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Page 20 VOL. 1, NO. 6 Delivered to 15,000 Homes Every Week LA MIRADA, CA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 www.lmlamplighter.com COMMUNITY SPORTS Page 14 LA MIRADA SHERIFF’S TO ADD COVERAGE By Brian Hews The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is an agency within the Department of Justice, cre- ated by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that responded to a rash of violent crime. Due to grants given by COPS, La Mirada is adding approximately $60,000 in additional Sheriff’s coverage to com- bat specific types of crime in the coming months. The special assignment deputies are being added to provide saturation patrols targeting gangs, drugs and other criminal activity. These special assignment units are grant funded and will supplement La Mirada’s regular contract for Sheriff’s services. COPS promotes a community based approach to law enforcement that encourages preventing crime rather than responding once crime has been com- mitted. The aim of COPS is to improve pub- lic safety by addressing both the roots of crime and the culture of fear created by crime, a culture which perpetuates criminal activity. The concept of acting locally and ad- dressing the roots of crime is carried out by community policing officers, who work within their own communities to develop relationships and build trust with community members. Although there is a general consen- sus on the benefits of community polic- ing, there is some debate as to whether the COPS Office is the most effective form of encouraging local, community, and preventative approaches to law enforcement. There has been biparti- san criticism of COPS’ effectiveness in reaching its goals, and whether the agency is cost effective. Attacking Bullying with an American Idol, Wrestlers and a Congresswoman Awareness event held at Los Coyotes Middle School. CRIME SUMMARY Page 2 By Randy Economy The campaign to stop bullying in our schools came to Los Coyotes Middle School in La Mirada on Thursday in the personages of Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, former American Idol star James Durbin, actress Rachael Leigh Cook and World Wrestling Entertain- ment superstars The Miz and Diva Eve aka Eve Torres. Sanchez, who represents the greater Southeast Los Angeles County area, brought the Creative Coalition and WWE’s STAR alliance to Los Coyotes Middle School for a rally and media event that more than 600 students, par- ents, and staff attended. Sanchez told Los Cerritos Com- munity News that “everyone needs to be involved in the campaign to stop bullying.” She said “The STAR” (Show Tolerance And Respect) alliance pro- vides students, teachers and parents with various tools and resources to help put an end to bullying. Durbin, who has battled the neuro- Attending the event at Los Coyotes Middle School from {l-r} ,professional wrestler The Miz, Rachel Leigh Cook, wrestler Diva Eve, Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, Robin Bronk-Creative Coalition, and James Durbin-American Idol contestant. [See BULLYING page 1] By Randy Economy Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez turned the reigns of Ameri- ca’s largest county government property assessment agency to a former political operative of a San Gabriel Valley based trash recycling business, just months af- ter his election in November on 2010. In documents obtained by Los Cer- ritos Community News, Nogue radically redrew the organiza- tional chart of the Assessor’s office and gave political con- tributor Chris Carlos, EdD the top administrative position. Carlos the former head of Government at Athens Disposal Services and i Chief of Staff to Noguez. Further, LCCN has confirmed that Carlos has no professional experience in the field of tax management or as a pro- fessional appraiser prior to his hiring by Noguez. “Carlos now wears the badge of Chief of Staff and is calling all the shots. He runs the joint, day in and day out,” one employee with more than 33 years experience inside the As- sessor’s office told LCCN. Los Cerritos Community News was Assessor Turned Office Over to Former Trash Hauler’s Political Operative the first news organization to break the story that Noguez and his office is the subject of at least two criminal probes by the Los Angeles County District At- torney’s Office. Since then, several other news agencies including the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Eastern Group Publications and a growing assortment of radio talk shows and television news casts are beginning to cover the ever flu- id developments. On February 7th, Carlos fired off an email to every employee at the asses- sor’s office reminding them “wherein Assessor Noguez reminded all personnel to be diligent in valuing property at its fair market value, in accordance to the law, regardless of a property owner’s re- lationship with the Assessor.” Carlos goes on to state in the email [See COPS page 9]

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[See ASSESSOR page 11]

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COMMUNITY SPORTSPage 14

LA MIRADA SHERIFF’S TO ADD COVERAGE

By Brian Hews

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is an agency within the Department of Justice, cre-ated by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that responded to a rash of violent crime.

Due to grants given by COPS, La Mirada is adding approximately $60,000 in additional Sheriff’s coverage to com-bat specific types of crime in the coming months.

The special assignment deputies are being added to provide saturation patrols targeting gangs, drugs and other criminal activity.

These special assignment units are grant funded and will supplement La Mirada’s regular contract for Sheriff’s services.

COPS promotes a communitybased approach to law enforcement that encourages preventing crime rather than responding once crime has been com-mitted.

The aim of COPS is to improve pub-lic safety by addressing both the roots of crime and the culture of fear created by crime, a culture which perpetuates criminal activity.

The concept of acting locally and ad-dressing the roots of crime is carried out by community policing officers, who work within their own communities to develop relationships and build trust with community members.

Although there is a general consen-sus on the benefits of community polic-ing, there is some debate as to whether the COPS Office is the most effective form of encouraging local, community, and preventative approaches to law enforcement. There has been biparti-san criticism of COPS’ effectiveness in reaching its goals, and whether the agency is cost effective.

Attacking Bullying with an American Idol, Wrestlers and a Congresswoman

Awareness event held at Los Coyotes Middle School.

CRIME CRIME SUMMARYSUMMARYPage 2

By Randy Economy

The campaign to stop bullying in our schools came to Los Coyotes Middle School in La Mirada on Thursday in the personages of Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, former American Idol star James Durbin, actress Rachael Leigh Cook and World Wrestling Entertain-ment superstars The Miz and Diva Eve aka Eve Torres.

Sanchez, who represents the greater Southeast Los Angeles County area, brought the Creative Coalition and WWE’s STAR alliance to Los Coyotes Middle School for a rally and media event that more than 600 students, par-ents, and staff attended.

Sanchez told Los Cerritos Com-munity News that “everyone needs to be involved in the campaign to stop bullying.” She said “The STAR” (Show Tolerance And Respect) alliance pro-vides students, teachers and parents with various tools and resources to help put an end to bullying.

Durbin, who has battled the neuro- Attending the event at Los Coyotes Middle School from {l-r} ,professional wrestler The Miz, Rachel Leigh Cook, wrestler Diva Eve, Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, Robin Bronk-Creative Coalition, and James Durbin-American Idol contestant.[See BULLYING page 1]

By Randy Economy

Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez turned the reigns of Ameri-ca’s largest county government property assessment agency to a former political operative of a San Gabriel Valley based trash recycling business, just months af-trash recycling business, just months af-trash recycling business, just months after his election in November on 2010.

In documents obtained by Los Cer-ritos Community News, Noguez radically redrew the organiza-tional chart of the Assessor’s office and gave political con-tributor Chris Carlos, EdD the top administrative position. Carlos is the former head of Government Affairs at Athens Disposal Services and is now Chief of Staff to Noguez.

Further, LCCN has confirmed that Carlos has no professional experience in

the field of tax management or as a pro-fessional appraiser prior to his hiring by Noguez.

“Carlos now wears the badge of Chief of Staff and is calling all the shots. He runs the joint, day in and day out,” one employee with more

than 33 years experience inside the As-sessor’s office told LCCN.

Los Cerritos Community News was

Assessor Turned Office Over to Former Trash Hauler’s Political Operative

LAMPLIGHTEREXCLUSIVEthe first news organization to break the story that Noguez and his office is the subject of at least two criminal probes by the Los Angeles County District At-torney’s Office. Since then, several other news agencies including the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Eastern Group Publications and a growing assortment of radio talk shows and television news casts are beginning to cover the ever flu-id developments.

On February 7th, Carlos fired off an email to every employee at the asses-sor’s office reminding them “wherein Assessor Noguez reminded all personnel to be diligent in valuing property at its fair market value, in accordance to the law, regardless of a property owner’s re-lationship with the Assessor.”

Carlos goes on to state in the email

at Athens Disposal Services and is now than 33 years experience inside the As

In documents obtained by Los Cerritos Community News, Noguez

tributor Chris Carlos, EdD the top administrative position. Carlos is the former head of Government Affairs at Athens Disposal Services and is now

In documents obtained by Los Cerritos Community News, Noguez

administrative position. Carlos is the former head of Government Affairs at Athens Disposal Services and is now

[See COPS page 9]

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Cerritos Weekly Crime SummaryFebruary 13-19, 2012

Part I felony investigations dropped from 30 to 25 last week. Commercial burglaries were up, robberies and vehicle burglaries remained the same, while resi-dential burglaries and vehicle thefts de-clined. Patrol deputies handled 275 calls for service, up from 243 the week before. The new 2012 weekly average in calls for service is now 255.

For the second consecutive week, there were two robberies reported. On Thursday February 16 at 4:30 p.m. a male shoplifting suspect struggled with store employees in the 17200 block of Norwalk Boulevard, but was eventually detained for the arrival of deputies. At 10:30 p.m. that night a male pedestrian was confront-ed by three suspects in the 17100 block of Pires Avenue where an iPhone and jacket were taken from the victim.

Residential burglaries dropped from nine to five last week. Four of those crimes were attributed to open/unlocked doors or windows. A window was pried in the fifth. Laptop computers, electron-ic games, keys, jewelry, bicycles, and a handgun were missing. The 2012 weekly average in residential burglaries is now 5.0.

We have previously mentioned that the residential burglar will try to enter the home with the least amount of effort. Leaving doors and windows open creates that effortless opportunity. Regardless of where the door or window is located, make sure that you check and secure them prior to leaving the residence.

Three commercial burglaries were reported last week. Two were closed businesses and the third was a fitness cen-ter locker. Menus, candle holders, and

cell phones were taken from the business-es, and a wallet, cell phone, and watch were removed from the locker. The 2012 weekly average in commercial/“other structure” burglaries is now 1.4

Nine vehicle burglaries were investi-gated last week, the same as the previous week. Eight of the recent cases occurred in high-volume commercial parking lots. Seven involved SUVs, and two stereos were taken. Briefcases, laptop comput-ers, cell phones, ID, purses, a wallet, and credit cards were among the items report-ed stolen. The 2012 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is 5.9.

Vehicle burglary is the most frequent-ly reported felony crime in the City of Cerritos. Last week, window smashes, (the most common entry method), were responsible in six of the cases. Are you willing to leave valuables in the pas-senger compartment that are visible and only protected by less than a quarter inch of glass? Why take a chance? If your property is valuable and important to you, consider leaving it at home or taking it with you when you exit the vehicle.

Vehicle thefts dropped from five to two. A high-volume commercial parking lot was the crime scene in one. Both vehi-cles last week were SUVs. The new 2012 weekly average in vehicle thefts is 5.1.

The best method to immediately dis-play that your vehicle is protected from theft is the use of a visible deterrent such as a steering wheel lock. This inexpensive “insurance policy” can cost between $30-$50, and tells the commonly pressed for time thief that another target would be more appealing.

