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Feature
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Arts Hitting the Hard Stuff
Letters to the editor .......................... 6
Liz Longley gets into the emotional nitty gritty at McCabe’s . ................................ 31
Trouble in Paradise It’s time to refocus Marina del Rey on recreation, wildlife and trees ..................... 6
Let’s Get Serious about Homelessness By L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin
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News All Aboard the Love Train Santa Monica officials await Expo line’s spring 2016 arrival with bated breath ................. 10
The Great Kombucha Raid State agents seize fermented tea from Venice Spiritual Center ...................................... 10
A Death in Venice Police shooting of unarmed homeless man provokes grief and anger .............. 16 Venice vs. the Poor Gentrification, government inaction blamed for community tensions ............ 17
Witnesses recount horror of seeing car mow down pedestrians in Venice ..................... 12
Interview
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Westside Happenings
This Week
Don’t miss the Venice Family Clinic Artwalk at Google ............................................. 30
Sonic Sculpture
Boardwalk Rampage Trial
Found in Translation Garifuna International Film Festival brings uncovers universal struggles ................. 32
String Theory stretches sound to its limits in Santa Monica .................................... 19
The Business Page A Golden Opportunity
Nan Summerfield’s journey from jeweler to auctioneer ............................................ 36
food & Drink
A Crucial Moment for Wetlands
Songs by the Glass
Karina Johnston on the health of LA’s watershed . .................................. 14
Karaoke makes Prince O’Whales an unlikely college hotspot . .................... 21
ON THE COVER: Corey “C. R.” Gowan mourns friend Brendon Glenn, an unarmed homeless man shot by police, during a candlelight vigil last Thursday in Venice. Photo by Ted Soqui. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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Politics Trumped the Mission Re: “Happy Birthday, Heal the Bay,” opinion, April 30 It was actually one tenacious man, Howard Bennett, assisting another tenacious man, Rim Fay, who got the ball rolling on healing the bay 30 years ago — not Dorothy Green. Howard initially recruited Dorothy to help Rim fight the waiver that the city of Los Angeles had sought to allow firststage treated sewage to be discharged from the Hyperion Treatment Plant into Santa Monica Bay. You can read about it in “Dirty Water” by Bill Sharpsteen. My father, Dr. Rimmon C. Fay, helped my grandfather, Rimmon Loraine Fay, fight the first Hyperion battle in the 1940s when the pioneering Ocean Fish Protection Association was formed. Rim Fay started the legal challenge to stop dumping DDT and PCB dumping into the sewer system and ocean off Palos Verdes, and he was the pioneer of fighting once-through cooling systems that kill billions of marine life forms daily. He ran against Ruth Galanter for L.A. City Council because he felt she would not adequately protect the environment. When Heal the Bay got started, Dorothy would call Rim daily to ask for advice. But eventually she hired nonprofit leaders who allowed the goal of healing the bay to fade into bowing to political pressure and pollution as usual. Heal the Bay leadership refused to support the fight to save the Oxford Basin Lagoon bird conservation area, which will soon become a recreational park and water feature built by another of L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe’s favored developers. The water recycling component for the Oxford Lagoon also got dropped. So much for Heal the Bay’s water management plan being comprehensive and protecting what you love. I’ve stated for years that wastewater and runoff need to be captured, treated, recycled and reused within the municipalities where it is created, not dumped into Rim’s Bay at Hyperion. If this comprehensive regional approach is not fulfilled prior to a major earthquake, an epic environmental disaster could occur. Will I be paying $500 a ticket for Thursday’s gala event? Absolutely not! Douglas Fay, Santa Monica
Tired of Being in the Dark Despite repeated protests to Los Angeles County officials about inadequate noticing of public meetings in Marina del Rey, the county continues to flout provisions of California’s Brown Act. The county and its Department of Beaches and Harbors have consistently withheld essential information from the public prior to Small Craft Harbors Commission meetings, leaving us completely in the dark. This is a longstanding problem that’s only grown worse under the current makeup of the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office’s Public Integrity Division. The most recent Small Craft Harbors Commission meeting was a particularly egregious example, because prior notice said there would be a presentation on an environmental process without any indication of what it was. The Brown Act states that a brief summary is to be provided, and this was not done. Why does the county and its agents consider it their right to break state law with it comes to their “mis”-management of the publicly owned marina? Jon Nahas The Boating Coalition, Marina del Rey
Trouble in Paradise
Let’s reverse course in Marina del Rey to focus on recreation, wildlife and trees
By William Hicks If “The Happiest Place on Earth” is Disneyland’s slogan, then what should be Marina del Rey’s? Answer: “What happens in Marina del Rey doesn’t stay in Marina del Rey.” That’s because Marina del Rey is Los Angeles County land, and a piece of every financial transaction that occurs there goes to the county — every ground lease, property tax, rent check, boat slip fee, vending machine snack and so on. Since its very beginning, Marina del Rey was sold as a revenue generator for the county. In other words, the cash cow of the county: According to the Department of Beaches and Harbors, total county revenue from the marina has increased from about $45 million in fiscal year 2011-12 to $58.4 million in FY 2013-14. So who is the county? Some nebulous group of overlords entrenched in downtown L.A.? No. If you live in L.A. County, then this means that the county is you! Sure, you voted (or, more likely, didn’t vote) for a member of the Board of Supervisors, the five people who manage FROM THE WEB the land in L.A. County, but this does not Re: “Housing at our future’s expense,” mean that “they” are the county. This letters, April 30 simply means that they were hired to The author incorrectly states that manage this land with the best interests of Westchester Secondary is looking at the majority of the residents in mind. At Cowan Elementary as a location for next least that’s how a democracy is supposed to year. WISH Charter school has been work. offered Cowan for its middle school Without getting into the democracy vs. program and Westchester Secondary is republic debate, let’s just say that an still hoping the district will find a way to elected official should represent at least make room for us at WESM or Emerson Manor prior to our court date on May 27. 50.1% of the population. After residents Janet Landon, Principal WSCS vote, they want to believe that they can then go home, pet their cat or take their dog for a walk, eat dinner with their family, HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE ARGONAUT: watch some boob tube or YouTube, kiss We encourage readers to share someone good night and drift off to thoughts on local issues and reactions never-never land knowing that they did to stories in The Argonaut through our their civic duty. Letters to the Editor page. You too can have a voice in the community. Letters Unfortunately, the majority of Marina del should include your name and place of Rey’s residents woke up this past January residence (for publication) and a to discover that 650 trees had been cut telephone number (not for publication). down in their neighborhood at Oxford Send to letters@argonautnews.com. Basin Lagoon. They also discovered that
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the fox whom they had left guarding their henhouse was telling The Argonaut he was surprised that people were protesting at the 11th hour, even though many had only became aware of this nightmare when the chainsaws arrived just before Christmas. I understand the desire to clean up Oxford Basin Lagoon and open it up to the public, but was this “Sherman’s March to the Sea” (as my colleague called it) really necessary? Couldn’t the engineers who are “restoring it” have at least tried to design around some of what was already there? As one Silver Strand resident recently commented, “On what planet would you chop down every tree to erect a park?” It feels a little like we’re living in Middle Earth, where Sauron has set his sights on Marina del Rey. Not only is the county deforesting the marina at an alarming rate, but it is also spurring developers to build gargantuan structures comprising hundreds of additional residential units. The last time that I checked, the residents of Marina del Rey don’t own jetpacks and flying cars, so what effect are these half a dozen or so development projects going to have on the traffic — especially in an emergency situation? According to a recent traffic study conducted in 2010 by Raju Associates Inc. for the Department of Beaches & Harbors, traffic in Marina del Rey has improved since the last traffic study conducted between 1991 and 1994. I don’t know about everyone else, but if I were L.A. County’s emperor I wouldn’t want Raju as my tailor. Due to the Playa Vista monstrosity alone, Lincoln Boulevard is quickly becoming a parking lot. Do developers simply keep building until we step into our cars one day and barely move? My wife came up with a great slogan, “Spend a wonderful day … come to Marina del Rey.” Let’s re-brand Marina del Rey and focus on recreation, wildlife and trees.
