The Carmel Pine Cone

16A The Carmel Pine Cone September 25, 2015
SCRAMP, RACING SERIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DRIVER LOSING, LAWSUIT SAYS
By KELLY NIX
POOR MAINTENANCE of the Laguna Seca track is the
reason a racecar driver finished in last place at a May 3 race
and his team risks losing the championship this season,
according to a lawsuit filed last week in Monterey County
Superior Court.
In the complaint filed Sept. 14, Tropacaval Media LLC
alleges that a 12-15 inch steel piece of storm drain grate that
was perpendicular to the track tore through the team’s No. 33
Dodge Viper GT3R driven by Ben Keating as he struck the
Del Rey
NOTICE OF PETITION
TO ADMINISTER ESTATE
of TRAVIS RYAN DECKER
Case Number MP 22110
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,
contingent creditors, and persons
who may otherwise be interested
in the will or estate, or both,
of TRAVIS RYAN DECKER.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has
been filed by MARION HOLLY
DECKER, aka HOLLY DECKER in
the Superior Court of California,
County of MONTEREY.
The Petition for Probate
requests that MARION HOLLY
DECKER, aka HOLLY DECKER be
appointed as personal representative
to administer the estate of the
decedent.
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 in this court as follows:
Date: December 2, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Dept.: Probate
Room: 16
Address: Superior Court of
California, County of Monterey,
1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA
93940.
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 California
law
Ẏou 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:
Thomas P. Bohnen
Bohnen, Rosenthal & Kreeft
787 Munras Avenue, Suite 200
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 649-5551
This statement was filed with
the County Clerk of Monterey
County on Sept. 3, 2015.
Publication dates: Sept. 11, 18, 25,
2105. (PC902)
SUPERIOR COURT
OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF MONTEREY
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Case No. M133178
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
petitioner, KAMALJIT SINGH, filed a
petition with this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
A.Present name:
KAMALJIT SINGH
Proposed name:
KAMALJEET SINGH DHALIWAL
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: Oct. 30, 2015
object at 76 mph after exiting Turn 5 on the second lap.
Keating was competing in the GT Daytona Class of the
Continental Tire grand prix when the mishap occurred.
The piece of grate that had become dislodged tore through
the car “like a buzz saw through a tree trunk, ripping through
the floor, diffuser, and metal shell of the fuel cell,” according
to the lawsuit. Had the metal penetrated the fuel cell and ruptured
its liner, “the entire racecar would have burst into
flames.”
The real damage, though, was to Keating — who finished
dead last in the 100-lap race — and his team’s standings.
Gardens
PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICES
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
DEPT: TBA
The address of the court is 1200
Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940.
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: The Carmel Pine Cone,
Carmel.
(s) Thomas W. Wills
Judge of the Superior Court
Date filed: Sept. 2, 2015
Clerk: Teresa A. Risi
Deputy: J. Nicholson
Publication dates: Sept. 11, 18, 25,
Oct. 2. (PC906)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151799. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as: SARDA’S FUSION CATER-
ING, 3070 Rio Road, Carmel, CA
93923. Monterey County. SARDA’S
FUSION LLC, California, 3070 Rio
Road, Carmel, CA 93923. This business
is conducted by a limited liability
company. Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on N/A.
(s) Sarda Desmond. This statement
was filed with the County Clerk of
Monterey County on Sept. 3, 2015.
Publication dates: Sept. 11, 18, 25,
Oct. 2, 2015. (PC907)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151816. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as: O.S.B.T. INVESTMENTS,
Vizcaino/10 S. E. Mountain View,
Carmel, CA 93921. Monterey County.
THE GOLDEN MEAN, LLC, California,
Vizcaino/10 S. E. Mountain View,
Carmel, CA 93921. LEHMAN DESIGN
STUDIO, LLC, CA, 26453 Mission
Fields Rd., Carmel, CA 93923. BEN &
CAROLE HEINRICH PENSION FUND,
Vizcaino/10 S. E. Mtn. View, Carmel,
CA 93921. This business is conducted
by a general partnership. Registrant
commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name
listed above on July 10, 2010. (s) Gail
Lehman. This statement was filed with
the County Clerk of Monterey County
on Sept. 4, 2015. Publication dates:
Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015. (PC909)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151772. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as: ROUX, 6 Pilot Road, Carmel
Valley, CA 93924. Monterey County.
VARIETY CUISINE, 1642 151st Ave.,
San Leandro, CA 94578. This business
is conducted by a corporation.
Registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name listed above on N/A. (s) Jennifer
Reichert. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Monterey
County on Aug. 31, 2015. Publication
dates: Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015.
(PC910)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151779. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as: SkinHappy MD, 502 Pierce
St., Monterey, CA 93940. Monterey
County. JULIE R. KENNER, MD PhD,
502 Pierce St., Monterey, CA 93940.
This business is conducted by an individual.
Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on Aug.
