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L e t t e r s Save the Civic — Make It the Googolplex Re: “Saving the Civic,” news, June 11 Regarding the fate of the Santa Monica Civic, let’s get creative. I suggest it be taken over by high-tech giant Google and renamed the Googolplex, after the 1920 term coined by noted American mathematician Edward Kasner’s 9- year-old nephew Milton Sirotta. I remember as a youth learning of this number for which, according to Wikipedia, young Sirotta
invented the term Googol — the number one followed by 100 zeros (10100 ), also known as ten duotrigintillion. In a second wave of brilliance, Sirotta invented the number Googolplex, which Kasner quantified as a Googol squared 10(10100). Suffice to say, it’s a huge number. As the name infers, the Googolplex would be used to share a multitude of ideas for creativity and innovation — a place where people could share, discuss and act upon ideas. Imagine TED
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VOL 45, NO 26 Local News & Culture
FEature
News
Westside Happenings
Mother’s Beach Is Badly Polluted Bird droppings and poor water circulation has become a recipe for bacteria ............. 6
El Segundo celebrates Laurel & Hardy.... 29
Senior Class Playa del Rey’s Barbara Hunt, 71, earns her doctorate . ............................... 8
Across the DMZ A local activist visits North Korea and
Killer Rides Car Show
finds the unexpected — strong women leading normal lives ........................... 14
Fiesta of Gems
Happy Natsu Matsuri
Actress Kathy Bates takes her battle with lymphedema to the streets of Santa Monica . ..................................... 17
food & Drink
A Legacy of Wellness
Community pushback ends bid for broadband structure atop LAPD station ............ 12
An Actor with a Voice Ed Asner visits Jerry Rubin’s Activist Support Circle . ................ 30
A Savage ‘Homecoming’
Venice Family Clinic opens up a pediatric health center in Del Rey ......................... 10
Opposition Brings Down Tower
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Arts
Mama Says Knock You Out
Airport say July 1 is the beginning of the end ........................................... 9
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Oz El Hai at Qart.com ............................ 32
This Week
SMO Countdown Begins Advocates for closing Santa Monica
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Pacific Resident Theatre revives Pinter’s two-act play ......................................... 34
Get a Nightlife Killer Café is now serving 24/7 in Marina del Rey . ................................. 19
ON THE COVER: Her shirt depicting a unified Korea, a North Korean band leader waits to march in a women-led May 23 state celebration heralding the cause. Photo by Niana Liu. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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Mother’s Beach is Second-Most Polluted in the State Bird droppings and poor water circulation are a recipe for bacteria By Gary Walker Marina Beach — better known as Mother’s Beach because a lack of ocean currents makes it safer for young children to swim — is once again one of the most polluted public beaches in California, according to Heal the Bay’s 2015 Beach Report Card. Water quality at Mother’s Beach declined from third- to secondworst in the state since last year in terms of the concentration of bacteria in the water, some of which could sicken swimmers. California beaches overall had cleaner water this year due to mostly drought-related reductions in urban stormwater runoff, but the coastline near the Santa Monica Pier also made Heal the Bay’s “Beach Bummers” list — ranking sixth most-polluted in the state, according to the environmental nonprofit’s June 17 report. Los Angeles County officials say a high concentration of bird droppings is the prime source of bacterial pollution in the waters of Mother’s Beach. As much as 70% of bacterial pollution has been
County officials plan to step up efforts to discourage feeding sea birds or bringing dogs to the beach — including fines. “We’ve installed bird-wire and signs, so we hope the public will realize that they’re not permitted to do those things. When a lot of birds congregate at a specific location it can have a very significant impact. Clearly Mary Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey is chronically polluted Poppins had never been to Marina Beach or she would have traced to birds, said L.A. County well, it can lead to a situation that never encouraged anyone to ‘feed Dept. of Beaches and Harbors can cause a high bacteria growth,” the birds,’” Baker said. spokeswoman Carol Baker. Heal the Bay Vice President Sarah Sikich said Dana Point officials County officials blamed a broken Sikich explained. took a creative approach to water circulator for the high levels Baker acknowledged that poor improving chronically bad water of pollution at Mother’s Beach water circulation is a problem. quality at Doheny Beach: They last year. “Because it’s in a back basin of hired a falconer to chase away The water circulator has since the marina, the water doesn’t seagulls and installed cutouts of been fixed, but it isn’t making circulate as much as it does at coyotes as well. enough of a difference to improve other locations. Even with our “It’s likely that these creative water quality, according to Heal circulator working, the bacteria measures led to this beach no the Bay. levels are still high,” she said. longer being on the ‘Beach “As with most enclosed waterAlthough dogs aren’t legally Bummers’ list,” she said. bodies throughout the state, poor allowed on Mother’s Beach, The cause of polluted waters water quality is exacerbated by they’re also contributing to the near the Santa Monica Pier is less poor water circulation,” the Beach pollution. Baker said about 10% clear than at Mother’s Beach, as Report Card reads. of the bacteria at Mother’s Beach Santa Monica has already taken “When water doesn’t circulate is attributed to dog waste. drastic steps to limit urban runoff.
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Senior Class Serving in the Peace Corps inspired Playa del Rey’s Barbara Hunt, 71, to get her doctorate said in an interview days before she received her doctorate. The educational leadership doctoral program was created in 2009 for students who wish to become leaders in educational settings. The degree program involves a particular focus on the challenges in urban education, according to the university’s Charter College of Education. “Barbara is a role model and inspiration for all of our students and our community,” said Robert Lopez, Cal State L.A.’s director of communications. “She’s shown that it’s never too late to follow your dreams.” For Hunt, obtaining her doctoral degree represents the culmination of all of her academic experiences, both as a student and an educator for more than 30 years. “It’s like the icing on the cake. I’m very excited about this next chapter of my career,” she said. Lois Andre-Bechley, Hunt’s dissertation chair and adviser,
said Hunt was the ideal doctoral student. “Her lifetime of experience gives her a maturity and a sense of balance. She brought a calm and balance to the classroom that was really special. When she’s in the room with other grad students from other backgrounds, she becomes a leader in the class,” Andre-Benchley said. One of those experiences was a three-year stint beginning in 1998 with the Peace Corps, a program run by the U.S. government in which volunteers are sent aboard to provide technical assistance in humanitarian efforts. Ironically, it was during her travels to Ghana in West Africa and later to Malawi in East Africa to train elementary school educators in teaching science when Hunt first considered pursuing her doctoral degree. “You meet so many people from all over the world when you’re with the Peace Corps, and
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By Gary Walker It’s never too late to become a doctor. Playa del Rey resident Barbara Hunt, 71, proved it on June 12 when she received her doctorate in educational leadership from Cal State L.A. Hunt’s doctoral degree gives her the academic equivalent of a trifecta at the school, where she previously earned her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and a master’s degree in health and safety. Currently a professor of environmental science and biology at Woodbury University in Burbank, Hunt said she hopes her latest academic achievement will inspire and motivate her twin grandsons and other young people. “This shows that you can always reach out for that brass ring no matter how old you are, no matter your emotional or physical circumstances, no matter where you find yourself in life,” Hunt
Barbara Hunt and Cal State L.A. President William A. Covino as I got to know some of them they would ask, ‘Why don’t you have a doctorate?’” Hunt recalled. “So when I came back home I decided that I would get my doctorate. “There’s so much to learn about how the 21st century is moving along and if I wanted to be more effective [in the classroom] I would have to update my skills and live, to some extent, in my
students’ world.” Seeing how people in other counties lived reminded Hunt that no matter where you live, people are largely products of their experiences, which proved to her that teachers are never too old learn. “In the United States, we have so many advantages, and many times we take them for granted. You can meet people from other countries who may not have the same educational experiences that many of us have but they have a wealth of knowledge and experience that is relevant to where they live,” Hunt said. “My experience in the Peace Corps taught me that it’s really critical to appreciate each person and what they can give to a society.” Hunt wants her students to know that they don’t have to make the dean’s list to become a success. “I’m the B student who really worked hard. And if I can do it, anyone can do it,” she said. gary@argonautnews.com
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SMO Countdown Begins Advocates for closing Santa Monica Airport throw a party on July 1, the date they believe marks the end of federal control over SMO Measure LC was the successful November city ballot measure that allows Santa Monica City Councilmembers to decide whether to close SMO but would require officials to seek voter approval for any airport land-use plan other than converting it into park space. The city-sponsored measure was a response to Measure D, a competing ballot initiative backed by pilots, plane owners and aviation industry groups that would have forced city officials to keep the airport open unless voters approved a future ballot initiative to close it. Measure LC won with 59% voter support despite supporters being outspent by Measure D backers. Against the backdrop of Wednesday’s planned celebration,
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By Gary Walker Activists pushing to convert Santa Monica Airport into a public park are planning a party at Airport Park on Wednesday, July 1, to celebrate a date that many argue marks the end of Federal Aviation Administration control over SMO. Lawyers for the city of Santa Monica contend that a 1984 agreement with the FAA expires July 1, effectively giving control over airport land back to city officials — many of them in favor of restricting flight operations, some of them expressing a willingness to close SMO down altogether. The FAA argues otherwise, contending in court papers filed last year that the operating agreement was extended to at least August 2023 — another eight years — after Santa Monica entered various agreements for federal grant money related to SMO. According to a March staff report to the Santa Monica City Council, “The 1984 settlement agreement, which is also a contract between the city and the federal government, states that it resolved all legal disputes that existed between the city and the federal government in 1984. Among other things, the settlement agreement requires the city to operate the airport until July 1 of this year, releases from exclusive aviation use certain land on the south side of the airport, recognizes some local restrictions on flight operations (noise limits and prohibitions on two classes of patterned operations) and imposes certain leasing obligations on the city (e.g. maintaining a specified number of tie downs).” While nobody expects SMO to shut down on July 1, the aforementioned land on the south side of the airport — roughly 12 acres near Airport Park currently used for tie-down aircraft storage — is now in play, members of the nonprofit Airport2Park Foundation say. “This is the beginning of a new phase for this land. This is a direct consequence of Measure LC,” said Airport2Park Foundation board member John Fairweather, who would like to see the tie-down area become park space.
