle destructioncan lead to kidney failure. Thisside-effect is rare, but musclepain and cramps are frequentand far less serious side-effectsof statins.

If your doctor prescribesstatins, follow their advice forlaboratory tests. If your athero-sclerosis leads to vascular dis-ease, see a vascular surgeon.Today's vascular surgeons arethe only specialists who areskilled in all vascular therapies.They are comprehensivelytrained in medical, endovascular(minimally invasive), and surgi-cal therapies. Vascular surgeonsare the experts who provide thebest diagnosis and treatment forvascular conditions.

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Para evitar se propague la gripe hay que tomar precauciones. Acuda al centro médico más cercanos y a las ferias de salud dondese distribuirán las vacunas.

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Martin McGowanwas a healthy,athletic 15-year-

old with a passion for baseball.After his high school baseballtryouts in early February 2005,Martin was exhausted and saidhis legs hurt from running. Hewent to bed, and at 2:30 a.m.that morning, Martin's motherawoke to hear her son vomitingin the bathroom. He had a feverof 102 degrees.

Martin's symptoms pro-gressed throughout the morn-ing, with the pain in his legsworsening. His mother calledthe doctor who recommendedeither an appointment for laterthat afternoon or to take Martinto the emergency room. Martinsaid he needed to go to theemergency room.

Once at the hospital, Mar-tin's lips were so white the ERdoctor administered intra-venous fluids. Martin testedpositive for influenza. As a re-sult of the influenza disease at-tacking his muscles, hedeveloped compartment syn-drome, which limited his blood

circulation in his legs andcaused severe pain.

The doctors explained toMartin's mother that he wouldneed an operation as soon aspossible. If the blood flowingto Martin's legs ceased for anextended period of time, theymight have to amputate hislegs.

During the surgery, Mar-tin's heart stopped beating.Shortly after, Martin died ofcomplications from influenza,merely 24 hours after his firstsymptoms appeared. Martinhad not been vaccinated againstthe flu.

After Martin's death, hismother, Diane McGowan,joined Families Fighting Flu,the only non-profit organiza-tion made up of families whohave experienced first-hand thedeath of a child due to the flu orhave had a child experience se-vere medical complicationsfrom the flu.

The flu is a serious diseasethat spreads very easily. It cancause mild to severe illness,and can lead to death - even

among healthy, older children.According to the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention(CDC), annual vaccination isthe single best way to preventinfluenza in people of all ages.

"We should have gottenMartin vaccinated," said Mc-Gowan. "Now, I can only hopethat his story will be an encour-agement for other families toget their children vaccinatedevery year."

During the 2009-2010 fluseason, the CDC estimated that274,000 people were hospital-ized in the U.S. from influenza- more than 85,000 of themwere children. Tragically, anestimated 1,200 children underage 17 died from the flu lastseason.

"In developed countries,influenza kills more peoplethan any other vaccine-pre-ventable disease," said JonAbrahamson, M.D., chair ofthe Department of Pediatrics atWake Forest University Med-ical School in Winston-Salem,N.C., and a medical advisor forFamilies Fighting Flu.

The CDC now recom-mends that everyone 6 monthsand older get vaccinatedagainst the flu, creating the firstuniversal flu vaccination rec-ommendation. For childrenyounger than 6 months, it is im-portant for family and care-givers around them to getvaccinated.

"It's not just children whoneed to get vaccinated, it's the

entire family," said Laura Scott,executive director of FamiliesFighting Flu. "A flu vaccine re-duces your risk of illness, hos-pitalization, or even death andcan prevent you from spreadingthe virus to your loved ones."

The flu virus tends tospread from October to May,with the most cases occurringin January or February. How-ever, vaccination can be given

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For more informationabout the flu, to find flu vac-cines in your area or to supportflu prevention education,please visit www.familiesfight-ingflu.org, or find us on Face-book.

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After sweeping the Latin Grammys lastNovember with 3 awards, Mexicangroup Camila received 3 nominations for

the 2011 Premio Lo Nuestro as announced last nightin Miami during a live show broadcasted on Univi-sion Network. Their nominations included: PopAlbum of The Year for ‘Dejarte de Amar,’ Pop Groupor Duo of The Year and Pop Song of The Year for“Mientes”. The winners will be announced on Thurs-day, February 17th at the Annual Premio Lo NuestroAwards broadcast live on the Univision Network (8p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central) from Miami.

The group won three of the most importantawards at the Latin Grammys last month; ‘Record ofThe Year ‘Mientes’; Best Pop Album By A Duo orGroup With Vocal for ‘Dejarte De Amar’; and Songof The Year for ‘Mientes’. In the US, Camila’s nom-inated album ‘Dejarte de Amar’ debuted #1 on theBillboard Top Latin Album Chart, stayed there for

two weeks, and has remained for 37 weeks at the topof the charts. The first single from the album“Mientes”, was #1 for 10 weeks on the US Pop Chartsand for 13 consecutive weeks in Mexico. Camila’smost recent hit single, “Alejate de Mi” has been #1for 5 weeks on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay Chart,and “Besame”, their current single, is #5 on the Bill-board Latin Pop Airplay Chart.

