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L etter s CORRECTION: Our Feb. 16 news story about the Westside city council race (“From Venice with Angst”) included an incorrect statistic suggesting an increase in the number of homeless people in Venice. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority homeless count data reports an 11.6% decrease in the number of homeless people in Venice between 2015 and 2016.

Venice is No Longer an Option Re: “Venice is Losing the Sky,” Opinion, Feb. 23 We just had our first child, and moving from our one-bedroom apartment in Venice to a two-bedroom apartment in Venice is not really a viable option — even for a tech worker like me. The average price for two bedrooms is now over $5,000. WTF?! We could move to Manhattan (the one in New York) and live cheaper, get far more out of it, and not have people crapping on the sidewalk in front of our home. Even though I love Venice and would love to raise

my son here, it’s foolish to stay. Maybe Mr. Myers would like To see what has become of a homeless facility in his Venice is heartbreaking. Westchester neighborhood? Joel De Gan, Venice If you want the value of your property to decrease, vote Not in Your Neighborhood, for Bonin. If not … better I Bet think twice! Re: “Compassionate and ComJim Maurer, Marina del Rey prehensive,” Letters, Feb. 23 Mr. Myers writes a rather long Make Development Sane letter in support of reelecting Again: Vote Yes on S Councilman Mike Bonin because First, let’s deal with the B.S. Bonin has been responsive to “Measure S is a total building problems in his Westchester ban,” that will “stop all developneighborhood. Most voters do ment for five to eight years” and get a response from someone in “make housing less affordable.” public office. These are what Kellyanne He also writes that Mark Conway would describe as Ryavec has cloudy judgement “alternative facts.” relative to the homeless. EviMeasure S makes developers dently Mr. Myers has neither met live by the existing rules for two Mr. Ryavec nor intends to really years by halting zone changes know his platform. and General Plan amendments. It Consider this: Most Westside forces city government to start residents have worked long and repairing our broken planning hard for much of our lives in system by updating our General order to live in a pleasant Plan and community plans in an environment. Mr. Bonin has open process, with public made constructing homeless participation. It then requires the facilities in Venice (and adjacent city to continue doing real to Marina del Rey) a major part planning by considering an of his platform. Why not area’s needs rather than “spot consider areas east of here for zoning” to developers’ wishes. such facilities? This would cost If developers can’t live within fewer taxpayer dollars. the rules for two years, that tells

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VOL 47, NO 9 Local News & Culture

NEWS

ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

One Election, Three Realities City Council candidates aren’t living in the same universe . .............................. 6

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS An Insider’s View of the Tech Culture in Venice .............................................. 28

Throw the Bums Out?

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Challenges to the status quo aren’t always reforms for the better . ............................ 13

SANTA MONICA LIFE Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton

THIS WEEK

Rock ’n’ roll’s celebrated backup singer is fronting her own band ........................ 30

ARTS & EVENTS ‘Coachella for Adults’ Rhythm, Wine & Brews brings Playa del Rey fun into the desert ................................. 33

Tech Takes Over TV YouTube’s Playa Vista announcement will change the industry . ....................... 8

COVER STORY

Reimagining El Segundo Crowdsourced ideas become art with an impact on civic life ......................... 15

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Extreme Makeover Westchester Rotarians renovate Safe Place for Youth ............................... 34

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Tuesday’s referendum on big development has major repercussions for housing ........ 10

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One Election, Three Realities City Council candidates tell vastly different stories about development, homelessness and each other By Gary Walker Interesting elections are driven by contrasts, and the three candidates in Tuesday’s primary contest to represent Westside neighborhoods on the Los Angeles City Council view the battlefield through distinctly different lenses. Despite apocalyptic diatribes coming from some of his detractors, incumbent Councilman Mike Bonin says he’s hearing that constituents are generally happy with the work he’s doing. “They appreciate that I spend time in their neighborhood and try to deliver things that they want. I tend to measure things not from what is on a candidate’s Facebook page, but from the reaction that I get talking to people when I go door to door,” Bonin said. But according to challengers Mark Ryavec and Robin Rudisill — both hailing from the tumultuous political zeitgeist in Venice — residents of the city’s 11th Council District (including Westchester, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Del Rey, Mar Vista and Venice) are eager for a new voice at L.A. City Hall. Ryavec and Rudisill each face a steep fundraising deficit, but are using it to paint Bonin as influenced by contributions outside the district. “He has taken money from practically everyone, including developers,” said Ryavec, who is refusing to accept contributions from developers and self-imposed a $250 per person limit. Rudisill describes her opponents as “two sides of the same coin” — both of them claiming to speak for residents but “representing mainly special interests.” The candidates conflicting viewpoints are most apparent in their messages regarding development and homelessness, but temperament also plays a role. While Bonin’s opponents seek to paint him as an autocratic decision maker on both of those issues, Bonin touts a record of inclusivity and dismisses criticism as the province of “alternative facts.”

Discord over Development

One clear contrast in the race is that Bonin opposes Measure S but his challengers support it. The ballot initiative calls for a moratorium on new construction that would require a zoning waiver due to the size or density of the project. Rudisill, an advocate for slow growth in coastal areas and formerly head of the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee, hangs much of her campaign on dissatisfaction about new construction in the district. She calls Measure S an important “timeout” to freeze what she calls out-of-control development and giveaways to developers PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT March 2, 2017

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in the form of general plan amendments and zoning exemptions. “The only campaign promise that I’ve made is I will meet with all the communities of the district to get started on their community plans without delay,” Rudisill pledged. Ryavec is also critical of the status quo, pointing to the Martin Expo Town Center — a massive development in West L.A. that Bonin describes as a more desirable alternative to a traffic-snarling big box retail entitlement — as indicative of why many communities don’t trust the city’s planning decisions. “It completely undermines the public’s confidence that planning decisions are based on merit and law,” he said. Asked whether Venice is overdeveloped, Rudisill said that it undoubtedly is. Ryavec says it’s not so much a case of overdevelopment when compared to the density of Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, but that the streets of Venice simply weren’t built to accommodate the current pace of growth, meaning “any increase in density feels like overdevelopment.”

Bonin replied that development in Venice has been “scattershot and incoherent.” He identifies the most painful problems for Westside residents as the construction of unprecedentedly large homes on small lots and broader issues of gentrification and housing affordability. “We need genuine planning reform and to address gentrification by building more affordable housing,” said Bonin, who argues that Measure S would actually incentivize developers to mansionize single-family neighborhoods while keeping the city from addressing the housing affordability crisis.

housing on vacant city lots (plans that would face delay or even stoppage if voters approve Measure S). Local detractors, however, accuse Bonin of failing to adequately address the immediate impacts of homeless at the neighborhood level. Ryavec, whom homeless advocates accuse of trying to run the homeless out of Venice, has been out front about advocating for stricter enforcement of city ordinances to crack down on homeless encampments along the boardwalk and live-in vehicle parking on residential streets. Rudisill supports some of Bonin’s homeless initiatives but says he has not listened to residents on some associated land-use matters. She opposes a plan to build affordable housing at the city-owned Venice-Dell-Pacific parking believing it is not the best use for that land. Ryavec also opposes the plan, saying there are faster and less expensive ways to house people than on prime beach property.

Help for the Homeless

A major force behind the passage of November’s $10-billion affordable housing bond, Bonin has rapidly made a name for himself as perhaps the City Council’s leading voice for long-term solutions to rampant homelessness. Last year Bonin launched a multifaceted approach to addressing homelessness in Venice that includes everything from increased outreach to building affordable

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Candidate

Mark Ryavec

Robin Rudisill

Mike Bonin

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Businesswoman/coastal advocate

City Council incumbent

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Yes, it’s his proposal

Affordable Housing at Venice-Dell-Pacific Lot

Yes, it’s his proposal

Development in Venice

Out of balance with community’s capacity

Overdeveloped, without question

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Candidate Robin Rudisill has a background as a financial executive and experience as chair of the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee. She has fought for the rights of both tenants and homeowners, and she has exposed the many bad practices we continue to witness under Bonin’s watch. Things like: • Building three homes on a single lot (look at Rennie Avenue between Rose and Sunset). • Allowing a T-shirt shop to become a bar (Simmzy’s Venice) with no additional parking. Rudisill helped residents appeal this, but lost under Bonin’s watch. • Approving changes of use without sufficient notification to neighbors. La Fiesta Brava at 259 Hampton Drive is on the same block as two churches, a synagogue and two daycares. Again, Rudisill helped neighbors appeal. The only choice in the March 7 council election is Robin Rudisill, a woman of integrity who has the right credentials and experience for the job. Roxanne Brown, Venice Re-Elect Mike Bonin to the Los Angeles City Council For each of us, a personal priority is moving our neighborhoods forward, doing good and getting things done. That’s why we’re supporting Mike Bonin for re-election to the Los Angeles City Council in Tuesday’s election and urge you to do so, too. Mike’s record of accomplishment for each and every one of our neighborhoods and for our city has been astounding and tireless. He brokered a landmark settlement that ended the threat of LAX expansion into Westchester and Playa del Rey, while allowing the airport to modernize and finally connect to rail. He

