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VOL 48, NO 31

NEWS

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The Summer of Scooters Disruption, Backlash and Planning for a Future on Two Wheels ....................................... 12

This Week Photo by Marilyn montufar

The Last Straw Local lawmakers say protecting the ocean means restricting single-use plastics ........ 8

Wine and Dine Chef Maiki Le’s cozy Upstairs 2 is one of the L.A. culinary scene’s best-kept secrets ..... 17

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS “Airplane!” at The Aero? Surely you can’t be serious! ............................................ 30

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Temporary Housing Insanity 100 beds on Main Street won’t solve homelessness, but it will move associated problems closer to residences and schools . ........... 10

Buddha Heat Being in the moment can increase sexual excitement in long-term relationships ........ 32

Rich, Rude and Tasteless

Being Latinx in 2018 ‘Latinidad in Focus’ weaves beauty

Selfish behavior, not just money, is fueling the middle-class exodus from Venice . ....... 11

and complexity into questions of cultural identity . .................................. 15

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L etters Sins of the Past, Stories of the Present Re: “Westsiders Join the Fight to Keep Immigrant Families Together,” Cover Story, June 28 “Well, but is it true that they have been passing a law forbidding people to give meat and drink to those poor colored folks that come along? I heard they were talking of some such law, but I didn’t think any Christian legislature would pass it!”

“Why, Mary, you are getting

to be a politician, all at once.”

“No, nonsense! I wouldn’t give a fig for all your politics, generally, but I think this is something downright cruel and unchristian. I hope, my dear, no such law has been passed.”

“There has been a law passed forbidding people to help off the slaves that come over from Kentucky, my dear; so much of that thing has been done by these reckless Abolitionists, that our brethren in Kentucky

are very strongly excited, and it seems necessary, and no more than Christian and kind, that something should be done by our state to quiet the excitement.”

What you just read was taken from page 91 of my copy of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” written 167 years ago. This conversation between a senator and his wife could easily play out almost verbatim in Washington D.C. today when applied to illegal immigration problems we now face.

We are enforcing laws and detaining people who are not runaway slaves but runaway refugees escaping war, crime, violence, drought, famine, climate change and much, much more.

What this seems to tell me is that as social change surges forward all around us, America never seems to learn from its own mistakes. We do the same things over and over again.

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By Gary Walker Santa Monica’s state representatives are drumming up public support for legislation that would restrict single-use plastics in order to curb ocean pollution.

Assembly Bill 1884, cosponsored by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, would make California the first state in the nation to require that restaurants offer plastic straws only upon request.

State Sen. Ben Allen’s Senate Bill 1335 would mandate that all take-out packaging for food served at state parks and beaches is recyclable or compostable.

“Plastic pollution is an epidemic. It’s a global crisis,” Allen said before a joint press conference with an ocean view on Monday at Palisades Park. “We can have beach cleanup after beach cleanup, but the plastic keeps showing up on our shores. We’re here because often people don’t think about the implications that plastic can have on our waters, on our environment and on our economy.”

Bloom cited academic research that the world has created 6.3 billion tons of plastic refuse since the 1950s, and that as much as eight million metric tons of

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Temporary Housing Insanity 100 beds on Main Street won’t solve homelessness, but it will move associated problems closer to residences and schools

By John Tapia Tapia is a pharmacy owner and longtime Venice resident writing in response to “Help is on the Horizon,” a July 12 opinion piece arguing in favor of establishing temporary housing for the homeless in Venice.

The city’s plan to convert the former Metro bus yard on

at some distance from residences. I anticipate that the 24-hour nature of the facility will allow a lot of coming and going, much of it at night. This will undoubtedly relocate some of the late-night noise problems associated with current encampments along the boardwalk and on Third Avenue between Sunset and Rose avenues. It also has the potential to bring the crime

benefits additional cleanups will bring.

What would benefit homeowners and renters living near existing encampments is for the city to declare them “red zones” — that after campers are offered transitional housing or other accommodations, the city would declare that not sleeping, camping or storing personal possessions would be permitted at the former

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Main Street into a 100-bed temporary housing facility will be a catastrophe for Venice.

While I appreciate that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin may have the best of intentions, the city’s previous failures to keep our community safe from the ill effects of homelessness would suggest that city leaders are not prepared to address the dangers inherent to a temporary housing facility at this site.

First off, the site is a couple blocks from four schools clustered on or near the Westminster Avenue Elementary School campus. These house our community’s most vulnerable children, and some have already been harmed by repeated incidences of homeless campers and those occupying vehicles on Main Street and Westminster openly exposing their genitals and relieving themselves in sight of children. Inviting 100 homeless individuals to live at the Metro lot — and others who can be expected to just hang out outside (to sell drugs, see their buddies inside, etc.) — just increases the risk of such incidences or worse.

Next, the site itself is surrounded on all sides by residences, unlike other potential sites on the Westside, which are

associated with those sites to our neighborhood.

The city has presented nothing to suggest that it will prevent the public space around the Metro yard, or the parkway and sidewalk across the street at the Dogtown Station Lofts, from becoming yet another large homeless encampment. While Garcetti recently suggested that the city has the right to return to enforcing its “no sleeping on a sidewalk” ordinance, we have yet to see any proof of this — nor has the council office publicly agreed to direct the LAPD to use that ordinance to prevent additional encampments around the temporary housing facility.

Attorney Michael Rapkin’s recent guest opinion piece in support of establishing temporary housing in Venice suggests that the city will start cleaning up former encampments once the facility is up and running. But city sanitation workers already clean up encampments along the boardwalk and Third once a week, with little lasting effect.

These areas quickly return to Third World conditions, with litter and food waste and bodily fluids strewn among assorted furniture and enough bicycles to suggest that some of them were stolen. It’s not clear what

encampment site. The city has adopted a similar standard to bar people living in their vehicles from parking near schools and parks and/or on residential streets at night, and they could do so for sidewalks and parkways near residences in Venice, too. We have seen no indication, however, that the city intends to enact similar restrictions for existing encampments.

Mr. Rapkin also asserts there would be far less personal property strewn around Venice once the bridge-to-housing facility is opened, since personal property could be stored on the former Metro lot. Assuming some of the folks now camping near the beach or along Lake Street next to Rite-Aid move into temporary housing, there is absolutely nothing in the city’s plan that will prevent other transients, from elsewhere in Los Angles or from out-or-state, from taking their place.

The end result of temporary housing will likely be no decrease in the size or odiousness of current Venice encampments, no checks against the growth of new encampments popping up on and around Main Street, and a riskier situation around Westminster Elementary.

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The city should be trying to prevent the exodus of the middle class, not turning a blind eye to the selfish behavior of the rich, rude and tasteless

By Jack Schwartz Schwartz is a housing attorney and a 30-year resident of East Venice.

About a year ago I was standing in front of my East Venice home with then-LAPD Pacific Division Capt. Dominic Choi and Senior Lead Officer Adrian Acosta, right next to a large police SUV, when some idiot sped past two cops in uniform toward Penmar Park. Acosta motioned for the driver to slow down, but was ignored. No ticket.

Later, the captain expressed to me that the LAPD didn’t have the resources to enforce the laws against speeding and ignoring stop signs, and that my neighbors and I should petition the Department of Transportation for speed humps. We petitioned. DOT told us we can’t get speed humps because we have stop signs, and because our street isn’t long enough for cars to actually speed. They said it was an LAPD problem, if it existed at all.

Now, I’m not a Venice original. I got here in 1988 and am merely one member of a shrinking resistance to the latest wave of gentrifying, homogenizing, yuppifying, uglifying and whitening Venice. We’ve been under attack from the power of greedy market forces since the times of the Tongva. The coast is just too beautiful not to be in a constant process of desecration by tasteless people with more money than class.

The difference now is that city government should be a force to mitigate the expulsion of the middle class and destruction of non-Caucasian enclaves, but instead has chosen to essentially do nothing. I want the city to protect my neighborhood from the self-indulgent newcomers and cut-through commuters.

I want lawmakers and law enforcement to help control their limitless sense of entitlement.

We have people unwilling to drive a car

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without carrying on a phone conversation.

They aren’t paying attention when a traffic light turns green, but are in too big of a hurry to bother with turn signals, hit the brake at stop signs or drive within the speed limit. And what mental defect causes a person to drive with a dog in his lap?

There are now four infants on my block, and soon they will be old enough to dart into the street. But the cars that the Waze navigation app (owned by Google, one of Venice’s preeminent gentrifiers) funnels down my street as an alternative to Lincoln Boulevard or Walgrove Avenue

It’s not just cars. Bicycles and Bird scooters ignore stop signs and red lights, dangerously cutting off cars. But do you ever see them ticketed in Los Angeles?