Camila is Latin music’s biggest success story ofthe decade, and their success is global. Each memberbrings an incredible amount of musicianship to thegroup. Founded by multiple award-winning com-poser and producer Mario Domm, one of the hottestproducers in Latin music, Camila is composed ofMario, Pablo Hurtado and Samo, who are songwrit-ers, producers, arrangers and superstar performers.They have been together for four years, and havetoured for more than three, honing a sound and con-nection with one another that is magic.

Miami, (Notimex).- La actriz mexicana Angélica Vale seencuentra feliz por el compromiso con su novio OttoPadrón y no dudó en compartir a través de su cuenta

de Twitter que se casa el próximo 19 de febrero en la Ciudad de Mé-xico.

La también imitadora indicó que no venderá la exclusiva porquequiere que “todo mundo lo vea” y que entre los invitados estará Arathde la Torre con quien realizó el programa “La parodia”.

Añadió que le hubiera gustado que sus fallecidos papá y abuelitaestuvieran con ella y que no le tiene miedo a nada: “¡El miedo noexiste! ¡Solo el amor!”, exclamó.

Vale, quien es una de las actrices que más “twittea” con sus se-guidores, escribió el mes pasado al anunciar su boda: "Señores, másrápido cae un hablador que un cojo... ¡mecaso!".

Asimismo, anunció que ofrecerá unencuentro cibernético con sus seguido-res este miércoles a las 17:00 horas.para darles más detalles sobre su pró-xima boda.

También reveló que no cambiarásu apellido por el de su novio y quepidió ayuda al diseñador DavidSalomón para comenzar a dise-ñar el vestido de novia.

La actriz de 35 años, quiensostiene una relación de no-viazgo con Otto Padrón desdehace un año y 11 meses, secomprometió el mes pa-sado luego de que él le en-tregó el anillo en el café Romeode Miami.

En esa ocasión, junto a sumadre Angélica María, la protago-nista de telenovela “La fea masbella” (2006-2007) festejaba sucumpleaños cuando entraron losmariachis y su novio le entregó unacaja grande envuelta en papel rojocon el anillo.

Miami, (Notimex).- El cantautor puertorriqueño José Feliciano criticó alos reguetoneros Don Omar y Daddy Yankee y dijo que no son músicos,mientras que sugirió que Tito El Bambino era un copión por utilizar el

título de “Feliz Navidad” para uno de sus temas.“Creo que son unos muchachos innovadores, pero yo no creo que toquen algún

instrumento y si lo tocan pues nunca han dicho que lo tocan”, dijo el guitarrista boricuaen declaraciones difunidas en el programa “Escándalo TV” de la cadena hispana Te-lefutura.

En cuanto a Don Omar dijo que “cuando yo hice mi disco de bachata que DonOmar estaba dispuesto a hacer un dúo conmigo no lo hizo, pero no le guardo rencorquizás Dios no quizó que ese dúo se hiciera y bueno pues así es la vida”.

Sobre Tito El Bambino, apuntó que el llamado “Patrón del Reggaetón” fue pocooriginal al crear una canción llamada “Feliz Navidad”.

El tema “Feliz Navidad” fue escrito en 1970 por Feliciano. A pesar de su simpleestructura, el coro en español y el verso en inglés, se ha convertido en una popular canción navideña en Estados Unidos.

Según la Sociedad Americana de Compositores, Autores y Editores, la canción está entre los 15 temas navideños máspopulares de Estados Unidos.

Alicia Machadode vuelta en lapolémica

Camila Nabs 3 Nominations For Premio Lo Nuestro

México (Notimex).- La ex Miss Uni-verso Alicia Machado, quien ha des-tacado por su belleza en diferentes

certámenes y una de las modelos más solicitadaspara posar en diferentes revistas para caballeros,celebró sus 34 años de vida, envuelta en la polé-mica por comentarios que realizó en una de susredes sociales.

Machado recientemente fue criticada al refe-rirse a Corea del Norte y Corea del Sur como "lasChinas", lo que provocó que la ex Miss Universotomara la decisión de cancelar su cuenta de la re-conocida red social.

Machado es la cuarta mujer de Venezuela enlograr la corona de Miss Universo. Además ganóen la edición 1995 del certamen Miss Venezuela,representando al estado de Yaracuy.

Angélica Vale secasa en febrero

Feliciano critica reguetoneros

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NO. 545062The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Adhesive Networks, 2198 Mondigo Ave., SanJose, CA 95122, Santa Clara Co. Quincy Hoang,908 Cape Morris Pl, San Jose, CA 95133. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 11/01/2010.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Quincy HoangDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/23/10.

