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VOL 46, NO 7 Local News & Culture
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We Need More Parks Marina del Rey is more than a cash cow
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News Stormy Seas for Coastal Commission Vote to fire director wasn’t political, commissioner says ................................. 8
Runway at Playa Vista Sells for $475 Million ................................. 9
Opinion
INTERVIEW ‘A Golden Era of Corruption’
Murphy Ranch’s Last Stand
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Westside Happenings
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are back on the Big Screen .................... 29
Arts Love’s Inspiration A treasured heirloom gives birth to new music ........................................ 31
‘Dream Big and Do’
Wanted: A Plan for the Civic Santa Monica seeks ideas for reviving historic venue .................................... 10
The Art of Ennui Painter revisits childhood boredom from a mother’s perspective . ............... 17
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City Planning on Celluloid Best of the New Urbanism Film Festival screens in Santa Monica ................................... 35
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Spain on the Pacific
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Manchego delights with an authentic tapas experience . ................................ 19
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L etters property that encompassed only 76 units. In two years another development at Via Marina and Marquesas Way will bring approximately 230 apartment units. I have lived in Marina del Rey for 33 years and moved here because the marina was created for recreational use for all the people of Los Angeles County. How do the construction of two additional hotel properties and many more apartment units “fit in” for recreational use? The ridiculous traffic congestion is at an all-time sad situation. The developers certainly have not included more lanes for traffic in their planning, and it is obvious that the county has not requested the same. They do not live here. Our neighborhood is being raped by the county because properties in the marina are cash cows for county coffers. It is very sad to see county officials let our marina fall into the hands of developers and moneyed interests. Jim Maurer Marina del Rey
We Need More Parks Re: “Speak Up for Public Parks,” Opinion, Jan. 28 I attended the workshop meeting that county officials held at Burton Chace Park to hear input from the public about where more open space or recreational facilities are needed in Marina del Rey and how existing parks or facilities can be improved. I would estimate that 70 to 80 residents attended, which was practically standing room only. Let’s face it — we need additional parks! The parcel of land at Via Marina and Tahiti Way, which was once planned for a park, is slated to become two hotel properties. Wow, we really need more hotels in the marina. We now have six hotels, which have in excess of 1,100 rooms. As I understand it, these rooms are seldom filled to capacity. Meanwhile, the growth of condominium and apartment buildings has been overwhelming during the past several years. The Shores, completed just a few years ago, has 544 apartments and replaced a
‘Help Mike Make it Happen’ Re: “Mike Bonin’s Big Idea: Acres of Prime Venice Real Estate Slated for Affordable Housing,” Cover Story, Jan. 28 Hurray for Mike Bonin and a vision for the Metro bus yard in Venice that makes sense and responds affirmatively to L.A.’s biggest need: affordable housing. And I’m delighted that the mayor and L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl have pledged their support. But I am not holding my breath. The last time the City of Los Angeles actually committed public land to affordable housing in Venice was in 1995, when then-Councilwoman Ruth Galanter caused the transfer of city property located on Fourth Avenue to Venice Community Housing to build 25 units of permanent affordable housing for low-income working families. Since then, notwithstanding numerous proposals by VCH to build more housing on other vacant city land as well as (Continued on page 30)
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Coastal Commission Churns Stormy Waters
Development watchdogs decry firing of popular director; commissioner says motivation was unrelated to political drama
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By Gary Walker Still stinging over the ouster of California Coastal Commission Executive Director Charles Lester, Westside environmental groups and advocates for protecting the coastline from overdevelopment remain convinced that the decision to fire Lester was politically driven. The commission voted 7-5 on Feb. 10 to fire Lester despite hearing six hours of public pleas to retain him by activists, environmentalists and elected officials. The decision has left some of Lester’s supporters pessimistic, others angry and determined to fight against what they believe is a movement toward loosening restrictions on development along 1,100 miles of California coastline. The Argonaut reached out to each of the commissioners who voted to fire Lester. Only one of them responded: Long Beach City Councilman Roberto Uranga, a 2015 appointee of the California Senate’s Rules Committee and the commissioner who lives closest to West Los Angeles. Those who voted to fire Lester and did not respond to requests for comment are:
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Uranga referenced two unsuccessful attempts by prior commissioners to fire Lester’s predecessor, Peter Douglas, who hand-picked Lester as his successor almost five years ago.
“Firing Dr. Lester was like firing Steve Jobs from Apple.” — Playa del Rey activist Julie Ross
“To have retained Dr. Lester based on his job performance would have been politically motived.” — California Coastal Commissioner Roberto Uranga consultant Wendy Mitchell. Asked whether the widespread public belief that pressure from developers and their lobbyists was the driving force behind the decision to fire Lester, Uranga responded forcefully that “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
“Those were politically motivated [decisions] because there was political pressure [not to dismiss] Douglas. For this commission to have retained Dr. Lester based on his job performance would have been politically motived,” Uranga said. “In the end the commission determined, based on Dr. Lester’s
performance, that it was time for a change. There were some leadership challenges that we brought to his attention, but he couldn’t step up to the plate.” People close to the commission have told reporters that Lester wasn’t bringing projects before commissioners in a timely manner. Before commissioners cast their votes in a session closed to the public, Lester addressed the roughly 600 people who had gathered to support him during the meeting in Morro Bay. “The last three weeks have not been very easy, but we need to get past this. I’m willing to work with the commission, and I want to thank them for doing their jobs as public servants,” Lester told the audience before also thanking them for showing up. California Coastal Commissioner Mary Shallenberger, an environmental policy advisor who favored keeping Lester, said the outpouring of support for Lester illustrates “to me that the public’s desire to protect the coast is (Continued on page 10)
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The lesson here might be to never give up on your best friend. Two months after his emotional support dog went missing under mysterious circumstances in Venice, Niklas Glaser was reunited last week with Kramer, his six-year-old Goldendoodle, following a massive media campaign. Glaser, who suffers from high anxiety and panic disorder, took to traditional and social media channels to find Kramer. Last week one of more than
5,200 followers of his Bring Kramer Home page on Facebook spotted Kramer in South Los Angeles and contacted Glaser, according to social media posts and a spokeswoman for the cause. Since the reunion, Glaser appears to have put the page to additional use, posting information about other people’s lost dogs in hopes of bringing them home. — Gary Walker
Big Blue Bus is Coming to the Marina Having recently expanded to include new stops in Playa Vista, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus is hoping to make a splash in Marina del Rey. Starting Sunday, Feb. 21, Big Blue Bus Route 1 will begin service from Marina del Rey to downtown Santa Monica and UCLA. New pickup locations include stops at Via Marina and Marquesas Way as well as at Via Dolce and Dell Alley and at Panay Way and Via Marina. The changes come as part of the city’s Expo Integration Plan, which aims to connect city buses with new Expo Line light rail stops coming online later this year. They’re also part of the transportation agency’s desire
to serve a broader customer base, Big Blue Bus spokeswoman Suja Lowenthal said. “We’re trying to make as many connections to the Expo Line as possible,” Lowenthal said. “Without these new routes, it would be much more difficult to connect our new customers with the Expo Line.” Changes in service will also eliminate some Route 1 stops, including several near Venice High School and Santa Monica Place, with other routes picking up the slack. For detailed route information, visit bigbluebus.com.