A lot of my neighbors have stopped going to Penmar Park because of off-leash dogs. We asked for and the city erected “leash your dog signs,” but they’ve since been vandalized or torn down. We’ve asked the L.A. Department of Recreation and Parks, Animal Services and the LAPD to start issuing citations, but they won’t.

Instead, I hear my neighbors arguing with people who think it’s perfectly OK to let

I want the city to protect my neighborhood from the self-indulgent newcomers and cut-through commuters. I want lawmakers and law enforcement to help control their limitless sense of entitlement. blow right though the stop signs as they speed to work and back. People drive so fast it’s sometimes hard to pull out of our driveways.

Cities can restrict non-resident traffic flow, but then they’d have to deploy traffic officers to enforce it — resources the city already claims it doesn’t have. Some residents installed their own speed humps, but the city came and removed them.

And about that traffic cop? We had one out there for a few days, writing tickets as fast as his arm could move. I asked him if the schmucks claimed the right to speed and roll past stop signs, and he emailed me: “Wouldn’t you know it, every person I stopped (and mind you I was only stopping the 10-plus mph people) would swear up and down they stopped fully.” The drivers didn’t even have the guts to own their self-indulgence. Instead, they just lied.

their dogs treat a neighbor’s lawn like a public toilet.

Another example of inconsiderate behavior is that short-term vacation rental brokers are replacing my neighbors with transient tourists, taking properties off the rental market and making housing more expensive for everyone. I reported one short-term rental house to the city, even sending along a copy of their advertisement on Airbnb, but a representative for the Planning Department told me, a lawyer, that the city won’t prosecute because they can’t prove their cases in court. What do they need, a confession?

The massive size of new houses going up all over Venice is also a destructive force, displacing middle-class families with multi-million dollar McMansions.

Morningside Way in East Venice has become Abomination Boulevard, where human-sized houses are being replaced

with two-story, double-lot boxes that look like airport terminals. Does everyone need six bedrooms and a pool? When a home lists for $4 million, you sometimes have to wonder why they couldn’t spare a few bucks to spend on design.

Enactment of new size limits actually accelerated the rate of mansionization, since the council didn’t use the available emergency enactment mechanism, so the developers had time to get permits for construction that is currently not allowed.

Then they sat on the permits.

Another gift to developers is that the city allows construction from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays. With an average of four construction sites on each East Venice street, the noise is nearly constant.

Who tells the people ruining Venice that they can do whatever they want?

The city does, every day that it does nothing about it.

Maybe we can’t stop gentrification, but in a democracy the government is beholden to limit the destructive excesses of the rich and powerful.

Without the city taking some action, even those middle-class residents who somehow afford to stay in Venice will be driven out by deteriorating quality of life. Seriously — what other major city leaves neighborhoods without regularly scheduled street cleaning, as is the case in East Venice?

My next-door neighbor has waited four months and made four inquiries to get a meeting with L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, which are offered on his web site. She hasn’t gotten one. I reached out to Bonin’s district director, LAPD, Rec & Parks and Animal Services for their responses to the above problems, and none have been responsive.

In the meantime, I’m still hoping the police will come back to write some more speeding tickets.

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that developers can get their sticky little hands on. It appears there’s no stopping these monstrosities that block the daylight from the single-family dwellings they border.

It’s always the same excuse: This helps satisfy our need for more affordable housing. That’s B.S. The Planning Commission rubber-stamps these projects without stepping back to determine if the project actually fits into the affected community.

Legado doesn’t fit, nor do many of the projects in Westchester.

But count on the L.A. City Council to blindly approve them.

I’m not sure how much real effort Councilman Bonin has put into stopping these projects, but from the look of it he’s failed to stop any of them.

Glen Kacena, Westchester Unnecessary Market Manipulation Re: “County Eyes Rent Control for Marina del Rey,” News, July 19 The L.A. City Council had the brilliant idea to redirect trash

pickups to just one company in each neighborhood. The result has been higher costs and, in some cases, poorer service. Now the L.A. County Board of Supervisors wants to impose confiscatory rent controls that will benefit a few people (some of them wealthy) while discouraging housing construction to serve our growing population.

No one will move, and that will make it very difficult to find an apartment.

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FROM THE WEB Re: “Mr. Hospitality: Mo Krant,” Westsiders Special Issue, July 26 The accolades for Mo are welldeserved. He is one of a kind.

Mara He acts like a “Rotarian at Heart” and lives the motto of “service above self.” Well done.

Peter Smyth Mo is an awesome host. As one of a large group of Kiwis

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Police surprise a scooter rider with a ticket during last Thursday’s concentrated enforcement effort in downtown Santa Monica

Anarchy on Wheels Amid enforcement crackdowns and calls for an outright ban, the future of electric scooters will be a bumpy ride

By Gary Walker and Joe Piasecki A family of four, a teenager without a driver’s license and a tourist from Connecticut — it’s not just a random sampling of electric scooter riders in downtown Santa Monica, but of those who’ve received tickets or warnings amid a crackdown on the illegal and sometimes dangerous rider behavior that’s divided public sentiment over the tech industry’s increasingly ubiquitous Next Big Thing.

Last Thursday, Santa Monica police — fresh off of impounding thousands of scooters from the bike path — staged several enforcement details along Second Street, stopping 105 riders and issues 59 citations over a three-hour period, said Lt. Saul Rodriguez. Police wrote tickets for riding on the sidewalk, riding without a license, and 42 for riding without a helmet. Each carries a fine expected to exceed $100.

“I don’t think it’s fair that you’re giving me a ticket. You should just warn me. A lot of people are riding without a helmet,” a woman told police last week. “This kind of seems like a trap, doesn’t it?” said that tourist, surprised by the bust. “I think most people are uninformed about wearing helmets or if you can ride on the PAGE 12 THE ARGONAUT August 2, 2018

sidewalk,” commented a local rider also caught up in the sting.

But Rodriguez cites a pressing imperative for public safety education. So far this year, Santa Monica police have responded to about 35 traffic accidents involving electric scooters, and in about

possible that these are not toys,” said Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole.

“We’ve issued 700 tickets this year,” said Santa Monica Police Chief Cynthia Renaud, “but we know that we’re not going to ticket our way out of this problem; it’s going to require repeated

Over the past few months, Lime scooters have traveled 760,000 miles in 540,000 individual rides, the majority of them concentrated on the Westside. And that staggering statistic doesn’t count Bird scooters, which arrived months earlier and in greater number.

25 cases found the scooter operator at fault. “There have been several involving significant injury, typically from head trauma due to the rider not wearing a helmet,” he said.

With thousands of scooters being left just about anywhere on the streets and sidewalks of Santa Monica on any given day, “We’re trying to fast-forward and get people to understand as quickly as

education and enforcement. … There’s no DMV handbook for this new mobility device, so we have to educate on the fly, coupled with enforcement to back up that education.” *** As ground zero for the launch of “dockless” grab-and-go electric scooter fleets in Southern California, the success

of Santa Monica’s efforts to regulate their proliferation and use may also determine the fate of the scooters themselves.

This week two Los Angeles City Council members called for joining West Hollywood and Beverly Hills in banning electric scooters in Los Angeles until they can enact a regulatory framework — proposals for which include hard caps on the number of scooters allowed to operate in the city, corralling scooters into designated areas, or launching competing public bike share hubs that would exclude scooters from some areas.

In Santa Monica, Venice-based scooter company Bird and Northern Californiabased competitor Lime have opted to work with city officials by sharing ridership data, setting up a complaint hotline to quickly address illegally parked scooters, and passing out free helmets to riders (as both companies did as part of the police enforcement effort last Thursday. They hope to do the same in Los Angeles and other cities — without sacrificing the ease of use that makes scooters a popular alternative to automobiles for short trips or filling the “lastmile” gap between light rail stations and (Continued on page 14)

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To avoid L.A.’s scooter chaos, one beach city is trying to make room for them Photos by Michael Kraxenberger

By Brian Addison Addison is an editor and columnist for the Long Beach Post (lbpost.com), where this story first appeared.

Meandering the streets of Venice, my partner and I (who travel to various parts of L.A. each week to find out what other cities are doing compared to Long Beach) stood aghast after taking a pause and gawking at the sidewalks of Abbot Kinney Boulevard: a tangle of electric scooters sat in every place imaginable, from the middle of the street — no joke — to the middle of the sidewalk in mini-heaps of four or five.

Pedestrians, rightfully irked, would eye them distastefully as they maneuvered around them.

On Washington Boulevard, we watched as a scooter rider motored up to a bar entrance at a good 15 mph, slammed to a stop, dropped the scooter in the middle of the entrance and scooted his lack of consideration into the bar.

In other words, I get the frustration.

And for many municipalities, the frustration has been loud enough to sanction various bans on these grab-andgo (and leave anywhere) electric scooters.

San Francisco forced Bird and Lime, the country’s two largest e-scooter operators, off the street until they apply for city permits. West Hollywood has implemented an all-out ban, much to the chagrin of its younger residents.

