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2011’s greatest grammatical gaffes

Sometimes things are so bad, they’re good. Had “Rocky Horror Picture Show” been less campy, would it have achieved its cult status? Doubtful. Would “American Idol” be a winner without its wobbly throated wan-nabes? C’mon.

The same is true for words. The grammatical gaffes, syntac-tic slapstick and logical lapses that stumble across my com-puter screen provide welcome decompression from the stress of editorial deadlines.

Hey, I’ve even caught one or two before they made their way into print.

So brace yourself for the 2011 Blooper Reel Awards for the weirdest wordcraft never to have reared its ugly head in the pages of the Press:

MOST PICTURESQUE TYPO AwardThird Runner-up: His sandwiches have an Italian fl are.Second Runner-up: The group is hosing the free Cesar Chavez State Holiday Concert.First Runner-up: The preach-er served in the Perspiration Church for 11 years.And the award goes to: Strippers swim upstream to the Sacramen-to River to spawn.

TYPOS THAT ACTUALLY WORK AwardThird Runner-up: The event at-tracted a large caste of volunteers.

Second Runner-up: Music was provided by four signing groups.First Runner-up: Singing sensa-tion Carol Peters will be staring in a free concert.And the award goes to: He pro-posed to her last Eater Sunday at a huge family picnic.

FERDINAND MAGELLAN MEMORIAL AwardThe team clashed with squads from as far east as Missouri, Maryland, Long Island and Ha-waii.

YOU DON’T SAY! AwardThird Runner-up: The juvenile

ran away from home without permission.Second Runner-up: Positions are open until fi lled.First Runner-up: The shoplifter stole property from the business without paying.And the award goes to: The driv-er rear-ended another vehicle, abandoned his vehicle and fl ed on foot without leaving contact information.

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN AwardSecond Runner-up: He felt the team underperformed and could have done better.First Runner-up: He has head-lined shows internationally in 12 countries.And the award goes to: She didn’t miss a beat when she said, with-out hesitation, …

by Ger EricksonCopy Editor

see Gaffes page 12

“ Strippers swim upstream to the Sacramento River to spawn.

”– Winner, MOST PICTURESQUE TYPO Award

State park project moves ahead

The next hurdle in the ongo-ing quest to secure 3,600 acres near Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood as a state historic park is nearly complete. But for some propo-nents of the John Marsh Historic Trust, it’s a bittersweet milestone.

The California State Park and Recreation Commission is ex-pected to approve the general plan and environmental impact report (EIR) for the property currently known as Cowell Ranch/John Marsh at its Jan. 27 meeting. The general plan provides for acreage in the area north of Round Valley Regional Preserve and Los Vaque-ros Watershed.

Once the general plan and EIR are approved, the commis-sion is expected – during the same

meeting – to rename the property Los Meganos State Park.

“It is our staff’s recommen-dation that this is the best name because we believe it offers a fl ow

of the state’s history, not just a snapshot,” said Steve Musillami, planning division chief for Cali-fornia State Parks. The Los Me-ganos name (which means sandy

hills) was actually part of John Marsh’s original acquisition – he actually used the name “Ranchos de Los Meganos.”

“This particular site is unique because when we got into the gen-eral plan we learned a lot more about the archeological resources in the area,” added Musillami. “It’s one of the most unique sites in California.”

But Gene Metz, president of the John Marsh Historic Trust, believes the property – which will include the revitalized John Marsh House as its focal point – should be named John Marsh Historic State Park.

“We believe that if appropri-ately used, the name John Marsh Historic State Park can convey the positive interaction between

by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer

see Park page 16

The California State Parks and Recreation Commission is expect-ed to rename the Cowell Ranch/John Marsh property – which includes the John Marsh House – “Los Meganos State Park.”

Photo courtesy of Carol Jensen

As 2011 comes to an end and a sparkling new year stretches in front of us, it’s the perfect time to take a look back at some of the stories that have graced

the pages of Your Hometown Weekly Newspaper over the last 12 months. As we have

every year, the staff here at The Press has put together a few

representative pieces as a fi nal goodbye to this year.

The stories we’ve chosen aren’t the biggest or most important things that happened. They’re just interesting events, unusual

happenings or simply stories worth noting again. Of course, you can revisit all of the stories,

pictures, letters and commentary from the last 12 months by

logging on to www.thepress.net and checking our archives.

We’re privileged to be a part of our readers’ lives, and hope to continue with you for many more years. We’re also hoping that 2012 will bring you peace, happiness and prosperity, but whatever the new year brings, we’ll go through it together.

Thanks for sharing with us, and we hope you enjoy this year-end

mini-retrospective.

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Downtown Brentwood: C’mon down!This story was originally published on

Nov. 18, 2011.

The barricades, bulldozers and workers in neon-colored vests are gone, and the sparkling new downtown is ready and open for business.

That’s the word from merchants and city offi cials alike, who last week gathered to celebrate the completion of Brentwood’s overhaul of its traditional downtown business district.

“Welcome to the offi cial re-opening of our downtown,” said Kwame Reed, senior community development analyst for the city during a ceremony held last Thursday morning. Expected to run $6.2 million, Reed said the project came in at $5.8 million – well under budget and just a few weeks later than forecast despite 30 days of rain delays. Additional work on Brentwood Boulevard will wait until the roadway is turned over to the city and the “Highway 4” designation is relocated to the current Bypass, expected to occur next year.

“This took a lot of hard work and sacrifi ce,” Mayor Bob Taylor told the crowd, which included County Supervisor Mary Piepho and representatives of state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier and Congressman Jerry McNerney. “A lot of people put up

with a lot of things, but I know this will signifi cantly enhance the downtown.”

The overhaul includes wider sidewalks, entrance monuments, a new fountain, decorative streetlights and new trees. There are all-new benches and bike racks, and trash bins designed to collect recyclables in addition to garbage.

Funded entirely by the city’s Redevelopment Agency, the project received some criticism from residents who felt that spending the money during the current recession was unwise. City

Manager Paul Eldredge said at Thursday’s ceremony that building during the slump in the economy made it possible to do more, thanks to the soft construction market. He also pointed out that since the project began, Gov. Brown has radically changed how redevelopment agencies work in an effort to balance the state budget.

“Had we not done this when we did, the money would be gone to the state and we wouldn’t be standing here right now,” Eldredge said.

The project was the result of years

of input from business owners, residents and city planners and consultants. It was needed not only to replace aging utilities that could not support the restaurants and other businesses it’s hoped will soon fi ll the remaining vacancies, but show current and potential occupants that the city is serious about supporting them, Reed said. It’s hoped the work will inspire the private sector to make investments of its own.

The new streetscape has already seen a few big crowds. The Brentwood Chamber of Commerce’s Hometown Halloween attracted thousands, more than a few of whom were seen playing in the water of the new fountain. The formed-concrete, water-table-style feature includes the city motto “Heritage, Vision, Opportunity” as well as inscribed paving stones bearing the names of donors who helped build the original monument to Art Gonzales, a former mayor and teacher.

The Liberty High School Homecoming Parade rolled through the upgraded environs two weeks ago, and the new seating planters and benches were fi lled to capacity with observers.

“This is really nice,” Drew Ebersol said as the procession passed. “We have a nice, new downtown, but we’re using it to show off pride in our high school just as we have for years. It’s the perfect blend of tradition and progress.”

Samie Hartley contributed to this story. To comment, visit www.thepress.net.

by Rick LemyreStaff Writer

A new arch graces the Oak Street entrance to the city’s historical downtown business district. Business owners and city offi cials are inviting shoppers to head down and check out the recently completed $5.8 million streetscape overhaul.

Photo by Richard Wisdom

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East County heroes abound in 2011This story was compiled from stuff reports.

Local heroes were everywhere this year; ordinary citizens stepping up under the most extraordinary of circumstances to help those in need.

On 9/11, Brentwood resident Rico To-lentino spotted a growing smoke cloud a few doors down from his house. Tolentino dashed to the scene to fi nd a trash can and fence between two houses ablaze, grabbed a nearby garden hose and began spraying water on a burning fence that had collapsed against one of the houses.

By the time the fi re department arrived, “They said, ‘You did most of the work for us!’” said Tolentino. As a precaution, fi re-fi ghters insisted Tolentino go to the hospital to be checked for smoke inhalation. He was uninjured.

Neighbors showed their appreciation for Tolentino’s actions by throwing a neigh-borhood barbecue in his honor.

For Oakley residents Samantha Sun-burst and Fredrick Reed, their heroic ac-tions turned a regular day into an unforget-table experience. Walking between Main Street and Rose Avenue in Oakley last May, the pair watched in horror as an elderly woman, with two grandchildren in the car, lost control and careened over the wall into the canal below. By the time Sunburst and Reed reached them, the car had begun fi lling

with water. “The kids were holding their heads up

as high as they could, trying to get enough air,” said Reed. “We just grabbed them one at a time and got them out of there.”

Although badly shaken, none of the passengers were injured. In honor of Sun-burst and Reed’s bravery, the ECCFD hon-ored the Good Samaritans with letters of commendation from the department.

It took him just an instant to realize he was in trouble, but for former Brentwood

resident Tim Gruber it was a life-changing moment. As he was preparing to ride the last wave of the day near Carmel last June, the lifelong surfer slipped and fell backward onto the base of his neck.

“I lost the use of my arms immediately and I knew it was bad,” said Gruber, a three-time NCAA All-American distance runner.

Help arrived in the form of two teen-age boys, one of whom was a family friend staying at the Grubers’ house for the week-end. Ryan Coke of Brentwood was on shore

when a woman came over and alerted him to the man fl oating motionless in the surf.

“I was scared,” said Coke, 14. “I’m not a very strong swimmer but I went out there to help … I didn’t even recognize Tim when we got to him because his face was bloated and blue.”

Luckily for Gruber – and Coke’s quick action – the injury he sustained in the area of the C-5 spinal column is expected to heal in response to ongoing physical therapy.

At one time or another we’ve all won-dered how we would react in an emergency. Last October, Vicki Simmons and Patrick James had the chance to fi nd out, and an Oakley teenager is alive as a result.

During a routine run, James, a P.E. teacher at O’Hara Park Middle School, was watching his students when he noticed something strange.

What he saw was 13-year-old Ignacio Pena lying motionless, face down on the grass. Realizing the boy wasn’t breathing, James called 911 and together with Sim-mons – also an O’Hara Park P.E. instructor – began rescue efforts.

“I began CPR,” said Simmons. “And when the paramedics arrived, they said to continue CPR while they prepared to take him in the ambulance.”