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brought the Great Streets program to Mar Vista, helping to transform Venice Boulevard into a more pedestrian friendly Main Street. He has crafted smart, compassionate and courageous solutions to homelessness, particularly in Venice. Throughout the district, he has increased public art, fought to preserve and expand open space, added stop signs and turn restrictions to curb neighborhood cut-through traffic, increased street resurfacing and tree trimming, added more bike lanes, replaced water-hungry turf with drought-tolerant vegetation, and added more trash cans to our public spaces. He is standing up to overdevelopment and demanding the affordable housing we desperately need. Mike has also been a citywide and regional leader on the issues most important to us. He was an architect of Measure M, which will build mass transit and relieve traffic, and Proposition HHH, which will help build homeless housing. He won the battle for a $15 minimum wage and is leading the fight to move Los Angeles and LADWP to 100% clean energy. He authored the plan to get more cops in our neighborhoods, and he has renewed his predecessor Bill Rosendahl’s push for a “clean money” campaign finance system. Mike believes in smart and commonsense government. He repealed a city policy that ticketed you if you parked at a broken meter, and equipped our firefighters with tablet technology. He cuts red tape, personally intervening to help neighbors or small businesses encountering problems with the bureaucracy. Mike does his job so well because he is accessible and attentive. He regularly holds “pop-up office hours” at farmers markets, church festivals, youth sporting events and other venues to hear from people who don’t have the time to make

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One Election, Three Realities Bonin stands firm that the best way to address the impact of homelessness on neighborhoods is to provide more housing resources. “There are some folks who offer what is a very false choice: that Los Angeles can either build more housing for the homeless or protect its neighborhoods. That is frankly a B.S. choice,” Bonin asserted. “We have to get folks housed and taken care of in order to protect our neighborhoods, and anything contrary to that is sticking your head in the sand or demagoguery — one of the two.”

Questions of Temperament

Ryavec says he wants to help people who are chronically homeless, but also believes there are many who will not accept help or choose to live in their vehicles and will only be responsive to enforcement. He notes fundraising work for two local nonprofits working with the homeless, PAGE 8 THE ARGONAUT March 2, 2017

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“We built this space because we believe in removing barriers to storytelling, and with YouTube TV we’re doing just that.” — YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki “cast” programs from a mobile device to a TV screen, search for new shows, and access YouTube Red’s original programming as well as YouTube’s vast catalogue

programming recommendations. Executives also suggested that local broadcast TV channels would be available based on users’ geographical

location, but did not name specific channels or markets. “We want to get as much of the country covered as possible,” said Robert Kyncl, YouTube’s Chief Business Officer. For now, YouTube is focused on rolling out YouTube TV only in the U.S., but Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan is excited to see how the new service emerges into the video on-demand ecosystem. “We really do believe this is the future of media consumption,” he said. “That’s the journey I think we’re starting on today. Our long-term vision is to really reimagine how TV is watched.” christina@argonautnews.com

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the Teen Project and Foursquare Church, but Foursquare leaders the Rev. Steven Weller and his wife Regina Weller have disavowed him. In January, Regina Weller took to social media to accuse Ryavec of trying to co-opt Foursquare’s efforts for his own political purposes. “I was personally disheartened by your self-aggrandizing and your abusive nature,” she wrote. Ryavec said the falling out was “an odd experience” and attributed the comment to a misunderstanding arising from a possible “disconnect” between the couple after he blogged about some of the Weller’s success stories using information provided to him by Steven Weller. Steven Weller said this week that he appreciated Ryavec’s fundraising 18 months ago but neither supports Ryavec’s candidacy nor considers Ryavec part of Foursquare’s efforts. Last week Ryavec also expressed no regrets about an incident several years

ago in which he encouraged homeless people to camp outside the homes of political opponents, going so far as to publish the home addresses of former Venice Neighborhood Council President Linda Lucks and others on his former Venice Stakeholders Association website. “I think that it was important to point out this extreme hypocrisy, that it’s alright for someone to come onto [another resident’s property] and use it as a toilet, but Linda and others are not willing to accept it [on their own property],” Ryavec explained. Rudisill had a public falling out three years ago with an Oakwood Community Recreation Center employee that resulted in a neighborhood council committee she headed losing permission to meet there. Rudisill stands by her actions, describing what happened as an “unjust” action by an employee who “dug in her heels” about the board overstaying its allotted use times.

Rudisill and Ryavec have each accused Bonin of consistently acting in a unilateral fashion during his first term without regard for residents’ concerns. “Mike goes off and does whatever he wants to do” and “listens after the fact,” Ryavec said. “Either I step up now in order to follow up on what I believe in or I stop trying, because Mike doesn’t care what anyone else thinks.” Bonin described the characterization as “demonstrably false” and challenged the credibility of those who claim that his proposals to build affordable housing on city-owned land are “done deals” when the public process to pursue the feasibility of those concepts has yet to begin. “I think it’s a little bit of ‘swift-boating’ to say that, with so many levels of community participation planned, there won’t be community participation,” he said. “It is an ‘alternative fact.’” gary@argonautnews.com

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Thinking Small Tuesday’s ballot referendum against big development has major repercussions for L.A.’s housing market

The 10-story Martin Expo Town Center planned for Olympic Boulevard and Bundy Drive is one of the top targets of Measure S supporters A seemingly relentless forward march of new development coupled with the socioeconomic strain of gentrifying neighborhoods has united Los Angeles communities far better than any politician could. Disenchantment with traffic-clogged streets, towering structures out of scale with their surroundings and the perception that L.A. City Hall is out of touch with residents reached a tipping point in late 2015, uniting a patchwork coalition of neighborhood activists, affordable housing advocates and slow-growth proponents to demand changes in city land use policy. Out of such frustration, Measure S was born. Billed as the “Save Our Neighborhoods” initiative, Measure S would impose a two-year moratorium on new construction that requires zoning PAGE 10 THE ARGONAUT March 2, 2017

changes to accommodate increased height or density, permanently prohibit “spot zoning” exemptions, and require systematic public reviews of both the city’s general plan and each of its largely outdated plans guiding neighborhoodspecific development. Supporters say Measure S would stop oversized development in its tracks and force the city to fix a broken planning system that lets big developers run rampant over quality of life concerns, restoring power to the people. Opponents argue the initiative — bankrolled by the controversial AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which is fighting the construction of office towers near its Hollywood headquarters — is an oversimplified, one-size-fits-all solution to a complex problem. They warn that Measure S could have potentially dire ramifications for the affordability of

rental housing, considering demand already exceeds supply. “If you need more fruits and vegetables, you don’t go to farmers and tell them you have a two-year ban on growing fruits and vegetables,” said Mark Vallianatos, a spokesman for Measure S opposition group Abundant Housing L.A. “Not enough housing has been built in the last few decades to keep up with our growing population.” Implementing Measure S would cost Los Angeles as many as 2,800 apartments and 12,000 construction-related jobs per year, according to a study by Westchester-based consulting firm Beacon Economics commissioned by opponents of the measure. And others warn that by making it almost impossible to build high-density housing in commercial or industrial areas, development pressures would

blow back into presently low-density neighborhoods where existing community plans allow single-family homes to be converted into small apartment buildings without zoning waivers. Yes on S Campaign Director Jill Stewart dismissed the Beacon report as fearmongering straight out of the L.A. City Hall playbook. “The jobs data bought and paid for by six or seven developer billionaires who are fighting Yes on Measure S is as fake and ridiculous as the claims by City Hall not long ago that if we didn’t accept a new tax, hundreds of LAPD officers would be laid off and L.A. would become dangerous,” Stewart said. “Voters rejected those trumped-up scare tactics just as they’re going to ignore this one.” — Gary Walker and Joe Piasecki

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‘Spot Zoning’ to accommodate behemoth projects fuels support for a building moratorium Like David aiming his slingshot at Goliath, the Yes on S campaign has identified nearly 30 large-scale projects in L.A.’s development pipeline as emblematic of the need for a moratorium on structures that would require zoning exemptions. The group’s “Battle Map” features a handful of Westside projects facing neighborhood opposition: Del Rey Pointe at 5000 Beethoven St. in Del Rey, the Martin Expo Town Center at 12101 W. Olympic Blvd., and the Venice Place hotel project on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. Del Rey Pointe would create 18,000 square feet of commercial development and 236 residential units (including 35 set aside for affordable housing) adjacent to single-family homes just north of Ballona Creek. The developer is asking for a general plan amendment to change the former Teledyne property’s zoning from light industrial to residential. “For us, the biggest issue is not ‘overdevelopment’ as much as it is development not in accordance with the city’s plans,” said Del Rey Residents Association President Elisabeth Pollock, who named “spot zoning” as the most worrisome aspect of development in Del Rey. Spot zoning is the practice of reclassifying a parcel of land to something different from its existing surroundings. Pollock lists at least two other big development projects in the area that would require spot zoning: a complex of

Del Rey Pointe would require spot zoning to create a 236-unit complex along Ballona Creek 658 housing units and 27,300 square feet of commercial space at on a portion of Villa Marina Marketplace at 13450 Maxella Ave., and an expansion of the Stella apartments that would bring 65 housings units and 9,000 square feet of retail space to 13488 Maxella. Ken Alpern, a Westside public transportation advocate who supports Measure S, said the moratorium would allow planners to begin to properly assess new zoning protocol. “If we don’t establish appropriate planning rules, we’re going to end up with the same gridlock that we had with transportation,” said Alpern, a member of the Mar Vista Community Council.

