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Meet ‘The Advice Goddess’ This week we welcome Westside author Amy Alkon to The Argonaut. Look for her entertaining ask-andanswer relationships column, “The Advice Goddess,” in the back pages of this and future issues. For this week’s installment, which includes tips about protecting your heart while dating after a divorce, turn to page 34. In addition to her award-winning syndicated column, Amy has written two books: “I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners into Impolite Society” and “Good Manners for Nice People who Sometimes Say F*ck.” She blogs at advicegoddess.com and podcasts at blogtalkradio.com. These can be tough times for maintaining good relationships, so if you need help don’t hesitate to ask Amy. Another Big Idea: Parking Lots for Overnight Campers Re: “Mike Bonin’s Big Idea: Acres of Prime Venice Real Estate Slated for Affordable Housing,” Cover Story, Jan.28 I decided about four years ago to live on the streets of Los Angeles County in my beautiful 27-foot Winnebago RV. It’s been quite an experience. Hollywood was very cool, but

when I decided to move closer to my children down in the West L.A. area, things got ugly! There are quite a few homeowners and renters out there that really resent somebody parking on the street and sleeping there. When I started, I found out it was against the law. The police, however, were very understanding and even helpful. When it became legal about

a year ago, this made homeowners even angrier. I can understand that. I don’t share that point of view, but I understand it. Luckily, I had an income, but I’ve met many other homeless people living in RVs who face mental illnesses, alcoholism and other conditions, or just don’t have a job. This leads to the reason for my response. Why couldn’t there be many open lots with running water, bathrooms and electricity for RVs? The city could charge a minimal rent, and those who park there could pay for the water and electricity they use. Campers would have to follow rules that would be enforced. I think this idea could take advantage of a lot of vacant lots all around L.A. County, and it would give homeless people a real and affordable option for a place to live in this beautiful part of the world. Congratulations to The Argonaut for maintaining. You’re really an important part of the community! Rick Pearce Los Angeles

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Equality in Action Jennifer Garner and Bettina Duval roar in Santa Monica ............................... 6

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It’s Cops vs. Kids and the Community Wins ................................... 29

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News A Healthy Goal for Growth Providence St. John’s eyes $2-billion expansion .............................................. 8

Millions of Mosquitos Oxford Basin was a breeding ground but didn’t test positive for West Nile ............ 9

Government by Lawsuit Venice residents try to effect change by suing the city . .................................. 11

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Curiosity and Humility Rosanne Cash’s creative journey to Santa Monica ................................... 30

Free Italian Film Fest Newly restored classics screen at LMU....... 35

Art Crawl Goes Green Upcycled Art TOMS Shoes artist Tyler Ramsey turns billboards into fashion ......................... 17

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By Christina Campodonico The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce’s Organization of Women Leaders honored actress Jennifer Garner and political strategist Bettina Duval on Monday during the group’s 2016 International Women’s Day Breakfast at the Le Meridien Delfina Hotel. Addressing a conference room packed with businesswomen and professionals, Garner and Duval each spoke about the importance of helping other women and how their mothers influenced their lives. Duval, who last week spoke with The Argonaut about her work to elect dozens of women to state office through the political action committee CaliforniaLIST, recalled two experiences that inspired her to work for equal representation of women in government: being raised by a single working mom and seeing only two women on the California Senate floor when she was a legislative intern in the 1970s. “Moments like these are incredibly valuable,” Duval, a mother of four, said

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of events such as the International Women’s Day Breakfast being crucial for building women’s visibility in the world. Garner, an advocate for early childhood education with Save the Children, spoke about the influence of her mother, Patricia, on her philanthropic work. “I come from a family of fierce women: Two sisters and a pretty hardcore mom, a mom who was brought up on love and on her family’s Dust Bowl, Depression beaten-down farm. She raised my sisters and me with more idioms and rules than Ma Ingalls,” said Garner, who went on to quote some of her mom’s favorite sayings in the vein of “Little House on the Prairie” matriarch Caroline Ingalls. Garner, a mother of three, recounted her mother’s life of “incredible service” as someone who always reached out to those in need, sharing how her mother would invite strangers with nowhere to go over to the house for Easter dinner. “Mom doesn’t just call for help when someone is stranded by the side of the road, she brings them home to dinner and

seats them at the head of the table,” said Garner. Years later her mother’s acts of kindness form the foundation for her own work with Save the Children, which has included addressing Congress about early childhood development. “The more you see what [parents and children] endure just to get by day-byday, the more compelled you are to work and to push and to try in a small way to make their lives better,” Garner told The Argonaut. With a parting pearl of her mother’s wisdom, Garner encouraged women in attendance to look out for one another. “You don’t have to live in Hollywood to serve other women,” she said. “You certainly don’t need to be an actor or even start an incredible PAC to be of service because, as my mom always says, ‘A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman’s got to do what he can’t.’” christina@argonautnews.com

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A Healthy Goal for Growth Providence St. John’s Hospital works to build community support for a $2-billion construction plan that’s been 22 years in the making

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By Evan Henerson Two decades ago, damage from the Northridge earthquake caused what was then known as Saint John’s Hospital to downsize, reducing the Santa Monica medical center’s number of beds by nearly half. Now, with a development agreement calling for hundreds of millions of dollars in new construction and upgrades, the mid-city institution that has long viewed itself as a community nonprofit hospital is shaking things up. And by no means will hospital visitors and patients be the only ones to notice the changes. Under the auspices of Providence Health and Services, the facility now known as Providence Saint John’s Health Center (PSJHC) is rolling out upgrade plans for groups throughout the city to review. The photographs accompanying schematic renderings of the center’s extensive Phase 2 master plan depict researchers hard at work in laboratories, but also trees and open parkways, senior citizens exercising outdoors and mothers pushing delighted toddlers in swings. That’s not accidental. Acute care will continue in the already existing medical center located between Arizona Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, and the addition of nearly 2,900 parking spaces is a major component of the expansion. But the development of the hospitalowned property between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway — much of which has been unused by Saint John’s since the 1994 temblor — looks to put a new emphasis on ambulatory care, outpatient services, research and wellness. According to project officials, this emphasis will better meet the changing demands of healthcare in the 21st century. PSJHC administrators say they plan to open up its campus for greater community use. By the time the hospital has fully realized its proposed expansion, medical center administrators envision changes both to their own facility and to the surrounding neighborhood. “Health care is going through a lot of change. It’s changing almost daily in the presidential process. Every health care organization in the country is doing this kind of soul searching, trying to find out what its mission is going forward,” said Kenneth Lee of Perkins Eastman, one of two architectural firms overseeing the master plan. “It’s not necessarily about beds,” Lee continued. “Our development agreement has health promotion, wellness and health education. It’s focused on other allied programs to create more of a population health approach.”

An architect’s rendering for the hospital’s expansion plan emphasizes open space The master plan calls for moving streets and erecting a pedestrian bridge over Santa Monica Boulevard. Medical center administrators plan to add what they say

aging buildings will be among the first to receive attention. The John Wayne Cancer Institute, housed in a converted official building, requires a facility that

“Every health care organization in the country is doing this kind of soul searching, trying to find out what its mission is going forward.” — project architect Kenneth Lee

is much-needed conference space, additional housing for patients’ family members and visitors, and enough parking — an estimated 2,880 spaces — to both accommodate visitors and to free the hospital from having to lease offsite parking. There is discussion of bike-sharing stations and a shuttle route designed to link up to the incoming Expo Line light rail service. With the city requiring that 35% of the south campus be preserved as open space, the master plan envisions a series of landscaped pedestrian paths that weave around the housing units and connect up with the medical center entrance plaza, which will also be expanded and made more user-friendly. In addition to addressing the hospital’s parking needs, project officials say that existing facilities currently located in

is better suited for research needs, say project officials. The hospital’s childhood and family development center, a daycare center for St. John’s families, will also get a new building on the south campus. Project architects and consultants conservatively estimate that it could be more than 18 months before an environmental study required for project approval first reaches the city’s Planning Commission and then ultimately the City Council for final approval. Completion of all five phases of the master plan is estimated to take 25 years at an estimated cost of $2 billion. “This is a long-range plan,” PSJHC Community Ombudsperson Lindsay Barker said at the conclusion of a recent presentation of project plans to the Santa Monica Mid City Neighborhood. “We

understand there will be new technology and new forms of alternative transportation. We don’t want to make projections 20 to 25 years down the road and have it be completely wrong.” Even with formal go-aheads up to two years away, PSJHC is well into its community outreach effort. Meetings began in 2015 and included a community-wide meeting last summer. Project officials expect outreach presentations to continue well beyond when the first shovels hit the dirt. The hospital has met with multiple nearby homeowner associations as well as with representatives of North of Montana, Santa Monica Spoke, Santa Monica Next, the Geneva Plaza retirement community and Oscar de la Torre of the Santa MonicaMalibu Unified School District. These good-neighboring efforts are appreciated, say community activists — especially since several residents are still smarting over what they feel were unproductive discussions with the hospital’s former operators during Phase 1 renovations. “The plan for expansion has some history that some of the neighbors have not healed from, mainly the lack of parking,” said De la Torre, who was planning to meet with project officials a second time as a leader of the Pico Neighborhood Association. “My hope is to work closely with the residents directly impacted to ensure that their concerns are addressed. We all want to support Providence and see the positives continue, but we also want to minimize any negative impacts.” Occupants of existing senior housing located on the south property have raised concerns about the impacts of traffic in and out of the medical center’s entrance, along Santa Monica Boulevard and along new streets that will cut between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway. Homeowners in the condominium complex on Schader Drive have asked that the plans be redesigned so that proposed new visitor and multi-family housing will not block their views, according to Lee. Representatives of Geneva Plaza have also weighed in with concerns over whether the potential relocation and privatizing of streets will allow emergency vehicles to access the center. “We’re listening,” said Joe Woods, president of the Westminster Towers Corp., which operates Geneva Plaza. “We really appreciate them letting us know what their plans are. The big problem is parking, which is a problem everywhere in Santa Monica.”

