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Este mes entra en vigencia una ley queofrece mayores protecciones a losportadores de tarjetas de crédito. Pero

esto no quiere decir que los consumidores debenbajar la guardia.

Pedir crédito puede salir caro. Casi la mitadde los estadounidenses deben un promedio de $7

mil dólares en sus tarjetas. Y uno de cinco deu-dores paga más del 20 ciento de interés.

El Gobierno destaca alguno de los elemen-tos más importantes de las nuevas leyes y teofrece algunos recursos para ayudarte a navegarel mundo del crédito.

12 meses sin aumentos de interés

Las nuevas leyes (en inglés), que entraron envigencia el 22 febrero de 2010, dicen que lascompañías de tarjetas de crédito no pueden au-mentar los intereses durante los primeros 12meses después de abrir una cuenta, con las siguientes excepciones:

* Si la tarjeta tiene un interés variable * Si te atrasas más de 60 días en pagar

tu factura * Si no cumples con un convenio de

pago con el prestamista Además, si una compañía te ofrece un interés

introductorio, éste debe permanecer vigente porun mínimo de seis meses. Al cumplirse ese plazo,el interés podrá subir al nivel que acordaste conla empresa al firmar el contrato.

La Reserva Federal ofrece una serie de re-comendaciones básicas a portadores de tarjetasde crédito que abarca los beneficios de pagar atiempo, pagar más del mínimo y estar al pendiente de cualquier modificación al contrato.

Avisos sobre aumentos de interésUn elemento importante de las nuevas leyes

es que las compañías de crédito deben avisarte45 días antes de aumentar los intereses, cambiaralgunas tarifas o realizar cambios importantes alcontrato.

Si el acreedor (compañía que te da el crédito)decide realizar cambios al contrato, debe darte laopción de cancelar la tarjeta. Pero ojo: si cancelasla tarjeta la compañía podría cerrar tu cuenta yaumentar el pago mensual.

La compañía no está obligada a mandarte unaviso de 45 días si:

* Tienes un interés variable * Venció el plazo del interés introducto-

rio y subió a un nivel ya preestablecido * No cumpliste con el convenio de pago

con el acreedor Muchas personas utilizan las tarjetas de

crédito para establecer o mejorar su historial decrédito. La Reserva Federal ofrece una serie deconsejos para mejorar tu puntaje de crédito , in-cluyendo información sobre cómo funciona elsistema de crédito.

Más transparencia en las facturasLas facturas ahora incluirán información

sobre cuánto tiempo tardarás en pagar tu deudasi solamente pagas el mínimo. También te diráncuánto necesitas pagar mensualmente para eliminar tu deuda en tres años.

Pero no tienes que esperar tu factura parahacer tus cálculos. Usa la calculadora de laReserva Federal para averiguar cuánto tiempo tetomará pagar tu tarjeta en base a un determinadointerés.

Si te pasas del límite de créditoSi deseas que se aprueben las transacciones

que van más allá de tu límite de crédito, tendrásque notificar a tu acreedor por adelantado. De locontrario dichas transacciones serán rechazadas.Esto es para evitar que las compañías de tarjetasde crédito cobren tarifas especiales a los consumidores que exceden su línea de crédito.

Si estás cerca del límite de tu crédito, puedeque necesites ayuda administrando tus deudas.La Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por susigla en inglés) ofrece información sobre cómoelegir un asesor de crédito que pueda ayudartecon tus deudas.

Para aprender más sobre este tema visitaGobiernoUSA.gov , el portal oficial del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en español y parte dela Administración de Servicios Generales (GSA)de EE. UU.

Recibe más detalles y alertas sobre éste yotros temas de tu interés por e-mail o RSS oconéctate con el Gobierno a través de Facebook,Twitter y otros medios.

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Estos artículos están en el dominio públicoy pueden reproducirse en periódicos, revistas,blogs, sitios web u otros canales de difusión sinautorización previa.

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By Hilbert Morales - El Observador

It seems that what is most required by electedofficials is the patience and restraints neededto cope effectively with the natural urge to

keep proposing public policy which requires morethan the tax and fee revenues realized. This is a verycomplicated mosaic of related issues which have notbeen faced realistically. Mayor Chuck Reed, who ishighly regarded by many constituents, wants to dealwith the people's business in a transparent mannerso the public has every opportunity to review andcomment as appropriate. This required the realisticpresentation made through the State of the City re-port, which projects the $100 million budget deficitaccumulated by spending more than the tax revenuesbeing realized.

To balance the city's budget, a high level of re-straint in spending must occur that begins in Sacra-mento. For several years, Sacramento has notcontained nor reduced program spending. Rather ithas dipped into the budgets of cities and counties toredirect revenues from local budgetary needs to theones the Governor and Assembly deem more essen-tial. The California State budget must stop raidingour local budgets. Its elected officials must do whatis responsible and accountable. They must reducethe state budgetary needs. They must examine allcurrent operations with an eye to detecting and elim-inating low priority budget items, inefficiency, andshut down operations no longer needed. The Stateof California must learn to live within its own taxrevenues without looking towards Washington, D.C.for federal bail-out monies. The federal governmenthas its own massive deficit challenges.

Since the major costs of providing local govern-ment services are the salaries related to personnelstaffing, no one should be surprised to hear that oneway to balance the San Jose civic budget is to askeveryone to consider a choice: Accept a 15% wage& benefits reduction or have 525 colleagues laid off.An approach that needs to be explored is that ofsharing the work that needs to be done. Retain thefull work force, but reduce the workweek to 32hours (four days) and spread the work to be donearound with the help of the union officials so that,while an employee may see personal income re-duced, the greater good is faced. More employeesget to stay on the job and the available wages bud-geted get distributed to the benefit of as many aspossible. This approach would require that the majorunion officials agree to modification or suspensionof existing union contracts. A larger retained 'on thejob' labor force would help keep overtime hours

down towards the minimum possible while retaininga higher level of union members who remain em-ployed.

As Mayor Reed pointed out, San Jose is a greatplace to live. The city has good schools in safeneighborhoods, reasonable roads, expressways, andfreeways, and the existence of 'clean industries'. Itis appropriate to encourage 'Green Industries' to de-velop here and become permanent employers.

It is essential that San Jose improve its ability todevelop and retain sustainable industrial enterpriseshere. While the process of issuing permits and li-censes may be improved, what is very essential isthe development of a labor force that meets theneeds of local industry. Our youth, especially Latinoyouth, need to become aware that the era of entitle-ments is moving towards creation of a competitiveopportunity environment, which favors those whoprepare themselves to be productive, innovative, andreliable. It is essential that the members of the futurework force be able to communicate in English be-cause business, technology, science and our govern-ment use that language. Each ethnic group has theright to retain its own mother language, its relatedculture and the value system that permits one to havean ethnic identity. But do not expect the mainstreamsocio-economic forces to provide any entitlements.

As resident constituents you may expect civicservices to not be as available as in those times whenthe local economy was vibrantly active. As city em-ployees, you must recognize that the tax revenuesrealized are not sufficient to meet the ideal unioncontract aspirations. In good faith, and with the com-monweal of all in mind, commit to focused full com-munication to achieve the best balance of resourceusage that permit us all to keep on keeping on. Thisrecession economy will end. We can help it end bybelieving in the changes that are possible and re-quired. Keep in mind that our labor, goods and serv-ices produced here must be competitive on a globalscale. We must all be committed to continuing tobuild the foundation for our future, especially to thebenefit of our children and grandchildren. They de-serve no less.

What Mayor Chuck Reed communicated in hisState of The City of San Jose presentation during the2010 Community Breakfast was realistic. Withtransparent government and a continued effort de-livered in a spirit of good will, we will achieve whatwe believe. Essential changes are happening day byday.

Por Rafael Prieto ZarthaAmerica's Voice

Después de haber permanecidoaislado y prácticamentesepultado por la nieve que no

paraba de caer en Washington, tengo la es-peranza de que el clima cambie, sea másbenigno, y para finales de marzo los cere-zos que pueblan las avenidas de la capitalflorezcan.

Y es que faltan dos tres semanas parael domingo 21 de marzo, una fecha defin-itiva en el persistente objetivo de lograruna reforma migratoria integral en 2010.

Para ese día se ha programado la Mar-cha Por América, una manifestación en elcorazón del Distrito de Columbia con elfin de presionar a los ocupantes del Capi-tolio y la Casa Blanca para que actúen enuna legislación que legalice a los indocu-mentados y provea seguridad en las fron-teras.

En esa fecha se necesita que reine lamisma atmósfera de entusiasmo queacompañaba al líder Cesar Chávez en susaga andariega por los campos del país,cuando para reclamar derechos se rasga-ban las guitarras y las voces de los activis-tas entonaban el estribillo "de colores sevisten las flores en la primavera".

O que se reviva el ambiente de júbilode la primavera de 2006 cuando el país en-tero presenció el desfile interminable decamisetas blancas y el grito de "Sí SePuede" de los inmigrantes que pedían laabrogación del proyecto de ley Sesenbren-ner que criminalizaba a los indocumenta-dos, incluyendo a los menores de edad.

El movimiento popular enterró lapropuesta del congresista de Wisconsin,pero la causa de los inmigrantes siguesiendo una asignatura pendiente para lospolíticos de Washington.

Hasta ahora a los legisladores les hafaltado la valentía requerida para com-poner el ineficaz sistema migratorio actualy como los avestruces han evadido re-solver un problema que mantiene en viloa 12 millones de personas que carecen deestatus y permanecen en el limbo.

El escenario de la manifestación serála zona de monumentos de la capital,donde el mártir de los derechos civilesMartin Luther King pronunció hace casi47 años su inolvidable discurso "Yo tengo

un Sueño" durante una manifestación quese llamó Marcha por los Trabajos y laLiber tad.

Ahora, medio siglo después, se buscaaliviar la pesadilla de un sector de la so-ciedad al que se ha arrinconado y algunospretenden despojarlo de cualquier dere-cho, de cualquier opción.

Una muestra de los alcances de lavisión anti inmigrante fue la presentaciónla semana pasada en la Cámara de Repre-sentantes del proyecto de ley del congre-sista californiano Gary Miller quepretende despojar de la ciudadanía a loshijos de indocumentados nacidos en terri-torio estadounidense.

La propuesta viola la enmiendadécimo cuarta de la Constitución y el prin-cipio de nacionalidad por territorio, perono deja de ser uno de los antojos de losque detestan a los indocumentados.

No en balde el proyecto fue bautizadocon el nombre en inglés de "leave" que enespañol tiene un tono de traducción a "lár-guense" ustedes y sus vástagos.

En el ámbito de la comunidad latina,para nadie es un secreto que la vida de losinmigrantes se ha invadido de afugias porlas medidas federales que han disparadolos arrestos y las deportaciones, y por lasiniciativas locales que buscan cerrarles elcamino y aburrirlos para que se vayan.

De acuerdo con un informe del Centrode Política de Inmigración (IPC), duranteel último lustro se han debatido en el paísalrededor de 1,500 proyectos destinadosa castigar la presencia de indocumentadosen ciudades y condados de 35 estados.