Just north of Mar Vista, the 10-story Martin Expo Town Center would replace the single-story Martin Cadillac car dealership at the corner of Olympic and Bundy with 150,000 square feet of office space, 99,000 square feet of retail and 516 apartments (20% of it set aside for affordable housing). But L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents the area, defends the project as a positive outcome of a zoning change Measure S would prohibit. The lot’s original commercial or light industrial zoning would have put a traffic-clogging big box retailer adjacent to major intersection and an Expo Line station crying out for transit-oriented housing.

Bonin said other zoning amendments have been few and far between in his Westside district. “For the past few years Measure S would have had very little impact on the district,” he said, except to have stopped the city from downzoning land immediately north of LAX to prevent large-scale development. Both Alpern and Bonin oppose plans for a seven-story mixed-use tower at 12444 Venice Blvd. that would dwarf its neighbors, but see the situation differently. “If the Planning Department ignores the pleas of the Mar Vista Community Council, Council District 11, planners and the local residents when they plead for a three- to five-story project but get an 80-plus-foot, seven- to eight-story project that is the tallest development for miles and with entirely insufficient parking and infrastructure so that the developer can win the lotto, what can we do?” asked Alpern. But Measure S wouldn’t help in this situation, said Bonin, because developers there are pursuing a “by-right” project that doesn’t require a zoning change. “The controversial project in Mar Vista — Measure S won’t stop that,” he said. “In fact, there’ll be a lot more projects like it west of the 405 because developers will pursue a bunch of projects by right. That’s where the investment money will go.” — Gary Walker

Affordable Housing Blowback

Measure S would kill plans to house the homeless on underutilized public land Photo by Shilah Montiel

Perhaps the most immediate impact of the Measure S moratorium on zoning amendments would be the obliteration of plans to build low-income or permanent supportive housing on as many as 500 underutilized city properties. At least three of about a dozen parcels slated for pilot projects are west of the 405: the former West Los Angeles Animal Shelter at the corner of Bundy Drive and Missouri Avenue, the Thatcher Maintenance Yard adjacent to Marina del Rey and the beach parking lot along Venice Boulevard between Dell and Pacific avenues. The nonprofit Venice Community Housing Corporation is working to draft a proposal for the Venice parking lot. “There isn’t a lot of land that’s affordable and could be used for affordable or permanent supportive housing, so when the city is trying to designate resources, to me, the public good — we have to be able

The city wants to build affordable housing on the Venice-Dell-Pacific beach parking lot to maximize that,” Venice Community Housing Corporation Executive Director Becky Dennison said. Dennison says the parking lot is currently zoned as “open space” in L.A.’s general plan, and building any kind of housing there would require a general

plan amendment. In fact, so would the other two projects — meaning not just delay but certain doom if voters adopt Measure S. But Measure S proponents say the way the city is choosing sites for homeless housing raises questions about the

integrity of their planning process. Yes on S spokeswoman Ileana Wachtel questions the focus on parcels that would require general planning amendments. Wachtel also points out that Measure S would not apply to projects that are 100% affordable housing, but what the city’s proposing is a blend of market-rate and subsidized units. “The city is using the homeless to win votes. It’s really disingenuous,” she said. City Councilman Mike Bonin said invoking the 100% affordable waiver ignores the reality that almost all affordable housing is partially subsidized by market rate units, reducing the expense to taxpayers. “Financing a 100% affordable project is nearly impossible — almost smoke and mirrors,” he said. — Phoenix Tso (Cover Story continued on page 12)

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An End to the Honor System

Both sides agree that developers tasked with finding fault in their own projects rarely do While it does not appear on the Measure S battle map, the Legado del Mar project proposed for 138 Culver Blvd. in Playa del Rey might as well be the poster child for one of its wonkier but more significant provisions: a ban on developers managing the required environmental impact analyses for their own projects. Legado’s call for a four story project to accommodate 72 apartments and 14,500 square feet of commercial space on a long-vacant lot was enough to rouse strong opposition throughout the primarily low-rise neighborhood. But when opponents discovered that excavations for two levels of subterranean parking could disturb an underground pool of toxic runoff from a former dry cleaning business nearby, they went apoplectic. Legado’s hired environmental review consultant concluded that excavation “could pull the documented groundwater impacts at Del Rey Cleaners toward the [construction] site” but “would not

Angeles, on a wholesale level, has potentially agreed to poison the entire town of Playa del Rey.” Former L.A. City Councilwoman Ruth Galanter, who represented Playa del Rey for 12 years in office, is opposed to Measure S. She says preventing developers from submitting their own environmental reviews would not necessarily prevent situations like the Legado controversy. “It’s not as simple as it sounds. You get them written much faster when developers [write them] than if the city does them,” she said. “If the developer doesn’t write them, then the city has to have a much bigger staff or streamline its staff.” Legado del Mar would put four stories of housing and retail Environmental law attorney Sabrina on a vacant lot in Playa del Rey Venskus, who represents Venice clients in land use cases, supports Measure S. She result in a significant hazard to the public greater driving force for moving the says the California Environmental Quality or environment.” contaminants toward the new structure.” Act requires developers to mitigate any But then a group of Playa del Rey home“It’s dangerous to allow a developer to owners led by Julie Ross hired a hydrolo- produce their own environmental reports,” environmental impacts in a project, gist to reexamine that issue, and he conRoss said, “but what’s more dangerous is meaning developers tend to not want to look for them. cluded that excavation work would lower having the city of Los Angeles accepting (Continued on page 14) the groundwater table and thus “create a the results. This means that the city of Los

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March 7 Primary Election Endorsements L.A. County Measure H This quarter-cent sales tax increase will generate $350 million per year to fund the case management services necessary to get homeless people into the housing that last fall’s $1.2-billion affordable housing bond is expected to create. One doesn’t work without the other. Vote Yes on Measure H.

L.A. City Measures M & N Measure M empowers the city to tax and regulate recreational marijuana; Measure N would enact different rules written by Big Weed. Vote Yes on Measure M and No on Measure N.

L.A. City Measure S If Los Angeles could take a page from the Trump playbook and build a wall to keep Midwestern cultural refugees from moving here, Measure S would be a great idea. But in the real world, curtailing new construction in the middle of a crisis-level housing shortage is bad policy. Rents are already so high that some natives can’t afford to stay here, and reducing supply in the face of increased demand will make rents go up. Measure S would address several bad city policies and stop bad projects that are out-of-scale with their surroundings, but it would also halt the necessary conversion of surplus light-industrial or commercial zones into high-density residential areas. What L.A. needs most is more affordable housing, but even new luxury housing can have a positive impact. All those Westside tech workers have to live somewhere, and it’s not going to be Cleveland. While pricey apartments in Playa Vista may seem like they’re making everything more expensive, they’re actually taking market pressure off existing nearby neighborhoods. Preventing zoning changes for large projects would likely redirect developer dollars into exploiting

existing zoning rules that already allow for converting single-family homes into small apartment buildings, doubling down on urban sprawl. Vote No on Measure S.

Mayor of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has had a pretty good run so far, and in this 11-way race he’s the only candidate with the vision and experience to do even better by the residents of a city he so clearly loves. Vote for Eric Garcetti.

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case for a third term. He helped navigate LAUSD out of the darkest days of state budget cuts, and he’s confronted brutal competition for limited resources among Westsiders without losing Los Angeles sight of what’s best for kids. We City Council applaud his service. Venice neighborhood activists But Melvoin’s candidacy is also Mark Ryavec and Robin Rudisill part of LAUSD’s legacy during may be big-time underdogs Zimmer’s tenure. The Harvard against council incumbent Mike and Loyola Marymount UniverBonin, but don’t dismiss the sity graduate was a middle concerns of their supporters. school teacher in Watts when the Ryavec embodies the anger and recession hit and, like so many frustration of homeowners other bright young teachers, lost dealing with quality of life issues his job to seniority-based teacher created by a pattern of neglilayoffs. Now he works as an gence by L.A. City Hall that education consultant and adjunct predates its current occupants. faculty member at LMU. Rudisill embodies righteous Massive outside political indignation about new developspending (much of it benefitting ment — not so much the big Melvoin) has sought to recast projects addressed by Measure S, this election as a fight between but the widespread loss of charter groups and the teacher’s community character one small union over the political balance parcel at a time. of the LAUSD board. But Only Bonin, however, has Melvoin is no puppet. He demonstrated the combination of promises to pursue a middle path temperament, empathy and of seeking compromise between political knowhow required to charters and the union in order to balance competing interests move past the status quo of rigid while crafting broad-minded ideological loyalties that have solutions to a wide array of dominated board politics for the issues, from combating homeworse. “If unions don’t get on lessness in Venice to reversing board with some reform,” LAX expansion into Westchester. Melvoin told us, “the [political] Vote for Mike Bonin. right is going to come with a battle axe after us” — which is LAUSD Board exactly how charter advocates of Education have been able to gain as much traction as they already have. This is the toughest call on We wish both Zimmer and Tuesday’s ballot, and fortunately Melvoin could represent Westthat’s because it forces us to side voters on the LAUSD choose among three really solid Board, and we hope both candidates: Allison Holdorff advance to a runoff in May so Polhill, Nick Melvoin and current LAUSD Board President we’ll have more time to compare and contrast them. But there’s Steve Zimmer. only one way that can happen. Zimmer is a responsive public servant who makes a compelling Vote for Nick Melvoin.