Runway at Playa Vista Sells for $475 Million The 14-acre retail and entertainment complex that took flight last year on what was once aviation mogul Howard Hughes’ private runway has changed hands in a deal that suggests the sky’s the limit for Playa Vista real estate values. Runway at Playa Vista, the commercial keystone linking the planned community’s creative office campus and housing components, sold last week for about $475 million, sources close to the deal told the Los Angeles Times. Runway’s 217,000 square feet of retail space includes a Whole Foods, Cinemark movie theater and nearly a dozen restaurants— a mix soon to include Abbot Kinney Boulevard transplant Hal’s Bar & Grill. The complex also includes 420 apartment homes above first-floor retail and in two adjacent buildings, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is building an outpatient facility in 33,000 square feet of office space. Owners Lincoln Property Co., Phoenix Property Co. and capital partner Alcion Ventures sold Runway to Invesco Real Estate. “Playa Vista had been an idea for decades, and the completion of Runway demonstrates that the
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variety of community projects. Unlike city council elections, eligible neighborhood council voters and board members typically include not only area residents but also people who can demonstrate a significant ongoing community interest, such as business owners and area students. Elections officials have created a new online system designed to streamline the filing process for prospective neighborhood council candidates. For more information about how to become a candidate, visit empowerla.org. — Gary Walker
Runway at Playa Vista includes 217,000 square feet of retail space and 400 apartment homes Playa Vista community concept was smart, visionary and achievable. Lincoln is proud to have played a meaningful role,” Lincoln Property Co. Senior Executive Vice President David Binswanger said in a joint statement issued by the companies on Feb. 10. — Joe Piasecki
‘A Roar of Silence’ for Missing Students
63 Neighborhood Council Seats Up for Grabs With a combined 63 seats on the Mar Vista, Del Rey, Venice and WestchesterPlaya neighborhood councils going before voters on June 5, the Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will begin taking candidate applications on Sunday, Feb. 21. There are 13 board seats up for grabs in Mar Vista, 14 in Westchester-Playa, 15 in Del Rey and 21 in Venice. Neighborhood councils are advisory bodies designed to increase civic engagement and make city government more responsive to local needs. Each council gets $37,000 to fund a
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A painting by Carlos Carmona Medina is the poster for SPARC’s exhibit about victims of drug cartel violence A traveling exhibit arriving this week at the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) in Venice intends to keep the torch of public awareness lit
for 43 Mexican student activists who vanished in 2014 after state police turned them over to a drug cartel. Following their disappearance, Oaxacan artist Francisco Toledo curated an exhibit of 43 prints and textiles addressing the tragedy for a museum in Mexico City. He also led a workshop that produced 43 kites, each displaying the face of a missing student. Under the title “Ayotzinapa: A Roar of Silence,” these works make their U.S. debut from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at SPARC (685 Venice Blvd.), where they will remain through March 27. “It’s never going to stop, it’s going to continue, and that’s the whole point of the exhibit,” said SPARC visiting curator Marietta Bernstorff. “From the beginning, Francisco Toledo said, ‘My whole point in making this is so that we never forget the 43 students. And here’s what they represent to all of us in the world.’” Call (310) 822-9560 or visit sparcinla. org for more information. — Michael Reyes February 18, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 9
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Wanted: An Operator for the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Council seeks proposals to resuscitate the venue; locals hope for an adjacent youth sports field, too Photo courtesy of the Santa Monica History Museum
By Gary Walker While putting out a call for private event operators to submit plans for reopening the mothballed Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, city leaders also agreed to consider allocating some of the land around the auditorium for youth sports fields. The celebrated 1958 venue closed in 2013, and city officials have been grappling with how to put the 11,775-squarefoot space back in use for arts and entertainment programming without local subsidies or the help of now-defunct state redevelopment funding. On Feb. 9, the Santa Monica City Council voted 6-0 (with Councilwoman Pam O’Connor absent) to follow the recommendation of the city’s Civic Working Group and put out an official call for private-sector proposals that would revive operations at the Civic. The Civic Working Group’s final report offered a number of possibilities for the Civic, but the preferred option is to revive it as a 2,600-seat entertainment venue. Less anticipated was the arrival of dozens of student athletes, many of them wearing team jerseys, who called on council members to build a new sports field on the Civic’s parking lot at Fourth Street and Pico Boulevard — reviving a longstanding grievance about the city’s shortage of space for team sports. “In plain words, we need this field. And we need it to be made a priority. Any proposal that you accept, make sure that there’s a field blocked out on it,” said Lori Whitsell, whose two sons play football for Santa Monica High School. She was one of about 100 speakers who addressed the council during what became
be forced out by development concerns and pressures to do a very difficult and time-consuming job,” she said. Los Angeles Baykeeper Executive Director Bruce Reznik, formerly an alternate member of the California Coastal Commission, said he had anticipated that the commission would go against Lester because he had heard rumblings about members’ dissatisfaction with him. “But I was surprised to see that they chose to disregard the overwhelming support for Lester,” Reznik said. At the commission’s next meeting in March, which will be held in Santa Monica, Uranga said he hopes that his
colleagues will agree to look at crafting procedures for the search to replace Lester. Uranga also took issue with Lester’s statements that he was fired because “he had become too independent of the commission.” “There is no job description [for executive director],” Uranga said. “That would have made it clear that Dr. Lester worked for the commission.” Ross believes Lester’s departure will have profound consequences for coastal protections. “Firing Dr. Lester was like firing Steve Jobs from Apple,” she said. gary@argonautnews.com
The Santa Monica Civic hosted the 1966 Academy Awards a four- hour hearing to seek requests for proposals to operate the Civic. The council’s decision included lan-
put there, and the idea is not to put restraints on it so whoever responds to the [request for proposals] can use their
“In plain words, we need this field. And we need it to be made a priority.” — Lori Whitsell, Samohi football mom guage to consider the possibility of creating a temporary field at the Civic site and for the city staff to consider that a priority. Council members Gleam Davis and Sue Himmelrich encouraged those who make proposals to operate the Civic to show some creativity in their plans. “There are a lot of things that we can
Coastal Commission Churns Stormy Waters a movement. This is a fabulous display of public participation.” Venice Neighborhood Council member Robin Rudisill, who along with other local community activists traveled more than 200 miles to attend the commission hearing, said she was shocked when the axe fell on Lester. “It was surreal. Everything froze. I couldn’t stop crying,” Rudisill said. “They violated the public trust by the way that they treated him.” Playa del Rey community activist Julie Ross believes the commissioners had decided Lester’s fate long before the meeting.
imagination and think out of the box as much as possible,” Davis said. Davis, who acknowledged that it could take years to put the Civic back into use, noted that the working group neither recommended nor opposed having a sports field at the Civic site, but left open the possibility of doing something creative there to the council.
Councilman Kevin McKeown recalled being part of a 2005 vote supporting a Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Specific Plan that included a sports field, but said even that probably wouldn’t be enough to serve all the various teams that lobbied the council. “It’s pretty clear that no matter what we do with that one field, it’s not going to accommodate even the students from Samohi that we heard from,” McKeown said. City Manager Rick Cole warned that there are a number of labor-intensive and in some cases more immediate projects on the horizon — mobility plans regarding the soon to arrive Expo Light Rail Line, affordable housing plans, the ongoing battle over control of Santa Monica Airport — that could be delayed if the city staff is required to take on another project on an accelerated scheduled. “Let’s be realistic — a major commitment on this is going to have an impact on our workload. We don’t have a bunch of people waiting for projects to keep them occupied,” Cole told the council. McKeown said the speakers offered the council an opportunity to reflect on something that officeholders at times engage in at their own peril. “One thing that I learned tonight — and I hope we all did— was how dangerous it can be to create expectations that we can’t fulfill. If we cavalierly say, ‘Yes, we’re committed to a temporary field,’ without knowing what that takes, we may be promising something that we really cannot do,” he said. “Things like this need to be planned.” gary@argonautnews.com
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‘It seemed so politicized to me. The commissioners who voted [Lester] out don’t have one-tenth the qualifications that he has. I thought they were extremely insincere and shameless,” Ross said. Venice resident Mindy Taylor-Ross also isn’t buying the commission’s explanations. Taylor Ross called Lester “the best man for the job” and said that even if concerns about administrative issues were justifiable, she doubted they should be a firing offense. “These actions [to fire Lester] are highly suspicious and should be investigated at the highest level. I also believe the system is broken when the executive director can
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Westchester’s Adult School to Stay Put Students who rallied to save the campus got a life lesson in politics and, at least for now, a storybook ending Photo by Mia Duncan
By Gary Walker With a plan to reshuffle LAUSD campuses threatening to shutter their school, students at Westchester-Emerson Community Adult School joined teachers and administrators in December to launch an emotional campaign to save it. So far, it’s worked. School district officials announced in late January that Emerson would be getting a reprieve and remain in Westchester for at least another year. Emerson students had implored the school board to allow them to stay at Westchester campus through letters, emails and a public rally at the school. LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer, who represents the Westside, said the Emerson students’ tenacity was a big part of the decision to let them remain at their campus. “It went from their board members being concerned [about the move] to the students and faculty being concerned for everyone involved. They were appropriately forceful in their advocacy for their school,” Zimmer said. The possible displacement of Emerson was part of a plan by former LAUSD Supt. Ramon Cortines that would have relocated WISH Charter Elementary School, currently located on the Orville Wright Middle School campus, to the Emerson campus in order to make room for sixth-grade classrooms and other space for Playa Vista-area students. Emerson’s future was unclear. LAUSD spokeswoman Ellen Morgan confirmed that Emerson is staying put, saying an environmental analysis of the Emerson campus would have been required before any reshuffling. “The environmental study has not been completed, so Westchester-Emerson Adult School will not be moving,” Morgan said.
