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Biodiversity Festivalmarch 29th 3:45pmeast Beach, Crissy Field1199 east Beach, PresidioSan Francisco, CA

Community Health Fair: Insur-ance Enrollmentmarch 29th 11:00am-3:00pmBerryessa Community Center (multipurpose room)3050 Berryessa roadSan Jose, CA

Unity Day: Walk, Job, and Resource Fairmarch 29th 11:00am-2:00pmmost Holy trinity Church2040 Nassau DriveSan Jose, CA

Autism Lecturemarch 29th 1:00pm

160 North Th ird StreetSan Jose, CA 95122

Nutrition Workshopmarch 29th 11:00amCampbell Community Center-mary Campbell room Q841 West Campbell AveCampbell, CA 5th Annual Free Family Health FairApril 12th 10:00amAndrew Hill High School 3022 Senter roadSan Jose, CA 95111

Citizenship Day 2014April 12th 9:00am-3:00pmSan Jose City Collegetechnology Bldg.600 S. Bascom Ave.San Jose, CA 95128

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Tales of Pilgrimage: a song cycle operamarch 29th 5:00pmmarch 30th @ 2:00pmmexican Heritage Th eater1700 Alum rock Ave.San Jose, CA 95116Purchase tickets: htt p://cuentos-tales.brownpapertickets.com/ Her Story: Prints by Elizabeth Murrayuntil march 30th 11:am-5pmCantor Arts Center328 lomita DriveStanford, CA  Spring Boutique: Craft Fairmarch 29th 9:00am-4:00pmPrince of Peace lutheran Church12770 Saratoga Ave. Saratoga, CA 

South First FridayApril 4th 6:00pmSouth First St and San Carlos

San Jose, CA 95112

Somos Mayfair 2nd Annual ZumbathonApril 5th 9:00am-1:00pmmayfair Community Center2039 Kammerer AveSan Jose, CA

Earth Day and Healthy Communities FestivalApril 5th 11:00am-3:00pmCupertino Civic Center10300 torre Ave.Cupertino, CA

Downtown Campbell 2nd SaturdayApril 12th 2:00pm-6:00pme. Campbell Ave and Central Campbell, CA Th ird Annual Fantasy FaireApril 12th-13th 10:am-6pm

Guadalupe river Park494 West Santa Clara StreetSan Jose, CA 95110

10th Annual Pinot ParadiseApril 13th 12:00pmTh e mountain Winery14831 Piece roadSaratoga, CA 95070

34th Annual EggstravaganzaApril 19th 9:00am1 West Campbell Ave,Campbell, CAFor ages 1-12

Latino Art Now! Art Auction and Exhibitionexhibition now though April 26th/Auction April 26thmAClA501 S. 1st St.San Jose, CA 408.998.2783

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¡Vamos a Gozar! County recognizes world TB Day Santa Clara County, CA. Although tuber-

culosis (tB) rates in California are at an all-time low, for the fi rst time in six years, Santa Clara County had an increase in tB cases.  last year, the number of tB cases countywide was 181, a rate of 9.8 cases per 100,000 people; this is more than three times the national average. Santa Clara County had more tB cases last year than 38 u.S. states, and the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan area continues to have one of the highest case rates of any met-ropolitan area in the nation.

Covered California application deadlines approaches Covered Califor-nia™ today confi rmed its march 31 deadline for open enrollment in an ex-change health insurance plan and announced its policies for completing an application for health care coverage. With fi ve days left to enroll in a Covered California health insurance plan, the exchange is urging consumers to sign up before the deadline if they want to get aff ordable health care coverage and avoid a tax penalty.

La corte laboral de Columbia Británica dictamina que México creo listas negras de trabajadores migrantes mexicanos en Canadá. el tribunal de relaciones laborales de Columbia Británica (BClrB) dictaminó que el gobier-no de méxico y sus autoridades consulares crearon listas negras para impedir que trabajadores agrícolas migrantes mexicanos sospechosos de simpatizar con el sindicato regresaran a Canadá. el tribunal también concluyó que méxi-co falsifi có documentos con el afán de encubrir sus actividades antisindicales. esta evidencia fue presentada en 2012 ante el BClrB por el local 1518 de uFCW Canadá - el sindicato que representa a los trabajadores migrantes en la granja Sidhu & Sons Nursery limited.

USCIS Aceptará Peticiones de Visas H-1B para el Año Fiscal 2015 el Ser-vicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de estados unidos (uSCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) comenzará a aceptar peticiones de Visas H-1B sujetas a la cantidad máxima reglamentaria para el Año Fiscal 2015 a partir del 1 de abril. los casos serán considerados como aceptados en la fecha en que uSCIS reciba la peti-ción correctamente presentada junto con la tarifa correspondiente.  uSCIS no utilizará como referencia la fecha en el matasellos de la petición. los peticio-narios de Visas H-1B deben cumplir con todos los requisitos para evitar retra-sos en el trámite y posibles solicitudes de evidencia.  uSCIS tiene disponible información detallada, incluida una lista opcional de cotejo, para ayudarle a completar y presentar la petición H-1B del Año Fiscal 2015.  la hoja de tra-bajo para trámite está disponible en www.uscis.gov <htt p://www.uscis.gov/>.

Cinthia Rodríguez EL OBSERVADOR

yo estaba hablando con uno de mis reporteros y es-taba explicando a ella cómo estaba teniendo difi cultades para expresarme cuando se trata de escribir. Admití que no quería parecer loca o tan cínica.

Al principio pensé que iba escribir sobre los logros de Cesar Chávez pero creo que sólo consideraría ese ángu-lo si viviera en la costa este, donde estoy segura de que el no es tan famoso como lo es aquí en California o en su estado natal de Arizona.

Decidí que es hora de que tengamos otro Cesar Chávez. Desde luego, no quiero decir que nos olvidamos de él , por el contrario, cada vez más personas deben aprender de sus logros. Siento como si fuera el único héroe que los mexicoamericanos tenemos. No hay nada malo en el pero debemos tener más héroes.

Me encantaría ver a otra persona que se haga cargo o liderar un movimiento be-nefi cioso para todo nuestro pueblo , especialmente en la comunidad latina. Chávez era un gran comprometido que todo el mundo tiene que saber porque sabia mantener el rumbo, practicaba la des-obediencia civil y mostró a miles cómo el cambio social es posible.

Pienso que hoy en día una mayor cantidad de personas tienen el potencial de ser grandes líderes pero se tan por vencidos muy fácil. El Movimiento Ocuppy debería haber nos proporcionó otro gran activista. Pero poco a poco se calmo y la gente se olvidó de los bancos, la co-rrupción, y especialmente la forma en que la gente unida es una gran amenaza para el gobierno.

Siento que algunos movi-mientos obtienen gran can-tidad de personas activas y estos grupos de personas realmente quieren hacer un cambio en el mundo. Pero después de que deja de ser cool o después de no ver re-sultados inmediatos lo aban-donan.

También recuerdo durante el incidente de Trayvon Mar-tin, molestó a gente incluyen-do la gente aquí en San José.

Se reunieron y realizaron demonstraciones. Habían discusiones pero nunca más se supo de ellos.

¿Qué pasa con activistas de hoy en día? ¿Tenemos que viajar a los años 60s, 70s para conseguir resultados? Chicanos estaban orgullosos de ser mexicano, lucharon para ser reconocidos, pero ¿y ahora qué? Aún existen estereotipos raciales e otras injusticias. Parece que todo el mundo está demasiado ocu-pado en redes sociales.

No debemos sentirnos de-rrotados o esperar un cambio llegar en cuestión de días. Tenemos que recordar que Chávez, junto con otros, lu-charon durante muchos años y fi nalmente probaron victo-ria. Olviden mi comentario anterior acerca de un solo Chávez, debemos ser mas como él y realmente partici-par en el cambio social.

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Hilbert Morales

EL OBSERVADOR

OPINION

Once again the Hispanic community has found itself ‘on the menu’.Recently the Laureate Education Inc. of-fi cials stopped future student enrollment at NHU. Now NHU announced the adjust-ment to a curriculum which includes a charter school and a teacher training program. Many of your kids are need-ing access to “a four year university education”. Where are the concerned voices of those impacted? The NHU lost an opportunity to con-vert the entire community into stakeholders to sup-port its university program.

Also, recently MACSA lost its IRS non-profi t status and had not informed its sup-porters. How could this be al-lowed to happen? Where is a ‘current public status report’ on MACSA operating bud-get? MACSA has done good things like setting up afford-able housing for retirees and the MACSA’s youth Center which addresses the needs of at-risk youth. The local community needs to hear from its present board about the planned disposition of these two programs. If MAC-SA is not capable, what steps are being taken to ensure that these two programs are transferred to local compe-tent nonprofi t organizations such as CTC. CET. Somos Mayfair or Sacred Heart Community Center? Where is the public voiced concern of the local stakeholders? The price being paid might have been mitigated by ‘pub-lic disclosure’ of its cost of op-eration, allowing each mem-ber of the community to con-tribute to a supportive fund.

The same sort of thing hap-pened at the San Jose Chap-ter of the American GI Fo-rum which lost ownership of an $8.4 million facility built by volunteer Latino skilled construction labor and their supportive enterprises. And let’s not forget that $100,000 was misappropriated by trustees of a local scholar-ship foundation. Where was the voiced outrage?

you can bet your life that Cesar would not have kept so silent nor been so stoic after learning about these situations. How many of you would have gone on a ‘hun-ger-strike’ to reinforce DO-ING WHAT IS RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE FOR ALL OF US? WHERE IS yOUR VOICED CONCERN?

WHERE WAS yOUR VOTE? Recently, a special election was held to elect a Supervisor for District 3, County of Santa Clara. Only ONE IN FIVE registered Latinos voted. Realize that your elected represen-tative, Cindy Chavez, through her presence and voice ensures that an appropriate level of resources is allocated to meet the County’s jurisdic-tional responsibilities. The County is responsible for the reasonable allocation of some $4.6 billion every year. If your community does not elect an effective, responsible and accountable representative to be at the negotiation table, be assured you will be ”on the menu”. People of color already are…just look at the dispropor-tionate level of Latinos in jails and prisons today using the current system of enforced ‘Justice, Law and Order’ ,which must be examined and adjusted to become a renewed system which is fair to all. Equal protection under the law is an American ideal.

The Latino community must change its traditional

habit of distancing itself from these issues. Cesar would tell you to become factually in-formed, involved, engaged, and committed. Existing leadership must do what is right for all of us by keeping us fully informed with facts. And we must begin at the local level with jobs, educa-tion and community safety.

Cesar’s “Si se Puede’ must be accompanied by ‘Jun-tos hacemos mas con exito.” (yes, we can” and together we can do more, success-fully’). Required changes need your involvement. With your involvement, concerns, and commitment , these things could go from being a ‘dream’ to becoming a real-ity. When the community is fully informed and its civic organization’s operations are fully transparent, wrongful events such as those men-tioned above will diminish.

