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L e t t e r s An Investment in Our Community Re: “A Door Opens in Del Rey,” News, June 30 The Gateway Apartments are a vital step in solving our homeless issue. I live right on Glencoe Avenue near Beach Avenue, and of course there was a lot of initial trepidation by the surrounding neighbors, including me. But there is an on-site manager who can help with problems in the neighborhood. We all need to understand that the building is well-run and that although the upfront investment seems daunting, it is funded by a variety of public and private sources and the long-term savings to our emergency systems will far outweigh the initial costs. Keith Everett Del Rey Neighborhood Council Area A Director A Blind Eye to Marina del Rey “Where ‘Remodel’ Means ‘Rebuild,’” News, July 7 I am pleased that the California Coastal Commission has awakened. This problem does need to be addressed.
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VOL 46, NO 31
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Abbot Kinney Fest has Money to Give .............................................. 12
COVER STORY Coyotes Run Wild in Westchester Worries mount after a woman is bitten and pets are attacked . ......................... 6 ‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do’ A local DNC delegate finds inspiration despite divisions ...................................... 8
Santa Monica Serial Rape Suspect Arrested . ............................. 9
OPINION Reject The Boycott Blacklist
Cash for Keys To get around rent control, Santa Monica landlords are paying tenants to leave ...... 14
THIS WEEK Love Songs on the Coast Brian McKnight brings
This Place Has It All Creativity and class are on the menu at 1212 Santa Monica ......................... 19
WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Go Swimming with an Olympic Gold Medalist ....................................... 29
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The Killer Rides Car Show celebrates classics and customs . ........................... 30
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A little teasing can be good for your love life ......................................... 34 On The Cover: To put rent-controlled units back on the market at higher rates, some Santa Monica landlords are offering tenants as much as $45,000 to move out. Photo illustration by Maria Martin. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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A recent spate of coyote encounters has residents on high alert By Gary Walker A recent spate of coyote sightings, multiple deaths of neighborhood pets and a woman being bitten by a coyote near an elementary school have a group of Westchester homeowners worried enough to consider hiring private contractors to trap the wily predators. Local wildlife officials caution, however, that trapping coyotes would require them to be euthanized, thus disrupting a natural part of the local ecosystem. Residents have reported seeing coyotes lounging on front lawns and in driveways, and there have been multiple reports of a coyote roaming in the area of Paseo Del Rey Natural Science Magnet Elementary School near Falmouth Avenue and Redlands Street.That’s the area where on July 11 a coyote bit Leonora Smith on the wrist as she tried to separate her two small dogs from it after the coyote ambushed them during a stroll at dawn.
“I picked my [smaller] dog up and it kept coming around me until finally it sat down in front of me. I started screaming and telling it to go away, but it kept lunging at me. Finally one of my
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“I started screaming and telling it to go away, but it kept lunging at me.” — Playa del Rey resident Leonora Smith
neighbors came out and distracted it, and that gave me time to get back into my apartment,” Smith said. Los Angeles County Wildlife Services Officer Hoang Dinh says trapping coyotes is not always effective, and state law prevents trapped coyotes from being relocated — meaning they must be euthanized. Instead, Dinh recommend keeping smaller pets on leashes when walking them, walking pets in groups, keeping pet food
neighborhood meeting on Sunday that he had recently cited a man for feeding a family of coyotes near Los Angeles International Airport. “Fear of humans is engrained in their DNA, and we need to keep it that way. My goal is to keep the wildlife afraid of us and out of sight,” he said. Joanne Orenski said she has read on social media that some people in her Westchester (Continued on page 9)
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Sanders supporters even booed Sanders, who on Monday urged supporters to support Clinton at the polls in November, when he addressed the California delegation on Tuesday morning. “It’s easy to boo, but it’s harder to look your kids in the face who would be living under a Donald Trump presidency,” Sanders told his California faithful on Tuesday. Reached by phone a short time after Sanders’ address, Butler said she thinks Betsy Butler says many California much of the hurt feelings and harsh delegates were “really rude and language directed at Clinton can be disrespectful” attributed to new delegates inexperience with the electoral process. I’ve been attending these conventions “Many of them haven’t voted or particisince 1992,” Butler said. “I think their pated in politics before, so they don’t behavior has been really rude and understand how it works,” Butler said. disrespectful.” Despite the disruptions, Butler took During that first day, two Sanders delegates overheard a conversation Butler solace in speeches delivered by Sen. Cory Booker (D- New Jersey) and First was having with other delegates and walked away from her after hearing Butler Lady Michelle Obama, whose inspirational address to the convention was speak in support of Clinton. universally applauded. “You literally had to be careful what “Michelle’s speech was the highlight of you say depending on who you’re talking the night,” she said. to,” Butler said.
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Butler also noted that President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton — both known for their oratorical skills — would address the party faithful and Hillary Clinton would speak on Thursday, the final night of the convention. “I’m sure all of them will be extraordinary,” said Butler, who during the Clinton administration worked on trade policy for the U.S. Department of Commerce. This is Butler’s seventh Democratic National Convention, but none with such historic undertones as this one: the first time in history that a major American political party has nominated a woman at the top of the presidential ticket. The significance is not lost on Butler, who works for the California Women’s Law Center and has been a longtime supporter of getting more women to participate in politics. “It’ll be an aspirational moment” when Clinton speaks as the party nominee on Thursday, Butler said. “I remember when Karen Bass (D- Los Angeles) became the first African-American woman California (Continued on page 29)
ArgonautNews.com Coyotes Run Wild in Playa and Westchester neighborhood east of Sepulveda Boulevard are still considering trapping as an option. “There are some people who are still interested in trapping, but I’m not convinced that it would solve our problems right now,” Orenski said. “But if the problem gets worse, I might reconsider trapping.” This isn’t the first time coyotes have been spotted in the area. In August 2014, a coyote chased Playa del Rey bluffs resident Cindy Curphey near her home after she tried to stop it from attacking her small dog. According to California Department of Fish and Wildlife statistics, there were 19 reported cases of coyotes attacking humans between 2012 and 2015. The department does not keep statistics of coyote attacks on pets. The department estimates there are as many as 250,000 to 750,000 coyotes in California. During Sunday’s neighborhood outdoor meeting near the corner of Earhart Avenue and Will Rogers Street, one resident asked whether shooting aggressive coyotes was an option. Shooting coyotes is illegal, Dinh said, adding that his department and the LAPD are investigating a coyote shooting in Silver Lake that happened earlier this month. Adult coyotes are more aggressive during May to September when they are caring for young, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control.
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“Domestic dogs are especially vulnerable to attacks during this time. Even dogs on leashes have been attacked when they got too close to a family of coyotes,” the department’s website warns.
Coyote advocates stress that the animals help control the rodent population. Rats, mice and gophers are staples of the coyote diet, along with squirrels and rabbits. They argue that
“Fear of humans is engrained in their DNA, and we need to keep it that way. My goal is to keep the wildlife afraid of us and out of sight.” — Los Angeles County Wildlife Services Officer Hoang Dinh That lines up with the results of the first ever National Park Service analysis conducted on urban coyotes in Los Angeles. Biologists installed a camera in the backyard of a Silver Lake home last year and documented a female coyote attacking neighborhood dogs multiple times. Researchers later discovered that she had a litter of pups nearby that she was protecting. The National Park Service study found that coyotes are not encumbered by mountains, hills or bluffs. They can also live in urban environments, such as vacant lots. Coyotes that were trapped and tagged for the study were seen roaming empty streets at night and in the early morning hours. When encountering a coyote, Dinh recommends that people shout, use an air horn or throw objects at the animals in order to scare them away.
coyotes have been seen in the bluffs for decades and are part of the region’s wildlife population. Dinh said that while he will investigate coyotes that have become a nuisance or a potential danger in residential areas, social media can often exaggerate the number of coyotes in a given area. “One coyote can be reported as many as 20 times,” he said. Smith says it took a week before her dogs were willing to go outside again and admits that she, too, remains shaken two weeks after the attack. “If my neighbor hadn’t come out I don’t know what would have happened,” Smith said. Visit laanimalservices.com/ about-animals/wildlife/ for more information about dealing with coyotes in urban areas.
