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L e t t e r s A Story Worth Telling Re: “A Medal of Honor Long Overdue,” opinion, May 21 Kelly Hayes-Raitt and The Argonaut have done a public service by recounting the valor of Mexican-American soldiers in World War II. It happens that I have read “The Dark Side of the Dream” by Alejandro GrattanDominguez, and I enjoyed seeing the quotes from his book.

I think such historical background should move those adamantly opposed to immigration reform to see what an asset Mexican-Americans have been to the United States — and not just their military service.

Fred Mittag Guadalajara, Mexico ‘Victims’ Seem to Challenge Police Re: “A highly charged arrest,” news, May 28 Your article about the arrest at an electric vehicle charging station really seems to say that the police are treating black people in a very biased way.

In almost every case we have seen in the past year, it always seems that the “victim” refuses to follow the simple first request of the police officers. They argue, become angry and, as was

the case with the person in your article, he doesn’t accept the fact that he waited until it was convenient for him to hook up to an electric outlet at almost 11 p.m. at night.

Now this person will try to sue the city, and on we go about how awful the police are.

I do not care if the person is black or white; just the idea that so often those who go to jail argue and are rather self-centered. They need help with anger management.

Peter D. Mitchell Marina del Rey

FROM THE WEB: Re: “Sailing Therapy Program for Veterans Encounters Rough Waters,” nautical news, June 4 I have had the pleasure of many sailing adventures with the vets on Emerald. She has a new purpose in life and that is to be a vital part of the recovery of the men and women who fight for our freedom. I have faith that the Marina del Rey community will see her new purpose and rally in a massive way to give her a permanent home so she can fulfill it.

Frances Weber

Re: “Airbnb Bites Back,” news, May 21 The case of elderly people renting out a room in their home to make ends meet isn’t really challenged by the law, since it provides a means for this activity to continue, and since in most of those cases the elderly owner continues to reside on the property being sublet.

The biggest problem resulting from the Airbnb model is that entrepreneurs with big bucks are taking over rental units – even whole apartment buildings – and using them exclusively as “vacation” rentals, taking these units off the regular rental market, and exerting an upward pressure on already-too-high rents.

Dave HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE ARGONAUT: We encourage readers to share thoughts on local issues and reactions to stories in The Argonaut through our Letters to the Editor page. You too can have a voice in the community.

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OPINION Finding Jesse A mother searches for her homeless son on Venice Beach . ................................... 8

Techies Like Trees Marina del Rey officials hope to win over Silicon Beach types .................... 9

News

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Saving the Civic Auditorium: Does Community Input Really matter?

Residents have made their desires for the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium clear, but its fate ultimately hangs on the City Council’s shoulders? ........................................... 14

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Westside Happenings Have “Coffee with a Deputy” in MDR on June 15 ............................................ 33

Arts The Art of Multitasking Sculptor, painter and Santa Monica Art Studios co-founder Yossi Govrin ................ 34

Brothers in Art Reading, Writing and Computer Code Students at Beethoven St. Elementary School are learning to program computers ...... 10 Beach Death ‘Avenged’ Man who killed Italian bride and injured others in Venice vehicle attack found guilty ........ 12

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Living Large

Finding Jesse A mother searches for her homeless son on Venice Beach thought: “There but for the grace of God go I.” A bouncer stretching his authority from peacekeeping inside the bar to outside the bar. A police officer, hyper-alert in such unpredictable situations.

And I imagine that homeless man, unable to control even his own sobriety, asserting what little “authority” he had by reportedly saying he’d done nothing wrong and that he had a right to be on the public sidewalk — right before being shot dead on that sidewalk.

During my 30th high school reunion, Shelly related the most incredible story about having a dream — “more of a vision,” she called it — that her missing son Jesse was on Venice Beach. With no specific plan, Shelly flew from Buffalo to LAX and took a bus down Lincoln Boulevard. She got off at Venice Boulevard because she recognized the name and started walking toward the beach.

In an impossible needle-in-aJesse, seen here on the Venice boardwalk, has gone haystack story, she found her son. missing again He wasn’t ready to come home his mom. He was at our Purpose- 29-year-old “peace-loving kid,” yet, but she found her son.

Driven Life Group,” Pardue said Pardue.

Knowing where he was, knowing recalls. “I was working late. I I imagine to myself what where he slept at night (even if it heard the gunshot. At first, I didn’t happened that night: A drunken was outside) and just knowing that he was alive was the most comfort she was allowed. As an adult, Jesse couldn’t be forced to “We focus on the kids who are really accompany his mother home. trying to help themselves. Some are That was six years ago.

Shelly has seen her son once from foster care; some, their families since then. In August 2013, her rejected them. Some came out here motherly instinct drew her back with a month’s rent and a dream.” to Venice Beach.

“Again, I don’t know why I Timothy Pardue, The P.A.D. thought he was there — I just felt it. Jesse would not come home, know it was a gunshot, and then man with a dog, panhandling. Bar so I bought him some food and I heard the helicopter. patrons out for an evening and not clothes. I also left a note with him I went out and saw him on the wanting to be bothered by “some telling where homeless shelters sidewalk.” bum,” a bum whose drinking are if he needed help with Brendan was an unarmed perhaps tweaks in them the anything.”

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Shelly is connected to a national reporting network and learned that her 33-year-old son was hospitalized recently but was released without the proper medication and assistance. Ten years ago, the Bowling Green State University graduate was diagnosed with schizophrenia and anosognosia (a lack of self-awareness).

“Jesse can recover,” Shelly emailed late one night. “He needs a good long hospital stay with the right medications and support from his family. [But] our mental heath system is just not stable and [social service agencies] will not tell me anything” because of medical records privacy laws.

Shelly now monitors a live Venice Beach webcam hoping for a glimpse of Jesse amidst the surfers and sunbathers.

“Kelly, this is my son,” Shelly messaged with a picture the day she learned I was on the boardwalk. “If you see him in Venice, can you let me know? I watch the live webcam and I think I saw him. You don’t have to speak to him. I just would like to know if he is alive. You don’t need to make a point to look for him.

“Just pay attention to homeless people.” ***** Kelly Hayes-Raitt, a Santa Monica resident, blogs at LivingLargeInLimbo.com.

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By Kelly Hayes-Raitt “Just pay attention to homeless people,” my high school friend Shelly messaged via Facebook when she saw my post from the Venice boardwalk. She sent a photo of her son: a scruffy, huggable-looking guy who suffers from mental illness and has disappeared — again.

I was on the boardwalk to interview Timothy Pardue, who runs the P.A.D., a drop-in center for homeless young adults located just steps from Venice Beach. The P.A.D. helps homeless or struggling 18- to 24-year-olds get help, get jobs or get home.

I start to ask Pardue a question — “At 18 to 24 years old, these aren’t ‘kids,’” I say — and immediately get an answer.

“They’re kids,” Pardue corrects.

“Some have been out a while, beaten down. We get in touch with a family member and pay to get them back home. We focus on the kids who are really trying to help themselves. Some are from foster care; some, their families rejected them. Some came out here with a month’s rent and a dream. Recently I saw a [TV] show about immigrants coming to America. They had a dream; that’s what these kids have.”

The P.A.D. offers a different dream: “We’ve gotten 137 kids off the street in two-and-a-half years,” Pardue says proudly. “I’ve done 18 in the last two months.”

The 42-year-old recovering addict looks young enough to be one of his “kids.” But Pardue’s eyes age when he describes how scared his kids are in the wake of the Brendan Glenn police shooting last month.

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David Radcliffe, Google’s vice president of real estate and workplace services.

“We’re trying to retransform the sea of parking that you find today into a natural landscape where you’ll find an abundance of green both inside and outside,” adds Bjarke Ingels, another architect working for Google.

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“We have a duty to reflect in the physical environment the values that have been manifested in the innovations that have come out of this part of California,” architect Thomas Heatherwick says in a YouTube video about Google’s plans up north. “It’s interesting to try and look at how you can really augment or turn the dial up more on nature at the same time as looking to really protect the land use.”

“What we’ve tried to do is take a step back and say, ‘How do buildings work with nature?”

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want change for the worse.

I’m not against generating more public revenue, but county leaders should weigh their development plans’ long-term costs and benefits to the many residents and business owners who have contributed to the local economy for decades.

And if that isn’t top-of-mind, at least consider the apparent desire to coexist with nature being expressed by those tech-savvy people we’re so eager to accommodate.

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By William Hicks Big Silicon Valley companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple are incorporating more nature into their new buildings in order to attract workers and inspire creativity.

Ironically, in its attempt to attract this same demographic to Marina del Rey, L.A. County has been treating nature like a temporary Hollywood movie set.

With no regard for existing plant and animal life, it’s like county officials have been saying, “Strike the set!”

Facebook’s newest building up in Menlo Park features a nineacre green roof with a half-mile walking loop and more than 400 trees. Google’s plan to redevelop its Mountain View campus involves four futuristic hubs under sweeping glass canopies, with a multitude of trees and bike paths. Apple’s four-story circular building in Cupertino will encircle a large park with fruit trees and other vegetation.

Amazon’s new office towers will be built around glass bio-domes high enough to accommodate mature trees.

All this begs the question: What’s up with L.A. County?

Well, nobody really knows for sure. While denuding Oxford Basin Lagoon of 650 trees in order to replant the area, the words “native” and “droughtfriendly” were tossed around a lot, though I haven’t seen any solid evidence that the new landscape will actually save water there. The county called the old trees “diseased,” but I’d like to see documentation from a certified biologist.

And then there’s the planned redevelopment of the Mariners Village apartments. For various reasons (including replacing old pipes), the leaseholder-developer says 1,000-plus trees must go.

With technologies such as trenchless plumbing and seamless pipes, this seems like quite the logical leap.