El mismo reporte recuerda que el Ser-vicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE)busca a medio millón de indocumentadosque tienen órdenes de deportación y quela mayoría de quienes han sido expulsadospor los diversos programas de la agenciafederal han sido personas sin antecedentescriminales.

Más que nunca es urgente que expre-semos nuestro dolor en las calles y quienessomos votantes le digamos a los prome-seros que es hora de que cumplan su palabra.

Rafael Prieto Zartha es Asesor deMedios de Comunicación en Español paraAmerica's Voice

21 de marzo City Of San Jose Budget Issues

By Osvaldo CastilloEl Observador

These difficult economic times have left many peoplewondering how they will be able to pay for rent. Someof these individuals are senior citizens; many are retired

and have limited resources.In response to the housing needs of senior citizens, the County

of Santa Clara, City of San Jose, ROEM Development Corpora-tion, and the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara, havespent the past five years developing the Corde Terra Senior apart-ments in San Jose.

The City of San Jose Housing Department provided the fund-ing for the project.

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Affordable Housing for Seniors

“This project was made possible by the people in this community,” said SantaClara County Supervisor George Shirakawa (District 2). “The community wascrying out for more affordable housing.”

“We are very happy to be a part and fund thisproject because we are going through some diffi-cult times and need to help each other,” said Kris-ten Clements, Manager of Project Developmentfor the City of San Jose Housing Department.“This is also a good example of how affordablehousing can help our economy.”

The total cost of the project is $47 million withAlliant Capital, Ltd, (Alliant) and MetropolitanLife Insurance Company (MetLife) providingmore than $16.5 million in Low-income HousingTax Credit equity for the development of the apart-ment.

ROEM Corporation developed the four-story;wood framed building that is constructed on a con-crete podium above a single story parking. TheItalian influenced design has an articulated façadewith stucco exterior, tile roofs, patios and balconieswith trellises. The building is a simple square-shape layout with interior corridors. There is a se-

cured courtyard providing residents access to out-door common space in the center of the building.

“It took a lot of work to make this happen,”said Robert Emami, President of ROEM Corpo-ration. “But we kept going at it because this was anecessary project to complete. Now we have about1,200 resident of several backgrounds living here.”

The Corde Terra Senior apartments are locatedat 2555 Corde Terra Circle approximately threemiles south of downtown San Jose between the101 and 87 freeways on Tully Road. It is a con-venient location that links residents to area jobs,services and amenities. The development is alsoclose to a park, health clinic, school, public trans-portation and a fire station and will include a com-munity room with a library and a fitness center.There will also be computer, English and fitnessclasses.

For more information visitwww.roemcorp.com.

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SAN JOSE

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, the Santa Clara Valley WaterDistrict Board of Directors approved two agree-ments with the City of San Jose to build a new ad-

vanced water treatment facility that will produce highly purifiedrecycled water and strengthen the integrated management of re-cycled water.

The new facility will divert a portion of the treated waterfrom the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant,and use advanced treatment methods to produce up to 8 milliongallons per day of highly purified water, of near-distilled waterquality, which will be blended into existing recycled water flowsproviding for more uses. Currently, the South Bay Water Recy-cling produces around 10 million gallons per day of recycledwater for irrigation and industrial uses. The new blended waterwould improve the overall quality, reducing the amount of salts,minerals and organics present in the current recycled water sup-ply.

The blended recycled water can be used to irrigate a widervariety of landscapes, especially in poorly draining soils and isexpected to attract new industrial customers for recycled waterwho will find that the improved water quality can reduce coolingand manufacturing costs.

The new facility would use three technologies to producenear-distilled quality water: microfiltration, reverse osmosis andultraviolet disinfection. The facility will be designed to allowfor potential expansion in the future. While this project is beingbuilt for non-potable uses in irrigation and industry, the sametechnology is being used worldwide to produce highly purified

water for drinking.$30 million from the Santa Clara Valley Water District,

$8.25 million in federal stimulus funds, $3 million in state fund-ing, and $11 million from the City of San Jose would fund thedesign and construction.

Currently, recycled water meets nearly 5 percent of SantaClara County's water demands. Recycled water is increasinglyused in place of drinking water in irrigation and industry. As awater supply option for these uses, it is a reliable local source,which benefits the local economy and the environment by re-ducing freshwater discharge to the Bay, protecting sensitive saltmarsh habitat.

"I'm encouraged that we are able to forge a new partnershipwith San Jose that will help meet our water needs for tomorrowwhile creating jobs today," said water district board chairRichard Santos. "This facility is worthy of the water district'sstrong support."

The new facility would be owned by the water district, andbuilt on lands owned by the City of San Jose, adjacent to the ex-isting wastewater treatment facility.

The first agreement approved by the water district providesa forty-year lease agreement for the five-acre parcel of landneeded for the facility.

The second agreement integrates the recycled water pro-grams of the City of San Jose and the water district. Once ap-proved by the city council, the entities will jointly makedecisions on expansions of the recycled water system, collabo-rate on studies and outreach, and have the ability to leverageeach other's infrastructure for mutually beneficial purposes.

The San Jose City Council is expected to consider the agree-ments on March 2. If the agreements are approved by both en-tities, construction could start in the fall of 2010 and becompleted by the summer of 2012.

Water District Board Approves Recycled Water ExpansionThe blended recycled water can be used to irrigate a wider variety of landscapes, especially

in poorly draining soils and is expected to attract new industrial customers for recycled waterwho will find that the improved water quality can reduce cooling and manufacturing costs.

|6| FEB 26 - MAR 4, 2010 | www.el-observador.com EDUCATION

By Cinthia Rodriguez – El Observador

The Santa Clara Valley Medical Cen-ter (SCVMC) received a Fun Centeron behalf of Colgate-Palmolve, Mi

Pueblo Food Center, and Starlight Children’sFoundation. The Fun Center features a Nin-tendo Wii with 40 different games, DVD playerand a Sharp Aquos LCD TV, for all of the pedi-atric patients to enjoy.

The Fun Center can be easily placed on theside of a young patient’s bed or anywhere in ahospital setting. They are ideal for hospitalizedchildren waiting in the emergency room orfighting loneliness after visiting hours haveended.

“We are truly grateful to Colgate-Palmoliveand Mi Pueblo Food Center for this generousgift to the hospital,” said Teresa Olson, ChildLife Specialist.

The medical staff of the SCVMC PediatricsDepartment understands the special needs ofthe sick or injured children, but they don’t al-ways have the resources. The department hasthe technology needed to monitor patients andto receive a donation for an item like the FunCenter was greatly appreciated. The hospital isa more comfortable place for the patients andfamilies.

“Hopefully it’s a little stress relieving, and

something that can take the mind off some ofthe hard things the children are dealing with,”said Perla Rodriguez, vice President of PublicAffairs, Mi Pueblo Foods.

The hospital takes care of many people re-gardless of medical insurance and Mi PuebloFoods wants to be supportive. It turned out tobe a natural collaboration between them andStarlight Children’s Foundation. The founda-tion has been dedicated to helping ill childrenfor 25 years.

By Osvaldo Castillo - El Observador

Reaching and motivating young students to learn aboutmath and science can sometimes be very difficult todo. That is why the Silicon Valley Education Founda-

tion (SVEF) has created a software portal called Lessonopoly.org,which makes it easier to inspire young students to learn more aboutthese subjects. Many of the new lessons posted on the LessonopolyWeb site coincide with the Winter Olympics being held this year.

On February 18, the SVEF invited California State Superin-tendent Jack O'Connell to Luther Burbank School in San Jose toshowcase what Lessonopoly has accomplished in two years.

"Lessonopoly was launched to inform the community on anew approach of learning," O'Connell said. "These programs weredesigned to educate 6th to 9th graders, to teach them about con-cepts like vertical velocity, friction, and angular momentums.These are all concepts that are being used at the Winter Olympics."

O'Connell added that he would work on promoting the Website to other schools throughout the state.

"This Web site is a great example of how learning can be funfor students," O'Connell said.

Becki Cohn-Vargas, Superintendent- Principal at Luther Bur-bank School, said that the way she learned about Lessonopoly wasthrough an email she received from the SVEF.

"I then forwarded the email to the school's teachers and askedfor their input," Cohn-Vargas said. "The response was overwhelm-ingly positive. Many of the teachers said they were excited aboutthe videos that were part of the lesson plans."

One of teachers at Luther Burbank that was using Lessonopolywas Eli Segura, who was using the physics and math of the skijump, a lesson he and fellow teachers developed on Lessonopoly.

"Lessonopoly helps my students understand some of the con-cepts behind skiing and the ski jump," Segura said. "The studentswill have a basic understanding of the games by applying knowl-edge to relative life experiences."

Segura brought his own skies to demonstrate to the studentsexactly what he was talking about.

"Some of these kids have never had a chance to actually seesnow, much less skies," Segura said. "I wanted these kids to touchand feel the skies so that they knew exactly what it was that I was

teaching them."He believes that the lessons in math and physics using Lesso-

nopoly will help his students pass their end of the year test in thesesubjects.

The SVEF focuses on raising student performance in the areasof math, science and English, while supporting the arts across all33 Santa Clara County pre-k - 12 school districts.

For more information visit www.svefoundation.org.

Santa Clara Valley MedicalCenter’s Fun Center

Bring the Olympics to the Classroom

CET CEO/President Hermalinda Sapien in center cutting ribbon for a new venture that willstimulate dollars in the community, while staff and Director of CET Staffing Solutions, Alex On-tiveros, and Councilmember Sam Liccardo look on.

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By Monica Amador

In an effort to help revitalize the local economy, the Center for Employment Training (CET)announced a new venture on Friday, February 19, at a press conference titled: “CETStaffing Solutions,” which is funded by the American Recovery and Investment Act

(ARRA). Designed to increase employment opportunities for CET students, CET alumni andlow-income residents of Santa Clara County, CET Staffing Solutions will deliver high impact toemployers, offering fiscal and value benefits such as recruiting and interviewing the most qualifiedemployee candidates. Some of the areas of expertise they will be working with are Culinary Arts,Green Building Construction, and various other fields. For information about this innovative pro-gram, contact CET Staffing at 408 534-5299.

SAN JOSE, CA

Hundreds of people of faith gathered onFebruary 26, 2010 at 7:00 pm at St.Julie's Catholic Church in San Jose for

a prayer rally calling for comprehensive immigrationreform, called "We Are One Family Under God."

Participants will sign postcards calling on U.S.Congressional representatives to help pass compre-hensive immigration reform this year.

"We want to show that there is a diverse and uni-fied base of people who want comprehensive immi-gration reform to be a political national priority," saidMatthew Malone, a student member of CatholicCampaign for Immigration Reform.

The vigil is sponsored by Catholic Campaign forImmigration Reform and People Acting in Commu-nity Together (PACT) and is part of "Together, notTorn: Families Can't Wait for Immigration Reform,"a nationwide mobilization of people of faith for im-migration reform. "Together, not Torn" includes 100local events and hundreds of thousands of pro-re-form postcards from people of faith to Members ofCongress.

Representatives from Congressman Mike Hondaand Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren where also pres-ent at the event.

