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L e t t e r s Faith in Humanity Restored I am a flight attendant based at LAX and rent a townhouse in Westchester for my overnights here. On a recent Saturday, I dropped my wallet on Manchester Avenue near Airport Boulevard. I didn’t realize it until the next day and had to leave on a quick two-day trip. Then I received a call from a man saying he had found my wallet (a black Coach wristlet, which was jam-packed with stuff) on Saturday but didn’t have time to look through everything until that Monday, when he found a receipt with my phone number. He drove to Westchester at midnight to return my missing wallet — there was almost $200 in cash inside, plus many credit, debit and gift cards — and would not take the cash I offered him for his kindness. There is so much hate out in the world today, but this man restored my faith that there are still people with integrity who are willing to help others without gain for themselves. I know this is just a silly incident that isn’t newsworthy
in today’s environment, but it meant a great deal to me. Barbara King Westchester Ryavec Got it Right: Homeless Tax Is Unfair Re: “No Free Rides to a Better Tomorrow,” Opinion, Aug. 4 Ms. Lucks failed to address the fundamental points of Mark Ryavec’s column titled “Say No to the Homeless Tax” by (July 21), in which Ryavec thoughtfully raised serious questions about the $1.2-billion housing bond that the city proposes residents and property owners finance over 20 years. Ryavec did not argue against the bond; he questioned the fairness of the tax that would be used to pay it off and whether that tax is necessary. In the rush to “do something” about the city’s huge homeless population, city leaders paid little attention to who will have to pay the taxes on the bond issue. For example, recent buyers of real estate will pick up the bulk of the tax burden, while wealthy renters will pay nothing. How is that fair? While Lucks correctly points
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VOL 46, NO 33 Local News & Culture
NEWS
Teen Angst — for Laughs
THIS WEEK Photo by Mia Duncans
Houston supergroup the Suffers opens for Mavis Staples on Santa Monica Pier . ....... 15
FOOD & DRINK Photo by Maria Martin
‘A Senseless Crime’ The killer still at large, police look for
Gulf Coast Soul on the Pacific Rim
a motive in the fatal daytime shooting of a construction worker in Venice . ......... 6
Diversity’s Next Chapter Charting a path for ‘Social Change through Storytelling’ at Google HQ . ....................... 8
Monthly comedy show finds humor and catharsis in old diary entries ............. 30
A Stand for Indie Cinema The Marina del Rey Film Festival is big on shorts .............................................. 31
Heartbreak .in the Harbor A fully staged production of “Madame Butterfly” in Burton Chace Park ................. 33
WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Mostly Kosher shakes up the Jazz on the Lawn festival ............................... 29
OPINION Power Trippers The DWP wants yet another rate increase, and this time it’s a big one . .................... 10
First Look: The Mar Vista Chefs Jill Davie and D. Brandon Walker have big plans for the neighborhood .... 17
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COVER STORY Athletics without Borders
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Local lifeguard swims in the Rio Olympics for survivors of Syria’s civil war ...................... 12
Music video made with wearable fitness technology debuts in Venice . ................ 28
THE ADVICE GODDESS He Doesn’t Like a Challenge But the girl he’s dating might grow up someday ......................................... 34
On The Cover: L.A. County Lifeguard Azad al-Barazi, a Venice resident, competes in the Olympics for the people of Syria in a 100-meter breaststroke heat last Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. Photo taken for The Argonaut by Anthony L. Solis. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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‘A Senseless Crime’