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more humanely met by providing alternatives to sleeping on the sidewalk, such as shared housing, bridge housing or transitional shelters. As a result of the Jones settlement, we spend time, energy and money accommodating a right to sleep on the sidewalk. That does a disservice to people who are homeless, and it does a disservice to our neighborhoods. We need to focus on the right to sleep in housing, and until we provide enough permanent supportive housing for everyone who needs it, we need a range of options for the 29,000 homeless people who go without shelter. It is unconscionable to leave people to fend for
are frequent users of its Department of Health Services. The program saves the county money and helps house the chronically homeless. In L.A. city, many Los Angeles Fire Department units have tremendous call loads responding to cases of homeless people in distress — often the same people, repeatedly. My proposal directs the city to negotiate with the county to determine if we can buy into their program and house these people rapidly. Until we close the gap between supply and demand, we also need to change our response to homelessness. Far too often, our homeless first responders are members of the Los Angeles
demand. The L.A. City Council recently formed a special Committee on Homelessness, and one of our top priorities must be increasing the housing stock available to get people off the streets and into a home. Along with my colleague and Committee on Homelessness chair Jose Huizar, I have proposed several ideas to close the gap between the supply of housing for the homeless and the enormous demand. These include: Alternatives to Sidewalk Encampments: For nearly a decade, the city has been bound by the Jones Settlement, the result of a lawsuit contending it is cruel and unusual punishment to forbid people from sleeping on the street if there is not enough housing or shelter. As part of the legal agreement, the city has effectively allowed sidewalk homeless encampments to spring up throughout L.A. That constitutional mandate could be better and
themselves on the streets or in sidewalk encampments. More Units for the Coordinated Entry System: To implement a housing first approach, philanthropic organizations, government agencies, businesses and individuals have developed a “coordinated entry system” (CES) to help move people from the streets and into housing and services. The strategy is smart and was long overdue, but to be fully successful it requires an adequate supply of housing, which does not yet exist. The city needs to determine if it can legally require or incentivize that affordable housing units being built as a result of state “density bonuses” can be used for the placement of homeless people via CES. If we cannot, we need to seek special state authorization to do so. Flexible Housing Program: The county has a successful program that grants rapid housing to homeless people who
Police Department. In this year’s budget, I am pleased that we are providing for more training in crisis intervention and mental health, and I am working with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl to create more SMART teams, in which trained clinicians roll out with officers to respond to calls. These proposals and efforts are a small start to what must be a relentless effort to build new housing units, expand the supply of housing to CES, and offer more frontline services and alternatives to street encampments. We need to do a lot more to provide resources to make sure we move past unproductive battles about the right to sleep on the street, and start securing and guaranteeing the right to live in housing. Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents Westside neighborhoods, is vice chair of the L.A. City Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness.
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All Aboard the Love Train Santa Monica officials await Expo line’s spring 2016 arrival with bated breath By Gary Walker The arrival of the Metro Expo Line in Santa Monica will open a plethora of transportation opportunities for thousands of Westsiders and allow them to connect with the region at large, Santa Monica transportation officials and light rail advocates say. The first Westside light rail system, the 8.6 mile Expo Line currently runs from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City. The second of leg of the $1.5-billion mass transit line is slated to reach Santa Monica next spring, according to Metro officials. There will be three rail stops in Santa Monica — at Bergamot Station near 26th Street and Olympic Boulevard, another at 17th Street and Colorado Avenue near Santa Monica College, and the downtown terminus at Colorado and Fourth Street. A panel of speakers assembled by the Santa Monica Democratic Club gave an update on the status of the light rail train during an April 29 meeting at the Santa Monica Public Library. One of the panelists, Santa Monica Planning Manager Francie Stefan, said the Expo Line’s arrival creates a variety of associated alternative transportation options that officials will
A rendering of the planned Expo Line terminus in downtown Santa Monica seek to incorporate as much as possible. “I think what we’re looking at is a transportation future that is very diverse, so that you can go to one place in one mode and come back in another but you will have multiple options,” she said. Taking the Santa Monica Blue Bus, walking, biking or using shuttles will also help reduce car trips and are in line with Santa Monica’s reputation for exploring sustainable environmental solutions, Stefan added.
Former Santa Monica Mayor Denny Zane and transportation advocate Darrell Clarke gave the audience a verbal history of the initial planning stages of Westside light rail. They focused on the importance of voters passing of a succession of county ballot measures to help finance the construction of several light rail lines — the second phase of Expo, the Crenshaw/ LAX Transit Project, which will have at least three stops in Westchester, and the Green Line, which has
one stop at Aviation Boulevard in Westchester. “The grassroots support for Expo showed our elected officials that there is a constituency for light rail on the Westside,” Clarke said. Stefan noted that Santa Monica’s fingerprints are on the Exposition Construction Authority, the entity in charge of the building the second stage of Expo. It was 2003 legislation by L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, then a Santa
Monica state senator, that created the authority. Mar Vista resident Ken Alpern, president of the mass transit advocacy group the Transit Coalition and an early Expo supporter, said the train’s arrival in Santa Monica will be a little late but well worth the wait. “Although I am very disappointed that we will have to wait until spring of 2016 to have the Expo Line Phase 2 running, the ability of commuters to have an alternative to the mega congested I-10 freeway is exciting and longoverdue,” Alpern said. The topic of creating housing near the three stations also came up during the meeting. Mayor Kevin McKeown, a long-time advocate of affordable housing, said the council would need help from the public in order to create low-income units near transportation sectors. “The advent of light rail will be a wonderful resource for our community. Our council has the vision and the perspective to create affordable housing, and I’m hopeful that this community will be supportive in helping us generate funding for affordable housing — truly affordable housing,” McKeown said. gary@argonautnews.com
Undercover Sting Targets Kombucha at Venice Spiritual Center State agents seize fermented tea served during nonprofit fundraiser By Gary Walker and Joe Piasecki Undercover agents with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control seized several containers of kombucha during a nonprofit fundraising event on Friday night at the Full Circle spiritual center on Rose Avenue in Venice. ABC agents issued a citation for selling alcohol without a license after they observed the effervescent fermented tea being served, ABC Special Agent in Charge Will Salao said. “We’re a complaint-driven agency, so when someone notifies us about what might be an illegal activity, we respond to it,” Salao said. “They were cited for a misdemeanor for selling alcohol without a license.”
community spiritual center — “a place where people from different backgrounds who are looking for a spiritual experience can come together,” he said. “Part of our spiritual practice is that we serve kombucha,” Dilts “Kombucha is something said. “We were very surprised we’d never imagine to be an illegal and concerned when we saw the agents wheeling the containers of substance.” Kombucha Dog out of the — Andrew Keegan, Full Circle founder fundraiser.” Kombucha Dog, according to Conservation Society that night. John Carr, an ABC spokesman, the brand’s website, is a raw and “They may be a complaint-driv- said the citation was given to “an undiluted form of kombucha that en agency, but we’re an intention- employee or representative of the is made with organic ingredients and contains both probiotics and driven organization and our church.” antioxidants. intentions are pure,” Keegan said. Salao said the ABC often “Kombucha is something we’d approves single-day alcohol sales “Traditional kombucha is a never imagine to be an illegal permits for community functions fermented tea that may be over 0.5% alcohol. Instead of weakensubstance, and it’s frustrating the but had not granted an alcohol ing our product with water and system has that perspective,” permit for the May 8 party. other additives so it can be sold Keegan said. “We’re certainly Full Circle spokesman Jason to people under 21, Kombucha taking full responsibility for Dilts described the temple as a Actor Andrew Keegan, a co-founder of the New Age spiritual center, said the temple and events venue was hosting a fundraiser for the Sea Shepherd
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Dramatic Testimony in Boardwalk Rampage Trial Witnesses recount horror of seeing car mow down pedestrians in Venice continues to have nightmares about the crash. “In my head I can always hear the man screaming,” she told Avila. Linda Alvarez, 77, a palm and tarot card reader who had set up on the boardwalk near Dudley Avenue, said she saw a speeding car strike a canopy next to her stand on the boardwalk. Alvarez testified that she was struck by the Dodge Avenger and suffered a concussion as well as injuries to her back. “I saw a woman and a child get hit and I was afraid that he would come back for me,” Alvarez said. Shane Nelson, who was in Venice with his girlfriend and her children, said he saw a car coming directly at them as they walked along Ocean Front Walk. Nelson said he saw Edward Baily, a pedestrian who was hit by the car, dragged 15 to 20 feet and stated that the car’s driver made no effort to avoid pedestrians on the boardwalk. “The vehicle seemed to move in very deliberate directions,” said Nelson, 44. An emergency medical technician from Durango, Colo., Nelson testified that he provided Baily with medical assistance for scrapes and abrasions before paramedics arrived. Elizabeth Adams, 33, testified that she had planned to go hat shopping with a friend and was waiting for her with other friends on an apartment balcony on the 400 block of Ocean Front Walk when she witnessed a car strike several people as it headed south on the boardwalk. “Did you see the driver try to swerve, apply the brakes or avoid hitting anyone? Avila asked. “It appeared as though the driver was following the crowds of people. I still have nightmares about it,” Adams said through tears. “Whenever I hear a loud engine … it’s something that I’ll never forget.” Cooper asked only perfunctory questions of most witnesses but mounted challenges to the testimony of Nelson and Adams. On cross examination he confronted Nelson about his testimony during a September preliminary hearing in which he put the distance of Baily being dragged at approximately 10 feet. Cooper was also able to get Nelson to acknowledge that he had seen YouTube videos of the accident and online comments
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By Gary Walker The prosecution’s case against the man accused of deliberately running down pedestrians on the Venice boardwalk in August 2013 has brought forth days of heart-wrenching eyewitness and victim testimony. Nathan Louis Campbell, 39, of Colorado is accused of killing 32-year-old Italian tourist Alice Gruppioni and hurting 17 other people during a prolonged vehicular rampage behind the wheel of a Dodge Challenger. Campbell, who prosecutors say flew into a rage after being ripped off in a boardwalk drug deal, faces one count of murder, 10 counts of leaving the scene of an accident and 17 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He has pleaded not guilty. The trial began on April 30 at the Airport Courthouse in Westchester and broke Friday for a hiatus until May 18. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila said he expects to wrap up the prosecution’s case by May 20 or May 21. Westchester-based defense attorney James Cooper III, who represents Campbell, said during opening remarks that Campbell struck a variety of objects on the boardwalk and was actually trying to avoid hitting pedestrians on crowded Ocean Front Walk. Victims who had been injured in the crash were among the first witnesses called by the prosecution. Under questioning by Avila on May 5, Joanna Buttòn, who was visiting from France when the mayhem occurred, told the court she was walking near Dudley Avenue on Aug. 3, 2013, when a loud noise caught her attention. “We saw a car coming toward us, and I turned and saw a woman on the ground and a man standing over her screaming,” Buttòn, 28, said through an interpreter. Asked by Avila what was going through her mind at the time, Buttòn responded: “I thought I was going to die. I thought it was a terrorist attack and that it might start again.” Buttòn, who cried during much of her testimony, said she suffered injuries to her right shoulder, thigh and leg during the mayhem and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress. Buttòn said she also
Mourners gather at Venice Beach shortly after the Aug. 3, 2013, vehicular rampage on the boardwalk to hold a public memorial for Alice Gruppioni, an Italian tourist killed during the mayhem. At top right, Gruppioni’s father-in-law brings flowers to the vigil.
