The future of several East County proj-ects is up in the air after the California Su-preme Court recently ruled that the state government could terminate its cities’ redevel-opment agencies and take away their money.

In the summer of 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed cutting redevelopment agen-cies (RDAs) as a way to help balance the state budget. The agencies redirect property taxes from the state back to the agency to fund de-velopment, and have historically been used for economic development and to fi ght blight. Following the governor’s proposed elimina-tion of RDAs, the California League of Cities fi led a suit claiming the action was unconsti-tutional.

Shortly before the new year, the Supreme Court upheld a bill that eliminated the RDAs, and struck down a measure that would have let cities pay a “ransom” to keep their rede-velopment agencies and any tax revenue that remained.

“It was the worst-case scenario,” said Oakley City Manager Bryan Montgomery. “I was surprised that they undid it all.”

Antioch planned to pay $3.1 million, Brentwood $2.7 million and Oakley roughly

$1.5 million to keep their RDAs.Altogether, California will reap about

$1.7 billion from its roughly 400 redevelop-ment agencies statewide. The agencies will dissolve on Feb. 1. On May 1, the state will

establish oversight committees to study rede-velopment assets and on July 1, auditors from the state controller’s offi ce will start examin-

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City officials fume over fire report

A grand jury report stating that fi re protection in far East County is “adequate” – despite last year’s closure of two stations – is drawing criticism from local fi re offi cials and residents.

“They consider the service adequate, but I don’t know where you can fi nd anyone in the district who thinks that,” said East Con-tra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) Chief Hugh Hender-son. “I haven’t heard that in any of our community meetings.”

Due to plummeting proper-ty tax revenue and a tax-sharing structure established when fi re service in far East County was

provided mostly by volunteers, the ECCFPD is currently operat-ing at a $2 million annual defi cit. The reserves now being used to keep the district afl oat will run out in about six months.

The district is considering placing a $197-per-parcel prop-erty tax on the ballot in June to stave off insolvency. In addition to the two station closures last year, the district has virtually no equipment replacement fund, operates at least two stations

with inadequate crew quarters (Station 95 in Bethel Island has been condemned for toxic mold), and runs two of its six engines with two fi refi ghters instead of the industry standard three.

According to the report, however, “The Grand Jury has validated that the level of service provided with the current oper-ating structure meets the needs of the residents of the District. There has been no loss of life or property directly attributable

to the service levels provided through the current operating structure. … From a quality of service point of view, the current operating structure is adequate.”

“They say our operation is adequate because no one has died,” said ECCFPD Board Pres-ident Kevin Romick. “This is a politically motivated witch hunt to prove the property tax wasn’t necessary. Why don’t they rely on previous (2008) Grand Jury fi nd-ings, or the county’s Municipal Service Review, or the 2006 Citi-gate report?” Romick said.

Each of those reports exam-ined the ECCFPD and conclud-ed that staff levels were too low

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“ They say our operation is adequate because no one has died.

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The Contra Costa District Attorney’s offi ce has ruled that a closed session meet-ing held in November by the Discovery Bay CSD was in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, despite allegations from a local resident that the board violated the spirit of the law.

In a letter to District Attorney Mark Peterson dated Nov. 29, Discovery Bay res-ident Bill Richardson said he believed the CSD had violated the Brown Act by not disclosing, on the board’s Nov.16 closed session agenda, the name and circumstanc-es of one of the topics discussed. The item was listed only as “Conference with legal counsel – anticipated litigation.”

“The Town of Discovery Bay Com-munity Services District has been violating the Brown Act and abusing the require-ments for closed sessions on many occa-sions and in numerous different ways for years,” wrote Richardson. “Based on all of my experience with the CSD … I have no expectation that they will react as they should.”

The Brown Act, which applies to city and county government agencies, boards and councils, requires that meetings of public bodies be open and public, and that

the agenda of a closed-session meeting be conveyed to the public either orally or in written form. In the case of the Nov. 16 meeting, Town Attorney Dan Schroeder disclosed the agenda orally prior to the closed session.

But for Richardson, Schroeder’s ver-bal disclosure was not enough. “What possible calamity could befall the CSD if you added the name, issue and date (of the “anticipated litigation” item) to your no-tice? I suggest, none,” wrote Richardson in his Nov. 16 letter.

Peterson disagreed. “Although the de-scription (on the agenda) does not provide the name, date or issue that is the subject of anticipated litigation, the Brown Act does not require it,” wrote Peterson in his Dec.13 response to Richardson. “Simi-larly, it appears that the announcement made prior to the closed session was also in compliance … therefore, based upon my analysis of the facts and law, the meeting of Nov. 16 was held in compliance with the Brown Act.”

Richardson’s complaint to the DA is not his fi rst clash with the town. The out-spoken CSD critic has a long history of taking the board to task for what he per-ceives as Brown Act violations. In 2007 he

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Luke Kearney, Brentwood’s resident stunt man, arrived home recently from a stint across the pond where he took home top honors from the Screen Actors Guild for his recent work in the

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World of Discovery opens in Oakley

East County offers a plethora of parks offering endless hours of recreation and family fun. Oakley is home to more than 20 parks, but soon the city will be home to East County’s fi rst all-abilities playground. The World of Discovery at Crockett Park opens to the public on Saturday, Jan. 14 following a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m.

For Antioch resident Ana Chuey, an all-abilities playground is a long-awaited gift, but she’s willing to wait one more week for the grand opening. “I’m so excited,” said Chuey. “I know my kids are going to spend many hours playing there.”

Chuey is mother to 9-year-old twins. While her daughter is a typical kid, her son is autistic and often overwhelmed by conven-tional playgrounds. The World of Discovery, however, will feature cubby areas where kids can crawl into a small tent area to escape the commotion and play quietly in a more com-fortable setting.

“Going to a regular park can be quite an ordeal because other parents might think my son is being rude because he’s not re-sponding and keeping to himself, but that’s just his autism,” Chuey said. “His type of play is a little different and the average fam-ily doesn’t understand that, so it will be nice to be at a park where the other families get it and understand what he’s going through.”

The establishment of an all-abilities

playground has been on Oakley’s wish list for several years. Councilmember Jim Fra-zier fi rst entered Oakley politics as a city planning commissioner who hoped to bring a playground to Oakley after experiencing the all-abilities playground Matteo’s Dream in Concord.

“I saw Matteo’s Dream and was in-

spired,” said Frazier. “I wanted to fi nd a way to bring that type of playground to Oakley because all kids deserve the opportunity to play and have fun. As a member of the City Council, it’s always been one of my top pri-orities.”

Frazier’s enthusiasm led to a partner-ship with the YMCA to build a playground

on O’Hara Avenue, but when the local YMCA went bankrupt in 2010, the dreams of an all-abilities playground were crushed.

“It was heartbreaking,” Frazier said. “When it happened, the wind was taken out of our sails – but we never lost hope. We knew we could bring this playground to Oakley; we just needed to fi nd the right spot.”

But when Frazier learned that the 20-year-old play equipment at Crockett Park needed replacement, he suggested that the all-abilities playground be installed at the park, which is already home to basketball and tennis courts, barbecues, benches and picnic tables.

By another lucky turn of events, the city had come in under budget on two other park renovation projects, so the leftover funds were allocated to the Crockett Park project.

The World of Discovery features a seamless surface, slides, ladders and an array of interactive skill and learning panels to en-gage children of all abilities. The playground is ADA compliant and provides several wheelchair access points. There are also in-teractive areas for children who are hearing and visually impaired.

“It is going to be such a relief to have a playground like this so close to home,” said Oakley resident Valerie Castaldi, whose son has autism. “It will mean so much for fami-lies to have a place to go where all their kids

East County’s fi rst all-abilities playground, the World of Discovery at Crockett Park, opens in Oakley on Saturday, Jan. 14.

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Longtime Antioch resident Dick Straub passed away last month at the age of 69 after a long and fulfi lling life.

Straub, who was born in Concord and graduated from Pittsburg High in 1960, worked for DuPont for 34 years, retiring as an instrument and electrical technician when the Antioch plant closed in 1998. He is remembered as an ambitious man who never let life get stagnant. Straub’s daughter, Tina DeRita, recalled how her father strived to be constantly active and on the go. Sometimes, that meant taking his orange dune buggy, “Willy,” out for a spin. It meant heading to the Twain Harte cabin built by his grandfather, considered his second home. It meant just spending quality time with his two daughters, Kelly Royse and DeRita, or his grandchildren.

“He spent every weekend out and about,” DeRita said. “He was just an ad-venture seeker. He loved the backroads.”

Straub also possessed a love for his country and his city. After attending Dia-blo Valley College, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1962. While in military ser-vice, Straub was stationed at McGuire AFB in New Jersey, Keesler AFB in Mis-sissippi and Thule AFB in Greenland, 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle. He was a life member of the VFW Lodge 6435 in Antioch and a member of the American Legion Post 161.

After retiring from DuPont, Straub was not content to simply relax. He lived in Antioch for more than 40 years and grew to love the city. DeRita said that in response to the image of boarded-up businesses and buildings tagged with graf-fi ti, he contributed to the annual Keep Antioch Beautiful event, hauling trash away in his truck.

“He wasn’t one for the limelight, but he really got in there and helped,” said Martha Parsons, Keep Antioch Beauti-ful organizer and former Antioch coun-cilwoman. “He was a worker. He really cared about how Antioch looked and so he was there all the time at the cleanups.”

Volunteers at Keep Antioch Beauti-

ful events receive bright yellow shirts in-scribed with the names of businesses that contribute money or supplies. Straub, who donated both time and money, is the only individual – as opposed to business – listed on the back of the shirt he wore proudly to cleanup events.

Straub’s involvement didn’t stop with Keep Antioch Beautiful. He was a member of numerous groups, including Take Back Antioch, Neighborhood Watch, Save Mt. Diablo, the Sierra Club and Ducks Un-limited. Additionally, his love for bocce led him to a position as a board member of the Antioch Bocce Federation.

The late Dick Straub was always happy to lend his truck – and whatever else was needed – to Antioch cleanup efforts.

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can play together. Going to a park with a special-needs child can be a stressful experience, but this park is going to change everything. Kids of all ages and abilities will be able to play side by side. It’s a dream come true.”

Frazier’s wife, Janet, is also an avid supporter of spe-cial needs children. “This is a place for families,” she said.

“Crockett Park has always been one of Oakley’s most pop-ular parks, and this fi rst phase of the World of Discovery is only the beginning. We plan to ask the community what other components we can add to make it the best it can be for all children. We want every child to come to the World of Discovery and have a good time.

“It’s so important for all kids to have the opportunity to

play, and this park will foster that family connection so that kids will be able to play with their special-needs siblings who normally sit on the sidelines. Now everyone can be out there having fun.”

Crockett Park is located at 4150 Richards Way. For more information, call 925-625-7007.

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School administrators take top honors

Education leaders throughout East County made the grade recently with the announcement of the 2012 Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) awards.

This year’s Delta Charter winners – from the Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley, Liberty, Byron, Brentwood and Knightsen school districts – run the gamut from offi ce administrator to district superintendent.

Merrill Grant, superintendent of the Brentwood Union School District, con-sidered the award a high honor. “It’s nice to be recognized by your peers, and I am just so pleased to be included,” said Grant. “It’s an individual award but it’s also a team award because we’ve all worked so hard together to keep the focus on the stu-dents and the classroom.”

Grant also shone the spotlight on Phyllis Thiverge, the Brentwood district’s classifi ed leader for 2012. Thiverge works in the district’s Food Services Division.

“Phyllis is so deserving of this award,” said Grant. “Every day she provides nutritious meals to over 8,300 children in our district. It’s a huge job.”

Two of this year’s honorees represent the Oakley Union Elementary School Dis-trict: Anne Allen, from curriculum and in-struction, and Roger Macdonald, middle grades principal.

“I’m incredibly proud of both Roger and Anne for their tireless dedication to the district and its students,” said Oakley Superintendent Rick Rogers. “Roger is an incredible instructional leader who always places the needs of his students fi rst, and Anne is absolutely one of the best, most competent professionals I have ever had the pleasure to work with. They are both extremely deserving.”

According to Bryon Union School District Superintendent Ken Jacopetti, confi dential employee Bev Nicolaisen – having served the district for more than 30 years – is a perfect choice for this year’s award. “I can’t think of anyone who is more deserving of this award than Bev,”

said Jacopetti. “In a small district like ours she really takes on so many responsibilities and truly serves as my right hand. She’s a very classy, professional lady. I can’t say enough about her.”

The annual honor recognizes pro-fessional administrators in 19 regions throughout the state, including Region 6, which encompasses Contra Costa and Al-ameda counties. Nominated by their peers, the honorees are recognized for their exem-plary commitment to education. Region 6 comprises 21 charters, including the Delta Charter.

The 2012 honorees are:• Anne Allen, head of curriculum and instruction, Oakley Union School District• Eileen Alterman, confi dential employee,Antioch Unifi ed School District• Pat Boss, central offi ce administrator,Liberty Union School District• Dorothy Epps, personnel human resources, Pittsburg Unifi ed School District• Amy Farias, continuation and educational options, Antioch Unifi ed School District

• Erik Faulkner, secondary principal,Liberty Union High School District• Merrill Grant, superintendent, Brentwood Union School District• Roger Macdonald, middle grades principal, Oakley Elementary Union School District• Bev Nicolaisen, confi dential employee,Byron Union School District• Enrique Palacios, business services,Pittsburg Unifi ed School District• Essence J. Phillips, elementary principal,Antioch Unifi ed School District• Phyllis Thiverge, classifi ed leader,Brentwood Union School District

Established in 1971, ACSA is the larg-est organization of school administrators in the nation, serving more than 16,000 education leaders. The organization’s goal is to support the state’s administrators and champion public education. This year’s honorees will be recognized at an awards dinner on March 8 at the Lone Tree Golf Course in Antioch. For more information on ACSA, visit www.acsa.org.

