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Contents

VOL 49, NO 31 Local News & Culture

COVER STORY

ARTS & EVENTS

VENICE STORIES

The Life of Pedro

Nicole Landers of Community Healing Gardens ............................................... 12

Father of two killed in gang-related Venice attack was a beloved school volunteer ...... 8

This Week

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SPARC co-founder’s homecoming exhibit delves into female masculinity ................. 30

Renaissance Jazz Man

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Alcohol was a Factor in Jetty Boat Crash .... 11

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“The Flávio Story” examines the power and limitations of documentary photography ... 17

Colbert’s bandleader Jon Batiste leads a free show of his own in Marina del Rey ... 33

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Experience the spectacle of Sunday’s Festival of Chariots ................................. 31

THE ADVICE GODDESS Truth Be Trolled

Bernie Abides At Santa Monica rally, supporters praise

The best way to shut down a groupthink Twitter mob is to put down your phone ...... 32

Sanders’ ideological persistence as proof of authenticity ..................................... 11

‘If It’s Not Job One, It Won’t Get Done’ Presidential hopeful Jay Inslee says climate change isn’t just one issue, it’s every issue . . 14

Into the Melting Pot Cultures coalesce at Tokyo Guild, a cozy pub with L.A. culinary flair . .................... 19

ON THE COVER: Venice murder victim Pedro Ruiz was a popular parent volunteer at Westminster Avenue Elementary School. Police believe he was also affiliated with the same gang as his killers. Watercolor portrait by Jody Wiggins (jodyoriginals.net). Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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L etters Bring Gondolas Back to the Venice Canals Re: “History in Their Hands: Venice gondola restoration is a journey into the living legacy of Arthur Reese,” Feature Story, July 18 What a pleasure to learn about the Arthur Reese’s legacy and the work to preserve it! I remember seeing the gondola in front of the bank on Lincoln Boulevard when I was little, and thinking it must be magical — like w Aladdin’s carpet.

ArgonautNews.com Venetian gondolas are a marvel of practical engineering. Because they are rowed with a single oar, they are constructed to lean to the right, and the gondolier uses positions in the oarlock (forcola) to change speed and direction. The ferro (“iron”) on the prow balances the weight of the gondolier standing on the stern. Its design pays homage to the hat (corno) worn by the doge; six digits pointing forward represent the six districts of the city of

Venice, and the seventh, pointing backwards, represents the Island of the Giudecca immediately to the south. By 1562 gondolas had become so prevalent and so ornate that the price of gold leaf and ornamentation was ruining Venetian families, so a law was passed mandating the simple silhouette and black color still seen today.

Do you suppose the magic of Reese’s restored gondola will summon others to appear and glide on canals in Venice,

California, again?

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POSTED AT ARGONAUTNEWS.COM Re: “Venice Killing May Be Gang-Related,” July 22 Maria Boulin: Such a beautiful man who radiated goodness, I’m still in disbelief. Without hyperbole, Pedro Ruiz set an example of how to interact with

and how to connect with others in joy. I already miss seeing his smile so much, and we hope to cover his family in love and prayer.

JW67: RIP Pedro. Your smile and generous spirit will be missed at Westminster Elementary.

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The Life of Pedro Father of two killed in gang-related Venice attack was a beloved school volunteer Photos courtesy of Jasmin Marin

By Gary Walker Given Venice’s history of gang violence, it isn’t hard to believe that police suspect gang members of committing July 21’s fatal three-on-one assault in an alley near Fifth and Rose avenues. But it comes as a shock to the Westminster Avenue Elementary School community that the murder victim, whom police describe as affiliated with the same gang, was popular parent volunteer Pedro Ruiz.

“All my students loved him. The students loved him so much they flocked to him. He would often play soccer with students during recess, and almost always attracted a crowd,” said Westminster Avenue Elementary transitional kindergarten teacher Beth Clark. “Pedro was always there picking up his kids and would volunteer for school events all the time. He worked tirelessly with our school community and was such an integral part of Westminster. We are all going to miss him so much.”

“It’s a devastating loss for our school community. We’re all just completely shaken. He was a very happy, joyous and active parent at our school,” added Westminster Avenue Elementary

Pedro Ruiz leaves behind his wife Jasmin, six-year-old daughter Jazlene and eight-year-old son Angel Principal Barry Cohen. days, attracting more than 100 donors.

Ruiz was 29 years old and a native of Friends of Westminster President Sarah Venice. After a short time at Google’s Truesdell, who organized the online fundPlaya Vista campus, Ruiz worked at the raiser, said Ruiz served with her on the Sprouts grocery store in Westwood, school’s booster club and was someone where according to a corporate spokesshe could always count on to help out. man he’d recently been promoted “He was the kind of parent volunteer “based on his job performance.” A who always stepped up whenever the gofundme.com page to assist his wife school needed something, no matter how and two young children exceeded its unglamorous, like setting up or cleaning $10,000 pledge goal in less than five up for school events, attending all the

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booster club meetings, and just generally always willing to pitch in,” said Truesdell.

“I’ve been inundated with emails and messages from the school community since this happened.”

Ruiz’s widow, Jasmin Marin, said the couple first met in a sculpting class at Venice High School. She remembers Ruiz being friendly, but so shy that she had to make the first move. Marin, 26, still remembers the exact date he asked her to be his girlfriend: Dec. 5, 2007. Nearly 12 years later, the man who became her husband was still “the same goofy, bubbly guy that would do anything for anyone,” she said. “He was my soulmate.”

The picture that she and others paint of Ruiz as a dedicated father and volunteer at his kids’ school underscores a tragic duality for many young men who grew up in Venice amid rampant gang activity and violence in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Police say Ruiz and his attackers were members or affiliates of the notoriously brutal Venice 13 street gang.

Los Angeles Superior Court records show that in 2008, a few months after (Continued on page 10)

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Bernie Abides At Santa Monica rally, supporters praise Sanders’ ideological persistence as proof of authenticity

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By Joe Piasecki At the height of his presidential campaign’s powers in May 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders packed more than 6,500 people into the Santa Monica High School athletic field for a nearly 70-minute speech highlighting his standalone support for eliminating student loan debt and public college tuition, raising the minimum wage to alleviate wealth inequality, and implementing universal health insurance coverage.

He returned to Samohi last Friday to deliver more concise remarks to a crowd of about half the size in the school’s outdoor amphitheater, touching on many of the same ideas that — once widely regarded as radically left — are now closer to the mainstream among a packed field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls.

But in moving his party to the left, Sanders now faces the challenge of distinguishing himself from fellow progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who speaks in more granular terms, and other high-profile candidates who’ve released their own policy antidotes for expanding health care access, including Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Kamala Harris.

“I don’t think he stands out as much,” observed incoming Samohi senior Anan Waktole. She’s drawn to Sanders’ drive to eliminate cost barriers to higher education but feels Harris, in particular, has been espousing progressive values “in a way that keeps everybody engaged.”

Diehard Sanders supporters, however, remain energized by not only the content but also the consistency of his message.

“Bernie pushed everybody else further toward the progressive movement.

Sen. Bernie Sanders drew about 3,000 to a campaign rally last Friday at the Samohi amphitheater Why vote for someone like Bernie when less trusting of slicker Democratic we have the real thing? He’s got the presidential candidates, and was particuheart, the history,” 47-year-old Mario larly turned off by Harris’ recent L.A. Quintana said. fundraiser photo op with Ariana Grande, “It’s his lifelong record — Bernie’s Katy Perry and Demi Lovato. been this since day one,” Nilina Mason“He has set the agenda for the rest of the Campbell, 33, said of Sanders’ mission Democratic Party,” said Marc Krigel, a to eliminate economic barriers to retired aerospace worker. education and health care access. She’s Despite a lower turnout than the 2016

rally, last week’s crowd appeared more diverse — running counter to the Bernie bros stereotype of Sanders supporters — as did the roster of warm-up speakers, an ethnically diverse assortment of women that included an undocumented student, a local union leader, dynamic campaign co-chair Nina Turner and Sanders’ wife Jane.

But Turner in particular hammered home the consistency of Sanders’ decades-long ideological consistency by repeating the phrase: “#receipts.”

And for many Sanders supporters, his consistency demonstrates one quality other Democratic candidates have yet to convincingly offer them: proof of integrity.

“He sticks to what he believes in,” said 23-year-old Abril Martinez Lopez.