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NO. 545453The following person(s) is(are) doing business,People’s Ar t, 199 Mar ta #116, S an Jose , C A95112, Santa Clara Co. William Moran, 598 S6th St., San Jose, CA 95112. This business isconducted by an individual, registrant beganbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 12/2010. “I declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she kno ws to be false isguilty of a crime.)William MoranDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 12/07/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545262The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Delgado Construction, Inc., Bay Area REO Con-struction, 667 Nor th 1st Str eet, San Jose, CA95112, Santa Clara Co. Delgado Construction,Inc., 667 N. 1st St ., San Jose, CA 95112. Thisbusiness is conducted by a corporation, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 03/21/2007.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Delgado Construction IncArmando Delgado/Vice PresidentDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 12/01/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545424The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Blue Hills Labor atory, 20774 L owena Ct .,Saratoga, CA 95070, S anta Clara Co. ZhengjuQi, 20774 Lowena Ct., Saratoga, CA 95070, Zhi-wei Xu, 20774 Lowena Ct., Saratoga, CA 95070.This business is c onducted by a general part-nership, registrants have not yet begun busi-ness under the fic titious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Zhengju QiDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 12/07/10

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545399The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Crespo Cleaning, 902 Thelma Way, San Jose, CA95122, Santa Clara Co. J. Rolando Gonzalez, 902Thelma Way, San Jose, CA 95125, Dora Crespo,902 Thelma Way, San Jose, CA 95125. This busi-ness is conducted by husband and wife, regis-trants began business under the fic titiousbusiness name or names list ed her e in12/06/2010. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true informa tion which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Rolando Gonzalez & Dora CrespoDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 12/06/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545106The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Olguin’s Tree Service, 1481 Pomona Ave., SanJose, CA 95110, Santa Clara Co. Emilio Olguin,1481 Pomona Av., San Jose, CA 95110. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 02/08/2007.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Emilio OlguinDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/24/10

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV186579Superior Court of California, County of S anta

Clara-In the matter of the application of: KurtisYoung Jr. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Thecourt finds that petitioner Kurtis John Young Jr.has filed a petition for Change of Name with theclerk of this court for a decree changing namesas follows: a. Kurtis John Young Jr to Khalid Ka-jemé Al-Aziz b. Alizé Lissette Young to AlizéAtallah Al-Aziz c. Crystale Lynette Young to Kri-astal Assata Al-Aziz, Maya Icess Young to MayaIsis Al-Aziz. THE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this ma tter appear befor e thiscourt at the hearing indica ted below to showcause, if an y, why the petition for change ofnames should not be gr anted on 01/18/11 a t8:45 am, Room 107: loca ted a t 191 N. F irstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Orderto Show cause shall be published at least oncea week for four suc cessive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the petition in El Obser-vador, a newspaper of gener al cir culation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.Nov. 04, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188790Superior Court of California, County of S anta

Clara-In the ma tter of the applica tion of :Mustafa Rocevic TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:The court finds that petitioner Mustafa Rocevic.has filed a petition for Change of Name with theclerk of this court for a decree changing namesas follows: a. Mustafa Rocevic to Alen Rocevic.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interestedin this matter appear before this court at thehearing indicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of names shouldnot be granted on 02/08/11 at 8:45 am, Room107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in E l Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.Dec. 02, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188869Superior Court of California, County of S anta

Clara-In the matter of the application of: To Le,TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court findsthat petitioner To Le, has filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of this court fora decree changing names as follows: a. To Le toPhilip Gia-Ho Dang. THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matter appear beforethis court at the hearing indica ted below toshow cause, if any, why the petition for changeof names should not be gr anted on 02/08/11at 8:45 am, Room 107: loca ted at 191 N. F irstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Orderto Show cause shall be published at least oncea week for four suc cessive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the petition in El Obser-vador, a newspaper of gener al cir culation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.Dec. 03, 2010Thomas Wm. Cain

Judge of the Superior CourtDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010.

STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROMPARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFILE NO. 544585

The following person(s) has/have withdrawnfrom the par tnership operating under the ficti-

tious business name(s). The information givenbelow is as it appear ed on the fic titious busi-ness name sta tement tha t w as filed a t theCounty Clerk-Recorder’s office. Gaviota’s Drivers,2979 Samaria Pl., San Jose, CA 95111. Filed inSanta Clara County on 10/05/07. under file no.500453. Marisela Aguilar, 2979 Samaria Pl. SanJose, CA 95111. I declar e that all informationin this statement is true and c orrect ( A r egis-trant who declares as true informa tion whichhe or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Marisela AguilarDec. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2010.This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/10/2010.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544448The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Silicon Valley Computer & Net work Services,1144 La Rochelle Ter. Unit A, Sunn yvale, C A94089, S anta Clar a C o. Mark Han, 1144 LaRochelle Ter. Unit A, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant has not yet begun business under the fic-titious business name or names list ed hereon.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Mark HanDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/08/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545237The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Choi’s Consulting Services, 2821 Norcrest Ct.,San Jose, CA 95148, Santa Clara Co. Choi Chow,2821 Norcrest Ct., San Jose, CA 95148. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 04/01/2010.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Choi ChowDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/30/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544694The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Bay Area ATMS, 4675 Lafayette St., Santa Clara,CA 95054, Santa Clara Co. Matthew Aloor, 4287Cambridge Way, Union Cit y, CA 94587. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 08/08/2005.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Matthew AloorDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/15/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545044The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Smart Mobile S olutions, (SMS), 1560 S outh-west Expressway #210, S an Jose, CA 95126,Santa Clara Co. Allen Naderi, 1560 S outhwestExpressway #210, San Jose, CA 95126. This business is conducted by an in-dividual, registrant began business under thefictitious business name or names listed here in11/23/10. “I declare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Allen Naderi