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The El Campanil Theatre in Antioch recently hosted a special graduation cere-mony for 13 talented Contra Costa County residents.

In addition to celebrating the holiday season, Opportunity Junction’s “Class 36” celebrated the completion of an intensive three months of full-time job placement and training.

The graduates spoke of the commit-ment it took, not only by themselves but by their spouses, children, parents and friends – many of whom were in the audience – to run the gauntlet of the rigorous program. They recognized it as a life-changing opportunity.

Founded in 1999, Opportunity Junc-tion is a nonprofi t organization in Antioch providing education and career training for qualifi ed Contra Costa residents. Its mis-sion is to fi ght poverty by helping low-in-come adults gain the skills and confi dence to support themselves and their families.

Supported by community partnerships, grants, in-kind donations, pro-bono services and donations from the public, Opportu-nity Junction’s Job Training and Placement program combines technology training, per-sonal development and real-world experience. Alumni are followed for at least 18 months and offered services including career counsel-

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sa Friedman, “There is a tremendous need for workers today to have strong technology and workplace skills. Without education, experience and stability, many residents in Contra Costa County struggle to secure a job that can meet their basic needs.”

The graduates return to Opportunity Junction in 2012 to commence up to four months of paid internships using the skills introduced during training – that is, if they don’t fi nd a full-time job fi rst.

Friedman reminds potential employ-ers that unlike staffi ng fi rms, Opportunity Junction’s Temp-to-Hire program has no conversion fees. Employers should contact her to fi nd out if their organization or agen-cy qualifi es for tax credits.

Those who missed the graduation cere-mony can view it on CCTV (Comcast chan-nel 27, Astound channel 32 and AT&T U-verse channel 99) Monday, Jan. 9 at 8 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 2 p.m.; and Wednes-day, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m.

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The Brentwood Parks and Recreation Department offers a new acrylic painting class for adults and teens (16 and older) led by in-structor Nancy Roberts on Tuesdays, Jan. 17 through 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brentwood Senior Activity Center.

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hone their skills and work on personal goals. Subjects, demonstrations and individual help will be tailored to the students’ interests. A list of suggested supplies is available on the in-structor’s website, www.nancyteachesart.com.

Spring and Summer classes for adults will include drawing, watercolor and art skills for teachers and parents.

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Oakley residents Tom and Sharon Finerty re-cently became grandparents for the fi rst time in September. Son Ryan and his wife, Stephanie, wel-comed Nicholas Ryan Finerty on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7:20 p.m. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 21 inches.

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A party attended by a mul-titude of friends and family was recently held in honor of Perry Davis, who turned 100 in December. Perry is still mentally as sharp as a tack. He uses the computer, walks several miles a day and lives independently. Happy birthday, Perry!

Centenary celebrated

Douglas W. NeelyJune 5, 1958-Dec. 25, 2011

Antioch r e s i d e n t Doug Neely passed away C h r i s t m a s Day from s a r c o m a cancer; he was diag-nosed in late November.

D o u g t o u c h e d many lives with his spir-it and kindness. He was often described as a gentle giant and was very soft spoken. He was always there to support family and friends with a caring heart.

Born in Bellfl ower, Calif., Doug spent much of his younger years in Big Bear. He moved to the Bay Area in 1972 and grad-uated from Mt. Diablo High School in 1976. In his early years, he was a baker for La Petite Boulangerie. He drove for Co-ors of Contra Costa; he loved driving and the one-on-one contact with his clients.

Doug loved sports! He was a huge Raiders fan. The year the Raiders came back from Los Angeles, he tattooed his arm with the Raiders emblem. He was a big A’s fan, too; we have tons of fond memories from attending the games. And let us not forget NASCAR.

After several lessons from Marian, Doug became an avid striped bass fi sh-erman. He also loved black bass fi shing with Dennis. He was very patriotic, loved his country and bald eagles. His love for his pets was immeasurable.

Doug is survived by his loving wife, Marian; mother, Dee; brother, Frank; his mother- and father-in-law, Vickie and Bob; sister- and brother-in-law, Francine and George; half-brothers, Bobby and Troy; half-sister, Judy; step brothers and sisters, Robert, David, Debbie and Sha-ron; and many loving uncles, aunts and cousins.

His generous, kind and loving sprit will be missed by all who knew him. Friends and family are invited to attend the visitation at Higgins Chapel in An-tioch on Friday, Jan. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral services will follow. The burial takes place at Oak View Cemetery. Raiders attire is welcome. For fl owers and messages, please visit the website, www.higginsmortuary.com.

Shirley Barbara RamosBrentwood resident Shirley Barbara

Ramos, 83, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 8.

Born April 12, 1928 in San Francisco to Edward and Eudora Greene, Shirley worked for Kellogg’s for 30 years, retir-ing in 1987. She loved spending time with her family and friends, and loved to dance and play Yahtzee with her grandkids.

Shirley is survived by her children, Edward and Marlene Ramos, Steven Ra-mos, and Penny and Bruce Rennie; her grandchildren, Aaron, Dustin, Adam, Lindsey, Melissa, Eric, Christopher and Taylor; fi ve great-grandchildren; her sis-

ters, Georgi-ana, Beverly and Frances; and all her kidlins she’s a d o p t e d throughout the years.

A me-morial ser-viced was held in Shir-ley’s honor on Friday, Dec. 16 at First Baptist Church in Stock-ton. Although Shirley is gone, she will never be forgotten.

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Top 10 Reasons You Should See a Bankruptcy Attorneyby Joan Grimes, Esq.

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Th ese are diffi cult times and it is easy to ignore the signs of trouble when you are overloaded with trying to fi nd a job, keep a job and raising children. So, to help you sort out the kind of trouble which warrants a visit to a bankruptcy attorney, here is my Top 10 reasons you should be seeing a Bankruptcy Attorney in the near future.

10. People are taking pictures of your house and it is not because they love your yard.

9. You are contemplating taking money from your retirement account and you are not retired.

8. You have taken money from your retirement account and you are not retired.

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DRUM ROLL PLEASE,

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If any of the above things are happening to you or have happened to you, it is time to see a bankruptcy attorney. You did not make this economic meltdown, but you can make the CHOICE to stop letting it control your life. Th e real estate speculation game is over for now. Th e Banks won this round, but don’t let them continue to dictate your life. Cut your losses now and leave the casino i.e. the house/car/motor home that is worth less than you owe on it. Reclaim your fi nancial future. Save cash for your retirement. It is much easier to buy food with cash than sheet rock. Th ere is not going to be any principal or long term payment reduction on home loans. Th e Banks are protected by this government and until that changes ….never, consumers must stop giving all the cards to the Banks. Cash is King. If you don’t have the money to buy something outright, wait until you do. Th e lenders have no problem doing what is in their best interest and you should not either. I see people every day for a 30 minute FREE consultation at my offi ces in Walnut Creek, Antioch and Brentwood.

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Securing a second grant of nearly a half-million dollars from the California Depart-ment of Boating and Waterways (DBW), the City of Antioch now has funding in place to complete the Antioch Marina Boat Launch Facility based on its original plans.

According to Director of Capital Im-provements Phil Harrington, a scaled-back version was being built due to a lack of fund-ing. “While the original plans included four launch lanes, restrooms, a bait shop, fi sh-cleaning facilities and a lighted walkway, due to a shortfall of grant funding the new launch would have been limited to just three lanes with no public restrooms for those using the launch,” said Harrington. “So the additional grant funding will allow the city to provide

the type of quality amenities that users of the launch deserve and expect.”

The DBW, a state-run agency that pro-vides safe and convenient public access to California’s waterways, originally committed $3.8 million to the project, which allowed the city to begin construction on the facility while seeking additional funding to complete the project based on the original vision.

“Until the second and fi nal phase is completed, which is expected to be in mid spring, there will be no launch fee for day use so that people can see for themselves what a far superior facility the new launch is,” said Harrington. “Recreation is a big part of what attracts people to Antioch, and this highly an-ticipated boat launch will not disappoint.”

Antioch gets launch grant

fi led a suit claiming that the CSD board had violated the Brown Act. The court found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the CSD, and the case was dis-missed with prejudice.

Last year, Richardson sent the town a total of 109 letters – 80 of which were public-records requests – an average of two letters per week.

CSD President Kevin Graves, while pleased with the DA’s ruling, doesn’t an-ticipate Richardson will give up his corre-spondence or interaction with the board. “I have no delusions that that will hap-pen,” said Graves. “In the past, such events have done nothing but spur additional

unwanted and unfounded accusations, so it tends to be a kind of one-step-forward, two-steps-back situation. But it is refresh-ing to have the affi rmation from our legal system come down with such authority on our side.”

For his part, Richardson is determined to continue advocating for his community. “I respect Mr. Peterson’s literal interpreta-tion of the Brown Act,” said Richardson. “But he does not address the very unlimit-ed exercise of discretion that the CSD can, and does, exercise in these matters … The CSD should welcome the pursuit of those opportunities for transparency and open-ness, and I will continue to help the CSD in that regard.”

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involved in the Brentwood community, and Greg Robinson introduced me to the Rotary Club. From the very fi rst meeting I was hooked on the Rotary experience and embraced the Rotary motto of Service Above Self with all my heart. My second year as a member of Rotary I became a program chair on the board of directors and in my fourth year I was club presi-dent.

Rotarians can be seen at several local fundraising events during the year. Whenever there is a need for a pancake breakfast or barbecuing, Rotarians can be found manning their commercial grills and serving up food. Some local events that Rotary prepares pancakes for are Relay for Life, BUSD Runs for Funds, and Heritage High School Bands Break-fast with Santa, to name just a few. In addition, Rotary does the cooking for the annual Historical Society BBQ at the museum.

The Brentwood Community Chest this year gave food and gifts to over 500 families. Rotarians could be found mixing pancake batter, fl ipping pancakes or just keeping the syrup fl owing. We served every recipient or volunteer who came through the line. On that day we prepared and served over 1,500 pancakes. I had the privilege of sharing this experience with my daughter Kaitlyn and showing her the joys of community service. It is something I hope she carries with her throughout her life.

Every year more and more people come out to volunteer at the Brentwood Community Chest. It is amazing to me all the people who truly want to help. It warms my heart to know I live in a com-munity that also lives by the Rotary motto of Service Above Self. I am proud to be a Rotarian and resident of Brentwood!

Theresa CoffmanBrentwood

New state park means jobsEditor:

The upcoming California Parks & Recreation Commission meeting in Brentwood on Friday, Jan. 27 is good economic news. Our community needs jobs, jobs, jobs. Moving the John Marsh property General Plan process one step further is an economic move in the right direction.

This largest state historic park in California will bring construction, tour-ism, ecology and education jobs and dollars to our community. Restoration of the John Marsh house will draw people to spend money locally as Aldenwood historic farm does in Fremont. Open-ing this state park will economically do more for our area since Balfour Guthrie bought the Marsh Rancho in the 1910s.

The park is not a short-term job fi x, but we need to build job opportunities for our future.

Shirley DiethelmAntioch

Keep Brentwood a City of DistinctionEditor:

On Dec. 20, Planning Commission Chairman Weber seemed content that all Brentwood needs for its seven zoning districts is design control. He was the dissenting vote to impose at the very least Conditional Use Permit parameters for any business seeking to operate in Brentwood above 75,000 square feet. Again, the vision of Brentwood as a city of distinction is being undermined by an appointed offi cial.

The residents of Brentwood have conveyed their desires loud and clear by more than 500 signatures in two weeks, a special City Council meeting and now a Planning Commission meeting – we want more control in the retail establish-ments that seek a Brentwood address. Developer/broker Sechser implied if you demand stricter requirements for new businesses, they will be scared away – gee, that’s a shame.

With The Streets of Brentwood 97-percent leased and generating over $5 million a year in sales tax revenue, and new retail in the Winco and Shops at Fairview centers, Brentwood still has the ability to be very selective in future retail development. Why not take the most control, then scale back as necessary?

This is the way most of us conduct our lives as well – it’s just common sense, a character trait seemingly lacking in city management. By the way, what happened to the emphasis on business in Brentwood that can actually generate a household-sustaining income? Yes, as Alex Greenwood opined, Brentwood has room for more retail tax revenue, but at what expense, creating another Pittsburg/Antioch?

We have only one chance to remain unique, to plan and unfold as the jewel of East CC County. Our city governors need to share and apply the vision set forth in our General Plan and voiced by its constituents. Who’s listening? Let’s see at the Jan. 10 council meeting, 7 p.m., new council chambers – join me.

Kathy Griffi nBrentwood

The murky waters of Prop 218Editor:

Public offi cials and the media are fl ooding the news with hype on the urgent needs of the Delta as a prelude to the Prop 218 election. Still, vital ques-tions are left unanswered on this new property-related fee that will be imposed throughout Contra Costa County.

1. The Delta is bounded by Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Solano. Is the Delta cleanup shared by counties who equally benefi t from these waters? Or is Contra Costa dirtier than others? According to an environmental justice case study:

“Since 1989, there have been 35 ma-jor industrial accidents in Contra Costa County, California. This makes it one of the most dangerous places to live in the nation. In fact, between 1989 and 1995, there were over 1,900 different incidents reported in the county, making it the eleventh worst area in the entire United States with regard to toxic accidents” (www.umich.edu/~snre492/sherman.html).

How much of the Delta’s problem was caused by the 2008 Discovery Bay and 2009 Richmond sewage spills or the toxic leaks and gas releases from indus-tries on the rim of our county, which all eventually end up in the water?

2. Contra Costa collects $14 million for stormwater yearly. The clean water fee could possibly increase funds by 50 percent with no promise to build new or repair existing infrastructure. Are we splashing more money for the same purpose to continue the same solutions that apparently have failed despite a $14 million budget? Is there an assurance that the $14 million will not be diverted for other uses such as salary increases and OPEB liabilities as restricted money from the new source comes in?