Since 1986 EO has been an information distribution ser-vice which factually informs all about local civic issues, concerns and priorities. We all live in a community where things happen and will con-tinue to happen. With good information dissemination, all can do something about those things. Cesar’s life is the example of using non-violent civic disobedience and fac-tual information to correct the low wages, unsafe work-ing environments, and other farmworker labor issues ex-tant at that time. Today, we must deal with a gridlocked U.S. Congress; advocate for comprehensive immigration reform; deal with growing wealth distribution dispari-ties, access to job training and responsible pension re-forms. These are some of the challenges of our time. If our leaders are not at the negotia-tion tables as decision- mak-ers, then we will be ‘on the menu’.

OCCURIELCIAS

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Google and the National Concilio de La Raza (NCLR) agreed to a partnership which will work towards the resolu-tion of immigration issues and, more importantly, the combined effort to bring in-formation technology to the Hispanic-Latino community on a scale that is extensive, effective, and ensures the in-clusion of Hispanic-Latinos in this evolving economy.

Google Vice President, James Brawley, happens to be a Hungarian immigrant brought to the USA as a 2-year-old child. His family and that of Ms. Janet Mur-guia were within the same East Los Angeles neighbor-hood. Their siblings, parents and grandparents knew each other and have kept in touch.

They grew up together as youths. “We have much to do now to connect Latinos to the information technology and its technology,” said Brawley.

“NCLR has a 46 year history as a civil right advocacy agen-cy. It has 300 local affi liates throughout the U.S.A. ysabel Valdez is a local board mem-ber of NCLR. I want to thank Google for hosting this grand reception. The main business we have is to form an effec-tive partnership. Google now displays ads for non-profi ts,” said Murguia. “Hopefully we can get LinkedIN, Facebook

and others to join this effort. In 1997 NCLR assisted com-munity-based organizations which resulted in 130,000 homes being purchased by Latinos and later some 15,000 home mortgages were not foreclosed due to our assistance and advocacy efforts. Home ownership is essential to the development of wealth by a family. NCLR registered 500,000 new vot-ers in 2008 and in 2012 was involved in having the largest Latino vote happen in sup-port of President Obama. We have collaborated with the NAACP and Urban League.”

Murguia continued, “Today, NCLR’s interest is in get-ting the Latino community on board and online simply because that is where all the social and economic action is going. Latinos cannot be allowed to be left behind. That is not an option. The technology component must be mastered by Latinos and used to develop and utilize new tools and products. Of course NCLR will continue to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform legisla-tion. In fact some portions of it have already passed in congress. And in the near fu-ture, NCLR will have its an-nual national conference at Los Angels this coming July 10-22, 2014 with its focus on ‘Apps’ and engaging tech-nology. Forums, town halls, workshops, STEM seminars will all be scheduled. To learn more go to ‘NCLR.ORG’. The details are there for you. Plan

to attend. Help NCLR plan its next 46 years. When we get together, we can do more to achieve our hopes and dreams and display our be-liefs in the American Dream.”

The Murguia family is very accomplished. The par-ents encouraged their kids to achieve. All Mur-guia siblings are law-yers. Ramon graduated from Harvard; Carlos is now a judge; Maria is a judge in Arizona; and a member of the Federal 9th Circuit Court.

“When I served in the Clin-ton Administration, I took my parents to the Oval Of-fi ce. My dad extended his hand to President Clin-ton, saying, ‘Thank you for appointing my daugh-ter Janet to your staff.’ President Clinton replied,‘And I thank you for your ef-forts to prepare her for her public service here.’ And my mom said, ‘Como llegamos aqui? (How did we get here). It is with focused work, dedi-cation, and commitment that our community will succeed,” said Murguia.

The invited guests gave Janet Murguia an extended ovation and then lined up to greet her personally. Amongst the guests were Cindy Chavez, Supervisor, District Two, County of Santa Clara; Tony Quintero, entrepreneur; and Xavier Campos, District 5, San Jose City Council mem-ber.

El Observador has been se-lected for the 2013 California Excellence Award amongst all its peers and competitors by the US Institute for Excel-lence in Commerce (USIEC).

Each year the USIEC con-ducts business surveys and industry research to iden-tify companies that have achieved demonstrable suc-cess in their local business environment and industry category. They are recognized as having enhanced the com-mitment and contribution of small businesses through ser-vice to their customers and community. Small businesses of this caliber enhance the consumer driven stature that California is renowned for.

El Observador has consis-tently demonstrated a high

regard for upholding busi-ness ethics and company values. This recognition by USIEC marks a signifi cant achievement as an emerg-ing leader within various competitors and is setting

benchmarks that the indus-try should follow.

As part of the industry re-search and business surveys, various sources of informa-tion were gathered and ana-

lyzed to choose the selected companies in each category. This research is part of an ex-haustive process that encap-sulates a year long immer-sion in the business climate of California.

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM !

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San JoséCALIFORNIA

A team of 20 students from Pioneer High School placed third in the FIRST

Robotics Sacramento Re-gional Tournament March 13-15 at UC Davis. The Pioneer Team, ‘the Apes of Wrath’, designed, built and tested a robot in just six weeks per the rules of the ro-botics tournament. As part of the competition, teams form alliances and work with other competitors during portions of the event. Pio-neer students formed an al-liance with the Girl Scouts of Northern California for three matches. They were eventu-ally defeated by the num-ber two alliance by just fi ve points, fi nishing third overall out of 54 teams.

Robotics tournaments chal-lenge students to create a ro-bot with a maximum height of fi ve feet and weight of no more than120 pounds. Ro-bots must perform specifi c tasks both autonomously and via an operator using a wireless radio system. FIRST Robotics releases a game

challenge to all teams that specifi es the tasks the robots must complete. This year, robots had to pick up a ball, launch it over a truss and shoot it through goals to earn points. “Robotics gives stu-dents a real understanding of why they learn the math they learn,” says Pioneer Robotics coach Lonny Weissman. “It’s the real world, and theory goes out the door as students grapple with angle and force.”

The Pioneer Robotics team consists of 48 students who write a business plan and manage their own team and budget. Students seek funding from Silicon Valley corporations and individ-ual donors. This year, they raised $6,000 and received a $10,000 donation from a personal friend of coach Weissman. Former Pioneer team members returned to help construct the robot us-ing equipment from a busi-ness they formed prior to graduation.

The Pioneer Education Foundation helps the team with managing their funds.

“The Pioneer High team did great,” says co-caption Dan-

iel Crider, “but we couldn’t have done it without all of the team members in the pit, stands and out in the fi eld.”

The Pioneer team, along with teams from Leland High, San José High, and Willow Glen High, will com-pete April 3-5 at the Silicon Valley Regional at the San José State Event Center.

“Robotics hits every aspect of the district’s mission to provide students with 21st century skills,” says Weiss-man, a retired Pioneer math teacher. “It’s a marvelous ex-tra curricular program.”

Team members who com-peted in the First Robotics Sacramento Regional Tour-nament are: Patrick Tierney, Daniel Crider, Kayla Kitaga-wa, Shelby Swartz, Meytal Hirshberg, Ariel Lines, Spen-cer McFadden, Kathryn Poe-schel, Devan Lad, Sean Kelk-er, Mark Liebscher, Colton Donnelly, McKay Duffi n, Pe-ter Fowels, Annie Hall, John Tierney, Brandon Wilson, Wasay Anwar, Mark Nazara-deh, and Tim Sandoval.

Veterans enrolled in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) Veteran Re-training Assistance Program (VRAP) when the depart-ment’s statutory authority to pay ends March 31, 2014, will be able to complete their current term of instruction between now and June 30, 2014. To ensure the educa-tion of veterans, still enrolled in the program in March 2014 continues uninterrupt-ed, USDVA will compute and distribute lump sum benefi ts payments.

The USDVA has already be-

gun to compute those lump sum payments. For example, if a veteran is currently en-rolled with a term/enroll-ment completion of May 10, 2014, that individual would receive a lump sum payment for the month of April, plus 10 days in May. If a veteran’s term ends on July 15, 2014,

that individual would get a lump sum payment for April, May and June, but not for the 15 days in July. Lump sum payments will not be made for enrollment periods that begin after March 31 and do not provide anyone more than the original program’s 12 months of benefi ts.

The VRAP was established

by the Veterans Opportu-nity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 and be-gan July 1, 2012. So far, the program has provided more than $740 million in retrain-ing assistance for more than 75,000 unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 years.

School Certifying Offi cials

must submit all VRAP en-rollment certifi cations to USDVA on or before March 17, 2014, and must continue to review enrollments and

report changes to USDVA for training pursued after March 31, 2014 through the end of the current enrollment pe-riod.

VRAP participants must

verify attendance on or after March 31, 2014, for train-ing pursued in March to re-ceive payment. Attendance may be verifi ed via USDVA’s Web Automated Verifi ca-tion of Enrollment (WAVE) at https://www.gibill.va.gov/wave/index.do or via the toll free Interactive Voice Response telephone line at 877-823-2378. Participants should report any changes in enrollment that occur on or after April 1, 2014, to their school certifying offi cial and to USDVA at 1-888-GI Bill-1 (1-888-442-4551). A reduc-tion in training or withdraw-al may result in an overpay-ment.

Enrollees can continue their education after

program funding ends March 31

Students best more than 50 teams with robot built in just six weeks

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) Veteran Re-training Assistance Program (VRAP) when the depart-ment’s statutory authority to pay ends March 31, 2014, will be able to complete their current term of instruction between now and June 30, 2014. To ensure the educa-tion of veterans, still enrolled in the program in March 2014 continues uninterrupt-ed, USDVA will compute and distribute lump sum benefi ts payments.

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WASHINGTON

Reembolsos que llegan a un total de casi $760 millo-nes pueden estar esperando aproximadamente 918,600 contribuyentes que no pre-sentaron una declaración fe-deral de impuestos por ingre-sos para el año 2010, anunció hoy el Servicio de Impuestos Internos. Sin embargo, para recolectar el dinero, deberá presentarse al IRS una de-claración para el año 2010 a más tardar el martes, 15 de abril de 2014.

“La ventana se está cerran-do rápidamente para las per-sonas a quienes se adeudan reembolsos del 2010 que no han presentado una decla-ración de impuestos”, dijo el Comisionado del IRS John Koskinen. “Animamos a los estudiantes, trabajadores a tiempo parcial y otros que no han presentado declaracio-nes del 2010 a fijarse en esto antes de venza el plazo el 15 de abril”.

El IRS calcula que la mitad de estos reembolsos poten-ciales para el año 2010 serían de más de $571 dólares.