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By Kelly Hayes-Raitt “You’ve been served,” the stranger said with a smirk as she handed me a neat stack of papers. It was 1996, and I was the spokesperson to defeat three ballot initiatives funded by freewheeling CEOs that would gut swindled seniors’ rights to sue them for stock fraud. Every quarter, I’d issue a press release listing which of the initiatives’ funders had been sued. One of those CEOs then sued me. His hypocrisy made better news copy than my original press release. Similar hypocrisy is wending through the California Legislature. Until recent changes gutted its most alarming provisions, Assembly Bill 2844 — authored by Assemblyman Richard Bloom and co-authored by state Sen. Ben Allen, both Santa Monica Democrats — would have required state government to blacklist socially conscious businesses that boycott Israel for its discrimination against Palestinians. In other words, boycott the boycotters. The BDS Movement — boycott, divestment and sanctions — is modeled after the successful international campaign to end apartheid in South Africa. It’s been kicking around for a decade, but has more recently gathered steam following Israel’s 50-day onslaught in Gaza that killed 2,130 Palestinians, injured 11,000 and “displaced” as many as 500,000 in 2014. BDS punishes companies that profit from Israel’s discriminatory policies and practices. Supporters include the World Council of Churches, which represents 500 million Christians in 110 countries, and the student governments of seven of the nine Universities of California, according to Jewish Voice for Peace. Boycotts are non-violent protests that date back centuries. Aristophanes
Israeli soldiers stop a Palestinian on a busy street in the West Bank during the author’s 2007 visit employed one in 411 BC in his play “Lysistrata,” about Greek women who withheld sex to protest the Peloponnesian War. British abolitionists boycotted slave-produced sugar in the late 1700s. The term “boycott” was coined in Ireland in 1880 when poor farmers were evicted from their homes by a land agent named Charles Boycott. Calls to shun him were so successful that his farm, stable and house workers refused to work, local businessmen refused his business, and even the postman refused to deliver his mail! Whether it’s grapes in the 1970s, Montgomery buses in the 1960s, English tea in 1773, or the current boycott against North Carolina for its silly bathroom law that discriminates against
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A major controversy is the Israeli government’s persistent support of settlements, the illegal outposts built high in the hills of the West Bank by ultra-conservative Jews. Many of the Jews I met in Israel and the West Bank believe the settlers undermine security and stymie peace efforts. Infrastructure for the settlements is funded by the Israeli government and — in defiance of U.S. policy — by private American organizations. Roads that forbid Palestinian travel, systems that siphon water from Palestinian farms and villages, and electrical grids that plunge Palestinians into darkness are built for settlements. Sewage, however, runs downhill untreated, contaminating Palestinian wells and farms. “Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property is directly linked to the existence and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank,” begins a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that documents a doubling of Palestinian casualties by settlers between 2009 and 2013. During a visit in 2007, I personally witnessed settlers armed with rifles illegally occupy a Palestinian’s home in a dense neighborhood in Hebron. I saw the squatters hurl rocks and rotten food at Palestinian children. In At-Tuwani, a rural village south of Hebron, I watched Israeli soldiers accompany Palestinian schoolchildren past settlements. Observers’ videos of settlers stoning the schoolchildren had created an international outcry that embarrassed the Israeli government into requiring this armed escort. Palestinians told me settlers contaminate their wells with dead chickens and burn their ancient olive groves. (Continued on page 33)
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Now that women are allowed to bust ghosts, can a woman become president? Judging by the comments on my article, come to mind — without setting Twitter which pale in comparison to the vitriol ablaze in hate speech. that Jones confronted, I think so. So does that mean sexism is to blame?
To be clear, my “Ghostbusters” piece wasn’t even a review in the traditional sense. I did see the film, but my audience was up-and-coming screenwriters learning to hone their craft. The title was “Ghostbusters: 5 Keys to Successfully Rebooting a Franchise,” and I detailed the different ways the film paid homage to the original while making the story feel fresh. The article posted on July 14 — the day before the film opened — meaning that although my critics hadn’t even seen the movie yet, they felt compelled and entitled to attack me for praising the idea of casting an all-female ghost-hunting team to give the reboot an original twist. Suddenly, these commenters “lost all respect for me,” and my colleagues and I were “complete clueless hacks.” Another accused me of implying that audiences will have “lesser expectations” if the cast is made up of women, (Continued on page 33)
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Last year’s community grant recipients included youth and arts programs The Abbot Kinney Festival is more than a giant street party. Each year, organizers also give away thousands of dollars to fund community benefit programs with an emphasis on youth, community and the arts. The nonprofit Abbot Kinney Festival Association is accepting applications for its Community Grants Program through Monday, Aug. 1. Association board members will present checks to this year’s grant recipients during the festival, happening on Sept. 25. An annual draw of over 100,000 people, the festival is now in its 32nd year and includes more than 300 vendors, four live music stages, a KidsQuad activity center and three beer gardens. “The festival’s free and a lot of fun, but the driving force behind it all is giving back to our community — to Venice,” Abbot Kinney Festival Association Director Donna Humphrey said. More than $300,000 in festival proceeds has been invested back into community programs since 1984. Past recipients include the Venice Symphony Orchestra, Children’s
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Cash Keys To get around rent control, Santa Monica landlords are paying tenants to leave
By Bonnie Eslinger When a housing market heats up, homeowners have an opportunity to cash in on the equity of their houses — if they are willing to move, presumably to a lessexpensive location. For renters, it’s usually the opposite. When a landlord chooses to capitalize on increased housing demand by raising the rent, there’s typically someone else eager to move in if financial shortcomings force the current tenant to move out. Rent control restrictions are on the books in Santa Monica to ensure that longtime tenants — lower-income residents and seniors in particular — are not priced out in the name of increased profits, a city policy often credited with stabilizing neighborhoods and preserving economic diversity. But booming Westside real estate values also mean that long-term tenants of rent-controlled apartments who are willing and able to move can now profit from what’s being called their “renter equity.” Santa Monica’s rent control laws allow landlords to boost a unit’s rent to market value when a tenant moves out, with the next inhabitant paying more but getting the safeguard of limited rent increases going forward. PAGE 14 THE ARGONAUT July 28, 2016
Thus, when market forces push rents upward, landlords have a financial incentive to get existing tenants to move out — particularly if those tenants benefit from very low rents as a result of extended occupancies. A cash buyout offer is a legal way to do that.
residents asked to leave their longtime homes when money is put on the table. “For me it’s kind of like a doubleedged sword. You run across a lot of folks who may be attracted to the financial incentives to move with a good sum of money, but then you lose the unit,” said Vasquez, who has lived in Santa Monica
Last year, when the city first began collecting buyout data, at least 40 apartments were vacated because a landlord paid a tenant to leave — with payments, on average, ranging from $13,000 for a studio to $45,000 for a unit with three or more bedrooms. Data collected by the city suggests that buyouts can be an attractive and profitable option for both tenants and landlords, but community leaders and tenant advocates are concerned about residents who don’t know their rights — including the power of their own leverage related to the appreciated value of their unit — when a landlord makes a cash-in-hand offer. Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez recognizes it’s a tough choice for city
for more than 30 years. “That’s the thing that we’re struggling with — there’s a lot of gentrification going on in our neighborhoods.”
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Santa Monica Rent Control Board Chair Nicole Phillis said city leaders decided to track buyouts after hearing from an increasing number of tenants feeling pressured by a landlord who wanted them out.