Rather than dismissing the scooters by banning them — something San Diego is now considering along its boardwalk after a crash caused serious injuries — Long Beach has done something entirely different.

They want to create a pilot program around the scooters. Yup, they want to look at how they can actually incorporate an alternative mode of transit rather than being rashly irrational, inviting scooter companies (Bird and Lime included) to

Clusters of electric scooters clutter the sidewalks and alleys of Abbot Kinney Boulevard work with them to best implement their business model.

What does this mean? This means creating hubs where the operator is

transit, including one that is increasingly popular among younger people — they just want to do it in way where we’re avoiding piles of scooters left in random

Convenience, attached indirectly to laziness, is arguably the biggest hurdle to getting people out of their cars. responsible for returning all the scooters to at the end of each day. This means managing data and figuring out how users are actually using the scooters.

This means creating an outline of rules, regulations and riding laws.

In other words, Long Beach is looking to make its streets better for all modes of

places and evading a possible nuisance.

And that deserves applause.

See, those young folks in West Hollywood are right about one thing: scooters are quicker and more convenient than bikes — convenience, attached indirectly to laziness, is arguably the biggest hurdle to getting people out of their cars — and

they’re far more environmentally sound than cars, as well as more traffic-efficient.

So the real question isn’t about banning them, thus continuing to socialize large portions of our roads to individual car use, but rather how to accommodate multiple user modes and get people to start using their cars less.

“The real question that we were attempting to address is: How can we improve mobility?” said Eric Widstrand, a traffic engineer with the city of Long Beach.

“And in this particular case with this pilot program, it’s really about the first-mile, last-mile of people’s commute. That is key. Even more, it’s about something the city itself can manage rather than dismiss or deal with.”

Back in the day, we had several modes of transportation that catered to efficiency and accessibility, and though we’ve handed our streets almost completely over to cars we can still be proactive in figuring out how to retract that, because people (especially young people) clearly want more ways to move around than just cars.

Lyft bought the country’s largest bike share operator, Motivate, on top of launching Lyft Bikes. Uber has added electric-bike operator Jump and Lime scooters to its app. What this means is whether the scooters and electric bikes are controlled or not, by the end of this year millions of people in the country’s largest cities — more than 150 of them — will be able to rent bikes and scooters with the tap of a finger.

Cities have to accommodate them—and unlike the majority of those cities, Long Beach is making room for their operation and not running them over. The pilot program will begin to roll out in August, according to Widstrand, and run through Oct. 30. After that, the city will evaluate the performances of each and direct more permanent action.

Animal Magnetism Venice photographer David Zentz’s clever art book documents the Hitchcockian arrival of Bird scooters

By Joe Piasecki Capturing the unique character and energy of people and places is how David Zentz makes a living, but in his latest project the Venice photographer manifests the lifelike qualities — sometimes graceful, sometimes comical, sometimes creepy — of the increasingly ubiquitous electric scooters just outside his doorstep.

It all started in late January or early February, when Zentz skated past a solitary Bird scooter parked at the edge of the bike path.

“Something about it made me think it looked like an animal, like it was sitting there watching the sunset,” Zentz recalls of the inspiration for “The Birds,” his new photo book satirically juxtaposing

the arrival of Bird scooters in Venice and Santa Monica with dialogue from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller “The Birds.”

“I didn’t have a camera on me at the time, but I thought it would be a cool series to shoot them isolated, with no one on them, because that’s how everyone first noticed them — these random objects just parked throughout the

community all of a sudden, and in certain light they kind of feel like living things,” he says. “They were growing in number so much that it was kind of like they were taking over, and later it just dawned on me that this is the plot of ‘The Birds’ … a bunch of (Continued on page 33)

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passenger destinations.

“Santa Monica is a very forward-thinking city. They understand that scooter-share companies can play an important role in helping the city reach its clean transportation and carbon reduction goals,” said Thomas Lord, Lime’s general manager for Los Angeles, in an email

S tory statement to The Argonaut.

Scooter operators have praised Santa Monica for rejecting an arbitrary limit on scooters (instead adopting a dynamic cap based on usage), participating in joint rider-education campaigns, and launching a pilot program tracking shared data about where and how people are using scooters. And putting too many restrictions on where people can find or leave

scooters, they argue, could render them inconvenient or relatively useless for commuters who live or work from a designated hub.

“Scooter bans and caps are counterproductive,” he continued. “A hard static cap on the number of scooters sets an arbitrary ceiling on scooter availability and makes scooters a much less reliable form of transportation. If a scooter rider

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repeatedly struggles to find a scooter when they need it, they will go back to using a car.”

While that scenario may be just fine with the chorus of locals who complain about scooters cluttering sidewalks and beach bike paths, Lime’s ridership statistics tell another side of the story. Over the past few months, Lime scooters have traveled 760,000 miles in 540,000 individual rides, the majority of them concentrated on the Westside. And that staggering statistic doesn’t count Bird scooters, which arrived months earlier and in greater number.

Bird did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but issues a joint statement with Lime about supporting Santa Monica’s education and enforcement efforts. ***

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On Wednesday, Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, whose district includes Venice, broke with West L.A. Councilman Paul Koretz and San Fernando Valley Councilman Mitch Englander to oppose a citywide ban.

“We need smart regulations for dockless scooters, not a total ban. Scooters are a popular, convenient zero emission form of transportation. If we are serious about combatting climate change, cutting emissions, or reducing gridlock, we need to put our mobility where our mouth is,” Bonin posted to Facebook on Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, other cities throughout the country are looking to Santa Monica, and perhaps Los Angeles, to set a tone for regulating a disruptive technology that raises new questions about urban transportation planning and the use of public spaces designed primarily around automobile traffic.

In Denver, scooters arrived suddenly, just like in Santa Monica and Venice.

“They were dumped on us overnight,” Denver City Councilwoman Mary Beth Susman told The Argonaut, though quickly added: “People love them.”

The problem is that Colorado law classifies motorized scooters as toys — meaning they can only be ridden on sidewalks, to the great frustration of pedestrians.

“We don’t have nearly enough bike lanes to say they must be in bike lanes, so we’re going to have to come up with some sort of compromise or try to have the law changed,” said Susman, who is working with a council committee on how to regulate the scooters.

But with five e-scooters companies waiting in the wings — Lime, Bird, Razor, Lyft and Spin — the city could soon be inundated with them, like Abbot Kinney Boulevard or downtown Santa Monica.

Salt Lake City, meanwhile, has adopted a yearlong pilot program that allows Bird and Lime to operate pending new city regulations.

“We’re not looking it just electronic scooters; we’re looking at the whole dockless movement,” said Matthew Rojas, a spokesman for Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski. “What little that we’ve heard is that people want to try them and experience them.”

Lime initially launched its bike share program in Southern California, but quickly found scooters to be in much higher demand here.

“There’s also a lower barrier to entry for people who have never used shared mobility before,” explained Lord. Also: “Scooters are fun and allow riders to get to the office or a meeting without working up a sweat.”

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‘Latinidad in Focus’ weaves beauty and complexity into questions of cultural identity

By Jessica Flores What does it mean to be Latinx in a country that’s separated over 2,000 Central American families at the border, where the future of DACA remains perilous, and whose sitting president has labelled Mexican immigrants as drug dealers and rapists?

The answer may be as fraught as the question itself. As CNN’s Tanzina Vega wrote in a think-piece months before Trump’s election: “Latino? Hispanic?

Spanish speaker? Native born? When it comes to defining Latino identity in the United States today, the one common thread is its sheer complexity.”

The word “Latinidad” attempts to encompass the multifaceted nature of the Latin-American identity (the way Latinx incorporates all gender identities) without reducing it to any single trait. It’s a concept that three emerging Latinx photographers based in L.A. set out to explore in a series of photographs titled “Latinidad in Focus: Sin Fronteras,” now on view at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica.

Friends since childhood, Marilyn Montufar (who identifies as MexicanAmerican), Enio Hernandez (who identifies as Mexican-Guatemalan-American)

Refugee Center”) is the first image that viewers encounter. The subject holds a large green palm frond against her face as radiant sunlight drips down on her wavy

Her curly brown hair is in an updo, gold hoops hang from her ears, her mouth is ablaze with fierce red lipstick, and she sports a black T-shirt that reads “Soy Africano” (“I am African”) — a nod to her Afro-Latina identity. and Vanessa Briones (of Chilean and Salvadorian descent) each turned their cameras toward subjects and locales in Mexico, the U.S. and South America to visually interrogate the topic. Some of their photos are bright and colorful, others are darker and quieter, but each meditates on the diversity of the Latinx experience.

Montufar’s photograph of a young girl at a refugee center in Mexico City (“Girl at

brown hair. She looks like she’s surrounded by a beautiful tropical landscape — far away from the refugee center. It compels the viewer to forget the label “refugee” and focus on her youth, beauty and promise, but also wonder about her past — how old she is, where she comes from and what her future might hold, especially considering how hardened and unfriendly national borders have become.