Emerson’s Sami Juman (third from the left), who fought to save the campus, celebrates with fellow students The mood at Emerson was jubilant during a small celebration in early February that included music and food. A banner in the courtyard read “Emerson
“I’m so excited because all of our hard work really meant something. This is a great victory for us and for everybody who wants to get a better life,” said
“I’m so excited because all of our hard work really meant something. This is a great victory for us and for everybody who wants to get a better life.” — Ingrid Valexero, student
Adult School is Here to Stay!” Students who called the school their second home at a rally and press conference in October were all smiles between bites of cake and laughter.
student Ingrid Valexero. “Our dream of staying here has come true.” Valexero, 38, hopes to become a medical assistant after she graduates from Emerson in May.
Sami Juman, an Emerson student who plans to study pharmacy sciences in August, said the current students have to remain vigilant in case the board tries to relocate Emerson in 2017. “I’m really proud of the outcome that we have. But in the future, we have to stick together to make sure that everyone who comes here can get some good out of this school,” he said. Zimmer said he lobbied to keep the adult school in Westchester because of the strong bonds that students and teachers have formed within the campus. “Emerson is a very close-knit school community, and I was not comfortable seeing them displaced or divided,” Zimmer said. Emerson teacher Shari Siegler said winning the opportunity to stay another year at the current location was a life lesson in the political process for the students. “It proved to them that political activism through the right channels works. They learned that they have a voice and it showed them that when you fight for social justice your voice matters,” said Siegler, who has taught adult education for 30 years. Gina Ramos, who is studying English, said she got the message. “I learned that we don’t have to give up, and that we have to fight for what we want. And we did it. It was really worth the fight,” said Ramos, 31. Siegler, who may retire in June, said going out on a happy note would make everything worthwhile. “It makes a teacher feel good to see her students so happy. This is why we do this,” Siegler said. “You can’t put a grade on this.” gary@argonautnews.com
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By Bliss Bowen In his 1949 book “California: The Great Exception,” Carey McWilliams described the Golden State as a “one-legged giant”: “The one leg is climate; the missing leg is weather … it will be interesting to see what happens in California when the rains fail to come.” Interesting indeed. McWilliams also condemned the construction of a 238-mile aqueduct carrying water from Owens Valley to a desperately thirsty Los Angeles as “an act of imperialism” accomplished via “fraud and violence” and an “artificial water famine” conjured by avaricious civic wheeler-dealers. That view, shared by numerous authors, was famously fictionalized in Roman Polanski’s 1974 film “Chinatown.” But in “Thirsty: William Mulholland, California Water, and the Real Chinatown,” published recently by Rare Bird Books, Marc Weingarten discredits notions of any “artificial” drought. Between 1902 and 1906, L.A.’s population had grown so much, and precipitation so scarce, that low water pressure necessitated service interruption to “hilly sections of town” during peak consumption hours. In 2016 it reads like a cautionary tale, raising thought-provoking questions about public vs. private utilities, regulatory controls, community infrastructure and who really “owns” water. “Thirsty” also reassesses the Belfastborn Mulholland, the aqueduct’s widely maligned architect, while colorfully portraying what Weingarten laughingly calls “a golden era of corruption” peopled by the likes of Pasadena businessman and L.A. Mayor Fred Eaton, flagrantly unscrupulous waterworks owner Prudent Beaudry and LA Times operators Harry Chandler and Harrison Otis. Unlike Les Standiford’s “Water to the Angels,” Weingarten’s engaging treatise was inspired not by curiosity about Mulholland Drive’s namesake but by the dam whose 1928 collapse killed more than 400 people, forever diminishing Mulholland’s once unrivaled stature. Speaking with survivors who were children when the St. Francis dam collapsed and digging through LA Times and Water & Power archives, the Malibu resident says, led him “down the rabbit hole” into L.A. history. He spoke to The Argonaut from his office on the L.A.-Santa Monica border.
William Mullholland (right) has been villainized for creating the L.A. Aqueduct (above), but he also pioneered water conservation efforts was sort of the orthodoxy of “Chinatown” and [Marc Reisner’s 1986 book] “Cadillac Desert” and all these other books: that there was this secret cabal,
problem is that he left Owens Valley in a shambles. … I do lay blame at his feet for the dam collapse. But in terms of stealing water, I don’t buy that.
“Mulholland tried his best. He made everyone install water meters in their house, sort of like Jerry Brown today telling people to not water their lawns. He was really pledging conservation at a very early time.” — Marc Weingarten Mulholland was leading and abetting them, he was evil, he stole this water. Then I did a complete 180 because I realized that Mulholland’s intentions, however flawed, were not borne out of a profit motive or to support some shadowy conspiracy. He was trying to do what he thought was best for the city. The
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You write that in 1900 L.A.’s “ population had bloomed over the hundred-thousand mark, and trying to provide ample water for everyone was like trying to feed a battalion through an eye dropper.” Did Mulholland and Eaton envision L.A.’s population
expanding to anything near its current size? They had no idea. The city fathers, the railroad companies and then later on the LA Times — all these very powerful advocates, who were really self-interested, promoted the city and people flocked like locusts to the orange sunlight. No one had any idea just how successful they all would be. … Mulholland had to do what he had to do to make it work. In 1901, you write that L.A. residents used 306 gallons of water per person per day. Were any innovations tried to regulate flow? Mulholland tried his best. He made everyone install water meters in their house, sort of like Jerry Brown today (Continued on page 30)
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Pop-Up Music SoFar Sounds invites discovery through secret shows By Christina Campodonico If you’ve been wondering where young urban creatives go to discover new music in Los Angeles, put down your smartphone and head to SoFar Sounds LA. Only SoFar Sounds isn’t so much a place as it is a state of mind. The global music collaborative, which operates through volunteer-run chapters around the world, curates secret concerts in intimate spaces — from private living rooms to music stores to commercial and industrial spaces far off the usual nightlife path. In these temporary venues, emerging artists are as likely to headline as established ones — performers such as Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, New York alt rockers X Ambassadors, the indie rock band Bastille, gospel singer Leon Bridges, English acoustic folk rock trio The Staves, the vocal ensemble DeVotchKa, and singer Andra Day, who performed at the Grammy Awards on Monday after being nominated for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album. Audiences don’t know the exact
location of a concert until the day before, and the lineup isn’t announced until guests arrive. But you don’t have to be a member of the Millennial Illuminati to participate. You can either trust the music will be
tucked into a corner of a desolate-looking light industrial district in Culver City, and I’m not sure what to expect.
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In these temporary venues, emerging artists are as likely to headline as established ones. good and buy a ticket online (usually $20 to $50) or apply for a pair of pay-whatyou-want tickets through an online lottery and hope your number comes up. Recent Westside concerts have included secret shows at Timewarp Music in Mar Vista, the VNYL record membership club on Abbot Kinney Boulevard and a private apartment. On the Saturday night I decided to check out what the L.A. chapter is doing, I’m instructed to show up at a small warehouse venue called World Arts. It’s
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A crowd of people in their 20s and 30s are bathed in blue and purple light and lounge on floor mats, many of them sipping BYOB drinks from small plastic cups and chatting with their friends or dates. Imagine an indoor picnic, but with mood lighting and a soundtrack of largely undiscovered acoustic love songs and indie ballads that only music insiders really know by heart. At certain points, audience members might bob their heads or sing along to
the songs they know. A few might pull out their cell phones to post a picture on Instagram or shoot a short video clip, but for the most part people sit listening to the music with rapt attention. Tweeting and gramming take a back seat to actually being in the moment with the music. That focus on the music traces its lineage back to SoFar’s origins, a story told at the beginning of the set. Cofounder Rafe Offer was attending a gig at a London bar and was frustrated by all the people talking and drinking instead of listening to the band. So with his friend Rocky Starke, they came up with the idea to bring musical acts into their homes and host small concerts. The idea took off from there as friends of friends of friends wanted to start hosting gigs not just in their own cities, but in their own homes too.