“The people who are the most vulnerable to buyout offers, and the ones who are mostly harassed, are the ones who have very, very low rents,” Phillis said. Knowing how much other tenants are being offered for comparable units and locations, she said, can increase the negotiating power of tenants who find themselves in such situations. “We thought the risk of predatory behavior was high. And so we decided the best way to respond to [buyouts] wasn’t to try to restrict, control or stop it, but to make sure that tenants have the information they needed to come to the bargaining table,” Phillis said. Last year, when the city first began collecting buyout data, at least 40 apartments were vacated because a landlord paid a tenant to leave — with payments, on average, ranging from $13,000 for a studio to $45,000 for a unit with three or more bedrooms. Buyouts are poised to far surpass that number in 2016, with 36 already on the books at mid-year. Santa Monica Rent Control Board General Counsel Stephen Lewis said some of the increase in reported tenant buyouts could likely be attributed to the fact that the city rules requiring the board to compile the data wasn’t fully in place
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until mid-April of last year and that it took some time to publicize it. Additionally, a portion of buyouts relate to a property in the process of undergoing rehabilitation, “and we understand from the property’s tenants that several have sought buyouts,” Lewis wrote in an email, adding that under law he couldn’t disclose the property address.
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Denise Barton, 48, has experienced first-hand the pressure of a landlord all too eager to get tenants to move out. When Barton was in her 20s, she moved into a studio apartment off Arizona Avenue, one block from Ocean Avenue’s hillside ocean view, which she recalls came with a monthly rent of about $237. By 2016, the amount due on the first of each month had increased to $527. In 2012, a new property owner took over her 49-unit building at 1305 2nd St., then called the Mar Vista Apartments, and began pressuring tenants to leave, she said, making it clear they had the ability to make residents’ lives miserable if they didn’t. “We were all long-term. I had been there since 1989, and many of the people who were there had been there before me,” Barton said. Property managers Wilshire Skyline Inc. would make frequent inspections of her apartment and others — sometimes under the guise of making repairs, but really to look for reasons to harass tenants, she said. They also told tenants they’d have to pay for previously free parking spots on the property. “Once they took over the building, they were trying to get people to buyout,” Barton said. “They wanted to do inspections all the time or they wanted to see something, but then when they’d come in to see the one thing, they didn’t even look at it.” Barton, who is disabled, was told she had too many items in her apartment, creating a safety hazard. “They wanted to say I was hoarding stuff, but [city] code compliance came in and said ‘No, you’re fine,’” she recalled. Barton and other residents were offered buyout amounts as low as $5,000, she said. Instead, Mar Vista Apartments tenants organized and began filing complaints with the city.
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In 2014, the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office announced a settlement agreement resolving the harassment allegations, which residents said also included unfair guest policies and privacy-invading security cameras. Under the settlement agreement, the owners of the Mar Vista Apartments and Wilshire Skyline Inc. agreed to take tenant harassment training and accept enhanced penalties ($2,500 instead of
old brick structure because it needed “major work to revitalize the historic building and extend its useful life.” Given the investment that required, Wilshire Skyline decided against keeping the building’s current single-room occupancy configuration and is planning to reopen it as a commercial building with a restaurant, offices and possibly retail, he said. A state law known as the Ellis Act allows property owners to evict all of a building’s tenants in order to take that property off the rental market. In addition to complying with the city’s tenant relocation requirements, Wilshire Skyline took the “added step,” he said, of hiring a company to assist tenants in finding new homes before withdrawing the property from the rental housing market under the Ellis Act. “Nine tenants signed voluntary vacancy agreements before the Ellis process was commenced and, of the 22 tenants remaining at the time of the Ellis withdrawal process, 19 entered into move-out agreements for additional relocation sums and assistance,” Nissel wrote in an email.
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Denise Barton stands outside her former home at Arizona Avenue and Second Street. After she and other tenants resisted rent control buyouts, the property owner shut the building down. $1,000) for any future violations of tenant harassment laws. The building owners and manager, who signed off on the agreement without admitting liability or fault, were also told to stop paying commissions to employees who persuaded tenants to give up their parking spaces or leave. At the time of the March 2014 settle-
ment, Wilshire Skyline issued a statement saying it was not their intent to inconvenience the tenants or give them the impression they were not welcome to stay in their homes, but were only trying to make upgrades to the building. Wilshire Skyline counsel Alan Tzvika Nissel told The Argonaut that the company decided to shutter the 100-year-
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Of the 40 tenant buyouts recorded in Santa Monica last year, the average payout was $27,435, according to the city’s data. The average to date this year is $24,738. That’s a potential windfall for tenants willing to vacate affordable housing for quick cash, but Santa Monica landlords stand to make considerably more from such five-figure deals in the long run. Worse for tenants, $25,000 won’t last very long if they’re forced to pay market rent in a comparable neighborhood. Phillis said that when she talks to tenants who have received a buyout offer, she encourages them to work out the math to see if they’ll be able to afford new housing for the long term. “I remind them to think about the value of their tenancy and what the market rate is,” Phillis said. “If you’re paying $700 a month for a two-bedroom apartment, your landlord’s going to be able to get $3,600, $3,700, maybe $4,000 for it, so I would say, minimum, that’s around a $3,000 difference per month. How many months does it take to get to that? That’s not going to help people get into another apartment.” Santa Monica landlords are commanding record-high rents — about 10% more for new tenancies in 2015, according to city data — with a one-bedroom unit, on average, going for $2,050 a month and a two-bedroom reaping about $2,750. These are the initial rates for Santa Monica’s rent-controlled units, which are the ones in buildings that existed when the law was enacted in 1979. Factor in the rental units that came online within the last 37 years — the
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units that are not subject to rent control — and the averages go higher: $3,206 for a one-bedroom in a building with 50 or more units, and $3,898 a month for a two-bedroom, according to November 2015 data collected for the city by Real Answers. And it’s not unusual to see one- and two-bedroom units in the city priced at $4,000 and above, a cursory look at Zillow will confirm.
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About 8,000 units — around 29% of Santa Monica’s rent-controlled housing stock — is inhabited by tenants who have lived in their units for more than 15 years, the type of stability that the law aspired to engineer. Their rents can be half the price of market-rate units, or less. For example, the median maximum allowable rate west of Lincoln Boulevard and between Pico and Wilshire boulevards is $763 for a one-bedroom that’s occupied by a tenant who moved in prior to 1999. For someone who moves in today, the median market-rate for that same unit is about $2,574, according to city data. A buyout agreement can be a “win-
win” for both the tenant and the landlord, said Eric Velie of Victory Law Group LLP, an attorney who represents property owners.
owners must put buyout offers in writing and provide tenants with a written disclosure of their rights, including the right not to enter a buyout agreement.
feels so insecure about his ability to remain in his home that he’s afraid to offer his name for the story. “I’m really sorry, I’m just under a lot of pressure from harassment from a landlord,” the tenant said. “The only thing I will say is the only buyout offer I was given was under the threat of an upcoming eviction afterwards for a family occupancy that never happened.” Such warnings by landlords — that eviction is imminent and the tenant’s best option is to take a buyout and go quietly — is frequently not a bluff. According to Ellis Act notices provided to the city just last year, as many as 153 units will be withdrawn from Santa Monica’s rental housing stock. When the owners of the Mar Vista apartments shuttered the entire building earlier this year, Barton lost her home of 27 years. Under the city’s relocation fee requirement for tenants forced out by Ellis evictions, Barton received $9,900. “I think there’s so much culture and richness you get from a diverse community,” Mayor Vasquez said. “And I think we’ve done a pretty good job, but there’s obviously pressure and outside forces we can’t control. And I’m worried because that almighty dollar is hard to compete against.”
