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ON THE COVER: Filmmaker Michael Angelo with the Treeman on Venice in his native habitat.

Photo by Niles Harrison courtesy of MichaelAngeloFilms. Cover design by Ernesto Esquivel.

VOL 44, NO 4 Local News & Culture

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OPINION

VOXNOVA Italia makes its American debut........................................................ 16

NEWS

Americana act The Battlefield opens up a Westside front....................................... 19

Letters to the editor....................................... 5 City attorney moves to shut down Westside pot shops................................... 6 Scientists puzzle over uptick in shark sightings........................................... 7 News in brief................................................ 8

FEATURE

Lionel Howell is a tree — the Tree Man of Venice, to be precise.............................11

THIS WEEK

Tarzan expert Scott Tracy Griffin swings into the Santa Monica History Museum.......... 13 A Venice connection pays off at Odyssey Theatre...................................... 13 Westside Happenings............................... 14

The Eagles take it easy at The Forum Don Henley (pictured) and the Eagles broke in a brand new stage on Jan. 14 with the inaugural concert of the newly remodeled Forum, now Westside music fans’ closest large concert venue.

The Madison Square Garden Co. purchased The Forum in 2012 and spent roughly $100-million remaking the former home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings into a setting exclusively dedicated to entertainment

‘Mr. Ultralove’ gets saucy at Harvelle’s...... 19 ‘ An Iliad’ starts its adventure at The Broad................................................ 28

FOOD&DRINK

Richard Foss finds pleasant surprises at Venice’s stylish Komodo........................... 17

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Westside dream homes and an open house directory..................................................... 20

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Letters Renaming the 90 will hurt Marina del Rey

Re: “The Ballona Freeway back story,” letters, Jan. 16 I was very interested to read the back story for the Marina Freeway name change suggestion. As someone who came to California over 50 years ago and watched the Marina from its inception, I appreciate all the work done by the L.A. County Supervisors to create the Marina and by the citizens who over the years have tirelessly worked to save our wetlands.

Had I been part of a group who did and are still doing all the hard work to keep the wetlands safe and in existence, I, too, would be exuberant and very proud. I do appreciate the passion and work of all of you.

My passion lies in the entire marina, which, in the opinion of many who love and are so proud of Marina del Rey, has been mishandled in many ways, causing the marina to dissolve and become a city out to and even over the water.

Presently pending and approved construction plans prove this.

Not knowing how the request for the name change originated, I had the following letter

published in the Oct. 3 edition of The Argonaut and hope the Ballona Freeway Committee will seriously consider its contents: You might as well rename the Marina Freeway, since soon there will no longer be a marina.

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has seen to it that Marina del Rey will no longer exist and simply be an extension of the city.

See how long the powers that be allow the Ballona — how do you pronounce that? — Wetlands to breathe fresh air into our environment. When that ends, will the next name change

be to the Asthma Freeway?

Emphysema Freeway? Lung Cancer Freeway?

In order to keep the Ballona Wetlands safe we must also keep the balance of the marina safe.

Pollution knows no boundaries and the destruction of the marina will include the wetlands also.

Please, please look at the bigger picture and withdraw your name change request. The supervisors are methodically removing the existence of the marina; don’t aid them by removing its name from the freeway.

How many people from other

lands and parts of our country will even know what is at the end of the Marina Freeway if it is called Ballona Freeway? Even my computer keeps underlining “Ballona” in red as not being

a word. As I learned 50-some years ago when arriving in Los Angeles, freeway names indicate “destination.”

Roslyn E. Walker Marina del Rey

CORRECTIONS:

Our Jan. 9 cover story, “Popeye’s Legacy Lives On,” incorrectly stated that the building in which cartoonist E. C. Segar created Popeye no longer stood. Kay Pattison, who coordinates the Santa Monica Downtown Walking Tour for the Santa Monica Conservancy, tells us Segar’s office was in the Builder’s Exchange on the corner of Broadway and Fourth Street, which still stands today and is part of the tour.

Our Jan. 16 news story on the impending closure of the Culver Ice Arena, “Ice rink’s closure marks ‘the end of an era,’” incorrectly spelled the first name of Damara Powell, who spoke about skating at the rink.

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Los Angeles steps up pot clinic crackdown

City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed criminal charges against 70 marijuana dispensaries in less than a year and compelled several Westside clinics to shutter

The Farmacy recently shuttered its dispensary on Abbot Kinney Boulevard

By Gary Walker Medical marijuana dispensaries operating outside the letter of the law beware: Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer has you in his sights.

Since taking office a little more than half a year ago, Feuer has filed misdemeanor charges against operators of 70 cannabis clinics throughout the city, won a court order to keep another from opening in Mar Vista and compelled several Westside dispensaries to shut their doors.

West of the 405, four Venice clinics and one in Mar Vista have shuttered in the past six weeks — a branch of the Farmacy chain on the 1500 block of ultra-hip Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Cal Med Access on Washington Boulevard, Tamer El Shaikhs on Pacific Avenue, California Healing Gardens on Lincoln Boulevard and Venice Compassionate Holistic Therapy on Inglewood Boulevard in Mar Vista.

Feuer, previously a Los Angeles City Councilman and Democratic state Assembly member, has also recently filed misdemeanor charges against Green Cure on Main Street in Venice and Green Cross LAX on Manchester Avenue in Westchester, according to his office.

The city attorney’s not-so-secret weapon: Los Angeles voters, who in May passed Proposition D, a city ordinance that shut the door behind 135 taxpaying dispensaries grandfathered under the law and imposed distance requirements between clinics and schools, youth centers and some residential neighborhoods.

On its website, the Farmacy posted that it would relocate its Abbot Kinney store because it was too close to the Vera Davis Youth Center under the rules of Proposition D. Representatives for the Farmacy and other clinics did not return calls or could not be reached.

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In his ultimately victorious November lawsuit to prevent the opening of a planned dispensary at 3472 Ceninela Ave. in Mar Vista — the first-ever preemptive application of Proposition D — Feuer added property owners and others handling real estate transactions to the list of those potentially for marijuana dispensaries operating outside of the law.

The suit sought penalties of up to $2,500 per individual per day for anyone involved in dispensary activity at the location, including the building’s manager.

“We will use every tool available to us to enforce Proposition D and uphold the will of the voters,” Feuer said in a statement following a Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s Jan. 9 order that a temporary injunction against the proposed Mar Vista clinic be made permanent.

“Our office will be launching an education campaign directed to real estate brokers, salespersons and leasing agents to help them comply with Proposition D. It is essential for them to understand the law and the seriousness of their aiding an unlawful medical marijuana business to open. They need to know that they, along with dispensary owners and landlords, could find themselves included in our enforcement efforts,” Feuer’s statement continued.

Naturally, not everyone is pleased with Feuer’s efforts.

“I think that the city attorney’s actions have been very aggressive and I think they are misguided,” said David Welch, a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney representing landlords who Feuer’s office is prosecuting. “Many of the landlords were unaware of who they were renting to, and to prosecute them for that I find wholly unfair.”

Welch also said that medical marijuana regulations have changed so rapidly in

Los Angles that the rules have become confusing for property owners.

Criminal defense attorney Bruce Margolin, director of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, takes the argument one step further. He contends that not only is Feuer’s use of Proposition D out of bounds, but also the law itself.

“We’re fighting back for a number of reasons, and one of them is the constitutionality of Proposition D,” Margolin said. “Those people who were grandfathered in got, in my mind, a monopoly. There’s an argument to be made that there was never any ability for anyone to qualify [under the law]. By the time they let people sign up, the time period had already lapsed.”

Margolin said he recently filed a court motion to drop Proposition D-related charges against an East Los Angeles operator, arguing in the document that the ordinance constitutes a land-use amendment that would have received a vetting by city planning commissioners before the L.A. City Council sent it to voters.

“The whole thing stinks, and the smell isn’t coming from the voters — it’s coming from the laws. It’s just not fair or just to the community, the patients, or people who are in good faith trying to participate,” Margolin said.

Shut down too many clinics, Margolin said, “and it’s going to be a terrible disservice to the patients. It’s going to put people back on the black market again.”

Americans for Safe Access, an advocacy group that supports legal access to cannabis for research and therapeutic use, also has concerns.

