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Contents
VOL 45, NO 9
OPINION
Local News & Culture
Picture This
INTERVIEW
Letters to the editor .......................... 5
New Heights at 90
Whale-watchers Delight
Flight Path Museum honors WWII vet Vincent Migliazzo . .............................. 12
Record number of sightings along L.A. coastline .............................................. 6
Feature
The one-and-only Maryjane goes time traveling in Venice ....................... 30
Moms for Mandela Remembering a civil rights icon at Playa Jefferson ............................... 32
Leaping Hollywood Hurdles
A Liberal in Flyover Country
‘Terminator’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ producer Gale Anne Hurd visits LMU ... 34
Venice actor journeys to find shared political ground .................................. 10
Food & Drink
News Windward Avenue Blaze Declared Arson; Arrest Made ........................... 8
Women on the Move Wonder Women Tech takes on
A Food Truck without Wheels
the industry’s gender imbalance in Playa Vista .................................... 14
This Week
WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Foodie fundraisers, photo workshops and other fun things to do .................. 31
‘Soul Talk’ L.A. Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez heads to Venice . ................................ 17
Too Many to Save Wave of sick sea lion pups overwhelms rescuers .......................... 9
Brick + Mortar should have no trouble staying put in Santa Monica ............... 20
Dive into Fun Take the Polar Plunge at Mother’s Beach ................................................ 19
Green Venice Expo Saddle up to the Eco Genius Bar with Ed Begley Jr. . ..................................... 36 ON THE COVER: Tech-industry superwoman illustration by comic-book artist Rafael Navarro, special to The Argonaut. Cover design by Michael Kraxenberger. See more of Navarro’s work at sonambulo.com.
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LETTERS Be careful what you vote for On March 3, Los Angeles voters will have the opportunity to reject a misguided charter initiative that will undermine term limits and extend the tenure of embedded elected officials an additional 18 months. L.A. Charter initiatives No. 1 and No. 2 are politics at its worst. Under the guise of increasing voter turnout in a city that doesn’t seemingly vote, why
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does this initiative call for the extension of city council terms for an additional 18 months? This detail has been quietly kept from public discussion by these self-serving bureaucrats. For the record, Los Angeles City Council Members currently earn $184,000 annually, excluding valuable pension credits and free health benefits courtesy of taxpayers. Los Angeles City Council members are the highest paid elected legislators in the
country and earn twice that of their elected peers of New York City. Why is that? Does anyone believe these political hacks — only concerned about more tenure, no term limits and more power — care about who votes who doesn’t? A yes vote will extend the term of any council member reelected in 2017 to a term of five and a half years. What this means is that these council incumbents who
never lose will earn $1,012,000 over the life of this extended term, plus pension credits and free health benefits valued at nearly $150,000! Ask yourself, do you have an iron-clad million-dollar contract with your employer? Do you have a six-figure pension in waiting? Do you have free health benefits for life? In the name of increased voter turnout, Los Angeles city council members have devised a scheme
to rip off the public. What do election dates have to do with increasing a term of office? Where is the reliable data or evidence to suggest changing the date of an election will change anything? If one really wants to increase voter turnout, why not expand the size of the council or impose strict campaign finance reform that puts challengers on the same financial playing field of these (Continued on page 7)
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As seen last week, a migrating gray whale dives beneath the surface of Santa Monica Bay By Pat Reynolds There’s little I enjoy more than climbing into my boat and venturing off into the Santa Monica Bay to photograph wildlife. As I sit quietly bobbing in this vast liquid desert it’s never lost on me that a few short miles away one of the largest cities in the world is relentlessly churning. The good news is that while I am here, I am not there. In the boat I turn off the engine and listen. On a good day I hear the sounds of birds arguing, the splash of a pod of dolphin feeding or, on a very good day, the unmistakable exhale of a whale swimming by. Lately that sound has been more prominent in our local waters. Experts are calling this year’s gray whale migration one of the best for witnessing whales they’ve seen in decades. The American Cetacean Society’s Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project has stated that record numbers of whales have been counted since December, which is when volunteers start manning the observation posts on the cliffs of Palos Verdes. So far, nearly 2,000 gray whales have been counted (mostly) heading south for the warm waters of Baja Mexico, where the grays typically give birth. According to data supplied by the census project this far exceeds the 10-year average, which is around 600, and significantly tops last year’s numbers. Last February counters logged about 1,200 whales and that, too, was a story. PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT February 26, 2015
Whale lovers want to believe that these numbers indicate the rebound of a species that was nearly wiped out by whaling around the turn of the century, but it might be that the whales are simply behaving in a more viewable way. “What we think is happening is that there is a shift in the migration which is causing more animals to appear closer to shore,” said Kera Mathis, whale biologist from the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. “It’s going to take time to figure this out — we don’t totally know yet.” Mathis explained it’s quite possible many of the whales that usually travel a route around the backside of Catalina (which would not be seen by average whale watchers) are instead shooting the gap between Palos Verdes and Catalina’s east end. This shift in behavior isn’t clear, but she said it could be related to water temperatures, climate change or something unknown. Whether it’s a change in behavior or there actually are more whales, this heightened ability to see the massive creatures during their migration has the science community interested and excited. Mathis said there is currently a more comprehensive 24-hour cycle counting of gray whales in the works that would include night vision surveillance. “In general the gray whale is doing well,” Mathis said. “They’re one of the best-rebounded whales from whaling — their numbers are over 20,000.
They’re doing much better than other populations, but as I said, we anticipate that this is a shift in migration patterns.” Whatever turns out to be the case, it’s all good news for those looking to get out on the water and see whales in their natural environment. “This is the best season I’ve seen so far,” said Nic Robbins, captain of the Matt Walsh whale-watching boat out of Marina del Rey at Dock 52. “Every trip we go out we see three to five whales consistently.” Robbins said he regularly has whale sightings right outside the Marina del Rey breakwall and not far off the Santa Monica Pier, often a mile off the beach. In years past, a boat like the Matt Walsh could quite possibly see no whales — it’s by no means a given to spot them, regardless of the regularity of the migration. But this year Robbins said there has only been one day in two months where they came up empty. In addition, he hasn’t had to work so hard to find them. “Some trips we’ll be 10 minutes outside the breakwater and we’ll run across one,” he said. This time of year whale-watchers begin to see a shift from exclusively southbound whales to a mixture of those heading north and south. Animals that have done what they need to do in Mexico are on their way back to the Pacific Northwest where the process began, while latecomers (Continued on page 35)
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embedded incumbents? These initiatives have nothing to do with increased turnout, but are another cynical and Machiavellian attempt to undermine a fragile and broken government far removed and unconcerned about the lives of average Venetians! The March 3 election is an opportunity for reasonable taxpayers to lash out at this arrogant power grab that further increases the wealth of elected officials who are more interested in pay hikes, pension credits and free health benefits than doing their job: developing serious public policy solutions to the dysfunctional power structure downtown that actually despises average individuals and working families. I urge all voters to cast a resounding no vote on charter questions 1 and 2. Nick Antonicello Venice Spelling matters I caught the measels on the front page of The Argonaut (Feb. 12) and hope that no one else on the staff was contaminated by the measles. Bettina Gantsweg Marina del Rey
“The high number of unvaccinated students is jeopardizing public health not only in schools but in the broader community. We need to take steps to keep our schools safe and our students healthy,” Allen said in a statement quoted by The Argonaut. This legislation, if passed, will place California with 32 other states that don’t allow parents to opt out of vaccination requirements using a personal-belief exemption. We salute Senator Allen for addressing this urgent
matter of public health and urge those in our community who are able to be vaccinated to do so if they are not already. Santa Monica Democratic Club Executive Committee Santa Monica
FROM THE WEB: Re: “Saving the Western Snowy Plover,” cover story, Feb. 19 Often wondered what these little guys were called. They crack me up when they run in
from the waves in a big pack. Thanks for the article! Waylander21 Re: “Transient-related crime is no exaggeration,” power to speak, Feb. 19 This so sad. Venice is such a unique place. Never thought I’d say it, but we need more police and faster response and officers to deal with children after such a traumatic experience. Richard Balsamo
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Hurst is Westchester Rotary’s Citizen of the Year Alison Hurst, executive director of Safe Place for Youth, has been named the Westchester Rotary Club’s 2014-2015 Citizen of the Year. She will receive the award at 7 p.m. Saturday during the Westchester Rotarian Foundation’s annual fundraising dinner at the Crowne
Plaza Los Angeles International Airport Hotel, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. A Safe Place For Youth is a Venice-based resource center for homeless youth that provides food, health education, drug and alcohol counseling, clothes and employment referrals. “It is an honor to receive
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The Westboro group spent only 10 minutes in front of The Reserve A small contingent from the Westboro Baptist Church — the controversial group that rabidly opposes gay rights and has made
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By Gary Walker Starving sea lion pups have been showing up on Los Angeles-area beaches in such great numbers this winter that animal rescue workers are overwhelmed and can’t manage to save them all. Head of the El Segundobased nonprofit Marine Animal Rescue, Peter Wallerstein said the wave of sea lion pups found dehydrated, dangerously undernourished and sometimes battling hypothermia is unprecedented for the Santa Monica Bay. “We’ve rescued 140 so far this year, which is quite alarming. In 29 years of doing this work, I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Wallerstein, who is also discovering dead sea lion pups, also referred to as yearlings, washed up on area beaches. There are only three marine mammal rehabilitation centers in Los Angeles County, and those facilities are nearly at capacity. Raymond Simanavicious, marketing and development manager for the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, echoes Wallerstein’s alarm. “Normally we would have about 25 [sea lion pups in care] at this time, so for us to be seeing this many is really amazing,” he said. In January and February alone, Wallerstein’s Marine Animal Rescue has picked up 47 struggling sea lion pups along the Los Angeles city coastline, Venice and Playa del Rey included. The group has rescued 16 young sea lions in Marina del Rey, 13 in Santa Monica and nine in El Segundo, plus dozens more on Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo beaches. In addition to the yearlings that Wallerstein and others have rescued, San Pedro’s Marina Mammal Care Center also rehabilitates other sea mammals that have been injured or fallen ill. Because rehabilitation centers are so close to full or at full capacity, facilities have imposed a limit of three rescues per day — leaving many of the yearlings in jeopardy. “It’s really hard for us to see an animal that’s sick and you can’t rescue it [because of the three-
Peter Wallerstein recently rescued this undernourished sea lion pup in Marina del Rey rescue limit]. So we have to wait until the next day to go back and get them,” Wallerstein said. When a sea lion is dehydrated, one day could mean the difference between life and death. “Sometimes it can be only a matter of hours,” Wallerstein lamented. On Feb. 19, the California Wildlife Center posted to its Facebook page that it recently received permission to care for and rehabilitate sick and injured sea lion yearlings. Dana Murray, senior manager of coastal policy for Heal the Bay, said warmer ocean temperatures are likely contributing to the sea lions’ plight. She said the smaller fish that sea lions eat tend to seek deeper, colder waters as the ocean heats up. “Our theory is sea lion mothers are having to dive deeper and stay away longer from their yearlings because their food source, which consists of anchovies and sardines, is moving to deeper waters because of warmer temperatures,” said Murray. “Sea lion yearlings are often too inexperienced to fish for themselves and are still dependent on their mothers. “ A 2013 study by the Pew Charitable Trust linked starving sea lions along some parts of the Pacific Coast to reductions in local fish populations. Overpopulation may also be playing a role, Murray said.