“I feel very protective of her story in particular,” says Montufar, who declines to disclose the girl’s identity except to say that she traveled from Central America to Mexico City all on her own.

Montufar finds it important to bond with the people she photographs, and she was drawn to this girl’s bravery and strength.

Briones’ pieces are inspired by nature and women of color. She conveys the contemporary Latinx culture and historically marginalized Afro-Latinx community as unapologetic, curious and resilient through photographs documenting friends and family in various Los Angeles neighborhoods.

In a photo titled “In Bloom,” a young woman in a field of flowers looks wistfully off into the distance as if dreaming of another world. In “Couple in Diner,” a young man in a suit and tie and his female companion dressed in a retro fur-collared coat look like a pair straight out of a Mad Men-era magazine. “I like to create a dreamlike quality and sense of (Continued on page 16)

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nostalgia in my photographs that transport the viewer to another time period,” Briones says.

In “Soy Africano,”a young black woman with a caramel complexion stands in front of the City Park Terrace mural in East Los Angeles (painted by her uncle, Paul Botello) and stares straight into the camera. Her curly brown hair is in an updo, gold hoops hang from her ears, her mouth is ablaze with fierce red lipstick, and she sports a black T-shirt that reads “Soy Africano” (“I am African”) — a nod to her Afro-Latina identity. Even though her shirt clearly states how she identifies, the woman pictured is constantly being questioned about her race, Briones tells me. “I’ve been trying to document and bring awareness to issues — how [people] feel about their identities and their time here being in such a diverse country,” she says.

Hernandez, a native of Boyle Heights, draws inspiration from the urban and natural backdrops of Latinx communities in order to challenge stereotypes of Latinx culture. While some might see the Brazilian favelas or tropical islands he captures as remote and exotic, or the dim alleyways and lowriders he shoots as dark and dangerous, his photographs show an authentic and vibrant Latin

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From the haunting to the dreamlike — and the gritty world that exists in-between consciousness and slumber — “Latinidad in Focus” explores the environmental textures and cultural complexities of the Latinx world world. It all comes together in “Still Tippin,” a nighttime photograph of an old-school lowrider with one wheel lifted exuberantly in the air.

Seeing lowrider car communities misrepresented as violent in movies and television, Hernandez set out to experience one firsthand. “When you go,” he says, “there are moms and families, and it’s just a wonderful experience. It’s also really interesting to see the beautiful

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Each photographer’s lens shows there is no single way to define “Latinidad,” but that’s the beauty of it.

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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases Marina del rey hoMe

Modern and TiMeless luxury

“This highly sought after area known as the Golden Triangle,” say agents Bob and Cheryl Herrera. “ Close proximity to the beach, bike path, Abbot Kinney, Venice Pier & all the trendy restaurants on Washington. This 4 bedroom home is perfect for a family, work from home &/or entertains. There are two bedrooms and 1 full bath downstairs. The upstairs features the master bedroom suite w/balcony. Offers hardwood floors, high ceilings, fireplace, stainless steel appliances, backyard deck, Zen landscaping, 2-car garage.”

Offered at $1,679,000 Bob & Cheryl Herrera Professional Real Estate Service 310-985-5427

“This five-bed, four-and-a-half-bath, home is a modern masterpiece,” says agent Jonathan Macias. “Brand new and completely custom, this home’s open floor plan and wraparound deck merge indoor-outdoor spaces. There are steel, marble, walnut, and quartz finishes in every room. The floor plan is counterbalanced by the abundance of natural light. Enjoy the island space and stainless appliances in the kitchen. The master suite is enhanced by its fireplace and the soaking tub in the master bath.”

Offered at $2,699,000 Jonathan Macias Macias Realty Group 310-341-4664

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“On a tree-lined street, this home offers eclectic curb appeal and a spacious floor plan,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “A formal entry leads to an airy living room featuring a large bay window offering neighborhood views. Enjoy the ease of cooking in the large kitchen with plentiful counter and cabinet space. The family room evokes the best of cottage living and looks out to the private backyard. A spacious workshop and converted garage studio are bonus features of this lovingly maintained home.”

Offered at $1,199,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020

“A truly exquisite single-level corner penthouse, this twobed, two-and-a-half-bath, home offers wide views from the ocean to the wetlands,” say agents Jesse Weinberg and Vivian Lesny. “Beautifully upgraded, the stellar finishes include crown molding and designer paint throughout. An entertainer’s dream comes true with the dramatic great room, gourmet kitchen, and luxurious master suite. The unit also includes a laundry room, side by side parking, and access to all the building’s amenities.”

Offered at $1,699,000 Jesse Weinberg KW SIlicon Beach 800-804-9132

Playa del rey hoMe

BreaThTaking VisTas

“This desirable contemporary home is situated in the heart of Silicon Beach,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Herrera. “This four-bed, four-bath, custom-built home offers an open floor plan with an abundance of natural light. The private front yard leads to living and dining areas. Hardwood floors guide you to the gourmet cook’s kitchen. The master suite includes a private deck and French doors leading to the second balcony. An inside laundry room and attached garage complete the layout.”

Offered at $2,250,000 Bob Waldron & Jessica Herrera Coldwell Banker 424-702-3000

“Exceptional Marina, harbor, and channel views stretch from this renovated three-bed, two-bath, home,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The kitchen boasts stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry, and granite counters. The living room leads to a spacious tiled patio. Step through translucent glass doors to enter a sumptuous master suite, overlooking the breathtaking vista. The additional rooms create living flexibility. Features include expansive windows, updated bathrooms, and ample storage.”

Offered at $989,000 Charles Lederman Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980

The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

Should You Pay Off Your Home Mortgage Early?

Many people who carry a home mortgage dream of the day when they will no longer face the burden of a monthly house bill.

They want the financial freedom – and the satisfaction – of owning their home outright. Does that mean you should make paying off your mortgage early a priority? The answer depends on your circumstances and goals. One question you should ask yourself is, “Would the money you spend on your home loan be better spent on or invested in another financial opportunity?”

Getting a different perspective on debt Reducing debt as early as possible could help you avoid costly interest rate charges. You may have experience with this principle if you’ve eliminated credit card debt or a car loan. While your home mortgage is a type of debt, the same concept may not apply. In certain instances, staying true to your repayment terms may be best for your financial situation for these reasons: • The interest rates on mortgages tend to be more reasonable than other types of

credit, and the terms often provide more consider the time you expect to stay in certainty (30-year fixed rate mortgage). your home and how close you are to retirement. Those who are approaching • The interest you pay can potentially retirement or are already retired may be deducted from your taxes. This prefer to be done with the monthly deduction makes a mortgage much expense of a mortgage. Since this is more cost-efficient on an after-tax also a stage in life when your investment basis than most other forms of debt. approach may be more conservative, the If mortgage interest is part of your tax tradeoff of reducing your balance rather strategy, consider if you’ll be able to than investing may not be as significant. itemize deductions once you own your Those who are in this position may want home outright. to consider if accelerating payments today would help reduce housing expenses in • If you’ve reaped the benefits of today’s historically low interest rate environment retirement. (by refinancing or purchasing a home The same is true for those who plan recently), your payment could be half of to stay in their homes for a long time. what homeowners paid 15 years ago.

Reducing your loan may be appealing if it results in years of living without a On the other hand, the earlier you pay house bill. Younger homeowners should off your loan, the longer you could have explore methods of accelerating their the opportunity to invest the money each mortgage pay down. Among the strategies month. This additional investment could to consider are contributing more money help you achieve a more secure financial future. To see if investing may make sense, each month, refinancing your mortgage compare your interest rate to what you could over a shorter term (i.e., a 15-year reasonably expect to earn in market returns. mortgage instead of a 30-year one) or occasionally making a larger, lump sum payment to reduce the balance.

Factoring in time As you evaluate your situation, you should

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Considering the emotional side Deciding if you should carry a home mortgage is not only a rational decision, but an emotional one as well. Your home is where you raise your family, create memories and return to each day. How important is it for you to know that you will own your home free and clear?

As you think about your decision, be sure you’re in a position to not jeopardize your financial security today by putting additional funds toward your home.

Adjusting your monthly bill will impact your cash flow, and you’ll want to have flexibility in your budget to cover unexpected expenses. Review your financial circumstances carefully before you decide what’s right for you.