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“On the other hand, if the city or the city’s consultant prepares the EIR [environmental impact report] … that analysis is going to be, by its very nature, more objective,” Venskus said. Galanter said she understands where Legado’s opponents are coming from, as consultants rarely recommend going to the expense of a complete EIR. “In that sense the supporters of

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to get the creative juices flowing. “So lots of stuff will be super crazy,” he says. “Maybe people will feel like this never can be done, but other things are pretty tangible.” Like that pedestrian bridge over Sepulveda. Or light-up boulders, inspired by sea glass that would illuminate the pathways of a public park at night. “We hope that this is just the beginning,” says ESMoA cofounder Eva Sweeney, who encourages locals and visitors to continue contributing ideas to the exhibition over its three-month run. “It will be a logistical challenge, but we are open for it.” Visitors will also be able to have a say in what may ultimately become of these art and architectural proposals. At the end of the show, a special jury and the public at large will be able to vote for their favorite public art ideas, which ESMoA will then take to the El Segundo City Council and L.A. County Board of Supervisors for consideration. That openness to the endless possibilities of art in civic life is not unique to this one exhibition experience, however. It is part of ESMoA’s continued mission to be

a hub for artistic experimentation and innovation in Westside and South Bay communities. “We really think of ourselves not like a normal museum, but rather an art laboratory, which really means: ‘Here’s the place where you can do anything.’ There are no mistakes, nothing. Everything is allowed,” says Zuenkeler. That includes breaking out of the museum’s four walls. “For us to be involved in the city I think is very important,” says Zuenkeler, “because it’s not only this little space as a laboratory. We will only be as good as the people who perceive art outside of the space. Otherwise you always have this, ‘I go into the space, and there I look at art, and then I get out and that’s it, I’m done with art.’ But our idea is to get art out of the space and get really involved.” “ELSEGUNDISSIMO” opens at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 5, with introductory remarks by El Segundo City Councilwoman Carol Pirsztuk at 2 p.m., at ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. The exhibit continues through May 21. Call (424) 277-1020 or visit esmoa.org. March 2, 2017 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 15

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— Jessica Koslow

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pop-ups, supper clubs, freelance chefs and even home cooks. Chefs who work with Feastly served up creative small-plate dishes. Michael Hung (Faith & Flower, Viviane) made bacon and caramelized onion tarts with Gruyere cheese and foie gras torchon; Darren Saypharaj (We Have Noodles) brought chicken and black truffle wonton and Koji roasted kabocha squash to the table; and Casey Felton and Armen Piskoulian (Banh Oui)

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Jeni’s unique ice cream recipes had locals lined up around the block on opening day I scream, you scream and, on Feb.9, Venice screamed for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. The newly opened Jeni’s at 540 Rose Ave. started dishing out free artisan ice cream scoops at 7 p.m., and very quickly a line of smiling kids and adults began to wrap around the corner of Rose and Rennie. Founder Jeni Britton Bauer

greeted guests and signed copies of her cookbooks during the grand opening celebration. The buzz about Bauer’s ice cream is that her recipes contain no synthetic flavorings, dyes or off-the-shelf mixes, and come in a variety of unique flavors. Favorites include Brown Butter Almond Brittle (crushed almond candy in a rich

buttercream), Brambleberry Crisp (vanilla ice cream blended with oven-toasted streusel and a blackberry-blackcurrant jam), and Roxbury Road (milk chocolate ice cream with salty smoked almonds, house-made marshmallows and a swirl of caramel sauce). — Jessica Koslow

AT HOme The ArgonAuT’s reAl esTATe secTion

GorGeous Home witH Views

“Located on one of the Playa del Rey bluffs overlooking the Ballona Wetlands, this architect’s down home offers three levels of living space, perfect for indoor/outdoor entertaining,” says agent Jane St. John. “The three story atrium entrance, illuminated by skylights, welcomes you to this one of a kind four-bed, four-bath, contemporary view home. On the first level are the living room, spacious formal dining area, kitchen with a butler’s pantry, family room, and a one-bedroom suite. A wet bar, mahogany floors, and custom cabinets complete the first story. The north-facing patio invites you to enjoy the Marina, ocean, mountain, and wetland views while informally dining outdoors. Ascending the solid circular stairs reveals the second level master suite and private balcony. Two additional bedrooms, separated by a full bath, custom cabinets, and built-ins in a loft office area are also offered. Access to flat grassy rear yard with mature landscaping, generous roof decks, and Jacuzzi finish this home.”

offered at $2,375,000 i n f o r m at i o n :

Jane st. John RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-567-5971

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Please plan to join us at a Grand Opening celebration later this year in our new space in Playa del Oro at the corner of Manchester and Rayford.

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310.499.2020 hello@stephanieyounger.com @stephanieyoungergroup

“Highest Resale Price Record” reflects MLS Single Family Home Sales Data for Playa Vista for all Playa Vista listings in 2016. Data does not include homes sales that were conducted privately or not reported to the MLS. Compass California, Inc. is a licensed real estate broker (01991628) in the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale or withdraw without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. Exact dimensions can be obtained by retaining the services of an architect or engineer. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. CA BRE#01365696

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3024 Midvale Ave, West Los Angeles Updated Cape Cod 4 Bed | 5 Bath | $2,149,000 BY APPOINTMENT

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To make a difference in our community, we will Give Together by donating a portion of our net proceeds from every home sale to the local charity of our client’s choice. Call me today for more information or to find out what your home is worth!

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918 Nowita Place | Venice

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Quintessential 1920’s two story bungalow with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths + Studio on the historic Venice walk street, Nowita Place, with parking in Silicon Beach. Close to Abbot Kinney.

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©2017 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties (BHHSCP) is a member of the franchise system of BHH Affiliates LLC. BHH Affiliates LLC and BHHSCP do not guarantee accuracy of all data including measurements, conditions, and features of property. Information is obtained from various sources and will not be verified by broker or MLS. CalBRE 00916736/01826288

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$1,138,000

Marina City Club 3/2 bed + 2 ba

$775,000

Marina City Club 1 bed + 1 ba

$939,000

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Dana Wright

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tom Corte ERA MAtillA REAlty 225 CulvER Blvd. PlAyA dEl REy

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culver city Sun 1-4

6050 Canterbury Dr. #E-317

2/2 Remodeled top floor unit.

$520,000

Brian Christie

TREC

310-910-0120

el segundo Sun 2-4

530 Sierra Pl. #5

3/3 3-story townhouse, remodeled kitchen

$849,900

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 2-4

900 Cedar St. #205

2/2 Pool, spa, rec room, bright home!

$599,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 2-4

754 Hillcrest St.

4/3 2,243 sq ft, remodeled kitchen, ocean view

$1,488,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 2-4

716 W. Acacia

4/3 2,280 square feet, two car garage

$1,395,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

5/4, 3,227 sq ft, rv-sized garage

$925,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

6/3 Triplex, nearly 10,0000 sq ft, adj. to Red Line

$929,000

Ben Eubanks

Aloha Royal Hawaiian Realty, Inc. 310-968-4459

hAwthorne Sat 2-4

13912 Truro Ave.

los Angeles Sun 1-3

4433 Burns Ave.

mAnhAttAn BeAch Sun 1-4

219 38th Pl.

3/4 Modern Manhattan beach home

$2,149,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

mArinA del rey Sun 1-4

3803 Via Dolce

4/4 Waterfront Grand Canal home w/ west-facing roof deck.

$2,800,000

Peter & Ty Bergman

Bergman Beach Properties

310-821-2900

Sun 1-4

4311 Via Dolce

3/2.5 Extensively renovated Silicon Beach custom traditional

$2,295,000

Peter & Ty Bergman

Bergman Beach Properties

310-821-2900

Sun 1-4

138 Westwind Mall

5/5.5 Silicon Beach Silver Strand Mediterranean

$3,250,000

Peter & Ty Bergman

Bergman Beach Properties

310-821-2900

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4801 La Villa Marina #K

2/2.5 Spectacular townhouse in Silicon Beach.

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Professional Real Estate Services 310-985-5427

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310 Washington #103

3/3 Luxury Latitude Beach condo

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4730 La Villa Marina #L

2/2.5 Town-home overlooking courtyard

$825,000 $1,599,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

$725,000

Jesse Weinberg

Jesse Weinberg & Associates

800-804-9132

$409,000

Bob Waldron

Coldwell Banker

310-780-0864

Corte & Wright

ERA Matilla Realty

310-578-7777

plAyA del rey Sun 1:30-4

8740 Tuscany Ave. #113

1/1 Updated condo, move-in ready, fplc, deck

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6973 Trolleyway St.

2/2 2 bed w/ loft beach front condo

$2,138,000

plAyA vistA Sun 1-4

6405 Dawn Creek

3/3 2,972 sq ft, upgraded with community amenities

$1,825,000

Suarez & Swett

Fineman Suarez Team

310-862-1761

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13023 Discovery Creek

4/4 3800 sq ft w/ theater, decks, & an elevator!

$2,195,000

James Scott Suarez

Fineman Suarez Team

310-862-1761

Michelle Lowe

Michelle Lowe Real Estate

888-594-6873

redondo BeAch Sa/Su 1-4

2321 Vanderbilt Ln.

2/1 R3 lot-per assessor; check city to build units

$799,000

westchester Sun 1-4

6415 W. 87th Pl.

6/3 Bright & spacious w/ lots of storage!

