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VOL 45, NO 18 Local News & Culture
Police Use of Force Questioned
OPINION Letters to the editor .......................... 9 Happy Birthday, Heal the Bay One tenacious woman got the ball rolling 30 years ago, but it’s up to us to continue her work .................................. 10
Attorney for mentally ill homeless man injured during Venice Beach arrest plans to sue LAPD . ................................. 12
Senior Center Gets Some TLC Westchester Rotary Club funds a $100,000 makeover ............................. 13
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Growth Spurt in Westchester Five-story apartment complex would replace former church and school on La Tijera Boulevard ................... 11 Photo by Edizen Stowell
council’s support for ‘gender equality’ on the beach . .................................... 11
Tacos Punta Cabras sets the local standard for Mexican seafood with just three menu items ................................... 19
Arts Free Comic Book Day arrives in Culver City with a BANG, POW, ZAP ............................ 18
Theme Becomes Mission Westchester Mental Health Guild Garden Tour shifts its focus to the drought ............. 28
Vibing to Find a Voice Roses and Cigarettes celebrate their debut album at South Bay Customs ......... 30
Concerts on Wheels Jam in the Van, a Venice startup success story, finds its niche in the music business one road trip at a time............. 14
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Let’s leave Santa Monica Airport alone Re: Letters to the editor, April 2 and March 19 With respect to Thomas Pleasure’s letter to the editor in the March 19 issue of The Argonaut, I would submit that wealthy pilots are required to follow the same FAA regulations that pilots of the middle class follow. By virtue of their wealth they are able to fly bigger or fancier airplanes, just as moneyed people can own Aston Martins. They should not be condemned for this. As for Harrison Ford’s forced landing on Penmar Golf Course in March, I would not necessarily blame poor aircraft maintenance. Statistically, certain flight mishaps do occur and for a wide variety of reasons. Your comment that Venice pilots flew dinky little planes over the beachfront for a long time without crashing is a testament to the relative safety of light aircraft travel! Concerning Alan Levenson’s letter to the editor in the April 2, issue, all pilots — including private pilots — are trained or should be given training in how to deal with a forced landing. There are specific procedures to
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Re: “The Marina’s Unsung Mother,” April 9 I will hold my head much higher today after reading about you, Ms. Lincoln. What strength to persevere through discrimination due to gender and race (I’m sure there was some of that too).
God bless you and thank you! Sharon DuBois Re:” $30-million School Construction Plan Comes Under Fire,” news, April 16 How do you embrace diversity if you suggest that anything Chinese is communist and not something you want in your neighborhood? You may not realize that many of the parents who send their children to the Mandarin immersion program live in the neighborhood, and a good many aren’t Chinese. But a great many people have invested time and effort into creating new opportunities for children in our neighborhood. What do you tell all the children in this program, that you don’t want them in your neighborhood even though it’s their neighborhood too? If we really want better schools, we need to invest in them. We won’t get better schools if we keep complaining when they’re to be built in our neighborhood. It’s an amazing program that does a credit to our neighborhood. This is not a foreign invasion. Fear-mongering like this is of no benefit to our children. Let’s give (Continued on page 10)
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• Marine Protected Areas: These are designated areas where fishing is limited or restricted, thereby allowing marine life a safe haven to reproduce and grow. “They’re a key part of restoring fish populations,” says Dana Murray, Heal the Bay’s senior coastal policy manager, “because they protect the entire ecosystem rather than just a single species.” Recently designated ocean preserves are located off Point Dume and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
banned in 1979, become concentrated higher up the food chain; thus, some of the fish from Santa Monica to Seal Beach are considered unsafe to eat. • Once-through Cooling: Many power plants in Southern California suck millions of gallons of seawater — every day — into their plants to cool their systems. “These plants trap and kill thousands of animals a year, not to mention the fish eggs, larvae and other microscopic life that is destroyed by the high suction and heat,” explains Murray. Heated water is released back into the ocean, which further damages the ecosystem.
• Plastics: Heal the Bay has been at the forefront of urging communities to ban single-use plastic bags and of educating But the work isn’t finished yet. creating the largest source of consumers of the ongoing As Santa Monica-based Heal the local water pollution. Droughtdangers plastics pose to the Bay prepares to launch into its friendly gardens, permeable environment. “Parts of our ocean fourth decade with a gala pavement and rainwater capture have more plastic than plankton,” • Oil Drilling in the Bay: fundraiser on May 14, many systems can reduce storm-water says Murray. “This plastic plague Although Hermosa Beach challenges remain: runoff. never biodegrades and can persist voters defeated an oil-drilling proposal last month with nearly 79% of the vote, only a regional moratorium can ensure the bay’s “This plastic plague never biodegrades and can future protection. Dorothy Green (center behind banner) rallies supporters in the mid-1980s
persist for hundreds of years in the ocean, breaking into smaller and smaller pieces and killing marine life.” — Dana Murray, Heal the Bay
• Water Conservation: “We’re working toward developing a regional comprehensive water management strategy that takes into account water quantity as well as water quality,” explains Nick Colin, Heal the Bay’s communication manager. “As the region’s premiere ‘water watchdog,’ we’re expanding our boundaries and scope to consider statewide issues as well.” • Storm-water Pollution: Urban runoff carries bacteria, toxic chemicals and trash from miles away into the bay,
• Global Climate Change: Rising temperatures raise the sea level everywhere, including in the Santa Monica Bay. Salinity could change. Movement of nutrients along currents could change. Entire ecosystems could change. • Habitat Restoration: Continued development along the bay’s watershed threatens the health of the bay. Preserving creeks, lagoons and wetlands (such as the Ballona Wetlands) not only keeps storm runoff from polluting the bay, it preserves the entire tidal ecosystem.
for hundreds of years in the ocean, breaking into smaller and smaller pieces and killing marine life.” • DDT and PCB Contamination: For decades, manufacturers of pesticides and industrial compounds containing DDT and PCBs dumped their waste into the sewage system, which then discharged into the bay. Today, a “toxic hotspot” of more than 110 metric tons — the world’s largest DDT dump site — sits on the Palos Verdes Shelf and is designated a Superfund site. DDT, banned in 1972, and PCB,
Dorothy died in 2008. She’d battled cancer for decades, but that never stopped her. Dorothy was indeed a tenacious, lovable S.O.B. who once told the Los Angeles Times that we chose the name Heal the Bay because “it communicates hope.” Just like Dorothy did. Heal the Bay’s 30th anniversary gala happens May 14 at the Jonathan Club, 850 Palisades Beach Road, Santa Monica. Tickets are $500. Call (310) 4511500 or visit healthebay.org. Kelly Hayes-Raitt, a Santa Monica resident, blogs at LivingLargeInLimbo.com. Contact her at KellyArgonautColumn@aol.com.
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them all the opportunities they deserve and not try to impede every attempt for them to find a place to learn. Baron Brady Re: “Reinventing School,” cover story, March 26 I love Grandview Elementary! To sum them up, the principal
and teachers are proactive in their efforts, large and small. This is so important. They are thinking ahead, and you can see and feel that positive energy everywhere. They also handle problems that come up immediately and effectively. The children naturally develop a depth of multicultural respect and understanding, not just through immersion, but from a
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curriculum that explores many cultures. Priceless. We commute from Topanga to go here and have never looked back. I am so grateful for this school. Monica McCarthy I oppose paving over the only remaining green space in our neighborhood for another building that we don’t need. It’s
a waste of precious green space and taxpayer money. As others have said, there is already plenty of empty classroom space in existing schools. And on our already insanely congested neighborhood streets, more traffic is untenable. This is not the solution. Also, our youth are connected to their iPhones and computers and obesity is at an all-time high.
We need this space for recreation and respite to address physical and mental health. Once you pave over green space is it gone forever. I hope we don’t let this happen. Nancy Williams HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE ARGONAUT: Send to letters @argonautnews.com.