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By Gary Walker Antoinette Reynolds met Marvin Ponce on his first and what would be his only day working a construction site in her rapidly changing Venice neighborhood. Ponce, who was handling traffic control for a residential project at Seventh and Brooks avenues in Oakwood, was moving traffic barriers to let cars pass but stopped what he was doing to help Reynolds remove her wheelchair-bound cousin from their vehicle. “He was very respectful and very approachable. He was smiling all day. He told me it was his first day working here, and he seemed to be happy all the time,” said Reynolds, who saw Ponce when she left for work in the morning for work and again when she returned home at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3. Half an hour after assisting Reynolds, an unidentified assailant gunned down Ponce in the middle of Seventh Avenue as Ponce, 37, was removing equipment from the area. Ponce’s killer remains at large, and police say they have not yet determined a motive for the shooting. Reynolds believes she heard two gunshots, but at the time she thought it was just noise related to the multiple construction sites in the neighborhood. “All of a sudden I heard ‘Boom. Boom.’ It’s really devastating when you’re talking to someone and then, just like that, they’re not here anymore,” said Reynolds, who runs the Mildred Cursh Foundation, a Venice-based nonprofit that provides mentorship and other assistance for children of incarcerated parents. Ray Hall, who lives nearby on Broadway, recalled seeing Ponce in the early morning hours of Aug. 3. The 700 block of Brooks had been blocked off due to construction and street repairs, and
A police tent covers the body of Marvin Ponce, who was gunned down at the intersection of Seventh and Brooks avenues in Venice on the afternoon of Aug. 3 Ponce was directing traffic. “He was taking down some barricades to let people out [of the street]. He was
black sunglasses and was last seen running westbound on Seventh Avenue. “We’re still seeking witnesses to see if
“It’s really devastating when you’re talking to someone and then, just like that, they’re not here anymore.”
‘Apocalyptic’ mood
— Antoinette Reynolds
laughing and joking with some of them,” Hall recalled. LAPD homicide detectives are still investigating Ponce’s murder. Initial reports identified the gunman as a black male, 25 to 30 years old, who was wearing gray shorts, a black hoodie and
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a longtime friend who worked with Ponce at the San Dimas-based traffic control and safety equipment company Right of Way. “Marvin was a family man, and he worked hard to take care of his family — especially his daughter,” Recinos said. “He was never negative, always gave positive advice and always had a big smile on his face.” Wesley Mollno, the president of WCS Permits, which owns Right of Way, said he doesn’t usually have time to get to know his employees, but Ponce was different. “He was one of the guys who was always smiling. I always looked forward to seeing him,” Mollno recalled. “He treated every one with respect. He was a model employee.” Ponce, who is survived by his mother and a 1-year-old daughter, had worked at Right of Way for three years and six months, Mollno said. A GoFundMe crowdfunding page has been created to cover Ponce’s funeral expenses, and Mollno said he plans to create a college fund for Ponce’s daughter with any remaining funds. As of Tuesday, donors had pledged more than $20,000 of a $30,000 on the GoFundMe page.
Ponce lived in San Fernando and was constantly upbeat, said Mario Recinos,
Reynolds acknowledged that there had been tensions in the neighborhood in the days before the shooting, but she doesn’t think they factor into the murder. Unlike the gang violence that plagued Oakwood in the 1990s, it was a confluence of quality of life impositions — due largely to the proliferation of new home construction in the area — that created an atmosphere of anxiety and frustration. (Continued on page 9)
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From left: William Morris Endeavor’s Alexis Garcia, L.A. Film Fest Director Stephanie Allain, Google’s Julie Ann Crommett, RYOT’s Molly DeWolf Swenson and Cenk Uygur of “The Young Turks” discuss the future of diversity in media at Google’s headquarters in Venice By Christina Campodonico Can a perky cartoon superhero named Bubbles really change the way girls think about computer science? Google’s Entertainment Industry Educator in Chief Julie Ann Crommett, who works with media companies to place more positive and diverse depictions of computer scientists and STEM workers into TV shows, thinks so. “Engineers and storytellers find they have more in common than they think,” Crommett said of her idea to put screenwriters and engineers in the same room to brainstorm character development for the popular Cartoon Network kids show “The Powerpuff Girls.” Lo and behold, “Bubbles became a coder,” said Crommett. And the episode where she appeared as a computer programmer, eagerly showing off her new app and typing at her keyboard with headphones and pigtails in her hair, became one of the most popular “Powerpuff Girl” episodes of all time.