Kris Hermes, a spokesman for the group, said Feuer may be within his right to enforce the law, but closing down a large

number of clinics ultimately hurts sick people.

Authorities should “pay attention that they are not curtailing the needs of patients throughout the city,” he said.

Hermes also said the justification officials cite in going after clinics — negative impacts on surrounding neighborhoods — “has been greatly exaggerated.”

But Cyndi Hench, president of the Neighborhood Council of WestchesterPlaya, said residents have about medical marijuana dispensaries.

“An aggressive approach is what is needed. There has been lawless distribution of medical marijuana for too long,” said Mar Vista resident Steve Wallace, who helped organize a series of protests outside against the planned Mar Vista clinic before Feuer got involved.

City Councilman Mike Bonin, a Feuer ally who represents Mar Vista and Venice, said the injunction against the Mar Vista dispensary bolstered quality of life for residents.

“This tremendous victory goes to show what happens when a passionate community, a dedicated council office and an effective city attorney work together to put neighborhoods first,” Bonin said.

The push to enforce Proposition D ironically comes at a time when public attitudes about marijuana appear to be softening.

A Field Poll in December found 55% of Californians favor outright legalization of marijuana, but medical marijuana dispensaries continue to be banned in cities throughout the state.

“Local public officials are very much out of step with the will of most Californians,” Hermes said. § gary@argonautnews.com

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NEWS Scientists study rise in Santa Monica Bay shark sightings

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Cleaner water and increased populations of prey are only part of the reason, one expert says

Scientist say great whites are swimming closer to Westside beaches

in an 800-pound mako shark in Shark sightings are by no means waters just outside the marina.

Last year, multiple great white rare in Southern California sightings were reported near waters, including Santa Monica Venice Beach. Groups of young Bay. What is unusual, experts sharks were also seen several say, is how close sharks — times near Manhattan Beach, and particularly great whites — have that summer Los Angeles County been getting to local coastlines in lifeguards cleared Manhattan’s recent years.

El Porto Beach of swimmers and In August 2012, a great white surfers after a sheriff’s helicopter shark circled a fishing boat in spotted a juvenile great white Marina del Rey and left bite near the shore. marks on its motor. A month In an effort to figure out why earlier, fishermen had hauled sharks have been swimming

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so close to beaches and to raise public safety awareness, county lifeguards convened a “shark symposium” with marine biologists on Friday at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey — less than a mile’s swim from El Porto.

“The white shark population is increasing. It is not uncommon now to see young sharks along our coasts in the summer months,” Christopher Lowe, a scientist with the Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach, said during the symposium.

Lowe said the majority of sightings have been of young sharks and thinks part of the reason for the increase is the improving health of Santa Monica Bay. Sarah Sikich, a science and policy director for Santa Monica’s Heal the Bay, said significant gains in water quality have led to increased populations of many forms of sea life in the bay.

“We’ve noticed that over the last five years many species of marine life have been coming back,” she said. “We’re excited

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A rise in the population of sea lions, a staple of the great white’s diet, may be responsible.

“You can’t have a predator like a great white hanging out in places if there’s no food source,” Sikich said.

Lowe thinks the larger menu of sea life is a strong explanation but suspects that isn’t the whole story.

“There has to be something more,’ Lowe said. “Our goal is to try to figure out what makes this area so special.”

During the panel, lifeguard Capt. Kyle Daniels urged swimmers and paddle boarders to avoid and definitely not to pursue sharks.

“Outside Santa Monica Bay, I’ve seen sharks eating sea lions,” Daniels said to drive home the point.

While cases of sharks attacking humans remain small in number, why sharks attack humans remains a mystery.

Lowe does not believe, as some suggest, that sharks mistake

humans for food.

“We really do not know why sharks bite people,” Lowe said.

“Sharks have excellent vision, so why can’t they tell the difference between a human and say, a turtle? Also, most humans are bitten, not consumed.”

Another reason to avoid sharks: despite the greater frequency in local appearances, the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife last year designated great whites a candidate for possible threatened or endangered species protections under the state Endangered Species Act. Great white sharks “cannot be taken or pursued. The public should take steps to avoid white sharks while fishing or being out on the water,” said Traci Larinto, a member of the department’s shark review team.

When it comes to shark encounters, “the best defense is knowledge,” Lowe said.

The catch: “There is still so much that we don’t know about shark behavior,” he said. § gary@argonautnews.com

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Five arrested after Santa Monica Pier brawl ends with stabbings Santa Monica police have arrested five people accused of stabbing two men during an early Saturday morning brawl on Santa Monica Pier.

The three men, one woman and a teenage boy face attempted murder charges and are being held on $1 million bail, Santa Monica police Sgt. Jay Moroso said.

The victims, a man in his 30s and a man in his 40s who police say had been fishing, were treated at a local hospital and were in stable condition later in the day.

The stabbings occurred at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday on a fishing deck on the far

west side of the pier.

Witnesses told police there was an argument between the groups before the suspects allegedly attacked the two men and stabbed them multiple times in the arms and torso, Moroso said. Surveillance cameras also captured footage of the incident.

Santa Monica police officers alerted to the attack detained the suspects as they were leaving the pier and arrested them based on witness identifications.

Police identified the suspects as three men from Burbank — Araik Ovoian, 24; Gevork Bagdasaryan, 19; and Alex

Akob Akbari, 18 — 21-year-old Agavni Manukyan of Glendale and a 16-year-old boy from Burbank.

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AT&T drops controversial cell tower plan

Hours before a scheduled Jan. 17 hearing before a West Los Angeles zoning administrator, AT&T representatives abruptly dropped a controversial plan to erect cellular phone antennas on top of an apartment building near Venice Beach.

Reliant Land Services Inc., an Orange County-based cell phone equipment installation firm, had been eyeing the rooftop of a nearly century-old former hotel at 101 Dudley Ave., near the corner of Pacific Avenue, on behalf of the wireless carrier.

The cell phone carrier claims more antennas are needed in the area to accommodate increasing use of high-end

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“AT&T is committed to upgrading our 4G LTE wireless network in the Venice area.

After working closely with the community, we determined that the Dudley Avenue site is not an ideal location at this time,” AT&T spokesman Jaime Moore said Wednesday.

Venice residents who spoke up about the plan had all but unanimously opposed the rooftop cell towers as a blight infringing on a residential neighborhood.

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Going green Lionel Howell is a tree.

The Tree Man of Venice, to be exact.

For more than five years, the 54-year-old Howell has been transforming himself into the self-described “plant-like celestial being” through a twohour process that involves body paint, live foliage, flowers, seaweed and 10-foot stilts.

The Tree Man’s natural habitat is among the artists, buskers and other colorful characters on the Venice Beach boardwalk, but he also makes high profile public appearances.

On Monday, Tree Man and a companion Lady Tree rode in South L.A.’s televised Martin Luther King Day Parade. In December he posed for a photo with actress Anjelica Huston during the ceremonial holiday lighting of the Venice sign on Windward Avenue. Prior engagements have included charity events for eco-friendly

nonprofits, a spot alongside actress Rosario Dawson at a Westminster Elementary School garden dedication and a paid gig at the Playboy mansion with Hugh Hefner.

But Howell is much more than a performance artist, said Venice filmmaker Michael Angelo, who is shooting a documentary about him.

“I’ve seen him go out for 12 hours straight and dance and be Tree Man,” said Angelo, who began using his middle name in place of his surname years ago while working as a visual effects artist in Hollywood. “He’ll get on a bus to show up for free at some benefit, and maybe he’ll be happy if he gets some juice or something.”

Angelo befriended Howell in 2012 when “this tree came [poking his head] through the window and trying to talk to us” during a Pacific Avenue house party, he said.

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By Michael Aushenker

The two bonded over talking about the recent deaths of their grandmothers, and it struck Angelo that Howell sincerely embraced the Tree Man persona.

“This guy is not just some guy making a buck. He’s out here to connect with people,” Angelo said.

oriented family nurtured a love of entertaining — “there was always a piano in the house,” Howell recalled — and he developed a knack for sewing by working at it with his seamstress mother. As a young man he learned to move gracefully in stilts while doing painting and drywall work.