3. The clean water fee apparently is a parcel tax in disguise. The amount charged will be imposed on the parcel/person as an incident of property owner-ship. The charade to use the word “fee” rather than “tax” apparently justifi es the special election process adopted for the Clean Water Initiative. This fee passes on a majority vote rather than the 2/3 voter approval required to impose a parcel tax.

Additionally, many strategies to sneak through a parcel tax in a stealth

election are being utilized – expensive consultant, informational campaign paid by public resources, scare tactics by politicians and media, simple friendly sound bites that “it is only a few dol-lars” while embarrassing the opposition as cheapskate, scheduling a quick and probable low turnout but expensive elec-tion by mail in April despite 2012 being an election year. If Prop 218 is as good as the glossy fl yers allege, why engage in deception?

Finally, watch the next election and connect the dots from known industrial offenders to the well-oiled campaign cof-fers of politicians supporting Prop 218.

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and additional tax revenue was needed, even before the recession hit and two of the eight district stations were closed.

The report says the district should also consider reducing fi refi ghter retire-ment benefi ts as a cost-saving measure. Henderson could not say whether those benefi ts were being discussed because the contract with fi refi ghters’ union Lo-cal 1230 expired last November, and the ongoing negotiations are confi dential. He noted, however, that ECCFPD wages are already 40 to 60 percent lower than else-where in the county.

Romick also took issue with the re-port’s recommendations, including that the board consider other service mod-els and how much is needed to maintain

them. Romick said the board has already discussed paid-on-call staffi ng as well as annexation to the county’s ConFire dis-trict, and revised the plan for seeking a tax increase several times already under the various scenarios.

“These numbers weren’t just pulled out of the sky,” Romick said. “A great deal of work went into this. We started at $97, then $187, just to provide a stopgap measure. The public said, ‘We don’t want a stopgap measure; we want the problem fi xed.’ So we’re at the $197.”

The report also calls for the district to consider getting a proposal from the state’s CalFire, an idea considered in 2006 but rejected in part because it meant trans-ferring control of the district to the state, Romick said.

“We’ve seen the state in action,” he said. “The whole budget process in the state is messed up.”

The report also recommends that the district develop a plan of what it will do in the event a tax is requested and rejected. That, Romick said, has also been done and made public.

“It should be suffi cient to say we’ll be

running on three stations and with half the crew,” he said.

Henderson said a detailed response to the Grand Jury report is being developed, and will be discussed at the next fi re board meeting, to be held next Monday, Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Oakley City Council Chambers, 3231 Main St.

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ing every redevelopment agency in Califor-nia.

The Supreme Court’s decision strikes a major blow to cities’ ability to build and develop properties in the future.

According to Brentwood Finance Di-rector Pam Ehler, Brentwood’s downtown revitalization was paid for largely with redevelopment money. The city is now scrambling for ways to afford improve-ments on Brentwood Boulevard, which will soon likely be transferred from Cal-Trans after the Highway 4 designation is permanently assigned to the Bypass. Ehler estimated that the Brentwood Boulevard project will cost $25-$40 million.

She also noted that plans for a second downtown parking structure would likely be nixed, and that over the remaining life of Brentwood’s redevelopment agency (which was scheduled to end in 2036) the city will miss roughly $135 million.

“We will have to come up with anoth-er means of fi nancing long-term projects such as Brentwood Boulevard,” Ehler said.

“We were hoping that it would be paid mainly by redevelopment.”

Montgomery noted that Oakley would probably use money saved from the “ran-som” payment, federal dollars, cash from the general fund and other sources such as the gas tax to pay for its current two major developments. They include renovation of the shopping center across from its City Hall, and a revitalization of Main Street similar to what Brentwood intends for its namesake thoroughfare.

Oakley established redevelopment agencies for two areas: a large sector south of Main Street (the agency ending in 2039) and a sector north of Main Street near Bridgehead Road and two sectors south of Main Street (the agency ending in 2046).

Montgomery and other city offi cials are still analyzing what the court’s decision means for Oakley. He noted that the city stands to lose millions in property tax dol-lars over the life of their agencies. While property taxes throughout East County have been falling, Oakley is losing out on potential revenue when the economy

bounces back.“We’re fortunate we spent when we

could,” Montgomery said. “I have a feeling that the legislature will do the right thing. They already did once. I hope it just hap-pens sooner than later.”

While Antioch hasn’t planned any developments with redevelopment agency money, City Manager Jim Jakel said the court’s decision kills his city’s ability to do anything in the future. In the past, redevel-opment money helped pay for the police station, City Hall, other Rivertown im-provements and low-income rent subsidies and housing such as the recently approved Tabora Gardens Senior Housing complex. While the Tabora Gardens project is safe, similar projects will likely be impossible in Antioch.

In the current fi scal year, Antioch’s redevelopment agency controlled roughly $4.8 million in assets, but the state will not get that full amount. “The real change is that there are no new projects,” Jakel said. “It halts future redevelopment process.”

Throughout 2011, local governments

across California attempted to transfer properties from redevelopment agencies to cities as a means of keeping whatever they could in the wake of the governor’s pro-posed elimination of RDAs. In Antioch, city offi cials were in the process of trans-ferring the historic Roswell Butler Hard House from its redevelopment agency to the city and then to a local nonprofi t group that plans to restore it.

That process, said Jakel, is now on hold. Any property transferred after Jan. 1, 2011 is subject to review by state audi-tors, who could negate the handoff and sell off the property. Jakel believes the transfer to the Friends of the Hard House is safe, since the state is mainly looking for cases of cities dodging taxes.

Properties formerly owned by redevel-opment agencies not reviewed or approved by auditors will fall under control of their cities.

“It’s sad for the state,” Ehler said. “We have worked so diligently to not be waste-ful – and do what you’re supposed to.”

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Freedom soccer star to represent NorCal

Freedom High freshman Bri-elynn Tovani was born into soccer. Her parents, Jeff and Traci, met while playing soccer. Her older sister, Mackenzie, is her teammate at Free-dom, and younger brothers, Dylan and Mason, also play the sport.

But Brielynn doesn’t merely have soccer in her blood. She’s also very good at it. As an eighth-grader, she was selected to represent the North-ern California State soccer team. As a freshman, she’s earned a spot on the same team and will join 17 play-ers in Arizona for the Olympic De-velopment Program championships between Jan. 13 and 17.

“I’m so happy to be on the state team.” Brielynn said. “I feel proud to have accomplished one of my goals and I’m looking forward to going to Arizona to represent California and play in the Region IV ODP Champi-onships.”

Being a part of that team gives

Brielynn the opportunity to play outside California and travel with people outside her family. Despite being only a freshman, she sees the Arizona tournament as an opportu-nity to get watched by college scouts and coaches.

She also sees it as an opportuni-ty to become more independent. Her achievements in soccer have made her mother, Traci, aware that her daughter isn’t dabbling in the “fam-ily sport.”

“It was what everyone did,” Traci said. “Then last year, she made the state team and traveled to regional camp in Idaho. That’s when I saw that it was more than just something she did because of her mom and dad.”

Brielynn’s passion for the sport has kept her interested and driven her to play on elite teams. “I’ve kept such a strong interest in soccer be-cause it’s my life.” she said. “I love that I get to play every day. It just makes me happy. I’ve met some of

Freedom soccer player Brielynn Tovani will represent Northern California at the Olympic Development Program State Championships this month in Arizona.

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by Michael DixonCorrespondent

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Facing girls basketball teams from around the state, Heritage and Liberty recently proved there’s no place like home at the 12th annual West Coast Jamboree.

The Patriots and Lions shared the Diamond division title at the recent tournament, which brought more than 150 teams from across the nation to the East Bay. Both squads fi nished the Diamond schedule, hosted by Liberty, 4-0. The Diamond division switched from a bracket format to a schedule after a few schools dropped out at the last minute.

Deer Valley, which this year was downgraded from the Platinum to the Gold division, earned a fi fth-place fi n-ish. Freedom was named consolation champion after defeating fellow Bay Valley Athletic League squad Antioch 63-48 in the Ruby division.

Heritage clinched its share of the title with an easy 49-26 win over Ven-

ice. Junior center Sabrina Engelstad fi nished with 15 points for the Patriots; junior forward Ali Ramirez contrib-uted 14 points. Venice junior forward Sarah Schemerhorn led the Gondoliers with nine points.

“I couldn’t be happier,” said Heri-tage head coach Dan Swan. “They’re responding; they’re doing what they need to do, and they come ready to play. There’s a lot to love about this team.”

Heritage defeated Kingsburg, Ri-pon and Turlock Christian on its way to the title.

While the Patriots breezed through their fi nal game, Liberty sweated out its share of the title. The Lions won a tense 47-46 overtime clash against Fairfi eld. Liberty held a 24-18 lead at halftime, but the Falcons answered with a strong second half. The Lions surrendered the lead with 21.7 seconds remaining as Fairfi eld senior guard Al-exandra Rama sank two free throws to give her team a 41-39 advantage.

Lions, Pats share title at West Coast Jamboree

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Deer Valley 2007 graduate Sterling Moore, seen here earlier this year with the Oakland Raiders, started the new year right for the New England Patriots on Sunday. Against the Buffalo Bills, Moore intercept-ed two passes, running one back 21 yards for a touchdown in a 49-21 victory.

“He did a good job of recognizing the route pattern and undercutting the route

or playing the route aggressively and be-ing able to make a good play on the ball, too,” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick told reporters after the game. “They were both tough catches and plays that he anticipated well and made the play on, so it was good.”

Moore was added to the Patriots’ ac-tive roster from the practice squad on Dec. 23.

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A two-pointer from Liberty sopho-more guard Julia Covarelli tied it up with 1.7 seconds and send the game to over-time.

Senior center Bernadette Fong scored all six of the Lions’ overtime points, fi n-ishing with 25 on the night. Senior guard Kaadzie Quaye, who earned her team’s MVP trophy, scored nine. Rama led the Falcons with 17 points.

Liberty also defeated Venice, Palm Springs and Kingsburg in Diamond divi-sion play.

“We’ve come so far, but we also have a lot of work ahead of us to get where we ultimately want to be,” Lions head coach Debbi Weil said. “I’m really proud of them for (coming back). They really were hanging heads late in that fourth quarter, then we had a few things go our way and that helped. Once you get into overtime, it’s a blank slate.”

Deer Valley, after years of compet-ing in the West Coast Jamboree’s mar-quee Platinum division, was bumped one level down to the Gold bracket. Led by fi rst-year head coach Mark Hurtado, the Wolverines were eager to show they were worthy of returning to the top.

Deer Valley started strong, defeating View Park in the opening round. After the Wolverines lost to Buena in the next round, they were bumped to the consola-tion bracket. The team rallied, defeating Vanden 63-37 and Culver City 74-62 to claim fi fth place.

Against the Culver City Centaurs,

senior guard Monique Mulder netted a game-high 27 points, earning a spot on the all-tournament team. Senior forward Jenifer Keys and sophomore center Ale-jandra Cephas each scored 12 for Deer Valley. Senior guard Jade Neal led the Centaurs with 26 points.

“The last two days were pretty good,” Hurtado said. “We need to play with a chip on our shoulder this year because we’re used to playing in the Platinum di-vision and we needed to come out and make a statement that we belong in the Platinum division. It needs to come back to Antioch.”

Freedom and Antioch, competing in the Ruby division, wanted to show im-provment from last season. The Falcons started the tournament with a fi rst-round loss to Encinal; Antioch to College Park. The teams met again in the consolation fi -nal, where Freedom emerged with a 63-48 victory.

Junior guard Elsa Ross and senior forward Ashawnti Bloodsaw put forth impressive performances in the fi nal game, each scoring 15 points for the Fal-cons. Senior forward Aujenai Thompson netted 11 and came down with 13 re-bounds.

Los Angeles’ Windward, MaxPreps’ No. 3 team in the nation, won the Plati-num division, which included Bishop O’Dowd, Berkeley and St. Mary’s. Naza-reth, from Brooklyn, N.Y., was slated to be the bracket’s top seed, but its head coach’s health problems caused the team to cancel at the last minute.

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Heritage senior Kiah Knox, left, makes a move past a Venice Gondolier player during the West Coast Jamboree. Freedom junior guard Elsa Ross, below, splits two Antioch defenders during the West Coast Jamboree.

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and museums. Perhaps Brentwood’s Cen-tral Park would be scaled down a bit, but wouldn’t it be a slice of heaven?”

In Discovery Bay, it boiled down to two words for many: community center.

“I would order that the town pur-chase the property from the Athletic Club and quit dragging their feet on a commu-nity center,” said Shannon Marlin. Anne Ramspott would like to see “a community center so that we could have a place to re-late to as a community.”

“If I were queen of DB with out money restrictions,” said Cameron Cross, “I would purchase and totally renovate (maybe tear down existing building) the Discovery Bay Athletic Club … This would be a fi rst class facility/property for the community to take great pride in!” Rita Caruso envisions “a skate park, kids zone, more basketball and volleyball courts as well as picnic and camp areas surrounding the Delta. More things for families to do is my ultimate dream for Discovery Bay.”

John Capps, on the other hand, would like a bonafi de playhouse nearby: “A real performing arts center where touring acts could come entertain the community … Arts are important and we don’t have enough of it here.”

Another big favorite was education. Ryann Wyckoff would decree “public edu-cation for all – preschool to grad school. Universities are usually the largest em-ployers, too. Keeps people working and learning; everybody continues to advance and we all win!”

“I would make more after school/homework clubs available to all,” said-Maria Montes Ambriz. “So many stu-dents fall far behind, need extra help, clarifi cation, one-on-one or small-group instruction.”

Some set their sights on providing necessities of life, such as housing. Lori Hostetter said she’d “turn an abandoned building (like a hotel) into a homeless

center, fully staffed.” Checking in from Facebook, Cody FishPerson combined his desire to serve the homeless with a commentary on Brentwood’s new park-ing structure: “I would also build shel-ters (instead of parking garages) for the homeless and needy, who truly don’t need

a place to park but a place to live.”Tyler Todd would also look after the

homeless, but keep a little motorized fun in the picture. “I would build a shelter for homeless and underprivileged families,” he said. “With the leftover money, I will build a huge indoor Go-Kart track.”