“I really admire that he hasn’t changed his positions.”

“It all comes down to his authenticity,” said 26-year-old Colin Lamerdin.

Sanders concluded his remarks by emphasizing that the goals of his campaign — specifically improved wages and expansion of affordable housing, health care and education access — are bigger than his candidacy.

“It goes without saying that we have to do everything we can to defeat Donald Trump … but we’ve got to do more than that. We have got to take a deep breath and understand something that we don’t talk about as a nation. And that is: What are the economic rights of human beings? … And what this campaign is about is redefining what human rights are in America.” joe@argonautnews.com

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Ruiz turned 18, Ruiz pled guilty to charges of robbery and grand theft.

Records also show that Ruiz pled guilty in 2010 to charges of drug possession and possession of a deadly weapon.

Clark said she was surprised to read that police believe Ruiz was affiliated with a gang.

“I just wonder about the validity, but it still does not change my memories of how great a dad he was and what a sweet man he was,” she said. “Plus, gang-related or not, it was so horribly brutal.”

“I don’t think many people knew a lot about his personal life. He was a sweet person. I didn’t know that he grew up in Venice. It’s hard to believe he’s gone,” said Nora Dvosin, a friend and fellow school volunteer who often worked with Ruiz in the school’s educational garden.

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said her husband had been killed by gang members. She was with her husband most of the day that he was killed, but declined to go into detail so

Police took a man they are calling “a person of interest” into custody shortly after the attack. Ruiz died at the scene from blunt force trauma, according to the

“He worked tirelessly with our school community and was such an integral part of Westminster. We are all going to miss him so much.”

— Beth Clark, kindergarten teacher as not to jeopardize the ongoing police investigation.

“It came as a shock to me. For this to happen the way that it did was mindblowing,” Marin said.

Los Angeles County Coroner’s office.

Marin said she and her husband were so close they often wore clothes that matched or had similar colors.

“Sometimes after we dropped the kids

off at school we would go out to breakfast.

Whenever he saw an older couple he’d say, ‘That’s going to be us. We’re going to grow old together,’” she recalled.

Among Marin’s hardest tasks since her husband’s murder was how to explain to their eight-year-old son Angel and six-year-old daughter Jazlene that their father would not be coming home.

“After I told him, my son’s words were, ‘Mom, I’ve lost my best friend forever,’” Marin said.

Ruiz is to be buried this week at Holy Cross Cemetery & Chapel in Culver City.

Cohen said the impact of Ruiz’s absence from Westminster will be deep.

“He had such an infectious smile,” Cohen said. “It’s hard to believe that he’s not here anymore.” gary@argonautnews.com

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Alcohol was a Factor in Jetty Boat Crash

Six Cars Pile Up at 405 South La Tijera Exit Facebook photo by Mike Rush

The Harbor Patrol blames drunk boating for Saturday’s jetty crash The pilot of the power boat that landed on top of Marina del Rey’s south jetty on Saturday night had been drinking alcohol before the crash, according to the Harbor Patrol.

Los Angeles County lifeguards responded to the scene at just before 9:15 p.m., locating the pilot and two passengers who were transported to a local hospital in fair condition after being assessed for traumatic injuries, said fire department spokesman Nicholas Prange.

Deputy Ron Nohles of the Marina del Rey Sheriff’s station said deputies cited the pilot of the boat, which sustained damage to its hull. “The pilot was later released and returned the next day and had the boat moved over to the Boat Yard in Marina del Rey,” he said.

The Critical Line

Four days earlier, a sailboat washed up on the beach in Playa del Rey near Ballona Creek. In that case the vessel had broken loose from being moored off Dockweiler State Beach.

Currently stuck on the tideline, the boat (or what’s left of it) sustained significant damage, Nohles said.

And it may be there for a while.

“We’ve believe that the vessel is filled with sand and water and cannot be towed out to sea,” said Nicole Mooradian of the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors. “We hope to have it removed as soon as possible.”

The owner of the sailboat is working with the county to have it removed, but if that doesn’t happen the county will eventually remove it at the owner’s expense.

A Saturday-evening crash involving an overturned Acura RXD and five other vehicles on the La Tijera Boulevard exit ramp of the southbound 405 Freeway is still under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.

Officers responded to the crash shortly before 7 p.m. and arrested one person at the scene for driving under the influence, CHP Officer Vance Perreira said. Information about the cause of the crash or if anyone sustained serious injuries was not available at press time, but Fox11 LA reported as many as nine injuries.

(Is this busy Westchester off-ramp a particularly dangerous one? Please share your observations with editor@ argonautnews.com.)

Parking, Rental and Boat Storage Fees to Increase User fees for a number of county-run parking lots and waterfront facilities are increasing Aug. 1, with other fee hikes pending approval.

Parking rates are increasing by $1, for example, at Dockweiler State Beach’s Imperial Highway lot (from $8 to $9 on summer weekdays, or $6 to $7 in winter) and for beach parking lots on Washington Boulevard, Rose Avenue and Venice Boulevard in winter months (from $6 to $7 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.).

A plan to increase the rate for shortterm metered spots in the marina from 25 cents per 10 minutes to 50 cents per 15 minutes is pending future approval.

Beach and marina parking fees haven’t increased for 10 years, notes the L.A. County Department of Beaches and Harbors in a memo to the L.A.

County Board of Supervisors.

Other fee hikes are a bit heftier. Room rental charges for the Dockweiler Youth Center and the Burton Chace Park Community Center are increasing by $20 (from $55 to $75 an hour for groups of 100 or fewer). There will be new fees for utilizing the newly renovated Boathouse in Burton Chace Park, and mast-up sailboat storage fees in the marina are being recalculated to range from $140 to $250 per month.

Increased fees for new and existing camper van spaces at Dockweiler are pending California Coastal Commission approval.

The proposed fee increases are expected to generate nearly $900,000 in additional revenue for the county each year.

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‘If It’s Not Job One, It Won’t Get Done’ Presidential hopeful Jay Inslee says climate change isn’t just one issue, it’s every issue

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By Bliss Bowen “My daughter brought you to my attention, and she’s 12,” a father informed Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who’s made the climate crisis the centerpiece of his presidential campaign.

The occasion was a Q&A session hosted by the Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica and West L.A. Democratic Clubs.

“Every day she asks, ‘How’s he doing?’

My question is simply this: How are you gonna win this thing? Because I gotta tell you, I have no question if it’s you against Trump, you’re gonna wipe him off the map — but I’ve been environmental since I was a kid, and that’s never won big. It’s not even a major part of the Democratic Party’s [platform]. You got a plan?”

This was one of several blunt questions lobbed at Inslee by the multigenerational crowd that filled the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club last Monday afternoon.

Audience members greeted him enthusiastically when he took the stage and lined up for photos afterward, but they vented concerns regarding the environment, jobs, Iran, ICE, homelessness, impeachment and beating Donald Trump. Inslee, who served a cumulative 15 years in Congress before being elected Washington’s governor in 2012, wasted no time pointing out that he’s positioned “where Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter were when they started their campaigns.”

“Nobody’s ever been elected on climate change before? Nobody elected an African American before Barack Obama either. We’ve gotta get out of the timidity. … There is no middle ground on the climate crisis. It’s time to stand up and move on this subject. I can’t guarantee you that I’m gonna win this. But I can guarantee you that I’ll give it everything I’ve got.”

Climate has long been an impassioned fight for the 68-year-old Seattle native, who earned economics and law degrees before launching his career as city prosecutor in Selah. In 2008 he co-authored a book with Bracken Hendricks, “Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy,” outlining the logic of growing the economy with sustainable “green collar” energy jobs. His speech enumerated ways he’s successfully put those ideas into practice as governor, along with passing the country’s highest minimum wage, a public health care option, teacher pay raises, pay equity for women, and a Net Neutrality law.

His New Deal-scale Evergreen Economy Plan (jayinslee.com/issues/evergreeneconomy) — the most granularly detailed blueprint for tackling the climate crisis offered thus far by a candidate — entails

Gov. Jay Inslee dug deep into climate change solutions at the Pacific Palisades Women’s Club job creation, climate justice, education, rebuilding unions, a “G.I. Bill” for fossil fuel workers and communities displaced by transitioning into clean energy technology, and a Climate Conservation Corps modeled after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps.