‘A natural phenomenon’ It was two decades ago in Howell’s alter ego is part Florida that Howell first donned environmental crusader and part costumes professionally, humanist, fittingly enough for a working at Walt Disney World being that’s both tree and man. and Universal Studios as Pluto, The Tree Man “is a reflection of Winnie-the-Pooh sidekick nature — a natural phenomenon, Eeyore and Rafiki, the old just like you,” Howell said. “He’s baboon from “The Lion King.” here to help people see the forest Then he started dressing up in for the trees. To me, that means his own costumes, sometimes to look at yourself. We are not performing at his children’s just beings walking this Earth, schools. but part of this Earth.”

Howell’s first stab at creating a Howell traces his beginnings character to inhabit was the giant to a particularly rough patch spider Spydek, which, along with of ground: Brooklyn’s Marcy a female counterpart (Spindra), Projects. won Halloween contests at As a child, Howell’s musicDisney’s Animal Kingdom and

Universal Studios for a combined $6,000 prize.

When Orlando’s Club Paris opened in 2007, another Howell character — this time Angel Birdman — partied with establishment namesake Paris Hilton.

As a robotic scarecrow named S.I.R. Crow, he met Shaquille O’Neal.

In 2008, the robot T.I.N. (Technological Intergalactic Navigator) wound up making a cameo in the Will Smith movie “Hancock.”

“All of my characters were benevolent,” Howell said.

Howell’s appearance in “Hancock” came shortly after the decision to head west. He had intended to work as a street performer in Las Vegas but lasted only five days in the desert.

Arriving in L.A., he took up a post as T.I.N. alongside the Spider Men and Wonder Women on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

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(Continued from previous page) After awhile, advice came “to put T.I.N. away” and Howell wound up starting a tiny art gallery and studio out of a small basement apartment on Rose Avenue in Venice.

“If you were over six feet, you had to duck,” Howell said of his art space from 2009 to 2012, where he would hold movie screenings and host Venice Art Crawl activities.

Celebrating art created by Venetians, Howell used the venue as a vehicle to explore characters, and something about Tree Man stuck.

Soon, he was all over the streets of Venice, where he often startles passersby who don’t notice the man behind the costume blending in with curbside trees.

“I get many different reactions,” Howell said of Tree Man, “but 90% of people are awed. Doesn’t matter how big they are. Mostly what I get is after the surprise [of startling someone] is laughter.”

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Angelo hopes to wrap up shooting in April after bringing Tree Man back to the Marcy Projects to get in touch with his roots. Preview footage is posted at adocumentree.com.

Howell said he’ll take the attention and any good fortune the film brings, but that’s not what Tree Man is all about.

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In December 2012, the bar hoisted an inflatable movie screen onto its roof for screenings of early footage from Angelo’s documentary.

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“He’s in his 50s, cruising around on stilts, living hand-tomouth and doing all this stuff for free all the time. The guy can’t be running around in stilts for 12 hours a day when he’s 70. If he were to commercialize his skills, he’d be set — I’ve seen him ride an electronic skateboard on stilts,” Angelo said. “But he gives it all away. And people give to him.”

Howell currently lives in gifted space at a small local hotel.

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•This Week• A play on the Passion

Venice locals Bart DeLorenzo and Amanda Troop explore Jesus, Queen Elizabeth and Hitler at the Odyssey Theatre

By Michael Aushenker Location isn’t just important in real estate.

Thanks in part to their shared Venice neighborhood, actress Amanda Troop will perform in director Bart DeLorenzo’s “Passion Play,” which debuts Saturday at the Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles.

Last year DeLorenzo sought to audition Troop on the strength of two other plays she had appeared in at the Odyssey, “A Splintered Soul” (2007) and “What the Butler Saw” (2011), but called only to find Troop was headed out of town the next morning.

When it came up that they both lived in Venice, DeLorenzo raced over to the house for an impromptu audition, which Troop nailed.

In DeLorenzo’s Los Angeles

debut of Pulitzer- and Tonynominated playwright Sarah Ruhl’s “Passion Play,” three acting troupes collide with history as they perform the traditional reenactment of the trial, suffering and death of Jesus Christ.

In the first act, performers at a production in 16th-century England face a crackdown on Catholics by Queen Elizabeth.

In the second, Adolf Hitler attends a show in Nazi Germany during World War II. The third act, DeLorenzo said, follows an American cast from the Vietnam War era to the Reagan administration.

Troop plays the role of Mary Magdalene, a disciple who loyally stayed at Jesus’ side as he faced crucifixion, in all three acts.

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Venice actress Amanda Troop portrays Mary Magdalene in “Passion Play”

Author Scott Tracy Griffin discusses his definitive Tarzan book and the ape man’s local ties at the Santa Monica History Museum

By Michael Aushenker Scott Tracy Griffin’s fascination with Tarzan began when, at four years old, he spotted an image of the Lord of the Jungle on his older brother’s lunchbox.

Some four decades of fandom and serious academic research later, the Santa Monica author created 2012’s “Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration,” a comprehensive visual history of the iconic jungle hero that was authorized by creator Edgar Rice Burroughs’ estate.

On Sunday, Griffin — who has been a consultant and interview subject for Tarzan-related documentaries and segments on A&E, TNT and CBS — will lead “Tarzan and the Santa Monica Connection,” a presentation at the Santa Monica History

Museum featuring vintage artwork and movie stills from his book and historic photos from the museum’s archives.

Shortly before his death in 2012, science fiction author Ray Bradbury declared Burroughs — also creator of John Carter of Mars — the most influential writer of the 20th Century.

Such admiration makes sense considering Burroughs, a Chicago native, is often included with England’s H.G. Wells and France’s Jules Verne as one of the leading pioneers of the sci-fi genre.

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“Tarzan of the Apes,” the first of Burroughs’ 24 Tarzan novels, was first published in 1914 after he had serialized the character in magazines for two years.

The now familiar tale of the orphaned son of a British lord and lady raised by apes in Africa is that of “the very first superhero,” Robin Maxwell writes in her recent book “Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan.”

“He was the strongest man on Earth, could ‘fly’ through the jungle canopy and speak the languages of wild animals. Moreover, he possesses native intelligence and nobility of spirit and is every man’s fantasy, and (Continued to page 18) Author Scott Tracy Griffin’s book chronicles 100 years of Tarzan history

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Westside Happenings

Thursday, Jan. 23

Paul Selig Book Signing, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Visit with the author of “The Book of Knowing and Worth” at Mystic Journey Bookstore, 1624 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 399-7077; mysticjourneybookstore.com Living Longer: Financial Planning for 50+, 6:30 p.m. Discuss legal and financial matters to plan for life after 50 at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Pass the Oils: NingXia Red Night, 7 - 9 p.m. Learn how essential

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Friday, Jan. 24

Mar Vista Seniors Club, 9:30 a.m.noon Group for seniors 50+ meets Fridays at Mar Vista Park Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. (310) 838-2981 WISE & Healthy Aging Volunteer Orientation, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Find out how you can make a difference in the life of an older adult through nonprofit organizations at 1527 4th Street, 3rd Floor, Conference Room, Santa Monica.

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Liquid Fridays, 6-11 p.m. Barman Brendan Reynolds discusses and

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Johnny Come Lately, Town in the City, 8 p.m. Fusion garage rock at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com

“Can You See Me?” 8 p.m. A screening of the film about painter Barbara Romain, with a memorial for her late husband to follow.

Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $6 to $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

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Prince of Wales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. Nuclear Weapon Abolition Event, 4 p.m. Discuss whether abolishing nuclear weapons can lead to abolishing war with Dr. Tad Daley at the SGI-USA Culture of Peace Resource Center, 606 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 309-3209; RSVP to dhall@sgi-usa.org

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(310) 458- 8600; smpl.org Gerald Locklin and Friends, 8 p.m. Authors Locklin, Wendy Rainey and Shannon Phillips read from their works at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $6 to $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Killscene, Key to Chaos, Heavy Justice, Devil in Drag, 8 p.m.

Bands play it loud at Good Hurt, 12249 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista.

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Sunday, Jan. 26

Santa Monica Outdoor Antique & Collectible Market, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. A recurring monthly flea market featuring antiques, jewelry, artwork and more held every first and fourth Sunday in the parking lots at Airport Avenue and Bundy Drive at Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica. $7. (323) 933-2511; santamonicaairportantiquemarket.com Community Connections, 1 - 6 p.m. A community expo showcases local services including recreation, mental health, education, nutrition, special needs, service organizations and clubs, volunteer opportunities, dance, theater and physical fitness.