Pena was revived at the hospital and continues to recover at a nearby hospital.

“It was emotional; I was emotional,” said James. “But I just did what the parents of Oakley expect me to do. We just did what we needed to do.”

Just a few weeks after his near-fatal accident, Tim Gruber, center, poses with son Brandon, left, and Ryan Coke, who helped pull Gruber from the waters off Carmel Beach.

Photo courtesy of Theresa Gruber

by Rick LemyreStaff Writer

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La Clinica opens after four-year wait

This story was originally published on Dec. 9, 2011.

Some things are worth the wait, and for Oakley, Christmas came early this year with the opening of La Clinica in the Cypress Square Shopping Center.

It took four years, but now Oakley is home to the newest La Clinica facility, which offers an array of health care services to those carrying little or no insurance. For Oakley resident Paulina Maffi a and her children, the opening of La Clinica in her hometown is a blessing.

A graduate of UC Berkeley, Maffi a and her family, like many in East County, fell on hard times and lost their medical insurance. Rather than going to a doctor, she would ig-nore pain until it became unbearable and a trip to the emergency room was the only op-tion. She was thrilled to discover the La Cli-nica in Pittsburg. But the joy didn’t last.

The Maffi a family suffered a second blow to their fi nances, and the 45-minute trip to Pittsburg, creeping through construction traffi c, became too costly. But now that La Clinica has come to Oakley, Maffi a can pro-vide her family with proper care.

“I’m so glad we have this safety net to provide quality, affordable healthcare,” Maf-fi a said to the crowd of 150 guests at the La Clinica grand opening last week.

Members of the Contra Costa Interfaith

Supporting Community Organizations rallied for city support to bring La Clinica to Oakley, and after years of fundraising and accepting pledges from major medical service providers, La Clinica offi cially opened its doors on Dec. 2. The clinic plans to operate as a satellite fa-cility to the Pittsburg location for the fi rst year to make sure everything is in order. La Clinica CEO Jane Garcia said the new facility has already registered 200 families, and identifi ed 800 other families that could benefi t from the Oakley location.

The facility at the outset will be open 20 hours a week, and Garcia hopes to assist 1,000 patients within the fi rst year. She’d like to open the clinic 40 hours a week and treat 4,000 patients annually by 2013.

“This is a community that is not going to let us fail,” Garcia said at the grand opening. “Our goal is to provide a full gamut of ser-vices. Behavioral health, prenatal care – all the services that are part of health care, including

preventative health care services. It took us a while to get going but our commitment is for the long haul.”

La Clinica has the support of many local medical providers. Kaiser Permanente Com-munity Benefi t Diablo Area donated $150,00 to the cause, John Muir Health Alliance provided $450,000, Sutter Health provided $200,000, the Vesper Society donated $56,337, Radback Energy, Inc. donated $25,000 and Kaiser Permanente Northern California Fund for Community Benefi t at the East Bay Community Foundation donated $300,000.

The City of Oakley worked with S&R Associates, the owners of Cypress Square, to secure a seven-year lease for La Clinica to get it started. In addition, S&R donated $51,511 to help La Clinica renovate its new home.

La Clinica Oakley, located at 2021 Main St., is open Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. For more information, call 925-776-8200 or visit www.laclinica.org.

by Samie HartleyStaff Writer

Oakley Mayor Jim Frazier, seen here with State Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier and La Clinica CEO Jane Garcia, puts some muscle into cutting the ribbon at the grand opening celebration of La Clinica Oakley.

Photo by Samie Hartley

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Police meeting, beating benchmarks

This story was originally pub-lished on April 15, 2011.

An innovative system designed to help police address areas of con-cern is doing just that, according to an annual report delivered to the Brentwood City Council this week.

Police Chief Mark Evenson told the City Council Tuesday that the city’s Police Department Bench-mark Report, initiated in 2008, is designed to track performance in four areas: response times, incidents of crime and crime rates, workloads and crime clearance rates.

“Few police agencies across the country hold themselves to this level of accountability by inviting

public scrutiny of their organiza-tional performance on a yearly ba-sis,” Evenson reported to the coun-cil. “The Benchmark Report further illustrates our commitment to pro-viding the best police services and information to our citizens.”

“The 2011 Benchmark report reinforces that the men and women of the Brentwood Police Depart-ment continue to provide exception-al police services to the citizens of Brentwood,” Evenson said. “Even with the challenges of temporar-ily losing several patrol offi cers to long-term injuries and disabilities, both our police offi cers and civil-ian support staff stepped up to fi ll the void. I’m very proud of all of them.”

To view the entire Benchmark Report, visit www.thepress.net.

by Rick LemyreStaff Writer

Grand Jury lauds Brentwood finances

This story was originally published on July 1, 2011

A Contra Costa County Grand Jury has praised the City of Brentwood for its fi scal manage-ment during the recession, suggesting other cities in the county consider the city’s approach.

In a report entitled “Brentwood – a city ad-dressing reality,” issued last week, the grand jury looked the fi nancial diffi culties facing all 19 of the county’s cities. All had taken steps to deal with the crisis, the report said, but it singled out four pro-grams in Brentwood as worthy of emulation.Fiscal management and planning

Brentwood’s use of a 10-year fi scal planning model allows offi cials to plug in various “what if” scenarios that help forecast the impact down the road of decisions made now. The city has also maintained 30 percent of its annual budget in reserve, the report

said, as well as Emergency Preparedness and Budget Stabilization funds to help weather the storm.Addressing revenue and expense imbalance

Once the state’s fourth-fastest-growing city, Brentwood in 2005 implemented a plan to reduce its reliance on developer fees over the next decade. As the recession worsened, the plan was accelerated to three years, one result being the 84-percent reduction in the number of employees involved in its capital improvement program – from 17 to three.

A fee deferral program to encourage contin-ued residential and commercial development, staff reductions in all departments except Code Enforce-ment and the police department, and continuing cost-effective maintenance on vehicles, equipment and computers were also noted in the report.Performance measurement

The enacment in 2008 of Brentwood’s Police Benchmark Reporting system, which charts the PD’s performance in key areas such as response

see Grand Jury page 31

by Rick LemyreStaff Writer

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END OF THE YEAR SUMMARY

This year’s report is going to sound a lot like the wrap-up from the last 2-3 years. Difficult transactions, distressed properties ruling the day, and we keep waiting for the wave of foreclosures that has yet to arrive. I feel like the little boy that cried “Wolf!” when we keep hearing from all the “experts” that there is a huge wave of foreclosures headed our way, yet the lenders continue to drip them out in a measured manner.

Delinquencies seem to be rising again, which could force the lenders’ hands into more foreclosures. However, loan modifications appear to be getting better. I’ve reviewed many for local hom-eowners, and I’m seeing some good ones finally come across my desk, even some principal reductions. If this trend contin-ues, that may keep more properties from becoming foreclosures.

Overall inventory is WAY down, almost 40% less than last year. Many banks called off foreclosures last year

to work through the Robo-signing and MERS lawsuits. Some of these cases have settled recently, which could mean they’ll start foreclosing more rapidly next year. Unless some new reason to delay pops up in 2012 like it has the last few years?

Prices seem to be mostly flat. The average listing price for our area went up a bit, but the average sold price is about where we ended last year.

Big news is that the law in California changed where in most cases lenders can’t pursue after a short sale (consult an attor-ney). So short sales are now something every distressed homeowner needs to at least consider if they can’t make their pay-ment and can’t get a sensible loan modi-fication.

If you have questions on this or any other real estate topic, call me at (925) 240-MOVE (6683). To search the MLS for free and view virtual tours of homes for sale, go to: www.SharpHomesOnline.com. Sharp Realty

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Oakley power plant breaks ground

This story was originally published on July 15, 2011.

Local, county and state offi cials gathered in Oakley on Tuesday to celebrate the ground-breaking of the Oakley Generating Station.

A crowd of approximately 150 attended the festivities that marked the offi cial start of construction of the 614-megawatt, state-of-the-art, natural-gas-fi red, combined-cycle power plant. The station, located on Bridge-head Road on 22 acres at the former DuPont property, will offer one of the fi rst applications of General Electric’s latest, advanced 7FA gas turbine, which will operate more effi ciently and be more environmentally friendly than previous turbines. The new technology will eliminate 19,000 tons of greenhouse gases an-nually and use 93 percent less water than con-ventional power plants.

“This is a beautiful day,” said Oakley Mayor Jim Frazier as he welcomed the crowd to the invitation-only event. “It’s been a long process … but here we are today, and it’s a good day. Let’s get this party started.”

Danville-based Radback Energy for-mally introduced the Oakley Generating Sta-tion project back in November of 2009 when the project went before the California Energy Commission (CEC) for its fi rst public hear-ing. After months of investigations, the CEC approved the project in May of this year. The

construction of the plant is expected to take 32 months and create more than 700 union jobs. After completion, a crew of approximately 20 will operate the facility.

Frazier said he and the Oakley council are proud to welcome Radback and GE to Oakley and look forward to their continued partnership. Radback has already contributed to the community in many ways, most recently helping fund a portion of the fi reworks show at the annual Oakley Cityhood Celebration. Radback offi cials have also pledged to start a community benefi ts program in which Rad-back will contribute approximately $6 million to establish a community grant program for local nonprofi t organizations and to fund city

capital improvement projects.Radback CEO Bryan Bertacchi also

expressed gratitude for the partnership and looks forward to Radback becoming part of the community. “Developing new projects in California teaches you one thing: you need a lot of oars in the water to create a project like this one,” Bertacchi told the crowd. “But in my personal experience over the last 30 years, the oars aren’t all paddling in the same direc-tion and you’re going around in circles. But we’re here today because this group spent four years paddling together, working toward the same goal.”

California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey admitted the project

had a “tortured” history, as Radback offi cials and community representatives campaigned vigorously to win over the CPUC commis-sioners. Although the commission initially denied the project, Peevey now sees no down-sides to the multi-million-dollar enterprise. The CPUC’s original denial was due to com-missioners’ belief that the plant was unneces-sary, but Peevey told the crowd at Tuesday’s event that the Oakley Generating Station will play a key role in the future of energy-generat-ing technology.

With the construction of the Oakley Generating Station and its utilization of ad-vanced technologies, California will be less dependent on – or will retire – older and less effi cient power plants. Pacifi c Gas and Elec-tric plans to purchase the plant once it’s com-pleted.