Dec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/23/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544618The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Avila Credit Counseling, 826 N Winchester BlvdSte. D2, S an Jose, CA 95128, S anta Clara Co.Robert Avila III, 711 River Falls Dr., San Jose, CA95111. This business is c onducted by an indi-vidual, registrant has not y et begun businessunder the fic titious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true informa tion which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Robert Avila IIIDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545037The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Air C onditioning Inno vations Inc ., A CI, 1768Houret Court, Milpitas, CA 95035, S anta ClaraCo. Air C onditioning Inno vations Inc ., 1768Houret Court, Milpitas, CA 95035. This businessis conducted by copartners, registrant beganbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 10/20/2005. “I declarethat all information in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Air Conditioning Innovations Inc.Ricardo Carrasco/PresidentDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/23/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545094The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Empire Janitorial Maintenance Management,873 E. Empire St., San Jose, CA 95112, S antaClara Co. Guadalupe Rocha, 873 E Empir e St.,San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conductedby an individual , r egistrant began businessunder the fic titious business name or nameslisted here in 11/01/10. “I declare that all in-formation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Guadalupe RochaDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/24/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545025The following person(s) is(are) doing business,TL Nail Spa, 820 E Dunne Suite 190, Morgan Hill,CA 95037, Santa Clara Co. Khanh Quoc Pham.3042 Peppermint Dr. San Jose, CA 95148, ToanLuu, 50 Valley Haven Way, San Jose, CA 95111.This business is c onducted by a general part-nership, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fic titious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true informa tion which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Khanh Quoc PhamDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/22/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545021The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Five Stars Handyman Gar dening Services, 165Blossom Hill Rd. Unit 211, San Jose, CA 95123,Santa Clara Co. Javier Chavez, 165 Blossom Hill,San Jose, CA 95123. This business is conductedby an individual , r egistrant began businessunder the fic titious business name or nameslisted here in 12/01/10. “I declare that all in-formation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of a

crime.)Javier ChavezDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/22/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545235The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Intero Real Estate Services, 200 S erra Way Ste44, Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara Co. PRF En-terprise, Inc., 289 Long Valley Ct., San Jose, CA95138. This business is conducted by a corpo-ration, registrant began business under the fic-titious business name or names list ed here in11/30/2010. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true informa tion which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)PRF Enterprises INCDylan H Nguyen/PresidentDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/30/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544598The following person(s) is(are) doing business,High Tech Precision, 3371 Edward Ave., SantaClara, CA 95054, Santa Clara Co. Giang Nguyen,144 Puerto Golfito Ct., San Jose, CA 95116, TrucNguyen, 4934 Gentian Ct., San Jose, CA 95111,Dung Le, 2635 Senter Rd., San Jose, CA 95111.This business is c onducted by a general part-nership, registrants have not yet begun busi-ness under the fic titious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Dung LeDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544620The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Urban Shutter, 52 Muir field Ct., San Jose, CA95116, Santa Clara Co. Albert Caballo, 52 Muir-field Ct., San Jose, CA 95116. This business isconducted by an individual, registrant beganbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 11/12/10. “I declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she kno ws to be false isguilty of a crime.)Albert CaballoDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545195The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Min’s Szechuan Cuisine, 6154 B ollinger Road,San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara Co. ChongQingJia Ling Corporation, 6154 Bollinger Rd., SanJose, CA 95129. This business is conducted bya c orporation, r egistrant has not y et begunbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)ChongQing Jia Ling CorporationJun Min/CEO & PresidentDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/29/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544400The following person(s) is(are) doing business,A and D’s Test Only Center, 299 Keyes Street #A,San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Diego Mar-tinez, 34 E. 16th Street, Antioch, CA 94509. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant has not yet begun business under the fic-titious business name or names list ed hereon.“I declare that all information in this statement

is true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Diego MartinezDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/05/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545245The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Francisco’s Cleaning Services, 220 S MorrisonAve., San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara Co. Fran-cisco Yescas, 220 S. Morrison Ave., San Jose, CA95126, Maria Yescas, 220 S. Morrison Ave., SanJose, CA 95126. This business is conducted byhusband and wife, registrants began businessunder the fic titious business name or nameslisted here in 08/2010. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Francisco YescasDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/30/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544625The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Peritronic S ervice, 971 P omeroy A ve., S antaClara, CA 95051, Santa Clara Co. Khuyen Pham,971 Pomeroy Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 11/12/2010.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she kno ws tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Khuyen PhamDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545277The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Mario’s Jewelry, 302 Willow St., San Jose, CA95110, Santa Clara Co. Maria Elena Murillo, 302Willow St., San Jose, CA 95110. This businessis conducted by an individual, registrant beganbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 12/25/2009. “I declarethat all information in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Maria Elena MurilloDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 12/01/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544740The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Raft Property Group, 2524 South Bascom Ave.,Campbell, Ca 95008, Santa Clara Co. KatherineA. R aft, 2524 S. B ascom A ve., C ampbell. C A95008, Sean Raft, 2524 S. Bascom Ave., Camp-bell, CA 95008. This business is conducted byhusband and wife, registrant began businessunder the fic titious business name or nameslisted here in 11/01/2010. “I declare that all in-formation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Sean RaftDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/16/10.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188418Superior Court of California, County of S anta

Clara-In the matter of the application of: RajeshSeetharama Pokale, TO ALL INTERESTED PER -SONS: The court finds tha t petitioner R ajeshSeetharama P okale has filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of this court fora decree changing names as follows: a. RajeshSeetharama Pokale to Rajesh Seetharama Rao