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Monday, Jan 27

Free diploma classes, 9 a.m.noon or 12:30 - 8 p.m. Earn a high school diploma with free classes offered Mondays through Fridays at Emerson Adult Learning Center, 8810 Emerson Ave., Westchester.

(310) 258-2081; ed2go.com ICE, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Last day to ice skate outdoors in the heart of Santa Monica, at 1324 5th St., Santa Monica. downtownsm.com/ice Urbanized, 7 p.m. See and discuss this documentary about urban design at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458- 8600; smpl.org

Stand Up Mondays, 8 p.m. Find the funny every Monday at Danny’s Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice.

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Comedy Showcase, 8 p.m. Stand-up comedy line-up happens Mondays at Westside Comedy Theater, 1323 3rd Street Promenade A, Santa Monica.

(310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com MK Ultra, Flowerglass and Shane Alexander, 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter and folksy rock at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Cory Phillips & the Groove Orchestra, 9 p.m. Dance to souljazzeroticgroovefunkdisco

at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. 21+. $5. (310) 395-1676; harvelles.com

Tuesday, Jan. 28

Silver Strength Seminar Series, 2 - 3 p.m. Fitness author and personal trainer Jeff Blair demonstrates body strengthening exercises at Westchester YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone St., Westchester Free, but RSVP at (310) 695-7030.

Like2Laugh.com’s Comedy Fix, 8 p.m. Stand up comedy provides the laughs and In French provides the music at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Elle, DJ Robin Aire, 9 p.m.

Performers go live with special guests at Townhouse Venice, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. 21+. $5.

Proceeds donated to charity. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Hunter and the Dirty Jacks, Service Your Soul, 9 p.m. Guitar, bass and drums combine for rock and blues at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. 21+. (310) 3951676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Wednesday, Jan. 29 Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. meets on Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave.,Westchester. Donation: $6 a semester. Call (310) 397-3967.

Mental Fitness, 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Recreational therapist Cydney Kaplan gives your brain a workout at Santa Monica Family YMCA, 1332 Sixth St., Santa Monica. Free but RSVP required. (310) 393-2721; ymcasm.org Unkle Monkey, 6 - 9 p.m. Westside duo plays acoustic rock and island music at Warehouse Restaurant, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey. 21+. No cover. (310) 823-5451; warehousemarinadelrey.com Rush the Throne, The Howling Faith and The Lost Patrol, 8 p.m.

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Finding their vibe

The musical journey of former Venice roommates culminates in UltraLove

By Michael Aushenker Something funky is happening at Harvelle’s.

UltraLove, an R&B group rooted in contemporary music influences and the friendship of two former Venice rap emcees, is shaking things up at the venerable Santa Monica jazz club with a semi-weekly Thursday night residency.

“It’s a very dynamic thing that we do live,” Mike “Mr. Ultra Love” Wagner, the band’s vocalist and chief songwriter, said of performances that include neo-soul originals interspersed with a handful of covers, such as Andre 3000’s “Roses” and Prince’s “Purple Rain.”

The outfit — which also includes Conrad Bauer (guitar), Mike Gunn (bass), Pete Antunes (drums), Blaine McGurty (keyboards) and DJ Paper (aka Jeff Schwartz) — might also mash-up Sade’s “Is it a Crime?” with Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good.”

Wagner’s musical journey, as he tells it, began as a white kid growing up in a black neighborhood in Pittsburgh who found inspiration in neo-soul heroes D’Angelo, Eryka Badhu and Outkast while also digging Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley.

Through the neighborhood he also gleaned Simone, Billie Holiday, Brian McKnight and

gospel music while diving into hip hop’s story-driven rappers —Mos Def, Talib Kwali, Notorious B.I.G., Lauryn Hill and The Roots.

Wagner originally came out to Los Angeles to pursue acting and wound up performing in a scene cut from the 2004 blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

Through another actor who gave him a ride home from a shoot, he met DJ Paper, and the pair began to hang out and record “raw, WuTang Clan-ish songs.”

DJ Paper, said Wagner, “is the reason I do music. He really pushed me.”

Billing themselves as rap emcees Love and Paper, the pair moved in to a Venice apartment and tore it up on the L.A. club circuit, including at the 217 (today Copa d’Oro) in Santa Monica, where club promoter Darren Carrol discovered them.

Managed by Carrol, Love and Paper became a lucrative act.

That all changed after Wagner’s 22nd birthday.

“I got a guitar and I couldn’t put it down. I turned my back on whatever we were doing,” he said.

DJ Paper became annoyed when Wagner became another one of those guys threatening to learn guitar.

“But he was in his room all night long with the guitar,” DJ

Paper said. “I’d wake up in the morning and he’s still playing.

Within a month, he was writing songs; 12 or 13 songs within a couple weeks. I ate my words.”

Likewise, DJ Paper had grown disillusioned with rap’s direction and reinvented himself as an open-format deejay. As DJ Paper began spinning mash-ups, Carrol got him inside Club Nokia’s VIP room and gigs spinning at Santa Monica’s Shangri-La hotel and large parties.

Though they were heading in separate directions, plenty of room for collaboration remained. “[Wagner’s] vocals, his rhyming always surpassed me. He was always the singer on the hooks, and I was falling out of love with rap,” DJ Paper said.

In 2009, when UltraLove was performing Monday nights at Harvelle’s, Wagner invited his friend to join as “extra artillery,” DJ Paper said. “They had a problem. They’d take a break and people would walk out. It’d be dead.”

So DJ Paper worked the turntables in-between acts.

“It was just a smash,” DJ Paper said. “Everybody would go crazy [dancing].”

UltraLove played Mondays for three years when, in September 2012, Wagner went back to Pittsburgh after son D’Angelo was born. Wagner returned to

Conrad Bauer, Mike Wagner and Mike Gunn jam out during an UltraLove performance at Harvelle’s

L.A. last summer and jumped back into playing Harvelle’s.

Through Harvelle’s other resident funk band, House of Vibe, Wagner found a mentor figure in Jurassic 5 emcee Chali 2na. Wagner is currently working on UltraLove’s debut LP and has put his hip-hop stamp on the soundtracks of recent films “Friends With Benefits” (with a remake of “New York, New York” during the Times Square flash-mob dance scene) and “Here Comes the Boom” (a redux of Neil Diamond’s “Holly Holy”).

DJ Paper is aiming for summer

with his debut album — a mix of dubstep, trap and deep house —with producer Andrew Kapner, who has worked with Snoop Dogg and Cypress Hill.

Wagner “was always so comfortable on stage,” DJ Paper said of the pair finding their niches. “He’s got so much personality. Everyone loves watching him when he performs.”

UltraLove performs at 9:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $7, and a two drink minimum. 21+. Call (310) 395-1676 or visit harvelles.com or ultralovemusic.com.§

A weekend with Stockhausen’s muse The German composer’s widow takes part in Jacaranda’s tribute to the enfant terrible of classical music

Members of the vocal ensemble VOXNOVIA make their American debut Saturday in Santa Monica

By Michael Aushenker Until his death in 2007 at 79, late avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen remained a polarizing figure in classical music — an agent provacateur who never ceased to challenge conventional thought.

This weekend, the Santa Monica-based Jacaranda music company pays homage to the German composer in its season opener by welcoming

Stockhausen’s muse and second wife, Mary Bauermeister, from Germany.

On Saturday in Santa Monica, “Hallucination” features the music of Stockhausen and fellow avantgarde composer Iannis Xenakis.

“Mary Electrifies,” a spotlight on Bauermeister, follows on Sunday in Mid-city.

“Stockhausen was really an enormous figure,” said Patrick Scott, co-founder of Jacaranda

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with conductor/organist Mark Alan Hilt. “His work was so out there, people couldn’t ignore it.

Like Philip Glass today, he was admired and reviled and a figure of fascination in the 1960s and 1970s.”

Because of Bauermeister, Stockhausen moved to America in the 1970s and wound up meeting The Beatles, Yoko Ono and Leonard Bernstein and receiving a whole new wave of recognition.