“We are very pleased that GE’s lat-est 7FA gas turbine technology is a driving force behind this milestone project,” said Paul Browning, president and CEO of thermal products for GE Energy. “The Oakley plant will offer high effi ciency, low emissions and the operating fl exibility that enables greater use of renewable energy such as wind or solar power. The fl exibility of the 7FA gas turbine enables a natural gas plant to be turned up when the grid needs energy, and turned down when renewable energy is available. We believe the greater use of renewable energy, in combi-nation with natural gas, is the future of power generation.”

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by Samie HartleyStaff Writer

Oakley City Council members, from left, Vice Mayor Kevin Romick, Carol Rios, Mayor Jim Frazier, Pat Anderson and Randy Pope make their mark at the Oakley Generating Station groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday.

Photo by Steve Nosanchuk

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This story was originally published on June 3, 2011.

While her classmates were dancing the night away in San Francisco, Ana Barraza lay in a hospital bed awaiting early-morning surgery.

When the Liberty High School senior woke up on the morning of her senior ball, she experienced debilitating stomach pains. She was rushed to the hospital, where doctors told her she had suffered a gall bladder attack and they would need to remove the stones causing her so much pain. That meant an overnight stay in the hospital and no senior ball.

“I was disappointed,” said Ana, an aspiring teacher who will attend Sonoma State in the fall. “But if I had to miss senior ball, then I had to miss senior ball. That’s just how it was.”

But that’s not how it was – not if Ana’s friends had anything to say about it. Ana texted her friends to inform them of the bad news but encouraged them to have a good time and take plenty of pictures. They did as she asked and went to the city for prom, but they knew they had to do something special for their friend once she recovered.

Enter Liberty teacher Kandy Aldana. Ana’s men-tor in the Teaching and Learning Academy, Aldana has known Ana for four years. When she heard Ana missed senior ball, she talked to some students about putting on a mini prom after school – just some-thing small in the classroom. The students loved the idea, but a mini-prom wouldn’t do. They had bigger plans.

Last Friday the Liberty High E-quad was the place to be, as dozen of seniors gathered to host Prom Part II in honor of Ana. The event featured food, decorations, a DJ, a picture area and plenty of dancing – more than Ana could have hoped for.

Earlier in the week, Ana took part in a special scavenger hunt, collecting post-it notes with heartfelt messages and clues. When she completed her journey, she found a group of friends forming a tunnel and se-nior Shawn Whalen standing at the end of it, holding a final post-it that read “Prom?”

As Ana entered the E-quad, dressed in a shim-mering pink gown, she passed through a similar tun-nel of students who cheered as she made her way through the crowd. At the end, she was given a pink sash that read “Fabulous” and a plastic tiara adorned

with pink jewels, perfect for a princess. In typical prom fashion, the first thing she did was take off her shoes so she could move around comfortably as she was greeted by friends. With a shy smile, Ana posed for photos with friends and fellow students while she waited for her date to arrive.

“This is so unexpected,” Ana said. “This is really nice of the school, the faculty and the students to do this for me. This is amazing. I had no idea they were planning something so big. I can’t believe this. It makes me feel really special.”

And special is the reason students were so eager to put the event together. “Everyone loves Ana,” said Aldana. “She’s a great student and a wonderful per-son. She’s a quiet leader and a hard worker. She has the respect of her peers.”

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Laissez-faire 101

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Not loosely, but literally translated the

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do”, or, “allow to do”. According to the former

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Brother’s public, the “King of Wall Street” per

Business Week circa 1985 and the defi nition

of an excessive era, John H. Gutfreund, the

investment banks on Wall Street practice that

very economic theory, laissez-faire capitalism:

the separation of economy and state, or rather,

a free market where production and produc-

tivity is controlled by only one of two entities,

privately held or publicly traded companies…

not the government.

“It’s laissez-faire until you get in deep

(explicit)…” Gutfreund was quoted as saying

in 2008. And now, in 2011 as we head into

a new year, how much more relevant, and to

the point, can that statement possibly be. Free

market and the lack of regulation led to a gap

between interests of those who made their liv-

ing on Wall Street and the wider population of

those that did not, now known as main street.

In retrospect and to put it more bluntly, a gap

so large the global economy is now forced

to share the burden. With more than a $490

billion increase from 2000 to 2005 in subprime

loans it’s very easy to see how free market, not

regulation, had taken over the fi nancial sector

of Wall Street. Where an “F” on Wall Street

once stood for fun, now, raised high, an “F” on

main street sadly represents foreclosure.

No one knows this fact better than the

residents of “Foreclosure Alley”, this nation’s

hardest hit region; a strip of southern Califor-

nia behind Los Angeles and Orange County

where nearly 500 families lose their home to

foreclosure daily. Residents of Lake Elsinore,

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take irony in the once upbeat ad campaigns of

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sounds, simply state, “You can count on us”.

However, both Wall Street and main

Street seem to still be in agreement on one

thing; our markets need to bounce back, and

that needs to be done almost single handedly

by credit, as a whole, again fl owing through

the arteries of real estate. Said best by Chair-

man Wilbur Way, of the $8 billion private

equity fi rm Invesco, “Th e fi rst step is to get

banks to where they’ll continue to make new

mortgages.”

So until banks overcome their own

knee jerk reaction, and begin lending again,

we as main street America have to sit on the

sidelines and wait for the opportunity to do

our part. You see in a laissez-faire theory type

economy, it’s the consumers not the govern-

ment that is the lifeboat. Best summed up

by Gentleman’s Quarterly, or GQ, journal-

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TEEMING WITH INFORMATION AwardGift cards were stolen from an unknown location and used at an undetermined loca-tion.

SOUNDS WORSE THAN IT IS AwardMy store was always getting shoplifted in front of us.

BACK TO THE FUTURE AwardWe are well beyond the days when everything was paid for in cash; it’s time to move into the 20th century.

COP-SPEAK AwardSecond Runner-up: Two responsible females stole shoes from the business.First Runner-up: A driver unsafely backed into a pole.And the award goes to: She was determined to have two outstanding warrants for her ar-rest.

REVISIONIST HISTORY AwardThe event commemorated the fall of Bataan at Humphrey’s on the Delta in Antioch.

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ing his post-retirement life.First Runner-up: Success is the combina-tion of being prepared when opportuni-ties present themselves.And the award goes to: You can’t help but not want to take part.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS AwardHe worked as a corporate operations of-fi cer from 2004-10, and a retired truck driver for 30 years before that.

WE DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS AwardShe buried two husbands in the course of her life.

IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN AwardSecond Runner-up: Eleven out of ten coaches will tell you that pitching is king.First Runner-up: “We just took the love out of our hearts and threw it up on pa-per.”And the award goes to: “Maryland is a beautiful and well developed state in the American continent offering a wide num-ber of carpet-cleaning service providers.”

WORST DEPLOYMENT CONCEPT EVER AwardThe greeting cards will be sent to troops stationed overseas in packages.

And fi nally, the UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT AwardThird Runner-up: Their brand-new build-ing, which opened in 2005, …Second Runner-up: Estimated loss: $432.49.First Runner-up: The driver broadsided a pole.And the award goes to: “We’ll have a mo-ment of silence for John Doe, who has passed away.”

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For wounded Iraq war veteran Ricky France and his family, Nov. 5 was a roller coaster ride. The home he and wife Shannon rented in Loomis had been lost to foreclosure and, unable to fi nd an affordable replacement, they and their fi ve children faced homeless-ness in four days. Arrangements to move to a shelter had been made, and movers had ar-rived to take their belongings to storage.

That’s when the phone call came: The Military Warriors Support Foundation (MWSF) was on the line to tell the Frances they were being given, mortgage-free, a fi ve-bedroom house in Brentwood.

“He was speechless and I was crying,” Shannon recalled. “I kept thinking, ‘I’m not going to be homeless!’”

The family, including Jon, 15; Destiny, 9; Erreanna, 8; Arhvia, 6; and Micah, 5, moved into the 6-year-old house the day before Thanksgiving.

“It’s beautiful; amazing,” said Ricky said this week. “I’m still amazed and shocked.”

Founded in 2007 by retired Gen. Leroy Sisco, the MWSF provides a variety of servic-es aimed at helping veterans transition from the military to civilian life. In March of 2010 the organization embarked on its most ambi-tious effort, to give 1,000 wounded veterans free houses within fi ve years.

“One of our biggest hurdles is convinc-ing people that it’s real,” said Casey Kin-ser, program director for MWSF. “Everyone thinks, ‘Surely they’re not giving away a free home.’ We are, and we want a lot more people to know.”

The house was donated to the founda-tion by J.P. Morgan Chase. Lisa Wolfe, com-munications director for Military and Veteran Affairs at Chase. “These are deserving veter-ans,” Wolfe said. “We feel we have to recognize

what these people have given to protect us.”A mechanic with the Army’s 3rd Ar-

mored Cavalry Regiment, France was part of the fi rst Army unit into Iraq in 2003, right behind the Marines. He had served from 1990 to 1996, left the Army, and then re-enlisted following the 9/11 attacks.

On Sept. 10, 2003, his unit was ordered on a re-supply convoy to a forward operat-ing base outside Fallujah. The convoy made its delivery, and was just 15 minutes from re-

turning to base when a string of seven bombs detonated around him.

“I saw the puffs of smoke, and then whoosh,” he said, moving his hands and body as though being struck by a giant ocean wave. He had to be pried from the riddled wreck-age of his truck, his body peppered with wounds and his knees severely hyperextended in the blast. He did not want to discuss oth-ers caught in the attack, other than to say he wasn’t the only one hurt.

“No way I should have lived,” he said. “At the hospital, they told me I wasn’t going to walk again, but four days later I threw the crutches away and got up.”

After a 30-day rehabilitation, France returned to his unit. Out of patriotism and desire to care for his family, he also “did the unthinkable – I re-enlisted for six years.”

Those years ended in April of 2010, and he mustered out of the service despite his de-sire to stay in. “It was easier to stay in, where I knew what had to be done, than it was to get out and not know what to do,” he said.

Unable to fi nd work, France and his fam-ily have been drawing unemployment since leaving the service. Returning to mechanics, he said, is not an option. “My body can’t do that any more,” he said.

The gift from MWSF includes three years’ fi nancial counseling and monthly visits from a homeowner mentor to help keep the new house ship-shape. At the end of the three-year mentoring period, the house will belong to the France family, free and clear.

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Among the many conservation and service projects undertaken by Oakley Cub Scout Pack 152 in 2011 is the pack’s recent adop-tion of Creekside Park, where each month the Scouts will pick up

trash, pull weeds and keep the park clean and safe. Earlier this month, the Scouts and their parents spent an hour collecting about 30 pounds of trash. “It’s amazing to have so many young boys take part in and enjoy activities that help our community,” said Webelos leader Tahirih Roa. “It was a beautiful day and, as always, a great day for Scouting.”