“We saw a car coming toward us, and I turned and saw a woman on the ground and a man standing over her screaming. In my head I can always hear the man screaming.” — witness Joanna Buttòn about the crash prior to taking the stand last week. “After seeing new information, you felt that it was necessary to change your testimony?” Cooper asked. Nelson denied that seeing the videos had impacted his testimony. Cooper also pounced on an earlier description that Adams had given to police about the description of the driver. Campbell is white, but Adams identified the driver as Latino, male and muscular. “I really don’t know. I was kind of in shock when it happened and I didn’t really see [the driver] very well,” Adams said. Cooper also pointed to an earlier statement given by Adams that she saw the vehicle
“race down” Dudley. Using a map, Cooper noted that from the balcony where Adams was standing, a car traveling north on Dudley could not be seen. None of the aforementioned witnesses were able to identify Campbell as the driver. On Friday Avila took testimony by Los Angeles County criminalist Jennifer Francis, who painstakingly detailed collection of evidence at the crime scenes aided by a variety of photographs and other images. Francis said she collected hair fibers from the windshield, trunk and the hood of the Dodge Avenger, which investigators found on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles. One of the prosecution’s first witnesses was Christian
Casadei, Gruppioni’s husband. According to news reports, Casadei testified that he saw the Dodge Avenger and began running down the boardwalk to escape being run over. After the car struck him, Casadei told the court that he did not see his wife again until he saw a group of people standing over her. The jury of seven women and five men appeared to pay rapt attention to the cross examinations of Nelson, Adams and Francis. The defense could wrap up its case by Memorial Day, Cooper said. “The case should get very interesting after the break,” he said. gary@argonautnews.com
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A Crucial Moment for Wetlands The Bay Foundation’s Karina Johnston on the health of L.A.’s watershed and what we can do about it The Southern California Academy of Sciences Board of Directors is about the get a very hands-on new member. As director of watershed programs for the nonprofit Bay Foundation, Karina Johnston implements watershed cleanups throughout Los Angeles and leads the scientific assessment and monitoring program for the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. When the academy holds its annual meeting on Friday and Saturday at Loyola Marymount University, Johnston will be introduced both as a newly elected board member and the lead author of new scientific research. She’ll present a two-year study of “regional, rapid condition evaluations of multiple coastal estuarine systems in Southern California” — in other words, a health assessment of the L.A. area’s urban coastal watersheds, including the Ballona Wetlands. The Bay Foundation’s work at Ballona is all the more significant as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission and California Coastal Conservancy work to draft an environmental report that that will outline restoration options for the approximately 600-acre state preserve. That long-awaited report was delayed once again last year after the Annenberg Foundation dropped a $50-million restoration assistance plan that involved controversial plans to build a 46,000-square-foot environmental education center on site. As an academy board member, Johnston will be involved in the publication of its peer-reviewed Southern California Scientists Bulletin. — Bonnie Eslinger
Karina Johnston leads the Bay Foundation’s scientific assessment and monitoring program for the Ballona Wetlands and other watershed areas
“There are areas [of the Ballona Wetlands] — for example the northern portion of the site, north of Ballona Creek, just south of the marina and adjacent to Fiji Way — that are really struggling.”
at tidal wetland systems in the Southern California area, especially central Southern California. One of those wetlands is the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, What is the value of bringing together which contains both multiple types of the scientific community for meetings wetland systems and a blend of transilike this? tional habitat areas as well. Science is moving toward a level that’s So, it’s not just wetlands. That’s an evermore intercollegiate and interconimportant distinction that people don’t nected, which I think is really important. know: the Ballona Wetlands are not Especially with some of the larger entirely wetlands — they’re about half. So challenges we face today, like climate we’re going to take a regional look, based change and sea-level rise — broad-scale, regional problems. It’s important to bring on data we’ve collected for the last four years, at the health of some of these together a diverse set of scientists and science communicators to really be able to systems and compare them to each other tackle these problems in an interdisciplin- and to some reference sites that have had fewer impacts from humans over time. ary way, as well as introduce some of And we can use these data to start to these issues to the public. understand the systems better and Biological sciences really shouldn’t be done in a vacuum. It’s always important to prioritize systems that may need more have peers, both to review your work and help and active restoration. to partner with you on projects, grants or What is the condition of the Ballona papers. Wetlands? Good and very bad. Ballona, interesting What’s your presentation about? enough, has almost the full range of Anthropological stressors are impacts that we as humans have had on ecological kind-of-middle to low quality, based on systems over the last 100, 150 years or so. the condition scores of wetlands. What I mean by that is in some areas there are My presentation is taking a regional look PAGE 14 THE ARGONAUT May 14, 2015
tide gates allowing in some water, tidal water, and those areas are fairly healthy. They have scores congruent with the upper-middle regional assessment, compared to the highest-quality wetlands. And then there are areas— for example the northern portion of the site, north of Ballona Creek, just south of the marina and adjacent to Fiji Way — that are really struggling. And what we found is that based on the impacts over time, like the dumping of fill sediment and cutting off the water from the wetlands, the wetlands in that area have scores on par with some of the lowest in the state of California. There’s not an easy answer for how healthy Ballona is. But what we can do is start to target a restoration planning effort around the areas that are not healthy: the areas that aren’t in stasis, they’re getting worse.
This could be a really incredible place for wildlife, for wetlands and to combat climate change. Wetlands are great for things like carbon sequestration. The goal for the future of Ballona is a broad-scale increase in health and diversity of biological communities and ecosystems. The second goal is to have this be a beautiful place for public access, recreations and education. What is the general cost estimate for Ballona restoration? The environmental impact reporting process is separate from the funding assessment, because it’s supposed to be an independent, biological and environmental impact assessment. So I don’t actually know, but I’ve heard wild numbers like $100 million and up. I don’t want to speculate on that. What’s the status of the environmental impact report? The EIR is making significant progress. Right now it’s at the drafting stage. The Department [of Fish and Wildlife] is on track to release the EIR to the public at the end of 2015.
Are you optimistic that there’s political will and funding to restore Ballona? I have to be. I feel so passionately about this system and that it can be something What’s the ultimate vision for Ballona? beautiful and healthy and well. It’s almost necessary to believe that it’s possible and There are of course a myriad of birds, that the funding will be found and plants and animals out there. What’s the potential for Ballona? This used to be wet- allocated. But that’s sort of the elephant in the lands, and we don’t have a lot of opportunities to restore coastal tidal wetlands. This room right now: Where’s the money going to come from? needs to be one of those opportunities.
