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CHRISTOPHER COOKE, CA Bar #142342 STEPHEN S. WU, CA Bar # 205091 COOKE KOBRICK & WU LLP 177 Bovet Road, Suite 600 San Mateo, CA 94402 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Tel: (650) 638-2370 Fax: (650) 341-1395 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION MEI-FANG LISA ZHANG, BAY AREA AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LLC, XUEHUAN GAO, YANG-CHUN ZHANG, CAROL JIAN DENG, and HAO LIANG, ) Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW ) (Related to C-05-02641 JSW) ) ) RETURN OF SERVICE ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) WEI-MAN RAYMOND TSE, RUN PING ) ) ZHOU a.k.a. FLORA ZHOU, THERESA WONG, JAMES YU, BILL SHU WAI MA, ) ) MOLLY LAU, VICTOR SO, JIAN XIAO, ) CHRIST INVESTMENT SERVICE INC., CIS ) SERVICE, INC., PACIFIC BEST GROUP ) ) LTD. a.k.a. PACIFIC BEST COMPANY LTD., and SOUTH CHINA INVESTMENT ) ) INC., ) Defendants. )

I, Stephen S. Wu, declare: 1. I am an attorney in the law firm of Cooke Kobrick & Wu LLP, 177 Bovet Road,

Suite 600, San Mateo, CA 94402 and counsel for Plaintiffs in this case. 2. On April 16, 2008, t C ut re d htsri o t S m osn h at n h orodr t "e c fh u m n i t s co e e a ve e i i

on Defendant James Yu shall be accomplished by publication in the San Francisco Chronicle and -1RETURN OF SERVICE/ Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW

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the Sing Tao Daily . . . as the newspapers most likely to give actual notice to Defendant James Yu" n t tpb ct n hlb m d oc a ek o fu w es adh "ulao sa e ae ne w e fror ek. a i i l " 3. A true and correct copy of the Declaration of Publication of San Francisco

Chronicle ( FC rn l D c r i " i aahed hereto as Exhibit A. In the SF Chronicle " S hoie el ao )s tc c a tn t Declaration, t SnFac c C rn l sl a avrsm n r r eti Joel Rodriguez h a r i o hoie e l de i et e e n t e e ns c' g te p s av states that publication of the Summons in this case took place on April 26, May 3, May 10, and May 17, 2008. 4. A true and correct copy of the Declaration of Publication of Sing Tao Daily

( i T o D i D c r i " i aahd hr o a E h i B I t Sn T o D i " n a ay el ao ) s tce e t s xi t . n h i a ay Sg l a tn t e b e g l Declaration, Sing Tao Daily Deputy General Manager Florence Tso states that publication of the Summons in this case took place on April 25, May 2, May 9, and May 16, 2008. 5. California Government Code Section 6060 requires that publication of notices be

m d i a nw ppr f ee li u t n The SF Chronicle Declaration and Sing Tao Daily aen "e sae o gnr c cli . a r ao " D c r i s tt tah fhs nw ppria nw ppr f ee li u t n within the el ao teh ec o t e e sae s "e sae o gnr c cli " a tn a a e s a r ao meaning of California Government Code Section 6000. 6. Under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 415.50(c), service of a

summons by publication is deemed complete as provided in Section 6064 of the Government Code. Section 6064 of the Government Code provides for publication once a week for fours successive weeks. 7. The SF Chronicle Declaration and Sing Tao Daily Declaration show that

publication has taken place once a week for four consecutive weeks. Accordingly, service of process by publication on James Yu is, as of May 17, 2008, deemed complete. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States and of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated: June 4, 2008 /s/ STEPHEN S. WU

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EXHIBIT A Declaration of Publication Of San Francisco Chronicle

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EXHIBIT B Declaration of Publication Of Sing Tao Daily

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