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STUART TOLCHIN PUT THE LIGHTS ON 


WHO CAN YOU TRUST? 

Are you worried about 
the future? Forget that; 
are you worried about 
the present? I try to avoid 
such worrying by focusing 
on the past. What 
mistakes have I made? 

What should I have done 
differently? Would life have been more fun 
if I had become a motorcycle racer or a skydiver or something a little bit more exciting? 
Such thinking is ridiculous as I have 
become what I have become—someone 
who wants to do something significant but 
does not know how to begin. I would like to 
begin now; but what should I do?

 Let me tell you about a book that I am in 
the process of reading. The book is The 
Undoing Project by Michael Lewis. Undoing 
or inaction is something that has caught 
my attention over the past couple of weeks. 
As I have already written I came up with 
the idea of avoiding television and thought 
that I could be part of a movement without 
moving very much.

 That thought alone seemed humorous 
to me, and I avoided television until the 
President’s State of the Union speech. Of 
course, it would have been great to avoid 
that speech, but I didn’t, but the idea of 
Not Doing has stayed with me. On SundayI attended a book club meeting at the local 
book club that discussed the book MyYear of Rest and Relaxation. The book described 
a young attractive woman who during 
the first part of this century decided to 
go into hibernation. I read the book a few 
weeks ago and may have forgotten the end 
or perhaps failed to read the last few pages.

 I had been under the impression that the 
hibernation had been semi-successful and 
that the narrator had successfully reclaimed 
a deeper experience of herself or somethinglike that. I had forgotten, or never knew, 
that the last few pages described the horrific 
bombing of the World Trade Center 
on September 11, 2001. The last sentence 
of the book describes a young woman who 

RICH JOHNSON 


(Writer’s note: I researched 
and intended to focus part 
of this column on women 
who ran for the presidency. I 
soon realized the women’s role 

through history was very significant 
and I want to devote a whole column to 
the topic.)

So…it’s never too early to start analyzing who 
our next president should be. Being president is 
relatively important, but you might not think so 
if you take a closer look at the following factoid: 
We choose between 50 choices to become Miss 
America. Only 2 choices for president.
Maybe we should consider already well-known 
candidates. For example, Clint Eastwood has a 
solid two-year record as the Mayor of Carmel,
California. Sure, he might be a wee bit past his 
prime, but I’m certain he can still stare down his 
adversaries. Maybe we should “make his day!”

 Of course, our own terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger 
was our governor from 2003 to 2011. 
I guess there is a little matter of his not beinga “natural born” citizen. Lawyers tell us there is 
currently no universally accepted meaning for 
the term “natural-born”. In fact it’s entirely possible 
any person born from out of the womb of 
a woman would technically be a “natural born” 
human. Think about it.

 Radio shock Jock Howard Stern ran for the 
governorship of New York. His political planks 
included reinstating the death penalty, removal 
of highway tolls and limit road work to graveyard 
hours. He dropped out when the public demanded 
to see his personal finances.

 Our next contender would be the third president 
to come out of the state of Texas. The onlyTexans to occupy the White House were Dwight 

D. Eisenhower and Lyndon Baines Johnson. 
“Ike” was a Republican and “LBJ” a Democrat. 
Our Lone Star State contender would be the first 
Oscar winner to occupy the White House. He 
almost ran for governor of Texas. He’ll consider 
running once his 3 kids graduate from their teen 
years. Of course I’m referring to Matthew Mc-
Conaughey. Maybe he’ll throw his 10-gallon hat 
into the ring.
There is a Muslim candidate we can encourage 

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leapt off the seventy-eighth floor of the 
building. The leaper is described as “being 
awake as she dives into the unknown.” As 
I write this now, I am aware that this last 
sentence may be a metaphor for the best we 
can expect from life.
Perhaps that is what the other three members 
of the book club were talking about 
and explains why I felt so disconnected 
from the conversation. As I was leaving the 
bookstore, I noticed books outside which 
were there to be picked up free of charge. 
I saw the book The UNDOING PROJECT. 
The title alone connected to so much that 
I had been thinking about. I took the book 
and brought it home. Now I have read 223 
pages of the 362-page book which I intend 
to finish after I finish this article, or 
it finishes me. My experience so far of the 
Michael Lewis book seems to verify every 
thought I have ever had about education 
and professional advice. 