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F E a t u r e Mourners built a tribute to Brendon Glenn on Saturday outside the Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy (Photo by Mia Duncans)
A Death in Venice
Police shooting of unarmed homeless man provokes grief and anger By Joe Piasecki and Gary Walker The fatal police shooting of an unarmed homeless man in Venice has touched off a public outpouring of grief and anger, with few answers emerging as to why officers employed lethal force. The weeknight shooting occurred at around 11 p.m. on May 5 in front of the Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy near Windward and Pacific avenues, where two LAPD patrol officers were responding to a report of a man fighting with a bouncer and harassing passersby. Police say the officers confronted the man and shot him during an ensuing altercation that injured one of the officers. Coroner’s office investigators have identified the man as 29-year-old Brendon Glenn. According to multiple friends and acquaintances, Glenn struggled with alcohol abuse and bouts of intense sadness but had been seeking gainful employment and a fresh start in life after recently arriving in Venice from upstate New York. Several people said Glenn, who often went by the nickname Dizzle and cared for a dog named Dozer, was drunk and emotionally distraught — but showed no signs of aggression — in the hours before he died. PAGE 16 THE ARGONAUT May 14, 2015
Police are reviewing surveillance video footage of the altercation as part of an internal affairs and use-of-force investigation, LAPD Inspector General Alexander Bustamante said last Thursday during an LAPD-organized community meeting at Westminster Avenue Elementary School that drew some 500 people.
recollections of witnesses, LAPD Deputy Chief Beatrice Girmala said during the meeting at Westminster Avenue Elementary. Police are actively seeking additional witnesses, she said. “We cannot taint the memories of witnesses. We want them to be absolutely sure of what they saw or heard,” Girmala said.
Two people who claimed to witness the altercation told The Argonaut last week that one of the officers ordered Glenn to produce identification, stepped away from Glenn and then shot Glenn as Glenn reached into his back pocket. One of them, an 18-year-old girl who said she had met Glenn at a nonprofit social services center, has since contacted the paper through a caseworker to recant her story, saying her account relied Video footage has not been released heavily on secondhand information. The Los Angeles Times reports that because it could interfere with the sources who have reviewed video footage recollections of bystanders: “We cannot taint of the altercation say it does not clearly the memories of witnesses. We want them to show any action by Glenn that would why the officer discharged his be absolutely sure of what they saw or heard.” explain weapon. The unnamed sources said — LAPD Deputy Chief Beatrice Girmala footage shows Glenn struggling with and being subdued by the officers, with one officer stepping away and firing at Glenn after he began struggling with the second Many among the largely hostile crowd Speakers during the meeting also officer. shouted frequently at officials to release included L.A. Police Commission “We have a copy of the video in my videotape of the incident. Demonstrators President Steve Soboroff, LAPD Pacific office and are breaking it down slide by who marched through Venice earlier that Division Capt. Nicole Alberca and L.A. slide,” Bustamante said. day to denounce the shooting and others City Councilman Mike Bonin. Some who knew Glenn described him as who gathered at an outdoor memorial for Stories circulating among Venice’s Glenn that night also called on LAPD to homeless community offer vastly different being in a turbulent emotional state prior release the videotape. accounts of the shooting, with much of the to the shooting. Video footage has not been released discussion fueled by confusion, specula(Continued on page 18) because it could interfere with the tion and hearsay.
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Venice vs. the Poor
Some fault gentrification, others blame government inaction for community tensions underlying the fatal police shooting of a homeless man By Joe Piasecki The march through Venice’s posh Abbot Kinney Boulevard last Thursday to protest the officer-involved shooting death of Brendon Glenn was supposed to be about gentrification. The pivot to address the killing of an unarmed homeless man by police took organizers less than 24 hours and required very few changes to the program. “Gentrification is linked to displacement and homelessness and police killings,” said co-organizer Luis Rodriguez, the poet laureate of Los Angeles. “There’s a lot of money coming into Venice, and they’re squeezing out poor communities. The pressure is on to get rid of the people who don’t have the means the newcomers do.” In the wake of Glenn’s death, many community activists say a migration of wealthy transplants to Venice has escalated tensions between these so-called gentrifiers and Venice’s poor and homeless, as exemplified by a shooting that began as a spat between a panhandler and a bouncer for one of Venice’s most popular bars. “You hear some people say that the homeless population used to be quieter — that they weren’t as threatening or as violent — but I think what’s happened is the tolerance for aberrant behavior has gotten much lower,” said Steve Clare, executive director of the nonprofit Venice Community Housing Corporation, a nonprofit homelessness resources agency. Retired television news anchor Bree Walker, who would chat with Glenn while out walking her dog, said even longtime property owners in Venice are under pressure. “As money comes into any community, those who don’t have money get edged out.
Even those of us trying to hang onto old homes are feeling the squeeze. I live in a 1953 cottage and have two big houses going up on each side of me,” Walker said. Venice’s real estate boom has been particularly destabilizing for the homeless, said software engineer and Occupy Venice organizer Vlad Popescu. He believes frequent beach cleanups, beach curfew enforcement and citations for petty infractions are being used to harass the homeless and push them out. “This shooting is the culmination of a long-term strategy to push poor people out of Venice,” he said.
skateboarder Ronald Weekly Jr. in Oakwood. A court rejected Weekley’s civil rights lawsuit against the police, but leaders of the LAPD’s Pacific Division promised afterward to form a community relations board. So far, that hasn’t happened. But in August another videotaped beating did — this time of a homeless man on the boardwalk who refused to sign a citation for illegal vending and an unsecured beach umbrella. “The idea [of a community outreach board] didn’t go very far. Nothing has really happened to create a consistent dialogue with police,” Nightingale said. “What’s really important to ask is: What now?”
“As money comes into any community, those who don’t have money get edged out. Even those of us trying to hang onto old homes are feeling the squeeze.” — Bree Walker “We criminalize the homeless and don’t give them the resources they need, then people say they don’t believe something like this could happen. It happened because homeless people are not treated like human beings,” said Deborah Lashever, a Venice activist fighting to increase the number of free storage units where homeless people can keep their belongings. Others fault strained relations between the police and poor or minority communities. Naomi Nightingale, a longtime activist in Venice’s historically black Oakwood neighborhood, said the LAPD broke its promise to improve community outreach after the videotaped 2012 police beating of
Mark Ryavec , whose Venice Stakeholder’s Association is suing the city for allowing the homeless to camp on Venice Beach in violation of its own ordinances, blames city inaction for the social dynamic underlying Glenn’s shooting and several home breakins committed by transients in recent years. “Some want to read this shooting as part of the larger national picture of police violence toward black men. I see it within the continuum of violent incidents stemming from the violent, “Lord of the Flies” atmosphere along the boardwalk,” Ryavec said. “This is a citywide park and it needs citywide resources,” Ryavec said. “Here in
our beachside community, a supposedly civilized society allows 741 homeless people — the unofficial count [by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority] earlier this year — to live in the town’s parks, streets and alleys and does almost nothing about it.” Ryavec and Clare often find themselves on opposite sides of the homelessness debate. When Ryavec penned a column for The Argonaut urging increased enforcement of city laws to curb transient-related violence, Clare wrote a response calling for a more compassionate approach. Both, however, say the city has failed to put resources into addressing homelessness — Clare complaining that spending to create permanent supportive housing has been almost nonexistent. Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents Venice and is vice chair of the council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness, would appear to agree. “The blame for society’s poor response to homelessness falls on all of us,” Bonin said during Thursday’s LAPD community meeting about Glenn’s shooting death. “We fail when we argue over the right to sleep on the street and forget the battle for the right to live in housing. We fail when we demand that people who are homeless be swept from our communities or thrown in jail. We fail equally when we focus our efforts on making life on the streets more comfortable at the expense of creating a continuum of care that gives people a place to live. We fail when we make LAPD the homeless first responder.” Reporter Gary Walker contributed to this story. Full Circle founder Andrew Keegan arrived Saturday to place flowers on a memorial to Glenn (Photo by Joe Piasecki)
The P.A.D. staged a candlelight vigil for Glenn on Thursday along Windward Avenue (Photo by Ted Soqui)
Some 500 people packed the Westminster Avenue Elementary School Auditorium on Thursday for an update on the shooting investigation (Photo by Mia Duncans)
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L.A. Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez speaks about displacement of the poor during Thursday’s rally (Photo by Mia Duncans)
Marchers carried a banner that read “Gentrification = Racism” (Photo by Joe Piasecki)