Benefi ting the most from Laura Hammond Young’s housing plan would be those who are sick. “Provide free mort-gage payments to every family living with a cancer patient. With eight bouts of can-cer in my family, I understand the men-tal drain on families struggling to make it through therapy for themselves or their loved ones. Not worrying about where you live would be a great gift.”

Amory Gutierrez would also address health care, but she’s just warming up. “Free, and I mean, free health care pre-miums for all, with $5 copays for doctor visits and medicine,” she said. She also listed other ideas most folks would like, especially coupon lovers: “Double cou-poning allowed; free visitor center provid-ing free Internet access and printer usage for coupon printing and job searches and skill training; food bank with the size of a Winco store; and free education for all ages starting at infancy until a master’s degree is achieved. And free ice cream scoops on Mondays and free coffee on Fridays.”

Dan Dewitte would take care of the sick by eliminating sickness – and he’d also hack away the weed problem in his neighborhood. “I’d cure cancer and AIDS, make sugar taste bad to fi ght obesity, and toss anyone in jail who lets dandelions grow in their lawn so they can spread to my lawn.”

Public safety is also on the agenda of several of our newly appointed kings and queens. Under Brittney Gougeon, An-tioch would continue to work on reducing crime, fully staff police and code enforce-ment staffs, and bring new business to a revamped Rivertown area. She would also “build one of the largest local vol-unteer task forces the Bay Area has ever seen! Together we can make a difference in 2012.”

Stan Silva said he’d like “a fi re de-

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Trevor’s Weekly Mortgage MattersBy Trevor Frey

Moving Forward

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Th e number one question I’ve received

as of late? “Okay, Trevor, so what are we go-

ing to do moving into 2012, given this past

year?” Now, I don’t have all the answers, but

I think you that will fi nd the information

interesting.

First and foremost, we need to realize

and accept that aft er 2011 our fi nancial

markets will never be the same. In the

past few years the closest entities that this

country had to government-secured agen-

cies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, were

saved from collapse by being placed under

the control of that very same body that was

supposed to guarantee them. Add to that

Bear Stearns being acquired by JPMorgan

Chase for a mere two dollars a share back in

March of 2010, and the last few years have

been dumbfounding. I mean, let’s take a

second and refl ect on that last fact: when

the smoke settled, JP Morgan Chase was

able to purchase a major fi nancial institu-

tion, one which dates back to 1923, for $223

million dollars...less than the New York Yan-

kees paid to keep the services of one Alex

Rodriguez!

Now, in retrospect it may be easy to say

it was obvious that there were issues, and it

may become even easier yet when you real-

ize just how much went wrong, but let us

be honest that until disaster occurs, it is not

always evident. Putting it in a diff erent way,

emergency responses tend to arrive only

aft er the patient is already struggling to stay

alive. As much as we should be cautious

of our inclination to congratulate ourselves

aft er-the-fact for our unknown-at-the-time

reaction to events, we can, and most defi -

nitely should, walk into 2012 knowing that

by throwing the kitchen sink at the problem,

we did prevent the last few years from look-

ing like 1930 and another Great Depres-

sion. If people contributed to the crisis by

stretching themselves too far (people with

incomes of $40,000 a year buying $500,000

houses with 0% down, or driving cars that

had a capital value greater than their annual

income, or receiving three credit card off ers

every month in the mail touting 0% inter-

est) both monetarily and mentally, it’s safe

to say we all as a whole have shared their

lesson of not living outside of your means.

Right now the mood and perspective

as a whole is so incredibly negative that the

odds are that both fear and paranoia are

way overdone. Could it get any worse? Yes,

of course, everything is possible, but I do

believe that it is highly unlikely. Truthfully,

I think that the odds are very much in favor

of us building on the lessons of 2011 and

moving forward for a more productive

2012. Not great, but more positive!

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partment!” in Discovery Bay. John Jolly agrees, and pinpointed something he’d get rid of: “Stopping the noise from motor-cycles on Discovery Bay Boulevard.”

With Candi Garlock Akers in charge, things could be better for the animal pop-ulation: “Spay and neuter every dog and cat in the city for free.” Were Angelo Gar-cia, Jr. in charge, things would be better for Angelo: “Hire Susan Ward to be my queen.”

Some of our new royalty would make it easier to get around. Cindy Marvin Ste-vens, who we’re guessing travels to Alam-eda County now and then, would “Turn Highway 4 Bypass into a freeway with absolutely no stops, no lights. Make all (intersections) overpasses all the way to Livermore with a (median) barrier all the way. No more senseless deaths and bad accidents for the community.”

Dolores Sadler was also thinking commute, although her solution is more lofty: “I’d install a system of automatic airborne shuttles that could take people directly to work without clogging up Highway 4.”

The downtown areas of Antioch, Brentwood and Oakley would all be the subject of royal review. “I’d like to see a bed-and-breakfast open up downtown to help bring people to our beautiful down-town Antioch,” said Lori Lopez. who’d also create a history bus tour of East County to teach tourists – as well as locals – about the community.

Helena Deeter would give things a

push in Oakley. “As queen, I would order that downtown be completed at once. I’ve lived in Oakley for nearly 20 years and it’s high time that this downtown gets spruced up. I know it’s getting there, but let’s move it along.”

Joey Tipton, though, would like to see Brentwood start over. “If I had no budgetary restrictions in the city of Brent-wood I would take a bulldozer fi rst to the palm trees on Second Street and then to the monstrosity they’ve erected at City Park.”

At the top of Liliana Aranda’s list is providing jobs. “I would have a lot more community resources in general, like workshops or boot camps for people at risk of losing their jobs, or trying to get back into the workforce,” she said. That’s just what Julee Selders would do, too, plus something for the family pooch thrown in. “I would fi nd a job for every person who needed one, benefi ts for those who needed them, pay down debt for those unable to … and fake grass at King Dog Park so it can stay open all year ’round.”

Damian Daly of Brentwood fi gures he could make things better (at least for him) not through addition, but subtrac-tion. After all, he reasons, the original question didn’t presuppose he was a be-nevolent king.

“I’d make anyone who moved here af-ter I did go away,” he said. “It’s too crowd-ed. Maybe it’s not fair, but you didn’t say I had to be fair.”

Ruth Roberts, Justin Lafferty and Sa-mie Hartley contributed to this story.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007791-00 The name of the business (es): WG Law En-forcement Consulting and Specialized Services Located at: 6619 Yellowstone Circle, In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Wade A Gomes 6619 Yellow-stone Circle, Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: an in-dividual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Wade A. Gomes. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Nov 30, 2011 by Jo-seph Barton, Deputy, Expires 11/30/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-11-469192-LL Order #: 956492 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/22/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation of the Notice of Sale) reason-ably 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): GEORGE C WOODSON AND KRISTYN L. WOODSON, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 1/30/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0028068- 00 in book XXX , page XXX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA Coun-ty, California; Date of Sale: 1/20/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $412,882.82 The purported property address is: 3107 HUDSON DRIVE BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 Assessor’s Parcel No. 010-700-005 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common desig-nation is shown, directions to the loca-tion of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi -ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst 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 re-turn of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no fur-ther recourse. If the sale is set aside for

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S No. 1341613-02 APN: 051- 310-061-0 TRA: 01-135 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx0335 REF: Sowles, Kathleen M IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED June 30, 2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On January 19, 2012, at 1:30pm, Cal-Western Recon-veyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded July 13, 2004, as Inst. No. 2004-0266899-00 in book XX, page XX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, executed by Kathleen M Sowles, An Unmarried Woman, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the court street entrance to the county courthouse, 725 Court Street Martinez, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situ-

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S. No: H531457 CA Unit Code: H Loan No: 0030636716/IROKO Investor No: 0000891009 AP #1: 055-580-023 POWER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC., as duly ap-pointed Trustee under the following described Deed of Trust WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States) and/or the cashier’s, certifi ed or other checks specifi ed in Civil Code Sec-tion 2924h (payable in full at the time of sale to T.D. Service Company) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property hereinafter described: Trus-tor: NIKE IROKO Recorded August 17, 2005 as Instr. No. 2005-0310195 in Book - -- Page --- of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CON-TRA COSTA County; CALIFORNIA , pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded September 26, 2011 as Instr. No. 2011-197811 in Book --- Page -- - of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County CALIFOR-NIA. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED AUGUST 4, 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. 2502 VALLECITO WAY, ANTIOCH, CA 94531 “(If a street address or common desig-nation of property is shown above, no warranty is given as to its complete-ness or correctness).” Said Sale of property will be made in “as is” con-dition without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest as in said note provided, ad-vances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Said sale will be held on: JANUARY 19, 2012, AT 1:30 P.M. *AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) MARTI-NEZ, CA At the time of the initial pub-lication of this notice, the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the above described Deed of Trust and estimated costs, expenses, and advances is $786,557.14. It is pos-sible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebt-edness due. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as fol-lows: The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is cur-rent and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort-gagee’s attorney. Date: December 21, 2011 POWER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC. as said Trustee, as Authorized Agent for the Benefi ciary CHERYL L. GRECH, ASSISTANT SECRETARY T.D. SERVICE COMPANY 1820 E. FIRST ST., SUITE 210, P.O. BOX 11988 SANTA ANA, CA 92711-1988 The Benefi ciary may be attempting to collect a debt and any in-formation obtained may be used for that purpose. If available , the expected opening bid and/or postponement in-formation may be obtained by calling the following telephone number(s) on the day before the sale: (714) 480-5690 or you may access sales information at www.tacforeclosures.com. TAC# 951576 PUB: 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S. No: H531449 CA Unit Code: H Loan No: 0031483522/FERNANDEZ Investor No: 0031483522 Min No: 100024200015196856 AP #1: 037-490-015-7 POWER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC., as duly appointed Trustee under the following described Deed of Trust WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States) and/or the cashier’s, certifi ed or other checks specifi ed in Civil Code Section 2924h (payable in full at the time of sale to T.D. Service Company) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property here-inafter described: Trustor: HERIBERTO FERNANDEZ Recorded November 22, 2006 as Instr. No. 2006-0374933-00 in Book --- Page --- of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County; CALIFORNIA , pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded September 26, 2011 as Instr. No. 2011-197815 in Book --- Page --- of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County CALIFORNIA. Said Deed of Trust describes the following proper-ty: EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 125, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVI-SION 8679, FILED FEBRUARY 17, 2005 IN BOOK 475 OF MAPS, PAGE 1, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. EXCEPTING THEREFROM: RIGHTS RESERVED IN THAT CERTAIN DEED FROM E.F. MIL-LERICK, El AL, RECORDED JUNE 4, 1086, BOOK 12920, PAGE 773, CONTRA COS-TA COUNTY RECORDS. ALL OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASOLINE AND OTHER HYDROCARBON AND MINERALS SUB-STANCES BELOW A POINT 500 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO TAKE, REMOVE, MINE, PASS THROUGH AND DISPOSE OF ALL SAID OF SAID OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASOLINE AND OTHER HYDROCARBON AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES, BUT WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATSOEVER TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND OR UPON ANY PART OF SAID LAND WITHIN THE UPPER 500 FEET THEREOF FOR SUCH PURPOSES. RESERVING THEREFROM 1. ANY REMAINING OIL, GAS, GEO-THERMAL STEAM, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHALTUM AND OTHER HYDRO-CARBONS AND CHEMICAL GAS NOW OR HEREAFTER FOUND, SITUATED OR LOCATED IN ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE LANDS DESCRIBED HEREIN LY-ING MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET (500’) BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO SLANT DRILL FOR AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF SAID GAS, OIL, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHALTUM AND OTHER HYDRO-CARBONS OR CHEMICAL GAS LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET (500’) BELOW THE SUR-FACE THEREOF INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO GRANT LEASES FOR ALL OR ANY OF SAID PURPOSES, BUT WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATSOEVER TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LANDS OR ANY PORTION THEREOF WITHIN FIVE HUN-DRED FEET (500’) VERTICAL DISTANCE BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF. 2. ALL OVERLYING AND OTHER WATER RIGHTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMI-TATIONS, THE RIGHT TO APPROPRIATE WATER AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO OTHER PROPERTIES WITHOUT ANY RIGHT TO THE USE OF THE LAND OR RIGHTS IN/OR TO ANY PORTION OF THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND. THE OWNER OF THE RESERVED WATER RIGHTS, HOWEVER, COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT EXER-CISE THE RIGHTS RESERVED EXCEPT BELOW 100 FEET FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED NO-VEMBER 20, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007941-00 The name of the business (es): MICKY’S FASHION OUTLET Located at: 1145 2ND ST #B In: BRENTWOOD, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the follow-ing owner(s): HAMID A AHMADI and WAJMA AHMADI 2125 Cristina Way, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: Husband and Wife. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signa-ture of registrant: Hamid A. Ahmadi. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 09, 2011 by Courtney Dias, Deputy, Expires 12-6-16. Brent-wood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008254-00 The name of the business (es): ATCO TOW-ING & RECOVERY Located at: 2655 “R” Cloverdale Ave., In: Concord, CA, 94518, Is hereby registered by the fol-lowing owner(s): ATCO TOW INC. 2655 ‘R’ Cloverdale Ave., Concord, CA 94518. This business is conducted by: a Cor-poration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Rob-ert Taylor, Secretary. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 28, 2011 by Joseph Barton, Deputy, Expires 12/28/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007958-00 The name of the business (es): Spin Me A Yarn Crochet Located at: 307 Pondlilly Ln In: Brentwood, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Alicia Holder 307 Pondlilly Ln, Brent-wood, CA 94513. This business is con-ducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of regis-trant: Alicia Holder. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 09, 2011 by P. Cornelius, Deputy, Expires 12/9/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011, January 6 and 13, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007975-00 The name of the business (es): LOVES DELTA BREEZE FARM Located at: 3263 Delta Rd., In: 3263 Delta Rd., 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Holly P Love 3263 Delta Rd., Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an individual The regis-trant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Holly P Love. This state-ment was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 12, 2011 by C. Garcia, Deputy Expires 12/12/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008031-00 The name of the business (es): Lab Re-search Supplies Located at: 2475 Santa Barbara Ct. Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the fol-lowing owner(s): Aaron and Fangming Yu Helmick 2475 Santa Barbara Ct., Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: Husband and Wife. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Aaron Helmick. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 14, 2011 by Karla Ruiz, Deputy, Expires 12/14/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: Janu-ary 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008252-000 The name of the business (es): Quiznos Sub #4491 Located at: 8610 Brentwood Blvd., Suite A In: Brentwood, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Christopher Nazir 4603 Le Conte Cir, Antioch, CA 94531. This busi-ness is conducted by: an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signa-ture of registrant: Christopher Nazir. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 28, 2011 by H. Franklin, Deputy, Expires 12/28/16. Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: Janu-ary 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