This week’s quesTion was answered by

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legal advertising FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018 155517 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BRIGHT, BRIGHT DESIGN, BRIGHT STRATEGIC DESIGN. 7700 Boeing Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 3503190. REGISTERED OWNER(S) PLCB, Inc., 7700 Boeing Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045.. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Tuire Konitiainen. TITLE: CFO, Corp or LLC Name: PLCB, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 26, 2018. 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: 7/26/18, 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018 162540 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES, PRES.NOW, INC., BOB AND CHERLY REAL ESTATE, BOB HERRERA AND ASSOCIATES. 4640 Admiralty Way #500 MDR, CA 90292, 13216 Admiral Ave., Unit A MDR, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 2441012. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pres.Now, Inc., 13216 Admiral Ave., Unit A MDR, CA 90292, Raul R Herrera, 13216 Admiral Ave., Unit A MDR, CA 90292. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/2002.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Raul R Herrera. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Press.Now, Inc. This statement

was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 2, 2018. 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. Dates: 7/12/18, 7/19/18, 7/26/18, 8/2/18 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018159105 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 65 PLUS; 11350 Charnock Rd. Mar Vista, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lowell Safier, 11350 Charnock Rd. Mar Vista, CA 90066. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Lowell Safier.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 28, 2018. 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: 7/26/18, 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018 162380 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HAPPY IS HANDMADE; 5535 Westlawn Avenue, Apt. 407 Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sherease A. Raeford, 5535 Westlawn Avenue,

“MagNetisM” (7/26/18)

Apt. 407 Los Angeles, CA 90066. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Sherease A. Raeford. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 2, 2018. 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: 7/26/18, 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018167012 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TPR ENTERPRISES; 1445 9th St., Apt. 200 Santa Monica, CA 90401. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Todd Tiberi, 1445 9th St., Apt. 200 Santa Monica, CA 90401, Renee Gignac, 257 Whitney Ave. Summerland, CA 93067.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 07/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Todd Tiberi. TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 9, 2018.

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: 7/19/18, 7/26/18, 8/2/18, 8/9/18 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018178925 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: QLEEN BEAUTY; 3269 Fay Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90034. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Joann Munoz, 3269 Fay Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90034, Rochelle Mulvihill, 150 Valley St., #4041 Pasadena, CA 91105. 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. /s/: Rochelle Mulvihill. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 19, 2018. 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: 7/26/18, 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018185851 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE EDGE OF VENICE; 171 Pier Ave., Apt. #309 Santa Monica, CA 90405.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Robert Wayne Seay Jr., 171 Pier Ave., Apt. #309 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: 07/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Robert Wayne Seay Jr. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 27, 2018. 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: 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18, 8/23/18 FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt FILE NO. 2018 188372 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OCEAN AIRE REALTY. 4337 Marina City Dr., #539 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: C1455881. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hirschberg Development Corp., 4337 Marina City Dr., #539 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. 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. /s/ James Hirschberg.

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Hirschberg Development Corp. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 31, 2018. 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: 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18, 8/23/18

Public Notices 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 of the goods stored in the following units in default for non-payment of rent. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.usstoragecenters.com/ auctions on 8/16/2018 at 10:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. Ahmed A Alaoui; Hamid Ben Meran; Skye Louise Marion Lamb; Celia Torrez-Betancour; Jennifer Rose Stautzenberger; Drew Kenneth Murphy.

All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice.

Certain terms and conditions apply.

See manager for details. The Argonaut Newspaper 8/2/18, 8/9/18

THE ARGONAUT

HOME SALES INDEX HOMES SOLD

AVERAGE PRICE

-20.2%

No Change

JULY ‘17 Homes Sold

JULY ‘18

Average Price

Homes Sold

Average Price

Culver City

40

$974,000

38

$1,043,300

Marina del Rey

45

$1,131,400

26

$1,272,500

Palms/Mar Vista

46

$1,447,100

38

$1,604,200

Playa del Rey

15

$849,300

13

$828,400

Playa Vista

16

$1,053,000

9

$1,701,100

Santa Monica

52

$2,282,100

47

$1,874,900

Venice

23

$2,549,100

18

$2,469,700

Westchester

35

$1,228,600

28

$1,223,100

Total

272

217

The Argonaut Home Sales Index is presented the first week of each month. Figures are sourced from sales reported to MLS as of 6/30 – 7/29. Argonaut Home Sales Index © The Argonaut, 2018.

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W estside

happenings

Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Thursday, August 2 Marina del Rey WaterBus, 11 a.m. to midnight Thursday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Enjoy a water’seye view of Marina del Rey with eight boarding stops throughout the marina for opportunities to shop, dine and recreate. Bikes and strollers allowed.

No pets. Service extends through Sept.

3. $1 each way. (424) 526-7900; visitmarinadelrey.com/transportation Beach Eats, 4:30 p.m. Thursdays. This weekly festival of food trucks with a scenic harbor backdrop returns to Mother’s Beach with live music by Unkle Monkey from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mother’s Beach, Lot 10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (424) 526-7900; visitmarinadelrey.com/ beacheats Summer Sunset Cocktail Cruise, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays through Oct. Cruise the harbor alongside summer sailing races and under the evening sky. Boarding begins at 5:30 p.m. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $37. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com West Coast Swing, 6:15 p.m. Move your body and free your mind with a swing class and open dance. The beginner class is at 6:15 p.m., the intermediate at 7 p.m., and the intermediate/advanced at 7:45 p.m., followed by open dancing with deejays at 8:30 p.m. $10 per class; $15 for class and open dance. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606-5606; philandmindiadance.com Jimmy Brewster with Suzanne Taix, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Singing all the classics from Sinatra to rock-n-roll, Jimmy

p.m. $10. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com

Brewster and Taix perform each Thursday at Billingsley’s Prime Rib & Steak House, 11326 W. Pico Blvd., West L.A. (310) 477-1426; billingsleysrestaurant.com

“Apache Warrior” Screening, 7 p.m.

Using interviews and cockpit footage, this documentary reveals a visceral portrait of air combat and the reality of being an Apache helicopter pilot. A wine and beer reception precedes the 8 p.m. screening, followed by a filmmaker Q&A. Museum of Flying, 3100 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $20.

(310) 398-2500; museumofflying.org

Single Mariners of Marina del Rey, 7 p.m. Enjoy dinner, a day sail and social hour to celebrate the longer days of spring. We match skippers with crew for a fun, relaxing day of weekend sailing on the bay. Pacific Mariners Yacht Club, 13915 Panay Way, Marina del Rey. $7 (cash only). RSVP to Alan (310) 721-2825; singlemariners.net Community Jam, 7 to 10:30 p.m. Join Jenny & Chris for a jam night the first Thursday of each month. Bring your songs and instruments. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Del Rey Neighborhood Council Education Committee, 7:30 p.m.

The committee meets on the first Thursday of each month at Del Rey Square, 11976 Culver Blvd., Del Rey. delreync.org Live Music Thursdays, 9 p.m. to midnight. Discover new bands by the beach. A different blues, reggae, rock or hip-hop artist is featured each week.

Surfside, 23 Windward Ave., Venice.

No cover. (424) 256-7894; surfsidevenice.com

Friday, August 3 Making Waves, 9 to 10 a.m. Learn insights into motivation, daily habits, successes and challenges from The Roof on Wilshire owner Eric Greenspan, Farmhouse executive farmer Nathan Pietso and Parade Agency co-founder Joey Rubin. Coffee and

Dive “Feet First” into one of silent film star Harold Lloyd’s first talkies. SEE FRIDAY, AUG. 3. light bites served. Hayden, 8830 Washington Blvd., Culver City. platformla.com Mar Vista Seniors Club, 9:30 to noon. Each Friday the Mar Vista Seniors Club meets for trips, tours, speakers, bingo and live entertainment.

Ages 50+. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. Byron Stalcup (310) 559-7798 or (310) 351-9876 ESMoA Drawing Club, 10 to 11 a.m. This informal group meets every Friday. Start with warm-up drawing exercises and then draw, taking inspiration from the featured artworks. All skill-levels welcome, but adults only. ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. Free. (424) 277-1020; esmoa.org Beach=Culture: Out of the Blue Story Circle, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Artist

Fresh off a triumphant return to the Broadway musical “Waitress” after the passing of her father, “American Idol” and “Smash” alum Katharine McPhee brings her bombshell voice to the Marina del Rey Summer Concert series for a free show next Thursday (Aug. 9). Expect to hear the recently engaged star belt out re-imagined and recharged renditions of jazz standards from her fifth album, “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” starting at 7 p.m. in Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Visit beaches.lacounty.gov for more info.

Molly Allis opens this story circle for kids and families to share stories, discuss what makes a good story and learn how Molly is making her story sculpture out of kinetic dioramas.

Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica.

Free. annenbergbeachhouse.com

Modern Indian Street Food: “Let’s Chaat,” 7 to 9 p.m. Chaat is more than just a set of snacks. It’s a way of life. Chef Palak cooks up several small dishes of authentic Indian food, transporting you to the bustling streets of Mumbai. Location provided upon registration. eatfeastly.com

Demolisten Concert, 6 to 8 p.m.

