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VOL 44, NO 12 Local News & Culture

OPINION

Beached vessel stays put

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Letters to the editor....................................... 5

Mar Vista’s Mitsuwa Marketplace is a cultural institution....................................... 14

A 70-foot wooden boat that washed ashore in Playa del Rey NEWS Westside Happenings................................ 18 on Feb. 27 during heavy swells Officials say a theft ring has been operating out remains abandoned on the beach, of encampments in the Ballona Wetlands........... 6 An event for the ladies at Venice Art Crawl. 19 a canvas for taggers as county Westsiders fear the Expo Line light rail extension The Samburu Project celebrates eight years officials contemplate what to do may, ironically, bring more traffic........................7 of empowering women in Africa................. 26 with it.

As many as three people were The Lalas burlesque troupe turns up the FEATURE helped off the boat when it heat in Santa Monica................................. 32 The curious Opening Day rituals of Marina beached, but the Marina del Rey del Rey yacht clubs are leftover from East FOOD&DRINK Sheriff’s Station’s Harbor Patrol Coast and European traditions dating has been unable to contact the back to the 19th century.............................. 8 Wheatgrass and carnitas live side by side on the menu at Señor G’s ......................... 17 vessel’s owner since then — THIS WEEK likely leaving taxpayers to foot Bergamot Station hosts a writing and drawing REAL ESTATE the bill for its removal. class by artist Benjamin Weissman .......... 13 Westside open house directory ................. 20 “His insurance had lapsed on the boat, so we really Vamp Star brings ‘grindhouse’ rock to CLASSIFIED/CROSSWORD don’t expect to hear from him Good Hurt.................................................. 13 Jobs, apartments and more ....................... 33 anymore,” Sgt. Mike Carriles said.

ON THE COVER: Sterling Tallman raises burgees to signify the installation of new bridge officers on Sunday at the Del Rey Yacht Club. PHOTO BY PAT REYNOLDS. DESIGN BY ERNESTO ESQUIVEL. The boat grounded after pulling

away from where it had been anchored at sea, likely due to having too small an anchor, Carriles said.

The Los Angeles County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors was initially contacted to remove the boat but was unable to do so.

“The vessel is too large to be towed out of its current condition. It likely will need to be disassembled and disposed of close to its current location.

That requires special equipment and is quite costly,” said Beaches and Harbors spokeswoman Carol Baker.

The Harbor Patrol is currently weighing options for removal, Carriles said. ª — Gary Walker

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Letters Legacy of Exxon Valdez spill lingers

Monday, March 24, marks 25 years since the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The disaster rocked the country and illustrated just how devastating our dependence on oil could be to wildlife, the environment and the local communities that depend on them. Oil can still be found today on the beaches, the local fishing economy is depressed and Exxon continues to balk at taking full responsibility for past and future impacts.

It’s a story that played out again with the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf four years ago as well as gas migration incidents in Los Angeles, including the 1985 Ross-DressFor-Less explosions and fires in the Fairfax area of Los Angeles.

Today, fracking is taking place in the Baldwin Hills and elsewhere in Los Angeles as the oil industry ramps up its dirty, unhealthful practices.

No matter where it takes place, dirty fuel development leaves a legacy of destruction, threatening our climate, water and special places. From the Arctic Ocean to the oilfield

under the Ballona Wetlands in Playa del Rey — where abandoned wells continue to act as conduits for oilfield gasses — extracting dirty fuels leaves danger in its wake.

The legacy of oil extraction counteracts efforts to fight climate disruption, such as the Obama administration’s new fuel economy standards. It’s time to learn from our past and start embracing clean energy and climate action over dirty fuels.

Patricia McPherson Mar Vista

Try starting another ‘Chain Reaction’

Re: “He’s Heard Enough About It,” letters, Feb. 27 About Jerry Rubin and Chain Reaction: I’m also tired of hearing or reading about it.

But instead of sending him into deep space (as the author suggests), he still can serve a good purpose here on Earth.

Why not lead an effort to reduce homelessness in Santa Monica by 50 or 100 persons per year over the next decade or so?

Your newspaper has given Rubin a platform to express his

passion for Chain Reaction, but he does not represent the majority of people in Santa Monica.

There are more important issues to tackle, like the deteriorating sidewalks and crumbling infrastructure on the Westside.

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Police target Ballona Wetlands bike theft ring Sweep turns up four guns and leads to multiple arrests, but Sheriff’s Dept. says more work and resources are needed Photo by Jonathan Coffin

Playa del Rey. A March 2012 survey by People Assisting the Homeless located three people living in the wetlands and direct evidence of at least another 10, Pearson said.

The Westchester Business Improvement District along Sepulveda Boulevard contributes $5,000 per year to a fund for homeless outreach.

Marina del Rey Lessees Association Executive Director Tim Riley said county leaseholders in the Marina hadn’t been approached with a similar idea.

“We have not formally considered anything like that. I think that’s a discussion that could occur with the county,” Riley said. But, “We [already] pay a lot of money in rents and maintenance in Marina del Rey.” Riley said the confirmation of criminal activity in the wetlands validates residents’ longstanding concerns.

“It was important for [Bradford] to know that there is a serious criminal element operating out of the Ballona Wetlands that could be impacting Marina del Rey,” he said.

Funding projects to limit access to Ballona, which is technically closed to the public except for authorized tours, could help keep trespassers out, said Richard Brody, who manages the wetlands for the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Remnants of a Ballona Wetlands encampment west of Lincoln Boulevard and south of Fiji Way, as photographed on Nov. 19 Bradford said state funds had been decimated during the recession, but “as being relatively sophisticated, but limited displacing the homeless. Not associating

By Gary Walker our coffers build up, we may be able to be funding means Sheriff’s have been unable more flexible.” homelessness with criminality is also an Marina del Rey residents have long to assign patrol officers to the wetlands on Bradford also suggested more immediate important distinction, he said. complained that the largely unpatrolled a long-term basis, Gautt said. solutions could involve working with the “At the end of the day, [criminalizing Ballona Wetlands has become a magnet “We had no other choice but to reach Conservation Corps to clean up trash and homelessness] creates an ‘us vs. them’ for homeless encampments. out to you,” Gautt told Bradford, whose the wetlands and help construct temporary situation,” Bradford said.

Now the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s district includes the Ballona Wetlands. access barriers.

Booker Pearson, a Playa del Rey Dept. is saying portions of the 600Jurisdictional issues also abound. The “They might be able to do some of the resident who works with organizations acre state ecological preserve have state-owned land is overseen by the that assist the homeless, said a social things that we’ve talked about here, like also become a staging area for criminal California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, services response is needed in order to building fencing,” Bradford said of the activity. which does not actively patrol it, while steer the law-abiding homeless away from Corps, an organization that works with During a meeting of local officials Los Angeles police and the county at risk youth where he served as a former on Friday, Capt. Reginald Gautt of the Sheriff’s Dept. have only limited director.

Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station asked jurisdiction over the land.

Brody said the eventual implementation state Assemblyman Steven Bradford (DGautt said deputies have found “a direct of wetlands rehabilitation plans will help Gardena) for state funding to help stamp correlation” between certain encampments alleviate trespassing. out an apparent crime ring operating in the wetlands and both violent and “We’ll have ongoing management then out of wetland areas west of Lincoln property crimes. with a constant presence in the wetlands.

Boulevard and south of Fiji Way. “It’s like Vietnam,” Gautt said. “It’s a That’s why we’re looking forward to the Gautt said a group of people working out jungle in there.” restoration,” he said. of and possibly even living in the Ballona Deputies and social service providers An environmental study required to start Wetlands has been stealing and later — Sheriff’s Capt. Reginald Gautt the restoration effort has been delayed have had a difficult time addressing selling stolen bicycles and may be tied to homelessness in the wetlands. numerous times. other criminal activities.