$1,049,000

James Scott Suarez

Fineman Suarez Team

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

6201 W. 83rd Pl.

5/4 Enchanting Spanish charm

$1,879,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

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8332 Regis Way

5/3 Warm Westchester beauty

$1,579,000

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west los Angeles Sun 1-4

3024 Midvale Ave.

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†Broker must accompany client on first visit and complete registration form–no exceptions. ETCO is committed to a policy of equal housing opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion national origin, sex, age, familial status or handicap. ETCO reserves the right to change plans, specifications, materials, features and prices without notice. All renderings of floor plans, elevations, landscaping and common amenities are artist’s conceptions, renderings may vary in scale, dimensions and design from both the architectural drawings and the residence and other amenities constructed. Photos and/or drawings of homes show upgraded [décor/appliances/landscaping/furnishings/patio amenities] and may not represent the lowest-priced homes in the community. Please see your Sales Executive for details. © 2017 ETCO Homes. CalBRE License No. 01878688.

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HOME SALES INDEX

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HOMES SOLD

AVERAGE PRICE

+1.3%

+2.0%

FEBRUARY ‘16

FEBRUARY ‘17

Homes Sold

Average Price

Homes Sold

Average Price

Culver City

$813,500

$798,200

Marina del Rey

$913,100

$1,213,200

Palms/Mar Vista

$1,350,100

$1,521,000

Playa del Rey

$883,100

$692,500

Playa Vista

$870,300

$1,462,000

Santa Monica

$2,250,600

$1,679,900

Venice

$1,900,200

$1,750,500

Westchester

$1,059,800

$1,128,200

Total

143

145

The Argonaut Home Sales Index is presented the first week of each month. The February figures are sourced from sales reported to MLS as of 1/31/17–2/27/17 Argonaut Home Sales Index © The Argonaut, 2017.

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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases latitude Beach

Manhattan Beach estate

“This bright unit in the highly sought-after Latitude Beach community features custom design detailing, clever upgrades and is prewired for home automation,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The first floor features a bedroom and full bathroom, as well as a large outdoor patio. Inside, oak floors guide to the second floor main living space. The two en-suite master bedrooms make the luxurious third floor retreat. An in-unit washer and dryer complete the layout of this conveniently located unit.”

“This impressively unique estate features two custom Tuscan style design homes,” says agent Barbara Strover. “Inspired by the hills of Italy, this estate is rustic, yet elegant. Some hallmarks of the popular style include aged finishes, intricate stained glass windows, and travertine stone tiles. The main house has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and ambiance for relaxation. The classy three-bed, two-bath, guesthouse has enormous living spaces. These floor plans have various options to fit your needs.”

Offered at $1,559,000 Stephanie Younger, Compass 310-499-2020

Offered at $8,395,000 Barbra Stover, Rodeo Realty 310-902-7122

azzurra condo

Marina Penthouse

“Located in the full service Azzurra, this beautiful two-bed, two-bath, condo has stunning views of the ocean, Marina, city and mountains,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “A westfacing corner unit, this home features both natural light and privacy. Nine-foot ceilings, stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, walk-in closets, in-unit laundry, two-car parking, and more finish this condo. The Azzurra offers luxury high-rise living and unbeatable amenities. Nearby are bike paths, dog walk, shops, and more.” Offered at $1,049,000 Jesse Weinberrg, Jesse Weinberg & Associates 800-804-9132

“Relish in panoramic vistas from this two-story Tuscan Style penthouse,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The spacious living area is adjacent to a large kitchen with an oversized walk-in pantry. The master suite includes a loft, while the guest bedroom directly overlooks the Marina harbor. Additional features include a large patio for entertaining, a separate laundry room, and two side-byside parking spots. This Marina City Club home, with top-of-the-line finishes, embodies the warmth and charm of Tuscany.” Offered at $1,199,000 Charles Lederman, Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980

live at the Beach

oxford triangle hoMe

Offered at $409,000 Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia, Coldwell Banker 310-780-0864 and 310-913-8112

Offered at $2,299,000 Denise Fast, RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-578-5414

“Located in desirable Playa del Rey, this light and bright Silicon beach condo captivates you with its abundant natural light and spacious floor plan,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “Warm up by the fireside in the over-sized living room. Bask in the sun on the outdoor patio with new outdoor flooring. The like new en-suite bath offers a sit down vanity and a private shower/tub combo. Additional features offered include an enclosed garage, an extra closet for storage, and a sparkling pool.”

“This organically designed architectural home offers amazing attention to detail,” says agent Denise Fast. “Great curb appeal is accented by antique wooden gates, and a meandering brick path through the garden to the front porch. The floor plan is great for indoor-outdoor entertaining. Upstairs there are three bedrooms. The private garden in the back is complete with a bubbling pond, zip line, craftsman built chicken coop and a separate, two-car garage which includes an upstairs studio.”

The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

Are You GettinG the home tAx DeDuctions You’re entitleD to? owninG A home cAn pAY off At tAx time — pArt 1 of 2 Take advantage of these home ownershiprelated tax deductions and strategies to lower your tax bill: Mortgage Interest Deduction One of the neatest deductions itemizing homeowners can take advantage of is the mortgage interest deduction, which you claim on Schedule A. To get the mortgage interest deduction, your mortgage must be secured by your home — and your home can be a house, trailer, or boat, as long as you can sleep in it, cook in it, and it has a toilet. Interest you pay on a mortgage of up to $1 million — or $500,000 if you’re married filing separately — is deductible when you use the loan to buy, build, or improve your home. If you take on another mortgage (including a second mortgage, home equity loan, or home equity line of credit) to improve your home or to buy or build a second home, that counts towards the $1 million limit. If you use loans secured by your h ome for other things — like sending your kid to

college — you can still deduct the interest on loans up $100,000 ($50,000 for married filing separately) because your home secures the loan. Prepaid Interest Deduction Prepaid interest (or points) you paid when you took out your mortgage is generally 100% deductible in the year you paid it along with other mortgage interest. If you refinance your mortgage and use that money for home improvements, any points you pay are also deductible in the same year. But if you refinance to get a better rate or shorten the length of your mortgage, or to use the money for something other than home improvements, such as college tuition, you’ll need to deduct the points over the life of your mortgage. Say you refi into a 10-year mortgage and pay $3,000 in points. You can deduct $300 per year for 10 years. So what happens if you refi again down the road? Example: Three years after your first refi, you refinance again. Using the $3,000

in points scenario above, you’ll have deducted $900 ($300 x 3 years) so far. That leaves $2,400, which you can deduct in full the year you complete your second refi. If you paid points for the new loan, the process starts again; you can deduct the points over the life of the loan. Home mortgage interest and points are reported on Schedule A of IRS Form 1040. Your lender will send you a Form 1098 that lists the points you paid. If not, you should be able to find the amount listed on the HUD-1 settlement sheet you got when you closed the purchase of your home or your refinance closing. PMI and FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums You can deduct the cost of private mortgage insurance (PMI) as mortgage interest on Schedule A if you itemize your return. The change only applies to loans taken out in 2007 or later. What’s PMI? If you have a mortgage but didn’t put down a fairly good-sized down payment (usually 20%), the lender requires the mortgage be insured. The premium on

that insurance can be deducted, so long as your income is less than $100,000 (or $50,000 for married filing separately). If your adjusted gross income is more than $100,000, your deduction is reduced by 10% for each $1,000 ($500 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return) that your adjusted gross income exceeds $100,000 ($50,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). So, if you make $110,000 or more, you can’t claim the deduction (10% x 10 = 100%). Besides private mortgage insurance, there’s government insurance from FHA, VA, and the Rural Housing Service. Some of those premiums are paid at closing, and deducting them is complicated. A tax adviser or tax software program can help you calculate this deduction. Also, the rules vary between the agencies. — to be continued next week — THIs week’s quesTIon wAs AnswereD by

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2, 9, 16, 23, 2017 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 2017 027931 The following person is doing business as: RETURNINGSPRING INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SERVICES 2) RETURNSPRING ASIAN HOLISTIC HEALTH 3) RETURNINGSPRING ACUPUNCTURE & INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 8701 Truxton Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owner(s) Joseph M. DE STEFANO II L.AC. 8117 Naylor Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045-3911 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 09/2016. 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

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN SUMMONS ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs ) v. ) ) VILOS, INC., STEPHEN W. SOLOMON, ) and the Estates of SOL MERKER and TILLIE ) MERKER, their heirs, successors, ) representatives and assigns, and all other ) persons unknown claiming any right, title, ) estate, lien, or interest in Parcel Nos. 16A-4 ) Remainder, 16A-4A and 16A-5 Estate Mandahl, ) No. 16A Coral Bay Quarter, ) St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, ) ) Defendants. ) _________________________________________________________________) TRACY M. KEATING, SLOAN M. KEATING, EDWARD HREBEK and JOYCE HREBEK

CASE NO. ST-14-CV-284 ACTION FOR QUIET TITLE, DECLARATORY JUDGMENT, ADVERSE POSSESSION, and STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

TO: THE ESTATE OF TILLIE MERKER, her heirs, successors, representatives and assigns, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in Parcel Nos. 16A-4 Remainder, 16A-4A and 16A-5 Estate Mandahl, No. 16A Coral Bay Quarter, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Defendant Within the time limited by law (see note below) you are hereby required to appear before this Court and answer to a complaint filed against you in this action and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment by default will be taken against you as demanded in the complaint, for ACTION FOR DEBTQUIET TITLE, DECLARATORY JUDGMENT, ADVERSE POSSESSION, and STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS Witness my hand and the Seal of this Court this day of February, 2017. ESTRELLA GEORGE Acting Clerk of the Court Matthew J. Duensing, Esq. Law Offices of Duensing & Casner P.O. Box 6785 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00804 340/774-6011 mduensing@vilawyers.com

By:______________________________________ Deputy Clerk

NOTE: This defendant, if served personally, is required to file his answer or other defenses with the Clerk of this Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this summons, excluding the date of service. The defendant, if served by publication or by personal service outside of the jurisdiction, is required to file his answer or other defense with the Clerk of this Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the attorney for the plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the completion of the period of publication or personal service outside of the jurisdiction.