“We thought the risk of predatory behavior was high. And so we decided the best way to respond to [buyouts] wasn’t to try to restrict, control or stop it, but to make sure that tenants have the information they needed to come to the bargaining table.” — Santa Monica Rent Control Board Chair Nicole Phillis “I rarely find two parties who are dissatisfied after they’ve signed an agreement,” he said. Nonetheless, the city requirement to report tenant buyouts also make it more difficult for building owners to move family members or new tenants into those units or redevelop the property. For example, a tenant has up to 30 days to rescind a signed buyout agreement, Velie said. Anti-harassment provisions of last year’s city ordinance also specify that
But saying no to a landlord who has his or her sights set on making more money off your rental is easier said than done. “I know of people who rejected buyouts and then had subsequent offers made, and the buyout offer itself becomes a form of harassment,” Phillis said. “Landlords will make them feel like they have a target on their back and the behavior that lets the tenants know they’re not wanted escalates.” One Santa Monica renter who spurned his landlord’s buyout offer says he now
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Brian McKnight is bringing sensual sounds and a bit of humor to Burton Chace Park By Tiffany Walton Brian McKnight is known for creating sensuous R&B grooves as smooth and seductive as a summer breeze off the water. There couldn’t be a better setting for his lush sounds than Marina del Rey’s Burton Chace Park, where McKnight performs a free waterfront concert on Saturday night. A consummate performer who’s releasing a live album and Blu-ray next month, McKnight says he’ll bring many of the best-known songs from his 12 studio albums to life during the show. Expect to hear “Anytime,” “Back at One,” “One Last Cry” and “Shoulda Woulda Coulda.” Not just an R&B crooner, McKnight is a songwriter and multifaceted musician who’s mastered eight different instruments. But don’t worry — you won’t have to hear them all, he says with a laugh. “I play keys and I play guitar on stage, but for me to bring a tuba on stage and play probably wouldn’t be what pop music fans are coming to hear,” McKnight says. “But I do play the keys and drums and bass and guitar, and most of the stuff on my records is me. I’m playing 90% of the instruments on all of my records.” For past shows, McKnight would often
invite special guests to come up and share the spotlight. But this year he’s moving away from that to allow his own stage presence to breathe. It’s not all about the music, either — he wants to make audiences feel good and laugh.
think that’s what we’re selling. We’re selling nostalgia. People talk about how they had their first girlfriend, their first breakup, their first kid, their wedding, to all the songs that I’ve written, so you’re taken through sort of a whirlwind of not
“You’re going to go through a range of emotions when you come to see me.” — Brian McKnight “When people leave my show and they say, ‘Man, we didn’t realize you were so funny,’ that’s more gratifying than them telling me how great I sounded, that they were actually entertained,” he says. “They’re coming for an hour, hour-anda-half to hear love songs. You’ve got to find a way to entertain people that’s outside the norm, because they’re not just going to sit there and listen to the same tempo all night.” After 25 years of performing, however, McKnight knows that crowds at his live shows come with certain expectations. And on those he promises to deliver. “You’re going to go through a range of emotions when you come to see me. And I
only replaying your own life, but also giving you a little piece of mind at the same time,” McKnight says. Although his songs have been inspired and informed by real-life and personal situations, McKnight does not want his fans to assume his day-to-day personality and stage persona are quite so heavy. “When you listen to the music that I’ve written, people have always mistaken me as being this really quiet, brooding writer — a person that’s tortured by life itself. I really don’t take myself that seriously,” McKnight says with laughter in his voice. “And I think that’s the atmosphere that we create in the live show, that just makes it very comfortable.”
McKnight welcomes newcomers to his concerts and says he doesn’t mind if they’ve never heard his music and are only interested because it’s a free show by the water. He still intends to dazzle you. “The other night a guy came to a show and he brought his sister because his sister’s date couldn’t make it. This guy only listens to hardcore country music. He was like, ‘Oh gosh, I’ve got to sit through this,’ and by the end of that show — he didn’t know who I was, didn’t know any of the music at first — he actually wrote me on Twitter saying, ‘I’m a huge fan now because I got an opportunity to see you and I would never have otherwise,” McKnight says. “To me, it doesn’t matter whether you like the artist, know the songs. If that person is really good, music has a way of being a great equalizer.” McKnight performs a free show at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 30, at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. For more information about the L.A. County-sponsored Marina del Rey Summer Concert Series, visit beaches. lacounty.gov. July 28, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 17
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By Christina Campodonico A group of us are sitting quietly in Del Rey Lagoon with our eyes closed, listening for the sounds of local birds. It’s hard to hear any against the roar of jet planes, the whoosh of an ocean breeze and the sound of children playing on the swings nearby. But then a crow’s caw breaks through the ambient noise —we’ve finally got wind of something. This listening exercise readies our ears to try to imitate bird calls through a “birdsong mimic” device developed by researchers at UCLA’s Art|Sci Center. The spherical contraption is hooked up to a microphone, headphones and a computer that’s transmitting a live feed to New York. It measures how accurately you can imitate a particular bird call. I step up, stick my head into the sphere, put on the headphones, listen to a clip of high-pitched bird chirp-ery and attempt to repeat the shrill warbling. My accuracy is about 10%, the computer’s cool womanly voice tells me. “Instead of the birds learning English, we’re learning the language of the birds,” says Art|Sci Center Exhibitions Program Coordinator Mick Lorusso. Learning “bird” is a lot harder than it sounds, and the novelty of trying it in public is fun. The “Birdsong Diamond Wetland” installation is part of this summer’s citywide public art biennial “Current: LA Water,” a program of events and temporary art exhibits that are putting the city’s relationship with water into focus. On Saturday, members from UCLA’s Art|Sci Collective return to Del Rey Lagoon with their birdsong mimic device. A signage installation by artist Gala Porras-Kim is also on view at the park throughout the run of “Current: LA Water,” which extends through Aug. 15. A response to the 2004 discovery of more than 400 Tongva Indian remains in
A crowd gathered last week to test their bird call abilities at Del Rey Lagoon Playa Vista during the development’s construction, the work looks like ordinary signage you might encounter in a museum or at nearby Discovery Park, but reexamines the history of the Ballona Wetlands and the controversial handling of these ancient Tongva grounds in modern times. “For me, my work is all about history and the representation of it,” says Porras-Kim, who based her piece on legal documents, online research and newspaper articles (including some from The Argonaut) related to the often overlooked
history of the Tongva people in the area. “I think Gala’s sculpture at Del Rey Lagoon is in-keeping with her studio practice,” says Felicia Filer, the director of public art for the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, a sponsor of the biennial. “Ultimately, Gala is interested in how knowledge is acquired and how people access information about an unfamiliar culture. As a creative response to Discovery Park and the Tongva people, her sculpture is investigating these two
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My skepticism lasted about five seconds, because as we approached the hostess stand a server went by holding one of the most outrageously presented dishes I have seen in some time. It was a hollowed out sea
Greenwood, whose previous experience includes a stint at the famed Commander’s Palace in New Orleans, has a sincere interest in experimenting with Mediterranean and American flavors.
It was a hollowed out sea urchin shell, spines and all, filled with what I was told was a seafood risotto. I knew immediately what I was going to have for dinner. urchin shell, spines and all, filled with what I was told was a seafood risotto. I knew immediately what I was going to have for dinner, and headed into the dining room with a spring in my step. The multilevel dining room that had previously sported ornate balconies was still impressive, but in a minimalist geometric fashion. It is decorated in warm oranges and browns and feels open and spacious. The modern feel fits the menu, which is eclectic without being scattershot. I had expected the usual formulaic combinations of popular ingredients, but there was a sense that Chef Walter
We ordered three starters that proved this point. They were lobster arancini, pork belly with a bourbon maple glaze, and duck-and-mushroom potstickers. Arancini are usually stuffed with meat ragu or cheese, so the lobster was a great innovation — the rich seafood inside a crisp rice crust is the kind of thing you devour as soon as it’s cool enough to eat safely. From the minimalist description of the dumplings I had expected an Asian flavor, but the intense mushroom reduction that was drizzled over them reminded me more of French or Northern Italian cooking. It was (Continued on page 20)
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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A
What are Clinton’s and Trump’s housing policies? With the Democratic and Republican conventions now over, our sights turn to their plans for the housing market. Until this point in the election, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have had little to say about housing. While other hot-button issues have received more attention, homeownership, lenders, the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, housing subsidies and the state of the rental market are all extremely important issues to the U.S. economy that directly affect everybody — especially if you’re a real estate professional. While the candidates haven’t been vocal on housing issues, voters are nervous about how their policies may influence the housing market. A nationwide survey of homebuyers conducted by national real estate brokerage Redfin found homebuyers are pessimistic about the presidential election’s potential impact on the housing market. For instance: • 27% of homebuyers believe the presidential election will negatively impact the housing market, up from
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• 63% believe the election will have no impact on the housing market, down from 75% earlier in 2016.