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Stagnant water in Oxford Basin Lagoon was a breeding ground for mosquitos while undergoing flood control repairs By Gary Walker Marina del Rey’s denuded Oxford Basin Lagoon was a breeding ground for millions of mosquitos last year during an uptick in local West Nile Virus infections and fatalities, but none of those mosquitos tested positive for the virus, according to public health officials. The Los Angeles County West Vector & Vector-Borne Disease Control District began investigating Oxford Basin as a possible source of West Nile-infected mosquitos after county health officials reported that a Marina del Rey resident had contracted the virus. In the fall and winter of 2015, four Marina del Rey residents were diagnosed with West Nile and one of them died from the virus, said Dr. Rachel Civen, a medical epidemiologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. There was also a fatal case of West Nile in Venice and two that were not fatal in Santa Monica, part of a 2015 countywide total of 299 West Nile cases resulting in 22 deaths. “Last year we had the highest number of cases of West Nile virus and of deaths from West Nile in Los Angeles County

and the Westside since 2004,” Civen said. Oxford Basin, which was under flood control renovations following the removal of vegetation in early 2015, “was found to be breeding millions and millions of mosquitoes on Nov. 18, 2015,” according to a report by agency Executive Director Robert Saviskas. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works moved quickly to eliminate conditions that were breeding mosquitos at Oxford Basin after they were notified of them, said Public Works spokesman Kerjon Lee. Although the Los Angeles County West Vector report identifies Oxford Basin as a possible source of area West Nile infections at the time, further testing did not find any evidence that these mosquitos carried the disease. “None of the mosquitoes that were captured at Oxford Basin tested positive for West Nile virus,” Saviskas told The Argonaut earlier this year. Authorities remain uncertain about how or where local West Nile victims contracted the virus. “They could have been bitten by a mosquito at other breeding

sites,” Saviskas said. “There’s really no way to know.” At Oxford Basin, mosquitos had been breeding in standing water that pooled after the basin’s tidal ocean flow became cut off. According to the West Vector report, “this breeding most likely started in late June 2015, when Los Angeles County Beaches & Harbors and Public Works closed off the ocean water from the marina to the basin and blockedoff the storm drain inlets from miles and miles of surrounding neighborhood storm drains. “This is important because the previous mixture of saltwater and [the] neighborhood’s freshwater runoff in the basin prevented mosquito breeding,” the document continued. “By changing these dynamics by blocking off the freshwater from the saltwater, it created an extensive mosquito breeding problem not only at the mouth of the basin inlet but miles and miles back upstream in the neighborhood storm drains that were no longer able to drain freely.” Saviskas said vector control officials also found pools of (Continued on page 10)

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A dead bird found in Marina del Rey tested positive for West Nile on Sept. 22, according to a County West Vector yearend report. In Venice, four birds and five chickens tested positive for West Nile in September and October, and two mosquito pools tested positive for the virus on October, according to the report. Two birds and a chicken in Playa del Rey, six birds in Mar Vista and Del Rey, three birds in Westchester and eight birds in Santa Monica also tested positive for the virus last year.

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Government by Lawsuit Venice residents try to effect change by suing the city By Gary Walker Known as an epicenter of offbeat poetry and art, Venice also has a long history of political activism. Already well-versed in staging rallies and marches about a variety of causes, Venice residents have in recent years also begun to take their grievances about city government from the streets into the courtroom. A neighborhood group called the Venice Coalition to Preserve Our Unique Community Character became the latest Venetians to sue the city of Los Angeles on Feb. 25, filing a civil complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court over alleged violations of zoning policy. The complaint seeks an injunction to keep the city from approving any more exemptions to coastal-area zoning restrictions and to prevent administrative “signoffs” for pending projects. It also asks the court to declare that city planning officials have violated the Venice Specific Plan, the California Coastal Act and the California Constitution. A big problem with exemptions is that the city isn’t required to notify residents

about pending developments that get them, said attorney Sabrina Venskus, who is representing the coalition. “Venice is at a tipping point. The city of Los Angeles, the Department of City Planning and real estate speculators and developers threaten to irreparably alter what makes Venice unique and threaten Venice’s status as a special community,” the lawsuit states. “Developers are destroying Venice’s quaint, historic neighborhoods and their affordable housing at breakneck speed,” it continues. “They capitalize on presumed loopholes in local laws to obtain approval for illegal development without the input of community members. Defendants are complicit in this conduct and in fact encourage it.” Venskus, a former Venice resident, said the lawsuit does not seek to overturn any current approvals by planning officials. “The pattern and practice [of the city Planning Department], from my research, is illegal. This [lawsuit] is one of the only ways left to stem the tide of illegal activity. The transformation of neighborhoods is happening so quickly,” she said.

Other local attempts to sue the government have had mixed results. The Venice Stakeholders Association sued the city of Los Angeles and the California Coastal Commission in 2009 after the commission rejected a plan to establish overnight parking district restrictions. In 2013, after commissioners rejected the concept for a third time, a potential settlement among the three parties was dropped. Venice Stakeholders Association President Mark Ryavec, previously a legislative analyst for the Los Angeles City Council, blames his former employer for the number of legal actions filed by residents. “I am not surprised by the use of lawsuits to address a variety of issues in Venice and elsewhere in the city of Los Angeles due to the dysfunctional nature of city government and its poor governance system,” wrote Ryavec in an email interview. “With the neighborhood council [being] strictly advisory, few residents participate and then find decisions result that are arbitrary and/or favor those with money and access.”

In 2014 the Venice Stakeholders Association brought a public nuisance lawsuit against the city and county, this time asking for enforcement of existing beach curfew laws in order to crack down on overnight homeless encampments along the boardwalk. Ryavec said that case is under appeal. With the help of the ACLU, Venice activists successfully sued the city in federal court to overturn city prohibitions on homeless people sleeping in cars. Venetians also won a legal battle against the city about what items can be sold on the boardwalk and where, that victory compelling a rewrite of the boardwalk vending ordinance in 2011. Former Venice Neighborhood Council President Linda Lucks applauded the lawsuit filed two weeks ago by the Venice Coalition to Preserve Our Unique Community Character. “Someone had to try to legally stop the complete disregard for our community exhibited by the Planning Department to the character and soul of Venice,” she said. gary@argonautnews.com

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Son of Mildred Cursh was ‘an ambassador of love’ Kevin Wayne Reynolds, a longtime resident of Venice and Santa Monica, died suddenly from complications of an aneurism on March 2. He was 55. Reynolds was the son of Oakwood community activist Mildred Cursh, whose namesake Mildred Cursh Foundation provides mentorship for children with incarcerated parents. “He was an ambassador of love,” said Jeannie Reynolds, his wife of 21 years. “He was this bright light that the community embraced. He was loyal to his friends and family. He was magic.” Reynolds and his wife owned and operated the Venice Vintage Paradise retail shop on Abbot Kinney Boulevard as well as Vintage Link on Lincoln Boulevard. Brentwood real estate broker Melissa Macfadyen remembers Reynolds from Santa Monica High School, where “Mojo” Reynolds was a two-time All-CIF quarterback on the Vikings football team. “The thing I loved about Kevin most was that he was always your friend,” she said.

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Save the Pacific Chorus Frog A plan to strip iceplant from the Ballona Wetlands would endanger them, but it’s not too late to speak out Photo by Jonathan Coffin

By Marcia Hanscom Editor’s Note: Hanscom is executive director of the Ballona Institute and chair of the Sierra Club’s Ballona Wetlands Restoration Committee. She is responding to the March 3 news article “Killing Plants to Save Wetlands,” about a restoration group’s plan to remove non-native ice plant from three acres of wetland in the hope that dormant native plants will take its place. More than 20 years after the Pacific chorus frog emerged as the totem animal of the Ballona Wetlands, the frog calls out again. Choirs of frog voices were once loud and clear in the darkness of the Ballona Valley. The Pacific chorus frog (pseudacris regilla) lived in seasonal rain-fed ponds and willow sloughs cut through low-lying lands by several streams. Frog voices are a common memory shared by Baby Boomers who explored this river floodplain. In December 1995, Steven Spielberg declared in response to a rainy morning protest, where activists dressed in frog suits: “I also welcome every frog in L.A. to please come to Playa Vista. You’ll have a home here too.” The activists were protesting Spielberg’s DreamWorks becoming real estate developers poised to destroy some of L.A.’s last coastal marshes.