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Even in a more commercial space like World Arts, SoFar Sounds LA’s laid-back and chill atmosphere generates a warm
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A B OV E : Big Harp’s Stefanie Drootin-Senseney (left) tunes up before a backyard SoFar Sounds gig in September (image by Elli Lauren Photography), and Jarrell Perry performs in October at Timewarp Music in Mar Vista (photo by Brendon Holl) B elow : Rey Reynolds of the band James Davis (left) sings during So Far Sounds’ January concert at World Arts in Culver City (photo by David Benjamin), a Pearl bass drum sits ready for action in November at Timewarp Music (photo by Lindsey Wilson), and Deap Vally’s Lindsey Troy rocks out during a collaborative show with Echo Park Rising in August (Wicked Goddess Photography)
and supportive space where artists can be their most authentic selves. “It opened me up,” says Kera Armendariz, lead singer of the “bipolar folk” band Kera and The Lesbians, who performed solo on Jan. 23, the night I went to SoFar Sounds LA. “It gives me freedom during the set,” she says, adding that having the stage to herself allowed her to experiment in ways that she might not if she were playing with her bandmates. I see that kind of transformation myself with Soren Bryce, a skinny-jean-clad singer-songwriter who gets up onstage and confesses to the audience that she has “bad social anxiety.” But her revelation belies the big voice that bursts from her small body — a commanding and versatile sound reminiscent of Adele’s belting bravado, but also Lana del Rey’s ethereal vocals. Her smoky voice hauntingly drifts over big striking chords in her mournful “Forever is not Enough.” Bryce, whose song “Sirens” has been featured on NPR’s “All Songs Consid-
ered,” gives credit to a SoFar Sounds show in San Francisco for helping her come out of her shell. “There were no mics or P.A.s, just playing for [the audience] as your friend or family. You could see people were listening and genuine. It opened up my
“They’re all dope! The audience is all ready for the music,” Reynolds says from the stage. During the show her vocals give a soulful overtone to the group’s fierce “Blood in the Cage,” powerful “Better than You Are” and finely crafted three-part harmonies.
performers and audience members mingle freely, allowing listeners to share their love for the music directly with the artists. “It’s a fantastic platform for artists, a very supportive community,” says Adele Ho, a SoFar Sounds LA fan who also works in the music industry. She often comes to SoFar Sounds LA to check out new talent, but also to enjoy music with her friends. Yet what keeps Ho coming back to SoFar Sounds LA is that she never knows quite what to expect. “The element of surprise keeps things going,” she says.
Imagine an indoor picnic, but with mood lighting and a soundtrack of largely undiscovered acoustic love songs and indie ballads. heart to them,” says Bryce, 18, who started her music career singing songs at a gelato shop in Texas. “It’s nice to be back playing at intimate clubs,” she says. “I feel like part of the crowd.” The feeling is mutual for the James Davis band’s Jess Reynolds, who sings with her twin sister Rey and their brother Auston.
Jess’s belting voice beautifully intermingles with Rey’s breathy vocals and Auston’s dreamy falsetto. Aside from a few guitar chords, the group sings almost a cappella at times.
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The stripped-down acoustic quality of all the singers’ sets gives an intimate vibe to the whole evening. At intermission
SoFar Sounds LA returns with a secret show from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in Mar Vista, followed by others from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 somewhere in Culver City. Visit sofarsounds.com/la to apply for or purchase tickets. christina@argonautnews.com
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a girl meant that she had to find creative ways to occupy herself. “I have three younger brothers, and being the oldest and being the girl wasn’t easy. I spent a lot of time figuring out how to entertain myself,” Emanuel says of her upbringing in the 1970s. One summer Emanuel’s parents sent her away to her grandparents’ house in the
“I have three younger brothers, and being the oldest and being the girl wasn’t easy. I spent a lot of time figuring out how to entertain myself.” — Lani Emanuel
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— wired and bored,” says Emanuel. “It definitely sparked creative interests.” Emanuel channeled those interests into pursuing fashion design, which she did professionally for 15 years before starting a family and transitioning to painting. Now her artwork both combines her fascination with the extraordinariness of dullness and taps into her perspective as a mother. For this solo-exhibition,
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in girlhood and one foot headed towards womanhood,” Emanuel says. One portrait of the artist’s daughter is particularly striking. Wearing a black and white striped dress, she slumps into a big red armchair and stares wearily ahead. She’s too young to seem so tired, but there’s a profound beauty in her exhaustion. Emanuel remembers capturing the moment spontaneously with her camera. “[My daughter] had just returned from college back east. She was jet-lagged, she was grumpy, she was hungry, but she managed to get all dressed up to go out to lunch,” Emanuel says. “I was able to
capture that sense of boredom and ennui and relate it to periods of my adolescence, during that summer when I was just bored out of mind.” In this way, Emanuel’s paintings seem to come full circle — her past and legacy colliding in one frame. “She’s Becoming” is on view through March 12 at the Lora Schlesinger Gallery in Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Unit B5, Santa Monica. Call (310) 828-1133 or visit loraschlesinger.com. christina@argonautnews.com
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The classic Spanish pairing of Manchego cheese with sweet Membrillo and fruit with meat, and with the sauce that had a vinegar tang and hints of cinnamon. It was the best item of our meal, and one that I’d order on any future visit. We finished our savories with that mainstay of any tapas meal, patatas bravas, and Spanish-style pork belly in a quince glaze. The pork was a bit of a dud because it was extremely fatty and the skin hadn’t crisped at all. If it had been allowed to roast a bit longer to intensify the flavor and reduce the fat it would have been fine, but I liked the seasoning more than the pork. The potatoes hit the high standard of the rest of the meal, crisp-fried and topped with an enjoyably lethal garlic-cream sauce. We shared glasses of red and
white sangria after the bubbly ran out, and I preferred the white. Red sangria usually needs a shot of brandy to balance the wine, and as Manchego doesn’t have a liquor license they may have had to leave that out. We finished with fresh churros that were served with a very authentic chocolate sauce, and they tasted exactly like the ones I had enjoyed on a vacation in Salamanca. The evening went just as I had hoped — a taste of Spain to hold my companions over until they get to experience the real thing. Dinner for five with wine ran $140 before tip, a fantastic deal on a delightful evening. If you’re looking for a Spanish experience on the Pacific Rim, start at Manchego. I can almost guarantee you’ll be back.
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ElEgant living with ExcEptional viEws “Perched on a knoll in Playa del Rey, this beautiful Mediterranean-style villa combines a formal elegance with the informal lifestyle of Southern California beach living,” says agent Jane St. John. “Once inside, you reach the living room that features a fireplace, and expansive windows overlooking the front courtyard patio. The grand formal dining room is perfect for entertaining large groups. The adjacent gourmet’s kitchen boasts top of the line range, convection-thermal ovens, SubZero, breakfast bar, and informal dining area. On the second level, two family bedrooms share a direct-access bathroom. Also on this level are a spacious laundry room, and a dramatic master suite with fireplace, wet bar, and luxurious bath with double sink. Steps lead to the third level entertainment suite, which also features a fireplace, wet bar, adjoining bathroom and storage areas. Take in the views that stretch from Santa Monica to Catalina, from the roof-top patio. The house is completed by a two-car garage, approached from rear cul-de-sac.”
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offered at $1,099,000 Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties 424-203-1828
offered at $749,000 Dan christian, RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-251-6918
“Situated on a quiet street, this home is minutes from dining, shopping, and the excitement of Playa Vista,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Beautiful hardwood floors welcome you to the open living room that offers the perfect balance of natural light and privacy. The newly remodeled kitchen is a chef's dream with a central island, and stainless appliances. The master suite features a remodeled bath and doors that open to the lush yard. Two additional bedrooms and two full baths complete the floor plan.