• implementing credit score reform, though details on this are sparse; and
What are they saying about housing? Even though housing policy hasn’t been the subject of any primary debates, we can gain a clue on where the candidates stand from reading the respective parties’ platforms. The pre-convention draft of the recently released Democratic Party Platform states the party will help housing by:
• expanding counseling programs for foreclosure avoidance. The full draft of the Republican Party Platform will be released at their convention. However, the party platform tends to change little from election cycle to cycle. Further, if the platform debates are any indicator, little will change on housing from the 2012 Republican Party Platform, which denigrated the Dodd-Frank Act and promised to help housing by:
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Compiled by Michael Reyes Thursday, July 28 Morning Ocean Swims, 6 a.m. Thursdays. Olympic Gold Medalist Dave Walters, the SCAQ Swim Club and CalTri lead free morning ocean swims throughout the summer at Santa Monica Beach Lifeguard Tower 26. RSVP to SCAQ@swim.net. “Play Ball Clinic,” 1 to 3 p.m. Free baseball and softball clinic for boys and girls ages 7-16 hosted by Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vasquez as part of the “Play Ball Summer” initiative to encourage healthy lifestyles. Clover Park Main Field, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8300; communityrecreation@smgov.net Strategies for Healthier Living, 1 to 3:30 p.m. Each Thursday through Sept. 1, Wise & Healthy Aging teaches strategies for living a healthier life, making new friends and gaining social support for ongoing conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, lung disease and cancer. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/branches/venice OIC Computer Training Center Program, 4 to 7 p.m. This computer boot camp for low-income families also qualifies participants to purchase a CORE 2 Desktop and flat-screen monitor for just $149 plus tax. Must provide proof of low-income status. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/ branches/venice Beach Eats, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. The weekly festival of food trucks with a scenic harbor backdrop returns to Mother’s Beach, Lot 10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; lotmom.com/beacheats Line Dancing Workshops, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dance your way to fitness each Thursday at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. $7 suggested donation. (310) 726-4128; beaches.lacounty.gov Clinton Speech Watch Party, 6 p.m. Comedian Paula Poundstone emcees a Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
Reggae revivalist Protoje (pictured) joins forces with the roots rock rhythms of Raging Fiyah for a free show at Santa Monica Pier. SEE THURSDAY, JULY 28. viewing party for Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention. Scheduled honorees during this club fundraiser include Sen. Barbara Boxer, actor Mike Farrell and former Courage Campaign chairman Paul Song. Cross Campus, 929 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 230-2084; palidems.org Mind Over Movies 6:30 p.m. Weekly film screenings followed by a discussion and Q&A. This week: the classic comedy “Harvey,” starring Jimmy Stewart and an invisible seven-foot-tall rabbit. The Christian Institute, 1308 Second St., Santa Monica. Free. Facebook.com/ MindOverMoviesLA “Serving Up Comedy,” 7 p.m. Stand-up comedy followed by an open mic at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Protoje and Raging Fiyah, 7 to 10 p.m. Whether you like your reggae intimate, minimalist or with driving bass and strong rock structures, this Protoje/Raging Fiyah dual set will keep you irie. Free. (310) 458-9801; tcs.santamonicapier.org Big Daddy, 7 p.m. Current pop hits in the classic style of music from the 1950s. Culver City City Hall Courtyard, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. Free, but $10 reserved seating
‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do’(Continued from page 8) Assembly speaker. I was in the Assembly and I literally cried that day. I remember thinking I thought I’d never see this moment, and I’m sure Thursday will be the same. “The fact that she’s a woman is important, but what’s really important is that she is the most qualified person to lead our country,” Butler continued. “I’ve been to seven conventions, and while the issues have changed over time what hasn’t changed is that we need
good leaders who understand that they have to work for everyone.” Nonetheless, this year’s convention has been an eye-opener — especially when it comes to the dissent expressed by Sanders supporters. “I’m hopeful that [Sanders] will be able to bring his supporters on board,” she said, “because we have a lot of work to do on issues like equal pay, protecting reproductive rights and income inequality.”
available. (310) 398-2583; boulevardmusic.com Live Music at Harvelle’s, 9 p.m. Venice-based Americana band Lucky Penny, rock and blues group Dirty Birty, and indie-rock band Oliviero play Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $5. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
Friday, July 29 Story Time at Emerson Avenue Community Garden, 9:30 a.m. Fridays through Aug. 12. Story Time returns to the garden with the Zsuzsi Steiner Stories, filled with singing, garden exploration and surprises. Emerson Avenue Community Garden, 6550 W. 80th St., Westchester. Free. (310) 337-0827. eacgc.org
Midwestern girl whose world turns upside down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley’s emotions — as played by Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling and others — try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. Food trucks open at 5 p.m. and the movie runs from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Central Park Bandshell, 12405 E. Waterfront Drive, Playa Vista. Free. playavista.com
artist and original member of The Byrds plays McCabe’s Guitar Shop with bluegrass singer-songwriter Herb Pedersen. 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $32.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com
Hound Dog Dave & the Mel-tones, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Plenty of beer, food, games and live music at Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com
Skeeters Pool Party Band, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Local guitar players jam to classic rock and surf music, with attendees welcome to take the stage and play on a communal drum (bring sticks) or to join in with their own guitar. Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. No Cover, 21+. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com.
“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation,” 6 to 11 p.m. Westfield Culver City’s Summertime Cinema happens each Friday, featuring movie screenings at 8 p.m. and pre-screening entertainment and prizes. Westfield Culver City, The Promenade, 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. westfield.com/culvercity Jimmy Brewster, 6:30 p.m. to close. Get the full American steakhouse and classic cocktail bar experience featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tom Jones and The Beatles each Friday night at Dear John’s, 11208 Culver Blvd., Culver City. (310) 397-0276; dearjohns.net Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen, 8 p.m. The folk and country recording
Jon Burton, 9 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
Saturday, July 30 Aqua Zumba, 9 to 9:45 a.m. Saturdays. Splash into shape with a low-impact workout at the Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $2.75 to $11. (310) 458-8700; santamonicaswimcenter. org/adult-fitness Adopt A Pet, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Animals Rule Foundation hosts a pet adoption at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 6705 W. 77th St., Westchester. (310) 670-7272; animalsrule.org
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Mar Vista Senior Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The club meets each Friday for speakers, bingo, live entertainment, parties, trips and tours for people 50-plus. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. (310) 351-9876 Rotary Club of Santa Monica, noon. The Rotary Club of Santa Monica meets each Friday at Riviera Country Club, 1250 Capri Drive, Pacific Palisades. (310) 917-3313 Movies in the Park: “Inside Out,” 5 p.m. Riley is a happy 11-year-old
Catch a free screening of “Inside Out” at the Central Park Bandshell in Playa Vista. SEE FRIDAY, JULY 29.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
VOLLEYBALL CLINICS & TRYOUTS BEACH CITIES VOLLEYBALL Pre-Tryout Clinic: Saturday, August 13th 10AM - 1PM @ LA Galaxy Soccer Center (540 Maple Ave., Torrance, CA 90503) Tryouts: Sunday, August 14th 5PM - 7PM @ LA Galaxy Soccer Center (540 Maple Ave., Torrance, CA 90503) Tuesday, August 16th 6PM - 8PM @Vistamar School (737 Hawaii St, El Segundo, CA 90245) COACHES INCLUDE: Christian Cammayo, Head Coach Harbor College & West Torrance High School Boys
Daniel Cardenas, Coach for USA National Team & Palos Verdes High Richell Squire, Head Coach, Torrance High School Varsity Ryan Cronin, Head Coach, North Torrance High School Varsity Girls Kevin Williams, Peninsula High School Girls & Boys Sophia Ahumada, Head Coach, Narbonne High School Varsity Tyler Sompa, Coach, West Torrance High School
Tryout cost is $30 online or at the door. Registration form with parent signature required. Forms, online Registration & more information available at:
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Start Your Engines From classics to customs, the Killer Rides Car Show has plenty for gearheads and Sunday strollers alike Photos by Maria Martin
Killer Shrimp’s monthly Killer Rides Car Show pulled out all the stops in June (pictured) and returns this Sunday By Stephanie Case “This is pretty amazing,” Jay Leno marveled, his eyes fixed on a one-of-akind car: the 1915 LaBestioni Rusty Two. The 101-year-old American LaFrance fire truck was once abandoned in the woods near Sacramento for 30 to 40 years. In 2014, a few firemen rediscovered it — rusted, stripped of all valuable parts, and tangled amongst 21 trees. Then car restorer Gary Wales got his hands on the vehicle and gave it an extreme makeover. The result is a gleaming, Brass Era-style beauty, striking enough to earn a spot on the Emmy-winning web series “Jay Leno’s Garage” — and to win the top prize at this May’s Killer Rides. At Killer Rides, a monthly summer car show on the edge of the Marina del Rey coastline, visitors can see hundreds of eye-popping cars up close. Across the PAGE 30 THE ARGONAUT July 28, 2016
lot, there are typically a melting pot of makes, years and styles — classic 1960s muscle cars, traditional hot rods, lowriders, air-cooled Volkswagens — all in a
When Michaels isn’t helming his business, he’s immersed in the automotive world. At 17, he built his first car: a 1965 Chevy Malibu SS. For most Killer
“SoCal is the capital of car culture. We’re happy to be a part of it.” — Killer Shrimp CEO Kevin Michaels
rainbow of colors. Last month, a vintage tomato-red Cadillac won the honor of “Best in Show.” “We’ve had everything from the Lamborghini Aventador [a sleek Italian sports car released just five years ago] to a 1960s Corvette pulling a boat from the same year,” says Kevin Michaels, CEO of Killer Shrimp, the seaside restaurant that has put on Killer Rides for the past five summers.