“The California sea lion population is as close to their highest capacity as they have been in recent years. There are some theories that there may not be enough food for all of the sea lion yearlings,” she said. “Sometimes in nature and among various species there are winners and losers.” Wallerstein has long hoped to build an animal rescue and rehabilitation facility at Dockweiler Beach. Despite donor support and approval from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, that dream has yet to materialize. “We’re still trying to raise money for it. That’s the only thing that’s stopping us,” he said. Wallerstein, Murray and Simanavicious each advise that anyone who sees an injured or sick sea lion not approach it, offer it food or try to return it to the water, but contact a rescue organization instead. Some who have tried to help sick sea lion pups have been bitten, Wallerstein said. “There are no easy answers to this problem,” Wallerstein said. “We just have to deal with each animal one at a time.” To report a sick or injured sea lion, call Marine Animal Rescue at 800-30-WHALE. gary@argonautnews.com February 26, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 9
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A journey to the other side Tired of dead-end arguments, a liberal leaves Venice to explore conservative America and ends up finding common ground By Joe McGovern Yesterday I was sad because I didn’t talk to a Republican. Today I’m happy because I get to talk to three of them. These are not emotions I would have felt five months ago. That’s when I left Venice to drive around the country filming my documentary “The Other Side: a Liberal Democrat Explores Conservative America.” I never used to like talking politics with conservatives and/ or Republicans. In fact, I’m not sure I can name many things that I liked less. Every political conversation would devolve into a nasty argument and we’d both leave the conversation almost hating one another. But where I’m at now — about two-thirds of the way through my journey around the United States, that’s all changed. What’s the point? Well, I just got tired of being angry at people on the other side of the aisle. I wanted to see what would happen if I stopped arguing and started listening. Plus, looking at it logically, my assumptions about conservatives couldn’t possibly be true. If I say that conservatives are racist, selfish, ignorant or (here’s my favorite) crazy, then that would mean that approximately half of the people in the U.S. are racist, selfish, ignorant or crazy. There’s a pretty high statistical probability that they aren’t. That was intriguing to me. So I figured I’d go find out the real story. Now, to make this work I figured I needed to make two promises. First, I would not try to convince people that I was right and they were wrong. This would be a fact-finding mission, not an evangelizing mission. Second, if someone made a good point, then I would say so. I would actually say the words, “That’s a good point.” We never do that when we’re arguing. If an ideological opponent makes a good point, then we need to make a bigger, better point that squashes their point into the ground, obliterating it and them in the process. I figured that’d be a little counter-productive to my mission. So, armed with my commitment to not argue and to acknowledge good points from the other side, I packed my stuff into my brand new (to me) 2000 Chevy Astro van, slapped my
Joe McGovern and his dog Charlie are touring the country to learn what makes conservatives tick film logo on the side, threw my dog Charlie into the passenger seat and off we went. It’s been, in a word, epic. I’m finding that conservatives are thoughtful, intelligent, generous people, and I’m finding
the interview he was showing me his house and he had a picture on his wall of a Marine carrying a child who had been injured by a suicide bomber. Bill was really moved by the Marine in the photo, but all I felt was
Can I be anti-war and prosoldier? … Can I allow myself to be moved by a picture of a Marine and stay true to my beliefs? I think I can, and I think I should. that I’m having to say, “That’s a good point,” a lot. And I’m having little mini-epiphanies in almost every conversation. One time I was interviewing Bill, a Zen Buddhist conservative (There’s an epiphany right there — that there are Zen Buddhist conservatives). After
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anger at George W. and Rumsfeld et al. for starting the Iraq War. I was very much struck by that. I couldn’t feel connected to this Marine because of my views of the war he represented. That seemed like a problem to me — like an inconsistency or hypocrisy — and it raised a
question: Can I be anti-war and pro-soldier? Not just in my logic, but in my experience. Can I allow myself to be moved by a picture of a soldier and stay true to my beliefs? I think I can, and I think I should. Staying on the subject of the military, there was also Cory, head of the College Republicans at the University of Wyoming. He was in the U.S. Army and had done a tour in Iraq and a tour in Afghanistan. We got to talking about gay marriage, and he was 100% in favor of legalizing it. Surprising. I asked him how he came to that opinion, especially given that he is (a) from Wyoming, (b) conservative/Republican and (c) was in the Army. He gave me a sort of confused look and replied that the Army is where he learned tolerance. He was taught that every American deserved to be defended, regardless of whether you thought yourself similar or different to them. Cory said soldiers knew there were gay guys serving with them but didn’t
care. The only thing that mattered was that people do the job they were asked to do. Furthermore, he also thought women should be allowed to serve in combat. This blew my mind. I had always thought of the military as a “good old boy” club, masculine and prejudiced — especially against gay guys and women. Now maybe Cory’s experience wasn’t typical, but at the very least it exists. He’s out there. There’s at least one guy who learned about tolerance from the Army. My head jumped off my neck, did a 360 and plopped back down. Now, it hasn’t all been rosy. I’ve broken my “no arguing” rule many times, even getting into screaming matches about George W.’s war in Iraq. That’s a major sticking point for me. I have really strong opinions — make that really strong anger — toward conservatives for causing that war. And my interviews can get a bit repetitive. If I had a nickel for every time someone criticized welfare or said, “no free handouts,” I’d be driving a brand new van instead of a 15-year-old jalopy with 185,000 miles on it. But I have been able to learn something new in every one of my 57 interviews so far. Every single one. I don’t know that it gets much better than that. Sometimes I find common ground where I didn’t expect it. Sometimes I understand better the things I think are crazy — like the denial of climate change, or opposition to gay marriage. It leaves me feeling connected and, dare I say, patriotic. I had always felt a weird combination of uneasiness and jealousy about the uber-patriotism I saw in conservatives. But I gotta hand it to them. I’m feeling more connected to my country and more proud to be American than I ever have been before. Can’t wait to see what I’ll discover in the last third of the trip. Joe McGovern is a Venicebased actor who recently starred in last year’s production of “Henry V” at Pacific Resident Theatre. Learn more about the film at theothersidedocumentary.com.
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Reaching new heights at 90 World War II combat medic, teacher, volunteer — Westchester’s Vincent A. Migliazzo receives the Flight Path Museum’s Honorary Service Award on Saturday
What is the flight simulator program, exactly? It’s referred to as dry flying. Kids come in and learn to fly an aircraft with all the mechanisms, the pedals, the simulator, the chart, and they sit down and learn about weather conditions. And let’s say they pick a journey from L.A. to San Francisco — then you can throw a little snow, a little rain, and a screen comes up and they can actually see the aircraft as it’s flying to the clouds. Once they complete two or three of the sessions, if they qualify they actually go into an aircraft and learn to fly with somebody else. Once they’ve done several hours of instruction they can solo fly, and we’ve got several that have solo flown. So kids are actually learning to fly an aircraft. It’s an educational program, and that turned me on because again I get to work with young people, and I like that. I like conveying knowledge. … Now we have 11 or 12 simulators, some with triple screens. In fact, we have people from the college level that come over, the ROTC program. These are young aviation cadets that have never even been in an airplane, maybe, and they’re learning to dry fly.
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Vincent A. Migliazzo stormed the beach to pave the way for MacArthur’s return to the Philippines, earning the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Philippine Liberation Medal as part of four treacherous assault landings during World War II. Those memories still bring him to tears. A graduate of Loyola University (before it merged with Marymount to become LMU) in 1948, he went on to work for 34 years as a teacher, counselor, principal and assistant superintendent for Inglewood public schools — earning a place on his alma mater’s Wall of Fame. Migliazzo, 90, has lived in Westchester with his wife Beverly since 1950, and along the way he’s logged thousands of volunteer hours for organizations such as Little League Baseball, the local YMCA, Boy Scouts of America, Knights of Columbus and the American Legion. As of late, he’s been especially active with the Flight Path Museum in Westchester, where he serves on the board of directors and supervises the Flight Path Flyers youth flight simulator training program. The Flight Path Museum presents Migliazzo with its Honorary Service Award during a 10 a.m. Saturday ceremony at the museum, which is inside the LAX Imperial Terminal at 6661 W. Imperial Highway. The museum will also install a plaque in his honor at its Aviation Walk of Fame, just outside the Westchester Village Shopping Center at Sepulveda Boulevard and Howard B. Drollinger Way. — Emily Barnett
me. I was more frightened than they were. I was no hero. If it came my way I took care of it, but I didn’t look for anything. What is your most vivid memory from your military service? I saw Gen. MacArthur walk on shore on Oct. 20, 1944 — and I know the date, because it’s here [he points to his head]. He was with [Philippine] President Osmeña. That was very impressive to me, to see the big man himself. Did you hear him speak? Oh, yeah. He got on shore and said — it kind of irritated some — “This is the voice of freedom … I have returned.” And that wasn’t very nice, because there were 60,000 of us who landed that morning. And we had returned. But so what? It was a memorable occasion. If you could go back and do anything differently, what would it be? I started off pre-med. I wanted to be a doctor. And I think maybe I still would’ve liked medicine, but I don’t really think I would’ve gotten the satisfaction that I got out of teaching school or being a principal or being assistant superintendent. Because I had people around me, I was recognized. I got an ego!
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“[MacArthur] got on shore and said — it kind of irritated some — ‘This is the voice of freedom … I have returned.’ And that wasn’t very nice, because there were 60,000 of us who landed that morning. And we had returned.” — Vincent A. Migliazzo
You’ve been quoted saying, “Respect the living, pray for the dead, and try to honor those you leave behind.” How did your service as an army medic shape that perspective? My service in World War II, it probably made me more humane. When I saw the devastation, saw the tragedy, all the death. I was a combat medic with the 24th Division. My division was the first unit to land in the Philippines in 1944. And … [Migliazzo starts to cry. “You saw MacArthur land,” his wife interjects. He starts to laugh.] I was just thinking about some of the guys.