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the whites and the Indians,” said Metz. “We think with the Marsh name, people will be eager and interested in learning and cel-ebrating that time in the state’s history.”

This latest effort to stave off the Los Meganos moniker is the third go-around for the Marsh Trust board, which has lob-bied heavily for the name it feels is a better representation of the area and the state’s history.

“The commission attempted to rename the property last year and we asked that it not be done at that time,” said Metz. “Now it has come up again and we will again make our feelings known. But how much weight we can carry, I don’t know.”

Plans for the state park include the re-vitalized Marsh house, walking and hiking trails, picnic areas, equestrian facilities and camping in Round Valley and the eastern part of the park. Money for the project has been diffi cult to fi nd, but approval of the general plan and EIR paves the way for additional grant opportunities and funding resources.

“This will be a very big step in the pro-cess,” said Roy Stearns, communications

director for California State Parks. “Be-cause once the name is offi cially put onto the maps, we can move ahead with the proj-ect.”

Metz agrees that the most important thing is to get the park up and running – re-gardless of the site’s name. “Of course we are absolutely delighted that the project is moving ahead,” said Metz. “What’s impor-tant is getting the park open and available to the public to enjoy, discover and learn about the history of early California.”

The commission will take part in a briefi ng on the general plan and naming proposal for the Cowell/Marsh property on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 1:30 p.m. at the John Marsh house, 21999 Marsh Creek Road. The entrance to the property is approxi-mately 700 feet south of the intersection of Vineyard Parkway and Marsh Creek Road.

The commission will meet again on Friday, Jan. 27 at 9 a.m. in the Community Room of the City of Brentwood Communi-ty Center, 35 Oak St., to vote on the general plan and EIR and consider the renaming of the site. Both meetings are open to the public.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORBasketsful of thanks

Editor:On behalf of the board of the Brent-

wood Regional Community Chest, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the volunteers, businesses and individuals who provided hundreds of hours of time, thousands of dollars in donations, and helped collect, prepare and deliver thousands of toys and tons of food in our Christmas Basket pro-gram this year. Our program was enor-mously successful once again, thanks to so many community members.

A huge number of volunteers gave of their time and holiday spirit Friday and Saturday. The sorting and packing was completed in record time. Over 550 families were presented with a large box of food, all the ingredients for a Christ-mas dinner, and toys for their children.

Thank you to the Brentwood Union School District, the City of Brentwood staff and the City Council for their dona-tions of time and space for this event. Thank you to our mayor, Bob Taylor, who collects thousands of dollars each year and then dons a turkey suit to pose for pictures and greet the crowds. An extra special thank you to Brentwood Police Offi cer Roger Wilson and his Ex-plorer unit for the outstanding work they do each and every year on our behalf.

This event would not be possible without all of the local businesses that support our collection efforts each No-vember and December. An extra-special thank you to a few of our longtime and generous supporters: the Wilson family and their Napa Auto Parts store, which raises thousands of dollars for us each and every year; East Contra Costa Bank (Bank of Agriculture and Commerce); the employees at Precision Cabinets and Trim, who purchase and put together bicycles for so many of our families each year; and the folks at Brentwood Self Storage, who generously donate storage space for our program all year ’round.

We feel so blessed that so many com-munity members have chosen to make this event one of their family holiday traditions. Please accept the board’s heartfelt appreciation for participating in what we believe is one of the annual events that makes Brentwood such a special town. The countdown has already begun for next year’s event.

Dana EatonKevin King

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We don’t need WalmartEditor:

The Planning Commission meeting held this week has shown a defi nite trend in local politics – that trend being that Walmart got what they paid for. Indications are that the Brentwood city government and all its members will do exactly what the developers, Walmart lawyers and Walmart lobbyist want. Apparently, turning Brentwood into another Antioch or Pittsburg and ruining the quality of life here is not such a high price to pay for all that money.

All of us need to remember that these are the same great minds that paid $16,000 each for the palm trees downtown. Break it down. The price of one tree would have fed all the homeless at Street Feast for two years. The price paid for three trees would pay the annual salary of a teacher. The fi scal skills of our elected and appointed leaders are

a bad joke, and now they are going to destroy the quality of life in this great town for a stinking Walmart.

ABC news reported this week that the government of China has been responsible for a huge wave of industrial espionage in the U.S. – espionage aimed at business and commercial targets, not military or defense. Now consider this: Walmart is one of the largest retailers of Chinese manufactured goods in the world. We don’t need them, we don’t want them, and we will remove the politicians that Walmart has bought and paid for in our city.

Stand up for the quality of life in Brentwood before we lose it.

Bill SumnerBrentwood

Wonderful Walkaboutin delightful downtown

Editor:Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 was the

night that the people of Brentwood came out to play in their newly renovated downtown. The Downtown Brentwood Business Coalition put on the wonderfully successful Winter Walkabout. As a new business owner and member of the Downtown Brentwood Business Coalition, also known as the DBC, this was my fi rst event.

As I stood in the courtyard of the Vista Verde Plaza on First Street, I realized that this event was a huge

success and I was having a wonderful time. I was stunned to see so many families, couples and friends walking the streets going from store to shop to restaurant, laughing, eating, singing with Christmas carolers and riding in the horse-drawn cart.

There were droves of children at Santa’s Village enjoying crafts and sitting in Santa’s lap. The funeral home was doing Tarot card readings and the restaurants were serving samplings of their fares. The shop owners were offering warm drinks and sweets. Our hope was that people would come out and experience the downtown, meet their local business owners and have an evening fi lled with good food, good drinks, good conversation and laughter.

From what I saw and heard last night, our hopes came true. I had the privilege of meeting some great people and adorable kids and I was a witness to the downtown business owners connecting with the people of their community, and conversely, people chose to come out and play, and I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of it. I had great conversations, I laughed with people, talked about my business and what I had to offer as well as being able to talk about what people were experiencing at other businesses.

It was great to hear how much they loved the new downtown.

Lori Yap-ChiongcoBrentwood

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Falcons fall just short in tournament

Facing tough competition from all over the Bay Area and Central Valley, Liberty High’s wrestling team held home court at the recent Lou Bronzan Invitational.

The Lions outperformed all other Bay Valley Athletic League squads, placing sec-ond overall to James Logan from Union City. The two schools were pretty much alone at the top: Logan’s 204 points earned the Colts fi rst place; Liberty’s 191.5 secured second place for the Lions; and the third place fi nisher, Exeter, earned 126.5.

The Lions claimed victories in the 114- (sophomore Devon Lyle), 139- (junior Austin Solari), 146- (senior Xavier Johnson) and 161-pound weight classes (senior Kevin Milner).

Milner’s match with Exeter senior Ca-leb Alvarado went down to the wire until the Lion came away with a 5-4 win.

Solari actually topped his own team-mate, Jake Thompson-Zanarini, for the 5-0 victory.

“I wrestled smart and I didn’t give up too many points,” Solari said. “It was also kind of hard because you guys wrestle each other in practice so much that you know each other’s styles and you know what moves they’re good at. It’s harder to score because you know what’s coming.”

Liberty was also well-represented at the top in the Brittany David Invitational, a girls tournament hosted at the same time. In the 118-pound bracket, Liberty’s Kristina Diaz placed second after losing a tough match to Benicia’s Forrest Molinari.

“It was all right, but I wish I would’ve done better,” Diaz said. “She was pretty tough, but it’s always good to have good matches so I can get better.”

Pittsburg, a BVAL team hoping to rise through the ranks this season, was impres-sive at the Lou Bronzan Invitational, fi nish-ing 13th. Javonte Brooks-Brown, a senior, claimed a team-best third in the 286-pound class. Brooks-Brown lost to Armijo’s An-drew Fuimaono in the main bracket and later toppled Joe Lacomba from Logan in the consolation fi nal.

Senior Kenneth Nelson placed fourth

in the 183-pound bracket for the Pirates. Edwardo Marchan continued the solid per-formance for Pittsburg, fi nishing sixth in the 171-pound class.

Heritage, another local up-and-comer, fi nished 16th. Head coach Mark Barnes was proud of his grapplers, who took a big leap forward from last year’s Lou Bronzan Invi-tational. Joey Vigil, a junior, placed third in the 114-pound bracket after defeating junior Otto Sheffl er of De La Salle.

Barnes’ son Dalton made it to the fi nals in the 183-pound class, but the senior lost a tough match to Ft. Bragg’s Jacob Richards. This year was the fi rst time Dalton Barnes made it to the tournament’s second day.

“For him to make it to the fi nals, I’m very very proud of him,” Mark said. “I’m very happy with our guys. They’re working hard and doing well.”

The next BVAL squad to place was An-tioch at 24th. Kyle Clark, a senior, claimed a title in the 221-pound class over Chumkaur Dhaliwal of Logan. Senior Andre Holley fi nished eighth in the 114-pound bracket.

Deer Valley fi nished 32nd, led by 139-pound junior Austin Morales. Though Morales didn’t place, he scored 12 of the Wolverines’ 32 points, making it to the fi fth consolation round. Senior Tanner Sterud, in the 183-pound bracket, scored 10 points for Deer Valley.

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When Drew Torres’ Freedom High boys basketball team entered the Roy Ghiggeri Invitational on their home court, the coach considered Freedom and Sacramento’s Burbank Titans the two best teams.

When the tournament was over, Torres was exactly right. Freedom blew out Laguna Creek in the fi rst round and notched a come-from-behind victory over College Park in the second. Burbank enjoyed similar success, downing James Logan and Monte Vista in the fi rst two rounds. In the fi nals, the Titans emerged victorious, defeating the Falcons 61-56.

“It was a competitive tournament,” Torres said. “We played really well defen-sively against College Park. They made only four baskets on us in the second half. I fi gured it would come down to us and Burbank. I didn’t know what to expect in the fi nals.”

Torres said Freedom’s problems came from inconsistent shooting behind the three-point and free-throw lines, a shortcoming that’s plagued the Falcons through the early part of the season. In

the loss to Burbank, Freedom made only one of 16 three-point shots attempted.

The Antioch Panthers also partici-pated in the Ghiggeri Invitational. An-tioch is a signifi cantly different team than the one that won the Bay Valley Athletic League last year. The Panthers are still suffering through early-season struggles, having dropped the Ghiggeri Invitational opener 89-57 to Monte Vista and lost the fi nale 71-47 to Las Lomas. Between those games, Antioch managed a 60-56 win against Logan.