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Santa Monica city officials have warned that the FAA may take its own legal action if there are any attempts to close all or any part of the airport. “Likely, it would issue an administrative order prohibiting the action and seek a federal injunction enforcing that order,” the March staff report states. Santa Monica Chief Deputy City Attorney Lance Gams did not return calls for comment about the airport agreement. Christian Fry, vice president of the Santa Monica Airport Association, said the group could support what he called “appropriate repurposing of residual [airport] land” but strongly opposes any attempt to close the airport. “The final determination about the airport will be decided by the federal courts. The documents are very clear, and the FAA has been extremely clear on their position. [Santa Monica Airport] is a major asset of the regional transportation system that is a
operator of the airport, has failed to address air pollution using the proprietary powers that are grandfathered within the 1984 Santa Monica Airport Agreement,” Rubin said. Fairweather and his allies say that while they will be monitoring the potential legal battles on the horizon, their primary focus will be on celebrating the building of a park. “We need to begin preparations for a time when the entire airport will be a great recreational facility,” Fairweather said. “Building a great park is an inspiring goal, and it’s something that anyone can get behind.” Airport2Park is hosting its celebration from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Airport Park, 3201 Airport Blvd., Santa Monica. The public is invited to attend but is asked to RSVP to airport2park@gmail.com. gary@argonautnews.com
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A Legacy of Wellness Venice Family Clinic opens a broad-based pediatric health center named for the late Lou Colen By Bonnie Eslinger While grand openings are usually all about ribbon cuttings and photo ops, last Saturday’s celebration for the Venice Family Clinic’s new children’s health center in Mar Vista also included a somber note. Standing in front of the strip-mall building off Inglewood Boulevard, Elizabeth Benson Forer, the nonprofit’s CEO and executive director, asked invited guests to share a moment of silence for the nine people killed just days earlier by a lone gunman at a South Carolina church. “I could not help but think about the epidemic of gun violence that is terrorizing all of our communities,” said Forer, noting that four “young people” had been fatally shot in front of different Venice Family Clinic locations over the years. “If we truly care about the health of our community we must find a way to stop gun
health care, health education, a nutrition program and fitness classes. The pediatric clinic for lowincome families is located at 4700 Inglewood Blvd., just down the street from the Mar Vista Gardens public housing development. It has capacity to care for 4,500 babies, children and teens, according to clinic officials. Froilana (Yana) Barba, a Venice Family Clinic patient, said the services provided to her family and area residents were invaluable. She thanked the donors that support the nonprofit. “You help many, many families in the community to live healthier Venice Family Clinic staff and volunteers operate a lives and get the medical assishealth education table during the Lou Colen clinic’s tance that’s needed, and that is grand opening priceless,” Barba said. Dr. Despina Kayichian, chief violence. We all vaccinate our day without fear,” Forer said. children so they may grow up The new $1.8-million Lou Colen medical director for Venice Family Clinic, recalled that she free of life-threatening illness. Children’s Health & Wellness became a clinic patient, along Now we must work to inoculate Center embraces a similar with her husband and first child, our communities from gun expanded notion of well-being, shortly after emigrating from violence so that our children and offering medical, dental and families can be safe and live each vision services as well as mental Lebanon in 1988 with her
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Many of our public servants are too willing to embrace alternate versions of the truth when it suits them politically. The result is bad policy that negatively impacts our environment and our communities. Last week, members of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (SMBRC) improperly voted away their public responsibility, assigned to them by the state legislature, to oversee all state programs and funding for the restoration of the Santa Monica Bay and its watershed. The Commission is trying to wash its hands of the multi-million dollar Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project, which has been poorly managed, and shift local responsibility for that project to the private Bay Foundation (TBF). This foundation is publicly funded, but claims its activities are not the business of the Commission or public. “SMBRC it is not privy to the activities of employees/consultants to [TBF].” – court document Rather than acknowledging this shift in responsibilities, the Commission simply fabricated a new version of the truth, falsely claiming that work on Ballona has always been conducted by the private foundation, not the public commission. As one example of many, the 2015 SMBRC work plan states that: “SMBRC conducted and completed a two-year baseline monitoring data collection and baseline condition assessment project” While the adopted 2016 work plan states that: “TBF conducted and completed a two-year baseline monitoring data collection and baseline condition assessment project” Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the Commissioners insist that their new work plan only “clarified” responsibilities and that they are acting transparently. They might as well tell us that 2+2=5. By clearly transferring responsibility from a state commission to a private foundation, they have made the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project even less transparent, and they did so purposely. Our lawsuit against the Commission will rectify this, but it will take many months to work through the legal system. For the record, Commissioner and City Councilmember Mike Bonin responded to our repeated requests for him to show leadership on this issue by skipping the meeting and not sending a representative. The Commissioners should be working with the public to get the restoration project at Ballona back on track, not trying to sweep the project under the rug to avoid political fallout if it fails. As citizens, we only get what we advocate for. Unless more people start advocating for the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, it will never reach its full potential as a unique natural resource for our community. The Ballona Wetlands Land Trust is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. For more information, contact us via e-mail at landtrust@ballona.org or visit www.ballona.org June 25, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11
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Opposition Brings Down Communications Tower Plans to build at LAPD station in Del Rey cancelled after community pushback By Gary Walker A little-noticed plan to erect a 70-foot public safety broadband communications tower in Del Rey has been scrapped after neighborhood groups pressured local leaders to oppose it. The Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS), a public safety communications infrastructure initiative funded by U.S. Dept. of Commerce grants, sought to build the tower at the LAPD Pacific Division Station on Culver Boulevard before L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin intervened to stop the project. Bonin and other officials have complained that LA-RICS has largely operated without properly noticing local jurisdictions of its plans. LA-RICS had its funding suspended on April 3 after county supervisors stopped projects opposed by cities, and on May 1 federal officials reinstated its $154.6-million grant after the authority agreed to scale back projects. In a June 9 letter to LA-RICS officials, Bonin, who represents Del Rey, wrote to “express grave concern and my extreme displeasure with LA-RICS, its arrogant disregard for community concerns and its continued refusal to answer even my simplest questions about
proposed projects in my district.” Bonin’s letter called on LARICS to “immediately and permanently cancel plans for a public safety broadband LTE tower at LAPD’S Pacific Station” —and that’s what happened. LA-RICS Executive Director Paul Mallon confirmed on June
The tower project is one of 77 being proposed throughout Los Angeles County as a part of a broadband network that will help multiple public safety agencies coordinate responses to a variety of potential emergencies. But Bonin said his constituents were “blindsided” when they
the tower without any input from Del Rey. Mallon said the authority held more 300 meetings throughout the county for the better part of a year and communicated with the councilman’s office 38 times via email. “I personally met with
“Despite repeated requests, LA-RICS has refused to conduct any meaningful community outreach or dialogue and has treated neighbors and public officials who have concerns or questions as nuisances to be ignored.” — L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin
11 that the broadband tower would not be built. “We’re disappointed by Councilman Bonin’s request, but we will honor it,” Mallon said. Garcetti’s office got involved initially at the request of the Commerce Dept., said mayor’s office spokeswoman Vicki Curry. “When issues arose regarding Pacific Division, the mayor’s office requested that LA-RICS meet with the community, LAPD and [Bonin’s office] to share information about the proposed network and construction,” Curry said.