According to Scott, “Tomorrow Never Knows,” off The Beatles’ “Revolver” album in 1966, was inspired by Stockhausen’s music, and the German composer appears as one of 70 personages on the collage cover of the Fab Four’s landmark 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

Stockhausen’s experimentation with electronic music and adopted persona as a visiting space alien anticipated and surely influenced performers such as David Bowie,

Kraftwerk and Nina Hagen, Scott said During Saturday’s performance at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, cellist Timothy Loo will attempt the complicated “Nomos Alpha” (1966) by Xenakis, an architect and mathematician with whom Stockhausen shared a mentor who used “stochastic music,” Scott said, “to change a string from a synthetic string to a gut string and detune it so it’s almost slack and has a completely different character, and then go back.”

Loo, Scott said, has figured out a way to play this virtually unperformable piece.

Stockhausen’s protégé, Nicholas Isherwood, will also lead his six-person VOXNOVA Italia, ensemble group — making its American debut this weekend — in “Stimmung,” Stockhausen’s 70-minute masterpiece utilizing six amplified voices.

The evening also includes

Stockhausen’s harmonic music — akin to Tuvan throat singing or that of Tibetan monks — and a performance of Stockhausen’s erotic poetry. Inspired by his relationship with Bauermeister, his poetry is usually performed only in German due to its graphic language.

The Stockhausen tribute concludes Sunday on Museum Row, where art critic Peter Frank will moderate a conversation with Bauermeister, 79, an avant-garde artist who was a catalyst of the Fluxus movement.

“Hallucination” begins at 8 p.m.

Saturday at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. $20 to $45. Call (213) 483-0216 or visit jacarandamusic.org “Mary Electrifies” starts at 3 p.m. Sunday at Goethe Institute, 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 100, Los Angeles. Free with RSVP at jacarandamusic.org.§ michael@argonautnews.com

Food&Drink

Enjoying the unexpected Komodo isn’t an Indonesian restaurant — it’s an interesting hybrid serving exotic flavors with contemporary flair

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235 Main St., Venice (310) 255-6742 komodofood.com Sometimes a name makes promises that aren’t fulfilled, which is usually a bad thing. I remember a place called House Of Rotisserie that once had specialized in rotisserie chicken; they changed concept but not name. Customers were set up for one experience and got another, and that probably has something to do with why they’re not around any more.

I had a similar feeling at first when visiting Komodo, which someone had described as an Indonesian fusion fast-food restaurant. (And yes, that name is usually associated with a very large lizard, but that’s because it lives on Komodo Island in Indonesia.) I find Indonesian food delightful and was so happy someplace was serving it so close to home that I went the very same day. I took my brother, who is also an adventurous diner, and his dog, which isn’t, but the restaurant has a patio and we wanted to get the mutt out of the house.

On arrival, I discovered my mistake — there are only two remotely Indonesian items offered here. It was difficult to figure that out while eyeing their wall menu, which had the names and prices of items but no descriptions, because almost everything Komodo serves is a hodgepodge of Asian, Italian and Mexican ingredients in original combinations. Only after we were handed paper menus could we discover that some items were puns or deliberately misleading. (How else could you describe labeling a pile of tater tots with steak, bacon, cheese, sour cream and jalapenos as a salad?) Other items were straightforward but strange; we resisted the temptation to order kimchi nachos, which sounds like the punch line to a joke about Los Angeles food but could be wonderful for all we know.

After much indecision, we decided to start with two tacos — one stuffed with fish and grapes, the other with pork rending — and continue with pork and carrot meatballs, a

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BesT hArBorside views Komodo’s adventurous flavor combinations succeed in taco form

“Macobb” salad and the sole authentic Indonesian dish, nasi goreng. Komodo doesn’t serve wine, though there is evidently an intention to do so based on a poster on the door, so we ordered mango punch and lychee lemonade instead.

The tacos arrived first: street taco-sized tortillas very fully stuffed. I had ordered the codfish with grapes, salad and toasted almonds because it’s a combination I have enjoyed before — the great French chef Escoffier created a fish and grapes recipe in 1903, though he didn’t think of putting it in a tortilla, as he probably never saw one. He also didn’t add beets, dried fruit or whatever else was in this salad — the complexity was a delightful surprise but could have been a problem for someone with a food allergy (Note to restaurants: terse descriptions are hip but can be a problem for some clientele.) The flavors here were excellent, however, and if you’re omnivorous, go for it.

The pork rendang was a slightly simpler dish — a Californian riff on an Indonesian spicy beef dish, as most Indonesians are at least nominally Muslim and don’t eat much pork. It’s less spicy than the rendang I’ve had at Indonesian restaurants, but true to the idea of stewing meat with coconut milk and many aromatic spices along with garlic, ginger and chilies. The cucumber-andtomato salad helped moderate the heat, and it was a very successful item.

The other items arrived all at once and made us absolutely sure we had over-ordered. Those pork meatballs had a slight spiciness to balance the carrot sweetness and garlic, and they reminded

me of the Japanese chicken meatballs that are served in yakitori restaurants. The romesco sauce that accompanied them was tasty by itself but wasn’t a good match of flavors — a little shredded cabbage or greens would have been better.

The Macobb salad — and yes, that’s a pun on “macabre” — wasn’t scary at all; it was not too far from a standard Cobb, if you don’t count the addition of duck confit and Chinese lop chong sausage and the fact that there was little, if any, blue cheese.

The salad was good, though unexceptional, and worked well as a respite from the spicier dishes.

‘Spicier’ included the nasi goring — fried rice with vegetables, onion and spices topped with a fried egg, with chopped steak included for a $2 up-charge. Except for the addition of corn to the mix it was a rather faithful rendition of a classic dish, which is a novelty between these walls.

We departed satisfied with our meal. At $42, we could have easily spent less, because we couldn’t finish everything despite enjoying it all.

Komodo is an interesting hybrid, offering fast food with modern style, pretty presentations and lots of ideas.

This offspring of a critically acclaimed food truck is one of the more interesting new restaurants in town and well worth investigating. I await the day an Indonesian restaurant opens in the neighborhood, but until then I’ll go here.

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Tarzan’s 1972 DC Comics debut

Welcome to the jungle (Continued from page 13)

every woman’s fantasy lover,” Maxwell explains.

Griffin, 49, said the creators of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Doc Savage and Superman as well “Star Wars” and “Avatar” have each acknowledged a debt to Burroughs.

In the 1938 debut of Superman, the Man of Steel — only later gifted with flight by movies and television — was “able to leap tall buildings in a single bound,” a quality resembling Burroughs’ 1911 creation John Carter, who, in the world of Barsoom (Burroughs-speak for “ Mars”), took fantastic leaps made possible by the planet’s weak gravity.

While the paperback editions of Burroughs’ thrilling cliffhanger Tarzan novels that featured cover illustrations by artist Neal Adams were what got Griffin hooked on the character as he was growing up in a small Mississippi town, other media augmented Tarzan’s legend for the world.

“I have Joe Kubert and DC Comics to thank for introducing me to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘Tarzan of the Apes,’” said Michael Eury, editor-in-chief of the comics nostalgia magazine Back Issue! and a former DC Comics editor. “Prior to 1972, when [veteran comic book] writer-artist-editor Kubert so brilliantly adapted Tarzan to comics, the Ape Man I knew was the beefy, beef-headed Johnny Weissmuller movie version [as] Sundayafternoon TV fare …or the buff, cool Ron Ely television version.”

In addition to Adams, Hal Foster, Rex Maxon, Burne Hogarth, Russ Manning, Frank Frazetta, R.G. Krenkel and Thomas Yeates are among the highprofile cartoonists and illustrators who have contributed to the Tarzan franchise through comic strips and books as well as illustrations for various editions of the novels.

“Mr. Burroughs’s books,” said Bill Hillman, founder of ERBzine.com, “were illustrated by artists who did a remarkable job of interpreting the author’s wonderfully imaginative characters and worlds.”

Griffin said he was pulled more deeply into Burroughs’ Tarzan character through DC Comics’ “Tarzan Family” and “Korak, Son of Tarzan” comic books as well as reprints of Manning’s comic strip. Marvel, Author Scott Tracy Griffin brings a wealth of Burroughs research to the Santa Monica Dark Horse and many other comic book History Museum

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publishers have also produced Tarzan titles over the decades.