“Situated on a prime Westchester corner lot, this charming three-bedroom, one-bath home creates a total indooroutdoor living experience,” says agent Dan Christian. “From the serene entry courtyard to the bright living space where French doors offer easy access directly onto the tranquil park-like rear garden and patio, this home is comfortable and practical California living at its best. An updated kitchen boasts stainless steel appliances, cozy breakfast bar and ceiling skylight.”
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“An A+ location and wonderful ocean, city & mountain views (plus potential for even more spectacular and dramatic views) make this home a very exciting opportunity,” says agent Bob Waldron. “Located on a cul-de-sac in the esteemed upper North Kentwood neighborhood, this meticulously maintained home has a desirable open floor plan including 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, family room & newly remodeled kitchen with high quality finishes. This home offers unlimited potential for even more stunning views with the addition of a second story.”
“This 1947 Venice traditional boasts three bedrooms and one full bathroom, with a separate shower and tub,” says agent Janet Jung. “The floors are the stunning original dark wood and the living room features a wood burning fireplace. The charming kitchen includes a sunny dining area. The third bedroom steps out to the private back yard that boasts mature trees and a two-car detached garage. Walk to new restaurants and shops on Lincoln Blvd. and bike to beaches, all of which are just minutes away. Don't miss this amazing opportunity.”
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Murphy Ranch’s Last Stand City workers are demolishing the ruins of L.A.’s Depression-era Nazi dream house Photos by Ted Soqui
By Tony Peyser Rustic Canyon’s 50-acre Murphy Ranch has such an innocent-sounding name, but there’s a dark cloud over its past. The place should have been called The Fuhrer’s Westside Bunker When He Takes Over. However, that’s A) a mouthful, and B) might have raised some suspicions in Depression-era Los Angeles. It’s no matter now. Throughout the month, city workers are tearing out the last remains of this Nazi-inspired retreat with killer ocean views — apocalypticflavored concrete and rusted metal ruins that have become a favorite destination for Westside hikers, amateur filmmakers and apparently taggers most of all. Shadowed in secrecy, it’s difficult to be certain of exactly what went down 80 years ago in these remote hillsides up the coast from Santa Monica. I’ll do my best with the little that’s been written. The year was 1933, and Hitler had just become dictator of Germany. Norman Stevens, an engineer in Colorado’s silver-mining business, and wife Winona Stevens, an heiress with an interest in metaphysics, fell under the influence of a mysterious “Herr Schmidt” whom they believed possessed supernatural powers. Schmidt warned the Stevenses that Germany was destined to defeat the United States. Thinking America was going to buy the farm, the couple bought the ranch under the pseudonym Jessie M. Murphy as a place to hunker down and await Hitler’s arrival. They drew up plans for a $4-million ($72 million in today’s money!) selfsustaining ranch complete with a four-story mansion, multiple libraries, immense vegetable gardens, an indoor pool, a double-generator power station, a 20,000-gallon fuel tank, a 395,000-gallon water tank and a bomb shelter. The concept for this sinister Shangri-La was largely designed by Paul Williams. Yeah, that Paul Williams: the legendary African-American architect whose accomplishments included designing more than 2,000 homes in the City of Angels. Minority-hating Nazis hiring a black man to design an epic home for Team Adolf is odd, but chalk it up to taste running roughshod over prejudice. Williams, apparently unaware of the project’s intent, was brought on after the initial plans weren’t seen as grand enough. Those had been primarily drawn up by Welton Beckett, another visionary architect whose work included the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The Stevenses weren’t just expecting the Nazis; they were sympathizers with
Murphy Ranch is a favorite hangout for both nature enthusiasts and taggers the Silver League of America, an underground fascist organization launched in 1933 by William Dudley Pelley. Initially a journalist and a short story writer, Pelley also wrote a few Lon Chaney movies but became embittered
money and wound up living in a steel garage on the property instead of a grand mansion suitable for their dreams of world-domination. As of last weekend the ruins of Murphy Ranch had already been fenced off, with
Minority-hating Nazis hiring a black man to design an epic home for Team Adolf is odd, but chalk it up to taste running roughshod over prejudice. after his showbiz prospects dried up. Hell hath no fury like a screenwriter scorned. Pelley claimed to have had a near-death experience in which he met Jesus, who gave him his anti-Semitic marching orders, and insisted he could levitate and see through walls (which must’ve wowed Mrs. Stevens!). Pelley was even a third-party presidential candidate in 1936 for his brief-lived Christian Party. Back in the day he was considered an “eccentric.” Now we’d just call him “cray-cray.” One oft-told version of Murphy Ranch’s demise has it being raided in 1941, whereupon “Herr Schmidt” and others living at the ranch vamoosed. Another account holds that the Stevens ran out of
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signs warning people not to enter but plenty of hikers hanging out after hopping low walls or crossing cut fences. Large trash bins near the creepy stoneand-metal entry gates are already filled with tangles of rebar and spray-painted concrete, but the tagged up skeletons of many structures as well as the rusted-out husk of a vintage Volkswagen bus remain. If you haven’t been, it’s kind of cool. It also looks like the kind of place where teenagers go to drink cheap beer and hikers’ dogs find decomposing bodies. Now that the demise of Murphy Ranch is upon us, there are plenty of good things that can be done with the place. A set of some 500 concrete steps should
be cleaned up and left for athletes in training. The groves meant for growing fruit, nut, carob and olive trees could be restored as just that, and nearby Camp Josepho should get a shot at putting up additional camp grounds for scouts who could maintain the gardens. Thanks to Huntington Hartford, some of this space was renovated in the 1950s and 1960s as a retreat for artists — that is, until it burned in the 1978 Mandeville Canyon fire that left the place in ruins. Hartford’s new structures were designed by Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright. Though modernity-hating Hartford was a cranky control freak, he managed to get a lot of famous creative types to be guests at his colony, including composers Arnold Schoenberg and Leonard Bernstein. Even Edward Hopper came here in 1957 to finish his haunting “Western Motel” canvas. So putting aside some space for a new artistic retreat seems like it would have some historic resonance. Whatever’s to be done with Murphy Ranch, it’s not likely to happen quickly. In the meantime, perhaps the lesson here is about hubris. The Stevenses probably would have been better off with a starter Aryan homestead than a colossal Nazi compound. Just sayin’.
