Page 14 June 1, 2017 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Superteams from page 5 in the Finals, though, especially when you’re facing off against LeBron. Whichever team can execute their game plan more efficiently will obviously come out on top, no matter what the numbers of the past have the tendency to say. With almost zero parity and an 82-game regular season that literally didn’t matter, basketball fans have arrived at a Finals rematch featuring the Warriors versus the Cavaliers for the third year in a row. The first time, the Cavs were without Love and Irving. In the reboot, Golden State lost Andrew Bogut and was dealing with an emotional Draymond Green that may have lost his team the entire series. This time around, there are no injuries and no excuses for a storyline that is set in stone. The Warriors have brought (arguably) the greatest team that this league has ever seen to match up against (arguably) the greatest player that this league has ever seen. To add yet another another wrinkle, Brown, a former coach of the Cavaliers and of LeBron’s, will now be in charge of Golden State as Steve Kerr continues to nurse a nagging back injury. Brown was fired from the Cavaliers not once, but twice (likely because LeBron wanted him gone). The former Cavaliers head coach is still receiving paychecks from his old team and would love nothing more than to eliminate them from the playoffs all while being paid by the Cavaliers to do it. Now, an 82-game regular season has concluded, leaving basketball fans with only one question remaining. Which is better, a team full of great players or the team with the best player? Beginning this week, NBA fans will finally have something that is intriguing to watch once again when two superteams battle it out with legacies and legend all on the line. One franchise will call itself champion of what has now become a two-team league. The other will be thrust into basic irrelevance with the other 28 franchises of an otherwise dull and unvaried NBA. – Asixlion@earthlink.net • Student Loans from page 3 For federal loans, call the Department of Education’s Loan Consolidation Information Call Center at 1-800-557-7392. About Private Loans It’s much harder to wiggle out of the debt if the lender is a private company. It’s best to contact the student loan servicing company listed on the monthly bill for available options. The private lenders aren’t known for forgiving loan amounts or canceling them. Loan consolidation isn’t for everyone either because taking out a new loan means accepting terms that might be unfavorable compared to the original student loans. No matter what they say, it’s always better than falling for a scam. One tipoff that a student debt relief plan is a fake: being told to stop paying on those student loans. That’s never a good plan since missed payments show up on a credit report. It’s not just car loans and mortgages that could be affected by bad credit history either. Employers and landlords check credit reports too, before making an offer of employment or agreeing to rent an apartment. There’s no such thing as 100 percent loan forgiveness, and be skeptical of any debt relief pitch made by mail or on the Internet that carries an official government seal. Fraudulent debt negotiation and credit repair companies trick consumers with official-sounding names and claims to have special access to government programs for repaying, consolidating or erasing student debt. On a positive note, there was a House bill introduced in February that would change the tax code so that employers can help employees pay down student debt. Called the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, it would treat employer contributions to student loan repayment plans like a 401(k) contribution. No longer would employers be taxed on money they contribute to pay off student loans. 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THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 14, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS FOR THE FIRE STATION 1 SEISMIC RETROFIT PROJECT IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO PROJECT NO.: PW 15-23A The City of El Segundo is accepting sealed bids in the City Clerk’s office, 350 Main Street, El Segundo, California 90245, until 11:00 a.m. on: TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 at which time they will be publicly opened. Bids will not be accepted after that time. As described in the Bidding Documents, the bids are for a public works project (“Project”) which consists of the seismic retrofit of Fire Station 1 and related work as shown on the plans on file with the City’s Public Works Department. Work on the Project must be performed in strict conformity with Specifications No. PW 15-23A: Fire Station 1 Seismic Retrofit Project which is filed with the Public Works Department. Copies of the Plans, Specifications, Contract Documents and Engineer’s estimate are available from the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department, City of El Segundo, 350 Main Street, El Segundo, California, 90245. Plans And Specifications are alternately available electronically via http://www.elsegundo.org/depts/works/ project_request_contact_form.asp A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at 10:00 am, at the Fire Station #1, 314 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245. Bidders’ attendance at this meeting is mandatory. Questions regarding the bid shall be submitted by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 to http://www.elsegundo.org/ depts/works/project_request_contact_ form.asp. The terms and conditions for bidding on the Project are described in the attached Bidding Instructions. This project requires payment of State prevailing rates of wages for Los Angeles County. The contractor must post copies of the prevailing schedule at each job site. Copies of these rates of wages are available from the State of California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Unit, Telephone No. (415) 703-4774. The website for this agency is currently located at www.dir. ca.gov. Note that the Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by California Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to California law, the City must find bids failing to comply with all applicable Labor Code requirements including, without limitation, Labor Code §§ 1725.5 and 1771.4 to be nonresponsive. The contractor to whom the contract is awarded must assist in locating, qualifying, hiring and increasing the skills of minority group employees and applicants for employment, as set forth in Executive Order 11246 and 11375. Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice will incorporate the provisions of the State Labor Code. Compliance with the prevailing rates of wages and apprenticeship employment standards established by the State Director of Industrial Relations will be required. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion will also be required. The City of El Segundo hereby affirmatively ensures that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract. Prevailing Wage: Federal Labor Standards Provisions, including prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts will be enforced. In the event of a conflict between Federal and State wage rates, the higher of the two will prevail. The Contractor’s duty to pay State prevailing wages can be found under Labor Code Section 1770 et. Seq. and Labor Code Sections 1775 and 1777.7 outline the penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages and employ apprentices including forfeitures and debarment. Five percent (5%) will be deducted from each progress payment and retained by the City. The remainder less the amount of all previous payments will be paid to the Contractor. Pursuant to Public Contracts Code (“PCC”) § 22300, the Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies held by the City or request that the City place such monies into an escrow account. The Contractor is notified, pursuant to PCC § 22300, any such election will be at the Contractor own expense and will include costs incurred by the City to accommodate the Contractor’s request. In entering into a Public Works contract, or a subcontract, to supply goods, services, or materials pursuant to a public works contract, the Contractor, or Sub- Contractor, offers and agrees to assign to the awarding body all rights, title and interest in, and to, all causes of action it may have under Section 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Section 15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 [commencing with Section 16700] of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), arising from purchases of goods, services, or materials pursuant to the public works contract or the subcontract. This assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the awarding body tenders final payment to the Contractor, without further acknowledgment by the parties. Bids must be prepared on the approved Proposal forms in conformance with the Instructions to Bidders and submitted to the Public Works Department, 350 Main Street, City of El Segundo, in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside: FIRE STATION 1 SEISMIC RETROFIT PROJECT “SEALED BIDS FOR PROJECT NO.: PW 15-23A IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL” No bid will be accepted from a Contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of the State Business and Professions Code. For these projects, those acceptable classes of license shall be “A” or “B”. The successful Contractor and his Sub- Contractors will be required to possess the correct license for their project classifications, and valid City Business Licenses from the City of El Segundo. The City of El Segundo reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity, and to take all bids under advisement for a period of ninety (90) calendar days. Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice shall become effective or enforceable against the City of El Segundo only when the formal written contract has been duly executed by the appropriate officer(s) of the City of El Segundo. DATED this 30th day of May, 2017. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA Tracy Weaver, City Clerk El Segundo Herald Pub. 6/1, 6/8/17 H-25606 California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: KIMBERLY B NAPOLITANO ESQ SBN 227683 VERGARI & NAPOLITANO PC 5777 W CENTURY BLVD STE 1580 LOS ANGELES CA 90045 CN937678 GRIFFIN May 25, Jun 1,8, 2017 El Segundo Herald Pub. 5/25, 6/1, 6/8/17 H-25585 Visit us online: www.heraldpublications.com
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