During a brief interview before his speech, The Argonaut talked with Inslee about rebuilding versus relocating after climate-related catastrophes. In Paradise, Calif., permits are being issued to homeowners rebuilding after November’s Camp Fire inferno. New Jersey’s Blue Acres Buyout Program essentially pays

“My plan, conservatively, will bring eight million union jobs to the United States.”

— Gov. Jay Inslee “Of all the things Donald Trump has been wrong about, he’s most wrong about this: wind turbines do not cause cancer, they cause jobs. My plan, conservatively, will bring eight million union jobs to the United States. Clean energy jobs today are in fact growing twice as fast as the rest of the industrial sector. We can have economic growth because we want to defeat the climate crisis, not despite our efforts to defeat the climate crisis,” he insisted. “We’re doing it today.”

homeowners battered by successive hurricanes to abandon property so nature can reclaim it. A HUD grant is relocating small tribal communities inland from coastal Louisiana, where that state’s master plan predicts a two-foot sea level rise over the next 50 years and the United States Geological Service estimates a football field of wetland erodes every 100 minutes. Would Inslee’s administration expand such programs?

“We know that we are in for climate

change increasing over time,” Inslee replied. “We have to be able to help communities respond in a meaningful way, and that’s different according to the circumstances of each community. We want to help adaptation. We want to adopt fire-wise programs to reduce the threat of forest fires. We have to do river management in the Midwest for the flooding. We’re gonna have to deal with inundation of shorelines like in Staten Island and Manhattan, where they’re building [sea]walls.

“But it’s critical to say that there isn’t enough money in the world to save us from this. We have to go to the heart of the problem, and the heart of the problem is carbon dioxide and fossil fuels. We have to defeat that. That is the only survival mechanism we have long-term. The Earth will in some sense become uninhabitable in certain regions if we do not act to defeat the climate crisis at its source. [We shouldn’t] be lured into some false sense of security because we can build a wall somewhere around one island.”

Would his administration create a cabinet-level department, akin to Homeland Security, to coordinate climaterelated actions across the government?

Inslee said he prefers to “embed a climate mission” throughout the entire administration.

“I would have a central organizing principle at every agency responding to this crisis,” he explained. “The Department of Agriculture has a role here to try to help farmers sequester carbon dioxide in topsoil, and timberland owners and U.S. Forest Service respond to sequester carbon dioxide. The Pentagon and Department of Defense has an enormous role [with] procurement power to purchase green goods and services. This is a health issue. There’s an educational component, making sure children understand the sciences.”

Describing Mother Nature as “the most important educator,” he said citizens in flooded, burned, heat- and drought-stricken communities nationwide are demanding response: “Elected officials need to catch up with the public. The public wants action on this.”

At June’s debates, Inslee rightly got his ass handed to him by Sen. Amy Klobuchar for his remark that he was the only candidate onstage who had actually “passed a law protecting a woman’s reproductive rights in health insurance.”

(Klobuchar reminded him “three women up here … fought pretty hard for a woman’s right to choose.”) Yet Inslee, who made headlines in 2017 when he and

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A young Flávio da Silva (right) became the central figure for Parks’ 1961 photo essay on Brazilian favelas like Catacumba (left)

An Advocate’s Gaze “The Flávio Story” examines the power, limitations and ethics of documentary photography

By Bliss Bowen Here in the 21st century, cellphone photos or video posted to social media are frequently the lens through which we bear witness to raw human suffering — be it police brutality, mass shootings, or border refugee’ rosaries, toys and other personal belongings trashed by Customs and Border Patrol officers (see janitor/ photographer Tom Kiefer’s viral photos).

In June 1961, it was a 12-page blackand-white photo essay by photographer Gordon Parks that opened American eyes to poverty in the sweltering favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published in Life magazine, a mainstay of the golden age of photojournalism, “Freedom’s Fearful Foe: Poverty” became a landmark of the form. It was also a signature piece of work Parks considered one of his greatest achievements — not least because it materially changed the life of his subject,

a seriously asthmatic 12-year-old boy named Flávio da Silva.

“Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story,” now on exhibit at The Getty, presents more than 100 photos (including outtakes that

secure better housing for Flávio’s large family (he was the oldest of eight children). In recent years, CNN’s Anderson Cooper has cited Parks’ photography for Life, and specifically his work document-

“You’re engaging with subjects, and their lives and their futures are at stake.”

— Amanda Maddox, The Getty Life did not publish), original magazine issues, private correspondence and memos detailing the momentous response to Parks’ essay: more than 3,000 letters, $25,000 in reader donations, and an offer of free treatment for Flávio from the Children’s Asthma Research Institute and Hospital in Denver. Parks accompanied the boy to Denver, and the story helped

ing Rio’s favelas, as an inspiration for his own interest in journalism and giving a voice to the voiceless.

“It is speculation, but I think [Parks] recognized in Flávio a very universal story, something people could relate to,” says curator Amanda Maddox. “I’m sure that Parks’ upbringing and being raised in abject poverty allowed him to view Flávio

as a kind of equivalent, in a way, someone in whom he could recognize parts of his own story in terms of Flávio’s circumstance.”

“Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story” is being presented in tandem with “Once.

Again. Photographs in Series,” a thematically connected exhibit in which other artists track a subject over a span of years.

Traveling the world on assignment, Parks, who died in 2006 at age 93, was one of the great Renaissance men of 20th-century America: a self-taught photographer (the first African-American staff photographer at Life), poet, essayist, novelist (“The Learning Tree”), memoirist, filmmaker (“Shaft”), pianist, composer, painter and civil rights activist.

The youngest of 15 children in a poor Kansas family, he took up photography at (Continued on page 18)

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age 25, and by 1942 had expanded from portraiture to photojournalism for the Farm Security Administration. An iconic picture from that experience, “American Gothic,” depicts African-American cleaning woman Ella Watson with her mop and broom before an American flag — a searing, starkly framed indictment of poverty, racism and injustice that presaged the core themes of the Flávio story as well as Parks’ creative endeavors.

“Poverty is one of the social ills that he targeted as a photographer, and I think he wanted to help remedy through photography,” Maddox observes. “But he also acknowledged that he wasn’t necessarily successful in doing that because of his emotional attachment to the people he met, and that sometimes he felt that kind of muddied the waters in terms of how objective he might be, or how passionately he tried to advocate for people.”

Originally assigned by Life to photograph a patriarch of a poor family in Brazil, Park responded to Flávio with such fierce compassion that he “sidestepped” his editor’s direction and focused on the boy’s plight instead. He returned to Brazil a month after the original Life essay was published, to follow up with the da Silvas, and stayed in touch with Flávio for years.

“He fought for this story to be published,” Maddox says. “It turned out to be kind of a political blockbuster for Life, which they didn’t anticipate. We’re just trying to unpack the complexities of what one might think of as a conventional documentary story and consider the humanist tradition of photography and the complications that come with making that kind of work. You’re engaging with subjects, and their lives and their futures are at stake, and what does that actually look like? This is a story where that narrative can be unpacked.”

In the 1960s, the engaging yet vulnerable human child at the center of that story was nearly obscured, when charges of exploitation were traded by competing magazines in Brazil and the U.S. and politics inevitably intruded. The exhibit includes

Photos courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, © The Gordon Parks Foundation

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The da Silva children climb a hillside in Rio

Flávio was skin and bones in 1961

Isabel, one of Flávio’s seven siblings

“translated texts” that Life kept of Brazilian media coverage of Parks’ visits and work.

“Those will be in the show,” Maddox says. “For example, there might have been a story in one newspaper that talked about how Parks may have staged this scene or that scene, and you would see in the margins of that memo in his handwriting that says, ‘Not true’ or ‘Another lie’ or something like this. So he was definitely aware of those stories but I just don’t know at what point exactly — if it was shortly after those stories came out or years later, because those transcripts were ultimately used by Parks to create the 1978 book ‘Flávio.’”

Parks’ photos force viewers to see what is generally more comfortable for society to ignore — the grime, isolation, humiliation, and grinding pressure of poverty and injustice — so that awareness will compel action and problem resolution. Conflict is inherent in that experience via the violation, however kindly intended, of the pride or dignity of the individuals revealed

by the camera’s lens. It’s an ethical and moral conundrum that Parks seems never to have fully resolved to his own satisfaction, and one that continues to plague modern photojournalists.

“A disadvantage sometimes pushes you, if you use it right,” he observed during a 1997 interview with PBS’ “NewsHour.”