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. 4875 SNOWY EGRET WAY, OAKLEY, CA 94561 “(If a street address or common designation of property is shown above, no warranty is given as to its completeness or correctness).” Said Sale of property will be made in “as is” condition without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest as in said note provided, advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Said sale will be held on: JANUARY 19, 2012, AT 1:30 P.M. *AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) MARTI-NEZ, CA At the time of the initial pub-lication of this notice, the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the above described Deed of Trust and estimated costs, expenses, and advances is $606,834.26. It is pos-sible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebt-edness due. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as fol-lows: The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is cur-rent and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort-gagee’s attorney. Date: December 21, 2011 POWER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC. as said Trustee, as Authorized Agent for the Benefi ciary KIMBERLY THORNE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY T.D. SERVICE COMPANY 1820 E. FIRST ST., SUITE 210, P.O. BOX 11988 SANTA ANA, CA 92711-1988 The Benefi ciary may be attempting to collect a debt and any in-formation obtained may be used for that purpose. If available , the expected opening bid and/or postponement in-formation may be obtained by calling the following telephone number(s) on the day before the sale: (714) 480-5690 or you may access sales information at www.tacforeclosures.com. TAC# 951537 PUB: 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007830-00 The name of the business (es): A Color-ful Mind Located at: 1341 North Main Street, Suite G, In: Walnut Creek, CA 94596, Mailing: 1839 Ygnacio Valley Rd., #211, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): David Wong, 556 Heather Grove, Ct., Walnut Creek, CA 94598. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: David Wong. This state-ment was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 02, 2011, by C. Garcia, Deputy, Expires 12/2/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007928-00 The name of the business (es): HORIZON FAMILY DENTAL CARE Located at: 141 Sand Creek Rd., Ste. G In: Brentwood, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Cecilia T. Feja-rang, DMD, 141 Sand Creek Rd., Ste. G, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an individual. The regis-trant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 12/8/11. Signa-ture of registrant: Cecilia T. Fejarang. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 08, 2011 by Courtney Dias, Deputy, Expires 12/8/16 Brent-wood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT File F-0007935-00 The name of the business (es): Light As A Feather Located at: 475 Discovery Bay Blvd., Discovery Bay, CA 94505 USA Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Laura V Young, 475 Discovery Bay Blvd., Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: an in-dividual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Laura V Young. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Con-tra Costa County on: DEC 09, 2011 by Courtney Dias, Deputy, Expires 12/9/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011 and January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008204-00 The name of the business (es): Pacifi c Track Time Located at: 5601 Schoo-ner Loop, In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Ken Casey 5601 Schooner Loop, Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: an indi-vidual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 12/23/11. Signature of registrant: Ken Casey. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 23, 2011 by Karla Ruiz, Deputy Expires 12/23/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008188-00 The name of the business (es): Fast-teks On-Site Computer Services Located at: 800 Monterrosa Ct. In: Brentwood, CA, 94513, Mailing: P.O. Box 766 Brent-wood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Epic Technol-ogy Solutions, INC 800 Monterrosa Ct, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The regis-trant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Walter J. Aster, President. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 22, 2011 by Jaime Pa-rangan, Deputy, Expires 12/22/16 Brent-wood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6,13, 20, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008162-00 The name of the business (es): New World Solutions and Business Development Located at: 785 Crocket Court In: Brent-wood, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Darius En-gineer 785 Crocket Court, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 1/1/11. Signature of registrant: Darius Engineer. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 20, 2011 By Karla Ruiz, Deputy Expires 12/20/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008145-00 The name of the business (es): Top Cuts Plus Located at: 1145 Second Street In: Brentwood, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Tatianna Da Silva 379 Staten Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The regis-trant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 11/11/11. Sig-nature of registrant: Tatianna DaSilva. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 20, 2011 by Elizabeth Gutierrez, Deputy, Expires 12/20/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008045-00 The name of the business (es): Dyanna’s Eden Plains Nursery Located at: 2800 Empire Ave. In: Brentwood, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the follow-ing owner(s): Dyanna Sweeney 1851 Eden Plains Rd., Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an in-dividual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi cti-tious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Dyanna Sweeney. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 14, 2011 by Karla Ruiz, Deputy, Expires 12/14/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007876-00 The name of the business (es): Castaneda Landscaping and Maint Located at: 2206 Putnam Dr In: Antioch, CA 94509, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Juan Carlos Castaneda 2206 Putnam Dr, Antioch, CA 94509. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on Oct 17, 2011. Signature of registrant: Juan Car-los Castaneda. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 06, 2011 by B. Basch, Deputy, Expires 12/6/16. An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008229-00 The name of the business (es): Dime Chic Boutique Located at: 1719 Periwinkle Way In: Antioch, Ca 94531 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Amanda Amezcua 1719 Periwinkle Way, Antioch, Ca 94531. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signa-ture of registrant: Amanda Amezcua. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: DEC 27, 2011 by H. Franklin, Deputy, Expires 12/27/16. Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008158-00 The name of the business (es): Terheyden Construction Located at: 1315 C Street, Antioch, CA 94509 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Lawrence M Terheyden 1315 C Street, Antioch, CA 94509. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on Mar 1, 1987. Signature of registrant: Lawrence M Terheyden. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 20, 2011 by Karla Ruiz, Deputy, Expires 12/20/16 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fi ctitious business name HORIZON FAMILY DENTAL CARE at: 3428 Hillcrest Ave., Ste. 125, In: Antioch, CA, 94531. The fi ctitious business name referred to above was fi led in Contra Costa County on 6/3/08 under fi le num-ber 0004245-00 (*)1. Cecilia Fejarang, DMD, Inc. 3428 Hillcrest Ave., Ste. 125, Antioch, CA 94531 This business was conducted by: a Corporation. Signa-ture of registrant: Cecilia Fejarang This statement was fi led with the S.L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County DEC 08 2011 By: C Dias, Deputy. Brent-wood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) has abandoned the use of the fi ctitious business name Chung Yard Maintenance at: 182 W. Trident Dr, Pittsburg, CA 94565. The fi ctitious business name referred to above was fi led in Contra Costa County on 11/FEB/2008 under fi le number 2008-0001020 (*)1. Chung Viet Truong 182 W Trident Drive, Pittsburg, CA 94565. This business was conducted by: an indi-vidual. Signature of registrant: Chung V Truong. This statement was fi led with the S.L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County DEC 27, 2011. By: C Dias, Deputy Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File #0007971-00 The name of the business (es): Jewelry by Millie Located at: 5000 Kelsey Ln #129 In:Oakley, Ca, 94561, Is hereby regis-tered by the following owner(s): Millie Smith 5000 Kelsey Ln Oakley, Ca 94561. This business is conducted by: an in-dividual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Millie Smith This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: 12/12/11 By Jaime Pa-rangan, Deputy Expires 12/12/16 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish: December 23, 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007911-00 The name of the business (es): Oakley Collision Center Located at: 5289 Ner-oly Rd In: Oakley, CA 94561, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Dana Pleece 52 Sunnyview Ct, Oakley, CA 94561. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 12-1- 2006. Signature of regis-trant: Dana Pleece. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 08, 2011 by Joseph Barton, Deputy, Expires 12/8/16 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Pub-lish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007966-00 The name of the business (es): Oakley Spice House Located at: 3513 Main Street In: Oakley, CA 94561, Mailing: 50 Puffi n Circle, Oakley, CA 94561 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Ranbir Singh 50 Puffi n Cir., Oakley, CA 94561. This business is con-ducted by: an individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of regis-trant: Ranbir Singh This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 12, 2011 by C Garcia, Deputy, Expires 12/12/16 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0008018-00 The name of the business (es): NEW BE-GINNINGS, CLEAN AND SOBER LIVING Located at: 4635 La Casa Drive, Oakley, CA 94561 Mailing: 3996 O’Keefe Street, Oakley, CA 94561 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Gary C. Mar-tin and Daniela Martin 3996 O’Keefe Street, Oakley, CA. This business is conducted by: Husband and Wife. The registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Daniela Martin. This state-ment was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 13, 2011 By C. Garcia, Deputy, Expires 12/13/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File No. F-0007987- 00 The name of the business (es): Get It there Delivery’s Located at: 2517 Mariner Rd In: Oakley, Ca, 94561, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Monet Shields 8800 Crusheen Way, Sac, CA 95828, and Lanisha Green 623 Virginia Ave, Richmond, CA 94804. This business is conducted by: a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Monet Shields This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: 12/12/11 By C. Garcia, Deputy Expires 12/12/16 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: December 23, 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Samuel David Williams SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Samuel David Wil-liams FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N11-1967 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petition-er: Samuel David Williams fi led a peti-tion with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: Present Name: a. Samuel David Williams, aka Samuel D Williams, aka Samuel Williams to Proposed Name: James Richard Wil-liams 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changes described above must fi le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely fi led, the court may grant the petition with-out a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 2/16/12 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the follow-ing newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Brentwood Press Date: 12/20/11 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brent-wood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: December 30, 2011 and January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

ated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 1657 Somerset Place Antioch CA 94509 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re-garding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the proper-ty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the No-tice of Sale is: $199,833.82. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The benefi 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 Elec-tion to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Re-conveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: December 28, 2011. (R-399052 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12) Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mort-gagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgag-ee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice 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 ___________________________- ________________________ Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been re-leased of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECT-ING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0017753 12/30/2011 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

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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: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET(CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) , MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description: LOT 3, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8655, FILED APRIL 7, 2003, MAP BOOK 453, PAGE 10, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $610,484.80 (esti-mated) Street address and other com-mon designation of the real property: 15 CLARE COURT OAKLEY, CA 94561 APN Number: 034-390-003 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property hereto-fore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, ben-efi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nan-cial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the follow-ing methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal deliv-ery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 01-03-2012 CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee RIKKI JACOBS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAL-IFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconvey-ance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2- 4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800- 892-6902 For Sales Informa-tion: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priority-posting.com ASAP# 4160538 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012, 01/20/2012 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

FEET HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY IN-STRUMENT RECORDED AUGUST 16, 1991, BOOK 16809, PAGE 474, OFFICIAL RECORDS. PARCEL TWO: A RIGHT OF WAY (NOT TO BE EXCLUSIVE) AS AN APPURTENANCE TO PARCEL ONE ABOVE AND ANY SUBDIVISION OR SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF, FOR USE AS A ROADWAY FOR VEHICLES OF ALL KINDS, PEDESTRIANS AND ANIMALS, FOR WATER, GAS, OIL AND SEWER PIPE LINES AND FOR TELEPHONE, CABLE, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER LINES, TOGETHER WITH NECESSARY POLES OR UNDERGROUND CON-DUITS TO CARRY SAID LINES, OVER, UNDER AND UPON CYPRESS ROAD, CYPRESS LAKE DRIVE, WINDEMERE LANE, CLEAR LAKE DRIVE, LAKEVIEW COURT, BLUE LAKE COURT, CLEAR LAKE COURT, PARK PLACE DRIVE, LAKE PARK DRIVE, LAKEWOOD DRIVE, LAKE PARK COURT, LEEWARD ROAD, BETHEL ISLAND ROAD, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 7562, FILED APRIL 5, 2004, MAP BOOK 462 PAGE 46, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RE-CORDS, AND LAKEWOOD DRIVE, PARK PLACE DRIVE, POPLAR DRIVE, POPLAR COURT, MAPLE DRIVE, MAPLE COURT, REDWOOD DRIVE, AND SYCAMORE DRIVE, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8900 FILED DECEM-BER 2, 2005, MAP BOOK 486, PAGE 10, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $478,332.54 (estimated) Street address and other common designa-tion of the real property: 1216 POPLAR DRIVE OAKLEY, CA 94561 APN Num-ber: 032-430- 029 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property hereto-fore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, ben-efi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nan-cial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the follow-ing methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal deliv-ery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 01-05-2012 CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee ISAAC PACHECO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPA-NY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconvey-ance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2- 4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800- 892-6902 For Sales Informa-tion: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priority-posting.com ASAP# 4165333 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012, 01/20/2012 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. 430709CA Loan No. 3062011261 Title Order No. 602118900 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03-22-2006. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 01-27- 2012 at 10:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03-29-2006, Book , Page , Instrument 2006-0095746- 00, of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: BRYAN TED-FORD AND, MARIA DEFALCO TED-FORD, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Benefi ciary, 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 as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed 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 con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property un-der and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Mary Grace Guzman, #269214 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Marti-nez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Daria Val-lentiny FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N11-1989 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Peti-tioner: Daria Vallentiney fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Brandon Omari Spike aka Brandon Omari Vallentiny- Stamp to Proposed Name: a. Brandon Omari Vallentiny- Stamp 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changes described above must fi le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely fi led, the court may grant the petition with-out a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 2/21/12 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the follow-ing newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Brentwood Press b. Petitioner is to have the biological father served. Date: 12/29/11 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02- 1273 Publish Dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. 454311CA Loan No. 1880920051 Title Order No. 986152 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08-18-2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 01-27- 2012 at 10:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust Recorded 08-29-2008, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 2008- 0193428-00, of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: ENRIQUE C NAVARRO AND GRACIELA NAVARRO, HUSBAND AND WIFE AND ENRIQUE NAVARRO, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS) ACTING SOLELY AS NOM-INEE FOR LENDER, SHEA MORTGAGE INC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Benefi ciary, will sell at public auc-tion 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 specifi ed in section 5102 of the Finan-cial 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 here-inafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regard-ing 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) rea-sonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 725 COURT STREET(CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) , MAR-TINEZ, CA Legal Description: PARCEL ONE: LOT 161, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED ‘’SUBDIVI-SION 8900 SUMMER LAKE PHASE 1B’’, WHICH MAP WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON DECEMBER 2, 2005, IN BOOK 486 OF MAPS PAGE 10. EXCEPTING THERE-FROM: ‘’ALL OIL, GAS AND OTHER HY-DROCARBONS AND MINERALS NOW OR AT ANY TIME HEREAFTER SITU-ATED THEREIN AND THEREUNDER, TO-GETHER WITH ALL EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR THE PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION THEREOF AND THE EXPLORATION AND TESTING OF THE SAID REAL PROPERTY AND ALSO THE RIGHT TO DRILL FOR, PRODUCE AND USE WATER FROM THE SAID REAL PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH ITS DRILLING OR MINING OPERATIONS THEREON’’, AS RESERVED IN THE DEED FROM BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, RECORDED APRIL 25, 1942, BOOK 658, PAGE 129 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. ALL SURFACE RIGHTS TO A DEPTH OF 500