“I like the character of Tarzan. I like the world of Barsoom,” said Griffin. “[Burroughs] was a natural-born raconteur.”

Griffin’s book has also received praise for his comprehensive examination of Burroughs’ greatest creation.

“Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration,” said Burroughs biographer and retired Pasadena City College philosophy professor Robert Zeuschner, “is the first table-top art book to collect the wide variety of Tarzan-related illustration art, from the earliest years in 1912 to contemporary times. Until now, there has never been a single source which could be used to examine the original pulp magazine art, the dust jacket covers for the early printings, the comic book covers and interior art, and the huge number of Tarzan movies made since the silent era.”

Although Burroughs famously lived in the San Fernando Valley community — Tarzana got its name after Burroughs sold off parcels of the 540-acre ranch that he had bought from former Los Angeles Times publisher Gen. Harrison Grey Otis — he did frequent Santa Monica.

Burroughs would mount his horse at Tarzana Ranch and ride south along Caballero Creek, up to Mulholland Drive, over Temescal Ridge and down the Backbone Trail (now the Will Rogers Trail) into Rustic Canyon and finally Santa Monica Beach.

“In those days, before decades of fire

suppression efforts, the Santa Monica Mountains weren’t covered with thick brush, but were more open,” Griffin said.

Burroughs, who was friends with Will Rogers, likely also rode with Rogers on his ranch, now Will Rogers State Park, Griffin said.

Burroughs would also allude to Santa Monica in his work, including the location of Bowen Tyler’s shipyards in his novel “The Land That Time Forgot” and the route of Julian 20th in his post-apocalyptic “Red Hawk.”

A scout for D. W. Griffith had discovered Elmo Lincoln — the silver screen’s first Lord of the Jungle in 1918’s “Tarzan of the Apes” — on Muscle Beach, said Griffin, and the Santa Monica restaurant Snug Harbor is owned by Elmo Lincoln’s grandson, C.J. Lincoln.

Earlier this month, Tarzan and John Carter teamed up for the first time in “Lords of Mars No. 6,” released by Dynamite Entertainment, which currently publishes comics of Burroughs’ creations.

It’s a combination Burroughs never attempted.

“Burroughs debated a Tarzan/John Carter crossover,” Griffin said, “but ultimately decided he couldn’t do both characters justice in one novel.”

Hear Scott Tracy Griffin discuss “Tarzan and the Santa Monica Connection” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th St., Santa Monica. Call (310) 395-2290 or visit santamonicahistory.org.§ Michael@argonautnews.com

Engaging a new musical front The Battlefield brings its eclectic take on Americana to Venice for the group’s first Westside gig

By Michael Aushenker Tapping into rich traditions of folk, gospel and rock for a take on Americana music that’s driven by melodic three-part harmonies, The Battlefield has released a single, toured the southeastern U.S. and played the House of Blues in Hollywood.

Not bad for a band that, six months ago, didn’t even have a name.

Matt Ducey, one of three singer-songwriter L.A. transplants comprising The Battlefield, had his heart set on Civil War Hero. But, as band mate Jenny Weaver pointed out, that sounded too much like one of her biggest influences, The Civil Wars. At a stalemate, Ducey embarked on a long drive. Somewhere between his native Marin County and Los Angeles, Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield” came on the radio, and the phrase just clicked.

On Saturday, Ducey, Weaver and James Addison open up a new front for The Battlefield with a show at Witzend in Venice — their first Westside gig.

A play on the Passion...

(Continued from page 13) The focus of “Passion Play,” however, is actually the trials and tribulations transpiring beneath the surface of those portraying the passion.

“It’s not about the religious aspect, but the actors’ imperfect lives,” Troop said.

Tonally, “Passion Play” splits the difference of comedy and drama.

“It’s definitely between the two,” said DeLorenzo, adding he found intrigue in how “elements of religion work on our lives. If you play Jesus, how does that affect your behavior?”

Troop has been involved with the theater since appearing in a Naples Players production of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” as a little girl growing up in Florida.

“There’s a lot of theater in Los Angeles, and it’s a myth to say there is not,” said Troop, who has frequented Pacific Resident Theater in Venice and Rogue Machine in Los Angeles. “They do really good stuff.”

But there’s also the television work. Troop’s TV credits include the soap “General Hospital,”

and tried playing one of Jenny’s songs,” Ducey said. “We knew this was going to work.”

While the three maintain day jobs, Ducey is at work on his own EP and Weaver recently released a solo album, but the Battlefield remains at the forefront of their ambitions.

“There really is a power that comes from a strong collaboration that you don’t find working by yourself,” Ducey said. “Just the sound of our voices harmonizing is very infectious. It’s almost like a drug. It feels so good to have a connection with other people like that.”

The Battlefield performs at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice.

Doors open at 7 p.m. for a bill that also includes New Blues Revolution, Katie Cole, the Nashville Gang and Jon Piazza.

Admission to the all-ages show is $10 and requires a minimum purchase of one item. Call (310) 305-4792 or visit witzendlive. com or wearethebattlefield.com.§ michael@argonautnews.com

The term Americana has lately come to describe a broad category of music inclusive of everything from Johnny Cash to the alt-country group Son Volt.

The Battlefield’s sound derives

from influences as diverse as Ryan Adams, the aforementioned Civil Wars and indie folk rockers the Lumineers. There’s even a bit of the ubiquitous Brit rockers Coldplay.

“Coldplay’s music helped me realize that I wanted to [become a professional musician] and take it to another level because it’s so emotive,” Ducey said.

To create the group’s unique sound, all three members contribute to writing each song.

Ducey grew up near San Rafael and Addison in North Carolina, but it’s Addison who provides the group’s alternative rock leanings. Weaver, also from North Carolina, brings a country music influence.

The group is also lyrically diverse. The Battlefield’s songwriting address topics that range from breaking ties with exes to global warming to more narrative pieces, including songs about the gay son of a preacher struggling with his identity and a Civil War “Romeo and Juliet” story.

Ducey and Addison met each other working food service at the W Hotel in Hollywood, but the idea for forming a band came after seeing Weaver sing and play ukulele at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood.

“We had a meeting at my house

the oddball comedy “Children’s Hospital” and the FX series “Wilfred” — in which she has appeared three times as a receptionist at the Elijah Wood character’s law office.

Troop, who moved from Santa Monica to Venice with her husband in 2006, has also done voiceover work, including what she calls “walla-walla” duty — looping the voices of background characters in crowd scenes — on “The Simpsons.”

She finds it vital to remain actively acting between film and television roles.

“With television, there’s a repetition of scenes. You’re part of a larger group — a machine, so to speak — where each person and crew member is part of this larger entity. In a play, you don’t have that. When you’re finally performing, there’s a flow to a story. You tell the whole story at once. You get to stay deeply in your character for a while,” she continued.

One of Troop’s most interesting and exhausting acting gigs came about two years ago with “Car Plays,” a round robin-style series of plays within cars parked atop a parking structure, performed for two or three people at a time, in which the people rotate through a

row of cars’ back seats.

DeLorenzo, artistic director of the Evidence Room theater company, has directed several Odyssey/Evidence Room coproductions —“Annapurna,” “Ivanov,” “Margo Veil,” “The Receptionist”— as well as plays at the Odyssey (“Day Drinkers,” “A Number”).

“Passion Play” is not DeLorenzo’s first brush with Ruhl. Four years ago, he had staged Ruhl’s “Dead Man’s Cellphone” for South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa.

For “Passion Play,” he went by his instincts signing Troop on the spot and expresses no regrets — “She’s really funny!” DeLorenzo said.

“Audiences are in for a great time,” he said. “It’s a real experience. You’ll come out feeling renewed, refreshed and thinking differently about your life.”

“Passion Play” premieres at 8 p.m. Saturday and continues through March 16 at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. Tickets are $25 to $30, or $45 for opening day. Call (310) 477-2055 or visit odysseytheatre.com. § michael@argonautnews.com

Director Bart DeLorenzo and actress Amanda Troop consult during a rehearsal of “Passion Play”

Jenny Weaver performs with The Battlefield, an Americana band that melds multiple influences with three-part harmonies

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Q&A

What are some of the ways I could “go green?”

Start with your light bulbs. “Installing a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) is the quickest, easiest way to save energy – and money,” says Better Homes and Gardens. “Unlike incandescents, CFLs convert most of the energy they use into light rather than heat.”