Freedom’s played its fi rst post-tour-nament game Tuesday night against Pied-mont Hills. The Falcons trailed most of the way, but managed to fi ght their way back into the game. Ultimately, Freedom fell short, losing 62-61.

“The players have to buy in to the coaches,” Torres said. “We need some in-ternal leadership; guys that will come out and lead it. If it always comes from the coaches, it’s not going to happen. When it gets to a point where I don’t have to do it, then we’ll have a special team.”

League play for the Falcons, Panthers and the rest of the BVAL will begin Jan. 13. Antioch hosts Freedom in the league opener.

Burbank’s David Straughter blocks a shot by Freedom junior center Ramiro Contreras during the Roy Ghiggeri Invitational.

Photo by Angelo Garcia Jr.

Lions take silver at Bronzan Invitational

by Michael DixonCorrespondent

by Justin LaffertyStaff Writer

Liberty junior Austin Solari pins Exeter’s Brandon Akers during the Lou Bronzan Invitational.

Photo by Richard Wisdom

This story was originally published on Oct. 14, 2011.

Tomas Rivera just wanted to fi nally put a smile on his nephew’s face.

He ended up creating the soundtrack to a recharged at-mosphere around Antioch High’s Eells Stadium.

Rivera, uncle of Panthers’ senior lineman Tory Ramirez, is a part of local rap group Dark Cyde. Ramirez asked Rivera if he could use his talents to give the football team an anthem; something to announce their presence with authority.

For Antioch, which holds a 5-0 record for the fi rst time in 15 years, the song has united the team behind a common message. The Panthers blast it from the rafters when they come back onto the fi eld after halftime.

“It pumps the whole team up,” senior running back Deante Mays said. “When we feel that music coming, we just get pumped up, we get ready for action, to go down the fi eld and hit somebody.”

But for Ramirez and Rivera, the lyrics hold a deeper meaning. Rivera feels the track is one of the fi rst meaningful gifts he’s been able to give his nephew.

Better known within Dark Cyde as Mas, Rivera admits that he’s spent roughly a third of his 35 years of life incarcer-ated. Drugs begat crime, which created a vicious cycle. While Rivera often made promises of presents, of a new lifestyle, of being there for birthday parties, they rarely materialized – choices he regrets now.

While behind bars, Rivera started penning bars. As he was going through the recovery process, he met Tim Langley and Jeff Wiebens, fellow musicians taking a positive detour from the negative lifestyle. They formed Dark Cyde and started crafting songs about recovery and the joy of life. Rapping has been an important step in Rivera’s quest to get his life together.

Ramirez noted that while the relationship between him and his uncle was never frosty, Rivera wasn’t around much. This project has helped to bridge that gap. Ramirez has also noticed the profound effect that music has made on Rivera’s life.

“It’s never like I’ve had any trouble with him or anything,” Ramirez said. “I took (the song) as a gift and him giving back. It was like he really stuck to his word and made something hap-pen with it.”

Now sober and employed for roughly four years, Rivera

fi gured the best way to right some wrongs was to write. When Ramirez approached his uncle about the song, Rivera thought it was a great way not only to make some more music, but fi -nally come through for his nephew.

Ramirez started jotting down teammates’ names, nick-names, positions, references to rival teams and other things he thought would be cool to hear in the song, such as Antioch’s 56-0 season-opening victory over Gregori of Modesto.

“I just gave him a little bit,” Ramirez said, “and he ran with it.”

After the Panthers toppled Napa on Sept. 23, Rivera text-ed Ramirez late at night, letting him know the song – “It’s the Anthem” – was fi nished. Ramirez was so excited, he couldn’t wait for the next day. Rivera came over immediately, even though it was around midnight, so his nephew could hear it for the fi rst time.

As soon as Ramirez popped the CD into his laptop, Ri-vera knew he’d done the right thing. “It was an amazing feeling to know that for the fi rst time in 17 years, I was the source of the genuine smile on that kid’s face,” Rivera said. “It almost brought tears to my eyes.”

The song, which made its debut in a Sept. 30 game against Mt. Diablo, opens with a clip from Mr. T, growling, “I’m gonna hit you so hard, I’m gonna knock you into next week.” It con-tinues, extolling the prowess of senior wideout Josh Oseguera, senior lineman Nic Reyes, senior quarterback Troy Amate and other teammates. There are messages for Bay Valley Athletic League rivals Deer Valley, Liberty, Pittsburg and Heritage as well.

But Rivera’s lyric that starts at the 1:16 mark might be the most meaningful: “Hey, nephew, here’s a little something I’ve promised./Sorry that it’s late, but I promise it’s the bombest.”

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Antioch senior lineman Tory Ramirez pursues Northgate quarterback Shane Ryan during a recent game. Ramirez’s uncle, Tomas Rivera, recorded an anthem for the Panthers that the team plays after halftime.

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Near the end of the 2009 cross coun-try season, Heritage High senior runner Eric Morford was stricken with an injury to his right knee that caused him to miss most of the following spring’s track sea-son. He recovered enough to return to the track team in the fi nal stretch of his junior year.

As a junior, the only race his knee would allow him to run was the 800 meters. Now, as a senior, the 800 is the shortest race he runs – a race in which he fi nished third at last year’s Bay Valley Athletic League Track Championships, right behind teammates Jacob Bradley and Brandon Brum.

“Last track season, I probably worked out only about fi ve minutes on the track itself,” said Morford. “Every other day, I would come here and do wall squats and anything else that I would do in physical therapy that I could do out here.”

This year, head coach Kevin Bain normally runs Morford in the 800- and 1,600-meter races. Occasionally, he will also run the 3,200-meter event.

Still undergoing physical therapy, Morford said his knee isn’t 100 percent but well on the way to recovery. The im-provement allows him to set ambitious goals. “I’d like to go to (North Coast Sec-tion fi nals), then to Meet of Champions to qualify for state,” he said. “Before, I didn’t really want to set specifi c goals. But honestly, this season just feels great. Any-thing will feel better than last season.”

Another of Morford’s goals is to run track in college, although he’s unsure of where that will be.

The Meet of Champions takes place over Memorial Day Weekend, and Mor-ford’s best hope of getting there is in the 1,600-meter event. Currently, his best time at that distance is 4 minutes, 22 sec-onds. To qualify, he’ll likely need to shave three seconds off that time.

Dennis Tracy, who coaches the Patri-ots’ distance runners, believes Morford is headed in the right direction. “He’s doing good workouts,” Tracy said. “He’s getting stronger, so he’s able to fi nish races better. It’s all going to be a matter of the last 300 meters, getting that fourth spot.”

In recognition of Morford’s work ethic, Tracy named him one of the team’s captains. Morford never misses a practice and always does what he’s asked – a fact not lost on Bain. “He leads; he’s a quiet leader,” said Bain. “He leads by example, by the hard work that he puts in on the track and by the results he achieves.”

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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.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S No. 1201130-11 APN: 053- 530-034-7 TRA: 01002 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx3319 REF: Bell, Michael IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED February 02, 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. On January 05, 2012, at 1:30pm, Cal- Western Recon-veyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded February 14, 2005, as Inst. No. 2005- 0049754-0 in book, page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, executed by Michael Bell A Married Man As His Sole and Separate Property, 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 associa-tion, 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 situated in said County and State described as: Com-pletely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 4021 Galenez Way Antioch CA 94531 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: $448,819.52. 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 06, 2011. (R-398792 12/16/11, 12/23/11, 12/30/11) Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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

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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 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.

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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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007615-00 The name of the business (es): Quality Home Preservation LLC Located at: 153 W Luna Loca Ln, Mountain House, CA 95391 Is hereby registered by the fol-lowing owner(s): Quality Home Preser-vation LLC 153 W Luna Loca Ln, Moun-tain House, CA 95391. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Co. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Michael Perry, Operating Manager. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: NOV 18, 2011 by J.Odegarrd, Deputy Expires 11/18/16. Brentwood Press No. 02- 1273 Publish dates: December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File #F-0007566-00 The name of the business (es): East Con-tra Costa Real Estate Located at: 5518 Starfi sh Pl. In: Discovery Bay, Ca, 94505, Is hereby registered by the fol-lowing owner(s): Craig H. McClearen 5518 Starfi sh Pl. Discovery Bay, CA 94505. 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 N/A. Signature of registrant: Craig McClearen This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: 11/17/11 By J. Odegaard, Deputy Expires 11/17/16 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007787-00 The name of the business (es): 1.) The Green Living Coalition, 2.) The GLC Closet Located at: 2642 Ranchwood Dr In: Brentwood, CA, 94513, Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Carissa M Pillow, 2642 Ranchwood Dr, 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 11/30/11. Sig-nature of registrant: Carissa M. Pillow. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: NOV 30, 2011 by B. Basch, Deputy Expires 11/30/16. Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: De-cember 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007679-00 The name of the business (es): CONCORD READY MIX Located at: 5401 Byron Hot Springs Road, Byron, CA 94514 Mail-ing: 3936 Cloverbrook Ave., Oakley, CA 94561 Is hereby registered by the fol-lowing owner(s): 1.) Raul Lozano 3936 Cloverbrook Ave., Oakley, CA 94561; 2.) Ceveriano Hinojoza Aldava 2221 Chestnut Drive, Pittsburg, CA 94565; 3.) Gustavo Pena 16711 Marsh Creek Road Spc.#90, Clayton, CA 94517. This busi-ness is conducted by: a General Part-nership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 11/22/11. Signature of registrant: Gustavo Pena. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: NOV 22, 2011 by Jose Gonzalez, Deputy Expires 11/22/16. Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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-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.

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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 reg-istrant: 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 12/20/16Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 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.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSEDepartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 1515 Clay Street, Suite 2208, Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 622-4970 NO-TICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEV-ERAGE LICENSE Date of Filing Appli-cation: December 13, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: HARJAZ INC The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 3612 LONE TREE WAY ANTIOCH, CA 94509 Type of license(s) Applied for: 41 endash On-Sale Beer and Wine endash Eating Place Antioch Press Decree No. 06-1617 Publish Date(s): December 30, 2011

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 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.

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 F-0007682-00 The name of the business (es): La Clinica Oakley Located at: 2021 Main Street In: Oakley, CA 94561-3302, Mailing: P.O. Box 22210, Oakland, CA 94623-2210 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): La Clinica de La Raza, Inc. 1450 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601-2322. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on 12/01/2011. Signature of registrant: Bruce Carp, CFO. This state-ment was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: NOV 22, 2011 by Elizabeth Gutierrez, Deputy Expires 11/22/16 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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-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, 2011by 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-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.