WASHINGTON

Los contribuyentes que deseen reclamarsus donaciones de ayuda a Haití en sudeclaración de impuestos que están

presentando en esta temporada deben hacerlas parael fin de este mes, según el Servicio de ImpuestosInternos.

Las personas y las empresas tienen de plazohasta la medianoche del domingo, 28 de febrero,para hacer contribuciones en efectivo a organiza-ciones benéficas proveyendo alivio del terremotoen Haití. Estas contribuciones pueden ser recla-madas en declaraciones del 2009 o del 2010, perono en ambas. Las contribuciones efectuadas de-spués de esa fecha pero antes del final del año sólopueden ser reclamadas en la declaración del 2010.

Las contribuciones hechas por mensaje detexto, cheque, tarjeta de crédito o de débito califi-can para esta opción especial. Las donaciones con

cargo a una tarjeta de crédito antes del final defebrero cuentan para el 2009. Esto es cierto inclusosi la factura de la tarjeta de crédito no es pagadahasta después del 28 de febrero. También, chequescuentan para el 2009 siempre y cuando se envíenpor el correo para el final de este mes y sean paga-dos por su institución financiera poco tiempo de-spués.

Los contribuyentes pueden beneficiarse de susdonaciones más rápidamente si presentan su de-claración del 2009 temprano electrónicamentehttp://www.irs.gov/espanol/article/0,,id=212355,00.html> y eligen el depósito directo<http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=217791,00.html> . Los reembolsos se toman hasta sólodiez días y pueden ser depositados directamenteen una cuenta de ahorro, corriente o de corretaje,o ser utilizados para la compra de bonos de ahorroSerie I de EE.UU.

Effort to Revitalize Local Economy

People of Faith Hold Prayer Vigil for Immigration Reform

Photo: By Lance McAlpine

Último día de donacionesde ayuda a Haití

|8| FEB 26 - MAR 4, 2010 | www.el-observador.com COMMUNITY

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF

The County of Santa Clara Board of Su-pervisors unanimously authorized a se-lect group of deputy probation officers,

who visit and monitor high-risk adults, to carryfirearms while on duty. The Board's decision per-mits 20 of 300 deputy officers at the Probation De-partment to be armed. Probation officers whosupervise juveniles will not be armed. State law al-lows deputy probation officers to carry firearmswhile on duty. However, Santa Clara County is thelast largest urban county in California with unarmeddeputy probation officers.

"Today, we must strike a balance between com-munity safety and employee safety," said SupervisorGeorge Shirakawa, Chair of the County of SantaClara Board's Public Safety and Justice Committee."For probation officers to deliver effective commu-nity supervision to the highest-risk adults, theyshould be afforded the reassurance they can walkinto a dangerous situation and do their job safely."

Today's action responds to an increased numberof serious felons being granted probation and thesignificant number of probationers entrenched in vi-

olent gang lifestyles, which pose an increased riskto the staff supervising this population in the com-munity. Only deputy probation officers assigned tothe Intensive Supervision and Alternative ProgramsUnit, the Gang Unit and the Task Force positionswill be armed. Offenders supervised by those unitshave committed serious crimes, including violentassaults, weapon possession, high level narcoticmanufacturing and sales, and egregious sexual as-sault and child predator offenses.

"This is a difficult issue for me," said SupervisorDave Cortese, echoing the sentiment of several ofhis colleagues. "On the one hand we are trying topromote harmonious neighborhoods. On the otherhand, our probation officers who vow to uphold anextensive Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics havetold us they need to be armed to be effective. Theyare in the streets everyday and I trust that they knowbest."

Deputy probation officers play a crucial role inthe criminal justice process. They investigate andsupervise offenders on probation and county parole;assist in the rehabilitation and reintegration of pro-bationers into society; enforce court orders; and pro-tect the public. To facilitate community safety and

offenders’ accountability, deputy probation officersconduct unannounced home/field visits; administerdrug tests; execute searches and seizures; accom-pany police in the field on gang task force operationsand probation/parole sweeps; and make arrests forviolations of probation. Although sometimes theyare assisted by law enforcement agencies, the highvolume of contacts and workload of law enforce-ment makes it unrealistic for deputy probation offi-cers to rely on frequent police assistance.

"When our deputy probation officers are at risk,our communities are at risk as well," said SupervisorDon Gage, Vice Chair of the Board's Public Safetyand Justice Committee. "We need to make every ef-fort to ensure that we are mitigating risks to our gen-eral population."

In many cases offenders are entrenched in crim-inal street gangs and have a history of prior habitualdrug abuse. In violation of the terms of their proba-tion, they often associate with other offenders, whoare either on probation or on parole following re-lease from state prison. There are cases where fam-ilies of these offenders are entrenched in the samesimilar lifestyles as the offenders supervised by theprobation department.

"Our primary mission continues to be the reha-bilitation of offenders, but our responsibility to in-vestigate and monitor compliance is an integral partof it," said Sheila Mitchell, Chief Probation Officerfor Santa Clara County. "We need to enhance thepersonal safety of officers who are regularly ex-posed to significant dangers while performing theirduties."

Board President Ken Yeager discussed the im-portance of ensuring that probation officers betrained not only in the use of firearms, but also instrategies to avoid escalating violence in dangeroussituations.

"The message we want to send to the commu-nity is that our action is intended to protect our em-ployees," said Supervisor Liz Kniss who asked thatthe program be evaluated at the end of a year. "It isnot our intention to increase the number of blazingguns. Our hope is that the arming of our probationofficers will increase compliance and serve as de-terrence."

The Board will review quarterly reports fromthe Probation Department on the experiences andaffect of the new policy and has directed staff to con-duct an evaluation of the program after one year.

SAN JOSE, CA

The San Jose Giants were honored with aCommendation by the County of SantaClara in a ceremony at the Board of Su-

pervisors meeting Tuesday. The Giants were rec-ognized for winning the California LeagueChampionship, setting their all-time attendancerecord for the fourth consecutive year, holding theirfirst "Education Day," which complements theteam's literacy program and raising over $300,000for youth sports organizations and $100,000 for non-

profit organizations in Santa Clara County. The SanJose Giants front office staff and mascot Gigantejoined the entire County Council for the ceremony.

"The Board of Supervisors of the County ofSanta Clara commends the San Jose Giants for theirmotivation, dedication and inspiration in making2009 a winning year both off and on the field ofplay," declared County Supervisor Dave Cortese.

San Jose won the 2009 California League titlelast September after defeating the High Desert Mav-ericks in the Championship Series. The Giants won

a team-record 93 regular season games beforeclaiming their third championship in the last fiveyears. San Jose also set an attendance record lastseason with over 223,000 fans enjoying games atMunicipal Stadium.

"The real credit goes to the fans of our regionthat supported us with record numbers," said JimWeyermann, President and CEO of the San Jose Gi-ants. "Winning the California League Champi-onship and the John H. Johnson President's Trophyas minor league's top franchise was just the end re-

sult of their efforts." The San Jose Giants open their defense of the

California League title on Thursday, April 8th atModesto. The home opener at Municipal Stadiumis scheduled for Monday, April 12th against theVisalia Rawhide. The Opening Night Extravaganzawill include a post-game fireworks display, 2010magnet schedule giveaway, the return of Giganteand much more. For more information on ticketsfor the 2010 season please call (408) 297-1435 orvisit www.sjgiants.com.

County to Arm Select Deputy Probation OfficersOnly Those Supervising High-Risk Adults to Carry Firearms

Santa Clara County Honors SJ Giants with Commendation

The San Jose Giants Front Office Staff and Gigante receive the Commendation from Santa Clara County Supervisors Ken Yeager and Dave Cortese.

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Board of Supervisors’ ChambersCounty Government Center

70 W. Hedding Street, San JoseThis location is served by VTA Light Rail and

Bus Lines 61, 62, 66, and 180.

Thursday, March 4 ....................... 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 1 ......................... 5:30 p.m.

2010 VTA Board of Directors Public Meetings

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors welcomes you to attend the

following VTA Board of Directors public meetings:

Please call the Office of the Board Secretary at (408) 321-5680 or email board.secretary@vta.org

to confirm dates and locations.

For more information on meeting agendas and schedules of other VTA Committee meetings, please visit www.vta.org.

On Wednesday March 10, from5:30pm-9pm, Evergreen ValleyCollege (EVC) and Services, Im-

migrant Rights, and Education Network(SIREN) will premier "Papers" The Movie."Papers" is the story of undocumented youthand the challenges they face as they turn 18without legal status. EVC will be the first topremier the screening of Papers before it hitsselected movie theaters in the San Jose Bayarea. For more information on Papers, pleasego to www.papersthemovie.com/about_papersIn addition to the film screening, there will bea special performance by classical pianist JesusNavarro Ochoa. Dubbed "Pianist of thePueblo", because of his immigrant and farmworker roots, the Napa resident is a gifted artistwho performs songs by classical virtuosos asTchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Chopin and Bach.

The San José/Evergreen Foundation, a

501(c) (3) organization that supports our col-lege, will acknowledge your sponsorship as atax-deductible donation.

To confirm your participation contact CesarJuarez from SIREN at cesar@siren-bayarea.orgor by phone at 408-453-3003, ext. 112. Or youmay contact Francisco Alvarado at EVC atfrancisco.alvarado@evc.edu or by phone at408-813-0581. Confirm your participation byWednesday, March 3rd. For your co-sponsor-ship, your organization's name and logo will ap-pear on the program and all promotionalmaterials (media advisory, FACEBOOK, etc.).Please make checks payable to San Jose/Ever-green Foundation. You may pick up your ticketsbefore the event at SIREN's office, 1425 KollCircle, Suite 109, San Jose CA 95112 or at EVCprior to or on the day of the event.

Papers

Ana Guzmán y Jose Luis Grijalbade San Francisco fueron losganadores de los boletos para el

partido México Bolivia que tuvo lugar elpasado 24 de febrero en el estadio Candel-stick Park en San Francisco. El torneo fut-bolístico que terminó con 5 goles a favor delTRI fue visto por miles de personas que sedieron cita al encuentro amistoso. En la fo-

tografía Eduardo Guzmán y Delany Guzmánesposo e hija de Ana Guzmán residentes deSan Francisco. ¡Felicidades!

Una vez más El Observador agasajó a suslectores y radioyentes con estos boletos.

Hay más premios, sorteos solo visitewww.el-observador.com (Foto de RudyDurán)Δ

Ganadores con EO

|10| FEB 26 - MAR 4, 2010 | www.el-observador.com FRONT PAGE

¿Cuántos se van a contar

De los 134 encuestados en el Este deSan José elabor ado del 17 al 22 defebrero y estas fueron las respuestas.

1. ¿Sabe qué es el censo?a. Si 32b. No 93c. No está seguro 9

2.¿Se haría contar?d. Si 12e. No 107f. No esta seguro 15

2. ¿Por qué si?a. Es importante para California 5b. Tenemos que saber cuántos

somos 6c. No está seguro 1

3. ¿Por qué no?a. No tengo confianza 98b. No son serios 5c. No está seguro 4

??? ?