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Grow Your Business Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Designer Jose Caballer shares his entrepreneurial journey from running a design agency to starting an education company. Come ready with questions. LAX Coworking, 9100 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 208, Westchester. Free. (424) 290-8745; laxcoworking.com
Berkay Deejay Set, 10 p.m. to 1:45 a.m. Deejay from Turkey makes his debut U.S. performance at Bank of Venice, 80 Windward Ave, Venice. No cover; 21+. (310) 450-5222; bankofvenicepublichouse.com Karaoke with Kiki, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays. Sing ‘til you can sing no more at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
Tax Day is Coming, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The Silver Seminar Series and Westside Pacific Villages host an informational session about updates for 2015 income tax returns. H&R Block Premium Senior Tax Advisor Maria Elena Cabral will be on hand to discuss tax-related matters. Free. Westchester Senior Citizens Center, 8740 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. thewpv.clubexpress.com
Friday, Feb. 19 “(Co)working Out with Jeff Blair Fitness,” 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A lunchtime workshop with Jeff Blair of Jeff Blair Fitness to learn and practice the best ways to lose weight and gain strength despite your busy schedule. LAX Coworking, 9100 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 208, Westchester. (424) 290-8745; laxcoworking.com
Line Dancing Workshops, 5 to 8 p.m. Dance your way to fitness each Thursday during any of three line dancing workshops — a 5 to 5:45 p.m. class for beginners, a 6 to 6:45 p.m. intermediate class, and an advanced class from 7 to 8 p.m. Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. $7 suggested donation. (310) 726-4128
Santa Monica Jaycees 87th Annual Installation Dinner, 5:30 p.m. The Santa Monica Junior Chamber (Jaycees) hosts cocktails, dinner and a silent auction benefit hosted by Santa Monica Daily Press Publisher Rob Schwenker. The event installs
Don Was & His Old Friends from Detroit, 9 p.m. The American funk-rock musician and record
new Santa Monica Jaycees President Baily Hancock and honors community supporters and outstanding young teachers, police officers and firefighters. Le Méridien Delfina Santa Monica, 530 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $70 to $80. smjaycee.org Sufi: Dancing, Meditation, Chanting, Exercise, 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Sufi Foundation of America presents a workshop with Shattari Method practitioner Adnan Sarhan. Release bad habits, heighten concentration, let go of tension and instead welcome harmony, contentment and peace. Santa Monica Friends Meeting House, 1440 Harvard St., Santa Monica. $10 Friday and $60 Saturday. (310) 828-2703; sufifoundation.org “The Night Sky Show” / “Gemini 7 & 6 — 50 Year Retrospective,” 7 p.m. An evening at the planetarium begins at 7 p.m. with “The Night Sky Show,” offering recent news in astronomy and space exploration and a family-friendly tour of the constellations. At 8 p.m., examine the history of the Gemini 7 and 6 flights with a personal perspective from a guest lecturer who will share memories of the Space Race. $5 to $6 for one show; $9 to $11 for the pair of shows. John Drescher Planetarium at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa
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The Family Drama: “Father, Son & Holy Coach” @ Odyssey Theatre John Posey plays multiple characters from a small Georgia town where football is king in this one-man show about a former pro football player’s relationship with his son, who dreams of other things. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 20 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $15 to $25. (323) 960-7724; plays411.net
Literary Love Story: “I Take Your Hand in Mine” @ Pacific Resident Theatre Guillermo Cienfuegos directs a play charting the love story of playwright Anton Chekhov and his leading lady Olga Knipper through their intimate correspondence over six years and great distances. Opens at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, and plays at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays through March 13 at Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15 suggested donation. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com Fisherman’s Tale: “Coming Home: A Modern Odyssey” @ Odyssey Theatre A group of 20 artists that includes PATH West LA homeless veterans, Step Up on Second members and Creative Minds writing group members share their voices to tell a Moby Dick tale in reverse about a lonely shark, a homeless man, an isolated moon goddess, a ruthless pirate captain and a whale —all of whom find integration, renewal and transformation back on shore. One performance only: 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. Suggested
donation $5 to $15. (925) 200-5631; uclaartsandhealing.net The Odd Couple:“Jack & Jill” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Jack and Jill must decide to love or not to love in this play by Jane Martin about the ups and downs of one oddly perfect couple. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through March 27 at The Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $20 to $25. (323) 9601055; plays411.net Shakespeare Remixed: “Tempest Redux” @ Odyssey Theatre In this stripped down take on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” John Farmanesh-Bocca turns the famous journey of the magician Prospero and his daughter Miranda into a movement-driven play that also preserves the Bard’s verbal gymnastics and linguistic play. Opens at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, and plays at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through April 10 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $15 to $45. (310) 477-2055 ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com
Monica. (310) 434-4767; smc.edu/ planetarium Hedgehog Swing & DJ Doomz, 8 p.m. Gypsy jazz by Hedgehog Swing at 8 p.m., followed at 10 p.m. by DJ Doomz spinning classic and contemporary soul, funk and blues at the Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com “Top Hat,” 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday. A screwball comedy with music, dance and singing, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their most popular film. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $8 to $10 cash or check. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Roses and Cigarettes / Drew Brandmeier, 9 p.m. Roses and Cigarettes plays a blend of country, rock, folk and Americana, including current and classic covers and originals, at 9 p.m., followed by Drew Brandmeier at 11 p.m. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Abraham Lincoln Band, 11:30 p.m. Indie rock with rustic tones and haunting melodies by Jose (guitar and vocals), Skippy (guitar and vocals), Eric (drums), and Art (bass guitar and
vocals), who formerly collaborated as members of the bands Familiar Haunts and Land of Ill Earthquakes. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. 21 +. $5. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com
Saturday, Feb. 20 “Beginner Birding and Creek Cleanup,” 9 to 11 a.m. A monthly event for bird observation and community service in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. Gloves, tools, water and binoculars provided. Bring a reusable water bottle and closed-toe shoes. Parking available behind Bob’s Market / Alkali Water, 303 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 306-5994; ballonafriends.org Household Hazardous Waste and E-Waste Recycling Roundup, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County and the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works host a recycling opportunity for disposal of household hazardous waste such as antifreeze, unused pharmaceuticals, car batteries, used motor oil, paint, pesticides, home-generated sharps waste and electronic waste. Dock 52 Parking Lot, Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Free. cleanla.com; lacsd.org (Continued on page 32)
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L etters above city-owned parking lots in Venice, our local politicians have pretty much ignored the affordable housing crisis in Venice and Los Angeles that Mayor Tom Bradley first identified almost 30 years ago. It will take enormous and sustained public pressure on the MTA, the mayor and the L.A. City Council to make this latest proposal anything more than a photo op for a good idea. Let’s roll up our sleeves and help Mike make it happen! Steve Clare Venice Let’s Do Even Better than 35% Re: “Mike Bonin’s Big Idea: Acres of Prime Venice Real Estate Slated for Affordable Housing,” Cover Story, Jan. 28 Ours is not the only city in an affordable housing crisis, but ours is the worst of any major city in the country. A recent Harvard study says that 58.5% of Los Angeles area renters can’t afford what they’re paying, so we’re talking about millions of people. The problem is structural at both the city and the federal levels. In Venice, as elsewhere in the city, our crisis has been caused largely by a failure to protect existing affordable housing. We are building housing faster in Venice than anywhere else in
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the city, but instead of helping resolve the crisis it is making it worse, as large luxury homes replace affordable ones at a rate found nowhere else. The MTA project will not solve our crisis. Nor will building on every city-owned property. In fact, the MTA formula reported in The Argonaut, requiring at least 35% of housing built on their land go be affordable, shows how far we are from honestly addressing the crisis. If 58.5% of Angelenos can’t afford their rent, and only 35% of rents on these properties are affordable, then we’re building a 23.5% deficit into these projects being touted as a solution. I support Mike Bonin’s determination to build affordable housing on this property if he can get the percentage up from 35% to a meaningful level. We have lost thousands of affordable units in Venice due to lax enforcement of the Mello Act in the Venice Coastal Zone and to low prioritization of housing protection in general. It’s better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness, I keep reminding myself. So let’s push for this development to be truly affordable, not just a fig leaf to cover up the enormous policy failures that have made the need so urgent. David Ewing Venice
FROM THE WEB Re: “Affordable Housing is the Right Move for Venice,” Editorial, Feb. 4 Artists are also being forced out of Venice by rising prices and other dynamics. We do need affordable housing for maintaining diversity and the Venice “spirit,” but that must include an emphasis on retaining our creatives. We need affordable housing for artists! Sandy Bleifer Re: “Joe’s and Roosterfish Call It Quits,” News, Feb. 4 Great story! Venice isn’t dead, it’s still the second most popular tourist trap in L.A. Been here 63 years, born on Jib Street and Speedway, hung out on the ZooWalk and surfed the same surf forever — but it’s the turmoil that’s always made it fun. Beatniks hippiefied, now Millennialized. Only real change occurred when 100s of oil wells and tanks along sandy beach roads transformed into streets lined with three-story buildings. The place is still a party. PD Lankovsky We at French Market Café are very sad about the departure of longtime institutions like Hal’s, Roosterfish, Primitivo and Joe’s. And it’s true that Abbot Kinney Boulevard’s core has changed a
lot, and not especially for its own good. We at French Market Café are very proud of serving the Venice Community since 1993 and will be for quite some time, as we have no intent to leave Abbot Kinney. Agnes Martinez Re: “Venice Remembers Brian Zarate,” News, Feb. 11 Brian, you will be missed. Our prayers for your family and friends. Now you can surf the perfect wave. Shelly You were my first love, Brian. I knew you for 26 years, and me, you and Dwayne had tons of adventures together. You will be very much missed! Stacy Jones You will be missed. RIP my friend. Venice King. Stephanie Donahue Re: “Releasing Evin Prison,” Opinion, Feb. 11 “I don’t dare tell her anything! But if she looks in my eyes, I would give her all the support in my heart … [and] love for being herself, because I believe she can find her way.” This is a beautiful quote, one that’s relevant to other women in situations where decisions need to be made and many people offer advice — advice
that may ultimately be the wrong words for her to hear. How refreshing it would be if more people would practice the art of listening, supporting and, loving. Perhaps then fewer people would feel imprisoned inside the advice of those who assume to know their needs, rather than supporting them as they find their own way. Melanie Holmes Re: “Mike Bonin’s Big Idea,” Cover Story, Jan. 28 The City Council has been allowing rent increases for 20 years, even during the great recession. The result: housing costs have far outpaced the average salary. What a surprise. Now the answer is to be found in one lot? Stop rent increases. That’s the change we need, not headlinegrabbing stunts. J.B. HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE ARGONAUT: We encourage readers to share thoughts on local issues and reactions to stories in The Argonaut through our Letters to the Editor page. You too can have a voice in the community. Letters should include your name and place of residence (for publication) and a telephone number (not for publication). Send to letters@ argonautnews.com.