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-

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.

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.

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.

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.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # 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 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.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: 194 Wright Ct., Brentwood, CA 94513 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Mar-tinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Kalita Acosta FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N11-1760 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Peti-tioner: Kalita L. Acosta fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Syani Ameryliis Acosta, b. Cesar Israel Acosta, c. Isaak Matthew Acosta, d. Sashya Eleyni-Jase Acosta to Proposed Name: a. Syani Ameryliis Mahon-Tir-rell b. Israel Michael Mahon-Tirrell, c. Isaak Matthew Mahon- Tirrell, d. Sashya Eleyni-Jase Mahon-Tirrell 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. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 1/26/12 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S No. 1339165-02 APN: 035- 640-017-6 TRA: 19-020 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx3615 REF: Pierce, Mary Ann IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED April 18, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. On January 05, 2012, at 1:30pm, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust re-corded April 25, 2006, as Inst. No. 2006-0128719-00 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 Mary Ann Pierce, 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 associa-tion, 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 situated in said County and State described as: Com-pletely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 1933 Cypress Ct Oakley CA 94561- 2284 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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S No. 1339983-02 APN: 056- 280-059-9 TRA: 01-130 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx5228 REF: Ayoko, Ruth IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED February 18, 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. On January 05, 2012, at 1:30pm, Cal- Western Recon-veyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded March 09, 2005, as Inst. No. 2005-0080111- 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 Ruth Ayoko, A Married 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 associa-tion, 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 situated in said County and State described as: Com-pletely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 5465 Smetzer Way Antioch CA 94531 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common

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-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.

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.

PUBLIC NOTICECALIFORNIA STATE PARK AND RECRE-ATION COMMISSION NOTICE IS HERE-BY GIVEN that the California State Park and Recreation Commission, pursuant to authority contained in Sections 539, 5002.3, 5019.50, 5080.03, 5080.20, et al. of Public Resources Code, Section 11120 et seq. of Government Code, & other applicable law, will meet on Fri-day, January 27, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the Community Room of the City of Brent-wood Community Center, 35 Oak St, Brentwood, CA 94513. The meeting fa-cility is wheelchair accessible. Agenda items include consideration & possible action on the following Department of Parks and Recreation recommenda-tions: Naming of the state historic park property known as Cowell Ranch/John Marsh as Los Meganos State Park, & Approval of the general plan/environ-mental impact report for this park, and Reconsideration of, and upon reconsid-

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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.

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: $496,166.28. 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 13, 2011. (R-398090 12/16/11, 12/23/11, 12/30/11) Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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 b. Petitioner is to bring the birth certifi cates to the hearing. Notice to biological father of Cesar and Syani is waived. Biological father of Sashya and Isaak is to be served a copy of this pe-tition. Date: 12/1/11 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02- 1273 Publish Dates: December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011.

eration, action on approval and fi ndings for the EIR, General Plan Amendment & Classifi cation Adjustment related to the Upper Truckee River Restoration & Golf Course Reconfi guration Project. The General Plan/Environmental Im-pact Report for the Cowell Ranch/John Marsh state historic park project will be available for review at State Parks’ Dia-blo Vista District, 845 Casa Grande Rd, Petaluma 94954, State Parks’ Bay Sec-tor, 96 Mitchell Canyon Rd, Clayton, CA 94517, & on the Internet at www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21312. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the Commission will take part in a briefi ng on the general plan & naming proposal for the Cow-ell/Marsh property on January 26, 2012. The briefi ng will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the John Marsh house, located south of Brentwood at approximately 21999 Marsh Creek Rd. The entrance to the property is approximately 700 feet south of the intersection of Vineyard Parkway & Marsh Creek Rd. No deliberations will take place & no action will be taken by the Commission during the briefi ng. NO-TICE IS GIVEN that any person may fi le a statement regarding meeting items by writing to State Park and Recreation Commission, Box 942896, Sacramento, California 94296- 0001, by emailing LN-astro@parks.ca.gov, 916/653- 0524, or by presenting oral or written statements at the meeting at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. The Department of Parks and Recre-ation does not discriminate against in-dividuals with disabilities. Visitors who wish assistance should contact Mr. Nastro at the address above at least 72 hours prior to arrival. 12/23, 12/30/11 CNS-2228019# BRENTWOOD PRESS Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: December 23, 30, 2011.

time of the initial publication of the No-tice of Sale is: $314,723.35. 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 13, 2011. (R-398111 12/16/11, 12/23/11, 12/30/11) Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-463253-LL Order #: 923414 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/28/2007. 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): ANTOINETTE CRAWLEY A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded: 7/9/2007

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-464804-TC Order #: 110401513-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/11/2003. 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): PATRICIA L. PECKHAM, AN UNMAR-RIED WOMAN Recorded: 11/18/2003 as Instrument No. 2003-0563236-00 in book xxx , page xxx of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CON-TRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/9/2012 at 9:00 AM PST Place of Sale: At the Hilton Concord Hotel, 1970 Diamond Boulevard, Concord, CA 94520 in the Golden Gate Ballroom Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $86,296.36 The purported property address is: 2308 L ST APT 1 ANTIOCH, CA 94509 Assessor’s Parcel No. 074- 351-017-4 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 designation is shown, directions to the location of the prop-erty may be obtained by sending a writ-ten 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 entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attor-ney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645- 7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 800-280-2891 or Log-in to: www.auction.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 ___________________________- ________________________ Quality Loan Service,

as Instrument No. 2007- 0196119-00 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: 1/6/2012 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: $356,141.45 The purported property address is: 4836 PINEVIEW WAY ANTIOCH, CA 94531 Assessor’s Parcel No. 056-090-010 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: 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 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 #0016834 12/16/2011 12/23/2011 12/30/2011 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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 #0016842 12/16/2011 12/23/2011 12/30/2011 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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 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.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS # CA-11-465130-LL Order #: 110404029-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/23/2007. 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 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): VICTOR FUCCI, AND EDNA FUCCI, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 8/1/2007 as Instru-ment No. 2007- 0220825-00 in book xxx , page xxx of Offi cial Records in the of-fi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/6/2012 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: $371,149.47 The purported property address is: 1108 WEST 7TH STREET ANTIOCH, CA 94509 Assessor’s Parcel No. 066-128-005-7 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 #0016733 12/16/2011 12/23/2011 12/30/2011 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File F-0007829-00 The name of the business (es): Contra Cos-ta County Hauling Services Located at: 1470 Majestic Lane, In: Brentwood, CA 94513. Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): John Vidosh 1470 Majestic Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513. 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 2/22/05. Signature of registrant: John Vidosh. This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: DEC 02, 2011 By D. Acuff, Deputy Expires 12/2/11 Brent-wood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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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

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.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S No. 1339307-02 APN: 037- 450-038-7 TRA: 19-023 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx2629 REF: Garcia, Blanca IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED January 18, 2007. 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 05, 2012, at 1:30pm, Cal-Western Recon-veyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded January 24, 2007, as Inst. No. 2007-0022500-00 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 Blanca Garcia, An Unmarried Woman, will sell at public auction to highest bid-der 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: 5049 Gaspar Ct Oakley CA 94561- 1657 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common

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 SALET.S. No CA1100041433 Loan No 7473603496 Insurer No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 04/12/2007. 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 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 specifi 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 other common designation, if any, shown

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 10-0027689 Title Order No. 10-8-113526 Investor/Insurer No. 0428451679703 APN No. 033- 360-025-2 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/21/2009. 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 AARON COHOON AND COURTNEY COHOON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, dated 05/21/2009 and recorded 05/29/09, as Instrument No. 2009-0123687- 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 01/09/2012 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: 1311 YOSEMITE CIRCLE, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-

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 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.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. 112976 Title No. 95500013 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 3/7/2003. 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 1/5/2012 at 10:00 AM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 3/19/2003, as Instrument No. 2003-0124371-00, in book xx, page xx, of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, executed by David Scott Dixon and Carol Ann Dixon, Husband and Wife, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION 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), 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: FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. APN 035-631-001 The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property de-scribed above is purported to be: 1950 Gateway Drive, Oakley, CA 94561 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. Said 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 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: $214,924.72 The benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale. The undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. The mortgagee, benefi ciary or authorized agent for the mortgagee

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 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.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. 453951 CA Loan No. 0690898259 Title Order No. 966881 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03-01-2006. 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 01-06-2012 at 10:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03-09-2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 2006-0072904-00, of offi cial records in the Of-fi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: JAMES WILLIAM GEIS AND CHRISTINA GEIS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TEN-ANTS, as Trustor, AMERIQUEST MORT-GAGE COMPANY, 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 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 De-scription: LOT 26, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8403, ION THE CITY OF OAKLEY, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FILED JUNE 14, 2002, IN BOOK 443 OF MAPS, PAGE 35 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. EXCEPTING THEREFROM: ALL OIL, GAS, PETROLEUM, GEOTHER-MAL 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 (500`) BELOW THE SURFACE 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 HUNDRED (500`) VERTICAL DISTANCE BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, AS RESERVED IN THE GRANT DEED FROM SANDY LANE PROPERTIES, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, A NEVADA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AS RECORDED OC-TOBER 10,2001, OFFICIAL RECORDS, SERIES NO. 2001-304943. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $597,047.89 (estimated) Street ad-dress and other common designation of the real property: 16 PORTSMOUTH CT OAKLEY, CA 94561 APN Number: 034-380-026 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness 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: 12-15-2011 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.

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 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.

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: $294,623.43. 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 13, 2011. (R-398125 12/16/11, 12/23/11, 12/30/11) Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

herein. TRUSTOR: MARIA D’AMATO, A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded 04/24/2007 as Instrument No. 2007- 0120263-00 in Book XX, page XX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California Date of Sale: 01/10/2012 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 Property Address is purported to be: 2136 EL LAGO DRIVE OAKLEY, CA 94561 APN#: 041- 170-047 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $406,504.48, 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. Date: 12/13/2011 Executive Trustee Services, LLC dba ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730- 2727 lleanna Petersen, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP#4146530 12/16/2011, 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011

or benefi ciary, pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b) declares that the mortgagee, benefi ciary or the mortgagee’s or benefi ciary’s autho-rized agent has either contacted the borrower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code Section 2923.5. Dated: 12/14/2011 THE MORTGAGE LAW FIRM, PLC Adriana R. Moreno/Authorized Signature FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC. is attempting to collect a debt. Any in-formation obtained may be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4148791 12/16/2011, 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

com (714) 573-1965 or www.priority-posting.com ASAP# 4147794 12/16/2011, 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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 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.