Por Rosario Vital - El Observador

Una masiva campaña se viene haciendo para que todosse hagan contar. Pero no todos se quieren hacer contarsegún una encuesta elaborada por El Observador. El

pasado 19 de febrero autoridades del Condado, la Ciudad y agen-cias no lucrativas se reunieron para coordinar y compartir estrate-gias de difusión y hacer de ésta campaña todo un éxito.

"Es una oportunidad de oro para la comunidad. Es importanteque todos se cuenten" dijo la Concejal Nora Campos.

Al día siguiente un retén en el Este de San José se llevó a caboen pleno barrio latino. ¿Qué tiene que ver el retén?. Estos opera-tivos cuyo objetivo es atrapar a conductores ebrios también de-tienen y quitan vehículos a personas indocumentadas y esto siguesembrando temor y desconfianza con la autoridad.

El Observador lo corroboró el pasado 20 de febrero durante eloperativo policial y preguntó a 23 personas qué saben del censo ysi están dispuestos a participar.

De ellos ninguno está dispuesto a participar y creen que policíaes el censo. Otros no quieren compartir información y no piensanabrir la puerta.

" El censo no tiene nada que ver con la policía e inmigración yse dedica a recaudar estadísticas", dijo Arturo Vargas, DirectorEjecutivo de NALEO ( siglas en ingles de La Asociación Nacionalde Latinos Electos y Oficiales Designados ) tras su visita a San Joséel pasado 22 de febrero a fin de promover el censo.

Por su parte El Observador habló con la oficina de la ConcejalCampos, porque es en su distrito donde ocurren la mayoría de losretenes. "El Concilio no tiene la habilidad de dirigir estrategias deldepartamento policial", dijo Rolando Bonilla.

Entonces a quién corresponde la decisión. Nos hemos infor-mado que la el Jefe de la Policía Robert Davis se reporta a la Ad-ministradora de la ciudad, Deborah Figone.

Es importante asegurar la participación de todos los residentes. Los servicios inlcuyendo la seguridad pública podrían perder fon-dos a menos que se haga un completo conteo.

En comentarios aislados las personas encuestadas dijeron a ElObservador que tienen miedo a compartir su información con lapolicía.

La sorpresa de esta encuesta es que muchos estudiantes de laUniversidad de San José no tienen la menor idea de lo qué es elcenso.

Nota: Para la pregunta 2 a laspersonas que no sabían lo que er ael censo se les explicó cuál es la fun-ción esencial.

En c omentarios aislados laspersonas encuestadas dijer on a E lObservador que tienen miedo acompartir su información c on lapolicía.

La sorpresa de esta encuesta esque muchos estudiantes de la Uni-versidad de S an José no tienen lamenor idea de lo qué es el censo.

(Contribuyó en la encuestaCinthia Rodriguez)

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Somos una agencia de alivio de deudas. Ayudamos a la gente que tramite la bancarrota bajo el Código de la Bancarrota.

93 Devine St., Suite 100 • San Jose, CA 95110

Note: The people that did not kno w about the c ensus wereinformed about it and its purpose . Some of the people said theywere scared to participate in the census because they fear their in-formation will be giv en to the police. What is surprising aboutthese interviews is that many of the students from San Jose Statethat were questioned did not even know what the census was.

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By Rosario Vital & Cinthia Rodriguez

El Observador

Amassive campaign has been launchedto get as many people as possiblecounted in this year's 2010 Census.

But according to interviews conducted by El Ob-servador, not everyone wants to be counted.

On February 19, several community represen-tatives, including Councilmember Nora Camposgathered at the Somos Mayfair Community Centerin San Jose to discuss strategies that will get peopleto open their doors when they are asked by 2010Census workers to be counted.

"This is a golden opportunity for our commu-nity. It is important that all of us are counted,"Campos said.

The next day, a DUI checkpoint was set up inEast San Jose, a predominately Latino section ofSan Jose. Why was it set up? It was set up appar-ently to apprehend drunk drivers. But in addition,Asians, Indians, and Latinos who are undocu-mented were apprehended and many of their ve-hicles impounded. This sort of action by the SanJose Police Department has caused much anxietyand fear in the community.

El Observador was present at the DUI check-

point on February 20th and asked 23 individualsif they knew about the 2010 Census. Would theyparticipate by being counted?

All said they would not participate in the 2010Census. Some believed the San Jose Police De-partment was involved. Others said they did notwant to provide personal information. When Cen-sus workers knock on their door, they plan not toopen it.

"The Census has nothing to do with the policeor immigration services," stated Arturo Vargas, Ex-ecutive Director of NALEO, the National Associ-ation of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, athis visit in San Jose on Feb. 22, to promote the2010 Census.

El Observador staff contacted District 5 office(Nora Campos) to see if DUI checkpoints in herdistrict could be stopped until the 2010 Censuscount was completed.

"The Mayor and City Councilmembers cannotdirect the strategies of the police department," saidRolando Bonilla, media director for District 5.

Then who makes this decision? The commu-nity needs to know that the San Jose Chief of Po-lice, Rob Davis, reports to and is responsible to theCity Manager, Deborah Figone.

It is very important that all residents living inSan Jose be counted. Local services including pub-lic safety, will not be fully funded unless a com-plete 2010 Census count happens.

"There are mixed feelings. Some of ourparishioners are willing to collaborate with theCensus but there is a big group that is afraid be-cause of their immigration status. The Vietnamesecommunity also feels fear," said Rev. StevenBrown of Maria Goretti Church in San Jose.

HOW MANY WILLBE COUNTED?

El Obser vador conducted a sur veyasking 134 residents of East San Jose thefollowing questions regarding the 2010Census:

1. Do you know what the census is?A. Yes-32B. No-93C. Not sure-9

2. Will you participate?A. Yes-12B. No-107C. Not sure-15

3. F or those who answ ered y es.Why are you participating?

A. It is important for California-5B. We need to know how many

of us there are-6C. Not Sure-1

4. For those who answered no. Whyare you not participating?

A. I’m not confident in the process-98B. The people at the census are not se-

rious-5C. Not sure-4 (Cinthia Rodriguez contributed in this

report)

|12| FEB 26 - MAR 4, 2010 | www.el-observador.com HEALTH

(NAPSA)

When a child is diagnosed with autism,early and intensive treatment can be cru-cial. Many children wait a long time for

admission to specialized learning centers, but there areways parents and professionals can spend that criticalwaiting period helping children with autism learn valu-able skills.

Parents and professionals now have a comprehen-sive online resource that offers science-based tech-niques to help them confront the daily challenges ofautism.

The site, rethinkautism.com, provides effective andaffordable tools and methods that are based on appliedbehavior analysis (ABA), the only intervention forautism that is endorsed by the American Academy ofPediatrics, the New York State Department of Healthand the United States Surgeon General.

According to Dr. Fred Volkmar, director of the YaleChild Study Center, this Rethink Autism site will helpbridge the gap between research and practice. "The ex-plosion of research in autism has not always resulted intranslation into work with children at home and inschools."

The site features a video-based curriculum, includ-ing hundreds of exercises and training modules based

on proven, scientifically validated teaching techniques. Innovative assessment tools help design individu-

alized programming to meet the child's learning goals,while state-of-the-art data tracking systems let userstrack the learner's progress.

The lessons target a comprehensive range of skillsthat present the biggest challenges of autism: languageskills, social and emotional learning, daily living, pre-vocational training and problem behavior.

Parents, teachers and organizations can subscribeto the Web site, rethinkautism.com. By answering a se-ries of questions, they can begin to customize a curricu-lum. Users can watch the video lessons, use thetechniques in sessions with their own child and trackthe child's progress online.

As the child progresses through the programs, thesite recommends new lessons to maximize the learningprocess. A clinical support team answers questions bye-mail and offers suggestions for making the most ofthe site's resources.

These services are already being used by schooldistricts and families nation- and worldwide.

Research shows that the most effective treatmentfor children with autism is early intervention, and re-thinkautism.com offers resources to help.

Following a moderated discussion with President Clinton at the Governor's 2010 Summit on Health,Nutrition and Obesity: Actions for Healthy Living, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced eightspecific actions he will pursue to support healthy living in California. The actions announced by the

Governor will fight childhood obesity and encourage all Californians to live a healthy, active lifestyle throughpromoting healthy beverages, increasing physical activity and incorporating the idea of "health in all policies."

Since taking office, Governor Schwarzenegger has led the fight against California's obesity epidemic andthe actions he announced will continue the state's legacy of promoting healthy living and active lifestyles. TheGovernor's 2010 Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity brought together a cross-section of public health, ed-

ucation, community and local government leaders from around the state who have beenactive in promoting healthy eating, physical fitness and community-level health efforts.

In addition to the Summit, the Governor's Health and Human Services SecretaryKim Belshé, Department of Public Health Director Dr. Mark Horton and staff have

been working since the fall to identify promising practices and innovative policydevelopments to further combat obesity. This includes reviewing current state

programs and studies on community health and meeting with a wide variety ofstakeholders including physical education, public health and think tank groups. As

a culmination of this work and discussions at the Governor's 2010 Summit on Health,Nutrition and Obesity, Governor Schwarzenegger is taking specific actions to increase

healthy living in California, particularly for schoolchildren, in order to reduce the rate ofobesity. The Governor's actions are:Promote the Consumption of Healthy Beverages in Schools

Adequate hydration is necessary for the academic achievement and health of students, butmany students do not have access to fresh, free water in schools, particularly in low-income

communities. In schools where there is water available, it is often not provided in food serviceareas during mealtimes, and while some school districts have found ways to provide access

to water in food service areas, it is currently not a requirement for California schools. Additionally, the consumption of electrolyte replacement beverages, which are becom-

ing increasingly popular in public schools, is associated with weight gain, diabetes andobesity. In fact, beverage standards recommended by the Institute of Medicine call for

the elimination of electrolyte replacement beverages from public schools to promotehealthy beverage consumption.