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Anyway, it changed my attitude — made me appreciate life and the friendships that I had gained. I don’t think there’s any of my unit left; I think I’m the last. They’re all gone now. But we were together for several years, and we made four assault landings together in the Philippines. And I think most of us changed our attitude about life, appreciated life. Although I’m not going say I was brave or anything else. You dig a hole — they called them foxholes — to protect yourself from strafing, and I dug a pretty deep hole. Believe it or not, I was the first guy in there with probably two guys on top of
Do you believe your generation really is the “Greatest Generation”? I really do, because I think it was my generation that changed this world completely. It isn’t the same one as when I was drafted into service. We came back and were different — 90% of us went back to school of some kind. Before that, they were farm kids, laborers, millwrights, whatever it was. They came back and the whole world was changed because of education. So, I think that helped change this world; made it a better place to live, I guess. What about the current generation? There’s so much involved in terms of digital. I think it’ll be a different world because of them. They better not forget what was done before them, who made this country what it is. But I think this next generation, the generation existing today, it’ll be wonderful. Migliazzo receives the Flight Path Museum’s Honorary Service Award during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at the museum, inside LAX Imperial Terminal at 6661 W. Imperial Highway, Westchester. The program also includes a presentation about the World War II Flying Tigers (the American Volunteer Group China Air Task Force) by artifact collector Pedro Chan. For more information, call (424) 6467284 or visit flightpathmuseum.com.
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F E a t u re
Digital media entrepreneur Hatel Bhakta (left), Wonder Women Tech founder Lisa Mae Brunson and industrial design firm co-founder Shannon Hematian stand inside the historic Spruce Goose hangar, the site of this weekend’s conference
Staring down the digital ceiling The Wonder Women Tech conference in Playa Vista takes aim at the industry’s infamous gender gap
The thriving digital technology sector has changed much about the way the world does business, but it’s taken that old glass ceiling into the 21st century. When it comes to careers in tech — particularly lucrative software engineering jobs and company leadership roles — women are vastly underrepresented.
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Gender diversification lags like dial-up Internet at some of the biggest names in the digital economy. Women make up 30% of Google’s overall workforce but hold just 17% of Google’s tech-specific jobs, according to data the company has published online. Women account for 37% of Yahoo
“I felt that the buck stopped right where I was and that it would take me 20 years to advance up the corporate ladder. But I decided that I didn’t want to wait around that long.” — Hatel Bhakta, digital media entrepreneur
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employees but fill only 15% of the company’s tech-specific jobs. At Twitter, women filled only 10% of technical roles as of last year. Other industry players follow suit. A widely publicized study by Pinterest software engineer Tracy Chou counted 7,531 male and 1,158 female software engineers at 84 tech companies — a ratio of only about 13% women. Keeping women in tech jobs, meanwhile, has been as much of a challenge as getting them there. As far back as seven years ago, a study by the Harvard Business Review found that up to half of the women who attain tech-specific jobs eventually abandon them due to unsupportive or even hostile work environments. Personal anecdotes published in legacy and online media
F E a t u re corroborate an unwelcoming atmosphere. This weekend it’s the ladies who are in charge, however, at the Wonder Women Tech networking and career development conference in Playa Vista, featuring speaking engagements and panel discussions by nearly 50 female industry luminaries and a collaborative 36-hour Hackathon for software developers. Catering to female computer engineers, graphic or industrial designers, digital marketing specialists and tech-field entrepreneurs, the event takes place inside the historic airline hangar where Howard Hughes built his Spruce Goose. The location is dead-center for the Westside’s burgeoning technology sector — Google (reportedly interested in leasing the hangar from owners the Ratkovich Company) is building a new Southern California headquarters on 12 acres next door, and Yahoo is moving its offices from Santa Monica to a creative office complex a stone’s throw away. Hosted by Los Angeles city officials (Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Councilman Mike Bonin and City Controller Ron Galperin are expected to make appearances), Wonder Women Tech is the brainchild of Lisa Mae Brunson, founder of Equality TV, a multimedia platform that highlights marginalized and underrepresented communities and topics. “We are all pioneering women and we will see a great example of women being innovators, transforming things into the digital space that we never thought of doing before,” Brunson said. “We need to create an ecosystem where women are supporting women.”
“Men are paid according to their potential; women according to what we’ve achieved.” — Jessica Greenwalt, digital media entrepreneur
themselves in the mirror and confront why they’re behaving that way,” Greenwalt said. Though the tech industry developed into a boys club, things didn’t start off this way, said event speaker Karen Catlin, an independent consultant who advocates for women in the tech industry and works with major tech firms to improve gender diversity and hiring practices. Catlin, formerly a vice president at Adobe Systems, earned a computer science in the mid-1980s, when many more women sought such degrees. “There used to be a lot of women in tech. In 1985, 37% of computer science graduates were women. It’s less than half of that now,” Catlin said. “The root of the problem is there are fewer and fewer women entering the field.” That was a time before home or office computers went mainstream, and those who entered the field rarely had any experience with them. But in recent years, said Catlin (who delivered a TEDx talk on the subject), boys latch on to gaming and computer programming early, while girls who try to break into the discipline in their teens often find themselves among This is the second Wonder Women Tech few female peers and at a disadvantage when it comes to experience. event for Brunson, the first taking place Greenwalt would consider herself an last year in Long Beach as part of the exception to that scenario. She said being California Women’s conference. While men are welcome to attend, Brunson said immersed in tech early geared her toward she’s heard repeatedly from women that it entrepreneurial thinking and turned her off from highly controlled corporate work, is critical to maintain an environment for where she believes “men are paid accordwomen to discuss challenges and celebrate accomplishments in the tech world. ing to their potential; women according to what we’ve achieved.” She recounts being “When we started putting this together, able to earn a raise from a corporate tech one of the comments that we’ve heard gig only after proving herself and threatwas women really need a forum like this because we’re really not feeling supported ening to leave. The entrepreneurship route has become [within technology circles]. It’s still a increasingly available for women as man’s world out there,” Brunson said. venture capital firms, in an attempt to Event speaker Jessica Greenwalt, understand women’s consumer habits, founder of the San Francisco digital have begun to include women as general design firm Pixelkeet, has confronted partners who get a vote on which ideas get sexism in the industry head-on. Once advised to hire a male figurehead to insure funded, said event speaker Anna Zornosa. Zornosa founded Ruby Ribbon, a social her company was taken seriously, commerce apparel company based in the Greenwalt, 29, recalls several occasions Bay Area, after holding industry positions where professional meetings with men turned into unwelcomed sexual advances. that included serving as a vice president at Yahoo. Rather than try to flee the situation, she “Twenty years ago I probably couldn’t advises women to take the upper hand. have gotten this company funded, but two “Confront it head-on. You don’t learn things have changed: Silicon Valley now anything and they don’t learn anything if understands that a majority of customers you shut down the conversation. I’m not who make buying decisions are women, afraid to ask guys tough questions when they’re putting me in an uncomfortable situation. I put them in an awkward (Continued on page 16) situation where they have to look at
‘Confront it head-on’
Three Local Women Who Made It in Tech Hatel Bhakta
“Technology is a platform that allows us to think use forward thinking,” said Hatel Bhakta, the co-founder of Creative Intellects, a digital fashion marketing agency that assists designers in marketing and branding. While there are designers who still need to have a physical brick and mortar showroom, “we can help them build a digital showroom,” she said. “A digital presence can allow for brands to display their products, which is far more cost-effective than trying to compete in the traditional form. While that is not impossible, you can use technology as a platform to reach your consumer faster than ever before.” Bhakta decided to go into business for herself while she was working as a financial consultant, where she realized that it would take her a long time to crack the glass ceiling. “I felt that the buck stopped right where I was and that it would take me 20 years to advance up the corporate ladder. But I decided that I didn’t want to wait around that long,” she said. Bhakta believes Wonder Women Tech is breaking new ground. “I believe that we are developing a community of visionaries, mentors, entrepreneurs, as well as a platform to network harmoniously,” she said.
Shannon Hematian
Growing up in Iran, Shannon Hematian always dreamed of a career in technology. “As a kid I was always playing video games. Because of that, I wanted to become a computer programmer,” she said. Now co-founder of Pip Tompkin Studio, an industrial design firm in El Segundo, Hematian would like to see more women go into business for themselves. Hematian agrees that women are not encouraged to go into high-tech fields, which is why she jumped at the chance to participate in
Wonder Women Tech. “I wanted to be involved because we need to have more role models in these fields so that [young women] can see that there are women in these positions,” she said. Hematian’s firm also works on branding and interaction design and last year created a red carpet project for Twitter Mirrors, a tablet designed for VIP events that celebrities can use to send out photos of themselves on an event’s Twitter feed. After six years of branding and industrial design work, Hematian’s dream of being a software programmer is a thing of the past. “I decided that I have too much personality to be a coder,” she said with a laugh.
Audrey Bellis
There are six million square feet of empty office space in downtown Los Angeles, and Audrey Bellis thinks they’ve been unoccupied for too long. To that end, Bellis became a founding member of Grid110, a community group working on connecting start-up companies to those empty spaces. “My passion is to build a technology hub in downtown Los Angeles. It’s time that we use these spaces and bridge the gap for downtown start-ups and creative working spaces,” Bellis said. One way that she is building her dream for a technology nerve center in central Los Angeles is through the IndieDesk, where freelance software programmers and engineers can rent space to work at their convenience. One of the reasons that Bellis said she created IndieDesk is the scarcity of jobs for women in many tech sectors, including computer programming. Bellis said she is looking forward to hearing many of the personal stories of the participants at Wonder Women Tech as well as sharing some of her own. As a secondgeneration American-born Latina, she finds these personal histories inspiring. “I think when you’re called to do something, you just do it,” she said. For Bellis, the “it” is bringing a slice of Silicon Beach to downtown Los Angeles.
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and social media is particularly powerful at reaching them,” she said.