‘A Golden Era of Corruption’ (Continued from page 12) telling people to not water their lawns. He was really pledging conservation at a very early time, knowing that the supply was finite. … Now, we’re doing a pretty damn good job of conserving our own water. Mulholland would be proud. [Laughs.] Fred Eaton, Harry Chandler, Harrison Otis, Moses Sherman and others made audacious real estate grabs. Were they motivated by the public good, or clever opportunists? Opportunists. [Laughs.] I mean, opportunists and then, someone was going to develop this land, if not them. … Were they criminal? Nope. In fact, Chandler is one of the three most important figures in the history of the city. He helped bring Hollywood; he attracted aerospace to L.A. The book depicts a groundswell of pro-union momentum in 1911, with 25,000 unionists, supporters of Socialist mayoral candidate Job Harriman, singing “Le Marseillaise” from the county jail to Luna Park in Venice. Did
that fervor just dissipate after Harriman lost? The union groundswell certainly built and ... [there was] massive union involvement happening here in the ’20s and ’30s. But when Harriman failed, as is the case with these short-term political campaigns — think of the Occupy Wall Street movement; we felt something was going to happen and it sort of dissipated. You need that charismatic leader to pull you through, and when Harriman’s bid collapsed, that groundswell collapsed with it. Mulholland and Eaton believed passionately in Los Angeles; did they also believe in access to potable water as a human right? Wow, that’s interesting. I don’t know. Total speculation. Eaton was more into self-gain. Mulholland was more into the public good. They definitely crossed swords at that. But I would say that Mulholland [believed in] an absolute right for L.A. to have water. It’s what he spent his whole life trying to do, really.
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Do you think Mulholland’s reputation would have taken as big a hit without “Chinatown”? It absolutely did a lot of damage; my book or any other book isn’t going to alter that. It’s a pretty powerful myth. The best we can do is chip away at it a little at a time. What’s your personal opinion of Mulholland? Has history assessed him fairly? He shouldn’t get off — he’s arrogant, he’s responsible for that dam collapse. But in terms of what happened in Owens Valley, it needed to be done. But the aftermath was handled poorly, negligently. I think he had noble intentions. And I think he loved and wanted the best for this city. His hubris and arrogance hurt him and wound up killing others. So I have a mixed response toward Mulholland. I admire some things he did, and curse other things.
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Love’s Inspiration The unexpected gift of a treasured heirloom pushed Nathan McEuen down a new musical path By Bliss Bowen Nathan McEuen’s fifth solo album, “Side By Side,” opens with a series of midtempo instrumentals — assured, often contemplative, bluegrass-flavored folk. McEuen, of course, is one of those McEuens: son of John (of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), brother of Jonathan (of Hanna-McEuen), the thoughtful product of a childhood spent backstage and on the road, watching and also performing with his famous dad and his celebrated friends. Yet despite being a respected instrumentalist in his own right, “Side By Side” is the first of his albums to extensively spotlight his instrumental compositions. “I’ve been writing a lot of instrumentals over the years and I was just looking for an excuse or reason to finally put that out there,” he says over the phone from a tour bus in Carson City, Nevada. There was another, emotional motivation for McEuen’s banjo instrumentals: voice actress Russi Taylor, aka the voice of Minnie Mouse. A few years ago Taylor approached McEuen after a show and gave him a banjo that had belonged to her late husband, Wayne Allwine, who’d been the voice of Mickey Mouse. “It’s a custom-made banjo that has a Mickey head inscribed [on it] with his initials, and I was speechless when she handed it to me,” McEuen recalls. “The first two tracks on the album, ‘Mice (Part 1): They Meet’ and ‘Mice (Part 2): The Magic,’ are absolutely in honor of Russi and Wayne, their love and marriage.” After McEuen played the tunes for Taylor, she asked him to write one more. “We were just sitting down to dinner one night, and she pulled me aside and said, ‘I have a line that I think would be perfect for a song and I want you to have it; do you think you can do it?’ As she was telling me this story, she said, ‘I have to tell you, the line is the last thing Wayne
said to me before he passed away.’ Pretty heavy. The last thing he said to her, as she was walking out of the room, was, ‘It’s all right, Russi, I have pictures of you in my heart.’” “Pictures of You in My Heart” thus became a final track on “Side By Side” — an elegiac love song played over pretty acoustic guitar and cello. Aside from “Pictures” and three other poppier, Nathan McEuen lets his instrumentals breathe full-band tracks, “Side in “Side by Side” By Side” is dominated by do it now, we’ve given you enough time, banjo instrumentals. Prior to releasing it, right?’ We kind of joke around about it.” McEuen says he, like his siblings, had Growing up in the shadow of a famous “shied away” from the banjo out of parent’s musicianship can be intimidatrespect for their dad, a renowned ing, though it bestows informal benefits: multi-instrumentalist who produced observing up close what it takes to learn Steve Martin’s Grammy-winning 2009 musical craft, build a solo, write a song, album “The Crow” and whose lightning-
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Friends of the Venice Library Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Support your local library and score something good to read at this fundraising book sale event, with proceeds benefiting the library’s community programs and new library stock. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/branches/venice Breaking Bad Health Habits, 10:30 a.m. to noon. UCLA internal medicine and pediatrician Allison Leung, MD, shares techniques and steps customized to your lifestyle to help you reach your health goals. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica Auditorium, 1250 16th St., Santa Monica. Free. RSVP at (800) 516-5323. African American History Month Craft Workshop, 11 a.m. to noon. The Santa Monica History Museum continues its monthly “Hands on History” workshop series for elementary-age kids with a lesson and activity celebrating African American History Month. Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th St., Santa Monica. Free. RSVP required. (310) 395-2290; santamonicahistory.org Stencil-Making Workshop, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Whether it’s traditional stenciling for arts and crafts using brushes and sponges, quilting templates, or the aerosol stencils used in graffiti art, Patricia Mitchell shows you how to make one at Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica. $5. apm.activecommunities.com Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free R&B outdoor concert by Blue Breeze. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Anti-Cancer Nutrition Workshop and Cooking Demo, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Lilly Padilla shares her holistic nutrition perspective on cancer, immunity and digestion, including preservation of biological rhythms, food synergy and anti-inflammatory meals from her book “Anti-Cancer Habits & Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition.” Playa Vista Branch Library, 8400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org/ branches/playa-vista “Voices from the Margins,” 5 p.m. Former inmates share how writing and literature transformed their lives, followed by a reading at 8 p.m. with Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez and other professional writers with experiences and advocacy work in prisons. Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. $6 to $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Relax Holistic Open House, 6 to 8 p.m. Free spinal screenings, chair massages and laughter meditation with RSVP. Relax Holistic, 9225 Venice Blvd., Culver City. (310) 985-1259; relaxholistic.com
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‘Dream Big and Do’ Actress, choreographer, director and producer Debbie Allen speaks to a new generation of artists at LMU By Christina Campodonico Debbie Allen is no stranger to fame, or challenging the status quo. The Emmy-winning actress, choreographer, director, producer and founder of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy became famous for her role as dance teacher Lydia Grant in the popular 1980s film and television series “Fame.” But the road to stardom wasn’t easy. Allen, 66, grew up in a segregated part of Texas and faced discrimination in the dance world when auditioning, but that didn’t stop her from becoming a Tonynominated actress on Broadway for her performances in “Sweet Charity” and “West Side Story.” Allen broke more barriers by addressing the AIDS epidemic as director and producer for the groundbreaking television series “A Different World,” about student life on a fictional historically black college campus. Yet Allen considers producing the Steven Spielberg-directed film “Amistad,” about the historical 1839 mutiny of 53 kidnapped Africans aboard a slave ship, one of her career’s crowning achievements. Now Allen is an executive producer and director for Shonda Rhimes’ hit medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” where she also makes guest appearances as the smart and elegant Dr. Catherine Avery. Allen’s latest creative venture, “Freeze Frame,” which made its U.S. premiere at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts earlier this month, tackles gun violence and race relations head on through music, dance and film. Allen visits Loyola Marymount University’s campus on Friday, culminating a weeklong series of classes taught by professionals from her studio. She’ll talk about her career, the entertainment industry, dance and some musical theater history. You’re a very busy lady. How do you wear so many hats? I kind of launch them like planes taking off from the terminal. They don’t all take off at once. You just got to get the engine ready and be ready when it’s time to hit. Out of directing, producing, acting and dancing, do you have a favorite one? Ooh. I don’t know. Today I would say I like acting, because I like going to hair and makeup. I like being taken care of and I enjoy that. That’s today. [Laughs.] What about directing and choreographing? You just had “Freeze Frame” at the Wallis. “Freeze Frame” was so amazing. Oh my God. I think that’s probably the most