Rides shows, he rolls up in his custommade V-Twin motorcycle, which he’s aptly named “Killer Bobber.” The show is a hit with car and motorcycle aficionados like Michaels, but just as many curious locals, tourists and families drop by to see the wheels on display. At this Sunday’s event, attendees will get the chance to test ride a stationary Harley-Davidson. They can also check
out a special car on showcase: a custom Daytona Coupe designed by the late legendary car builder Carroll Shelby. In the 1960s, Shelby’s manufacturing company, Shelby American, made race cars at 1042 Princeton Drive, less than a mile from where Killer Shrimp now resides. By giving a public platform to Shelby’s classic ride, Gary Wales’ LaBestioni Rusty Two and so many others, Michaels is doing his part to keep enthusiasm for cars thriving in Marina del Rey. “SoCal is the capital of car culture,” Michaels says. “We’re happy to be a part of it.” Killer Rides’ third show of the season is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at Killer Shrimp, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Call (310) 578-2293 or visit killershrimp.com.
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Artists & Fleas Designer Marketplace, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. More than 75 local independent artists, designers and vintage collectors bring a fashion and art bazaar to 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. artistsandfleas.com Harbor Tours & Sea Lion Adventures, noon to 12:45 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 5. This narrated tour of Marina del Rey harbor offers historical insights and a special focus on sea lions and other creatures that live in the harbor. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $6 to $12; kids 3 and under free. hornblower.com Venice Community BBQ, noon to 4 p.m. Chicken and pork grilled to perfection by master chef Barklie Griggs and his team on the Mother of All Barbecues — all served by Venice firefighters. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to bring side dishes. Oakwood Park, 767 California Ave., Venice. (310) 421-8627; VeniceBBQ@venicenc.org Summer Book Sale, noon to 4 p.m. The Friends of the Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library hosts a book-sale fundraiser featuring pictorial books, art, history, bios, nature, cookbooks, novels, CDs, DVDs and collector’s items starting at $2. Lloyd TaberMarina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. All proceeds benefit the library’s programs. (310) 821-3415; colapublib.org/libs/marina/ Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free blues/zydeco concert by Jimbo Ross & The Bodacious Blues Band. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey. com Brian McKnight, 7 p.m. Wrapping up his national tour, the R&B crooner heads to the harbor to perform his canon of soul songs, backed by a full band. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 305-9545; beaches.lacounty.gov The Dollface Dames, 7:30 p.m. Singing Superstar Felice Garcia and
The Dollface Dames team up to raise money for the Downtown Women’s Center with a night of night of burlesque and cabaret. 18+ only. $20 to $200. 1418 4th St., Santa Monica. downtownwomenscenter.org Jim Curry does John Denver, 8 p.m. Husband-and-wife duo Jim and Anne Curry (with Chris Wills on keyboard) perform the multi-platinum hits of John Denver at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. $17.50 boulevardmusic.com The Towels, 10 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Mission IMPROVable, 10 p.m. Each Saturday brings an unpredictable evening of high-energy improv comedy with audience interaction to M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica. 21+; $12. (310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com
Sunday, July 31 Aqua Aerobics, 8:15 and 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Build strength and endurance during the early shallowwater workout or the later deepwater workout at the Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $2.75 to $11. (310) 458-8700; santamonicaswimcenter. org/adult-fitness Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free salsa concert by Susie Hansen Latin Band. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Benefit Concert for Owen Shelly, 8 p.m. Terry Sylvester (The Hollies), Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams), John Wicks & The Records, Chris Montez (“Let’s Dance”), Andrew Sandoval, Coco Dolenz, Rosemary Butler, John Claude Gummoe of the Cascades are on a special lineup to benefit the stepson of Chad Stuart (of Chad & Jeremy) at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $30. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the
Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Vida featuring DJ Creepy and friends, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Sundays. Ambient and dance music light up the Sunday evening soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com
Monday, Aug. 1 Free Water Workouts, 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If a bad back or knee is keeping you from exercise, Southern California Aquatics wants you in the water for free community service classes at the Culver City Plunge, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free. swim.net. Free Family Beach Days, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. A family-friendly day at the beach with sports, arts and crafts, and more curated by the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. Free. (310) 726-4131; beaches. lacounty.gov Free Zumba Class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. An hour-long session of fun and fitness led by Cammie Richardson at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (310) 726-4128; beacheslacounty.gov “Sacred America, Sacred World,” 7 p.m. Bestselling author Stephen Dinan discusses and signs his new book “Sacred America, Sacred World,” which explores how the U.S. can grow beyond the divisions of partisan politics. Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third St., Santa Monica. (310) 260-9110; barnesandnoble.com Magic Monday, 7:30 p.m. A new lineup of award- winning magic acts by magicians from the Magic Castle happens each Monday at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. All ages. $25. (310) 450-2849; magicmondayla.com Big Bands at Typhoon, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Live entertainment from Mike Price Jazz Orchestra at Typhoon Restaurant, Santa Monica Airport, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop, Santa Monica. (310) 390-6565; typhoon.biz
The Dollface Dames throw a burlesque fundraiser for homeless women in Santa Monica. SEE SATURDAY, JULY 30.