A friend weeps for Brendon Glenn during Thursday’s candlelight vigil (Photo by Mia Duncans)
LAPD Deputy Chief Beatrice Girmala, L.A. Police Commission President Steve Soboroff, LAPD Capt. Nicole Alberca and LAPD Capt. Armand Carranza (Photo by Ted Soqui)
More than 50 demonstrators took the streets of Venice on Thursday to protest gentrification and police violence (Photo by Joe Piasecki)
Passions ran high during the LAPD forum (Photo by Ted Soqui)
Corey “C. R.” Gowan demands answers for Glenn’s death during the community forum
Bree Walker called on police to release video of the shooting during Thursday’s meeting
Glenn’s dog Dozer rests outside the Townhouse’s entrance
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(Photo by Ted Soqui)
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Glenn became visibly upset after placing a call to his mother just before 8:30 p.m., said Timothy Pardue, manager of The P.A.D (Protection and Direction), a nonprofit homeless resource center a few doors down from where the shooting occurred. “When [Glenn] would drink he would decide he wanted to go home, but the next day he’d be like, ‘I’m in Venice, man. I got it made. I know that night he called his mom. He was pretty upset. He was crying,” Pardue said. “Brandon comes in on a daily basis. He gets food and uses the computer. He was looking for a job so we helped him put a resume together. The P.A.D., funded by the nonprofit transitional housing group The Teen PAGE 18 THE ARGONAUT May 14, 2015
Project, hosted the evening vigil for Glenn. drunk and a little bit confused.” Jared Essig, a Venice street musician, said Police involved in the altercation with he did not witness the shooting but had Glenn were not wearing body cameras, encountered Glenn on the same block less Soboroff said last Thursday. than an hour before he died. “We can’t wait for the day all of our
accused officials of trying to placate community anger without giving much information in return. “People want answers. They want solution. They’re tired of the rhetoric, and they’re tired of these staged events,” said Venice community activist Nick Antoni“I know that night he called his mom. cello, frequently a critic a city hall. “We’re here to listen, not to be talking He was pretty upset. He was crying.” heads or pontificate. … This is at the top — Timothy Pardue, manager of The P.A.D. of Chief [Charlie] Beck’s agenda, and it will remain so until we get answers,” “He was wanting to talk to me about his officers get body cameras,” Soboroff said. Girmala told the crowd. “This is the first of what we hope are life and his problems. He was depressed. “We want the truth.” a series of meetings. We took no offense He was about ready to cry. … He was Girmala said that the officers have been getting drunk, but [said] he wanted to get removed from field duty pending investiga- and had not animosity toward anything said here because we understand that sober; he wanted to stop,” Essig said. “It’s tion of the shooting. a shame some people don’t know how to Several people who attended the meeting emotions are high and the sensitivity is so raw,” Girmala said later. deal with a young man whose maybe at Westminster Avenue Elementary
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The Art of Sonic Sculpture Dancers become instruments in Emmy-tested String Theory’s avant-garde “Remembering Water” By Michael Aushenker Holly Rothschild won’t forget August’s 66th annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Governors Ball. The choreographer helped welcome some 3,800 entertainment industry professionals to the west hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center with an avant-garde instrumental mashup of Dr. Dre’s “California Love” and Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.” The surreal, laser-lit ensemble performance was as much about visuals as sound, with players working a harp shaped to resemble an Arabian moon, others on an enormous curve harp that “looks more like
a piano on its side,” she said, and at center a percussionist playing a massive set of horizontal drums. Such atypical hybrid performances are everyday work for Rothschild, co-founder of the Santa Monica-based multi-media performing arts troupe String Theory. String Theory now returns to the stage with “Remembering Water,” a newly crafted theatrical collision of sonic landscapes and contemporary dance, on Thursday, May 21, at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. Set to all-original music that leans toward rock ’n’ roll while echoing 15th century
Renaissance fare, “Remembering Water” divines its liquid inspiration loosely from imagery found in Parke Harrison’s book “The Architect’s Brother.” “I wanted to work with an idea, a theme,” said Rothschild, recalling how husband Luke Rothschild purchased Harrison’s book for her after she glanced through its “very beautiful and evocative” photographs during a visit to the creepy cool Obsolete gallery when it was located on Main Street in Santa Monica. Timely for the drought, Rothschild was also attracted to the book’s strong environmental message.
“We started writing music based on the images in the book. The material coming out of it seemed really beautiful to me,” Rothschild said of crafting the show’s electronic sound palette with her film composer husband — who also plays long-string harps, bass and guitar — and multi-instrumentalist Robert Anjarv. It takes 11 people to perform “Remembering Water,” a show involving “harness harps” (corsets attached to long-string instruments) and dancers who “use the weight of their bodies to create enough tension to generate sound,” she said.
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For a college student in West Los Angeles, the Prince O’Whales is a rite of passage. Of all the local haunts to celebrate your 21st birthday, P.O.W.’s — as we like to call it — is often a first choice. What might look like a dive bar from the outside (and on the inside many nights of the week) is more like a nightclub on Tuesday evenings when classes are in session. One night this December I actually had to wait in line to get in! So let’s just say P.O.W.’s has built a reputation with local twentysomethings as a “let’s pretend it’s the weekend” destination. Tuesday night is “Karaoke with Kiki.” With multiple rooms and a back patio, the bar can handle far more people than you would expect. The darts room, with its mismatched chairs and the perpetually busy bar, is home to no one but students, and apparently we can’t get enough $15 Bud Light pitchers. The older crowd takes over the back patio; they also share in appreciation of a Tuesday night out but seem to distance them-
selves from younger partiers. The karaoke room is where the crowd comes together. Kiki and her sign-up sheet appear to be the sole reasons that the night maintains any sort of order. At the end of each song, the next group is called up, usually after a few announcements.
kicked out by their neighbors. Considering the sign urging patrons to “Respect Our Neighbors” (hanging in between dated endorsements for Bud Light and Stella Artois), maybe they weren’t kidding. During my visit I spoke to a bartender named Kim who grew
My friends and I watched girls dressed for a night in Hollywood screech a Spice Girls throwback. Then some inebriated professors, still in their work clothes, belted a Seal song. On a recent Tuesday night, my friends and I watched girls dressed for a night in Hollywood screech a Spice Girls throwback. Then some inebriated professors, still in their work clothes, belted a Seal song. These shameless performances were followed by a truly talented musical protégé singing “American Idol” hits. The great thing, however, is the audience cheers no matter the quality of the performance. I’m told Prince O’Whales first opened in the 1950s and is known as one of the oldest sports bars in Los Angeles, though it moved around a few times before settling in its current location in Playa del Rey. The bar’s website jokes they were
up in the area and said P.O.W’s has been a focal point for Playa del Rey for as long as she can remember. Asked how she feels about all of us rowdy college students, Kim said we’re fun — with the exception of a group who stole a trophy a few weeks back. Door manager John Greene agreed that he liked the “youthful energy” and said students continue to come back to visit the bar long after graduation. Students are also the reason that his job of checking IDs is so crucial. The scene may calm down a bit as schools’ spring semesters draw to a close, but there you (Continued on page 35) May 14, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 21
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THE ARGONAUT PRESS RELEASES LARGE HOME IN LOS ANGELES
VENICE FOURPLEX
“This is an amazing investment opportunity for an owner/ user or investor,” says agent Mitch Hagerman. “The four-unit building has the best of both worlds, ideally located just steps from Venice Beach and Abbot Kinney. Built in 1921, much of the original vintage Venice charm has been preserved, restored and updated. This property also features a street-toalley lot with extremely rare and sought-after side-by-side parking for four cars.”
“This Beverlywood-adjacent showcase property artfully blends classic charm and traditional architecture with many new upgrades,” says agent Bob Waldron. “The two story interior features soaring ceilings, gleaming hardwood floors and a sunlit living room. The 3,700 square foot living space includes a family room, a formal dining room, a breakfast room, and a cook's kitchen with a center island. Of the five bedrooms and four baths, three are en-suite. This is a one-of-a-kind home.”
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INFORMATION: Mitch Hagerman (310) 963-4358 and Craig O’Rourke (310) 714-5452, Coldwell Banker
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“This two bedroom plus loft patio townhome is accessed through a private gated courtyard,” says agent Dennis Kean. “The large living/family room has a fireplace and wet bar, and the dining room has two-story floor-to-ceiling windows. The remodeled kitchen has granite counters, stainless appliances, pantry and breakfast area. The master suite has a spa tub and shower, and the second bedroom is also en suite. There is a private two-car garage.”
“This adorable three bedroom, 1.5 bath home is in a five-star location,” say agents Kim Williamson and Nicole Pagan. “Nestled in the heart of North Kentwood, just a few short blocks to the local Vons grocery store and LMU, the home has living and dining areas, a galley kitchen, a grassy rear yard and a two-car garage. This opportunity won't last long! Available on July 1st for a one-year lease.”