The mindset to destroy nature is not restricted to county government and their partnering developers.

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Reading, Writing and Computer Code Students at Beethoven Street Elementary School are learning to program computers — starting as early as kindergarten guess the answer,” Arthur said.

First grade teacher Angie Evans already has a variety of ideas for her students when school starts again in August. She plans to use games as well as interactive play that doesn’t always involve computers as a foundation for future coding activities.

One would be similar to the older class that moved the frogs, but the first graders would use pictures of animals and learn to move them manually using the same coding concepts.

“When they’re four to six years old, it’s a lot easier for them to see and understand concepts that are concrete,” Evans said.

Both Evans and Arthur see coding as an activity to help build critical thinking skills.

“I don’t think the way that we were going about critical thinking was always effective,” Evans Josh Taylor (left) and Ryan Baber of 9 Dots help students with a coding exercise. said. “A lot of what they’re learning is through trial and error.

[Coding] is a very active way of Principal Althea Ford in 2013. rapt attention as Ryan Baber, the Their regular teacher, Cordy Students in third, fourth and director of Beethoven’s “Get Arthur, has seen the students grow learning.”

Taylor says that training fifth grade received lessons on Coding” initiative, took them more confident since they began coding this year, and 9 Dots through an exercise in which learning how to code in January. students to code helps to prepare them for high-wage jobs. plans to pass the reins to their students employed previously “I’ve noticed that they’re more “That’s especially true in teachers in August. learned functions in order to willing to take certain kinds of computer science. There’s a shortage of computer science majors right now, so there’s huge “I’ve noticed that they’re more willing to take certain for someone with kinds of risks — good risks — as they test their theories opportunity that kind of background to come in and have access to amazing and ideas on how to find the answer.” high-paying and creative jobs,” — teacher Cordy Arthur he said.

Students aren’t the only ones that are looking forward to more Kindergartners, first graders risks — good risks — as they move digital frogs from one lily coding fun next year. and second graders will begin to pad to another. test their theories and ideas on “I’m excited. Coding is a lot learn computer programming how to find the answer. The The students are learning Java next year, albeit on a more kinds of questions that are being more engaging than just teaching script because it is compatible addition and subtraction,” Evans limited basis. asked can be very complex and with most if not all computers, said.

On a recent visit to Beethoven, said Baber, who also works with very confusing, so sometimes gary@argonautnews.com 22 second and third graders paid 9 Dots. you have to take a risk and try to Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.

By Gary Walker The students’ tiny fingers navigate the keys of laptop computers as they try to make a digital frog jump with varying degrees of success. It’s the last week of school and they’re eager to try something new before summer vacation begins.

These students at Beethoven Street Elementary School in Mar Vista are playing a computer game, but in the process they are learning a skill that economists say may be crucial for their future: computer programming.

Beethoven is only the second public school in the Los Angeles Unified School District and the first on the Westside where children are learning how to code at the elementary level.

9 Dots, a Hollywood nonprofit that develops science and technology projects for students, has been advising Beethoven instructors since last year on how to implement coding into their curriculum.

“In the tech and engineering community, we saw that there were many communities that were underrepresented in tech fields due to the lack of early access to STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] programs. We decided to start working with elementary schools with afterschool programs first, and then we decided that we wanted to take a coding focus, so we started working with LAUSD schools last year,” said Josh Taylor, a computer science engineer and executive director of 9 Dots.

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Bureaucratic Nonsense at the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission Hinders Progress at Ballona For almost ten years, the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission proudly advertised its central role in the restoration planning process for the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.

Now, after a series of bad management decisions, numerous delays, and bad press, the Commission is scrambling to distance itself from the project and is fighting to prevent the public disclosure of information that would shed light on their management mistakes.

Members of the Commission’s Governing Board, which includes Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin and Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, owe it to their constituents to get answers to some basic questions about the Commission they oversee: 1) How can the Commission web site have a “Meet the Staff” page but claim in court documents that it has no staff?

2) How can the Commission have an Executive Director but claim to have no information as to the duties performed for the Commission by its Executive Director?

3) How can the Commission claim not to know where certain members of its own staff work?

[Hint: they work at the Commission’s state-funded offices in downtown Los Angeles] 4) How can the Commission claim that the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project is no longer a Commission project when the current Work Plan of the Commission states otherwise?

5) Why did the Commission allow a private entity with a special interest in the outcome of the environmental review at Ballona to fund a key management position for the project?

6) What steps are being taken to prevent future mistakes and delays for this project?

Leadership at the Ballona Wetlands is desperately needed, but is in very short supply. It’s time for Councilmember Bonin and Supervisor Kuehl to start providing that leadership. Our communities deserve a well-managed ecological reserve that supports wildlife and expanded opportunities for volunteer stewardship and nature education and appreciation.

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By Gary Walker A Colorado man could spend the rest of his life in a California prison after a Westchester jury on Friday found him guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a recently married Italian tourist, whom he plowed into with his ironically named car while driving along the crowded Venice Boardwalk.

Alice Gruppioni, 32, was on her honeymoon on Aug. 3, 2013, when Nathan Louis Campbell hit her with his Dodge Avenger.

Campbell ended up causing injuries to more than a dozen other pedestrians whom he hit with his car that Saturday. In addition to the second-degree murder charge, Campbell, 38, was convicted of 17 counts of assault with a deadly weapon and 10 counts of leaving the scene of an accident.

The prosecution initially sought first-degree murder in the death of Gruppioni but withdrew that charge near the end of the trial, which began on April 30. The jury was given the case on June 2.

The prosecution withdrew the first-degree charge near the end of the trial because the jurors appeared to be hung on that question.

Campbell could face life in prison when he is sentenced by Superior Court Judge Kathryn Solorzano on Aug. 5.

Because none of the prosecution’s witnesses were able to identify Campbell, Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila relied on forensic evidence, a surveillance video of the crash and eyewitness testimony — including that of Christian Casadei, Gruppioni’s husband — as well as Campbell’s own statement to Santa Monica police after he turned himself in hours after the fatal crash, reportedly asking, “How many people did I kill?”

One witness, Jesse White, claimed that he was approached prior to the collision by two men on the boardwalk seeking to buy crystal methamphetamine. After one of the men gave money for purchasing the drugs to an acquaintance of White’s, who did not return with them, White testified that the younger man — who the prosecution contended was Campbell — became angry

Firefighters assist those who were injured by driver Nathan Louis Campbell on the Venice Boardwalk. and told him, “You point them out to me and I’ll hit them with my [expletive] car.”

White said he later saw Campbell return in a Dodge Avenger and drive onto the boardwalk. Avila and Campbell’s attorney, James Cooper III of Westchester, addressed the jury earlier that morning on one of Solorzano’s instructions, which allowed jurors to consider Campbell’s alleged “expressed malice” in running down Gruppioni and other pedestrians.

As with his opening statement, Cooper sought to convince jurors that expressed malice should not be considered because his client did not mean to hit or kill anyone.

“The evidence showed that Mr. Campbell hit some mannequins and an ATM machine and then skidded after a hard right turn. If there was a plan to kill, you would have seen Mr. Campbell enter the boardwalk from an east to west direction and put the pedal to the medal and try to strike as many people as he could,” Cooper said. “There isn’t sufficient evidence that Mr. Campbell had any intent to kill when his car entered the boardwalk.”

“The natural probability of when you slam your car into the back of a woman is possible death,” Avila countered. He then urged jurors to consider Campbell’s conduct prior to driving onto the boardwalk.

“A cold, calculated decision to kill someone can be arrived at in seconds,” he told jurors, emphasizing that the defendant knew that he was driving onto a “fully loaded boardwalk with families and children.”

Casadei and Gruppioni’s family have filed a civil lawsuit against Los Angeles city officials.

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Anchor tenant of the Runway at Playa Vista development opens Wednesday

By Bonnie Eslinger Playa Vista’s long-awaited Whole Foods Market is set to open Wednesday, marking a major milestone for the Westside’s newest neighborhood and red-hot tech industry hub.

The upscale grocery store specializing in natural and prepared foods is an anchor tenant for the 11-acre Runway at Playa Vista development. Still partially under construction, Runway will serve as Playa Vista’s restaurant and retail core, but also features office space and 420 apartments. A state-of-theart nine-screen Cinemark movie theater and a CVS pharmacy opened earlier this year.

“Playa Vista is a vibrant community that’s growing as a popular residential and business area,” Whole Foods spokeswoman Connie Kwon said. “We saw Runway as an ideal location in the midst of community activity.”

At 35,000 square feet, the Whole Foods facing Jefferson Boulevard and McConnell Avenue is designed to serve residents and lunching office workers with “expansive social spaces designed to serve as extensions of the home and cultivate a uniquely connected community,” Kwon said.

There’s also a full-service bar called the Astro Pub, home delivery service to Playa Vista residents and meal plan compatibility for Loyola Marymount University students.

Other businesses slated to open their doors in the coming months at the $260 million-plus Runway development include a Starbucks, several restaurants, two bank branches, fitness centers and beauty salons, said Chris Daniell, retail division manager for Runway developer Lincoln Property Company.

Runway is also finalizing negotiations to lease its 33,000 square feet of office space to a single company; an announcement of the deal is expected soon, Daniell said.

Playa Vista CVS store manager Yasir Chaudhry said he expects the opening of Whole Foods to be a major attraction that enlivens the area.

“That’s going to be the only grocery store around here,” Chaudhry said.

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Whole Foods Cleared for Takeoff

It’s finally here: Whole Foods Market was slated to open on Wednesday at the Runway in Playa Vista.

Built on the former grounds of the Hughes Aircraft Company, Playa Vista is already home to YouTube Space L.A. as well as several major video game design, Internet technology and digital marketing firms. Yahoo and Google are soon to launch offices within the 460-acre planned community.