“We’re encountering some serviceBradford, who terms out of the Assembly A recent sweep of the wetlands resistant people out there,” Gautt said. this year, said he understood the concerns recovered 15 stolen bicycles and four “We’ve been dealing with the homeless about crime by lessees, law enforcement the wetlands to shelters and supportive handguns, according to the Sheriff’s there for four or five years, and we’ve and residents. housing.

Department. expended at $25,000 in resources on this “We don’t want [criminals] in anyone’s “We need a professional outreach team There have been multiple arrests in problem.” backyard, whether it’s Marina del Rey that can go in and build relationships connection with the stolen bicycles, but During the meeting, Bradford asked or downtown Los Angeles,” Bradford with the people in [the wetlands] and not all details are being made available whether obtaining unused property to said. “But we also have to guard against then be able to connect them to medical because the criminal investigation remains house homeless people would be a better criminalizing everyone, and criminalizing and housing services,” said Pearson, who someone because they’re homeless.” active, Sgt. Anthony Earnest said. solution than funding more deputies ª to patrol the wetlands and simply has led similar efforts in Westchester and Deputies described the bicycle ring as gary@argonautnews.com

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It’s a jungle in there.”

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For Westside residents, a train in vain?

Intense development around future Expo line stops sparks worries that a public transportation investment will actually make traffic worse Image courtesy of Metro

By Michelle Bergmann The incoming light rail has some Westsiders questioning its very purpose.

From Culver City to Santa Monica, three of seven new stops along the expansion of the Expo Line will bring with them huge developments expected to create thousands of extra car trips per day.

With all the excitement around the convenience of bringing light rail to the Westside, the developments sprouting up around those tracks are beg one major question for residents: Will the train alleviate Westside traffic woes or make them worse?

“We want to keep the integrity of the single-family homes,” said Terry Tippit, a longtime West Los Angeles resident and member of the Westwood Homeowners Association.

Tippit fought the Expo Line stop in her neighborhood for years, but she has now come to terms with the fact that about a year and a half from now the train will be picking up and dropping off passengers just blocks away from her home every 15 minutes.

At the Expo line’s Sepulveda and Pico stop, developer Casden is set to build 599 apartments with up to 15,000 square feet of neighborhood retail shops. The development is expected to bring up to 3,000 new car trips to the neighborhood per day, and Tippit worries how her neighborhood is going to handle that.

“Where are all those cars going to go?” asked Tippit.

Others say concentrating growth around public transportation, encouraging commuters to ditch their cars for public transportation, is the way to solve traffic congestion in a city that keeps growing.

“The purpose of smart growth is to end our being choked in gridlock, not to worsen it,” said Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents many Westside neighborhoods.

A few future Expo Line stops to the west is Bergamot Station — at Olympic Boulevard and 26th Street, the third-tolast stop before the line’s terminus at Colorado Avenue and 4th Street.

Both hangout and housing for artists, Bergamot Station’s modern buildings that look similar to airport hangers are home to several distinct art galleries.

The planned Bergamot Transit Village, which would be one of the largest developments in Santa Monica history, would transform seven acres of Bergamot Station into 427 apartments, 375,000 square feet of office space and 30,000 square feet of restaurants and retail shops.

Conway Bongo, Bergamot Station artist and resident, says it’s not the train that is the problem; it’s the incoming transit village that will change the art hub and displace some galleries.

“It’s kind of atrocious, something like Bergamot Station that’s been here for so long, getting rid of it,” the artist said. “I

The extension of the Expo Line into Santa Monica brings with it several high-density development projects along the way

find it horrifying.”

Bongo isn’t the only Santa Monica resident opposed to the transit village concept. So are about 13,400 others.

With the development bringing in an estimated additional 7,000 car trips per day, many Santa Monica residents worry the project will make their city unlivable and have been working to stop it.

After the Santa Monica City Council approved the transit village by a 4-3 vote on Feb. 4, a coalition of neighborhood groups — Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, Santa Monica for a Livable City and Mid-City Neighbors, among others — launched a referendum campaign to overturn the project’s approval.

The group needed 6,000 signatures to force council members to repeal project approval or put the matter before voters on an upcoming ballot.

On March 11, they more than doubled that goal.

“We have been told that our community is split over the issues of growth and densification in Santa Monica. It is clear that the only split that exists is the split between the four pro-growth City Council members and the real residents of Santa Monica,” Armen Melkonians, founder of referendum organizing website residocracy.org, posted in a recent statement.

Santa Monica City Councilman Kevin McKeown, one of the three votes against the project, said the project over-reaches by including too much office space,

which is more likely than housing to generate additional traffic trips, and does not provide enough direct benefits to residents.

“We are confronted with a massive and ungainly project the community simply will not accept,” McKeown said. “It doesn’t offer us affordable housing and open space for parkland.”

Other officials say Bergamot Transit Village and other mixed-use developments will help reduce traffic by providing housing for those who work here and would otherwise commute by car.

Santa Monica Director of Planning and Development David Martin said that regardless of what Santa Monica does at Bergamot Station, traffic will likely get worse due to the city’s popularity.

“What we have to do is always be looking at ways to mitigate traffic,” said Martin.

History has shown that introducing new transportation causes natural changes to cities, making them more diversified and accessible to the public. It also attracts developers, as businesses and residential units close to light rail stops are highly valued, said Taylor Mammen, a Westwood real estate development consultant.

“In a way, [Expo Line stations] become the best locations to do real estate development in the city … and although it might be disruptive from a macro level, that’s just kind of how cities work”, Mammen said.

Westwood residents will be able

“The purpose of smart growth is to end our being choked in gridlock, not to worsen it.”

— Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin

to access downtown or the beach in 20 minutes or less — a speed and convenience difficult to fathom at peaktraffic hours in Los Angeles.

“I think it’s great,” said John Ribarich, a Westwood resident. “I’m all for it. I think it will relieve traffic. If people are going to live here, they will live here because of the train.”

Trains and hotels also go hand-in-hand, and there has been no exception with the Expo Line extension: A Marriott Hotel and Hampton Inn are being built at the end-of-the-line Colorado Avenue and 4th Street Station in Santa Monica.

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Ballona Creek Cleanup set for March 29

A woman who was struck by a vehicle while crossing Lincoln Boulevard at Fiji Way in Marina del Rey has survived her injuries, according to police.

The victim was struck while using a crosswalk at about 3:35 p.m., Sgt. Clifford Frazier of LAPD’S West Traffic Bureau said.

The incident prompted police to close off northbound lanes on Lincoln below Fiji for about an hour.

Details about the victim have not been released, but LAPD officer Robert Kim said she sustained minor injuries.

At press time, no charges had been filed related to the incident, according to Kim. — Gary Walker

The group Ballona Creek Renaissance is calling for volunteers to help remove trash that has collected in and around the creek during recent rains.

The group is hosting the cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 29.

Volunteers of all ages are asked to gather at the Ballona Creek Bike Path entrance between Culver Boulevard and the Marina (90) Freeway.

The event has obtained city permits but volunteers — and in the case of children, their parents —must sign liability waivers, according to organizers.

Bags, grabbers, gloves and other tools will be made available, but participants are encouraged to wear closed-toed shoes and sunscreen.

The event is cosponsored by Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, the Del Rey Neighborhood Council, Culver City High School and the Los Angeles Conservation Corps.

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A Los Angeles police officer received a minor leg injury on Sunday during a confrontation at a Venice Beach drum circle, according to police.

Officers from the LAPD’s Pacific Division responded at about 7:30 p.m. to what they described as an unlawful assembly on Ocean Front Walk.

