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April 24, 2008
VOL. 29, NO. 46
From Pit Stop to Patients
SH City Council approves
elevator installation plan
BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
The Young and the Restless star Daniel Goddard autographs a hat worn by
a patient at Miller Children’s Hospital.
Courtesy of Miller Children’s Hospital
More than a dozen celebrities from the
pro/celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of
Long Beach made a pit stop at Miller Children’s Hospital on Thursday, April 17. Pro
football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson,
singer/actor Drew Lachey (who is best known
as the second-season winner of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars), former NBA player John
Salley and host of The Best Damn Sports
Show Period, actor Wilmer Valderrama from
That ‘70s Show, and WNBA professional
basketball player and ESPN women’s basketball analyst Nancy Lieberman were also
among the competitors from the race who
went room to room visiting patients.
Since 1992, the Memorial Medical Center
Foundation has received generous gifts from
Toyota Motor Sales USA. Toyota donates
money for each pro/celebrity driver to the
Racing for Kids Foundation, a nonprofit
fund-raising program that supports Miller
Children’s and other children’s hospitals.
Ever since Signal Hill City
Hall was completed in 1934,
people in wheelchairs or with
other physical limitations that
prevent them from climbing
stairs have not been able to
get to the building’s second
floor. That situation will
change in the not-too-distant
future when construction
crews install an elevator in the
venerable building.
Last Tuesday, the Signal
Hill City Council took the
first step toward making it
happen by approving an
application for a loan to fund
the project, which is estimated
to cost $450,000. If the loan is
approved, the funds would
come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development trough the Los
Angeles Urban County Community Development Block
Grant Program. The city
would then pay the loan back
over seven years with interest
adding another $107,000 to
the cost of the project.
“The top floor of City Hall
houses the Community Services Department, which provides services to people with
physical limitations,” said
Kathy Sorensen, director of
that department. She noted
that for many years her staff
has met with physically challenged residents on the first
floor. “Although this accommodation meets the letter of
the law, staff believes it is
time to install an elevator,”
she said.
In other actions, the council approved a negative declaration and zoning ordinance
amendment to allow for the
expansion of the Signal Hill
Auto Center,approved the
Signal Hill Redevelopment
Agency’s five-year implementation plan, adopted a resolution to join the county
program to reduce plastic carryout litter and rescheduled
the city budget workshop
meeting to 6 p.m. on Monday,
June 9.
The next meeting of the
Signal Hill City Council
begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
May 13 in the City Hall
Council Chambers.
Local realtors debate market forecast at Cal Heights meeting
BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
The national mortgage crisis
caused foreclosure filings to
skyrocket in 2007. In 2008,
even more people are slated to
lose their homes due to their
inability to make their house
payments. The meltdown has
significantly decreased property
valuations in many places
throughout the United States
and left many people wondering
what they can expect to see in
the real estate market during the
Oldies but goodies
next few years.
Last week, at the monthly
California Heights Neighborhood Association (CHNA)
meeting, a panel of three realtors described present and coming trends in housing sales.
About 30 people attended the
meeting, which was held at the
Long Beach Petroleum Club.
The guest speakers included
Connie Wildasinn of WGA
Real Estate in Long Beach,
Kevin Poi of RE/Max College
Park Realty in Long Beach, and
John Paul Gazdik of Real Estate
West in Manhattan Beach.
“If you look at the national
trend, we are heading down,”
Wildasinn said. “However if
you take the local market, we’re
not as bad as the national
trend.” She explained there was
a price correction in process,
which meant houses selling for
lower prices than they would
have obtained a year ago, but
the price reduction was not as
drastic in Long Beach as in
other parts of Southern California. She noted that housing
sales in the city were still at
Pamper Your Pet
healthy levels.
Poi agreed. He added that
depreciation rates varied in different parts of the city, with California
Heights
homes
experiencing about a 15-percent
decrease in value in the past
couple of years. “What we’re
seeing is a lot of bargain hunting by buyers,” he said. “Buyers
are not afraid to offer you
$500,000 for a $600,000 home
and then not come back when
you counter.” He told the audience that such bargain hunting
was no reason to panic. “The
only people who have some
issues with (that kind of offers)
are the folks that absolutely
have to sell,” he noted. He
added that local real estate values had climbed so drastically
between the late 1990s and
2003 that a 15-percent reduction in value was not such a bad
thing.
Gazdik said he was praying
for the mortgage crisis to be
resolved quickly, but it was hard
to predict what would happen
see REALTORS page 8
Farewell to Paradise
A stay-at-home film critic
examines obscure titles in
our new section, Remotely
Familiar.
Get your paws on some
helpful information about
our four–legged friends.
Bixby Knolls says goodbye
to Hawaiian clothing store
Paradise Bound as it closes
its doors May 1.
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APRIL 24, 2008
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR HELPING PEOPLE
Teams of local firefighters will fan out with boots in hand
across L.A. County today through Saturday, April 26, for
their annual Fill–the–Boot fundraiser for children and
adults with muscle–wasting diseases. Firefighters will be
located at the following cross streets: Avalon and Carson
in Carson; Santa Fe and Del Amo in Compton; Artesia and
Pioneer in Cerritos; and Lakewood and Del Amo in Lakewood. Call Dave Gillotte at (310) 639-1014 for more info.
TIRED OF THE PRESSURE?
Big O Tires is helping motorists learn basic tire care this
week during National Tire Safety Week, a tire industry initiative to teach drivers about proper tire safety and maintenance. Drivers can take advantage of free tire pressure
inflation services at all Big O Tires locations. Tire technicians will even show motorists how to check their own tire
pressure and tread depth and provide other important tire
care tips. Big O Tires can be located at 1181 E. Pacific
Coast Highway (at Orange Avenue).
FAMILY FIESTA FAIR
The St. Joseph Parish and Elementary School Fair will
take place Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27 at the
school, which is on the corner of Willow Street and Palo
Verde Avenue in Long Beach. Hours for the fiesta-themed
fair are 4 p.m.–10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Saturday,
and 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday. Rides, games, prizes and lots
of food make this a great activity for the whole family.
Call (562) 596-6115 for more info.
ROLL UP THOSE SLEEVES!
The Los Altos Little League is having its 2nd annual blood
drive at El Dorado Park for patients of Miller Children’s
Hospital from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26. For
more info, call Cheryl Berlow at (562) 234-9516. Those
who can’t attend the blood drive but still want to help the
hospital’s patients can contact the blood donor center at
(562) 933-0808.
WALK, TALK AND GAWK AT SIDEWALK CHALK
Second Street will come alive with the Belmont Shore
Sidewalk Chalk Contest Sunday, April 29 starting at 9 a.m.
More than 100 artists are expected, but spaces are still
available. The first 75 registrants have already been
accepted for free. Anyone else registering will need to pay
$10 on Sunday morning upon arrival. For more info, go to
http://www.justinrudd.com/chalk.html.
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN.....ANOTHER ADULT?
The 2008 National Adult Spelling Bee in Long Beach is
now accepting entrants for the upcoming local bee. $1,000
will be awarded, with $500 going to the individual who
wins and $500 going to his/her favorite nonprofit, school,
or church. Any adult, at least 16 years old, who is a resident or student in the U.S. may enter. The entry fee is $20
advance or $40 at the door. Spectators are welcome;
admission is $5, payable at the event, which will take
place Sunday, May 4 at 2 p.m. at Bay Shore Church, 5100
E. The Toledo in Long Beach. Check out www.Adult
SpellingBee.com for entry form.
TWELVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
The Historical Society of Long Beach will host a
book/DVD release and signing event from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 for Breaking Through, Lighting the Way:
Twelve Black Women Who Made a Difference in Long
Beach History at 4260 Atlantic Ave. Contact Carolyn
Watts at (562) 427-3702 for more info and go to www.sun
nynash.com to see an excerpt of the DVD.
THEATRICAL TEST–DRIVE
As part of Long Beach Playhouse’s ongoing commitment
to help emerging playwrights, the theater is presenting its
New Works Festival, staged readings that help the playhouse discover new plays that may be suitable for full productions. The next reading will be that of Heartland by
Anita Simons and Lauren Simon on Saturday, May 31 at 2
p.m. Pay–what–you–can donations are accepted, and a discussion will follow the reading. The playhouse is located
at 5021 E. Anaheim St. Call (562) 494-1616 for more info.
On March 20, the Signal
Tribune asked readers if they
remember anything about the
photo above.
Long Beach resident
Deanna Nickell-Roe wrote in
and said:
I couldn’t believe it when I
saw this picture. Most of the
people are my relatives.
1. Myrtle Allen, my grandmother
2. Cecil “Dale” Allen, my
uncle
3. Ola Doss, my aunt
4. Jim doss, my uncle,
and even though only their
backs are showing in the picture, I know for sure that
5. Ona Nickell, my mother
6. Hazel Coach, my aunt
7. Dee Nickell, my father
8. (standing) Raymond
“Speck” MacPherson, family
friend
Myrtle Allen is the mother
of Dale, Ola, Jim, Hazel and
Dee.
I’m guessing this picture
was taken around 1946/1947.
I am basing this on the age of
my Uncle Dale, who appears
to be around 17 years old (he
was born in 1929). I would
have been five, maybe six,
years old at the time. I was
born in 1941.
I don’t know where this
was taken or what the occasion was. Others look familiar
to me, but I can’t put a name
to them.
Long Beach City Council postpones
discussion on electronic billboards
BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
A planned discussion on a
proposal to install giant
electronic billboards was
pulled from the Long Beach
City Council’s agenda last
Tuesday.
The removal came at the
request of 3rd District
Councilman Gary DeLong,
Since
1944
Automotive & Evaluation Center
500 East Wardlow Road • Long Beach
One Block N. of 405 Fwy.
between Atlantic & L.B. Blvd.
426-7321
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to & from work or home
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Professional
Automotive Service
who heads the council’s
budget oversight committee
partially because the company that hopes to install the
billboards, Media Management Service, wants to scale
down the size of the billboards in hopes of winning
community support for the
plan.
This was the second time
in the last few months that
the council has delayed its
discussion on the matter. No
date has been set for council
consideration of the revised
plan.