Given his background, he likely hoped that his talent and connections would construct a platform from which Flávio could push himself into more stabilizing opportunities. But part of the poignancy, and relevance, of Flávio’s story is how he tried to persuade the adults around him to let him remain in his new life in America.

He was unsuccessful. Now 70, he has never returned here from Brazil.

“Parks was pretty conflicted, I think, about his role in this story and in other stories,” Maddox says. “He talks about how Flávio wanted to be adopted, and about how his kids wanted him to adopt Flávio but he couldn’t. He talks about the family in his book ‘Flávio,’ and how the house was in a state of disrepair when he

revisited them in the ’70s and how Flávio was still hopeful to come to America.

Flávio expressed his desire to stay, after his two-year stint in Denver finished, and he was supposed to be sent back to Brazil, which he was. But he did not want to go.

He tried to convince the people who hosted him on the weekends to adopt him, and Parks, and other people. So I think there were many elements of this story that were quite tough and complicated for Parks on a personal level. …

“You get a lot of information in one image, but there are so many stories behind that image, that surround that image, the moments that happen before and after. One of the ideas that I hope can be gleaned from the show is that there are stories that go beyond just one or two photographs. Representation of anything is very complicated, and not necessarily straightforward.”

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Marina & Ocean Views . . . . . . . . . . . Just . . . . . .sold . . . . . . . $979,000 Just sold Ocean & Marina Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950,000 Ocean & Marina Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $945,000 Marina & Ocean Views . . . . . . . . . .Just . . . . .sold . . . . . . $1,000,000 City Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,900 Marina Ocean Views . . . . . . . . . . . .nEW . . . . .listing . . . . . . $585,000 City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . .nEW . . . . .listing . . . . . . $529,900

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––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––– 3 Bed/2 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,690/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath Ocean & Marina Views . . . . . . . . . . . . lEAsEd . . . . . . . . . $4,000/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . . . lEAsEd . . . . . . . . . $3,600/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath Marina Views, Upgraded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,400/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath Highly Upgraded, Furnished . . . . . lEAsEd . . . . . . . . . $3,200/MO

Eileen McCarthy

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In LovIng MeMory

gerda Bauer

September 30, 1938 – July 12, 2019 Our beloved wife and mother, Gerda Bauer, passed away on July 12, 2019 from a sudden heart attack.

She was originally born in Stuttgart, Germany on September, 30, 1938 and emigrated to the United States in 1961. Her original plan was to only stay for one year but she met her husband shortly after arriving and married three months later. She welcomed her firstborn daughter in 1963 and her second daughter in 1973.

Her real estate career started when she obtained her license in 1979 and she worked for more than 35 years in the industry. It was her calling and she absolutely loved meeting new people, helping anyone that came across her way and always strived to deliver her best to anyone and everyone.

She was a young 80 year old that was so full of energy and ideas. She was fully engaged and curious about the world and current events. She followed the stock market and still had a very keen business mind. Animals (cats in particular) were very special to her and she always tried to save/free an insect. She’d tell me, “Tina, they want to live too.” Her warm heart was always worried about you and wanted the best for you. Whether you were a friend or family, she would give a lot of thought on how she could help you or share some motherly advice. When you would converse with her, you never quite knew all of the topics that you would cover and never were guaranteed that it would be a short conversation.

Gerda was much loved, adored and will be immensely missed. We have planned a memorial service to celebrate Gerda’s life for this coming Sunday, Aug 4, 2019.

Westchester Lutheran Church 7831 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 Sunday, August 4, 2019 • 12 noon Memorial Service Luncheon Reception to Follow at Church

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$2,650,000 $1,489,000 $1,375,000

Todd Miller Todd Miller James Suarez

KW Santa Monica KW Santa Monica KW Silicon Beach

310-923-5353 310-923-5353 310-862-1761

4/3 Modern luxury townhomes 4/4 New construction, chic 2 story home 3/1.5 W/ updated kitchen on large lot 4/3.5 Craftsman style home on tree-lined street 3/3.5 Beautiful two-story home on large lot

$1,449,000 $2,299,000 $1,149,500 $2,099,000 $1,555,000

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$1,899,000

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5/4 Gorgeous new construction farmhouse 2/2 New construction 7 unit luxurious condo

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1/1 Spectacular city and mountain views 3/3 www.4060glencoe331.com 3/2.5 Coastal living at its finest 1/1 Fabulous condo in the heart of Marina del Rey 2/2.5 Spacious west facing home 2/2 Spacious loft 3/1.75 Beautifully remodeled home in Oxford Triangle 2/2 Live the California vacation lifestyle

$559,000 $989,000 $1,595,000 $619,000 $999,000 $899,000 $1,449,000 $969,000

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4/8 Beach front property, panoramic ocean views 3/2 Midcentury Playa Del Rey opportunity 3/3 Top floor 1900 sf corner unit w/ Marina views 4/4 3 story lagoon front home w/ coastline views 3/3 www.8235gulana.com 3/2.5 California beach living at its finest 2/2 Comfort and convenience in Playa Del Rey

$8,885,000 $1,249,000 $1,749,000 $2,549,000 $1,395,000 $1,425,000 $719,000

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5/2.5 California ranch with open floorplan and pool 4/4 www.8137naylor.com 4/3.5 Stunning remodel with enchanting design touches 3/1.5 $50,000 price drop 5/5 Gorgeous home in One Westbluff w/ panoramic views 3/2.5 Charming refreshed home, w/ hardwood floors 3/2 Great opportunity, to remodel or reimagine 4/3 www.6353w78th.com 4/2 Italian touches in a traditional home 5/2 Welcoming 2-story home w/ views 4/3 Charming 2504 sq ft home w/ family room

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THE ARGONAUT PRESS RELEASES MARINA CITY CLUB

CALIFORNIA TRADITIONAL HOME

VILLA MARINA TOWNHOME

SOUTH BAY HOME

MARINA DEL REY

MARINA DEL REY TOWNHOME

“Enjoy Marina and harbor views from this one-bed, one-bath, condo in the Marina City Club,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Hardwood flooring flows throughout.

A spacious living room leads to a large patio. This unit is located in the East Tower South. The Marina City Club’s amenities range from a huge gym with free classes, to a restaurant and bar, with room service offered. The gourmet market, daytime cafe, room service, car wash, beauty salon, 24 hr. gated and guarded security complete the lifestyle.”

Offered at $585,000 Eileen McCarthy Marina Ocean Properties 310-822-8910

Located in the desirable West Westchester neighborhood, this charming refreshed home offers three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a family room, living room with hardwood floors, bay windows, and beautiful fireplace with mantle.

Comfortable family room leads to a lovely master suite; Entertain on the private back patio with ample shrubs and trees-Perfect for this summer’s BBQs. Close to the beach, shopping, freeway, airport, and all that the Westside/ Southbay has to offer.

Offered at $1,275,000 Jane St. John RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-577-5300 x301

“This extensively renovated two-bed, two-and-a-halfbath, townhome is in the heart of Silicon Beach,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “Upgrades include white oak floors throughout the living areas, new door hardware, led lighting, new HVAC, and new plumbing fixtures.

The expansive living room boasts sliding glass doors that open to a patio for indoor-outdoor living. Upstairs both bedrooms feature new carpet and remodeled spa-like bathrooms. This unit also boasts an attached over-sized two-car garage.”

Offered at $1,049,000 Jesse Weinberg KW Silicon Beach 800-804-9132

"Enter a home of distinction in the desirable South Bay community," says agent Stephanie Younger. "The main level reveals an open living/dining area and kitchen boasting an eat-in island. The outdoor lounge is the perfect setting for morning coffee. Retreat upstairs to the sumptuous master suite featuring a gracious master bath with custom tiled walk-in shower. Two additional bedrooms, two baths, and laundry room complete the second floor. The third level is a media room."

Offered at $1,099,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020

"Breathtaking marina, harbor and ocean views are offered from this three-bed, two-bath home," says agent Charles Lederman. "Enjoy an open-concept living space that leads to an oversized patio overlooking the marina. No detail has been overlooked from the highly updated bathroom, to the sumptuous master suite to the solar shades. Two additional bedrooms can be used as guest rooms and/or office.

Additional features include access to Marina City Club's amenities."