Long-running KXLU radio show brings live music to Timewarp Records with rock and blues performer Princess Frank at 6 p.m., followed by post-punk band Native Fauna at 7 p.m. Timewarp Records, 12204 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. Free. facebook.com/timewarprecordsus

2018 Emerging Voices Final Reading, 7 to 9:30 p.m. The 2018 Emerging Voices Fellows Jubi Arriola-Headley, Ron Dowell, Natalie Mislang Mann, Angela M. Sanchez and Francisco Uribe present their work at the Moss Theatre, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. RSVP at pen.org.

Rusty’s Rhythm Club: “Disneybounding Bounce” Edition, 8 p.m. to midnight. The Alpha Rhythm Kings bring their swing, boogie woogie and vintage lounge music to this Disneythemed dance off. Dress up in the colors of your favorite magic kingdom character and dance to the music of Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima and Harry James. Live music and a deejay follows a half-hour beginner swing dance class (no partner needed) at the top of the eight o’clock hour. $20 cover includes he class. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606 5606; rustyfrank.com

SongWriter Soiree, 7 to 11:30 p.m.

Show up and prove your talent (sign ups start at 6:30 p.m.), then stay to support your fellow singers and musicians during this open mic each Friday at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to participate.

(310) 315-0056; unurban.com

“A Bug’s Life” Block Party, 6 to 10 p.m. Bring the kids to celebrate all things creepy crawly with “A Bug’s Life”-themed jumper, insect arts & crafts and snacks.

Movie screens at 8 p.m. Bring pillows, blankets and chairs. Ballona Discovery Park, 13110 Bluff Creek Dr., Playa Vista. Free. facebook.com/ BallonaDiscoveryPark “Embrace of the Serpent” Screening, 6:30 p.m. Mind Over Movies screens this psychedelic, pseudo-documentary about the search for a rare healing plant in the Amazon.

A discussion and Q&A follow the film.

The Christian Institute, 1308 Second St., Santa Monica. Free. facebook.com/ MindOverMoviesLA Friday Night Trivia, 7 p.m. Test your knowledge while having a brew and win prizes. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover; after 9:15

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Toasted Fridays Workshop Open House, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Improve your public speaking skills in a relaxed atmosphere with food and drinks at this weekly open house. Marina City Club Quasar Room, 4333 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Mark at (562) 508-0260; facebook.com/ toastedfridays

“Airplane!” Screening with Jim Abrahams and David Zucker, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. A spoof on ’70s disaster movies, “Airplane” shows a rogue pilot with a drinking problem saving a plane and its incapacitated crew from catastrophe. Discussion with the directors Jim Abrahams and David Zucker follows the film. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $12. facebook.com/aerotheatre The Rock Godz Must Be Crazy: Beatles Edition, 8 p.m. This benefit concert for The Grammy Music Education Coalition features Bob Eubanks, Laurence Juber, Chris Montez, HB Barnum, Ken Fritz, David Leaf and surprise guests.

McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $30; $200 VIP Package. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Daniel Rotem Trio, 8 and 9:30 p.m.

Saxophonist Daniel Rotem, guitarist Adam Levy and pianist Miro Sprague perform two jazz performances at Sam First, 6171 W. Century Blvd., Ste 180, Westchester. $15. (424) 800-2006; samfirstbar.com 3 Balls of Fire, 8 to 9 p.m. Austin and L.A.-based band 3 Balls of Fire (aka

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Open Mic for Musicians, 2 p.m. Hang out with musicians, jam on stage and crack open a cold one. First come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com

With nine studio albums and a tenth on the way, indie rock queen Cat Power (aka Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall) has led a prolific career since skyrocketing to ’90s alt-rock fame. Known for mixing folk, blues and punk with heartrending and minimalist lyrics, tinkering with music is Cat Power’s continued passion.

Get a taste of what’s next for the genre-bending artist this Saturday (Aug. 4) when she gives a free outdoor concert at 7 p.m. in Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Visit beaches.lacounty. gov for more info.

Flip Cup Tournament, 2 to 8 p.m.

Show off your skills in a summerthemed flip cup tournament and win prizes. DJ Jacob is on the ones and twos for in-between-game dancing.

41 Ocean, 1541 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. $15. facebook.com/Martin EntGroup or info@meg.la Inside the Writer’s Studio with Alison Arngrim, 4 to 6 p.m. Bestselling author and favorite bad girl from “Little House on the Prairie” Alison Arngrim (aka Nellie Oleson) discusses her autobiography “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch,” and being an actor, stand-up comedian and political activist. An audience Q&A follows.

Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Summer Concert Series: Cat Power, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Singer-songwriter Cat Power performs a mix of punk, folk and blues backdropped by a gorgeous marina sunset. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. beaches.lacounty.gov/concerts

“The Men with the Burning Guitars”) play their high-octane rock and surf music at Record Surplus, 12436 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. Free. (310) 979-4577; recordsurplus.com “Feet First” Screening, 8:15 p.m.

Friday, 2:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Saturday. Silent comedy legend Harold Lloyd proved his comic genius with this “talkie” and its famous scene on a tall building’s scaffolding. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $10; reservations recommended. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org

El Segundo Dunes complex, providing a habitat for over 900 species. Learn about native plants and animals, discover local history and help cleanup this special and necessary habitat. Wear closed-toe shoes, a hat and long pants and sleeves. Tools and snacks provided.

LAX Dunes, 267 Waterview St., Playa del Rey. (310) 400-4531; santamonicabay.org

Sofar Sounds: Venice, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Venice. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

Community Workday in the Garden, 9 a.m. to noon. Help to maintain and build out this great community garden space by painting, composting, weeding and more. All skills and abilities needed. Morning treats provided. Emerson Avenue Community Garden, 8050 Emerson Ave., Westchester. (310) 337-0827; eacgc.org

“Astro Doves,” 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Light, sound, movement, form and concept respond to one another to create interconnected systems spanning artists, environment and audience in these dance and aerial performances. Highways Performance Space & Gallery, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org

Ghost Flower Yoga Series: Water Flow, 10 to 11 a.m. Kaita Mrazek leads a water flow yoga class, using water energy to find your ebb and flow. Following the class, enjoy drinks and small bites at Ghost Flower’s pop-up shop. Bring your own mat. Platform, 8850 Washington Blvd., Culver City. Free; RSVP at platformla.com

Saturday, August 4 Roga, 8 a.m. A free running group and all-levels yoga class each Saturday morning through Aug. 18. This week’s instructor is Felicia Tomasko. Meet under the Santa Monica Pier sign at the top of the ramp for a brisk two- or fivemile run/walk. Bring your own mat. santamonicapier.org Bay Foundation’s Volunteer Event, 8:45 a.m. to noon. The LAX Dunes are the largest remaining fragment of the

Friendship Force, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Non-profit organization Friendship Force promotes understanding and cultural education through homestay journeys. Listen to members’ stories about international travel and hosting visitors from around the globe.

Palms-Rancho Park Library, 2920 Overland Ave., Palms. Free; registration required. ff-la.org/events Ruth and Emilia Mini-Concert, 10:30 a.m. Mother-daughter duo Ruth and Emilia perform songs from their new album “The Spaceship that Fell

in My Backyard,” about learning to work together, accepting others and making the world a better place.

Children’s Book World, 10580 ½ Pico Blvd., West L.A. Free; all ages. (310) 559-2665; childrensbookworld.com A Purposeful Rescue Adoption Event, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop by this outdoor meet-and-greet to find your new best friend. Become a pet parent or ask about becoming a foster parent. Platform, 8850 Washington Blvd., Culver City. Free. apurposefulrescue.org Artists & Fleas, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Established to bring together emerging artists, indie designers and vintage enthusiasts in an alternative retail setting, Artists & Fleas provides a community gathering spot and hipster haven every Saturday through Labor Day. Westminster Elementary School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice.

Free. artistsandfleas.com KJAZZ Champagne Brunch Cruise, noon to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Jazz lovers can enjoy this two-hour harbor cruise with live music, free-flowing champagne, sparkling cider and a brunch buffet. Boarding begins at 11:30 a.m. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $75; reservations required. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com LMU Third Annual Beerfest, 1 to 4 p.m. Guests can sample beers from local breweries, while enjoying food truck fare, live music and games. The event supports the Lions Athletic Fund, which provides scholarships for student athletes and supports LMU’s 22 intercollegiate teams. LMU, Hannon Field, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester. $10 to $75. LMU.edu/ BeerFest

Music Night with Andy Davis, 7 to 10 p.m. Singer-songwriter Andy Davis combines unforgettable hooks and incisive lyrics to create pop-soul classics. Late Sunday Afternoon, 1920 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. (310) 450-0290; facebook.com/LateSundayAfternoon Don’t Tell Comedy, 7:30 p.m. Don’t Tell Comedy is a secret comedy show in living rooms, backyards and other intimate settings around Los Angeles.