COMMUNITY
APRIL 24, 2008
Communiqué
from Rae
SIGNAL TRIBUNE
I feel as independent as ever.
I just need a little help sometimes…
Live
Well
By Rae Gabelich, Long Beach 8th District Council Member
For those of you who missed
the final Champ Car race here in
Long Beach, it was a great sendoff to an organization that
worked hard to bring honor,
respect and fans to the sport of
open wheel racing.
Kevin Kalkhoven, the owner
of Champ Car and the KV Racing teams (who, by the way
came in first place with driver
Will Power and yes, I was told
that is his given name) is a gentleman beyond words. A savvy
businessman who recognized
that in order to save open wheel
racing in our country a compromise would have to be reached
with IRL (Indy Racing League).
After lengthy negotiations, an
agreement was reached and now
our Long Beach Grand Prix fate
rests in the hands of Tony
George and the IRL organization. If Mr. George proves to be
even half as dedicated to the
sport, Long Beach should be in
for another long run of successful street racing when we celebrate the 35th Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach in April 2009.
I have great admiration for
Mr. Kalkhoven, who has proven
to follow through on his commitments and is able to speak his
truth, even when not politically
correct. A man after my own
heart! Thank you, Kevin!
Next in line for our community are the Earth Day celebrations. On Saturday, April 26, we
begin with a Bixby Knolls treeplanting coordinated by the
Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association with Leadership Long Beach and the Long
Beach Department of Public
Works. For those of you who
want to participate so that you
can one day point out to your
children and grandchildren how
you worked to improve your
community, please join us at It’s
A Grind at 4245 Atlantic Avenue
for coffee and nourishment at
8:30 a.m. and begin the tree
planting at 9:00 a.m.
Following the BIA event, we
invite you to come over to 51st
Street and DeForest Avenue, just
behind Perry Lindsey Academy,
(formerly known as Sutter Academy) and join us at the Harbor
Arbor Day from 11:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. for more tree planting
and the creation of a greenbelt
and walking path for all to enjoy.
There will be food and entertainment along with the planting
event, so bring the whole family.
Our Port of Long Beach is
reaching out to communities to
find ways to improve our air
quality and quality of life. It is a
new day, to finally see not only
our port neighbors, but our country, move towards the necessary
changes that will begin to
improve our environment. Recognizing that, without change,
the negative impacts will fall
upon our children and their children.
So, we can plainly see,
whether it’s getting into the habit
of bringing our own “in the
now” shopping bags to the
supermarket, redoubling our
recycling efforts, conserving
water, or planting a tree- we all
have a part we can play in making our world, here in the City of
Long Beach, a better-balanced
place to be.
Every day, there is a way for
each of us to make a difference.
What will you do today?
Our very own North Long
Beach Community Action
Group, commonly known as
CAG, has been nominated for
Neighborhoods, USA’s “Neighborhood of The Year” Award.
They are one of six nationwide
finalists and are being considered within the Social Revitalization- Single Neighborhood
Category for their North Long
Beach History Project. I am
very proud to add that Linda
Ivers, your 8th District field representative and also an 8th district resident, worked on this
project and will attend the finals
in Hampton, Virginia on May
22.
Last year, the Neighbors of
Rancho Los Cerritos was a
Neighborhoods, USA finalist, so
it is indeed an honor to have an
8th district organization recognized two years in a row.
Coming up in June, we are
planning a “Shred Fest” to allow
our 8th district residents an
opportunity to clean out those
no-longer-needed files, outdated
tax papers and other miscellaneous documents that need to be
shredded. Start your part today,
and in next month’s column we
will provide the details and location.
Stay Involved! Rae
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OPINION
SIGNAL TRIBUNE
Thoughts
from the
Publisher
by Neena
Strichart
With so much going on in the area, I have once again
decided to devote my column to random happenings and local
events...enjoy!
Do you know what May 22, 2008 is? Besides being two
days before my birthday, it is the 50th anniversary of Signal
Hill’s Hancock Oil fire. To commemorate the semi-centennial,
we are publishing a fabulous pull-out section complete with
original photos, news clippings, interviews and some surprises.
If you remember the Hancock Oil fire of 1958 and would like
to share your memories and /or photos of the event for our historical special section please contact us. You may call: (562)
427-8678, email: [email protected], or use regular mail: Signal Tribune, 2669 Myrtle Ave. #111, Signal Hill,
CA 90755.
Letter to the Editor
KUDOS TO SIGNAL
Well, I finally did it. Cancelled my subscription to
[the local daily newspaper]
and mailed in my check to
the Signal Tribune.
At last, a paper that cares
about what’s happening in
the neighborhoods! Even at
$45 a year, your newspaper
is a bargain. I wonder if all
of those people whose Signal comes for free really
appreciate all the effort you
put in to service what is now
an under-served area.
Joan Greenwood
Long Beach
GREAT JOB, SIGNAL!
Oh my gosh...this is so
weird!
From the moment I
picked up my Signal Tribune from the driveway, I
started to think about all the
Gaslamp Restaurant, 6251 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Long
Beach is holding a wine tasting special event tonight, Thursday, April 24 commemorating Environmental Awareness
Month. They will be featuring organic Paul Dolan wines by
Parducci including Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, and Deep Red, as well as Parducci
Petite Syrah. Also featured this evening will be Veev Acai
Spirit, a liqueur that mixes and drinks likes vodka and is made
from 100% all-natural ingredients including the Acai extract.
Veev, who donates $1 from every bottle sold to preserving the
Brazilian Rainforest, is a sustainable, carbon neutral company,
and a member of Business for Social Responsibility. Gaslamp
will be featuring Veev Cocktails at a special price, and complimentary hors d’ oeuvres will be provided. Call (562) 596-4718
for reservations or more information.
Attention Signal Hill residents...
To help encourage us to reduce the environmental damage
caused by plastic shopping bags, the city of Signal Hill has
acquired large reusable canvas bags for residents to use for
marketing and errands. Availability is limited - so it’s first
come, first served. Stop by city hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, to
pick up your Signal Hill Recycling Program’s “Got Reusable
Bag?” Call city hall at (562) 989-7305 for details
APRIL 24, 2008
great stuff and LOCAL
community news that the
Signal writes about, and I
couldn't wait to read all that
Neena and the gang published this week.
That thought continued
through my mind as I started
to thumb through the paper;
sometimes I read it backward to forward and look at
all the ads.
Then I came across Doug
Orr's letter to the editor.
Wow, I thought, that is
exactly the same thoughts
that went through my mind
before I read his letter!
You do a great job of
including a lot of the community news, like Doug
said, that is the backbone of
our Bixby Knolls/Cal
Heights/Wrigley/Signal Hill
area, while the bigger newspapers do what? Nothing
without a lot of handhold-
ing, and money! (Sorry to
hear how they treated you,
Doug!)
I've known Neena for 10
years now. She has helped
me get going and become
successful as a full–service
yoga studio. She has written
(with photos) at least eight
articles about FreeSpirit
Yoga in the last 10 years,
not to mention all thegreat
publicity in Spotlight on
Advertisers, Health Fair and
Street Fair, and oh, even a
picture working with Santa
at Snow Day two years ago.
I love my Signal Tribune,
and look forward to reading
it every Thursday!
You guys are truly the
best.
Thanks, Neena!
Inspiration Corner
by Betty Colston
Be encouraged to move forward on the path of
life, placing yesterday in the memory file,
embracing today and being hopeful of tomorrow.
Betty Colston — Author — Professional Speaker/Trainer
Colston Enterprise PO Box 92301, Long Beach, CA 90809-2301
Andrea Testa
FreeSpirit Yoga
Long Beach
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APRIL 24, 2008
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Wrigley Neighborhood Association Group meeting
looks at ways to attack criminal activity from all sides
BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
In the last two decades
police agencies throughout the
United States have changed
their crime-fighting tactics.
Just arresting the bad guys is
no longer enough. Nowadays,
the cops are partnering with
local communities, prosecutors and special task forces to
make life miserable for the
criminal element and help
steer troubled and at-risk
youth toward more productive
lifestyles.
Last Thursday, the approximately 30 people who
attended the monthly meeting
of the Wrigley Village Neighborhood Advisory Group
(NAG) listened intently as two
law enforcement officials and
a task force chair described
how those tactics are coming
into play in Long Beach. The
meeting took place at the community center on 2023 Pacific
Avenue.
After some introductory
comments by NAG member
and community activist P.G.
Herman, 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews addressed
the audience, encouraging
everyone to report all crimes
and suspicious activity to the
police and pledging that his
office will do everything in its
power to help residents, the
police and other agencies
work together to reduce violence and all other crimes in
Long Beach.
Then Lieutenant Joe Levy
of the Long Beach Police
department (LBPD) spoke. He
stressed that one of the most
effective means of making
neighborhoods safer is the
involvement of residents.
“There’s been scientific
research on this topic,” he
said, explaining that studies
have proven that when residents get involved in neighborhood watch groups,
neighborhood associations,
and other organizations
designed to solve problems
and improve local conditions,
the crime rate declines while
the quality of life markedly
improves in those neighborhoods.
“Obviously, what you guys
are doing matches what this
research has said,” Levy
noted. He reminded the audience members about the
LBPD’s participation in recent
neighborhood clean-ups.
“Then some of you had this
idea to do this huge campaign
which involved closing Pine
Avenue, bringing out 125-plus
volunteers, getting the media
out there and getting the people in the neighborhood
involved,” he said, referring to
the “Wrigley Taking Back
Pine” event that took place a
couple of months ago, mostly
under Herman’s leadership.
“In my 23 years with the
police department, I have
never seen an event as successful as that February 23
event,” Levy added, noting
that a sequel to that gathering
was on the way. “On May 31,
we are going a couple of
blocks west to Locust Avenue
and we’re going to do the
same thing,” he said.
Referring to the Taking
Back Pine event, Levy noted
that the neighborhoods in the
vicinity of Pine and Pacific
Coast Highway have been
plagued by violent crimes for
years. “Unfortunately the
police department has not had
a good working relationship
with many of those community members,” he said,
explaining that even the lawabiding majority of residents
in that area have been afraid to
talk to police for fear of gang
retaliation. He noted that Taking Back Pine was the
LBPD’s first step towards
building relationships with
community members there
and that move seemed to be
progressing well since then.