The book describes a world wherein no 
one really knows anything. Not the Doctors, 
not the Professors, not even the parents. 
Everyone is deluded by their past experiences 
and by how they feel in addition 
to the belief in their own superiority. Parts 
describing how doctors' advice differ depending 
on the time of day that the patient 
is seen and how much sleep the doctor had 
the night before frighten me. 
The point, as I understand it, is that everyone 
makes mistakes all the time and that 
there is no one who can really be trusted to 
make correct predictions. For me the message 
so far is not to be so hard on ourselves 
and to do the best we can do and humorously 
tolerate who we are. As we “dive into 
the unknown” of our tomorrows we can 
try to be as aware as possible and enjoy life 
as much as we can. We all know what the 
eventual tomorrow will bring.

 Whoever you are out there, laugh at future 
errors and know that they are inevitable. 
Maybe taking the time to read this article 
was a mistake or a waste of your time but 
for me I feel a connection and thank you. 
Now I am going to go back and finish the 
book and wonder what more it has to say. 

POTENTIAL 2028 PRESIDENTIAL 
CONTENDERS 

to run. He ran for the Senate in Pennsylvania as a 
Republican and lost to John Fetterman. Our candidate 
is a graduate of Harvard and you know 
him as Dr. Oz. First name? Mehmet.

 Caitlin Jenner ran as a Republican hoping to 
replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California 
She describes herself as a “compassionate 
disruptor”. She lost the governor race by a slim 
margin. She had 1% of the vote.

 Now, a candidate whom a recent poll found 
46% of Americans would support his candidacyfor president. And his last name makes him very 
electable. If elected he would be the third “Johnson” 
to reside in the White House. Of course 
I’m referring to Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson. 
(You didn’t think it was me, did you?) Dwayne 
has been thinking about running since 2017. He 
certainly would have a different perspective on 
“wrestling” with important issues.

 Easily the largest and biggest president would 
be our own Shaquille O’Neal. He has toyed with 
running for Sheriff in his local hometown. Secret 
ballot and all that stuff. Maybe he and the 
“Rock” could run on the same ticket.

 Finally, had I not moved out to California in 
9th grade, I would have been a fellow classmate 
with this formidable contender. The school? 
Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
The graduating class of 1969 would have 
included yours truly and our viable presidential 
candidate. In fact, this noble candidate has already 
served as the governor of Minnesota. Of 
course I’m talking about Jesse Ventura. Again,
he and Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson could be on 
the same ticket. Talk about a smackdown of epic 
proportions.

 We’ve just scratched the surface of viable contenders. 
My closing remarks:

 In conclusion, during any election cycle I’m 
left, right, and confused. I’ve learned in politics 
that the policy often changes but the confusion 
remains.

 If you are on the right you know leftists love 
sharing – especially opinions. If you are on the 
left…well you know…reverse.

 Finally when it comes to voting I thought I was 
indecisive, now I’m not so sure.

 Have a great week! 

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THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that WILLIAM ROPER be appointed as personal 
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HOWARD Hays As I See It 

“The decision to put American servicemembers in harm’s way demands 
clarity, consistency, and honesty with Congress and the public. 
So far, we’ve got none of those things.” - Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) 

to do, and then making his administration 
go and find whatever argument they 
could make to justify it.” As for whatever 
responsibility Trump bears himself, Sen. 
Tim Kaine (D-VA) wonders, “Is he too 
mentally incapacitated to realize that we 
had a diplomatic agreement with Iran that 
was keeping its nuclear program in check, 
until he ripped it up during his first term?”

 Secretary of State Rubio offered another 
reason for our involvement: once Israel 
launched its own strikes, Iran would retaliate 
by attacking U.S. interests in the region. 
We needed to attack alongside Israel, then, 
to counter such “imminent threat”. Sen. 
Angus King (I-ME) asked, “Have we now 
delegated the most solemn decision that 
can be made in our society, the decision to 
go to war, to another country? That’s the 
implication, the breathtaking implication 
of Secretary Rubio’s statement.” Preparation 
for the attacks had been ongoing for 
months. But for the thousands of Americans 
now stranded in the Mideast with 
airports and airspace closed, Trump says 
there was no evacuation plan because this 
“happened all very quickly”.

 For the “why”, Rachel Maddow suggests 
looking to see who most benefits. 
The ones most threatened by Iran, who’d 
benefit most from these attacks, would be 
gulf states like the U.A.E., Qatar and Saudi 
Arabia. When Sen. Lindsey Graham (RSC) 
was asked by NBC about new leadership 
for Iran, he said he’d discussed it with 
Crown Prince Mohhamed bin Salman 
of Saudi Arabia – as if he should have 
any say in the matter. (As to the murder 
and dismemberment of journalist Jamal 
Khashoggi ordered by the Crown Prince,
Sen. Graham seems content to just let that 
slide.)