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“This home is on the most coveted street in Westchester, with mature shade trees lining the street,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The living room has a stone fireplace, hardwood floors and abundant natural light, and the formal dining area opens to an eat-in kitchen. Most of the living space opens to a covered patio and a park-like backyard. A large master bedroom with double closets, two other well-sized bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry room complete the floor plan.”
“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. Fully furnished. Walk to beach, the Marina and many fine restaurants.”
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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A
I’ve been hearing a lot about various ordinances affecting development in Los Angeles lately; what are these ordinances, and why are they in the news? The ordinances you are likely hearing about are the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance and Interim Control Ordinance, and they are very hot issues in the Los Angeles real estate markets. The Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) was adopted by the LA City Council in 2008 and set limits on the size of houses that could be built in many single-family neighborhoods throughout the city. The existing BMO restricts the size of a house in an R-1 (single-family zone) to a “base floor area” that is equal to half the size of the lot area or 3,750 square feet (whichever is greater). However, over time, it became clear that the City’s many neighborhoods presented unique blends of building setbacks, architectural styles, landscaping and scale, and that there were loopholes in the original BMO that did not take those characteristics into consideration. Under the original BMO, significant exemptions and bonuses often allowed much larger buildings to be developed. In order to end most of the exemptions and bonuses, and to keep the maximum size of a house much closer to the
base floor area set by the BMO, the City Council approved a temporary restriction called the Interim Control Ordinance (ICO) at the end of March of this year. The ICO prevents the City from issuing any building permits in those neighborhoods unless the proposed structure’s Residential Floor Area (without exceptions for detached accessory buildings, porches, patios and breezeways) does not exceed the base Residential Floor Area set forth in the Zoning Code. The restriction was initially approved for a 45-day period, however, a vote is expected to extend the ICO for another 2 years. This most recent vote, and the fact that this is a severely divided issue, is what has kept these ordinances in the news. Over the next 18 to 24 months, the Department of City Planning will be reevaluating the Zoning Code as part of the “re:code LA” initiative in an effort to create more contextual single-family zones. One large issue is that the entire city of LA only has eight single-family zones. When you consider the wide variety in architecture, size, and styles of development
across the city, it becomes apparent that one-size-fits-all rules can’t ensure that development is appropriately scaled to the neighborhood where it is located. **You can use ZIMAS, the City’s online zoning information system to find out whether your property is covered by these ordinances by visiting: www.zimas.lacity.org
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Thursday, May 14 Beach Eats, 5 to 9 p.m. Mother’s Beach becomes a waterfront gourmet food truck outpost each Thursday through summer. 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com “Sex & Menopause,” 6 to 8:30 p.m. A panel discussion and reading featuring Fady Joudah, a Palestinian-American physician, poet and translator; William Archila, author of “The Art of Exile,” which won an International Latino Book Award in 2010; and Amy Uyematsu, a third-generation Japanese-American poet and teacher from Los Angeles who authored “The Yellow Door,” (forthcoming from Red Hen Press in 2015). Marina Del Rey Hospital boardroom, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. (888) 600-5600. WAVE Awards, 6 to 9 p.m. Venice Chamber of Commerce Education Committee presents this year’s educational awards honoring local teachers. Boys and Girls Clubs of Venice, 2232 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $50. (310) 390-4477; vcceducationcommittee.org Mexican Cooking Class, 6 to 9 p.m. In the spirit of Cinco de Mayo, Patricia Rose leads a class on how to
make quick and easy Veracruz-style red snapper, grilled Mexican street corn , green rice with cilantro and spinach, and Mexican cosmo cocktails at Holy Nativity Community Hall, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. (310) 670-4777; freshfoodinaflash.com Del Rey Neighborhood Council Meeting, 7:15 p.m. The council holds a public meeting at Del Rey Square, 11976 Culver Blvd., Del Rey. delreync.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
Friday, May 15 Summer Job Fair, 1 to 5 p.m. Pacific Park is hiring. 380 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. (310) 260-8744; pacpark.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 Mother and Son “Magical Ball,” 7 to 9:30 p.m. The 10th annual Mother and Son Magical Ball supporting the nonprofit Autism
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Speaks features DJ Dense of the former 100.3 The Beat, musicians Laci Kay and Aaron Fresh, and Alphonso The Magician. Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club, 13589 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. $20. magicalball2015.eventbrite.com “Road to Rio,” 8:15 p.m. (Also at 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday.) The fifth entry of the popular “Road To” comedies from 1947 featuring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $20, or $8 for seniors 62+. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Crown, 9 p.m. Live hip hop from Venice’s own East Coast tip-‘o-thebackwards cap to ‘90s New York rap at the WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com Rusty de la Croix, 9 p.m. New Orleans-style funk-soul at Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
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Marina del Rey Outrigger Canoe Club, 7:30 a.m. Women’s practices are at 7:30 a.m. Saturdays and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Beginners welcome. Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 902-8096, marinaoutrigger.org Breakfast at Toastmasters Club, 9 to 11 a.m. On the first and third Saturdays of each month, a chance to improve your essential communication and leadership skills. Jerry’s Deli, 13181 Mindanao Way, Marina 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 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 Turning Point Pilates Grand Opening, 1 to 3 p.m. Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Pilates studio includes light refreshments, tours and event surprises. Turning Point Pilates, 337 Washington Blvd., Ste. 1, Venice. (310) 217-7630; turningpointpilates.com “Parenting 101: Beyond Praise,” 1 p.m. Come and learn how to move beyond the traditional praise, bribes and punishment routines and develop more positive ways to effectively and respectfully communicate with our children. Open to the public. Mar Vista Branch Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 390-3454; lapl.org Bob De Sena, 2 p.m. Free outdoor Latin music concert at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “A City of Sadness,” 7:30 p.m. This 1989 Taiwanese epic by director Hou Hsiao-Hsien was the Golden Lion winner at the Venice Film Festival. Set in the aftermath of World War II when control of
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Hitting the Hard Stuff Folk-pop singer-songwriter Liz Longley gets into the emotional nitty gritty at McCabe’s Photo by Alyssa Torrech
By Bliss Bowen Liz Longley learned a lot studying songwriting at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, from which she graduated in 2010. But what she’s learned from audiences who have been turning out to see her in concert since she was still a student may be even more essential. “The things I’ve learned from playing songs onstage as opposed to in class is that the songs that seem to be the hardest to write, the most vulnerable ones, seem to mean the most to the crowd,” she says during a laugh-punctuated interview from a salon where she’s getting her “guitar nails” fixed. “That’s encouraged me to be open, even in times like — ‘Unraveling,’ that wasn’t one I was going to play. Songs that were challenging to write emotionally, the crowds have taught me that it’s OK to be that vulnerable, and it’s actually something they appreciate. “At first I was hesitant to play [those songs] for people; I thought, ‘Oh, they shouldn’t have to hear about this, about what I’ve gone through.’ They’ve taught me that’s what it’s all for. That’s how we connect, through the hard stuff.” “Unraveling” was a milestone in Longley’s fledgling career. An honest ballad about her grandmother’s descent into Alzheimer’s that rings true for anyone who’s watched loved ones succumb to the disease, it was honored with first place in BMI’s annual John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship competition in 2010. (It was also a highlight of Longley’s 2010 album “Hot Loose Wire.”) That was one of several top awards Longley won at competitions and festivals across the country, which burnished her name with some respectable cachet as she gradually secured a toehold in the crowded folk-pop field. It didn’t hurt having marquee artists like John Mayer publicly applaud her voice and music. A native of Chester County, Penn., Longley was writing and performing locally by her teens, with the support of her musically inclined parents. She
“The songs that seem to be the hardest to write, the most vulnerable ones, seem to mean the most to the crowd.” — Liz Longley
recorded and self-released three full-length albums and an EP, starting while still a busy student at Berklee (“We wrote a song every week”). She placed songs on TV programs like “Army Wives” and “Beauty & the Beast,” and expanded her following via monthly ConcertWindow.com shows. (“It’s an amazing way to connect with fans,” she says. “It seems we get to know each other on a deeper level.”) On the road, Longley developed her reputation for onstage candor. “I’m more open onstage,” she acknowledges. “Sometimes I find myself saying things that I might only say to my closest friends and my family and I’m like, ‘Wow, I just said that.’ It somehow opens me up in a strange way.”