“The work is not done,”
Levy said. He explained that
the LBPD and several other
agencies were planning to
conduct community dialogues
(in June) to sustain and
expand the accomplishments
of Taking Back Pine. He said
those dialogues would include
the adults and youth of that
area. “We want to recruit people that have had negative
experiences with the police
department,’ he said. “We’re
going to sit at the table with
them for several hours to talk
about perceptions, expectations and questions that each
group has.” He noted that
when residents understand the
mission of their police department, and the police department
understands
the
residents’ needs and concerns,
relationships improve and
crime declines.
One of the organizations
partnering with the LBPD to
stem the tide of violence is the
Youth and Gang Violence Prevention Task Force, which
operates under the auspices of
the City of Long Beach. Dr.
Lydia A. Hollie- task force
chair- explained to the NAG
audience the role her organization plays in reducing violence
in the city. She noted that while
law enforcement was vital to
the safety of residents, law
enforcement alone could not
solve the serious problems facing America today. “Every
society is perfectly engineered
to get the results that it gets,”
she said. “Clearly, if you want
to change, you have to reengineer.” In her approximately 20see NAG page 9
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APRIL 24, 2008
Vicki’s View
Bunbury gives life to various unseen literary
characters at the Long Beach Playhouse
The Long Beach Playhouse
has taken what could be both
a giant leap and a swan dive
with Bunbury, a flight of
fancy that turns all of great literature on its ear.
Based on a nonexistent
“character” from my favorite
play, Oscar Wilde’s The
Importance of Being Earnest,
Bunbury brings the device
Bunbury to life in some sort
of literary purgatory not
unlike those times when Kirk
and Spock took the Enterprise
back in time to correct some
catastrophic event that had
changed all of history. In this
case, Bunbury, with Shakespeare’s Rosaline in tow, does
the double deed. He purposely
causes the literary upheaval
and, acknowledging his error,
conscientiously puts things
right again.
Stephen Peirick, as Bunbury, prances through this gay
romp of a play turning every
tragic ending into a happier
one. If only the play hadn’t
gone so far as to turn Algernon Moncrief, my favorite
character from Earnest, into a
gay guy. That one was harder
for me to swallow than
Romeo and Juliet surviving to
see multi-parenthood.
Peirick’s no-holds-barred
performance entertains us at
the very least. A good match
to Peirick, Daina Baker
Bowler deftly delivers a valley girl version of Rosaline,
another character who never
actually appears in her play.
Bowler’s Rosaline suits the
play’s silliness and had me
giggling more than once.
Things got a little amateurish when Edgar Allan Poe’s
“The Raven” appeared as a
peacock who quoth “anytime”
in lieu of “nevermore.” Even
so, it was one of my favorite
scenes.
Bun and Roz also have
their way with The Three Sisters, A Streetcar Named
Desire, and Waiting for
Godot.
Written by Tom Jacobson,
Bunbury certainly embodies a
clever idea. Most of it even
works. But I can’t help thinking the play might be a tough
sell to mainstream audiences
who may not be familiar with
all of the classic works it
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to know something about
Wilde’s Earnest.
Robert Craig directs the
fine cast, which also includes
David
Cramer,
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Rusiecki, Andrew Vonderschmitt, Ann Tyler Allen and
Hellena Taylor.
Like its forerunner Earnest,
Bunbury is billed as “A Serious Play for Trivial People.”
Perhaps this characterization
also attempts to stress the significance of the play’s rather
anomalous ending, in which
Bobby Kennedy has lived to
become the U.S. president. As
such we are no doubt obliged
to consider that the lives of
Bunbury, and others like him,
mean something even though
they don’t exist. Heh?
Bunbury continues at the
Long Beach Playhouse Studio
Theatre through May 31.
General admission tickets are
$22.00; $20.00 for seniors.
Student tickets are $12.00
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available for Friday and Saturday performances. Performances are Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees on April 27,
May 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. Call
(562) 494-1014 for reservations and information. Tickets
are also available online at
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Local playwright puts personal story of
love and loss onstage at Found Theatre
Just when you think you’ve
got love right, everything goes
wrong. The Found Theatre is
presenting a brand-new play by
Long Beach writer Todd Cunningham about life, love and
spirits. Directed by Virginia
DeMoss, The Good Hours features a cast of Found regulars:
Mike Brown, Barbara Duncan,
Joyce Hackett, Kay Richey and
John Sturgeon, as well as original songs by pop recording
artists Kerry Getz and Drayfus
Grayson.
Inspired by the untimely death
of the playwright’s fiance a week
before their wedding, the play
was a way for Cunningham to
deal with his grief.
The story takes the audience
from the time Todd and Patty
meet, through the complications
of two adults who were abandoned or betrayed as children,
and what those tragedies do to
their ability to live and love and,
in Patty’s case, to raise her own
child. It turns the spotlight on
the kind of abusive relationships
so many people seem to be
trapped in.
DeMoss said Cunningham
had approached her and asked if
she’d stage it, and she agreed.
“He wrote a draft; I read it
and offered advice. He wrote
another, and a bunch of the
Found regulars met and did a
read-through and offered more
suggestions for subsequent
rewrites,” DeMoss said. “This
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DeMoss said the Found Theatre regulars were drawn to the
compelling story and the fact
that it is a new play that’s never
been produced.
“The Found likes to experiment, to gamble, and to produce
new work. Most of our material
was written by the late Cynthia
Galles, the founder of the
Found and the person who created magic here for over 30
years,” she said. “She liked relevant, edgy material, and so do I,
and we are trying to maintain
that legacy.”
The Good Hours runs Fridays
and Saturdays, May 9 through
June 7 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are
$12. For info and reservations,
call (562) 433-3363 or visit
www.foundtheatre.org. The
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Long Beach Blvd. in Long Beach.
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Remotely Familiar
A couch critic unearths obscure cinematic jewels
by Cory Bilicko
Detour, the 1946 microbudgeted road-trip film noir,
has become a classic, if little
known, example of how an
engaging, even titillating and
philosophical, movie can be
created on a shoestring.
In a plot that pits an especially venomous femme fatale
against a heartbroken man’s
Manifest Destiny of sorts, Al
Roberts (Tom Neal), a talented
but bitterly unsuccessful piano
player, is hitchhiking to L.A. to
reconnect with his love, Sue,
the beautimous songbird who’s
recently left him behind in
New York so she can pursue a
Hollywood career.
After a driver who gives
him a ride mysteriously dies,
Al fears that he’ll be accused
of murder, so he decides to
hide the body and assume the
dead man’s identity. He later
picks up a hitcher called Vera
(Ann Savage) who sees
through his sham and blackmails him into taking part in
her unlawful and immoral
ruses.
Detour works in spite of
itself. Shot in six days, it’s rife
with errors and cheap cine-
matic techniques that only add
to its mystery and charm. In
the fourth scene, Al and Sue
are strolling the street in New
York but, instead of set pieces
that suggest the city, an almost
ridiculously thick fog engulfs
them, so the scene could have
easily been shot in Burbank.
On the road, when a truck
driver stops for Al, the truck is
on the wrong side of the street
and Al jumps into what appears
to be the driver’s side. This
flaw was the result of the filmmakers, in retrospect, flipping
the image to make it appear
that the characters are traveling
west, since they’d originally
shot the cars moving from the
left to the right side of the
screen.
But when Al places a phone
call to Sue, who’s on the left
coast, and the telephone lines
are panned, the message
appears to be going left to
right. Then, when he is talking
to her, we know that she’s
responding to him based on
what he’s saying on his end,
but we only see a reaction shot
of her holding a phone to her
ear, almost inanimate.
It’s easy to laugh at the mistakes, especially living in our
modern world where any cinematic gaffes can be covered by
re-shoots or fundamentally
altered by CGI, but if you go
along for the bizarre ride with
Al, it’s definitely worth the 68minute investment, especially
when Vera enters the car.
Vera is the type of vamp
who uses manipulation rather
than charm, beauty or a wellendowed figure, and, when
she’s paired up with Al, he’s
clearly the lamb to her lion.
She is particularly noxious,
especially when contrasted
with Al’s moral compass;
despite dumping the dead man,
he is remorseful for his bad
choices, faithful to Sue when
the liquored-up Vera offers herself to him, and genuinely
resistant to her illegal schemes.
It’s his refusal of her that
makes her that much more
compelling. You can tell she
truly thinks she’ll be able to get
anything she wants from him,
but he doesn’t give her everything, and the salty names she
calls him, “clean” due to the
Hays Code, are more provocative than most of the four-letter
words that desensitize us in
today’s cinema.
As seductive and mesmerizing as computer-generated car
crashes and alien invaders can
be, let us not forget the agesold virtues of a gripping story,
complex characters and inventive dialogue. A true auteur can
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Detour is available at some
branches of the Long Beach
Public Library, located at 3680
Atlantic Avenue. To read more
about film noir, check out the
following titles, also available
at the libraries:
The Dark Side of the
Screen: Film Noir by Foster
Hirsch; Film noir : An Encyclopedic Reference to the
American Style by Alain Silver
and Elizabeth Ward; and Film
Noir in Cultural Perspective by
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Realtors
continued from page 1
due to the fact that this was a
presidential election year. “The
two most devastating parts of
this market are two groups of
people,” he said. “Those who
have a lot of equity in their property and think this is the time to
get out and are willing to negotiate at a very low figure, and
those (who are threatened with
foreclosure).” He explained that
both groups of people are selling
their homes for prices much
lower than their actual worth. He
said he was not as optimistic as
Wildasinn and Poi with regard to
Cal Heights. “Hang on to your
hats; there is more to come,” he
said.
Wildasinn agreed that prices
would continue to decline, but
she said this is an excellent time
to buy. She warned, however,
that while prices would continue decreasing, it would be
progressively more difficult to
get loans in the next several
years. “Now is a good time for
some people to jump into the
market,” she said.
An audience member asked
if, given current market trends,
it was wise to invest in renovations before putting a house up
for sale. Wildasinn noted that if
a house is an owner’s primary
residence, he or she should
make changes that suit their
lifestyle and tastes, but if the
house is an investment property,
the owner should look for
things that will bring a return on
the investment.