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La Mirada Weekly Crime SummaryFebruary 13-19, 2012Robbery: A robbery was reported on the 14500 block of Leffingwell Rd. The incident is currently under investigation. Vehicle Burglary: Six vehicle burglaries were reported last week. A burglary was reported on the 12800 block of Valley View Ave. A purse was stolen from the vehicle. Two burglaries were reported in a parking lot on the 14200 block of Firestone Blvd. Third row seats and miscellaneous items were stolen in both incidents. A third row seat theft was also reported on the 14400 block of Firestone Blvd. A window smash burglary was reported on the 14500 block of Tacuba Dr. A purse was stolen from the victim’s vehicle. An incident was reported on the 14500 block of Artesia Blvd. A stereo subwoofer was stolen from the vehicle. Grand Theft: Two grand thefts were reported last week. The rims and tires were stolen from a vehicle parked on the 15500 block of La Mirada Blvd. An incident was also reported on the 15700 block of Pescados Dr.Grand Theft Vehicle: Two vehicle thefts were reported last week. A trailer with cargo was stolen from the 16000 block of Heron Ave. A vehicle was also reported stolen from the 14800 block of Faceta Dr. A vehicle reported stolen from the City of Fountain Valley was recovered by deputies on the 13800 block of Biola Ave. Crime Prevention Tips: Make crime prevention a daily routine by following these tips:

Store bicycles, equipment and •tools inside a shed or in a garage. Lock your car after you exit it and •

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Join Neighborhood Watch Help keep La Mirada safe by joining Neighborhood Watch. This crime prevention program will teach you how to protect yourself, your family and your neighborhood from crime. To join Neighborhood Watch, contact the La Mirada Community Sheriff’s Station at (562) 902-2960.

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Members of the Chines-American Community of Cerritos and their guests filled the Cerritos Senior Center Com-munity Room to capacity Feb. 11 to cel-ebrate the Chinese New Year – Year of the Dragon.

The first day of the Chinese New Year – which began at midnight on Jan. 23, 2012 – is the most important of Chinese holidays, celebrated by over 1.3 billion people in China and by millions of ethnic Chinese around the world. It’s a celebra-tion that lasts for 15 days, culminating with the Lantern Festival. Each year is as-sociated with one of twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac. For 2012, it’s the Year of the Dragon.

There are several stories about the mythology behind Chinese New Year cel-ebrations. Most are based on a ugly blood-thirsty monster named Nian that would emerge on the last night of each year to destroy villages and eat people. A wise el-der advised villagers to scare the monster

away with loud noises. That night, they set fire to bamboo, lit fireworks, and banged their drums. The monster, afraid of the loud noises and lights, ran away to hide in its cave.

In another version of the myth, an old man persuaded Nian to turn its wrath on other monsters, not the villagers. Before he was seen riding away on Nian, the old man, actually a god, advised the people to hang red paper decorations in their homes and set off firecrackers on the last night of the year to keep Nian away. On the first day of the new year, the villagers celebrated, greeting each other with the words “Guo Nian” which means “survive the Nian”, a tradition that has continued to this day to mean “celebrate the new year.”

In China, the familiar Gregorian cal-endar is used for day-to-day life. But the Chinese calendar dates continue to be used to mark traditional holidays such as the new year and the fall moon festival. It’s also used astrologically to select fa-vorable dates for weddings and other spe-cial events.

Year of the Dragon Celebrated by the Chinese Community

Members of the Cerritos Chinese-American Senior Citizens entertain members of the Chinese Community and guests with song.

Members of the Chinese Community, city and school officials wish everyone a happy new year.

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Racial IssuesIf anyone else said what the Hispanic

community is saying about not being represented by people of other races, we would be called racist pigs, but the people of Hawaiian Gardens can say it and it's OK??? No, if you don't like the results of elections, do a better job of running your own canidates. Don't blame the game, blame the players..

With only 18 percent turnout it should not be a problem to run someone

you want and get out the vote for them in your community, but don't call it unfair and how dare you say , you can't be rep-resented by anyone but Hispanics. that is as racist as saying they have to be white to represent white people... Not what our country stands for..

You can move to Bellflower School District, the school my sons went to 40 years ago is now taught all Spanish. An elementary school in Lakewood, the English speaking kids were forced to go to another school to be taught in English, in California... That is what is not fair.

Teach your children to be Americans and if you want them to be American, try not to change us to suit you.. You can always go to Mexico if you want that.. Remember , white people are the minor-ity in Cerritos. and we're OK with that as we are all trying to raise great kids in a great school district. So, please stop the craziness .

Thank you, Nancy Dailey

Good SamaritansThe husband's wallet of a vacationing

La Palma couple was presumed lost or stolen. The owner was not aware of the missing wallet, until returning to his car, from a restroom break, about 1 1/2 hours after leaving their home. After searching

the premises to no avail, they reluc-tantly continued on their trip.

Recalling purchasing coffee and rolls to go earlier, they called a friend to search the parking lot and inquire inside the Yum Yum Donut Shop in La Palma.

Employee Anna Lemus noticed the wallet as she was cleaning the counter. She and husband Jose Lemus, held onto

it, waiting to be contacted. The owner of the wallet had unconsciously left it on the counter, after making payment.

The wallet, with all its valuable, orig-inal contents, was returned to its owner. Thanks to good Samaritans Anna and Jose,a nightmare was overturned. The couple's faith in people's honesty and in-tegrity was evidenced by their honorable deeds.

La Palma is fortunate to have such caring and honest employees in their community. Anna and Jose have been dependable employees at Yum Yum Do-nut Shop for many years - Jose, about 20 years, and Anna, about 7 years.

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RE: L.A. County assessor at center of probe of tax bill reductions, Sunday, February 19, 2012

Sunday's front page article (LA Times 2/19/12) on embattled L.A. County As-sessor John Noguez was missing one very relevant fact, source attribution.

This story originated in my hometown paper the Los Cerritos Community News in a story by Randy Economy. The L.A. Times knows well how important it is to give credit where it is due. The LCCN did the type of digging the Times did to expose the City of Bell corruption.

Please correct this oversight in fu-ture reporting on Noguez. Cerritos, once home to L.A. Times' 'Southeast Edition' is now all but void of local coverage, this has been left to small community news-papers like Los Cerritos Community News, they do a great job and occasion-ally get wind of news that big organiza-tions like the Times might miss.

HI-TOPS DANCE TEAM FUNDRAISER SET FOR MARCH 10 AT LOS AL RACE TRACKBy Randy Economy

The esteemed “Hi-Tops” Dance Team of Speech and Language Development Center in Buena Park will be holding their 11th Annual Casino Night Fund-raiser at Los Alamitos Race Track on Saturday, March 10 beginning at 6 p.m.

Organizers are attempting to raise enough funds to send members of the group to upcoming competitions in both Seattle and Vancouver, Canada. The event is being called “Under the Sea” Casino Night Fundraiser.

For a donation $55 for advance reg-istration, or $60 at the door, participants will be treated to a no host bar, opportu-nity drawings, silent auctions, grab bags, $100 in betting chips, blackjack, craps, roulette, and a buffet dinner.

Also included is your admission into Los Alamitos Race Track as well as your parking fees. Table sponsorships are also available beginning with a $100 dona-tion to the group.

The Hi-Tops started over 32 years ago as the Aerobic Dance Group. They performed their first choreographed rou-tine to "Xanadau" by Olivia Newton John. The wheels were in motion and the dancers have not looked back.

The name has changed from the Aer-obics Dance Group to the Performing Dance Group and finally settled on the Hi-Tops Dance Group. To date there's 40 dancers ranging in age from 13 - 47 years old.

The dancers' continuing improve-ment is evident the longer they remain in the "Hi-Tops." They demonstrate the ability to learn dance steps more quick-ly. Their directionality and rhythm im-proves greatly and they soon become more flexible, which is often physically difficult for challenged individuals. They learn that everything doesn't always run smoothly; tapes may break, props may drop, costumes come apart, it just doesn't matter. These are all just a part of "show business"! It has taken some students five to eight years to become flexible, (both physically as well as mentally), but they have learned.

For ticket information and reserva-tions, please call Sandy Garcia at (714) 821-3620.

The organization is a legal non-profit organization.

1st CEB Adoption Committee Collecting Items for Marines

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“The Magic of Giving” is the theme for Soroptimist International of Artesia-Cerritos 20th Annual Monte Carol Night to be held Saturday evening, Feb. 25, at the Portuguese Hall in Artesia from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are $65 each with all proceeds going to local charities,

Monte Carlo is the major fundraiser for the local chapter of Soroptimist In-ternational.

Funds raised by the chapter benefit many charities, including Community Family Guidance Center, a non-profit mental health center serving Los Ange-les County that provides counseling for emotionally disturbed children as well as child abuse victims and their families,

Su Casa which provides shelter for battered men. women and children, Cer-

ritos Junior Miss Scholarships, Cerri-tos College Foundation- Cheryl Epple Scholarship, Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Artesia High School Special Dream Club, Tracy High School Teen Parent Program, Champions Run for Life [Jon-athan Jaques Children Cancer Center at Miller’s Children Hospital], Cerritos Re-lay for Life [American Cancer Society], Women’s Opportunity Award, Violet Richardson Award, Make a Difference for Women Award, and the June Ander-sen [Student] Scholarships.

Sponsorships range from $100 to $5,000 and include tickets for Monte Carlo Night. All sponsors are acknowl-edged the night of the event.

Members of the Artesia-Cerritos Soroptimist Chapter anticipate the Annual Monte Carlo Night to be held at the Portuguese Hall in Artesia on Saturday evening , Feb. 25 at the Por-tuguese Hall in Artesia. They are (l-r) Amy Dominguez, Betty Hyatt, and Susan Green.

Soroptimists Gear Up for 20th Annual Monte Carlo Night

Cerritos City Council honored Al Barlevy for his dedicated service to the City of Cer-ritos as a member of the Community Safety Committee, Parks & Recreation Commission, Property Preservation Commission and Planning Commission. Barlevy recently resigned his position on the Planning Commission and will be moving to San Jose. With him are members of his family who will join him at the end of the school year. “I love Cerritos,” he said, “and we will be back.”

Cerritos Council Honors Barlevy

Artesia High School Class of '62 Reunion PlannedThe Artesia High School class of 1962

is planning its 50th reunion for Sept. 29. The next meeting of the class reunion committee will be at Mimi’s Restaurant in the Cerritos Towne Center on Feb. 25 a, 1 p.m.. For more information call 310-613-2122 ask for Sue Johnson.

Reflections: Remember when the following events were typical: We drank Coca-Cola in green bottles, and the milk-man delivered milk to our back doors, in quart bottles.

We left doors unlocked, and some neighborhoods had skeleton keys for the back door, which fit every back door on several streets.

We had “party lines”, our phone num-bers were 5 digits, and everyone’s num-ber began with a “5”.

Pioneer Boulevard had Dutch bak-eries, furniture stores, beauty shops, hardware shops, drug stores and jewelry stores. We bought Dutch girl cookies and chocolate eclairs from the Artesia Bak-ery, and we drank cherry cokes at Gaines drug store soda counter.