Numerous people among a crowd of about 400 who had gathered to watch a drum circle did not follow orders to disperse, LAPD officer Rosario Herrera said.

Gatherings on the beach are prohibited after sunset.

The officer received the minor leg injury during a skirmish with members of the crowd.

A man and a woman were detained during the confrontation, cited for obstructing a police officer and later released, an LAPD spokesman said.

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(Continued from previous page) moderately priced hotels, so we have heard from some residents that they are happy about them because they will provide a service to even the residents,” Santa Monica Planning and Community Development Assistant Director Ellen Gelbard said.

The hotels will cater to visitors riding the train, which is part of the reason why developer OTO will contribute $600,000 to the Colorado Esplanade, a large platform that will channel visitors to the Santa Monica Pier.

“I think in order to maximize the investment LA is making, it is critical that there be plenty of people who can use it,”

Eat a sub, fight cancer Jersey Mike’s Subs is donating 100% of sales proceeds on Wednesday to the Talbert Family Foundation, a nonprofit that supports local families in which parents or children are battling cancer.

Restaurant locations, including those in Marina del Rey, Culver City and Santa Monica, are also taking small donations, foundation spokeswoman Julie Talbert said.

For more information, visit talbertfamilyfoundation.org.

— Joe Piasecki

said Mammen.

Aside from Bergamot Transit Village, construction on most approved projects near future light rail stops has either already started or will begin in the next six months. Sitting in the pipeline are about 10 new mixed-use projects agreements heading to the Santa Monica Planning Commission.

Ultimately, whether the Expo line brings more or less congestion to the Westside depends on how many commuters actually use the train.

Either way, the development sprouting up around future train stops will leave a permanent mark.

“No other single change will affect Santa Monica more, for better or for worse, than ª the light rail,” McKeown said.

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4 1. California Yacht Club Commodore Richard Mainland presents flowers to his wife in appreciation

of her support.

2. Steve Klink is one of the Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club’s Breezway Boys, volunteers

assigned to spoof an aspect of the new commodore’s personality — in this case, a strong sense of patriotism.

3. Bright white gloves are part of the uniform for the Red Coats, a group of Del Rey Yacht Club

women who help oversee details of the club’s Opening Day festivities.

4. Matt Clark of the Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club readies the canon for a shot that will

mark the official start of yachting season.

5. Tiny cannons still pack a big sonic punch, as Daniel Grabski would prove at the South Coast

Corinthian Yacht Club.

6. Longtime boating community pillar David Feinstein, left, of the Del Rey Yacht Club received

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the prestigious Yachting Service Excellence Award from Ron Woods.

Hoist the burgee, sailor A landlubber joins the curious Opening Day rituals of Marina del Rey yacht clubs Story by Joe Piasecki Photos by Pat Reynolds It’s 9 a.m. Saturday at the Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club and, at 33, I’m by far the youngest person in attendance not wearing a Cub Scout or junior ROTC uniform.

Before a crowd of about 150 people dressed in blue or black blazers, bright white trousers and the occasional sea captain hat, an unfamiliar and highly formalized ritual plays out — one that would repeat with varying degrees of solemnity at each of Marina del Rey’s six yacht clubs over Opening Day weekend.

Generally speaking, a color guard presents the flag, followed by a pledge of allegiance and a spirited rendition of “America the Beautiful.” A bridge officer — in laymen’s terms, a senior member of the club’s elected leadership — offers a religious invocation. Military veterans are called out for honor and saluted, sometimes as anthems play for each branch of the armed services. A bell is rung exactly eight times for club members who have died over the previous year.

Visiting dignitaries from other clubs up and down the coast are recognized. Hear your name and it’s time to stand up and salute — that way they know you’re alive.

The new commodore — basically the club chairperson, but don’t dare call them that! — and bridge officers (vice commodore, rear commodore, fleet captain and port captain, all with different

duties depending on the club) are then sworn in with the raising of small flags outside the club. Only then can the club be re-commissioned for yachting season, marked by the raising of the club burgee (a triangular flag unique to each club) and a bone-shaking blast from a cannon.

Food is served with champagne or cocktails, and then it’s back to the water taxi and onto the next club. So goes the packed schedule for two seven-hour days that, in “summer uniform” under a blazing sun, is surprisingly exhausting, even for this young newcomer in the crowd.

Opening Day ceremonies — a 19thcentury military-style tradition that began in the stuffy, patrician clubs of New England and Europe — seem an odd fit for sunny, laid-back Southern California.

For one thing, the weather allows the marina to operate year-round, though bridge officer announcements that water has been cleared of icebergs continue as a running joke.

For another, Marina del Rey clubs tend to have more to do with sailing than yachting, with several of them focused almost entirely on small boats.

So what does it all mean?

“Primarily, Opening Day is just to get people together. It’s one of the few days where you really act and dress the way yacht clubs used to be. We’re a bit more formal [than some other Marina del Rey yacht clubs], but it’s a lot of fun and a little bit of an ego trip — we just

Former commodores, officially known as staff commodores, salute during the ceremony at Del Rey Yacht Club

have a good time,” said Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club Commodore Fred Weinhart, who joined as a collegiate sailor in 1969 and returned to the club in 2007.

When it comes to formality, the Windjammers, located at the terminus of Mindanao Way, and the nearby South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club actually fall in the middle of the spectrum.

The California Yacht Club on Admiralty Way and Del Rey Yacht Club on Palawan Way conduct more elaborate Opening Day proceedings — think darker coats with tassles and emblems and women decked out in red with shiny white gloves — while the Pacific Mariners Yacht Club on Panay Way and the Marina City Club-based Marina Venice Yacht Club offer laghter, less pious takes on the same tradition.

The differences have a lot to do with age and money.

Cal and Del Rey, the largest clubs and most expensive to join, boast spacious, upscale facilities and tend to have an older membership — at least when it comes to who shows up for Opening Day. During the Cal Yacht Club ceremony, paramedics were called in to revive an elderly woman who appeared to have a stroke but had fortunately just passed out from sitting in the heat.

While annual membership packages for Cal and Del Rey range into the thousands, it costs about $900 per year to be a Pacific

Mariner, $640 per year to join the South Coast Corinthians and just $400 to be a part of the Marina Venice club.

At Cal — where aviation pioneer Donald Douglass and a banking-heir cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt once served as commodore and the descendants of 1920s sail racing star Frank A. Garbutt are still on the membership roles — a sevenpiece brass band brought a bit of old-style pep to the lunch reception after its 300plus guest ceremony.

Festivities at Del Rey, which closed out Opening Day weekend with a fantastic buffet spread, included a four-piece a cappella band and live musicians for the military salute.

Other clubs relied on recorded jazz or classic rock, and members of Marina Venice celebrated with members of local bar band Unkle Monkey.

“Clubs differ,” said Pacific Mariners Commodore Glen Solomon, “but what we all have in common is a love of being around the water.”

At Del Rey and at Cal especially, there’s a heavy emphasis on racing, with Cal planning 62 days of sail racing this year and touting the extensive accomplishments of its large juniors racing and rowing programs (whose members didn’t appear to be around for Opening Day). Del Rey is also planning several regattas, including an April fundraiser race for City of Hope.

Several Windjammers members are (Continued on next page) March 20, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11

Santa Monica Windjammers Commodore Fred Weinhart

Opening Day guest Willie Hjorth, a Marina del Rey historian

Assemblyman Steven Bradford attended the Cal Yacht Club ceremony

‘sailor’...

Marina Venice Commodore Mike Quinn

make way for more intense residential and retail development.

(Continued from previous page) Solomon said the Pacific Mariners, who built their clubhouse 51 years ago, have also involved in racing activities, and the been offered an upper floor of a parking South Coast Corinthians cater to small structure planned for the grounds of the craft operators who would rather spend former Marina Fitness Club, but the time out on the water than in its small leaseholder they rent from has control of clubhouse, Commodore Nick Sampson the property for another 50 years. said.