Poi agreed. “The saddest
comment I hear is when people
are preparing their house to put
it on the market and they say, ‘I
wish would have done this
while I lived here,’” he said. “If
it gives you refuge at night after
a crazy day, do it. Make your
home yours.”
Gazdik again disagreed.
“Unfortunately some of the
things I’ve seen people do with
their homes are absolutely disastrous,” he said. “You have to
realize that your home is still an
investment and you’re going to
be selling that home someday.”
He warned the audience to not
make changes to their houses
that will make them harder to
sell later. “You have to do not
only what makes you happy, but
consider how this is going to
affect someone who is considering buying this home,” he
added. “You have to be cautious, get opinions from experts
and friends.”
All three panelists agreed
that when preparing to sell a
house, homeowners should get
the advice of a professional
realtor as to improvements that
would help it sell. All three also
agreed that marketing and
advertising are critical to the
sale of a home.
Poi noted that on a price-persquare-foot basis, Long Beach
homes offer some of the best
values in the state and it was
important to bring it to the
attention of prospective buyers.
He added that Long Beach was
centrally located to all of Los
Angeles and Orange counties
and that was another point to
bring to the attention of
prospective buyers.
The hour-and-a-half discussion touched on many aspects
of the real estate market. The
panelists advised audience
members to consult with a realtor before making any decisions
to buy or sell. Wildasinn’s office
is located at 3530 Atlantic Ave.
Her phone number is (562) 8244846. Poi’s office is at 2610 Los
Coyotes Diagonal. His phone
number is (562) 684-4659.
Gazdik’s office is at 905 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan
Beach. His local phone number
is (562) 424-7310.
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continued from page 5
minute presentation, Hollie
explained that society needs to
expend much more energy
teaching young people- starting
at the elementary school levelthat violence is not acceptable
behavior and that there are
peaceful ways to solve problems and resolve conflicts. She
urged the audience members to
get involved in the task force.
“People are absolutely ready
for a change,” she said,
remarking that the involvement
of local residents can help
encourage young people to
become “healthy, law-abiding
and contributing members of
society who respect the rights
of others and themselves.”
After Hollie’s comments,
Deputy City Prosecutor Calvin
“Ray” George explained how
his office works with lawabiding residents to make
neighborhoods safer. He said
he was pleased that Long
Beach had so many community groups that were actively
involved on improving the
quality of life in the city. “My
marching orders from my boss
are three pronged,” he said.
“Number one, I am supposed
to do everything I possibly can
to help control the gang situation.” He explained his primary tool for doing so was the
injunction process, which
makes the lives of gang members “as miserable as possible”
by making it illegal for them to
associate with one another in
certain sections of the city.
“Number two, I am sup-
posed to work with the code
people to try to enhance the
buildings and the environment
that everyone has to live in,”
George said. “Number three, I
work with community groups
to identify problems as to
where resources of the city
can be utilized.” He urged residents to report code violations, graffiti and other
problems to city officials as
soon as possible.
To find out about forming a
neighborhood watch group,
phone (562) 570-7229. For
more information on the
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APRIL 24, 2008
Unexpected delays slow progress at Bixby Point
BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
Bixby Point shopping center
was supposed to be up and running four months ago, but all its
stores are still vacant. No worries, says Mark Bolour, vice
president of Bolour & Associ-
ates, the company that is developing the site. Unforeseen difficulties delayed construction, but
everything is back on track and
two of the businesses are planning to open in early May.
“FedEx/Kinko’s and Game
Stop are slated to open in the
next two weeks,” said Bolour.
“Wachovia Bank and La Vineria Italiana (an Italian wine bar
and restaurant) are hopefully
going to be open in the next
four to six weeks. The other two
tenants, probably in eight
weeks, and we still have not
found the last tenant.”
The planned 12,000-square-
foot commercial/retail center on
the southeast corner of Atlantic
Avenue and Carson Street has
been under construction since
late 2007. Bolour notes that he
fully expected Bixby Point stores
to begin opening in early January, but the heavy rains slowed
down construction. “The wet
weather really killed us for about
three months,” he says. “We had
to spend about $100,000 just
removing wet dirt and bringing
in dry soil so we could pour the
asphalt on the property.”
Bureaucratic delays also
slowed down progress, according to Bolour. “The second thing
that set us back was issues we
had with the Long Beach Planning Department,” he says.
“They were very inefficient.” He
explains that the city was slow in
issuing building permits and
completing inspections. “They
would come and tell us they
want one thing, then they would
come and check that and come
up with six other things,” he
said. “That really hurt our construction progress.”
Bolour said that he was not
bothered so much by the differences of opinion between the
city and the company doing the
actual construction work,
Primus Contracting. “But we
weren’t getting it in one shot,”
he said. “They even threatened
to shut the project down because
they had an issue with a design
element.”
Bolour adds that 8th District
City Councilwoman Rae
Gabelich intervened and helped
expedite the permit and inspection process. “She’s been very
supportive, constantly helping
us,” he said, adding that without
Gabelich’s assistance, the project
would probably still be mired in
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bureaucratic delays.
“Sometimes an individual
may not see the big picture, and
that could be on either side,”
Gabelich said. “A couple of
things they were required to do
didn’t make any sense and I
asked (the planning department)
to take another look at those
things.” She explained that after
reconsidering the issues, the
planning department agreed to
drop the requirements that were
stymieing construction.
Another factor in the delayed
opening of La Vineria Italiana
was money. “Construction of
the restaurant was way over
budget,” Bolour said. “We had
to find creative ways to get that
under control and that took
more time.” He notes that building the restaurant is costing 25
percent more than expected.
“We are trying to create a very
nice product, and in the course
of building it, we kept making
decisions to change things in
order to make it better.”
Bolour noted that the nationwide decline in retail sales is
impacting Bixby Point. “When
we first started marketing it, we
were getting about 50 calls a
week,” he says. “Now we are
getting two or three calls a
week.” He adds that the downturn in the economy confirmed
the wisdom of pursuing national
retail chains as tenants for the
shopping center. “If we go after
mom and pop stores we would
be suffering in a year or two,” he
said. “The national chains are
going to help the center weather
the economic storm in the next
two or three years, because they
are better equipped to survive
downturns.”
Nevertheless, Bolour stresses
the importance of residents’
patronizing the businesses in
Bixby Point. “Obviously, they all
need the community’s support,”
he says, “But that is especially
true for La Vineria Italiana. He
explains that about 60 percent of
restaurants fail within their first
year. “Although La Vineria Italiana offers fantastic food and
they really know what they’re
doing, we really need to have the
people in the area to eat there.”
Gabelich agrees, noting
that for a long time residents
have wanted more dining
opportunities in the area. “I’m
sure La Vineria Italiana is
going to provide a wonderful
environment and a slightly
different Italian menu,” she
says. “We say that we want
more restaurants and businesses here, but if we want
them to stay, we have to support them.”
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PETS
APRIL 24, 2008
New board game Funagle lets your dog play too
The specialty company Darf
is putting a new spin on playing with your dog. Funagle is a
new board game for people and
their dogs to enjoy together.
Now people can play games
with their dogs while having
fun with their friends and family. With Funagle, people
match wits with opponents to
see who is best at getting their
dog to complete fun activities
like the Moonwalk, The Wave
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Funagle is a totally different way to play with a dog, or
dogs, and friends and family.
Players have one minute to
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board’s tags. Players can use
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tag. Those who collect the
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People are amazed at what
their dogs can do with a little
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“Funagle is a new board
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K–9s at classic automobile show
What could be a better
combination than enjoying a
day with dogs and classic
cars. Long Beach K-9 Officers Association and Sultan’s
Car Club will hold their
annual car show on Saturday,
May 10 from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Classic cars from 1973
and earlier will be on display
as well as something new this
year— motorcycles.
The public is welcome to
come listen to live music by
Johnny Rocket & The VTwins while browsing the cars
and visiting the product
booths. Food will also be
available on site.
Spectators will be able to
meet the Long Beach K-9 officers and their wonderful
canine partners (including
Long Beach’s famous bloodhound Lucy). As a special
treat, there will be a K-9 demo
to show our crime-fighting
dogs in action.
Door prize drawings for
gift certificates, automotive
supplies and other great items
will be held throughout the
event and a special surprise
drawing will conclude the
prize-filled day.
All proceeds go to support
and purchase police K-9 Dogs
as well as their retirement
package. The Long Beach K-9
Officers Association has purchased and supported Long
Beach K-9s for 22 years.
The car show, which is free
to the public, will take place at
the Long Beach POA Park
(located behind Lowes and
Wal-Mart at Carson Street and
the 605 Freeway).
To register or for more
information about the event,
call Vince at (562) 432-0901
(days) or (562) 424-8726
(Evenings before 8 pm). Show
limited to the first 300 cars.
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Funagle can be played by
two to four people and one to
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Friends of Long Beach
Animals is having its 15th
Annual Benefit for the
Animals, to be held Thursday, May 29 at the Long
Beach Playhouse, 5021
East Anaheim Street in
Long Beach. The event
begins at 6:30 p.m. with a
reception featuring “paw
food” and wine, Ralph
Brunson at the piano,
dine-out raffle, Chinese
auction, door prizes and
silent auction. Merchandise and services for the
auction and door prizes
were contributed by generous merchants. The Playhouse production begins at
7:30 p.m. with Gift of
Murder, George Batson’s
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actress and her entourage’s
romantic pitfalls and missteps.
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Tickets for the play and
reception are just $25 per
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Vet warns about the dangers of dogs eating raisins
BY LAURINDA MORRIS
Danville (Ohio) Veterinary
Clinic
[In April, 2004] I had the first
case in history of raisin toxicity
ever seen at MedVet. My patient
was a 56-pound, five year-old
male neutered lab mix that ate half
a canister of raisins sometime
between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
He started with vomiting, diarrhea
and shaking about 1:00 a.m. (the
next day) but the owner didn’t call
my emergency service until 7:00
a.m. We contacted the ASPCA
National Animal Poison Control
Center and they said to give IV
fluids at 1 1/2 times maintenance
and watch the kidney values for
the next 48 to 72 hours. The dog’s
BUN (blood urea nitrogen level)
was already at 32 (normal less
than 27) and creatinine over 5 (1.9
is the high end of normal). Both
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catheter and started the fluids. We
rechecked the renal values at 5
a.m. and the BUN was over 40
and creatinine over 7 with no urine
production after a liter of fluids. At
that point I felt the dog was in
acute renal failure and sent him on
to MedVet for a urinary catheter to
monitor urine output overnight as
well as overnight care. He started
vomiting again overnight and his
renal values continued to increase
daily. He produced urine when
given lasix as a diuretic. He was
on three different anti-vomiting
medications and they still couldn’t
control his vomiting. (Eventually),
his urine output decreased again,
his BUN was over 120, his creatinine was at 10, his phosphorus
was very elevated and his blood
pressure, which had been staying
around 150, skyrocketed to 220.
