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Floating phenoms
Discovery Bay waters reflected the colors of the season as a
convoy of incandescent craft lit up Willow Lake.
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As another year draws to a close, its time once again for our
annual message of thanks and good wishes to the communities that we
at the Press newspaper group have been proud and privileged to
serve for 10 years now. A lot has changed for a lot of people and
companies during 2009, and due to the economy, not all of the
change has been pleasant. Nevertheless, we hope your dif culties
this year have been offset just a bit by the stories of success,
achievement and caring weve been able to share in these pages and
on our Web site, thepress.net. As we all look forward to a more
prosperous 2010, we hope youll continue to share your lives with us
and your neighbors, and we wish you a world of health and happiness
along the way.
From the Press family to yours
Photo by Jennifer Fink
Directors to return overpaid stipends
Two CSD board members and one former director have been asked by
town legal coun-cil to return to the district a to-tal of more than
$8,000 they received for attending meetings that did not qualify
for stipend payments.
According to Town At-torney John Stovall, since 2006, CSD
President Ray Tetreault was overpaid $1,900, Director David
Piepho $6,563.21, and former Director Patty Knight $502.48. The
stipends were paid following inclusion on expense reports fi led
quarterly by the directors.
Stovall said Piepho has al-
ready repaid the amount in full, and Tetreault is reimbursing
the amount by refusing a stipend check owed to him and paying the
difference with a personal check. Stovall has asked the board
for
the authority to request repay-ment from Knight.
Stovall addressed the stipend issue during the regular CSD
meeting on Dec. 16. The subject of inappropriate payment for
meetings attended by CSD direc-tors was raised more than a year ago
by resident Bob Mankin, who expressed concern over the legal-ity of
CSD directors being paid for attending the Sheriffs Munici-pal
Advisory Committee (SMAC)
Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
see Stipends page 20A
I have reviewed summaries of all payments made to all directors
and I find that directors were in fact mistakenly paid for
meetings
John Stovall, Town Attorney
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Discovery Bay residents love a parade, and last weekend
enthusiasts showed their seasonal spirit at the Holiday on the Lake
event on Willow Lake. Participants lit up the night sky with their
sparkling Santas, magical menorahs and turbo trains.
Hosted by Michelle Carlson of Keller Williams and Janet Dean
with Bank of America Home Loans, and bolstered by prizes donated by
the Discovery Bay Steakhouse and the Boardwalk Grill, the fi fth
annual celebration was a cozy
community event.This is a fun event for the residents
who live along Willow Lake, said Carlson. Its a no-power-boat,
pontoons-only event and its lots of fun. We had a great turnout and
we just want to thank everyone that came out. Its a great part of
our Christmas.
Wayne and Lynda Rivers entry was awarded the fi rst-place prize;
Art and Nancy Solomon took second place; and the Claytons came in
third.
Shimmering on a water wonderland
Photos by Richard Wisdom
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Mayor Bob Taylor has taken off his tur-key suit for the last
time this year after paying off in spades his promise to wear it in
pub-lic. His The Mayor Is A Turkey fundraiser brought in more than
750 turkey donations to the Brentwood Regional Community Chest
Christmas Basket program, far exceeding his original goal of 300.
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Local 1230, which donated 75 turkeys, and the Brentwood Police
Offi cers Association, which added 25. At top left, First Lady Pam
Taylor bastes him at the Christmas Basket event. Left, hizzoner
encounters pretzel and ice cream cone characters while cruising the
Streets of Brentwood. This was wonderful, Taylor said of the citys
response to the effort. Next year, were going to go for 1,000.
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Antioch girl takes care of angelsMegan Vallee is only 10-years
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Recently while dining with her family at a local restaurant,
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approximately 15 off the tree and popped them into her pocket.
Megan was very moved by the fact that all of these children were
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some very simple toys, said Reggie Vallee, Megans dad. My daughter
has competed in beauty pageants for the past several years, and she
decided to use her winnings from the pageants for the gifts.
Megan and her mom went out, purchased the gifts and delivered
them to the Salvation Army. But Megan wasnt done. Another family
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Salvation Army tree and pulled off the remaining fi ve tickets.
Megans act of kindness has not only been a boon to the Salvation
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and family
celebrated the life of special-education teacher Ivania Galindo,
45, at a memorial service held at Delta Vista Middle School. The
Oakley resident died Dec. 18 at Kaiser Permanente in Antioch. The
offi cial cause of death is as yet undetermined, pending the
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this week. I va n i a
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David Medina, G a l i n d o s brother. Were devastated; we never
even got a chance to say goodbye.
Galindo taught special education at Delta Vista and was, said
Delta Vista Principal Greg Hetrick, a popular and compassionate
teacher: She was just a great lady. She was someone who always
found the positives, was always smiling and was as much of a mother
to her students as a teacher. She was always looking out for her
students best interests, always advocating for them and challenging
them as well. This is a
huge loss for all of us.Galindo had been involved in an auto
accident on Dec. 8 when her car collided with a Contra Costa
County fi re truck on the corner of Main Street and Cypress Road in
Oakley, but it is as yet unknown whether her death is connected to
the accident.
What we do know, said Oakley Police Chief Chris Thorsen, is that
we took a report that day (of the accident) and that Mrs. Galindo
was transported to the hospital with a complaint of pain. Its
unclear at this point if her death is the result of the traffi c
collision; were awaiting the results of the autopsy. Its all very
sad and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.
Vintage Parkway Elementary teacher Lucy Moyer, 38, passed away
on Dec. 14 following a battle with breast cancer. The Oakley
resident was an active participant in the community and volunteered
in her childrens activities, including the Aquaknights swim team
and the Contra Costa Childrens Choir.
Its been a tough week for Oakley educators, said Hetrick. Our
thoughts are with all the families.
Galindo and Moyer bring the number of Oakley educators who died
last week to three. Freedom High School teacher Charles Edgle
Smith, 56, died after his motorcycle collided with a street sweeper
on Dec. 17. See the story on page 9A.