Casting Bubbles as a coder in direct contrast to the nerdy white guy with glasses stereotype was one slice of a larger conversation on diversity in the media industry held in July at Google HQ in Venice. The panel “Creating Social Change through Storytelling,”
creating more diverse media programming. “There’s a lack of awareness of our unconscious biases,” said L.A. Film Festival Director Stephanie Allain, who for over a decade held the highest creative production position for an African American at Columbia
“The first solution is understanding we’re part of the problem.” — L.A. Film Festival Director Stephanie Allain moderated by UCLA researcher Yalda T. Uhls, brought together media executives from the Mar Vista-based 360-degree video and VR company RYOT, talent agency William Morris Endeavor, the YouTube news show “The Young Turks” and the L.A. Film Festival to discuss the challenges and solutions for creating diverse and perceptionchanging media. “Unconscious bias” — subliminal social stereotypes about certain groups of people — among media decision-makers came up early as a roadblock to
Pictures and was a champion of the urban drama “Boyz N The Hood” and Justin Simien’s breakout hit “Dear White People.” “The first solution is understanding we’re part of the problem. We’re brought into a racist environment the moment we’re brought into the world,” she said. Cenk Uygur, cofounder of the YouTube political news show “The Young Turks,” also cited the “Old Boys Club” that still pervades much of the media industry.
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“If you keep giving jobs to your sons, your daughters can’t break in,” he said. But the panelists also offered solutions to these problems. Allain talked about the importance of creating a media industry landscape that is as diverse as its audiences. “The gatekeepers of all disciplines have to be diverse. I’m not just talking about studio execs. I’m talking about reporters, the people who review movies,” said Allain. “We need diverse gatekeepers across industries.” Meanwhile, Uygur touted the ability of new media platforms such as YouTube to democratize the content-making process for voices that might not ordinarily be heard on legacy media.
“What I love about new media is that we tore those gatekeepers down,” said Uygur, who put “The Young Turks” on YouTube in 2005. Since then, the channel has racked up more than 2.8 billion views. “New media is telling new stories every day, and [legacy media] can’t keep up,” he said. RYOT’s CMO Molly DeWolf Swenson talked about how VR now holds the same potential to disrupt the traditional media landscape because of its ability to transport viewers to distant places in new and imaginative ways. “You’re not showing them something, you’re taking them somewhere,” Swenson said about RYOT’s VR philosophy, who nonetheless cautioned that
women still need to be better represented and paid comparably to their male peers in the media industry. All the panelists rallied around the idea that personnel changes behind the scenes could have a major impact on what ends up on TV, film and online — and vice-versa. “What happens on screen influences what happens off screen,” Crommett said. The trick, William Morris Endeavor’s Alexis Garcia said, will be to keep diversity on the media industry’s radar. “This conversation is trendy now,” said Garcia, “but how do you keep the conversation going?” christina@argonautnews.com
‘A Senseless Crime’ (Continued from page 6) “A lot of people are upset because of the construction, the closed street and the no-parking signs that the city put up during construction. A lot of cars have been towed because not everyone has a driveway where they can park their cars like I do,” Reynolds said. “Then we had the water main break on Brooks [on Aug. 2], and that left a lot of us without water for several hours. “People are upset about a lot of things, including the gentrification of our neighborhood with all of these three-story houses being built, but it wasn’t because of [Ponce]. It was his first day and he was respectful to everyone.” Jenni Hawk, who lives less than a block from Ponce’s construction site on Brooks and was
impacted by the water main break, said the mood on her street was “apocalyptic” in the days leading up to Ponce’s murder because of the blocked streets, towed cars and flooding. “People felt encroached upon, like they were in the middle of a hostile takeover,” she said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it was someone from the neighborhood.”