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Karaoke at Melody Bar & Grill, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Six-dollar mai tai cocktails loosen up vocal chords and inhibitions on Monday nights at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com Mahalo Mondays, 8 p.m. Alton Clemente, Dorian Bey, DJ Vinyl Don
Local swing impresario Rusty Frank (left) leads a dance party in Playa del Rey. SEE WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 and Record Surplus take over the Townhouse with live entertainment, tiki cocktails, Hawaiian and Polynesian vinyl and special guests. Townhouse, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Tuesday, Aug. 2 Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of some of the city’s best food trucks gathers each Tuesday at Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. gatewaytola.org Gourmet Food Truck Night, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, a diverse array of tent vendors and gourmet food trucks takes over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org Deep Water Aqua Aerobics, 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Water workouts accommodating various levels of ability combine cardio and strength training at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $2.75 to $11. (310) 4588700; santamonicaswimcenter.org Water Workouts, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. For experienced swimmers interested in improving their technique and conditioning. Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $2.75 to $11. (310) 458-8700; santamonicaswimcenter.org
in your community each Wednesday at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for breakfast reservations; or for more information call John Marcato at (310) 740-6469 or Michael Warren at (310) 343-5721. Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. (310) 397-3967 Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea, 11 a.m. to noon. Learn to overcome your public presentation nerves at this weekly meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, Room 230A, 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131 Cal Yacht Club’s Sunset Sailing Series, 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 7. Sunset sailing races finish at the California Yacht Club, 4469 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. calyachtclub.com Outdoor Music at The Point, 6 to 8 p.m. Each Wednesday afternoon in July and August, live music greets diners and shoppers at The Point, 850 S. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo. Free. Today: calypso, reggae and pop from Steel Parade Duo. thepointsb.com/ events Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Acoustic soft rock each Wednesday at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Rusty’s Rhythm Club, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and 10 to 11 p.m. Each Wednes-
Wednesday, Aug. 3 Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections
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day a swing band leads a dance party hosted by noted swing dancer Rusty Frank at the Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $10 to $15. (310) 606-5606
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discussion and Q&A. This week, watch the Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy comedy “St. Vincent” at The Christian Institute, 1308 Second St., Santa Monica. Facebook.com/ MindOverMoviesLA
House of Vibe All-Stars, 9:30 p.m. A thrilling, spontaneous journey through rock, jazz, hip-hop, R&B and more at the Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $7. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles, 7 p.m. L.A.’s premiere Mexican folk dance company tangos in vibrant attire to the sounds of the Marina del Rey Symphony. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; beaches.lacounty.gov
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Nuala Kennedy, 7 p.m. Celtic tunes come alive through the Irish vocalist and flutist, performing with her full ensemble. Culver City City Hall Court-
Mind Over Movies, 6:30 p.m. Free weekly film screenings followed by a
yard, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. Free, but $10 reserve seats available. (310) 398-2583; boulevardmusic.com Natalia Lafourcade and Monsieur Perine, 7 to 10 p.m. Spanish-music phenom Natalia Lafourcade brings her heartbreaking melodies to a singersongwriter set, balanced on the other end by the glistening pop of female artist Monsieur Perine. Santa Monica Pier. (310) 458-9801; tcs.santamonicapier.org
Galleries & Museums “SPECTRUM,” opening reception 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 30. A group exhibition featuring seven artists from
across the country who use color and their own technique to interpret the human condition. Laura Korman Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. D2, Santa Monica. (310) 828-1883; laurakormangallery.com “I Know What You Did This Summer III,” 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. Curator and researcher Suzy Halajian and L.A. artist Marisa Takal are the featured speakers at this week’s artist presentation and discussion series. Bolsky Gallery, 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. Free. (310) 665–6800; otis.edu “Revenge Body,” through Aug. 22. The contemporary art project space 5
Car Garage features Jennifer Sullivan’s reclaimed found objects embellished with humor and satire to portray loose gender roles and challenge social norms. In Santa Monica; address available upon request. (310) 497 6895; emmagrayhq.com “Murmurs,” through Aug. 27. New York-based artist Angel Otero layers source images into his initial paintings on glass and follows through with collage techniques to distort the source image. Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, 6006 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 837-2117; vielmetter.com
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On Stage – The week in local theater c o m p i l e d b y C h r i s t i n a ca m p o d o n i c o
Pillow Talk: “Cock Tales” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Award-winning Jamaican actress Debra Ehrhardt, whose previous work includes “Jamaica Farewell,” shares intimate details from her life and immigrant journey in this one-woman show about her coming-of-age and romantic history. Now playing at 4 p.m. Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 11 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $40. (949) 338-0875; dorothymccleod@ yahoo.com Mob Mentality: “Twelfth Night” @ Santa Monica College One-time Royal Shakespeare Company member Kenneth Sabberton directs a version of “Twelfth Night” that’s set in 1942 Los Angeles after a World War II air raid strikes the city and alien invasion hysteria ensues. Opens Friday, July 29, and continues at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 21 at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa
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30) at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $20 to $40. (424) 372-7678; santamonicapublictheatre@gmail.com Gender Parity: “Our Men Get to Have Their Say” @ The Braid Men’s stories take center stage at Jewish Women’s Theatre when eight male authors and two women share their perspectives on romance, rebellion, regrets and religion from a masculine point of view. Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Thursday and at 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday (July 28 and 31) at The Braid, 2912 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica. $40. (310) 315-1400; jewishwomenstheatre.org Raised by Wolves: “The Jungle Book” @ Morgan-Wixson Theater Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale about a little boy who is adopted by wolves and grows up in the wild comes to life on stage. Last shows are at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday (July 30 and 31) at Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $12. (310) 828-719; morgan-wixson.org Rhythm and Blues: “Recorded in Hollywood” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre This new musical tells the true story of how trailblazing black businessman John Dolphin, who opened the legendary Dolphin’s of Hollywood Record Shop on Central Avenue in 1948, integrated L.A.’s music scene and ushered R&B into mainstream music long before Motown. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 7 at Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver
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Dark Days: “Kingdom of Earth” @ Odyssey Theatre An encroaching flood traps three outcasts in an isolated Mississippi farmhouse in this guest production of a rarely seen late work by Tennessee Williams. Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 14 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $20. odysseytheatre.com Killer Shoes: “Right Left with Heels” @ City Garage Two talking shoes, once belonging to the wife of Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, tell the history of Holocaust and post-war Poland in this surreal play by Sebastian Majewski. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 14 at City Garage, Bergamot Station T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25, or pay-what-you-can at the door on Sundays. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org Greek Chorus: “Go Back to Where You Are” @ Odyssey Theatre In this meta-theatrical comic romance by five-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan, a forgotten chorus boy from ancient Greece is sent back to Earth on a mission from God and finds himself summering with a makeshift family of theater artists on Long Island. Now playing at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 4 at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $34. (310) 477-2055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com
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Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D- Santa Monica) version of the bill no longer calls for a state contract blacklist of businesses that boycott Israel, but instead punishes any business that uses a boycott as a pretext for discrimination here at home. But the spirit of the original lingers. To boycott the boycotters is to muzzle free speech. Santa Monica resident Kelly Hayes-Raitt blogs at LivingLargeInLimbo.com.