BYOB. RSVP to receive the address of the event, taking place somewhere in Venice. $15. donttellcomedy.com Tim Lefebvre Quartet, 8 and 9:30 p.m. Tim Lefebvre (bass), Chris Speed (tenor saxophone), Geoffrey Keezer (piano) and Dan Schnelle (drums) perform to sets of jazz at Sam First, 6171 W. Century Blvd., Ste 180, Westchester. $15. (424) 800-2006; samfirstbar.com

Sunday, August 5 Music at the Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Rusty Steel Band brings an upbeat feel with a blend of calypso, Caribbean, pop, Latin, jazz and reggae music to the Santa Monica Farmers Market, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. smgov.net Yoga with Puppies, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bark and bend on Sunday in this invigorating dog yoga class with adoptable pups from Forte Animal Rescue. Brennan’s, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. $15. facebook. com/BeautifulStrongfit Outdoor Yoga Class, 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. Maria Noe leads an outdoor yoga class to recharge your mind and body.

Bring a yoga mat. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey.

Donations accepted. (424) 256-7910; facebook.com/gethealthyvibes Sunday Boat House, noon to 6 p.m.

Featuring deejays, weekly themed events and luxury cabana rentals, this Sunday pool party is back by popular demand to refresh you through the summer. Through Sept. 2. Marina del Rey Hotel, 13534 Bali Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-1000; marinadelreyhotel.com Music and Comedy at UnUrban, 1 to 7 p.m. Performances by Almost Vaudeville (1 to 4 p.m.) and Mews Small and Company (4 to 6 p.m.) precede the Screenwriting Tribe workshop Meetup group at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Westchester Elks Lodge Bingo, 1:30 p.m. Play a game of bingo and take a chance on winning. Doors open at noon. Early bird games begin at 1:30 p.m. and regular bingo starts at 2 p.m. Refreshments available for purchase. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Westchester. $5 early bird games; $25 regular bingo.

(310) 821-3005 Not Just Another Women’s Health Talk, 2 to 4 p.m. Speakers discuss topics important to women such as brain health, reproductive and sexual health and establishing a toxin-free home. Playa Vista The Ventana, 7225 Crescent Park West, Apt. 447, Playa Vista. $10. bit.ly/WomenTalkAug5 Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a salsa concert by the Susie Hansen Latin Band. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Hiroshima and Nagasaki Vigil: “Ban Nuclear Weapons”, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Singer-songwriter Ross Altman opens the event, followed by speakers discussing the need to work toward global disarmament and the dangers of nuclear weapon escalation. The peace ceremony begins at 4:15 p.m. Chain Reaction Peace Sculpture, Santa Monica Civic Center, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 399-1000; facebook.com/friendsofchainreaction Jazz on the Lawn, 5 to 7 p.m.

Vibraphonist and marimbaist Nick Mancini brings his group the Nick Mancini Collective with featured vocalist Laura Mace to the park for lush melodies and otherworldly harmonies. Pre-concert games start at 4 p.m. Bring a picnic or grab a bite from The Berlin Truck (grilled cheese sandwiches and German-style sausages), the Yalla Truck (falafel and chicken kabob sandwiches) or the Paradise Cookies & Ice Cream Truck.

Gandara Park, 1819 Stewart St., Santa Monica. Free. smgov.net/jazz The Venice Electric Light Parade, 7:15 p.m. Mr. Sebastian “The Light Man” strings LED wheel lights on bikes until 7:45 p.m. and then this family-friendly bike ride travels from (Continued on page 34)

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Los AngeLes Times sundAy Crossword PuzzLe “AMAZEBALLS” By ROBIN STEARS

Buddha Heat My husband and I are lucky to have a satisfying sex life after 23 years together. Still, to be honest, there are times when we’re just going through the motions. I guess it’s natural that it isn’t as exciting as it was that first year or so. Maybe we just have to accept it. Or is there anything we can do? (We do have date nights and try to experiment with new things.)

— Ho-Humming Somewhat It’s like buying your dream house … and then living in it for 12 years. You still love it, but you don’t jump up and down and yell “Woo-hoo! We live here!” the 10,044th time you walk through your door.

The good news is there’s a way to perk up the sexual excitement level in a long-term relationship, and it doesn’t involve attending parties where they have a bowl of keys at the door. You just need to get back to really being there while you’re having sex. This means truly feeling — that is, really being present for — the moment-bymoment sensations, like you did the very first time you got together. You know … back before you started (let’s be honest) sexual multitasking — running through your to-do list while getting it on — and your sex face started to become a yawn. Your husband looks up from, um, down there: “Oh, sorry — was I boring you?”

Clinical psychologist Lori Brotto, who researches female sexual desire and

arousal issues, finds that a practice called “mindfulness” — with Eastern spiritual origins — seems to be “an effective way of re-routing one’s focus … onto the sensations that are unfolding in the moment.” Mindfulness, which is also a form of meditation, involves bringing your attention to the immediate moment. This isn’t to say you have to meditate to have better sex. However, one of the mindfulness meditation techniques involves scanning your body with your mind, focusing your attention on individual parts, and observing the sensations in them in that moment. That’s key.

So, for example, point your attention at your breathing, at the points of skin-to-skin contact between you and your husband. Notice the temperature of your skin. Hot? Cool? Do you feel tiny beads of sweat?

Brotto writes in “Better Sex Through Mindfulness” that in her research, “when the women learn to be right where they are when with a partner, rather than in the myriad other places that their mind escapes to during sex, they start to experience sexual contact with their partner in a way that perhaps they had not experienced for months, years or decades.” In other words, yes, there’s still hope to hear animalistic screaming in your bedroom again — and not just when your husband pulls on the oven mitts and holds the cat down so you can clip her toenails without losing an eye.

In the Mood for Shrug I’m a 35-year-old guy. My fiancée broke up with me a year ago. I was devastated. We don’t have any contact now, but I still love her. I haven’t been on one date since our breakup, and I reminisce about her constantly. My guy friends are like,“Move on, dude. Get a life!” But honestly, that’s not that helpful. Besides time, what’s the best way to get over an ex?

— Stuck

and trying to see all the “bad” in her.

For example, focus on her annoying habits and rude and stupid things she said and did.

When Langeslag’s research participants mentally trashed their ex-partner, it did diminish the love they felt for their ex … yay! However, there was a side effect: All of this negative thinking made participants feel pretty bummed out (not surprisingly). Helpfully, Langeslag came around with a second That which does not kill you makes you strategy that helped them block out crap company on poker night. “Jeez, the feelbad: distraction — answering man, quit crying on the cards!” questions “about positive things Your buddies surely mean well in unrelated to the breakup or the partner taking the “just say the magic words!” (e.g., What is your favorite food? approach — “Get over it! Lotta fish in the Why?).” sea, man!” — but you’re trying to recover Probably an even better source of from a breakup, not summon a genie. distraction is turning to what Langeslag Lingering feelings of love for your calls a “secondary task” (like playing fiancée are the problem. As for a a video game). Keep up the negativity solution, research by cognitive psycholand the distracting secondary tasks, ogist Sandra J.E. Langeslag suggests and before long you should find you can decrease those feelings yourself ready for a level-three distracthrough “negative reappraisal” of your tion: losing yourself in a forest of ex-partner — basically looking back Tinder hussies.

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.

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30 “My treat” 31 Distinctive Rolls Royce feature 34 Many a text writer 36 Hikes from the center 37 Wilson of “Pitch Perfect” movies 38 Heinz Field player 39 Rapid __ 41 Nickname for young Skywalker 42 Ramshackle shelters 43 One way to get you 44 *Octal system 47 *Item found in a parlor 51 Like Fran Drescher’s voice 52 Cheerleaders’ handfuls 56 Your cousin’s 81-Across, maybe 57 Plague critter 60 Pudding starch 61 Carne __ 63 Subject of a Dean Martin classic 64 *Pneumatic silo declogger 66 “Your table’s

ready” gizmo 67 Chekov on “Star Trek” 68 Directed 69 Last to arrive 70 French article 71 Proclaims 72 Passionate 74 *Fund for fun 77 *Path for a promising young exec 81 See 56-Across 82 Fouls up, as plans 85 “The Crow” actress Ling 86 “The StarSpangled Banner” quartet 89 “Les Misérables” girl 90 __ Ste. Marie 92 Prefix with centric 93 Barbaric 94 Worrisome engine sound 95 Teatro __ Scala 96 Old copiers 98 Right on the map 99 *It covers the Batmobile 101 *Brie, e.g.

107 Ottoman bigwig 108 Cooling-off period?

109 City of NE Italy 110 Garbage hauler 111 B-day numbers 112 “Full House” surname 113 Award for “Mr. Mercedes” 114 Lift one’s spirits?

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6 Shade of green 7 What Indiana sought 8 “What did I tell you?”