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: Joseph M. de Stefano II L.A.C. Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2017 Argonaut published: Feb. 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2017. 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 2017 037935 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Acupuncture Westside 4720 La Villa Marina unit G 13114 W. Washington Blvd. suite 101 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Embodya LLC 4720 La Villa Marina unit G, Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/2016. 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)). PL This statement was filed with the county on Feb. 14th 2017. Argonaut published: Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 2017 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 2017 038344 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Heartsease Productions 8634 Falmouth Ave. #8 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293 Angela Zappella 8634 Falmouth Ave. #8 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above 02/2017. 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 ANGELA ZAPPELLA Argonaut published: Feb. 23 March 2, 9, 16, 2017. 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 2017 039208 The following persons is (are) doing business as: 1) Premiere Dental Group 4560 Admiralty Way suite 250 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Helen Sanderson DDS INC 4560 Admiralty Way suite 250 Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 05/2003 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)). HELEN SANDERSON DDS INC. This statement was filed with the county on Feb. 15, 2017 Argonaut published: Feb. 23, March 2, 9, 16, 2017 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.

LEGAL NOTICE CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTION CODE SECTION 294 CASE NUMBER Ky’ Monnie Frazier Case Number: 16J D0167 To Jamal Alaman and Kenneth Frazier and anyone claiming to be a parent of Ky‘ Monnie Frazier born on 10/25/2016, at Adventist Health Medical Center Birthing Center Hanford, CA. A hearing will be held on 4/6/2017 at 8:15am. in Dept. 1, located at Kings County Superior Court, 1640 Kings County Drive, Hanford, CA 93230. At the hearing we will consider the recommendation of the social worker or probation officer. The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your Iegal custody that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental right to the child will be terminated. You have the right be present at the hearing to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have a an attorney and cannot afford to hire one the court will appoint an attorney for you. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you a represent. Dated 1/31/2017. Jeffery E. Lewis, Clerk, by Reyna Bajas, Deputy Argonaut 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 2017

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“Equal Means Equal,” 6 p.m. Celebrating Women’s History Month, the Santa Monica Public Library screens this film offering an unflinching examination of gender inequality in the United States. A panel discussion follows the film. 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8316; smpl.org

SongWriter Soiree, 7 to 11:30 p.m. (Sign up at 6:30 p.m.) Show up and prove your talent, then stay to support your fellow singers and musicians during the open mic each Friday at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to participate (310) 315-0056; unurban.com

City of Angels Awards Gala, 6 to 9 p.m. Hosted by the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce, this year’s annual awards dinner honors L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, St. Joseph Center Executive Director VaLecia Adams Kellum, philanthropist and school advocate Melanie Lundquist, and philanthropist and real estate developer David Nagel for enhancing the business climate of Los Angeles and making the city a better place. Los Angeles Marriott, 5855 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. $150. (310) 645-5151; laxcoastal.com Mar Vista Art Walk, 6 to 10 p.m. The theme “Voices” organizes the Mar Vista Art Walk into three clusters celebrating art, performance, music, food and local businesses. Venice Boulevard, from Beethoven Street and Inglewood Boulevard. facebook.com/ marvistaartwalk West Coast Swing, 6:30 p.m. Move your body and free your mind with a swing class or open dance. Intermediate swing dance classes start at 6:30 p.m., followed by beginner and intermediate/advanced classes at 7:30 p.m., and open dancing with deejays at 8:30 p.m. $15 includes the class; $10 just to dance. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. 21+. (310) 606-5606; philandmindiadance.com Serving Up Comedy, 7 p.m. Featuring a new line up of standup comics each week, the main show is followed by an open mic at 8:30 p.m. at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; servingupcomedy.com

2017 Brazilian Heart Celebration, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. The 6th annual BrazilianHeart Music Celebration, created and produced by Kátia Moraes, pays homage to renowned artists from Brazil. This year, 11 Brazilian female singer/songwriters interweave poetry and stories with the music of Brazilian jazz artists and classics by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone in honor of International Women’s Day. The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $25. electriclodge.org “Suitte Royale,” 8 p.m. John Robinson on flauto taillo, Jim Garafalo on viola da gamba, and Dr. Ruta Bloomfield on harpsichord explore little-known baroque gems of the 18th century. Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $20. (310) 477-2055; odysseytheatre.com Sofar Sounds: Venice, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Venice. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com Rusty’s Rhythm Club Swing Dance, 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Enjoy an evening of swing dancing to live music featuring Lil’ Mo & The Dynaflos. Dress in 1950s wear. A half-hour beginner swing dance class (no partner needed) happens from 8 to 8:30 p.m. and is followed by a DJ and live music from 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $20 cover includes the class. (310) 606-5606; rustyfrank.com

Saturday, March 4 5th Annual Day of Recollection, 8 a.m. to noon. Hosted by Catholic Daughters of the Americas, this event begins with mass at 8 a.m. and ends with a complimentary lunch. The theme is “The Four Great Practices of Lent: Prayer, Fasting, Alms-Giving and Pilgrimage.” Presenter Sister Gretchen Hailer is a Master Catechist for the California Catholic Conference and the author of a number of books on topics related to spirituality, media, bereavement and end of life issues. St. Jerome Parish Hall, 5550 Thornburn St., Westchester. $20 donation. (310) 703-2519

Brazilian singer, songwriter and dancer Kátia Moraes curates an evening of story and song. SEE FRIDAY, MARCH 3.

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Music at the Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Known for their spontaneous, high-energy performances, The Roustabouts perform their lively set at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. smgov.net

Jeanne Holm, the senior technology advisor to Mayor Garcetti, presents “An Insider’s View on Technology in Venice.” SEE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8. Open Wetlands at Ballona, 9 a.m. to noon. The Los Angeles Audubon Society hosts its monthly Open Wetlands event at Ballona Salt Marsh. Take a stroll through the sand dunes to the creek and explore your neighborhood wetlands. Enter through the gate in the northeast corner of the parking lot behind Alkawater/Gordon’s Market in the 300 block of Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No baby strollers. (310) 301-0050; losangelesaudubon.org Portraits of Hope 24-hour Paint-AThon, 9 a.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday. The non-stop Saturday to Sunday paint-a-thon is a chance for children and adults to have fun for a great cause. Volunteers paint artwork that will revitalize L.A. County’s animal shelters, while live musical performers play. Plaza El Segundo, 760 Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo. Free. poh@portraitsofhope.org NASCAR 3 Ds of Speed, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Presented with the L.A. Air Force Base, the Automobile Driving Museum hosts the first of its 2017 STEAM educational programs. This experience features interactive lessons designed to explore auto racing, aerodynamic principles, drag, downforce and drafting. Automobile Driving Museum, 610 Lairport St., El Segundo. $5 to $10. (310) 909-0950; automobiledrivingmuseum.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a reggae concert by Izmskzm. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “The Tales of Hoffmann” Opera Talk, 3 p.m. LA Opera’s Community Educator Leonard Lipman provides an entertaining audiovisual presentation on this opera by Jacques Offenbach. Hoffman’s boozy recollections recount the stories of the fascinating women who have captured his heart — windup doll Olympia, conniving Giulietta, fragile Antonia and elusive Stella. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Sofar Sounds: Culver City, 7:45 to 10 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a

PAWS in the Park(ing Lot) Adoption Event, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hosting its inaugural adoption event, Adopt & Shop raises awareness and helps move L.A. closer to being a no-kill city. Guests can pick up toys and treats for their pets and enjoy the Catty Wagon. Adopt & Shop, 4235 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. (310) 933-6863; adoptandshop.org

Racial Justice panel in honor of Women’s Month, Trudy Goodwin discusses her work with the Black Panthers in the 1970s, Karen Hilfman talks about her work with White People for Black Lives, and UCLA Institute on Inequality and Democracy activist-inresidence Funmilola Fagbamila speaks on moving forward for social justice. Potluck at 6 p.m.; panel at 6:30 p.m. Thelma Terry Bldg., Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 422-5431 Subversive Cinema, 8 p.m. Gerry Fialka screens experimental and political activist films and documentaries from the worlds of literature, art, music and the avant-garde, provoking new questions and igniting fiery discussions. Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

Greyhound Show ‘n’ Tell, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet retired racing greyhounds who will melt your heart. Not requiring a lot of exercise, greyhounds are quiet, non-shedding and already socialized. Come out and find your new best friend. PETCO, 8801 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. Contact Jim or Sharon Higgins at (310) 645-8143; fastfriends.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a dance music concert by Elements. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com The Loverboys’ Instrument Zoo, 2 p.m. Multi-instrumentalists Ryan Koons and Niccolo Seligmann play folk music from around the world, including Balkan, Celtic, Sephardic, Jewish and Swedish melodies as well as original tunes. Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $20. (310) 477-2055; odysseytheatre.com Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition Performance, 4 p.m. The Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra announces its 21st collaboration with the Westside Music Foundation to showcase the brilliant young winners of the Robert Turner Piano Competition. The six winners play one movement each of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor. The orchestra also performs Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 in A major. Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 suggested donation. (310) 259-9604; ladso.org Culver City Symphony Orchestra: “Finding Space,” 4:30 p.m. Music fills the empty spaces in our hearts, minds and cultural lives. Culver City Symphony Orchestra’s next concert finds space in the New Year with works from composers who filled spaces in society: Mozart, Mendelssohn, Wagner and Prokofiev. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. $15. culvercitysymphony.org Women’s Month Panel Discussion, 6 to 8:30 p.m. On this Committee for

Local artists team up for an auction and cocktail party to help fund therapeutic arts programs for kids. SEE GALLERIES & MUSEUMS.