Confronting The Daily Challenges Of Autism

Actions to FightObesity

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C A L E N D A R I OSustainable Vegetable Gar-deningWhen: Wednesdays, February10th - March 17th, 7:00 -9:00pmWhere: Guadalupe River Park &Gardens Visitor & EducationCenterInfo: (408) 298-7657 or visitwww.grpg.org

San José: Paintings byWayne JiangWhen: Until May 30, 2010Where: History Park in San JoseInfo: www.historysanjose.org orcall 408 287 2290

Free Workshop for Jobs Seek-ersWhen: Saturday, February 27,10:00a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Where: Cupertino CommunityHall, 10350 Torre Ave. CupertinoInfo: (408) 299-5119

AZTEC DANCE!When: Every Tuesday From 7 pmto 9 pmWhere: MACLA Theater 510South 1st Street, San JoseInfo: (408) 998-2783 orwww.maclaarte.org

"Pride and Passion: TheAfrican-American BaseballExperience," WHEN: Exhibit runs February 6 -March 12, 2010 WHERE: Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. Library 150 E. San FernandoSt., San Jose Info: www.sjlibrary.org/pride-andpassion

Gathering of Native Ameri-cansWho Will Tell Our Story?When: March 06 from 10 AM -7 PMWhere: Evergreen Valley Col-lege, Gullo 113095 Yerba Buena Road, SanJose CA 95135Keynote Speaker: Joely Proudfit,Ph.D., Info: Agnel Riotutar 408 445-3400 x245

Fertility, Pleasure and Har-mony in Our LivesWhen: March 13-15, 2010Where: National Hispanic Uni-versity in San JoseInfo: 408-768-3247

SAVE THE DATEThe Opera of San JoseWhen: September 11, 2010 -May 8, 2011Where: California Theatre in SanJose

Info: 408-437-4450

Ragged Wing Ensemble pres-ents: "The World Premiere ofHANDLESS" Written and directedby Amy SassWhen: Feb. 26 - March 27, 2010Where: Central Stage, 5221 Cen-tral Ave. (near Costco) Rich-mond, CA 94804Info: 1-800-838 - 3006 orwww.raggedwing.org

Bittersweet Harvest: TheBracero Program When: February 20 - May 5,2010Where: Mexican Heritage PlazaGaleriaRegular Exhibit Hours 8:00 am -5:00 pm, Monday - Friday

"Fragmentos de Perú" Con-temporary Art of Claudio Ta-lavera-BallonWhen: February 8th throughMarch 7th, 2010. Monday 12 -8; Tuesday 10 - 8; Wednesday -Saturday, 10 -6; Sunday 1-5.Where: Berkeley Public Library'sCentral Catalog Lobby.Info: 510-981-6100 orwww.berkeleypubliclibrary.org.

Sustainable Vegetable Gar-deningWhen: Wednesdays, February10th - March 17th 7:00 -9:00pmWhere: Guadalupe River Park &Gardens Visitor & EducationCenter in San JoseInfo: (408) 298-7657 or visitwww.grpg.org

Good Samaritan HospitalStroke Rehabilitation FairWhen: March 4, from 2:00 pm-4:30 pmWhere: 15891 Los Gatos-Al-maden Road, Los GatosInfo: Christine.Calara@hca-healthcare.com

Silicon Valley Water Conser-vation AwardsWhen: March 22, 2010, 11 am-1 pmWhere: Applied Materials inSanta ClaraInfo: (415) 882-7252 x 302 orpeter@tuolumne.org

Bittersweet Harvest: TheBracero Program 1942-1964When: February 20 - May 5,2010. Monday thru Friday, 8:00am to 5 pm.Where: Mexican Heritage PlazaGaleriaInfo: http://www.sanjoseca.gov

Joseph and the TechnicolorDreamcoatWhen: Fri 3/5 - 7:30 PM, Sat 3/6& Sun 3/7 - 2PM, Fri 3/12 - 7:30PM, Sat 3/13 & Sun 3/14 - 2 PMWhere: Throckmorton TheatreInfo: 415 383.9613Talleres para buscar empleoDía: 27 de febreroHora: 10:00a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Lugar: Cupertino CommunityHall10350 Torre Ave. CupertinoDía: Jueves 11 de marzoHora: 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Lugar: Biblioteca de Milpitas160 North Main StreetMilpitas (408) 262-1171

¿Necesita yuda para hacerseciudadano?Le enseñan cómo llenar los doc-umentosDías: Todos los lunesHora: 3:00 pm - 6:45pmLugar: East San José CarnegieBranch Library1102 E. Santa Clara St.San José, CA 95116Info: (408) 396-0017

Aviso de Reunión Comuni-taria Parque MariposaDiálogo sobre el diseño de unnuevo mini-parque Día: Jueves 11 de marzo del2010Hora: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.Centro para Personas MayoresLugar : 266 Escuela AvenueInformes: (650) 903-6311.

Taller de REIKIAprenda en español como viviren pazDía: Domingo 28 de febreroHora: 9:00 am - 5pmLugar: Holistic Vocational Center2175 The Alameda, suite 105San Jose, CA 95126Info: 408 720-9669

"Conoce tus derechos"Dirigido para los inmigrantes ysus familias.Día: 2 de marzoHora: 6:00 p.m.Lugar: Almaden Family Apart-ments1523 Almaden Blvd., Commu-nity Room

Clases de NutriciónDía: Todos los sábados(por 6 semanas)Hora: 11:30am-1:30pmLugar: McKinley CommunityCenter651 Macredes Ave

San Jose, CA 95116

Let The Eagle Fly(Historia de César Chávez)Drama musical de la vida deCesar ChavezA cargo de Chavez Family VisionDías: 5 al 10 de marzoCosto: $20 - $50Lugar: San Jose City College The-atre2100 Moorpark Ave.

Taller informativo de Ciu-dadaníaA cargo de la Oficina de Inmi-graciónDía: 24 de marzoHora: 5 pm - 7pmLugar: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Library150 E. San Fernando StreetSan José, CA 95112

Exhibición de BracerosLugar: Galería del Mexican Her-itage Plaza1700 Alum Rock, San Jose, CADías: Hasta el 5 de mayoHora: 8:00 am - 5:00 pmLunes a Viernes

Día Internacional de laMujer Marcha y FestivalDía: Sabado, 6 de marzoHora: 11: amInfo:Cihuatl.Tlatocan@gmail.com(408) 408-421-1096Inicia : Parque Roosevelt(Calles Santa Clara & 19th)1pm Final de RutaBiblioteca Latinoamericana(Calles 1st & Oak)FestivalHora: 1-4pm FestivalWashington UnitedYouth Center(1st St & Oak St)

Tutankhamun y la Edad deOroExhibición majestuosa en elMuseo de YoungDías: Hasta marzo 2010Lugar: Museo de Young50 Hagiwara Tea Garden DriveJohn F. Kennedy Drive,Golden Gate ParkSan Francisco, CAInfo: (415) 750-3600www.tutsanfrancisco.org

¿Necesita Comida?Telefono: 1-800-984-3663SecondHarvestFood.org

Servicios de InmigraciónOrganización de San José queayuda a inmigrantesS.I.R.E.N

Lugar: 1425 Koll CircleSuite 109Teléfono: (408) 453-3003San Jose, CA 95112(Entre la 4ta. Y Gish)www.siren-bayarea.org

TOLTEKAYOTL: Raíces Indíge-nasExhibición a cargo del histori-ador Luis GovaDía: Martes a sábadoDe: 10 am a 4pmLugar: San Jose City College2100 Moorpark (esquina conBascom)A espaldas de las canchas deRaquetball

Registre su CELULARPara recibir alertas en caso deemergenciaLa información se recibe en es-pañolvisite www.alertscc.gov

Nuestra EscuelitaFiesta de CarnavalDía: 27 de marzowww.nuestraescuelita.orgLugar: 405 South 10th StreetSan José CA 95112

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Por Mario Jiménez CastilloEl Observador

AriesMeses atrás te mostrabas pesimista, y ahora los "laureles del

éxito" te han de coronar. Las cosas comienzan a verse de lo mejory debes seguir empujando por eso que tanto quieres alcanzar, siluchas con empeño, lo que anhelas será tuyo.

TauroTrances difíciles has pasado últimamente, sientes que ya no

puedes con tantas cosas. Debes ponerlo todo en manos del "uni-

verso", ya no te presiones ni te lamentes. Durante la segunda se-mana de marzo aparecerán soluciones para cada uno de tus problemas.

GeminisAlgunas personas tuvieron el poco juicio de subestimarte en

el pasado, y ahora que ha pasado el tiempo, cayeron en cuenta dela gran equivocación que cometieron, porque en los próximosmeses serás tú quien tenga la sartén por el mango.

CancerMomento para que reorganices tu vida y le des un toque de

paz, serenidad y plenitud a tu existencia. Enemistades y gente tóxica, deben desvanecerse en tus pensamientos. Habrán algunospocos tropiezos, pero los momentos de "felicidad" serán mayoría.

LeoTendrás una visión diferente de lo que quieres conseguir y

hacia dónde quieres llegar. Es muy probable que establezcasnuevas amistades o que seas flechado por la llama del amor de undía para otro. Quebrantos en la salud te harán mejorar tu estilo devida.

VirgoContarás con la energía y fuerza necesaria para vencer los ob-

stáculos que este mes trae consigo. Alguien se portará contigocomo un verdadero amigo, haciéndote un gran favor o facilitán-dote la información que necesitas. Resolverás un problema fi-nanciero.

LibraInicia un mes de lucha y desafíos. En ocasiones sentirás mer-

mar tus fuerzas, pero con inteligencia y buena voluntad "saldrásairoso" del atolladero o deuda que te viene persiguiendo desdehace meses. Evita fricciones innecesarias con familiares.

EscorpionAtraviesas por una época de transición que será fácil de so-

brellevar gracias a la ayuda que recibirás de gente que te apreciacon sinceridad. Momento para adquirir entrenamiento, nuevosconocimientos o estudio de ciencias. Tendrás un "sueño profético".

SagitarioExisten movimientos astrales anunciando que se acerca una

tremenda mejoría a tu vida, pero por el momento ve con la corriente; no tomes decisiones precipitadas, no te esfuerces demasiado por quedar bien con todo el mundo, primero "queda biencontigo mismo".

CapricornioEl mes iniciará con algunos sobresaltos en tu mudo laboral.

Tendrás que tratar con personas conflictivas. Te mostrarán hostilidad porque les causa celos el observarte "siempre triunfante".Puede ocurrir un pequeño roce entre tu pareja y un familiar.

AcuarioEl mes de marzo será "benéfico" para tu persona, dejarás atrás

un mal hábito; puede tratarse de un vicio e inclusive un mal re-cuerdo. Llegan novedades a tu entorno y es muy probable que teveas animado a participar en una actividad comercial o cultural.

PiscisBuenos presagios para tu signo, algunos serán totalmente cor-

respondidos en el amor, otros observarán" incremento en los in-gresos" y habrá quiénes se curen del mal que padezcan.Encontrarás un objeto o fotografía que se te ha perdido.

Escríbele a Mario a Novoeu28@gmail.com o visita supágina www.lalafia.com

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Horoscopo de Marzo

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Cinequest honors one of the most dynamic artists Benjamin Bratt (Piñero, Traffic, Law & Order) with an incredible evening featuring a spotlight screening of La MISSION—a powerful film which recalls the culture, people and beliefs of Bratt’s childhood in the Mission district of San Francisco.

Following the screening, engage in a 30-minute conversation with star and producer Benjamin Bratt during which he will receive the Maverick Spirit Award for his continuing, adventurous work in film and television.

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El colombiano Juanes se declaró admirador de la mexicana Paquita ladel Barrio y comparó su música con la de la legendaria cantantefrancesa Edith Piaf.

"Me siento como escuchando a Edith Piaf cantando rancheras", comentóJuanes en su página de "Twitter" al declararse "fan total" de la cantante de Ver-acruz, México, cuyo nombre real es Francisca Viveros Barradas.

El multipremiado intérprete de "La camisa negra" comentó a sus seguidoresde la red social que durante su niñez en Carolina del Príncipe en la provincia deAntioquía, Colombia, con ese tipo de música era con la que se arrullaba paradormir.

"Algún día quiero grabar un disco de canciones populares (.) me gusta de-masiado este tipo de música, por lo menos yo la amo!", escribió el cantau-tor.