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New Apartments Slated for Downtown Westchester Five-story, 136-unit complex on La Tijera Boulevard would replace former church and school By Bonnie Eslinger A sign of changing times for the once low-profile urban enclave, Westchester could soon add a five-story apartment complex of 136 rental units to its small downtown area. Slated for 8740 La Tijera Blvd. — the former site of Westchester Christian Church and Westchester Secondary Charter School — the building would contain only four fewer housing units than the controversial mixed-use TriCal complex greenlighted last year on La Tijera near the San Diego (405) Freeway, about 1.3 miles away. Plans for the project submitted by developers CIM Group show a corner building with two levels of underground parking, three driveways on South Sepulveda Eastway, and amenities that include a pool and fitness center. On April 21, the Neighborhood Council of Westchester – Playa’s Planning and Land Use Committee voted unanimously to forward the project to the full council with a recommendation of support. Residents of the adjacent neighborhood voiced concerns during the meeting about increased traffic, potential parking problems and noise that they expected the development to bring to their area. Committee Chair Patricia Lyon said the challenge for community leaders was to find the balance between the desires of residents
parking spaces are planned for tenants and their guests. The land at the corner of La Tijera and South Sepulveda Eastway is “a good place to provide housing,” Hayden said. Members of the public and some committee members challenged that assertion during the approximately 90-minute discussion on the project, saying the area was already heavily impacted by vehicle traffic. Steve Wood, who lives on Kittyhawk Avenue directly behind the proposed developAn architect’s rendering shows the complex as it would ment, said the apartment complex look from the corner of La Tijera Boulevard and South was too big and that locals fear Sepulveda Eastway cars belonging to future tenants and guests would overwhelm available street parking. “The parking is a huge issue “Westchester has been really with this. The overflow is going fortunate to be the last sleepy, to be unbelievable,” Wood said. single-family home kind of “Obviously I’m not for this plan at all. Five stories — there’s community. We’ve been found.” nothing like that in the neighbor— Cyndi Hench hood. It’s going to affect all of our ocean breezes.” Donald Duckworth, executive to maintain the existing quality The median home price in director of the Westchester Town of life and the building rights of Westchester has increased by Center, said while local business property owners who want to 11% year after year and 39% owners respect the concerns of take advantage of the neighboroverall since 2011, Realtor the neighboring residents, hood’s white-hot real estate Stephanie Younger told The “housing [availability] in Los market. Argonaut in January. Angeles is at a crisis level.” “Westchester was the best-kept Matthew Hayden, a planning New residents could also attract secret [in real estate],” Lyon told consultant hired by CIM, told the the audience of about two dozen committee the apartment complex new businesses that would help revitalize the area, Duckworth people. “The secret’s out when would have a mix of studio, said. you see the house down the one-bedroom and two-bedroom “We think this is a wonderful street from you sold for so much units priced at market rates project. It’s well designed,” more than you could have ever ranging from about $1,700 to imagined.” $2,400 per month. A total of 212 Duckworth said.
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Hayden and project architect Roger Wolf told the committee that they had already made changes to the project in response to community concern, including the addition of a 10-foot wide strip of land behind the complex with cypress trees that would function as a landscape buffer. Another consultant hired by the developer told committee members that studies projected a minimal traffic impact from the new tenants compared to the number of car trips generated by the property’s church and school uses. A traffic study concluded that the project would generate up to 508 daily trips — 64 fewer peak weekday morning-hour trips and 56 more peak afternoon-hour trips than during the property’s former uses. Lyon noted that membership of the now-shuttered Westchester Christian Church had dwindled over the years. “We’re no longer fooling ourselves that this was an active church with 500 people there on the weekends,” she said. To gain the committee’s approval, CIM representatives also agreed to plan for additional guest parking on a corner of the surface area outside the apartment complex. In response to concerns by some residents and committee members, CIM First Vice President of (Continued on page 31)
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Topless Sunbathing in Venice? The Venice Neighborhood Council made waves last week with a 12-2 vote of support for asking city officials to lift the ban on topless sunbathing by women at Venice Beach. Many believe women should have equal rights as men when it comes to catching some rays. “It is a gender equality issue, but it is also about starting a conversation to get people involved in their community and in local politics,” said Melissa Diner, the neighborhood council member who introduced the idea. Topless women were once relatively commonplace on Venice Beach until the L.A. City
Council enacted new citywide nudity regulations in the 1970s. For the neighborhood council’s proposal to move forward, the city council would have to change an ordinance that specifically requires women to keep their nipples covered. L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents the Westside, said he has other priorities. “While I appreciate the idea, right now my priorities for Venice are increasing public safety, housing the homeless and protecting affordable housing, reining in overdevelopment, enhancing mobility and improv-
ing the delivery of core city services,” Bonin said. Other local reaction has been mixed, but largely supportive or indifferent: “Who’s it going to hurt? I don’t see a single victim here. If anything, [topless sunbathing] will encourage more people to come to our beach, which is one of our biggest revenue generators. And it could bring more interesting alternative people to the community, which is what Venice is all about.” — Real estate agent Laura Alice “Those of us who have lived here for over 40 years remember
the topless beach. It was 1973 and I was there in less than full gear. But when men in trench coats started lurking around on the sand, it was time to call it quits for me.” — Retired high school teacher Gail Rogers “I think it’s kind of a cool idea. People talk about keeping Venice hip and real — well, this is about as cool and real and funky as it gets. And if it draws more attention to Venice, why not?” — Venice Ale House owner Tom Elliot “There is so much to discuss and work on in Venice beyond
this obviously important women’s issue that has turned into a silly circus.” — Longtime Venice Beach homeowner Jack Hoffman “It’s issues like this that make our community so interesting and fascinating.” — Venice Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Donna Lasman — Compiled by Gary Walker
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Violent Arrest Prompts Claim of Excessive Force Attorney for mentally ill homeless man plans to sue LAPD over Venice clash By Gary Walker The attorney for a mentally ill homeless man who was hospitalized after a violent encounter with police along the Venice boardwalk says he is planning to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the LAPD and the city. The Aug. 7 arrest of 52-yearold Samuel Arrington, which has already prompted an internal police investigation, was captured on cell phone video by a bystander. The widely publicized footage, also posted at argonautnews. com, shows Arrington seated on a folding chair during a verbal standoff with police before he is surrounded by officers, pulled to the ground, struck multiple times and jolted with a Taser multiple times. Arrington had refused to sign a police citation for violating city ordinances that included having an unsecured umbrella, vending outside a designated area and use of city property for vending, according to police reports. The
Officers used a Taser five times during the arrest of Samuel Arrington video shows officers warning Arrington that he would be arrested if he did not sign it. Arrington’s attorney, Nazareth Haysbert, said Arrington suffered broken ribs, bruises and cuts — including a head wound that required 18 stitches to close — during his arrest, which involved eight police officers.
An LAPD arrest report states that Arrington exhibited “aggressive behavior” after he refused to sign the citation and police used a Taser five times in order to control him. In the report LAPD officer Jayson Siller also states that officer Daniel Ramirez struck Arrington in the head twice with a closed fist after Arrington grabbed another officer’s shirt during the struggle on the boardwalk near Sunset Avenue. Ramirez states in the report that Arrington had reached for another officer’s gun, a claim Haysbert denies. Bystander footage “shows pretty clearly that [Arrington] was being held down on all sides by police officers,” Haysbert said. The arrest report states that Ramirez informed Siller during the encounter that Ramirez had taken Arrington into custody weeks earlier for resisting arrest. Both officers are members of the LAPD Pacific Division’s Beach Patrol. Arrington, who has been
diagnosed with bipolar disorder, has been arrested five times on Venice Beach and was accused of resisting arrest in each instance, Haysbert said. Haysbert has called on the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the FBI to investigate what he calls a “pattern and practice of criminal police misconduct toward Mr. Arrington and others like him who are afflicted with mental illness.” Haysbert argues that officers should have known that Arrington, who is no longer homeless, was mentally ill because Ramirez had a history with Arrington and police had previously transported Arrington for medical treatment. “This is a classic example of police officers mistaking a mental disability for non-compliance,” Haysbert said. Having prior knowledge of Arrington’s erratic behavior, police should have called for a special mental health unit to respond, Haysbert said.
The LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit / Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team — known by the acronym SMART — assists police during encounters with those believed to be mentally ill and also provides placement in or referrals to mental health facilities. The LAPD arrest report does not mention any contact with the mental health unit. Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents Venice, was recently appointed vice chair of a new council ad hoc committee on homelessness. One of the committee’s recommendations is for “funding to link pilot programs like the ‘The Mental Evaluation Unit’” to other city departments. Bonin called the mental health unit “robust” but said the city needs more teams. “I’d really like to see one based out of Pacific Division,” Bonin said. gary@argonautnews.com
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Senior Center to get $100,000 makeover Westchester Rotary Club funds upgrades for vital community hub helping its elderly patrons. “For this year’s project it seemed like a good fit to bring attention to a resource in our community and to make it better,” Bobrow wrote in an email. “We hope that this spotlight will bring better programs, more members and greater utilization of the Senior Center.” Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and closed on the weekends, the center sees about 70 senior citizens per day, said The Westchester Senior Citizen Center promotes Joan Brunckhurst, president of social engagement the facility’s senior club. “They come for lunch and the activities,” Brunckhurst said “I have a friend who will not while surveying a Friday come to this building because she noontime crowd, sitting in small clusters eating and socializing. says it’s very depressing — that’s “[Otherwise] they’d just stay the word she uses.” — Ellie Ross, 86 home and be isolated.” Don Christenson, 82 and a center regular, said he doesn’t Hired contractors started work The Westchester Rotary takes on care if the place looks nicer, on the senior center this week, a community project every other particularly since the improvements will close the facility for a with Rotary members and other year and has a long history with few days. volunteers scheduled to come in the senior center, including “Now we’ll be out of a place to this weekend to do painting, hosting an annual luncheon, relax,” he said. cleaning and small projects, Bobrow said. The group hopes Christenson said he also wished said Rotarian Warren Bobrow. the renovation project will not some of the improvement money Work is expected to wrap up by only revitalize the building but would be used to bring back May 8. also boost public interest in Photo by Bonnie Eslinger
By Bonnie Eslinger Ellie Ross has been coming to the Westchester Senior Citizen Center for more than 25 years, but she knows other older folks who won’t give the community hub a chance. “This place is a mess,” said Ross, 86. “I have a friend who will not come to this building because she says it’s very depressing — that’s the word she uses.” Nonetheless, the windowless, beige-walled auditorium near the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Manchester Avenue is a refuge from loneliness for many aging residents in the Westside community. It’s also a spot for them to grab a hot lunch, take a fitness class, join a bingo game or kick up their heels at the center’s monthly dances, among other activities and services. Aiming to make the center a more inviting place, the Rotary Club of Westchester is giving the city-run facility a $100,000 makeover, including a remodeled kitchen, fresh paint, garden improvements, an art installation, refinished floors and smoothing over some uneven concrete on the walkway in front of the building.