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Brentwood Veterinary HospitalFreedom teacher killed
in motorcycle accident
A popular Freedom High School teacher was killed last week when
his mo-torcycle struck a city street sweeper.
According to Oakley Police Chief Chris Thorsen, Antioch resident
Charles Edgle Smith, 56, was riding his motor-cycle on Dec. 17 at
approximately 8 a.m. when he hit the side of the street sweep-er as
it was making a U-turn on Neroly Road and Frandoras Circle. Smith
was pronounced dead at the scene.
We still have a lot of investigation to do right now, but it
appears that the truck
was making a U-turn and the mo-t o rc yc l i s t ran into the
side, said T h o r s e n . We have to look at all the facts and
cir-cumstances
in the case and probably do some recon-struction in terms of the
speed of the ve-hicles.
From all accounts he was a great guy, and this is very sad. Our
thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Smith had taught health, drivers ed-ucation and decision-making
at Freedom for more than 10 years, and before that at Liberty High
School for nearly a decade. He was a strong supporter of school
ath-letics, served as head freshman football coach at Freedom in
the early 2000s and was a starter for the track team. He served
as P.A. announcer for the boys and girls basketball games, and
was the announcer this year for the Freedom football team.
My dad affected a wide array of people from very different
backgrounds, said Smiths son Nate, head football coach at Liberty
High School. He could be friends with anyone and I guess thats one
of the best measures of who he was. He was someone who truly placed
family, friends and people above anything else. He always took care
of everyone.
This has been a tremendous blow to Freedoms students, teachers
and staff, said Freedom Principal Erik Faulkner. If anyone
exemplifi ed a passion for Freedom, it was Ed. He will be sorely
missed.
He loved what he did, added Nate. He wasnt one of these teachers
who went home at 3 oclock every day. He was at ev-ery boys and
girls basketball and football game and every track meet. Thats what
he loved.
Smith is survived by children Trevor, Colby and Nate, and
granddaughters Skylar, Ainsley and Reilly.
A public memorial is planned for Jan. 6 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in
the Freedom High School gymnasium.
Smith was one of three Oakley edu-cators to die last week. Delta
Vista Mid-dle Schools Ivania Galindo, 45, died last Friday. She had
been involved in a colli-sion with a fi re engine earlier this
month, although it was not known at press time if injuries suffered
in the accident con-tributed to her death. Lucy Moyer, 38, a
teacher at Vintage Parkway Elementary, succumbed to cancer on Dec.
14. Their story is on page 8A.
To comment, visit www.thepress.net.
by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
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ASAP# 3379914 12/18/2009, 12/25/2009, 01/01/2010 An-tioch Press No.
03-0477 Publish Dates: December 18, 25, 2009, January 1, 2010
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the
Plan-ning Commission of the City of Brent-wood will, at 7:00 p.m.
or as soon there-after as the normal course of business permits on
January 5, 2010, hold a pub-lic hearing to consider the
following:An application for an amendment to a temporary use permit
(TUP 09-08-A1) to allow portable lights at the temporary soccer
elds located at the Streets of Brentwood development at 2575 Sand
Creek Road (APN 019-110-067).Applicant: East Diablo Youth Soccer
League Said hearing will be held at the City Council Chambers, 101B
Sand Creek Road, Brentwood, California.Further information may be
obtained from Associate Planner Debbie Hill [(925) 516-5135 or
[email protected]] in the Community Development Department
of the City of Brentwood, 118 Oak Street, Brentwood, California
94513.
Before any court challenge of Plan-ning Commission decisions,
you are required to appeal the decision to the City Council no
later than the time period provided under the Citys Mu-nicipal
Code. In addition you may be limited to raising only those issues
you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this
notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Brentwood
Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.Brentwood
Press No. 02-1273Publish Date: December 25, 2009
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the
Plan-ning Commission of the City of Brent-wood will, at 7:00 p.m.
or as soon there-after as the normal course of business permits on
January 5, 2010, hold a pub-lic hearing to consider the following:A
rezone (RZ 09-08) to amend Chapters 17.210, 17.220, 17.230 and
17.240 of the Brentwood Municipal Code by adding a provision
authorizing the conditional use permit procedure for those uses not
speci cally identi ed as being conditionally permitted. The
amend-ment applies to all properties zoned CO
(Administrative/Professional Com-mercial Of ce), COB (Commercial
Of- ce/Business), COR (Commercial Of- ce Residential) and CR
(Commercial Residential) citywide.Applicant: City of BrentwoodSaid
hearing will be held at the City Council Chambers, 734 Third
Street, Brentwood, California.Further information may be obtained
from Principal Planner Erik Nolthe-nius [(925) 516-5137 or
[email protected]] in the Community Development
Department of the City of Brentwood, 118 Oak Street, Brent-wood,
California 94513.Before any court challenge of Plan-ning Commission
decisions, you are required to appeal the decision to the City
Council no later than the time
period provided under the Citys Mu-nicipal Code. In addition you
may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else
raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in
written correspondence delivered to the Brentwood Planning
Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.Brentwood Press No.
02-1273Publish Date: December 25, 2009
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the
Plan-ning Commission of the City of Brent-wood will, at 7:00 p.m.
or as soon there-after as the normal course of business permits on
January 5, 2010, hold a pub-lic hearing to consider the
following:An application for an amendment to an approved
conditional use permit (CUP 04-18-A1) to allow for a revision to
the master sign program for the retail development known as Shops
at Fairview, speci cally to accom-modate the Jack-in-the-Box
brand-ing and making provision for signage related to the
drive-thru use, located at the northeast corner of Balfour Road and
Fairview Avenue (APNs 012-020-015 through 012-020-023). Applicant:
CNP Signs and GraphicsSaid hearing will be held at the City Council
Chambers, 101B Sand Creek Road, Brentwood, California.Further
information may be ob-tained from Assistant Planner Tim Nielsen
[(925) 516-5151 or [email protected]] in the Community
Development Department of the City of Brentwood, 118 Oak Street,
Brent-wood, California 94513.Before any court challenge of
Plan-ning Commission decisions, you are required to appeal the
decision to the City Council no later than the time period provided
under the Citys Mu-nicipal Code. In addition you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public
hearing described in this notice, or in
written correspondence delivered to the Brentwood Planning
Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.Brentwood Press No.