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188377Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: KhanhNhu Nguyen, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Thecourt finds that petitioner Khanh Nhu Nguyenhas filed a petition for Change of Name with theclerk of this court for a decree changing namesas follows: a. Khan Nhu Nguyen to Katie KhanhNguyen. THE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter appear before thiscourt at the hearing indicated below to showcause, if any, why the petition for change ofnames should not be granted on 02/01/11 at8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. FirstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Orderto Show cause shall be published at least oncea week for four successive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the petition in El Obser-vador, a newspaper of general circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.Nov. 24, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188485Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of:Jingchun Yu, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Thecourt finds that petitioner JingChun Yu has fileda petition for Change of Name with the clerk ofthis court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Jingchun Yu to Diane Yu. THE COURTORDERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter appear before this court at the hearing in-dicated below to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of names should not begranted on 02/01/11 at 8:45 am, Room 107: lo-cated at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hearing on thepetition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of SantaClara.Nov. 29, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188460Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jian-Da Li, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioner Jian-Da Li has filed a peti-tion for Change of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names as follows:a. Jian-Da Li to Jianda Lee. THE COURT ORDERSthat all persons interested in this matter appearbefore this court at the hearing indicated belowto show cause, if any, why the petition forchange of names should not be granted on02/01/11 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of theOrder to Show cause shall be published at leastonce a week for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition in El Ob-servador, a newspaper of general circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.Nov. 29, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188426Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of:Guobao Hu and Xiangjun Luo, TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitionersGuobao Hu and Xiangjun Luo have filed a peti-tion for Change of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names as follows:a. Yifan Hu to Frank Yifan Hu-. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matterappear before this court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of names should not begranted on 02/01/11 at 8:45 am, Room 107: lo-cated at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hearing on thepetition in El Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the county of SantaClara.Nov. 24, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV185241Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: CrystalGranados & Adam Cavazos, TO ALL INTERESTEDPERSONS: The court finds that petitioners Crys-tal Granados & Adam Cavazos have filed a pe-tition for Change of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names as follows:a. Ieshia Patricia Cavazos to Audrina PatriciaCavazos. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons

interested in this matter appear before thiscourt at the hearing indicated below to showcause, if any, why the petition for change ofnames should not be granted on 01/04/11 at8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. FirstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Orderto Show cause shall be published at least oncea week for four successive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the petition in El Obser-vador, a newspaper of general circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.Oct. 19, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010.

STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROMPARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFILE NO. 545175