L e t t e r s Keep a Watchful Eye on the Wetlands Re: “War at the Shore,” News, Feb. 4 It is encouraging to see The Argonaut and so many local environmental groups take an interest in the fate of the California Coastal Commission’s executive director (“War at the Shore”, February 4). It is essential that our public agencies serve the public interest, not the narrow political or financial interests of outside groups. However, environmental advocates often focus on high-profile issues at the statewide or national level at the expense of important local issues over which we typically have more control. There is another state commission based right here in Los Angeles with many projects affecting our local coast, and it has its own issues with transparency,

A Pacific chorus frog lives among the iceplant in the Ballona Wetlands We were grateful when DreamWorks exited the wetlands in July 1999. They’d had enough after 3½ years of movie premiere protests, scores of articles and a political street theatre troupe called FrogWorks performing at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Lawsuits abounded, and public opinion had shifted dramatically against them for their proposed destruction of wetlands and, yes, frog habitat. Playa Vista, still under construction, has a diminished footprint after our coalition convinced Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 that more than 600 acres of land should be protected for wildlife; nearly 400 of those acres would have been

otherwise wiped out. Unfortunately, our efforts were too late to save the many sloughs and seasonal ponds below LMU that were home to the Pacific chorus frog. I remember watching from the bluffs, sobbing as bulldozers ripped out mature willow thickets. Gone are the voices of a million frogs — voices that haunt my memory today. Three Pacific chorus frog populations remain at Ballona. One is in Playa Vista’s freshwater basin, managed heavily with thousands of cattails and tules cleared out annually due to toxic runoff contamination. We worry about those frogs not only because of pollution, but also because nonnative bullfrogs are present

— and are predicted to eventually displace the tiny frogs. The second remaining frog habitat is a small marsh near the Inn at Playa del Rey, and a third is also near busy Culver Boulevard. Often after a rainstorm, my biologist partner, Roy, lures me to go out to one of these two locations to listen to the beautiful frog songs. We believe the second population is likely to collapse, as the city of Los Angeles joined with the California Coastal Commission staff to grant permission to destroy the marsh each year and pretend this small area will alleviate flooding; it never does. The fate of the third location is up for a vote at the Coastal Commission this Thursday, March 10. Commission staff is recommending approval to lay heavy plastic atop three acres of habitat, ostensibly to eradicate non-native iceplant. But this wetland patch is where the most vigorous chorus of frogs still exists. The frogs live in soil kept moist by iceplant! Numerous native plant populations grow and live amidst the iceplant: salt grass, cressa, seaside heliotrope, alkali rye and yerba mansa. It’s one of the richest mixtures of wetland species in the region. (Continued on page 33)

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accountability and conflict of interest. The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (SMBRC) is a locally-based, non-regulatory state agency whose public staff members are mostly hired by and paid by a private entity called the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation (also known as The Bay Foundation). For years, the SMBRC was the local face of the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project and everyone knew it. Foundation employees serving as commission staff handed out SMBRC business cards, wrote letters on SMBRC letterhead, signed their e-mails with their commission titles, put the commission’s logo in their public presentations, etc. However, when the restoration project became bogged down by poor management decisions, such as the decision

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to include a large-scale construction proposal by a wealthy special interest in the ongoing environmental analysis, the project became a political liability. The draft Environmental Impact Report that was supposed to be released at the end of 2012 still hasn’t materialized and is now expected in summer of 2016. When our small non-profit began pressing for project records created or retained by SMBRC staff a year and a half ago, the SMBRC did something remarkable. They abruptly cut ties with both the restoration project and the staff working on the project, claiming that the project and staff were connected to the private foundation and not to the public commission. They even went so far as to claim that SMBRC had never had a direct role in the project, and that the business cards, letters, annual reports work plans and countless

other documents showing otherwise had simply used the wrong entity names inadvertently. After months of refusals by SMBRC to release the records in question, we filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court. On Jan. 26, Judge Mary H. Strobel ruled that the foundation employees working on the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project were indeed working on behalf of the SMBRC, and that their correspondence was subject to the Public Records Act. The contrast between SMBRC’s numerous denials of that fact, all made under oath, and the judge’s unequivocal ruling could not have been starker. While the judge did not grant us access to all of the records we requested, this ruling is a big victory for the public, which has a fundamental right to monitor how public agencies are conducting our business.

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True Crime Story

How the guy who mugged my wife got away with it By Martin L. Jacobs There was an impact — the shock of an unanticipated collision. She saw the sky on her way to the ground, not the face of her assailant, then felt the chaotic rhythm of her arms, knees, hips and elbows smacking against concrete. My wife, Sarah, has been robbed. It’s just before 9 a.m. on April 15, 2015. Tax day. A moment later, Sarah comes to on the sidewalk in front of the Church of St. Mark in Venice, sees the torn-off handle of her bright green purse lying in the street and concludes that she must have struggled. “Who would rob someone in front of a church?” she would ask me later in a distraught voice. “And that block has two schools on it.” Serious crime doesn’t happen here very often, but at the corner of Coeur d’Alene Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard there are often many homeless people biding their time. They are part of the landscape of our

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city by the sea; strange, often unnerving, but rarely violent. Sarah is still on the ground when I drive up. The two uniformed LAPD officers are squatting low, taking her statement.

Neither of them got a good look at her assailant either. Later, in the emergency room of UCLA’s Santa Monica Medical Center, Sarah’s injuries become defined: a broken

The man walks casually up the sidewalk along the school playground, where kids will be out for recess in an hour. He gets to the church. Then, in a burst of speed, he charges at Sarah. The officers’ calm faces tell me that the injuries are not life-threatening. They help me get her up and into the car. Behind them, two good Samaritans who came to her aid stand quietly with their hands in their pockets. One is a utility worker in blue overalls, the other a passerby who heard Sarah cry for help.

toe, broken finger and possibly a broken rib. An ugly head injury that probably isn’t a concussion. Deep bruises. Abrasions. A shattered sense of security. Sarah hobbles to the car with a cold pack strapped to her head, anger now becoming the predominant emotion. Back at the house she will spend the rest

of the day alternating between sleep, pain meds and “Orange is the New Black.” I drive back to the scene for a look around.

THE GIRL IN THE BOX

I ask a few of the homeless whether they saw anything. They give me wary looks and agitated depictions of their own experiences with crime. Up the alley behind the Lincoln Inn, I see a tall, cloth-draped box up against the fence. It looks like one of those moving pods. As I pass it, I hear a girl’s voice inside, so I ask the box, “Can I talk to you for a minute?” The box answers, “Just a second. I need to finish something.” The voice is young and energetic. Not what I expected. The occupant pops her head out of a seam and apologizes for the wait. She has a pale round face with short blondish hair and a tattoo of a cross above one eye. She’s the alternative girl you went to college with who knew everything about

ArgonautNews.com music. She’s the vintage-savvy girl you saw laughing in the resale shop. She’s a pretty girl living in a box in an alley. The girl explains that she’s dealing with a litter of cats. I explain that my wife was robbed that morning. She tells me that she heard something — feet running up to a car and the car speeding away. She never looked out. I thank her and wish her good luck.

THE BURGUNDY NISSAN

It’s April 27, now 12 days after the robbery, and we still can’t get a call back from LAPD’s Pacific Division. A friend gives us the cell number of a detective there, and she quickly connects us with the detective assigned to Sarah’s case. The detective shares some good news: the officers who took the incident report noticed video surveillance cameras on several of the houses on the street. The crime was recorded. In sparkling high-definition video from multiple cameras, it is surveillance Hollywood style. One of the neighbors has edited the footage from the different sources into a single timeline. It’s a tight cut with superimposed captions. Yes, everything’s a TV show in this town. The footage starts with the image of a burgundy Nissan with a big ding in the top of the hood stalking up and down the street as Sarah sits on a step in front of the church talking on her phone. The thief and his driver appear to be appraising her, and drive slowly past three times. It’s chilling to watch, but also glaringly obvious; how could she not notice them? As the video continues, the two in the car clearly decide she’s the one. The Nissan pulls to the curb near the St. Mark School entrance and a man gets out; he’s wearing a blue baseball jacket, green canvas shorts and a black hat. The man walks casually up the sidewalk along the school playground, where kids will be out for recess in an hour. He gets to the church. Then, in a burst of speed, he charges at Sarah.