02-1273Publish Date: December 25, 2009
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the
Plan-ning Commission of the City of Brent-wood will, at 7:00 p.m.
or as soon there-after as the normal course of business permits on
January 5, 2010, hold a pub-lic hearing to consider the
following:An application for an amendment to an approved
conditional use permit (CUP 05-27-A2) to allow for a revision to
the master sign program for the retail de-velopment known as
Brentwood Junc-tion, speci cally to allow up to four
building-mounted signs for the corner tenant as well as the
stand-alone pad building, located at the northeast corner of Lone
Tree Way and Empire Avenue (APNs 019-010-059 through 019-010-062).
Applicant: Sansome Paci c PropertiesSaid hearing will be held at
the City Council Chambers, 101B Sand Creek Road, Brentwood,
California.Further information may be ob-tained from Assistant
Planner Tim Nielsen [(925) 516-5151 or [email protected]]
in the Community Development Department of the City of Brentwood,
118 Oak Street, Brent-wood, California 94513.Before any court
challenge of Plan-ning Commission decisions, you are required to
appeal the decision to the City Council no later than the time
period provided under the Citys Mu-nicipal Code. In addition you
may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else
raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in
written correspondence delivered to the Brentwood Planning
Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.Brentwood Press No.
02-1273Publish Date: December 25, 2009
Homework club teaches more than academics
Last fall when Melanie Jones broached the idea of creating a
homework club/mentor program, teaming Deer Valley High School teens
with her own elementary school stu-dents, the Diablo Vista
principal had no idea the program would be such a triumph.
This has turned out to be an amazing program, a great success,
said Jones. This has been such a positive experience for
everyone.
The partnership between the two An-tioch schools came about as
the result of school district budget cuts. A few years ago, Jones
had begun a homework club on campus to assist her fi rst- through
fi fth-graders with some additional academic help, but when the
funds to pay for the extra hours dried up, so did the program. This
year, however, after see-ing a marked drop in student grades as a
result of the demise of the tutoring program, Jones was determined
to fi nd an alternative. That al-ternative turned out to be at Deer
Valley.
I developed the program with Deer Val-ley teacher Connie Hunt
(who teaches child development) and Tom Bergantino, a parent
volunteer, and together we trained all of the high school students
on how to help the el-ementary students with their homework, said
Jones. We matched a high school student with an elementary student
as a kind of buddy team and they worked together for two
months.
Twice a week, the approximately 40 ele-
mentary kids met on the Diablo Vista campus with the 20 to 25
Deer Valley students. The partnership was a win-win for everyone,
said Bergantino, because the high school students received credit
in their child development courses for their participation in the
program, and the elementary kids garnered the benefi t
of individual instruction.It all went so much better than I
could
have imagined, said Bergantino, who has two children at Diablo
Vista (though not in the homework club). It took us a couple of
ses-sions to fi nd out the items we needed, like scis-sors, glue,
markers and that kind of thing. But
after that, it all just came together.The pilot program was
popular and ben-
efi cial to both the high school students, who got some hands-on
training with young chil-dren, and for the elementary students in
need of additional tutoring. Many of the grade-school kids come
from families with non-English speaking parents who are unable to
assist their children with their homework, and for them, the
homework club was especially helpful.
As far as the elementary kids go, I was hearing from their
teachers how much they (the students) were enjoying the homework
club, said Bergantino. And I had several teachers come to me and
say that they had seen a difference in their students work and
their overall participation in class.
But the real benefi ts, he added, were more far-reaching: I
think initially the high school kids were excited, but a little
nervous and tentative. But over time, they began tak-ing their
responsibilities very seriously and they had these wonderful
attitudes. And the (elementary) kids really enjoyed having some-one
pay attention to them and they all enjoyed coming (to the homework
club).
I had hoped it would be successful and it was. Were planning to
do this again next term, although the same kids are not available,
but were going to meet in January and talk about how to get more
resources on board to keep this going. Its a very valuable
program.
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Diablo Vista Elementary student Angie Escorcia works out a math
problem while Benny Guzman gets some one-on-one homework time with
Deer Valley teen Steffon Hills as part of a tutoring/mentor
program.
Photo courtesy of Melanie Jones
by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
Students at Old River School in the Knightsen School District
opened their hearts and their piggy banks this fall during the Kids
Helping Kids (KHK) Piglets for Change program. Since October,
stu-dents helped raise funds for their nancially strapped school
through the KHK program. Last week, Kids Helping Kids Founder Laura
Page presented school principal Ray Witte with a check for
$2,084.59.