The following person(s) has/have withdrawnfrom the partnership operating under the ficti-tious business name(s). The information givenbelow is as it appeared on the fictitious busi-ness name statement that was filed at theCounty Clerk-Recorder’s office. Mario’s Jewelry,270 Willow St., San Jose, CA 95110. Filed inSanta Clara County on 01/11/2007. under fileno. 488101. Mario Quezadas Torres, 270 WillowStreet, San Jose, CA 95110. I declare that allinformation in this statement is true and correct( A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.) Mario Quezada-TorresDec. 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010.This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/29/2010.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544129The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Armed Paintball, 1160 Braemer Ct., San Jose,CA 95132, Santa Clara Co. David Nguyen, 1160Braemer Ct., San Jose, CA 95132. This businessis conducted by an individual, registrant beganbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 10/29/10. “I declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)David NguyenNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 10/29/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544622The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Rawmangoes, 700 S. Abel Ct., Milpitas, CA95035, Santa Clara Co. Sitaram Pisipati, 700 S.Abel Ct., Milpitas, CA 9035, Sai VikaramPendyam, 1220 Garbo Way Apt 201, San Jose,CA 95117. This business is conducted by a gen-eral partnership, registrants have not yet begunbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Sharam PisipatiNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544481The following person(s) is(are) doing business,FOS, 191 Maro Dr., San Jose, CA 95127, SantaClara Co. Phu Tran, 191 Maro Dr., San Jose, CA95127. This business is conducted by a n indi-vidual, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Phu TranNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/09/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 543957The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Rainin Cats and Dogs, 1764 Miramonte Ave #B,Mt. View, CA, 94040, Santa Clara Co. RosemaryFerreira, 200 W. Red Oak Drive #J, Sunnyvale,CA 94086. This business is conducted by an in-dividual, registrant began business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein 08/31/2010. “I declare that all informationin this statement is true and correct.” (A regis-trant who declares as true information whichhe or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Rosemary FerreiraNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 10/26/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544474The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Castle Home Properties, 901 W. Cardinal Dr.,Sunnyvale, CA, 94087 Santa Clara Co. JamesLouis Michelotti, 901 W Cardinal Dr., Sunnyvale,CA 94087, Diane Elaine Michelotti, 901 W Car-dinal Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94087. This businessis conducted by a husband and wife, registrantsbegan business under the fictitious businessname or names listed here in 12/11/2006. “Ideclare that all information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)Diane Elaine MichelottiNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/09/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544604The following person(s) is(are) doing business,MZ LLC, 1999 S. Bascom, Suite 700, Campbell,CA 95008, Santa Clara Co. Markham ZhangLLC., 18 Red Barn Ct., Oakley, CA 94561. Thisbusiness is conducted by a limited liability com-pany, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Markham Zhang LLCBenjamin Markham/CEONov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544466The following person(s) is(are) doing business,New Star Realty and Investments, 888 SaratogaAve Suite 202, San Jose, CA 95129, Santa ClaraCo. CARM Group, Inc., 888 Saratoga Ave # 202,San Jose, CA 95129. This business is conductedby a corporation, registrant began businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted here in 11/01/2010. “I declare that all in-formation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)CARM Group, Inc.Seung Y KimNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/08/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544875The following person(s) is(are) doing business,The Living Curriculum, First Aid CPR Trainer, 20Descanso Dr., Unit 1351, San Jose, CA 95134,Santa Clara Co. Magdalena Tadlock, 20 Des-canso Dr., Unit 1351, San Jose, CA 95134. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 11/17/2010.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she knows tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Magdalena TadlockNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/17/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544868The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Unibay Realty & Unison Mortgage, 618 Min-nesota Ave., San Jose, CA 95125, Santa ClaraCo. Jacqueline Tran, 618 Minnesota Ave., SanJose, CA 95125. This business is conducted byan individual, registrant has not yet begunbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Jacqueline TranNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/17/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544359The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Bravissimo Studios, 1180 Lochinvar Ave #77,Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara Co. BetoBravo, 1180 Lochinvar Ave #77, Sunnyvale, CA94087. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual, registrant began business under the fic-titious business name or names listed here in2010. “I declare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Beto BravoNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/05/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544894The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Indoor-Outdoor Hydroponics, 261 Houret Drive,Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara Co. NhutNguyen, 1993 S King Road, San Jose, CA 95122.This business is conducted by an individual,registrant began business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listed here in11/17/2010. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Nhut NguyenNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/18/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544763The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Silicon Valley Properties Home Loans, 2034Woodard Rd., San Jose, CA 95124, Santa ClaraCo. Steve Kelly, 3093 Forbes Ave, Santa Clara,CA 95051. This business is conducted by an in-dividual, registrant began business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein 11/16/2010. “I declare that all informationin this statement is true and correct.” (A regis-trant who declares as true information whichhe or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Steve KellyNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the C ounty ofSanta Clara on 11/16/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544905The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Beng Nyun Son Nim, 2725 El Camino Real,Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara Co. MiaeKim, 378 Monticello St., San Francisco, CA94132. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Miae KimNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/18/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545061The following person(s) is(are) doing business,BBQ 152, 8295 Monterey Rd., Gilroy, CA 95020,Santa Clara Co. Lawrence L Ingram Jr., 7541Troon Ct., Gilroy, CA 95020, Eric R Ingram, 2163Darnis Cir., Morgan Hill, CA 95037. This busi-ness is conducted by a general partnership, reg-istrant has not yet begun business under thefictitious business name or names listedhereon. “I declare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Lawrence L. Ingram Jr.Nov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/23/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 545014The following person(s) is(are) doing business,HD Manufacturing, HD Engineering, 1252 AlmaCourt, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co.Phuong Ngoc Bui, 1385 38th Ave., Santa Cruz,CA 95062, Hung Pham, 1385 38th Ave., SantaCruz, CA 95062. This business is conducted byhusband and wife, registrant have not yetbegun business under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Phuong Ngoc BuiNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/22/10.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV186765Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mar-leen Patrice Peterson and Andrew Ruelas, TOALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds thatpetitioners Marleen Peterson and Andrew Ru-elas, have filed a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a. Marleen Patrice Peter-son to Marleen Patrice Capps b. Andrew EverettRuelas to Andrew Everett Capps. THE COURTORDERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter appear before this court at the hearing in-dicated below to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of names should not begranted on 01/25/2011 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in El Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.Nov. 08, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV187999Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of:Mingfeng Lin, Mingmei Lin, and Hui Lin, TO ALLINTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that pe-titioners Mingfeng Lin, Mingmei Lin and HuiLin, have filed a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a. Mingfeng Lin to FengLin b. Mingmei Lin to Yan Lin c. Hui Lin to MingLin. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons inter-ested in this matter appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below to show cause, ifany, why the petition for change of namesshould not be granted on 02/01/11 at 8:45 am,Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, SanJose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Showcause shall be published at least once a weekfor four successive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in El Observador, anewspaper of general circulation, printed in thecounty of Santa Clara.Nov. 22, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV187425Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jen-nifer Schmieder, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:The court finds that petitioner JenniferSchmieder has filed a petition for Change ofName with the clerk of this court for a decreechanging names as follows: a. JenniferSchmieder to Jessabella Bacia Hancilla. THECOURT ORDERS that all persons interested inthis matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, whythe petition for change of names should not begranted on 01/25/2011 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall

be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in El Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.Nov. 17, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV188246Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: LitsaoChen, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioner Litsao Chen, have filed apetition for Change of Name with the clerk ofthis court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Charlie Chen to Benjamin Chen THECOURT ORDERS that all persons interested inthis matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, whythe petition for change of names should not begranted on 02/01/2011 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in El Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.Nov. 08, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 26; Dec. 03, 10, 17, 2010.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OFFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