news in brief A stabbing inside the Venice Beach Drum Circle has broken a lull in the sporadic violence plaguing the freewheeling music and dance party. A man who was stabbed during the regular Sunday evening spectacle was transported to UCLA Medical Center with a single stab wound to his upper torso, according to police. Officers arrested a suspect at the scene at approximately 6:45 p.m., LAPD Sgt. Manny Hernandez said. “There is a second suspect, and we’re very close to making an arrest,” he added. Police began closely monitoring the Drum Circle and issuing citations for open alcohol containers last spring. In March and April 2014, officers encountered groups of participants who refused to disperse after nightfall, with some even throwing glass bottles at officers and rushing police lines. Veteran Drum Circle participants say groups of
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unfamiliar and frequently intoxicated young men are to blame for the unruly behavior.
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Man stabbed during Drum Circle
Locals Gift Ambulance to Mexico A fire station in a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico, is getting a new ambulance and some much-needed firefighting equipment thanks to efforts by the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club, Marina Del Rey Hospital and the Los Angeles Fire Department. LAFD Battalion Chief Armando Hogan presented Ajijic/Lake Chapala Fire Chief Lorenzo Antonio Salazar with the ambulance on April 20 during a ceremony at Fire Station 5 in Westchester. The donation has been in the works since Playa-Venice Rotarian Jim Vuchas visited the group’s sister club in Ajijic/Lake Chapala two years ago. “I was taken by the lack of equipment. If there was a fire in Ajijic, they had to pretty much let it just die down because they had units but they didn’t have any fire hoses. So we took it upon ourselves to get in touch with
Internet service to the center’s computers. The amenity was discontinued a few months ago due to cost and lack of use, the seniors were told. One big-ticket item of the senior center makeover is renovation of the kitchen, which will include replacing cabinets, countertops and appliances. Another is fixing the walkway right outside the facility’s front door. Many users of the center said a ramp with uneven concrete “was difficult to navigate using walkers or wheelchairs,” Bobrow said. Funding for the Rotary project is coming from the organization and community fundraising, along with “significant donations” from the Drollinger Family Foundation, The Hannon Foundation and the Westchester Women’s Club, according to Bobrow. Ross said she was looking forward to seeing the finished product and is thankful for the Rotary’s help. “It will be cleaner, that’s for sure — so that’s good,” said Ross. “We come because we need the fellowship and companionship. We need that more than anything else.”
Lorenzo Antonio Salazar (left), a fire chief in Mexico, bonds with LAFD firefighter Roger Rubio
the Los Angeles Fire Department to see if we could help them,” Vuchas said. Rotarians obtained the ambulance, and Marina Del Rey Hospital outfitted the vehicle with a defibrillator machine and various medical supplies. Through an LAFD initiative called Los Bomberos (The Firefighters), L.A. firefighters have provided Ajijic / Lake Chapala firefighters with training and $40,000 worth of equipment that included boots, pants, jackets, helmets, hoses and nozzles. “In Los Angeles, they’re very strict about our gear. Once it’s
torn or outdated, we have to change it. But our outdated gear is still very good and they can still use it,” Station 5 firefighter Adrian Vasquez said . LAFD Chief Patrick Butler, the son of a Mexican immigrant, said the U.S. often takes its first-rate firefighting equipment for granted. “With the support of our communities and folks like the Rotary Club, we can lend that extra helping hand to folks in Mexico, which makes us a better society,” Butler said. Through a translator, Salazar thanked all involved.
“This donation will help 54,000 residents in the area of Lake Chapala, and out of those 54,000 people approximately 4,000 are Canadians or U.S. citizens who have retired and live in Mexico,” Salazar said. “We get approximately 250 to 300 calls a month, and at least 100 of those are medical emergencies.” Salazar and Ajijic / Lake Chapala firefighter Mario Alberto Gonzales drove the ambulance home to Mexico the following day.
TEDx Returns to LMU Loyola Marymount University hosts its third annual TEDx conference on Saturday, with this year’s event featuring a 10-speaker bill headlined by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. TEDx conferences are independently organized events modeled after the popular TED lecture series run by the nonprofit Sapling Foundation. Saturday’s event begins at 10 a.m. on campus at Murphy Hall. Tickets are $45. Call (310) 781-0963.
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F E a ture Jam in the Van at Joshua Tree National Park
Concerts on Wheels Jam in the Van, a Venice startup success story, finds its niche in the music business one road trip at a time By Bliss Bowen Living in Los Angeles, we’re surrounded by cars — surely some statistics geek could determine that Angelenos see more wheeled vehicles per capita than residents of any other U.S. metropolis. After a while they meld into one amorphous blur. No one who has spotted the Jam in the Van bus would claim it blends in with the scenery, however, unless they’ve been snacking on Alice’s mushrooms. Created four years ago by Venice-based friends Dave Bell and Jake Cotler with seed investor Louis Peek, Jam in the Van is, in oversimplified terms, a mobile studio. Its premise is ingeniously simple: Invite bands onboard. Make quality performance videos. Share online. For free. That concept caught on fairly quickly with independent artists after some early bumps in the road. When the first van — actually an RV — collapsed near an abandoned west Texas goat farm in 2012, a successful IndieGoGo campaign enabled an upgrade to another psychedelically painted (by ubiquitous Venice artist Jules Muck), cozily remodeled, bohemian-vibed, solar-powered mobile studio. PAGE 14 THE ARGONAUT April 30, 2015
In action, it’s a hub of creative community and a winning proposition all around: for Jam in the Van’s hard-working crew, for the bands invited to play and “get heady” in JITV’s tricked-out hippie pad, for the lifestyle brands whose advertising budgets support the enterprise (Lagunitas Brewing Co. currently leading the charge), and for the fans who log on to view new performance videos and
the Wood Brothers, Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real, Venice’s own Insects vs. Robots (featuring Willie Nelson’s other son, Micah) … JITV’s video library testifies to a wealth of interesting, passionate music being created beyond mainstream radio’s factory gates. Pre-JITV, Cotler toiled in a law firm, and Bell was “doing the Hollywood assistant thing” for TV production companies. Both
“We kind of bridge that gap between [sponsors and bands], yet keep it authentic. … It’s our baby, so it’s our curation.” — Dave Bell, Jam in the Van interviews uploaded four times a week. LA Canvas dubbed JITV “the new MTV.” Ryan Bingham, Blues Traveler, Jurassic 5’s Chali 2Na, Gary Clark Jr., George Clinton, Dustbowl Revival, John Fullbright, Leftover Cuties, Matisyahu, Meiko, the Mother Hips, Pimps of Joytime, Black Lips, Rebirth Brass Band, the Record Company, Xavier Rudd, Allen Stone, Switchfoot, Otis Taylor, Tea Leaf Green,
were ardent music lovers. Cotler, a veteran festival-goer, persuaded Bell to make the trek to Bonnaroo in Tennessee — his first festival. “I’m a big Springsteen fan, and he was headlining, so we went and I loved it,” Bell recalls. “We were trying to book an RV for the next year’s festival; joking around, Jake sent me ads for an RV to buy on Craigslist, and said, ‘Why don’t we buy one for
nothing?’ I said, ‘Why don’t we have some bands play in it?’ Two weeks later, we parked in Jake’s backyard” in Venice, and were soon filming JITV’s first session — with the Muddy Reds, who Cotler had seen at a house party. They’ve learned a lot since then. “They were complete professionals,” Venice resident Chris Isom says of his band Nocona’s experience. “The Jam in the Van format is such a unique opportunity for bands to put up or shut up in terms of playing a venue without a big sound system or a ton of high-tech gadgetry, and/ or being able to deliver their content in a stripped-down, no-bullshit manner to a relatively large number of people. We are firm adherents to the Minutemen/D. Boone/ Mike Watt ethos ‘we jam econo,’ and we live that. JITV gave us an opportunity to try and prove it.” “Jam in the Van is an amazing resource for new bands entering the market,” says Grand Ole Echo organizer Ben Reddell, who played bass with Louisiana country boy Rod Melancon in a JITV segment last year and also helped coordinate recent shows in Echo Park where JITV was present. “The content they generate is at such a high standard in not only audio and
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Micah Nelson of the Venice band Insects vs. Robots
Danielle Sullivan of Portland’s Wild Ones
L.A. band Dorothy recorded with Jam in the Van during South by Southwest
Jam in the Van at the High Sierra Festival video quality, but also in vibe and feel.” Bell says the acts they choose reflect the type of concerts they would want to attend. “There are definitely certain styles of music we like for ourselves personally, but we want the platform to be eclectic,” he says. “It’s just gotta speak to us. For me, I like artists and musicians to be authentic.” Over six mid-March days at Austin’s South By Southwest festival (“Definitely the most corporate we get all year long,” Bell says), they filmed 42 bands — including American Aquarium, Futurebirds, Son Little, the Plain White T’s and Surfer Blood — at the GQ Magazine-JITV House. It was a far cry from three years ago, when they filmed barely two dozen bands and camped out in a tent. During the second weekend of Coachella, Jam in the Van set up camp with five kegs of beer at a nearby ranch and recorded performances by Saint Motel, Phox, Radkey, Bad Suns and Chicano Batman. They’ve also set up microphones at Bonnaroo, High Sierra, Moogfest, New Orleans Jazz Fest and Telluride Blues & Brews. On Saturday the JITV crew drives to Desert Daze in Mecca, Calif., to work with War Paint, Dan Deacon, RJD2, Minus the
L.A. indie rockers Drug Cabin squeezed into the van in January
Bear and Deap Valley, among others. Later next month they hit Napa Valley’s BottleRock fest and Monterey’s California Roots Festival. “We put out four new sessions a week — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday,” Cotler explains. “So we have to make sure we have enough bands to fill those blocks.”