We went to elementary schools like Clifton, Willow Street School, Luther Burbank, and Carmenita. During the Cold Was, in the 50’s, we were taught to get on the floor under our desks, in case there was a “nuclear bomb” dropped on Southern California.

My neighborhood of “Monterey Acres” had our own underground water and my dad ran our pump station and collected monthly water fees from all of the neighbors.

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Chugh Firm opens in Cerritos

The Chugh Firm recently opened at a new 18,000-square-foot two-story office building at 15925 Carmenita Road in Cer-ritos.

The 9,678-square-foot building previous-ly at the site was demolished and the new building was re-oriented to the northeast corner of the site for better visibility.

The two-story, concrete tilt-up building is 35 feet tall. The first and second floors are approximately 9,000 square feet each and contain offices, conference rooms, break rooms and restrooms on both floors.

The exterior of the building is contem-porary in design, and the windows feature champagne-colored anodized mullions and both clear and tinted glass.

As part of the City’s Art in Public Places program, a new sculpture that was pro-posed by the Chugh Firm was recently installed in front of the new building.

The artpiece, created by artist Jasu Shilpi, is a 6-foot-tall bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi. The statue is elevated on a pedes-tal and lighted for night-time visibility.

The City’s Art in Public Places program requires property owners/developers to provide a piece of artwork or donate 1 percent of the building permit valuation to a trust fund when constructing develop-ments with a value of $250,000 or more.

The Chugh Firm is comprised of a team of dedicated attorneys and Certified Public Accountants. The firm has offices through-out the United States and India. For more information, call (562) 229-1220 or visit chugh.com.

Business Spotlight: Olea Kiosks Inc.

Olea Inc. was founded by Chairman Fer-nando Olea and his sons Rene and Mark in 1975 in the garage of their Cerritos home. The company was inspired by one uniting goal: to make great furniture. Fernando, a talented and accomplished carpenter, taught Rene and Mark from a very young age the skills that would later be the key to their combined success.

Between 1977 and 1986 the Olea com-pany grew and flourished. Olea extended its services across a multitude of industries, including a full scale educational children’s exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles (still in use today). In 1983, Olea built the first kiosk in com-pany history for the Los Angeles County Fair. In 1993 Rene Olea’s son Frank Olea came on board and under his own ambi-tion became the main product developer for the new Olea kiosk division. The kiosk division has experienced consistent growth under Frank’s advisement and has become the main profit center for Olea Inc. since 2003.

With production booming Olea decided to move its operations from Artesia into a building in Cerritos in 2011. The new facil-ity is twice the size of the previous facility and has room for expansion. Olea’s cur-rent client base spans the globe and ranges from small start ups to Fortune 100 compa-nies, including Nike, Hot Topic, Sephora, Home Depot, Bon Ton, Cabela’s, Princess Cruises, Pala Casino, Venetian Casino, and many others. At the local level, Olea de-signed and manufactured the enclosures for the iPad “menu” system for the Stacked restaurant chain. The secure aluminum enclosure houses the card reader, iPad and battery backup system. Olea is very proud to be a part of the Stacked story and to live and work in the City of Cerritos.

Olea Kiosks Inc. founder Frank Olea said: “When looking for a building our fo-cus was mostly on the City of Cerritos. Be-sides the fact we all live here and went to school here the City made the most sense. It’s freeway close to all major airports and is just a wonderful place to do business. The city works hard to maintain a great environment and it shows. We have cus-tomers that fly out from all over the world to tour our factory. Location was key.”

Olea Kiosks Inc. is located at 13845 Arte-sia Blvd. in Cerritos. For more information, please contact them at (800) 927-8063, fax: (562) 926-5805 or visit the website at olea.com.

The Business Recognition Program showcases local businesses and fosters pride in Cerritos’ thriving business com-munity and strong local economy.

For more information about the Business Spotlight Program, visit cerritos.us/ BUSINESSES/business_spotlight.php.

Penske Buick GMC of Cerritos opens re-located,

remodeled showroom

Penske Buick GMC of Cerritos opened its re-located, remodeled location at 18400 Studebaker Road in the Cerritos Auto Square in December.

In addition to new and used car sales, Penske Buick GMC of Cerritos offers GM Certified Service. Service for Buick, GMC, Saturn, Hummer and other GM vehicles is available at the dealership’s original loca-tion at 17720 Crusader Avenue in the Cer-ritos Auto Square.

Cerritos welcomes new restaurants

Mezza Mediterranean Grill recently opened at the Cerritos Promenade shop-ping center on the northeast corner of South Street and Gridley Road. The menu includes Mediterranean favorites such as hummus, garlic fries, baba ghanoush, stuffed grape leaves, falafel, kabobs, pita sandwiches and salads. To order ahead, call the restaurant at (562) 860-8818.

Tokyo Buffet will soon be opening at Best Plaza, located on the northwest corner of Gridley Road and 183rd Street.

The Cerritos City Council recently approved the development of a new 14,580-square-foot two-story office build-ing with 64 on-site parking spaces at 19112 Gridley Road in Cerritos.

The site is bordered on the north by a restaurant, on the south by Mary E. Bragg Elementary School, on the east by Fountain Plaza shopping center, and on the west by Gridley Road. The eastern half of the prop-erty is currently developed with park-ing spaces and landscape planters, which were pre-viously leased to the restau-rant property owner to the north to serve as overflow parking.

The building’s footprint will be posi-tioned northwest within the property. The primary entrance to the office building will be from the south, which provides access to an entrance lobby area. A new 26-foot wide driveway enhanced with decorative colored, stamped concrete paving will pro-vide access to the property.

Both floors will contain leased office space, common areas and restrooms. Ac-cess between the floors will be provided by an elevator and two staircases. The build-ing is expected to be occupied by medical and professional office uses.

The office building will be contemporary in design, featuring light beige stucco pan-

els with symmetrical rectangular window arrangements and offsets. The building will be accented with offsets projected as tow-ers faced with natural slate-stone veneer panels. The building’s main entrance on the south elevation will feature a glass curtain wall element. A glass element will also be incorporated on the north elevation to pro-vide abundant natural light for the build-ing’s primary staircase. Clear anodized

aluminum sunshades above the win-dows will provide a visual ac-cent, and parapets will block the view of the me-chanical

equipment on the roof. Landscape planters will be in-stalled along all four sides of the building.

In lieu of providing on-site artwork, the property owner will pay 1 percent of the valuation of the project to the City’s Art in Public Places trust fund as required by the Cerritos Municipal Code.

Demolition of the existing structures is expected to take place within the next few months, and construction of the new build-ing is expected to be completed in 2013.

New office building approved

The new two-story building is expected to be completed in 2013.

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This is the second time in four years that Prime Healthcare has earned the national This is the second time in four years that Prime Healthcare has earned the national distinction.

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ABC Unified School District held its annual Principal for a Day Feb. 16 followed by a luncheon reception and recognition Ceremony at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel where the. 30 Principals and their surrogates gathered, exchang-ing comments about their experiences at the schools.

Deputy Superintendent Dr. Mary Sieu told the Principals and Principals for a Day. “There is nothing more im-portant in education than school leader-ship. There is no such thing as a high performing school without a great prin-cipal.” She said with the state facing budget cuts and the state’s schools fac-ing the most drastic budget cuts in our history ABC principals are front and center. in meeting this challenge. She said, “In the past four years ABC has lost $30 million through state budget cuts and we anticipate additional cuts this coming fiscal year.

Turning to the Principals for a Day, she said, “We look forward to your con-tinuous support as we move into the 21st century.” Dr. Sieu concluded by thanking those who participated in this years Principal of a Day Program and for spending a day in our schools.

School Board President Olympia Chen told those present while money is down the District’s test [API] scores are up. She said, “At ABC we care for our kids. We want to thank you for also car-ing for our kids. Thankyou so much.”

Principal for a day at Cerritos High School with Brian Tom, Dr. Jimmy Kim, Olympic Gold Medalist Oriential Moo-Do School/Jimmy Kim’s Taekwondo Center, Princial for a Day at Cerritos Hiigh with co-Principal for a Day Brian Tom said he received a good insight into what the principal. counselors and administrators do.”The love and energy they give the students let them achieve their potential and their life dreams. “ Dr. Kim, a graduate of Cerritos High, said he opes the budget cuts will not efec the athletic programs that in his opinion helps mold the student into a positive adult.

Principal of a Day at Jusrez Elemen-tary School Megan Richardson, Mar-keting Director at the Los Cerritos Cen-ter, told thse present she was hesitant about being a Principal ofr a Day. She said that because she is afraid of kids. “I think it is so incredible, and it’s been a long time since I have been on an el-ementary school campus ,is their atten-tion to what is going on and how much they care. “She said the success of the students overrides everything else.”

She said , “Being in the business world, we get caught up in triva, but teachers and principas are doing some-thing that matters. The are teaching our children and molding their lives. To me, that’s important.” She thanked the prin-cipals for what they do and how much they care.

Jason Spencer, Principal for a Day at Artesia High is the Senior Policy Ad-visor to State Superintendent of Pub-lic Education Tom Tortakson. He said usually for the past four years he has to apologize for the bad things that have been happening, but today wa a day where I saw the good things that are happening in our schools.

He said when the present principals came into the community he was con-

ABC Holds Annual Principal for a Day Recognition Luncheonstantly being challenged by the parents and community at large, Spencer said the principals had to change the culture of the school. ”Today say, he said, he was impressed the respect from stu-dents. “There are amazing things going on at Artesia. “ He said they visited most every classroom, including the special education classes. “You wouldn’t know they were special education classes,” he said. “There is real learning going on and respect for these kids.”

Furgeson Elementary School Prin-cipal for a Day Benjamin Cardenas, District Director for Grace Napolitano , He said he could appreciate what the principals do. They’re the first one on campus in the morning and the last to leave. He said for what they do and the teachers and counselors, someday he hopes to see a pay rise for them all.

Closing the luncheon Ann Griffo, Coordinator and Moderator

She closed the luncheon with a say-ing. “If you want to touch the past, touch a lock. If you want to touch the present tough a flower, and if you want to touch and be part of the future the fu-ture touch a life and volunteer.”

Representing the 30 schools in the District ABC Principals and guest Principals for a Day representing the business community and the state gatheed at the Scheraton Cer-ritos Hotel Feb. 16 for the Principal for a Day Recognition Luncheon.

Principals for a Day came away from their. Morning assignment full of praise for the30 prin-cipals in ABC and a better understanding and appreciation of what they and their staff do.

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Accepting a check for $5,000 from the Hawaiian Gardens City Council at its Feb. 14 meeting are Coach Frank Amaro and members of the team. Amaro thanked the council and said the money will be used for uniforms, equipment. He said at the present time there are 144 kids participating in the program. The council also donated $5,000 to Melbourne Elementary School for field trips.

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Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have released crime data for Norwalk, La Mirada and unincorporated parts of Whittier this past week, and it appears that overall crime rates have risen when it comes to homicides.