Paquita la del Barrio visitó Miami el pasado fin de semana para laentrega de Premios lo Nuestro y fue sin duda una de las favoritas dela noche, pues llenó de humor con sus temas "Maldita carcacha" y"Rata de dos patas".

La cantante no pudo conocer a Juanes, quien no asistió a laceremonia a pesar de ganar el premio Artista Rock del Año, nitampoco a la cita del viernes para grabar el tema "Somos elmundo" que grabó Paquita junto a otros 50 cantantes latinos enesta ciudad. El colombiano dijo que grabó su parte un día de-spués.

Piaf falleció en 1963 y fue una de las cantantes francesa máscélebres del siglo XX. Durante la ocupación alemana interpretócanciones con un doble sentido evocando la resistencia.

Un "idilio de amor" entre

JUANES y Paquitala del Barrio

Alice in Wonderland

De Walt Disney Pictures y el vision-ario director Tim Burton llega unapelícula épica de fantasía y aven-

turas en 3D "Alice In Wonderland", una nuevaversión mágica e imaginativa de uno de los re-latos más entrañables de todos los tiempos. Pro-tagonizan el filme Johnny Depp en el papel delsombrerero loco y Mia Wasikowska ("Amelia")como una Alicia de 19 años quien, en su regresoal fantástico mundo que había visitado porprimera vez de niña, vuelve a encontrarse consus amigos de la infancia: el conejo blanco, losgemelos, la lirón, la oruga, el gato de Cheshirey, por supuesto, el sombrerero loco. Alicia seembarca en un viaje fantástico para encontrarsu verdadero destino y terminar con el reino delterror de la reina de corazones.

Esta película se presentar* en Disney Dig-ital 3D(tm), RealD 3D y IMAX(r) 3D. Lapelícula ha sido calificada como PG por laMPAA.

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"Cop Out" está dirigida por Kevin Smith, y trata de dospolicías de la ciudad de Nueva York, que desde hace muchotiempo trabajan juntos. Ahora están tras la pista de una rara tarjetade béisbol de colección, en perfectas condiciones, que ha sidorobada por un despiadado gángster, obsesionado con este tipo derecuerdos. Antes de recobrar la preciada tarjeta Pafko'52, deberánrescatar a una belleza Mexicana, quien tiene la clave de unacuenta con millones de dólares en un banco extranjero. Ella hasido testigo de que una persona de alto perfil ha sido asesinada acausa de ese dinero.

La perfecta tarjeta de béisbol de Pafko, pertenece al detectiveveterano Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis), quien necesita el dineroque la misma puede brindar, para pagar la boda de su hija. Perocomo todo siempre puede salir mal, le han robado la tarjeta antesde que pudiera hacer dinero con ella. Paul Hodges (Tracy Mor-gan) es el "socio-contra-el crimen" de Jimmy. El está preocupadopor la supuesta infidelidad de su esposa, y le resulta difícil enfo-carse en el crimen, y mantener su mirada en el objetivo. Ambosestán en problemas y como no tienen mucho que perder, para re-solver el caso, Jimmy y Paul romperán todas las reglas y llamaránen su ayuda a un ladrón que está siempre falopeado, Dave (SeannWilliam Scott), quien logrará sacar de quicio al extremo a Paul.

"Cop Out" será distribuida mundialmente por Warner Bros.Pictures, una compañía Warner Bros. Entertainment. El filme estáprogramado para ser estrenado el 26 de Febrero del 2010, y hasido clasificado R - Restricted =Restringido - por la asociaciónMPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). Los menoresde 17 años deben estar acompañados por un adulto, dado su"fuerte lenguaje, incluyendo referencias sobre sexo, por su vio-

Buenos Aires, (Notimex).

El cantante portorriqueño Chayanne aseguró que es unhombre muy positivo y así lo quiso demostrar en "Nohay imposibles", su nuevo disco que sale a la venta y

que incluye el tema de la telenovela mexicana "Corazón salvaje".El artista explicó que su carrera ha sido "como un partido de

futbol, a veces haces goles y te pones alegre, y otras veces no"porque a pesar de lo que se pueda creer, "no todo ha sido un caminode rosas".

Agregó que su optimismo en la vida hizo que se identificaracon su nuevo disco porque, justamente, tiene el mensaje de ser pos-itivo, de luchar y no rendirse.

Chayanne reveló que, a pesar de que éste es su álbum número22, siente que comenzó de nuevo porque renovó contrato con ladiscográfica que lo acompaña desde hace tiempo, ya que "tuve ofer-tas de otras compañías, pero yo soy fiel".

"No hay imposibles"para Chayanne

Por Rosario VitalEl Observador

Una jocosa comedia titulada "¿Porqué no te callas? se estrena en elÁrea de la Bahía y tendrá lugar el

próximo 7 de marzo a beneficio de la FundaciónMateo 25:35 de Colombia. Detrás del telón laobra teatral cuenta un propósito humano. Eldinero recaudado será destinado para esta fun-dación que alimenta a 103 niños que viven enextrema pobreza en la Vereda Santa Rosa, localidad de Ciudad Bolívar, Colombia.

La iniciativa fue presentada por el desta-cado periodista y escritor Angel Ay llón quienactualmente realiza otros proyectos similares enTijuana y Nicaragua.

La obra¿Por qué no te callas? fue escrita por Ayllón

e inspirada en una frase célebre del Rey JuanCarlos de España a Hugo Chávez en la cita cum-bre Iberoamericana en el 2007. De esta frase sehicieron videos juegos, bromas, portadas, logos,todo un fenómeno incluyendo un masivo im-pacto en el internet.

Ahora Ayllón nos trae una comedia contintes políticos que acontecen en escenarios fa-miliares. La rivalidad entre los Chavista yUribistas ha trascendido a niveles familiares y derelaciones familiares.

Ayllón explica que en Venezuela las familiasse separan y tienen problemas por asuntos políti-cos, situación que está alarmando al núcleo fa-miliar. "Existen los Chavistas y los Uribistas.

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tregado cuando se solicite. Las personas se sentarán de acuerdo con el orden de llegada. EXCEPTO PARA LOS MIEMBROS DE LA PRENSA QUE CUBRAN EL EVENTO. No se dejará entrar a nadie sin boleto después que la película

haya comenzado. Se impondrán todas las regulaciones federales, estatales y locales. La persona que reciba los boletos asume todos y cualquiera de los riesgos asociados con el uso del boleto y acepta cualquier restricción

exigida por el proveedor de boletos. Walt Disney Pictures, H&M/ThinkLatino!, El Observador y sus filiales no aceptan ninguna responsabilidad u obligación con respecto a cualquier pérdida o accidente causado en relación con

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Decidí narrar esta rivalidad dentro de una histo-ria de amor. El matrimonio compuesto por unamujer venezolana y un hombre colombianopasan una serie de situaciones donde se mezclansentimientos", explica Ayllón.

La obra de una hora treinta minutos es lle-vada a las tablas con humor, sátira, informacióny mensaje de conscienca para aquellas familiasque deseen mantener la unidad. Ayllón decidióescribir la obra y dirigirla porque los guiones es-critos por él han nacido de una gran inspiraciónque él sabe lo que el público asistente debe cap-tar.

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como Yuri Suárez (venezolana) y José ManuelOspina (colombiano) que han hecho de esta obratodo un éxito en Colombia. ¿Por qué no tecallas? se presentó por tres semanas consecutivasen Colombia y ahora llega a Estados Unidos.

En una única presentación la obra se presen-tará el 7 de marzo en el Hotel Marriot de SantaClara (2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara,CA 95054) a las 5pm. Las entradas están entre$20 y $25. Las personas pueden hablar al 408-796-2282 para comprar su boleto.

Una divertida obra teatral donde un colombianoChavista y una venezolana Uribista intentan salvarsu matrimonio ante las pasiones políticas.

Angel Ayllón y su equipo de trabajo celebran con éxito la obra teatral “¿Por qué no te callas?”.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533365

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: WebViaduct, 1482 OliverPlace, Santa Clara, CA 95051, SantaClara Co. Aleksandr A gamov, 1482Oliver Place, Santa Clara, CA 95051This business is c onducted by an in-dividual, r egistrant began doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names list ed her e in01/01/2010. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Aleksandr AgamovFeb. 19, 26; March 5, 12, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/22/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534422

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Federick William, 13180Pierce Road , S aratoga, C A 95070,Santa Clar a C o. Ka thryn K ennedyWinery, 13180 Pierce Road, Saratoga,CA 95070 This business is conductedby a c orporation, registrant begandoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names list ed herein 02/19/10. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Kathryn Kennedy WineryMarty Mathis/PresidentFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/19/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533568

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Cedar Tree Casino, 444Saratoga Ave #25-B, Santa Clara, CA95050, Santa Clara Co. Curt Von Neu-mann, 444 S aratoga A ve #25-B ,Santa Clara, CA 95050 This businessis conducted by an individual, regis-trant has not y et begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare tha t all informa tion in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she kno ws t o befalse is guilty of a crime.)

Curt Von NeumannFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/28/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534496

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Treasure Wear, 447 GreatMall Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035, S antaClara Co. Yang Qin, 1558 S awgrassDr., San Jose, CA 95116 This businessis conducted by an individual, regis-trant has not y et begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare tha t all informa tion in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she kno ws t o be

false is guilty of a crime.)

Yang QinFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/23/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534472

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Sweet Little Things, 4420Rivermark Pkw y., S anta Clar a, C A95054, S anta Clar a C o. Ling La w,4420 Rivermark Pkwy, Santa Clara,CA 95054 This business is conductedby an individual, registrant has notyet begun doing business under thefictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all in-formation in this sta tement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who de -clares as true informa tion which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Ling LawFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/22/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533431

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: C afé D elatti, 42 E lmStreet, Los Gatos, CA 95030, S antaClara Co. MJ Cores INC, 5630 StevensCreek, Blv d, #263, C upertino, C A95014 This business is conducted bya corporation, registrant has not yetbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all in-formation in this sta tement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who de -clares as true informa tion which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

MJ Cores INCMyung Jin Kim/CEOFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/26/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533810

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: OMNI S ecurities LL C,6954 Gregorich #A, San Jose, CA 95138, S anta ClaraCo. OMNI S ecurities, LLC., 6954 Gre-gorich Dr., #A, S an Jose, CA 95138This business is c onducted by an in-dividual, r egistrant began doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed here in. “I de-clare tha t all informa tion in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she kno ws t o befalse is guilty of a crime.)

OMNI Securities LLCJames D SeifertFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/03/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534473

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: MFSC, Mayu Fujino, 5631Le F evre D r., S an Jose , C A 95118,

Santa Clara C o. Mayu Foundation,INC., 5631 Le Fevre Dr., San Jose, CA95118 This business is conducted bya corporation, registrant has not yetbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all in-formation in this sta tement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who de -clares as true informa tion which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Mayu Foundation, Inc.Stephanie NozawaFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/22/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534517

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Los Cubanos Restaurant,22 N Almaden A ve., S an Jose , C A95110, Santa Clara Co. Edenia Calvo,36 Race St #C, S an Jose, CA 95126,Alcides Calvo, 36 Race St #C, San Jose,CA 95126 This business is conductedby a husband and wife , r egistrantbegan doing business under the fic-titious business name or nameslisted here in 4/01/2005. “I declarethat all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true informa tion whichhe or she kno ws to be false is guilt yof a crime.)