Monday, March 6 “Made-in-LA,” 7 to 10 p.m. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Greater L.A. hosts a panel showcasing leaders from Los Angeles’ entrepreneurial ecosystem, including TaskUs CEO Bryce Maddock, Uber West Coast General Manager William Barnes, and Phenomenon President Dulari Amin. The evening of discussion, networking, cocktails and a silent auction benefits budding NFTE entrepreneurs. Cross Campus Santa Monica, 929 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica. $50. nfte.com/made-in-la Salsa Night, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. World champion dance instructor Cristian Oviedo leads a beginner salsa class from 8 to 9 p.m. and a beginner bachata lesson from 9 to 10 p.m. followed by live music and social dancing until 2 a.m. West End, 1301 5th St., Santa Monica. $12. 21+. (310) 451-2221; facebook.com/westendsalsa

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Santa Monica Life Pleasures, Pastimes & the Spirit of the City Photo by Djeneba Aduayom

The Odd Market returns to Santa Monica Pier from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday (March 4) with 75 vintage or handmade retailers and free live music. theoddmarket.com The Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra and Westside Music Foundation host a concert by Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition winners at Mount Olive Lutheran Church on Sunday (March 5). ladso.org Tech-industry luminaries from TaskUs, Uber and Phenomenon share their wisdom at the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Greater L.A.’s “Made-in-LA” event on Monday (March 6) at Cross Campus. nfte.com/made-in-la Learn salsa and bachata from world-champion dancer Cristian Oviedo and a live band on Monday nights at West End. facebook. com/westendsalsa

Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton @ The Broad Stage

“I’m thankful people come, and that they’re open,” she says of the connection she forges with audiences. “That they take something in and hopefully release something too. It feels like an ocean for me.” Fronting her intuitive band Grand Baton onstage, the Lauded as a “freak of nature” by Chris Botti, Fischer Brooklyn native exhibits Joplin-esque power whether was prominently featured in Morgan Neville’s Oscarbelting out roof-scraping high notes or delicately caressing the melodic curves of Gershwin’s “I Love You Porgy.” winning 2013 documentary “Twenty Feet From Stardom,” alongside legendary backup singers Darlene Love It’s a different kind of performance thrill from those and Merry Clayton. Fischer has reliably provided since the late 1980s as Bruce Springsteen, interviewed on camera, made the backup singer for mentor Luther Vandross, Tina Turner, Sting, Chaka Khan, Nine Inch Nails and, most notably, the point that “singing background remains a somewhat unheralded position. … That walk to the front [of the Rolling Stones. (Her bravura solos during the Stones’ stage] is complicated.” “Gimme Shelter” and Turner’s “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Continued on page 32) became anticipated highlights for fans.)

“Transcendent” is a word often employed by people reaching for superlatives to describe Lisa Fischer’s singing and dynamic range.

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keeps it alive — it’s like watching someone grow. [Laughs.] The songs are One of the most intriguing aspects of like little people to me.” Fischer’s walk to pursuing her own Although she’s been developing original creativity is that she started making it in material with musical director/guitarist the early 1990s — and chose to turn back. JC Maillard, drummer Thierry Arpino Fischer won a Best Female R&B Vocal and bassist Aidan Carroll, she remains Performance Grammy for “How Can I best known as an interpreter. What draws Ease the Pain,” a hit from her 1991 solo her to a song is its message and emotion, album “So Intense.” (In a rare tie, she and how its melody “shapes the room of shared the Grammy with Patti LaBelle, the music.” who won for “Burnin’.”) But instead of “I tend to lean toward things that are putting together a road band, she returned emotional, that allow me to connect more to her comfort zone singing behind deeply into myself and understand myself Vandross and the Stones. Not until last a little bit better. I don’t think I’ll ever year, buoyed by accolades for “Twenty completely understand myself, and that’s Lisa Fischer and her bandmates can turn a familiar song into Feet From Stardom,” did she venture out OK. But I think starting there helps to something fresh and new on her first world tour as a solo artist. understand emotionally what’s going on “I’m thankful for the way that things deprecating voices that either haunt you or and sing the way that she does, you around me, and how people feel around have happened,” she says softly. “When I shape you. [Laughs.] I think they’ve survive.” me,” she says. “There’s this sensitivity, had my first record deal, I was 31. cooled down a bit.” Live, Fischer and Grand Baton have this thing that happens in the silence that Looking back now at 58, that seems Gracious in conversation, Fischer transformed Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to we can all sort of feel. I think that was young; but back then, 31 was seen as a bit focuses on positivity rather than time Love” into a psychedelic swamp of soul, the lesson I took away from watching the old. A lot of folks went, ‘Oh, she ain’t 18 spent wrestling with self-doubt or music the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” into Stones and being involved in their live no more.’ [Laughs.] … industry ageism. But those struggles surreal jazz and “Wild Horses” into an performances. Because the music they “If ‘Twenty Feet From Stardom’ had inform her performances with nuanced emotional tour de force. They offer did earlier in their career has grown up, happened for me at that age, I don’t know depth. On tour with her band, she simiilluminating examples of how Fischer and it’s gone through these beautiful if I would have been emotionally ready for larly benefits from decades of blending inhabits a lyric. changes. It’s a richer experience.” what’s happening right now. I just feel with other artists’ voices, within the “I don’t know how it became what it is — Bliss Bowen really grateful that it’s happening in a time imposed musical architecture of their versus what it was,” she says of the when I have had some experiences to songs. She credits Vandross with teaching process of rearranging “Wild Horses.” Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton perform at share. I feel more balanced and more her how to “find the newness in [songs] “But during the walk of living in the lyric, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at The accepting of the me that is me now, and every single day,” and Turner’s explosive it kind of exposed itself in a different way. Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa less afraid of all the thoughts that go on in power and “beautiful desperation” with I never know what’s ready to come out of Monica. Tickets start at $95. Call (310) a person’s head — all the fearful, selfdemonstrating that “when you reach out me, and in a way I’m glad that I don’t. It 434-3200 or visit thebroadstage.com.

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Spirited Foreplay: “God & Sex” @ Santa Monica Playhouse This new dramedy by Wendy Michaels has something for every sexual and spiritual persuasion. After years as a lesbian, Amy decides life would be easier if she were straight, so she decides to marry her best buddy from high school — Tim— who’s loved her since the day they met. Now playing 8 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 13 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $29.50. (310) 394-9779, ext. 1; santamonicaplayhouse.com Dance on the Edge: “New Shoes 12” @ Highways Performance Space The “New Shoes” series allows emerging and established movement makers to present new and in-development dance and physical theater works. This iteration features Intersect Dance Theatre Artistic Director Sofia Olga Carreras, Bradford Chin & Dancers, Gregory Langner, Re:borN Dance Interactive’s Boroka Krisztina Nagy, Timna Naim,

and Tracy Tom-Hoon. Two performances only: 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance-space.org Brainiac: “Einstein” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Jack Fry portrays a “pre-crazy haired” Einstein fighting to prove his theory of relativity and win the heart of his nine-

year-old son as he struggles to balance his personal and professional life. One performance only: 3 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $40 to $60. (310) 927-4536; einsteintheplay.com Rip Van Winkle 2.0: “Wake” @ City Garage In this play by Gordon Dahlquist, Irene awakes in the future from a cryogenic slumber to

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find that her terminal cancer has been cured. She’s welcomed by a crew of curious humans commanded by “Platform.” This reading of the play is directed by Kenneth Rudnicki. One performance only: 8 p.m. Monday, March 6, at City Garage, Bergamot Station T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. Free, but RSVP to citygarage@ citygarage.org or call (310) 453-9939 by Sunday, March 5. citygarage.org Good Girl Gone Bad? “Good Grief” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre In this world premiere, upand-coming playwright Ngozi Anyanwu plays Nkechi, a young first-generation NigerianAmerican who has always tried to do everything right. When an unexpected turn forces her to return to her childhood home in suburban Pennsylvania, Nkechi starts to realize that she may not have everything figured out. Now playing at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays through March 26. Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $70. (213) 628-2772; centertheatregroup.org