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Mollno said Ponce was so universally liked that nearly 20 traffic control firms sent representatives to his funeral. “This is a competitive business. But it really is special to see so many competitors take time out to come together for the human
side of our business,” he said. Reynolds, who lived in Oakwood during the gang wars of the 1990s, said Ponce’s murder left her distraught for days. “This is really terrible. It was a senseless crime,” she said. Police are asking that anyone with information about the shooting call LAPD West Bureau Homicide at (213) 382-9470, the main tip line at (877) LAPD-24-7, or the anonymous tip line at (800) 222-8477.
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The DWP is Out of Control L.A.’s public utility, seeking yet another rate increase, has become a monument to avarice By Charles Rappleye So the L.A. Department of Water and Power is seeking a rate increase. Not a small one, either: 4% a year for each of the next five years, regardless of inflation. Sounds like most of what we hear from the DWP. Charges going up, salaries going up, employment going up — never mind the financial constraints of the citizens “served” by the runaway agency. Like a true monopoly, the DWP sets prices and does as it likes. You know the DWP litany of arrogance and excess, yes? But it’s worth review, just because it’s so extraordinary. Consider, for starters, the salaries paid at the department. You can find them posted on the website maintained by L.A. City Controller Ron Galperin. (At lacontroller.org there’s even a handy button that will take you to a portfolio of data on the agency.) Start at the top, where the view is truly breathtaking. The salaries commence at $350,000, for the director, and then settle in at the high $200,000s for managers and assistant managers and accountants — now there’s a challenging job! — until drifting gently on down, still well above $200,000, to such highfalutin positions as Executive Assistant to the General Manager — three of those — and the nine Electrical Systems Managers. Mind you, these are just the managers. The staff at the DWP does just fine, too, with the department-wide average topping $100,000. Six figures, baby. Hard to even conceive, a pay scale like that. For what it’s worth, by way of comparison, the national average wage for an electrician is $56,000, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Standards. Electrical engineers earn $100,000; at DWP they can expect double that. And
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of the IBEW, to thumb his nose at city officials and the press, denouncing his critics as “right-wing apparatchiks.” That was wrong, of course. More accurately, his critics are chumps and dupes, elected officials whom D’Arcy knew would never call his bluff. Rather than hammer on the operators of the agency, the city decided to hire a fancy consulting firm — based in London, of all places — to analyze how the department might control its spending. The result? The city should approve the rate hike. As to DWP spending, the
consultants found, “in the near term there are not significant opportunities to reduce costs.” These gumshoes did manage to discern that DWP salaries “are significantly above those of their peers,” but found that any cuts would require “leadership and cooperation from city management, LADWP and its labor unions.” In other words, fuggedaboutit. Just a disgrace, really. And especially when you consider that the department was created back in 1914 as a Progressive Era response to high prices charged by private utilities. “Public power” — power for the people and not for profit — was to be transformative; one meaningful, concrete step toward a civic establishment grounded in the public interest. As with so many early-20th century reforms, the gains from public power proved more incremental than revolutionary. Women’s suffrage did not change — much — the course of American democracy. Public education soon bogged down in public dysfunction. And public power? Modest gains, at most. Today, nationwide, public power companies charge an average of 14% less than private utilities, and pay more in local taxes. But not in Los Angeles. Here public power has become a redoubt for lucrative sinecures, private squabbles over public spoils, and blatant gold-digging. Union stooges like D’Arcy will still mouth the tropes of class struggle, but that’s all smoke. What’s really going on at the DWP long predates the Progressive Era or even the union movement. It’s a simple matter of greed. Managers and employees at the city utility have found a safe haven from the economic storms buffeting the city around them, and they will take all they can, as long as they can. And we will pay for it.