“Our membership likes being 20 feet Other clubs seem to exist primarily as a off the ground, not four stories up. It’s a way to form social bonds among boaters. negotiation,” he said.

The Pacific Mariners, who livened up The South Coast Corinthians, founded at their Opening Day ceremony with a the Santa Monica Pier in 1932 and located modified rendition of the “Super Chicken” in Marina del Rey since shortly after the ditty performed by a man in a chicken marina was dredged in the 1960s, have South Coast Corinthians Commodore Del Rey Commodore Ilona Fellows suit, are sometimes called the Pickled already turned down an offer to relocate to Nick Sampson supplemented salutes with hugs Mariners due to the free-flowing pours an upper story of a new West Marine store at the 24/7 self-service clubhouse bar. I planned for a short distance away. overheard a volunteer server report that “Although what they were proposing was the club’s 250-or-so guests on Sunday very nice, what they failed to recognize morning polished off at least 450 eightis that we’re boaters. The access to water ounce Bloody Mary’s in about 90 minutes is what’s important. We’re not just a before retiring to the clubhouse for club who wants a place to go drink. At a champagne, cocktails and a spread of bar above West Marine, the club would homemade hors d’ oeuvres. essentially die because it wouldn’t meet “This club is for the most part about the needs of its members,” Sampson said. people having a good time,” Solomon One new idea is the possible construction said. of a clubhouse and boatyard on the other The barroom and office space inside the side of the Marina. The future remains Marina City Club that hosts the Marina uncertain, but “this wave of change is Venice Yacht Club is often mistaken for going to hit us sometime,” Sampson said. simply a bar, and on Sunday nights nonThe Santa Monica Windjammers members are invited to take part in a $5 clubhouse, which sits on land the county member potluck as they drink and listen would like to open up as green space, is to live music. on a year-to-year lease agreement that “I was told for six years that there was runs out in three years. a hidden bar here. I didn’t know it was “In the long term, what [county officials] a yacht club,” said Marina Venice Yacht were thinking is to create a common Club Commodore Mike Quinn, a radio facility shared by one or two small yacht personality and music producer. clubs, but clubs have their pride and Quinn, 42, is the youngest commodore would like to have their own facilities,” in Marina del Rey (the oldest is 75). He’s Weinhart said. also a little younger than the average It’s become part of Weinhart’s mission Marina Venice member, but he’s hoping to this year to demonstrate that the change that soon. clubhouse provides value for more than “We want to be known as a welcoming a select few. He hopes to remove fencing yacht club,” he said. “Instead of waiting that separates the club from an adjacent until you’re retirement age, come in now grassy area and organize several public and have fun.” events, including open houses and even The lower price points of smaller yacht outdoor concerts and dinners, to invite the clubs may help in that mission, but how community in. long they can maintain their current Could the invitation-only pomp of facilities has come into question.

Opening Day also use a reboot?

During their Opening Day speeches, “One of the things we’re trying to do commodores of smaller clubs is maybe be a little less stuffed-shirt,” communicated anxieties that recently Weinhart said. “That’s the perception announced county plans to remodel we’ve been giving people, but we’re Marina del Rey could result in smaller really not.” ª Pacific Mariner Yacht Club member John Meyers donned a chicken suit as he sang and joe@argonautnews.com clubs being forced out or relocated to tossed plastic eggs into the crowd

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•This Week•

The artist becomes the teacher

Santa Monica Museum of Art exhibit co-creator leads a writing and illustration workshop at Bergamot Station Photo by Joshua Blanchard, courtesy of Santa Monica Museum of Art

Benjamin Weissman and sister Julie Markovitz at the Nov. 20 opening reception for “What Every Snowflake Knows in Its Heart”

By Michael Aushenker Half of the creative duo behind the Santa Monica Museum of Art exhibition “What Every Snowflake Knows in Its Heart” is taking up a teaching role on Wednesday during a “Collaboration is Utopia” workshop at the Bergamot Station art complex.

Benjamin Weissman, who teamed with Japan-born artist Yutaka Sone to create the paintings and installations comprising “Snowflake,” will

guide participants in writing and illustrating spontaneous texts drawn from language, memories and ideas they relate to the great outdoors A large exhibit in the museum’s main gallery that includes a monumental winter landscape replete with animatronic ski mountain, rising chair lifts and whimsical characters, “Snowflake” is among the fruits of a long-running collaboration between the L.A. artist and Sone.

Since striking up a friendship

during a Mammoth Mountain ski trip, this unlikely pair began creating a shared mythology based on their mutual interest in snow sports and its attendant environs. The partnership has birthed such wintery imagery as 2007’s “Grandma’s Closet” (a title not borrowed from the venerable Flagstaff, Ariz., restaurant but a ski-circle reference to tree-nestled potsmoking).

“Big mountains and old forests with snow is very sexy, inspiring,

romantic, intimidating, fetching,” said Weissman, who prefers creating frost-laden visuals over depicting sunshine and palm trees.

“Southern California and Los Angeles are good places to read, write, make art and play tennis, but not ski,” said Weissman, who covered skiing as features editor for Freeze magazine. “Skiing out of state, out of country, adds a huge expense to the experience, and the weather timing has to be perfect to have big snow. … Mammoth is the inspiration zone; a backyard I have memorized but am constantly learning new little nooks and crannies.”

Organized by museum Executive Director Elsa Longhauser, the exhibit began to take shape after Weissman approached her with ideas while still planning out sketches.

“Snowflake” opened Nov. 21 and continues through April 5 and “has been incredibly wellreceived,” Longhauser said.

Weissman studied at California Institute of the Arts and has lectured and written extensively about art, music, skiing and literature for various institutions and periodicals. His short fiction books include 1994’s “Dear Dead Person” and 2004’s “Headless.”

Shizuoka-born Sone studied fine arts and architecture at Tokyo Geijutsu University and has produced solo exhibitions

for the Venice Biennale and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. What Longhauser loves best about the Weissman/Sone collaboration is that “it has an alternative reason for being [other than monetary gain]. It’s really an experiment by two people, who normally would not be working together, joining forces to work on a singular project.”

She deems the installation’s ski lift “a wonderful bold statement” and calls this exact replica of Mammoth’s Ski Lift 23 “one of the great do-it-yourself sculptures of all time! It does work and it’s made completely by hand.”

It’s only fitting that Weissman’s workshop relies on recollections of the past: When it comes to those majestic Mammoth mountainscapes, he’s lately had to draw from memory.

“This winter’s snowfall has been the skimpiest in decades,” said Weissman, who plans to teach “like I make art: mindfully unconscious, playful and strange.”

“Collaboration is Utopia: A Writing + Drawing Workshop with Benjamin Weissman” runs from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station – G1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. $10. Call (310) 586-6488 or visit smmoa.org. ª michael@argonautnews.com Photo by Ben Chan / benchanphoto.com

A ‘Star’ is born again The second time may be the charm for Vamp Star, a “grindhouse rock” group fed a steady diet of B-movie camp

By Michael Aushenker When they take the stage Friday in Mar Vista, call it Vamp Star version 2.0.

Front man Rob S. Gray originally formed the band back in 2002 in his native Columbus, Georgia, but less than three years later Vamp Star decided moving to L.A. was the way to make it big. As is so often the case for musicians, things did not go as planned.

“I’m the only one to make it out here,” Gray said. “[The other

musicians] actually did come out, lasted for a weekend, and took off. Couldn’t take it, for some reason.”

All, that is, except Jade Starr — a go-go dancer turned erotic film performer who originated as an integral part of Vamp Star’s stage act and, in recent years, has also taken to playing programmed beats during live performances.