During this second phase of development, about 6,000 new homes will eventually fill in the rest of Playa Vista. Combined with the existing mix of mostly condos and apartments, Playa Vista will soon be able to accommodate about 13,000 residents, according to master developer Brookfield Residential.

Gary and Wendy Niles moved into Playa Vista during its first phase of construction years ago and are happy to see some of the promised amenities finally opening up. On a quiet Sunday,

they slipped into the Cinemark to catch a matinee screening of the disaster blockbuster “San Andreas.”

“It’s walkable, like a neighborhood,” Gary Niles said. ***** The official grand opening of the Playa Vista Whole Foods Market is at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 17.

The first 200 shoppers will receive a free reusable bag with a unique Playa Vista design and a coffee mug from Allegro Coffee.

Shoppers can get a sneak peak inside the store during a Friends of Ballona Wetlands fundraiser from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, June 15. The suggested donation is $10.

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Beach Parking Lot Eyed for Office Space Opponents worry the project will crowd Venice Beach with commuters and threaten its recreational vibe

By Gary Walker Plans to build a nearly 29,000-square-foot office building alongside the Venice boardwalk are in their nascent stages, but community opposition is already brewing.

Investment group Boardwalk Sunset LLC has hired prominent Venice architect Glen Irani to design the three-story structure at 601 Ocean Front Walk, currently a ground-level parking lot where Sunset Avenue meets the boardwalk.

In addition to the 22,000-plus square feet of office space, the development would include 5,254 square feet of retail, an 800-square-foot live/work space and two levels of subterranean parking.

A group of residents along or near Ocean Front Walk met on May 27 at the Sunset Avenue home of John Stein to discuss the project and strategies for opposing it.

“Were this building built as

Boardwalk Sunset LLC is planning a three-story, 28,792 square foot development for the Venice Boardwalk. proposed, the six-block-long neighborhood behind it would suffer the pressure, regardless of any cumulative effect, from setting a precedent for office development up and down Ocean Front Walk,” Stein wrote in a handout that was distributed at the meeting. “But such a

precedent would encourage more office buildings to be built on similarly situated and similarly designated commercial properties not currently zoned for office development.”

Many of those in attendance have been involved in battling other large-scale or controversial

commercial and residential projects over the last decade.

While several at the meeting argued that the proposed project was not in compliance with the Venice Specific Plan or other city zoning laws, Los Angeles city planner Kevin Jones said the project site is zoned for commercial as well as mixed-use developments.

“This project 100 percent conforms to the [Venice Specific Plan]. We are prepared to counter [Stein’s] arguments on that,” Irani said.

The project has not yet reached the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee for discussion, committee chair Robin Rudisill said.

Stein expressed concert that opening up the boardwalk to creative office space could threaten the beach’s recreational and retail character.

“What would we want instead of having Ocean Front Walk turn into

an office park? For me, I think it comes down to wanting things that foster community, and things that make it possible for artists and musicians to still live in Venice. This is what makes Venice unique, what draws people here and makes them want to stay,” Stein said.

Former Venice Neighborhood Council member Yvonne Guzman suggested asking Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin to call on his council colleagues to temporarily halt boardwalk construction. In April the council halted construction of large houses on small lots in east Venice and Westchester’s Kentwood neighborhood.

Stein worries that the office project would eliminate public parking spaces for the beach and nearby businesses, but Irani said the proposal and its subterranean parking structure would preserve most of the existing spaces.

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Saving the Civic: Does Community Input Really Matter?

Residents have made their desires for the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium clear, but its fate ultimately hangs on the City Council’s shoulders?

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renovation of a dormant landmark into a state-of-the-art movie theater, in which roughly half the financing came from public sources while the rest came from a private entity in return for rights to run the facility for 55 years.

“My fantasy is the L.A. Phil. Let’s have a Westside venue,” Gruber said.

Gruber, of course, clarifies that his opinions are personal: his group has not settled on any single recommendation.

However, such angles should be explored: “We have a big funding gap. It’s clear it’s very hard to fill this gap without either a large bond issue or someone coming in with capital. It’s a big problem we have to solve,” he said.

“I am doubtful that a tax measure to fund Now a historic landmark with an uncertain future, the 1958 Santa a bond issue will succeed,” Gould agreed, Monica Civic Auditorium was a striking cultural venue in its heyday. “but the ULI report indicates that the right mix of development on the parking lot site need to accept and work through the $55- could generate enough revenue streams to “What’s great about HR&A, if you ask to $70-million one-time capital cost and them a question and it’s a good question, swing it. It might involve the commercial ongoing need for $1 to $2 million in they can get you that data,” Gruber said, parcels to the south if the owner will noting that the Metroquest software is “in operating subsidy needed to accomplish participate.” this,” he said. its first iteration.”

The CWG has been sorting through the For Fresco, working with HR&A and Since the 1990s, HR&A’s work for the MetroQuest data prior to Saturday’s final City has focused on economic analysis of their software helps streamline their community workshop, which intends to process, transcending the norm to “get planning (2010 Land Use & Circulation “tie together all the material,” as Fresco Elements updates), housing (re-tooling of information from people on complex put it. the City’s Affordable Housing Production financial issues.” “[The results] will be used to frame a set While everyone agrees the tool has been of alternative site development scenarios Program) and other policy initiatives, or useful, Gruber — an attorney and writer analysis of individual proposed developfor further public discussion at Workshop who has written extensively about Santa ment projects (Hines Bergamot Transit No. 3,” Silvern said.

Monica — questioned whether it presented The CWG then finalizes its recommendaVillage), many involving the deliverance of analysis results to city commissions and the entire picture. tions, which are expected to go before the “What I felt was missing in the tools we Santa Monica City Council mid-year. the City Council. had was, OK, if we bring in AEG or Silvern said the Metroquest approach Gruber does not pussyfoot around when makes this assignment unique: Beyond his Nederlander, are we going to hand them a asked whether the Metroquest results will built theater? What do they pay?” Gruber impact his committee’s recommendations. staff’s expertise and his firm’s 30 yearsplus experience, their work has benefitted asked, rhetorically. “What I think has not “We’re looking for good ideas. We’re not looking for a vote,” Gruber said. “This is a very big problem the city. It has lost the city millions of dollars for many years and “We’re looking for good ideas. We’re was not considered benefitting the city’s not looking for a vote. This is a very big residents. It’s hard.”

After five years in city office, Gould may problem for the city. It has lost the city have been bullish about the Civic’s millions of dollars for many years and prospects, but he was also realistic. was not considered benefitting the city’s “The public must accept some trade-offs if the Civic is to be brought back to life,” residents. It’s hard.”

Gould said. “Some combination of hotel, — Civic Working Group member Frank Gruber creative office, retail and/or meeting space with a private operator as partner may be feasible. been explored in that is how much such a from “the experience and perspective of “However, sports fields and additional the CWG members and the public [attend- private entity would spend on the capital park space on the site just postpone the renovation on the theater and what they ing the workshops].” revitalization deeper into the future. The Late January also saw City Manager Rod would want for doing that.” community doesn’t generally accept Unsatisfied with a ticket tax, Gruber Gould stepping down. During his final trade-offs willingly, so the Civic may sit wants to know what an operator would pay empty for a number of years until and service days, Gould, in office during the Civic’s June 2013 shuttering, shared with in rent to take part in a capitalized financ- acceptable and financeable plan is proing program.

The Argonaut his “bullish” outlook on duced and agreed upon.”

Santa Monica’s future, including the Civic: “We have to be creative about this kind of stuff. We have to encourage partners to go Community Workshop #3 begins 9:30 a.m.

“The Council and community are quite on Saturday at Civic Auditorium East right to wish to see the [Civic] Auditorium in,” Gruber said.

Gruber’s example: Loew’s Kings Theatre Wing, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. renovated and put back into use as a Information: civic@smgov.net in Brooklyn, New York — a $93-million cultural and entertainment center. People michael@argonautnews.com Photo courtesy of the Santa Monica History Museum

By Michael Aushenker On Saturday morning, the Civic Working Group (CWG) — a group of city appointed resident experts tasked with analyzing potential uses for the mothballed Santa Monica Civic Auditorium — will hold its third and final community workshop about the future of the venue.

But only after the Santa Monica City Council decides later this year whether to reactivate the Civic as a performance venue or repurpose its 10.3-acre campus will taxpayers have an answer to the question left hanging after the second workshop more than four months ago: Did their input really matter, or is the Civic’s fate a fait accompli?

At the Civic’s east annex on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, CWG Chair Nina Fresco and Vice Chair Iao Katagiri presided over a public gathering along with a team led by John Alschuler, head of HR&A Advisors — a locally based real estate, economic development and energy efficiency consulting firm that is assisting the CWG in the analysis of the Civic’s potential.

Only two things seem definite regarding the Civic. No. 1: City officials have authorized Santa Monica College to develop an Early Childhood Education Center on 1.5 to 1.8 acres of the site. No. 2: For the remaining eight acres, “there’s a consensus where people would like to see this as an arts and culture complex. I think it’s a given,” the CWG’s Frank Gruber said.

CWG reached this consensus partly through its workshops, the first of which occurred Sept. 27.

Unique to January’s second workshop was HR&A’s employment of its MetroQuest software, giving Santa Monicans the chance to plan the Civic’s usage using iPads on site or from home via at the city’s website.

Roughly 120 attendees and 1,000 Internet users participated in the “simplified, broad and safe” trade-off game, parameters of which “based on conservative projections gleaned from comparable projects” gave the CWG “a true sense” of what people will or will not compromise on, Fresco said.