That gorgeous French door refrigerator you’ve had your eye on? Here’s another great reason to buy it: it could actually save you money! Older appliances can be energy suckers. Check EnergyStar.gov and take their test to see how much energy you could be saving by upgrading your fridge.

According to EnergyStar, “a household with Energy Star products uses about 30% less energy than the average household – an annual savings of about $570.”

Do a home audit. This can give you a closeup look at your home’s energy usage and identify areas that could be more efficient. En-

ergyStar.gov recommends starting by making “a list of obvious air leaks (drafts)” because the “potential energy savings from reducing drafts in a home may range from 5% to 30% per year.”

Take about simple. Improving your ecofriendliness and removing toxic substances from your house is as easy as buying a spray bottle and a bottle of vinegar. If you really want to get crazy, get a couple of lemons and some olive oil, too.

Switch to showers. A typical bath takes 30 to 70 gallons of water, while the average eightminute shower uses only 17 gallons. If you can’t bear to give up your weekly soak, installing low-flow shower heads and toilets will help offset the greater water usage.

Recycle your water. It’s far easier (and way less disgusting) than it sounds. “For many areas of the United States, rainwater harvesting

systems could probably provide at least 50% of our water needs, saving the huge amounts of energy required to process the water and transport it to the home,” said Live Green. All you need is a 50-80 gallon rain barrel that you can connect to your downspout, and the rainwater collected can be used for gardening.

Recycle . . . your clothes. We all know about recycling paper, plastic and glass. But what about clothes? Donating your unused clothes has an impact on the environment, and on the individuals who receive your items.

“By some estimates, for every item of clothing donated, 27 pounds of carbon emissions are reduced based on the fact that you don’t have another item being produced while one is headed to the landfill,” said Real Simple. You can donate to a local charity or list your items on Freecycle.org.

Hold on to that holey pair of sweats or the

t-shirt you never got rid of from your college ex, and turn it into a rag to clean with. “13 billion pounds of paper towels are used in the U.S. every year. If all Americans used one less paper towel a day, 571,230,000 pounds of paper would be spared over the course of the year,” said Earth 911.

Go Meatless on Mondays, says RealSimple. com. Think you can handle a day a week living like a vegetarian? “Raising livestock produces a large amount of greenhouse gases, so cutting back, even one night a week, makes a big difference.”

How big a difference? “Adding one meatfree meal a week (for a family of four) has the same impact as driving a hybrid car,” they said.

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“This recently remodeled two bedroom, one and threequarter bath home offers comfort and style on a large lot,” says agent Bob Waldron. “The living room has a bay window, providing plenty of natural light, and the kitchen opens to a spacious dining-room and has a sliding glass door to the covered patio and a backyard with a koi pond, a waterfall, and a mature jacaranda tree.

The front yard is landscaped with drought-resistant plants. The home offers central air and heat, dual paned windows and solar panels on the roof.” The property is offered at $649,000. Information, Bob Waldron, Coldwell Banker Westchester/Playa, (310) 337-9225.

“This south-facing, four bedroom, 6.5 bath contemporary is at the end of a quiet cul de sac,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “Extensive renovations include an amazing master suite with marble fireplace, Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, exquisite chef’s kitchen with Italian marble, a wood-paneled screening room and bar, an elevator and four-car garage. The extraordinary roof-top penthouse has a sun-drenched deck and spa, outdoor kitchen and two fireplaces, with stunning views of the city.” The property is offered at $3,295,000. Information, Jesse Weinberg, Keller Williams Marina/LA Realty, (800) 804-9132.

"This is a rare opportunity for the only take-out opportunity on Abbot Kinney," says agent Suzy Frank. “The 770 square feet of retail is an original Craftsman with a porch and front yard, a one-car garage with a 220 square-foot storage space and parking pad and, above the garage, a 360 square-foot space that was used as an apartment but is now zoned for office use.” The property is offered at $25,000 per month +NNN. Information, Suzy Frank, Abbot Kinney Real Estate, (310) 396-2600.

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“A bright, open living room, with original hardwood floors and an elegant wood-burning fireplace welcomes you,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “A sunny formal dining room leads to a spacious kitchen with an adjacent casual dining area. A large family room with brickframed fireplaces opens out to a beautifully terraced backyard with an expansive lawn, lush foliage and fruit trees, and a tranquil fountain. Two bedrooms and two baths complete the downstairs, and a generous master suite with attached bath is on the second floor.” The property is offered at $949,000.

Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.

“This renovated two bedroom, two bath Marina del Rey condo offers sweeping views from its floor-to-ceiling windows,” says agent Charles Lederman. “From the tiled foyer, enter a renovated kitchen with ample storage and granite counters. Enjoy all the amenities Marina City Club offers: huge executive gym, free classes, swimming pools, tennis, paddle tennis and racquet ball courts, gourmet restaurant and bar, daytime café, room service, car wash, 24-hour gated and guarded security and more. Walk to the beach and many restaurants.” The property is offered at $625,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.

“This three bedroom, 1.5 bath detached home is available for lease,” says agent Kim Williamson. “Enjoy a remodeled kitchen with appliances, renovated bathroom and hardwood floors throughout, with a separate laundry room, ample closet space and much more. Walk to the Westchester Golf Course, LMU and local restaurants and shops. Garage is not included. Available February 1st.”The property is offered at $3,150 per month. Information, Williamson and Pagan, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 722-4200.

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Los ANgeLes Times suNdAy Crossword PuzzLe

“UNIVERSAL TRUTH” By PAWEL FLUDZINSKI (Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis)

aCrOSS 1 Gene splicer’s field 8 They have strings attached 14 In __: sort of 20 Astronaut Fisher, the first mother in space 21 He played House 22 Spreads out 23 His number 95-Across is now permanently retired 25 Scholar 26 Fit to __ 27 Habituate 28 Move up and down 30 Piece of cake 31 Peruvian coin 34 Makes bubbly 36 It’s roughly 95-Across kilometers 39 Busy co. on Valentine’s Day 41 Short-lived 1765 statute 45 Hardly virtuous 46 Classical theater 48 Effervesce 49 Avoids detection 50 Pacific archipelago 53 In __ and out ...

54 Singer DiFranco 55 President number 95-Across 57 Gracile 58 Dog’s age 61 Op-ed pieces 62 Bridge coups 63 Tiller opening?

64 “Understood” 66 Bochco series 69 Gambler’s strategy 75 Pedicab, e.g.

79 Persian Gulf land 80 It contains 95-Across crude gallons 82 Wine: Pref.

83 Sean Combs’ stage name 85 Like some wine glasses 86 Hosiery hue 88 Degree of interest?

90 Biblical words before and after “for” 91 Bearing 92 Vulgar 94 Tarzan creator’s monogram 95 Douglas Adams’ facetious answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything 97 Arctic blast 99 Phil Collins gear 101 Like some landings: Abbr.

104 But, to Brutus 105 Verdun’s river 106 Den __, Nederland 110 Aquarium favorites 112 Its first printing had 95-Across lines on most pages 116 Hatch, as a plot 117 Increase gradually 118 Kind of watch or warning 119 Funny blunder 120 Quakes 121 Cheaters, to teachers DOWn 1 Tijuana locale 2 Take __ the waist: alter 3 Back in the day 4 Parting wish 5 Yale student 6 Checkered start?

7 Legalese adverb 8 Philatelist’s item

9 It has 95-Across spots 10 Mysterious character 11 Hosp. areas 12 Mournful mother of myth 13 Spanish titles 14 Stubborn one 15 Distant traveler 16 King who died at 95-Across 17 Bread brushed with ghee 18 Harmonize 19 O.T. book 24 Getting __ years 29 Night fliers 32 LAX postings 33 Columbus Blue Jackets’ org.

34 Aphrodite’s love 35 Hit lightly 36 Taj __ 37 Protein-building acid 38 “The Gates of Hell” sculptor 40 Pond ducks 42 “The Jungle Book” pack leader 43 Lien, say 44 Contract stipulations 46 Magic, on scoreboards 47 Grandma 50 Brunch cocktail 51 Draft choice 52 Farm abode 55 Bridle part 56 Egyptian god of the dead 59 95-Across appears on street signs near this Big Apple landmark 60 Pull 62 NYSE overseer 65 Part of RSVP

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105 Cousteau’s milieux 107 “This guy walks into __ ...”