After the Vamp Star’s initial breakup, Gray tried his hand at an electronic-based metal band, but “my heart was terribly not in it,” he said.

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Perry Miyake, who wrote a history of the Westside Japanese-American community, stands outside Mitsuwa Marketplace, where he works behind the deli counter

More than just a market

As contemporary influences flourish nearby, Mitsuwa Marketplace offers Westsiders a more traditional taste of Japanese-American culture

By Michael Aushenker Over the past decade, Little Osaka — the Westside Japanese-American district centered around Sawtelle and Olympic boulevards — has seen an explosion of hip fusion restaurants, trendy dessert shops and contemporary boutiques serving a predominantly young clientele.

Mitsuwa Marketplace in Mar Vista stands as an island apart.

At the nondescript intersection of Centinela Avenue and Venice Boulevard, about three miles from Little Osaka, Mitsuwa has quietly maintained a more traditional take on JapaneseAmerican culture for 21 years.

The Japanese supermarket, bolstered by a restaurant-style food court and kiosks selling books, beauty products and other wares, has become a Westside cultural institution for being, in a way, ordinary.

“It’s an everyday destination, which makes it kind of an integral part of the community,” said Gary Oba, senior pastor at West Los Angeles United Methodist Church in the heart of Little Osaka.

Where a newcomer may see bright fluorescent lights illuminating row after endless rainbow-colored row of cheerfully packaged imported snacks and beverages, Oba said he and much of his flock see “a very reliable and convenient place for the Japanese-American community to shop for preparing Japanese cooking,” with a deli that fills orders for church

parties.

“It’s where my mom did her shopping,” said Perry Miyake, co-author of “The 100-Plus Year History of the Japanese American Community of Venice,” a book published by the Venice Japanese Community Center. Nearly two years ago, the Mar Vista resident took a job behind the deli counter.

But Mitsuwa is no quiet corner store. During peak hours, finding a seat at Mitsuwa’s food court to enjoy dishes from a handful of eateries specializing in ramen, udon and tempura becomes a challenge — so much so that takeout was banned after restaurants were routinely overwhelmed and lines of hungry customers bottlenecked in the courtyard.

Mitsuwa’s food court houses branches of Santouka and the Japanese-owned Sandoki Sandou. Hinoske, a tempura spot, has been there for two years. There’s also Hamadaya bakery.

“Our food court beats everyone’s. It’s authentic Japanese,” said Bruce Bailey, president of the Mitsuwa chain.

Bailey began working as a lawyer for then-Mitsuwa parent company Yaohan in 1982.

Taking over a dormant Safeway, the chain opened its Mar Vista location, referred to internally as its Santa Monica branch, in late 1992. Three years later, Yaohan filed for what was the largest bankruptcy in Japanese history. Bailey teamed with Yoshi Watanabe and Masa Nozue (Continued on page 29)

Raising the 'Roof' in Westchester The Kentwood Players stage America’s favorite Broadway musical set in tsarist Russia Photos by Shari Barrett

Bradley Miller plays Tevye in the Kentwood Players “Fiddler on the Roof”

By Michael Aushenker For Harold Dershimer, whose last Kentwood Players production was 2012’s staging of the musical “Oliver,” directing “Fiddler on the Roof” at Westchester Playhouse marks something of a full-circle moment.

“It’s funny how life comes back at you. When I was a kid learning to play the keyboards, the first music that my music teacher brought to me was from ‘Oliver.’

The next one was ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’” Dershimer said.

With “Fiddler on the Roof,” certain associations surely spring to mind, including toe-tappers “If I Were a Rich Man” and “Sunrise, Sunset” and the 1971 Oscar-winning Norman Jewison movie starring Topol.

This version of the musical

inspired by Sholem Aleichem’s “Tevye and His Daughters” relies on the original 1964 Broadway book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.

A Hawthorne resident who has directed plays at the Courtyard Playhouse in Palos Verdes, Dershimer intends to trade on all of the play’s popular associations.

Childhood songbook aside, Dershimer was attracted to “Fiddler” by its atypical framework.

“What’s great about the production is how the story grows but the music falls,” he said. “They work against each other, [starting] with a giant number in act one. There’s life and happiness and hope and keeping on with tradition, then it all falls apart and all the songs

become solos.”

Distinguishing this version of the oft-mounted crowd-pleaser, Dershimer lays it on the line: “It’s really about the staff that I pick. Our set is going to be gorgeous. [Set designer] Scot Renfro is a brilliant painter.

Visually, it will be very appealing. The dream sequence will be in black light and very freaky looking.”

The theater’s entire interior will be incorporated into the art design to resemble the Russian shtetl of Anatevka.

But the biggest challenge in casting this particular “Fiddler”?

Nailing the dancing in “To Life.”

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Enjoy Indian and Pakistani cuisine at this friendly neighborhood restaurant. Local residents say this is the place to go for delicious, authentic food. Appetizers include Samosa, a crispy pastry with mildly spiced potatoes and peas, and Chicken Chat, flour crisps with diced potatoes, garnished with yogurt, tamarind and chat masala. Tandoori dishes, cooked in an Indian clay oven, include marinated whole/ half/quarter chickens, served with rice and salad, 12825 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista, (310) 398-2948, www.hurrycurryla.com

This long-established Italian dining spot offers traditional fresh pasta dishes, such as ravioli, linguini al pesto and gnocchi. Popular seafood dishes include Linguine Pescatore. Locals and visitors say the atmosphere is warm and family-oriented, and say they can’t get enough of the fresh, warm bread with a garlic/olive oil dip. Tiramisu and Caesar salad are on the menu. Chicken and veal dishes include Pollo al Limon and Veal Marsala. 425 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey, (310) 823-9838

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Delectable cuisine from Spain. The diverse menu offers meat, Spanish cheeses, vegetarian, cured meat, desserts, beverages, and salads. 2510 Main St. Santa Monica 310.450.3900, www.manchegoonmain.com.

Nichols Restaurant opened in 1974 as a casual neighborhood coffee shop and diner, served traditional comfort favorites and service with a smile. Still family-owned and operated, Nichols evolved to keep pace with dining habits, never losing sight of its roots as a diner, staying true to its humble beginnings.

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Located at: 13450 Maxella Avenue, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. Phone: 310-827-1740. See Directory: www.villamarinamarketplace.com

MARLA’S CAFÉ A professional caterer and party planner for over 20 years, Marla Barreira brings her fusion of American, Latin, Italian, Portuguese cuisines to her menu. The cozy dining spot offers a heated patio. The full menu offers both lunch and dinner, with daily specials.

Small bites, sandwiches, wraps, salads, pizza, pastas, and various entrees, with choices of sides. Desserts include Marla’s famous cookies, brownies and pecan squares. Take-out, delivery, catering, 2300 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, (310) 827-1843, www.marlascafe. com

MELODY BAR AND GRILL Start your busy day off with breakfast from our large menu in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Our chef ensures that all of our ingredients are top quality and completely fresh. Enjoy starters, salads and entrees, sandwiches and wraps. Serving dinner daily, weekend brunch, kitchen open nightly to 1:30 a.m. Happy Hour is 4 - 7 p.m. daily, live bands on Fridays and Saturdays. 9132 Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester, (310) 670-1994, www. melodylax.com

MERCEDES BAR/BIN 73 An ultra-cozy wine bar just steps from the iconic Venice Pier for a sophisticated, yet hip bar with casual prices. Complimentary wine tastings and great menu of small bites, cheeses and meats, platters, flatbreads and salads. Happy hour wine bar 4 – 7 p.m., brunch, open seven days for dinner, 3 to 11 p.m. 14 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey 310.827.6209.