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Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing Re: “Ballona Do-Nothings Behave a Lot like Trump,” Letters, July 21 More blustery nonsense from David Kay, the Donald Trump of the Ballona Destruction Movement. He accuses supporters of slow and not massively destructive restoration in the Ballona Wetlands of being right-wingers, when he is the one who said (it’s on YouTube, folks) that he would gladly take Don’t Rip Up Ballona money from the ultra-rightwing Koch Re: “Ballona Do-Nothings Behave a Lot Brothers to fund the bulldozing of Like Trump,” Letters, July 21 Ballona. As a proud board member of the West Mr. Kay would have us destroy the L.A. Democratic Club, and one who has Ballona Wetlands in order to create a studied the plans that David Kay appears massive taxpayer-funded windfall for to support at the Ballona Wetlands construction companies, wiping out the Ecological Reserve, I wonder how much homes for endangered wildlife there as those who are supporting the mechanized part of an experiment to see whether man alteration project really know. can create a fake vision of nature after What I know is that there are dozens of destroying the real thing. species relying on Ballona which are on His only correct statement is that we special status lists that our government is want to take the wetlands “backward.” charged with protecting. I also know there What we advocate is precisely what the are several species that are so imperiled U.S. EPA defines as a “restoration”: doing that they are on either the state or federal minor modifications to return the land to endangered species lists. I’ve learned that what it was before man screwed it up Ballona was not historically open to the — and doing it at a slow but reasonable tidewaters of the sea; the animals and speed, so as to protect the existing 1,300 plants that Ballona supports demonstrate species of plants and animals there. the freshwater and brackish water nature Our plan returns the historic marshy delta of the ecology and its equilibrium. of creeks and lagoons and sandy islands Perhaps the most important thing I know which existed here 200 years ago. is that if one brings bulldozers into What we advocate is massively different Ballona and digs out the soils that are than the plan pushed by Kay and the home to millions of insects and belowsecretive and private Bay Foundation. ground mammals, lizards and snakes, then Their plan would wipe out existing the entire ecosystem will be upended. wildlife in the hopes that the wildlife Then there are the politics that David would come back after years of bulldozKay falsely characterizes. Is he really ing, resulting in the wetlands being labeling those of us calling for a gentler drowned by polluted water. approach to managing the wetlands — Their polluted wetlands plan is historiincluding numerous Democratic clubs cally inaccurate, converting the wetlands and the L.A. County Democratic Party into something they never were. Thus it is — Tea Partiers? Equating us with not a restoration, but an industrialization Donald Trump? project. It would be super expensive and For those of us who are promoting super disruptive, and it is opposed by a gentle method to save Ballona, these many reputable organizations and scienover-the-top characterizations are tists. California’s Coastal Protection Act troubling and unnecessary. mandates that wetlands can only be Joan Gallagher restored, not industrialized or otherwise Santa Monica developed. That’s why we and thousands of our What’s That Guy’s Name Again? supporters oppose the wetlands destrucRe: “They Elect to Disagree,” News, tion plan. And that’s why hotheads like June 30 Mr. Kay are spouting baloney. Accusations of election fraud coming Rex Frankel, Westchester from sore losers in the Venice Neighborhood Council races? HAVE YOUR SAY I’m shocked and appalled! IN THE ARGONAUT: I thought election fraud went the way of We encourage readers to share thoughts the Edsel when the Supremes ruled in on local issues and reactions to stories favor of a certain presidential candidate in The Argonaut through our Letters to the Editor page. Send to 16 years ago — a candidate whose name letters@argonautnews.com. escapes me at present, but who ran on a
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Without Borders Local lifeguard swims in the Rio Olympics for survivors of Syria’s civil war