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S No. 1340876-02 APN: 003- 130-012-2 TRA: 60008 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx7022 REF: Saro, Vicente M IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED October 14, 2005. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On January 12, 2012, at 1:30pm, Cal-Western Recon-veyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded October 24, 2005, as Inst. No. 2005-0409727-00 in book XX, page XX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, executed by Vicente M Saro, A Married Man, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal sav-ings and loan association, savings as-sociation, or savings bank At the court street entrance to the county court-house, 725 Court Street Martinez, Cali-fornia, all right, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 2479 Camino Diablo Byron CA 94514 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re-garding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the proper-ty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the No-tice of Sale is: $648,493.58. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The benefi 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 Elec-tion to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Re-conveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: December 21, 2011. (R-399664 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 01/06/12) Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

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NOTICE OF LIEN SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the un-dersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700 21716 of the Busi-ness & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on January 20, 2012 at 12:30 P.M. Personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, appliances, construction power tools, bedding, carpet, computer & stereo equipment, Christmas decora-tions, door, desk, heater, shelving, and or other general household and small business items located at: ACORN SELF STORAGE LLC, 5205 RAILROAD AVE., PITTSBURG, CA 94565 (925) 432-3200.NAME 1. Christina (Tina) Fitzgerald 2. John Fitzgerald 3. Norman Millsaps 4. Matt Vick 5. Martin Walker 6. Lilly Morris Dates Published: 01/06/12 and 01/13/12 J. Michael’s Auctions, Bond # 183-62-32 (916) 776-4202 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: January 6 & 13, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-468527-LL Order #: 955247 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/23/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation of the Notice of Sale) reason-ably 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): CHERYL A FRANCISCO, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 12/30/2005 as Instrument No. 2005-0499584-00 in book XXX , page XXX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/13/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $256,450.68 The purported property address is: 60 E MADILL ST ANTIOCH, CA 94509-0000 Assessor’s Parcel No. 068-122- 015 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.pri-orityposting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 ___________________________- ________________________ Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0017104 12/23/2011 12/30/2011 1/6/2012 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: December 23, 30, 2011, January 6, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-467950-AL Order #: 952497 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/27/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation 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): RICHARD H. TORRES AND BEVERLY M. TORRES, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 6/13/2005 as Instrument No. 2005-0211044-00 in book XXX , page XXX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA Coun-ty, California; Date of Sale: 1/27/2012 at

1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $379,364.10 The purported property address is: 4140 FOLSOM DRIVE ANITOCH, CA 94531-8209 Assessor’s Parcel No. 052-301-001 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0018173 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 1/20/2012 Antioch Press No. 06- 1617 January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-463866-AL Order #: 110393828-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/30/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Finan-cial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, regarding title, pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with in-terest and late charges thereon, as pro-vided 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. BENEFI-CIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): DEBORAH A CHAPMAN, A WIFE AND HUSBAND AND LAWNY-RAY A CHAPMAN, A WIFE AND HUSBAND

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-469776-LL Order #: 110443951-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/10/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-ING 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 state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation 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): FREDRICK LOUIS VIRDEN, AND SUSAN AILEEN VIRDEN, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 5/18/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0156871- 00 in book xxx , page xxx of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/13/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $242,003.16 The purported property address is: 4086 COURTLAND DRIVE OAKLEY, CA 94561 Assessor’s Parcel No. 035-650-022-3 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 desig-nation is shown, directions to the loca-tion of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi -ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst 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 re-turn of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no fur-ther recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mort-gagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgag-ee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice 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 ___________________________- ________________________ Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have

Recorded: 7/27/2005 as Instrument No. 2005-0277666-00 in book xxx , page xxx of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/20/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $347,605.15 The purported property address is: 3306 G STREET ANTIOCH, CA 94509 Assessor’s Parcel No. 071- 333-004-1 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: 866-450- 3172 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0018917 12/30/2011 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been re-leased of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECT-ING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0017310 12/23/2011 12/30/2011 1/6/2012 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011, January 6, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-09-260588-PJ Order #: 103854 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/23/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation of the Notice of Sale) reason-ably 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): GABRIEL MEDINA AND GINA C. MARTINEZ HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 4/30/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0125777-00 in book XXX , page XXX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/27/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $502,465.22 The purported property address is: 813 W 9TH ST ANTIOCH, CA 94509 Assessor’s Parcel No. 066-219- 010 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0103938 Title Order No. 11-0084934 Investor/Insurer No. 144544752 APN No. 034-340- 008-1 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/24/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by CHRISTINE FAR-CASH, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dat-ed 08/24/2006 and recorded 8/31/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0277816-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/30/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 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 de-scribed 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: 4601 CHELSEA DR, OAKLEY, CA, 945616326. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness 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 $390,391.14. 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 ac-cept 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 specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid princi-pal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/31/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4160080 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012, 01/20/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0019357 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 1/20/2012 Antioch Press No. 06- 1617 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0099140 Title Order No. 11-0080190 Investor/Insurer No. APN No. 034-430-028-0 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/15/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER.” Notice is hereby given that RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by CONNIE QUINONES AND PRIMO QUINONES III, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 06/15/2007 and recorded 6/19/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-0177216-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra

Recorded on 12/30/2004 as Instrument No. 2004- 0500637-00 of offi cial records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ROBERT POYNTER, JR., WILL SELL AT PUB-LIC 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: 01/19/2012 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5245 TERESA COURT, OAKLEY, CALIFORNIA 94561 APN#: 037-222-031-9 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other com-mon 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 $312,228.00. The benefi 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 Elec-tion to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730- 2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dat-ed: 12/22/2011 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addi-son, Texas 75001-9013 Telephone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800 NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 4156623 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012 Oakley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates; December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereun-der, 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: 12/22/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4148571 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/17/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 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 prop-erty described above is purported to be: 11 SWEETWATER CT, OAKLEY, CA, 945611765. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness 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 $780,491.68. 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 ac-cept 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 specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid princi-pal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/23/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4153167 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0101380 Title Order No. 11-0082000 Investor/Insurer No. APN No. 034-420-051-4 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/23/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ROMEO MEDINA AND BRENDA MEDINA, HUS-BAND AND WIFE, dated 06/23/2006 and recorded 6/28/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0203747-00, in Book , Page ), of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/23/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 722 SOLITUDE DRIVE, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. 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 No-tice of Sale is $717,058.18. 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 sav-ings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed 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, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereun-der, 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: 12/27/2011 RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Can-yon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4154643 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0099030 Title Order No. 11-0079923 Investor/Insurer No. 165076885 APN No. 037-490- 059-5 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/22/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by LAURA U, A SINGLE WOMAN, dated 03/22/2007 and recorded 3/29/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-0091464-00, in Book , Page ), of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/17/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 241 MERGANSER DRIVE, OAKLEY, CA, 945611693. The under-signed 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 No-tice of Sale is $603,627.60. 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 sav-ings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. 745285CA Loan No. 1844649679 Title Order No. 100722886-CA-MAI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10-28-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 01-13- 2012 at 10:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust Recorded 11-02-2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 2006- 0353206-00, of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: STEPHEN P PATTERSON AND SAN-DRA D. PATTERSON, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA-TION SYSTEMS, INC., (MERS), SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, QUICKEN LOANS INC., IT’S SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS., as Benefi ciary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bid-der 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 as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed 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 con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property un-der and pursuant to 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: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET(CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) , MARTINEZ, CA Le-gal Description: LOT 54, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8168, FILED AUGUST 3, 2000, MAP BOOK 422, PAGE 17, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS AND AS CORRECTED BY CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED OCTOBER 16, 2000, SERIES NO. 2000- 229401 AND 2000-223402, OFFICIAL RECORDS. EX-CEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MIN-ERALS AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS, BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, WITH-OUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED AND/OR GRANTED IN THE DOCUMENT(S) RECORDED DECEMBER 10, 1986 IN BOOK 13308, PAGE(S) 220, OFFICIAL RECORDS. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $698,364.64 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real prop-erty: 1517 COVENTRY DR OAKLEY, CA 94561-6331 APN Number: 034-330-080-2 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”. In compliance with Califor-nia Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, benefi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi nan-cial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight deliv-ery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 12-21-2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COM-PANY, as Trustee CASEY KEALOHA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2- 4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800- 892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.prioritypost-ing.com ASAP# 4153773 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. : 20110015004157 Title Order No.: 110380424 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/20/2007. UN-LESS 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 11/27/2007 as Instrument No. 2007- 0323055-00 of offi cial records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: NASEEM ISRAR AND HUSSAIN ISRAR, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGH-EST 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: 01/12/2012 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MAR-TINEZ, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. : 20110015004891 Title Order No.: 110439562 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/22/2004. UN-LESS 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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0075354 Title Order No. 11-0060877 Investor/Insurer No. 103901522 APN No. 041-170- 036-2 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/04/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by NORMAN SANTOS, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 08/04/2005 and recorded 8/12/2005, as Instrument No. 2005-0302919-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/17/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 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 de-scribed 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: 2290 EL MONTE DRIVE, OAKLEY, CA 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness 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 $567,184.95. 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 ac-cept 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 specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid princi-pal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/21/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0098051 Title Order No. 11-0079321 Investor/Insurer No. 871321982 APN No. 034-410- 027-6 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/11/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by LILY TRAN AND STANLEY LEE, dated 12/11/2007 and recorded 12/13/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-0337060-00, in Book , Page ), of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/17/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 268 YELLOW ROSE CIRCLE, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The under-signed 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 No-tice of Sale is $420,566.54. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept 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 sav-ings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed 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, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereun-der, 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: 12/20/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4147312 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012 Oak-ley Press no. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-469677-AL Order #: 957378 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/21/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation 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): TRINIDAD FRIAS A SINGLE MAN Recorded: 12/4/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0329217-00 in book XXX , page XXX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA Coun-ty, California; Date of Sale: 1/13/2012 at 1:30 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $479,456.79 The purported property address is: 419 -423 GRANGNELLI AVE ANTIOCH, CA 94509 Assessor’s Parcel No. 065- 102-014 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: (877) 908- 4357 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-471151-AL Order #: 966233 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/23/2002. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation 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): JOSEPH T. WHEELAND, AN UNMARRIED MAN Recorded: 8/29/2002 as Instrument No. 2002- 0303889-00 in book XXX , page XXX of Offi cial Re-cords in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/27/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $111,908.68 The purported property address is: 3012 TERRACE VIEW ANTIOCH, CA 94531 Assessor’s Parcel No. 052-353-012-9 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street ad-dress or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is un-able to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be en-titled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no fur-ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645- 7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 or Login to: www.priorityposting.com Reinstatement Line: 866-450- 3172 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0018221 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 1/20/2012 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5210 DAFFODIL DR, OAKLEY, CALIFORNIA 94561 APN#: 034-510-081-2 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other com-mon 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 $527,490.75. The benefi 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 Elec-tion to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730- 2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 12/16/2011 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addison, Texas 75001-9013 Tele-phone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800 ASAP# 4157817 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

used for that purpose. ASAP# 4149945 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0017302 12/23/2011 12/30/2011 1/6/2012 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Shan-non Thomasson SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Shannon Thomas-son FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N11-1882 TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Shannon Thomasson fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Kayleigh Marie Graffi gna to Proposed Name: a. Kayleigh Marie Thomasson 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must fi le a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must ap-pear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely fi led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 02/06/12 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of general circula-tion, printed in this county: Brentwood Press Date: 12/12/11 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02- 1273 Publish Dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0104396 Title Order No. 11-0084220 Investor/Insurer No. 6443455495 APN No. 037- 470-032-6 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/19/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursu-ant to the Deed of Trust executed by PEDRO GUTIERREZ AND VERONICA GUTIERREZ, dated 09/19/2005 and re-corded 9/26/2005, as Instrument No. 2005-0365067-00, in Book , Page ), of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/23/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 214 KATE LANE, OAK-LEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness 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 $482,963.25. 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 ac-cept 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 specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid princi-pal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/29/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4158313 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-468582-LL Order #: 110439472-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/7/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings associa-tion, or savings bank specifi ed in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial code and au-thorized 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,