“We are pleased that many people found the online trade-off tool we designed with MetroQuest and our team of sub-consultants to be fun and engaging, but it also has a very specific purpose in our process,” HR&A Vice President Paul Silvern said. “The trade-off tool was specifically designed to acquaint members of the public with exactly the same kinds of decision-making complexity that the CWG, and ultimately the City Council, will face, and to work through the trade-offs that must be addressed in a creative and realistic re-imagining of the Civic and its surrounding area.”

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Architect of change Leader of 2015’s AIA Award-winning studio, Steven Ehrlich has literally helped put Culver City on the map

By Michael Aushenker Two summers ago, Gungxi Normal University Press published the Taschenesque tome “Ehrlich Architects: Learning, Working, Living,” showcasing the greatest hits, so to speak, of Steven Ehrlich.

Among the Culver City-based architect’s creations detailed: the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and the School of Earth and Space Exploration buildings, both at Arizona State University; the John M. Roll United States Courthouse in Yuma, Arizona; UC Irvine Contemporary Arts Center and student housing at Pomona College; the Zeidler residence in Aptos; and four condo towers in Taipei.

In between those out-of-town and out-of-state projects are the meat-and-potato projects on which Ehrlich built his firm’s name: the Mews, an eight-unit loft complex; the Race Through the Clouds and Ace Marketplace buildings enclosing Windward Circle; and Ehrlich’s own decade-andcounting residence, 700 Palms—all located right here in Venice.

Ehrlich Architects has also created the mixed-use 9919 Jefferson complex; Sony Music headquarters in Santa Monica’s corporate corridor near Colorado and 26th; residences in Santa Monica Canyon; and the nautical-themed Robertson Branch Library in West Los Angeles’ Pico-Robertson area.

Most notably, Ehrlich’s interior transformation of the old Culver Theatre into the Kirk Douglas Theatre helped propel downtown Culver City’s renaissance.

“I have great respect for Steve’s architectural designs, which are widely scattered from Africa to the U.S.,” said Venice-based artist Ed Moses, Ehrlich’s past client and collaborator, and a decades-long friend.

Ehrlich’s Early Years

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six-year work and travel sojourn in the 1970s. Serving in the Peace Corps in Morocco from 1969 to 1972 and working in urban planning in Marrakesh, Ehrlich learned loads during his foundation years in Africa, picking up on the indigenous “sustainable wisdom vernacular to always tread lightly on the land,” he said. “Do not utilize a lot of energy. I learned early on that culture and environment architecture are all intertwined.

“The funny thing is it was forward thinking but also looking at things going on for centuries. It was something I wanted to learn in a fundamental way.”

While in North Africa, Ehrlich traversed the Sahara and taught at Amadubel University in Nigeria, where he studied “architecture without architects,” edifices formed by site and climate limitations.

Undoubtedly, Ehlich loves the Modernist masters (Schindler, Neutra, Soriano, Kappe, Koenig, Frey) but, he said, “I’ve also been influenced by the sheer exuberance of Frank Gehry’s work.”

In fact, his first ground-up residential commission in 1980 was a tricky one: adding a painting studio to Neutra’s 1959 Loring Avenue residence in the Hollywood Hills.

“Sure, I was nervous about it,” Ehrlich said. “But that helped put me on the map.”

(Especially after architectural photographer Julius Shulman captured it on film.)

Today, Ehrlich’s workforce—40 strong— operates out of a resourcefully designed, repurposed vintage building that originated as a dancehall clubhouse in 1917.

“When we bought the building 17 years ago, it was a defunct mortuary,” Ehrlich said.

The entire staff works in a maximized, single open-plan studio with adjacent loft level and adjoining converted garage space serving as a model shop.

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The Race Through the Clouds building on Windward Circle boasts motifs Architect Steven Ehrlich relaxes at his Venice home, which he built echoing the rollercoaster from Abbot Kinney’s 1920s Venice of America. himself a decade ago.

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The Kirk Douglas Theatre helped spark downtown Culver City’s rebirth.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, one of two projects Ehrlich created for Arizona State University.

ASU School of Earth & Space Exploration typifies Ehrlich’s vertical drops and transparency.

is not its most famous Culver City overhaul. In the early 2000s, after Gordon Davidson —then executive director of Center Theatre Group (parent entity of downtown’s Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Theatre and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)—decided on a Westside annex, Ehrlich won the assignment, revamping the 1947 Culver Theatre into the 317-seat, state-of-the-art Kirk Douglas Theatre, replete with retro-modern lobby and chic red seating.

Moreover, 2004’s Kirk Douglas became a facilitator of downtown Culver City’s renaissance, soon anchored by the proliferation of hip eateries, art galleries, and the 2008 refurbishment of the 1924-dating Culver Hotel. Suddenly, downtown Culver became a true destination.

If much of Ehrlich’s core work lies in the heart of L.A.’s Westside, it’s because this is where Ehrlich’s firm, home and heart remain. Honored with the prestigious AIA National Firm Award this year, Erhlich Architects—including partners Takashi Yanai, Mathew Chaney, Patricia Rhee— also handles projects as far as Dubai.

Yet roll back 36 years ago and we find young Steven Ehrlich burning the midnight

oil out of a humble studio tucked within Erhlich’s Venice garage near California and Oakwood. Supporting a family, “I was an urban pioneer back in the day,” Ehrlich recalled.

He soon “graduated out of my garage,” moving to 74 Market Street, where his

academia: the flexible-use Kinross Staging Building.

“It’s gone through a lot of interesting incarnations,” Ehrlich said. “The first entity to use it was the Graduate School of Fine Arts. They used it for four years as an artist studios environment” (including theatre director Peter Sellars and performance artist Chris Burden, who died May 10).

When developing Shatto, Ehrlich invited Moses for a collaboration.

“I wanted to make walls that could be graffiti’d on and therefore incorporated with the nature of the area. The Building Department rejected that idea,” Moses recalled.

In 1984 and 2004, the friends collaborated on Moses’ twin art studios, located on the property of Moses’ longtime Venice abode. Years after Ehrlich designed new gallery space at UC Irvine, a painting retrospective for Moses hung there last fall. With Irvine’s arts center (a LEED platinum building), Team Ehrlich embraced a naturally ventilating green strategy for the theater and gallery.

about feeling the bohemian energy.”

In the early 1990s, Ehrlich’s first public buildings included downtown L.A.’s Shatto Recreation Center, included in its model form in the Getty Center exhibit “Overdrive”; and the ship façade-echoing Robertson Branch Library. (Other Ehrlich-

“Change is embedded [in Los Angeles].

We are the incubator of change. The people are open-minded. It has incredible diversity, the ocean, the desert, the flats.

Just think of all the writing that Jonathan Gold does about food. That energy influences our architecture.”

— Steven Ehrlich firm remained from 1985 to ’90; one wall away from 72 Market Street, the restaurant co-owned by actor Dudley Moore and producer Tony Bill.

“That was a great time,” Ehrlich said of the Venice when artists Robert Graham, Jonathan Borofsky and Duane Valentine hit their creative peak. “It was very much

designed branches include Westwood and Encino-Tarzana.) The Sony Music headquarters on Colorado and 20th, completed in 1991 for Lowe Enterprises, was Ehrlich’s first significantly sized commercial project. In this epoch, Erhlich also created the 75,000-square-foot UCLA complex he says remains an anomaly in

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F Ea t u r e “To do that in a public building is quite amazing. It saves them money and we’re being good stewards of the environment,” he said.

But it’s Shatto which still holds particular eminence for Ehrlich.

“It was important in terms of the development of the practice,” he said.

That includes a trio of buildings at Windward Circle deriving inspiration from community founder Abbot Kinney’s original “Venice of America” vision.

“They were experimenting with the reflection of the bygone lagoon,” Ehrlich explained of Ace Marketplace, an edifice boasting appendages echoing “those big armatures that were symbolic of the cranes.”

Facing southeast off Windward, the curvatures and crossing beams of Race to the Clouds echo the sweep of its namesake (Kinney’s rollercoaster of yesteryear) as well as its upside reflection off the Ballona Wetlands.

“Our designs are influenced by history but they’re not doing pastiche,” Ehrlich said.

Outside of California, Ehrlich Architects has designed the lab building at 675 W. Kendall in Cambridge for a private genetic research company: severely vertical, several-story agoras with transparent staircases meant to encourage chance encounters.

“Not all science can be done behind a computer screen or in a lab. It’s when

people run into each other and start talking that the magic happens,” Ehrlich said.

Ehrlich also designed the earliest version of DreamWorks SKG Studios in Glendale; the 9378 Wilshire office complex in Beverly Hills; Orange County’s OCC Art Center, OCC Arts Pavilion and CSUF Grand Central Arts Building; and, in 2012 in the lower income neighborhood of Huntington Park, Linda Marquez School.

“It’s become a strong gathering place [for 2,000 kids],” he said.

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On the Horizon

Back in Venice, where Ehrlich resides with wife Nancy Griffin (his three grown daughters have left the nest), his current 700 Palms address is a far cry from the modest Craftsman home he started in.

“My current house is a new house I built 10 years ago,” he said. “It embraces natural vegetation, courtyards with glass naturally ventilated and a multicultural Modernism.

I’ve always been interested in influences from other cultures.”

Of course, today’s Venice is quite different from the one he started in.

“Change is embedded. We are the incubator of change,” he said, of Los Angeles at large. “The people are open-minded. It has incredible diversity, the ocean, the desert, the flats. Just think of all the writing that Jonathan Gold does about food. That energy influences our architecture.”

Ironically, Ehrlich is one of L.A.’s architects of change, especially in Venice and Culver City.

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“I don’t like that the rents on Abbot Kinney are chasing out the local establishments that have been there for many years. There’s a sadness to that,” Ehrlich said. “But as an architect, I embrace change. I embrace new ideas.”