Es posible que algunas per-sonas no presentaron una declaración de impuestos porque tuvieron muy poco ingreso y el requisito de pre-sentar una declaración no obligaba aunque tuvieran impuestos retenidos de sus salarios o hicieran pagos estimados trimestrales. En casos donde no se haya pre-sentado una declaración, la

ley establece para la mayoría de los contribuyentes una ventana de tres años para la oportunidad de reclamar un reembolso. Si no se presenta una declaración para recla-mar un reembolso dentro del plazo de tres años, el dinero se convierte en propiedad del Tesoro de EE.UU.

Para declaraciones del 2010, la ventana se cierra el 15 de abril de 2014. La ley requiere que la declaración esté remi-tida correctamente, puesta al correo y sellada para esa fecha. No hay penalidad por presentar una declaración retrasada que califica para un reembolso.

El IRS recuerda a los con-tribuyentes que buscan un reembolso de 2010 que sus cheques pudieran ser rete-nidos si no han presentado declaraciones de impuestos para 2011 y 2012. Además, el reembolso será aplicado a cualquier monto que aún se deba al IRS o a su agen-cia tributaria estatal y puede utilizarse para compensar la manutención de menores que esté sin pagar o deudas federales pasadas tales como los préstamos estudiantiles.

Al no presentar una de-claración, las personas se arriesgan a perder más que su reembolso de impuestos retenidos o pagados durante el año 2010. Además, mu-chos trabajadores de ingresos bajos y moderados quizá no reclamaron el Crédito Tribu-tario por Ingreso del Trabajo (EITC). Para el año 2010, el

crédito tiene un valor de has-ta $5,666. El EITC ayuda a individuos y familias cuyos ingresos están por debajo de ciertos límites. Los límites para el año 2010 fueron:

· $43,352 ($48,362 si casado declarando juntos) para aquellos con tres niños calificados o más,

· $40,363 ($45,373 si casado declarando juntos) para aquellos con dos niños calificados,

· $35,535 ($40,545 si casado declarando juntos) para aquellos con un niño ca-lificado, y

· $13,460 ($18,470 si ca-sado declarando juntos) para aquellos sin niños calificados.

Los formularios e instruc-ciones de impuestos del IRS para este año tributario y años anteriores están dispo-nibles en la página Forms and Publications (en inglés) de IRS.gov o llamando gra-tis al 800-829-3676. Los contribuyentes a quienes les faltan los formularios W-2, 1098, 1099 ó 5498 para 2010, 2011 ó 2012 deberían solicitar copias de su emplea-dor, banco u otro pagador.

Si estos esfuerzos no dan resultado, los contribuyentes pueden obtener una trans-cripción gratuita mostrando información de estos docu-mentos visitando IRS.gov. Los contribuyentes también pueden presentar el Formu-lario 4506-T (en inglés) para solicitar una transcripción de su declaración de impuestos.

Jason Alderman

PRACTICAL MONEy

Todavía no he conocido a nadie que crea que está ahorrando demasiado di-nero para su retiro. Por el contrario, la mayoría de las personas admiten que pro-bablemente estén ahorrando muy poco. Las cuentas de retiro deben competir con los gastos diarios, el ahorro para tener la casa propia, ir a la universidad y las emergen-cias inesperadas. Cada dólar cuenta.

Si su mejor o única opción es retirar dinero de su cuenta IRA, plan 401(k) u otro plan con refugio fiscal, antes de re-currir a ellos debe conocer los posibles impactos que esto puede tener en sus impuestos y sus objetivos de ahorro a largo plazo.

Préstamos 401(k). Muchos planes 401(k) permiten a los participantes tomar di-nero prestado de su cuenta para comprar una casa, pa-gar la educación, los gastos médicos u otras circunstan-cias especiales. En general, se permite tomar prestado hasta la mitad del saldo con-ferido, hasta un máximo de $50.000 –o un monto infe-rior si tiene otros préstamos pendientes.

Los préstamos suelen tener que cancelarse dentro de los cinco años, aunque se puede tener más tiempo si se los uti-liza para comprar su residen-cia principal.

Las posibles desven-tajas de los préstamos

401(k) son:

•Si deja su trabajo, inclu-so involuntariamente, debe

cancelar el préstamo de in-mediato (generalmente en-tre los 30 y 90 días); de lo contrario, deberá pagar el impuesto a las ganancias por el monto restante, además de una penalidad por retiro anticipado del 10 por ciento si tiene menos de 59 años y medio.•Los préstamos no pueden

ser transferidos a una cuenta nueva.•Algunos planes no per-

miten hacer nuevos aportes hasta no cancelar los présta-mos pendientes.•Mucha gente que debe

pagar un préstamo mensual-mente reduce sus aportes a su plan 401(k), disminuyen-do significativamente el po-tencial saldo y ganancias de su cuenta a largo plazo.•El valor de su cuenta será

menor mientras esté pagan-do su préstamo, lo que signi-fica que se perderá las alzas del mercado.

Retiros de los planes 401(k) y cuentas IRA. Muchos pla-nes 401(k) permiten hacer retiros para pagar ciertos gastos médicos o educativos, funerales, comprar o reparar su casa o evitar un desalojo o ejecución hipotecaria. De-berá pagar el impuesto a las ganancias sobre el dinero retirado, más una penalidad adicional del 10 por ciento si tiene menos de 59 años y medio, en la mayoría de los casos.

Las cuentas IRA tradicio-nales permiten hacer retiros en cualquier momento y por cualquier motivo, pero de-berá pagar el impuesto a las ganancias por lo que retire, más una penalidad del 10 por ciento, con ciertas excep-ciones. Con las cuentas Roth IRA, usted puede retirar los aportes en cualquier mo-

mento, porque ya han sido gravados. Pero para retirar las ganancias sin penalida-des, debe tener más de 59 años y medio y los fondos de-ben haber estado en la cuenta por, al menos, cinco años.

Para más información sobre cómo el IRS trata a los prés-tamos y retiros de los planes 401(k) y cuentas IRA, visite www.irs.gov.

Otras consecuencias finan-cieras. Con los retiros de los planes 401(k) y cuentas IRA, el dinero se agrega a sus in-gresos imponibles, lo que podría hacerlo subir de cate-goría fiscal o incluso poner en riesgo ciertos créditos fisca-les, deducciones y exenciones ligadas a sus ingresos brutos ajustados. Al final, podría terminar pagando la mitad o más del dinero retirado en impuestos, penalidades y pérdida o reducción de bene-ficios fiscales.

Pérdida de ganancias acu-muladas. Por último, si toma prestado o retira los ahorros de su retiro, sacrificará el po-der de acumulación, por el que los intereses devengados de sus ahorros se reinvierten y generan, a su vez, más ga-nancias. Perderá las ganan-cias que habrían generado esos fondos lo que, en un par de décadas, podría llegar a traducirse en decenas o cien-tos de miles de dólares en in-gresos perdidos.

En resumen: Tenga en cuenta las posibles desven-tajas antes de recurrir a sus ahorros de retiro para cual-quier otra cosa que no sea el propio retiro. y si es su últi-mo recurso, consulte con un profesional financiero sobre las consecuencias fiscales.

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www.vta.org • (408) 321-5680 • TTY: (408) 321-2330

Reuniones Públicas de la Junta Directiva de VTA en 2014

La Junta de Directiva de la Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) lo invita a que asista a las siguientes reuniones públicas de la Junta Directiva de VTA.

Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, County Government Center(Centro Gubernamental del Condado), 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose

A este lugar se puede llegar utilizando el tranvía y las Líneas de Autobuses 61, 62, 66 y 181 de VTA.

* Reunión para el Seminario de la Junta Directiva del 6 de junio que se celebrará en el VTA River Oaks Campus, Auditorio, 3331 North First Street, San Jose

** Para oír asuntos urgentes solamente

Por favor sírvase llamar a las Oficinas del Secretario de la Junta al (408) 321-5680 o envíe un email a board.secretary@vta.org a fin de confirmar la fecha y la ubicación del evento.

Para obtener mayor información, los órdenes del día de las reuniones y los horarios de otras reuniones del Comité de VTA, por favor sírvase visitar www.vta.org.

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El Consulado General de México en San José y Done Vida California te invitan a celebrar el “Mes de la Donación”. El consulado se vestirá de azul y verde en apoyo a la donación de órganos y tejidos durante el mes de abril.

Te invitamos a venir a nuestro Consulado General este 7, 14, 21 y 28 de abril para tener mayor información sobre este tema tan importante que salva las vidas de otras personas y donde además podrás registrarte a la red de donadores. Tendremos una presentación especial de la Organización Done Vida el viernes 11 de abril a las 10:00 am que te informará todos los beneficios de la donación de órganos y tejidos, además de como motivarse para hablar con sus seres queridos sobre el tema. Todas nuestras pláticas son gratuitas y tenemos la asistencia de expertos en esta materia a quienes les puedes hacer todo tipo de preguntas. Un pedacito de ti es vida para otra persona.

SANTA CLARA COUNTyCALIFORNIA

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors ap-proved (5-0) adding e-cigarettes to the County’s no-smoking policies for all facilities owned and operated, or leased, by the County, in-cluding the Santa Clara Val-ley Medical Center and the County’s health clinics, effec-tive immediately. In May, the Board will consider adding e-cigarette regulation to the County’s tobacco prevention and control ordinances for unincorporated Santa Clara County, including the Tobacco Retailer Permit Ordinance, which regulates the sale of to-bacco products in unincorpo-rated Santa Clara County.

The Board’s action restricts

e-cigarette use by prohibiting use within 30-feet of County-owned and -operated prop-erties, and County-leased properties, and prohibiting use of e-cigarettes at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s smoke-free campus, including all current and future Valley Health Centers.

The County of Santa Clara

adopted comprehensive smoking pollution control and prevention measures in 2010, including, the Smok-ing Pollution Control Or-dinance (Ordinance No. NS-625.5), the Multi-Unit Residences Ordinance (Or-dinance No. NS-625.6) and the Tobacco Retailer Permit Ordinance (Ordinance No. NS-300.832). Together, these measures made Santa Clara County a leader in the nation in preventing youth tobacco use and protecting residents from secondhand smoke. Ac-cording to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number

of Americans who had ever used e-cigarettes quadrupled from 2009 to 2010. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stated that e-cigarettes can increase nicotine addiction among young people and may lead them to try other tobacco products.

“Santa Clara County has

been a national leader in blocking tobacco sales to mi-nors. The increased populari-ty of e-cigarettes among youth puts the work we’ve done to protect our community at risk,” said Supervisor Ken yea-ger, who brought the County’s tobacco ordinances to the Board of Supervisors, and is Chair of the Board’s Health and Hospital Committee.The Tobacco Retailer Permit Or-dinance requires all retailers in the unincorporated areas of the County to obtain and maintain an annual permit to sell tobacco products. The ordinance also restricts future retailers from operating in ar-eas located within 1,000 feet of a school or 500 feet of an existing retailer. “Some very unscrupulous people are using marketing measures to hook

teens on flavored e-cigarettes without these youth know-ing the health consequences,” said Supervisor Cindy Chavez, Chair of the Board’s Children Seniors, Families Committee.