According to a report issued on Tuesday, there were a total of nine homicides in the area that is overseen by the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station. Of those nine homicides, four of them appear to have been related to domestic disputes involving married or divorced couples.

In the Larceny Category, there was a 10 percent increase in thefts from unlocked vehicles, 14percent increase in bicycle thefts, and 25% increase in reported shoplifting.

In the Grand Theft Vehicle Category, there was a 25 percent increase in cargo thefts and a 7percent increase in automobile thefts.

In the Residential Arson Category, there were three separate incidents in 2011, compared to none in 2010. Vehicle Arson also increased. There were 13 incidents reported in 2010 and 21 incidents reported in 2011. Four separate incidents occurred at the same location. Arson/Explosive investigators are currently investigating the case.

A city by city breakdown for the following areas served by the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station is as follows..

La Mirada Part I Crimes for 2011: Criminal Homicide none, Forcible

Rape 3, Robbery 20, Aggravated Assault 61, Burglary 129, Larceny Theft 540, Grand Theft Auto 141, Arson 3, Part I Total crimes were 897.

Norwalk Part 1 Crimes for 2011:Criminal Homicide 5, Forcible Rape

10, Robbery 137, Aggravated Assault 220, Burglary 483, Larceny Theft 1145, Grand Theft Auto 633, Arson 23, Part I Total crimes were 2656.

Unincorporated Whittier (includes Los Nietos) Part I Crimes:

Criminal Homicide 4, Forcible Rape 6, Robbery 32, Aggravated Assault 104,

Burglary 156, Larceny Theft 475, Grand Theft Auto 186, Arson 4, Part I Total 967.

At a recent Norwalk City Council Meeting, Norwalk Sheriff’s Captain Pat Maxwell told the community about the importance of “keeping involved, and keeping aware” and to report crimes as soon as “they take place.”

“We need to all be vigilant when it comes to crimes here in our community,” Maxwell said.

He wanted to remind the public to “lock all doors of your vehicles and conceal all personal items when vehicles are left unattended or parked.”

He also suggested that people invest in a top-rated bicycle lock and secure your bicycles when not in use. “Bicycles are commonly stolen from schools, strip malls, or public areas where bicycles are left unattended or not secured to a fixed object. Remember, take preventive measures; don’t make it easy for a thief. If possible, record the serial numbers of valuable property on a sheet of paper or digital notepad. Keep the information in an inconspicuous location where you can retrieve it immediately, just in case you become a victim of theft,” Maxwell said.

If you want to partner with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to prevent crime in your neighborhood, contact Norwalk Sheriff’s Station at (562) 863-8711. Or, if you wish to remain anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org .

NORWALK - LA MIRADA 2011 CRIME STATS ISSUED

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 at about 5:00 p.m. Oil companies per-formed a controlled release of natural gas from the oil platforms off the coast of Sunset Beach. During the gas release, winds coming from the south carried the natural gas odor across several cities, in-

cluding La Palma. Reports of smelling the order, have lasted for no more than 20 minutes. According the Orange County Fire Authority, this is a standard proce-dure, which is done frequently from these oil platforms and there are no health risks associated with these procedures.

Natural Gas Odor Reported Throughout Local Cities

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tracking COPS benchmarks, such as putting 100,000 officers on the streets between 1995 and 2000. Figures such as these are difficult to quantify be-cause it is often impossible to track and attribute to one program the hiring of additional officers. In addition, critics of COPS believe that funding allotted to the COPS Office would be used more effectively if simply distributed through a much smaller-scale grant program, which doesn’t necessitate the level of administration costs that an agency such as COPS does.

Communities and society at large are potential beneficiaries of effective law enforcement programs. In addition to decreased crime rates corresponding to heightened quality of life, as well as lives saved from violent crime, a drop in crime rates also has overarching eco-nomic and social benefits. In 2008, more than one in 100 adults was in jail or prison, costing state governments almost $50 billion and the federal government an additional $5 billion annually (Wash-ington Post). Effective crime prevention programs can reduce these numbers, saving taxpayers billions every year.

Residents are reminded to report suspicious activity to the La Mirada Community Sheriff’s Station at (562) 902-2960. Call 9-11 to report emergen-cies and crimes in progress.

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A group of military veterans and members closely associated with veteran affairs gather every Wednes-day morning at the La Mirada Activity Center.

The classroom setting is headed up by Elijah Levy, Doctor of Psychology, who has conducted these sessions at the Center for about 10 years.

The purpose is to encourage vets to tell their individual life’s stories in a video- recorded interview conducted by the “coach”, Dr. Eli, and persuade each member to write their memoirs, if only for a family legacy and close friends, or even a possible wider-reaching pub-lication.

The membership includes veterans

of World War Two, Korea, and Viet Nam, but none, as yet, from more re-cent U. S. world conflicts. They will, of course, welcome those veterans .

The Lamplighter will be working with these Vets and include them in a regular on-going issue.

Each issue will devote space for the veterans’ historical accounts. Some of the vets have been residences of La Mirada for over 50 years.

Their latest venture has developed an internet website, with the domain www.because-we-were-there.com

The website will contain the biogra-phies and photos of every vet involved in this project.

La Mirada Veterans’ Legacy Project

JAMBO, WATOTO! -Tales and Rhythms of Africa

La Mirada Theatre for the Perform-ing Arts continues its 2011-12 Programs for Young Audiences series with Boxtale Theatre Company’s Jambo, Watoto!. This innovative 60-minute play is rec-ommended for audiences ages 4 and up.

Tickets are on sale now and perfor-mances are Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Come enjoy the loving homage to the rich and wonderful cultures of Africa featuring stories and traditional rhythms from many different regions.

The stories include the Akamba tale of Brother Sun, Brother Moon and the Pretty Girl, the Donso story of The Hunterman and the Crocodile, The Lion’s Whiskers from Ethiopia, and How Ananse Gained a Kingdom of Knowledge from a Grain of Corn from the Ashanti people.

La Mirada Theatre’s Programs for Young Audiences is designed to give children exposure to a diverse mix of national and international touring stage acts.

All seats are $8 for children and $12 for adults. Subscriptions are available or $24 for children and $36 for adults. Tickets are available online at www.lamiradatheatre.com or by calling the La Mirada Theatre Box Office at (562) 944-9801 or (714) 994-6310.

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logical disorder turrets syndrome told LCCN that he was “bullied as a child” because of his medical condition. “I know the pain of being bullied, and now I feel it is important to talk directly to kids about the harm and destruction that can result,” said Durbin.

Flanked by hundreds of students, Durbin said that he was bullied in “ele-mentary school, junior high school, high school “ and said that he is “still bullied today” even after his recent successes as a finalist on the iconic American Idol program.

“It’s is kind of hard being back at a school right now, but I have been Blessed to be able to inspire young people now and to let them know that it is possible to overcome being the target of bullying,” Durbin said candidly. Durbin, who is also in the process

of having his first album released, said it was “incredible” that members of Congress are now addressing the issue of bullying. “Having Congresswoman Sanchez help talk about this in public is amazing, and inspirational,” he said.

Los Coyotes Middle School Princi-pal Sylvia Begtrup said that her school and the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District is now “pro active” in educating students about bullying, and tolerance, and that several clubs and groups are now established that specifi-cally targets the issue.

“Bullying is always going to be an issue, we just need to continue to talk to students and to always find teachable moments,” she said.

To see the interviews from this event, please visit Los Cerritos Commu-nity News and Your City TV at www.loscerritosnews.net.

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A new musical based on P.D. Eastman’s beloved children’s book

La Mirada Theatre for the Perform-ing Arts continues its 2011-12 Pro-grams for Young Audiences series with ArtsPower’s national tour of Are You My Mother?, an enchanting musical about Baby Bird’s courageous adven-ture.

This 55-minute, original musical based on P.D. Eastman’s endearing children’s classic is recommended for audiences ages 4 and up. Performances are Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

ArtsPower’s musical begins when Baby Bird hatches from her egg only to find an empty nest. Unaware that her mother has left to find food, Baby Bird decides to leave the nest to look for her; along the way, she meets an array of colorful characters who help and advise her. Persistent Baby Bird is determined to find her mother no matter what.

Are You My Mother? features a rich, upbeat musical score and imagina-tive sets. Greg Gunning, ArtsPower’s Artistic Director, adapted and directed the show and wrote the lyrics. Richard DeRosa wrote and orchestrated the musical score.

Mark and Gary Blackman founded ArtsPower in 1985 and have been steer-

ing its course ever since. ArtsPower has grown into one of America’s largest and most active producers of professional theatre for young and family audiences. Its 26 professional touring productions have been seen by nine million people in 46 states – from Alaska to Florida – in some of the nation’s top regional theatres, university auditoriums, and cultural centers, including The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and Lincoln Center in New York.

For more information on the Verona, New Jersey-based company or any of its programs, please visit ArtsPower’s website at www.artspower.org.

La Mirada Theatre’s Programs for Young Audiences is designed to give children exposure to a diverse mix of national and international touring stage acts while enriching their lives.

Join us for American Family Theater’s award-winning production of Cinderella on April 1. Then, Troubadour Theater Company’s Funky Punks Circus Spectacular will wrap up the season on July 22.All seats are $8 for children and $12 for adults. Subscriptions are available for $18 for children and $27 for adults. Tickets are available online at www.lamiradatheatre.com or by calling the La Mirada Theatre Box Office at (562) 944-9801 or (714) 994-6310. The theatre is located at 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada, CA. Parking is free. Wheelchair access and Hearing Assist devices available.

Are You My Mother? La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.

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that “in keeping with this directive, if any tax payer representative has commu-nicated expectations of special treatment related to any case with the Assessor’s office, please immediately forward to me the substance of that communication, along with the name of the party and the case number involved, through “your chain of command.”

“Our code of ethics requires the main-tenance of integrity and propriety in all departments’ matters and any behavior that may compromise the ability of the department to carry out its lawful func-tion will be appropriately addressed,” the memo is signed by Carlos and ends with the note “thank you for your cooperation in this matter.”

LCCN Publisher Brian Hews con-firmed on Tuesday that he has send a di-rect request to the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder based in the same Hall of Administration requesting sev-eral pages of public documents, records, and internal memos under the “Freedom of Information Act.”

Hews said “it is the responsibility of a free and open news organization to have direct information regarding the internal activities of any government agency, es-pecially one as complex and powerful as the Los Angeles County Assessor.”

LCCN was the first news organiza-tion to break the story that Noguez and his office is the subject of at least two criminal probes by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Since then, several other news agencies includ-ing the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Eastern Group Publications and a growing assortment of radio talk shows and television news casts are beginning to cover the ever fluid developments.

LCCN Publisher Brian Hews on Tuesday sent a direct request to the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder re-questing several hundred pages of public documents, records, and internal memos under the “Freedom of Information Act” regarding the activities of Noguez.

In another memo obtained by LCCN, dated Tuesday, August 2, 2011, Noguez began informing his staff of several hundred employees of “organizations changes” based upon his “vision for the Assessor’s Office to provide fair apprais-als in the most efficient professional and courteous manner possible.”