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different” from her previous DIY approach, she says. “I honestly didn’t know what I was doing. The only way I was getting my CD out was putting it up online and then touring. That’s how I made my living.” The album’s polished production showcases Longley’s soprano, whose tonal quality bears traces of Shawn Colvin and avowed hero Joni Mitchell. Longley’s writing gives it substance. Her sophisticated melodic sense is matched with catchy metaphors and earworm choruses on hooky tracks like “Memphis” and “Bad Habit” (“I couldn’t stand the smell of smoke ’til he lit that cigarette/ Never felt the temptation ’til I smelled it on his breath”). Casual listeners have become loyal fans of her relatable, intimate lyrics (“I found your letters and the John Martyn record that we spun until it was dead/ I found your mixtape for the road and two tickets to the show and your sock from under my bed”). “I played a show other day in Minnesota and a woman drove five hours to be there,” Longley marvels. “I asked, ‘How did you find me?’ She said she’d heard one of my songs on ‘Army Wives.’” Longley sounds grateful when recounting such exchanges. “An amazing connection with her fans” is one reason she admires Sara Bareilles’ career, and people who make time to listen to her own music inform her personal definition of success. “If you’re writing music and you’re doing something that matters to you and it matters to somebody else, I think that’s what we’re all going for,” she says. “I consider myself successful for that reason. No, I’m not making a ton of money, and no, I’m not famous, but I feel lucky to be doing what I’m doing.” Liz Longley and special guest Anthony D’Amato perform at 8 p.m. Friday at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $15. Call (310) 828-4497 or visit lizlongley.com.
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Found in Translation
The Garifuna International Film Festival, devoted to the world’s indigenous peoples, returns to Venice By Michael Aushenker Sometimes foreign films put off American viewers through unintentional cross-cultural confusion. The Garifuna International Film Festival, happening Friday through Monday at the Electric Lodge in Venice, may be the first cinematic experience to willingly urge viewers to get lost in translation. This weekend marks the fourth consecutive year that Freda and Stephen Sideroff have produced their festival devoted to the world’s indigenous peoples, now screening 20 feature documentaries. Through specific cultural narratives, the festival shines a light on the universal aspects of the human condition, festival founder and director Freda Sideroff told The Argonaut last year. Sideroff’s festival intends “to heal the divide between nations, thereby transcending petty politics and borders,” she said. “Many of us come from a place of that we are different. A part of what the experience of this film festival is that we are more alike
“Children of War” chronicles the rehabilitation of former child soldiers in Uganda than we are different.” The festival takes its name from “the name of my culture, my people, my language,” said Belize-born Sideroff, whose lineage includes West Africans intermarried with the indigenous Arawak and Carib peoples of South America. Her people are referred to as Garinagu —members of the diaspora of the Garifuna. In addition to film screenings, Sideroff’s Garifuna Foundation also welcomes guest speakers to help anchor the three-day event. This weekend features keynote addresses by best-selling author Marianne Williamson, actress
Helena Cardona and San Bernardino City Unified School District Police Chief Joseph Paulino. A popular self-improvement lecturer who captured a fair share of Westside votes in a congressional bid last year, Williamson founded Project Angel Food, a program inspired by Meals on Wheels that serves homebound people battling AIDS. A citizen of America, France and Spain, Cardona was partially the inspiration for Nicole Kidman’s character in the 2005 Sydney Pollack drama “The Interpreter.” Cardona also
co-wrote and sang “Lucienne” in 2001’s “Serendipity,” starring John Cusack. Paulino, celebrated for his problem-solving skills, oversees 26 police officers and 55 campus security personnel dedicated to the safety of 53,000 students. Author and teacher Deena Metzger speaks prior to the festival’s opening ceremony on Friday. International art and music, including a Garifuna Jazz Ensemble, also accompany the festival’s cinematic experiences. VIP events from 6 to 9 p.m. each night include filmmaker discussion panels in-between screenings. Adding to the event’s rising prestige, city and state officials are declaring May 26 “Garifuna Film Day.” Across three festivals, Garifuna Film Festival has presented a wide berth of documentary entries covering myriad cultures. This year is no different. The 2015 roster includes “Languages Matters” a documentary by David Grubin with Bob Holman that explores threats to the existence of
various languages around the world; Katia Paradis’ “Three Kings of Belize,” which delivers a personal exploration of three unique cultures — Creole, Maya and Garifuna —through cultural and musical tradition; and “Persistence of Vision” by Kevin Schreck, which purports to tell the story of the greatest animated film never made. Anne Makepeace’s “We Still Live Here” depicts the return of Wampanoag, a language silenced for more than a century, while Bryan Single’s “Children of War,” filmed in northern Uganda across three years, trails former child soldiers as they escape the battlefield and enter rehabilitation. Narrated by actress Daryl Hannah and set to the music of Elephant Revival and Michael Franti, “Arise” offers cinematic portraits of women around the world who are coming together to heal injustices. “Salud” examines contemporary human values and health issues through the lens of cash-strapped communist Cuba, chronicling the hearts and minds (Continued on page 35)
Another one in the Cannes Venice filmmaker James O’Brien returns to France with “Western Religion” By Michael Aushenker Call it a full-circle moment for Venice filmmaker James O’Brien. On Saturday he will attend the premiere of his latest film, “Western Religion,” at the Palais during the prestigious Cannes Film Festival — some 20 years after his first appearance on the Croissette. The first time O’Brien headed to Cannes was in 1995 with “Venice Bound,” his debut feature that centered on the lives of three men living in his adopted coastal community. Since that first indie film — O’Brien describes it as a postTarantino thriller about “three guys who meet by chance in Venice and get wrapped up in a caper” — he’s made “Wish You Were Here” and “Hyperfutura,” both released in 2013. “Western Religion,” however, represents a return to form for the filmmaker, who relocated to Venice from his native New Jersey in the 1990s. Gary Douglas
Cohen, one of the leads in “Venice Bound,” also plays a large role in O’Brien’s latest. “It’s kind of like a 20-year reunion [project],” said O’Brien, who pegs the $250,000-budget “Western Religion” as both a Western and a supernatural fantasy — though not in the “Cowboys & Aliens” fashion. The story involves a mythical poker tournament that draws gunfighters to the fictional mining town of Religion, Ariz. “It’s tucked very subtlety,” O’Brien said of the film’s metaphysical element — that the players stake their souls. “It feels like a traditional Western. I’ve always liked Westerns. There’s so much instant conflict in a Western.” Just prior to his departure for Europe last week, O’Brien said he sees something special about taking a Western to Cannes. “The Western was the first genre in Hollywood. I want to get in there with the first genre in
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James O’Brien on the set of “Western Religion” Hollywood.” Aside from obvious entries by the genre masters Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah, O’Brien name-checks Clint Eastwood films “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and the classic “Unforgiven” as well as George P. Cosmatos’ “Tombstone,” “particularly for Val Kilmer’s performance,” he said. “Western Religion” boasts an
international cast and crew that includes Claude Duhamel (“Dawn Rider”), Peter Shinkoda (Marvel’s “Daredevil”), Miles Szanto (“Married”) and Peter Sherayko (“Tombstone”) as well as two actors of Apache heritage, Sam Bearpaw and Alan Tafoya. It was Sherayko, “the weapons guy,” who kept O’Brien’s Western factually honest. “We went to him for the period
detail,” O’Brien said. “He was instrumental in making sure we didn’t do anything historically incorrect. He suggested changing our time frame, that it should be 1879 based on how we wrote it.” Sherayko also gets credit for the film’s backdrop. After the production lost its set at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills due to an October 2013 government shutdown, Sherayko invited O’Brien to shoot his period film across 19 days at his 2,000-acre Agua Dulce ranch. There’s one more full-circle element to O’Brien’s “Western Religion” journey. With his first film he was following in Quentin Tarantino’s footsteps, but this time O’Brien has beaten the celebrated director to the punch: “Western Religion” is already beginning to screen, while Tarantino’s first ostensible Western, “The Hateful Eight,” does not arrive until November. Hey, Quentin: Your move, pard’ner!