Role models needed
Brunson said cracking the “digital glass ceiling” remains a major obstacle for women, perhaps only circumvented by taking the entrepreneurship route. “Everything that I’ve done has been an opportunity that I’ve created for myself,” she said. “Women often feel like we’ve been restricted to human resources or marketing in many of these companies.” Greenwalt said she believes the climate for women in tech has improved drastically, however, since women like Brunson have raised the issue to the forefront of public discussion. “In the last three years alone the culture has gotten so much better, which is reassuring. I want the young women out there to know that it is getting better and they can get into tech without being treated like we were back in the day,” she said. Hatel Bhakta, co-founder of the Long Beach-based digital marketing and brand innovation agency Creative Intellects, said Wonder Women Tech is a vehicle for women to explore their talents as creative
thinkers and digital entrepreneurs. “It’s a great time to be in this industry because of the way that it’s evolving and the opportunity for innovation. There are opportunities for women to use their creative insight and innovative platforms to forge their own career paths,” said Bhakta, a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Westchester. Bhakta will moderate a panel titled Fashion Forward Technology and speak
specializing in consumer electronics, Hematian has created projects for clients such as Dell, Microsoft, Twitter, Toshiba, iRobot and Vizio. “I think this event can be a great showcase for women in technology and one of the things that I hope to do at Wonder Women Tech is to inspire people to become an entrepreneur,” she said. Speaker Audrey Bellis said that, as a Latina, she hopes those who attend
“We need to create an ecosystem where women are supporting women. … It’s still a man’s world out there.” — Lisa Mae Brunson, founder of Wonder Women Tech
about social media branding, innovation and marketing. “One of the reasons that I wanted to be involved with Wonder Women Tech is because we need to have role models in these fields so [other women] can see that there are women in these high-profile positions,” said Shannon Hematian, who is also speaking at the tech conference. The co-founder of El Segundo-based Pip Tompkin Studio, an industrial design firm
Wonder Women Tech will also understand that it is important to retain ethnic diversity among women in tech. Bellis runs Indie Desk, a tech startup co-working space in downtown Los Angeles. “I’m hoping to use this event as an opportunity to talk about our co-working space and to about how women and minorities are underrepresented in tech jobs,” said Bellis.
Brunson said the moment is ripe for female innovators to push their way into the industry. “What I really love about our team and our speakers is that there is a wide range of diversity. I’ve discovered new role models during the time that I’ve been planning this event,” she said. Brunson added that the Westside’s blossoming Silicon Beach tech corridor seems like more intrinsically fertile ground for women. “It seems like there’s more of a community feel in Silicon Beach,” she said. “This is a timely movement and I’m excited to see how far we can go with it.” Holding the event in Playa Vista also feels right. “It’s an area that’s really booming with high-tech companies. What better way to kick off this initiative than to be where the next stage of technology is going to be?” Brunson said. Wonder Women Tech begins Friday night and continues through Sunday at The Hangar, 5865 Campus Center Drive, Playa Vista. See wonderwomentech.com for event and registration information. Editor Joe Piasecki contributed to this story.
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‘Soul Talk’ L.A. Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez heads to Venice to talk about the power of language and community By Bliss Bowen “I ended up back in the streets. Somehow, though, it wasn’t the same as before. A power pulsed in those books I learned to savor, in the magical hours I spent in the library — and it called me back to them.” So wrote Luis J. Rodriguez in his gripping 1993 memoir “Always Running — La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.,” which details his grindingly poor, violence-scarred youth and how he found salvation in art and language. A celebrated memoirist, novelist and author of short stories and children’s books, the East L.A.-raised Rodriguez has participated in poetry festivals around the world and was recently named poet laureate of Los Angeles — only the second poet so honored in the city’s history. When not writing or reaching out to at-risk youth, the hard-working 60-yearold runs Tía Chucha Press, which he founded in 1989 and which is part of the cultural center and bookstore in Sylmar that he and wife Trini co-founded in 2001. The power of language and community are recurring themes in Rodriguez’s work, and guiding principles as he shapes the position of poet laureate to fit his vision. He’s working on a “possible anthology of local poets that maybe haven’t been heard,” he said, and is giving readings at
the L.A. River, in East L.A., South Central, Watts, the harbor cities, the Valley and elsewhere across the L.A. basin, including Beyond Baroque in Venice this Saturday. “Poetry is very marginalized in this country,” Rodriquez says. “That’s changing, but even now it’s highly peripheral to the culture. Poetry was how I started. My first book was poetry [1989’s “Poems Across the Pavement”], and my first love, as far as language, is poetry.” In your blog for the L.A. Public Library, you wrote that the United States “now has more poet laureates than ever before, around 45 in cities big
and small.” Why do you think that is, and why is it important for a city to designate a poet laureate? About ’85 or so, when the poetry slam movement started happening, open mics were popular, there was “Def Poetry Jam” on TV, you had advanced poet performances. I think it was bound to happen that people would try to honor singular poets, just to keep their cities and communities in touch with the honesty of poetry, which is different than almost any other kind of writing in that sense. There’s no way you can do anything but tell the truth in poetry. It’s like a soul talk, as I call it — people talking more on a soul level — when you do poetry.
“There have to be cultural spaces, there have to be independent bookstores; there have to be festivals and murals. … What happens when you bring in big money is you start seeing some of that stuff go away. They want a pristine neighborhood, which to me is not a real neighborhood.”
So how do you define poetry? What’s required for a piece to be called poetry instead of prose or a journal entry? That’s a good question, because people think it’s just line breaks and things like that. But I think there has to be imagery, compelling language —not dead metaphors but real interesting, powerful metaphors. It also has to have music. I don’t mean it has to rhyme or be in iambic pentameter; I just mean that somehow music has to be [present]. So that when you’re reading it, even if you don’t hear it you can still get some of that; and if you hear it, you can definitely get the cadence of the rhythms. Do musicians ever accompany you at readings? Yeah, I have a CD [2003’s “My Name’s Not Rodriguez”] of me and a band called Seven Rabbit. We actually played about two gigs. My plan was that we’d go around, but it costs a lot to carry a band [laughs], you know … I pretty much had to let it go and all the musicians went off on their own way. I might want to do it again, maybe make the instruments less complex and still have poetry and music. I think that’s a very powerful way of doing it.
— Luis Rodriguez
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shame, because then we don’t always empathize with what teenagers are going Poetry had been taught as a written through. The other thing is I talk to them form of art that rhymed and flowed on about my situation with my son in prison. the page, but since the emergence of … I went to jail, went to two adult poetry slams in the 1980s there’s more institutions and juvenile facilities and a emphasis on poetry as a spoken form number of jails, but I never did state prison — one that doesn’t necessarily rhyme time. So my story is that, here I am trying and often resembles dramatic monoto get out of that life, and my own son ends logues. Do you think that makes poetry up doing hard-core prison time. He got a more accessible for youth? total of 15 years in prison. So they related I do. Because rap came out earlier than to all that; now it’s another end of that that, and it intersects with rap somewhat. story, how if we aren’t careful our own What’s happening is that young people kids fall into those traps. Because most of have found their poetic voice. There was a these kids probably will not be in prison. period where I didn’t think they had any They’re sad that their dads or mothers elders; most teachers — not all of them, might be in prison. They don’t have a but most — didn’t really know how to relationship with them, and I told them teach poetry. It became stale and not how my own son has three kids and for engaging. So I think young people found the most part they don’t relate to him their own voice through rap and poetry very well. I think that’s what they related slams and poetry performance. It’s a to. We had kind of an emotional connecpowerful way for young people to be tion there. engaged. I also like to encourage young people to consider other [forms] of poetry, What are your thoughts about the explosuch as writing. But I definitely think the sion of tech and digital media companies performance end has expanded the that have been accused of gentrifying breadth of poetry. Westside neighborhoods? Do you think they have a role to play in providing In “Always Running,” you wrote about creative outlets and opportunities for how libraries and language helped you Westside youth? tap into your creative spirit, and how Gentrifying … They end up bringing in that opened an avenue out of gang life. artists, which is fine, to poor communities, What do you see happening with at-risk and [those artists] end up getting jobs and kids now? There have been many doing galleries and that’s all good and reports about students getting “social sometimes they connect with communities. promotions” despite subpar reading But as soon as the prices go up, they can’t and writing skills; how can they be afford it. Then you get people coming in empowered by language if their who don’t care about the arts. I think arts communication skills aren’t being have to be part of every community. There developed in school? have to be cultural spaces, there have to be I think it’s an issue that has to do with independent bookstores; there have to be power and voice, and I think it’s purpose- festivals and murals. It brings life to poor ly set up so that poor people of all races communities, but it also keeps other aren’t given the tools. If you do come out communities intact. What happens when of a poor community and you make it, you bring in big money is you start seeing you’re special, you’re different; you’re some of that stuff go away. They don’t not like the others. But I think everybody want the murals anymore; they want a prishas the capacity to be powerful in tine neighborhood, which to me is not a language, in voice and poetry. It’s just not real neighborhood. You know what I’m provided in the same way. I’ve been to saying. Keep neighborhoods intact. I don’t poor schools in this country and I’ve been mind people coming in here. If they have to schools in the middle and I’ve been to money, they should be able to work with the rich schools. I will tell you, when the community and help make it better, not people want their kids to be properly get rid of people. educated, they give them a lot of language. They give them a lot of powerful If you were speaking before an assembly literature. But if they want to keep them of L.A. residents, what’s the foremost not knowing where to go — ignorant, message you would strive to impart as maybe — and not even knowing how to poet laureate? traverse this world, they lower the Cultures that have poetry in their center language they provide them. So I think are much more resilient, vital. I think language is power, and I’m convinced we’ve lost some of that in our culture; as that, if it weren’t for libraries, some of us much as we have so much technology and wouldn’t have that. Libraries are one of money, I think we’ve lost a lot of our soul the great democratic institutions of this talk. I’m trying to bring it back. I’m country, and I totally believe in them. hoping we can get as many people into that movement as we can, because I do believe When you spoke with Venice-area high we need to get poetry back into the center school students whose parents are in of our culture. prison, what did they connect with most about your story? L.A. Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez, L.A. I think they knew that even though I’m Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and older now, I went through some of the others are reading at 8 p.m. Saturday at same struggles they went through as a Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 teenager, and I still remember that. Venice Blvd., Venice. Tickets: $10, or $6 Sometimes you get older and you forget for students and seniors. Call (310) that you were ever a teenager. It’s a 822-3006 or visit luisjrodriguez.com. PAGE 18 THE ARGONAUT February 26, 2015
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Tanner expects that number to at least double and as much as triple this week, with many registering the day of the event. The annual Polar Plunge was previously held in Malibu, but the move to Marina del Rey has been a success from the get-go. In its fifth and final year in Malibu, Polar Plunge fundraising reached a peak of $26,000. Last year’s Mother’s Beach event raised about $39,000, Tanner said. This year, Tanner hopes to reach the $50,000 mark. Malibu’s somewhat isolated and spreadout topography could not compete with the density and social tapestry of Marina del Rey, where the Polar Plunge has become “more of a community event,” he said. Representatives from the Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station, L.A. County Fire Station in Marina del Rey, Loyola Marymount University and the nearby California Yacht Club (which has already raised $25,000, Tanner said) will be on hand to help with information and meet-and-greet booths. The event also benefits from a rivalry-fueled annual fundraising challenge between the UCLA Anderson and USC Marshall schools of business. Participants can also enjoy coffee and pastries from Killer Café (sister restaurant of Killer Shrimp on Admiralty Way), frozen treats from Yogurtland and hot slices from Fresh Brothers Pizza. The Special Olympics grew out of a summer camp for disabled children (Continued on page 35)
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I’m generally not a fan of food trucks — I prefer restaurants that stay right where they are, so when I find one I like I don’t have to chase it around. I have trouble keeping track of the schedules in my own household, so timing my visit to a favorite rolling kitchen is often just too much bother. But I’ll admit that the best of them have provided a valuable public service by bringing gourmet food to far-flung communities, inspiring people to do more searching on their own. Food trucks apparently influenced Justin Safier and Travis Lester. The pair of restaurateurs saw mobile eateries’ popularity in Santa Monica and was inspired not to start their own truck, but to open a restaurant to compete with them. They named it Brick + Mortar, after the
defining difference between themselves and their competition; their customers are protected from the elements. The restaurant is situated in the rear of a modern upscale shopping center on Main Street near Ocean Park Boulevard, and the sign is easy to miss — at one point I was standing five feet from it and didn’t see it. Go behind the coffee shop, a little zig and zag past boutiques, up a ramp and you’ll find a spacious
thought process. The white sangria had an interesting base of Prosecco, wine and rum but was a bit sweet and could have been made without agave, but the cucumber basil refresher and Sazerac were both excellent. The crab cake was described as “jumbo lump,” one of the most prized grades, but if that is what they’re using here, they’re wasting it. The reason to use this premium meat is because it has superior texture and flakiness, so chopping it fine defeats the purpose. The meat was so completely blended with filler that the interior was creamy, and we mused over whether this was deliberate or they had substituted smaller and cheaper flakes of crab. The flavor was OK, but this is one item I wouldn’t order again. The chicken wings were much better, the sauce moderately spicy with a distinct sweet-andsour flavor that was enhanced by a dusting of sesame. Blue cheese dip was served with veggies on the side rather than the traditional ranch, and it was a good dressing that made me want to
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Silver Strand Luxury
Kentwood Home
“This home, just two blocks from the beach, has two rooftop decks with ocean, mountain and canal views, and an entertaining loft,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “There is a spacious formal dining room, living room, family room and den, and on the lower level a great room with a wet bar, opening onto a private patio. The custom kitchen has a Viking range, center island and butler’s pantry, and each of the five bedrooms has its own bath. The master suite has an office, a fireplace and a greenbelt view. The home is also available for lease.” The property is offered at $3,190,000. Information, Peter and Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties, (310) 821-2900.