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 $423,404.30. 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: 06/02/2010 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# 4151534 12/16/2011, 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011

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.

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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 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.

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

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. 11-0088278 Title Order No. 11-0071148 Investor/Insurer No. 0871566237 APN No. 035- 474-024-3 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/13/2007. 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 ARTURO ALVAREZ AND MARIA G. HERNANDEZ, dated 06/13/2007 and recorded 6/26/2007, as Instrument No. 2007- 0184151-00, 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 01/09/2012 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: 881 CHIANTI WAY, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims 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 $395,373.96. 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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0089575 Title Order No. 11-0072157 Investor/Insurer No. 872688703 APN No. 033-420- 063-1 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 FRANCISCO J. BARRAGAN AND LAURA BARRA-GAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, dated 04/23/2007 and recorded 5/2/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-0129573-00, 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 01/09/2012 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 property described above is purported to be: 42 GRAND CANYON CIRCLE, 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 $485,359.03. 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: 12/15/2011 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# 4141376 12/16/2011, 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 11-0094425 Title Order No. 11-0075932 Investor/Insurer No. 138747847 APN No. 035-522- 010-4 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/23/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by MIHRET YESHEWAS, AND GUILLERMINA YE-SHEWAS, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 05/23/2006 and recorded 5/31/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-0170697-00, 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 01/10/2012 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: 413 HAZELNUT DRIVE, OAKLEY, CA, 945612403. 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 $600,241.66. 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: 12/15/2011 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# 4144919 12/16/2011, 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011 Oak-ley Press No. 03- 0477 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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 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.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALET.S No. 1339159-02 APN: 056- 085-001-8 TRA: 01-130 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx4149 REF: Williams, Maurice IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED October 07, 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 05, 2012, at 1:30pm, Cal-Western Recon-veyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded October 19, 2005, as Inst. No. 2005-0400343-00 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

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.

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., Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Holly P Love 3263 Delta Rd., 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: Holly P Love. 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 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011 and January 6, 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.

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: 12/15/2011 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# 4146773 12/16/2011, 12/23/2011, 12/30/2011 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: December, 16, 23, 30, 2011.

by Maurice Williams and Kimberli Wil-liams, Husband And Wife, 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 en-trance 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 situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property de-scribed above is purported to be: 4925 Chism Way Antioch CA 94531- 8149 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: $279,038.70. 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 13, 2011. (R-398108 12/16/11, 12/23/11, 12/30/11) Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish dates: December 16, 23, 30, 2011.

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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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, executed by: Francis-co Garcia and Veronica Garcia, husband and wife, as Trustor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Benefi ciary, WILL SELL AT PUB-LIC 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 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 Courthouse, 725 Court Street, Martinez, CA The street address and oth-er common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 22 Pamela Ct, Oakley, CA 94561 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-

ability 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 with-out 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: $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 indebted-ness due. The Declaration pursuant to California 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.

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Lions’ premier grappler a quick study

This story was originally published on Feb. 18, 2011.

Liberty High junior Kristina Diaz has a talent for making things look easy.

About a year ago, Diaz bought her fi rst pair of boxing gloves. Now, she’s cap-tain of the amateur team at Brentwood’s LA Boxing.

In November, she decided to try wres-tling for the Lions. After only a couple months of exposure to the sport, the 118-pound Diaz placed third last weekend in the North Coast Section girls wrestling tournament, qualifying for a spot in the state meet.

“She’s just been wrestling better as the year’s gone on,” head coach Greg Chappel said. “To place third like that is really ex-ceptional. She lost in overtime to the girl that won it, so she was right there.”

Diaz has always been an athletic girl. She played basketball for Liberty for a while, but she didn’t feel as motivated play-ing for a team. Individual sports such as wrestling and boxing put the focus, the blame and the responsibility all on the

competitor – something she craves.Diaz has always been drawn to con-

tact sports. “LA Boxing had me fi t for this, so I didn’t come in weak – I had strength,” Diaz said. “I love physical activities. I’m OK at team sports, but I do a lot better with individual sports. You can blame only yourself.”

As a boxer, she’s earned high praise

and respect from those at LA Boxing. The owner of the gym, Joseph Garcia, said the team only started about eight months ago, but Diaz has stepped up to lead. The team fi elds about 15 boxers from ages 5 to 30, who compete in exhibition matches against other local gyms.

“She’s one of our strongest boxers right now, as far as determination and her fi ghting skills,” Garcia said. “She was not afraid to go in and engage at fi rst. Now she’s a smart fi ghter.”

It was Kristina’s younger sister, Ni-cole, who actually convinced her to step onto the mat. A seventh-grader and wres-tler at Edna Hill Middle School, Nicole at-tended a girls wrestling camp a few months ago. Kristina watched her sister compete and started to wonder how she’d fare as a grappler.

Kristina started off as a novice wres-tler, working with the freshman team as she learned the techniques. Shortly after, she asked Chappel if she could compete with the varsity squad as a way to push herself harder. The coach saw Diaz’s motivation and granted her request.

“She was able to pick up moves quick-ly,” freshman wrestling coach Mike Mun-dy said. “She’s still doing beginner-type

things, but you can see that she’s learning and getting better and better at what to do as things go on. You can see the progres-sion.”

Diaz is going down a path paved by Brittany David, who graduated from Lib-erty last year and is now wrestling for Lin-denwood University in St. Charles, Mo. Chappel regards David, a four-time NCS champion, as tougher than many of his boy wrestlers. Diaz is now one of three wrestlers on Liberty’s team, the others be-ing freshman Karley Maniatis, who com-peted at the NCS tournament in the 126-pound bracket, and junior Paula Ramirez.

Chappel said more and more girls are becoming interested in the sport, tradition-ally known for its machismo aura.

While Diaz said David’s success has motivated her and that she’s a great help-ing hand, the junior is determined to forge her own legacy at one of the best wrestling programs in the Bay Area.

“People ask me if I’m trying to be the next Brittany, but Brittany’s Brittany and I’m me,” Diaz said. “All the girls encourage other girls to (wrestle), because there’s so little of us. … It helps and encourages me, because if she did it, I can do it too.”

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Liberty High junior Kristina Diaz started wrestling only in November, but has already become a force to be reckoned with.

by Justin LaffertyStaff Writer

Photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo

Heritage stuns Freedom in buzzer-beater win

This story was originally published on Feb. 11, 2011.

As he was watching the junior var-sity boys basketball game on Friday night, Xavier Watson had it all pictured perfectly.

The Heritage High senior guard imag-ined snatching a pass from fellow senior Kyle Reynolds – as the clock dwindled to zero – taking a step back from the arc and draining a three-pointer to beat Freedom. The crowd would go crazy and his team-mates would mob him.

With about three seconds left in the ac-tual game, Watson turned his fantasy into reality.

The Patriots, trailing the Falcons for most of the game, came back to claim a 63-62 win on the strength of a last-second three from Watson. Under heavy pressure from Freedom senior guard Andrew Gar-ner, Watson heaved a shot from between the perimeter and the half-court line. As the ball bounced off the backboard and into the hoop, the Falcons gym erupted.

“When it went in, I just knew it came true,” Watson said. “It happened exactly the way I thought it would.”

The victory advanced Heritage to

14-8 (3-2 in Bay Valley Athletic League play) while Freedom dropped to 13-9 (3-3 BVAL). Watson led his team in scoring with 15. Senior guard Dorian Hardy and Reyn-olds each netted 13. Garner scored a team-high 19 points for the Falcons.

Watson almost didn’t get a chance to play out his last-second heroics. With about 45 seconds left, Freedom held a 62-60 lead. Twice after that, the Patriots fouled Falcons shooters in an attempt to get the ball back. And twice, Freedom missed the front end of one-and-ones.

“We played well, but we didn’t fi nish it,” Falcons head coach Drew Torres said. “We’ve been shooting 50 free throws every practice, but you cannot simulate that type of crowd and that pressure situation.”

With 14 seconds left, Heritage had the ball and called a time out. But the team’s hopes were nearly dashed when Hardy muffed the inbound pass. The ball bounced out of play and Freedom took possession.

But Hardy didn’t let the gaffe disrupt his focus. “We just played 32 minutes of basketball and never gave up,” Hardy said. “I knew that my team was going to come through and overcome the adversity.”

The Patriots fouled immediately to stop the clock, sending Falcons sophomore James O’Neal to the line. O’Neal missed his free throw attempt, which was scooped

up by Heritage. After a Freedom foul, the Patriots got the ball at half court with 8.8 seconds left on the clock.

A frantic pass inbounds wound up in Watson’s hands. With Garner in his face, Watson tossed up the long shot and gave his team the fi nal lead of the game.

“If you believe in yourself and you believe in your kids, then sometimes, some-thing weird will happen,” Patriots head coach Pat Cruickshank said. “I actually thought when he shot it, he didn’t have a prayer. I saw it going up, and I thought ‘Hmm, I don’t know.’ … When it came down to it, we competed to the very last second. That’s the key in this game.”

The Falcons actually led for most of the game but were unable to put too much distance between them and Heritage. A two-pointer by O’Neal tied it up at 31 as the teams broke for halftime, a harbinger of ex-citing action to come.

Freedom travels to Deer Valley on Friday; the Patriots host the Wolverines on Tuesday.

The Falcons were able to earn a victory in the junior varsity game, topping Heritage 70-64. Tim Jordan led Freedom with 17 points. Ethan Magalei was the high Patriots scorer, earning 24 points before fouling out.Antioch 72, Deer Valley 56

Antioch pulled off an upset vic-

tory Friday night, earning a 72-56 win over crosstown rival Deer Valley. Senior guard Josh Jayubo led the Panthers’ charge with 21 points. Jamaal Davis, another senior guard, fi nished with 11 points and six assists. Senior guard Michael Crawley netted 10 points and eight rebounds.

Without leading scorer Olajuwon Garner, the Wolverines struggled. After playing to a fi rst-quarter tie, Antioch led the way in the fi nal three quarters. Senior forward Andre McPhail scored a game-high 22 points. Junior guard Dylan Williams scored 13.

The Panthers (11-11, 4-2 BVAL) travel to Pittsburg on Friday; Deer Val-ley (16-6, 4-2 BVAL) hosts Freedom.Liberty 56, Pittsburg 50

Led by sophomore guard Bran-don White’s 17 points, Liberty topped Pittsburg 56-50 on Friday. Senior guard Matt Sisneros contributed 11 while ju-nior forward Darren Meeks scored 10.