He continued to vomit and the
owners elected to euthanize. This
is a very sad case; great dog and
great owners who had no idea
raisins could be a toxin. Please
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SIGNAL TRIBUNE
13
Spring into the Season with Bark Busters’ Canine Care Tips
As winter’s chill gives way
to warmer days and spring
flowers, Bark Busters, the
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tips for helping their dogs
enjoy a happy, healthy spring
season.
“Spring represents a time
of growth, renewal and new
life-but not everything that
springs forth this season is
good for dogs,” said Tracy
Thomson, Bark Busters dog
behavioral therapist and
trainer. “With a little awareness and a few simple precautions, dog owners can prevent
many of the problems that
arise with warmer weather
and keep their dogs safe and
healthy.”
Bark Busters offers the following pointers for warding
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Heartworm infection
The American Heartworm
Society recommends that all
dogs be tested annually for
heartworm infection. Transmitted by mosquitoes, this
serious parasitic disease can
be fatal. Fortunately, your veterinarian offers a variety of
options for preventing heartworm infection, including an
injection, daily and monthly
tablets, and monthly topical
medications.
Fleas and ticks
Fleas and ticks can cause a
host of problems, from flea
allergy dermatitis to Lyme
disease and Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever. In large
enough numbers, both ticks
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gerous amounts of blood loss,
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While a number of flea and
tick prevention options are
available today, monthly spoton topicals and oral tablets
offer convenience and effectiveness in protecting your
dog. Ask your veterinarian for
more information.
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Blooming plants, grasses
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an allergy similar to hay fever.
But instead of sneezing, a dog
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you suspect that your pooch
may be suffering from seasonal allergies, visit your veterinarian for recommended
allergy treatments. These can
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Poisonous plants
Inquisitive dogs might see
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Unpleasant odors
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are discolored or he has an
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if the ear has a bad smell, or if
your dog reacts in pain when
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the coat and a strong odor.
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a medicated shampoo that
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anal gland problems can also
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LITERACY
SIGNAL TRIBUNE
APRIL 24, 2008
Chapter 9: Ramona’s Engagement Ring, Part 1
Story By:
Illustrations by: Tracy Dockray
“No!” said Ramona on the first rainy
morning after she had started kindergarten.
streams and to bring worms squirming out of the lawns onto the sidewalks.
and … pink.”
“Yes,” said Mrs. Quimby.
The intersection by the school was
unusually quiet that morning,
because rain had halted construction
on the new market. Ramona was so
downhearted that she did not even
tease Henry Huggins when he led
her across the street. The kindergarten playground, as she had
expected, was swarming with boys
and girls in raincoats, most of them
too big, and boots, most of them
new. The girls wore various sorts of
raincoats and red or white boots – all
except Susan, who carried her new
white boots so she would not get
them muddy. The boys looked alike,
because they all wore yellow raincoats and hats and brown boots.
Ramona was not even sure which
boy was Davy, not that he mattered
to her this morning. Her feet felt too
heavy for chasing anyone.
“Who are you engaged to?” asked Ann.
“No!” said Ramona. “I won’t!”
“Ramona, be sensible,” said Mrs.
Quimby.
“I don’t want to be sensible,” said
Ramona. “I hate being sensible!”
“Now, Ramona,” said her mother, and
Ramona knew she was about to be
reasoned with. “You have a new raincoat. Boots cost money, and Howie’s
old boots are perfectly good. The
soles are scarcely worn.”
“The tops aren’t shiny,” Ramona told
her mother. “And they’re brown
boots. Brown boots are for boys.”
“They keep your feet dry,” said Mrs.
Quimby, “and that is what boots are
for.”
Ramona realized she looked sulky, but
she could not help herself. Only
grown-ups would say boots were for
keeping feet dry. Anyone in kindergarten knew that a girl should wear
shiny red or white boots on the first
rainy day, not to keep her feet dry, but
to show off. That’s what boots were
for – showing off, wading, splashing,
stamping.
“Ramona,” said Mrs. Quimby sternly.
“Get that look off your face this
instant. Either you wear these boots
or you stay home from school.”
Ramona recognized that her mother
meant what she said, and so,
because she loved kindergarten, she
sat down on the floor and dragged
on the hated brown boots, which
did not go with her new flowered
plastic raincoat and hat.
Howie arrived in a yellow slicker
that was long enough for him to
grow into for at least two years and
a yellow rain hat that almost hid his
face. Beneath the raincoat Ramona
glimpsed a pair of shiny brown
boots, which she supposed she
would have to wear someday when
they were old and dull and dirty.
“Those are my old boots,” said
Howie, looking at Ramona’s feet as
they started off to school.
“You better not tell anybody.”
Ramona plodded along on feet
almost too heavy to lift. It was a perfect morning for anyone with new
boots. Enough rain had fallen in the
night to fill the gutters with muddy
Part of the class had lined up properly
by the door, waiting for Miss Binney,
while the rest ran about clomping,
splashing, and stamping. “Those are
boys’ boots you’re wearing,” said
Susan to Ramona.
Ramona did not answer. Instead she
picked up a smooth pink worm that
lay wiggling on the playground and,
without really thinking, wound it
around her finger.
“Look!” yelled Davy from beneath
his big rain hat. “Ramona’s wearing a
ring made out of a worm!”
Ramona had not thought of the worm
as a ring until now, but she saw at
once that the idea was interesting.
“See my ring!” she shouted, thrusting
her fist toward the nearest face.
Boots were temporarily forgotten.
Everyone ran screaming from Ramona
to avoid being shown her ring.
“See my ring! See my ring!” shouted
Ramona, racing around the playground on feet that were suddenly
much lighter.
When Miss Binney appeared around
the corner, the class scrambled to
line up by the door. “Miss Binney!
Miss Binney!” Everyone wanted to
be the first to tell. “Ramona is wearing a worm for a ring!”
“It’s a pink worm,” said Ramona,
thrusting out her hand. “Not an old
dead white worm.”
“Oh … what a pretty worm,” said
Miss Binney bravely. “It’s so smooth
Ramona elaborated. “It’s my engagement ring.”
“I haven’t decided,” answered
Ramona.
“Not me,” Davy piped up.
“Not me,” said Howie.
“Not me,” said Eric R.
“Well … a … Ramona …” Miss Binney was searching for words. “I
don’t think you should wear your …
ring during kindergarten. Why don’t
you put it down on the playground
in a puddle so that it will … stay
fresh.”
Ramona was happy to do anything
Miss Binney wanted her to. She
unwound the worm from her finger
and placed it carefully in a puddle,
where it lay limp and still.
After that Ramona raced around the
playground with a worm around her
finger whenever her mother made
her wear Howie’s old boots to
school, and when everyone asked
who she was engaged to, she always
answered, “I haven’t decided.”
“Not me!” Davy always said, followed by Howie, Eric R., and any
other boy who happened to be near.
Then one Saturday Mrs. Quimby
examined Ramona’s scuffed shoes
and discovered that not only were
the heels worn down, the leather of
the toes was worn through because
Ramona stopped her lopsided twowheeled tricycle by dragging her
toes on the concrete. Mrs. Quimby
had Ramona stand up while she felt
her feet through the leather.
“It’s time for new shoes,” Mrs.
Quimby decided. “Get your jacket
and your boots, and we’ll drive
down to the shopping center.”
“It isn’t raining today,” said Ramona.
“Why do I have to take boots?”
“To see if they will fit over your new
shoes,” answered her mother.
“Hurry along, Ramona.”
When they reached the shoe store,
Ramona’s favorite shoe salesman
said, as Ramona and her mother sat
down, “What’s the matter with my
little Petunia today? Don’t you have a
smile for me?”
Ramona shook her head and looked
sadly and longingly at a row of beautiful shiny girls’ boots displayed on one
side of the store. There she sat with
Howie’s dingy old brown boots beside
her. How could she smile? A babyish
nursery-school girl, who was wearing
new red boots, was rocking joyously
on the shoe store’s rocking horse
while her mother paid for the boots.
“Well, we’ll see what we can do for
you,” said the salesman briskly, as he
pulled off Ramona’s shoes and made
her stand with her foot on the measuring stick. Finding the right pair of
oxfords for her did not take him long.
“Now try on the boots,” said Mrs.
Quimby in her no-nonsense voice,
when Ramona had walked across the
shoe store and back in her new shoes.
For a moment, as Ramona sat down
on the floor and grasped one of the
hated boots, she considered pretending she could not get it on. However, she knew she could not get
away with this trick, because the
shoe-store man understood both
children and shoes. She pulled and
yanked and tugged and managed to
get her foot most of the way in.
When she stood up she was on tiptoe inside the boot. Her mother
tugged some more, and her shoe
went all the way into the boot.
“There,” said Mrs. Quimby. Ramona
sighed.
The babyish nursery-school girl
stopped rocking long enough to
announce to the world, “I have new
boots.”
“Tell me, Petunia,” said the shoe
man. “How many boys and girls in
your kindergarten?”
“Twenty-nine,” said Ramona with a
long face. Twenty-nine, most of
them with new boots. The happy
booted nursery-school baby climbed
off the rocking horse, collected her
free balloon, and left with her
mother.
The shoe man spoke to Mrs.
Quimby. “Kindergarten teachers like
boots to fit loosely so the children
can manage by themselves. I doubt if
Petunia’s teacher has time to help
with fifty-eight boots.”
“I hadn’t thought of that,” said Mrs.
Quimby. “Perhaps we had better
look at boots after all.”
“I’ll bet Petunia here would like red
boots,” said the shoe man. When
Ramona beamed, he added, “I had a
hunch that would get a smile out of you.”