“Warm curb appeal welcomes you to a lush landscaped yard, blooming foliage and a stone pathway to the front door,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The sun-filled interior features a formal living room and dining room, and an expansive kitchen with a breakfast bar. The airy family room, with a woodbeamed ceiling and a brick fireplace, opens to the backyard through French doors. A pathway through the fruit trees leads to a secluded bonus room. Three bedrooms and two baths complete the floor plan, and there is a two-car garage.” The property is offered at $919,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.
Azzura Condo
Marina City Club
“This penthouse has sweeping 180 degree views,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The open floor plan has polished cement floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, two large bedrooms and 2.5 baths. The kitchen has a center island, a wet bar and stainless appliances, and there is a huge balcony that makes entertaining effortless. HOA fees include cable, internet, water, trash and earthquake insurance. Resort-style amenities offer valet parking for guests, rooftop spa and sky lounge, pool, fitness center, concierge, media lounge and more.” The property is offered at $1,799,000. Information, Jesse Weinberg, Keller Williams Realty, Marina/LA, (800) 804-9132.
Marina del Rey Condo
“This two bedroom, two bath unit offers stunning views of the Marina, harbor and ocean,” says agent Charles Lederman. “Features include an open kitchen and a large living space which leads to an oversized patio, ideal for entertaining. Enjoy Marina City Club's amenities: pools and spa, gym, free classes, courts, a gourmet restaurant and bar, room service, daytime cafe, 24-hour guard gated security, car wash, beauty salon and much more, all within walking distance of restaurants and shops.” The property is offered at $685,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.
Sunset Park Home
“This open and bright two bedroom, 2.5 bath home has new floors, baths and countertops,” says agent Linda Black. “The spacious kitchen has a center island and a pantry, and there is an open living room with a gas fireplace and sliding doors to the private patio, perfect for dining al fresco. Both bedrooms have tons of closet space and room for a sitting area. The master suite has a spa tub and a separate shower. Walk to upscale restaurants, boutique shopping and two theaters. Close to freeways and the airport.” The property is offered at $840,000. Information, Linda Black, Coldwell Banker – Venice/Marina Del Rey, (310) 804-6432.
“This three bedroom, one bath home in Santa Monica is a wonderful development opportunity,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “Set on a huge corner lot, with a double detached garage and alley access, this property is within walking distance of Whole Foods, Main Street and the beach. On the market for the first time in 50 years.” The property is offered at $1,399,000. Information, Keven and Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs, (310) 410-9777.
Beautiful Views
Marina del Rey Duplex
“This two bedroom, two bath condo has an open floor plan, floor-to-ceiling windows with gorgeous city, and mountain,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “The spacious unit also has a large balcony. Enjoy Marina City Club’s great amenities: pools, courts, gym, full restaurant and bar, café, convenience store and 24-hour guard gated security.” The property is offered at $479,900. Information, Eileen McCarthy, Marina Ocean Properties, (310) 822-8910.
“This canal property on an end lot has water views,” says agent Bill Ruane. “Each unit has two bedrooms, three baths and a roof deck, and there is room for an office. With over 4,000 square feet of living space in very large rooms, and a 5,000 square foot lot, this property is designed for condo conversion. There are also seven parking spaces.” The property is offered at $2,890,000. Information, Bill Ruane, RE/MAX Beach Cities, (310) 877-2374.
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120 Outrigger Mall 129 Roma Court 4723 La Villa Marina Unit G 3501-3503 Esplanade 13250 Mindanao Way
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Arts Watching Venice history slide by Longtime local Maryjane presents a seaside memoir slideshow of vintage Venice imagery at Canal Club Photos by Frank Talbott
Frank Talbott documented everyday Venice scenes in the 1960s and ‘70s, long before the restoration of the canals and an influx of real estate investment By Michael Aushenker When tobacco tycoon turned pioneering developer Abbot Kinney opened his Venice of America in 1905, it was as much a tourist trap as an homage to its inspiration city in Italy — something akin to Rick Caruso’s The Grove, but stretching over three square miles where a population of 3,000 residents ballooned to crowds of 150,000 or more with the weekend influx of tourists. Home to more than 50,000 today and still growing and changing for better or worse, Venice has seen plenty of water pass under the bridges of its famous (but once infamously derelict) canals, where a handful of rustic cottages mingle with conspicuously contemporary homes. From Charlie Chaplin movie shoots 100 years ago to the Beat poets of the 1950s, the counterculture music and art scenes of the 1960s and ‘70s, the rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno at Muscle Beach and the latch-key skateboarder anti-paradise of the 1980s, the boardwalk retains a certain Hollywood Boulevard-by-the-sea carnie atmosphere, though now with the addition of highquality nightspots and plenty of medical cannabis culture to go around. Venice booster and local as-she-lived-it historian Maryjane, a fixture of the Pacific Resident Theatre, plans to illuminate some of that rich history with “Venice Photographs, 1955-2000,” a photographic slide show on Saturday at the Canal Club. She’ll present at 6 p.m. and then again at 8 p.m. The presentation of historic images by photographers Charles Brittin, Roderick Bradley, Anthony Friedkin and Frank
Talbott will cover — or perhaps uncover — 45 years of 20th-century ground, courtesy of program benefactors and in-it-before-the-boom restaurateurs Daniel Samakow (of Danny’s Venice, James’ Beach) and James Evans (James’ Beach). “It’s important work, and these artists are fabulous,” says Maryjane, an ardent Venice artist, activist and poet who in the 1960s and ‘70s lived in a Venice canals cottage today occupied by actors Orson Bean and Alley Mills. Of the photographers featured, only Bradley and Talbott are still alive. “Both Rod Bradley and Frank Talbott have massive, fine art photographic archives on Venice and are poets as well as documentary realizers,” says Maryjane,
website. “It was also deserted — empty buildings and houses were everywhere. Parking was never a problem like it is today.” Talbott quickly became acclimated to the scene, walking over to the abandoned Pacific Ocean Park amusement park, stopping by the Laffett Café for fish and chips at 50 cents a portion, hanging out near the Venice West Café on Dudley Avenue. “It was winter and a cold wind blew sand across the boardwalk,” Talbott recalled of his off-season boardwalk strolls. “I might see four or five people the whole way,” In 1967, Talbott began documenting the area on film after he and wife Pat moved
“Sometimes I look at one of these pictures and I close my eyes and I can feel the way it was and the way we were.” — photographer Frank Talbott
who adopted her mononymous moniker years ago. Talbott’s memories of Venice in the 1960s and 1970s remain as vivid as the images he captured. In 1963, Talbott rented a room for $7 per week in the Lucerne apartments on Pacific Avenue, next door to The Silver Dollar Bar — what the photographer describes as “a Hell’s Angel hangout.” Back then, “Venice was old, gray, worn-out and poor,” Talbott writes on his
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into an apartment above a garage on 23rd Avenue, where they lived for a decade. He captured his environs in stark, colorless, atmospheric fashion — freezing time to highlight a lone boat on a Venice Canals waterbed, long-defunct boardwalk storefronts such as Us in Heaven (adjacent to what is now Titanic clothing store), and the Cadillac Hotel. All these boardwalk scenes are only made more haunting and ghostly by Talbott’s use of luminous black-and-
white film stock and an oversaturation of sunshine. With his Nikon rangefinder cameras, his Rolleiflex and Tri-X film for most of his beach work and his Hasselblad for portraits, Talbott captured what he considered “a beautiful time that was definitely our time, and we had dreams of everlasting peace and love.” Talbott later left California and enjoyed a long career in commercial and advertising photography. He now lives with Pat in northern Arizona, where he creates fine art digital prints. As for Venice, Talbott did not know it at the time but it was changing right before his lens. Only decades later, after pulling out boxes of old prints, did he glean newfound appreciation for what he caught on film. “There was a time when these images did not seem very compelling,” Talbott admitted. “But with the passage of time, I see the treasure that they are. Sometimes I look at one of these pictures and I close my eyes and I can feel the way it was and the way we were.” With her “Venice Photographs” presentation, Maryjane hopes attendees will open their eyes and do the same. The “Venice Photographs, 19552000” slide show happens at 6 p.m. and at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Canal Club, 2025 Pacific Ave., Venice. Appetizers served; $3 to $5 cocktail specials. Call (310) 823-3878 or visit canalclubvenice.com. michael@argonautnews.com
Westside Happenings Red Hot Mamas Seminar, 6 to 8 p.m. Marina Del Rey Hospital hosts the free Red Hot Mamas menopause educational seminar “Sleepless in Menopause City,” featuring a physician-led discussion of sleep challenges and remedies. Marina Del Rey Hospital Boardroom, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. (888) 600-5600; marinahospital.com “Excalibur” / “Zardoz,” 7:30 p.m. The legend of King Arthur and a post-apocalyptic twist on “The Wizard of Oz” are explored in this John Boormandirected double-feature at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com The Mandrakes, Turtle Racing, 8 p.m. Every Thursday the Mandrakes perform ‘70s pop hits followed at 10 p.m. by the storied turtle races at Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com Jeremiah and the Red Eyes, Walter Spencer, 9 p.m. Live music at the Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 390-1328; thecinemabar.com