Offered at $975,000 Charles Lederman Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980

“This coveted Villa Vallarta split-level townhouse is nestled in a private location,” say agents Bob and Cheryl Herrera.

“The special features include beautiful chandeliers, warm tile flooring, an enclosed brick patio, and a laundry room.

This gated and landscaped community features four pools, soothing spas, and racquetball courts. The HOA pays for water and amenities, including cable TV and high-speed internet. Benefit from the proximity of retail offerings, restaurants, parks, movie theaters, and more.”

Offered at $1,079,000 Bob & Cheryl Herrera PRES 310-985-2452

The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

How to Make Sure Your Home Closes Escrow — Seller’s Version You just heard those magic words: “We have a deal.” Now, you just have to get through escrow and you can move on to the next stage in your life. That means making sure your home doesn’t end up back on the market. Here are 6 steps you can take both before you list and during the escrow process to make sure everything goes smoothly all the way to closing.

1. Carefully consider your sales price If you’re working with an experienced real estate agent, he or she should have a recommended pricing strategy based on area comparables. Pressuring your agent for a higher sales price could cause the home to sit on the market and, if you do get an offer, the appraisal may not match the sales price. “If the appraisal comes in too low, the seller will have to lower the selling price or (the buyer) will have to pay cash for the difference,” said Investopedia.

2. Look for liens “Overall title issues account for 11% of closing delays and may come to you as a surprise,” said Homelight. “Sometimes clearing up title is as simple as verifying that a debt has been paid and recorded correctly, the same way you would clear up errors in a credit report. Other times, addressing outstanding debts can take months to settle. Before you put your house on the market, be sure to pay off any debts, loans, and taxes that may show up as a title defect against your property.”

3. Disclose, disclose, disclose Sellers are legally required to disclose all material defects in the home, so trying to hide issues can backfire. “Any problem with the property will be uncovered during the buyer’s inspection, so there’s no use hiding it,” said Investopedia. “Either fix the problem ahead of time, price the property below market value to account for the problem, or list the property at a normal

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price but offer the buyer a credit to fix the problem.”

contingencies is that you have a clearer path to closing.

4. Be reasonable and willing to negotiate

6. Stay friendly with neighbors

It’s easy to get stuck on your list price and not want to come down even one dollar. But if things show up in the aforementioned inspection report—things the buyer has a legitimate reason to request fixes—sticking firm to that price could cost you this the deal.

5. Limit contingencies If you’re having trouble selling your home and the only buyer who’s come along in three months has two dozen contingencies, that’s one thing. If you have a couple of offers, with one who doesn’t need to sell their other home before securing financing on yours, it’s an easy call, right? Obviously the offer price and other factors like the overall financial strength of the buyer are important, but the great thing about having limited

The last thing you need is for the grumpy guy across the street to make a fuss because of increased traffic on the street during showings, inspections, appraisals, etc. and scare off a timid buyer. Maybe the situation warrants a knock on the door of neighbors who have a rep for being testy. Bring a plate of cookies or a gift card to Target for their troubles and you may pacify them.

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JuSt LiSted 3609 eSPlanade, Marina del rey 4 bd & 4 ba 4,215 Sq.ft. $3,288,000 www.esplanade3609.com

Open Sun 2-5 5815 e. SeaglaSS circle, Playa ViSta 4 bd & 4 ba 2,384 Sq.ft. $1,999,000 www.5815SeaglassCircle.com

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Open Sun 2-5 7100 Playa ViSta dr. #101, Playa ViSta 3 bd & 2.5 ba 1,630 Sq.ft. $1,129,000 www.Coronado101.com

Open Sun 2-5 13320 beacH aVe. #207, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2 ba 1,230 Sq.ft. $899,000 www.13320Beach.com

JuSt LiSted 13650 Marina Pointe dr. # PH1805, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba + office 2,904 Sq.ft. $2,995,000 www.Cove1805.com

JuSt LiSted 13650 Marina Pointe dr. #1103, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,780 Sq.ft. $1,995,000 www.Cove1103.com

Open Sun 2-5 669 waSHington blVd., Marina del rey 3 bd & 2.5 ba 1,710 Sq.ft. $1,595,000 www.669Washington.com

in eSCROW 4734 la Villa Marina #c, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,582 Sq.ft. $1,049,000 www.VillaMilanoC.com

JuSt LiSted 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #822, Mdr 1 bd & 1 ba 859 Sq.ft. $760,000 www.Azzurra822.com

JuSt LiSted 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #1629, Mdr 3 bd & 3.5 ba + den 2,099 Sq.ft. $2,275,000 www.Azzurra1629.com

JuSt LiSted 13600 Marina Pointe dr. #1110, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,650 Sq.ft. www.Regatta1110.com $1,795,000

JuSt LiSted 13600 Marina Pointe dr. #705, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,900 Sq.ft. $1,325,000 www.Regatta705.com

Open Sun 2-5 4310 glencoe aVe. #8, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,866 Sq.ft. www.4310Glencoe.com $999,000

Open Sun 2-5 4060 glencoe aVe. #124, Mdr 1 bd & 1 ba 708 Sq.ft. $619,000 www.4060Glencoe.com

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THE ARGONAUT

HOME SALES INDEX HOMES SOLD

AVERAGE PRICE

+1.3%

+1.2%

JULY ‘18 Homes Sold

Average Price

The Argonaut has you covered.

JULY ‘19 Homes Sold

Average Price

Culver City

39

$1,044,929

41

$1,190,900

Marina del Rey

27

$1,273,900

28

$1,248,500

Palms/Mar Vista

40

$1,628,200

Playa del Rey

13

$828,400

14

$1,044,300

9

$1,357,700

11

$1,310,500

Santa Monica

47

$1,874,900

46

$1,996,300

Venice

17

$2,454,700

11

$2,304,100

Westchester

30

$1,237,400

36

$1,270,900

Playa Vista

Total

222

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October 21, 1934 – July 9, 2019 Playa del rey, Ca — FOrMerly OF COld SPring, Mn A mass celebrating the life of Mary Katherine Sholty, 84, who passed away at her home in Playa del Rey, CA will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 2, 2019 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sauk Rapids, MN. Rev. Ralph Zimmermann will officiate the service and the entombment will be at Sacred Heart Mausoleum in Minnesota.

Mary K. Sholty was born October 21, 1934 to Norbert and Catherine (Gerzin) Wenck in Cold Spring, Minnesota.

She was just 21 years old when she moved to California.

Mary worked as a paralegal for 25 years at Kaufman and Young Law Office in Beverly Hills who represented many high profile celebrities during her tenure. Mary was married to Richard Sholty for 30 years prior to his passing. After her husband passed, she met her significant other, Ray Ubleman, who spent the last 20 years with her. Mary was incredibly smart and witty. She loved all the holidays and was known in her Playa del Rey neighborhood for the decorations in front of her house which celebrated each holiday and brought holiday spirit to all. She was a proud supporter of her high school, Tech High in St. Cloud, and her college, St. Cloud State. She was incredibly proud of her country and loved to dress in Red, White and Blue and always looked 100% true blue American!

Mary is survived by her two sons, James and Richard and their wives, Paula & Lissa and her grandchildren Skye, Summer, Hailey & Katie. Mary, being the youngest of seven children, has also left behind many relatives in Minnesota and beyond. We will all miss her tremendously.

To view a video celebrating her life, please go to: https://www.williamsdingmann. com/obituaries/Mary-K-Sholty?obId=5501555#/celebrationWall

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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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 7/11/19, 7/18/19, 7/25/19, 8/1/19 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2019 170586 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC. 3022 West Avenue L Lancaster, CA 93536.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4178172. REGISTERED OWNER(S) D. Miranda Chiropractic, Inc., 3022 West Avenue L Lancaster, CA 93536.

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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. /s/ Rodrigo T. Sanchez. TITLE: Secretary, Corp or LLC Name: D. Miranda Chiropractic Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 18, 2019. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 7/11/19, 7/18/19, 7/25/19, 8/1/19 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2019186335 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CITY STREET FLOWERS, THE CITY STREET FLOWERS, CITY STREET FLOWER COMPANY, CITY STREET FLOWER SHOP, THE CITY STREET FLOWER COMPANY, THE CITY STREET FLOWER SHOP; 3810 Wilshire Blvd., #303 Los Angeles, CA 90010-3215. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Polina Portnaya, 3810 Wilshire Blvd., #303 Los Angeles, CA 90010-3215. 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. /s/: Polina Portnaya. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 5, 2019.