Currently in El Segundo, Ehrlich is creating Elevon Creative Campus and another creative office space within former aerospace buildings. And as Culver City barrels toward its 2017 centennial celebration, Ehrlich has two mixed-use retail/creative office space projects in development: the ambitious Parcel B, and Washington/National TOD with Lowe.

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With significant contributions to Culver City’s progress behind him and several more on the horizon, Ehrlich derives much pride from their accomplishments.

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Have Piano, Will Travel Singer-songwriter Isabella Tang performs original pop songs in an intimate setting

By Michael Aushenker Isabella Tang is not one of those who are easily amused.

“I’m the kind of person who has to work on being happy,” she says.

Her therapy of choice: music.

On Saturday, the singer-songwriter performs a concert of her compositions (plus a couple of covers) from her newly released debut recording, the EP “If I Could Tell You,” at Hatch Studios, an intimate West Los Angeles startup coworking space in the Cross Campus and Playa-Jefferson mold.

Joined by percussionist Ryan Mowrey of the Ska-riginals, Katie Stump on guitar and background vocals, bassist Genna Projansky and violinist David Cano, Tang performs with a full band for the first time since last June at the House of Blues’ Voodoo Lounge in West Hollywood. A few months before the May demise of the WitZend in Venice, Tang also performed during Twenty Minute Tuesdays at the now-defunct Lincoln Boulevard club.

Tang was scheduled to perform a full concert this Saturday at the WitZend before a situation with the lease abruptly

“It’s a love poem, but I can’t tell you who he’s talking to,” she says. “It’s ambiguous. I like the sadness in it.”

It was while attending Stanford University that Tang began exploring her creative side even as she studied economics, debuting as a singer at Stanford’s Fro Sho and performing at fundraisers.

Since graduating, Tang has worked as a management consultant for a Century City-based company where colleagues are so supportive of her side endeavor that they play Tang’s “Passenger” video on the lobby’s digital display.

Tang believes that majoring in economics has served her music-industry ambitions well.

“It’s about the study of decision-making and tradeoffs,” she explains.

In late 2012, Tang scaled back her work hours to put more time into her music. A UCLA Extension songwriting class taught her “to be less cerebral and use more imagery” in her lyrics, she says.

These days, Tang enjoys the sounds of — Isabella Tang Ingrid Michaelson, Bon Iver and John Mayer: “Singer-songwriters are a lot more at age 8 and was weaned on Chopin and Her song “Everything at Once” landed introspective with lyrics.”

Debussy with twin sister Elizabeth on the university’s “Stanford Soundtrack.” The upbeat highlights on Tang’s new (currently wrapping up her law degree at “I was able to write a lot,” Tang says of album include “Passenger,” the first single University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious her college experience, there being a for which she shot a video (see it on Wharton Business School). Tang has piano in the lounge of practically every YouTube), and “Photosynthesis,” in which been writing songs and reading poetry dorm.

Tang pursues “more of an electronic since she was 15. In fact, the lyrics At Stanford’s Black Love Celebration, sound” and uses the solar-powered for her EP’s title track directly from a Tang opened for singer Jasmine Sullivan, T.S. Eliot piece. whose music was featured on TV’s “Glee.”

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A sign for Scopa Italian Roots started me thinking about metaphors for the ways traditional ideas have been used as a launching pad for fusion cuisine.

Japanese spaghetti is only one example of an unlikely but successful graft on Italian tradition. I was curious about whether this restaurant was an heirloom plant or an exotic hybrid, so I decided to stop in.

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The calamari was bathed in squid ink before frying, and whether it was that or some seasoning in the breading, this dish was particularly delicious.

The tartare was the typical mix of raw beef chopped with lemon, capers and chives, but it was topped with a raw quail egg and served with lardo toast. Lardo is a type of fatty bacon cured with rosemary and spices that is as rich as it sounds, and putting it alongside the clean, pure flavors of tartare was an inspired idea.

To alternate bites of fatty richness on bread with citrusy, oniony meat was delightful, and if you have ever considered trying tartare this is a great place to start.

The flavors in that dish were all rich, so a kale salad with bottarga, egg, pickled shallots and lemon was perfect to follow.

(I wish I could say we planned it that way, but we didn’t — either that was the order in which it came from the kitchen or our server structured our meal for us.) Bottarga, a variant on caviar popular in Sicily and Greece, has the briny flavor of an ocean breeze — a tricky ingredient. It’s

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Squid Ink Calamari. usually used in pastas but played well with the slight bitterness of kale and tang of lemon. I’d like to see more experimentation with bottarga locally, as it’s an undervalued item.

Our pastas followed, the lasagnette mentioned above and a simple spaghetti chitarra with pecorino and a grind of black pepper. The juxtaposition of such a simple item with a complex one was another accident: we ordered the chitarra because one person at the table viewed the lamb neck with suspicion. As it turned out he liked both, and so did we. Alternating bites made so that each one cleared the palate for the other.

One of the people at my table owns a wineshop and zeroed in on two bottles to pair with our meal: a Fuso Barbera and something with the menacing name “Aglianico del Vulture.” I had been rather concerned that carrion-eating birds might be involved, but it turned out that there is a region of southern Italy by this name — the Italian word for the bird is avvoltoio. It’s an ugly name for a beautiful wine, one I intend to find again.

We didn’t try any of the large main courses at Scopa, though we saw some going by that looked lovely. We wanted to sample tapas-style, and our bill was probably a bit lower as a consequence. We spent about $40 per person food-wise only, and about double that when wine and a cocktail were taken into account, and had a delightful time.

The name of this restaurant still contains one mystery for me, however: the word “scopa” can denote a rake, a broom or a card game, and it’s also obscene slang for a sexual tryst. Whether or not that that ambiguity is deliberate, the Italian roots of this restaurant are clearly healthy and bearing good fruit.

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“This home combines the best of vintage charm with modern features and amenities,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The living room looks out on the front yard and a beautiful rose garden, and has hardwood floors and a brick fireplace. The dining room flows to the modern kitchen with stainless appliances, quartz counters and a subway tile backsplash, and a corner window overlooking the back yard. The kitchen door opens to a patio.

Three bedrooms with the original hardwood floors and walk-in closets, along with one remodeled bathroom, plus a detached twocar garage, complete the floor plan.”

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“This charming home is set on a 9,000 large lot on one of the best streets in Westchester,” say agents Kim Williamson and Nicole Pagan. “The well-maintained home features three spacious bedrooms, two baths, a formal living room, a cozy den with a double-sided fireplace, a formal dining room, and a bright and cheerful kitchen with ample cabinets and a breakfast area. There is a huge sunroom overlooking the expansive back yard with its two magnificent old maple trees.”

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“This south-facing three bedroom, three bath home has a private entrance from a two-car garage,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “The well-appointed kitchen has stainless Bosch and Thermador appliances, a wine fridge and a large peninsula with a sit-up bar. The first floor has a bedroom, bath and enclosed patio. The master bedroom has two walk-in closets, and the master bath has Caesarstone counters. The home has carpet, tile, and high ceilings. Amenities include a concierge and a fitness center, all close to the beach, restaurants, and Abbot Kinney.”

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“These two state-of-the-art, custom-built homes in Loyola Village blend quality, sophistication and technology,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “8310 Altavan has three bedrooms and 2.5 baths in approximately 1,500 square feet, and 8308 Altavan has four bedroom and 2.5 baths in approximately 2,100 square feet. Both homes feature open floor plans, gourmet kitchens and master bedroom suites. Contact us to schedule a private showing.”

8310 Altavan is offered at $1,100,000, and 8308 Altavan is offered at $1,300.000.

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“Situated on a knoll, this three bedroom, two bath home is an exceptional find,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “The sunny living room has an elegant fireplace and gorgeous Brazilian cherry hardwood floors . The remodeled kitchen features granite counters, stainless appliances, custom cabinetry, and an adjacent laundry area. The family room has French doors opening to a tranquil backyard with lush landscaping, fireplace and a water fountain.”

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The Facts About Home Solar (Part 1 of 3) California Solar Initiative’s (CSI’s) New Solar Home Partnership (NSHP) provides financial incentives for homebuilders in the form of a dollar-per-watt rebate for every kilowatt of solar-generating capacity installed in new homes. NSHP is part of CSI’s GoSolar CA program, a supplemental incentive program channeled through the state’s investor-owned utilities. In total, the state’s various incentive programs have a goal of creating 3,000 megawatts (mW) of renewable generating capacity and efficiency savings statewide.

To qualify, the subdivision, houses and panels themselves need to meet a litany of CSI standards, including: · location in the service territory of Southern California Edison (SCE), San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E), Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) or the Bear Valley Electric Service (BVES); · approved new, flat-panel solar arrays and ancillary equipment meeting specified efficiency and capacity standards; · new construction single or multi-family residential buildings, or a total building renovation; permanent structural attachment to a solid foundation (i.e. no mobile homes); · total building energy efficiency ratings exceeding California Building Code minimums by at least 15%; and · full interconnection with the utility’s power distribution grid; and more.

The NSHP program’s goal is to add 360 mW of solar generating capacity on new construction homes statewide by 2016. So far, just over 50 mW of capacity have been installed using NSHP incentives, with another 114 mW in the approval stage. One mW of solar energy powers a nationwide average of about 160 homes, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. (Note: installed capacity is not the same as actual power generated.

One mW is equal to one thousand kilowatts (kW); one kW is one thousand watts. Thus, one kW is equal to one million watts.

Under ideal conditions, residential solar arrays can generate anywhere from 3.5 to 10 kW at peak production.)

The incentive program is structured in diminishing tiers, so as generating capacity is added, per-watt incentives decrease.

Thus, at the beginning of the program in 2007, homebuilders were eligible for rebates starting at $2.25 per watt of solar generating capacity added, until the program accumulated 5.5 mW of aggregate capacity. Then, the incentive dropped to $2.00 per watt, and remained there until the next aggregate capacity was reached. As of May 2015, available rebates are starting at $0.75 per watt.