Friday, February 27 8th Annual Screen Student Film Festival, 7:30pm. Produced by Pacifica Christian High School of Santa Monica and sponsored by Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television, the fest brings California’s best short films of 2014 made by teens. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com “Beauty and the Beast,” 7:30 p.m. The Santa Monica Playhouse’s 20th anniversary re-telling of the classic fable closes tonight. $15 to $19.50. Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com “Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival,” 8 p.m. (Also 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.) Celebrating 30 years, Chicano satirical group Culture Clash — Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza — perform
this revised take on their play about the uprooting of a lowincome Mexican-American community to clear the way for the creation of Dodger Stadium. The original debuted at the Mark Taper Forum 12 years ago and was preceded Ry Cooder’s Grammy-nominated conceptual album of the same name and subject matter. Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (213) 628-2772; centertheatregroup.org TopTune, 8 p.m. Created and produced by Jonathan Menchin and Tom Tully, this evening of entertainment, billed as “the next great TV music show,” features Natalie Gelman, Logan Heftel, Maggie McClure, Chris Price, Sherif Serag and Phil Weiner playing The Songwriters Game. With Johnny Mench & The Impulsers, Scott Breadman, Jon Ossman, Mark Goldenberg, Joe Turano, Ginger Smith and Miranda Shade. Fanatic salon theatern, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City. $20. RSVP: (310) 622-2046 “Leaving Home,” 8 p.m. Ruskin Group Theatre presents one of the “1,000 Essential Plays in the English Language,” a play focused on immigration challenges. Continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 14. 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 397-3244, ruskingrouptheatre.com John Burton, 8 p.m. The musician performs at Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Malloy, 10:45 p.m. Originally from Long Island, the Los Angeles resident and former member of urban pop-rock group Dakota Moon performs tunes from his upcoming 2015 release. WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com
Saturday, February 28 Venice Beach Photo Workshop II, 10:30 a.m. Learn to tell stories through pictures from three of L.A.’s top photojournalists during their inaugural Venice Beach Photo Workshop, a daylong instructional walking tour of the boardwalk, canals and hidden walk streets of Venice. Ted Soqui (The Argonaut, LA Weekly, Time, Robert Berman Gallery) and Jonathan Alcorn
Photo by Jonathan Alcorn
Thursday, February 26
Compiled by Michael Aushenker
Photographers who’ve contributed to The New York Times, Associated Press, LA Weekly, Getty Images and The Argonaut lead a hands-on photo workshop in Venice. (Reuters, Getty Images, The New York Times) lead the workshop along with Pulitzerwinning AP photographer Nick Ut. jtaphotoagency.com “Longbourn” Teen Book Discussion, 11 a.m. A continuing Santa Monica READS discussion of the Jo Baker novel at Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8681 Inaugural Green Venice Expo, 1 to 6 p.m. The Venice Neighborhood Council hosts a free event featuring “Genius Bar”style interactions with sustainability experts, green activities for kids, Tesla Model S test drives, e-waste and battery collection, and a powerful speakers roster including Learning Garden’s David King (1 p.m.), Tree People’s Andy Lipkis (2 p.m.), Transition Mar Vista’s Anneke Campbell (2:20 p.m.), Whole Foods zero waste expert Tom Wright, Heal the Bay’s Nick Fash (3 p.m.), Paul Scott of Plug In America (4:30 p.m.) and actor/activist Ed Begley Jr. (6 p.m.). Mark Twain Middle School, 2224 Walgrove Ave., Mar Vista. facebook.com/ GreenVeniceExpo Friends, 1 p.m. Free R&B music outdoor concert at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “Cast & Crew: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” 3 p.m. The cast and crew of the Emmywinning show (produced by Santa Monica-based Pemberley Digital) discuss their contemporary spin on “Pride & Prejudice” at the Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org “For Young Musicians,” 7:15 p.m. This Culver City
Symphony Orchestra event begins with a pre-concert talk with Conductor Frank Fetta for Southern California Symphony Society members, followed by a program that includes Mozart’s “Overture, The Magic Flute” (1791), Wieniawski’s “Violin Concerto, No. 2” (1870) and Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella Suite” excerpts (1920). Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. $10. culvercitysymphony.org “Love in the Key of C# or Bb,” 7:30 p.m. (Also 3:30 p.m. Sundays, continuing through Mar. 29.) Fun, upbeat, family friendly musical addressing the different phases of love. Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $29.50. (310) 394-9779, ext. 1; santamonicaplayhouse.com “The Producers” / “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” 7:30 p.m. Double-feature celebrates the centennial of the birth of Zero Mostel on this day and date. Mel Brooks’ classic 1969 comedy, which won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay, stars Mostel and Gene Wilder as desperate souls staging the world’s worst musical (“Springtime for Hitler”) in a scheme to make off with the backers’ money. Paired with the 1966 film directed by Richard Lester (“Superman II”), which features Mostel as a lazy, sloppy slave in ancient Rome who decides to help his master woo a beautiful young courtesan in exchange for his freedom. Based on the Broadway musical and co-starring Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton and Michael Crawford, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com
“Los Angeles Laureates: Amanda Gorman and Luis J. Rodriguez,” 8 p.m. Rodriguez, the 2014 Poet Laureate of Los Angeles chosen by Mayor Eric Garcetti, reads excerpts from his latest poetry book, “My Nature is Hunger,” which won the 2005 Paterson Book Award. Also features L.A. Youth Poet Laureate and Westchester resident Amanda Gorman, 16, a New Roads High School student who has participated in writing programs at WriteGirl and Beyond Baroque. Hosted by Linda Albertano and with musical interludes by singersongwriter Mason Summit. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. beyondbaroque.com Blue Irie, 8 p.m. The reggae band performs “Pretending 2 Love,” “Throw Me a Bone” and other songs at Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Modern Skiffle Quartet, 9 p.m. Live music at the Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 390-1328; thecinemabar.com DJ Ray, 9 p.m. Records spin at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Backboners, 10 p.m. Bill Burnett leads this soulful band of two men and three women (including Suzy Williams and Ginger Smith) as they perform soaring originals. Members of the group describe themselves as “what the Mamas and the Papas might have been if they hadn’t done so much blow.” WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com
Sunday, March 1 Julia Morgan Legacy Day, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Annenberg Community Beach House gives a presentation on Julia Morgan’s legacy in which docents spotlight the renowned architect of the Guest House and historic pool who partnered with William Randolph Hearst to create Hearst Castle and other important works. The first woman to be licensed as a professional architect in California in 1904, (Continued on page 32)
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Moms for Mandela Inspired by a civil rights icon, Real Moms Live stages a community-building cultural fair at Playa Jefferson History Month in America, Boston chose to pay tribute to Mandela’s life and mission. Raised in South Central Los Angeles, Boston earned her B.A. in psychology at Paine College in Georgia before returning to L.A. and earning her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Antioch University in Culver City. Mother of three middle-school students and a two-year-old, the entrepreneurial Boston formed Real Moms Live as a way to reach out to her Los Angeles peer group “because there was no place for mothers who were upper middle class to get together — where moms can be open and honest without backlash, judgment and making themselves open to negative comments,” she said. Since forming her group last August, Boston says her roster includes 1,018 moms with children from elementary to college age. Some Real Moms Live members attend four groups throughout Los Angeles conducted by Boston, including weekly sessions at Playa Jefferson. “It’s a place where people can talk about anything, from how to do something as a mother with kids to some of the issues we struggle with about marriage and relationships,” Boston said. Boston specializes in emotional intelligence — how to
use emotional information to guide behavior and thinking — and lectured on the topic last Saturday at the Westchester – Loyola Village Library on Manchester Avenue. Though it hasn’t been a long one, Boston’s journey running Real Moms Live has been an eye-opener. “I love meeting new people. I like hearing stories. It really broadens my perspective. It really just gave me another perspective on who we are as individuals,” said Boston, who has plenty good to say about local parents. “Westchester mothers, they are so awesome. Anytime I need something, they’re gathering and fundraising. If a crisis happens, they’re consoling each other. It’s such an inviting community. I’m looking to bridge a connection with the mothers in Westchester,” she said. In the Mandela spirit, Real Moms Live is staging its first-ever community event to see “selfless people of different races coming together and sharing,” Boston said.