learned of the planned construction of the tower. “Despite repeated requests, LA- RICS has refused to conduct any meaningful community outreach or dialogue and has treated neighbors and public officials who have concerns or questions as nuisances to be ignored. LA-RICS has failed to justify it proposed projects and has misrepresented the facts surrounding them,” Bonin wrote. Tower construction in Del Rey had been set to begin later this month, said Mallon, who pushed back against Bonin’s assertion that LA-RICS had tried to build
Councilman Bonin in January. We were trying to make a concerted effort to do outreach to the community,” Mallon said. Representatives of the authority made a presentation to the Del Rey Homeowners Association on June 1, where the association voted to oppose the tower. Del Rey Neighborhood Council President Jonathon Neumann learned about the tower project from a constituent just before Memorial Day, he said. Neumann said he contacted other neighborhood leaders only to discover that, outside Bonin’s office, almost no one knew that
the tower project was imminent. “I always try and encourage developers and anyone else who wants to build something in our community to reach out and embrace the community. The worst thing that you can do is to be secretive, because then people get defensive,” Neumann said. Westsiders have pushed back hard against communications towers in recent years. In 2010, Westchester couple Jeffery and Candace Yip, with help from Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Los Angeles), beat back an attempt by T-Mobile to build a cell phone tower near their home. And in 2013 the Venice Neighborhood Council opposed a cell tower near the beach at the corner of Dudley and Pacific avenues in 2013 due to the proposed height of the tower, which would have exceeded local restrictions. Neumann hopes Del Rey’s success will show locals that grassroots activism can be effective, even in such an under-the-radar place as Del Rey. “I’m proud of the way that Councilman Bonin, the Del Rey Neighborhood Council, the Del Rey Homeowners Association and our residents organized so quickly to stop this,” he said. gary@argonautnews.com
A Legacy of Wellness (Continued from page 10)
The Lou Colen children’s clinic is located next door to the Irma Colen Health Center, which opened in 2010. Venice Family Clinic officials underscored the immeasurable contributions of the couple, who joined as volunteers in 1978 and became the organizations “greatest champions,” Forer said. Lou Colen died last year; the grand opening event was held on what would have been his 101st birthday. “They invested in our work and gently persuaded hundreds of friends and family to do the same,” Forer said. “Their legacy is everywhere at Venice Family Clinic.” After the requisite cutting of the ribbon, the community was invited to tour the new facility. Face-painting, music, health
ABOVE: The new clinic includes a “teaching kitchen” to promote healthy eating Right: Grand opening ceremonies included facepainting and games for kids
education activities and puppets were also part of the day’s festivities. In addition to modern medical equipment, the color-filled facility includes a “teaching kitchen” for nutrition classes, skylights, a giant digital art wall for drawing, and an indoor “forest” play area. “Look how nice this is; it’s
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incredible,” Venice Family Clinic board chair-elect Jeffrey Sinaiko remarked to others in his tour group. “Does anybody take their kids to a nicer doctor’s office?” The clinic’s new dental facilities and gym are part of a “Phase Two” expansion that’s slated to be finished early next year, Forer said.
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Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans, center, interacts with a child attending North Korea’s prestigious Kyongsang Kindergarten
Across the DMZ A local activist visits North Korea and finds the unexpected — strong women leading meaningful lives
Story by Joe Piasecki Photos by Niana Liu From behind the windows of the bus, a state-sanctioned interpreter beside her, the cityscape of Pyongyang — a destination out of reach for most American travelers the past 60 years — loomed larger than life while at the same time eerily devoid of it. “I was shocked by all the tall apartment buildings and wide boulevards, but more shocked by how empty it was. It felt like a ghost town. There were people, but not enough to match all the buildings. And they walked with a purpose, mostly lone walkers and others on their bikes. So few cars for the two million I was told live in this city,” Venice-based activist Jodie Evans, who visited North Korea in May as part of an international women’s peace delegation, writes of her initial impression of the city. “Sometimes all that was on a boulevard was our bus. A huge street for as far as you could see — the width every city planner PAGE 14 THE ARGONAUT June 25, 2015
longs for — and few cars. There were more buses, and they seemed to always be packed, standing room only. The people on the buses were serious, focused, and I didn’t see a lot of talking or laughing,” she continues in a travelogue essay for alternet.org. “My translator pointed out a street that
icon Gloria Steinem, filmmaker Abigail Disney (grandniece of Walt Disney) and Nobel Peace Prize winners Mairead Maguire and Leymah Gbowee among them — to spend a week inside North Korea as guests of its Communist Women’s Union before crossing into South Korea on May 25 through the no
“I misbehaved on purpose. I wanted them to know they could like someone who wasn’t disciplined and who misbehaved.” — Jodie Evans
had been built in one year with beautiful high-rises with a more modern, Sovietstyle flair. … She pointed at another building and said it is the highest building in the world. It didn’t look like it to me, but I didn’t argue.” Evans was one of 30 women — feminist
man’s land of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Typically forbidden at the risk of imprisonment or death, crossing the DMZ symbolized the delegation’s call to end a travel ban between the two countries that has separated Korean families since an
American-brokered July 1953 armistice suspended combat in the still technically unresolved Korean War. “What would it be like if one day, all of a sudden, your sibling or child or parent was in Bakersfield and you never got to see them again because somebody drew a line on a map?” Evans asked rhetorically during a recounting of the trip last week at her Venice home. The travelers, who also participated in a North Korean political rally in support of the reunification of Korea, also sought to promote a peace treaty that would replace the cease-fire armistice. During a press conference in Seoul that was met with protest by hundreds of South Koreans decrying North Korean human rights abuses, Steinem said that the prior peacemaking accomplishments of the delegation’s Nobel laureates “prove to the world that women can make peace, on their own without governments, when sometimes governments cannot,” accord-
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The international women’s peace delegation marched with North Koreans under the Arch of Reunification in Pyongyang to call for a formal peace treaty to officially end the Korean War
Evans, who in her mid-20s served as director of administration during California Gov. Jerry Brown’s first term in office and later ran his 1992 presidential campaign, is no stranger to political confrontations or risky international travel. She thrives on it. As co-founder of the outspoken women’s social justice and anti-war activist group Code Pink, Evans has disrupted congressional hearings, twice attempted to place Karl Rove in handcuffs under citizen’s arrest for international war crimes and interrupted Sarah Palin’s speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention. A mother of three who was married to late computer industry pioneer and venture capitalist Max Palevsky, she’s also led activist delegations to Iraq (before and after the U.S. invasion), Afghanistan, Iran,
flight from Beijing, the delegates checked into their rooms at a 45-story cement-gray hotel with small windows and a massive marble lobby with dim lighting and no other visible travelers. On the elevator ride to their rooms on the 31st and 38th floors, Evans noticed that most of the floors in between remained pitch black, their hosts needing flashlights to find their rooms. Throughout the week the 30 visitors and their 30 translator-handlers traveled by bus to watch children’s performances at a school for the arts, visit various monuments touting the legacy of original Dear Leader Kim Il-sung and heirs Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un, attend various banquets, roundtable with octogenarian survivors of the Korean War and participate in the public women’s rally and march for the reunification of Korea. Other than quick glimpses of rural life on the way to their destinations, the delegates interacted primarily with residents of Pyongyang, which Evans described as an
“Women can make peace, on their own without governments, when sometimes governments cannot.” — Gloria Steinem
A student at Kyongsang Kindergarten plays the gayageum, a traditional stringed instrument
Burma and Cuba, and met with Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Evans, who always wears something bright pink, has sprinkled her home with art collected during her travels, but two paintings dominate her living room: a vibrant red and pink Leonard Koscianski oil painting of a butterfly and flowers, and a Warhol yellow-gold depiction of Marilyn Monroe with bright red lips. The pieces seem to communicate a lust for life, thirst for human interaction and fiery irreverence that underlies her particular brand of activism. To hear Evans discuss it, the North Korea trip was all about overcoming the obstacle of international conflict to form personal bonds. An itinerary of pre-arranged visits to cultural events and monuments culminated in open conversations with their North Korean handlers about routine domestic life, personal aspirations and even battles with depression. Despite living under a repressive authoritarian regime and internalizing many of its values, Evans found the women to have a strong inner life. “They were smart and interesting and curious and beautiful and thoughtful. … They had such an amazing sense of themselves. Everybody had a job and a passion or two. They had their culture piece and their work piece, and something they really cared about,” Evans said.
Light and Darkness
North Korean women holding flowers lined the street as peace delegates walked toward the Korean Demilitarized Zone
The carefully orchestrated travel itinerary established by the Communist Women’s Union both shed light on the lives of North Koreans and raised questions for Evans about what remained hidden from view. Following their arrival at the simple, two-story Pyongyang airport after a short
authentic but incomplete glimpse into North Korean life. “What I saw was real, but it was the elite. If you behave, you live in the capitol city. You’re a loyalist. The apartments where [state university] professors live are amazing — very modern; they’ve got gymnasiums and swimming pools. I mean I’ve never seen so many amusement parks. They like keeping people happy. They like them playing, that’s clear,” Evans said. “I asked everybody who was with us. They behaved so they could have this life. They felt it was out of respect. They felt it was the right thing to do,” Evans said. “I asked one of the gals, ‘What do you want [out of life]? It’s not like they don’t have. She said, ‘I just want to live happily ever after.’ She said, ‘I want to do my job well. I want to do well what I do.’” Encounters with children at Kyongsang Kindergarten, an arts and music school for gifted children, also revealed a very different way of life. “The children all performed at everything: Playing, drawing, dancing. … They had little curiosity about us, which seemed strange for kids — no outreach to question us in any way, or even to make eye contact. They were repetitive in their behaviors; performing and not really ‘playing’ in the sense of freedom and exploration. The musical performances were pitch-perfect, adorable and aweinspiring,” Evans writes in the account of her trip. “We left a bit disturbed, as it was hard to see these young kids so rigidly formalized and performing at such a young age. I felt myself longing for them to have a childhood, yet they seemed perfectly happy.” (Continued on page 16)
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Happily Ever After
The delegation’s hosts also displayed regimented behavior in their reverence to the state during a visit to Manyongdae, the rural birthplace of Kim Il-sung — the founding dictator of North Korea revered for his military leadership against the World War II-era occupation of Korea by Japan. The featured attraction: an idealized full-scale wax figure of the Dear Leader standing in a pastoral setting, to which visitors are expected to bow. Evans said she declined to bow. “My interpreter had to keep telling me to pay attention, to quit taking photos and be quiet. I was not behaving as she felt I should. Didn’t I understand this was the most sacred place in the country and I was to be in reverence? I told her I didn’t share her reverence. The next day I had a new, older interpreter and I saw that the younger interpreter had been reassigned to someone better behaved,” Evans recalled. “I misbehaved on purpose. I wanted them to know they could like someone who wasn’t disciplined and who misbehaved,” she said. Public reaction to the delegation’s press conference in Seoul was met with hostility by South Korean demonstrators after North Korean media reports surfaced that two women in the delegation had made statements praising Kim Il-sung — reports that they strenuously denied.