A second later she’s on the ground. It’s a sickening, brutal robbery by force. With Sarah’s bright green purse tucked in his arm like a football, her assailant runs east toward Lincoln, cutting left into the alley, then into the passenger side of the Nissan. Another angle shows the Nissan speeding away, past the girl living in the box in the alley. The license plate number is captured by several cameras, but the face of the thief and the driver are hard to discern.

The bank transaction record shows two card swipes, one at 2:52 p.m. for $1.06, and the second at 2:56 p.m. for $10.08. The bad guy probably tried the card on a cheap item, then encouraged by success buys more four minutes later. It’s significant because there are a lot of transactions going on at both the drivethru and the multiple registers inside. The bank time stamp only records the time of transaction down to the minute, and in that one minute there are something like

The courtroom is quiet, and the chains make a jangle like tiny bells as he walks to the desk on the right. Twelve feet away, he glances back at Sarah briefly as he sits; it’s an emotional explosion only she can hear: anger, fear, panic, her heartbeat pounding in her ears. THE CREDIT CARD TRAIL

It seems like a done deal: look up the plate, find the address, go get the bad guy. The problem is that cars don’t rob people. The owner of the car has to be linked to or witnessed at the crime scene (and no one has managed to get a good look at him). It’s everyday stuff that cops, attorneys and crime writers know inside out. And then a twist: the registration is years-lapsed, the addresses are old. Now it’s hard work. Now it’s the slog the police do every day. When closing all the credit card and checking accounts, I notice three unauthorized card transactions on the day of the robbery — two at a Taco Bell on South Crenshaw Boulevard, and one at a Winchell’s Donuts on South Florence Avenue a short time later. I drive to the Taco Bell, and in his cramped office the manager runs the security camera footage from that day.

18 transactions at the busy restaurant. But the double swipe sets it apart. I narrow it down to a white SUV in the drive-thru. When I call the detective and tell him about the video, I can feel the eye roll over the phone; thanks for your help, we couldn’t have done it without you. Days later when the detective sees the footage he concludes that it is of little use; the faces aren’t readable. For all the grousing about the preponderance of surveillance cameras, it doesn’t take much more than a hood or a baseball cap to render them useless.

THE GOTCHA MOMENT

The first week of May, the purse handle comes up in a conversation with another detective. The purse handle that was ripped off and found in the street. It was never collected as evidence. Heads shake. We give it to them in a Ziploc bag, but it hasn’t been handled properly. They can look for latent prints or trace DNA. The detective tells me they will stop by and collect DNA samples from us, but they never do. By the end of May we’ve told the story a hundred times. In the six weeks since the robbery, Sarah has milked Netflix and made 37 orders on Amazon Prime, but she’s healed. She goes back to work. Things are returning to normal. I’m driving back from work one night and the detective calls; they’re making an arrest. It’s the gotcha moment. The owner of the car gave a statement that puts the suspect, her boyfriend, at that location at the time of the robbery. The man is found and arrested on June 12.

THE MAN IN CHAINS

Security camera footage shows the mugger charging toward his victim

Sarah’s first court appearance is Oct.1. It’s a busy morning in Dept. W83 of the Airport Courthouse in Westchester. They’re all busy mornings. The cases are lined up like the 747s coming into LAX

outside: a fire set by a homeless man on a sidewalk, a man on probation charged for having burglar tools in his possession. It’s a preliminary hearing, where the judge decides if there is sufficient evidence to try the case. The deputy district attorney (DDA) discusses the process with Sarah while I listen to the judge admonish another DDA for his slack case preparation. The accused is ushered into the courtroom. He’s in the classic orange jumpsuit and his hands are shackled in front of him. The courtroom is quiet, and the chains make a jangle like tiny bells as he walks to the desk on the right. Twelve feet away, he glances back at Sarah briefly as he sits; it’s an emotional explosion only she can hear: anger, fear, panic, her heartbeat pounding in her ears. He’s in his 20s, fit, short cropped hair and a compact frame. His face belies his lack of an ethical core. He has two previous convictions, one of them for a violent crime. This would be his third strike, which brings the prospect of a long stretch. The accused’s own parole officer tells Sarah the man should be in prison. Sarah is sworn in and takes the stand. She recounts the morning of April 15, 2015. She explains the extent of her injuries. She reiterates that she cannot identify the accused as the man who robbed her, and that the impact and fall are all she can remember. At some point during her testimony, I realize that the accused’s family is in the gallery too; a middle-aged man and woman, a younger woman and a child who looks about five years old. When the suspect glanced back, that’s who he was looking for. He has a family, people who care about him, people who will cheer when he isn’t convicted.

THE BIG NEW PROBLEM

Sarah finishes her testimony and is dismissed. Later the DDA explains the Big New Problem: the girlfriend won’t testify. She’s changed her story and promptly disappeared. The investigators find her once by staking out her kids, who go to school in Venice, but she won’t make the mistake of picking them up again. We don’t understand why she wasn’t arrested to begin with, or at least made to testify in front of a grand jury. She was driving the car, how could she not be complicit? No one provides an answer to that question. The girlfriend’s statement, the only strong evidence linking the accused to the crime scene, states that she dropped him off to get a coffee. The three trips past Sarah talking on her phone? Perhaps she was just looking for the perfect parking spot. And what about the fact that she waits in the alley for him to return? The public defender also knows that the case turns on the girlfriend. Rules of evidence won’t allow the statement to be (Continued on page 16)

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used in a criminal trial unless she is present to testify and be cross-examined. So, all she really needs to do is be gone; a simple but effective way to thwart the case. There’s no warrant for her arrest, so if she isn’t served then she never has to appear in court.

checks are cashed? She has to see her kids sometime, doesn’t she? It’s been months. We wonder how hard the DA’s investigators are trying. Our conclusion: It’s just not that big a deal to the County of Los Angeles. It’s $40 cash and some bruises. We just don’t rank. We are on our eighth DDA as we ring in 2016. Still no girlfriend, and the clock is

“Yes, someone should have called you,” the DDA answers her. The seven DDAs before her said the same thing every time she came to court.

THE LAST PHONE CALL

We discuss the possibility of a civil case against the accused, where the

THE MISSING GIRLFRIEND

The months churn by, with Sarah’s subpoenas appearing in the mail as often as Verizon special offers. After a few court appearances it’s clear that it is all a fruitless exercise. Soon the case is on its third DDA. We discover that they pass these cases back and forth like Pokémon trading cards. Sarah’s case is all about the missing girlfriend. The DDAs vamp through extensions, but the judge calls it; we are not going to trial. They hold the accused, who cannot post bail, while the case is re-filed. “There has got to be a way to find this woman,” Sarah tells the latest DDA. The response is a shrug. It doesn’t seem that hard to us. Have they traced her spending, or where her

We wonder how hard the DA’s investigators are trying. Our conclusion: It’s just not that big a deal to the County of Los Angeles. It’s $40 cash and some bruises. We just don’t rank. running down. Word is that the court will only hear the case twice. My wife takes a day off work to make one more court appearance on Jan. 3, but it’s quickly apparent that she doesn’t need to be there. The DDA du jour explains that nothing is going to happen. “Why couldn’t you call me and tell me that?” Sarah asks.

burden of proof is not so stringent. Perhaps with the case dismissed, the girlfriend can be found. The torn purse handle is discussed; it can be tested for trace amounts of DNA. It has probably been touched by four or five people. I ask the detective if we can get it back. It was never officially entered into evidence. He writes back and

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explains that his analysis of the video shows that the purse handle wouldn’t have been touched by the accused. He never had it tested. I disagree, but who am I? A writer who over-invests in long-shots, apparently. We’ll never know, because the next email tells me the purse handle has been misplaced or thrown out. The suspect is released on Monday, Jan. 11. They call Sarah for that. They ran out of options, continuances. The six months he spent in jail will have to be enough. Sarah is infuriated. She storms up to the DA’s office at the courthouse and asks to speak with the DDA. She is told he can’t see her, but the secretary will call her back. We leave the battle, but in Dept. W83 the cases never stop coming; ordinary crimes against ordinary people, lined-up like those planes coming in from the east, as far as the eye can see. Martin L. Jacobs is a sound designer for the film and theme park industries by day and a writer of crime fiction on nights and weekends. He recently completed his first novel, “White Sky.” Reach him at mljacobs@scriturra.com.

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The Most Interesting Man in the (Art) World Adventurer and TOMS Shoes artist Tyler Ramsey doesn’t always make backpacks, but when he does they’re upcycled from billboards By Christina Campodonico Life and art are one big odyssey for Tyler Ramsey. In his previous life as a television producer, Ramsey went rogue in a remote African jungle — until he ran out of booze. He once spent five days living in a glass box on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. And he very nearly, as The Atlantic reported, served as celebrity cover on an international human rights mission to rescue activist blogger Ali Abdulemam from Bahrain. In keeping with such boldness, the Playa Vista-area painter has never owned a paintbrush. He would rather color outside the lines than be hemmed in by them. “I think of myself more as an adventurer,” says Ramsey, who applies paint by splashing it directly from the tube or by hand. “My art is a collection of guided explosions. I embrace the element of unpredictability.”