Junior forward Juwan Blakely led the Pirates with 15 points. Nuel Oharie, another junior forward, added 13.

The Lions (11-11, 2-4 BVAL) play their fi nal home game on Tuesday against Antioch; Pittsburg (5-12, 1-5 BVAL) host Antioch on Friday.

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times and workload, has helped the force ad-dress areas of possible concern proactively, the report said. The system last year helped improve performance to levels above the na-tional average in four areas: arson, burglary, theft and auto theft, partly through directed-enforcement efforts and community-aware-ness campaigns.Personnel costs/pension reform

Costs associated with pensions, retiree medical coverage and other post-employ-ment benefi ts (OPEB), a challenge for vir-tually all governmental agencies, have been addressed through a combination of cost-of-living concessions by employees groups and the establishment of a two-tier retirement benefi t program. This enabled employees hired after September of 2010 to be provided a reduced retirement package while current employees’ benefi ts remain unchanged.

The city has also initiated a funding mechanism that will pre-pay 85 percent of its OPEB obligations within the next 10 years, and has paid off obligations that arose when changes were made to the California Pub-lic Employees Retirement System. By using money from its Emergency Fund instead of making payments, the city will save $7 mil-lion in interest that would have been required to amortize the debt for eight years.

“We’re very pleased that the grand jury has recognized the tremendous efforts that City Council and staff have made to insure Brentwood’s fi scal stability,” City Manager Donna Landeros said. “Praise from grand juries is rare, so that makes this report ex-tremely gratifying.”

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Friday, Dec. 30

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 protected from the elements by a magnificent tent. For hours and prices, call 925-513-1702 or visit www.brentwoodholidayonice.com.

Saturday, Dec. 31

New Year’s Eve BashLight Outreach, a nonprofit organization, holds a New Year’s Eve party for students in grades six through eight from 7 p.m.-midnight at 415 Sixth St. in Antioch. For more information, call 925-727-6521 or visit www.whatshype.com.

New Year’s Eve GalaColumbiette Council 10414 of St. Anthony Church holds a New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance Gala from 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. at Wedgewood Banquet Center, 100 Summerset Drive in Brentwood. The $80 admission includes dinner, dessert and cham-pagne. For more information, call 925-625-2610.

Sunday, Jan. 1

Frozen Bun RunCelebrate the New Year with a day of swimming and waterskiing at the Bethel Island Frozen Bun Run at 8 a.m. at Rusty Porthole, 3893 Willow Road. For more information, call 925-684-3607.

Christmas Tree PickupBoy Scout Troop 514 will be picking up Christmas Trees in Discovery Bay on Jan. 1, 7 and 8. Trees should be left curbside by 9 a.m. Donations are gladly accepted, and go towards campouts, community service and other events. For more information, call 925-240-1090.

‘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 audition 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 meet-ing about its Early Childhood Education Career Academy on Wednesday, Jan. 4 and 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 David Wahl at dwahl@losmedanos.edu or call 925-439-2181, ext. 3214.

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

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 informa-tion, visit www.stealthbaseballantioch.com or e-mail antiochstealth@rocketmail.com.

Youth BasketballThe California Youth Basketball League is register-ing players for the winter 2012 season. Boys and girls 4-18 are welcome. Games begin Jan. 7. For more information, call 916-391-3900 or visit www.cybhoops.com.

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 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.

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 compas-sionate 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 differ-ence in the lives of hospice patients. To volunteer or for more information, call 925-887-5678 and ask for the Volunteer Department.

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.

Spaghetti FeedTake Back Antioch holds a spaghetti feed and auction Monday, Jan. 9 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 vandal-ism. Admission is $7. For more details, e-mail info@takebackantioch.com.

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

Recycle FundraiserLiberty High School Class of 2012 holds a recy-cling 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 equip-ment, radios, bicycles, washers and dryers, car bat-

teries 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).

Fire MeetingThe East Contra Costa Fire Protection District board holds an informational meeting about the proposed $197 parcel tax – why it’s needed and what will happen if it’s not passed – on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Oakley City Hall, 3231 Main St. For more information, call 925-240-2131.

Samba de AmigoAntioch Library, 501 W. 18th St., hosts a Samba de Amigo Wii party Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. Students in grades three through seven are wel-come. For more information, call 925-757-9224.

Chinese Art and CalligraphyThe Oakley Library, 1050 Neroly Road, hosts a Chinese art and calligraphy workshop for children on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 10:30 a.m. For more infor-mation, call 925-625-2400.

Food DistributionSt. Vincent de Paul Society of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 500 Fairview Ave. in Brentwood, distributes free bags of groceries, produce and bread every Friday from 9-11 a.m. in the church hall.

Recovery ProgramLight House Renewal Center, a faith-based, Christian men’s recovery program, offers open meetings every Friday from 7-8 p.m. Light House Renewal is a place where men with life-controlling issues gather to encourage, edify and support one another. For more information, call 925-778-1639 or e-mail program@light-outreach.org.

Dog and Cat AdoptionsHomeless Animals’ Lifeline Organization (HALO) holds dog and cat adoptions on Saturdays and Sundays from noon-3 p.m. – Saturdays at Petsmart in Slatten Ranch for dogs; Saturdays at Pet Food Express for cats; and Sundays at Petsmart in Pittsburg for dogs and cats. For more information, visit www.eccchalo.org.

Mobile Health ClinicMobile Health Clinic, providing free health services to residents without insurance or those who can’t pay for medical care, is held the first four Saturdays of the month, except holidays, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Village Community Resource Center, 633 Village Drive in Brentwood. For information, call 925-363-7588.

Bike RidesDelta Pedalers Bicycle Club meets Sundays at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. at the Starbucks on Balfour Road and Fairview in Brentwood. For more information, visit www.deltaped.org.

Brentwood RotaryCome join the oldest and largest service club in the world. Brentwood Rotary meets Mondays at noon at Nines Restaurant, 100 Summerset Drive. For more information, visit www.brentwoodcarotary.org.

Senior BingoPlay bingo Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. in the Antioch Senior Center, 415 W. Second St. Call 925-778-1158 for more information.

Al-AnonThe Al-Anon, for families and friends of alcohol-ics, meets Saturdays at 10 a.m. in the trailer in the back parking lot of St. Anthony’s Church in Oakley. All are welcome.

Quit SmokingSutter Delta Medical Center presents a free Quit Smoking Today seminar led by Oncology Resource Nurse Suzanne Much on Monday evenings from 6-8 p.m. Get the information and support you need to succeed. To sign up or for more information, call 925-779-3613.

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PITTSBURG

Corner Lot Beauty $120,000Great corner lot in a wonderful gated community, the home

features 1535 sq ft of living space, 3 beds and 2.5 baths. Both

baths offer shower over tub, tile flooring and double sinks.

The kitchen offers an open floor plan, tile floors & counters, a

nicely maintained front yard and easy to maintain backyard.

Close to parks, schools, Los Medanos College and Shopping.

DISCOVERY BAY

Deep Water Custom Home $435,000 Custom Single Story features 4 bed, 2.5 bath & over 2300sq ft of

living space. With a southern exposure and awesome water views

this property also offers a remodeled kitchen w/ granite counter

tops, stainless steel appliances & a great room/ kitchen combo. It

also features beautiful walnut hardwood & tile floors throughout

& a U-dock. This is a great home to entertain your guests.

DISCOVERY BAY

Entertainers Dream $195,000This wonderful two story offers 5 beds & 2.5 baths and over

2000 sq ft of living space. It features a spacious kitchen with

tile countertops & floor, wainscoting & crown molding in

living & dining rooms, with designer paint colors, a beautiful

sun-room that leads out to a beautiful backyard with in-

ground pool. Priced to move, go and see before it is gone.

DISCOVERY BAY

Room to Roam $211,000There is plenty of room to roam in this 1931 sq ft property.

It offers 4 beds & 2.1 baths, a formal dining, living & family

room with laminate wood flooring, eat in kitchen with tile

countertops and an inside laundry room.

OAKLEY

Move In Ready $199,900This 2 story property offers 4 beds, 2.5 baths and 1763 sq ft of living

space. The property features newer carpets, newer kitchen applianc-

es, 2 tone paint, a Formal dining room, kitchen/family combo and

living room. It has a half bath downstairs and good size bedrooms

upstairs. It has been landscaped in front & back and is close to com-

munity pool, new park, shopping and offers easy freeway access.

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Rod Talavera, RealtorFluent in Tagalog Lic# 01701571

Shauna Suckow, RealtorLic# 01505149

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Vanessa Gutierrez, RealtorSe Habla Español Lic# 01840693

Bryce Ellsworth, BrokerLic# 01305147

The Time to

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LIVERMORE

Opportunity Knocking $166,500Charming 3 bed 2.5 bath Condo with 1344 sq ft of living

space. It features an eat-in kitchen with tile floors and most

kitchen appliances, tile in both baths and a cozy backyard

with a deck, shed and views of open space. Very close to

community pool, playground and shopping.

ANTIOCH

Terraced Delight $136,000 Great Fixer, this property offers 3 beds & 1.5 baths and over

1600 sq ft of living space. The home features hardwood

flooring and wall to wall carpet, a covered back patio and a

beautiful terraced up backyard. Repairs are needed, due to

current condition the seller can only Accept an All Cash Offer.

LIVERMORE

Downtown $168,000Great Location, offers 3 beds & 2 baths and 960 sq ft of living

space. Other features include an inside laundry room, covered

patio and deck and a Big driveway.

Best Offers Wanted.

OAKLEY

Customize It $180,000What a Great fixer. This large Oakley property offers 4 beds,

2.5 baths, over 1900 sq ft of living space and a separate

Office. There are multiple repairs to be made so we can only

accept cash and FHA 203K offers. Repair items include Whole

kitchen, connecting of AC and water heater and the backyard

is not landscaped.

LIVERMORE

Possibilities $344,500What possibilities with this large 2 story home. It offers 4

beds & 3 baths with a bonus room and over 1800 sq ft of

living space. Other features include hardwood & tile flooring,

dishwasher and refrigerator, Ceiling fans, 2 car garage, an

easy to manage backyard and is within walking distance to

Granada High School.

FEATURED PROPERTY

Oakley Here It Is $165,000Here it is, the home you have been waiting for. This One Story features 4 beds, 2 baths & 1370 sq ft in Turn Key Condition. Includes Upgraded Carpets, tile flooring, dual pane windows, newer appliances and roof, whole house fan and a great open floor plan that makes the home feel far bigger then it is. Won’t last long.