9 Chopper 10 Calder pieces 11 Telescope eyepiece 12 Weasel relative 13 Pro follower 14 102-Down opposite 15 “__ Rosenkavalier” 16 Spots for sports 17 Trattoria entrée 18 Least extreme 24 Weevil’s target 26 Tied-under-thechin topper 29 Prefix with gram 31 Take the wrong way?

32 Sofer of soaps 33 Sacred Nile bird 34 Longtime “60 Minutes” reporter 35 Small price to pay 36 Backtalk 38 Sonic the Hedgehog maker 39 “Mr. Citizen” autobiographer 40 Regrets 42 Santa has a famous one 45 Acclimatize 46 Art supporter?

47 Fashion first name 48 Pixel pattern 49 Secret stuff 50 Target rival 52 Worrywart, at times 53 Eye-fooling genre 54 Extraction sites 55 Golden or Walden

57 Drink from a bowl 58 Spender of rials 59 Group of 13, traditionally 60 Genealogy chart 61 Spaced out 62 Lustful deity 64 Portfolio listings 65 Wee 69 Rents 71 “Frozen” princess 72 Conviction 73 “Cast Away” setting 75 Fanatic 76 Anise liqueur 77 Dieter’s concern 78 Lie next to 79 Birdsong 80 Toy with a tail 82 Skeptic 83 Italian noble family 84 Budget bin record 86 Ramshackle 87 One taking a lot of notes 88 Soothes 89 React to an awkward moment 90 Military band 91 Bear witness 93 Queen lead guitarist __ May 94 Track figure 96 Animal lovers’ org.

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The dogs are the stars in Kirk Douglas guest production “Mutt House” Amped Up:“High Voltage” @ Electric Lodge Josh Berkowitz and Darrian O’Reilly bring together an assortment of avantgarde performers for an experimental variety show that aspires to be as eclectic and electric as Venice Beach.

One performance only: 8:30 p.m.

Friday (Aug. 3) at Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $10. (310) 3061854; electriclodge.org You’ve Got a Friend in Me:“Mutt House” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre In the tradition of “Annie,” this new musical follows the story of outsider Eddie Corbin, who must stand up for himself and a neglected animal shelter after his home-away-from-home is threatened.

Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 3, 4 and 5) at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $39 to $59. (213) 628-2772; mutthousethemusical.com Ingénue:“Baby Doll” @ Pacific Resident Theater Based on Tennessee Williams’ controversial screenplay, this sexy dark comedy focuses on the love triangle between two rival cotton gin owners and the virgin bride teasing them both.

Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Pacific Resident Theatre, 707 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com

David Zentz’s photography in “The Birds” conveys the ubiquitous, curious and often animalistic qualities of electric scooters in their natural habitat crazy birds taking over a California beach town.”

Case in point: “I saw an article out of Boston a couple months ago that was like ‘Could they come here? Are we next?’ [laughs], so it is like something out of a horror film — this thing spreading across the country,” he says.

Zentz wrapped up shooting in June, launched a successful Kickstarter for his 100-page photobook in July, and plans to start selling copies through his website (thebirdsthebook.com) later this month. Amid the growing controversy surrounding grab-and-go scooters, he wants the work to stand as a photographic documentary of

how the scooter phenomenon began — wherever government regulations and public sentiment take the issue from here.

“I tried to withhold judgment.

I wasn’t just trying to shoot them in crazy situations — knocked over, in piles, or destroyed. … Especially in this community, I thought this form of transportation is a great idea, but I also saw that it was incredibly problematic,” he says. “Now that they’re everywhere, I’d probably prefer to see less of them, but I do still think this can be a good form of transportation.”

Despite the increasingly vocalized frustrations of scooter critics, Zentz says

reactions to his project have so far been generally positive — or at least not angry.

“People either don’t get it, or they love it. I’ve even had Bird employees buy copies,” he says.

“I’m glad they don’t see it as mean-spirited. I’m just trying to show it how it is.”

Beauty Queen:“Miss America’s Ugly Daughter: Bess Myerson & Me” @ The Edye In this autobiographical show, writer Barra Grant opens up about her complicated relationship with her mother, the first and only Jewish woman to wear the Miss America crown.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 26 in The Edye at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $55. (800) 838-3006; missamericasuglydaughter.com Up for Grabs:“Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will?” @ Westchester

Playhouse A splintered family reunites to await the imminent death of their patriarch.

They’ve been shorted on his love their entire lives, but maybe his money will make up for it.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 18 at Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $22. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org Self-Actualization:“Sacred Resistance” @ The Braid Master storyteller Vicki Juditz (The Moth, KCRW’s UnFictional) confronts her German past, the ordinariness of evil and 5000 years of Jewish history in her heartfelt quest to be a better person.

Run extended. Now playing at 8 p.m.

Thursdays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 18 at The Braid, 2912 Colorado Ave. Ste. #102, Santa Monica. $30 to $35. (310) 3151400; jewishwomenstheatre.org The Dating Game:“We Should Hang Out Sometime” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Wondering why he can’t find love, one-legged comedian Josh Sundquist tracks down every girl he has tried to date since middle school and shares the pseudo-scientific results in this comical one-man show.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 24 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com Musical Oeuvre:“Side by Side by Sondheim” @ Odyssey Theatre Take a tour through the work of one of Broadway’s greatest living songwriters and composers with this musical revue, featuring songs from “Company,”“Follies,”“A Little Night Music” and more.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, and some Wednesdays and Thursdays through Sept. 16 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $17 to $37.

(310) 477-2055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com

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H appenings Wednesday, August 8

Tuesday at the Sky View Parking Lot, 6101 W. 98th St., Westchester. gatewaytola.org

Venice to Santa Monica and back, covering about eight miles. Meet at Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk. facebook.com/VeniceElectricLightParade

Wrkprty @ Mariners’ Village, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This curated pop-up co-working event increases productivity and connection, ensuring goals are met with dedicated time for work and breaks. Coffee, fruit and breakfast treats provided. Mariners Village Apartment Homes, 4600 Via Marina, Marina del Rey. $12; RSVP required. wrkprty.com

Young Professionals Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m. LAX Coastal Young Professionals host an evening of networking, appetizers and drinks.

Make new friends and business connections while enjoying a social happy hour at Firestone Walker Brewing Company, 3205 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 645-5151; laxcoastal.com

Sunset Sundays, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Rock out to a sunset show every first Sunday of the month with three-piece cover band The Brobots. Surfside, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover.

(424) 256-7894; surfsidevenice.com

Silicon Beach Networking Mixer, 6 to 8 p.m. Meet new people and make business connections from leading companies and startups such as Snapchat, Hawke Media and more.

Wurstküche, 625 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $18 to $45. Search “Silicon Beach Networking” on Eventbrite.

Marshall McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club, 6 p.m. This open reading club meets the first Tuesday of each month for literary discussions.

Temporary meeting relocation to Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Bld., Venice. Free. (310) 306-7330; laughtears.com

Monday, August 6 Nina’s Tango Practica, 6 to 9 p.m.

Each Monday night learn the art of tango and enjoy a tapas tasting menu.

Grand Casino Bakery & Café, 3826 Main St., Culver City. $12.95. (310) 945-6099; grandcasinobakery.com

National Night Out Celebration, 6 to 9 p.m. Celebrate this annual police-community event with free food, music and dancing, an airbrush tattoo artist, a balloon artist, a crafts table, law enforcement booths and prize drawings. Concert Park, 13001 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. Free. pacificboosters.org/national-night-out

Mahalo Mondays, 8 p.m. Alton Clemente, DJ Vinyl Don and Record Surplus take over the Townhouse with live entertainment, tiki cocktails, Hawaiian and Polynesian vinyl, plus special guests. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Tuesday, August 7 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

Sea-Saw, 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. The Santa Monica Pier and Think Tank Gallery team up to present a performance art piece by Myriad Stilts’ exploring the complementary sides of yin and yang at the

The woman who brought the bad girl of “Little House on the Prairie” to life talks about her new book and real life as a comic, actress and activist.

SEE SATURDAY, AUG. 4 west end of the Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica.

RSVP at santamonicpier.org/seasaw

p.m. until 2 a.m. every Thursday at Senator Jones, 2020 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. $10. nightsofdance.com

Salsa and Bachata Night, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dance teachers Nicole Gil and Charlie Antillon lead a beginner lesson at 8 p.m., an intermediate class at 9 p.m. and social dancing from 10

Sofar Sounds: Culver City, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Culver City. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

Unkle Monkey Show, 6 to 9 p.m.

Local favorites perform acoustic music and comedy each Wednesday in the Tiki Bar, with special guest appearances including an Elvis impersonator. The Warehouse Restaurant, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Culver City Democratic Club, 7 p.m. The Culver City Democratic Club discusses endorsements of candidates and propositions appearing on the November ballot at its monthly general meeting at Veteran’s Building, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City.

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