Take a peek into Ramsey’s creative process on Tuesday when he opens up his studio at the CTRL Collective startup incubator to celebrate a new collaboration with Rareform — a Southern California

create a limited-edition line of bags from an art piece he made for a billboard in downtown Los Angeles. Ramsey describes the raw material for this project as a sunburst with images

“It was a really special moment,” Ramsey says. But it took a while for Ramsey to arrive at a sense of personal happiness and find peace with his artistic life. Before transitioning to art full-time, Ramsey was a reality TV producer on shows such as “Survivor” that took him around the world, from Fiji to the Amazon. While working as a producer on “Survivor: Gabon” in 2008 he met his wife on the small African island nation of —Tyler Ramsey on TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie São Tomé and Príncipe, where kicked-off contestants were secluded from the press. “I lost myself in this atmosphere [and] streaming out of a cartoony version of his lifestyle brand that makes backpacks, totes, surfboard bags and other accessories head. He based the design on a photograph fell in love with my wife,” says Ramsey. The exotic and whirlwind romance taken of him around the time that he by upcycling old billboards. came with one major hiccup however: The free art, music and food event is the learned he was going to be a father. Ramsey and wife Jacquie Berg were driv- Producers weren’t allowed to fraternize second installment of the “Art Lives” ing back from Burning Man when she told with contestants. When the bigwigs at campaign to raise awareness of sustainhim to pull over, pulled some balloons out “Survivor” found out, they fired Ramsey. able fashion alternatives. He packed his bags and all the alcohol he Best known for his colorful, Pollock-like of the car, told him they were having a baby and captured the Kodak moment. paint-splatter designs for TOMS Shoes, (Continued on page 18) They expect their first child in May. Ramsey is working with Rareform to

“It took a hardcore entrepreneur to guide me from a creative place and turn it into a business.”

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could find — Ramsey had a severe drinking problem at the time — and fled into the jungle with a Portuguese translator he had hired. “I’d never been fired before, so I thought, ‘If I’m going to get fired, I’m going to start an international incident,’ so I disappeared into the jungle.” Ramsey told Nylon Magazine in a 2013 interview. “But after, like, two days, I had to come out for more alcohol.” Ramsey eventually made it off the island and out of a hairy situation with local police through the help of a fixer, and turned his life around following the incident. He checked himself into rehab and ran a marathon to prove his love to Berg, a running enthusiast. “I had to really put on the full-court press,” says Ramsey, who proposed to Jacquie in 2009 and married her a year later. Turning over a new leaf also gave Ramsey the opportunity to pursue his passion for painting with greater commitment. Since

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Thursday, March 10 Line Dancing Workshops, 5 to 8 p.m. Dance your way to fitness each Thursday during any of three line dancing workshops—a 5 to 5:45 p.m. class for beginners, a 6 to 6:45 p.m. intermediate class, and an advanced class from 7 to 8 p.m. Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. $7 suggested donation. (310) 726-4128; beaches.lacounty.gov Culver City Woman’s Club Spring Fiesta Fundraiser, 5:30 to 8 p.m. A fashion show and silent auction with free hors d’oeuvres and happy hour-priced cocktails. Proceeds benefit the Culver Palms YMCA Summer Camp Program and scholarships for Culver City High School graduating seniors. $25 to $30. Casa Sanchez Mexican Restaurant, 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 453-2314 902oneLove Presents: BOOGALOO Crew, 9 p.m. to midnight. Dance to the sounds of Lou E. Bages, Father Bear, Annie Dolly and Phynx. Hosted by Eduardo “Loboman” Manilla at the Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $5. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

1238 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. santamonicapd.org “The Night Sky Show” / “Astronomy and Astrology,” 7 p.m. An evening at the planetarium begins at 7 p.m. with “The Night Sky Show,” offering recent news in astronomy and a family-friendly tour of the constellations. At 8 p.m. guest lecturer Shelley Bonus speaks on the relationship and distinction between astronomy and astrology and how they are used to observe the sky. $5 to $6 for one show; $9 to $11 for the pair of shows. John Drescher Planetarium at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 434-4767; smc. edu/planetarium String Theory’s “Remembering Water,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays through March 27. A multimedia performance of visceral dance and original music features harness harps, which use dancers’ body weight to ignite sound. The Miles Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $17 to $23. Free parking at 808 Wilshire Blvd. stringtheoryproductions.com David Lindley, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. American folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions blend with African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic,

String Theory meshes classical and contemporary sounds through dance. SEE FRIDAY. Les Dolls Cabaret, 10 p.m. Seductive choreography set to thrilling music and performed by the dancers of Dollhouse Entertainment. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 to $35 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Friday, March 11 SMPD vs. Boys & Girls Club Basketball Game, 6:30 p.m. The Santa Monica Police Department Guardians face off against the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica basketball team. The event features a halftime show, contests, prizes, free post-game hot dogs and a chance to connect with community members and law enforcement. Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica,

Malagasy and Turkish musical sources at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $24.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Basil Rathbone plays the iconic sleuth undercover at an 1894 London party in this 1939 film. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $8 to $10 cash or check. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Lants Lazwell and the Vibe Tribe, Junk Palor, 9 p.m. Rock and soul with world-inspired rhythms at 9 p.m. by Lants Lazwell and the Vibe Tribe, followed at 11 p.m. by Junk Palor’s Eastern European, gypsy and bellydance melodies. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus

two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

REM’s Michael Stipe in The Golden Palominos gives a concert at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com

Saturday, March 12 Innovation Fair & Rube Goldberg Contest, 11:30 a.m. Local students present the Rube Goldberg chain reaction machines they’ve created for this third annual contest hosted by Heal the Bay, iHeartMedia and Time Warner Cable. The event also includes local exhibitors, interactive activities and a discussion panel with Diana Skaar, head of Business Innovation for X (formerly Google X), Kristina Kipp from JPL’s Mars Rover and 18-year-old L.A. robotics champ Cynthia Erenas. Santa Monica Pier. Free. steammachinesla.com Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free outdoor reggae concert by Upstream. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com

Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Basil Rathbone squares off against Professor Moriarty to solve a murder in 1939’s “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” SEE FRIDAY.

Vida featuring DJ Creepy and friends, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance music light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com

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Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free concert by Susie Hansen’s Latin Jazz Band at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com

Coffee and Create, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Start your morning with creative art exercises at ArtSpace, 419 Main St., El Segundo. $25 includes art supplies and coffee. (424) 277-1460; artspace-la.com

“Latin Rhythms,” 7:30 p.m. Conductor Guido Lamell guides the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra through an evening of music inspired by the sounds of Central and Latin America. Internationally known guitarist Mak Grgic takes the stage for the concerto for guitar and orchestra in “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Jose Pablo Rodrigo, Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story: Symphonic Dances,” Jose Pablo Mancayo’s “Huapango” and George Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture.” Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. smsymphony.org

Soap Box Poets Open Reading, 2 p.m. Signups begin at 1:45 p.m. for this monthly open mic night at Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. $5 suggested donation. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

Seated Breath Meditation with Naam Yoga, 10:15 a.m. Mondays. The focus of the class is on breath, mudras (hand seals) and simple seated-movement to develop balance and rhythm. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 439-9445; lapl.org/branches/venice

Hot Jazz Saturdays, 8 p.m. Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet plays early jazz & ragtime from 8 to 10 p.m., followed by DJ Jedi spinning soul, funk, hip-hop, disco and dance downstairs and DJ Shiva up in the main bar area. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Syd Straw, 8 p.m. The American rock singer and songwriter who sang with

Santa Monica Youth Orchestra Concert, 2 p.m. The “Traveling Symphony” drops by the Ocean Park Library Branch for a concert celebrating the cause of keeping the arts alive. Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org

13 Wishes Presents Cabaret, 2 to 3 p.m. 13 Wishes hosts a show by and for kids, with proceeds benefiting arts programs at local schools. The show features young dancers and singers who’ve appeared on the Disney Channel, Broadway and Nickelodeon. Electric Lodge Theatre, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $16.74 to $21.99. (646) 552-1210; 13wishes.net

“Il Cinema Ritrovato: Rediscovered Film,” various times through Wednesday, March 16. The festival of films restored by the Cineteca di Bologna kicks off at 6 p.m. with Robert DeNiro and James Wood starring in the classic gangster film “Once Upon A Time in America.” (Continued on page 31)

The Towels, 10 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com

Sunday, March 13 Linocut Greeting Cards, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Carve a linoleum printing block with a personalized message to make greeting cards, gift tags or bookplates. Camera Obscura Art Lab,

Students put their Rube Goldberg contraptions to the test during an innovation fair at Santa Monica Pier. SEE SATURDAY. March 10, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 29

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Curiosity and Humility Rosanne Cash and husband/collaborator John Leventhal bring a complex musical atlas of the American South to The Broad Stage