Higher-efficiency projects are eligible for higher per-watt rebates.

However, each system is capped at 50% of the system’s total cost to the homebuilder, including: · the array itself and related equipment; · labor and materials used in installation; and · sales taxes and applicable solar generation permit fees.

Consider the homebuilder who installs a 7kW solar array on a newly constructed home at a total cost of $15,000. The per-watt rebate available through NSHP in the current incentive tier if $0.75/watt, yielding a rebate of approximately $5,250 to the builder, less than $50 of the homebuilder’s total system cost,. Thus, the homebuilder receives the entire rebate.

At an earlier incentive tier of, say, $2.00/watt, the homebuilder’s rebate would have been capped at $7,500 (50% of the system cost) even though the rebate formula yields $14,000 for that system.

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Thursday, June 11 Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free weekly walks around Marina del Rey harbor start from Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9595 UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, 2 to 6 p.m. (Also 2 to 6 p.m.

Fridays.) Every Thursday the MAC rents sailing, rowing, kayaking, windsurfing and stand-up paddling equipment. Free to $630. 14001 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 8230048; marinaaquaticcenter.org Storytelling and Reading For Kids, 4 p.m. Volunteers perform and read to children one-on-one or in small groups on Thursdays, and kids earn a free book after the third visit.

Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org “Beach Eats” Food Truck Event, 5 to 9 p.m. Every Thursday throughout summer, Mother’s Beach hosts a variety of gourmet food trucks in a dog-friendly atmosphere. 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Mind Over Movies, 6 p.m. Free weekly movie screening followed by a roundtable discussion. This week: the Coen Brothers’ existentialist black comedy of biblical proportions, “A Serious Man.” The Christian Institute, 1308 Second St., Santa Monica. Free. Facebook.com/ MindOverMoviesLA PaintNite at El Torito, 7 p.m. Enjoy drinks and food while artist Hannah Smith guides you through a painting step-by-step. No experience needed. $45, with smock, canvas, paint and brushes provided. Food/drinks not included. First come, first served basis. El Torito, 3360 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. paintnite.com “The Last Vaudevillian,” 8 p.m.

(Also 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday through June 20). A mother’s monologue in front of her daughter about dead showbiz relatives summons vaudeville characters and

questions about reconciling with family. Suggested $15 donation.

Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com

Friday, June 12 Musical Shabbat and Dinner, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Featuring music by Jeff Fleck, Cantor Laurie, Fisherman Phil, Rabbi Dan and Zola BergerSchmitz. $20, kids under 10 free.

Social Hall, Mishkon Tephilo, 201 Hampton Drive, Venice. mishkon. org; (310) 392-3029 “20 Questions,” 7 p.m. Quizmaster John Rosenthal emcees the trivial pursuit game every Friday night at TRiP, 2102 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Hornblower Dinner Cruises, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Enjoy a four-course dinner with dancing and a harbor view. Call (800) 801-FRIDAY for a special buy one get one free offer.

Board at 7 p.m. at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. hornblower.com Mariachi and Folkloric Dancing, 7:30, 9:30 and 10:45 p.m. Dinner with traditional Mexican entertainment at Casa Sanchez, 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 397-4444; casa-sanchez.com All-Male “Cinderella,” 9:30 p.m.

(Fridays and Saturdays through July 25.) A comic musical twist on a classic tale at the Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 Forth St., Santa Monica. $19.50. RSVP necessary.

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Saturday, June 13 Free Drive-Through Electronics Recycling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gather your old electronics and recycle them in an environment-friendly way at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. For every pound of qualified electronics,

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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 2nd annual BBQ Fundraiser, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The St. Jerome Conference of St. Vincent de Paul invites you to a feast with proceeds benefiting the homeless. All dinners will include baked beans, potato salad, and dessert. Dinner choices include: chicken $11, BBQ ribs $13, tri-tip $13 and combo dinners $14 to $16. St. Jerome Parish Hall, 5550 Thornburn St., Westchester.

(310) 908-9204 Jazz Concert, 2 to 3 p.m. Gregg Young and his 2nd Street Jazz Band play up-tempo music at Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Ragtime Festival, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (Also 2:30 p.m. Sunday) The 40th Annual Ragtime Festival with pianists Kathy Craig, Frederick Hodges, Vincent Johnson, John Reed-Torres and the Mighty Wurlitzer. 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $20. Reservations recommended. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org

“Sounds of Downtown,” 7:30 p.m.

The Culver City Symphony Orchestra ends its 2014-15 season with a concert and reception featuring Parness Concerto Competition winner Julia Choi. $15 to $25. Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. culvercitysymphony.org; (310) 717-5500

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

Sunday, June 14 Medley of Yiddish Writers, 10 a.m. to noon. Enjoy entertainment and poetry at “Yiddish By The Sea: Medley of Yiddish Writers in and Around Venice” with guests Miriam Koral, UCLA lecturer in Yiddish, and Caroline Luce, researcher at the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies. $10. Social Hall, Mishkon Tephilo, 201 Hampton Drive, Venice. (310) 392-3029; mishkon.org

Monday, June 15 GED classes, various times Mondays through Thursdays.

Free high school completion classes at Emerson Adult Learning Center, 8810 Emerson Ave., Westchester. (310) 258-2000; veniceservicearea.org

OULA Fitness Club, 11 a.m. to noon Sundays. High-energy dancing to lively music in a non-judgmental environment at the Los Angeles Art Collective, 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 105, Westchester. $10 per session, with first session free. oulafitness.com

“Coffee with a Deputy,” 8 to 10 a.m. Talk crime trends and public safety with Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Capt. Joseph Stephen and his staff. Starbucks, 4724½ Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Beaches.lacounty.gov

Historical Society of Centinela Valley 40th Annual BBQ, noon to 4 p.m. Held on the grounds of the first home of the South Bay, a Rancho home built in 1834 where the decision to subdivide the barley fields into suburban communities began. BBQ beef/chicken, baked beans, coleslaw and cake will be served. Music by Joey Dee. Centinela Adobe, 7634 Midfield Ave., Westchester. Donation: $14.

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Early Stages Workshop for Kids, 9 a.m. to noon (Through June 26.)

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The Art of Multitasking Sculptor, painter and Santa Monica Art Studios co-founder Yossi Govrin is a very busy man

By Kathy Leonardo “Be careful!” exclaims Santa Monica Art Studios co-founder Yossi Govrin as a new exhibit is loaded in.

He, co-director Sherry Frumkin and their staff oversee each exhibition at the 22,000-squarefoot converted airport as well as manage the complex’s 35 artist studios. But for Govrin, that’s a side gig.

Over the past 35 years, Govrin has also won acclaim as a sculptor, painter and mixed media artist, earning commissions for Hollywood films and historic national memorials alike.

Govrin’s notable commissions include a bronze monument for late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, which stands outside Tel Aviv City Hall in Rabin Square, the site of his 1995 assassination. Locally, his work includes the bronze Donald Douglas monument at the Santa Monica Airport With fellow artist and girlfriend Krista Augius, Govrin created works commissioned for the set of “Iron Man III,” including a 20’-by-14’ sculpture suspended by a one-ton ring as well as three figurative sculptures in the movie.

The De Re Gallery on Melrose Avenue currently features Govrin’s “Blue Torso” sculpture, featured in “Fast & Furious 7.”

He and Augius also created a bronze hand of Joe Walsh that was privately commissioned by the Eagles guitarist. The couple has also exhibited together, creating art installations that feature interactive environments with sculptures, chandeliers, mirrors, and paintings.

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expense of other opportunities.

Instead, Govrin finds it best to work on multiple projects at the same time.

“Yossi has a keen sense of capturing the uncanny moment in his cinematic sculptures.”

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tion debuted at established art fairs such as Art Market San Francisco and the LA Art Show.

“It is hard to split my time between being an artist and all the work I’m doing at the studios since we host so many events,” Govrin said.

But he isn’t the type to drill down on any single effort at the

“I like to work on four different media at the same time: bronze sculptures, hemp-and-cement sculptures, paintings, and prints, as they are all related,” he said.

Govrin also shows his own work. He and Augius will be featured among more than 30 artists in a new Santa Monica

Art Studios exhibit that opens on Saturday.

Also opening that day — in Arena 1, a smaller gallery housed within Santa Monica Art Studios — is an international exhibition titled “KachoFugetsu: Flower Bird Wind Moon.”

Curated by Kio Griffith, this curatorial international exchange project features more than 40 established or emerging Japanese artists.

Govrin invited Griffith to show at Santa Monica Art Studios after bringing some of his own work to Japan.

“I recently had a show in Japan that raised my curiosity about exhibiting Japanese works,” explained Govrin. “Asian artists have proven to be very playful, meaningful, and artistic as well

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The Japan show at Arena 1 Gallery is an exciting opportunity to show contemporary Japanese artists and their different styles. Most of the artists or their works are coming from Japan to participate.”

Griffith, who was born in Japan, is also an artist and has been a curator since 2003.

When organizing a new exhibition, he explained that he tries not to approach it with preconceived ideas or expectations.

“It’s more exciting for me to find out how two unrelated works of art can exist in the same space,” Griffith said. “The people [at Santa Monica Art Studios] are very friendly and open to new ideas.

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Brothers in Art LMU-hosted conversations with documentarian Ken Burns and music producer Quincy Jones show the two have much in common Photo By juan tallo

By Michael Aushenker On the surface it may not seem that Caucasian documentarian Ken Burns and African-American music producer Quincy Jones have much in common Dig deeper and one learns that both hardworking Midwestern-raised men rose above tough childhoods to build prolific artistic careers that, one way or another, tackle race relations in America.

Jones came from the ghettos of Chicago only to grow up to produce the globe’s biggest-selling album to date, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” which changed the face of pop music and MTV in the 1980s.