Noguez, who is a former elected city councilman from Huntington Park, also states that he used “preference sheets were reviewed and every effort was made to accommodate these requests.”

“However, in some cases it was nec-

essary to deviate from the preference list to provide the best fit for each considered position,” Noguez wrote.

In another memo obtained by LCCN from June 16, 2011 under both the sig-nature of Noguez and Assistant Assessor George Rekei, announced that Mark Mc-Neill would be promoted to the position of Chief Appraiser of Major Real Prop-erties and Andrew Stephens to the posi-tion of Chief Appraiser of Assessment Services.

On July 14 of 2011, Renkei and Noguez issued another internal email ob-tained exclusively by LCCN that “effec-tively August 1, 2011, Eric Haagenson with be promoted to Assistant Assessor over Valuations and will be responsible for both Major and District Appraisals.” The memo also states that Renkei will “be the Assistant Assessor over Adminis-tration and will be responsible Roll Ser-vices and Information Technology.”

Several sources at the highest levels with Noguez said that employees have been contacted by members of the Dis-trict Attorney’s Office of Public Integ-rity and are focused on the relationship between Noguez, and Salari who is the owner of Assessment Appeals Services LLP.

LCCN reported that Haagenson, Ste-phens, and McNeill have been in several “heated meetings” before the Property Appeals Assessment Board with Salari has been successful in having commer-cial properties “devalued” at the “direc-tion of Noguez.”

In one of those meetings, LCCN has been told that Stephens berated a lower level appraiser in a “heated confronta-tion” and directed the staff member to “do as he was told” with Salari’s “stand-ing right next to him in the meeting.”

LCCN reviewed political contribu-tion documents filed with the Los An-geles County Registrar of Voters Office in Norwalk that confirm that Stephens and members of his immediate family contributed $5,000 to Noguez during his run for Assessor in 2010 campaign in six different donations amounts. Mc-Neil also contributed two checks in the amount of $500 each to Noguez in both July and August of 2010. Haagenson gave Noguez a donation in the amount of $1,000 on August 6, 2010, records confirm, and Renkei donated $1,000 on July 20, 2010.Several media calls into Noguez and Press Secretary Louis Reyes have not been returned to Los Cerri-tos Community News, and many calls to the Assessor’s office by LCCN staff have been disconnected in the middle of conversations. Copyright. 2012. Los Cerritos Community News. Hews Media Group. All Rights Reserved.

By Tony Aiello

No Tickets Will Be Sold at Door-Presale Only

The La Mirada Ebell Club will host a Spring Fashion Show at the La Mirada Country Club, Saturday, April 14th from 12-4 p.m.

Tickets, at $30.00 each, are on sale now for the luncheon event with no tick-ets being sold at the door. Gina Kelly and Susan Gonzales are co-chairs of the show and it will be coordinated by Sim-ply Susie’s Boutique of Whittier.

Ebell members and friends will model the latest in prom, graduation and summer clothing. For more information please call Susan at (562) 943-0957, or

any Ebell member, to arrange for a table or individual tickets.

Monies raised by this and other Ebell activities provide scholarships for high school seniors wanting to further their educations. “Last year, the Club was able to award $1,000.00 checks to four La Mirada High School graduates,” said club president Cheri Collin.

La Mirada Ebell Club meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month (except July and August) in the La Mira-da City Hall Complex. The Club was formed in the mid 1950’s and women of all ages who are interested in community service are invited to attend any session to see how the club functions. For fur-ther info, contact Lorrie Larson at (714) 521-256.

Ebell Club Helps La Mirada High Grads

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Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospi-tal (PIH) recently received the American Heart Association/American Stroke As-sociation’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in

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Biola University Hosts 7th Annual Arts Symposium

Biola University will welcome renowned artists and thinkers from around the world to campus March 1–4 for its 7th annual Arts Symposium a free four-day event featuring a major art exhibition, musical performances and seminars on art and faith. The event, part of the university’s “Year of the Arts will be hosted by writer and philanthropist Roberta Ahmanson, and include such no-table speakers as Nicholas Wolterstorff , Ben Quash and Elizabeth Lev. All events are open to the public.

Centered around the theme “Art and Sacred Space: Spatial Encounters with God,” the symposium will examine ways that sacred space is being experienced, created, shaped and discussed in today’s society. Its purpose is to stimulate dia-logue among Christians and non-Chris-tians alike regarding the relationship between art and faith, involving experts from a wide range of disciplines.

Concurrent with the symposium, at-tendees will be able to tour “Twentieth-Century British Art from the Ahmanson Collection,” an exhibition on display in the Biola University Art Gallery.

The exhibition, on display at Biola through March 10, includes major works by some of the most important and beloved 20th century British artists, including Stanley Spencer, Eric Gill, Ja-cob Epstein, Barbara Hepworth, Edward Burra and Graham Sutherland. Docent tours are provided Tuesdays and Thurs-days at noon and 12:30 p.m.

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ports LOS ANGELES (Feb. 23) – Pend-ing home sales in California climbed in January from both the previous month and the previous year, according to data collected by the CALIFORNIA ASSO-CIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.). Additionally, distressed home sales rose in January, comprising about half of all homes sold. Pending home sales: C.A.R.'s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)* rose from a revised 91.0 in December to

102.4 in January, based on signed con-tracts. The index also was up from the 93.1 recorded in January 2011, marking the ninth consecutive month that pending sales were higher than the previous year. Pending home sales are forward-looking indicators of future home sales activity, providing information on the future di-rection of the market. Distressed housing market data:

Equity sales made up 49.9 percent of home sales in January, down from 52.7 percent in December but up from 46.5

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Area Home Statistics January 2012Statistic

Region Name Current

Month Over

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Year Current

Month Over

Month

Cerritos $514,300 -0.2% -0.9% -6.2% $296 -0.3%

Artesia $331,500 0.0% -0.3% 0.7% $231 0.0%

Hawaiian Garde $203,000 -1.7% -4.2% -1.1% $189 -0.5%

Norwalk $271,300 0.4% 0.2% -2.8% $220 0.9%

Lakewood $345,900 0.0% -1.3% -8.9% $262 -0.4%

La Palma $500,000 0.6% -0.2% -6.2% $244 0.0%

La Mirada $345,200 0.2% 0.4% -7.8% $238 0.0%

Median value Home Value Index

Quarter Over

Quarter

Year Over

Year Current

Month Over

Month

Quarter Over

Quarter

Year Over

Year

-0.7% -3.0% 29 -17.1% -3.3% -23.7%

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0.9% -3.1% 105 7.1% 28.0% 9.4%

-1.1% -7.7% 105 45.8% 36.4% 29.6%

0.0% -5.4% 11 -8.3% 0.0% ---

0.0% -6.3% 54 80.0% 0.0% -8.5%

Total homes sold per sq. ft. ($)

of 22.2 percent.

The share of REO sales rose in Janu-ary to 25.9 percent, up from December's 24.6 percent, but down from the 30.8 percent recorded in January 2011.

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Homeowner policies can be custom-ized to fit to your lifestyle, so you're not automatically paying for coverage on home upgrades you don't have, such as security systems, expensive jewelry or antique collections, says Charles Vali-notti, senior vice president with insurer QBE.

He says regardless of lifestyle stage, there's one type of coverage everyone should have - insurance to replace pos-sessions in their homes. "If the home is destroyed, contents will be replaced at today's value."

Here's a summary of other essential insurance coverage to fit your lifestyle:

WHEN YOU'RE NEW TO HOME-BUYINGYou've closed the deal on your big-

gest purchase yet and you need sufficient protection, even though you don't have many belongings. You'll need insurance for the structure of your home, as well as against common disasters, such as fire, severe storms, vandalism and theft. Extra liability insurance is a good idea in the event someone is hurt in your home.

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WHEN YOU'RE AN ESTABLISHED HOMEOWNERYou've moved into a home that fits

your family's needs and is filled with be-longings you've acquired - such as family heirlooms, artwork and expensive jewel-ry or rugs - that typically aren't covered by a basic homeowner's policy. Make a home inventory video to document your personal property and keep the video in a safe place away from your home, like in a bank safety deposit box.

"Established homeowners should consider buying an insurance policy 'floater' or 'rider' to cover these special items," Valinotti says.

WHEN YOU'RE AN EMPTY NESTERNot only have your children moved

out to work or attend school, you've scaled down your lifestyle. Valinotti suggests that now is the time to reassess the value of your home and your posses-sions. "If your children have taken their things with them, such as furniture, lap-tops or televisions, you may need less coverage than you did before," he says. Thinking about starting a home business now that the kids are gone? If you work at home, you may need a supplemental liability policy that covers your work-re-lated activities. If you decide that you're

finished with your homeowner responsi-bilities and want to rent an apartment or condominium, remember: You still need insurance coverage.

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That checklist of things yet to be ac-complished by the Norwalk girls basket-ball program just got a little bit smaller. You can now cross off ‘first playoff win in school history’ and put a line through ‘first 20-win season’.

Last Thursday night, the Lady Lanc-ers led for nearly three and a half quarters and eased past Beverly Hills 56-38 in a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division III-AAA first round game. It was the first home play-off game for ninth seeded Norwalk since 1995 and the win increased the team’s

record to 20-7. The victory also ended an eight –game playoff losing streak for head coach Richard Drake. His last postseason win came in 1996 when he coached John Glenn to a 66-56 Divi-sion III-AA wild card win over Bolsa Grande.

“I think it shows that our program is growing,” Drake said. “With the lower levels-junior varsity took first last year, junior varsity took first again this year and now our freshmen [took first]. That’s our feeders that come up and help us at this level. I think you’re see-ing a big change and I think it’s going to last as long as I have the good young coaches I have here.”

Senior center Nia Lateju, playing for the last time on Norwalk’s court, scored a game-high 13 points and led every-one with eight rebounds. She was most effective in the third quarter when she scored her team’s first two baskets in a span of 53 seconds and grabbed half of her rebounds.

“I’m kind of speechless,” Lateju said of the win. “I don’t know what to say. It was just a team effort. Man, thank god.”

The Normans led 5-2 on a pair of baskets from Dorsa Mehrannia. But Norwalk scored the next 10 points, forc-ing the at-large representatives from the Ocean League to call a pair timeouts within the first 6:35 of the game, Bever-ly Hills was able to creep back to within a basket early in the second quarter.

However, Norwalk responded with a 13-0 run that basically put the game

out of reach. The Lady Lancers defense swarmed Beverly Hills and forced them to turn the ball over five times in the stanza. Senior guard Brenda Pineda had a steal and fed a pass to junior guard Cristina Batarse to make it 22-12 with 3:50 remaining in the half. Then 16 sec-onds later, junior forward Maiya Grif-fin-McNair scored on one of her four steals and forced the Normans to call their third time out.

“I changed from a trap to a full-court man,” Drake said. “They didn’t expect it and that really got us going again. That pretty much put us ahead the rest of the way.”