MORFIA’S RIBS AND PIES Brick pit smoked BBQ, sliced BBQ meats include corn bread and sauce (beef brisket, pork, sausage, and chicken), dinner specials include combination plates as well, BBQ sandwiches on a French roll or on a hamburger bun. Known as the home of the “Baklava cheesecake,” desserts include homemade pies and cakes. Catering, parties/ events and take-out only, Small party trays, large party trays and the Texas-size party tray, open 7 days, 4077 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey, (310) 821-6939, www.morfiasribsandpies.com

MO’S PLACE AT THE BEACH “We feature the best Monday Night Football party in town,” carrying all college and pro games, prizes, raffles and fun, NASCAR, four pool tables, a dart board and Golden Tee Golf. Full breakfast menu served Sat./ Sun. and holidays until 2 p.m., appetizers, salads, burgers, steaks, specialties, drinks, daily special featured on Mo’s Board, fresh Friday chowder in a bread bowl. Open 7 days a week, happy hour, Mon. – Fri. 4-7 p.m., 203 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey, (310) 822-6422, www.mosplacepdr.com

NAWAB OF INDIA Authentic and exotic Indian dishes with a complement of vegetarian entrees, served in the ambiance and culture of India. Open seven days for lunch and dinner. Buffet Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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OSCAR’S CERVETECA South American comfort foods, dine inside or on the patio, casual, friendly atmosphere.

Serves brunch, lunch, dinner, salads, seafood, burgers, sandwiches, platos grandes, platos verdes. Enjoy shrimp cocktail Veracruz, Chipotle beer shrimp, Hoyos Peruvian sashi

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Beachside breezes and big burritos Wheatgrass and carnitas live side by side on the menu at Señor G’s Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.

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343 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 822-7733 senorgs.com I’m amused when I find a restaurant that specializes in two cuisines that aren’t usually associated with each other. I fondly remember a Korean and Greek restaurant where you could get souvlaki and a side of kimchi, but not a dish with both — it wasn’t fusion, just two unrelated cuisines served in traditional ways. Whether such pairings happen because an owner has a tradition in one cuisine and a passion for another or for some other reason, the result is often delightfully quirky.

Señor G’s in Playa Del Rey, which serves traditional Mexican food and health-club style smoothies, is a good example.

Mexico has a tradition of juice drinks called licuados or bionicos but that’s not what is served here. Instead of arcane tropical fruits, wheatgrass, celery juice and other staples of the hippie-friendly juice bars hold sway.

I hadn’t been to Señor G’s in years when I stopped in for lunch recently and decided to sample something from each side of the menu. There’s a long list in each category, but I narrowed the choices down to a juice drink called Green Machine and a “Carlito’s Way” burrito. (My server didn’t know why this concoction of steak, grilled onions, guacamole, rice and beans got its name. I presume that somebody named Charlie likes the combination, because the movie of the same name is about a Puerto Rican exconvict in New York.)

The Green Machine smoothie arrived first, and the reason for the name was obvious — the mix of green apple, celery, cucumber, kale and spinach juices was the color of a healthy lawn. It had a thick texture and was well balanced between fruit and vegetable flavors, and I was glad I ordered a small portion because a large one would have

Diners choose from two very different sides of the menue at Señor G’s

been a meal.

I sipped this while demolishing a basket of freshly made chips that had a rough corn texture and plenty of flavor.

Unfortunately the salsa that came with them was watery and bland, with large pieces of rough-cut tomato that fell off the chips unless carefully balanced. I was offered a hotter sauce and was presented with a squeeze bottle of the most explosive green chili sauce I’ve had in some time. It was invigorating, but I would have preferred something midway between the two.

The Carlito’s Way burrito was stuffed to the limits of the tortilla, and the mix of steak with lime and grilled onions worked well. Refried or black beans were offered, and I chose black because I prefer the fuller, smokier flavor. The burrito was tasty, but so huge that I took half home and had another full meal.

I came back to Señor G’s a few days later and, since the small interior was full and the weather mild, sat outside. It’s a pleasant streetscape despite the cars zooming by, but I’m not likely to sit there again — the tables are wire mesh, so if you drip any of that salsa, it’s onto your pants leg.

This time I ordered a taco salad topped with chicken chili Colorado. The big mound of lettuce surrounded by a ring of corn chips was topped with portions of guacamole, chopped tomatoes and chili, and it made for a nice presentation. The chili was thicker than usual, and though not highly spicy it had full flavors of spices like clove, cinnamon and cumin. For a slightly exotic variant on an old

favorite, this dish is worth a try.

I almost didn’t stop in on another day when I had only a light appetite because the portion sizes are so intimidating, but it was time to sample a few tacos. Carnitas is one of my benchmarks at any Mexican restaurant, and I also wanted to try something called Martin’s Kickin’ Chicken. The later is chicken breast and grilled onions in red chili sauce with shredded cheeses and guacamole, and it’s quite a combination. The dish employs a different chili sauce from the Colorado, spicier with a touch of sweetness, and it became one of my favorite items here. Sure, it’s a gringo taco — shredded jack and cheddar rather than cotija cheese — but good all the same. The carnitas was also first-rate, flavorful pork cooked so there are some crunchy bits to give extra texture, with a little spiciness and herbal flavor. I think I’ve found my default meal here: though it wasn’t the light lunch I expected because the tacos were generously stuffed, this was the first time I was able to finish a whole meal at Señor G’s.

The prices here are slightly higher than at many other Mexican restaurants on the Westside, but those restaurants aren’t located a few blocks from the beach. Speaking of the neighborhood, the parking lot here is small, so you may have to find a space a few blocks away.

That’s OK though — you’ll want the chance to walk off your meal, because they feed you well here.ª Señor G’s open from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. Find street parking if the small lot is full. No alcohol. Menu online.

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Venice Art Crawl activities also include a presentation of Brazilian artists Sandra Zebi and DCastro with live music by Ana Gazzola from 6 to 10 p.m. at Danny’s Venice, 23 Windward Ave.; the Venice Beach Bike Tour: Unique Boardwalk, in which local artists show their art from 6 to 9 p.m. in the parking lot of Hama Sushi, 1500 Main St.; a multimedia installation based on the thriller “I’ll Never Tell” from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Cadillac Hotel, 8 Dudley Ave.; and a gallery of Venice lifestyle photos at Slyde Handboards, 517 Ocean Front Walk.

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Brady Walker Birthday Show with Mona’s Vices & Banished, 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. Live rock music at Rusty’s Surf Ranch, 256 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 3937437; rustyssurfranch.com

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Admission includes light tea and Till All Is One, Afternoon self-guided tour of the first floor Dream Serum, Carrion and John Meadows, 8 p.m. Jam out of the Mansion. Proceeds support Mansion restoration. Advanced to alternative and rock music at Good Hurt, 12249 Venice Blvd., registration required; $50 for members, $60 for non-members.

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The master suite has a marble fireplace, wet bar, balcony and his-and-hers mirrored walk-in closets, an adjoining spa-like bath, prewired for TV, with marble countertops, and an extra-tall shower and a separate toilet and bidet area. The guest bedroom has an en-suite bath with limestone floors, and the third bedroom, with its generous layout, could be used as an office. The loft area has custom Italian high-gloss cabinets, large screen TV, wet bar, SubZero refrigerator and ice maker. There is a large breathtaking private roof-top deck with stunning sunrise/sunset views. There is a rare, generous three car garage and lots of storage space. All of this within steps of the sand.”

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Any suggestions on making over our garage?

Here are some tips for a successful garage rehab.

Daydream and plan: What do you want the space to be? What does it need to be? If you don’t need to park cars in the garage and have ample storage space elsewhere, it can be anything you dream up.