Breaking the bank
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Heritage High School recently announced its Students of the
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row, from left, are Jamie Baron Science; Jessica Stai Math; Andrew
Wheeler Motivational; Marisa French Science; Kaylin Morford
English; Jordan Gardner English; Ashleigh Reed Social Studies; Zayd
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File #F-0007992-00 The name of
the business (es): Just Roasted Coffee Located at: 1555 Riverlake
Road In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is here-by registered by the
following owner(s): Jesse Price, 2442 Pinehurst Court, Discovery
Bay, CA 94505. This busi-ness is conducted by: an Individual The
registrant commenced to trans-act business under the ctitious
busi-ness name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of
registrant: Jesse Price This statement was led with Stephen L Weir,
County Clerk Of Con-tra Costa County on: November 6, 2009 By:
November 6, 2009, Deputy Expires: November 6, 2014 Brentwood Press
No. 02-1273 Publish: December 4, 11, 18, 25, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File #F-0007694-00 The name of
the business (es): Brentwood Visitors Center Located at: 1066
Cla-remont Drive In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by
the follow-ing owner(s): Lillian Pierce, 1066 Clare-ment Drive,
Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an Individual
The registrant commenced to transact business under the ctitious
business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of
registrant: Lillian Pierce This statement was led with Ste-phen L
Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: October 28, 2009 By:
Courtney Dias, Deputy Expires: Octo-ber 28, 2014 Brentwood Press
No. 02-1273 Publish: December 11, 18, 25, 2009, January 1, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008084-00 The name
of the business (es): Creative Spa Service and Repair Located at:
748 Craig Court In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the
follow-ing owner(s): Thomas Frank Buck, 748 Craig Court, Brentwood,
CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an In-dividual The
registrant commenced to transact business under the cti-tious
business name or names listed above on: 11/12/- 09. Signature of
registrant: Thomas Frank Craig This statement was led with Stephen
L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: November 12, 2009
By: C. Sullivan, Deputy Expires: Novem-ber 12, 2014 Brentwood Press
No. 02-1273 Publish: December 4, 11,18, 25, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008222-00 The name
of the business (es): Bright Star Christian Childrens Center
Located at: 2200 Ventura Drive In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby
registered by the fol-lowing owner(s): Harvest Time As-sembly of
God, 2200 Ventura Drive, Brentwood, CA 94513. (Non-Pro t) This
business is conducted by: a Non-Prof-it Corp. The registrant
commenced to transact business under the ctitious business name or
names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Den-nis
Reynolds This statement was led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk
Of Contra Costa County on:November 16, 2009 By: M. Oliver, Deputy
Expires: November 16, 2014 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish:
December 4, 11, 18, 25, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008339-00 The name
of the business (es): Rubios Pool & Spa Care Located at: 76
Beach Drive In: Bay Point, CA 94565 Mailing: P.O. Box 5417, Bay
Point, CA 94565 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s):
Raul Rubio, 76 Beach Drive, Bay Point, CA 94565. This business is
conducted by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact
business under the ctitious business name or names listed above on:
N/A. Signature of reg-istrant: Raul Rubio This statement was led
with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on:
November 20, 2009 By: Jose Gonzalez, Deputy Expires: November 20,
2014 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: December 18, 25, 2009,
January 1, 8, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File #F-0008372-00 The name of
the business (es): Melissa Child Care/Melissas Child Care Lo-cated
at: 729 Buckeye Place In: Brent-wood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered
by the following owner(s): Melissa Mas-trangelo and Michael
Mastrangelo, 729 Buckeye Place, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business
is conducted by: Hus-band and Wife The registrant com-menced to
transact business under the ctitious business name or names listed
above on: 9/03. Signature of registrant: Michael Mastrangelo This
statement was led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa
County on: November 23, 2009 By: Jose Gonzalez, Deputy Expires:
No-vember 23, 2014 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: December 4,
11, 18, 25, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008611-00 The name
of the business (es): Gunners Mobile Welding Located at: 5100
Edgeview Drive In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by
the following owner(s): Kevin D. Ford, 3045 Taylor Lane, Byron, CA
94514. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant
commenced to transact business under the ctitious busi-ness name or
names listed above on12/7/09. Signature of registrant: Kevin D.
Ford This statement was led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of
Contra Costa County on: Decem-ber 7, 2009 By: Liz Gutierrez, Deputy
Expires: December 7, 2014 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish:
December 18, 25, 2009, January 1, 8, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008440-00 The name
of the business (es): NATION-WIDE FLEET Located at: 5623 BER-WICK
COURT In: BYRON, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the follow-ing
owner(s): TIMOTHY DALE HENS-LEY, 5623 BERWICK COURT, BYRON, CA
94505. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant
com-menced to transact business under the ctitious business name or
names listed above on: N/A. Signature of reg-istrant: Timothy
Hensley This statement was led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of
Contra Costa County on: No-vember 30, 2009 By: Dancia Cox, Deputy
Expires: November 30, 2014 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish:
December 4, 11,18, 25, 2009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File #F-0008710-00 The name of the business (es):
Moun-tain Mikes Pizza Located at: 1185 2nd Street, Suite M In:
Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s):
Luis Miguel Seita and Melissa Marie Seita, 864 Havasu Court,
Livermore, CA 94551. This business is conducted by: Hus-band and
Wife The registrant com-menced to transact business under the
ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of
reg-istrant: Luis M. Seita This statement was led with Stephen L
Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: De-cember 9, 2009 By:
Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: December 9, 2014 Brentwood Press No.
02-1273 Publish: December 18, 25, 2009, January 1, 8, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE T.S. No. GM-227661-C Loan No. 7442544300
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/7/2007. 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 CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to
the highest bidder for cash, cashiers check drawn on a state or
national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or
a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation,
or savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of
the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state,
will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made,
but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding
title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation
secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims
any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address or
oth-er common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: JEFFREY
S. MOORE, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY. Recorded
2/15/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0046587-00 in Book , page of Of
cial Records in the of ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County,
California, Date of Sale:1/15/2010 at 10:00 AM Place
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE Trustee Sale No. 238461CA Loan No.