Children and adolescents are

particularly vulnerable to the renormalization of smoking through the use of e-cigarettes. youth are now witnessing smoking behaviors in public spaces that have been smoke-free for most, if not all, of their lives. youth are also being ex-posed to e-cigarette advertis-ing on television, something that has been prohibited for decades for traditional tobac-co products. youth are rap-idly using e-cigarettes, which come in a variety of flavors, including cherry, grape and chocolate flavors, which ciga-rette companies have been prohibited from using in tra-ditional cigarettes since 2009.

“The pace of marketing and

sales of e-cigarettes has wildly outpaced evidence regard-ing their safety,” said Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody. “We do know that nicotine is highly addic-tive, and harmful to the brain

development of adolescents. E-cigarettes are completely unregulated products and until more is known about the long term health risks of e-cigarettes and second hand vapor, we will always err on the side of caution to protect children, youth, and the pub-lic health.”E-cigarettes may also be added in May to the County’s Smoking Pollution Control Ordinance, which protects non-smokers from secondhand smoke exposure while in public. Under the measure, smoking is banned at the County Fairgrounds and at all County parks. Smoking is prohibited in, and within 30 feet of, any outdoor service area, such as a ticket line or the outdoor portion of a restaurant, in the unin-corporated areas. Addition-ally, motels and hotels in un-incorporated areas are entirely smoke-free facilities.

Prior to May, the Santa Clara

County Public Health Depart-ment will contact and inform restaurants, businesses, tobac-co-retailers, and other stake-holders about its proposals for the regulation of e-cigarettes.

Board to consider adding e-cigarettes to current tobacco prevention and control ordinances in unincorporated Santa Clara County to help protect youth

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SACRAMENTO

Este año, hasta la fecha, el Departamento de Salud Pú-blica de California (CDPH, en inglés) ha recibido in-formes de 32 casos de sa-rampión confi rmados en residentes de California. Los casos han ocurrido a lo largo de California. Para esta fe-cha el año pasado, se habían reportado sólo tres casos de sarampión.

“La vacuna MMR (vacuna contra el sarampión, paperas, rubéola) es la mejor defensa contra el sarampión, con el 99 por ciento de las perso-nas que desarrollan inmu-nidad contra la enfermedad después de dos dosis”, dijo el Dr. Ron Chapman, director médico del estado y director del CDPH. “Considerando el brote en las Filipinas y la transmisión de sarampión en curso en muchas partes del mundo fuera de Norte y Sud-américa, podemos esperar más casos importados de esta enfermedad prevenible por vacunación”. Casos importa-dos pueden extenderse a la comunidad, especialmente a las personas que no están vacunadas, incluyendo a los bebés que están muy peque-ños para ponerles la vacuna contra el sarampión.

Los siguientes condados re-portaron los 32 casos de sa-rampión: Alameda (1), Con-tra Costa (4), Los Ángeles (10), Orange (6), Riverside (5), San Mateo (1), San Diego (4) y Santa Clara (1).

Las altas tasas de inmu-nización en California han mantenido las enfermedades infantiles prevenibles, como el sarampión, en mínimos históricos durante los últi-mos 20 años. Desde el año 2000, cuando el sarampión fue declarado erradicado en los Estados Unidos, el rango de casos anuales en Califor-nia se ha mantenido entre 4-40 casos. En ese momento, casi todos los casos de saram-pión en los Estados Unidos se han vinculado a viajes a las zonas del mundo donde el sarampión sigue circulando. Entre los casos de California con inicio en 2014, siete ha-bían viajado a las Filipinas, donde hay un gran brote de sarampión, dos habían via-jado a la India y uno había viajado a Vietnam, donde el sarampión es endémico.

El sarampión es una en-fermedad viral altamente contagiosa que se propaga a través del aire cuando una persona con la enfermedad tose o estornuda. Comienza con fi ebre que dura un par de días, seguida por una tos, na-riz mocosa, ojos rojos y lloro-sos y la erupción en la piel. La erupción generalmente apa-rece primero en la cara, a lo largo del nacimiento de pelo y detrás de las orejas y luego afecta al resto del cuerpo. Las personas infectadas sue-len ser contagiosas por unos ocho días: cuatro días antes de que aparece la erupción y cuatro días después. Las complicaciones pueden in-cluir diarrea, infecciones del oído y neumonía; la muerte

puede ocurrir debido a com-plicaciones severas. Los be-bés, las mujeres embarazadas y las personas inmunocom-prometidas son más suscep-tibles a las complicaciones causadas por el sarampión.

“Queremos hacer todo lo posible para evitar más ca-sos de sarampión, y debemos hacer todo lo posible para limitar la propagación de la enfermedad”, dijo Chapman.

Se recomienda que los ni-ños se vacunen con la pri-mera dosis de MMR (saram-pión, paperas, rubéola) entre los 12 y 15 meses de edad. La segunda dosis de MMR se administra generalmente antes que los niños entren al kindergarten (jardín de niños) entre los 4 y 6 años. Los adultos ya vacunados no necesitan ponerse refuerzos. Sin embargo, cualquiera que haya nacido después del año 1957 que no ha recibido dos dosis de la vacuna, todavía puede ser vulnerable al sa-rampión y debe consultar a su doctor para vacunarse.

Los californianos no vacu-nados que planean viajar fue-ra de Norte o Sudamérica de-ben recibir la vacuna MMR antes de su viaje. La vacuna se puede aplicar a bebés de tan sólo seis meses de edad cuyas familias planean viajar (aunque también deberían ponerse las dos dosis están-dar de la vacuna contra el sarampión [MMR] después de cumplir su primer año).

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

Most of us fi nd asking for help diffi cult. It can make us feel weak and inadequate, which is hard to accept if we’ve been taught to be inde-pendent, strong and self-suf-fi cient. yet, at times, life can seem overwhelming. Events or life situations may leave us feeling confused, troubled, depressed and unsure of how to make things better.

At such times most of us usually see two options. One is to tough it out, doing what we can while ignoring the rest and hoping things turn out okay. This approach, even if we fi nally muddle through, can cause tremendous stress and anxiety, and sometimes leads to much more serious problems.The second option is turning to family or friends. That’s not a bad choice if those we trust with our fears and problems truly are un-derstanding and able to offer meaningful help.

But sometimes family or friends aren’t available, or

don’t have the experience or time to provide needed assis-tance. That’s when it’s time to consider a third option – pro-fessional help. Seeking out a professional counselor can be a diffi cult choice. It’s not only asking for help, but doing so with a stranger, and one you have to pay. People may also fear mental health profes-sionals, based on movie and TV stereotypes. Fictional counselors always seem to deal with “crazy” people, seldom seem to really help, and have clients who seem

ashamed that they needed counseling help.

The truth, of course, is that most counseling isn’t for “crazy” people, but rather for perfectly normal people fac-ing problems that are nega-tively affecting their lives. It might be work concerns, family relations, school issues or a host of other everyday life situations. And it’s often less expensive than imagined, especially with health insur-ance or through a community mental health center.

Professional counselors are trained to help people feeling overwhelmed and unsure of what to do next. They don’t dictate cures to clients, but rather help patients uncover answers right for them.

Finding a counselor isn’t diffi cult. your local men-tal health association, the telephone yellow pages un-der “Counselors,” an online search for licensed profes-sional counselors, or going to the “Find A Counselor” link at the ACA website, www.coun-seling.org, can all help you fi nd counseling assistance.

Getting needed help isn’t a sign of weakness, but rather of the strength to recognize that your problems are real and that you want to do something about them.

Las altas tasas de inmu- puede ocurrir debido a com-

In bowl, stir together baking mix, milk, 1/2 cup sugar, egg and 2 table-spoons of melted butter.

Pour two-thirds of batter into 8-by-8-by-2-inch glass baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Cover with apple butter. Drop remaining batter by spoonful on top.

Combine coconut, pecans, 1/3 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle on top of cake.

Bake at 350°F for approximately one hour, until cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean.

Note: Pan will be very full so do not substitute a smaller pan. You may want to place a cookie sheet under the pan in the oven in case of drips.

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Si en tu casa te dicen “no, por favor no” cuando men-cionas algún platillo a base de verduras, acepta el desafío y sorpréndelos con recetas vegetarianas tan ricas que ni se van a dar cuenta de que no llevan carne. Porque la rea-lidad es que no importa qué platillo decides hacer, te va a quedar de chuparse los dedos si sigues algunos principios de la cocina vegetariana.

Principio #1: Empieza con

ingredientes frescos

Tanto en la cocina vegetaria-na como en los platillos con-vencionales, los ingredientes frescos deben ser tu punto de partida. y con la llegada de la primavera, es la época ideal para introducir platillos a base de verduras en tu mesa.

Principio #2: Prepara platillos

balanceados

Aunque no vas a incluir carne en tus recetas, puedes hacer comidas vegetarianas

balanceadas. Sustituye la proteína de la carne por le-gumbres, como frijoles o len-tejas, nueces, arroz e incluso tofu. También incluye ali-mentos ricos en fibra, como las zanahorias. Siguiendo este sencillo principio, pue-des hacer una ensalada de arroz y frijoles como primer tiempo.

Principio #3: Resalta el sabor

A veces la primera tenta-ción es “cubrir” el sabor de los vegetales para que el platillo sea aceptado en la mesa. En este caso, resiste la tentación y toma una posición contra-ria: destaca el sabor de las verduras. Dependiendo de tu platillo, puedes hacer esto con una sazón a base de ve-getales, o mediante la cocción a fuego lento, que evapora el agua de las verduras poco a poco e intensifica su sabor.

Principio #4: Combina sabores y

texturas

La comida vegetariana nunca debe ser insípida. Con tanta variedad de ingredien-tes vegetarianos, no hay lími-te a lo que puedes hacer. Ase-gúrate que cada bocado ten-ga un contraste de sabores y texturas. Si piden enchiladas, dales unas que combinen el toque picoso del chipotle y la textura cremosa del queso.

Principio #5: El postre no puede

faltar

Una ventaja de la cocina vegetariana es que el postre es súper sencillo. Congela un poco de tu jugo favorito, sea manzana, naranja o limón en unos moldes de paletas y ¡lis-to! Para un toque elegante, corta la paleta en trozos y sír-velos con un poco de crema batida y una hojita de menta.

Con estos principios como parte de tu repertorio de cocina vas a escuchar “¡que-remos más!” en tu mesa. Sonríe, porque sabes que los estás alimentando bien y con platillos riquísimos.

Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 1 hour

Yield: 9 servings

2 1/4cups baking mix (such as Bisquick)3/4cup milk

1/2cup sugar1egg

2tablespoons butter, melted2cups  Apple Butter

Topping:1/3cup sweetened flaked coconut

1/3cup pecans, chopped1/3 cup sugar

2tablespoons butter, melted

(FAmIlY FeAtureS) As winter gives way to spring, it’s

the perfect excuse to gather togeth-er with your loved ones. This time of year is ideal for casual brunches, so for your next midday feast with friends and family, take your inspira-tion from the changing weather and create a brunch menu that mimics the flavors of the season.

Whether you’re planning a brunch for a group of five or 15, a little pre-planning will help ensure the event is big on fun and low on stress.

take a cue from mother Nature to establish the theme for your party. Simple bouquets of early-season blooms provide a colorful and wel-coming backdrop for a casual brunch hosted indoors or out. use vases in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors to create a sweetly whimsical look.

A buffet-style brunch makes it sim-ple to serve your meal and it allows guests to mingle and snack as they wish, leaving you free to visit and en-joy a leisurely party, as well.

Big taste comes in small packages. Serve your guests a plethora of smaller, bite-size appetizers which allows them to sample different fla-vors. Keep with your spring theme by incorporating fresh, seasonal in-gredients.

1 paquete (18 onzas) de camarones estilo mariposa con queso parmesano SeaPak Parmesan encrusted Butterfly Shrimp (incluye paquete de salsa de tomate romano)1 libra de espagueti, cocido al dente1 taza de pesto preparado1paquete de pan sin levadura o pan de pita

Prepare los camarones según las instrucciones del pa-quete y manténgalos calientes. Caliente la salsa de toma-te romano según las instrucciones del paquete. Caliente el pan en el microondas.

mezcle la pasta con el pesto, y cubra con los camarones. Decore con albahaca y queso parmesano, si lo desea. Sirva con el pan y la salsa de tomate como acompaña-miento.

(FAmIlY FeAtureS) la receta a continuación combina una sencilla pasta al pesto con los nuevos camarones estilo mariposa en queso

parmesano de SeaPak para crear un sabroso platillo que llevará a la mesa en tan solo 30 minutos.

Tiempo de preparación: 15 minutosTiempo de cocción: 15 minutosPorciones: 4

INGREDIENTES

Veronica T. AvendañoEL OBSERVADOR

La Comisión para el Esta-tuto Social de las Mujeres del Condado de Santa Clara tuvo dos razones para celebrar este pasado 25 de marzo. La Mesa de Supervisores presentó una resolución ceremonial a la comisión por su trabajo en el avance de las necesidades de las mujeres y las niñas en el condado. Los supervisores votaron anónimamente para adoptar la póliza de reforma migratoria presentada por la comisión.

“La Comisión para el Esta-tuto Social de las Mujeres ha trabajado duro para poner en relieve las formas en que las mujeres de todas las razas, clase y origen étnico son lí-deres en la vanguardia de to-

dos los grandes movimientos de cambio social progresista”, dijo Supervisor Mike Was-serman.

La Comisión actúa como un comité asesor para la Mesa de Supervisores haciendo investigaciones de las condi-ciones que demuestran la discriminación basada en el sexo y el género. La comisión se enfoca en temas como: la igualdad de pago, la brecha salarial que existe para las mujeres, atención de salud para mujeres, y la creación de recomendaciones de pólizas basadas en el género.

En el condado de Santa Clara, 38 por ciento de las mujeres son de origen ex-tranjero. Se estima que 68 a 90 porciento de mujeres in-migrantes forman parte de

la fuerza laboral en el Valle de Silicio.

“Estamos muy preocupa-dos con el tema de la reforma migratoria, porque creemos que todas las familias, inde-pendientemente de su esta-tus migratorio, nivel socio-económico, cualquier otro antecedente deben ser capac-es de vivir y prosperar en esta comunidad y nuestro trabajo refl eja eso”, dijo la presidenta de la comisión Guadalupe Rodríguez .

La Ofi cina de Pólizas para Mujeres esta en sus 16 años de operación. Durante los últimos 10 años, la Ofi cina de Pólizas para Mujeres se ha asociado con la Comisión para el Estatuto Social de las Mujeres que también actúa como apoyo personal para la

ofi cina. “En algún momento del año pasado, realmente estaban explorando lo qué podían hacer como comisión acerca de la reforma migra-toria. El momento es ahora”, dijo la analista de la póliza del condado Carla Collins.

“Hemos creado una resolu-ción para reforma migrato-ria para pedirle al condado que toma una posición en pedirle al gobierno federal pasar la reforma migratoria más acorde a las necesidades de las mujeres y las familias”, dijo Rodríguez.

Comisionados también se unieron a cientos de mujeres en todo el país ayunando du-

rante un período de 24 horas para la reforma migratoria durante la campaña “Mu-jeres Ayunan por Familias”. La campaña se inició el 8 de marzo en el Día Interna-cional de la Mujer como un empuje fi nal al Congreso para aprobar una reforma migratoria que benefi cie a las familias.

“Estamos haciendo nues-tra súplica publica hoy con un ayuno para las mujeres y las familias y uniéndonos en solidaridad con las mujeres de todo el país con este tema”, dijo Rodríguez.

Lo siguiente para la comis-ión, planean crear un foro

sobre los niños que son víc-timas de explotación sexual comercial. “Estamos pidi-endo que la ofi cina del pro-curador del distrito, el de-partamento de policía de San José, la ofi cina de defensores públicos, y un compañeros de la comunidad vengan, hablen y comparten su testi-monio en este tema con el fi n de que podamos ojalá como comisión ser mejor aconse-jado para abogar a la mesa de supervisores para algún tipo de póliza en el condado de Santa Clara con respecto a este tema “, dijo la comision-ada Jenni Parker Adib.

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Arturo Hilario EL OBSERVADOR

On Monday March 24th a United Farm Workers (UFW) flag was raised, for the third year in a row, at San Jose’s City Hall in remem-brance and solidarity of not only Cesar Chavez, one of the most well-known civil rights activists, but of the count-less supporters and those in-terested in the future of the beliefs and goals of the Farm Worker movement. Not only did the support come from the community and Chavez’s own family, but from con-gress people and the entire chair of San José as well.

Mayor Chuck Reed opened up the ceremony by divulg-ing the local history of San Jose, California’s first capitol. Its initial workforce compro-mised of farmers and pro-vided food for the presidios to the North. Its history is rooted with farming and the diverse generations that came to work on the fields, much like in the southern Califor-nia regions that Chavez and the UFW challenged to bring about just work environ-ments.

Cesar Chavez’s efforts to combat the inequality be-tween the field workers and their employers became a philosophy of the civil rights movement as a whole, one which was built upon the

teachings of peers like Gan-dhi and Fred Ross, and for those who used Chavez’s work after, like Martin Luther King Jr. Chavez’s views on work-ers reform spread through-out the country, the force he helped create gained so much momentum it forced change within the people of this country, ultimately bringing a positive change to those who labored in the fields.

This change was reflected in the speakers at City Hall, as representatives from the Mexican Consulate, NAACP, the many districts of the city, and communities of San Jose, gathered and shared their re-marks on the prolific impact of Chavez’s work, and how important it was that the city honored and continued teaching his philosophies, in schools and within the roots of the city, now and into the future.

The four members of the guard held the 4 flags to go

up at City Hall: the Ameri-can, California, San José, and UFW flags. The City Hall memorandum describes the flag as “...featuring the black eagle, which represents the plight of farm workers; the red background, which sym-bolizes the union members’ hard work and sacrifice; and the white circle signifying the people’s hope and aspira-tions. The UFW flag became a national symbol, not only for the Farm Workers union, but for the Mexican Ameri-can civil rights movement and other cause”. On behalf of the board of supervisors, Dave Cortese presented a resolution to four members of the Chavez family for their service with UFW. A planned breakfast on Monday March 31 will further honor, as Bar-bara Chavez put it, “this great American hero”.

The biopic film based on Cesar Chavez’s life, “Cesar Chavez”, premieres nation-wide on March 28th, 2014.

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Para la mayor parte de su vida, Víctor Hugo Santos ha dedica-do su vida a la música. Ha ex-perimentado con los diferentes géneros, desde el rock a música folclórica, Latinoamericana sin canto. En los últimos 25 años el ha hecho un impacto en cien-tos de niños dentro y fuera de clases con su guitarra y simple pero profundas letras. Santos estará celebrando este hito me-diante de una realización el 6 de abril a las 2pm en el teatro de la

plaza de la herencia mexicana.

“Comencé hacer canciones mas apegadas a las necesidades de los niños de aquí. Me enfoque hacer canciones educativas, cul-turales, y crecimiento personal, porque si queremos un mundo mejor deberemos de llenar a los niños semillitas de mensajes positivos de amor, amor a sus padres, orgullo a su familia, de amor y respeto a los animalitos, de amor a los arboles, y todo lo que existe en este planeta tierra, que es como nuestra casa gran-de”, dijo Santos.

Entretenedor y educador San-tos asistió a la Escuela Superior de Música perteneciente al Ins-tituto de Bellas Artes y la Escue-la Libre de Música. Trabajo en Coyoacán por siete años donde ayudo a organizar conciertos culturales para la comunidad de bajos recursos. También em-pezó su carrera como maestro de música en una escuela que recuerda haber estado ubicada muy cerca de la casa de Frida Kahlo.

Este año esta celebrando 25 años de ser maestro, composi-tor, y cantante. Con la combina-

ción de siete años de experien-cia en México y 18 años en los Estado Unidos, particularmen-te en la área de la bahía. Santos creo el programa “Canciones e instrumentos de latino américa para niños”, donde interpreta su música y reforzar el aprendi-zaje del idioma español.

“Cantando uno puedo apren-der muchas cosas, entre ellas el idioma”, dijo Santos. “Son canciones en donde los niños además de disfrutar el ritmo, la melodía, me interesa que ten-gan un mensaje positivo, diver-tido, mensaje de crecimiento

personal y educativo”. Las can-ciones incluyen temas dedica-dos a los arboles, los ríos, la llu-via, los animalitos de la selva, y algunas cosas como los verbos. Los niños lo cantan y entienden los temas mejor y se divierten.

En su concierto, Santos va ser acompañado por sus músicos que colectivamente se hacen llamar Semillita el día de su celebración. Entre los músicos esta un maestro de guitarra de la escuela de cultura y arte. También estará la banda Los Tiliches, con dos pequeñas can-tantes de 4 años y otra de 14.

Sera un concierto para toda la familia. Santos esta pidiendo la presencia de la comunidad para que sepa de la importan-cia de utilizar la música para que los hijos sean mas felices. El cree en el poder de la música y como tiene un impacto en el ni-vel académico y para que sean estudiantes de éxito.