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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 7/25/19, 8/1/19, 8/8/19, 8/15/19 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2019198008 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COUNSELOR MARTY; 12553 Venice Blvd., Suite O Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Martin Eugene

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THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 07/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Martin Eugene Steckdaub. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 18, 2019.

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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 7/25/19, 8/1/19, 8/8/19, 8/15/19

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6. Request for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least five (5) days before your scheduled court date.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE COURT 3/14/19 Amanda Stanford Clerk of the Superior Court Published in: The Argonaut Newspaper 7/25/19, 8/1/19, 8/8/19, 8/15/19 Notice of self storage sale Notice of self storage sale Please take notice US Storage Centers - Marina Del Rey located at 12700 Braddock Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90066 intends to hold an auction to sell the goods stored by the following tenant at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www. storageauctions.net on 8/15/2019 at 10:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. John Lewis Tandy.

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ORDER tO sHOW CAusE FOR CHANgE OF NAME Case No. 19sMCP00294 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of SHANNON ELIZABETH BRESNAHAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.)

Petitioner: Shannon Elizabeth Bresnahan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Scarlett Lame to Scarlett Grace Bresnahan 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: 9/6/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. The address of the court is West District 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: June 25, 2019. Lawrence H. Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 7/18/19, 7/25/19, 8/1/19, 8/8/19

ORDER tO sHOW CAusE FOR CHANgE OF NAME Case No. 19sMCP00309 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JENNIFER M. WHITE, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.)

Petitioner: Jennifer M. White filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Richard Sergio DiazWhite to Richard Lopez 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: 09/13/2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: July 1, 2019. Lawrence H. Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 8/1/19, 8/8/19, 8/15/19, 8/22/19

ORDER tO sHOW CAusE FOR CHANgE OF NAME Case No. 19stCP02940 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of CAROLYN BONNER PRICE, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.)

Petitioner: Carolyn Bonner Price filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Carolyn Bonner Price to Bonner Campbell Price 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: 8/20/19. Time: 10:30 AM. Dept.: 44. ROOM: 418.

The address of the court is 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012. 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: Los Angeles. Original filed: July 12, 2019, Judge Edward B. Moreton, Jr., Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 7/18/19, 7/25/19, 8/1/19, 8/8/19

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Tomboy Pride SPARC cofounder Christina Schlesinger’s homecoming exhibit delves into female masculinity

By Kelby Vera What we wear is full of emotional connections, conveying intricacies of identity, imbued with memories and filled with the traces of our bodies. In the exhibit “Tomboys,” currently on view at SPARC’s Durón Gallery, visual artist Christina Schlesinger utilizes the intimacy of garments and energizing, organic portraits to explore female masculinity, lesbian identity, youth and sex.

‘Tomboys” is something of a homecoming, returning the artist to the Venicebased nonprofit community art hub that she, filmmaker Donna Deitch, and muralist and activist Judy Baca founded in 1976 as a center for the preservation of Los Angeles murals and other forms of public art. Schlesinger’s connection to SPARC made it the ideal setting for “Tomboys,” a show rich in personal history and self-mythology.

In one series of paintings that Schlesinger refers to as “the evolution of the tomboy,” the artist paints herself as a vibrant young person, during a time when she felt confident and unashamed. The portraits and scenes are painted upon old clothes emblematic of her tomboy stage.

In “Tomboy Portrait on Yellow Flannel,” for instance, bold checked fabric is stretched out to frame Schlesinger’s gamine face, depicting herself with wide eyes and cropped locks. Frayed edges of the fabric blend into a painted background, reminding of the nostalgia one might feel for an old favorite shirt. A similar portrait shows the subject clad in cool sunglasses and a Batman hat — all with hints of masculine attitude.

The series also seeks to add to the canon of lesbian art, which Schlesinger describes as often “invisible” compared to its queer contemporaries, by re-appropriating the stereotype of lesbian tomboys

Pieces like Schlesinger’s “Tomboy Treasures” take an intimate look into the world of lesbian tomboys as something empowering. paintbrush with an actual plaid vest “I wanted to get away from that idea of splayed across the top to shield the dual shame, and I wanted the work to radiate portrait. Provocative figures wearing sex the confidence of a woman while toys fill up the piece’s negative space, appropriating the privilege and entitleadding a touch of the erotic. ment of men,” she said.

Throughout the exhibit, depictions of A young girl radiates a self-assured nudes and dildos are unapologetically spirit in “Tomboy and the Starry Night” playful; shirts and pants get tugged aside as the subject places her hands in her to reveal soft hips, breasts and tufts of pockets while staring forward with a pubic hair while faces stay out of view. In slight smirk. Two silhouettes float above one of these rose-tinted paintings, the her in the sparkling sky like guardians, a subject crosses their arms and juts a hip reference to 20th-century lesbian artist to the side while wearing a strap-on Romaine Brookes, an inspiration of dildo. Another figure confidently grabs Schlesinger’s. her phallus through a pair of boxers while Her “Self-Portrait” as Romaine Brooks, letting her breasts bare. Everything, from whose name she took on during her time tiny details to the curves of a female as a Guerrilla Girl activist artist, blends torso, comes from what Schlesinger the two artists together as one, depicting describes as the “lesbian gaze.” an androgynous figure wielding a “It was just a very positive way of

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presenting the lesbian body, in a wonderful, very assertive and positive and womanly but also independent way,” she explains.

The gallery transitions into a tight corner of the space for the “Lesbian Sex” series. Thin pink cotton gets stretched out to depict female desire over unvarnished images of tangled bodies and penetration.

The intimacy of the fabric takes on a different edge in the series, which was drawn and etched onto zine plates, printed onto cloth and then attached to torn clothing. The ripped T-shirts remind one of the heat of sex, the urgency to strip off and make contact.

Around the corner, nestled inside a barred cell (a remnant of SPARC’s architectural past as a jailhouse), the painting “Slow Dance” depicts a blue masculine silhouette and pink feminine outline — a nod to the butch/femme dynamic of years past. Beside it, images of L.A.’s lesbian bars from decades ago loop through a slideshow. The photos, which were taken during Schlesinger’s time in the CalArts Feminist Studio Workshop, are made more poignant by the fact that all of the bars depicted have since shuttered, now only existing in the realm of memory.

Though most of her work in this exhibit was created more than 25 years ago, Schlesinger’s been thrilled to see how it speaks to contemporary conversations on gender norms and LGBTQ identity.

“Even though I did this in the early ’90s, it seems very of the moment,” she says.

“I think when work comes from an honest place, it lasts. If it comes from a true place, it’s always going to be true.”

“Tomboys” remains on view from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays at SPARC, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. Visit sparcinla.org for more info.

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Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Thursday, Aug. 1 4th Annual Patagonia Film Festival, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Fifteen films of five minutes or less focus on one theme: water. Audience members vote to determine the Best Overall, Best Cinematography and Best Environmental Story winners while enjoying snacks and music. Proceeds benefit the Surfrider Foundation. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $10. facebook.com/patagonia George Kahn Jazz & Blues Revue, 7 p.m. Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival continues with an outdoor summer jazz, blues and Motown concert with a tribute to Aretha Franklin, followed by surf music with a tribute to Dick Dale from Big Wave. Dale Jones City Hall Courtyard, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. Free. (310) 398-2583; boulevardmusic.com

Friday, Aug. 2 Intro to Hand Lettering Workshop, 1 to 4 p.m. Wink and Wonder art director and lettering artist Joanna Munoz teaches you the tools and techniques used to create gorgeous letterforms, sketch out ideas, refine concepts and create interesting compositions. Tripli-Kit, 12746 Jefferson Blvd., Ste #2120, Playa Vista. $125. eventbrite.com “Mad Science: What Do You Know About H2O?,” 2:30 p.m. Learn about water conservation, surface tension

and the three states of matter in this show for families. Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. Free; ages 4 to 11. (310) 458-8681; smpl.org Westchester First Fridays at the Triangle, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Food trucks, live music and family-friendly fun along the 6200 block of 87th Street, Westchester. facebook.com/ WestchesterFirstFridays Abbot Kinney First Fridays, 5 to 11 p.m. Foodies and food trucks flock to Abbot Kinney Boulevard for this monthly street festival celebrating culture, commerce and cuisine. Abbot Kinney Blvd. between Venice Blvd. and Westminster Ave., Venice. Free. abbotkinneyblvd.com

performance at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $32.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com “The Night Sky Show” and “NASA Human Spaceflight Update,” 7 and 8 p.m. Hear about the latest news in astronomy and space exploration then take a family-friendly tour of the constellations. Santa Monica College John Drescher Planetarium, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $6 for one show or $11 for double bill. (310) 434-3005; smc.edu/planetarium

“Throne of Blood” Screening, 6:30 p.m. Mind Over Movies screens Akira Kurosawa’s feudal Japanese take on “Macbeth.” A discussion and Q&A follow the film. The Christian Institute, 1308 Second St., Santa Monica. Free.