Look on-line for “dream garage” inspiration including home gyms, artist/crafter studios, micro apartments, play rooms, man caves, and home theaters. Or maybe you just want a clean place to park the car and store stuff. Or some combination of the above. Garages can work well as multi-purpose spaces, such as a gardener’s bench, a handy-man’s workshop and the traditional car/storage combination.

Learn the rules: Certain alterations and upgrades may require building permits.

Additionally, some changes may influence your property tax assessment. Find out what the laws are in your area.

Purge: Go through everything in the garage, sorting as you go. Be ruthless.

Make piles of stuff to keep, things to give away or sell, trash, and hazardous waste like old household chemicals that require special disposal. Sort the “keep” pile into categories like sporting equipment, decorations and gardening. Those who need extra motivation can convince neighbors to do the same, then hold a multi-house garage sale and/or split the cost of a dumpster.

Calculate costs: Figure out how much you’ll need for basic materials, new storage equipment and any upgrades.

Specialized rooms may come with additional costs, like soundproofing for a band practice space or home theater, or extra electrical outlets and Wi-Fi for a home office or media room.

Create zones: Delineate clear spaces for each use. Use different colors of paint,

different types of flooring or carpet, and use screens, walls or half-walls to separate spaces. If you plan on parking a car or two, use masking tape to mark off how much space each car will take up (allowing ample room for opening doors and comfortable maneuvering in and out of the car).

Store: Since storage space is at a premium, use smart storage solutions. Go vertical to maximize space. Hang bikes, sporting and gardening equipment from hooks. Put high shelves up near the rafters to store seasonal and rarely-used items. Use a combination of shelves, peg boards, bins or whatever else will hold your stuff safely and neatly. Mesh bags work well for balls and odd sporting equipment. Plastic bins are better than cardboard boxes, because they’re less appealing to rodents. Clear bins make things easy to find, but opaque ones keep

stuff more hidden away. Consider a wall, half-wall, screen or curtain to hide storage areas.

Make it livable: If using the room as living space, make it more comfortable with proper ventilation, insulation to keep the temperature stable, weather stripping around doors and windows, and a heating and/or cooling system.

Add the finishing touches: To make a garage seem less like a garage, put a coat of fresh, bright paint on the walls. Try bold flooring like rubber floor tiles for a play area, or use inexpensive carpet remnants for a teen hangout. Consider adding a window or two, skylights, a ceiling fan or French doors. Plug in a floor lamp to make a cozy corner, or hang pendant lights over a work area.

This week’s question was answered by Brian Christie, Agents in Action!, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 910-0120.

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A thirst for helping those in need Santa Monica nonprofit The Samburu Project celebrates World Water Day with its annual fundraising walk districts in Houston and South Los Angeles. She then jumped into the world of entertainment, spending four years in When Kristen Kosinski left a highcasting and as a talent scout at Paramount paying career at Paramount Studios to before graduating to a position as a build wells in Africa, her parents thought creative executive in programming for the she had lost it.

Melrose Avenue studio. Part of her job However, the longtime Santa Monica resident —founder and executive director was overseeing day-to-day production on programs such as “JAG,” “Girlfriends” of Main Street-based The Samburu and “Becker.”

Project — could not deny a calling that As her interest and involvement in had been nagging at her since age six. empowering women abroad began to rise “I always had a desire to work with in 2005, so did turmoil on the Paramount African women,” said Kosinski, 44. “I lot. was always interested in empowerment.”

“That year, Paramount was taken over Eight years later, The Samburu Project

by CBS,” Kosinski recalled, “They had marks World Water Day (observed by fired a lot of people and I was one of the United Nations on Saturday) with the last people left. They offered me a its 5th annual Walk for Water & Pancake contract. I decided to leave and didn’t sign Breakfast fundraiser in Hermosa Beach on the contract. I said to myself, ‘You know March 30. what, I’m gonna go!’”

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“In my heart, I wasn’t connected to [Hollywood],” Kosinski said. “I knew that’s not why I was on the planet. I yearned for more.”

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Listening to the plight of numerous African women who repeatedly complained about a dearth of clean drinking water, Kosinski embarked on the adventure of her life lining up capital and capable hands to build the wells these villages so desperately needed.

It was definitely naïve and purely passion driving me, said Kosinski, who returned to Los Angeles with partners in Africa, formed her nonprofit, used entertainment industry contacts to raise an initial $10,000, and returned in 2006 with the $65,000 she needed to build four wells in Samburu.

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“This pristine, three bedroom, two bath home is a true gem,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “Step into a bright, open living room with stunning hardwood floors and an elegant fireplace. A sunny open dining room leads to a spacious kitchen with a dining area, and the large family room opens to an inviting enclosed spa. The master suite has a granite bathroom, and there are two other well-sized bedrooms with a centrally located bathroom with a sunken spa tub and skylights. A gated entry leads to a four-car garage and a four-car covered carport.” The property is offered at $819,000. Information, Kevin & Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs, (310) 410-9777.

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living room are accented by a stone-faced fireplace with zebra wood mantel. The updated kitchen, with granite countertops and stainless appliances, opens to the dining/living areas. There are four bedrooms and two baths downstairs, while upstairs the private master suite features a newly remodeled bathroom and its own balcony.” The property is offered at $799,900. Information, Brian Christie, Agents in Action! Team, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 910-0120.

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Mitsuwa also operates stores in Torrance, Costa Mesa, San Gabriel, Irvine, San Diego, San Jose, Chicago and New Jersey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been interesting to run what is in effect a Japanese company,â&#x20AC;? said Bailey, explaining that many Japan-based vendors wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just sell their products to anybody. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to deal with people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know their stuff. They want to know it is going to be presented in a quality manner.â&#x20AC;?

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Perhaps due in part to its crossover appeal, Mitsuwa is a lonely cultural outpost in an area that once housed a large Japanese-American population and a number of Japanese-American businesses.

When Mitsuwa first opened its doors in Mar Vista, a family-operated store called Aloha was located about a mile away near Short Avenue and Centinela. Aloha and the restaurant Marina Mago, located across the street where CafĂŠ Sanchez is today, both opened in the 1960s but closed in the 1990s, Miyake said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sanseis [American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants] all moved out because of housing prices,â&#x20AC;?

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Before the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it was a very blue collar area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; many Japanese merchants and small, mom-and-pop fish markets,â&#x20AC;? Oba said.

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The twenty- and thirty-something customers who dominate businesses in Little Osaka today donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make up a large presence in Obaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flock, but Mitsuwa has a cross-generational following.

Jennifer Yamamoto, who grew up on the Westside and cofounded the Venice Japanese Community Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Young Adults Club, said Mitsuwa offers both cultural connection and nostalgia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mitsuwa was one of my momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go-to stores for Japanese food. It helped a lot since we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make too many trips to downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Little Tokyo anymore,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was also a bookstore there, where I would sometimes get to buy the thick Japanese â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;only-for-girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; manga magazines. The one I used to buy was called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ribon.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where I started picking up all of my manga knowledge, so I was always up to par with my cousins in Japan.â&#x20AC;?

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Thursday, March 27 Update on the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project and the Oxford Lagoon, 6:30 p.m. The Airport Marina Group of the Sierra Club hosts a meeting on the Ballona Wetlands and Oxford Lagoon at the Burton Chace Park Community Room at the far west end of Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 437-3523.

Congressional Candidates Forum, 7 p.m.

The Santa Monica Democratic Club presents candidates for the open 33rd Congressional District seat who will address members in a public forum at Santa Monica Main Library Community Room, 2nd Floor, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. Light refreshments provided. santamonicademocrats.com “Women Who Shape Santa Monica,” 7 p.m.

Join the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica in honoring four local women for their contributions to Santa Monica and celebrating the 80th anniversary of the organization’s founding. Light food and beverages served.