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By Michael Aushenker “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela Marriage and family therapist Latoya Boston is on a mission for moms. As founder of the matriarchfocused family support network Real Moms Live, Boston has formed a network of about 1,000 local women who gather in small groups for sessions on emotional intelligence, the experience of parenting and not losing oneself to the job of motherhood. In keeping with that community-building spirit, on Saturday Boston is hosting a free celebratory day of food and fun dedicated to the civil rights icon whose ascension from political prisoner to president broke down barriers of institutionalized racism in South Africa. “A Day of Culture: Mandela Lives Cultural Fair” takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. at Playa Jefferson, the same Playa Vista-adjacent shared creative space complex where Boston hosts her workshops and discussion groups. The family-friendly activities roster includes finger foods, face-painting and live entertainment that includes Afro-centric reggae and elementary school youth dance troupe the Alliekits. The mom-centric vendors list includes Jamberry Nails, Younique cosmetics, Lacris
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president of South Africa (1994 to 1999). If a Playa Vista tech hub seems an unlikely location for such a celebration, Boston says it shouldn’t. Mandela’s story transcended South Africa to represent a more universal triumph over injustice, and so, as February marks Black
“Westchester mothers, they are so awesome. Anytime I need something, they’re gathering and fundraising.” — Real Moms Live founder Latoya Boston
“A Day of Culture: Mandela Lives Cultural Fair” runs from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Playa Jefferson, 12777 W. Jefferson Blvd., Del Rey. Free. Call (323) 285-0882 or visit realmomslive.com. michael@argonautnews.com
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Morgan created an astonishing body of more than 700 projects, adapting historical styles to the building’s function and site. Historian Victoria Kastner will deliver the lecture “Julia Morgan: A Closer Look” at 11 a.m. in the Event House. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Palisades Beach Road, Santa Monica. (310) 458-4904; beachouse.smgov.net Floyd and the Fly Boys, 1 p.m. Free R&B music outdoor concert at Fisherman’s Village,
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Sunday Jazz Suppers, 7 p.m. Local bands create a lounge atmosphere on the patio of Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com Slaid Cleaves, 8 p.m. The Maine-raised, Texas singersongwriter plays McCabe’s
Tocadisco featuring DJ Creepy, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance vibes light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com
Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Club meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892
Westside Happenings Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. Weekly stand-up comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. $10. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Swim Sessions, 7:30 p.m. Southern California Aquatics leads evening pool workouts Mondays and Wednesdays at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $69 to $109 per month. (310) 458-8700; swim.net. Jack Daniel’s Comedy Classic, 9 p.m. Comedy show- case each Monday at Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey, No cover. 21+. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com
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Swim Sessions, various times. Southern California Aquatics leads morning workouts at 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and evening workouts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $69 to $109 per month. (310) 458-8700; swim.net FallProof Balance and Mobility Program, noon to 1:30 p.m. (Also Thursdays.) If you are concerned about falling or have fallen, stay active and independent with the program recognized as one of the best to promote healthy aging and improved quality of life; classes start every 8 weeks. 8027 Westlawn Ave., Westchester. (310) 670-3777, spiritedbalance.com Ocean Park Classic Car Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. The California Heritage Museum gathers food trucks and classic cars each Tuesday night outside the museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org Trulio Disgracious, 8 p.m. Every Tuesday, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone fame leads
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Chris Justice and Kimball Hall, through Saturday. Via abstract expressionism, Justice deals with love, loss and personal turmoil through his unconditional relationship with the paintbrush while Hall reflects the spiritual journey as a constant exercise in awareness. P32 Gallery, 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (424) 226-6175; p32gallery.com
“Live Talks LA: An Evening with Kim Gordon In Conversation with Aimee Mann,” 8 p.m. The former Sonic Youth frontwoman appears in conversation with the former ‘Til Tuesday frontwoman to discuss Gordon’s new memoir. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $30. (310) 260-1528; livetalksla.org
“California Street Scenes,” opens noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday. (Continues through Mar. 22.) Artist Bonnie Lambert presents a show of expressionist oil paintings at Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, 1260 18th St., Santa Monica. (310) 829-5436; uusm.org
Blvd., Venice. (310) 281-0961; shulamitgallery.com “One Person Crying: Women & War,” through March 12. This global photo essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Marissa Roth covers 12 conflicts and addresses the lingering effects of war through moving black-and-white photographs. Artist talk at 2 p.m. on Mar. 8. Venice Arts, 1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. (310) 392-0846; venicearts.org “Landscape Paintings,” through Mar. 14. James Urmston shows his latest works. First Independent Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., G6, Santa Monica. (310) 829-0345 Amir Fallah and Alice Wang, through Mar. 27. Anuradha Vikram’s first artist-in-residence picks since coming aboard as the institution’s director of residency Photo by Delgoff / ladirection.frw
“Live Talks LA: An Evening with Norman Lear In Conversation with Jane Lynch,” 8 p.m. Legendary television sitcom creator Lear (“All in the Family,” “Sanford & Son”) in conversation with comic actress Lynch (“Glee,” “Role Models”). Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $30. (310) 260-1528; livetalksla.org
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Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. The local duo plays Jimmy Buffet-style beach tunes at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com “Garden State,” / “Wish I Was Here,” 7:30 p.m. Actor and filmmaker Zach Braff appears in person to discuss his two films: his 2004 directorial debut and last year’s Kickstarter-financed indie. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com
Thursday, March 5 36th Annual PPLA Food Fare 2015, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Playa del Rey Chefs Brooke Williamson and Nick Roberts (Playa Provisions, The Tripel) are honored as more than 150 restaurants serve gourmet bites, libations, craft beers and wines and spirits. Launched in 1979 with a cooking demonstration by Julia Child, Food Fare has evolved into a benefit extravaganza hosted by the Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Guild to support its health centers throughout Los Angeles County. Tickets are $150, or $175 at the door, for the daytime session (11 a.m. to
Rocker Kim Gordon, formerly of Sonic Youth, speaks about her new memoir with Aimee Mann.
Galleries & Museums Jules Muck Art Opening, 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday (Feb. 26). New works by the renowned Venice muralist. Reception includes DJ and appetizers. Qart. COM Gallery and Showroom, 480 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. (310) 405-6183; qart. com “Chroma” and “Silver Light” opening receptions, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Casper Brindle’s newest series of abstract paintings explores the expressive possibilities of color and Jim Gleason introduces his new series of abstracts at
“The Hero’s Journey,” through Monday. Longtime Venice muralist and painter John Park returns with a new batch of paintings based on Joseph Campbell’s influential philosophies. CAVE Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 450-6960; cavegallery.net “Carbon,” through Monday. Latest works by Li-Hill, a Canadian-born artist working out of Brooklyn. CAVE Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 450-6960; cavegallery.net “Relief,” through Mar. 7. A solo exhibition by sculpture and mixed media artist David Abir at Shulamit Gallery, 17 N. Venice
programs. 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. (310) 453-3711; 18thstreet.org “My American Experience,” through Mar. 29. Originally from Mexico, Venice resident Dennis Miranda, 21, presents a solo show of his large paintings at In Heroes We Trust, 300 Westminster Ave., Venice. (310) 3108820; inheroeswetrust.com “Tattoo: The Shamrock Social Club,” through Mar. 29. A photographic look at Mark Mahoney’s legendary West Hollywood tattoo shop “where the elite and the underworld (Continued on page 36)
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Arts Gale Anne Hurd on overcoming Hollywood hurdles The producer discusses surviving the industry from 1984’s “The Terminator” to “The Walking Dead” Photo by Juan Tallo
By Michael Aushenker The professional and personal destiny of “The Walking Dead” producer Gale Anne Hurd began with a chance meeting in Venice. As the producer of AMC’s runaway-train zombie apocalypse series told a rapt audience of Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television students, her first industry gig was working for Venicebased producer Roger Corman, who at the time employed a young special effects artist named James Cameron. During the Feb. 11 installment of the school’s “Hollywood Masters” series (in which industry leaders dialogue with students “Inside the Actors Studio”-style, sans James Lipton’s questionnaire ), Hurd retraced her rise in an industry that has historically given women the short end of the professional stick. Hurd recalled her first meeting with the famed exploitation filmmaker, in which Corman asked a freshly-graduated-fromStanford Hurd what exactly she sought to do in Hollywood. Hurd paused long and hard (“was this a trick question?”) before responding that she wanted to produce movies. Corman hired her as an executive assistant. She eventually rose up the ladder at Corman’s New World Pictures to oversee production and handle marketing. One film Corman had in production was the cheesy “Star Wars” knockoff “Battle Beyond the Stars.” So Corman sent Hurd to his Venice special effects facility to find the head of the model department for a progress
Gale Anne Hurd converses with the Hollywood Reporter’s Stephen Galloway at LMU report. A very knowledgeable “young blond gent” gave her a thorough tour of the facility. When Hurd reported back regarding underling Cameron, Corman exclaimed, “‘That’s not the head of the model department.’” “He should be,” Hurd replied. Corman promoted Cameron to head of special effects. Meanwhile, Hurd embarked on a personal and professional relationship with Cameron that saw her producing the director’s breakout 1984 film, “The Terminator,” as well as 1987’s “Aliens” and 1989’s “The Abyss.” Hurd and Cameron were married from 1985 to 1989, but they re-teamed on 1991’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”
(“We’ve stayed really good friends. We respect each other so much,” she said.) Hurd explained how “Terminator” originated while Cameron directed Corman’s “Jaws” knock-off “Piranha 2.” Sick with a high fever, Cameron dreamt “of the endoskeleton merging from the flames and from that image we crafted a story.” When moderator Stephen Galloway asked Hurd about the secret to her success, she replied, laughing, “Have you noticed that I’m not really shy?” To get “Terminator” made, the ballsy, then-27-year-old feigned interest in a $400 desk a crucial film executive was selling to meet him. “I bought the desk and gave him the treatment,” she recalled.
Compromising is de rigueur when producing, however “you have to know which of the compromises will ruin your project,” she said, remembering how she pushed back when the studio wanted the original “Terminator” to star O.J. Simpson and feature a cyborg dog. Hurd rubbished rumors Schwarzenegger’s dialogue was minimalized because of his Austrian accent as “urban legend.” Trouble followed Hurd and Cameron to the England set of “Aliens,” where “they kept calling [Cameron] ‘Yank’ and he’s Canadian!” Hurd said she had to fire a cinematographer because he refused to follow the young director’s lighting instructions and was “ruining the look of the film.” Add to that, “the first assistant director had directed a film before and he felt Jim didn’t know what he was doing.” That individual led “a mutiny,” refusing to shoot a close-up of Sigourney Weaver’s face in favor of attending a soccer match. “The crew walked off and didn’t want to come back,” she recalled. Making “The Abyss” (Cameron’s rare box office failure) was difficult on many levels. Cameron and the actors shot days on end submerged underwater and “Jim and I were getting divorced.” While Hurd experienced some sexism — a Fox executive against her producing “Aliens” asked, “‘How can a little girl like you
produce a big film like this?’” — she says female producers are now practically the norm, listing Emma Thomas (Christopher Nolan’s films), Laura Shuler Donner (Fox’s “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four” flicks) and the late Laura Zisken (Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” movies). It is women as directors that has barely changed in 30 years, she said. When a student asked Hurd how long she saw “Walking Dead” running (especially considering how lead characters are routinely offed), Hurd explained that there is no shortage of material: Robert Kirkland, the comics’ co-creator and show’s head writer, had 250 issues mapped out and has 250 more planned. And Hurd just completed making the pilot for a spin-off series. “I’m looking to beat [TV longevity king] ‘The Simpsons’ record,” she said. “Gotta dream big.” Back in 2003, Hurd first became enamored with the comic book source material of her AMC show. “I called. The rights were taken,” she said. Turned out Frank Darabont, “one of my husband’s closest friends,” held the “Walking Dead” rights (Hurd is married to Jonathan Hensleigh, screenwriter of “Armageddon,” which she produced) and Darabont almost developed “Walking Dead” for network TV. “Can you imagine the show on NBC?” she said, laughing. michael@argonautnews.com
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are still making their way down the coast. All in all this migration is the longest of any mammal — 10,000 to 12,000 miles. For those who will venture out in their boats, kayaks or paddleboards attempting to get a peek, experts say avoid interacting with or harassing the animal in any way. “Many people don’t know that these whales are protected or that getting too close can potentially cause harm to these magnificent animals,” said local marine biologist and author Maddalena Bearzi. But if you’re going to go out, do it right away: Gray whales typically don’t appear in this area after early May, and soon they’ll only be heading northbound.