“Charles Burnett: A Cinematic Social Conscience,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. This two-night fundraiser pays tribute to 2017 honorary Oscar recipient and filmmaker Charles Burnett with screenings of two of his most socially impactful films: “Nightjohn,” starring Carl Lumbly, and “The Glass Shield” about a black rookie cop unable to ignore the corruption and racism of his squad any longer. Post-show Q&As feature Burnett and Lumbly on Friday and “Glass Shield” stars Michael Boatman and Lori Petty on Saturday.

An opening reception precedes the screenings at 6:45 p.m. on Friday; a dessert reception follows on Saturday.

Highways Performance Space & Gallery, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $35. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org

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Movies on the Lawn: “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” 7:30 to 10 p.m. Twelveyear-old Ted wants to win the heart of the girl of his dreams but to do so he

Neighborhood Walk with Mike, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Councilmember Mike Bonin leads this early-evening walk through the Del Rey neighborhood.

Casa Sanchez provides dinner after the walk. Meet at Culver/Slauson Park, 5072 Slauson Ave., Culver City. Free. eventbrite.com

Nod your head to the funky Afrobeats of GliFoS at Jazz on the Lawn. SEE SUNDAY, AUG. 4. must find a Truffula tree and for that he’ll need the help of the Lorax. Bring a blanket to sprawl on the lawn. Enjoy giveaways. Stoner Park, 1835 Stoner Ave., West L.A. westlasawtelle.org Dynasty Electrik Crystal Sound Bath, 8 p.m. Take a healing journey of sound amongst a forest of large amethyst and citrine geodes and crystal quartz clusters. Crystal singing bowls, gongs and chimes combine with electronic tones, nature sounds and voice to transport the listener to a deep mediation, balancing chakras and harmonizing the body. Mystic Journey Crystals & Yoga, 1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $24. dynastyelectrik.com DJ Jedi & Anthony Valadez Dance Party, 9 p.m. Deejays are on the decks spinning new and old soul, funk, blues, rock, hip-hop, beats, breaks and anything else that gets the dance floor

going. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice.

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Saturday, Aug. 3 Roga, 8 a.m. Meet under the Santa Monica Pier sign at the top of the ramp for a brisk two- or five-mile run.

Walkers welcome. Afterward, Christi Christensen leads a yoga class. Bring your own mat. Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica.

Free. santamonicapier.org The Bay Foundation’s Volunteer Event at LAX Dunes, 9 a.m. to noon.

The LAX Dunes is home to a variety of unique plants and animals. Help remove invasive vegetation that crowd out and compete with native plants and learn about this historic L.A. site.

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O n S tage – T he w ee k in local theater compiled by Christina campodonico

Group Outing:“Friends: The Musical Parody!” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre This comedic musical lovingly pokes fun at 10 years of “Friends,” the beloved network TV show about twentysomethings navigating work, love and life in 1990s Manhattan.

Last shows: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 1 to 4) at Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25+. (213) 628-2772; centertheatregroup.org

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A Room of Her Own:“Fefu & Her Friends” @ Odyssey Theatre In this avant-garde piece of early feminist theater by María Irene Fornés, audiences travel from room to room of Fefu’s “house,” witnessing the complicated relationships and clashing ideas of eight women exploring what it means to be a feminist in the 1930s.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 29, with a preview performance at 8 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 1). Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $37. (310) 477-2055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com

Odyssey Theatre’s “Loot” is a comedy-packed caper Drama Queen:“Miss America’s Ugly Daughter” @ Edgemar In this autobiographical one-woman show, writer-performer Barra Grant opens up about her contentious relationship with her late mother —larger-than-life New York socialite, consumer advocate, target of political scandal, and first-andonly Jewish Miss America Bess Myerson.

Last shows: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 2 to 4) at Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main St., Santa Monica. $20 to $40. (323) 2852078; missamericasuglydaughter.com

The Roaring ’80s:“The Wedding Singer” @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre After his fiancée dumps him at the altar, 1980s wedding singer and rock star wannabe Robbie Hart vows to make every nuptial as miserable as his own.

But when the new love of his life is set to wed a Wall Street shark, he has to pull off the performance of the decade.

Last shows: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday (Aug. 2 & 3) at Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $25 to $28. (310) 828-7519; morganwixson.org

Criminal Shenanigans:“Loot” @ Odyssey Theatre Crime, a corpse and a crazy cast of characters come together for this darkly comic Joe Orton play revival. When Hal and Dennis rob a bank next to a funeral parlor, what safer place to hide the dough than in the coffin of Hal’s recently deceased mum? Unfortunately for them, the coffin keeps popping up at the most inopportune times.

Now playing 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 10, with an additional performance at 8 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 8), at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $32 to $37. (310) 477-2055, ext.

2; odysseytheatre.org Haunted History:“An American Saga Revival — Gunshot Medley: Part I” @ Electric Lodge Set in a haunted North Carolina graveyard, this new Rogue Machine production explores the deep-seated tensions, conflicts and systemic racism that have marred America’s history from the antebellum South to today.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 18, with additional performances at 3 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 4), 8 p.m. on Aug. 11 and 8 p.m. on Aug. 19, at Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric

Ave., Venice. $25to $40, or $10 on Friday (Aug. 9). (855) 585-5185; roguemachinetheatre.net Merry Banditry:“Rosalynde & The Falcon”@ Carlson Park Culver City Public Theatre borrows from Robin Hood, Snow White and Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” for this comedy about a young noblewoman in disguise, a prince and a wacky trio of thieves in a far-off forest.

Last shows: noon Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 3 & 4) at Carlson Park, 10400 Braddock Dr., Culver City.

Free. (805) 708-9119; ccpt.org Supernatural Comedy:“Blithe Spirit” @ Westchester Playhouse The Kentwood Players revive Noël Coward’s classic comedy about a séance that goes hysterically awry, with the spirit of a socialite’s late first wife sticking around to interfere with his new marriage.

Now playing 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 24 at Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $20 to $22. (310) 6455156; kentwoodplayers.org

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Los AngeLes Times sundAy Crossword PuzzLe “WALK-OFF” By C.C. BURNIKEL

Truth Be Trolled I’m on Twitter, and occasionally I’ll tweet something seemingly innocuous and then have dozens or even hundreds of enraged strangers attack me with ugly tweets. What’s the best response when this happens?

— Yuck You can take the careful approach on social media, staying away from hot-button topics like politics and animal rights — only to get a beatdown from a Twitter mob for your #totalitarian!!! #whitenationalist!!! aversion to aftermarket eyelashes on car headlights.

It turns out that pile-ons by Twitter mobs are often less about content (differences of opinion) than about coalition-building, though the haters brandishing the virtual flaming pitchforks probably aren’t conscious of this.

A growing body of evidence supports evolutionary psychologists John Tooby and Leda Cosmides’ theory that humans have a “coalitional psychology.” They explain that “because everything can be taken from a powerless individual or group,” we seem to have evolved a motivation to band together and work as a unit to “enhance, defend or repair” our group’s status. Basically, it’s in-group versus out-group, us versus them.

Not surprisingly, the common-enemy thing turns out to be big for group bonding (social glue through collective hating). Outrage functions as a “group-mobilizing resource,” notes Tooby, triggering the mob to go off on the poor out-group person who dared express an idea the group is opposed to.

Because outrage is emotionallydriven, and because it’s so often coalition-energizing, there’s no reasoning with the members of the mob coming after you: “But … you’re misunderstanding what I meant!” In fact, defending yourself in any way usually fuels the fire. Every tweet you put out there can be turned into something foul and horrible that you supposedly believe.

Often, the best approach is to go into your settings and “lock” your Twitter profile for a while so only followers you’ve approved can communicate with you. You can turn off notifications and block everyone who’s awful to you.