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0107701 Title Order No. 11-0088837 Investor/Insurer No. 120022388 APN No. 041-090- 035-1 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/09/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by BRIGIDO REYNOSO, dated 12/09/2005 and re-corded 12/15/2005, as Instrument No. 2005-0481521-00, in Book , Page ), of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/23/2012 at

10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2551 OAKLEY ROAD, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. 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 No-tice of Sale is $854,352.97. 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 sav-ings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed 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, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereun-der, 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: 12/29/2011 RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Can-yon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4146547 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0105682 Title Order No. 11-0085657 Investor/Insurer No. 0075289504 APN No. 035- 070-076-1 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/23/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by WALTER LEE JAS-PER AND JENNIE JASPER, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 04/23/2007 and recorded 5/1/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-0127456- 00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/24/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 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 prop-erty described above is purported to be: 1251 WEST CYPRESS ROAD, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0107776 Title Order No. 11-0087978 Investor/Insurer No. 4001016747 APN No. 032- 390-025-8 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/25/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JOE GOLDSTON AND CAMILLE GOLDSTON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, dated 09/25/2006 and re-corded 9/27/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0306044- 00, in Book , Page ), of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 01/23/2012 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the

real property described above is pur-ported to be: 1140 LAKE PARK DRIVE, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. 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 No-tice of Sale is $561,532.19. 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 sav-ings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed 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, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereun-der, 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: 12/29/2011 RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Can-yon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4159811 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates; December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST

Title Order 110289698-CA-GSI T.S. No. 52919 Loan No. 14039 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED May 8, 1997. 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. On January 19, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Monroe Acceptance Company, Inc. as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded May 27, 1997 as Instrument No. 97- 0089183-00 of Offi cial Records of Contra Costa County, State of California, executed by Dorothy E. Quimuyog; WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BID-DER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal sav-ings and loan association, savings as-sociation, or savings bank specifi ed in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 All right, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16 Amador Ave Oakley, CA 94561 APN-035-311- 007-5 The undersigned Trustee dis-claims 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, express or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of 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 advanc-es at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $38,505.70. The benefi 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. Dated: De-cember 21, 2011 Monroe Acceptance Company, Inc. A California Corporation As Said Trustee. By: Elisa C. Urbina FOR TRUSTEE’e2’80’98S SALE INFOR-MATION PLEASE CALL (714) 730-2727 THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 4162541 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012 Oakley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S. No.: 9551-0137 TSG Order No.: 110439661-CA-LMI A.P.N.: 035-473-008-7 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/29/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 10/05/2006 as Document Number 2006- 0316144-00 of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, execut-ed by: Francisco Garcia and Veronica Garcia, husband and wife, as Trustor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Benefi ciary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (pay-able in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or na-tional 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 specifi ed in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). 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. Sale Date & Time: January 12, 2012 at 01:30 PM Sale Location: At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house, 725 Court Street, Martinez, CA The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 22 Pamela Ct, Oakley, CA 94561 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without cove-nant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as pro-vided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $316,356.32 (Estimated). Accrued interest and ad-ditional advances, if any, will increase this fi gure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. The Declaration pursuant to Cali-fornia Civil Code, Section 2923.5(a) was fulfi lled when the Notice of Default was recorded on 09/07/2011 NBS Default Services 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Sale Information Contact: RSVP (925) 603-7342 Trustee 12/15/2011 “We are attempting to collect a debt, and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.” (RSVP# 281318, 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 01/06/12) Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 23, 30, 2011, January 6, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S. No.: 9980-1000 TSG Order No.: 35211-16 A.P.N.: 032-390- 019-1 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/10/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 11/16/2006 as Document Number 2006- 0367733-00 of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, executed by: Calvin Christopher Simpson, Jr. And Anitra

Recha Simpson, husband and wife as joint tenants, as Trustor(s), WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by 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 specifi ed in section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state). 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. Sale Date & Time: January 19, 2012 at 1:30 PM Sale Location: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street, Martinez, CA The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1111 Lake Park Drive, Oakley, CA 94561-3509 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 in an “AS IS” condition, 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, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $466,474.29 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this fi gure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. If the Trustee is un-able 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. The Declaration pursuant to California Civil Code, Section 2923.5(a) was ful-fi lled when the Notice of Default was recorded on 08/26/2011 NBS Default Services 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766- 7751 For Sale Information Contact: RSVP (925) 603-7342 NBS Default Services, Gaby Ospino, 12/21/2011 “We are at-tempting to collect a debt, and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.” (RSVP# 281587, 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12) Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-468344-AB Order #: 5892837 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/10/2006. UN-LESS 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 pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings as-sociation, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with 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. BENEFI-CIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RAUL GARCIA A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 11/17/2006 as Instrument No. 2006- 0369071-00 in book xxx , page xxx of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/27/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $706,066.55 The purported property address is: 119 MATISSE DRIVE OAKLEY, CA 94561 Assessor’s Parcel No. 033- 430-067 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service,

Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0018175 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 1/20/2012 Oakley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-462539-LL Order #: 110382764-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/23/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Finan-cial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, regarding title, pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with in-terest and late charges thereon, as pro-vided 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. BENEFI-CIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): LYN N JEFFERSON, AND SORVOR JEFFERSON, WIFE AND HUSBAND Recorded: 4/5/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0099177-00 in book xxx , page xxx of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/20/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $390,895.68 The purported property address is: 5112 HOMESTEAD CT ANTIOCH, CA 94531 Assessor’s Parcel No. 056- 210-064-4 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0018881 12/30/2011 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 Antioch Press 06-1617 Pub-lish Dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Joey Moreno SUPERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETI-TION OF: Jose Jesus De La Cruz FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N11-1963 TO ALL INTEREST-ED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Jose Je-sus De La Cruz fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Jose Jesus De La Cruz, aka Joey Jessy Moreno to Proposed Name: Joey Jessy Moreno 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons in-terested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must fi le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is sched-uled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely fi led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 2/16/12 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as not-ed above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following news-paper of general circulation, printed in this county: Brentwood Press 248 Oak St., Brentwood, CA 94513 Date: 12/19/11 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02- 1273 Publish Dates: December 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 13, 2012.

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 $803,342.15. 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 ac-cept 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 specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid princi-pal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/27/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4155567 12/30/2011, 01/06/2012, 01/13/2012 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 2012.

regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, 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), ad-vances, 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) rea-sonably 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): JAMES R. FESSENDEN AND ELIZABETH M. FESSENDEN, HUS-BAND & WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 5/18/2004 as Instrument No. 2004-0184956- 00 in book xxx , page xxx of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/27/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $256,332.51 The purported property address is: 5020 FERNWOOD CIRCLE OAKLEY, CA 94561 Assessor’s Parcel No. 037-450-044-5 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0018183 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 1/20/2012 Oakley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2011.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Malo Tanuvasa SUPERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETI-TION OF: Malo Hul- Tanuvasa, Jacob Filipo, Donnella Filipo FOR CHANGE OF NAME AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N11- 1656 TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Malo Tanuvasa fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Malo Hul-Tanuvasa b. Jacob Steve Filipo c. Donnella Marie Filipo to Proposed Name: Malo Tanuvasa b. Jacob Steve Tanuvasa c. Donnella Marie Tanuvasa 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must fi le a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must ap-pear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely fi led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 1/24/12 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Or-der to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, print-ed in this county: Brentwood Press b. Other: Notice to both mothers is waived by order of the court. Date: 12/22/11 Ju-dith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: December 30, 2011 and January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007837-00 The name of the business (es): Sonic Weave Located at: 4501 Golden Bear In: Antioch, CA 94531 Is hereby regis-tered by the following owner(s): John Vincent McCauley 4501 Golden Bear, Antioch, CA 94531. This business is conducted by: an individual. The regis-trant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 11/8/11. Signa-ture of registrant: John V McCauley. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: DEC 02, 2011by C. Garcia, Deputy, Expires 12/2/16 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 20, 2012.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-460478-AL Order #: 911976 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/11/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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 publi-cation of the Notice of Sale) reason-ably 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): KEHINDE O. SOKOYA AND BODE ADESOIA SOKOYA, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 8/17/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0260811- 00 in book XXX , page XXX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA Coun-ty, California; Date of Sale: 1/27/2012 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Court St. entrance to the County Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $441,111.55 The purported property address is: 5203 MEADOW VIEW CT ANTIOCH, CA 94531 Assessor’s Parcel No. 055-320-043 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 des-ignation is shown, directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Qual-ity 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.priority-posting.com Reinstatement Line: 866-450- 3172 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis-charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PUR-POSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful-fi ll the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0018117 1/6/2012 1/13/2012 1/20/2012 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: January 6, 13, 20, 2011.

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A sampling of recent law enforcement activity reported by East County police de-partments.BRENTWOODDec. 20, 10:51 a.m. During the investigation of a four-vehicle collision on the Highway 4 Bypass at Balfour Road, it was discovered that one of the drivers was unlicensed.Dec. 20, 11:07 a.m. A subject reported as a missing adult by the Grass Valley Police De-partment and a vehicle reported as stolen by the Rocklin Police Department were found at a residence on Elizabeth Lane.Dec. 20, 3:42 p.m. A three-vehicle rear-end collision occurred on the Highway 4 Bypass at Sand Creek Road.Dec. 20, 9:21 p.m. A subject contacted during a traffi c stop on Brentwood Boulevard at Vil-lage Drive was found to have an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He was arrested and released on Promise To Appear.Dec. 21, 3:26 a.m. An unidentifi ed person stole a vehicle from the locked garage of a residence on Central Park Place.Dec. 21, 4:30 a.m. Two married subjects were engaged in a heated argument on Central Boulevard.Dec. 21, 11:19 a.m. An unidentifi ed person called a resident of Sand Creek Road several times and left vulgar voice messages.Dec. 21, 2:40 p.m. A vehicle stolen from the driveway of a residence on Island Park Place was located on a golf course near Balfour Road at Fairview Avenue.Dec. 21, 4:10 p.m. A resident of Redhaven Street was reported to have removed medica-tion from her residence without permission.Dec. 21, 4:21 p.m. On Sand Creek Road at O’Hara Avenue, a subject stopped for a ve-hicle code violation was found to be driving on a revoked license.Dec. 21, 5:56 p.m. An unidentifi ed person broke several windows of a residence on Spy-glass Drive.Dec. 21, 6 p.m. A subject who attempted to pass a fi ctitious check at a business on Lone Tree Way was arrested and taken to the Mar-tinez Detention Facility.Dec. 21, 8:25 p.m. A subject discharged a fi re-arm at another subject on Sycamore Avenue. The wounds sustained by the victim were not life threatening.Dec. 21, 8:53 p.m. On Sycamore Avenue, a

driver accelerating away from an attempted carjacking heard several gunshots as she fl ed the area.Dec. 21, 9 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole two iPhones from a business on Lone Tree Way.Dec. 22, 2:18 a.m. On Ash Place at Ash Court, two subjects observed entering un-locked vehicles and stealing personal proper-ty were arrested and released to their parents on Juvenile Affi davits.Dec. 22, 9:13 a.m. An unidentifi ed person shattered the window of a vehicle parked on Empire Avenue.Dec. 22, 11:30 a.m. An unidentifi ed person kicked the door of a residence on Redhaven Drive several times and fl ed.Dec. 22, 2:45 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole a check from the mailbox of a residence on George Court.Dec. 22, 3:11 p.m. An unidentifi ed person broke off locks and stole money from news-paper racks on Second Street at Brentwood Boulevard.Dec. 22, 6:28 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole the mailbox of a residence on Lawrence Lane.Dec. 22, 7:24 p.m. A driver who struck a curb and sideswiped a light pole on O’Hara Avenue at Sand Creek Road complained of pain and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.Dec. 22, 7:33 p.m. On Diablo Way, a subject who punched another subject during an argu-ment and was placed under Citizen’s Arrest was found to be intoxicated. He was arrested by Brentwood police offi cers and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Dec. 22, 10:27 p.m. A subject contacted on Brentwood Boulevard at Chestnut Street was found to be under the infl uence of a central nervous system stimulant. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facil-ity.Dec. 23, 12:28 a.m. At a business on Bal-four Road, a subject suspected of shoplifting pushed the subject attempting to detain him. The suspect was arrested and released on a signed Promise To Appear.Dec. 23, 2:08 a.m. On O’Hara Avenue at Towncentre Terrace, a subject stopped for ve-hicle code violations was found to be driving on a license suspended for DUI. He was ar-

rested and released on Promise to Appear.Dec. 23, 6:35 a.m. On Walnut Boulevard at Indiana Avenue, a subject stopped for a ve-hicle code violation was found to be driving on a license suspended for reckless driving.Dec. 23, 7:31 a.m. A subject woke up in a ho-tel room on Brentwood Boulevard not know-ing where she was or how she got there. It was discovered that a friend had paid for the room because the subject was too intoxicated to drive.Dec. 23, 9:28 a.m. An unidentifi ed person opened fraudulent accounts using the per-sonal information of a resident of St. Emil-ion Lane. The victim believes the information was obtained from stolen documents.Dec. 23, 9:22 p.m. On Second Street, a sub-ject stopped for vehicle code violations was found to be DUI. A passenger in the vehicle was found to be under the infl uence of a con-trolled substance and in possession of a con-cealed knife. Another passenger was found in possession of hypodermic needles. The fi rst two subjects were arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility. The third sub-ject was arrested and released on a Promise To Appear.Dec. 24, 6:37 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole the license plate of a vehicle parked on Sand Creek Road and replaced it with the li-cense plate of a stolen vehicle.Dec. 24, 6:58 p.m. On Shady Willow Lane at Sand Creek Road, a subject stopped for a ve-hicle code violation was found to be under the infl uence of a controlled substance. He was arrested and released on Promise To Appear.Dec. 24, 10:09 p.m. Subjects observed in the backyard of a residence on Thornhill Lane fl ed the scene prior to police arrival.Dec. 24, 10:45 p.m. On Claremont Drive, a subject found lying on the ground intoxicated and unconscious was transported to a local hospital.Dec. 24, 11:14 p.m. A subject contacted on Balfour Road was arrested for possession of methamphetamine.Dec. 25, 11:38 a.m. A subject contacted on Meadow Brook Drive during a family dis-pute was found to be under the infl uence of a controlled substance. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Dec. 25, 5:39 p.m. On Diablo Way, a subject who threatened to harm another subject was

arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Dec. 25, 7:05 p.m. On Walnut Boulevard at McClarren Road, a driver collided with an-other vehicle and struck several street signs.Dec. 25, 11:23 p.m. On Sand Creek Road at Minnesota Avenue, a subject stopped for ve-hicle code violations was found to be driving under the infl uence of alcohol. He was ar-rested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Dec. 26, 8:05 a.m. An unidentifi ed person forced open the front door of a residence on Glenwillow Drive but did not enter the resi-dence.Dec. 26, 9:12 a.m. A subject who broke an-other subject’s cell phone during an argument on Berry Lane was arrested and released on a Promise To Appear.Dec. 26, 10:14 a.m. A driver struck a fi re hy-drant on Lone Tree Way.Dec. 26, 5:57 p.m. A head-on collision oc-curred on O’Hara Avenue at Sand Creek Road.Dec. 26, 10 p.m. A subject contacted on Shady Willow Lane was found to be a juve-nile runaway from Oakley and in possession of marijuana. He arrested and released on a Notice To Appear.Dec. 26, 10:47 p.m. At a business on Lone Tree Way, a subject engaged in an argument over the prices of items threw a coin at an-other subject, striking him in the face. The as-sailant fl ed prior to police arrival.Dec. 26, 11:55 p.m. Unidentifi ed persons pried open the front entrance door of a busi-ness on Second Street and stole a currency counter from the rear offi ce.Dec. 27, 10:31 a.m. On Brentwood Boule-vard, a child custody dispute was mediated by police offi cers.Dec. 27, 1:01 p.m. On Balfour Road at Arm-strong Way, a driver was cited for expired ve-hicle registration.Dec. 27, 3:47 p.m. A subject reported to be causing a disturbance at a business on Walnut Boulevard was found to have a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested and released on a Promise to Appear.

To view the Brentwood Police Depart-ment’s public logs on the city’s Web site, visit www.ci.brentwood.ca.us/department/pd/reports/index.cfm.

COP LOGSFROM EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCH LOGS A subject woke up in a hotel room on Brentwood Boulevard not knowing

where she was or how she got there. It was discovered that a friend had paid for the room because the subject was too intoxicated to drive.

Dec. 23, 7:31 a.m. in Brentwood

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Friday, Jan. 6

Holiday on IceBrentwood’s popular outdoor skating rink is open seven days a week through Jan. 16. Skaters can glide on a lighted ice rink pro-tected from the elements by a magnificent tent. For hours and prices, call 925-513-1702 or visit www.brentwoodholidayonice.com.

Saturday, Jan. 7

Meet Sen. DeSaulnierState Sen. Mark DeSaulnier hosts mobile office hours from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Discovery Bay Elementary School library, 1700 Willow Lake Road. No appointment is necessary. For more information, call 925-942-6082 or visit www.senate.ca.gov/desaulnier.

Crab FeedSt. Anthony Knights of Columbus Council 10414 holds a crab feed at the Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner is served at 6:30. Admission is $40; free for kids 10 and younger. For tickets, call 415-798-0089.

Christmas Tree PickupBoy Scout Troop 514 will be picking up Christmas Trees in Discovery Bay on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 8. Trees should be left curb-side by 9 a.m. Donations are gladly accepted and go toward campouts, community service and other events. For more information, call 925-240-1090.

Grease Drop-offIronhouse Sanitary District, 450 Walnut Meadows Drive in Oakley, hosts a grease collec-tion event from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Bring in holiday grease drippings for disposal. For more informa-tion, visit www.ironhousesanitarydistrict.com or call 925-625-2279.

Monday, Jan. 9

Spaghetti FeedTake Back Antioch holds a spaghetti feed and auction from 5-8:30 p.m. at The Red Caboose, 210 Fulton Road. The event raises funds for Lone Tree and Diablo Vista elementary schools, both recent victims of arson and vandalism. Admission is $7. For more details, e-mail info@takebackantioch.com.

Tuesday, Jan. 10

Delta ToastmastersDelta Toastmasters meet from 7-8 a.m. at Mimi’s Café, 5705 Lone Tree Way in Antioch. For information, call 925-354-9857.

Overeaters AnonymousOvereaters Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. at Brentwood Community United Methodist Church. No dues, fees or weigh-ins are required. Anyone with a problem with food is welcome. For more information, visit www.oa.org.

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Backyard BirdsCorvid Connection visits the Antioch Library, 501 W. 18th St., at 3:30 p.m. for a presentation featuring live birds. After this free activ-ity, you’ll be looking for the wildlife in your own backyard. For more information, call 925-757-9224.

Miss Sparkles DelightThe hilarious clowning of Miss Sparkles Delight comes to the Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak St., at 4 p.m. for a free, 45-min-ute program sponsored by The Friends of the Brentwood Library. No registration is required. For more information, call 925-516-5290 or visit www.ccclib.org.

Thursday, Jan. 12

Republican WomenEast Contra Costa Republican Women Federated meets at 11:30 a.m. in Discovery Bay Sports Bar & Steak House, 1277 Discovery Bay Blvd. Guests are welcome. For more informa-tion, call 925-634-3121.

Open MicThis month’s Open Mic event is held at 6:30 p.m. in Fridley Art Gallery, 1185 Second St., Suite J in Brentwood. All short work – poetry, short story, nonfiction or any other creative work – is welcome. Participants are allowed five minutes to perform. For more information, call 925-634-6655.

Optimize Your ResuméEditor Amy Claire hosts a resumé workshop at 7 p.m. in the Oakley Library, 1050 Neroly Road. Claire discusses how to find the right words to get you noticed in the job hunt. Bring a copy of your resumé for a private critique. For more information, call 925-625-2400.

Baseball TryoutsStealth Baseball holds tryouts for its 10U and 12U teams on Jan. 7 and 8 from 10 a.m.-noon at the Antioch Youth Sports Complex, 2200 Wymore Way. No tryout fee is charged. For more information, visit www.stealthbaseballantioch.com or e-mail antiochstealth@rocketmail.com.

PowerPoint BasicsOpportunity Junction, 3102 Delta Fair Blvd. in Antioch, hosts a three-week PowerPoint Basics class Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30-9 p.m. beginning Jan. 17. To sign up, visit www.opportunityjunction.org/evening or call 925-776-1133.

East County Idol AuditionsEast County Idol auditions are scheduled for Jan. 21 and 28 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Somersville Town Centre, 2556 Somersville Road in Antioch. The final competition is held Feb. 24 at the El Campanil Theatre. To sign up for an audition time, call 925-756-7628.

‘The Wizard of Oz’Auditions for Stage Right Conservatory Theatre’s February performances of “The Wizard of Oz” – open to actors 8-18 – are held Jan. 9-10 at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center, 213 F St. in Antioch. To receive an audi-tion time, register online at www.srctgrp.org. The participation fee is $75. For information, call 925-216-4613.

Career AcademyLos Medanos College hosts an informational meeting about its Early Childhood Education Career Academy on Monday, Jan. 9 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the LMC Library Community Room, 2700 E. Leland Road in Pittsburg. To reserve a space, e-mail dwahl@losmedanos.edu or call 925-439-2181, ext. 3214.

Crab/Steak FeedThe Bridge Marina Yacht Club, 20 Fleming Way in Antioch, hosts a crab/steak feed on Saturday, Jan. 14. The crab dinner costs $35; $25 for steak. Cocktails are served at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7. For reservations, call 925-695-4478 by Monday, Jan. 9.

Job Training and PlacementOpportunity Junction, 3102 Delta Fair Blvd. in Antioch, hosts a 12-week job training and placement program beginning Feb. 6. The program includes training in Microsoft Office computer applications plus life and business skills. A required informational meeting is held Jan. 9, 17 or 23. For more information, visit www.opportunityjunction.org or call 925-776-1133.

Loving SolutionsJohn Muir Health Outpatient Center hosts Loving Solutions, a seven-week series for parents of children 5-12. The program helps parents prevent or intervene in a child’s nega-tive choices. The series begins Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.johnmuirhealth.com/classes.

Baseball RegistrationBrentwood PONY baseball league is register-ing players for the for the 2012 season. For all fees and up-to-date PONY information, visit www.brentwoodpony.org. Walk-in registration

is held Jan. 14 and 28 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Sports Authority, 5641 Lone Tree Way in Brentwood.

Meals on WheelsMeals on Wheels needs volunteer drivers to deliver meals for its new Antioch route. Drivers work once a week for two-hour shifts and make a tremendous difference in the lives of seniors in need. For more information, call 925-778-4379.

Parent ProjectJohn Muir Health Outpatient Center hosts Parent Project, a 10-week series for parents of teenagers. The program helps parents prevent or intervene in their adolescent’s negative choices. The series begins Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 925-941-7900 or visit wwww.johnmuirhealth.com/classes.

iPlay VolleyballRegistration is open for the iPlay Volleyball League 2012 seasons. For more information, visit www.iplayvbleague.com.

Brentwood SeaWolvesThe Brentwood SeaWolves are conducting a pre-season high school swimming program through Feb. 3. Practices are held Mondays-Fridays from 4-6 p.m. at Heritage High School, 101 American Ave. For more information, call 925-240-9653 or visit www.brentwoodseawolves.com.

ESL ClassesLiberty Adult Education, 929 Second St. in Brentwood, offers morning and evening English as a Second Language classes. For more information, call 925-634-2565 or visit www.libertyadulted.org.

Youth Basketball and CheerAll Out Sports League in Antioch is conducting basketball and cheer sign-ups for kids 4-16. For more information, visit www.alloutsportsleague.com or call 925-203-5626.

GED Prep ClassesLiberty Adult Education, 929 Second St. in Brentwood, offers morning and evening General Education Development and Adult Basic Skills classes. For more information, call 925-634-2565 or visit www.libertyadulted.org.

Friendly Visitors NeededFriendly Visitors is looking for caring and compassionate volunteers 18 and older to visit lonely seniors in their homes for one hour per week. Share a cup of tea, watch a movie, play cards or take a walk together. For more information, visit www.mowsos.org or call 925-937-8311.

Hospice Volunteers NeededHospice of the East Bay is looking for motivated, committed residents who want to make a difference in the lives of hospice patients. To volunteer or for more information, call 925-887-5678 and ask for the Volunteer Department.

Crab FeedHarvest Park Bowl Hurricanes hold a crab feed fundraiser Saturday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. in Veterans Hall, 757 First St. in Brentwood. Tickets ($38) are available at Harvest Park Bowl, 5000 Balfour Road in Brentwood. For more information, call 925-516-1221.

Recycle FundraiserLiberty High School Class of 2012 holds a recycling fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 14 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on the campus, 850 Second St. in Brentwood. Accepted items include TVs, computer equipment, radios, bicycles, washers and dryers, car batteries and DVD players. For a complete list, e-mail callahan@libertyuhsd.k12.ca.us.

Blood DriveThe American Red Cross holds a blood drive Saturday, Jan. 14 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at The Streets of Brentwood, 2565 Sand Creek Road.

To schedule an appointment, call 800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: Streets925).

Crab FeedThe Friends of Laurel Ridge host a crab feed fundraiser Saturday, Jan. 14 from 6-9 p.m. at 2459 Laurel Road in Oakley. Admission to the alcohol-free event is $45. Proceeds benefit the youth and student ministries plus camp and mission trips. For more information, visit www.friendsoflaurelridge.bbnow.org.

Project LinusThe nonprofit Project Linus, which makes blankets for children in need, meets the first Saturday of the month from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Delta Community Presbyterian Church, 1900 Willow Lake Road in Discovery Bay. Bring your sewing machine, scissors, thread and needles. For more information, call 510-459-7457.

Delta QuiltersIf you love quilting, come to Golden Hills Community Church, 2401 Shady Willow Lane in Brentwood, at 6:30 p.m. for the group’s general meeting every second Monday of the month. For more information, e-mail info@deltaquilters.org.

Operation Creekside PackingOperation Creekside meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at 390 West Country Club Drive, Unit C to assemble care packages for our troops. For more infor-mation, call 925-260-5423 or e-mail info@operationcreekside.org.

Senior LuncheonBrentwood Senior Citizen’s Club, Inc. offers senior luncheon and bingo the last Wednesday and second Friday of the month at the Brentwood Senior Center. Admission is $2; res-ervations are required by noon the day before. For reservations, call 925-634-5040.

Breast Cancer Support GroupSponsored by the American Cancer Society, the Breast Cancer Support Group meets the second Wednesday of the month from 2-4 p.m. in the Fallman Education Center at Sutter Delta Medical Center, 3901 Lone Tree Way in Antioch. For more information, call 925-439-1846 or 925-757-7820.

Parents of Special-needs KidsThe Special Kids Foundation Parents Support Group – for the parents and caregivers of special-needs children – meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in The Game Sports Pub ’N Pizza, 235 Oak St. in Brentwood. For more information, visit www.spkids.org.

Oakley-Delta LionsOakley-Delta Lions Club meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Driftwood Yacht Club, 6346 Bridgehead Road in Oakley. For more information, visit www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/oakleyd.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver SupportThe Brentwood Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group meets the second Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. at Neighborhood Church, 50 Birch St. The group is open to those caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. No membership dues or reservations are needed. For more information, call 925-513-7710.

Stitchin’ SaturdaysDo you crochet or knit? Would you like to learn? Bring your hooks, needles and yarn to the Oakley Library, 1050 Neroly Road, on the second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m.-noon. For more information, call 925-625-2400.

Free Clothing and FoodLighthouse Baptist Church, 2250 Jeffrey Way in Brentwood, operates a clothes barn and food pantry the second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m.-noon. For more information, call 925-634-1540.

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