stuff, I handle the back end — it’s like, ‘Hey, I’m gonna book this guy.’” “It’s our baby, so it’s our curation,” Bell adds. “The two of us are the tastemakers, and we take pride in that.” Their curation has developed a lifestyle brand attractive to their corporate “partners,” which begs the question: How do they keep JITV self-sustaining and
“The Jam in the Van format is such a unique opportunity for bands to put up or shut up in terms of playing a venue without a big sound system or a ton of high-tech gadgetry.” — Chris Isom, lead vocalist of Nocona A small army of sound engineers, camera operators, video editors and interns help them pull off major events. Day to day, the JITV load is shouldered by Bell and Cotler. “We get hundreds of bands hitting us up every week,” Cotler says. “Dave and I are on the computer all day, working on the website or contacting people about events and raising money. If I come across music that I like, Dave handles the front-end
musicians. We kind of bridge that gap between the two, yet keep it authentic. We don’t necessarily tell our sponsors who we are filming beforehand; they just buy into it and [trust] that if we’ve selected them, it will be a good band.” Bands, meanwhile, are welcome to use their video for self-promotion and booking gigs, though they can’t upload it to their own site. Cotler says they’ve discussed doing a podcast, if they can find time. “Hopefully in the future there’s gonna be more money and more time and we’ll be able to keep expanding,” he says. “One definite long-term goal is to have our own festival.” Another goal is to find new headquarters, hopefully in Venice. “We all know that Venice is one of the more pricey neighborhoods in a pricey city,” Bell notes. “I don’t see us going far from here. Eventually we’d love to have more jam vans around the country at different places at all times. But I think our roots will always be based here.”
independent? Do sponsors ever dictate artist choices? “No, it’s more like we have this platform that artists want to be a part of; they know the content is going to be excellent,” Bell says. “And that it’s not some corporate company coming at them. Because of that, certain companies have seen our platform To learn more, visit jaminthevan.com or check out JITV’s YouTube channel, as a way to get their products and their youtube.com/user/JamintheVan. brand into the hands of hundreds of
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Actress Mindy Kaling was among the crowd at last year’s “Incognito” art sale
A bittersweet benefit Saturday’s ‘Incognito’ art sale precedes the Santa Monica Museum of Art’s departure from Bergamot Station By Michael Aushenker Santa Monica Museum of Art may be leaving Bergamot Station Arts Complex at the end of May, but it won’t be going “Incognito”… except for this Saturday, of course. This year’s 11th annual Incognito art sale should be no less exuberant than the previous 10, as 700 pieces of art by some 500 established or emerging artists are sold at $375 each to raise money for museum programing. The works are signed on the back so that artists’ identities are revealed only after purchase. But it’s safe to say the art will be world class. Longtime Santa Monica Museum of Art associates Ed Ruscha, Don Bachardy, John Balderssari, Mark Bradford, Gronk, Andy Moses, Simone Forte, Kathy Oki, Tim Shaw and Charles Gaines are joined on the roster by alternative rocker Devendra Banhart, recent 18th Street Arts Center exhibitor Alice Wang, Abbot Kinney-based photographer Kwaku Alston, Venice-by-way-of-South Africa muralist Ralph Ziman and Venice gorilla
painter Isabelle Alford-Lago, among many others. The Santa Monica Museum of Art is relatively unique in that it does not maintain a permanent collection. When it departs from Bergamot Station after a 17-year residency, museum staff will temporarily set up shop in a Century City
SMMoA’s future at Bergamot has been in doubt since a major rent increase last year (part of the Bergamot footprint is privately owned), but Longhauser said the nonprofit museum was blindsided by a Santa Monica City Council decision in September to change up Bergamot redevelopment plans.
“We certainly hadn’t anticipated this. We were looking forward to being the anchor tenant at Bergamot Station with the train coming.” — Santa Monica Museum of Art Executive Director Elsa Longhauser
office suite while pursuing pop-up exhibits and solidifying future plans, SMMoA Executive Director Elsa Longhauser said. That could mean anything from leaving Santa Monica altogether to leasing a different space at Bergamot after it begins functioning as a light rail passenger stop next year for the incoming Expo line.
An initial $92-million proposal would have doubled the museum’s floor space to 20,000 square feet in a brand-new, $7-million building on public land that came coupled with a $10-million endowment by the developer. But plans for a hotel and a large retail presence hit resistance with slow-growth neighbors and a coalition of commercial
gallery owners fearing they’d be priced out, and city leaders opted to pursue a smaller project that included a $2.9-million home for SMMoA and no endowment. “We certainly hadn’t anticipated this. We were looking forward to being the anchor tenant at Bergamot Station with the train coming. The fact that this was a train hub with a station was a wonderful opportunity,” Longhauser said. Longhauser had hoped the museum could be a focal point for a new convergence of transit, retail and art that would “meet the needs of a much broader community,” she said. “That was our vision; that was our plan. We’re still named as the anchor.” However, “the city of Santa Monica has different priorities and is not as anxious to redevelop Bergamot and make it a cultural community,” she said. SMMoA spokeswoman Lynda Dorf said Bergamot redevelopment isn’t happening fast enough for the museum to remain there in the short-term.
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Longhauser said this third move could be a blessing in disguise. “There are a number of interesting possibilities. The mission will stay the same, absolutely. We’re taking the time to examine and rethink the most important way to be hosting a museum in this time of our culture,” she said. Museum leaders may not choose a permanent location for another few months, Longhauser said, adding that all energies are currently focused on this weekend’s benefit art sale.