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Ed Begley Jr. is the featured speaker at Saturday’s free Green Venice Expo Ready to reduce water usage, convert your home to solar energy or start growing your own food? Get some professional one-on-one advice at the Eco Genius Bar, part of Saturday’s inaugural Green Venice Expo at Mark Twain Middle School in Mar Vista. For non-Mac users, a Genius Bar is that corner of an Apple Store where you can speak to a troubleshooting expert. For the free Green Venice Expo, the geniuses are experts in sustainable living. “I believe in social change, and one of the ways it can happen — the most powerful way — is through education and the community. This event combines education and coming together as a community,” said organizer Rob Dew, a Venice community activist. Sponsored by the Venice Neighborhood Council and Whole Foods Venice, the afternoon event also offers visitors a chance to test drive the electric Tesla Model S and activities for kids. Food and refreshments are provided by Hal’s Bar and Grill, Superba Food + Bread and Venice Ale House. There’s also an extensive list of speakers that culminates with a 5 p.m.
keynote address by actor and activist Ed Begley Jr. David King, garden master of The Learning Garden at Venice High School, speaks at 1 p.m., followed at 1:30 p.m. by Andy Lipkis of Tree People. Tom Wright, a zero waste expert with Whole Foods, speaks at 2:40 p.m., and at 3 p.m. Nick Fash of Heal the Bay takes the microphone. Finian Makepeace, co-founder of Venice-based urban gardens group Kiss the Ground, speaks on soil regeneration and hyperlocal eating at 3:40 p.m., and Paul Scott from Plug in America makes the case for electric cars at 4:30 p.m. Anneke Campbell of Transition Mar Vista, a grassroots community network that helps facilitate sustainable living practices, speaks at 2:20 p.m. “I see this as an opportunity for all of us in the community to connect with each other and to inspire other Venice residents about what we can be doing now in terms of living less energyintensive lifestyles,” Campbell said. — Ellie O’Brien The free Green Venice Expo runs from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at Mark Twain Middle School, 2224 Walgrove Ave., Mar Vista. For more information, visit facebook.com/GreenVeniceExpo.
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Freedom of exploration and discovery, Linda was committed life time partnership with David Harold Hunt to each other a promise to care about our everything the good, the bad, the ugly, along with the mundane. “A loved one lives forever in the hearts of those who cared, A love one lives forever in the memories that were shared”
Born Linda Jane Hoffman in Sandusky Ohio in 1945 to Grace Lucille Shepherd/Hoffman (Mother) and Walter Hoffman (Father), Along with their fourteen (14) year old daughter moved to California in 1959 and continue to polish their daughter’s Educational pearl. Linda attended and graduated from Santa Monica High school attended UC Berkley and graduated with top honors from UCLA/Bachelor of arts /anthropology a huge success in any Parents eye. Linda married/divorce Michael Baggott. Linda attended West Los Angeles City College received a Paralegal Specialist certificate (ABA approved) Linda Jane Hoffman/Baggott is survived by her Common-law husband of 38 years David Harold Hunt, his Son Michael Hunt, daughter Tomasita Lynn Hunt/ Moya/Jackson, granddaughters Nioka Hunt, Tiara Moya and grandson Nathanial Jackson., and the Bill Nimmo family cousin on Linda’s mother side. FEBRUARY 26, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 37
LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015011683 The following person is doing business as: Extra Margin Marketing 5856 W. 74th St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Kimberly Fox 5856 W. 74th St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by a 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: Kimberly Fox. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 14, 2015. Argonaut published: February 12, 19, 26 and March 5, 2015. NOTICEIn 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).
Signature/Name: Steve Dzialowski. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 16, 2015. Argonaut published: February 12, 19, 26, and March 5, 2015. NOTICEIn 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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Vernon Ave. Sudio Venice, CA. 90291 and Andrew Hastings 4013 Ω Alla Rd. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. 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: Andrew Hastings. Title: General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 23, 2015. Argonaut published: February 19, 26, March 5, and 12, 2015. 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. 2015023765 The following person is doing business as: Thanya Haro, LCSW 2017 Lomita Blvd. #2251 Lomita, CA. 90717. Registered owners: Thanya Acosta-Haro 2122 W. 247th St. Lomita CA. 90717. This business is conducted by a 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: Thanya Acosta-Haro. Title: LCSW/Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 28, 2015. Argonaut published: February 19, 26, March 5, and 12, 2015. NOTICEIn 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. 2015024870 The following person is doing business as: STOW 1933 North Bronson Avenue Apt. #204 Los Angeles, CA. 90068. Registered owners: Claire Ellen Flannery 1933 North Bronson Avenue Apt. #204 Los Angeles, CA. 90068. This business is conducted by a 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: Claire Ellen Flannery. Title:
Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 29th, 2015. Argonaut published: February 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. 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. 2015025805 The following person is doing business as: Onward Source 8512 Tuscany Ave. #303 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293 and 8117 W. Manchester Ave. #636 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: David Baer 8512 Tuscany Ave. #303 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by a 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: David Baer. Title: Founder. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 30, 2015. Argonaut published: February 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. 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. 2015026047 The following person is doing business as: Bay Cities Tile 5710 W. 83rd St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Marcelo Reynoso 5710 W. 83rd St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by a 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: Marcelo Reynoso. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 30th, 2015. Argonaut published: February 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. 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. 2015026053 The following person is doing business as: Cosmos Engineering and Linux Beach 116 Rose Ave. Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Clay Claiborne 116 Rose Ave. Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by a 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: Clay Claiborne. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 30, 2015. Argonaut published: February 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. 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. 2015026063 The following person is doing business as: Westchester Plumbing 8416 lilienthal Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Ramon Angelo Hernandez 8416 Lilienthal ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by a 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: Ramon Angelo Hernandez. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 30, 2015. Argonaut published: February 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. 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. 2015027874 The following person is doing business as: Nexus Realty 4316 Marina City Dr. #1027 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Eileen V. Seidlin 4316 marina City Dr. #1027 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti-
tious 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: Eileen V. Seidlin. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 2, 2015. Argonaut published: February 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. 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. 2015029126 The following person is doing business as: Dreamslate Publishing 3221 Carter Ave. #357 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Rachel Schoenbauer 3221 Carter Ave. #357 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a 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: Rachel Schoenbauer. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 3, 2015. Argonaut published: February 12, 19, 26, and March 4, 2015. 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. 2015033589 The following person is doing business as: Hammer And Wood 5625 Crescent Park West #306 Playa Vista, CA. 90094. Registered owners: Nelson Kuo 5625 Crescent Park West #306 Playa Vista, Ca. 90094. This business is conducted by a 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: Nelson Kuo. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 6, 2015. Argonaut published: February 19, 26, March 5, and 12, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the
legal advertising 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. 2015033600 The following person is doing business as: Mr. Manny 2554 Lincoln Blvd. #136 Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Oliver Standring 2554 Lincoln Blvd. #136 Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by a 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: Oliver Standring. Title: Chief Manny. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 6, 2015. Argonaut published: February 19, 26, March 5, and 12, 2015. 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. 2015036424 The following person is doing business as: APEX Investments 201 Ocean Avenue #1709B Santa Monica, CA. 90402. Registered owners: APEX Investments Group LTD 311 West Third Street Carson City, NV. 89703. 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: Mark Ascar. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 10, 2015. Argonaut published: February 12, 19, 26, and March 4, 2015. 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. 2015037650 The following person is doing business as: West Los Angeles Living Word Christian Center 6520 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: West Los Angeles Living Word Christian Center 6520 Arizona Avenue Los Angeles, CA. 90045. 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: Katherine E. Burno. Title: CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 11, 2015. Argonaut published: February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2015. 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).
Ave. Culver City, CA. 90230. 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: Joey Leonel Chavez. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 24, 2015. Argonaut published: February 26, March 5, 12, and 19, 2015. 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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fICTITIOuS buSINeSS NaMe STaTeMeNT file No. 2015048653 The following person is doing business as: The Savage Players 114N. Flores St. Apt. 9 West Hollywood, CA. 90069. Registered owners: Anne Butler 1114 N. Flores St. Apt. 9 West Hollywood, CA. 90069 and Colin Simon 19609 Vision Dr. Topanga, CA. 90290. 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: Anne Butler. Title: Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 24, 2015. Argonaut published: February 26, March 5, 12, and 19, 2015. 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. 2015048621 The following person is doing business as: Sakinny 1954 S. Barrington Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025. Registered owners: Sakhin Yeth 1954 S. Barrington Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025. 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: Sakhin Yeth. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on February 24, 2015. Argonaut published: February 26, March 5, 12, 19, 2015. 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. 2015048608 The following person is doing business as: Cavalry Plumbing 12405 Venice Blvd. Ste. 402 los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Joey Leonel Chavez 3939 Globe
OrDer TO SHOW CauSe fOr CHaNGe Of NaMe Case No. NS029957 SuPerIOr COurT Of CaLIfOrNIa, COuNTy Of LOS aNGeLeS. Petition of Mahboob, Kamran Jahangard, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Mahboob, Kamran Jahangard filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Mahboob, Kanran Jahangard to Jahngard Mahboob, Kamran 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/03/2015. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 27. Room: N/A. The address of the court is 275 Magnolia Long Beach, CA. 90802. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: February 19, 2015. Ross M. Klein, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 02/26/2015, 03/05/2015, 03/12/2015, and 03/19/2015 OrDer TO SHOW CauSe fOr CHaNGe Of NaMe Case No. VS026804 SuPerIOr COurT Of CaLIfOrNIa, COuNTy Of LOS aNGeLeS. Petition of Emeline Fernanda Coronado & Yareline Coronado, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Araceli Coronado-Duran filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Emeline Fernanda Coronado to Emeline Fernanda Torrez b.) Yareline Coronado to Yareline Torrez 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/01/2015. Time: 1:30PM. Dept.: C. Room: 312. The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk, CA. 90650.A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: February 3, 2015. Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 02/26/2015, 03/05/2015, 03/12/2015, and 03/19/2015.
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