L.A. County Lifeguard Azad al-Barazi, a Venice resident, dives from the block during Saturday’s first heat of the men’s 100-meter breaststroke competition in Rio Story by Joe Piasecki Photos by Anthony L. Solis Azad al-Barazi lives in the water. He surfs. He swims. A Los Angeles County lifeguard since 2007, his day job is keeping watch over Santa Monica Bay. A resident of Venice for the past five years, al-Barazi is a Southern Californian through and through. A dual citizen of the United States and Syria, the 28-year-old is also one of only seven athletes representing the warravaged Middle Eastern country in the 2016 Olympic Games. On Saturday, al-Barazi took to the water in Rio de Janeiro to race in the first heats of the men’s 100-meter breaststroke competition. It wasn’t his first Olympic appearance — al-Barazi swam the same event four years ago in London — but this year everything is different. Friends and former Syrian national teammates are swimming as refugees. PAGE 12 THE ARGONAUT August 11, 2016
He had to finance his own training and even his plane ticket. And more than ever before, al-Bazari has to be careful about what he says and does in order to
Summer Games will serve as a beacon of hope for young people trapped in the violence. After arriving in Rio last week, al-
“Watching the news and reading about all the stuff happening in Syria — the refugees leaving, people dying — I wanted to help. I wanted to do something about it.” — Azad al-Barazi avoid the appearance of taking sides in Syria’s civil war, which includes disassociating himself from the Syrian flag and any identifying feature other than the letters SYR. This year, being on the Olympic stage also has a deeper personal meaning. With Syria awash in chaos and violence, al-Bazari hopes his very presence in the
Bazari spoke to The Argonaut via telephone from the Olympic Village. You’ve emphasized that you’re competing for the people of Syria, not the government of Syria. What’s your motivation? When I got my Syrian citizenship in 2010 after graduating college, the war
wasn’t going on yet. The war was just starting when I was competing in London in 2012, and I didn’t think it would ever get to this level. I was naïve, just enjoying the Olympic journey. After 2012, I thought about quitting swimming and going back to school to become a physician’s assistant. But watching the news and reading about all the stuff happening in Syria — the refugees leaving, people dying — I wanted to help. I wanted to do something about it. I couldn’t go to Syria. I realized the only way I could give something to the people of Syria was swimming for them, having a presence in Rio. Being an Olympic athlete is not easy, and there’s not much money in the low end of Olympic sports. A lot of countries help their athletes, but Syria does not fund me whatsoever. I live in Venice, and here we get sidetracked by social media and the whole bubble we live in. It can
ArgonautNews.com be a struggle to pay rent here and just buy the things I need. But what they’re going through in Syria fuels me to swim faster. It motivates me to get up every morning and feel blessed to have a roof over my head and drinking water — the basic essentials we often take for granted. What’s your message for them? I’m focused on the next generation. That’s who’s going to make Syria a better place. My message is don’t give up on your dreams — that’s the biggest thing. Have a goal and go for it. Keep going, even though you’re struggling. With relatives in Syria, do you have to watch what you say and do? I’m always walking on eggshells around Syrians here. I’m not trying to speak out against the government or anyone. I’m keeping politics off my tongue. That’s what’s getting people detained or killed, and, having family members out there, I don’t want to hurt them because of selfishness or ignorance. What do you think about antirefugee sentiment in Europe and immigrant bashing in the United States? Is that a motivator? Yeah, for sure. But I can see how if your country is struggling it’s hard to have all these refugees coming. I try to see both sides, but people have to realize this is the largest displacement of refugees since World War II. I also know it’s tough for other countries to step in, put their foot down. You saw what happened when the U.S. stepped into Iraq and how things are happening there. And if the president of Syria steps down, what’s next? Is it going to get better? Get worse? We’re looking at Egypt, and they’re struggling after they overthrew their government.