A North Korean kindergartener playacting as a nurse interacts with peace delegation participant and Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin
“It was hard to see these young kids so rigidly formalized and performing at such a young age. I felt myself longing for them to have a childhood, yet they seemed perfectly happy.” — Jodie Evans Steinem, according to the Christian Science Monitor’s coverage, addressed repression by the totalitarian regime during the press conference. “I feel as if I have just come from visiting a kind, hard-working and loving family
who are doing their best to survive under a controlling, totalitarian head of household,” Steinem said. In a letter to The New York Times criticizing a columnist’s depiction of peace delegates as naïve, Disney writes that
“none of our number ever believed that this simple gesture was anything more than a beginning, and a small one at that. No one had any illusions of changing North Korea’s human rights behavior overnight, or of toppling a dictatorship.” Evans said the group’s emotional encounters with Korean War survivors — a woman missing both arms, another who spoke of her infant child being killed during a bombing of her village — helped her better understand their devotion to the state. “Imagine the PTSD from that violence and why an isolated country would love someone who said they’d protect you from those people again,” Evans said. Disney writes that “Change will come when [North Koreans] are sufficiently dissatisfied with their own regime and profoundly less frightened that the rest of the world is looking to destroy them.” Evans’ sense of personal connection with her North Korean hosts gives her reason to hope for peace despite international isolation and the omnipresent influence of an oppressive regime. “There’s a sense of joy and wonder in them. They’re very human,” she said. “They’re just people who want to live happily ever after, like everyone else.” EDITOR’S NOTE: Niana Liu, a San Francisco-based artist who took the photographs appearing with this story, traveled with the delegation as an observer working with a documentary film crew.
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Mama Says Knock You Out Actress Kathy Bates takes her battle with lymphedema to the streets of Santa Monica By Michael Aushenker When The Argonaut caught up with Kathy Bates in May, the Academy Awardwinning actress was looking forward to watching “The Shining” with her 15-yearold grand niece, an avid movie blogger who had just finished reading the 1977 source novel by Stephen King. “I had her look up Stanley Kubrick on Wikipedia and then pick things to talk about for seven minutes,” Bates said. “She’s a big reader, [but] these kids are used to quick, quick, quick. I want to slow things down just a little.” Previously, Bates and her grand-niece had watched “The Equalizer” and “Cabin in the Woods.” This weekend, however, they will have to put their regular cinema session on hold as Bates joins the Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LE&RN) in Santa Monica for the Run/ Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases. Bates introduced herself as LE&RN’s
national spokesperson with an audio message to LE&RN walkers at the 2014 walk in New York. On Sunday, she hosts LE&RN’s first-ever California event. The Hollywood resident, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe for her role in 1990’s King-derived “Misery,” has seen her fair
lymphedema is or what causes it, so Bates thought it important to raise awareness about the disease, which according to LE&RN impacts as many as 10 million Americans. “It’s a very serious problem. It’s not just a cancer-related thing,” Bates said, noting that many military men and women
“I did not have the curse of beauty.” — Kathy Bates, on the longevity of her success
share of medical challenges in recent years. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2003 and has since recovered. In 2012, she underwent a double mastectomy and, even after averting breast cancer, contracted lymphedema — fluid retention and tissue swelling caused from a compromised lymphatic system — in both arms. However, not many people know what
coming home from war with damage to their limbs and torso have developed this condition. “Your local GP doctor doesn’t know what it is. Treatment is expensive; not a lot of people can afford it.”
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Bates, of course, is not your average lymphedema sufferer.
In addition to “Misery,” she’s delivered solid performances in myriad critically and commercially successful films, including “Fried Green Tomatoes” and “Dolores Claiborne,” and Academy Award-nominated performances in the presidential campaign saga “Primary Colors” and Alexander Payne’s “About Schmidt.” Bates has been up for a dozen Emmys and seven Golden Globes to date and has won two of each. For “The Late Shift,” the 1996 HBO movie chronicling the Jay Leno/David Letterman booking wars, Bates won an Emmy portraying Leno’s late manager Helen Kushnick. That said, even after Bates’ ferocious role on “Late Shift” aired, people told Bates that the real-life Kushnick was worse. “I had a very strong manager not unlike Helen,” said Bates. “[Kushnick] was so abrasive, so horrible. I really relied on (Continued on page 20)
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4213 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey (310) 578-2250 killershrimp.com/killercafe By Mike Ryan A singles-only tenant policy at many apartment complexes set the tone the swinging ‘70s in Marina del Rey. Perhaps somewhere between “Boogie Nights” and “Three’s Company,” the marina was a promiscuous paradise back in the day. These days it’s tough to get a drink after 11 p.m. Most of the swingers have either burnt out or grown up and moved on with their lives, happier holding hands during an afternoon outdoor concert at Fisherman’s Village than chasing fun one glass at a time. The rise of Silicon Beach, however, has breathed new (night)life into the area by bringing in a younger demographic — techies with money to burn all the way from the Third Street Promenade to Admiralty Way. Killer Café is capitalizing on that new prosperity. A hip, diner-style concept that opened in May 2012 adjacent to the goliath Killer Shrimp (a 5,000square-foot restaurant and bar that capitalizes on harbor views) Killer Café recently began serving breakfast and dinner 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When the bars close, a 24/7 diner becomes a refuge for insomniacs and the intoxicated into the early morning hours. I’ve never finished a night of drinking and thought to myself, “Right now what I need is a big bowl of shrimp.” The menu at Killer Café isn’t necessarily drunk food, but for those sticking close to the marina it’s just about the only game in town. Killer Shrimp has an edgy rock motif yet is still fun for the whole family — think Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. meets Ed Hardy. Now throw a diner into the mix and you have the Killer Café. Confused? That won’t be much of a problem if you happen to stumble into Killer Café late at night or really early in the morning, when bellying up to the bar or sliding into an oversized booth isn’t much of a challenge. Killer Shrimp is best known for serving its eponymous steaming
Killer Café offers killer views of Marina del Rey harbor bowls of shrimp simmered in a spicy, buttery broth and served with a basket of French bread. Naturally, it’s also on the menu at Killer Café, along with other mainstays such as shrimp pot pie, prime rib, a Thanksgivingstyle turkey dinner and spaghetti with meatballs. For someone not in possession of 100% of his mental faculties, the Killer Café menu can be a disconcertingly long list of seemingly random entries. There is some standard diner fare as well — omelets, pancakes, burgers — which is a good thing. I can’t say that ordering grilled mahi mahi would be my first impulse at 3 a.m., but I’ve made worse decisions that hour of the day. Who is to say whether the Killer Shrimp & Grits combo was a better choice? Served with a medley of roasted peppers and potatoes, two eggs and a side of hash browns, the enormous — dare I say excessive? — amount of food seemed sensible at the time. And for $14, the pluses contend with some of the minuses. While conveniently shelled, the shrimp arrived shriveled-up and could’ve used some more of the highly touted Killer broth to add some flavor to that bland bed of grits. Broken egg yolks and a bit of hot sauce helped, however, and the hashed browns proved exceptional.
Griddle-fried to a crisp on the outside while soft and steamy on the inside, the solid bricksized serving made for an over-the-top portion (especially since the dish also came with roasted potatoes) but it helped save face alongside the grits and shrimp that, at least on this occasion, fell short of its positive reputation. The value — especially if we’re counting cash for calories — is, however, hard to dispute. There’s also a $5 breakfast special — eggs, bacon, potatoes and toast — from 7 to 9 a.m. That’s a small window, but an unreal deal with a view of the harbor to boot. Compared to the overnight crowd, visiting Killer Café during the lunch rush is another story entirely. Seating is up for grabs, and you’re best off helping yourself instead of waiting for someone to seat you. On the plus side, if you are arriving by boat there’s usually plenty of dockside parking. If it’s a straight-up diner you’re looking for, old-school greasy spoons such as Dinah’s Family Restaurant in Westchester or the O.P. Café in Santa Monica may be your best bet. But if you find yourself wandering around the marina at 3 a.m., Killer Café is a far, far better option than anything that’s incubating on the 7-Eleven rollers at that hour. June 25, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 19
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[director] Betty [Thomas] for that. She was the captain.” Although Bates never voiced this sentiment, it’s safe to say that Jack Nicholson transformed from one of the best actors of his generation in the 1970s into dangerous self-parody by the time Payne (best known for 2004’s “Sideways”) offered the “Shining” star the challenging Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates in part he deserved. “American Horror Story: Freak Show” “This is a very different role,” Bates recalled of playing opposite Nicholson in the 2002 dramedy. “There was no playing around with him. Then he walked on set — very professional, very focused on really getting into character.” Playing Roberta in Payne’s film, Bates famously shed her clothes for a naturalistic hot tub scene. “I sort of had a fight about that. There were certain things I felt comfortable with,” she said, adding that Payne put her at ease.
