Page 12 September 17, 2015 EL SEGUNDO HERALD This image, made using images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, shows Occator crater on Ceres, home to a collection of intriguing bright spots. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Over the course of its 29-year-long orbit, the sun’s rays move from north to south over the planet and its rings, and back again. The changing sunlight causes the temperature of the rings—which are made of trillions of icy particles—to vary from season to season. During equinox, which lasted only a few days, unusual shadows and wavy structures appeared and, as they sat in twilight for this brief period, the rings began to cool. Police Reports from page 3 from Rosecrans Avenue and Market Place in Manhattan Beach for misdemeanor DUI with a BAC of .08% or above One female adult was arrested at 0035 hours from Rosecrans Avenue and Market Place in Manhattan Beach for misdemeanor DUI with a BAC of .08% or above Wednesday, September 9, 2015 One male adult was arrested at 0333 hours from Aviation Boulevard and Utah Avenue for grand theft A grand theft report was taken at 1029 hours from the 2100 block of East Mariposa Avenue. Unknown suspect(s) removed victim’s purse from the rear of the victim’s chair while eating in a restaurant An identify theft report was taken at 1130 hours from the 900 block of East Walnut Avenue. Unknown suspect opened a fraudulent credit card account with the victim’s personal information A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at 1805 hours from the 900 block of Main Street. Unknown suspect(s) removed the registration documents from the victim’s vehicle A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at 2028 hours from the 800 block of South Nash Street. Unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the victim’s vehicle by smashing a window. Taken were a laptop computer, an IPad and other miscellaneous items Thursday, September 10, 2015 One male adult was arrested at 0721 hours from the 2200 block of East Rosecrans Avenue for one LBPD misdemeanor warrant and one WPD misdemeanor warrant Traffic accident (no injuries) occurred at 0721 hours in the 300 block of Main Street, vehicle versus brick wall Traffic accident (with injuries) occurred at 1104 hours at the intersection of El Segundo Boulevard and Nash Street, vehicle versus vehicle Traffic accident (with injuries) occurred at 1119 hours at the intersection of Aviation Boulevard and El Segundo Boulevard, vehicle versus vehicle Identity theft report was taken at 1250 hours from the 200 block of East Oak Avenue. Unknown suspect(s) withdrew money from the victim’s personal bank account One male adult was arrested at 1816 hours from the 3100 block of East El Segundo Boulevard in the City of Lynwood for grand theft Friday, September 11, 2015 Peeping tom report was taken at 0820 hours from the 500 block of East Grand Avenue. Female juvenile observed a male adult peeping on another female juvenile Burglary (residential) report was taken at 1433 hours from the 100 block of Whiting Street. Unknown suspect(s) pried open a washing machine and took coins Identity theft report was taken at 1832 hours from the 700 block of West Imperial Avenue. Unknown suspect(s) withdrew money from the victim’s prepaid phone account One female adult was arrested at 0058 hours from Douglas Street and El Segundo Boulevard for one Dallas PD felony warrant Saturday, September 12, 2015 One female adult was arrested at 0353 hours from Mariposa Avenue and Nash Street for misdemeanor DUI A found property report was taken at 1115 hours from the 200 block of East Oak Avenue. A men’s mountain bicycle was found One male adult was arrested at 2304 hours from the 800 block of Hillcrest Street for misdemeanor DUI with a BAC of .08% or above Sunday, September 13, 2015 One male adult was arrested at 0145 hours from California Street and Imperial Highway for child endangerment and evading a peace officer A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at 0143 hours from the 100 block of West Grand Avenue. Unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the victim’s vehicle by smashing a window. Vehicle was ransacked but no property was taken An injury report was taken at 0927 hours from the 400 block of Sheldon Street. A male juvenile sustained a leg injury when he fell from his scooter A traffic accident (without injuries) occurred at 1705 hours at Grand Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard, vehicle versus vehicle A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at 2017 hours from Rosecrans Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard. Unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the victim’s vehicle by prying open the rear lift gate. Taken were third row seats • PUBLIC NOTICES Order to Show Cause for Change of Name Case No. SS028308 Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES Petition of: GEE VARGHESE for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GEE VARGHESE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GEE VARGHESE to ROJIN GEE VARGHESE 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: 10/09/2015, Time: 8:30 A.M., Dept.: WE-K, Room: A-203 The address of the court is 1725 MAIN STREET SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Date: AUG 21 2015 JUDGE GERALD ROSENBERG Judge of the Superior Court El Segundo Herald Pub. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1/15 H-24848 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL EL SEGUNDO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DUE DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING SERVICES PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF A LONG RANGE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the El Segundo Unified School District (“District”), will receive up to, but not later than 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight time), on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015 sealed proposals and qualifications statements for the award of Architectural Consulting Services for the Planning and Preparation of a long range Facilities Master Plan. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is located on the District’s website at www.elsegundousd.net where all instructions can be found. The intent of the RFP is to solicit Statements of Qualification and Cost Proposals to complete a comprehensive long range planning process; including a Facilities Needs Assessment (FNA), and preparation of a District long range Facilities Master Plan (FMP), which includes each District site. This includes all sites in use as schools, special program sites and administrative sites. The final FMP report must incorporate cost estimates for recommended repairs, replacements or additions. For all questions please contact: Allison Anderson, Administrative Assistant Superintendent’s Office El Segundo Unified School District Phone: 310-615-2650 ext. 1224 Email: aanderson@esusd.k12.ca.us El Segundo Herald Pub. 9/10, 9/17/15 H-24849 Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter @heraldpub Looking Up Cosmic Mysteries: Ceres’ Spots and Saturn’s Rings Based on press released from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, provided by Bob Eklund The bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres gleam with mystery in new views delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from an altitude of 950 miles. These closest-yet views of Occator crater, with a resolution of 450 feet per pixel, give a deeper perspective on these very unusual features. Animations are available at: http://www.jpl. nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia19890 and http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/ details.php?id=pia19891 “Dawn has transformed what was so recently a few bright dots into a complex and beautiful, gleaming landscape,” said Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer and mission director based at JPL. Dawn is the first mission to visit a dwarf planet, and the first to orbit two distinct solar system targets. It orbited protoplanet Vesta for 14 months in 2011 and 2012, and arrived at Ceres on March 6, 2015. One of Saturn’s Rings Is Not Like the Others When the sun set on Saturn’s rings in August 2009, scientists on NASA’s Cassini mission were watching closely. It was the equinox—one of two times in the Saturnian year when the sun illuminates the planet’s enormous ring system edge-on. Like Earth, Saturn is tilted on its axis. In a recent study published in the journal Icarus, a team of Cassini scientists reported that one section of the rings appears to have remained warmer than expected during equinox. This provided a unique window into the interior structure of ring particles not usually available to scientists. “For the most part, we can’t learn much about what Saturn’s ring particles are like deeper than 1 millimeter below the surface. But the fact that one part of the rings didn’t cool as expected allowed us to model what they might be like on the inside,” said Ryuji Morishima of JPL, who led the study. The researchers examined data collected by Cassini’s Composite Infrared Spectrometer during the year around equinox. The instrument essentially took the rings’ temperature as they cooled. The scientists then compared the temperature data with computer models that attempt to describe the properties of ring particles on an individual scale. What they found was puzzling. For most of the giant expanse of Saturn’s rings, the models correctly predicted how the rings cooled as they fell into darkness. But one large section—the outermost of the large, main rings, called the A ring—was much warmer than the models predicted. To address this curiosity, Morishima and colleagues performed a detailed investigation of how ring particles with different structures would warm up and cool down during Saturn’s seasons. The team’s analysis suggested the best explanation for the A ring’s equinox temperatures was for the ring to be composed largely of particles roughly 3 feet wide made of mostly solid ice. “A high concentration of dense, solid ice chunks in this one region of Saturn’s rings is unexpected,” said Morishima. “Ring particles usually spread out and become evenly distributed on a timescale of about 100 million years.” •
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