Up, Up and Give Away! Free Comic Book Day arrives in Culver City with a BANG, POW, ZAP
Photo by Vince Bucci
By Michael Aushenker With this weekend’s opening of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” ushering in a summer blockbuster season that will also see Marvel’s “Ant-Man” come to life on screen in July and a “Fantastic Four” reboot in August, so returns Free Comic Book Day. “The great thing about the The annual nationwide comic Santa Monica Museum of Art is book shop holiday started 13 years ago in the Bay Area with that it can take place anywhere.” “the Big Two” among comics — Santa Monica Museum of Art Executive Director publishers, Marvel and DC, Elsa Longhauser offering free issues of their latest superhero fare to entice readers. Mike Wellman, co-owner of and satisfy the needs of the “It will be a celebration of all of The Comic Bug in Culver City, diverse new audience.” the wonderful work we’ve done has ambitious plans to turn Free On Feb. 10, city council and the artists who have particiComic Book Day 2015 into members revised a development pated over the years — a chance something more like “Free provision to assert that the to say goodbye to Bergamot and Comic-Con Day.” redeveloped Bergamot would look forward to the next phase,” He’s upping the ante with retain space to house SMMoA she said. “The great thing about deejays, food trucks, face — or a different significant the Santa Monica Museum of painting, costumed characters cultural institution. Art is that it can take place and appearances by several “We want to be clear: We anywhere.” pen-and-ink luminaries from supported whomever the city noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the “Incognito 2015” begins with a would have chosen, but the Culver City Teen Center on VIP preview reception at 5 p.m. delays of this decision are now Overland Avenue. followed by the art sale at 7:30 making redevelopment and Headlining the event are p.m. at the Santa Monica construction at least three to five “Spider-Gwen” artist Robbi Museum of Art, 2525 Michigan years away,” Dorf said. Rodriguez, “Lola XO” artist Ave., G1, Santa Monica. Tickets Santa Monica Museum of Art to the sale start at $150; preview Siya Oum, “Deadpool” artist opened in 1988 on Main Street Scott Koblish and “Batman” tickets at $1,000. Call (310) in the Ocean Park district, inker Danny Miki. 586-6488 or visit smmoa.org. relocating to Bergamot Station a Several indie cartoonists are michael@argonautnews.com also set to appear, including decade later. Westchester’s own Richard Starkings, creator/writer of “Elephantmen,” and Rafael Navarro, the magic hand behind the “Sonambulo” series of luchador detective comics. Miki appears just in time for this week’s major DC release, “Batman” Issue No. 40, featuring the death of Batman and the introduction of Commissioner James Gordon as Gotham City’s new Dark Knight. Portland-based Rodriguez used to live locally and participated in past Free Comic Book Day events at Wellman’s original The Comic Bug store in Manhattan Beach. He finds himself suddenly in the industry’s limelight with “Spider-Gwen,” an alternate universe re-imagining of Peter Parker’s girlfriend as a spider-powered heroine. “This thing exploded last fall,” Wellman said. The success of Marvel’s “Spider-Gwen” drives home how much female comic-book Artist Samira Yamin, consultant Sharón Zoldan and fandom has grown in recent collector Lori Sandel contemplate a purchase during years. the 2013 “Incognito” art sale PAGE 18 THE ARGONAUT April 30, 2015
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“We are leaving Bergamot Station because the infrastructure of the area is not ready or able to handle the influx of people once the train arrives in 2016. Further, our rent has been raised to a number that makes staying on site impractical for a nonprofit museum,” Dorf said. “It was our hope … that we would be under construction and Bergamot Station would be prepared to properly welcome
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A special Spider-Gwen image created by artist Siya Oum, appearing at Saturday’s Free Comic Book Day celebration in Culver City Wellman said “Spider-Gwen” has become a “Star Wars” comics-level seller. Meanwhile, female takes on Thor, Captain Marvel and even comics’ first major Muslim heroine, Kamala Khan (a.k.a. Ms. Marvel), have become hits. DC Comics’ Batgirl is also currently enjoying a huge revival. Not only is Spider-Gwen appearing in person at the teen center — alongside Spider-Man, Wonder Woman and other cosplayers — The Bug and Marvel are also giving away free special-edition reprints of the inaugural issue of “SpiderGwen.” “It’s a great introduction to the character,” said Wellman, who has experienced both the creative and sales sides of the comics equation. He’s collaborated with “Sonambulo” artist Navarro on several series, including the recent “Guns A’ Blazin’,” and has a new book —a biographical comic about alternative rock band Faith No More, drawn by Matt Jacobs — out on June 24.
Free Comic Book Day 2015 marks the first year that Marvel and DC will give away copies of the first issues of two new multi-series directions —“Secret Wars” and “Divergence,” respectively — instead of reprints. For eager new readers, “this is a great way to jump in,” Wellman said. “Most of the stuff is free. You’ve got nothing to lose.” The Comic Bug’s Free Comic Book Day event takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Culver City Teen Center, 4153 Overland Ave., Culver City. Call (310) 204-3240 or visit the comicbug.com. Dream World Comics (12402 Washington Pl., Culver City; 310-390-7860, dreamworldcomics.com) and Geoffrey’s Hi De Ho Comics & Books with Pictures (1431 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica; 310-394-2820, hidehocomics.com) are also having special events and giveaways to mark the occasion. michael@argonautnews.com
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Three’s a crowd Tacos Punta Cabras sets the local standard for Mexican seafood with just three menu items: tacos, tostadas and cócteles Photo by Tacos Punta Cabras
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The restaurant’s handmade white-corn tortillas are taken up a notch by being seasoned with a little citrus zest, olive oil and spices. This elevated, outsidethe-box treatment of tortillas was unheard of in Los Angeles until Gill and Snukal had their way with the humble tortilla. The result is an enticingly aromatic, chewy, handmade beauty that’d be good enough to eat on its own.
why nobody ever spiked a cóctel with the extremely savory Southeast Asian fish condiment before. It comes in a little plastic cup and is packed with plenty of chopped, plump jumbo shrimp, creamy scallops and buttery avocado. Make sure to scoop up the seafood with the accompanying saltine, as this is the traditional Mexican way of eating it. If you’re doing the gluten-free thing, that’s cool too. Just make
At the end of the day, what sets Tacos Punta Cabras apart comes down to the little things that so many other Mexican restaurants just don’t take as seriously. They taste even better, of course, when wrapped around the tempura-battered wild-caught catch of the day and topped with habanero mango salsa. But before I write a small creative nonfiction paperback completely on the tortillas alone, I’ll move on to the rest of the menu. For starters, Tacos Punta Cabras’ cóctel mixto stands out from the hundred or so other Mexicanstyle seafood cocktails the L.A. area has to offer due to the addition of one simple ingredient: fish sauce. Once you take your first slurp, you’ll realize that it’s kind of a no-brainer and wonder
sure to ask for them to substitute the saltines with a corn-fried tostada or two. Vegans will feel equally at home here as omnivores do, with tempura’d tofu versions of their namesake fish taco and soft tofu available in their cócteles as well. And the shaved cauliflower “ceviche” packs a serious flavor punch and should be considered by anyone who eats here, regardless of eating philosophy. Because, veggies. At this point, you’ve probably guessed that chef Josh used to (Continued on page 20) April 30, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 19
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work in fine dining. Well, he has — at Ludobites and Urasawa, to be specific. He’s also the founder of the Supper Liberation Front, a cult-favorite underground dinner series. For those who get a kick from secret suppers, it’s a good idea to do a quick Google search and get on their email list so you can see what these chefs are capable of outside the bounds of the tortilla. At the end of the day, what sets Tacos Punta Cabras apart comes down to the little things that so
many other Mexican restaurants just don’t take as seriously. Besides the food, the laid-back hip-hop and West Coast punk rock being played through the speakers (music genres that go hand-in-hand with the cooking style) will have you feeling relaxed enough to return to work happy and full. Gill and Snukal also get bonus points for going the extra mile and using soft-asFiji alkaline water for their cooking and in making their thick, full-flavored aguas frescas like horchata, agua de tamarindo and agua de jamaica.
As you circle the block anxiously looking for parking, try to remember that all the fuss will be well worth it, I assure you. And don’t sleep on taking home a dozen handmade tortillas while you’re at it. They’re probably the best handmade white corn tortillas in Greater Los Angeles. Tacos Punta Cabras is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Javier Cabral tweets as @theglutster.
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30 Years for Berman Kandel
Newbury Park Home
On June 1st, 1985, Debra Berman and Pat Kandel created a steadfast partnership that holds true to this day. "The Strength of Teamwork" has always been their motto, and it has set them apart from the competition over the years. These two experienced agents have become household names on the Westside, and are constantly on the forefront of their industry. On June 1st, 2015 Berman Kandel will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of their real estate partnership, and would like to thank all the people who have made their careers so amazing and rewarding along the way. Berman Kandel, 310-424-5512, info@bermankandel.com.
“This exquisitely remodeled four bedroom, two bath home is on a quiet cul-de-sac with mountain and treetop views,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “The large gourmet kitchen has granite counters and custom cabinetry, and the fabulous, private back yard has been planted with fruit trees. The home has dual-paned windows, central heating and air conditioning plus an attached garage with direct entry into the home.” The property is offered for lease at $3,400 per month. Information, Keven and Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs, (310) 410-9777.
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“This beautifully remodeled home is set on an oversized lot with a large private yard,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The expansive great room has polished hardwood floors, and the formal dining and living areas open to the modern kitchen. The master suite features a spa-like bath, vaulted ceilings and a sliding door to the private back yard. Two additional bedrooms, a second bath with slate floors and a subway-tiled shower, and a one-car garage complete the floor plan of this home, just minutes from the beach and hiking trails.” The property is offered at $779,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.