Norwalk led 28-18 at the half on the strength of its starters and a three-point-er from Pineda. But in the third quarter, junior forward Jazzlyn Gaxiola got into the action and scored seven of her 10 points including three straight baskets. Norwalk finished the game with 34 rebounds, 18 steals and 15 assists and shot 46 percent from the field. Senior guard Larissa Perez added eight points while Griffin-McNair pulled down six rebounds and Batarse had five steals.

“If you think of the four juniors who played, they did well but I thought Brenda Pineda came up big tonight,” Drake said. “She’s been a spot sub and she came up big. She looked really good.”

The playoff victory was a change of scenery for the Lady Lancers in com-parison to their previous four play-off games. Last season, Norwalk was thrashed by North Torrance 56-12 and the season before, Norwalk lost to Woodbridge 65-14. In 2009 it was a 66-32 setback to Beverly Hills and in 2008, Norwalk lost to top seeded and eventual champion Redondo 82-21. This season, Norwalk went 9-3 on its home court with two losses coming in its own tour-nament. The other loss was by just two points to La Mirada.

“Number one, we were at home,” Lateju said. “We’re not going to let any-one come to our house and [beat us]. Again, it was a team effort. Everybody controlled it.”

“Every game will get harder and we were lousy at the free throw line today,” Drake said. “That was a very young team we played. But, you always take the win. It’s our first [playoff] win and the girls are really excited. I’m not ex-cited as they are because I know we can look better. But we got one under our belt.”

Indeed Norwalk’s next game was harder as the team led to eighth seeded Esperanza 61-36 last Saturday night. Perez led the Lady Lancers with 11 points, nine of which coming from three perimeter shots while Lateju add-ed eight points. Griffin-McNair had 10 rebounds and as a team, the Lady Lanc-ers picked up just six steals.

Division III-A St. Joseph 52, Artesia 29LAKEWOOD- It was a valiant effort by the out-manned Pioneers, who hung close as late as the middle portion of the second quarter. But poor shooting and missed opportunities were the buga-boos for the fourth place representatives from the Suburban League last Saturday night. Artesia, with only nine players, ends its season at 12-17 but advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since the 2004-2005 season. The Pioneers advanced to the second round after knocking off Gladstone 52-40 last Thursday night.

“For us to accomplish what we ac-complished, I’m very pleased,” said Artesia head coach Lonnie Hinchen. “These girls gave me all they had. St. Joseph is a fine, fine, fine basketball team. They smashed us in our third game of the year but we had opportuni-ties [tonight]. The score doesn’t really indicate actually how close this game was.”

Artesia was blasted by the Jesters 62-19 back on Nov. 30 but trailed 16-11 three minutes into the second quar-ter after a basket from junior Kimberly Tagumasi. It was the second of only three field goals for Artesia in the first half. It didn’t get its first basket from the field until 80 seconds had elapsed in the second quarter.

Artesia trailed 28-14 at the half and despite both teams statistically even in almost every area, the one spot that Ar-tesia had problems in was shooting. The Pioneers shot 13 percent from the field and missed nine free throws. The Jest-ers missed seven free throws and had one more turnover than Artesia but shot 42 percent from the field.

The Pioneers got a team-high eight points from senior Paige Culpepper and five each from senior Dana Arrington and junior Angie Avila. Arrington and Culpepper also had 20 and 14 rebounds respectively. However, of the 26 of-fensive rebounds the team collected, it scored on just three of them and was one of 20 from three-point land.

“Shooting is one of those things “Shooting is one of those things where you’re going to have off days and you’re going to have on days,” Hinchen said. “But I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve never been a great shooting team. We’re a rugged, more physical team. We play on lay-ups and little chippies. Our shooting percentage is going to av-erage out to 30 to 40 percent.”

It will definitely be a different story for Artesia next season as four of the nine players will graduate. Outside of Avila, Tagumasi and junior Tangeray Beverly, the Pioneers will be searching for much more scoring and rebound-ing.

“I need bodies,” Hinchen said. “I’m losing a big; I’m losing 14 rebounds a game. Most definitely it’s going to be a change in style. If we don’t get a big, it’s going to be a more of a faster team. We’re going to need some strength and size.”

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During a timeout with 1.8 seconds re-maining in Valley Christian’s California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Sec-tion Division IV-A second round game, a few members of the Ontario Christian student body were chanting, ‘we did it again, we did it again’. They were refer-ring to another last second three-pointer that broke the hearts of the Crusaders.

Ontario Christian’s Cameron Levise drained a game-winning fading outside shot from the left wing and the Knights escaped with a 60-57 win over the host Crusaders last Friday night. When the longtime rivals met on Feb. 4 in their yearly non league get together, this time in the Inland Empire, Adriel Perry’s tri-fecta at the buzzer lifted the Knights to a 50-49 victory.

“It’s crazy,” said V.C. head coach Bryan Branderhorst. “What are the odds of that happening two times in a span of 13 days? They hit a three at the buzzer to beat us. What can you say? Their kids stepped up and hit a big shot. My hats are off to them. I thought we did a good job of defending it. We had a hand in the face, again. But it went in. It’s a tough break.”

V.C. had trailed by as many as 11 points late in the second quarter but began chipping away and even held a one-point lead (54-53) with 1:49 remaining in the game. The second seeded Knights, who have lost twice all season, led 57-55 with 54.8 seconds to play but following a V.C. timeout, senior guard Cole Clark tied the game 25 seconds later. After both teams called timeouts following the game-win-ning shot, senior guard Anthony Roldan was unable to get a good shot off.

Both teams came out shooting in the opening quarter and traded the lead four times. Roldan sank a pair of outside shots and senior guard Jordan Rhodes added one while Josh Gasca hit a pair of three-pointers for Ontario Christian in the first five minutes of the game. Gasca would add another three-pointer in the second quarter and one more in the third but the Ambassador League champions would be held in check until Levise’s big shot.

“Statistically, they’re not a great three-point shooting team,” Branderhorst said. “Our primary goal is to take away penetration and cut them off the glass. There were times where we were con-ceding [the three-point shots]. Let’s face it, they banked in two and two of them were buzzer-beaters. It’s discouraging.”

After holding a 15-10 lead late in the opening quarter, the Crusaders were outscored 12-2 over a span of 5:37 and eventually trailed by nine at the half. V.C. managed to be true on three of 13 shots from the field in the stanza while the Knights were getting balanced scoring from Gasca, Levise, Daylan Lawrence and Brandon Zuidema. The half ended when Gasca banked a three-pointer off the glass as the clock went to double ze-ros.

In the third quarter, the Crusaders couldn’t get closer than six points as the two teams were nearly trading basket for basket. But a steal and basket from Clark closed out the third quarter and junior center Caleb Miller’s basket from Roldan opened the fourth quarter. V.C. outscored the Knights 10-4 within the first 2:33 of the fourth quarter and trailed 49-48 after a Roldan basket.

“We didn’t waver; we didn’t put our

heads down or try to do anything differ-ent,” Branderhorst said. “We just stick with the game plan and do what we do well. I have a resilient bunch; I’m proud of my guys. They showed that fight to-night and had an opportunity to win the game.”

The last lead for the Crusaders came with 1:49 remaining on a Miller bucket with the assist going to junior forward Clayton Granch. But the Crusaders were unable to get a shot off until Roldan’s desperation attempt. Roldan led every-one with 17 points while Clark had 14 points, five rebounds and five steals and Miller added 11 points with five boards. Zuidema had 16 points for the Knights followed by 15 each from Lawrence and levies and a dozen from Gasca.

“Rivalry games are always tight,” Branderhorst said. “It’s just an emotional thing and everybody gets up for that.”

This was the third time in the past four seasons that the Crusaders have been bounced in the second round of the post-season. After missing the playoffs last season, the Crusaders rebounded behind the one-two punch of Clark and Roldan to go 12-16 on the season, their best re-cord in three seasons. V.C. was also 4-4 in the Olympic League.

“I thought we got better every week,” Branderhorst said. “I thought we played our best basketball in the last couple of weeks against big schools-JSerra, Vil-lage Christian, Ontario Christian twice.

We really peaked but we just had some tough breaks, especially with the On-tario Christian games. It’s tough for my guys.”

Division I-AA #3 Etiwanda 60, Gahr 52Gahr head coach Ricky Roper saw

his team make fourth quarter comebacks in the playoffs last season and was on the verge of seeing another one this past Tuesday night. But a 20-point deficit to the third ranked Eagles was just too much to overcome despite Gahr getting

to within five points with 54 seconds re-maining.

“We haven’t given up all year,” Roper said. “We were 1-3 in league and pretty much everybody said our season was dead. We never gave up on each other and put ourselves in a position for this opportunity.”

Both teams played to a 13-13 first quarter as the Gladiators got solid per-formances from juniors Kyle Benton (four points, four rebounds) and Brian Nebo (seven points, one rebound, one as-sist, one steal). But It was a dismal sec-ond quarter that was the difference in the game. Gahr turned the ball over six times and was limited to only five attempts from the field. The hosts were unable to score from the field and were relegated to just six free throws. By halftime, Eti-wanda had a commanding 34-19 lead.

“They’re known for their defense,” Roper said. “You have to give them cred-it. They’re a tough team defensively.”

When Benton scored 12 seconds into the second half, it ended a 9:31 field goal drought. Gahr would score the first six points of the half but Etiwanda countered back and eventually extended its lead to 50-30 late in the third quarter. Again, Gahr was limited in its shot selections-only 10 attempts in the third quarter-and had to deal with Nebo and senior John Benson getting into foul trouble. Ben-son picked up his fourth foul midway through the stanza.

“That was big; he was in foul trouble the whole game,” Roper said. “But we battled back.”

Benson did come back in the fourth quarter where he had half of his 10 re-bounds along with two steals and an as-sist. Nebo led Gahr with 16 points while senior Anthony Martinez added 15 and Benton another 11. Benton also had 10 boards. For Gahr to repeat as champions would have taken much more consider-ing the team was bumped up to Division I-AA, the toughest division in the South-ern Section. Last season the Gladiators were in Division II-A but would had to go up against the likes of Long Beach Poly, Loyola and Mater Dei, the other top ranked teams this season.

“It was a tough year,” Roper said. “If we were in any other division, we would have had a great chance of going back to the finals. [Etiwanda] is a great pro-gram and we were right there with them. They’re ranked in the top three in the L.A. Times [poll] and we had a chance to beat them. You can’t be mad about that.”

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PHOTO BY MIKE ZOETEWEYValley Christian junior forward Clayton Granch drives around an Ontario Christian de-fender in the second half of last Friday night's California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division IV-A second round game.

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What a joyful and satisfying night it was for aficionados of classical guitar mu-sic as the Performing Arts Center gave us not one but two masters of the instrument onstage at once in Sergio and Odair As-sad. The award-winning brothers Assad showcased a fascinating program of com-posers from their native land of Brazil. These brilliantly talented brothers have been perfecting their performance art for forty-five years and their command of the instrument is only matched by their skill in arranging compositions that lend themselves to the two guitars played in perfect synchronicity. Each man plays with a distinct style and tone while man-

aging to blend the two into a single nar-rative. It seems like they have a common musical heart that beats as one but flows through different expressive hands. The resulting sound is amazing and the music is made much better by their unique lay-ers of expression. At times the two instru-ments work so well together you have to look again at the stage to see four hands at work instead of two.