0689785897 Title Order No. 198031 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF TRUST DATED 04/12/2005. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. On 12/31/- 2009 at 10:00 AM, CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 04/28/2005, Book -, Page -,
Instrument 2005-0149810- 00, of of cial records in the Of ce of the
Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: JEANNINE
M HENRION, AN UNMARRIED WOM-AN, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTU-AL
BANK, FA, as Bene ciary, will sell at public auction sale to the
highest bid-der for cash, cashiers check drawn by a state or
national bank, a cashiers check drawn by a state or federal credit
union, or a cashiers check drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan asso-ciation, savings association, or savings bank speci ed in
section 5102 of the Fi-nancial Code and authorized to do busi-ness
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 estimat-ed 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 81, AS
SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8561, FILED JULY 7, 2004, IN MAP
BOOK 466 OF MAPS, PAGE 6, CONTRA COSTA COUN-TY RECORDS EXCEPTING
FROM POR-TIONS OF SAID LAND 1) ALL OIL, GAS, ASPHALTUM AND OTHER
HYDRO-CARBONS AND MINERALS BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET AS GRANTED IN
THE DEED RECORDED FEBRUARY 9, 1981, IN BOOK 10196, PAGE 125,
OF-FICIAL RECORDS. 2) ALL OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHALTUM AND
OTHER HYDROCARBONS AND ALL CHEMICAL GAS NOW OR HERE-AFTER FOUND,
SITUATED OR LOCATED IN ALL OR ANY PART OR PORTION OF THE LAND ABOVE
DESCRIBED LYING MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET (500 FEET) BELOW THE
SURFACE THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO SLANT DRILL FOR AND
REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF SAID OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHALTUM AND
OTHER HY-DROCARBONS AND CHEMICAL GAS LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF MORE
THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET (500 FEET) BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, AND
THE RIGHT TO GRANT LEASES FOR ALL OR ANY OF SAID PURPOSES, BUT
WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATSO-EVER TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID
LANDS WITHIN FIVE HUN-DRED FEET (500 FEET) VERTICAL DIS-TANCE BELOW
THE SURFACE THERE-OF, AS EXCEPTED IN THE DEEDS FROM HARRY H WYNN
AND CHARLOTTE WYNN, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 1/3
INTEREST, AND F MAXINE MULLER, A SINGLE WOMAN, AS TO AN UNDIVIDED
1/6 INTEREST AND GEORGE W MULLER, A SINGLE MAN, AS TO AN UNDIVIDED
1/6 INTEREST, RECORDED DECEMBER 31, 1986, SERIES NOS 86-241329 AND
86-241330, RESPECTIVELY 3) ALL OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHALTUM
AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS AND ALL CHEMICAL GAS NOW OR HERE-AFTER
FOUND, SITUATED OR LOCATED IN ALL OR ANY PART OR PORTION OF THE
LAND ABOVE DESCRIBED LYING MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET (500 FEET)
BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO SLANT DRILL
FOR AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF SAID OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GAS,
ASPHALTUM AND OTHER HY-DROCARBONS AND CHEMICAL GAS LYING BELOW A
DEPTH OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET (500 FEET) BELOW THE SURFACE
THEREOF, AND THE RIGHT TO GRANT LEASES FOR ALL OR ANY OF SAID
PURPOSES, BUT WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHAT-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE Trustee Sale No. 432009CA Loan No.
5304312746 Title Order No. 602122360 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED 04/09/2007. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/31/- 2009 at 10:00 AM, CALIFOR-NIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 04/12/2007, Book , Page ,
Instrument 2007-0106440- 00, of of cial records in the Of ce of the
Recorder of CON-TRA COSTA County, California, exe-cuted by: LAURIE
RUTH HUFFMAN, DR., A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRA-TION SYSTEMS, INC., (MERS), SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER,
1ST NATIONAL LENDING SERVICES, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Bene
ciary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for
cash, cashiers check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashiers
check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashiers check
drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings
association, or savings bank
SOEVER TO ENTER UPON THE SUR-FACE OF SAID LANDS WITHIN FIVE
HUNDRED FEET (500 FEET) VERTI-CAL DISTANCE BELOW THE SURFACE
THEREOF- , AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 1/3 INTEREST AS RESERVED BY GERALD J
JEFFRY, ET UX, IN THE GRANT DEED RECORDED DECEMBER 16, 1997,
SE-RIES NO 97-244907, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS 4) THE OIL,
OTH-ER HYDRO-CARBONS, GAS AND ALL OTHER MINERALS AND ASSOCIATED
SUBSTANCES AS RESERVED IN THE DEED FROM ALICE MAE CAR-PENTER, ET
VIR, TO GIOVANNI CON-TINENTE, DATED NOVEMBER 4, 1943, AND RECORDED
NOVEMBER 18, 1943 IN VOLUME 762 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, AT PAGE 70, AS
SAID RES-ERVATION WAS MODIFIED BY THOSE CERTAIN DEEDS FROM KIT
CARPEN-TER AND DOROTHY ANN CARPENTER, TRUSTEES OF THE CARPENTER
FAM-ILY TRUST TO RONALD E NUNN AND SHIRLEY A NUNN, RECORDED
NO-VEMBER 25, 2002, INSTRUMENT NO 2002- 445332, AND FROM KIT
CAR-PENTER AND CAROLYN HUFF TO RON-ALD E NUNN AND SHIRLEY A NUNN,
RECORDED NOVEMBER 25, 2002, IN-STRUMENT NO 2002445331, THEREBY
RESERVING, AS A MINERAL INTEREST AND NOT AS A ROYALTY INTEREST, ALL
OIL, GAS, HYDROCARBONS, AND ASSOCIATED SUBSTANCES IN, UN-DER, OR
PRODUCED AND SAVED FROM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LAND, BELOW 500 FEET OF
THE SUR-FACE OF THE LAND, BUT WITHOUT THE ENTRY TO THE SURFACE OF
THE LAND. 5) THE MINERALS AND MIN-ERAL RIGHTS RESERVED IN THE DEED
FROM LIPPOW DEVELOPMENT CO TO LEON J PREVOST, RECORDED APRIL 25,
1963, BOOK 4352, OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 599, AS FOLLOWS THE LAND
RE-FERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUAT-ED IN THE COUNTY OF CONTRA
COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:ONE-HALF
OF ALL OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASOLINE AND OTHER HYDROCARBON AND
MINERAL SUBSTANCES, TOGETH-ER WITH THE RIGHT TO TAKE, RE-MOVE, MINE
AND DISPOSE OF ALL OF SAID OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASO-LINE AND OTHER
HYDROCARBON AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES Amount of unpaid balance and
other charges: $512,114.73 (estimated) Street address and other
common designation of the real property: 1530 SOLITUDE WAY
BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 APN Num-ber: 018-470-018 The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street
address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The
property here-tofore described is being sold as is. In compliance
with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, ben-e
ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the
borrower(s) to assess their nancial situation and to explore
options to avoid fore-closure; or that it has made efforts to
contact the borrower(s) to assess their nancial situation and to
explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following
methods: by tele-phone; by United States mail; either 1st class or
certi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail;