And you can also take a break from Twitter until the mob moves on to their next victim, someone who’s tweeted something truly repugnant, such as “I don’t get the big deal about LaCroix” — only to have thousands of strangers from around the globe demanding their death.

Got a problem? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter and visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

‘If It’s Not Job One, It Won’t Get Done’(Continued from page 14) state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the first lawsuit protesting the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban, also landed a solid punch at Trump, calling him “the greatest national security threat to the United States.” Inslee’s readiness to spar with the president he charges with “lying to the American people daily” is yielding some media momentum, though his poll numbers are in single digits. (His speech included an earnest request for dollar donations to his campaign, which accepts no fossil fuel or corporate PAC money, so that he can qualify for September’s debates.)

The Community Climate Justice piece of his plan (jayinslee.com/issues/ climate-justice) that he teased last week was released this Monday — the same day as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Kamala Harris’ Climate Equity Act, which similarly addresses climate’s effects on low-income communities.

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Council on Environmental Justice to guarantee “front-line voices” input into federal policy; track “pollution hotspots, economic inequality, and climate change impacts” with a federal “Equity Impact Mapping” initiative (modeled after California, New York and Washington state programs); ban PFAS chemicals nationwide; expand the Housing Trust Fund to confront the housing crisis; and create a Universal Clean Energy Service Fund to help reduce the monthly burden of energy costs on working families.

“We need a president who rallies the best energies of the United States, who will make defeating the climate crisis the No. 1 priority of the United States,” he said before reverting to his folksy grandpa stance.

“If it’s not job one, it won’t get done.

And I’m convinced that this is a moral obligation to our children and grandchildren. I’m running for president because on my last day on Earth, I want to be able to look at my three grandchildren and say, I did everything humanly possible to save them from climate change.”

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Renaissance Jazz Man New millennium virtuoso and ‘Late Show’ bandleader Jon Batiste gives a free concert in Marina del Rey

By Bliss Bowen It’s fitting that, in the world of latenight TV show hosts and their corresponding sidekicks, Jon Batiste landed with “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” Eschewing the kitsch of earlier-generation bandleader/sidekicks (think Paul Shaffer and Doc Severinsen), since 2015 the jazz pianist has been the soulful yin to Colbert’s sardonic yang, both sophisticated representatives of taste and humanity in an anything-goes sociopolitical landscape. Those qualities shine through Batiste’s performances on the show and even more so away from it.

The son of a sprawling New Orleans family of musicians, Batiste is nothing if not eclectic, and busy, with a broadranging view of how and where music can inform public life. One of his more intriguing projects: music director for the Atlantic magazine. He’s also co-artistic director, alongside bassist Christian McBride, of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Starting with 2005’s “Time in New Orleans,” issued when he was 17, he’s recorded nine albums; he’s still promot-

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World” and Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile.”

This week Verve releases “Anatomy of Angels: Live at the Village Vanguard,” recorded last year, which complements three of his own compositions with a fresh arrangement of career inspiration Thelonious Monk’s “’Round Midnight” and a collaboration with Lake Street Dive frontwoman Rachael Price on Ray Noble’s standard “The Very Thought of You,” a song they performed to sultry perfection this spring on the public radio show “Live From Here.”

As he announced last September, Batiste is also composing music and lyrics for a musical about artist JeanMichel Basquiat.

First, though, he’s pausing alongside the marina for a free concert Saturday night. Show up early — you’ll likely have a lot of company.

Colbert’s bandleader headlines his own show on Saturday ing last year’s elegant “Hollywood Africans,” which includes his beautifully

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Gloves and tools provided. Wear closed-toed shoes. Bring water and snacks. LAX Dunes Trask Triangle Park, Playa del Rey. (310) 417-3093; santamonicabay.org

Ocean Park Art Walk, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy an afternoon of local art, music, vendors and food trucks hosted by dnj Gallery and Olympia Club along Ocean Park Blvd., between 28th and 31st streets in Santa

Workday in the Garden & Free Tomato Tasting, 9 a.m. to noon. Tour the garden and help beautify this community space by preparing for the new greenhouse installation. Sample

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Movies with Mike: “Coco,” 8 p.m. Councilmember Mike Bonin invites you to an evening under the stars with a screening of “Coco,” the Disney-Pixar animated film about a young boy who dreams of becoming a musician and must travel to the Land of the Dead to uncover the real story behind his family’s ban on music. Snacks and popcorn provided. Culver/Slauson Park, 5072 Slauson Ave., Culver City.

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Sunday, Aug. 4 Festival of Chariots, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A colorful parade of chariots pulled by hand liven up Santa Monica’s Main Street in honor of the East Indian Ratha-yatra, or “cart-festival,” tradition. The parade begins at Pico Blvd. and Main St. and concludes at Venice Beach with an after party on the boardwalk. Free to watch. mainstreetsm.com/festival-of-chariots

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U.S. 99 Band, 4 to 10 p.m. Groove to the sounds of Sonny B’s U.S. 99 Band as they perform early rock ‘n’ roll, rockabilly and surf music with Big Harmonica Bob at Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover.

(310) 822-3902 Jazz on the Lawn: GliFoS, 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. This annual outdoor concert series by the city of Santa Monica returns for its 14th season (through Aug. 25) with outdoor games, food trucks and live music.

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Tonight’s artist is Afrofunk group GliFoS doing ’60s and ’70s-inspired psychedelic jazz and soul. A free half-hour dance lesson kicks things off at 4:30 p.m. Gandara Park, 1819 Stewart St., Santa Monica. Free. santamonica.gov/jazz “Reparations: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?” 6 to 8:30 p.m. Speakers lead an examination of the chief arguments for and against reparations, using videos of recent pro and con testimonies in Congress as points of departure for discussion. The former chair of CSUN’s African Studies department offers various forms

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Participate in discussion, demos and tastings of butter and cream with the founder of sustainable organic dairy farm Straus Family Creamery.

Bring your own container and beverages. Water, tea and coffee Monday, Aug. 5 provided. The Gourmandise School, Glen Alla Dog Park Groundbreaking, 395 Santa Monica Place, Ste. 323, Santa Monica. Free. RSVP at 9:30 a.m. Bring your furry friends to the Glen Alla dog park groundbreaking. thegourmandiseschool.com.

Councilmembers, including Mike Bonin, will be on hand to celebrate this Tuesday, Aug. 6 neighborhood accomplishment. Glen Marshall McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Alla Park, 4601 Alla Road., Del Rey. Reading Club, 6 p.m. This open (310) 836-1040 reparations might take. Potluck dinner at 6 p.m.; program begins at 6:30 p.m.

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LAPD Pacific Division National Night Out, 6 to 9 p.m. Meet your local LAPD officers and participate in a variety of bike safety programs. Chief Moore lights up the Venice sign in LAPD blue in honor of building police-community partnerships and safe neighborhoods. Venice Sign, Windward Avenue & Pacific Avenue, Venice. Free. venicechamber.net Townhouse is Clueless, 9 p.m. Boogie down in your turn of the 21st century best with ’90s-themed cocktails and music inspired by the classic teenage rom-com “Clueless.” Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Wednesday, Aug. 7 Venice Chamber Happy Hour, 5 to 8 p.m. Make new connections and build relationships as you cruise aboard a luxury yacht in the marina. Enjoy complimentary appetizers and relaxing background music, plus bar specials.

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Thursday, Aug. 8 Bay Cities Coin Club Meeting, 6:30 p.m. The club meets on the second Thursday of each month to announce coin shows, present a show-and-tell, hold an auction and host a guest speaker. The club is open to the public.

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Marina del Rey’s outdoor summer concert series continues with David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola) and Sunny Yang (cello) reimagining the string quartet experience in a spirit of fearless exploration. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free; RSVP at eventbrite.com. (310) 305-9545; visitmarinadelrey.com Serving Up Comedy, 7 to 9 p.m.

Showcasing a new lineup of standup comics each second Thursday of the month, the featured performers are followed by an open mic. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover; suggested donations to benefit First Responders.

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Galleries & Museums “Comfort Creature Feature,” opening reception 6:30 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 3. Graphic novelist Theo Ellsworth presents new work in a whimsical solo show at Giant Robot, 2062 Sawtelle Blvd., West L.A. On view through Aug. 21. (310) 478-1819; giantrobot.com

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