It was Saudia Arabia, along with Israel, 
pushing Trump to commit U.S. forces to 
a new war. Qatar gave Trump that $400 
million tricked-out Boeing 747. Saudi 
Arabia fronted Jared Kushner $2 billion 
in seed money for his investment firm. 

U.A.E. put $2 billion into the Trump 
crypto outfit in which Steve Witkoff ’s sons 
are partners. Now Kushner and Witkoff 
represent our country in talks with Iran, 
ultimately reporting to the president that 
these talks weren’t going anywhere so it’s 
time for war. 
All this while United Arab Emirates,
Qatar and Saudi Arabia show their appreciation 
to Trump by funding Paramount 
Skydance’s prevailing offer over Netflix 
in acquiring Warner Bros Discovery - assuring 
Trump’s gang would now be calling 
the shots at CNN. This would be the significant 
story I’d focus on this week had I 
not learned, barely into the second year of 
Trump’s second term in office, that we are 
at war. 

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(continued) 


I had what I thought 

was an important 

story to focus on this 

week: Paramount 

Skydance prevailing 

over Netflix in acquir


ing Warner Bros Discovery. The price was 

too high for Netflix and besides, President 

Trump had already chosen the winner – 

assuring his gang would now be calling the 

shots at CNN. Paramount didn’t have the 

money, either – but was backed by CEO

David Ellison’s dad Larry (net worth $200 

billion) along with reliable Trump funders 

United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Ara


bia and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Now 

we’re likely to see CNN warming to Trump 

as we’ve been seeing with CBS.

 I thought this would be the most signifi


cant story I could focus on this week but 

then learned, barely into the second year 

of Trump’s second term in office, that we 

are at war.

 The immediate question was, why? We 

were told talks had broken down between 

our country and Iran – they’d refused to 

agree not to develop nuclear weapons, 

when in fact they’d agreed not to - repeat


edly. As important as these talks were, we 

didn’t send State Department profession


als – but instead the aforementioned Jared 

Kushner and real estate developer Steve 

Witkoff, whose sons are partners in the 

Trump crypto firm.

 Last January, Trump vowed to “rescue” 

protestors in Iran; we were “ready to go” 

should any be executed, assuring “help is 

on the way”. Whatever “help” came too 

late for the thousands killed. Trump now 

called for those protestors to reclaim their 

country – but then clarified his intent was 

to cede control to someone from the cur


rent government, though such candidate 

would likely already be dead. Whether 

Iran or Venezuela, it was made clear it 

wouldn’t be the people choosing their 

leaders – but Donald Trump. He prom


ised Iran regime guards immunity if they 

surrendered. But after years of suffering 

and slaughter, you’d think the Iranian peo


ple would want to have some say in that 

themselves.

 Last summer, both Trump and Defense 

Secretary Hegseth insisted Iran’s nuclear 

program had been “obliterated”. Our in


telligence found no “imminent threat” 

from Iran, figuring it would take a decade 

for them to develop any missile capable of 

reaching us. The administration then ad


justed its line accordingly; the threat isn’t 

what Iran could do now, but what they

might be capable of in the future. 