‘Unsinkable’
And then there are her roles opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Bates portrayed The Unsinkable Molly Brown in a little James Cameron film called “Titanic,” the second-highest grossing movie in history, only to reunite with the actors a decade later in Sam Mendes’ “Revolutionary Road.” “When we started, they were such babies,” she said of 1997’s “Titanic.” Bates remembers Winslet making a strong impression: “I’ve never seen a young woman so focused on her work. She drags the script with her wherever she goes.” She questions, given the dedication to his craft, how undervalued in Hollywood DiCaprio remains: “This is what I don’t understand: why the Academy doesn’t recognize his work. He’s a great actor. I mean, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street.’ To be in the same room and to feel such power.” Bates marvels at how far Mendes has come since “Revolutionary Road,” directing the 2012 James Bond thriller “Skyfall” (which she loved). She admits that she has not yet seen Mendes’ “Away We Go” (and makes a mental note to seek it), even though it starred John Krasinski of “The Office,” on which sixth season she enjoyed a run as sassy Southern belle Jo Bennett, CEO of Dunder Mifflin’s parent company. “The reason I did it was I wanted to work with Steve Carell and the others and see how they work,” Bates said. “I wanted to try to understand how they make it look so natural. What I learned is that we can’t always be comedians; you have to be real.” It’s a lesson she continues to apply making such comedies as “Michelle Darnell,” Bates’ collaboration with the “Tammy” team of Melissa McCarthy and director husband Ben Falcone, due out in 2016.
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After winning an Emmy for her work in the 2013-14 season of “American Horror Story,” Bates returned to the series last year as bearded lady Ethel Darling
with her golden performance as Helen Boucher in “The Waterboy.” “I threw the script in the trash can,” Bates said of her initial reaction. “My niece said, ‘What is this? Adam Sandler! You don’t know ‘The Chanukah Song?’” As Sandler’s emasculating and superstitious Mama, Bates chided co-star Henry Winkler (“Mr. Coach Klein”) and had Sandler’s emotionally stunted Bobby Boucher mumbling lines like “My Mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.” Grossing $186 million in 1998 dollars, “The Waterboy” propelled Sandler into the box office stratosphere.
Bates said. “I sat shiva for ‘Harry’s Law’ at my house, sent Harry off in style.” That same year Bates scored an Emmy as the ghost of Charlie Harper (post-Charlie Sheen) on “Two and a Half Men.” It’s worth saying that 66-year-old Bates appears impervious to Hollywood ageism. Unlike actresses with youthful, glamorous looks that may eventually fade, her everywoman quality has served her well. “I did not have the curse of beauty,” Bates said, chuckling. It was after the cancellation of “Harry’s Law” that “American Horror Story” came calling, with show creator Ryan Murphy tapping Bates as serial killer Madame
Emmy nominations. “It was a big surprise,” she said.
Putting Lymphedema Out of its Misery
What was also a surprise was when she learned that lymphedema had metastasized to both arms: “I was gobsmacked.” Bates already had more knowledge of the disease than the average person. “Going in, I knew that something was going on. My mother had it in her arm,” she said. Lymphedema is not nearly as high-profile as AIDS, Parkinson’s, MS, MD and ALS — an additional challenge for those afflicted with the disease and one she hopes to rectify. “The more I learned about the disease, the angrier I became that people did not know about it,” Bates said. “Mine, thank goodness, is mild,” she continued of her condition, grateful for the — Kathy Bates, on Lymphedema course of treatment by Dr. Emily Iker, director of the Lymphedema Center in “I really stuck to the script. He’s a really a Delphine LaLaurie, a role that won her yet Santa Monica, as well as Stanford Universtickler,” she said of Sandler. another Emmy last year. sity’s Stan Rockson and Dr. Bill Rippichi To this day, Bates still gets fans approach- “My eggs are all in the acting basket in New York. ing her about “Waterboy,” especially now,” Bates said, referring to a facet of Bates said she is looking forward to young people “who love foosball.” her career that many fans may not be spending Sunday in Santa Monica helping aware of: her directorial work. LE&RN get the word out. Emmy Magnet Bates helmed episodes of “Homicide: She’s optimistic that more awareness and Not everything has gone so smoothly for Life on the Street,” “Six Feet Under,” donations can eradicate the disease — an Bates, but for after every setback she “NYPD: Blue” and “Oz” as well as American horror story she’ll be happy to seems to find success. critically acclaimed TV movies “Dash and see go away. Around the time Bates’ ordeal with breast Lilly” and “Ambulance Girl.” LE&RN’s Run/Walk to Fight Lymphedema She says directing 1999’s “Dash,” about cancer subsided, her program “Harry’s & Lymphatic Diseases starts at 8:30 a.m. the tempestuous relationship between Law” was canceled. (registration begins at 7:30 a.m.) at She remains very proud, however, of the writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Crescent Bay Park, 2000 Ocean Ave., David E. Kelly legal drama, which starred Hellman, was “a real learning curve for Santa Monica. Run/Walk participants must Bates as patent attorney Harriet Korn and me as a director.” Given her fight behinddonate $15. To register or sponsor particiran two seasons before NBC canceled it in the-scenes to ditch the “Nick and Nora pants (including Team Kathy Bates), visit 2012. banter” for something grittier, “Dash” lymphaticnetwork.org. “[NBC Entertainment Chairman] Bob garnered a Writer’s Guild award, three Greenblatt said our audience was too old,” Golden Globe nominations and three michael@argonautnews.com
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Marina del rey | 1366 Riviera Ave | $1,826,000 5 units / 2 buildings all 1/ bd units. Great corner lot. tina & ian hale | 310-200-2298 ian@2hales.com
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Very light and bright Marina City Club condo, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. Located on the 11th floor with floor-to-ceiling windows. Gorgeous unobstructed views. Open and spacious floor plan. Recessed lighting, stainless steel appliances. Marina view from the large patio. Resort lifestyle with full amenities: pools, spa, tennis, gym,restaurant + bar, 24-hr gated complex. Offered at $479,900
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3BR / 2BA / 2,230 sq.ft. / 7,500 sq. ft. Lot. Lease Price: $2,750 / month. Move-in Date: July 1, 2015 “Fairy Tale” Home: 610 Woodward Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 The Consultants 4BR / 2.5BA Real / 2,822 sq.ft. / Estate 17,011 sq. ft. Beautiful lush lot. Lease Price: $4,000 / month. Move-in Date: July 1, 2015
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THE ARGONAUT PRESS RELEASES WESTCHESTER HOME WITH POOL
SILVER STAND BEACH HOME
“Poolside is the perfect way to spend the summer in this traditional ranch-style Westchester home,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The private backyard with a sparkling swimming pool is a neighborhood oasis where you can entertain friends and dine al fresco under the custom, covered patio. The shade of majestic Chinese Elm trees and a location slightly above the street on a gentle knoll, add a true sense of privacy to this urban retreat. Located near the heart of Silicon Beach, the new Metro Line, shopping centers, schools and outdoor recreational areas.” Offered at $679,000 INFORMATION Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties (424) 203-1828
“This is an awesome Silver Strand home in a superb location steps from the beach and Ballona Lagoon,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “There are three stories with a roof deck. Features include soaring ceilings in the living room with a fireplace and a raised dining room that flows into a good-sized kitchen. It also has a convenient ground floor family room and patio doors off the living room that lead to a south-facing patio that has a fire pit.” Offered at $7,900 per month. INFORMATION Peter & Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties (310) 821-2900
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“This beautiful tri-level home in Playa Vista has three bedrooms and four baths,” says agent Bob Waldron. “Enjoy all Playa Vista’s amenities – parks, shopping, restaurants, a community center, the recently opened facility called The Resort, all close to the beach, LAX, freeways and the marina.”
“The RE/MAX Venice/Marina office hosted a mobile Red Cross blood drive on Thursday, June 18th at their office at 155 Washington Blvd, Marina del Rey ,” said Manager Terry Ballentine. “At the drive, RE/MAX agents and the general public donated blood which is in critical demand right now.” Pictured from left to right: Terry Ballentine, Manager, Cat Bergen, Jane St. John, Joe Cunningham, Annie Coffman, and Ronnie, Ratzlaff. INFORMATION: Terry Ballentine, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 557-5300
WESTCHESTER HOME FOR LEASE
Offered at $1,450,000. INFORMATION: Bob Waldron, (310) 337-9225, Jessica Heredia (424) 702-3022 Coldwell Banker, Westchester/Playa Vista
CITY AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS
“This is a wonderful quintessential Westchester beauty,” says agent Kevin Gallaher. “A remodeled two bedroom, one bath home that features a granite kitchen overlooking a huge private back yard. Includes a designer bathroom that accents the light and this bright home. The huge back yard has mature fruit trees and an extra large detached studio.”
“This two bedroom, two bath condo has gorgeous views,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Enjoy Marina City Club’s great amenities: pools, courts, gym, full restaurant and bar, café, convenience store and 24-hour guard gated security. Walk to great restaurants, the marina and the beach.” Offered at $479,900
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2/1 Updated and move-in ready 5/3 Entertainers dream home, backyard bonus rm 2/1 Wonderful Westchester home on large corner lot 3/2 Stylish & bright beautiful Kentwood home 3/3 Upgraded on large lot Upper North Kentwood 3/2 Quality home with open floor plan 3/2 Best buy poll home in North Kentwood 3/2 Remodeled, pool, spa and deck
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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A
The Facts About Home Solar (Part 3 of 3) Solar companies emphasize that solar encumbrances can be transferred to a subsequent buyer of a solar-encumbered property. Most homebuyers will sell their homes before the 20year solar lease expires. What homebuilders do not trumpet is the likelihood a resale buyer may not be willing or able to assume a mortgage-like lease on the property for a permanent fixture in the form of rapidly obsolescing used solar panels. The leaseholder’s consent is required. This creates similar issues to those that mortgaged property owners have with mortgage lenders. The inability to transfer this debt obligation has serious adverse consequences for the seller (financial) and their agent (lost fees). Transferring a solar encumbrance requires the assuming buyer to meet a minimum credit score set by the solar company which leases or owns the system. If the buyer is unwilling – or unable – to obtain consent for a formal assumption of the debt presented by a solar encumbrance to the property, the solar company will agree with the seller to cancel the agreement – but again, for a price. The sellers will then have to either absorb the cancellation cost or increase their asking price for the property to include the payoff of the remaining liability on the solar encumbrance clouding title to the home.