When Ramona left the shoe store
with her beautiful red boots, girls’
boots, in a box, which she carried
herself, she was so filled with joy she
set her balloon free just to watch it
sail over the parking lot and up, up
into the sky until it was a tiny red
dot against the gray clouds. The stiff
soles of her new shoes made such a
pleasant noise on the pavement that
she began to prance. She was a
pony. No, she was one of the three
Billy Goats Gruff, the littlest one,
trip-trapping over the bridge that the
troll was hiding under. Ramona triptrapped joyfully all the way to the
parked car, and when she reached
home she trip-trapped up and down
the hall and all around the house.
“For goodness’ sake, Ramona,” said
Mrs. Quimby, while she was marking
Ramona’s name in the new boots,
“can’t you just walk?”
“Not when I’m the littlest Billy Goat
Gruff,” answered Ramona, and triptrapped down the hall to her room.
Unfortunately, there was no rain the
next morning so Ramona left her
new boots at home and trip-trapped
to school, where she did not have
much chance of catching Davy
because he could run faster than she
could trip-trap in her stiff new
shoes. She trip-trapped to her seat,
and later, because she was art monitor who got to pass out drawing
paper, she trip-trapped to the supply cupboard and trip-trapped up
and down the aisles passing out
paper.
“Ramona, I would like it if you
walked quietly,” said Miss Binney.
“I am the littlest Billy Goat Gruff,”
explained Ramona. “I have to triptrap.”
“You may trip-trap when we go
outdoors.” Miss Binney’s voice was
firm. “You may not trip-trap in the
classroom.”
At playtime the whole class turned
into Billy Goats Gruff and triptrapped around the playground,
but none so joyfully or so noisily as
Ramona. The gathering clouds,
Ramona noticed, were dark and
threatening.
NEWS
APRIL 24, 2008
SIGNAL TRIBUNE
15
Focus on Business
Bixby Knolls says “Aloha” to Paradise Bound
BY HEATHER POSEY
Production Manager
As travelers gear up for the
summer season, things are
winding down for local
Hawaiian apparel store Paradise Bound. A longtime fixture in Long Beach, its latest
two-year run in Bixby Knolls
will be the last for the vintage
clothing boutique.
Named in 2005 as one of the
top 101 best things in L.A.
County by Los Angeles magazine, Paradise Bound, owned by
Stephen Gih, has been around
since the 1960s, selling its specialty products in areas such as
Orange County and Belmont
Shore. Yet due to changing
fashions and increased competi-
tion, Gih says that he is now
feeling the struggles small-business owners go through.
“Things are changing so
fast,” he said. “For the first 25
years we were basically in the
same place, but it seems like in
the last couple of decades, every
two or three years we would
have to change locations. They
keep building new centers, so
it’s hard for a small business to
stay open these days.”
And the colorful, creative
shirts and apparel at Paradise
Bound have also seen waves in
popularity. Initially a must-have
item for any tropical traveler,
Paradise Bound filled the niche
for those dressing up for their
upcoming vacation, luau party
or just a casual Friday.
“Hawaiian shirts became
popular again in the 1990s during the dot-com era, with the
computer geeks in their Hawaiian shirts. It was the craze back
then, but soon it became so pervasive,” said Gih. “Everybody
started carrying them. Tommy
Bahama became a household
name, and the aura of Hawaiian
shirts kind of just went away.”
According to Gih, Paradise
Bound was among the first to
introduce brands such as Reyn
Spooner, Tommy Bahama,
Jams World, Tori Richard, Nat
Nast and Crocs to the area. With
designs and material made to
last, Gih claims that many of
these shirts are like a unique
piece of artwork in itself.
And to make owning a piece
Paradise Bound owner Stephen Gih shows off his
remaining stock for his blowout closing sale.
Heather Posey/Signal Tribune
of Paradise even more tempting, Gih is having a blowout
closing sale with everything in
stock marked down 50 percent
off and an extra 20 percent off
for those who buy three items
or more. The sale lasts from
now until April 30.
Paradise Bound is located at
3920 Atlantic Avenue in Bixby
Knolls. For more information,
call (562) 490-4620.
LEGAL NOTICES
City of Signal Hill
City of Signal Hill
TST 2694
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF INTENT
TO ADOPT NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS NO. 04/23/08 (7)
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION
2475 AND 2485 GARDENA AVENUE
TST 2696
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
A-1
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, California, until 10:00
A.M. on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 and on the same day shortly thereafter, they will be publicly opened and read for
landscape maintenance services of HILLTOP PARK AND SUNSET VIEW PARK in accordance with the Scope
of Services therefore. Bids must be made on the forms provided for this purpose, addressed to the City Clerk, City
of Signal Hill, marked "Bid for," followed by the title of the project and the date and hour for submitting bids.
A-2
The contract documents, which include the Scope of Services, may be obtained at the City of Signal
Hill Public Works Department if picked up at City Hall or by mail the charge would be $10 for priority mailing by
US Post Office. The documents are entitled “LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OF HILLTOP PARK AND
SUNSET VIEW PARK “
A-3
Project Area: Hilltop Park is located at the highest elevation within the City of Signal Hill, at the top of
the hill along Skyline Drive and Dawson Avenue, with a complete panoramic view of downtown Long Beach to
the south and west. Sunset View Park is across from Hilltop Park on the south side of Skyline Drive.
A-4 Bids will not be received unless they are made on a proposal form furnished in the Contract Documents by the
City of Signal Hill. Each bid must be accompanied by cash, certified check, cashier's check or bidder's bond, made
payable to the City of Signal Hill for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, such guarantee
to be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the Contract.
A-5
Before a Contract is entered into with the successful bidder, the bidder shall present evidence in writing
to the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, that he/she has a current combined single limit liability policy with aggregate
limits for Bodily Injury and Property Damage in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000).
A-6
Attention is directed to Government Code Sections 4590 and 14402.5 permitting the substitution of
specified and approved securities for contract retention of funds. All such securities shall be subject to the review
and approval of the City Attorney of the City of Signal Hill.
A-7
The successful bidder will be required to furnish a payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the contract price and a faithful performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the contract price, and said bonds shall be secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City Attorney of the City of Signal Hill. **Note: The City’s designated Contract Officer is authorized to waive bond requirements during the contract negotiations under certain circumstances.
A-8
The City of Signal Hill reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or delete portions of any and all bids
or waive any informality or irregularity in the bid or the bid procedures and shall be the sole judge of the bids
received.
A-9
It is estimated that this contract will be awarded on June 10, 2008 by the City Council. The contract
service agreement between the winning bidder and the City of Signal Hill will commence shortly thereafter.
A-10
The City of Signal Hill Public Works Department will hold a mandatory job walk for potential bidders
on Wednesday, May 7th, starting at 9:00am at the Hilltop Park parking lot, off of Dawson Avenue.
BY ORDER of the City of Signal Hill.
To be Advertised in Signal Tribune on:
CONTACT PERSON:
Joshua Rosenbaum,
Management Analyst
(562) 989-7355
April 24, 2008
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Signal Hill will hold the following
public hearing:
Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall, 2175
Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California
SUBJECT: Negative Declaration No. 04/23/08 (7)
Resolution of Necessity for Auto Center Expansion at 2475 and 2485 Gardena Avenue
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Auto Center Expansion – The Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency is acquiring
property through purchase or use of eminent domain for the expansion of the Auto Center allowing for development of
automobile dealerships and related uses including car storage and repair facilities at 2475 and 2485 Gardena Avenue
(APN: 7214-005-014/015) (see attached map)
REQUESTED APPROVAL: NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 04/23/08 (7) RELATIVE TO RESOLUTION
OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION -- FINDING NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 2475 AND
2485 GARDENIA AVENUE.
AN INITIAL STUDY has been prepared for the subject resolution of necessity evaluating the potential for significant
adverse environmental impacts associated with the acquisition of real property at the site. The proposed acquisition
would allow for the future submittal of applications for Auto Center related development projects at the site. These
applications would be subject to further environmental review. The subject property is not listed on any list as enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code.
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION is proposed for the project indicating no potential significant environmental
impacts. The Initial Study and material relevant to the proposed Negative Declaration and the project may be inspected
between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, in the
Community Development Department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.
REVIEW PERIOD:
April 10, 2008 – May 13, 2008
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community Development Department during the
review period.
FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.
________//ss//_______________
Gary Jones
Director of Community Development
Published in The Signal Tribune newspaper on:
Mailed to affected property owners on:
Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
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LEGAL NOTICES
SIGNAL TRIBUNE
TST2661 / 20080437395
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: COASTAL AIRWAVE,
20202 Anza Ave., Torrance, CA 90503. Registrant: 1. MOHAMMAD
DIANAT, 16662 Cooper Ln., Huntington Beach, CA 92647; 2. VICTOR GARCIA, 1919 W. Whittier Bl., Montebello, CA 90640. This
business is conducted by: A General Partnership. I declare that all
information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: 1.
Mohammad Dianat, 2. Victor Garcia. The registrants have begun to
transact business under the fictitious business name or names
listed herein. Date started business was March 1, 2008. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on
March 13, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement
expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the
county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be
filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law
(see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub.
The Signal Tribune: April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008.
TST2662 / 20080447950
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: 1. HANGIN’ WITH THEGIRLS, 2. THE ARTISTS, 1867 Temple Ave. #22, Signal Hill, CA
90755. Registrant: WILLONNA YVONNE GREEN, 1867 Temple
Ave., #22, Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an
individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and
correct. Signed: Willonna Yvonne Green. The registrant has begun
to transact business under the fictitious business name or names
listed herein. Date started business was March 14, 2008. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on
March 14, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement
expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the
county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be
filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law
(see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub.
The Signal Tribune: April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008.
TST2681 / 20080391575
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: NATIONAL DOCUMENT
SIGNING SERVICES, 4110 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90803.
Registrant: UNITED MORTGAGE & ASSOCIATES, 14 Limetree
Lane, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90725. This business is conducted
by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is
true and correct. Signed: Andrea Joannou, Owner. The registrant
has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business
name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the
county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 6, 2008. NOTICE: This
fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date
it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business
name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this
statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business
and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 17, 24, &
May 1, 8, 2008.