Burns’ most monumental achievements — long-form documentaries “The Civil War,” “Baseball”; the recent “Central Park Five”; two-part biographies on boxer Jack Johnson and President Thomas Jefferson and an upcoming one on Jackie Robinson — all hinge upon one dominant theme: how whites have treated blacks in America.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Stephen Galloway interviewed Burns on March 18 and Jones on April 8 at the Loyola Marymount University School of Film & Television in Westchester for its studentsonly “Hollywood Masters” conversations.

If one were asked to name a filmmaker who has directed Tom Hanks five times and employed Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg might be the first guess to come to mind. But in fact it’s Burns, whose documentaries have also featured voiceover by Morgan Freeman, Julie Harris, Sam Waterston, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach and George Takei.

Originally from Delaware, Burns had a love of photography passed down to him from his anthropologist father, who moved his family to Michigan in pursuit of a university position. Burns was not yet a teenager when he lost his mother to breast cancer. His father, who didn’t cry at his mother’s funeral, kept a strict curfew on Burns and brother Ric (today also a documentarian), which he broke when a good movie came on TV, keeping his boys up until 2 a.m. on a school night. Burns first beheld the power of cinema shortly after his mother’s death at age 11 when his father made them watch “Odd Man Out” with James Mason. That’s when “my father cried,” said Burns. “He really cried.”

Two more movies introduced to him by his father —“Rio Bravo” and “Vertigo”— showed Burns how cinema could become “an emotional safe harbor.” Yet it was “Dr. Zhivago,” which Burns introduced to Dad, that engaged Burns in history. In fact, his final college course was in Russian history.

But it’s been American history with which Burns, 61, has made his name, often with stories hinging on race; most spectacularly his 1990 examination of America’s deadliest, most divisive conflict, “The Civil War.” “What are you talking about? We’ve got a black president, we’re post-racial…ha!”

Quincy Jones on April 8.

Ken Burns on March 18.

Burns said before discussing his “Central Park 5,” in which a group of AfricanAmerican men were falsely incarcerated for a 1989 gang rape. “I wish this was such a unique take, but it happens every day. …

‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’ was written by a guy who owned 100 people.”

When a student inferred that perhaps making documentaries for television instead of for movie theaters was a compromise, Burns replied that, on the contrary, he’s guaranteed sponsorship

theme—of discovering music after he and his brother were shipped to Washington state to escape hardscrabble South Chicago, “the roughest place I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to every place in the world.”

Back in the 1930s, when Al Capone terrorized Chicago’s underworld, Jones witnessed many “dead bodies, Tommy guns and cigar stogies,” even surviving an ice pick to the head at age 7.

Jones had been heading down a life of crime when he broke into a Washington State armory office and became instantly

“I’ve made the films I wanted to make.

Each one’s a director’s cut.”

— Ken Burns

through television without executive meddling and eternal development.

“I’ve made the films I wanted to make.

Each one’s a director’s cut,” he said.

Furthermore, his audience would be miniscule at festivals and in limited theatrical release versus through television.

“Some 35 million people watched ‘The Roosevelts.’ I’m happy to make that bargain.”

In 1990, an estimated 40 million watched “The Civil War,” making the miniseries PBS’s most-watched program of all time.

Like Burns, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. endured a troubled upbringing. As Jones told Galloway, if it wasn’t for a piano sitting inside of an office he was burglarizing, he may have become a career criminal.

“It was accidental,” said 82-year-old Jones — who received Oscar nominations for scoring “In Cold Blood,” “The Pawnbroker” and “The Color Purple” and who devised the catchy “Sanford and Son”

mesmerized with a piano. “Every cell in my body said, ‘This is what you’ll be doing for the rest of your life,’” said Jones, who enrolled in music courses and soon sat in with “every band that came through Seattle.” His mentors: Woody Herman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Ray Charles.

Miles Davis, whom Jones called ‘the worst gambler on the planet,” “adopted” him at 13 and took him to play with Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas. At this point in conversation, Jones flashed a pinky ring, willed to him by Ol’ Blue Eye, bearing Sinatra’s family crest from Sicily.

More than once while talking to Galloway, Jones marveled at the numerous evolutions he had witnessed across his expansive career, whether it was Will Smith, the quick study on “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” becoming an international box office force, or Oprah Winfrey going from working for scale on “The Color Purple” to entertainment heavyweight. (“Oprah made

$35,000. She’s worth $3 billion now.”)

The producer of 1989’s multigenerational album “Back on the Block,” Jones boasted a profound pride in the African-American legacy of music. “Bebop, doo-wop and hip-hop — it’s a miracle,” he said.

Jones had just completed Donna Summers’ self-titled disco album in 1982 when “Thriller” came calling. Of course, Jones had produced Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross and Christopher Cross — or, as Jones referred to them, “onethird of ‘We Are the World’ [which he produced].”

Amazingly, Jones and Jackson recorded 800 songs for “Thriller,” an album narrowed down to nine. During those sessions, they created Steven Spielberg’s Grammy-winning “E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial” album in less than a month.

What all forms of entertainment boil down to is “a great story,” Jones said. “A bad song — the three greatest singers in the world could not save it.”

Both Burns and Jones remain active.

Burns has in development films about the Vietnam War, country music, Jackie Robinson (“taking off the shit on the statue of Jackie”), Ernest Hemingway and (as he revealed to The Argonaut by accident) stand-up comedy.

Meanwhile, Jones continues to push “Keep On, Keepin’ On,” the 2014 documentary he produced about late bebop trumpeter Clark Terry, his and Davis’ old mentor, who, at 89, bonded with a 23-year-old blind jazz prodigy.

As “Hollywood Masters”’ third season drew to a close, Jones offered the students some advice: “If you could see it, you could be it” (his personal motto) and “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” michael@argonautnews.com June 11, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 35

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Club meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892 Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. Weekly stand-up comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. $10. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Swim Sessions, 7:30 p.m. Southern California Aquatics leads evening pool workouts Mondays and Wednesdays at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $69 to $109 per month. (310) 458-8700; swim.net.

Peter Myers Orchestra, 8 and 9:30 p.m. Live music at Typhoon, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South, Santa Monica. $10. (310) 390-6565; typhoon.biz Jack Daniel’s Comedy Classic, 9 p.m. Comedy showcase each Monday at Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey, No cover. 21+. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com Stage 11, 9:30 p.m. The melodic rock act cntinues their residency at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. Cover: $5, plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

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Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester.

Donation: $10/semester. (310) 397-3967 Toddler/Preschool Storytime, 11 to 11:30 a.m. Join the children’s librarian for an interactive story time that includes songs and games. Mar Vista Branch Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista.

(310) 390-3454; lapl.org Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea, 11 a.m. to noon. Meets every Wednesday. 12000 Vista Del Mar, Room 230A, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131 Playa Vista Chess Club, 4:15 p.m. Every Wednesday join other students and learn from expert Ben Eubanks. Grades 1-6. Players of all levels welcome. Playa Vista Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive.

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Summer Sunset Cocktail Cruises, 5:45 to 8:15 p.m. (Every Wednesday through Sept. 23). Appetizers, champagne, music and comfortable seating with front row views of the sailboat races and sunset. Boards at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $35, plus tax, service, and landing fees. Reservations required. (949) 631-2469; hornblower.com Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. The local duo plays beachy tunes each Wednesday evening at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Westside Wednesdays with the House of Vibes All-Stars, 9 p.m.

Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $7 cover, plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

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ArgonautNews.com Marina del Rey at the Pacific Mariners Yacht Club, 13915 Panay Way, Marina del Rey. $7 cash. (310) 823-9717; singlemariners.net “The Last Vaudevillian,” 8 p.m.

(Also 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday through June 21). A mother’s monologue in front of her daughter about dead show biz relatives summons vaudeville characters and questions about reconciling with family. Suggested $15 donation.

Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com

Galleries & Museums “The Fake History of The World,” opens 7 to 11 p.m. this Friday.

Group art show including Porous Walker, Caroline Augusta and Big Tasty re-imagines civilization with a dash of salt and loads of humor.

Daniel Rolnik Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. danielrolnikgallery.com Andrea Rubin Kichaven, Camey McGilvray and Elyse Wyman, opens Tuesday (Continues through July 11.) Self-reflective paintings of marriage disintegration, contemporary sculptures of women and interpretive paintings of a mother’s poems at TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, D3, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. Taggallery.net; (310) 829-9556 “Piecemaker,” through June 27. A solo exhibition of new paintings by Canadian-born artist Melanie Daniel, drawing from her experiences living in Israel for the past 20 years — seven of which she has spent in the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Jaffa. Shulamit Gallery, 17 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 281-0961; shulamitgallery.com

“3 From The Street: LA Perspectives,” through June 28.

Featured artists: Marcel “Sel” Blanco, Edward Michael Doran and Richard Abagon. 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 457-0619; p32gallery.com “Gaijin Fujita: Warriors, Ghosts and Ancient Gods of the Pacific,” through July 2. Art with a Japanese influence made by a Los Angeles native and Otis College of Art and Design graduate. L.A. Louver, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-4955; lalouver.com “Sculpture,” through July 2.

Sculptors Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Sui Jianguo, Joel Shapiro, Peter Shelton and Matt Wedel present their latest. L.A. Louver, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-4955; lalouver.com Laura Fayer and Gretel Stephens Exhibitions, through July 18. See Laura’s “Dreamscape” and Gretel’s “Reflections” exhibitions at the Ruth Bachofner Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. G2, Santa Monica. ruthbachofnergallery.com “Dusk to Dusk: Unsettled, Unraveled, Unreal,” through July 26. A curated exhibition that acknowledges the “unsettled, unraveled, unreal” in contemporary experience. Drawn from a single private European collection, the exhibit presents 32 haunting works of painting, photography, sculpture and video by 28 contemporary artists who examine issues of individual isolation, political repression and collective ennui in the decline of the Industrial Age. Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. (310) 665-6905; galleryinfo@otis.edu Send event information at least 10 days in advance to calendar@argonautnews.com.