by face to face meeting. DATE: 12- 03-2009 DECLARATION PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SEC-TION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 2923.54, the under-signed loan servicer declares as
fol-lows: 1. It has obtained from the com-missioner a nal or
temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is
current and valid on the date the notice of sale is led; and 2. The
timeframe for giving notice of sale speci ed in subdivision (a) of
Sec-tion 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or
Section 2923.55. CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPA-NY, as Trustee (714)
259-7850 or www. delityasap.com (714) 573- 1965 or
www.priorityposting.com CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200
OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3358172
12/11/2009, 12/- 18/2009, 12/25/2009 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273
Publish Dates: De-cember 11, 18, 25, 2009
of Sale: At the Court Street en-trance to the County Courthouse,
725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez,
California Property Address is purported to be: 1304 HORNE COURT
BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 APN #: 017-460-033 The total amount secured by
said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this
notice is $552,420.00, which includes the total amount of the
unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid inter-est) and
reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of
initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil
Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the bene ciary, loan
servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The
mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a nal or
temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is
current and valid on the date the notice of sale is led; [ 2 ] The
timeframe for giving notice of sale speci ed in subdivision (a) of
Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or
2923.55. Date: 12/17/2009 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario
Street, Suite 400 Bur-bank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line:
714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUST-EE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3378589
12/- 25/2009, 01/01/2010, 01/08/2010 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273
Publish Dates: December 25, 2009, January 1, 8, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008472-00 The name
of the business (es): Cortona Park Located at: 150 Cortona Way In:
Brentwood, CA 94513, Mailing: c/o: Susan Jeffrey, 330 N. Wabash,
#1400, Chicago, IL 60611 Is hereby registered by the following
owner(s): BKD Cor-tona Park, LLC, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington,
DE 19801. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Co.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the ctitious
business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of
registrant: John P. Rijos-Managing Member This statement was led
with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on:
December 1, 2009 By: Jose Gonzalez, Deputy Ex-pires: December 1,
2014 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: December 25, 2009,
January 1, 8, 15, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008474-00 The name
of the business (es): Tied To-gether Prayers Located at: 1714 Dune
Point Way In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the
follow-ing owner(s): Lynda Diane Gaskin and Jesse Thomas Gaskin
III, 1714 Dune Point Way, Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is
conducted by: Husband and Wife The registrant commenced to transact
business under the cti-tious business name or names listed above
on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Lynda D. Gaskin This statement
was led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County
on: December 1, 2009 By: Dancia Cox, Deputy Expires: December 1,
2014 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: December 11, 18, 25,
2009, January 1, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008490-00 The name
of the business (es): EAST VAL-LEY PAINTING CO. Located at: 275
Washington Drive In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by
the following owner(s): Javier Sanchez, 275 Washington Drive,
Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conduct-ed by: an Individual
The registrant com-menced to transact business under the ctitious
business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of
reg-istrant: Javier Sanchez This statement was led with Stephen L
Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: De-cember 1, 2009 By:
Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: December 1, 2014 Brentwood Press No.
02-1273 Publish: December 11,18, 25, 2009, January 1, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE T.S. No. GM-227135-C Loan No. 0475740908
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/29/2007. 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 CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public
auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashiers check drawn
on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral
credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed
in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business
in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale
will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy
the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the
property address or oth-er common designation, if any, shown
herein. TRUSTOR: WINIFRED K. HINES, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded
11/5/2007 as Instrument No. 2007- 0307187-00 in Book , page of Of
-cial Records in the of ce of the Record-er of Contra Costa County,
California, Date of Sale: 1/04/2010 at 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, California
Prop-erty Address is purported to be: 2985 BLUMEN AVENUE BRENTWOOD,
CA 94513 APN #: 018-600-007 The total amount secured by said
instrument
LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL
NOTICESLEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE TS No. 09-0027192 Title Order No.
09-8-082516 Investor/Insurer No. 135297706 APN No. 055-120- 002-5
YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 04/21/2006.
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 CON-TACT A LAWYER. Notice is
hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed
trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: MARIA RAMOS, AN
UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 04/21/2006 and re-corded 05/02/- 06, as
Instrument No. 2006- 0136397-00, in Book , Page ), of Of- cial
Records in the of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County,
State of California, will sell on 01/07/2010 at 10:00AM, At the
Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and
Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public
auction, to the
as of the time of initial publication of this notice is
$463,510.00, which in-cludes the total amount of the unpaid balance
(including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated
costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of
this no-tice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the
undersigned, on behalf of the bene ciary, loan servicer or
au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan
servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a nal or temporary
order of exemption pursu-ant to Section 2923.53 that is current and
valid on the date the notice of sale is led; [ 2 ] The timeframe
for giving no-tice of sale speci ed in subdivision (a) of Section
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55.