TST2663 / 20080549103
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: THE SHIPPING
DEPARTMENT, 480 Linares Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803. Registrant: JEFF BIGHAM, 480 Linares Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803.
This business is conducted by: an individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Jeff Bigham.
The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was
filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on March 31,
2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five
years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A
new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that
date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use
in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of
another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et
seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune:
April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008.
TST2675 / 20080602305
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: FURRY FITNESS, 3515
Cerritos Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: LINDA HUNTER,
3515 Cerritos Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: an individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Linda Hunter. The registrant has
not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name
or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county
clerk of Los Angeles County on April 8, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it
was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business
name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this
statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a ficti-
APRIL 24, 2008
tious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business
and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 10, 17, 24, &
May 1, 2008.
TST2664 / 20080557839
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: 1. SIGNAL-INNOVA,
2. EXHIBITS ALIVE!, 2841 E. 19th St., Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: 1. SUSAN K. TANIGAWA, 2. MARK A. FOWLE, 2231 Ohio
Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: a General Partnership. I declare that all information in this statement is
true and correct. Signed: Susan K. Tanigawa. The registrants have
begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or
names listed herein. Date started business was January 1, 2002.
This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles
County on April 1, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name
statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of
the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be
filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law
(see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub.
The Signal Tribune: April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008.
TST2665 / 20080557841
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: ABOVE &
BEYOND CHIROPRACTIC, 3505 Long Beach Blvd., Suite
1D, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: BROCK L.
JOHNSON, D.C., 3505 Long Beach Blvd., Suite 1D, Long
Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: an individual. I declare that all information in this statement is
true and correct. Signed: Brock L. Johnson, D.C. The
registrant has not begun to transact business under the
fictitious business name or names listed herein. This
statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles
County on April 1, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business
name statement expires five years from the date it was
filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The
filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use
in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the
rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see
section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008.
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TST2674 / 20080586932
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: 1. DONNELL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 2. DONNELL SPORTFINSHING, 5152 E.
Ebell St., Long Beach, CA 90808. SEAN MICHAEL DONNELL,
ANGELA MICHELLE LEE DONNELL, 5152 E. Ebell St., Long
Beach, CA 90808. This business is conducted by: a Husband and
Wife. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Angela Donnell. The registrants have not begun to
transact business under the fictitious business name or names
listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los
Angeles County on April 4, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business
name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the
office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement
must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not
of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name
in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common
law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 10, 17, 24, & May 1, 2008.
TST2682 / 20080649585
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: CADORETTE CONSULTING, 2514 E. Willow St., Unit 209, Signal Hill, CA 90755. Reg-
City of Signal Hill
City of Signal Hill
TST 2690
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF INTENT
TO ADOPT NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS NO. 04/23/08 (4)
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION
700 SPRING STREET
TST 2692
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF INTENT
TO ADOPT NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS NO. 04/23/08 (3)
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION
1841 29TH STREET
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Signal Hill will hold the following
public hearing:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Signal Hill will hold the following
public hearing:
Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall,
2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California
Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall,
2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California
SUBJECT: Negative Declaration No. 04/23/08 (4)
Resolution of Necessity for Auto Center Expansion at 700 Spring Street
SUBJECT: Negative Declaration No. 04/23/08 (3)
Resolution of Necessity for Auto Center Expansion at 1841 29th Street
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Auto Center Expansion – The Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency is acquiring property through purchase or use of eminent domain for the expansion of the Auto Center allowing for development of automobile dealerships and related uses including car storage and repair facilities at 700 Spring Street
(APN: 7207-006-027 to 047; 7207-006-055 to 081; 7207-007-001 to 046) (see attached map)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Auto Center Expansion – The Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency is acquiring property through purchase or use of eminent domain for the expansion of the Auto Center allowing for development of automobile dealerships and related uses including car storage and repair facilities at 859 Patterson Avenue
(APN: 7212-006-061) (see attached map)
REQUESTED APPROVAL:
NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 04/23/08 (4) RELATIVE TO RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR
AUTO CENTER EXPANSION -- FINDING NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 700 SPRING STREET.
REQUESTED APPROVAL:
NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 04/23/08 (3) RELATIVE TO RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR
AUTO CENTER EXPANSION -- FINDING NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 1841 29th STREET.
AN INITIAL STUDY has been prepared for the subject resolution of necessity evaluating the potential for significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the acquisition of real property at the site. The proposed acquisition would allow for the future submittal of applications for Auto Center related development projects at the site.
These applications would be subject to further environmental review. The subject property is not listed on any list as
enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code.
AN INITIAL STUDY has been prepared for the subject resolution of necessity evaluating the potential for significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the acquisition of real property at the site. The proposed acquisition would allow for the future submittal of applications for Auto Center related development projects at the site.
These applications would be subject to further environmental review. The subject property is not listed on any list as
enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code.
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION is proposed for the project indicating no potential significant environmental
impacts. The Initial Study and material relevant to the proposed Negative Declaration and the project may be
inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION is proposed for the project indicating no potential significant environmental
impacts. The Initial Study and material relevant to the proposed Negative Declaration and the project may be
inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.
REVIEW PERIOD:
REVIEW PERIOD:
April 10, 2008 – May 13, 2008
April 10, 2008 – May 13, 2008
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community Development Department during the
review period.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community Development Department during the
review period.
FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.
FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.
________//ss//_______________
GARY JONES
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
________//ss//_______________
GARY JONES
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Published in The Signal Tribune newspaper on:
Mailed to affected property owners on:
Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
Published in The Signal Tribune newspaper on:
Mailed to affected property owners on:
Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
LEGAL NOTICES
APRIL 24, 2008
istrant: MARC A. CADORETTE, 2514 E. Willow St., Unit 209, Signal
Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an individual. I
declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
Signed: Marc A. Cadorette. The registrant has begun to transact
business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.
Date started business was March 28, 2008. This statement was
filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 15, 2008.
NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years
from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date.
The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this
state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of
another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et
seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune:
April 17, 24, & May 1, 8, 2008.
TST2683 / 20080649586
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: ROBERTS GLASS &
WINDOW, 1519 E. South St., Long Beach, CA 90805. Registrant:
DAN TRAN, 1519 E. South St., Long Beach, CA 90805. This business is conducted by: an individual. I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct. Signed: Dan Tran. The registrant
begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or
names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk
of Los Angeles County on April 15, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious
business name statement expires five years from the date it was
filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name
statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious
business name in violation of the rights of another under federal,
state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and
Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 17, 24, & May 1,
8, 2008.
TST 2673
TS # CA-08-123058-MO Loan # 0015716913 NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED 7/11/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A
public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check
drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified
in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by 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 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): TIFFANI WALKER A SINGLE
WOMAN Recorded: 07/20/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-1599598
in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the Office of the
Recorder of Los Angeles County, California; Date of Sale:
4/30/2008 at 11:30 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the
Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd.,
Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges:
$547,691.06 The purported property address is: 2939 E 19TH
STREET Signal Hill, CA 90755 Assessors Parcel No. 7217-009-031
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 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.
Date: 4/4/2008 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: (619) 645-7711 ext 3704 Rochelle Matkin, 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 holder’s rights against the
real property only. This notice is sent for the purpose of collecting a
SIGNAL TRIBUNE
debt. This firm is attempting to collect a debt on behalf of the holder
and owner of the note. Any information obtained by or provided to
this firm or the creditor will be used for that purpose. As required
by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit 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.
P383004 4/10, 4/17, 04/24/2008
TST 2677
Trustee Sale No.: 20080025300309 Title Order No.: M801084
FHA/VA/PMI No.: 91100446 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED
4/24/2006. 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. NDex West,
LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of
Trust Recorded on 05/04/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0978905 of
official records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles
County, State of California. Executed By: Gregorio Bolanos, will sell
at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier's check/cash
equivalent or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b),
(payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). Date
of Sale: 5/7/2008 Time of Sale: 11:30 AM Place of Sale: At the front
entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA Street Address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to
be: 1845-1845 1/2 Dawson Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90755 APN#:
7216-028-008 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without
covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the
note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of
Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts
created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the
initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $557,699.31. The benefi-
17
ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to
the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for
Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The
undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to sell to be
recorded in the County where the real property is located. For
Trustee Sale Information Please Call: Priority Posting & Publication
17501 Irvine Blvd., Suite One Tustin, CA 92780 714-573-1965
www.priorityposting.com NDex West, LLC as Authorized Agent
Dated: 4/11/2008 NDex West, LLC may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be
used for that purpose. P390373 4/17, 4/24, 05/01/2008
TST 2678
Trustee Sale No.: 20080134000637 Title Order No.: 3206-53866
FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 5/17/2006.
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. NDex West, LLC, as duly
appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded
on 05/23/2006 as Instrument No. 061130757 of official records in
the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of
California. Executed By: Jovymon P Pingol, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier's check/cash equivalent or
other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of
sale in lawful money of the United States). Date of Sale: 5/7/2008
Time of Sale: 11:30 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the
Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd.,
Pomona, CA Street Address and other common designation, if any,
of the real property described above is purported to be: 2231 St
Louis Ave #204B, Signal Hill, CA 90755 APN#: 7215-017-030 The
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of
the street address and other common designation, if any, shown
herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,
expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances,
to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said
Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s),
advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of
Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation
City of Signal Hill
City of Signal Hill
TST 2691
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF INTENT
TO ADOPT NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS NO. 04/23/08 (2)
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION
859 PATTERSON AVENUE
TST 2689
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF INTENT
TO ADOPT NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS NO. 04/23/08 (1)
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION
3100 CALIFORNIA AVENUE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Signal Hill will hold the following
public hearing:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Signal Hill will hold the following
public hearing:
Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall,
2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California
Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall,
2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California
SUBJECT: Negative Declaration No. 04/23/08 (2)
Resolution of Necessity for Auto Center Expansion at 859 Patterson Avenue
SUBJECT:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Auto Center Expansion – The Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency is
acquiring property through purchase or use of eminent domain for the expansion of the Auto Center allowing for
development of automobile dealerships and related uses including car storage and repair facilities at 3100 California
Avenue (APN: 7212-001-031 to 034) (see attached map)
Auto Center Expansion – The Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency is
acquiring property through purchase or use of eminent domain for
the expansion of the Auto Center allowing for development of auto
mobile dealerships and related uses including car storage and repair
facilities at 859 Patterson Avenue (APN: 7207-022-042) (see
attached map)
REQUESTED APPROVAL:
NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 04/23/08 (2) RELATIVE TO RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR
AUTO CENTER EXPANSION -- FINDING NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 859 PATTERSON AVENUE.