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“This original two bedroom, one bath home has loads of charm,” say agents Kim Williamson and Nicole Pagan. “Set in one of the nicest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, this adorable home has a lovely, mirrored entryway with a closet, and a spacious living room with abundant light. Small den/dining area and enjoy the view of a spacious, green yard. The kitchen has eat in and laundry areas. Two spacious bedrooms and an updated bathroom make this a perfect place to call home. No garage, but the back yard has a useful cottage/shed for storage.” The property is offered for lease at $3,200 per month. Information, Williamson and Pagan, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 678-6650.
Playa Vista Home
“Enjoy the view from each room in this renovated one bedroom home with ample light and white oak hardwood floors,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The open kitchen has high-end appliances, a glass tile backsplash and quartz countertops. Features include a bonus room with a day bed and desk, floor-to-ceiling windows, a modern bathroom and a large patio overlooking the Marina. This beautiful unit comes fully furnished. Walk to beach, the Marina and many fine restaurants.” The property is offered at $467,500. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.
“This spacious tri-level Mediterranean home is on a prime cul-de-sac,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “The first floor has a family room/great room, an office and a rec room or bedroom with adjoining bath, lots of storage and French doors to the patio. The light and bright living room also has French doors, and boasts a fireplace, and the cook’s kitchen has granite counters and maple-wood cabinetry. The third floor has two large master bedroom suites, one of which has a balcony.” The property is offered at $1,450,000. Information, Bob Waldron, (310) 337-9225 and Jessica Heredia (424) 7023022, Coldwell Banker, Westchester/Playa Vista.
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Thursday, April 30 Homeport Regatta Educational Seminar, 6:30 p.m. Learn about sailboat racing and how to take part in Sunday’s regatta, a tradition since the 1960s sponsored by the Association of Santa Monica Bay Yacht Clubs that’s free and open to all. Pacific Mariners Yacht Club, 13915 Panay Way, Marina del Rey. asmbyc.org “Rear Window” / “The Night of the Hunter,” 7:30 p.m. Two of Hollywood’s most suspenseful and masterfully crafted psychological thrillers. The first, by Alfred Hitchcock, stars James Stewart as a wheelchair-bound voyeur who witnesses a murder in the building across from his window. Paired with the only movie that actor Charles Laughton ever directed: a haunting, stylized black-and-white thriller starring a terrifying Robert Mitchum. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com
sitcoms on which Kaplan has written and directed episodes. William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., E1, Santa Monica. $20 general admission, $30 reserved seats, $43 for Kaplan’s memoir plus reserved seating. (310) 453-0909; livetalksla.org Kiki Karaoke, 9 p.m. Participatory live entertainment at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Godwink, 9 p.m. Live music at the WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com
Friday, May 1 Volunteer Orientation, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. WISE & Healthy Aging needs help in many different forms. Meet on the second floor of the Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 394-9871, ext. 552.
Humble Potato 2 Grand Opening, 11:30 a.m. Grand opening of the Bruce Eric Kaplan with B.J. sequel to the quirky Westchester Novak, 8 p.m. New Yorker cartoongourmet hamburger and hot dog ist and TV writer Kaplan (“Seinfeld,” restaurant by way of Jakarta and “Girls”) discusses his memoir “I Was Japan. The Humble Potato 2, 12608 a Child” with actor B.J. Novak of W. Washington Blvd., Culver City. “The Office,” one of the many humblepotato.com
“Baraka” / “Samsara,” 7:30 p.m. Producer Mark Magidson appears in person to present the 1992 film “Baraka” (“Breath of Life”), a global spiritual journey from “Koyaanisqatsi” director/cinematographer Ron Fricke. Filmed entirely without dialogue in a cascade of crystalline, time-lapse 70mm images, the American Cinematheque calls the film one of its favorites. Paired with 2011’s “Samsara,” shot in 25 countries across five years on 70mm film, with its title inspired by the Sanskrit word meaning “the ever-turning wheel of life.” Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Friday Night Jazz, 8 p.m. DJ Alfred Hawkins and the Barry Zweig Trio perform at The Townhouse and Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; town-housevenice.com
Brian Simon, 9 p.m. The singersongwriter performs at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Life, 9:45 p.m. Live music at the WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com Detroit Diesel Power, 10 p.m. The raw rock act performs at The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 390-1328; thecinemabar.com
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Marina del Rey Outrigger Canoe Club, 7:30 a.m. Come to the novice women’s orientation to try out this exciting team water sport. Beginners welcome. Practices are at 7:30 a.m. Charlie Chan in “Castle in the Saturdays and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays Desert,” 8:15 p.m. (Also at 2:30 and and Thursdays. Mother’s Beach, 8:15 p.m. Saturday.) One of the better 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. entries in the multi-movie Charlie (310) 902-8096, marina-outrigger.org Chan series, this 1942 film features Sidney Toler, the second actor to Breakfast at Toastmasters Club, 9 portray the master Chinese detective to 11 a.m. On the first and third on the big screen. Old Town Music Saturdays of each month, a chance to Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. improve your essential communica$20, or $8 for seniors 62+. (310) tion and leadership skills. Jerry’s 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Deli, 13181 Mindanao Way, Marina
ART IN THE AF T E R NO O N Call it a family fun fundraising festival — and try saying that five times fast! On Saturday, Del Rey-based nonprofit A Window Between Worlds hosts its 13th annual Art in the Afternoon event to benefit its signature art workshops for children and adults who have survived violence and other traumatic events. Hosted by G. Hannelius of The Disney Channel’s “Dog with a Blog,” Art in the Afternoon allows attendees to participate in art workshops as well as Color Me Mine ceramic painting. Sixteen-year-old Hannelius is also bringing several other Disney stars for autographs and selfies. A Window Between Worlds has been using art as a healing tool for 23 years. Last year’s Art in the Afternoon event raised $68,000 toward its programs at 15 sites around the nation, volunteer coordinator Lindsay Merfeld said.
Google L.A., NBC/Universal, SuperCool Creamery and Hoop It Up are among event sponsors, as are local businesses Hansen’s Cakes, Alternative Apparel (operating a T-shirt decorating booth) and Whole Foods Venice (hosting a taco bar). FoxTales is providing a custom photo booth. Returning this year is the Animals Critter Squad, offering families the chance to handle live snakes, iguanas, tarantulas and scorpions. Food, music, auctions and face painting round out the bill. — Michael Aushenker “Art in the Afternoon” happens from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Venice Skills Center, 611 5th Ave., Venice. Adult tickets are $55 and include two free tickets for kids 12 and under. Teens get in for $20. Call (310) 396-0317 or visit awbw.org.
del Rey. Guests pay only for their breakfast order. (310) 658-3158; breakfastattm.toastmastersclubs.org/ WEycle Open Call for Auditions, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join weekly Saturday rehearsals of Silicon Beach Philharmonic and Silicon Beach Chorale under the baton of Maestro Olivia Tsui. See firsthand how instrumentalists and vocalists train as they work toward giving local public concerts. Silicon Beach Philharmonic and Chorale continues to seek local singers and instrumentalists for a new local orchestra preparing for upcoming public concerts. Marina Del Rey Hospital, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. Free parking with validation. (310) 999-3626; siliconbeachphilharmonic.org Free Weekly Waltz Classes and Networking, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by Classical Music and Dance Toastmasters and Silicon Beach Toastmasters, this new Saturday group is looking for charter members for weekly explorations of classical music and dance. Potluck brunch. Marina Del Rey Hospital, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. Free parking with validation. (310) 999-3626; siliconbeachphilharmonic.org (Continued on page 29)
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Theme Becomes Mission Westchester Mental Health Guild Garden Tour shifts its focus to the drought By Michael Aushenker After 13 years of traditional landscaping, Westchester Mental Health Guild board member Nancy Edwards had a decision to make about her Playa del Rey garden. “I still have a pond, but we emptied it,” she said. “We planted agave plants, which don’t need a lot of water. I took out all of our flowering plants, putting in succulents. The garden looks beautiful —it’s just a different look.” The drought impacts everyone — even the popular biennial Westchester Mental Health Guild Garden Tour. On Sunday, the tour showcases eight Westchester and Playa del Rey gardens that, for the first time in the event’s history, are meant to inspire and encourage locals to embrace water-saving landscapes. “The gardens this year are different than what we’ve seen previously,” said Candace Yip, a member of the guild’s board. “The water situation is really
But she’s not the only Playa del Rey resident rethinking her landscaping. “A neighbor down the hill just took out his front lawn. My next-door neighbor is doing artificial turf. A lot of our neighbors are jumping on the bandwagon,” Edwards said. Yip, a Westchester resident, is also seeing her neighbors take action. “They have torn up their landscapes and planted for lower water usage, showing how beautiful a garden can be with less grass,” Yip said. “A lot of people think of succulents as not having flowers. A lot of these have flowers.” Two years ago, former guild President Barbara Clark and husband Stan Clark decided on a new approach to caring for their 4,000-square-foot front yard in Westchester. “We have a corner lot, which means we have a lot of grass. Over the years the grass got browner and browner,” said Stan Clark.