El teatro de la plaza de la heren-cia mexicana esta ubicado 1700 Alum Rock Ave en San José.

Para mas información visite victorhugosantos.com o llame

(408) 718-4944.

Exhibition March 29–April 24, 2014

San Francisco CALIFORNIA

Dance, drag and contempo-rary art collide in the gallery at SOMArts Cultural Center at the opening night party and interactive drag show for Work MORE! #6, March 28, 2014, 7–10pm, free admission. The exhibition, organized by Com-mons Curatorial Residency recipient and Work MORE! creator and artistic director Mica Sigourney (VivvyAnne ForeverMORE!), is on view at SOMArts March 29 through April 24, 2014. By pairing San Francisco drag performers

with non-drag fine artists for an exhibition of collaborative installations and performanc-es, Work MORE! #6 situates San Francisco’s avant-garde and traditional drag prac-tices within a gallery space, re-contextualizing the artistry, aesthetics and forms that are ever-present and continu-ally evolving in San Francisco’s nightlife venues.

“Like folk art,” says Sigour-

ney, “drag carries within it traditions, techniques, per-spectives and stories that are passed down from generation to generation or mentor to mentee via chosen ‘drag fami-lies’. Through this exhibition we hope to reveal both the the unique individual and collec-

tive legacies of the performers themselves.”

The organizers of Work

MORE! #6 devised a platform for collaborative art-making that utilizes drag to disturb tra-ditional notions of beauty and gender while promoting in-terdisciplinary collaborations among artists who co-create rather than compete.

Artists and performers are divided into six production teams that include at least one artist working in each disci-pline: painting, photography, music and video. Drag art-ists naturally cross mediums working freely in painting and design (make-up), soft sculp-ture (hair design and costume

design) as well as sculpture (set and prop making). These new encounters and partnerships illustrate the multidisciplinary artistry embedded in drag making as well as strengthen and diversify drag families and traditions.

Sigourney is deeply rooted

in the San Francisco drag community–– as his creation VivvyAnne ForeverMORE! he co-curates and co-hosts the weekly nightclub SOME THING, which debuted in 2006 and has been described by San Francisco Bay Guard-ian being part of a “post-drag moment,” that “thrills at … deconstructing gay history in order to create its own glim-mering, sculptural kitsch.”

Among the 22 avant-garde

and traditional drag perform-ers and artists participating are Monique Jenkinson (Faux-

nique), Robbie Sweeny, Diego-DiegoDiego.com, VAIN HEIN and Kolmel WithLove (Lydia Brunch).

The largest of the collaborat-

ing artist teams, a group of 10 spearheaded by Kolmel With-Love, offers “Womenhouse,” a new work that draws attention and inspiration from feminist artists and collectives from the 1970’s and other historically

rich moments. Special atten-tion will be paid to—as well as inspiration drawn from— “Womanhouse” organized by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro in 1972. “Women-house” will make eight pieces in break-off pairs that re-imag-ine and re-mix groundbreak-ing works that touch on nos-talgia, sisterhood, race, money, access, radical politics and the art world.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589250The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Zazueta Landscape, 1435 Kim Court, Apt.4, Campbell, CA 95032, Santa Clara Co. Jesus M. Zazueta, 1435 Kim Court, Apt.4, Campbell, CA 95032. This business is conducted by an individual; registrants have begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 3/10/14. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Jesus M. ZazuetaMar.28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/10/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589491The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Reiki Magnetic Healing, 4785 Littles Uvas Road, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara Co. Miguel Azelaya, 4785 Littles Uvas Road, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. This business is conducted by an individual; registrants have not begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Miguel Azelaya Mar.28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/17/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589793The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, C.A.R.E. Outreach Program, 207 Wastson Dr.#2, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara Co. Angie Niemann and David Sosa, 207 Wastson Dr.#2, Campbell, CA 95008 . This business is conducted by copartners; registrants have begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 3/1/2014. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Angie NiemannDavid SosaMar.28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/21/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589532The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Hands of Light Massage Therapy, 17295 Monterey St, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara Co. Maria L. Ortega, 5805 Gleneagles Drive, San Jose, CA 95138; Aimee Elam, 2110 Darnis Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. This business is conducted by a general partnership; registrants have not begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Maria L. OrtegaAimee ElamMar.28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/18/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 527820The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, The High Street Group, 2126 Web-ster Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara Co. William N Neidig and Christy E Neidig, 2126 Webster Street, Palo Alto, CA

94301. This business is conducted by a general partnership; registrants have begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 6/1/1980. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)William N Neidig Christy E NeidigMar. 28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 8/17/09

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261056Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Victoria Le June Torbert. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Victoria Le June Torbert, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Victoria Le June Torbert to Victoria Amore Lejune. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/20/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Feb.21, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV262675Superior Court of California, County of San-ta Clara-In the matter of the application of: Sara Negrete Baes. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Sara Negrete Baes, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sara Negrete Baes to Sara Negrete-Baez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/17/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.25, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar.28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV262029Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Thinh Gia Ducng. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Thinh Gia Ducng, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Thinh Gia Ducng to Henry Thinh Duong. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/10/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks

prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.12, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV262595Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Oscar Diaz and Elena Diaz. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Oscar Diaz and Elena Diaz, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. David Diaz to David Oscar Diaz. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/17/14 at 8:45 am, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.24, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV262098Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Wen Chuan Tsai. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Wen Chuan Tsai, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Wen Chuan Tsai to Michelle Tsai Seto. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/10/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.13, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV262034Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Shuyue Xu. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Shuyue Xu, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: a. Shuyue Xu to Sherry Shuyue Young. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/10/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circu-lation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Mar.13, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 28; April 4, 11, 18, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589485The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, EMZR Cleaning Services, 2020 Southwest Expy, apt. 50 San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara Co. Ernesto M. Zuniga-Ramos, 2020 Southwest Expy, apt. 50 San Jose, CA 95126 . This business is conduct-ed by an individual; registrants have begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon as of 3/17/14. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Ernesto M. Zuniga-RamosMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/17/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588584The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Platinum Realtors Silicon Valley, 916 Goodwin Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara Co. Saul Juarez, 916 Good-win Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128. This business is conducted by an individual; registrants have not begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Saul JuarezMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 2/24/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589416The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Manos Foundation, 189 W.Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113, Santa Clara Co. Community Revitalization and Education Agency, W.Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113. This business is con-ducted by a corporation; registrants have not begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Community Revitalization and Education Agency Edward Avila, President/Board MemberMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/14/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589080The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Fun Tours and Charters, 2155 Lanai Avenue, Apt.#86, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara Co. Fun Tours and Charters, 2155 Lanai Avenue, Apt.#86, San Jose, CA 95122. This business is conducted by a cor-poration; registrants have begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 5/4/11. “I de-clare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Fun Tours and Charters, Inc.Jimmy Vasquez, PresidentMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of

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K-Cups—those little one-serving coffee containers that allow people to brew one cup at a time in a specially de-signed Keurig brewing ma-chine—are all the rage these days. Each K-Cup is made up of a plastic outer con-tainer with one cup’s worth of ground coffee and a small filter inside, capped off with a foil lid. They go into Keurig brewing machines which pierce the bottom of the K-Cup with a nozzle that then forces hot water through the coffee grounds and filter, and then out into the drinker’s cup. K-Cups and the Keurig brewers are convenient and require little to no clean-up while producing gourmet quality coffee for a fraction of the price that a retail coffee shop would charge.

Environmentalists’ beef with the Keurig system is in the single-use, non-recycla-ble nature of the packaging, given the implications for our waste stream. The individual parts of a K-Cup (plastic, paper and foil) could theo-retically be recycled on their own, but the combination is too small and messy for re-cycling facilities to be able to sort. So our only choice is to

throw the whole K-Cup pack, lock stock and barrel, into the garbage. Each pound of coffee consumed sends 50 K-Cups to the landfill. And with upwards of 17 million U.S. households and offices pos-sessing Keurig brewers these days, billions of K-Cups are already ending up in landfills every year.

Keurig Green Mountain, the company behind the K-Cup revolution, is on the case about the bad environmental reputation it is developing over the issue. As a first step, it launched its Grounds to Grow On program in 2011 whereby office customers can purchase K-Cup recov-ery bins and fill them up with spent K-Cups. When the box-es are full, they are shipped to Keurig’s disposal partner, which turns the used coffee grounds into compost and sends the rest out to be incin-erated in a “waste-to-energy” power plant. Critics point out, though, that waste-to-energy is hardly green given the air-borne pollutants released from incinerator smoke-stacks and the fact that, in the words of Julie Craves of the Coffee & Conservation blog, recycling is the enemy of the never-ending stream of gar-bage needed to feed waste-to-energy facilities.

In 2012, Keurig Green Mountain, realizing it still had a lot of work to do on sustainability matters, un-dertook a lifecycle assessment across its product lines—and set ambitious sustainability targets to achieve by 2020. Chief among them is to make all K-Cups 100 percent recy-clable. Other goals include ensuring responsible sourc-ing for all its primary agri-cultural and manufactured products, reducing life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of its brewed beverages by 25 percent compared to the 2012 baseline, and achieving zero waste-to-landfills at its manufacturing and distribu-tion facilities.

Those who love the Keurig system, but are ready to fore-go the environmental guilt sooner than 2020, do have some options. Julie Craves reports that used K-Cups can actually be refilled with ground coffee and reused. An easier option might be buying a reusable K-Cup—most of them are made out of plastic with a stainless steel mesh fil-ter. Still the best choice for the environment, however, might be getting the old traditional coffee pot out of storage and brewing up several cups at once—just like the old days.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589461The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Cluejee, 88 S.3rd St. #309, San Jose, CA 95133, Santa Clara Co. Plastic Spoon, Inc., 88 S.3rd St. #309, San Jose, CA 95133 . This business is conducted by a corpora-tion; registrants have not begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Plastic Spoon, Inc.Gurpreet Saran, CEOMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/14/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589487The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Trio Spa, 2160 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara Co. Edward Cefalu, 98 Burton, San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by an individual; registrants have begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 06/09. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Edward CefaluMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/17/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589600The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Vera Kugel, 1262 Rembrandt Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara Co. Vera Kugel and Valery Kugel, 1262 Rem-brandt Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. This business is conducted by a general partner-ship; registrants began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon on: 1/2/13. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Vera and Valery KugelMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/18/14

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261234Superior Court of California, County of San-ta Clara-In the matter of the application of: Angela G. Beltran. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Angela G. Beltran, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Angela G. Beltran to Marcelina Guzman. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/20/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Feb.25, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV260024Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Vanesa Aragon and Luciano Martinez. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Vanesa Aragon and Luciano Martinez, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Daniel Jayden Martinez to Daniel Jayden Aragon. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 4/29/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.