31, 2015. (s) Julie R. Kenner, MD PhD.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Monterey County on
Aug. 31, 2015. Publication dates:
Sept. 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9, 2015. (PC915)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151838. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as: CENTRAL COAST CANINE
CONNECTION, 302 Via Paraiso,
Monterey, CA 93940. Monterey
County. ZACHARY ALLEN SCHNEI-
DER, 302 Via Paraiso, Monterey, CA
93940. This business is conducted by
an individual. Registrant commenced
to transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on
Besides losing the Monterey race, Keating lost 15 points in
the GT Daytona Tudor United SportsCar Championship
Series, which crowns a team champion based on the cumulative
number of points for winning races during a season.
“As of last week, Mr. Keating was 15 points out of the
lead, with only three races left for the year,” according to the
lawsuit, filed for Tropacaval by Newport Beach attorney
Jonathan A. Michaels. “Therefore, if Mr. Keating had not had
the Laguna Seca race ruined by the defendants’ failure to
properly maintain the drainage gates, [the team] would have
had the opportunity to finish in first place.”
The complaint alleges gross negligence against defendants
International Motor Sports Association, which promotes
and sanctions the race series in which Keating competed,
and the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey
Peninsula, which manages the track. The lawsuit is another
headache for SCRAMP, which is facing scrutiny from the
county over its operation of Laguna Seca.
David Hart, public relations manager for Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca, told The Pine Cone that SCRAMP is aware of
the lawsuit and that it was filed “as a standard step in an
insurance settlement procedure.”
Though the metal from the grate “sliced through the racecar’s
floor,” Keating wasn’t injured. But it took pit crews
more than 10 minutes — an “eternity in racing” — to repair
the damage so Keating could finish, according to the suit.
As a result of Keating’s “dramatic fall in the standings,”
the team “will likely lose valuable sponsorship money that it
otherwise would have gained,” the complaint says. Keating
and teammate Jeroen Bleekemolen alternated driving during
the two-hour-and-40-minute race.
Tropacaval Media is seeking $58,289.93 in damages for
car repairs; $300,000 in travel, transport, crew costs and
other expenses; a $15,000 “fee” for Bleekemolen, “as well as
virtually eliminating the team’s ability to compete to win” the
2015 season. The prize money for the winner of the May race
was $20,000.
Furthermore, the complaint alleges Keating had raced the
2.24-mile Laguna Seca on three prior occasions, and in 2013
experienced a similar issue with a drainage grate at the
track’s famous Corkscrew, the lawsuit says.
“The defendants knew of the propensity for the drainage
grates on the Laguna Seca Raceway to create life-threatening
hazards for the racers,” the suit says, “and yet failed to take
any measures to secure the grates and protect the drivers
from this risk of death or serious injury.”
Ironically, before the May race at Laguna Seca, Keating
commented on his prospects there.
“For some reason, I have never loved Laguna Seca,”
Keating said. “I hope to change that this weekend,” according
to a report on the International Motor Sports Association
website. “I love Monterey, I love that area of California, but
the track has always been a little difficult for me.”
N/A. (s) Zachary Allen Schneider. This
statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Monterey County on Sept. 9,
2015. Publication dates: Sept. 25, Oct.
2, 9, 16, 2015. (PC916)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151873. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as: PASTA VENETINO, 1010
Cass Street, Ste. B-4, Monterey, CA
93940. Monterey County. PARM, LLC,
1010 Cass Street, Ste. B-4, Monterey,
CA 93940. This business is conducted
by a limited liability company.
Registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name listed above on N/A. (s) Patrick
T. Corrigan. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Monterey
County on Sept. 14, 2015. Publication
dates: Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 2015.
(PC917)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151835. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as: S2 DISTRIBUTORS, 935
Harcourt Avenue, Seaside, CA 93955.
Monterey County. SHIRLEY
SOBERON SPALLETTA, 935 Harcourt
Avenue, Seaside, CA 93955. This
business is conducted by an individual.
Registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name listed above on
CYPRESS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
PRELIMINARY BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2015-16
September 1999. (s) Shirley Soberon
Spalletta. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Monterey
County on Sept. 9, 2015. Publication
dates: Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 2015.
(PC918)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File No. 20151671. The
following person(s) is(are) doing business
as:
1. GARDENS
2. GARDENS CARMEL
4000 Rio Rd. #9, Carmel, CA 93923.
Monterey County. MARJORIE SNOW,
4000 Rio Rd. #9, Carmel, CA 93923.
This business is conducted by an individual.
Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on N/A.
(s) Marjorie Snow. This statement was
filed with the County Clerk of
Monterey County on Sept. 14, 2015.
Publication dates: Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9,
16, 2015. (PC919)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 30, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. the
Cypress Fire Protection District, Board of Directors will meet at the District’s fire
station located at 3775 Rio Road, Carmel to consider adoption of the final budget
for fiscal year 2015-16 that ends June 30, 2016.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the preliminary budget was adopted May 28,
2015 and is available for inspection at the District’s fire station located at 3775 Rio
Road, Carmel, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any District resident may appear and be heard
regarding the increase, decrease, or omission of any item on the budget or for the
inclusion of any additional items.
DATED: September 8, 2015
Theresa Volland
Secretary of the Board
Publication date: Sept. 18, 25, 2015 (PC911)