108 “M*A*S*H” star 109 Subj. for Euclid 111 Sun. delivery 113 Cable co. that merged with AT&T 114 Poly- ending 115 Uplifting wear

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LEGAL ADVERTISING PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE(S) (UCC Sec. 6105 et seq. and B & P Sec. 24073 et seq.)

Escrow No. 138660092 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is about to be made. The name(s) and business address of the seller(s)/ licensee(s) are: SHELAX GATEWAY HOTEL LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ONE FEDERAL ST, BOSTON, MA 02110 Doing business as: SHERATON GATEWAY HOTEL AT LAX AIRPORT All other business names(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s)/ licensee(s) within the past three years, as stated by the seller(s)/ licensee(s), is/are: SHELAX GATEWAY HOTEL; SHERATON GATEWAY LOS ANGELES; & SHERATON GATEWAY LOS ANGELES AIRPORT HOTEL, 6101 W. CENTURY BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90045 The name(s) and address of the buyer(s)/applicant(s) is/are: HAZENS INVESTMENT, LLC., C/O JEFFER MANGELS BUTLER & MITCHELL LLP, ATTN: CATHERINE DEBONO HOLMES, ESQ., 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 The assets being sold are generally described as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY & LIQUOR LICENSE and are located at: 6101 W. CENTURY BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90045 The type and number of license to be transferred is/are: Type: 47-ONSALE GENERAL EATING PLACE & 68-PORTABLE BAR, License Number: 470273 now issued for the premises located at: 6101 W. CENTURY BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90045 The bulk sale and transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of: CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY, 917 GLENNEYRE, LAGUNA BEACH, CA 92651 and the anticipated sale date is MARCH 14, 2014 The purchase price or consideration in connection with the sale of the business and transfer of the license, is the sum of $124,381.91, including inventory estimated at $64,381.91, which consists of the following: DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT: CASH $124,381.91 It has been agreed between the seller(s)/licensee(s) and the intended buyer(s)/transferee(s), as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consideration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: 11/12/13 SHELAX GATEWAY HOTEL LLC, Seller(s)/Licensee(s) HAZENS INVESTMENT, LLC., Buyer(s)/ Applicant(s) LA1375798 THE ARGONAUT 1/23/14 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 251830 The following person is doing business as: Halal & Healthy Burger, 13651 Foster Ave. Unit 2, Baldwin Park, CA. 91706. Registered owners: 1) Reny Sultan, 13651 Foster Ave. Unit 2, Baldwin Park, CA. 91706. 2) Rehana Ismail, 3333 Motor Ave. Apt. 303, Los Angeles, CA. 90034. 3) Nadia Aftab, 3231 Cheviot Vista Apt. 301, Los Angeles, CA. 90034. 4) Stephen DeSalvo, 3333 Motor Ave. Apt. 303, Los Angeles, CA. 90034. 5) Peter Liberman, 3231 Cheviot Vista Apt. 301, Los Angeles, CA. 90034. 6) Hasina J. Hai, 20509 Chaz Court, Santa Clarita, CA. 91350. 7) Farzana Cassim, 1550 N. Hobart St. Apt 315, Los Angeles, CA. 90027.

This business is conducted by a general partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Reny Sultan. Title: Vice President of Finance. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 2013. Argonaut published: Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 2014. NOTICE-In

accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 255002 The following person is doing business as: The Fruit of Our Labor’s Apparel, 11723 Lisburn Pl., La Mirada, CA. 90638. Registered owners: Rudy Barajas, 11723 Lisburn Pl., La Mirada, CA. 90638.

This business is conducted by a general partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Rudy Barajas. Title: Partner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2013. Argonaut published: Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 255130 The following person is doing business as: ExtendPros, 3120 1/2 Stanford Ave., Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Kyrina Bluerose, 3120 1/2 Stanford Ave., Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on October 30, 2013.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Registrant Signature/Name: Kyrina Bluerose. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2013. Argonaut published: Dec. 26, 2013 and Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 256779 The following person is doing business as: Fuel, 2428 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA. 90404. Registered owners: Fresh Interactive, LLC, 2428 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA. 90404.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine

not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Fresh Interactive, LLC. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2013. Argonaut published: Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 262162 The following person is doing business as: 1) HomegrownUSA, 2) Homegrown, 3) Homegrown Authentic American Beer, 4) Homegrown Craft Beer, 5) Homegrown Variety Pack, 6) xoxohomegrown.com, 7) Homegrown Beverages, 121 Outrigger Mall, Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292.

Registered owners: Funsten Asset Management, 121 Outrigger Mall, Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/Name: Funsten Asset Management Co. Title: President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 24, 2013. Argonaut published: Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 264219 The following person is doing business as: The Academic Coach, 26 Paloma Avenue Apt 2, Los Angeles, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Valerie G. Mayers, 26 Paloma Avenue Apt 2, Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov. 13, 2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Valerie G. Mayers. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2013. Argonaut published: Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 264435 The following person is doing business as: Stay In Home Healthcare, 266 Redlands Street, Playa Del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Victoria Maria Gutierrez, 266

Redlands Street, Playa Del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/Name: Victoria M. Gutierrez. Title: Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2013. Argonaut published: Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013 264690 The following person is doing business as: Zoyyoz, Inc., 4750 Lincoln Blvd. #158, Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Zoyyoz, Inc., 4750 Lincoln Blvd. #158, Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/ Name: Zoyyoz, Inc. Title: President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 30, 2013. Argonaut published: Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014 000826 The following person is doing business as: Kristin Armstrong DBA Bodhisattva Trading Co., 10573 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Registered owners: Kristin Armstrong. 10573 W. Pico Blvd.

PMB 135, Los Angeles, CA. 90064.

This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Kristin Armstrong. Title: President/CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 2, 2014. Argonaut published: Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

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OBITUARIES John Garstka, husband of the late Polly Garstka with whom he shared 54 years of married life, and proud father and grandfather, passed away on 12 January 2014 from complications of cancer. John lived his life upon the foundation of a strong Catholic faith, commitment to family, and a firm sense of duty to country and service to his community.

A defining period of John’s life was his 24 years of service as an officer in the US Air Force.

His service during the height of the Cold War included combat missions in Vietnam and contributions to classified reconnaissance programs. He later practiced as a CPA. In parallel he taught as an Associate Professor of Accounting at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), with which he was associated for over fifty years.

John was active with the Bob Hope Hollywood USO, the Flight Path Learning Center at LAX, and the Airport Marina Counseling Service. John leaves behind a large and loving family, including five children and 16 grandchildren.

His funeral service will be held Saturday, 25 January at 10:00 a.m. at Visitation Catholic Church. Further details about John’s life and services are at http://johngarstka.com/index.html

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Hearing Date and Time: February 26, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. A schedule of anticipated hearings and topics is available at http://planning.lacounty. gov/generalplan/publichearing, or by calling (213) 974-6417.

Hearing Location: 320 West Temple St., Hall of Records, Rm. 150, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Project Number: 02-305-(1-5) Project Location: Countywide Project Description: Comprehensive update of the Los Angeles County General Plan For more information, contact the General Plan Development and Housing Section, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning (DRP), 320 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Telephone: (213) 974-6417 Fax: (213) 626-0434, E-mail: genplan@planning.lacounty. gov. Case materials are available online at http://planning.lacounty. gov/generalplanand at the DRP main office and field office locations listed at the following link: http:// planning.lacounty.gov/locations; all County libraries; Calabasas Library located at 200 Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA 91302; and Altadena Library (Main Library) located at 600 East Mariposa Street, Altadena, CA 91001. All correspondence received

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014 003280 The following person is doing business as: A to Z Soccer Academy, 12000 Waterview Dr., Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Manuel J. Abondano, 9741 Pico Blvd. Apt B, Los Angeles, CA. 90035. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan. 7th, 2014.

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Registrant Signature/Name: Manuel J. Abondano. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 7th, 2014. Argonaut published: Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014 007960 The following person is doing business as: SeaGate Realty, 7453 81st Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Jeffrey Scott Rifkin, 7453 81st Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jeffrey Scott Rifkin. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2014 Argonaut published: Jan. 16, 23, 30 and Feb. 6, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

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NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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).

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