FILE NO. 544480

The following person(s) has/have abandonedthe use of the fictitious business name(s). Theinformation given below is as it appeared onthe fictitious business name statement thatwas filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s office. Morphosis Personal Training, 2155 Rancho Mc-Cormick, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Filed in SantaClara County on 10/09/10, under file no.534008. Stephanie Larsen, 2155 Rancho Mc-Cormick Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95050. Thisbusiness was conducted by an individual. I de-clare that all information in this statement istrue and correct (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.) Stephanie Sperandeo LarsenOct. 08, 15, 22, 29, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/09/2010.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 543822The following person(s) is(are) doing businessTaqueria Cazadores, 3763 Lafayette St., SantaClara, CA 95054, Santa Clara Co. Los TaquerosLLC., 3763 Lafayette St., Santa Clara, CA 95054.This business is conducted by a limited liabilitycompany, registrant began business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein 09/15/10. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Los Taqueros LLC.Everardo Rosales/ChairmanNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 10/21/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 543802The following person(s) is(are) doing businessK1 Electric Co., 1309 Mountain Quail Circle, SanJose, CA 95120, Santa Clara Co. James Y Kang,1309 Mountain Quail Circle, San Jose, CA95120, Grace M Kang, 1309 Mountain Quail Cir-cle, San Jose, CA 95120. This business is con-ducted by husband and wife, registrants havenot yet begun business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)James Y KangNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 10/21/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544167The following person(s) is(are) doing businessAE System, 257 Castro Street, Ste 107, Moun-tain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara Co. Jun Chen,1246 Briarleaf Circle, San Jose, CA 95131. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual, regis-trant began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 11/01/10. “Ideclare that all information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)Jun ChenNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/01/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544304The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Rhombus, 1555 W. Middlefield Road #116,Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara Co. An-shuman Roy, 1555 W. Middlefield Rd #116,Mountain View, CA 94043. This business isconducted by an individual, registrant has notyet begun business under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Anshuman Roy

Nov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/03/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544276The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Diversified Properties, 65 Angelica Way, Mor-gan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara Co. JuanManuel Crespo, 65 Angelica Way, Morgan Hill,CA 95037, Carolyn Crespo, 65 Angelica Way,Morgan Hill, CA 95037. This business is con-ducted by husband and wife, registrants havenot yet begun business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)Juan and Carolyn CrespoNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/03/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544464The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Grander Design, 1725 De la Cruz Blvd. Ste 4,Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara Co. Ryan KAnderson, 258 Palm Valley Blvd., #208, SanJose, CA 95123, Bernard C. Groves, 225 UnionAve., #226 Campbell, CA 95008. This businessis conducted by a general partnership, regis-trants began business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed here in 11/01/2010.“I declare that all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or she knows tobe false is guilty of a crime.)Ryan AndersonNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/08/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544404The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Chinese Numismatic Society, 948 Kiely Blvd #B,Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara Co. XinmeiXie, 948 Kiely Blvd. #B, Santa Clara, CA 95051.This business is conducted by an individual,registrant began business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listed here in10/09/2010. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Xinmei XieNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/08/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544421The following person(s) is(are) doing business,InsightsOne, 22686 Medina Ct., Cupertino, CA95014, Santa Clara Co. InsightsOne Systems,22686 Medina Ct., Cupertino, CA 95014. Thisbusiness is conducted by a corporation, regis-trant have not yet begun business under thefictitious business name or names listedhereon. “I declare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)InsightsOne SystemsWaqar Hasan/CEONov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/08/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544472The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Solid2Green, 2033 Gateway Place 5th Floor, SanJose, CA 95110, Santa Clara Co. Solid PapersLLC., 5114 Walbrook Ln., Las Vegas, NV 89148.This business is conducted by a limited liabilitycompany, registrants began business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein 11/09/2010. “I declare that all informationin this statement is true and correct.” (A regis-trant who declares as true information whichhe or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Solid Papers LLC.Emily Wu/ManagerNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/09/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544516The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Ernies Liquors, Ernies Wines & Liquors, 3870 ElCamino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa ClaraCo. Mathew Chacko, 142 Kenbrook Cir., SanJose, CA 95111. This business is conducted byan individual, registrant has not yet begunbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Mathew ChackoNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/10/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544575The following person(s) is(are) doing business,John of All Trades, J. A. T., 7545 Peach BlossomDr., Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara Co. JohnGuarino, 7545 Peach Blossom Dr., Cupertino,CA 95014. This business is conducted by an in-dividual, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrant

who declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)John GuarinoNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/10/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544517The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Chapar Photo Agency, 740 East Arques Ave.,Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara Co. HanifAvarsaji, 740 E Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA94085. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Hanif AvarsajiNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/10/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544534The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Pandabook, Pandabookstore, 20488 StevensCreek Blvd. #1204, Cupertino, CA 95014, SantaClara Co. Lei Wang, 20488 Stevens Creek Blvd.,#1204, Cupertino, CA 95014. This business isconducted by an individual, registrant beganbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 11/10/2010. “I declarethat all information in this statement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who declares as trueinformation which he or she knows to be falseis guilty of a crime.)Lei WangNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/10/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544611The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Alpha Engineering. 825 Civic Center Dr., SantaClara, CA 95050, Santa Clara Co. Frank Hernan-dez, 2902 Mountain Dr., Fremont, CA 94555,Julio Sanchez, 1344 Crucero, Dr., #2, San Jose,CA 95122 . This business is conducted by a jointventure, registrants have not yet begun busi-ness under the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true informationwhich he or she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Julio SanchezNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544640The following person(s) is(are) doing business,New Yogurt Palace, 2652 Alum Rock Ave #F,San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co. ChanhCao, 1210 Halford Ave. #2, Santa Clara, CA95051. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Chanh CaoNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544626The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Held-Hands Massage, Held-Hands, PatriciaHeld, 409 Alberto Way #3, Los Gatos, , CA95032, Santa Clara Co. Patricia Held, 811 SanLucas CT., Mountain View, CA 94043. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual, registrantbegan business under the fictitious businessname or names listed here in 12/12/2006. “Ideclare that all information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)Patricia HeldNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544612The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Three Stars, 1457 Park Ave., San Jose, CA95126, Santa Clara Co. Carolina Romero, 185Rainer St #5, San Jose, CA 95126. This businessis conducted by an individual, registrant has notyet begun business under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Carolina RomeroNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/12/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544855The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Italian Heritage Real Estate Group, 1898 CurtnerAve, San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara Co. RoccoMorrella III, 2881 Cambridge Dr., San Jose, CA95125. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual, registrant has not yet begun businessunder the fictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.” (A registrant

who declares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Rocco Morrella IIINov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/17/10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 544864The following person(s) is(are) doing business,Combined Signal, 953 White Dr., Santa Clara,CA 95051, Santa Clara Co. Yuan Tang, 953White Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051. This businessis conducted by an individual, registrant has notyet begun business under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Yuan TangNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010This statement was filed with the County ofSanta Clara on 11/17/10.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV184430Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: MariaI. Galvan-Torres & Ramiro Torres Rocha, TO ALLINTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that pe-titioners Maria I Galvan-Torres & Ramiro TorresRocha, have filed a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a. Sergio Alexander Tor-res to Gabriel Alexander Torres. THE COURTORDERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter appear before this court at the hearing in-dicated below to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of names should not begranted on 12/28/2010 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in El Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.Oct. 07, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV187511Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: FelipeWences Murillo, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:The court finds that petitioner Felipe WencesMurillo, has filed a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a. Felipe Wences Murilloto Felipe Wences, b. Luis Felipe Wences Murilloto Lewis Felipe Wences. THE COURT ORDERSthat all persons interested in this matter appearbefore this court at the hearing indicated belowto show cause, if any, why the petition forchange of names should not be granted on1/25/2011 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copyof the Order to Show cause shall be publishedat least once a week for four successive weeksprior to the date set for hearing on the petitionin El Observador, a newspaper of general circu-lation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.Nov. 17, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 19, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV185989Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of:Angélic Desirée Dawkins, TO ALL INTERESTEDPERSONS: The court finds that petitionerAngélic Desirée Dawkins, has filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of this court fora decree changing names as follows: a. AngélicDesirée Dawkins to Angélique Desirée Dawkins.THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interestedin this matter appear before this court at thehearing indicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of names shouldnot be granted on 1/11/2011 at 8:45 am, Room107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in El Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.Oct. 26, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 1 9, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV185476Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: ThuyBich Le, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioner Thuy Bich Le, has filed apetition for Change of Name with the clerk ofthis court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Thuy Bich Le to Jolene Mae Le. THECOURT ORDERS that all persons interested inthis matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, whythe petition for change of names should not begranted on 1/11/2011 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearingon the petition in El Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.Oct. 21, 2010Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 1 9, 26; Dec. 03, 10, 2010.

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Johannesburgo, (Notimex).- El Mun-dial de Sudáfrica 2010, efectuado del11 de junio al 11 de julio, lamentable-

mente no dejó las ganancias esperadas para elpaís, que gastó demasiado en infraestructura,para albergar de la mejor manera el evento.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk, ministro de Tu-rismo de Sudáfrica, indicó que el certamenayudó, sin duda, para que cambiara la imagende los Bafana Bafana, sin embargo, el númerode visitantes no fue el que se imaginaba, másde 300 mil personas asistieron al Mundial,donde la mayoría fue europea.

"El turismo durante el torneo disputadoentre junio y julio, trajo unos 3,600 millonesde rand (casi 520 millones de dólares), muchomenos que lo que había previsto inicialmenteel Gobierno", indicó el funcionario a medioslocales.

El gobierno del presidente de Sudáfrica, Jacob Zuma, invirtió 40 mil millones derand (casi 60 mil millones de dólares), cantidad que le costó demasiado recuperar a lapotencia africana.

En la actualidad, se está estudiando la posibilidad de cómo darle uso a los estadiosque se utilizaron en el Mundial, ya que su mantenimiento sigue generando fuertes gas-tos.

"Hay una serie de discusiones que están teniendo lugar sobre las opciones de cómose puede utilizar los estadios", mencionó Marthinus van Schalkwyk.

Sin embargo, el ministro de turismo se sintió satisfecho porque durante encuestasrealizadas en el magno evento, "casi el 90 por ciento de los turistas, dijo que conside-raría de nuevo visitar Sudáfrica, mientras que el 96 por ciento, dijo que recomendaríael país a sus amigos".

Mundial en Sudáfricano dejó ganancias