Some solar companies allow the solar arrays to be relocated to a replacement property acquired by the seller. But this arrangement carries costs for the seller as well. The buyer of a new solar-encumbered home needs to consider some important questions, including: · Are the solar panels included in the price paid for the home and, if not, what is the total amount of the separate debt which will further encumber the property? · What are the penalties for cancelling any solar lease encumbrance on the property prior to its expiration? · What are the fees for transferring a solar obligation to a resale buyer at any time during the lease period? · What are the requirements for transferring a solar encumbrance? · If the solar panels are removed during or after the lease expires, who pays the removal costs? · Does the solar company return the roof to its original condition after the solar panels they own are removed? · What happens if the roof needs maintenance which requires access beneath the solar panels? Additionally, when a homebuyer is set on solar, inquire whether the homebuilder will include the full cost of the system in the price of the property – no separate mortgage/lease debt owed to a third party beyond the purchase-assist mortgage which funds the price of the house and the solar panels. Beware, however, that a homebuilder’s contract with a solar company
may bar them from selling the solar panels to the homebuyer. The most readily available arrangements from solar homebuilders carry a host of complex risks and drawbacks. For brokers and agents, the present proliferation of solarincluded new housing means the day will come when listings with pre-installed solar arrays will be commonplace. Unfortunately, most buyers of new homes are running “naked” with no broker or agent to protect and care for their best interests when purchasing a home from a builder. Here, homebuyers are left to the protection provided in disclosures approved by the California Bureau of Real Estate, and handed out by the builder. The builder, as the seller, has no duty to the buyer beyond stating the bare facts about the property and title. Builders have no duty to explain the consequences of the facts disclosed, other than to avoid lying and deceit when a buyer asks questions – no buyer’s agent in sight to give fiduciary advice. This week’s quesTion was answered by
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“This luxurious 3 BR/3.5 BA home located on the highly coveted Venice Canals, just 2 blocks from the beach & Venice Boardwalk", says agent Jesse Weinberg. "Enjoy panoramic views of the canals and spectacular sunsets from the roof deck. This 2-story architectural home boasts all the amenities one could ask for; large, custom, gourmet kitchen, open floor plan, central heat and air, fully wired for cable and sound- all the makings for the perfect entertainer's home. Unwind in the sanctuary of a master suite complete with a steam rainfall and waterfall shower, soaking tub, and head on Canal views.” offered at $3,485,000 informaTion Jesse weinberg, Jesse Weinberg and Associates, (800) 804-9132
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Thursday, June 25 Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free weekly walks around Marina del Rey harbor. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9595 Marina del Rey WaterBus, 11 a.m. to midnight. (Thursdays through Sundays through Sept. 1.) Hop on for a water’s-eye view of the marina with shopping and dining opportunities at eight of the WaterBus’s stops. $1 each way, cash only. marinawaterbus.com ChamberFest LAeXpo, 4 to 7:30 p.m. The LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce’s annual merchant meet-and-greet includes a “Taste of the Chamber” component featuring food and drinks from area restaurants. The CenterPointe Club, 6200 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 645-5151; laxcoastal.com “Beach Eats” Food Truck Event, 5 to 9 p.m. Mother’s Beach hosts a variety of gourmet food trucks each Thursday through Oct. 1 in a dog-friendly setting. Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; beaches.lacounty.gov “The Great Escape,” 7:30 p.m. Classic 1963 WWII drama starring Steve McQueen in his careerlaunching role as Capt. Virgil Hilts chronicles the large-scale prison camp escape of Allied POWs in Germany. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $11 to $13. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com “The Homecoming,” 8 p.m. (Also at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through August.) This staging of the Harold Pinter play explores an uncomfortable gathering in England of a Brit, his American wife, and his male relatives. Suggested $15 donation. Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com
DJ Dimitri, 9 p.m. Old school funk and soul at Seventy 7 Lounge, 3843 Main St., Culver City (in the alley behind Rocco’s). (310) 559-7707; seventy7lounge.com
Friday, June 26 Library at the Beach, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The first of a series of Santa Monica Public Library summer outreach events on the beach, find a curated collection of books for readers of all ages, a Surfside Lounge to relax and grab some shade, and beach-themed activities for the whole family. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. (310) 434-2608; smpl.org Ed Asner at the Activist Support Circle, 6:30 p.m. The outspoken star of the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Up” joins an informal chat with activist Jerry Rubin and friends. Friends Meeting Hall, 1440 Harvard St., Santa Monica. activistsupportcircle.org “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 “Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” / “The Loved One,” 7:30 p.m. Two classic satirical pieces of ‘60s Cold War paranoia lunacy written by the late, great Terry Southern. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $11 to $13. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Hornblower Dinner Cruises, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Enjoy a four-course dinner with dancing and a harbor view. 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
EntirE Albums. ClAssiC & indiE roCk
“The Hundred-Foot Journey,” 8 to 10 p.m. A free movie screening at Playa Vista’s Concert Park, 13020 Pacific Promenade. playavista.com Laurel & Hardy Festival, 8:15 p.m. (Also at 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.) Program features shorts by the classic, Culver City-based comedic pair’s silent pictures and talkies. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $8 to $10. Reservations recommended. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org
11) each Saturday. (310) 305-9545; facebook.com/MDRFarmersMarket Ballona Creek Clean-Up, 9 a.m. Ballona Creek Renaissance hosts a voluntary effort to keep our wetlands and its main waterway free of trash and debris. Meet at Centinela Avenue and Milton Street in Del Rey. ballonacreek.org
Jon Burton, 9 p.m. Live music at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
Ballona Habitat Restoration Day, 9:30 a.m. Help restore the biological integrity of the Ballona Wetlands while also learning about watershed ecology. Gloves and tools provided. Meet behind the Alkali Water Market, 303 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 306-5994; ballonafriends.org
DJ Nikolas Degas, 9 p.m. The refined sounds of the French native behind the tune “Horns,” who shares a surname with the master French impressionist painter of ballerinas. Seventy 7 Lounge, 3843 Main St., Culver City (in the alley behind Rocco’s). (310) 559-7707; seventy7lounge.com
Fiesta of Gems, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Also 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.) The ultimate annual rock, mineral and jewelry show. This year’s featured stone: crystal quartz. Culver City Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free admission; free parking. culvercityrocks.org/fiesta.htm
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 4th St., Santa Monica. $19.50. RSVP necessary. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com
Summer Festival (Natsu Matsuri), noon to 9 p.m. Saturday. (Also 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.) The annual Japanese-American cultural event and community fundraiser — with food, games and workshops in the art of bonsai, ikebana and shodo — takes place all weekend at Venice Japanese Community Center, 12448 Braddock Drive, Del Rey. (310) 822-8885; vjcc.com
Saturday, June 27 LE&RN’s CA Run/Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases, 8 a.m. registration; 9 a.m. ribbon-cutting. Academy Awardand Emmy-winning actress Kathy Bates, who herself suffers from lymphedema, hosts this first-ever West Coast benefit bent on putting an end to the disease. Crescent Bay Park, 2000 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. lymphaticnetwork.org Marina del Rey Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find locally grown produce, desserts, prepared foot and arts and crafts at the corner of Via Marina and Panay Way (parking lot
Santa Monica Pier Historic Walking Tour, 11 a.m. On Saturdays and Sundays, take an hour-long tour to learn the history of the historic 1909 pier. Meet in front of the carousel building, 200 Santa Monica Pier. (310) 458-8901; santamonicapier.org Culver City Garden Club Garden Show & Plant Sale, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Also from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.) The club’s 62nd annual show and plant sale includes a locally-judged exhibition of homegrown plants, flowers and edibles; two workshops each day on gardening and plant topics; regular raffles of merchandise and gift
certificates donated by local merchants; and vendors selling gardening supplies and plants. Kids get free starter plants. Culver City Teen Center, 4153 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free. (310) 203-1482; culvercitygardenclub.org K9 Connection Summer Festival at Clover Park, noon to 3 p.m. Bring Rover to Clover! Enjoy a dog relay, agility and Frisbee competitions, bring your own dog to the Doggie Fun Zone, eat from food trucks and participate in DIY creative projects with your kids — with all proceeds going to support K9 Connection Programs and Services. Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. k9connection.org “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” 7:30 p.m. The third and most iconic installment of Sergio Leone’s classic Spaghetti Western trilogy starring Clint Eastwood as The Man With No Name (a.k.a. “Blondie”). Also stars Lee Van Cleefe and Eli Wallach. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $11 to $13. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Tom Noland Band, 8 and 9:30 p.m. Live music at Typhoon, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South, Santa Monica. $10. (310) 390-6565; typhoon.biz “Annie Hall,” 8:30 p.m. EatSeeHear continues with a screening of the Oscar-winning quintessential Woody Allen comedy co-starring Diane Keaton, preceded by food truck service beginning at 5:30 p.m. and a live concert by Haunted Summer. Santa Monica High School Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, 601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $14. eatseehear.com Von Cotton, 9 p.m. Live music at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com DJ Marcus Shadden, 9 p.m. The Chicago turntablist and Christopher Mintz-Plasse look-alike spins the (Continued on page 31)