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Soroptimist International Of NorwalkP.O. Box 125, Norwalk, CA 90650 • (714) 412-0183Alondra Senior Citizens Club11929 Alondra BoulevardNorwalk, CA 90650(562) 865-7774Tere Kopriski, President2nd & 4th Wed 1:30 p.m.Social Services Center(562) 929-5844Golden TrowelNorwalk Masonic Lodge #27312345 E. Rosecrans AveNorwalk, CA 90650, 2nd Thursday 7:30 p.m.

Norwalk Lions ClubP.O. Box 1712 Norwalk, CA 90650Anthony Garcia, President1st & 3rd Wednesdays4th Thursday Board Meetings7:00 p.m. Bruce's Restaurant12623 Imperial Hwy.American Legion Post #35911986 Front Street,Norwalk, CA 90650562-864-90211st & 3rd Thursdays,8:00 p.m. Legion HallAmerican Legion Post #35911986 Front St.Drawing, Cake Walk, and KaraokeEvery Saturday evening in Post Hole ClubDrawing is at 8:00 p.m. RECURRING EVENTS:STEAK LUNCH Every Wednesday 11:30am - 2:30pmKARAOKE Every Saturday 7:30pmPOST MEETINGS 3rd Thursday of each month 7:30pmAUXILIARY MEETINGS 2nd Wednesday of each month 7:30pmRotary Club of NorwalkP.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, CAMeets Mondays, NoonNorwalk Marriot HotelKnights of Columbus Council #3678Tom Sandoval, Grand Knight12138 Front Street(714) 952-4724 • NorwalkVeterans of Foreign Wars Post #713812186 Front Street (mail)Norwalk, CA 90651(562) 864-9246Elks Lodge-BPOE #214213418 Clarkdale Ave.Norwalk CA 90650 (562) 868-6603Jim Duckett, Exhaulted Ruler(562) 868-1924Thursdays 7:30 p.m. at Elks LodgeRotary Club of NorwalkP.O. Box 1243, Norwalk,Sara Karsgens, PresidentMondays, noon, Norwalk Marriott Hotel (562) 921-0033 for info. Norwalk Woman's ClubPlace: Masonic Lodge12345 Rosecrans Ave.Time: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.Norwalk Community Coordinating CouncilWilliam Clark, President Helen Brown, Vice President Meets 4th Wed. during the school year.P.O. Box 521 Norwalk(562) 921-4218www.nccconline.us 1:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Changes every 2 years in May - June - August.

City Council Meeting1st and 3rd Tuesdays6:00 p.m.City Hall Council Chambers12700 Norwalk Blvd.

Pharmaceutical Disposal Box at La Palma City Hall The City of La Palma now has a Pharmaceutical Collection Box located inside City Hall at 7822 Walker Street, La Palma. The box is provided as a free service to La Palma residents so they can conveniently and properly dispose of non-controlled pharmaceutical medicines, including expired or unneeded over-the-counter medications. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FoundationPhone: (714) 740-4000http://www.kpacfoundation.orgKennedy High School BandPhone: (714) 607-0600http://www.kennedyband.orgKennedy High School Choirhttp://www.kennedychoir.orgKiwanis Club of La Palmahttp://www.kiwanis30.org/Division30/webpages/Clubs/LaPalma.htmContinental Little LeaguePhone: (562) 533-5336http://www.lapalmalittleleague.com/La Palma Neighborhood Watch7792 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 90623Phone: (714) 690-3370http://www.cityoflapalma.org/neighborhoodwatchKennedy Center for the Performing Arts FoundationPhone: (714) 740-4000http://www.kpacfoundation.org La Palma Seniors Club7821 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 90623Phone: (714) 690-3350 http://www.cityoflapalma.org/seniorsclub

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T.S. No. 11-16403 APN: 7024-006-010 Loan No. 1002918612

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALEYOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/7/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, ca-shier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan associa-tion, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly ap-pointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reason-ably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: LEE PFEFFER, AN UNMARRIED MANDuly Appointed Trustee: Law Offices Of Les Zieve Deed of Trust recorded 6/13/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1294799 in book --, page -- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:3/12/2012 at 9:30 AMPlace of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766

Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $679,174.71Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 18921 BELSHIRE AVENUECERRITOS, California 90703Described as follows: PARCEL A IN THE CITY CERRITOS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OFCALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 3657, FILED IN BOOK 43, PAGE 63 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RE-CORDER OF SAID COUNTY.

A.P.N #.: 7024-006-010The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

Dated: 2/15/2012 Law Offices of Les Zieve, as Trustee18377 Beach Blvd., Suite 210Huntington Beach, California 92648For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920

_________________________________Christine O'Brien, Trustee Sale Officer

T.S. No. 09-03056 APN: 7171-029-029 Loan No. 70245956

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALEYOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/23/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal sav-ings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trust-ee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursu-ant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provid-ed in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: JOEL A CRUZ AND CHONA B CRUZ HUSBAND AND WIFEDuly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust recorded 6/2/2006 as Instru-ment No. 06 1211072 in book ----, page ---- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:3/9/2012 at 9:30 AMPlace of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766

Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $531,666.29Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 5339 COLDBROOK AVELAKEWOOD, CA 90713Described as follows: LOT 235 OF TRACT NO. 16218, IN THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, COUNTY OF LOSANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 375, PAGES 33 TO 36 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OF-FICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.

A.P.N #.: 7171-029-029The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

Pursuant to California Civil Code §2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Cor-poration a final or temporary order of exemp-tion pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or the timeframe for giving Notice of Sale Specified in subdivision (s) of California Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements.

Dated: 02/07/2012 Western Pro-gressive, LLC as Trustee By Law Offices of Les Zieve, as agent18377 Beach Blvd., Suite 210Huntington Beach, California 92648For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920

_________________________________Carolyn Crutsinger, Trustee Sale Officer

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-10-381987-VF Order No.: 557516 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/13/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with inter-est and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): HEE SOOK WOO, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 3/19/2008 as Instrument No. 20080468033 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/9/2012 at 9:00 A.M. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $527,366.93 The purported property address is: 13433 PALM PL, CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessor’s Parcel No. 7006-026-007 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any in-correctness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the suc-cessful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the success-ful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attor-ney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 or Login to: www.priorityposting.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY IN-FORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. TS No.: CA-10-381987-VF IDSPub #0022192 2/17/2012 2/24/2012 3/2/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-11-476940-AL Order #: 996655 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/15/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, ca-shier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or sav-ings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Finan-cial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MARILOU T. ABRANTES, A SINGLE PERSON Recorded: 3/23/2007 as Instrument No. 20070665344 in book XXX , page XXX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/9/2012 at 9:00 A.M. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Pla-za, 400 Civic Center Plaza Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $342,962.86 The purported property address is: 12422 DAWN LANE CERRITOS, CA 90703-2833 Assessor’s Parcel No. 7012-002-095 The undersigned Trust-ee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to con-vey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the success-ful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 or Login to: www.priorityposting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NO-TICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COL-LECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDI-TOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obli-gations. IDSPub #0021304 2/17/2012 2/24/2012 3/2/2012

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FRED C. FINLAYSON aka FRED CLIFFORD FINLAYSON Case No. VP014306 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FRED C. FINLAYSON aka FRED CLIFFORD FINLAYSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Irene Finlayson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Irene Finlayson be appointed as personal repre-sentative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 10, 2012 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. L located at 12720 Norwalk Bl., Norwalk, CA 90650. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the de-ceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or ac-count as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: AR-LIN P NESER ESQ SBN 116047 9110 IRVINE CENTER DR IRVINE CA 92618NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0132991 Title Order No. 11-0112173 Investor/Insurer No. 105706790 APN No. 7028-026-004 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/01/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by RIZALINA CARLOS AND BIEN-VENIDO CARLOS, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 10/01/2005 and recorded 10/11/2005, as Instrument No. 05 2441812, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/19/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 18622 CLYDEPARK AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $593,519.23. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but with-out covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/16/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4204100 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0132991 Title Order No. 11-0112173 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 105706790 APN No. 7028-026-004 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/01/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pur-suant to the Deed of Trust executed by RIZALI-NA CARLOS AND BIENVENIDO CARLOS, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 10/01/2005 and recorded 10/11/2005, as Instrument No. 05 2441812, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Cali-fornia, will sell on 03/19/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the high-est bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 18622 CLYDEPARK AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $593,519.23. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/16/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. ASAP# 4204100 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 11-0092926 Title Order No. 11-0075310 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 088596798 APN No. 7012-002-054 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/19/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ROEL M. SUPANGAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 10/19/2004 and recorded 10/29/2004, as Instru-ment No. 04 2803156, in Book , Page ), of Offi-cial Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/19/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16829 JUDY WAY, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the prop-erty to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $342,813.87. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept ca-shier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encum-brances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/13/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. ASAP# 4201294 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 11-0135424 Title Order No. 11-0114686 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 152678970 APN No. 7008-017-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/25/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DANIEL A GOINGS AND CONCHITA Y GOINGS, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 09/25/2006 and recorded 10/4/2006, as Instrument No. 06 2212439, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/19/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auc-tion, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real property de-scribed above is purported to be: 13381 SILVER BERRY CIRCLE, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, ex-penses and advances at the time of the initial pub-lication of the Notice of Sale is $1,176,004.54. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept ca-shier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encum-brances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/17/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose.ASAP# 4201232 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1307149-02 APN: 7056-002-010 TRA: 002483 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx6421 REF: Delpilar, Bene-dicta IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED October 02, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 15, 2012, at 9:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corpora-tion, as duly appointed trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust recorded October 10, 2006, as Inst. No. 06 2244615 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Cali-fornia, executed by Benedicta C Delpilar, An Unmarried Woman, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank Behind the fountain located in civic center plaza, 400 civic Center Plaza Pomona, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it un-der said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19505 Rainbow Ct Cerritos CA 90703-7736 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) se-cured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $686,546.62. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written dec-laration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. For sales in-formation: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: February 15, 2012. (R-404611 02/24/12, 03/02/12, 03/09/12)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0139502 Title Order No. 11-0120076 APN No. 7023-009-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/25/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by HAN SEONG KIM AND AE DAM KIM, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 10/25/2004 and recorded 11/5/2004, as Instrument No. 04 2875036, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/19/2012 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 18411 BRAINBROOK COURT, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $532,242.84. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 02/23/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.153376 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE APN: 7054-018-063 TS No: CA08000800-10-2 TO No: 110383481-CA-BFI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED February 7, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM, by the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, in the city of Pomona, County of Los Angeles, MTC FINANCIAL INC. dba TRUSTEE CORPS, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on February 15, 2005 as Instrument No. 05 0344149 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by SHAILESH R. GADANI, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19211 POSEIDON AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $371,803.57 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: February 14, 2012 TRUSTEE CORPS TS No. CA08000800-10-2 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Ernie Aguilar, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 4198966 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0136522 Title Order No. 11-0116160 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 107140631 APN No. 7049-019-024 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/03/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by CAROL DAVIS, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dat-ed 01/03/2006 and recorded 1/10/2006, as Instru-ment No. 06-0053555, in Book , Page ), of Offi-cial Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/22/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at pub-lic auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19609 DONNA AVE-NUE, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advanc-es at the time of the initial publication of the No-tice of Sale is $486,253.20. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without cov-enant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/18/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# FNMA4196414 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0140712 Title Order No. 11-0121459 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 172168803 APN No. 7068-006-040 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/02/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JUANA GALVAN, A SINGLE WOMAN, dated 08/02/2007 and recorded 8/9/2007, as Instrument No. 20071870393, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/22/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Nor-walk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 21816 DEVLIN AVE-NUE, HAWAIIAN GARDENS, CA, 90716. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the prop-erty to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $430,907.77. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept ca-shier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encum-brances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/24/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. ASAP# 4185785 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012