“Beach Eats” Food Truck Event, 5 to 9 p.m. Every Thursday through Oct. 1, Mother’s Beach hosts a variety of gourmet food trucks. Plus, it is dog friendly. 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Mind Over Movies, 6 p.m. Free weekly movie screening followed by a roundtable discussion. This week: love, life and death collide in the classic 1971 Hal Ashby movie “Harold and Maude,” starring Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon and featuring a soundtrack by Cat Stevens. The Christian Institute, 1308 Second Street, Santa Monica. Free.

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Going Out on Top Retiring Santa Monica City College President Chui L. Tsang reflects on nearly 10 years of raising expectations, lowering barriers

How are you preparing for your retirement?

I’m trying to prepare for the [leadership] transition, making sure that the responsibilities are passed on. And making sure that those who are on the receiving end of this are aware not just of the service level of the work involved, but some of the intricacies of it.

What are main qualities the college should be looking for in its next president?

I think maybe they should get someone totally different, unlike me [he laughs], but I’ll leave that for the board to decide.

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At the end of June, Santa Monica College President Dr. Chui L. Tsang will retire after nearly a decade at the college’s helm.

Recognized last year by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as one of America’s “Great Immigrants,” Tsang was born in China and came to the United States in 1971 to attend college in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 63-year-old holds a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in linguistics from Stanford University.

Tsang was president of San Jose City College when in 2005 he was selected to lead SMC. He and his wife are moving back to Northern California, where his three adult children still live.

When Tsang announced his plans to retire in February, he underscored the resilience of the college community: from weathering the impacts of the recession to uniting in mourning in the wake of a 2013 shooting spree that ended on the campus and left five people dead.

He also highlighted the college’s current financial health, its reputation for “rigorous academic standards, innovative practices, and student-centered pedagogies” and distinguished faculty.

Santa Monica remains the top community college in California for transfers to a four-year university and was recently approved to offer a bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design under a state pilot program, Tsang noted.

“I believe that Santa Monica College will continue to lead the way as the standard bearer for community college education and a model for the increasingly important role that community colleges must play in California’s system of public higher education,” he said.

Santa Monica College has about 33,000 students, 1,900 faculty members and staff, and last year operated on an annual budget of about $120 million.

College officials have launched a nationwide search to find Tsang’s replacement, a process that is expected to take the rest of this year. SMC Executive Vice President Jeffrey Shimizu will serve as interim president during the search process.

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they’ve taken three buses to get here, because they heard from other people that this was a good place. And they came here and they found themselves and they found their bearings and then they went on to be what they can be. Over and over again, each one of them is a touching story with a lot more details.

We believe that everyone can learn. You hear people talk about that all the time, but we practice it. It is that belief — that genuine approach — that a lot of the students feel. It’s what the students tell me.

That’s the satisfaction I get out of it.

What’s unique about Santa Monica College?

The opportunities that students get: They can study abroad, they can get an internship in Washington D.C., they can go on a field trip with faculty members in Belize.

These are not common opportunities students can find in a lower-division community college. But we are freely accessible to anyone who wants an education. This is not an elite institution where only students who can pay a lot or are from well-qualified backgrounds can come. This is where any student, if they want to work hard, can access those opportunities. That’s important.

Chiu L. Tsang is returning to Northern California after nearly a decade as president of Santa Monica College This is a very rewarding job [but] it’s a very complicated operation. Yet at the same time we have a very, very supportive community. So for someone who can do well, they need to take advantage of the resources we have, the excellent faculty

How would you like to be remembered for your tenure at Santa Monica College?

Again, for the work that we’ve done. I’ve been closely working with colleagues, with a lot of very dedicated people, to

“We believe that everyone can learn.

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that we have and the great staff that’s been working here. And build on that legacy, build on the successes we’ve had in the past, build on the reputation that we’ve already developed among our partners and other higher education institutions and look for new opportunities.

make a difference for our students. And we have been successful by and large, and that’s been very fulfilling.

Can you be more specific?

We have students who came here not knowing what they came here to get. But

What’s been your role in the success of the college? Are you a hands-on or hands-off administrator?

I think it’s both. It’s hard to keep my hands off because you find all this interesting work that’s happening. I go to classrooms; I help lecture sometimes. I go to student clubs; I talk to students. I enjoy that part of it. But at the same time, I deal with the administration at the college. I have to deal with going to Sacramento to fight for more money. I have to deal with the politics at different levels that comes with the job of representing an institution of this size.

You mentioned going to Sacramento to fight for funding. What’s your pitch to state legislators?

The easy pitch is most kids want to come to our community college and we need to do a better job. We have to provide high-quality instruction and better care for our students so more of them can be successful. We cannot give each the kind of customized care one would get in the elite institutions, but we need to approach the level of care that would actually yield some results, and not just go through the motions.

This is a good place to invest our tax money in. Let me say that again: It’s an investment, not an expenditure. We get it back many fold.

What are your plans after June 30?

I’ll take some time off, relax and enjoy the things I’m not able to enjoy now, simple things. I’ll have more time to slow down and do that.

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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015118992 The following person is doing business as: CRG Property Management 6601 Center Drive West, Suite 500 Los Angeles, CA. 90045.

Registered owners: Cynergy Realty Group, LLC 6601 Center Drive West, Suite 500 Los Angeles, CA. 90045. 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: Carla Bell.

Title: President. This statement was fi led with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 4, 2015. Argonaut published: May 21, 28, June

90066. Registered owners: Barry C. Vaughan 12656 Dewey St. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Barry C. Vaughan. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 11, 2015. Argonaut published: May 21, 28, June 4, and 11, 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

4, and 11, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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(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. 2015140830 The following person is doing business as: Blue Star Donuts 1142 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Blue Star Donuts ñLos Angeles I, LLC 13101 W. Washington Blvd. 407 Culver City, 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: Jeff Dermer. Title: Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 27, 2015. Argonaut published: June 4, 11, 18, and 25, 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. 2015143399 The following person is doing business as: Nourish You Delicious Foods 5350 Playa Vista Drive #4 Playa Vista, CA. 90094. Registered owners: Marie Feldman 5350 Playa Vista Drive #4 Playa Vista, CA. 90094. 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: Marie Feldman. Title: Owner.

This statement was fi led with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on may 29, 2015.

Argonaut published: June 4, 11, 18 and 25, 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 fi led 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. 2015144202 The following person is doing business as: The Ramen Joint 6220 W. 87th St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: JK Ramen, LLC 304 N. Van Ness Ave. #4 Los Angeles, CA. 90004. 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: Jimin Kim. Title: Owner. This statement was fi led with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 29, 2015. Argonaut published: June 4, 11, 18, and 25, 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. 2015151779 The following person is doing business as: Gospel Supperclub and Gospel Social Club 3947 West Slauson Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90043. Registered owners: Thomas Jones 3947 West Slauson Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90043. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

Registrant Signature/Name: Thomas Jones. Title: Owner.

This statement was fi led with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 8, 2015.

Argonaut published: June 11, 18, 25 and July 2, 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 fi led 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. 2015151794 The following person is doing business as: Gospel Karaoke Club and Christian Events L.A. 3947 West Slauson Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90043.

Registered owners: Thomas Jones 3947 West Slauson Ave. Los Angeles, CA. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

Registrant Signature/Name: Thomas Jones. Title: Owner.

This statement was fi led with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 8, 2015.

Argonaut published: June 11, 18, 25 and July 2, 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 fi led 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. 2015146886 The following person is doing business as: Bookworm Press 1050 Euclid St. #204 Santa Monica, CA. 90403 and 1223 Wilshire Blvd. #1054 Santa Monica, CA. 90403. Registered owners: Polkinhorn Christa 1050 Euclid St. #204 Santa Monica, CA. 90403. 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: Polkinhorn Christa. Title: Translator/Author.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 2, 2015. Argonaut published June 4, 11, 18, and 25, 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. 2015146892 The following person is doing business as: Legendhaus 8116 Stewart Ave. los Angeles, CA. 90045 and P.O. Box 10578 Marina del Rey, CA. 90295. Registered owners: Mad Science Media, INC. 8116 Stewart Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. 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: Steven Buccellato. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 2, 2015. Argonaut published: June 4, 11, 18, and 25, 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 fi led 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. 2015150534 The following person is doing business as: Estrada Fine Art 5333 Inglewood Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA. 90230.

Registered owners: Geneen Estrada 5333 Inglewood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90230. This business is

legal advertising 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: Geneen Estrada.

Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 5, 2015. Argonaut published: June 11, 18, 25, and July 2, 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).

Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 240 Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Alec Rubinstein 13700 Marina Pointe Drive #812 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: Alec Rubinstein.

Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 5, 2015. Argonaut published: June 11, 18, 25 and July 2, 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 violaFICTITIOuS BuSIneSS tion of the rights of another under nAMe STATeMenT Federal, State, or common law (See File no. 2015150720 The following person is doing busi- Section 14411 et seq., Business and ness as: Concierge Live Feed 6733 Professions Code).

ORDeR TO SHOW CAuSe FOR CHAnGe OF nAMe Case no.

SS028273 SuPeRIOR COuRT OF CALIFORnIA, COunTY OF LOS AnGeLeS. Petition of Chloe Kim, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Chloe Kim filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Asia Kay Lee to Asia Kay Chey 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 07/10/2015.

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K Room: A-203. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA. 90401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: May 13, 2015. Gerald Rosenberg, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 05/21/2015, 05/28/2015, 06/04/2015, and 06/11/2015.

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