Nancy Edwards replanted her Playa del Rey garden in response to the drought something everyone should be aware of and take to heart.” As always, proceeds of the tour benefit the Airport Marina Counseling Service, which provides affordable mental health care services for lowincome individuals and trains pre-licensed therapists.
Westchester’s Emerson Avenue Community Garden is also open for the tour, and the guild’s The Guilded Cage Boutique offers plants and gifts for sale as well as complimentary refreshments. Edwards’ new garden is among the eight residential ones featured on the tour.
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The Clarks took advantage of a city turf-removal program and finished overhauling their garden last December, introducing desert flowers, succulents, a pair of Norwegian star plants and other drought-tolerant vegetation. Their garden is also on Sunday’s tour. “I am completely satisfied with the garden,” said Clark, who now wants to re-do the backyard. Of course, there are many inexpensive ways to achieve this, including scattering plants among poured gravel. “We have a neighbor who did it even more cheaply: he stopped watering it. His lawn went brown,” Clark said.
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“Art in the Afternoon,” noon to 4 p.m. The nonprofit A Window Between Worlds presents its annual festival featuring artsy fun and games as well as cast from Disney’s “Dog With a Blog.” Venice Skills Center, 611 5th Ave., Venice. Adult tickets: $55 (includes two complimentary tickets for kids 12 and under); teens, $20. (310) 396-0317; awbw.org Friends, 2 p.m. A free outdoor R&B concert at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “American Cheerleader,” 7:30 p.m. Dance Camera West Dance Media Film Festival and the American Cinematheque present the 2014 documentary about the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s National High School Cheerleading Champi-
Hot Jazz Saturdays, 8 p.m. Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet plays early jazz and ragtime. Plus: DJ Jedi bombs the soul and hip-hop at 10 p.m. The Townhouse and Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Pompous Highman, 9 p.m. The rock band returns to The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com James Brown Tribute with Homer Broadnax, 9 p.m. Live music at the WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com
Sunday, May 3 Homeport Regatta, all day. Free and open to all sailors, this race sponsored by the Association of Santa Monica Bay Yacht Clubs, Pacific Mariners Yacht Club and the Women’s Sailing Association of the Santa Monica Bay has been a tradition since the 1960s. Winners’ names will be etched on the Darien Murray Memorial Trophy. Pacific Mariners Yacht Club, 13915 Panay Way, Marina del Rey. asmbyc.org
Marina del Rey Outrigger Canoe Club, 7:30 a.m. Come to the novice men’s orientation to try this exciting team water sport. Beginners welcome. Practices are at 7:30 a.m. Sundays and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 902-8096, marinaoutrigger.org Walk ‘n Roll Festival, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kids and adults can learn the basics of safe bicycle riding during the second annual festival at El Marino Language School, 11450 Port Road, Culver City. Free. ccwalkandroll.com/walk-n-rollfestival Eighth Biennial Garden Tour of the Westchester Mental Health Guild, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Charity benefit features eight houses in Westchester and Playa del Rey. This year’s theme: creating the droughttolerant garden. Tickets available at Guilded Cage Gift Shop, 8917-B S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. $25. facebook.com/westchestermentalhealthguild Third Street Historic District Tour, 1 to 5 p.m. Check-in for the Santa Monica Conservancy tour will be at 2621 3rd St., Santa Monica. $45, free for kids 12 and under. Park on the street or at Washington School, 2802 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 496-3146; smconservancy.org (Continued on page 30)
A C INCO CELEBRATI O N F O R F O O DI E S For many Angelenos, Cinco de Mayo may be just another excuse to have too much to drink. This year in Venice, however, it’s a foodie holiday. On Tuesday, local event planners Nicole Muyingo and Bowdy Brown are hosting the launch event for a monthly series of dinner-party fundraisers at The Rose Room. The inaugural dinner celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a four-course supper by celebrity Chef Roy Handler (brother of comedienne Chelsea Handler) and a Revel Spirits-hosted margarita bar features premium agave tequila. A portion of the proceeds benefits Heifer International’s work to end world hunger
by bringing sustainable agriculture practices to impoverished areas of the world. “We wanted to give people a place to socialize and hang out other than at bars,” said Muyingo, a cofounder of the Venice Art Crawl. She said The Rose Room owners Tom Elliot and Spoon Singh — the same restaurateurs behind the Venice Ale House, Bank of Venice and Fork In the Road — encouraged her and Brown, who manages the space, to get creative with it. On May 16, Muyingo and Brown follow their Cinco de Mayo fiesta with “Room Affair,” featuring deejays dropping beats while aerial dancers soar overhead. — Michael Aushenker
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The Cinco de Mayo dinner party starts with cocktails at 7:30 p.m. at The Rose Room, 6 Rose Ave, Venice. Tickets are $80. RSVP required: therosedinner@ gmail.com.
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Vibing to Find a Voice Born out of the Westside scene, Roses and Cigarettes celebrate their debut album at South Bay Customs By Bliss Bowen When Roses and Cigarettes performed at South Bay Customs in October, they were accompanied by a percussionist and an artist who created a bird portrait at the rear of the stage while they played. This Saturday, when New England-raised vocalist Jenny Pagliaro and native Angeleno guitarist Angela Petrilli return to the offbeat El Segundo venue to celebrate the release of their self-titled debut album, they will be joined by a full band. It’s a measure of how quickly things have moved along for the enterprising duo. Pagliaro and Petrilli say they had been working together in a cover band for about three months when they decided to do a couple of acoustic shows as a duo, playing a mix of cover songs and original material that Pagliaro had been writing with bassist pal Mike Lyons. According to Petrilli, they swiftly realized that what they were doing “had a vibe.” “We played certain songs we like by artists we like, and once we started to practice together we realized it wasn’t going to be a one-off thing,” she says. “We decided to start a band and play original material.” For Pagliaro, it was sweet validation. Growing up in a musical household, she says, “I always wrote, but I never really thought I could write a whole song; I was just a singer. I just learned basic guitar chords a few years ago.” She credits Lyons with pushing her to leap out of her comfort zone. “Once I started, I thought, ‘I’ll do a three-song demo,’ but it didn’t stop. I was fortunate once I met Angela to find another person I could feel comfortable writing with and putting that out there. “We started writing together and started booking more shows, and more shows, and then the Mint,” she recalls. “We thought we’d be doing open mics or something, but by last summer we were tracking drums with Dave Raven in the studio.” Rehearsing at Pagliaro’s Santa Monica home and naming themselves after her favorite Ray LaMontagne song (“I’m a sucker for a sad song,” she admits with a laugh), they initially drew on their broad repertoire of melodic cover tunes — not top pop radio
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Michael Haggins and Friends, 2 p.m. Free R&B concert at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “Movies of the Music,” 2:30 p.m. The City of Angels Sax Quartet play everything from “Ragtime” to John Williams’ “Star Wars” theme. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $20 or $8 for seniors 62+. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org “Racism in 2015,” 6 p.m. Dr. Robert Gordh and the Committee for Racial Justice discuss social justification of racial inequality. Thelma Terry Building, Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 422-5431 Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Participatory live entertainment at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
Jenny Pagliaro and Angela Petrilli meld classic pop and country with engaging, soulful arrangements hits, necessarily, but music by artists who inspire them as singers and players: LaMontagne, Marc Broussard, Fleetwood Mac, Patty Griffin, Norah Jones, Miranda Lambert, Alannah Myles, Tom Petty, Grace Potter. Their songs are regularly tucked into Roses and Cigarettes sets. Their mashup of Hall & Oates’ “Can’t Go for That” and Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” illuminates their taste in classic pop and country, and the way they build engaging arrangements around Pagliaro’s commanding vocals and Petrilli’s soulful, percussive guitar riffs. Those cover arrangements sit comfortably alongside Roses and Cigarettes originals like the driving anthem “Another Way,” the plaintive “Broken Down in Barstow” and the Pistol Annies-style rocker “Whiskey Down,” and provide introductory context for listeners. “Musicians don’t just come up with the style they play,” says Petrilli, who lives in Hawthorne. “It comes from what they’ve been listening to. In my house the blues is always on. My dad was really into Stevie Ray Vaughan. My earliest memories as a kid were hearing that, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, a lot of that ’70s rock, and a lot of James Taylor, Jackson Browne. I enjoy playing covers. It really enables me as a musician to put my own spin on a song, especially musically. It’s always a blast. I
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see them as a way to express creativity in a song people already know. In our show, it works in our favor that we play these songs the way we hear them.” Positive word of mouth about Roses and Cigarettes has started to circulate as they’ve worked a circuit of Westside and South Bay watering holes like Sonny McLean’s, the Cinema Bar and the Lighthouse Cafe, as well as more eclectic roots and songwriter nights at clubs across LA. Pagliaro says they feel like they’re plugging into a genuine artistic community. “We’ve met, collaborated and played shows with a good amount of different bands,” she says, “really creative people that we’ve been able to be good friends with: the Roustabouts, the Deltaz, the Golden West, a ton of songwriters. It’s felt nice to be surrounded by a lot of artists like that. We have no problem being known as a cover band as well, but we’re definitely connected with songwriters.” Roses and Cigarettes celebrate the release of their self-titled album with a Saturday show at South Bay Customs, 115 Penn St., El Segundo. Sanguine & Shiny open at 8:45 p.m., followed by Roses and Cigarettes. Tickets: $15 (includes food) or $25 (includes album). Call (310) 982-1300 or visit rosesandcigarettes.com.