Edenia CalvoFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/23/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534549

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: B anda Los Nuevos Co-mander de Leonardo Magaña, 3267Fronda D r., S an Jose , C A 95148,Santa Clara Co. Leonardo Magaña,3267 Fronda Dr., San Jose, CA 95148This business is c onducted by an in-dividual, registrant has not yet begundoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names list edhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Leonardo MagañaFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/24/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534441

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Q Salon and Spa, 19110Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite C, Cuper-tino, CA 95014, Santa Clara Co. Ray-mond Hung, 4960 Owens Dr Apt 737,Pleasanton, CA 94588 This businessis conducted by an individual, regis-trant has not y et begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare tha t all informa tion in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she kno ws t o befalse is guilty of a crime.)

Raymond Hung

Feb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/22/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534268

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Limat Income Tax Serv-ices, Limat Funding, 1250 Ames Ave,Suite 200, Milpitas, CA 95035, SantaClara Co. Limat Accounting Services,1750 Stokes Street, #164, S an Jose,CA 95126 This business is conductedby an uninc orporated associa tionother than a partnership, registrantsbegan doing business under the fic-titious business name or nameslisted here in 01/30/2010. “I declarethat all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true informa tion whichhe or she kno ws to be false is guilt yof a crime.)

Limat Accounting ServicesLinus O NwauluFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/16/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533720

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: S olid L egal & socialServices, 341 Cobalt Way #207, Sun-nyvale, C A 94085 S anta Clara C o.Mahmoud H. Abdolmajid , 562 C o-lumbia A ve #1, Sunn yvale, C A94085, Farzaneh Shafourniasar, 562Columbia A ve #1, Sunn yvale, C A94085 This business is conducted bya gener al par tnership, r egistrantsbegan doing business under the fic-titious business name or nameslisted here in 02/02/2010. “I declarethat all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true informa tion whichhe or she kno ws to be false is guilt yof a crime.)

Mahmoud H AbdolmajidFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/02/2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163504

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of : Mehdi Hajiakbar, TOALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioner Mehdi Hajiak -bar, has filed a petition for Change ofName with the clerk of this court fora decree changing names as follows:a. Mehdi Hajiakbar t o Mehdi B arrTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this ma tter appear be-fore this c ourt at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if an y,why the petition for change ofnames should not be gr anted on04/27/2010 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located a t 191 N. F irst Str eet, S anJose, CA 95113. A c opy of the O rderto Show cause shall be published a tleast once a week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in El Observador,a newspaper of gener al circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Feb. 10, 2010Mary Ann Grilli

Judge of the Superior CourtFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163990

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of : B eatrice Na talieChechelski, TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitionerBeatrice Natalie Chechelski, has fileda petition for Change of Name withthe clerk of this c ourt for a decr eechanging names as follows: a. Beat-rice Na talie Chechelski t o Na talieBeatrice Chechelski THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons in terested inthis matter appear before this courtat the hearing indica ted belo w t oshow cause, if any, why the petitionfor change of names should not begranted on 05/04/2010 a t 8:45 am,Room 107: loca ted a t 191 N. F irstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy ofthe O rder t o Sho w cause shall bepublished at least onc e a w eek forfour suc cessive w eeks prior t o thedate set for hearing on the petitionin E l Obser vador, a newspaper ofgeneral cir culation, prin ted in thecounty of Santa Clara.

Feb. 19, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163891

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of : Li Chien Tsai, TO ALLINTERESTED PERSONS: The c ourtfinds that petitioner Li Chien Tsai, hasfiled a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this c ourt for a de -cree changing names as follows: a. LiChien Tsai t o Rei Lichien Tsai THECOURT ORDERS that all persons inter-ested in this ma tter appear befor ethis court at the hearing indica tedbelow to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of names shouldnot be gr anted on 05/04/2010 a t8:45 am, Room 107: loca ted at 191N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Acopy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week forfour suc cessive w eeks prior t o thedate set for hearing on the petitionin E l Obser vador, a newspaper ofgeneral cir culation, prin ted in thecounty of Santa Clara.

Feb. 18, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb.26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENTOF USE OF

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFILE NO. 534408

The follo wing person(s) has/ha veabandoned the use of the fictitiousbusiness name(s). The informationgiven below is as it appeared on thefictitious business name sta tementthat was filed at the C ounty Clerk-Recorder’s office. F antastic S ams,1659 Br anham lane , Suit e E, S asnJose, CA 95118. Filed in Santa ClaraCounty on 12/12/2008, under fileno. 517772. K C O rganic Hair LL C,2517 Her on C ourt, S an Jose , C A95133. This business was conductedby a limited liability company. I de -clare tha t all informa tion in thisstatement is true and correct ( A reg-

istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she kno ws t o befalse is guilty of a crime.)

KC Organic Hair LLCChetan KhetaniFeb. 26; March 5, 12, 19, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/19/2010

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Date of Filing Application: February11, 2010To Whom It May Concern:The Name of the Applicant is/are:LA RUEDA RESTAURANTThe applicant listed above is applyingto the Department of Alcoholic Bev-erage Control to sell alcoholic bever-ages at:

2270 Monterey HwySan Jose, CA 95112-6022

Type of license applied for:47-ON-SALE GENERAL EATING PLACE

Department of Alc oholic B everageControl100 Paseo de San Antonio Room 119,San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 277-1200Published on February 26; March 5,12, 19, 2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534074

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Smartech Solutions, In-ternational Culture Immersion Serv-ice Associa tion, ICIS ervice, 5927Castena D r., S an Jose , C A 95129,Santa Clar a C o. Glen Young, 5927Castano Dr., San Jose, CA 95129 Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual, r egistrant has not y et begundoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names list edhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Glen Chu-Lang YoungFeb. 19, 26; March 5, 12, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/10/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534222

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: F ourth Str eet Apar t-ments, 254-258 Nor th 4th St ., SanJose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Ed-uardo C erna, 3902 Aborn Rd ., S anJose, CA 95135 This business is con-ducted by an individual , registrantbegan doing business under the fic-titious business name or nameslisted here in 12/28/09. “I declarethat all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true informa tion whichhe or she kno ws to be false is guilt yof a crime.)

Eduardo CernaFeb. 19, 26; March 5, 12, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/16/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533377

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Arion Inc./Prospect Fac-tory/Prospect Factory Online, 1737 NFirst St Suit e 110, S an Jose , C A95112, S anta Clar a C o. Arion Inc ,1737 N First St., San Jose, CA 95112this business is c onducted by a cor-poration, r egistrant began doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names list ed her e in08/17/2009. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Arion IncCarlos Guzman/CEOFeb. 19, 26; March 5, 12, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/25/2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163590

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of : Mar tha E laineValtierra, TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitionerMartha Elaine Valtierra, has filed apetition for Change of Name with theclerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follo ws: a. Mar thaElaine Valtierra to Martha Elaine Ben-jarano THE COURT ORDERS tha t allpersons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearingindicated belo w t o sho w cause , ifany, why the petition for change ofnames should not be gr anted on04/27/2010 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located a t 191 N. F irst Str eet, S anJose, CA 95113. A c opy of the O rderto Show cause shall be published a tleast once a week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in El Observador,a newspaper of gener al circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Feb. 11, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 19, 26; March 5, 12, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163586

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of : Liliana Gutierrez, TOALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioner Liliana Gutier-rez, has filed a petition for Change ofName with the clerk of this court fora decree changing names as follows:a. Edgar Jared Mendoza Gutierrez toEdgar Jar ed Gutierr ez b. Johan E lyMendoza Gutierr ez t o Johan E lyGutierrez THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearingindicated belo w t o sho w cause , ifany, why the petition for change ofnames should not be gr anted on04/27/2010 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located a t 191 N. F irst Str eet, S anJose, CA 95113. A c opy of the O rderto Show cause shall be published a tleast once a week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in El Observador,a newspaper of gener al circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Feb. 11, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 19, 26; March 5, 12, 2010

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Date of F iling Application: Januar y12, 2010To Whom It May Concern:The Name of the Applicant is/are:MMOON LLC THEThe applicant listed above is applyingto the Department of Alcoholic Bev-erage Control to sell alcoholic bever-ages at:

177 W Santa Clara St.San Jose, CA 95113-1707

Type of license applied for:41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE - EAT-ING PLACE

Department of Alc oholic B everageControl100 Paseo de San Antonio Room 119,San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 277-1200Published on February 19, 26; March5, 12, 2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533574

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Taquera “La Huasteca”,270 Umbarger Rd #27, S an Jose, CA95111, Santa Clara Co. Simon Torres,270 Umbarger Rd #27, S an Jose, CA95111. This business is conducted byan individual, registrant has not y etbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all in-formation in this sta tement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who de -clares as true informa tion which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Simon TorresFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/28/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533992

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: D ivinescapes Land-scapes, 230 Lonview Dr., Morgan Hill,CA 95037, S anta Clara C o. JaimeRamirez, 230 Longview Dr., MorganHill, CA 95037. This business is con-ducted by an individual , registranthas not y et begun doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this sta tement istrue and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true informa tion whichhe or she kno ws to be false is guilt yof a crime.)