AN INITIAL STUDY has been prepared for the subject resolution of necessity evaluating the potential for significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the acquisition of real property at the site. The proposed acquisition would allow for the future submittal of applications for Auto Center related development projects at the site.
These applications would be subject to further environmental review. The subject property is not listed on any list as
enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code.
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION is proposed for the project indicating no potential significant environmental
impacts. The Initial Study and material relevant to the proposed Negative Declaration and the project may be
inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.
REVIEW PERIOD:
April 10, 2008 – May 13, 2008
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community Development Department during the
review period.
FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.
________//ss//_______________
GARY JONES
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Published in The Signal Tribune newspaper on:
Mailed to affected property owners on:
Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
Negative Declaration No. 04/23/08 (1)
Resolution of Necessity for Auto Center Expansion
REQUESTED APPROVAL:
NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 04/23/08 (1) RELATIVE TO RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR
AUTO CENTER EXPANSION -- FINDING NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 3100 CALIFORNIA AVENUE.
AN INITIAL STUDY has been prepared for the subject resolution of necessity evaluating the potential for significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the acquisition of real property at the site. The proposed acquisition would allow for the future submittal of applications for Auto Center related development projects at the site.
These applications would be subject to further environmental review. The subject property is not listed on any list as
enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code.
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION is proposed for the project indicating no potential significant environmental
impacts. The Initial Study and material relevant to the proposed Negative Declaration and the project may be
inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.
REVIEW PERIOD:
April 10, 2008 – May 13, 2008
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community Development Department during the
review period.
FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.
________//ss//_______________
GARY JONES
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Published in The Signal Tribune newspaper on:
Mailed to affected property owners on:
Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
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secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the
Notice of Sale is $435,645.22. The beneficiary under said Deed of
Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written
Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said
Notice of Default and Election to sell to be recorded in the County
where the real property is located. For Trustee Sale Information
Please Call: Priority Posting & Publication 17501 Irvine Blvd., Suite
One Tustin, CA 92780 714-573-1965 www.priorityposting.com
NDex West, LLC as Authorized Agent Dated: 4/15/2008 NDex
West, LLC may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a
debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
P391224 4/17, 4/24, 05/01/2008
TST 2679
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 07-57197 Title Order No.
07-8-263096 Investor/Insurer No. 089932849 APN No. 7215-025050. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED
01/10/2005. 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, as duly appointed
trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by YOVANA CASTRO, A SINGLE WOMAN, dated 01/10/2005 and recorded
01/20/05, as Instrument No. 05 0142306, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles
County, State of California, will sell on 05/07/2008 at 10:30AM, AT
THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD., 12720 NORWALK
BLVD., NORWALK, CA 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: 2261 OHIO AVENUE,
SIGNAL HILL, CA, 907553913. 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 $303,025.75. 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.
DATED: 03/04/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1757 TAPO
CANYON ROAD, SVW-88 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800)
281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to
collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 2732278 04/17/2008, 04/24/2008, 05/01/2008
TST 2680
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. GM-125645-C Loan No.
0359227089 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST
DATED 8/26/2005. 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. A
public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check
drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings
and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank
specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to
do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed
trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,
expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust.
The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any,
shown herein. TRUSTOR:MARCOS RAMIREZ, a married man as
his sole and separate property Recorded 9/1/2005 as Instrument
No. 05 2111201 in Book , page of Official Records in the office of
the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of
Sale:5/8/2008 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the west side of the
Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd.,
12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California Property Address is purported to be: 2214 MOLINO AVENUE SIGNAL HILL, CA 907550000 APN #: 7215-025-081 The total amount secured by said
instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is
$987,980.61, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial
publication of this notice. Date: 4/8/2008 EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE
SERVICES, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank,
California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-259-7850 Julio Esparza,
TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 2733581 04/17/2008,
04/24/2008, 05/01/2008
TST 2684
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: WALKER MHP, 5834
Denmead St., Lakewood, CA 90713. Registrant: 1. MICHAEL J.
LOONEY, 2. NANCY L. LOONEY, 5834 Denmead St., Lakewood,
CA 90713. This business is conducted by: a Husband and Wife. I
declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
Signed: Michael J. Looney. The registrant has not begun to transact
business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.
This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles
County on April 15, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name
statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of
the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be
filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law
(see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub.
The Signal Tribune: April 24, & May 1, 8, 15, 2008.
TST2685
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: SIGNAL HILL TOWING,
1455 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90806. Registrant: A&B
EXPRESS USA, INC., 1455 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90806.
This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all
information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ed Balta,
President. The registrant has not begun to transact business under
the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement
was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 22,
2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five
years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A
new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that
date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use
in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of
another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et
seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune:
April 24, & May 1, 8, 15, 2008.
TST2686
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as: COLLEGE PLANNING
OF GREATER LONG BEACH, 2005 Palo Verde Ave., Ste. 118,
Long Beach, CA 90815. Registrant: S&S HOLDINGS CO., INC.,
2005 Palo Verde Ave., Ste. 118, Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct. Signed: Harry V. Dawson III,
President. The registrant has begun to transact business under the
fictitious business name or names listed herein. Date started business was April 17, 2008. This statement was filed with the county
clerk of Los Angeles County on April 22, 2008. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it
was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business
City of Signal Hill
Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall,
2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California
Negative Declaration No. 04/23/08 (5)
Resolution of Necessity for Auto Center Expansion at 1850 28TH Street
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Signal Hill will hold the following
public hearing:
Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall,
2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California
SUBJECT:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Auto Center Expansion – The Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency is acquiring property through purchase or use of eminent domain for the expansion of the Auto Center allowing for development of automobile dealerships and related uses including car storage and repair facilities at 1850 28TH Street
(APN: 7212-012-045/046/049 to 059/077/087) (see attached map)
REQUESTED APPROVAL:
Negative Declaration No. 04/23/08 (6)
Resolution of Necessity for Auto Center Expansion at 2690 Cherry Avenue
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Auto Center Expansion – The Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency is acquiring property through purchase or use of eminent domain for the expansion of the Auto Center allowing for development of automobile dealerships and related uses including car storage and repair facilities at 2690 Cherry Avenue
(APN: 7212-014-050 to 078) (see attached map)
REQUESTED APPROVAL:
NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 04/23/08 (5) RELATIVE TO RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR
AUTO CENTER EXPANSION -- FINDING NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 1850 28TH STREET.
AN INITIAL STUDY has been prepared for the subject resolution of necessity evaluating the potential for significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the acquisition of real property at the site. The proposed acquisition would allow for the future submittal of applications for Auto Center related development projects at the site.
These applications would be subject to further environmental review. The subject property is not listed on any list as
enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code.
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION is proposed for the project indicating no potential significant environmental
impacts. The Initial Study and material relevant to the proposed Negative Declaration and the project may be
inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.
April 10, 2008 – May 13, 2008
NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 04/23/08 (6) RELATIVE TO RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR
AUTO CENTER EXPANSION -- FINDING NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 2690 CHERRY AVENUE.
AN INITIAL STUDY has been prepared for the subject resolution of necessity evaluating the potential for significant adverse environmental impacts associated with the acquisition of real property at the site. The proposed acquisition would allow for the future submittal of applications for Auto Center related development projects at the site.
These applications would be subject to further environmental review. The subject property is not listed on any list as
enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code.
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION is proposed for the project indicating no potential significant environmental
impacts. The Initial Study and material relevant to the proposed Negative Declaration and the project may be
inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.
REVIEW PERIOD:
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community Development Department during the
review period.
FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.
________//ss//_______________
Gary Jones
Director of Community Development
Published in The Signal Tribune newspaper on:
Mailed to affected property owners on:
Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:
TST 2687
Trustee Sale No. 723926CA Loan No. 0755869229 Title Order No.
M801814 Notice of Trustee's Sale YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/10/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION
TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC AT
A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE
OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. On 5/14/2008 at 11:30 AM California Reconveyance Company as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of
Trust, recorded on 11/20/2006, Book , Page , Instrument 20062567248
of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County,
California, executed by: Rose Williams, as Trustor, Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc.(MERS), (Solely as Nominee for Lender
Lenders Direct Capital Corporation, and Lender's Successors and
Assigns.), as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest
bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a
cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s
check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings
association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial
Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the
duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest
conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described
property under and pursuant the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made,
but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title,
possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the
note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees,
charges and expenses of the trustee for the total amount (at the time of
the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be
set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of
Sale: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350
West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA Legal Description: As more fully
described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other
charges: $177,902.09 (estimated) Street address and other common
designation of the real property: 2488 Maxson Court, Signal Hill, CA
90755 APN 7217-026-008 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being
sold “as is”. Date: 4/17/2008 California Reconveyance Company, as
Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or
www.priorityposting.com Deborah Brignac California Reconveyance
Company is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Deborah Brignac, Vice President 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop N110612 Chatsworth, CA 91311
P391631 4/24, 5/1, 05/08/2008
TST 2695
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF INTENT
TO ADOPT NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS NO. 04/23/08 (6)
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION
2690 CHERRY AVENUE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Signal Hill will hold the following
public hearing:
REVIEW PERIOD:
name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this
statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business
and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 24, & May 1,
8, 15, 2008.
City of Signal Hill
TST 2693
PUBLIC HEARING - NOTICE OF INTENT
TO ADOPT NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS NO. 04/23/08 (5)
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR AUTO CENTER EXPANSION
1850 28TH STREET
SUBJECT:
APRIL 24, 2008
April 10, 2008 – May 13, 2008
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community Development Department during the
review period.
FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.
________//ss//_______________
Gary Jones
Director of Community Development
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
Published in The Signal Tribune newspaper on:
Mailed to affected property owners on:
Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
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