Art can make a big statement. What advice would you give to young artists coming to Hollywood today? The world of the arts and entertainment is massive. Here in America we are being imitated all over the world. Hip-hop culture is one of the greatest exports out of America for the last 10, 15 years. I’m just citing that in particular. It’s an art form. … So what are you singing about? What are you dancing about? What are you writing about? What is the story about? It’s hard to feel relevant if somehow you don’t have some point of view. When you were starting off in dance, did you see yourself becoming a director or a producer when you were looking forward into your career? I’m from Texas. You know everybody in Texas thinks big. It’s the truth. We have wide open skylines. Somehow Texas is its own country, and I just always thought I could go [anywhere]. … My mother, Vivian Ayers, is a writer and she always raised us to see ourselves as children of the universe. I’ve always kind of seen myself that way and known that there were no boundaries. I always felt like even though people would say there were boundaries, I always somehow believed that there were not. And that’s kind of how I’ve been living my life since I was a kid. From Broadway to “Fame” to “Grey’s Anatomy,” Debbie Allen always dreamed big
“I just could not wrap my mind around the loss of innocent life every day to gun violence, gang violence, police violence, drugs and the entrapment of young people by virtue of their zip code.” — Debbie Allen important thing I’ve done since “Amistad,” honestly.
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Why did you feel the need to confront issues of gun violence and racial profiling through “Freeze Frame?” I think that anyone who is an artist is somehow connected to the world. Art is an expression and an imitation of life and an impression of life. All art is. The music that people hear or the paintings that people paint, the stories they want to tell — they come out of real life experience somewhere. And this is to me one
What was the initial spark of inspiration for the show? I just could not wrap my mind around the loss of innocent life every day to gun violence, gang violence, police violence, drugs and the entrapment of young people by virtue of their zip code. … So I felt compelled to really study it, and that’s a painful thing to look at. … But at the end of the day this conversation stands up tall for it — the value of human life.
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What do you think artists can do to help the next generation of artists to dream big? Dream big and do. That’s what we say at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. That’s the mantra — dream and do. It’s good to dream, but you’ve got to do it. You’ve got to make it happen. What are you looking forward to in your visit to LMU next week? I’m looking forward to experiencing those young students and inspiring them about musical theater. That’s the class I’m going to teach. Musical theater is very strong in my life and there’s not enough passing [of] the history. It’s very important, and there’s too many of our young people that don’t know enough of the history. … So I’m looking forward to being the professor. I’m going to be Dr. Allen. Debbie Allen speaks at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Loyola Marymount University’s Murphy Recital Hall, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester. Free. Call (310) 338-5233 or email dance@lmu.edu for more information.
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Feb. 18. An international touring mixed-media exhibition amplifying the story of the 43 Mexican students forcefully disappeared after Mexican state police handed them over to a drug cartel. Through March 27 at SPARC’s Durón Gallery, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-9560; sparcinla.org Bettina Hubby’s “The Sexual Bronze Show,” ends Saturday. The exhibit’s theme is in the name. Bronze pairings on pedestals occupy the front gallery, and photographs of those same pairings in various naughty states are in the back. Klowden Mann, 6023 Washington Blvd., Culver City. klowdenmann.com “Sleepless” and “Love Me When I’m Gone,” ends Saturday. A figurative oil painter who explores the expressive and emotive possibilities of the body, Christine Wu dives into the vulnerability and haunted nature of human consciousness in “Sleepless.” In “Love Me When I’m Gone,” Linnea Strid captures water’s reflective movement and depth in paintings of subjects in varying states of submersion and vulnerability. Thinkspace Gallery, 6009 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 558-3375; thinkspacegallery.com “Attune: the Lyrical World of Leebs,” ends Sunday. Artist Lee Ann Goya, aka “Leebs,” shares artwork and found-object installations that are freeform expressions of her mind and spirit while listening to bebop and jazz music. Trunk Gallery, 12818 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 483-7221; trunkgallery.org “Journeys of the Heart,” through Feb. 25. The dual exhibit pairs Masha Dobrovolska’s oil paintings and watercolors with Rhonna del Rio’s yoga-inspired art made from recycled materials. Art Space, 419 Main St., El Segundo. (424) 2771460; artspace-la.com Antique Valentine’s Day Cards Exhibit, through Feb. 27. The exhibit features a collection of historic Valentine’s Day cards dating back to the late 19th century, documenting the history of sending sentiments of love from its hand-made origins through its place as a modern commercial industry. Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th St., Santa Monica. santamonicahistory.org Steve Roden’s “A Year without Painting,” through March 5. Roden’s exhibit includes new paintings and a series of works on paper in collaboration with Leslie Ross-Robertson, inspired by the sensibilities of taking a year off from painting. Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, 6006 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 837-2117; vielmetter.com
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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016013871 The following person is doing business as: Playa Studios 12959 Coral Tree place Los Angeels, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Ignition Print LLC 12959 Coral Tree Place Los Angeles, CA. 90066 . 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: Lynda Cox. Title: CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: January 20, 2016. Argonaut published: January 28, February 4, 11, and 18, 2016. 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. 2016011293 The following person is doing business as: Los Angeles Cash For Cars 13200 Pacific Promenade Los Angeles, CA. 90094. Registered owners: drew Marks, INC. 13200 Pacific Promenade #120 Playa Vista, CA. 90094. 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 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: Andrew Galvin. Title: President. This statement was
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OFF MSRP 3 AT THIS PRICE 122917, 121308, 118967
$2000 GM REBATE $1000 SELECT MODEL BONUS CASH $4500 BUNNIN DISCOUNT
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You are cordially invited to attended a Free Red Hot Mamas Educational Seminar
Topic: “Memory & Menopause” D AT E
Thursday, March 17, 2016 TIME
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM VENUE
Marina Del Rey Hospital Board Room 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Food and beverages will be provided FREE Parking Raffle for Prizes RSVP
Call 888-600-5600 or register online via MarinaHospital.com
About the Red Hot Mamas®
With more than 20 years of experience, Red Hot Mamas® is the largest menopause education program in US and Canada. Their educational and advocacy channels include monthly education programs hosted through local hospitals and considered a leading menopause education/support program of its kind. Red Hot Mamas programs have proudly been utilized in over 200 hospitals and physician group practices. Their award winning website, www.redhotmamas.org, is HON accredited and serves as a credible midlife health education resource to women and their healthcare providers. Their mission is to broaden women’s knowledge about menopause and empower them to become educated healthcare consumers and active participants in the management of their menopause
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