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By Bliss Bowen Over the past two years, as recording artists have seen their revenue and livelihoods diminished by paradigm changes wrought by newly entrenched streaming models, Rosanne Cash has been an outspoken advocate of artists’ rights in the digital world. She raises an authoritative voice in that particular debate — and in any discussion of artistry, songwriting and creativity. In 2014 she gave eloquent testimony before the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee regarding intellectual property rights; last April she was part of an event with the Content Creators Coalition announcing the Fair Play, Fair Pay Act of 2015 in Congress — which, if passed, will establish “simple remedies” for fairer compensation for artists. During an airport layover, she acknowledges with a rueful laugh that passage will take a long time, but hopes are high since most of the congressional panel was clearly supportive. That marked a singular instance of anything resembling political amity on the Hill. Cash’s substantive presence likely helped. Cash, who turned 60 last May, has a deserved reputation as a thoughtful, soulful writer; when she speaks, her words carry the weight of considered observation. After coming of age around iconic artists, she topped the country charts and won a vocal Grammy — then confounded industry expectations by leaving Nashville for Manhattan, where she gradually clawed her way back to greater respect and acclaim as a singer-songwriter rooted in the freer landscape of Americana. She is part of a post-Joni, genre-blending generation of singersongwriters, along with Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams, who have become widely exalted sources of inspiration to other women artists. Her most recent album, 2014’s “The River & the Thread,” which won three Grammy awards, time-travels back to the Civil War as well as midcentury Arkansas and other points throughout the South. Written with husband, producer and invaluable creative collaborator John Leventhal, its evocative storytelling is cradled in Southern blues, Appalachian folk and gospel. Last September, Leventhal was honored by the Americana Music Association with its Instrumentalist of the Year award; in October, Cash was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The couple, who fell in love while recording 1993’s “The Wheel” and have made five albums since, will perform songs from “The River & the Thread” as

Rosanne Cash’s words and music carry the weight of considered observation well as “older stuff” as an acoustic duo at the Broad Stage this Saturday. “We looove doing that show,” she says. “We love it. It’s so intimate, and really fun.” Cash, who recently re-signed with Blue Note Records, says she and Leventhal are

and Soundtrack Album” features “April 5th,” a heart-melting track he, Cash and Leventhal composed with Kris Kristofferson. “In the last five years I’ve really gotten more comfortable [with co-writing],” Cash allows, “particularly with writing

“It’s been a long, complicated, sometimes excruciating path for me. And for every woman. I think that having your own agency is key. Owning authority in yourself.” — Rosanne Cash currently writing music and lyrics for a play that she estimates will be announced in the next couple of months. (“It’s really exciting … it definitely expands on traditional roots music.”) It’s another example of how she has hit her stride with the co-writing process. She co-wrote three songs with T-Bone Burnett and Lera Lynn for the TV show “True Detective,” and she and Leventhal recently met with Sir Elton John for an out-of-left-field co-writing session. Elvis Costello’s recently released “Unfaithful Music

the whole album with John, ‘The River & the Thread.’ I realized, I guess, that you can take advantage of another person’s strengths and bring your strengths to it and let go a little bit. It’s always interesting to see how other people want to co-write too. The way Elton wants to co-write is different from the way Joe Henry and I wrote and Rhett Miller, Cory Chisel and I wrote a song together.” Some artists, like Bruce Springsteen, need to get to know their songs’ characters in order to tell their stories. For Cash,

whose writing is stimulated by visual art, a strong sense of physical place often helps her determine how to frame stories and narrow broad ideas to specific scenarios. “I love geography, and geography becomes like a character to me,” she explains. “Like ‘Money Road’ is a haunted, haunted place with this powerful and dark history. That is so visceral so it does come through like a personality. And Memphis is different than Philadelphia; it’s different than Paris. It’s got its own kind of resonance. ... When I wrote ‘I Was Watching You’ on [2006 album] ‘Black Cadillac,’ it just started with this picture of headlights on a road. So I thought, ‘I’m going to follow that, what is that about?’ I sat at the piano and it started unfolding like a little movie.” The songs on “The River & the Thread” are textured with details amassed from journeys Cash and Leventhal made through the South — travels that deepened Cash’s understanding of her Southern heritage, with all its rich cultural complexity. “Money Road,” for instance, is informed by a visit they made to bluesman Robert Johnson’s all but unmarked grave and another stop not far away at the site of

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Loyola Marymount University’s Mayer Theater, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester. Free. Full schedule: sftv.lmu.edu Mar Vista Laughter Club, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Each Monday night laugh away your stress, boost your immune system and make new friends in a laugher yoga session led by Kim Selbert. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 11555 National Blvd., West L.A. (310) 849-4642 Free Zumba Class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. A combo of fun and fitness led by Cammie Richardson at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (310) 726-4128; beaches. lacounty.gov Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. This weekly stand-up comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Green Living Workshops, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Learn how to live more sustainably at this final class of the three-part interactive workshop series offered by Sustainable Works and LADWP. Receive resource-saving tools, save money on utilities and connect with your community. Westside Pavilion Community Room A, 10800 W. Pico Blvd., West L.A. Free for LADWP customers. sustainableworks. eventbrite.com Culver City Rock and Mineral Club Meeting, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Guest

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speaker Gregg Bunch shares a film, display and talk on the development of manmade quartz used in electronic components. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Multi-Purpose Room, 4117 Overland Blvd., Culver City. Free. culvercityrocks.org/meeting.htm

Playa Vista Chess Club, 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Students of all abilities in grades 1 to 6 learn strategies from chess expert Ben Eubanks each Wednesday. Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org/ branches/playa-vista

Tuesday, March 15 Kombucha Tips and Tricks, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chef Rachael Narins of Chicks with Knives teaches a class on how to make kombucha, the fermented drink of sweetened tea or tisane that is brewed using a macroscopic solid mass of microorganisms. Containing essential nutrients such as viable probiotics, amino acids, antioxidants, polyphenols and active enzymes, you’ll go home with your own S.C.O.B.Y. that transforms plain green tea into kombucha. Bring a one-quart lidded jar and a thin cotton tea towel. Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. $30. facebook. com/1450Ocean Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of the city’s best food trucks each Tuesday. On deck this week: Burnt to a Crisp, Alegria Gourmet, Go Fusion N Grill, Los Ruizenores and Kakigory Kreamery. Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. Park and enter on 98th Street. gatewaytola.org Playa Vista Teen Coding Club, 4 p.m. A space for people age 12 to 18 to explore interests in technology, computers and coding. Playa Vista

Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Acoustic soft rock and island music each Wednesday at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com

Learn to make your own kombucha. SEE TUESDAY. Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org/branches/playa-vista

Wednesday, March 16

Gourmet Food Truck Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, diverse tent vendors and gourmet food trucks take over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. This week’s lineup includes The Surfer Taco, Slammin’ Sliders, India Jones Chow Truck and Bison Burger Truck. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org

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.

Sierra Club Airport Marina Group, 7 p.m. Rex Frankel from the Ballona Ecosystem Education Project and Melanie Winter from The River Project share their visions for rainwater capture, cleanup and reuse and discuss potential benefits to wildlife. Burton Chace Park Community Room, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 613-1175

Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. (310) 397-3967 Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea, 11 a.m. to noon. Learn to overcome your public presentation nerves at this

NAMI Family-to-Family Program, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through May 25. Sponsored by National Alliance on Mental Illness, this 12-week course is for adult family members and caregivers to learn important strategies and information about caring for loved ones who live with mental illnesses. Visitation School, 8740 S. Emerson Ave., Westchester. Free. (310) 892-8046; pstans5@aol.com Santa Monica READS, 7 p.m. The community reading program invites Santa Monica residents to read and discuss “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel in free book discussions and events throughout the city this spring. Get started at Montana Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org “Meditation: Overcoming Anger & Transforming Adversity,” 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. Wednesdays through March (Continued on page 36)

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Emmitt Till’s gruesome 1955 lynching. The history of division and distrust of the perceived “other” is not unique to the South; yet Southerners are uniquely positioned to speak with authority about co-existing amid diverse beliefs and ancestries, and finding common ground from which to resolve differences. That heritage is at once distinctively Southern and inextricably American. Understanding its duality can spark flashes of insight as successive generations grapple with its implications; that’s needed wisdom in the wake of the Charleston (and numerous other) shootings, not to mention this chaotically charged election season. “I have embraced my Southern lineage, and I didn’t for a long time,” allows Cash, who’s lived in Manhattan for two decades. “You know, there’s so much suffering and so much beauty … you have to accept its duality and not polarize ourselves. With this record, I didn’t want to point at either. I didn’t want to say, ‘Look, isn’t this bad,’ or ‘Look, this is wonderful, this is the way that it is.’ It’s both, and the complexity is really riveting to me.