Tragicomic Quintet: “Beckett 5” @ Odyssey Theatre “Krapp’s Last Tape,” “Catastrophe,” “Come and Go,” “Footfalls” and “Act Without Words II” make for a quintet of Beckett shorts that are alternatingly dark, graceful and full of glee. Closing soon: Last shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (March 3, 4 and 5) at Odyssey Theater, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $30. (310) 477-2055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com Dinner Party Divorce: “Dinner with Friends” @ Pacific Resident Theatre Middle-aged couple Gabe and Karen begin to question their seemingly tranquil marriage after their friend Beth reveals that she’s divorcing her husband Tom for infidelity. The twist: Gabe and Karen introduced Beth to Tom. #awkward Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturdays and Monday (March 2, 3, 4 and 6) at Pacific Resident Theatre’s Co-Op Space, 707 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15 suggested donation. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com

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Snoop Dogg headlines the Rhythm, Wine & Brews Experience, which takes a taste of Playa del Rey into the desert Photo by Scott Miller

By Gary Walker It doesn’t take an NME subscription to be familiar with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which over the past 17 years has grown from a scrappy indie music gathering in the desert into a bona fide cultural phenomenon that drew nearly 200,000 people and grossed some $84 million over two weekends last year. But another music festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio is following quickly in its footsteps, and this year organizers have a big dogg at the top of the bill. Landing superstar rapper Snoop Dogg to headline Saturday’s sixth annual Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience was quite a coup for the budding festival, said Playa del Rey resident Alexander Haagen IV, who owns the venue and leases it to festival organizers. Snoop headlined Coachella alongside Dr. Dre in 2012 and returned to perform with Pharrell Williams in 2014, but being able to book artists of that caliber is never a given. “It takes a while to develop relationships with agents. I remember when we first started Coachella, we made lots and lots of phone calls and no one would call us back. But when agents see that you’re serious and you’re going to be around for

Like kids at Coachella, last year’s RWB crowd rocked out with the band 311 a while, they start taking your calls,” Haagen said. “[Snoop Dogg] really translates well to older and younger people. It’s great to have him. He’s just a really cool guy.” But Saturday’s event isn’t just about music. The 3 to 11 p.m. event, which encourages participants to camp in a tent or “glamp” in a nearby hotel afterward, features tastings from more than 60 craft breweries, some three dozen wineries, 17 food trucks and an optional threecourse dining experience under the stars — not to mention art installations to explore between sets, said marketing director Lynn Bremner.

W E S T S I D E H A P P E N I N G S provided. An evening seminar takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. 21+. Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, 1700 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. $629. nikonusa.com Pacific Art Guild Demonstration, 1 p.m. Signature member of the National Watercolor Society Joe Cibere returns to the Pacific Art Guild to create another beautiful watercolor. His painting style demonstrates his love of nature and wilderness, with his “abstract realism” paintings integrating strong design, balance and a sense of illusion. Community Room, Westchester Civic Center, 7166 W. Manchester Ave., Westchester. Free. (310) 322-5059; pacificartguild.com Reading with the Camera Obscura Poets, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Participants of Dinah Berland’s eight-week poetry workshop read their works for the public. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-4904; annenbergbeachhouse.com Sofar Sounds: Venice, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Venice. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

Wednesday, March 8 Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections in your community each Wednesday at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for breakfast reservations; or for more information call John Marcato at (310) 740-6469 or Michael Warren at (310) 343-5721. Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea Club, 11 a.m. to noon. In this workshop to develop better presentation skills, experienced Toastmasters present the fundamentals of public speaking in the relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere of a Toastmasters meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, 12000 Vista del Mar, Conference Room 230A, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131; toastmastersspeakersbythesea@gmail.com An Insider’s View on Technology in Venice, noon to 2 p.m. Senior Technology Advisor to Mayor Garcetti Jeanne Holm discusses the state of technology in Venice, plans for continuing tech incubation in the area, the future of infrastructure advancements planned for Venice and what this

Rhythm, Wine and Brews happens from 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Empire Polo Field in Indo. Tickets run from $70 for general admission to $150 for a VIP experience. Visit rwbexp.com for more info.

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Elliot Prather, who lives on Trolleyway in Playa del Rey, is one of several locals making a return trip to the festival, which last year hosted twin headliners 311 and Matisyahu. “It’s like the Coachella for adults,” said Prather. “It’s a smaller venue, and it’s more adult-centered. It’s very hip but it’s not a crazy scene. It’s like a cornucopia for your eyes.” Haagen said Rhythm, Wine and Brews has evolved into a scene that both young adults and a slightly older demographic can enjoy. “We’re trying to fill in the gap,” he said. “It’s sort of an event where you can

experience different activities and not just the concert.” Prather enjoyed last year’s beer and wine testing, which he says gives festival attendees an opportunity to mingle before the concert and sample unfamiliar brews. “It’s not just the sharing of the beers; it’s a great social atmosphere. It really is more than just a concert,” he said. Another Playa del Rey resident, yoga instructor Kasey Kilmer, will lead a yoga class the morning after the concert as a way for people to find their Zen before the two- to three-hour drive back to L.A. “The idea is to kind of clear your head. It’ll be more of a stretching, detox, relaxing sort of experience,” said Kilmer, who most Saturdays leads early morning yoga sessions on Playa del Rey Beach. The yoga class is a new addition to the festival in line with its evolution. “I tried to take a little bit of what we have here in Playa del Rey and move it to the desert,” Haagen said.

Morgan O’Shaughnessey plays the Swedish nyckelharpa with fluid grace and mathematical precision Hear the Swedish nyckelharpa in the hands of a master Like many baroque and folk musicians, Morgan O’Shaughnessey keeps a full and eclectic calendar; he regularly juggles classical concerts, Irish jams and church services, proving that versatility is the resourceful

child of survival for romantic 21st-century minstrels. The San Francisco Conservatory of Music grad and Harry Potter fan is best known as a violinist and violist; he recorded Stravinsky’s solo viola piece “Elegie” in a German castle for his recent, same-named album. He is also adept at rowdy Celticstyle fiddling and Chinese erhu, a two-string spike fiddle, as well as banjo and bagpipes. For the latter, he’s been known to don a kilt like a faithful Scottish highlander. Come Saturday, blue and yellow would be more appropriate than plaid, as the instrument that will bring O’Shaughnessey to the Odyssey Theatre is the Swedish nyckelharpa, a traditional bowed instrument played at waist level that looks like some exotic offspring of a sitar and a hurdy-gurdy. Also known as a keyed fiddle, the nyckelharpa has been around in one form or another for at least 600 years; it was heading the way of the lyre-guitar when it was

rediscovered during the 1960s folk revival. The modern 16-stringed nyckelharpa sounds like a fatter violin, thanks to a dozen sympathetic strings that provide deeper resonance, and a subtle percussive effect created by at least threedozen wooden keys that are depressed by one hand as the other draws the bow across the strings. It demands near-mathematical agility to play, which O’Shaughnessey does with fluid grace. His concert is part of the Odyssey’s month-long music festival, and a fittingly offbeat melding of classical form with folk evolution — Bliss Bowen Morgan O’Shaughnessey performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. Tickets are $20. Call (310) 477-2055 or visit odysseytheatre.com.

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V’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” showed how communities can change lives by improving the living conditions of those who’ve fallen on hard times. Over President’s Day weekend, the Rotary Club of Westchester brought that same kind of magic to Safe Place for Youth, a Venice-based resource and case management center that serves local homeless youth. The group of 47 Rotarians and 96 community volunteers accomplished a workload that would make Ty Pennington proud. In just three days they constructed

and fully stocked an education and job-training center, a health and wellness center, and a communal clothes closet for distributing donated items. They even had time and money left over to redo a bathroom. Resources for the project came through local fundraising efforts and contributions by Rotary International, sister Rotary clubs around the world, the William H. Hannon Foundation, the Drollinger Family Charitable Foundation, and Adam Levine of the band Maroon 5. Westchester Rotarians execute a makeover project every two years. In 2015 they

6 redid the Westchester Senior Center, which represented a shift from renovating private homes to supporting the missions of public resource centers. “We look for sustainable projects that will impact the greatest number of people in the community and support vocational services,” Rotary Club of Westchester President Christa Ramey said. But the work doesn’t end there. Rotary grant funds are also supporting an internship program that will put Safe Place for Youth clients to work in local businesses, with some Rotarians already making hiring commitments.

Volunteer Angelo Georgetti and Westchester Rotarian Darlene Fukuji discuss the finer points of painting.

Rotarian Tori Hettinger takes sandpaper to a baseboard on day two of the makeover.

L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin rolls a base coat onto a new wall.

Volunteer Carly Donnellan stocks the new clothes closet with donations.

Westchester Rotarians and local volunteers know how to have fun while getting things done.

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Museums and Galleries “Up the Creek” opening reception 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2. Curated by Molly Barnes, Lucy Blake-Elahi and Amy Rosenstein, this group exhibition celebrates Culver City’s centennial at a “watershed moment” and features work by artists who have been instrumental in the protection of the Ballona Creek area. Through April 6. West Los Angeles College, 9000 Overland Ave., Culver City. (310) 553-7626; ballonacreek.org ArtWorks for Healing Auction, 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 2. A diverse group of artists and curators join

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Pyschopomp, through March 19. Comprised of works by thirteen contemporary artists, Psychopomp leads visitors through a disorienting space where interactive and immersive works act as guides on a voyage of transformation and self-discovery. Laband Art Gallery, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester. cfa.lmu.edu/laband “Face the Magic: Gule Wamkulu and its Heirs,” through March 30. Many misconceptions remain about Africa, and the links between African

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