A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Feb.4, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV260562Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Diana Fangonilo. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Diana Fangonilo, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Destiny Taylor DeGroat to Destiny Taylor Fangonilo. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/6/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Feb.13, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV262201Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Candace Rose Oluwasanmi. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Candace Rose Oluwasanmi, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a. Candace Rose Oluwasanmi to Victoriána Candace Rose Oluwasanmi. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/10/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.Mar.17, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014.

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NO. 114CV262110Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Abdelrahman M. Owda and Ovana Jihad Shehadeh. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Abdelrahman M. Owda and Ovana Jihad Shehadeh, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ab-delrahman Y. Owda to Abdelrahman Yousef Alhelew and b. Ovana Jihad Shehadeh to Ovana Jihad Alhelew. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/10/14 at 8:45 am, Dept. 12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.13, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261870Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Jesus Mendez Macias. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Jesus Mendez Macias, has filed a petition for Change of Name with

the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jesus Mendez Macias to Zayra Mendez Macias. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/3/14 at 8:45 am, Dept. 12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.10, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 21, 28; April 4, 11, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 589313The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, MMP-JLI JV Factories, 5820 Obata Way, Ste A, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara Co. Matthew’s Metal Products, 5820 Obata Way, Ste.A, Gilroy, CA 95020. This business is conducted by a corporation; registrants began transacting business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon on: 3/11/14. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Matthew’s Metal ProductsMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/12/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588575The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Martha Campos Immigration Services, 715 N.First Street, suite 38, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Martha Guadalupe Jimenez Villanueva, 143 Jose Figueres Avenue, San Jose, CA 95116. This business is conducted by an individual; registrants began transacting business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon on: 2/21/14. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Martha Guadalupe Jimenez VillanuevaMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 2/21/14

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV259189Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Thomas Gordon Grasser and Van-essa Victoria Rios. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Thomas Gordon Grasser and Vanessa Vic-toria Rios, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Trinity Alize Flores to Trinity Alize Grasser; b. Thomas Gordon Flores Jr. to Thomas Gordon Grasser II; c. Timothy Albert Flores to Timo-thy Albert Grasser; d. Tianna Shea Flores to Tianna Shea Grasser. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 4/8/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Jan.16, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261990Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: David James Rodgers. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, David James Rodgers, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. David James Rodg-ers to David James Keen. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-

ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/13/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.12, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261851Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Felicia Napolitano & James Garcia. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Felicia Napolitano & James Garcia, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Giovanni Mariano Barragan to Giovanni Mariano Tellez and b. Felicia Christine Napolitano to Frankie Tellez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/3/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.10, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261952Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ranulfo Miguel Arguello Albarran. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Ranulfo Miguel Arguello Albarran, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: a. Ranulfo Miguel Arguello Albarran to Angel M. Arguel-lo. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/10/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.11, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261818Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Aria Lynn Airo. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that peti-tioner, Aria Lynn Airo, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Aria Lynn Airo to Aria Lynn Raynoha. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interest-ed in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/3/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.7, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261754Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application

of: Juan Carlos Chavez. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Juan Carlos Chavez, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.Alisson Alexa Herrera to Alis-son Alexa Chavez Herrera and b. Brenda Geidyz Herrera to Sofia Chavez Herrera. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/3/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12,Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.6, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261815Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Nga Vo. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Nga Vo, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: A.Nga Nguyen Viet Vo aka Nga Viet Nguyen Vo aka Nga Vietnguyen Vo to Isalynn Thynga Vo. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/3/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.7, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261325Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Juvenal Arellano- Katrina Acosta. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Juvenal Arel-lano- Katrina Acosta, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: A. Anna Constance to Adrianna Lugo Arellano. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/20/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Feb.26, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261709Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Becky Rose Mendez. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Becky Rose Mendez, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Cameron Louis-Dean Turney to Cameron Louis-Dean Mendez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 6/3/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.6, 2014

Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 14, 21, 28; April 4, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588988The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness Ocean Custom Cabinets , 157 Alexan-der Avenue #2, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co. Manuel Blanco, 157 Alexander Avenue #2, San Jose, CA 95116. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; regis-trant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Manuel BlancoMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/5/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588976The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness Limpio Building Maintenance , 725 N.21st Street, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Ricardo S. Huitron, 725 N.21st Street, San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Ricardo S. Huitron Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 3/5/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588202The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Get & Go Liquors 1, 1337 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA 95118, Santa Clara Co. Thuy Lieu Thi Ly, 2643 Taffy Ct., San Jose, CA 95148. Trang Thuy Ly, 2957 Mason Wood St., San Jose, CA 95148. This business is conducted by a General Part-nership; registrants began transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon on: 2/12/14. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Thuy Lieu Thi Ly & Trang Thuy LyMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 2/12/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588203The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Get & Go Liquors 2, 1763 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara Co. Thuy Lieu Thi Ly, 2643 Taffy Ct., San Jose, CA 95148. Trang Thuy Ly, 2957 Mason Wood St., San Jose, CA 95148. This business is conducted by a General Part-nership; registrants began transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon on: 2/12/14. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Thuy Lieu Thi Ly & Trang Thuy LyMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 2/12/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588408The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Renato’s Mexican Restaurant, 175 South Capitol Avenue, suite E, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara Co. Renato’s Pizza Inc., 146 Miller Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127. This business is conducted by a corporation; registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon on: 2/19/14. “I de-clare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Renato’s Pizza, Inc.Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 2/19/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588437The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Silicon Valley Web Hosting, 95 S. Market St, suite 648, San Jose, CA 95113, Santa Clara Co. Nephoscale, Inc., 95 S. Market St, suite 648, San Jose, CA 95113. This business is conducted by a corpora-tion; registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon on: 1/23/14. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Nephoscale, Inc.Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 2/20/14

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 588799The following person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness, Sergio Reynoso Janitorial, 2545Cen-ter Road, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara Co. Sergio Reynoso, 2545Center Road, San Jose, CA 95111. This business is con-ducted by an individual; registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon on: 2/27/14. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Sergio Reynoso Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 2/27/14

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV259795Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Thomas & Deanna Joseph. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Thomas & Deanna Joseph, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Stephanie Lynn Jo-seph to Clyde Lynn Joseph. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 4/22/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Jan.30, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 113CV256946Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Charlette Bianzon. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Charlette Bianzon, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Makeila Alizae S. Bianzon to Makeila Alizae B. Azul. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/27/14 at 8:45 am, Dept.12, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.4, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV259988Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the ap-plication of: Martha Rodriguez. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Martha Rodriguez, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree

changing names as follows: a. Martha Del Socorro Rodriguez to Martha Del Socorro Villagra Sierra. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 4/22/14 at 8:45 am, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Feb.3, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261001Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Richard Anthony Cornejo. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Richard Anthony Cornejo, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Richard Anthony Cornejo to Richard Valencia Macias Sevilla. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/13/14 at 8:45 am, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Feb.21, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 113CV257476Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Adriana Aguilar. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Adriana Aguilar, has filed a peti-tion for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Bonifacio Adrian Gonzalez Guti-errez to Adrian Gonzalez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 4/15/14 at 8:45 am, Probate Room: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.5, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV261539Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the applica-tion of: Paulette Barry. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Paulette Barry, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Destiny Monay Harris-Battle to Destiny Monay Harris. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted on 5/20/14 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Mar.3, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtMar. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

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En una bodega vieja des-pués de las 11 de la noche de un jueves, me embarque en la aventura que cambiaria mi vida.

Me contaron de un lugar de avistamientos de extra-terrestres, que andan entre nosotros caminando por las calles de cualquier colonia

o ciudad, suena como una película de terror pero no es así, solo fue para una entre-vista con una banda lococho-na que se hace llamar Una Banda de Perras o A Band of Bitches (ABOB). Ellos son de un planeta cercano llamado Monterrey en el sector Nue-vo León de la galaxia México.

Esta banda alienígena está llena de sonidos caribeños con su saborcito mexicano, guitarras eléctricas que ame-

nazan con reventar tus ore-jas. y hablando enserio, esta banda nació en el 2011. Entre sus sonidos puedes encontrar mambo mas el clásico uso de elementos electrónicos. y si se preguntan quién está detrás de esta agrupación es el buen Jonás González de Plastilina Mosh. El disco de esta banda se llama “The pre end of the World Sound-track” que incluye 11 cancio-nes.

Esta banda fue una de las bandas novatas del año 2012 en el que con las predicciones Mayas y todo el rollo del fi n del mundo tomaron venta-ja con sus shows en México poniendo en escena una serie de actos teatrales. El pasado Vive Latino del 2013, la ban-da toco el en escenario prin-cipal.

Debido a que el nombre no es muy común o no es del placer de la gente se ten-drán que cambiar el nombre a ABOB para no tener tanta confusión y que puedan so-nar un poco mas en cualquier radio. En su camino pasaron por Los Ángeles, California y ahora están en un viaje inter-planetario para encontrar-se a si mismos ya que se les perdieron dos integrantes y piensan rescatarlos del Area 51 pero prometieron regresar lo antes posible. Te dejaran como dice una sus canciones con ganas de volverlos a ver.

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La Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga emocionó al público de Cumbre Tajín, en una noche que sonó a tam-bora, trompeta y tuba, y con la cual se dio por concluido el encuentro cultural.

La música de banda in-undó el ambiente del Parque Takilhsukut y los ánimos se encendieron cuando sonó el primer tema «El sinaloense», que de inmediato puso a bai-lar a las miles de personas.

Sin dejar decaer la fi esta, Banda El Recodo continuó la velada con «Te ofrezco un corazón», «Mi gusto es», «La fea más bella», «La culebra», «Te presumo», «Quiero que sepas» y «El golpe traidor».

«Estamos contentos de es-tar en este festival de Cumbre

Tajín, este es el público más prendido de la República Mexicana», subrayó Charly Pérez, uno de los vocalistas de la agrupación.

La fi esta y el baile se prolon-garon por más de dos horas, pues la gente pedía que la agrupación siguiera cantan-do y así, pudieron escucharse temas como «Cómo iba yo a saber» y «Maldita sea mi suerte»,

La velada también contó con sorpresas como escuchar a pura voz «La mejor de to-das» y en la canción «Quiero que me des un beso», la can-tante Jenny (Jenny and the Mexicats) subió al escenario para bailar al ritmo de banda.

En el espectáculo no pudi-eron faltar éxitos como «Que te ruegue quien te quiera», «La quebradora», «El farol», «Acábame de matar», «Acá

entre nos», «yo tengo una ilu-sión», Lo mejor de mi vida», Deja», «Consecuencia de mis actos» y «Seis pies abajo», sólo por citar algunas.

En este último día de Cum-bre Tajín también se presen-taron Jenny and The Mexi-cats, agrupación que tam-bién logró cautivar al público con éxitos ya probados como «Verde más allá» y «Me voy a ir», además de interpretar algunos temas en inglés.