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An Actor with a Voice Ed Asner, who visits the Activist Support Circle on Friday, has spoken for progressive Hollywood from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to “Up” By Michael Aushenker Ed Asner doesn’t remember the gripping read he did of “An Omelet for Vinnie” opposite actor John Savage for a Malibu Playhouse benefit in 2011. Nor he does recall chastising comedian Bobby Lee for wearing flip flops when both appeared as guests on “Tom Green Live” last year. “Was I funny?” Asner asks softly —slightly disinterested, perhaps. Careers can be forged out of what Asner forgets. At 85, the irascible, calls-it-as-hesees-it actor promises to be a lively guest speaker at omnipresent Santa Monica activist Jerry Rubin’s next monthly Activist Support Circle meeting, happening Friday at Friends Meeting Hall. “Ed Asner is not only one of the most talented and creative actors but also one of the most dedicated activists for progressive causes,” Rubin says. Until “Frasier,” the long-running 1970s situation comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” held the record for Emmys won by a series. With talents such as James L. Brooks (who later co-created “Taxi” and “The Simpsons”) and Allan Burns (“The Munsters”) running the ensemble show, Asner, as curmudgeon news producer Lou Grant, knew even back then that, as sitcoms go, he was rolling in a Phantom, not a Pacer. Oddly, when Asner starred in “Lou Grant,” the spin-off became a drama. “It was trial by fire. They learned a lot on the job. It had never been done before,” he says. Of course, the reason Rubin has invited Asner down to Santa Monica from the San Fernando Valley — Asner, a longtime Valley Village resident, just moved to Tarzana in March — is his history of activism. But don’t refer to Asner as the former president of Screen Actors Guild, which he led from 1981 through 1985. “I never ran SAG. I was run over by SAG,” Asner says, perhaps only partially in jest, before recounting — matter-offactly and without animosity — how the late (and famously conservative) Charlton Heston led the charge to railroad him. “I spoke my mind,” Asner says. “I was being a humanist and was turned into a communist. They found that I was a choice cut.” If Asner learned a lesson from his SAG run, it’s “keep your friends close and keep your enemies closer.” But Asner does not subscribe to the notion that an actor’s political leanings may limit a thespian’s career in Hollywood, as the late Republican-associated actor Ron Silver once claimed. “That’s bullshit,” Asner says. “Jon Voight is the biggest loonie out there. He works all the time, thank goodness — he’s one hell of an actor!” And that’s what counts in Hollywood, Asner reiterates: bringing the pork chops to the luau. PAGE 30 THE ARGONAUT June 25, 2015
In the 1970s, the irascible Ed Asner had roles in two of the highest-rated TV events in history: “Roots” and “Rich Man, Poor Man.” That said, he does feel that CBS’ cancellation of “Lou Grant,” which he starred in from 1977 to 1982, was political. Asner won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series twice before three sponsors — Vidal Sassoon, Cadbury’s and Kimberly-Clark — pulled out
and saw that ‘Lou Grant’ was still scheduled on Monday nights [and was furious]. So we got yanked,” Asner says. Asner’s shrug is almost audible. As they say in the business: on with the show. “I learned from that experience,” Asner says. “When people want to lead a
“I spoke my mind. I was being a humanist and was turned into a communist.” — Ed Asner because of Asner’s support for sending medical aid to El Salvador. Meanwhile, as Asner led the charge to include extras in SAG, “Heston, the stunt men and day players got pissed off and fought us savagely. Later on, because the extras had no representation, it became automatic that the SAG would rep them and now plebiscites would overturn it.” Amid what Asner calls “clouds of controversy,” the head of CBS was not amused. “Bill Paley barged into the room one day
campaign against you, if they get enough of the media aroused, they can drive you to the insane asylum.” Regardless, Asner hasn’t hesitated to make his voice heard on matters of politics and social justice over the years. Longtime fans may not realize, however, that in the past three decades he’s also built a parallel career as a voiceover actor. Asner has amassed an impressive body of work, including turns as hardboiled Daily Bugle editor James Jonah Jameson in the 1990s “Spider-Man” cartoon series,
villain Granny Goodness in “Superman/ Batman Apocalypse,” plus roles in “The Simpsons,” “The Boondocks” and Seth MacFarlane’s “The Cleveland Show” and “American Dad.” “Given enough to work with, I can plunge into the character as deeply as anything I do onstage,” Asner says of his voice work. He plunged deepest, perhaps, for Pixar’s poignant 2009 feature film “Up” — work that brought him a whole new fan base. “Kids who never heard of ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ and ‘Lou Grant’ popped up. They had to be told that was me,” Asner says. Activist Rubin is also a fan. “It was so unique and creative,” Rubin says of “Up,” “and Ed’s portrayal of the lead character in the film, Carl Fredricksen, was truly heartwarming.” Also heartwarming: how Asner scored the gig. “My voiceover agent submitted me. I didn’t’ think anything of it. The next thing I know I got a job,” he says. Asner was in Alameda County doing Emily Beck’s one-man show “Numbers of People,” directed by Shira Piven (Jeremy Piven’s sister), as part of a Jewish fundraiser. “Up” co-directors Peter Docter and Bob Peterson “came to the thing, saw me do the one-man read about a Holocaust survivor and all the ugliness in his life, and decided to cast me. That was the clincher,” Asner says. There was no down side to working on “Up” for Asner. “Bob Peterson was terrific, he did all the animals,” Asner says. “I thought it was juicy. I never thought it would get the acclaim it got.” Aside from his voice work, Asner’s face still appears frequently on the silver screen. How was it that a nice Jewish boy landed the part of Santa Claus in the Will Ferrell Yuletide comedy “Elf”? “How did the Catholic Church become Catholic?” Asner responds rhetorically. “It was a two-week job,” he continues. “I thought Jon Favreau, in his execution, was wonderful. I was so impressed with what he did. I think of it as a big plus. I also think [as a contemporary Christmas classic] it gets away from the treacle of ‘Miracle of 34th Street.’” As for why Asner has accepted Rubin’s invitation to speak before the Activist Support Circle, what he thinks of the work they are doing and what he intends to talk about tomorrow, the actor’s reply is once again comically candid: “I haven’t the foggiest notion.” Ed Asner visits the Activist Support Circle at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The event is at Friends Meeting Hall, 1440 Harvard St., Santa Monica. Visit activistsupportcircle.org. michael@argonautnews.com
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Sunday, June 28 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 Killer Rides Car & Motorcycle Show, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vintage motorcycles, hot rods, muscle cars, woodies and dune buggies all converge for a killer photo op at Killer Shrimp, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey.(310) 578-2293; killershrimp.com Yas-A-Thon Spin to Beat Cancer, 1 to 4 p.m. Cycle the afternoon away to benefit ThinkCure. Yas Fitness Center, 1101 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 396-6993; go2yas.com N’Demand, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Dance to popular boy band covers from the 1990s and 2000s (New Kids on the Block, ‘N Sync, Backstreet Boys) at the Central Park Bandshell, 12045 Waterfront Drive, Playa Vista. playavista.com “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” 5:30 p.m. The legendary scoundrel of Sherwood Forrest, portrayed by Errol Flynn, tussles with Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains in this 1938 Michael Curtiz (“Casablanca”) classic. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $11 to $13. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Showtime Dinner Club, 7 p.m. Featured play: “A Phenomenal Woman,” presented by The Theatre by the Blind. Meet at the Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St. Promenade # 8, Santa Monica. Tickets: $20 Showtime Dinner Group meets at 7 p.m. Call (310) 215-1892 to RSVP or visit showtimedinnergroup.com Tom Freund, 8 p.m. Joining the celebrated Venice artist onstage are Ben Peeler, Adam Topol and Gabe Noel, plus other special guests. The singer-songwriter performs new songs from his album “Two Moons” as well as Freund songs of chosen
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Monday, June 29 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 Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Club meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892
Vintage rides, hot rods and muscle cars never seem to go out of style in Southern California. Neither does a good meal with an ocean view. On Sunday, Killer Shrimp restaurant in Marina del Rey hosts the next installment of its monthly Killer Rides Car & Motorcycle Show. It’s always quite a show, and this time the restaurant promises even more classic, exotic and muscle cars alongside hot rods and tricked-out street bikes, with free barbecue and treats for all who attend. But this is no passive exercise in So Cal car culture. The show’s organizers invite anyone with a really cool car or bike to bring it down to the restaurant and participate as well. All they ask is that you take a selfie with your ride and post it to social media with the hashtag #KillerRides. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines … — Michael Aushenker
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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
More than 30 gem and jewelry dealers convene this weekend from across California, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada for The Culver City Rock and Mineral Club’s 54th annual Fiesta of Gems show. The featured stone this year: crystal quartz. Fiesta of Gems is an annual event to introduce the community to minerals, gems, earth sciences and the art of jewelry making. Vendors will be on hand with museum displays, designer jewelry, fossil collections and mineral and gem specimens.