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Galleries “Delirium: The Familiar Alienated,” through March 26. Domenic Cretara’s response to the objectification of young women in society comes to LA for the first time.

The “Doll” series features oil paintings that offer a beautiful and intellectually unsettling critique of contemporary life. Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station. 2525 Michigan Ave. , E3A, Santa Monica. (310) 453-5757; schomburggallery.com

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Elena Bajo, through March 28. Conceptdriven artist presents new site-specific project as Artist Lab Resident at 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. (310) 453-3711; 18thstreet.org “Alternative Realities,” through March 29. Contemporary photography that shows different ways of seeing, sparks imagination and explores visual language at Arena 1 Gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica.

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SPARC, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 8229560; SPARCinLA.org “Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection,” through April 26. dnj Gallery, Bergamot Station J1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 315-3551; dnjgallery.net “Kienholz: Berlin Hope,” through April 26. While living in Berlin, Germany, and Hope, Idaho, Ed Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz created art inspired by their place of residence. They were fascinated with German radios from World War II and created a White Easel series in Idaho. Some of the art is on display for the first time in the United States.

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(Continued from page 13) During a 2007 trip to Comic-Con International in San Diego, Gray had an epiphany that he missed the over-the-top pop culture landscape that had fueled Vamp Star. A year later, he and Starr reassembled the band with along with guitarist Ali D. and bassist Noe. Gray calls the new Vamp Star’s template of “grindhouse rock” quirky and experimental but not derivative.

B-movies and ‘70s exploitation films are “my favorite and biggest influences all around,” Gray said. Late ‘80s/early ‘90s B-movies such as “Bikini Drive-In” and “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers” and their soundtracks also figure into the mix of musical and lyrical influences, he said.

While Gray is also a huge fan of Faith No More and The Sparks and movies such as the “Black Emmanuelle” series and 1960s biker films such as “Bernie and Angel,” “Hell’s Angels on Wheels” and “Werewolf on Wheels,” Ali D. draws from a diverse array of acts ranging from rockers Guns ‘N’ Roses to

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All of the sex and supernatural flourishes are meant to be taken tongue in cheek.

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By Michael Aushenker For a solid decade, choreographer Erin Lamont has worked with performers such as Lady Gaga and on programs like the People’s Choice Awards and the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.

But it’s what she’s doing on the side that is gaining her a whole different kind of attention.

With residencies at The Federal clubs in Long Beach and North Hollywood and now at Harvelle’s in Santa Monica, Lamont has been on a roll, shake and strut with The Lalas, a burlesque company of seven beauties whose next performance at Harvelle’s is March 27.

“It started out as more of a fun side thing. It wasn’t really a job job,” Lamont said. “In the past two years it’s blown up, and we’re in a very good place now, constantly reinventing our show.”

Lamont, who oversees every single performance from the back of the club, said 50% of every show is new material, with each cabaret catering to its unique location. Of Harvelle’s, where the Lalas have already performed at twice, Lamont said that the ladies perform “on the bar, and there’s a lot of places above the bar where the girls can hang from. It’s a long, narrow space and they come in from the

back of the room.”

A lot of cross-synergy has developed between Lamont’s day job and her Lalas ladies. For instance, she met troupe member Tonya Kay while choreographing for a TV show and eventually folded her into the company. Lamont has also enlisted The Lalas for “Under the Gun” on the Lifetime network when the show needed a group of female dancers.

Lamont, who just choreographed scenes for an upcoming Mark Wahlberg movie called “The Gambler,” makes an important distinction between the burlesque tradition and the world of stripping.

“It’s how you take your clothes off and in what way,” Lamont said of The Lalas, who tastefully take their clothes off down to pasties and a G-string to a playlist of ‘70s rock and blues.

Humor, Lamont adds, also plays a huge role.

“We just want to entertain you and make you laugh,” she said. ª The Lalas perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at Harvelle’s Bar & Stage, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $25, with a two-drink minimum. 21+. Call (562) 344-LALA or visit thelalas.com. michael@argonautnews.com

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A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Thomas M. Rowland in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Thomas M. Rowland be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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 on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: April 11, 2014, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 29, Location: 111 N. Hill Street, Room 429, Los Angeles, CA. 90012.

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IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, 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 date noticed above.

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Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2014 Argonaut published: Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, Mar. 13, 20, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT File No. 2014 030050 The following person is doing business as: Yoga Salt, 4206 Lincoln Blvd., Marina Del Rey, CA. 90292.

Registered owners: Tamal Dodge, 4022 Moore St., 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: Tamal Dodge.

Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2014.

Argonaut published: Feb. 27, Mar. 6, 13, 20, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT File No. 2014 032182 The following person is doing business as: 1) KFS, INC Worldwide Logistics, 2207 E. Carson St. #C-2, Carson, CA. 90810, 2) Global International, 186 Intermodal Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX. 76177.

Registered owners: KFS, INC., 186 Intermodal Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX. 76177. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan. 1, 2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material

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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: KFS, INC. Title: Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2014. Argonaut published: Feb. 27, Mar. 6, 13, 20, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT File No. 2014 035951 The following person is doing business as: Rez, 5047 Bakman Ave. #212, North Hollywood, CA. 91601. Registered owners: 1) Eric Russell Sampson, 5047 Bakman Ave. #212, North Hollywood, CA. 91601, 2) Daniel James McMains, 11540 Hartsook St., North Hollywood, CA. 91601.

This business is conducted by a general partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Dec. 1, 2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Eric Sampson.

Title: N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2014.

Argonaut published: Feb. 27, Mar. 6, 13, 20, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT File No. 2014 040520 The following person is doing business as: Whiskey Neat Press, 4633 Ambrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA. 90027. Registered owners: Eric Monsky, 4633 Ambrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA. 90027. 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: Eric Monsky.

Title: President/Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2014. Argonaut published: Feb. 27, Mar. 6, 13, 20, 2014. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of

the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT File No. 2014 052087 The following person is doing business as: Agents of Adventure, 10949 Palms Blvd. #2, Los Angeles, CA. 90034. Registered owners: Eric Ludwig, 10949 Palms Blvd. #2, 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: Eric Ludwig. Title: Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2014. Argonaut published: Mar. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT File No. 2014 052427 The following person is doing business as: Olympios & Associates, 8017 Rayford Dr., Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Stavros Olympios, 8017 Rayford Dr., 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: Stavros Olympios. Title: Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2014. Argonaut published: Mar. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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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: Negar Shariatmadari.

Title: Miss. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Mar. 11, 2014. Argonaut published: Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

PUBLIC NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SUMMONS CASE NUMBER BC502285 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: Avenger123, an individual, and does 1 through 100 inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: Babak Bobby Saadian.DATED: Mar. 4, 2013.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program.

You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The courtís lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: Central District - Stanley Mosk, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90012.The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Bobby Saadian, Esq. Wilshire Law Firm; 3055 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Fl, Los Angeles, CA. 90010; 213-381-9988.DATE:March 4, 2014, John A. Clark, Clerk, by I. Chambers, Deputy.

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To Our Community, We are excited to announce that our distinguished hospital, Saint John’s Health Center, has become a member of Providence Health & Services, Southern California.

Renowned for clinical excellence and research, Saint John’s award-winning patient care and programs, including the John Wayne Cancer Institute, will continue serving residents of Santa Monica and the Westside, as well as those well beyond our community.

Saint John’s now becomes a leading partner in Providence’s integrated network of physicians, medical offices, urgent care centers and hospitals throughout Los Angeles County.

Your support and love for Saint John’s has helped fuel a vision for our future — one that maintains our Catholic tradition and a reputation for state-of-the-art technology and quality, while never forgetting that our true purpose is to serve those who come to us for care.

Thank you for your continuing support. Together, Saint John’s and Providence will be creating healthier communities.

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