“It’s polarization that’s dangerous. We’re all both dark and light. I mean, that’s one thing that I did get in touch with more traveling down South when I was writing this record. I knew I was a white privileged person. And I acknowledge the suffering of black people in the South and I have compassion for that. But it really sunk in in a much deeper way, being in Mississippi, particularly. It was so humbling, and to meet some of these old blues musicians and see that I’m borrowing from their tradition, and I get all this attention and they get none — it was very humbling.” Cash’s heritage, of course, includes her membership in the Carter Family — bona fide country music royalty. As the eldest daughter of Johnny Cash and stepdaughter of June Carter Cash, she lives with a weird strain of inherited celebrity DNA that’s a particular challenge for artists who legitimately earn renown for their own achievements. She’s earned reams of accolades for her albums as well as her 1997 collection of short stories, “Bodies of Water,” and her beautifully written memoir, 2010’s

“Composed.” (She’s also authored a children’s book, 2006’s “Penelope Jane: A Fairy’s Tale.”) “Composed” was distinguished by her graceful refusal to dish about her famous relatives; she focused instead on her development as an artist, a choice that gave the book more depth and enduring value. “I wanted to be able to look at myself in the mirror in the morning,” she observes. “I didn’t want to hurt anyone, and I have a very strong sense of privacy. That’s an odd thing for a person in public life to say, but I do.” In 2009, she released “The List,” a dozen songs culled from a list of 100 “essential” country and folk songs her father had given her to learn so she could better understand country music, and her lineage. It was an unusual album (“an anomaly”) for Cash, who has long since established her identity as an original artist outside of country’s bounds. If she were to make such a list now for her daughters, or for other women who look up to her as a creative mentor, what songs — and advice — might she include?

“Well, I am making a list like that for my own kids,” she says. “I have maybe 15 or 20 songs on the list right now. The advice … [Pause] Wow. “It’s been a long, complicated, sometimes excruciating path for me. And for every woman. I think that having your own agency is key. Owning authority in yourself. And listening to the sometimes tiny inner voice that says what’s right for you, what kind of songs you want to write. … At some point you achieve some mastery over what you do, and if you can remain a beginner, then that’s key — a student [of life], with the curiosity and excitement of, What’s next? What am I going to write next? “Curiosity. That’s what it means to be a beginner. Curiosity and humility. Get in your painting studio and start painting some songs.” Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $55 to $85. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit rosannecash.com. March 10, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 31

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Stories of Redemption: “The Exonerated” @ The Actor’s Gang Through a series of intersecting monologues of personal strength, “The Exonerated” tells the real-life stories of six former death row inmates who eventually won their freedom.

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The Tragic Windfall: “A Gambler’s Guide to Dying” @ Ruskin Group Theatre A boy’s grandfather wins a fortune on the 1966 World Cup but gambles it all on living to see the year 2000 after he’s diagnosed with cancer. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 29 at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25. (310) 397-3244; ruskingrouptheatre.com

Do-Good Drama: “13 Wishes Cabaret” @ The Electric Lodge Venice teens Maya Jade Frank and Tehya-Rose Frank assemble a cast of talented area child actors who’ve had star turns on Broadway, Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel for a show to benefit arts programs at local schools. One Performance Only: 2 p.m. March 13 at The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $15 to $20. (646) 5521210; 13wishes.net

of playwright Anton Chekhov and his leading lady Olga Knipper through their intimate correspondence over six years and great distances. Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday (March 10 to 13) at Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15 suggested donation. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com Shakespeare, Next Generation: “Lear” @ City Garage Theatre In the West Coast premiere of Young Jean Lee’s “inaccurate distortion” of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” the focus shifts from the title monarch and his male courtiers to the younger generation of royals: Lear’s three daughters and Gloucester’s two sons. This is not your grandma’s Shakespeare. Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sundays (March 11, 12 and 13) at City Garage Theatre in Bergamot Station T-1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org The Odd Couple: “Jack & Jill” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Jack and Jill must decide to love or not to love in this play by Jane Martin about the ups and downs of one oddly perfect couple. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through March 27 at The Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $20 to $25. (323) 960-1055; plays411.net

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Chekhov Double Feature: “Three Sisters” & “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” @ LMU Loyola Marymount University presents alternating performances of “Three Sisters” and “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” as part of Chekhov Fest. Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” charts the tragicomic trials and tribulations of three siblings as they struggle to transition from czarist Russia into a the new socialist era; Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” pokes fun at the hardships, miseries and relationship troubles of Chekhov’s characters. “Three Sisters” plays at 8 p.m. on March 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 and at 2 p.m. on March 12

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There are clues to where on the divorce spectrum someone falls, like whether she makes offhand remarks along the lines of “I wish him well, but we weren’t a good match” or “I wish I could leave him tied up in a clearing so something would eat him.” There is something to be said for waiting periods, whether you’re mentally ill and shopping for an Uzi or hoping to live happily ever after with someone who

might not be entirely recovered from her previous attempt. But the blanket “wait two years!” advice is silly and probably comes out of a misconstruing of some research finding. (Also, as an epidemiologist friend frequently points out to me, these findings tell us how something seems to affect most people; however, there are important individual differences that get lost … like that tiny line about potential side effects: “Oh, by the way, 1% of the subjects ended up wearing all their teeth on a necklace.”) Still, unless this woman and her not-quite-ex-husband got married a few months ago because they were superdrunk and standing near each other in Vegas, there’s a chance she’ll believe she’s ready to get involved before she actually is. Whether it makes sense to date her now becomes a question of risk analysis. Plug in the variables you know, like the ugliness

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truly impatient you) shine through. Consider acting like the more effective you, as you surely would for a job interview — rather than showing up in sweats and bragging that your character reference is actually your pot dealer and that “Mr. Bradley,” your “former employer,” is the neighbor’s Labradoodle. Chances are you’ve been “blatantly pursuing” because, like many women, you confuse “equal” with “the same.” However, there’s substantial evidence from evolutionary psychology research that women evolved to be the choosier sex, and that men co-evolved to expect this —and thus see female aloofness as a sign of value. So a more productive strategy for you would be what social psychologist

Robert Cialdini calls “the scarcity principle.” Cialdini explains that the less available something is, the more we value and want it. Not because it’s better. Because FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and the regret we’d feel if we let that happen jack us into a motivational state — a panic to get whatever’s in short supply. But don’t take my word for it. For three weeks, try something new: flirting and waiting instead of chasing and pouncing. Ultimately, it’s best to start a relationship on the premise that actually allows it to start — coming off more like the appointment-only store with a single avant-garde dress than the kind with a big yellow sign in the window: “Everything in the store, $15, including the dog.”

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Italy comes to college next week for the fourth annual “Il Cinema Ritrovato: Rediscovered Film” festival, a series of free film screenings at Loyola Marymount University. Masterpieces of Italian cinema recently restored by one of Italy’s most esteemed film restoration and preservation archives, Cineteca di Bologna, will be screened at LMU’s Mayer Theatre March 14 through 16. Highlights include:

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• A restored and extended version of Sergio Leone’s Italian-American gangster film, “Once Upon a Time in America,” starring Robert DeNiro and James Wood, with musical scoring by 2016 Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone at 6 p.m. Monday, March 14;

• And Stig Björkman’s “Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words,” an intimate documentary about the famed actress, at 7:15 p.m., Wednesday, March 16.

• Luchino Visconti’s “Rocco and His Brothers” (“Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli”), about a family hit hard by dramatic events as they travel to Milan to start a new life, at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 15; • Roberto Rossellini’s “Journey to Italy” (“Viaggio in Italia”), about a couple’s disintegrating marriage and ventures from England to the countryside of Naples, at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16;

Also on the docket are two films from Indian arthouse director Satyajit Ray’s epic Apu Trilogy, about a free-spirited Bengalis child’s coming-of-age, screening Tuesday and Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. each day. — Christina Campodonico “Il Cinema Ritrovato: Rediscovered Film” runs from March 14 to 16 at the Mayer Theatre, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester. Free, but RSVP required. For more information and to reserve a seat, visit sftv.lmu.edu.

Venice Art Crawl Goes Green for St. Patrick’s Day Venice resident Walter Chism at the Bank of Venice, 80 Windward Ave. • The 7 p.m. unveiling of sculptor David Tanych’s steel and redwood sculpture at the Art Shack-Teau at 1008 5th Ave., followed by music from New Orleans-style funk band The Gumbo Brothers.