CALIFORNIA AUCTION AD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the contents of the following storage units will be offered for sale by public auction to highest bidder for enforcement of storage lien. The auction will be held on or after March 13th 2012@ 4:00 pm. Location: Extra Space Storage, 10753 Artesia Blvd. Cerritos, CA 90703. Terms: Cash, ExtraSpace Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or cancel auction. Name of Auctioneer: West Coast Auctioneers Bond #137857. The following units are scheduled for auction:

(Customer Names)

Hiroshi Chijiiwa Karen DistKathleen Overleese Dave KingRoscoe March Morris JonesBayyinah Shotwell Ivory KempRuth Rhodes Mitchell Allen CaseIvory Perault Marilu CoronaAllstar Home Health ServiceMonique GivensCharlotte Mc GrawDeborah KellyOllie Bivins IIIYolanda Lell

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

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-10-408965-EV Order No.: 100737491-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/2/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with inter-est and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): DENNIS CANON AND STARR CANON , HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 10/23/2007 as Instrument No. 20072396578 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/12/2012 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $416,088.90 The purported property address is: 16136 CRYSTAL CREEK LN, CERRI-TOS, CA 90703 Assessor's Parcel No. 7010-005-005 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by send-ing a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the suc-cessful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.lpsasap.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY IN-FORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit re-port agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 4198008 02/17/2012, 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0118039 Title Order No. 11-0098230 Investor/Insurer No. 0132272375 APN No. 7034-021-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/11/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." No-tice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by RANDOLPH A DE GALA AND MARIA DIVINA A DE GALA HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, dated 11/11/2005 and recorded 11/21/2005, as Instrument No. 05 2818033, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/15/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Nor-walk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described be-low, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 17919 SAN GABRIEL AVE., CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with in-terest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $812,026.39. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/18/2012 RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4196419 02/17/2012, 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-08-210942-TC Order No.: 080064417-CA-DCI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/25/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with inter-est and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MARIA P. GONZALES, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 8/8/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1881822 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/12/2012 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $819,662.32 The purported property address is: 10803 166TH ST, CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessor's Parcel No. 7016-026-032 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other com-mon designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.lpsasap.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 4195305 02/17/2012, 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0131702 Title Order No. 11-0111521 Investor/Insurer No. 1694336483 APN No. 7014-022-010 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/10/2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by FLORENTINO L SALAZAR AND AMPARO H SALAZAR, TRUST-EES OF THE SALAZAR REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 12/23/1999, dated 12/10/2003 and recorded 2/6/2004, as Instrument No. 04 0281156, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/15/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Nor-walk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described be-low, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11447 E STAPLETON CT, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with in-terest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $200,796.39. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/11/2012 RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# FNMA4187565 02/17/2012, 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0132772 Title Order No. 11-0111988 Investor/Insurer No. 4000837388 APN No. 7168-022-019 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/06/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by EVELYN LAVENIA DIAZ, A SINGLE WOMAN AND EMILIO LUIS ROBLES, A SINGLE MAN, AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 06/06/2006 and recorded 6/9/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-1271778, in Book , Page ), of Official Re-cords in the office of the County Recorder of Los Ange-les County, State of California, will sell on 03/12/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Cen-ter Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and inter-est conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 6033 PENNSWOOD AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with in-terest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $546,955.57. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/16/2012 RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4189737 02/17/2012, 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:GERALD H. PERRY AKA GERALD HENRY PERRY, GERALD H. PERRY III, GERALD HENRY PERRY III AKA GERALD PERRYCASE NO. BP133016To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of GER-ALD H. PERRY AKA GERALD HENRY PER-RY, GERALD H. PERRY III, GERALD HENRY PERRY III AKA GERALD PERRY.A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DANIELLE M. PERRY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DANIELLE M. PERRY be appointed as per-sonal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administra-tion of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent adminis-tration authority will be granted unless an inter-ested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 03/14/12 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special No-tice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk.Attorney for PetitionerPAMELA S. GRESSIER - #140353DUARTE, GRESSIER & MENEZES, LLP17215 STUDEBAKER RD. STE 240CERRITOS CA 907032/17, 2/24, 3/2/12CNS-2260934#LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cerritos City Council will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. on the following matter:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS AMENDING CHAPTER 22.30, OPEN SPACE (OS), OF THE CERRITOS MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING MUSEUMS AS A PERMITTED USE.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CERRITOS CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE CERRITOS GENERAL PLAN BY CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY ±1.98 ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED AT 12616 E. 183RD STREET, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 (APN 7030-002-902), FROM OFFICE PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL TO PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS AMENDING THE CERRITOS DEVELOPMENT MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY ±1.98 ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED AT 12616 E. 183RD STREET, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 (APN 7030-002-902), FROM COMMERCIAL OFFICE PROFESSIONAL (COP) TO OPEN SPACE (OS).

Development Code Amendment 2012-1*General Plan Amendment 2012-1*Development Map Amendment 2012-1*

*Pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this project is exempt from CEQA review.

This public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Cerritos City Hall, Cerritos Civic Center, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos, California, 90703. The meeting will also air live on Cerritos TV3 and will be streamed over the City of Cerritos website at www.cerritos.us. A copy of the related staff report will be available for download from the website by 6:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the public hearing.

If you challenge the above mentioned item and related actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Cerritos City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Any person interested in this matter may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (562) 916-1248 for additional information and/or appear at the hearing in person or by agent and be heard.

Dated: February 24, 2012 /s/Vida Barone Vida Barone City Clerk

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 2/24/12

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cerritos City Council will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. on the following matter:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS AMENDING THE CERRITOS MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 22.39, AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN FIFTEEN (ADP-15), TO ESTABLISH SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR A VACANT PARCEL LOCATED AT 17501 STUDEBAKER ROAD, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 (APN 7034-016-910).

A RESOLUTION OF THE CERRITOS CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE CERRITOS GENERAL PLAN BY CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY ±1.07 ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED AT 17501 STUDEBAKER ROAD, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 (APN 7034-016-910), FROM INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL TO AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN FIFTEEN (ADP-15).

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS AMENDING THE CERRITOS DEVELOPMENT MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY ±1.07 ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED AT 17501 STUDEBAKER ROAD, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 (APN 7034-016-910), FROM OPEN SPACE (OS) TO AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN FIFTEEN (ADP-15).

Mitigated Negative Declaration*Development Code Amendment 2012-2General Plan Amendment 2012-2Development Map Amendment 2012-2

*One Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for Development Code Amendment 2012-2, General Plan Amendment 2012-2, and Development Map Amendment 2012-2.

This public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Cerritos City Hall, Cerritos Civic Center, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos, California, 90703. The meeting will also air live on Cerritos TV3 and will be streamed over the City of Cerritos website at www.cerritos.us. A copy of the related staff report will be available for download from the website by 6:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the public hearing.

If you challenge the above mentioned item and related actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Cerritos City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Any person interested in this matter may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (562) 916-1248 for additional information and/or appear at the hearing in person or by agent and be heard.

Dated: February 24, 2012 /s/Vida Barone Vida Barone City Clerk

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 2/24/12

CITY OF CERRITOSSTATE OF CALIFORNIA

NOTICE TO BIDDERS OF THECONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS

IN RESIDENTIAL STREETSPROJECT NO. 14088-12, BID NO. 1139-12

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Cerritos, County of Los Angeles, State of California, hereby invites sealed bids for the following:

“CONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL STREETS, PROJECT NO. 14088-12, BID NO. 1139-12.”

The work or improvement to be performed generally consists of cold milling 2" of existing asphalt concrete (AC), crack sealing the existing AC, and construction of a 2" AC overlay. Additional improvements also include the removal & replacement of deficient curb & gutter, sidewalk, and wheelchair access ramps; adjustment of utilities to grade; and re-striping of stop bars.

Sealed bids shall be delivered to the City Clerk of the City of Cerritos at or before 11:00 AM on March 8, 2012, at the office of the City Clerk, City of Cerritos, First Floor, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California 90703 and marked “CONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL STREETS, PROJECT NO. 14088-12, BID NO. 1139-12.”

A set of Contract Documents, including the Plans and Specifications, may be purchased at the Engineering Division of the City of Cerritos for $25.00 ($30.00 if mailing is requested). There will be no refund for return of the Contract Documents. Return of such documents is not required.

The City of Cerritos reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or portions of any and all bids, or waive any informality or irregularity in a bid to the extent allowed by law.

No bid will be accepted from a contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California. The contractor must possess a license of the following classification at the time the contract is awarded (and must maintain this license classification through completion of the project): “A or C12” is required. The bidder's attention is also directed to Section 7028.15 of the Business and Professions Code.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1776, et al. of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Director of Industrial Relations for the State of California has determined the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, vacations, pensions and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. These rates shall be the minimum rates for this project. Rates are available on the Internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. In addition, the information can be obtained by calling the Division of Labor Statistics and Research’s Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4774, or by faxing the Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4771, or by writing to: California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Prevailing Wage Unit, P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco, CA, 94142.

By order of the City of Cerritos

Dated/posted/published: February 24, 2012

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 2/24/12

CITY OF CERRITOSSTATE OF CALIFORNIA

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LETTERSHOP AND MAILING LIST SERVICES

BID NO. 1134-12

Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Cerritos, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, First Floor, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California, 90703, until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 for the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Lettershop and Mailing List Services, Bid No. 1134-12.

Bids will be publicly opened at Cerritos City Hall at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Bids must be made on the form provided for this purpose, addressed to the City Clerk, City of Cerritos, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, First Floor, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California, 90703, marked “Bid for Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Lettershop and Mailing List Services, Bid No. 1134-12.”

Please contact the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Marketing Division at (562) 916-8524 to obtain specifications and contract documents.

No bid will be accepted unless it is made on a proposal form furnished by the City.

The City of Cerritos reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or portions of any and all bids or waive the informality in a bid not affected by law.

Dated/Posted/Published: February 24, 2012

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 2/24/12

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