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Taiwan is ceded by Japan to the mainland Chinese government, an ensuing campaign of repression ensnares the Lin brothers (“In The Mood for Love” and “2046” star Tony Leung, Chen Sung-yung and Jack Kao) in a drama told in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Shanghainese and Japanese with English subtitles. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com
Venice Family Clinic’s 36th Annual Art Walk, noon. Expect hors d’oeuvres, food trucks and live entertainment as the yearly benefit art show and auction returns once again to Google’s Los Angeles campus, 340 Main St., Venice. (310) 664-7916; theveniceartwalk.org Susan Hansen’s Latin Jazz, 2 p.m. Free Latin music outdoor concert at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com
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Dance “Around the World,” 7 p.m. (Also at 7 p.m. Wednesday.) California Dance Institute presents its big event of the year featuring 170 performing elementary and middle school students. The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater on the New Roads Campus, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $10. (323) 301-8900; californiadanceinstitute.org
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Comedy is King Four new theatrical offerings explore very different styles of humor By Michael Aushenker “Laughter is the best medicine,” or so goes the saying that long pre-dates the similarly titled section in Reader’s Digest. If that’s truly the case, cure what ails you by catching one of the following four plays coming to local stages
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Saturdays and Sundays through June 2o at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $18 to $20. Tickets: $20.00 with a $2.00 discount for seniors, students, servicemen, and Metro riders who present their monthly pass or TAP card when purchasing tickets at box office. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org. “63 Trillion” @ Odyssey Theatre The New American Theatre troupe presents John Bunzel’s dark comedy of “money, sex and bad behavior” that explores the predatory, scheming world of Wall Street as global financial markets turn toxic. “Money makes the world go around, and dark comedy seems an appropriate genre to tackle the business of finance,” said Photo by Shari Barrett
Miles,” directed by Gail Bernardi and produced by Susan Goldman Weisbarth. The cast (featuring Dan Fagan, Alexandra Johnston, Zoe Kim and Michelle Rosen) brings to life the strange bedfellows story of 21-year-old Leo who, following a major loss while on a cross-country bicycle trip, must endure his 91-year-old “Almost Perfect” @ Santa grandmother Vera while holed up Monica Playhouse in a rent-controlled Greenwich Jerry Mayer is no stranger to Village apartment that hasn’t been these pages — or to the Santa redecorated since 1968. Monica Playhouse, where the In “Almost Perfect,” Buddy This production comes packed Pacific Palisades playwright and (Michael Marinaccio) is with theater-world street cred, Playhouse founders Chris torn between wife Jenny having been a finalist for the 2013 DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie share (Ryan Driscoll, center) and Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a collaboration going back to client Boots having won the 2012 Obie Award 1986, when this play (Mayer’s for Best New American Play (not first) debuted there. DeCarlo, who Driscoll) and caliente client Boots to mention named Time magaClark (Lucy Rayner). Driscoll directed the first revival of zine’s #1 Play or Musical of and Rayner are solid as Apple’s Mayer’s marriage comedy for a 2012). dueling love interests, but it is 1999-2000 run, also directs this Wayne Roberts’ naturalistic time around. “4000 Miles” opens at 8 p.m. performance as Buddy’s jaded The play holds up surprisingly Friday and continues Fridays, brother Mike, a zinger-slinger well thanks to a clutch of good who all but steals the show, performances led by veteran especially in a hilarious what-if Playhouse player Michael hallucination sequence. Marinaccio as Buddy Apple, a And since Mayer’s TV writing surrogate for young Mayer at a romantic crossroads, torn between credits include “All in the Family,” “M*A*S*H*” and “The humdrum wife Jenny (Ryan Bob Newhart Show,” you know going in that there’ll be witty one-liners galore peppering all the quasi-autobiographical career self-absorption and marital hand-wringing. “Almost Perfect” runs through June 28 at the Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $24.50 to $29.50. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com Wayne Roberts and Michael “4000 Miles” @ Westchester Marinaccio play brothers Playhouse at philosophical odds in Kentwood Players presents Amy “Almost Perfect” Herzog’s dramatic comedy “4000
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contemporary and modern art. And that is what we’re looking at right now [for the next auction]: California art paintings, plein-air paintings and Western art. There tends to be a greater appreciation for that [out West]. My feeling, as a dealer for 20 years, is that the really good stuff tends to have a global audience. Broaches can be regional. They tend to sell better on the East
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also taken property in all other departments, such as a Hudson River School painting by Frederick Edwin Church from a West Coast collector. Our next auction is scheduled for November, and we are in the process of taking items for a contemporary art sale in 2016 [to include] paintings, prints, contemporary art, comic book art, books and coins.
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Why did you choose to live in the Marina Peninsula? The appeal for me was being near the ocean, near the boats. I don’t have to get in a car — I can bike ride, I can go for walks. How did you obtain the Mae There are lots of great restaurants. West jewelry up for auction? When the fireworks go off on the Those both came from Mae West Fourth of July, I can see them out collectors who obtained them the window. I love the marina. It from the Mae West estate. One feels like I’m on vacation every took the diamond out of the ring time I come home. and replaced it with a moonstone, so the stone is not original, but Doyle New York’s first West Coast the ring certainly is. Mae West auction exhibits Sunday through had a lot of jewelry and, in her Wednesday at 9595 Wilshire later years, she’d sell things along Blvd., Beverly Hills. Call (310) the way. 276-6616 or email doyleLA@ doyle.com. Are buying habits different between the two coasts? michael@argonautnews.com The market here is really for
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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015092440 The following person is doing business as: Poo Prints West and Poo Prints Water 5038 Parkway Calabasas #401 Calabasas, CA. 91302. Registered owners: TCB Environment, Inc. 5038 Parkway Calabasas #401 Calabasas, CA. 91302. 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: Kevin Sharpton. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 7, 2015. Argonaut published: May 7, 14, 21 and 28, 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).
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. 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.
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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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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). 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 and Georgi Petrov Mitkov 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. 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. 2015112863 The following person is doing business as: Wildly Spirited 920 Venice Blvd. #224 Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Stephanie Drew Aswani 920 Venice Blvd. unit 224 Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Stephanie Drew Aswani. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 27, 2015. Argonaut published: May 14, 21,
28 and June 4, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015113401 The following person is doing business as: The Garage Co. 6519 W. 80th Place Westchester, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Michael Paz 6514 W. 80th Place Westchester, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Michael Paz. Title: Owner/ Creative Director. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 29, 2015. Argonaut published: may 7, 14, 21, and 28, 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. 2015116699 The following person is doing business as: Salt Rags Property Management 3956 Walgrove Ave. los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Salt Rags LC 3956 Walgrove Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability 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: Heidi Lemmon. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 30, 2015. Argonaut published: May 7, 14, 21, and 28, 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).
LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015117377 The following person is doing business as: Mint Sunshine 8395 Dunbarton Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Kristen Faye 8395 Dunbarton Ave. Los Angeels, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Kristen Faye 8395 Dunbarton Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 1, 2015. Argonaut published: May 14, 21, 28 and June 4, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015094676 The following person is doing business as: Citations Dismissed and Citationsdismissed 3435 Wilshire blvd. Suite 2000 Los Angeles, CA. 90010. Registered owners: Richard Michael Chaskin 3435 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 2000 Los Angeles, CA. 90010, 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: Richard Michael Chaskin. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 8, 2015. Argonaut published: May 7, 14, 21, and 28, 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. 2015121277 The following person is doing business as: Coverall Construction 8132 Firestone Blvd. #902 Downey, CA. 90241. Registered owners: Robert Alex Ramdeen 8132 Firestone Blvd. #902. 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: Robert Alex Ramdeen. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 6, 2015. Argonaut published: May 14, 21, 28, and June 4, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Rey Water System (Waterworks Districts), will hold a public hearing on May 26, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. in the Hearing Room of the Board, Room 381, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012, in the matter of determining whether or not a water shortage emergency exists in the Waterworks Districts and whether to implement the Phased Water Conservation Plan. On May 23, 1991, the Board of Supervisors approved a multiphase water conservation plan, which was amended on March 3, 2009, and October 21, 2014, for the Waterworks Districts that provided for water usage reductions ranging from 10 to 50 percent depending on a water supply shortage to any or all of the Waterworks Districts. The full text of the plan is available at www.lacwaterworks.org/About/ RulesRegulations.aspx. During this water shortage, the average water use in the Waterworks Districts is calculated for customers with a water meter size of 1 inch or smaller. The average amount is defined as the base quantity for customers with a meter size of 1 inch or smaller. Customers with meter sizes larger than 1 inch have a base quantity equal to the amount of water they used during the corresponding billing period in 2013. The target quantity for each customer will be calculated by reducing their base quantity by the percentage mandated by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The SWRCB has required areas with higher per capita use to achieve proportionally greater reductions than areas with low use. While the SWRCB has required all small water systems including Waterworks District Nos. 21, 36, and 37 to achieve a reduction of 25 percent, they have required Waterworks District No. 40 to achieve a reduction of 32 percent and Waterworks District No. 29 and the Marina del Rey Water System to achieve a reduction of 36 percent. Customers are charged the normal water rate for the water they use up to their target quantity. A conservation surcharge of 1 time the normal water rate is assessed for water use in excess of their target quantity up to 115 percent of their target quantity. An additional conservation surcharge of 2 times the normal water rate is accessed for water use in excess of 115 percent of the target quantity. The Board of Supervisors will consider and may adopt the plan as recommended by the Director of Public Works. The plan will be in effect upon notice in this publication. For additional information regarding this matter, please call (626) 300-4688, Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Si no entiende este aviso o si necesita m·s informacion, favor de llamar al telefono (626) 300-3384. Nuestra oficina esta abierta de 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m., de lunes a jueves
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