Art hits the street in Venice Green is the theme of the first Venice Art Crawl of the year. Falling on St. Patrick’s Day, the emerald-themed evening of art on Thursday, March 17, not only honors the Irish saint’s holiday, but also has an environmental bent. Expect to see Windward Circle awash in green light from the Venice sign and “Leave No Trace” signs made from recycled art decorating the area, says Venice Art Crawl President Sunny Bak. The art crawl also features an effort to clean up Venice in the wake of St. Paddy’s Day celebrations, she adds. Other highlights include: • Six new artworks, called “rolling conundrums,” by assemblage artist Dr. Louis D’Elia at The Sunny Bak Studio, 2214 Pacific Ave. • “Photos of Venice Life” by longtime

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Galleries & Museums 10th Annual Airport Artwalk, noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 12. More than 60 creative exhibitions take over the Santa Monica Airport’s airplane hangars for an event that features demonstrations, live theater, workshops and food trucks. Airport Avenue between Bundy Drive and 23rd Street, Santa Monica. Free. smgov.net/airportartwalk

Santa Monica READS, 7 p.m. The community reading program invites Santa Monica residents to read and discuss “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel in free book discussions and events throughout the city. Get started at the Pico Branch Library, 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org

“Psyche2,” opens from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Artist and graphic designer Adam Nisenson’s solo show features two series: Signs of my Psyche and Squared. Through collage, encaustic, image transfers and paint he explores environments and their relationships to the psyche. Through April 21 at ArtSpace, 419 Main St., El Segundo. (424) 2771460; artspace-la.com

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58 Elevator innovator 60 Hold up 61 Chesapeake Bay feeder 62 “C’est magnifique!” 63 Telethon commitments 65 Maker of Cage golf shoes 66 Subtlety 68 Be on a role? 69 Trumpet sound 70 “Brokeback Mountain” actor 73 Schmoozers 77 1986 Starship charttopper 79 Spew out 80 Obi-Wan’s attire 81 Title of honor 84 Tax audit needs: Abbr. 85 Smooch from SofÌa 87 Absolutely no one 88 Type of engine or oil 89 Bone: Pref. 91 Fizzy prefix 93 Looks up to 94 __ garden 95 What “comes but once in a lifetime”: Longfellow 97 “Jamie” reader 98 Most stable 103 Defense secretary before Panetta 104 Transform, in sci-fi 105 iCal entry 106 Bad avian omen in much mythology 107 Prefix with port 109 Peak 110 Just 111 Sgts. and cpls. 113 Discharge 115 NFL stat 116 “Ghost” psychic __ Mae Brown 117 Greek vowel 118 Cagey

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legal advertising FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2006036474 The following person is doing business as: Sol Glo 4040 Harter Avenue Culver City, CA. 90232. Registered owners: Kathryn Herrera Alvarez 4040 Harter Avenue Culver City, CA. 90232. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Kathryn Herrera Alvarez. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 16, 2016. Argonaut published: March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016020217 The following person is doing business as: Bev Concepts 129 Arena St. El Segundo, CA. 90245. Registered owners: John William Bevelheimer 7471 Denrock Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: John William Bevelheimer. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: January 27, 2016. Argonaut published: February 11, 18, 25 and March 3, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016025213 The following person is doing business as: N8 Beauty 645 W. 9th Street Unit #110-320 Los Angeles, CA. 90015. Registered owners: Nikkia Jackson 645 W. 9th Street Unit #110-320 Los Angeles, CA. 90015. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Nikkia Jackson. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 2, 2016. Argonaut published: February 11, 18, 25 and March 3, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it

expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016026638 The following person is doing business as: VenicePier2Peer 204 Hampton Dr. #13, Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Peter John Ruiz 204 Hampton Dr. #13 Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Peter John Ruiz. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 3, 2016. Argonaut published: February 11, 18, 25 and March 3, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Patrick Bradford. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 12, 2016. Argonaut published: February 18, 25, March 3, and 10, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016035278 The following person is doing business as: Trevor Schraufnagel, PHD 9171 Wilshire Blvd. PH 2 Beverly Hills, CA. 90210. Registered owners: Balance CBT, A Psychological Corporation 171 Wilshire Blvd. PH 2 Beverly Hills, CA. 90210. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Trevor Schraufnagel. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 12, 2016. Argonaut published: February 25, March 3, 10, and 17, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Registered owners: Stacey Yuccas 12321 Washington Place Apt. D. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Stacey Yuccas. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 19, 2016. Argonaut published: February 25, March 3, 10 and 17, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016032618 The following person is doing business as: Bitcandy 515 N. Gardner St. Los Angeles, CA. 90036. Registered owners: Bitcrush. FM, Inc. 515 N. Gardner St. Los Angeles, CA. 90036. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Benjamin Groff. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 10, 2016. Argonaut published: March 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016034721 The following person is doing business as: Chroma Souls 12226 Culver Blvd. #3 los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Patrick Bradford 12226 Culver Blvd. #3 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand

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FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016039816 The following person is doing business as: Sarva Home 10316 Cheviot Dr. Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Registered owners: Dave Stein 10316 Cheviot Dr. Los Angeles, CA. 90064. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Dave Stein. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 19, 2016. Argonaut published: March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016039825 The following person is doing business as: Create Floral Design 12321 Washington place Apt. D Los Angeles, CA. 90066.

FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016040667 The following person is doing business as: CFG Contracting 10401 Venice Blvd. #481 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. Registered owners: Steven Sagan 10401 Venice Blvd. #481 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Steven Sagan. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 22, 2016. Argonaut published: March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016045978 The following person is doing business as: Burke Williams Academy of Massage and Burke Williams Academy 1801 S. La Cienega Blvd. Suite 302 Los Angeles, CA. 90035. Registered owners: BW Academy, LLC 8927 Lindblade Street Culver City, CA. 90232. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Williams Armour. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 26, 2016. Argonaut published: March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A

New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016046365 The following person is doing business as: The Studio (MDR) 330 Washington Blvd., Ste. C Marina del Rey, CA. CA. 90292. Registered owners: Pilates Pro-Marina del Rey Inc. 330 Washington Blvd. Ste. C Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Ken Ackerman. Title: Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: February 26, 2016. Argonaut published: March 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). ORDER TO SHOW cAUSE FOR cHANGE OF NAME case No. YSO28161 SUPERIOR cOURT OF cALIFORNIA, cOUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Petition of Karen Ilene Rose, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Karen Ilene Rose filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Karen Ilene Rose to Karen Ilene Green-Rose 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 4-1-16. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: M Room: N/A. The address of the court is 825 Maple Ave. Torrance, CA. 90503. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: February 5, 2016. Steven R. Van Sicklen, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: 02/25/16, 03/03/16, 03/10/2016, 03/17/16

Public Notices AMBROSE and MARGOT TERRENcE Take notice that an Action has been started against you in the Campbell River Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia under Court File No. S11755. The court has ordered that you may be served substitutionally by means of this notice and a copy of the Notice of Civil Claim left with the Harbor Master at the Del Rey Yacht Club, located at 13900 Palawan Way, Marine Del Rey, California. You may also obtain a copy of the Pleadings by contacting the Campbell River Court Registry located at 500-13th Avenue, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, V9W 6P1, Ph. (250) 286-7510 Fax (250) 286-7512. You have 28 days from the date of publication of this notice to file a Response to Civil Claim, otherwise default judgment may be taken against you.

LOS ANGELES cOUNTY DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL PLANNING NOTIcE OF PUBLIc HEARING The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider the project described below. You will have an opportunity to testify, or you can submit written comments to the planner below or at the public hearing. If the final decision on this proposal is challenged in court, testimony may be limited to issues raised before or at the public hearing. Hearing Date and Time: Wednesday April 6, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Hearing Location: 320 West Temple St., Hall of Records, Rm. 150, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Project & Permit(s): Coastal Development Permit No. RPPL2015000335. Project Location: 14110 Palawan Way within the Playa del Rey Zoned District. CEQA Categorical Exemption: Classes 1, 3, 4, and 11 Project Description: The applicant requests a coastal development permit to make improvements to an existing public parking lot including the installation of four biofiltration systems, construction of two parklets, enhancements to the existing public waterfront promenade, ADA improvements, resurfacing of existing parking areas, installation of bicycle racks, relocation of existing signage, conversion of nine parking spaces to accommodate these improvements, and off-site road improvements pursuant to section(s) 22.46.1550 of the Los Angeles County Code. For more information regarding this application, contact Kevin Finkel, AICP, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning (DRP), 320 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Telephone: (213) 974-4854, Fax: (213) 626-0434, E-mail: kfinkel@planning.lacounty.gov. Case materials are available online at http://planning.lacounty.gov/case or at the Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. All correspondence received by DRP shall be considered a public record. If you need reasonable accommodations or auxiliary aids, contact the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator at (213) 974-6488 (Voice) or (213) 6172292 (TDD) with at least 3 business days’ notice. Si necesita m·s informaciÛn por favor llame al (213) 974-6466. 3/3/16 CNS-2850234# THE ARGONAUT NOTIcE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE of: Norbert Juds case Number: BP16794 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of NORBERT JUDS AKA NORBERT ALFRED JUDS AKA NORBERT A JUDS. A Petition For Probate has been filed by Charmagne Stewart in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. The Petition for Probate requests that Charmagne Stewart be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing will be held in this court as follows: March 8, 2016, at 8AM, in Dept: 11 Rm: N/A. Address of court: 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA. 90012 Stanley Mosk Courthouse. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent , you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing dated noticed above. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate , you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: Charmagne Stewart 10460 National Blvd. #10 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. Telephone: (310) 991-1109. THE ARGONAUT: 02/11/16, 02/18/16, 02/25/16 and 03/03/16

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