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) noted, “Whatever 

imminent threat they’re posing was likely

in reaction to our unprecedented military

buildup in the region. This is an example 

of the president deciding what he wanted 

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must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself 
authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of 
the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See section 14411 
et seq. Business and Professions Code)Publish: Mountain Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-037747 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FULL SERVICE 
BOOKKEEPING, 1256 W 141ST ST, GARDENA, CA 90247. Full name 
of registrant(s) is (are) KIERAN IBE CHIKWENDU, 1256 W 141ST ST,
GARDENA, CA 90247. This Business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. 
Signed; KIERAN IBE CHIKWENDU/OWNER. This statement was 
filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 02/18/2026. The 
registrant(s) has (have) commenced to transact business under the fictitious 
business name or names listed above on N/A. NOTICE- This Fictitious Name 
Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the 
County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior 
to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in 
this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another 
under Federal, State, or common law (See section 14411 et seq. Business and 
Professions Code)Publish: Mountain Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-040204 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HUMBLE & CO., 1305W 91ST STR, LOS ANGELES, CA 90044. Full name of registrant(s) is 
(are) CHRISTOPHER MONTIGUE, 1305 W 91ST STR LOS ANGELES, 
CA 90044, LOS ANGELES, CA 90044. This Business is conducted by: 
AN INDIVIDUAL. Signed; CHRISTOPHER MONTIGUE/OWNER. 
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 
02/20/2026. The registrant(s) has (have) commenced to transact business 
under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/2026.
NOTICE- This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years from the date it 
was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name 
Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does 
not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in 
violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See 
section 14411 et seq. Business and Professions Code)Publish: Mountain 
Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-040285 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: I LOVE PASTA AMORE,
7275 MELROSE AVE UNIT B, LOS ANGELES, CA 90046. Full name of 
registrant(s) is (are) CHEF ELI INC, 7275 MELROSE AVE UNIT B, LOS 
ANGELES, CA 90046. This Business is conducted by: A CORPORATION. 
Signed; ELIAS SAFAR/CEO. ARTICLE # B20260037620 This statement 
was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 02/20/2026. The 
registrant(s) has (have) commenced to transact business under the fictitious 
business name or names listed above on N/A. NOTICE- This Fictitious Name 
Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the 
County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior 
to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in 
this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another 
under Federal, State, or common law (See section 14411 et seq. Business and 
Professions Code)Publish: Mountain Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-035028 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: IAN LEADS & INTAKE 
SERVICES, 1089 LINCOLN AVE, POMONA, CA 91767. Full name of 
registrant(s) is (are) ISMAEL NORIEGA, 1089 LINCOLN AVE, POMONA, 
CA 91767, ABIGAIL NORIEGA, 1089 LINCOLN AVE, POMONA, CA 
91767. This Business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE. Signed;
ISMAEL NORIEGA/HUSBAND. This statement was filed with the CountyClerk of Los Angeles County on 02/13/2026. The registrant(s) has (have) 
commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names 
listed above on N/A. NOTICE- This Fictitious Name Statement expires five 
years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new 
Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The 
filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a 
Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, 
State, or common law (See section 14411 et seq. Business and Professions 
Code)Publish: Mountain Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-041903 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KEY DISTRIBUTORS, 
2395 BATMAN AVE, DUARTE, CA 91010. Full name of registrant(s) is (are)
KEY BRANDS INTERNATIONAL LTD., 2395 BATMAN AVE, DUARTEA, 
CA 91010. This Business is conducted by: A CORPORATION. Signed; 
HARVYE T VECHERY/SECRETARY. This statement was filed with the 
County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 02/23/2026. The registrant(s) has 
(have) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name 
or names listed above on 01/1974. NOTICE- This Fictitious Name Statement 
expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. 
A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. 
The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a 
Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, 
State, or common law (See section 14411 et seq. Business and Professions 
Code)Publish: Mountain Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-034482 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MYW TRANSPORT, 
1139 TAROCO DR, COVINA, CA 91722. Full name of registrant(s) is 
(are) MINGYUAN WANG, 1139 TAROCO DR, COVINA, CA 91722.
This Business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. Signed; MINGYUAN 
WANG/OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los 
Angeles County on 02/13/2026. The registrant(s) has (have) commenced to 
transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above 
on 04/1998. NOTICE- This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years 
from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious 
Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this 
statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious 
Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, 
or common law (See section 14411 et seq. Business and Professions Code)
Publish: Mountain Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-043032 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NITROUS RACING, 8122S ALAMEDA ST UNIT A, HUNTINGTON PARK, CA 90255. Full name 
of registrant(s) is (are) NITROUS HOLDINGS,INC, 8122 S ALAMEDA ST 
UNIT A, HUNTINGTON PARK, CA 90255. This Business is conducted 
by: A CORPORATION. Signed; ANDREW CARLOS GOMEZ/CEO. 
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 
02/24/2026. The registrant(s) has (have) commenced to transact business 
under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/2024.
NOTICE- This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years from the date it 
was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name 
Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does 
not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in 
violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See 
section 14411 et seq. Business and Professions Code)Publish: Mountain 
Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-037620 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Q-VO AUTO 
ACCESSORIES SHOP, 13425 VALLEY BLVD, CITY OF INDUSTRY, 
CA 91746. Full name of registrant(s) is (are) JOSE LUIS RIOS CERON, 
13425 VALLEY BLVD, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91746. This Business 
is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. Signed; JOSE LUIS RIOS CERON/
OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles 
County on 02/18/2026. The registrant(s) has (have) commenced to transact 
business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/2023.
NOTICE- This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years from the date it 
was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name 
Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does 
not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in 
violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See 
section 14411 et seq. Business and Professions Code)Publish: Mountain 
Views News/JDCDates Pub: MAR 07, 14, 21, 28, 2026 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2026-036006 
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RIVERA DESIGN 
& PRINT, 4309 CORTLAND ST, LYNWOOD, CA 90262. Full name 
of registrant(s) is (are) DOMINGO HERNANDEZ AJTUM, 4309