Date: 12/11/2009 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite
400 Bur-bank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727
Ileanna Petersen, TRUST-EE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3360705 12/11/2009,
12/18/2009, 12/25/2009 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publica-tion
Dates: December 11, 18, 25, 2009
speci 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 be-low, 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 estimat-ed 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 19, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8483,
FILED NOVEMBER 14, 2002, MAP BOOK 449, PAGE 17, CONTRA COS-TA
COUNTY RECORDS. EXCEPT-ING THEREFROM: 1. RIGHT CONVEYED AS TO THAT
PORTION THEREOF DE-SCRIBED IN THE MINERAL RIGHTS DEED TO ALFRED
POMBO, ET AL, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 29, 1987, IN BOOK 13933, PAGE 165,
SERIES NO. 87- 211805, OFFICIAL RECORDS, AS FOL-LOWS: AN UNDIVIDED
50% INTEREST IN AND TO ALL OIL, GAS OR OTHER HYDROCARBON
SUBSTANCES, GEOTHERMAL STEAMS, BRINES AND/OR MINERALS, WHICH MAY BE
FOUND BELOW 500 FEET BENEATH THE SUR-FACE OF THIS DESCRIBED
PROPER-TY. 2. THE RIGHTS RELINQUISHED IN THE OWNERS STATEMENT TO
THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS DISCLOSED ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8310,
FILED DECEMBER 29, 2000 IN BOOK 427 OF MAPS, PAGE 29, AND THE MAP
OF SUBDIVISION 8483, FILED NOVEMBER 14, 2002, IN MAP BOOK 449, PAGE
17, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS, AS FOLLOWS: ALL INTEREST IN
SUB-SURFACE MINERAL RIGHTS AND WA-TER RIGHTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $794,423.26 (estimated)
Street address and other common designa-tion of the real property:
600 MYR-TLE BEACH DRIVE BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 APN Number: 007-370-
019 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
incorrectness of the street address and other common des-ignation,
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, bene ciary, or authorized agent declares: that
it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their nan-cial situation
and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made
efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their nancial
situation and to explore options to avoid foreclo-sure by one of
the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; ei-ther
1st class or certi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery;
by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DEC-LARATION PURSUANT TO
CALIFOR-NIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pur-suant to California
Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares
as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a nal or
tem-porary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is
current and valid on the date the notice of sale is led; and 2. The
timeframe for giving notice of sale speci ed in subdivision (a) of
Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or
Sec-tion 2923.55. DATE: 12-04-2009 CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259- 7850 or www. delityasap.com (714)
573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH
BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3366579 12/11/2009, 12/- 18/2009,
12/25/2009 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: De-cember 11,
18, 25, 2009
highest bidder for cash or check as de-scribed 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: 2428 ASILOMAR DRIVE, ANTIOCH, CA, 945317765. The
under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness
of the street ad-dress 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 ad-vances at the time of
the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $548,239.00. It
is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less
than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee
will accept cashiers checks drawn on a state or national bank, a
check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn
by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings
association, or sav-ings bank speci 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, regarding title, possession or
encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of
Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the
unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with
interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and
ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of
Trust. DATED: 06/- 04/2009 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:-- Trustees Sale Of- cer
RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect
a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
ASAP# 3377212 12/18/2009, 12/25/2009, 01/01/2010 An-tioch Press No.
06-1617 Publish Dates: December 18, 25, 2009, January 1, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE T.S. No. GM-210278-C Loan No. 0359413620
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/23/2006. 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 CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public
auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashiers check drawn
on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral
credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed
in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business
in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale
will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy
the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the
property address or oth-er common designation, if any, shown
herein. TRUSTOR: Jennifer Scheile, an unmarried woman Recorded
11/1/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0350884-00 in Book -, page - of Of
cial Records in the of ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County,
California, Date of Sale: 1/8/2010 at 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, Cali-fornia
Property Address is purported to be: 1505 POPPY WAY ANTIOCH, CA
94509-0000 APN #: 074-173- 011 The to-tal amount secured by said
instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is
$353,867.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance
(including accrued and unpaid inter-est) and reasonable estimated
costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of
this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the
undersigned, on behalf of the bene ciary, loan servicer or
au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan
servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a nal or temporary
order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and
valid on the date the notice of sale is led; [ 2 ] The timeframe
for giving notice of sale speci ed in subdivision (a) of Section
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. ETS
Services, LLC Date: 12/14/2009 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400
Bur-bank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar
Solorzano, TRUST-EE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3358438 12/- 18/2009,
12/25/2009, 01/01/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates:
December 18, 25, 2009, January 1, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0008168-00 The name
of the business (es): A Dress Change Located at: 115 Railroad
Ave-nue, #C In: Danville, CA 94526 Is hereby registered by the
following owner(s): Donna Read. This business is conduct-ed by: an
Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the
ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of
reg-istrant: Donna Read This statement was led with Stephen L Weir,
County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: No-vember 16, 2009 By: M.
Oliver, Deputy Expires: November 16, 2014 Brentwood Press No.
02-1273 Publish: December 4, 11, 18, 25, 2009
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETrustee Sale No. : 20090015000348 Title
Order No.: 090395864 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/05/- 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 NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appoint-ed
Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/12/-
2006 as Instrument No. 2006- 0150312-00 of of- cial records in the
of ce of the County Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, State of
CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ANGEL C. PACHECO AND RAMON-ITA T. PACHECO,
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIERS
CHECK/CASH EQUIV-ALENT or other form of payment au-thorized by
2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United
States). DATE OF SALE: 01/07/2010 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF
SALE: AT THE COURT STREET EN-TRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 725
COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MAR-TINEZ, CA.
STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the re-al
property described above is purport-ed to be: 331 JIMNO AVE,
PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA 94565 APN#: 086-092-027 The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street
address and other common designation, if any , shown herein. Said
sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the
remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of
Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s),
ad-vances, 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
se-cured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the time of the ini-tial publication of
the Notice of Sale is $364,693.34. The bene ciary under said Deed
of Trust heretofore ex-ecuted and delivered to the under-signed a
written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written
No-tice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused
said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the
county where the real property is located. FOR TRUST-EE 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 INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Authorized Agent Dated: 12/18/2009
NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Bou-levard, Suite 500 Addison,
Texas 75001-9013 Telephone: (866) 795-1852 Tele-copier: (972)
661-7800 ASAP# 3374593 12/18/2009, 12/- 25/2009, 01/01/2010 Antioch
Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: December 18, 25, 2009, January 1,
2010
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Lets get pavingEditor:
What do you say? It has been over six weeks since the NASCAR
races have run their course at the Fairgrounds in Antioch. The dust
has cleared on Saturday evenings. The only thing thats not clear is
when their parking lot will get a fresh or shall I say its fi
rst-ever? paving job.