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and activist Bello discusses her new memoir with Manheim, the actress best known for her turn as feisty defense attorney Ellenor Frutt on “The Practice.” Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $20, general admission, $30 reserved seats, $43 includes Bello’s memoir plus reserved seating; $95 includes all of the above plus pre-reception admission. (310) 260-1528; livetalksla.org Dr. Dan’s Music Show, 8:30 p.m. Featuring Jerry Jemmott (Aretha Franklin) and Randy Guss (Toad The Wet Sprocket) plus a Betty Dylan Reunion with guests Vickie Goodglick and Amanda Coolong. The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 390-1328; thecinemabar.com Horny Toad, 9:30 p.m. The funk band led by founding Suicidal Tendencies bassist Louiche Mayorga returns to Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. Cover is $5, plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 3951676; harvelles.com
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Development Jeff Columbus said stained-glass church windows would be preserved prior to demolition and returned to church representatives at their request. No one identified with the Westchester Christian Church, which sold its property last year, spoke at the committee meeting. A phone number listed for the church is now out of service. Also not present at the meeting were representatives from the Westchester Secondary Charter School, which has operated out of church buildings for the last two years and is now scrambling to find a new site within Westchester’s borders. During a telephone interview, neighborhood council President Cyndi Hench said residents are struggling to accept change at the church site — and in Westchester overall. “To see the apartments coming in at the church is very difficult,” Hench said. “I think that it’s tough because Westchester has been really fortunate to be the last sleepy, single-family home kind of community. We’ve been found.”
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This restored Craftsman-style home is one of four buildings on Sunday’s tour By Rebecca Kuzins The history and architecture of one of Santa Monica’s oldest neighborhoods goes on display this Sunday, when the Santa Monica Conservancy presents a tour of the Third Street Historic District. “The district represents the layers of history from the 1880s, when the area was settled, up to the 1930s,” SMC President Carol Lemlein said of the older buildings on Second and Third streets between Ocean Park Boulevard and Hill Street. Tour participants will be able to view the interiors of the 1923 Church in Ocean Park and the former First Methodist Episcopal Church, now converted to a home. The Methodist church was built at Fourth Street and Arizona Avenue in 1875 and repeatedly moved before arriving at its current location. Tour-goers can also look inside a 1912 Craftsman-style home and a 1906 late-Victorian house and take a walking tour of the district. Ocean Park was founded in 1875 and was originally called South Santa Monica. Abbot Kinney began developing a beach resort there in the 1880s, building a casino, tennis courts, pier, golf course, horse-racing track, boardwalk and other tourist attractions before creating the Venice of America. Kinney later renamed the area Ocean Park. Tourists in the 19th century were also attracted to a popular ostrich farm that opened on Second Avenue near Hill Street in 1889, down the street from a Santa Fe
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Railroad station built a few years prior. In 1907, Ocean Park voters decided to dissolve their separate community and become part of Santa Monica. The Third Street neighborhood was declared a historic district in 1990 after neighbors submitted an application to the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, extensively detailing the architectural and historic significance of the district. In 2000, the city designated a second district historic district: the Bay Street Cluster of four Craftsman homes located between 131 and 147 Bay St. The city of Santa Monica describes historic districts as “geographic areas or non-contiguous groupings of thematically related properties significant in that they contribute to the historic character of an area on the local level.” Obtaining historic neighborhood designation can be a time-consuming process that can last as long as a year. After an application is submitted to the Landmarks Commission, the proposed district must be discussed at three public meetings: the first when the application is submitted, a second public hearing before the commission, and the third hearing before the City Council, who makes the final decision on designations. Proponents and opponents, including homeowners, have a chance to express their opinions at these sessions. Architectural preservationists have long complained about the
dearth of historic districts in Santa Monica. They maintained the problem was largely created by a city ordinance enabling homeowners to squash a proposed historic district if 51% of them signed a petition opposing designation. “If the homeowners objected, and 51% petitioned, it was dead,” said Ruthann Lehrer, a SMC board member and a former city landmarks commissioner. The city council amended the ordinance earlier this year to eliminate the 51% provision, and preservationists are hopeful this move will result in more historic districts. A group of residents on San Vicente Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and Seventh Street is attempting to obtain a designation for that area. The group wants to preserve 28 garden and courtyard apartment buildings that are among the more than 40 apartment buildings and condominiums along this seven-block stretch. Phil Brock, one of the leaders of the designation drive, said these buildings, with their park-like spaces and connection to the outdoors, are “the opposite of what we see now” — apartment buildings with “no setbacks or terracing.” The tour takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Check in at 2612 Third St., Santa Monica; park on the street or at Washington School, 2302 Fourth St. $45. Visit smconservancy.org for info.
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Argonautnews.com (the link is top & center) APRIL 30, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 33
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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015072263 The following person is doing business as: Yogurtland Culver City 3817 Overland Ave. Culver City, CA. 90232. Registered owners: Universal Food Service INC. 3817 Overlnd Ave. Culver City, CA. 90232. 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: Scott Lee. Title: Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 17, 2015. Argonaut published: April 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015082899 The following person is doing business as: Liftt Linda Langer 11822 Kiowa Ave. Suite 1 Los Angeles, CA. 90049. Registered owners: Linda Langer 11822 Kiowa Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90049 Linda Langer 1182 Kiowa Ave. 1 Los Angeles, CA. 90049. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious 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: Linda Langer. Title: Pilates Instructor. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 27, 2015. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30, and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State,
or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015090338 The following person is doing business as: Andiamo Body and Andiamo Yoga 13816 Bora Bora Way #A206 marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Rochelle Robinson 13816 Bora Bora Way #A206 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. 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: Rochelle Robinson. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 3, 2015. Argonaut published: April 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015093886 The following person is doing business as: C&F Construction 11077 Palms Blvd. Unit 302 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. Registered owners: Craig Forsythe 11077 Palms Blvd. Unit 302 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: Craig Forsythe. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 8, 2015. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015094563 The following person is doing business as: Langels 1329 Abbot Kinney Boulevard Los Angeles, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Smartkids, LLC 2633 Lincoln Boulevard #141 Santa Monica, CA. 90405. 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: Thomas Arndt. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 8, 2015. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30, and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015098142 The following person is doing business as: Light Insoles 4416 Tepoca RD. Woodland Hills, CA. 91364. Registered owners: Light Composites LLC 8501 Monitor Dr. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109. 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: Chris Jacobsen. Title: Member/CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 13, 2015. Argonaut published: April 30, May 7, 14, and 21, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.
A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015099671 The following person is doing business as: Grab And Go Organics and Grab N’ Go Organics 11664 National Blvd. #101 Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Registered owners: Gisselle Gordon 10777 Rose Ave. #9 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: Gisselle Gordon. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 14, 2014. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015100672 The following person is doing business as: Sweet Mystic Creations 12726 Mitchell Ave. #104 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Negar Shariatmadari 12726 Mitchell Ave. #104 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: Negar Shariatmadari. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 15, 2015. Argonaut published: April 30, May 7, 14, and 21, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days
LEGAL ADVERTISING 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. 201510839 The following person is doing business as: MAG Autosport LLC 5535 Westlawn Ave. 355 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: MAG Autosport LLC 5535 Westlawn Ave. 355 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Adam Perlman. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 24, 2015. Argonaut published: April 30, May 7, 14, and 21, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015110824 The following person is doing business as: Wiggett Financial Group 3685 Motor Ave. #100 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. Registered owners: Howard J. Wiggett 3025 Thatcher Ave. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. 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: Howard J. Wiggett. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 24, 2015. Argonaut published: April 30, May 7, 14, and 21, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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. 2015106243 The following person is doing business as: Beach Now 715 Ocean front Walk #5 venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Alexandria Yalj 715 Ocean Front Walk #5 Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by an individua. 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: Alexandria Yalj. Title: CEO/Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 21, 2015. Argonaut published: April 30, May 7, 14, and 21, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015111998 The following person is doing business as: Le Petit Paris 75 3101 Sawtelle Blvd. Suite 103 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Yon Idiart 3101 Sawtelle Blvd. Suite 103 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Yon Idiart. Title: Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 27, 2015. Argonaut published: April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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