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. 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 continues their Mondaynight 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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The Killer Rides Car & Motorcycle Show happens from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Sunday and again on July 26 and Aug. 30 at Killer Shrimp, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Call (310) 578-2293 or visit killershrimp.com for details.
Jewelry making and lapidary demonstrations include Metal Etching with Ruth Shapiro, Kiln-Fired Enameling with Sharon Kaplan, Intro Soldering & Fusing with Jette Sorensen and Beading Around A Bead Pendant with Janice Metz.
Quartz Crystals are the featured stone of this year’s Fiesta of Gems The 54th annual Fiesta of Gems runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday at the Culver City Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free admission and parking. Visit culvercityrocks.org/fiesta.htm for more information.
There are also children’s games in the Kid’s Zone, door prizes and grand prize drawings. Culver City Rock and Mineral Club’s mission is to unite local people interested in the Earth sciences, help members collect and preserve rocks and minerals, advance the study of lapidary arts and support scientific research and study. Proceeds from the annual Fiesta of Gems support local programs such as Culver City Boy Scouts Troop 113 and the Culver City Senior Center, as well as educating local elementary students in Earth sciences activities. —Michael Aushenker June 25, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 31
Happy Natsu Matsuri, Del Rey Natsu Matsuri happens from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Venice Japanese Community Center, 12448 Braddock Drive, Del Rey. Admission is free. Call (310) 822-8885 or vjcc.com.
It’s time once again for the Venice Japanese Community Center’s annual Natsu Matsuri (Summer Festival), a twoday celebration of Japanese and Japanese-American culture in beautiful Del Rey.
This year’s festival features demonstrations of various martial arts, including judo, karate, kendo and taiko, plus ondo dancing on both evenings.
Exhibits include bonsai, ikebana (flower arrangement), shodo (calligraphy), sumie (ink painting) and watercolor displays. The family-friendly event doesn’t just Vendors provide such Japanese culinary showcase cultural activities, it helps treats such as teriyaki chicken, sushi, beef preserve them. Proceeds go to support short ribs, udon and ramen. There will a variety of cultural, community service also be plenty of game booths for kids, and sports activities within the Westside’s couples and families to enjoy. Japanese-heritage community. — Michael Aushenker
Hot off a recent Jules Muck solo exhibit and a fundraising art gala in cooperation with Marvel Comics, Qart.com’s brick-and-mortar gallery in Marina del Rey is back in the mix with a special exhibit featuring the rainbow-channeling paintings of visiting visual artist Oz El Hai. Israel-based El Hai has been a professional painter since the tender age of 18, working up a reputation as a supreme colorist with a penchant for abstracts, still lifes and feminine forms. Harnessing the brightest primary colors to create his art, El Hai renders his images exclusively with a palette knife. There’ll be a different knife, no doubt, employed to spread the brie on baguette slices as El Hai makes a rare visit to the United States to appear at tonight’s Qart.com opening.
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Tuesday, June 30 Swim Sessions, various times. Southern California Aquatics leads morning workouts at 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and evening workouts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $69 to $109 per month. (310) 458-8700; swim.net Ocean Park Classic Car Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. The California Heritage Museum gathers food trucks and classic cars each Tuesday night outside the museum. 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392- 8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org
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California Sunset Series Sailing Regatta, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 9. Hosted by California Yacht Club on the harbor’s main channel, Marina del Rey’s biggest annual sailing event. Watch races from Fisherman’s Village (13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey) or Burton Chace Park (13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey). calyachtclub.com Summer Sunset Cocktail Cruises, 5:45 to 8:15 p.m. (Wednesdays 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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Pacific Resident Theatre’s staging of “The Homecoming” (starring Anthony Foux, Jason Downs, Jude Ciccolella, Trent Dawson and Lesley Fera) is fraught with sexual tension Fernandez hopes Angelenos attend “The Homecoming” in equal numbers, as it hasn’t been produced in L.A. for more than a decade. “It’s a powerful and hilarious play. The level of shock of uncomfortable laughter, you would think it was written yesterday. By its second act, it veers into the theater of the absurd,” he said. Fernandez finds much in common between “The Homecoming” and “Henry V.” “Shakespeare requires a great deal of text work — how most effectively to use the language. There’s no subtext. Pinter has a great deal of subtext, but it’s very verbal and they’re using their words as weapons,” he said. The two require different approaches, however.
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“‘Henry V’ was a much more muscular, kinetic production: fast moving, fast paced. Pinter, even though it’s a very fun comedy, as dark as it is, there’s a lot of stillness involved. Pinter is known for having written in pauses,” he said. Leslie Fera, who previously played in PRT’s revival of “Pretty Little Liars,” portrays the sole female character in the testosterone-awash piece. And Fernandez admits to initial misgivings when Fox asked him to helm this production due to perceptions of misogyny. “But this play is the opposite of the misogynist play; it’s a feminist play,” Fernandez said. “That’s what I think Pinter intended.” Fernandez believes “The Homecoming” challenges the viewer: “The audience is going to have to strap themselves in and
question if they can follow it.” Meanwhile, the actor continues as Pablo Diaz on “Devious Maids,” plays FBI agent Mike Hernandez on “State of Affairs,” and also appeared on “The Mentalist” in 2015. Topping everything, Fernandez has a role on the high-profile “True Detective,” playing Ventura County Sheriff James O’Neal opposite Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell. The HBO drama’s second season began last Sunday. “The scripts are so well written that it makes it easy,” said Fernandez, who enjoyed working on writer-creator Nic Pizzolatto’s show. “It’s always really exciting to work with someone who so utterly knows what he wants and is creative without dictating, creating an environment that is very clear and letting us play within those boundaries,” Fernandez is, of course, tight-lipped about the machinations of season two — set in Los Angeles with a plot unrelated to “True Detective” season one, which had a Louisiana Bayou backdrop and starred Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. If Pizzolatto felt the weight of having to follow up last year’s very successful production with a new one, Fernandez says the “True Detective” showrunner did not express it. “He’s the type of guy who knows that pressure is kind of a false thing. He still has to start from the beginning and tell a story,” Fernandez said. Kind of like Guillermo Cienfuegos, in fact.
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By Michael Aushenker Sometimes, you can’t go back home. It’s a sentiment the Pacific Resident Theatre explores in staging “The Homecoming,” the 1965 play by Nobel Prizewinning playwright Harold Pinter. The Venice venue is, however, hoping to bring home another hit, as “The Homecoming” is being revived by Guillermo Cienfuegos, whose minimalist, unconventional staging of William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” at PRT in February 2014 was a runaway smash in L.A.’s theater circle that ran for five months. “We never had more than one or two empty seats,” the director recalled. As The Argonaut revealed last year, Guillermo Cienfuegos is a pseudonym of actor Alex Fernandez, whose credits include “Mistresses,” “Modern Family,” “Desperate Housewives,” “NCIS,” “Criminal Minds” and the movie “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” Fernandez transcribes his feel for working with fellow actors to his role in the director’s chair. Set in North London, Pinter’s story of sexual tension and one-upmanship begins with a man bringing his American wife home to four male working-class relatives who vie for her attention. “The way the dialogue is written, in the mouths of the actors it’s so intoxicating. Pinter’s voice is very clear. We tried to stay true to his voice,” Fernandez said. PRT is reviving “The Homecoming” 50 years after its debut at the urging of company artistic director Marilyn Fox, who has been pursuing the rights for years, Fernandez said. Rights to Pinter’s plays — including “The Caretaker and his revered “The Birthday Party” — are difficult to obtain, but Fernandez believes the success of “Henry V,” for which he won the Ovation and the L.A. Drama Critics Award for directing, likely helped bring “The Homecoming” home. “I don’t think it hurts that ‘Henry V’ was a big success,” he said.
“Prisma” and “Return to Roots,” opening receptions from 5 to 7 p.m. on June 25; exhibits continue through Sept. 5. “Prisma” displays the latest works of quasi-abstract painter Phillip Griswold and “Return to Roots” the latest works of abstract expressionist Jane Park Wells. Ruth Bachofner Gallery in the Bergamot
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LEGAL ADVERTISING 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 Los 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
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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 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. 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 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). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015150720 The following person is doing business as: Concierge Live Feed 6733 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 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 filed 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 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. 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 filed 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 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. 2015159450 The following person is doing business as: Diamond Liquids 5251 Don Pio Drive Woodland Hills, CA. 91364. Registered owners: The Diamond Group LL 5251 Don Pio Drive Woodland Hills, CA. 91364. 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: Jason Burbidge. Title: Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 16, 2015. Argonaut published: June 18, 25, July 2, and 9, 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. 2015159742 The following person is doing business as: Switchman Press 405 Culver Blvd. Apt 220 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Alexander H. Rosenberg 405 Culver Blvd. Apt 220 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. 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: Alexander Rosenberg. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jun 16, 2015. Argonaut published: June 18, 25, July 2, and 9, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
legal advertising FICTITIOuS BuSIneSS nAMe STATeMenT File no. 2015161573 The following person is doing business as: 26 Beach restaurant 3100 Washington Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Francis Mori 3100 Washington Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Francis Mori. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 18, 2015. Argonaut published: June 25, July 2, 9, and 16, 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. 2015163851 The following person is doing business as: Mediterranean Ways 11440 Clarkson Rd. los Angeles, CA. 90064. Registered owners: Ted T. Lekas 11440 Clarkson Rd. Los Angeles, CA. 90064. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Ted T. Lekas. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 22, 2105. Argonaut published: June 25, July 2, 9, and 16, 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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