Come on; its 2009! About 2 years ago the grounds were paved in
an area on the west side of the parking lot for the people and
handicapped parking. That is a step in the right direction; yet,
what about completing the job?
The lot on Saturday nights now sits quiet; without trash fl ying
toward the neighborhood east of L Street and into the McFarlan
tract housing area. Three years ago an updated cyclone fence was
erected; yet it was placed about 1 inches above the ground. Was
that so the trash from the Flea Market on Saturdays until 4 p.m.
and then trash from the race fans, as well as the bottle tossing
onto L Street over the fence can continue?
Why do the Fairgrounds waste their time
putting down white stripes for parking? They should fi rst and
foremost put a good paving job down and then place the white
parking stripes. It is realized that the monies for this project
may not be available, yet recycled pave-ment through other county
paving projects could take care of that.
I was born in Antioch and have witnessed this 1950s attitude
regarding these changes. It hasnt been mentioned that a
truck-driving school rents or leases part of the east Fair-grounds
parking lot. Why not put some of that revenue toward putting down
some blacktop? It would greatly alleviate the dust and gravel
problem. That gravel can work its way all the way across L
Street.
It is also realized that many of the fairground hierarchy do not
spend any time (to speak of) in Antioch on the weekends. I have
also heard that many do not even live in Antioch, so therefore
their weekends are spent away from the fairgrounds dust and mess. I
failed to mention that the truck-driving school, which has roots in
Antioch, runs its driving school using big-rig trucks with trailers
and sometimes just the cab. These trucks can really stir up the
dust due to the area being oiled just one time a year. That would
be just one time a year in late May prior to the CCC Fair getting
going.
The truck-driving school takes place six days a week with the
only day not used by them is Saturdays, which is the day of the
Flea Market. These people must be paying some-thing to use these
lots.
We just saw the completion of the Fourth to 10th Street
additions of L Street and you better believe down the road, the
10th to 18th Street on L Street will be widened also. Come on, city
leaders that make these decisions lets get paving!
I must add that this is not about the race car drivers and their
sponsors from many loca-tions in California; they seem to be
outstanding people that are in this for the sport of driving
the oval track.Some say that if you dont like the goings
on, then move out. Well, what about the next family that moves
in to the neighborhood? Progress would be better, dont you think?
Enjoy the evenings of empty fairgrounds in the east parking lot.
Maybe one day we will wake up to the pleasant sound of a work crew;
maybe even a stimulus work crew paving their hearts out. Oh happy
days! Pave, pave, pave!
Have a Happy Holiday and New Year, Antioch and all of Contra
Costa County!
Richard P. BurkeAntioch
Christmas spirit alive on Bethel Island
Editor:We understand that times are tough, not
just for our own family (which has three mem-bers out of work)
but for many other families in our local area, as well as across
the nation. Even so, we refused to let our state, or even our
nations economic situation take away from the spirit of Christmas.
Times are hard everywhere, yet our family still wanted to do
something for our community to help spread the Christmas cheer.
What did we do? We wanted to offer a chance to experience a
little Christmas cheer right from Bethel Island. Our Christmas
scene may be small by the measure of some, but to us its a very big
deal. My brother has been work-ing very hard all week putting up
Christmas decorations in the hope of sharing some Christ-mas spirit
with the families in our community.
We invite everyone to come and share some Christmas cheer with
our family. Remem-ber to wear a warm coat, bring a fl ashlight, and
maybe a thermos of hot cocoa, too. And yes, even the Antioch,
Brentwood, Discovery Bay and Oakley Press are welcome and we do
hope you come and take pictures and help us spread the word: The
Christmas Spirit Is Alive
in Bethel Island!The hours you can visit are 6 to 9 p.m.
please, no visitors after 9 p.m., as all the outdoor Christmas
lights will automatically go off after 9 p.m.
You can fi nd us and our Christmas spirit at Sullivan Farms
Palouse Appaloosas, 4220 Gateway Road on Bethel Island.
Terrae SullivanBethel Island
Demand true health care insurance reform
Editor:With sadness I am writing to express
my opposition to the current health care legislation. As a
nation, we desperately need health care insurance reform. Yet the
current proposed reform is simply a giveaway to the health care
insurance and pharmaceutical industries, while limiting the
coverage of some of the basics of health care including
reproduc-tive health care services and preventive health
services.
In addition, the legislation as currently proposed punishes
hard-working individuals by mandating that they buy inadequate
health insurance, giving their limited funds to an already
subsidized health insurance industry or pay a fi ne.
The true silent majority of the American people must demand true
health care insur-ance reform from their individual Congress
members. We must end our silence during this debate, and threaten
to vote out their Congress members who refuse to be held
accountable to their true constituents, the regular healthy
American who wants to be able to prevent illness by doing what is
appropriate in consulta-tion with their local doctor and be
protected if, God forbid, illness hits unexpectedly.
Dr. Sara LevinChair, Internal Medicine
Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez
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Yes, East County, there is a Santa ClausSanta is understandably
a little tired
today as he gets set for a long winters nap after having spent
the night bringing toys to children around the world. So weve
de-
cided to put on a Santa cap to pass out presents of wishes in
our East County communi-
ties, whether theyve been naughty or nice. Antiochs present
should come from Judge Saundra Armstrong, who should grant the city
a victory in its litigation against several African-American women
charging the police with racial discrimination. Antioch offi cials
and police have been doing only what any responsible city must do
to ensure a healthy c