Quienes pusieron el toque romántico a la velada fuer-on Los Ángeles Negros, pues gracias a clásicos como «Volveré» y «Déjenme si es-toy llorando», lograron que el público cantara junto con el-los. El cartel se complementó con los concierto de Los Románticos de Zacatecas y Sofl ama.

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*Con su concierto se clausuró la edición número 15 del festival cultural

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El líder en la lucha de los trabajadores César E. Chávez falleció en 1993 al fi nal de una vida luchando por los derechos de los campesi-nos. Aparte de que el Día de

César Chávez se celebre en varios estados y de que haya un monumento en su honor, también llega ahora una pe-lícula sobre este legendario activista.

Dirigida por el actor Diego Luna (y tu mama también y Milk), esta película tiene

como protagonista a Michael Peña (Walkout y American Hustle) como Chávez; Amé-rica Ferrera (Real Women Have Curves, y Ugly Betty, de la televisión) como Helen Chávez, la esposa del líder; y Rosario Dawson (Men in Black II) como Dolores Huerta, quien fue cofunda-

In “Sabotage”, Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world’s deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.

dora del sindicato United Farm Workers (UFW).

Los realizadores del fi lm se enfocaron en los periodos cruciales de su vida durante la década de 1960, los cuales incluyeron la marcha Delano, el boicot a las uvas, su prime-ra huelga de hambre y la lle-gada a las negociaciones con los terratenientes. Peña da vida a estos momentos con una representación sensible del líder de los trabajadores que nos permite sentir los sa-

crifi cios personales que hizo en su vida. Peña nos muestra que Chávez contaba con una determinación discreta y un respeto por todo, hasta por los villanos cultivadores.

También da vida a los in-cidentes menos conocidos en la lucha de Chávez. Uno de estos episodios sucedió durante el boicot a las uvas, cuando Chávez viajó a Eu-ropa para juntar apoyo por su causa y para bloquear los envíos de uvas que el gobier-

no estadounidense autorizó para el mercado europeo. La escena en la que él vacía ca-jón tras cajón de uvas desde un puente representa la dulce victoria.

Metraje real y cortes de noticieros de la época están entretejidos continuamente en la película. Al mezclar esto con la escenografía, el vestua-rio, los útiles y la elección del elenco de la producción cine-matográfi ca, uno se cree de regreso a la década de 1960.

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Aries

Marte tu regente estará retrógrado durante todo el mes, esto no es indicio de mala suerte sino de precau-ción. Sé precavido al conducir y no cometas indiscreciones, sé sensato en tus apreciacio-nes y comentarios. El amor, el sexo y la pasión serán parte de tu agenda diaria. Dinero llegará en abundancia.

Números de la suerte: 6-17-21-23-34-62

Tauro

Estás por iniciar una mejor

etapa en tu vida, un ciclo de mayor estabilidad y compro-miso al mismo tiempo. Debes organizar tus prioridades y sobre todo ir en busca de tu felicidad. Los meses venide-ros lucen bastante promet-edores, especialmente para tu mundo romántico.

Números de la suerte: 2-18-20-21-34-43

Géminis

Dijiste que no creías en el amor y ahora te sientes enamorado(a) otra vez, por fi n la buena estrella se hizo presente y apareció la per-sona correcta e indicada para que des rienda suelta a tus sentimientos y emociones. El sector fi nanciero también se

verá benefi ciado.Números de la suerte: 19-

24-28-32-38-51

Cáncer

Júpiter sigue en tránsito en tu signo hasta el día 16 de ju-lio, lo que signifi ca que tienes el semáforo en verde para lanzarte a conquistar todos tus sueños. Como dice el di-cho donde pones el ojo pones la bala. Cree en tus sueños y corazonadas. Del cielo te ven-drá una gran bendición.

Números de la suerte: 1-7-9-30-42-56

Leo

Tienes en mente realizar muchos cambios en tu vida,

te sientes motivado y con la energía adecuada para lograr todos tus propósitos. No te detengas y sigue adelante, los cambios te resultarán bené-fi cos, especialmente para tu bolsillo. Con Júpiter tan cerca de ti, lo que viene es un éxito seguro.

Números de la suerte: 3-9-14-16-29-54

Virgo

Toda la infl uencia solar se centra en tu sector de salud, es el ciclo ideal para que te pongas en forma, te alimen-tes sanamente y decidas que el cuidado de tu cuerpo debe ser una de tus prioridades principales. Es probable que enfrentes drama en el tra-

bajo, sin embargo; tendrás motivos para festejar.

Números de la suerte: 19-23-27-32-44-49

Libra

Marte el planeta guerrero estará retrógrado en tu signo durante todo el mes, trata de liberar el estrés de un modo productivo, haciendo mucho ejercicio o practicando algún deporte o actividad física constante. El amor está fr-ente a ti, no le dejes escapar por simple capricho.

Números de la suerte: 31-34-39-42-52-61

Escorpión

Siguen los cambios y la

metamorfosis para ti, ya te he hablado de Saturno, el señor del karma, sigue transitando tu signo, creando nuevas oportunidades para ti, lo que no te convenga, él lo alejará de tu camino. Tienes amigos que harían cualquier cosa por ti, eres muy afortunado.

Números de la suerte: 4-11-21-26-42-47

Sagitario

Es probable que estés atravesando por una racha un tanto difícil, el estrés se ha hecho presente en tu destino, pero no te angusties porque de pronto aparecerá en tu camino una persona que hará mucho por ti, una es-pecie de sanador que curará todos tus males.

Números de la suerte: 5-12-26-35-39-53

Capricornio

La infl uencia de los astros sigue iluminando tu sector de romance y matrimonio, ocurrirán algunos cambios quizá un tanto bruscos pero necesarios para tu evolución y crecimiento espiritual. Lo que se presagia es que serás feliz en el amor o con un nue-vo amor.

Números de la suerte: 2-20-22-26-34-54

Acuario

Venus en tu sector fi nan-ciero durante todo el mes, augura la llegada de buenas nuevas en cuanto a trabajo, dinero y posesiones se refi ere. Si buscas un aumento, una promoción o un mejor em-pleo, este sin lugar a dudas será el mes indicado, todo marchará sobre ruedas.

Números de la suerte: 8-17-26-44-53-62

Piscis

A partir del día 5 de abril, Venus el planeta del amor, el dinero y la apariencia física, visitará tu signo y durante un mes entero contarás con una suerte increíble, de pronto la vida se tornará como un tor-bellino de buena suerte, lu-cirás mejor y tendrás muchos motivos para ser feliz.

Números de la suerte: 9-17-21-29-49-56

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Serán 19 los jugadores convo-cados a la selección mexicana de futbol para el partido amis-toso del próximo miércoles ante Estados Unidos, incluidos Marco Fabián de la Mora y Ro-gelio Chávez, así como la gente de Toluca, señaló el técnico Mi-guel Herrera. “Van a ser 19 ju-gadores los que llame”, indicó el “Piojo”, quien reiteró que no creará falsas esperanzas en fut-bolistas al considerarlos única-mente para este duelo, ante la imposibilidad de llevar a gente que milita en el extranjero.

En entrevista con Notimex, el estratega del cuadro nacional se mostró agradecido por el apoyo de Cruz Azul y Toluca, por permitir que sus jugadores fueran tomados en cuenta pese a que no estarán con sus clu-bes en la “ida” de semifi nales de la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf“ya está hablado con la gente de Cruz Azul, agra-decidos porque han apoyado como lo han hecho todos los equipos, sí ha habido quejas como en todos los momentos y esta silla es para eso, pero

hay que trabajar sobre eso, no tenemos tiempo para estar pensando si se quejan o no, sí tengo que consensuar con los técnicos para decirles lo que estoy pensando”, apuntó.Por otra parte, dejó en claro que si-gue confi ando en la capacidad de la base americanista consi-derada para el Tricolor, pese a que la mayoría de los jugado-res de este club han tenido una baja de juego.

“Te respondería que esos mis-mos jugadores dos años fueron los mejores de México, no los conozco de un torneo, hicimos dos años de América el mejor equipo, dos fi nales, y la segun-da fi nal por más que me rega-ñen sigo diciendo que no, los árbitros tuvieron algunas fallas para no conseguir el bicam-peonato, entonces sé lo que me puede dar cada uno”, acotó.

Consideró que “cuando los traiga (al Tri) y vean la exi-gencia… y si no me cumplen, entonces sí veré que no están en el nivel ideal. Tengo este partido para demostrar que la gente en la que confío está en ese nivel que necesitó y les digo

‘sáquense ese chip de su equipo y cuando se vayan se lo vuelven a poner’”.“Conmigo tienen que funcionar y si no funcionan sí están poniendo su competen-cia en juego y llamaré a los que mejor anden”, externó.

Finalmente, de cara al parti-do contra el cuadro de “las ba-rras y las estrellas”, reconoció la necesidad que tiene de salir con el triunfo ante el rival más importante que tienen en el área. “Muchas ganas de ganar,

porque México tiene que ganar ese partido, la gente está de-seosa de que se gane ese juego, es un clásico, no le importa el resultado, como se dé mientras se gané, a pesar que lo impor-tante no es el resultado, es la preparación y ver los jugadores para tomar una postura más clara con los de la liga mexi-cana y ver quién puede ser tu base, obvio queremos ganarlo”, sentenció.

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La delegación mexicana de taekwondo que tomó parte en el Campeonato Mundial Juvenil de la especialidad, que se realizó en China Tai-péi, Taiwán, obtuvo sólo una medalla de bronce en manos de Ashley Arana, quien ade-más consiguió para el país un pase a Nanjing 2014.

Al concluir el evento mun-dial se hizo un balance de la actuación de los mexicanos, en el cual destacó el bronce de la chihuahuense Arana, quien en la división mayor a 68 kilogramos fue la única

en subir al podio. Pero tres competidores se colocaron en la fase de cuartos de fi -nal y ocho más clasifi cados entre los 16 mejores de su categoría.

Arana fue la encargada de subir al podio mundial, lue-go de llegar a la semifi nal en la división heavy, para obtener la presea de bronce número 20 para México en este tipo de justas y décima segunda aportada por una mujer en este certamen, se-gunda en su categoría.

De acuerdo con la Conade, Laura Ovalle (-42), Victoria Ávila (-68) y Carlos Sanso-

res (más 75) acariciaron la fi nal en sus respectivas divi-siones.

Mientras que ocho pelea-dores más se quedaron en la fase previa; resultados que le permitieron a la representa-ción nacional, integrada por 20 deportistas, ubicarse a la mitad de la tabla general de medallas de países parti-cipantes en el certamen del orbe.

Las cuatro plazas olímpi-cas fueron obra de Mitzi Ca-rrillo, Brenda Lua, Rubén Nava y Ashley Arana, para los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de Nanjing 2014.

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