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legal advertising FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 185284 The following person is doing business as Arts and Homes 4449 Palos Verdes Drive North Rolling Hills, CA 90274 . Registered owners: Anna Hackathorn Inc. 4449 Palos Verdes Drive North Rolling Hills CA. 90274 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: Anna Hackathorn . OwnerThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 19, 2016 Argonaut published: July 25, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. 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
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. 204324-AY (1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described. (2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: FHL RISTO, INC, 2805 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD, VENICE, CA 90291 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: (4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: TAESUN YANG, 2805 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD, VENICE, CA 90291 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are: GOODWILL, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE, FURNITURE, FIXTURES & EQUIPMENT, LEASEHOLD INTEREST, INVENTORY, ETC. of that certain business located at: 2805 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD, VENICE, CA 90291 (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: JOHNNIE’S PIZZA (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is AUGUST 15, 2016, at the office of PRIMA ESCROW INC, 3600 WILSHIRE BLVD, STE 1028, LOS ANGELES, CA 90010 Escrow No. 204324-AY, Escrow Officer: AERAN YU (8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above. (9) The last date for filing claims is: AUGUST 12, 2016 (10) This Bulk Sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. (11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE DATED: JUNE 29, 2016 TRANSFEREES: TAESUN YANG LA1688079 ARGONAUT 7/28/16
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. 2016 149544 The following person is doing business as: Clear View 3416 2nd Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90018. Registered owners: Miquel Reyes 3416 2nd Ave. 90018. Los Angeles, CA. 90018. 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: Migue l Reyes Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 14, 2016 Argonaut published: July 7, 14, 21, 28 2016. 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
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Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below. The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) are: EDDIE’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT LLC, 4002 LINCOLN BLVD, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 The location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: SAME AS ABOVE As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: NONE The name(s) and business address of the buyer are: MIMO MOTOR, LLC, 4002 LINCOLN BLVD, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 The assets to be sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, GOODWILL, TRADENAME, LEASEHOLD, IMPROVEMENT AND INTEREST, AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE and is located at: 4002 LINCOLN BLVD, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 The business name used by the seller(s) at that location is: EDDIE’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT (FORMALLY KNOWN AS ALEJO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT MARINA) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is: AUGUST 15, 2016 at the office of: UNITED ESCROW CO, 3600 WILSHIRE BLVD #913, LOS ANGELES, CA 90010 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. If so subject the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: UNITED ESCROW CO, 3600 WILSHIRE BLVD #913, LOS ANGELES, CA 90010 and the last day for filing claims shall be AUGUST 12, 2016, which is the business day before the sale date specified above. Dated: JUNE 24, 2016 MIMO MOTOR, LLC, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Buyer(s) LA1687151 ARGONAUT 7/28/16
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. 2016 153055 The following person is doing business as: Gyrotonic Santa Monica on Pico 2011 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405 Registered owners: Darcy J. Paley 2011 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 6/20/2011. 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: Darcy J. Paley This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles March 2016. Argonaut published: July 14, 21, 28 2016. August 4, 2016 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. 2016 167114 The following person is doing business as: Handful Press 13970 Panay Way #206 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 Registered owners: Vincent Virom Coppola 13970 Panay Way #206 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 6/20/2011. 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: Vincent Virom Coppola This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles July 5 2016. Argonaut published: July 14, 21, 28 2016. August 4, 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code
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FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 154352 The following person is doing business as: Paul Hurty Consulting 6526 Wynkoop Street Los Angeles, CA. 90045 Paul Anders Hurty 6526 Wynkoop Street Los Angeles, CA. 90045 Registered owner Paul Anders Hurty . 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: paul Anders Hurty Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 20, 2016 Argonaut published: July 7, 14, 21, 28 2016. 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. 2016 167203 The following person is doing business as: Med-Soft Enterprise 5760 W. 75th St Los Angeles, CA. 90045 Registered owners: S. Smith Textiles Consulting Inc. 5760 W. 75th St. 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: SHAUN SMITH CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 5, 2016 Argonaut published: July 7, 14, 21, 28 2016. 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. 2016 167209 The following person is doing business as: Castle Hill Records 13428 Maxella Ave. #122 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Bradley James Clinton 8675 Falmouth Ave. Playa 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: Bradley J. Clinton Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 5, 2016 Argonaut published: July 7, 14, 21, 28 2016. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 169640 The following person is doing business as: Kentwood Chiropractic 7917 Emerson Ave. Los Angeles CA. 90045 Registered owners: Leslie Lauterbach-Davis D.C. 7917 Emerson Ave, Los Angeles CA. 90045. Bernard J Davis D.C. 7917 Emerson Ave. Los Agneles, CA. 90045 This business is conducted by a general partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Leslie Lauterbach-Davis D.C. Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 7, 2016 Argonaut published: July 14, 21, 28, August 4, 2016. 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. 2016 175670 The following person is doing business as: Studio Beylin 8122 Georetown Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Kim Hoang Beylin 8122 Georgetown Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045 Registered owner Kim Hoang Beylin 8122 Georgetwon Ave. Los Angeles CA. 90045 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Kim Hoang Beylin Owner.
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 14, 2016 Argonaut published: July 21, 28, August 4, 11 2016. 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. 2016 177055 The following person is doing business as: West LA Extended Day 6550 West 80th Street Westchester, CA 90045. Registered owners: WLAED INC 6550 West 80th St Westchester 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 WLAED INC. TITLE OWNERJustin Doucette This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: July 15, 2016. Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. 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. 2016 180111 The following person is doing business as: Nittany Productions, 7453 81st Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Jeffrey Scott Rifkin, 7453 81st Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jeffrey Scott Rifkin. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 19, 2016 Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. 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. 2016 184694 The following person is doing business as: Harbor Town Productions 2) Storehouse 10 817 Superba Ave. Venice, CA. 90291 Registered owners: VENBEV LLC 817 Superba Ave. Venice, CA. 92091 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: Wayne Von der Mehden CEO Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 22, 2016 Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. 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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Marie Rhodes-Ake of Garber, Oklahoma and George Edgar Ake of Columbus, Ohio. As a child, his favorite pastime was fishing with his father. He loved the outdoors and sports, whether playing them himself or going to sporting events. He attended Brentwood Academy and graduated from Westchester High School in 1974. He was known throughout the community for his big personality and jovial laugh. In his adult years he worked for the family businesses including a dry cleaners, Real Estate office and numerous restaurants. He spent a number of years building custom fishing boats including two of his own, Tuia (Queen of the Sea in Hawaiian) and Tuia II, which he lived on for over a decade. His heart was always at sea and was taken to sea by family and close friends on what would have been his 59th birthday. A celebration of life followed at his mothers home whom he is survived by. He also leaves behind three daughters, Melissa Ake-Dow, Christine Ake, Ashley Ake-Fein and four great grandchildren, Gabriel, Barrett, Oliver and Paisley.
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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 145225 The following person is doing business as: Stay In Home Healthcare 200 New High Court unit A Redondo Beach CA. 90292 Registered owners: Victoria M. Gutierrez 200 New High Court Redondo Beach, CA 90277. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 5-12-2016. 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 Victoria M. Gutierrez Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on:June 9, 2016. Argonaut published:June 16, 23, 30, July 7, 2016. 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. 2016 167484 The following person is doing business as: FRANZDEMORAES PRODUCTIONS 4572 Via Marina #308 Marina del Rey CA. 90292 Registered owners: Jean Twila Franz 4572 Via Marina #308 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: Jean Twila Franz Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 5, 2016 Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. 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).
SUMMONS PETITION FOR STACY TABOR Summons (Family Law) CUSTODY AND SUPPORT CITACION JUDICIALDERECHO DE FAMILIA CASE NUMBER (Numero del Caso): SWD 1501621 SUMMONS PETITION FOR STACY TABOR Summons (Family Law) CITACION JUDICIAL-DERECHO DE FAMILIA CASE NUMBER (Numero del Caso): SWD 1501621 Filed July 16, 2016. NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name): AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): ODELL TABOR You have been sued. A usted le estan demandando. PETITIONER’S NAME IS (EL NOMBRE DEL DEMANDANTE ES) : STACY TABOR You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response to Petition to Stacy Tabor. The respondent and I were married I am unaware of his whereabouts. I have not skoken to the respondent in over 5 years. A cause of action exisits against Odel lTabor If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Usted tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS despuÈs de recibir oficialmente esta citaciÛn judicial y peticiÛn, para completar y presentar su formulario de Respuesta) . Una carta o una llamada telefÛnica no le ofrecer· protecciÛn. Si usted no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede expedir Ûrdenes que afecten la custadia de sus hijos ordenen que usted pague mantenciÛn, honorarios de abogado y las costas. Si no puede pagar las costas por la presentaciÛn de la demanda, pida al actuario de la corte que le dÈ un formulario de exoneraciÛn de las mismas (Waiver of Court Fees and Costs). Si desea obtener consejo legal, comunÌquese de inmediato con un abogado. This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it. AVISO Las prohibiciones judiciales que aparecen al reverso de esta citaciÛn son efectivas para ambos cÛnyuges, madre el esposo como la esposa, hasta que la peticiÛn sea rechazada, se dicte una decisiÛn final o la corte expida instrucciones adicionales. Dichas prohibiciones pueden hacerse cumpliren cualquier parte de California por cualquier agente del orden p˙blico que las haya recibido o que haya visto una copia de ellas. 1. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es) Superior Court County of Riverside Hemet 880 N State St. Hemet CA. 92596 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direcciÛn y el n˙mero de telÈfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) Stacy Tabor 31546 Leather Wood Drive Winchester CA. 92596. Date (Fecha): July 16, 2015. Sherri R. Carter Clerk (Actuario), by , A. Silva, Deputy. NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual. Case Number: SWD 1501621. PETITIONER I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Date: May 15, 2016, Petitioner. NOTICE Pub: ARG, 7/14/16 7/21 7/28 8/4, 2016
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER VS029060 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Kristen Mary Buchanan petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Kristen Mary Buchanan to Kristen Mary Cardani 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date :9/7/16. Time: 1:30pm. Dept.:C. The address of the court Norwalk Superior Court Southeast District 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk CA. 90650. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: July 11, 2016. Margarat M. Beral Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut July 21, 28 Aug 4, 11, 2016
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