Jaime RamirezFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/09/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533822

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Moshi Moshi JapaneseRestaurant, 10831 N Wolfe Dr., Cu-pertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara Co.Kuandai Management & Associates,LLC, 1197 Fargate Cir., San Jose, CA95131. This business is conducted bya limit ed liabilit y c ompany, r egis-trants ha ve not y et begun doingbusiness under the fictitious business

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name or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)

Kuandai Management & Associates,LLCJack Chen/ManagerFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/04/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533879

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: The Discovery KingdomChild Care, 1475 Naglee Avenue, SanJose, CA 95126, Santa Clara Co. San-dra Gonzalez, 1475 Naglee Avenue,San Jose, CA 95126. This business isconducted by an individual, regis-trant has not yet begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)

Sandra GonzalezFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/05/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533639

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: SJT Tech Industries, 5064Domaine Dr., San Jose, CA 95118,Santa Clara Co. Jake Rhee, 5604 Do-maine Dr., San Jose, CA 95118. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual, registrant began doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 02/01/10. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)

Jake RheeFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/01/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533957

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Westcoast PlumbingService, 1338 Lakeshore Circle, SanJose, CA 95131, Santa Clara Co.Pierre Smayra, 1338 Lakeshore Circle,San Jose, CA 95131. This business isconducted by an individual, regis-trant has not yet begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)

Pierre SmayraFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/08/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534008

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Morphosis PersonalTraining, 2155 Rancho McCormickBlvd., Santa Clara, CA 95050, SantaClara Co. Stephanie Larsen Speran-deo, 2155 Rancho McCormick, Santa

Clara, CA 95050. This business is con-ducted by an individual, registranthas not yet begun doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Stephanie Larsen SperandeoFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/09/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534036

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: California Pacific Com-mercial Real Estate, 1680 MCKee Rd,San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co.Rosa Realty INC, 1680 McKee Rd., SanJose, CA 95116. This business is con-ducted by an individual, registranthas not yet begun doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Rosa Realty INCJoe C Rosa/PresidentFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/09/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533808

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Ventana California Re-alty/ Ventana California PropertyManagement, 19925 Stevens CreekBlvd #100., Cupertino, CA 95014,Santa Clara Co. Valentina Limón,1180 Clark St., San Jose, CA 95125.This business is conducted by an in-dividual, registrant began doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed here in05/11/2006. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Valentina LimónFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/03/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533469

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: XA LANG, 1632 Story Rd,San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara Co.Aimie Nguyen, 281 Clearpark Cir., SanJose, CA 95136. This business is con-ducted by an individual, registranthas not yet begun doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Aimie NguyenFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 01/26/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 534121

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: MBL-Energy, 954

Hampswood Way, San Jose, CA95120, Santa Clara Co. MBL & SonsInc., 954 Hampswood Way San Jose,CA 95120. This business is conductedby a corporation, registrant has notyet begun doing business under thefictitious business name or nameslisted hereon. “I declare that all in-formation in this statement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who de-clares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

MBl & Sons INCBarbara Laubach/PresidentFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/11/2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163105

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Olga Francesca Cher,TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Thecourt finds that petitioner OlgaFrancesca Cher, has filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names asfollows: a. Olga Francesca Cher toFrancesca Olga Louise Romana CherTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter appear be-fore this court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of namesshould not be granted on 04/13/2010at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Acopy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week forfour successive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the petition inEl Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the countyof Santa Clara.

Feb. 04, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163285

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Megumi Ito, TO ALLINTERESTED PERSONS: The court findsthat petitioner Megumi Ito, has fileda petition for Change of Name withthe clerk of this court for a decreechanging names as follows: a.Megumi Ito t Megumi Itoh THECOURT ORDERS that all persons inter-ested in this matter appear beforethis court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of names shouldnot be granted on 04/20/2010 at 8:45am, Room 107: located at 191 N. FirstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy ofthe Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for foursuccessive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in El Ob-servador, a newspaper of general cir-culation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.

Feb. 08, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV161887

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Marcus Elias Zendejas,Ruth Elizabeth Zendejas, TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court findsthat petitioners Marcus Elias Zende-jas, Ruth Elizabeth Zendejas havefiled a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this court for a de-

cree changing names as follows: a.Marcus Elias Zendejas to Marcus Hur-tado b. Ruth Elizabeth Zendejas toRuth Elizabeth Hurtado c. JonathanJames Robledo to Jonathan JamesHurtado THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of namesshould not be granted on 03/30/2010at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Acopy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week forfour successive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the petition inEl Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the countyof Santa Clara.

Jan. 22, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV163538

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Yan Ji, Yong Wang, TOALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioners Yan Ji, YongWang have filed a petition for Changeof Name with the clerk of this courtfor a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Vivian Wang to Vivian SiqiWang THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of namesshould not be granted on 04/27/2010at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Acopy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week forfour successive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the petition inEl Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the countyof Santa Clara.

Feb. 11, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 12, 19, 26; March 5, 2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533291

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: R & D Liquor, 3120 AlumRock Ave. San Jose, CA 95127, SantaClara Co. Thanh Pham, 3402 PinotinCt, San Jose, CA 95148. This businessis conducted by an individual, regis-trant began doing business under thefictitious business name or nameslisted here in 3/09/2009. “I declarethat all information in this statementis true and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Thanh PhamFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/21/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533561

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: All Bay Limousine, AllBay Limo & Taxi, All Bay Green Cab,Palo Alto Green Cab, Stanford GreenCab, Los Altos Green Cab, CupertinoGreen Cab, 214 El Carmelo Ave, PaloAlto, 94306, Santa Clara Co. All BayLimo INC, 214 El Carmelo Ave, PaloAlto, CA 94306. This business is con-ducted by a corporation, registrantbegan doing business under the fic-titious business name or names listedhere in 04/02/2009. “I declare thatall information in this statement is

true and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

All Bay Limo INCBarbar MohammadFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/28/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533689

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: D K Salon, 2229 AlumRock Ave, San Jose, CA 95116, SantaClara Co. Ronald W Knox, 5625 Blos-som Ave, San Jose, CA 95123. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual, registrant began doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 2/01/2010. “Ideclare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she knows to be falseis guilty of a crime.)

Ronald W KnoxFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/01/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533019

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Allure Event Decor andFlowers, 1271 Story Road #10, SanJose, CA 95122, Santa Clara Co. AlineT. Le, 1520 Capitol Expressway #121,San Jose, CA 95122. This business isconducted by an individual, regis-trant has not yet begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (Aregistrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to befalse is guilty of a crime.)

Aline T LeFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/14/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533066

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Quiznos #13239, 754 TheAlameda, San Jose, CA 95126, SantaClara Co. Jose Coronel, 1919 FruitdaleAve M906, San Jose, CA 95128. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual, registrant has not yet begundoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listedhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Jose CoronelFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/15/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533497

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: JVS Auto Glass Services,1190 S Second St #3, San Jose, CA95112, Santa Clara Co. AlejandroVillavlazo, 524 ½ W 13th St., SanPedro, CA 90731, Vicente Chavez,5263 Camden Ave #115, San Jose, CA95124. This business is conducted bya general partnership, registrantsbegan doing business under the fic-

titious business name or names listedhere in 1/27/2010. “I declare that allinformation in this statement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who de-clares as true information which he orshe knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Vicente ChavezFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/27/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 532536

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Starlight Packing Service,1800 Dobbin St., San Jose, CA 95133,Santa Clara Co. Amanda Liu, 9835Broadmoor Dr., San Ramon, CA94583. This business is conducted byan individual, registrant has not yetbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or names listedhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Amanda LiuJan. 29; Feb. 5, 12, 19, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/04/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533536

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Red roof, Red roof Realty,Red roof Group, 998 E. El Camino Real#201, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, SantaClara Co. Irene Suh, 998 E El CaminoReal #201, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual, registrant has not yet begundoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listedhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Irene SuhFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/03/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533674

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Sinai Interior Plants Serv-ice, 3337 Mt McKinley Dr., San Jose,CA 95127, Santa Clara Co. JoseNavarro, 4756 San Lucas Way, SanJose, CA 95135. This business is con-ducted by an individual, registranthas not yet began doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed hereon. “I declare thatall information in this statement istrue and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)

Jose NavarroFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/01/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 532852

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Pie Gurus, 579 Saco Ter-race, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, SantaClara Co. Am Foundry INC, 579 SacoTerrace, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual, registrant has not yet begun

doing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listedhereon . “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

AM Foundry INCMichael Logvinov/PresidentFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 1/11/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533643

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Guerra’s House Cleaning,395 Cedro St., San Jose, CA 95111,Santa Clara Co. Monroy Herlin Anto-nio, 395 Cedro St., San Jose, CA95111. This business is conducted byan individual, registrant began doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed here in01/11/2009. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declaresas true information which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Monroy, Herlin AntonioFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 02/01/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 533719

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Puerto Azul Restaurant#2, 300 Willow St., San Jose, CA95110, Santa Clara Co. Puerto A INC,1072 Lincoln Ave, San Jose, CA95125. This business is conducted bya corporation, registrant has not yetbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or names listedhereon . “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares astrue information which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Puerto A INCJose Eduardo OrozcoFeb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010This statement was filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 2/02/2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV162603

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Mohammad AminAkhondzadeh, TO ALL INTERESTEDPERSONS: The court finds that peti-tioner Mohammad AminAkhondzadeh, has filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names asfollows: a. Mohammad AminAkhondzadeh to Alex Zadeh THECOURT ORDERS that all persons inter-ested in this matter appear beforethis court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of names shouldnot be granted on 04/06/2010 at 8:45am, Room 107: located at 191 N. FirstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy ofthe Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for foursuccessive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in El Ob-servador, a newspaper of general cir-culation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.

Jan. 29, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 05, 12, 19, 26, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV162984

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Mohammadreza Shak-eri, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Thecourt finds that petitioner Moham-madreza Shakeri, has filed a petitionfor Change of Name with the clerk ofthis court for a decree changingnames as follows: a. MohammadrezaShakeri to Moris Shakeri THE COURTORDERS that all persons interested inthis matter appear before this courtat the hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the petitionfor change of names should not begranted on 03/16/10 at 8:45 am,Room 107: located at 191 N. FirstStreet, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy ofthe Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for foursuccessive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in El Ob-servador, a newspaper of general cir-culation, printed in the county ofSanta Clara.

Feb. 03, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 05, 12, 19, 26, 2010

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 110CV160691

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Linda Nguyen, TO ALLINTERESTED PERSONS: The court findsthat petitioner Linda Nguyen, hasfiled a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: a.Lillian Mailinh Galvan to Lillian Mail-inh Nguyen THE COURT ORDERS thatall persons interested in this matterappear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, ifany, why the petition for change ofnames should not be granted on03/09/2010 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located at 191 N. First Street, SanJose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order toShow cause shall be published atleast once a week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in El Observador,a newspaper of general circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Jan. 4, 2010Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtFeb. 05, 12, 19, 26, 2010

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

Date of Filing Application: February 2,2010To Whom It May Concern:The Name of the Applicant is/are:Puerto A INCThe applicant listed above is applyingto the Department of Alcoholic Bev-erage Control to sell alcoholic bever-ages at:

300 Willow StSan Jose, CA 95110-3354

Type of license applied for:41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE - EAT-ING PLACE

Department of Alcoholic BeverageControl100 Paseo de San Antonio Room 119,San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 277-1200Published on February 5, 12, 19, 26,2010

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Por Osvaldo CastilloEl Observador

El martes 23 de febrero el popular presenta-dor del programa deportivo "RepúblicaDeportiva" Fernando Fiore visitó el Este

de San Jose y regaló autógrafos en la tienda AT&T deStory Rd.

"Me encanta apoyar el deporte desde su base y meencanta que AT&T apoye a la comunidad latina encuanto a deporte se refiere" dice Fiore quien es vocerode AT& T desde hace cinco años.

"El propósito de este evento es demostrar queAT&T está comprometido al mercado hispano y esta-mos aquí para ayudarles en todo lo que necesite", dijoCristina Gamboa, representante de mercadeo de la cor-poración.

"He sido un fanático del deporte desde que vinopor primera vez el MLS a esta ciudad. Soy fanático delestadio Spartan y el ambiente que los fanáticos yamantes del fútbol llevan a las canchas", explica Fiore.

Fiore visitó San José en el marco del encuentro deMéxico- Bolivia que tuvo lugar en el Candlestick Parkde San Francisco. México rumbo al mundial seráseguido a través de su programa televisivo "RepúblicaDeportiva" el cual ha cautivado la atención de millonesde televidentes y más ahora que se aproxima la fechadel mundial la audiencia es gigantesca.

(English version online www.el-observador.com)

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