ans, like Team U.S.A., they get all this apparel and all this gear and cool stuff. Me, I have to make my own stuff. But a lot of my friends from Team U.S.A. gave me a bunch of gear. I’m getting support from them. Make your own stuff? I do, because Syria is giving me stuff — it’s minimal — but it has the flag on it, and I’m trying not to wear any of the flags, just to show I’m not taking any sides. If I march out with that flag, if I wear that flag, people would say “he’s for this side, or taking that side.” I’m trying to wear no flags. I want people to know I’m here for Syria, but there’s no political side I’m taking. Pretty much all my gear just has the Olympic rings, Rio and SYR. How’s your experience this year different than in 2012? I’m older. I’m more humble. I’m faster. I definitely better understand the breaststroke. It’s night and day, London and Rio. This one means more because of what’s going on in Syria with the civil war and all these refugees. And there wasn’t ISIS in 2012. When I landed here in Rio, I spent almost five
hours detained in the airport trying to prove that I’m really an Olympic athlete. It’s not the Olympics’ fault. Syria was supposed to notify the Olympic Committee that I was coming, and they didn’t. [Customs officers] had no record of me. So here’s this guy carrying a Syrian passport and a U.S. passport, and the Syrian passport’s not even stamped — I just use it to be able to come to the Olympics. … So I could see where they’re coming from. I wasn’t angry at them. Why the breaststroke? Doesn’t being 6’7” make the technique that much harder? It is a challenge, because the breaststroke is an accordion stroke. You’ve got to be long and small at the same time. Me weighing 230, that’s weight I have to drag in the water. So I just have to maintain my technique and hold it. Swimming is a weird sport. You don’t choose your stroke; your stroke chooses you. The breaststroke came naturally. You race all the events growing up and in college, then you look at what’s your best event and you start focusing on that. There are only three or four tall breaststrokers in the world; most are 6’2” or shorter. But I’m trying to change the
game. I like when people tell me I’m too tall for this. At this level of completion, is it more about physical or mental toughness? The physical part, I’ve already done that — trained, pushed my body to the limits of fatigue. At this point it’s pretty much mental: How well you can keep your composure stepping up on the block. It’s about confidence. You can’t get sidetracked looking at other swimmers. You’ve just got to believe in yourself, believe in your training, and be mentally strong. When you’re fatiguing at 15, 20 meters, it’s about mental self-control to keep yourself holding that technique. What’s it like in the Olympic Village? The Olympics is pretty much the only time all nations can get together and compete without [geopolitical] drama. Just being here in the village — I wish the whole world could experience the energy and the camaraderie. It’s like a big family. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, what religion you are, what skin tone you are. People look up to you because you’ve made it this far. You’re in the village. It’s almost unreal. Definitely a peaceful movement.
How do people react when they find out you’re swimming for Syria? My Venice neighbors are 100% supportive. When I tell people I’m going to the Olympics, the first thing they say is “U.S.A.?” And when I say my home country is Syria, their eyes widen. When you hear about Syria, it’s always negative, negative, negative. People dying. People leaving. But when I say I’m swimming for Syria, my Venice community and my L.A. County family is behind me. So I’m not just swimming for Syria, I’m swimming for the L.A. County Lifeguards and my Venice community. I’ve never gotten any negative feedback, like “Why don’t you swim for the U.S?” It’s “Good for you,” or “That’s inspiring.” Their support lifts my chest up. It feels good to have support from nonSyrians, from Americans. What about other Olympians? The same. They understand what’s going on. When I watch other Olympi-
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Gulf Coast Soul on the Pacific Rim Houston supergroup the Suffers opens for Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mavis Staples on Santa Monica Pier By Bliss Bowen “DO WHAT U LOVE. LOVE WHAT U DO. BE NICE AS HECK.” That recent post on the Suffers’ Facebook page could double as the Houston ensemble’s credo. Onstage and in interviews, their music and conversation ripple with positive spirit. “It’s something that naturally comes from us,” says vivacious frontwoman Kam Franklin. “We’re very happy doing what it is we’re doing. We get made fun of a lot because people find our big smiles and just overall positive attitude onstage a little not genuine sometimes. But at the same time we don’t care. We’re so happy to be doing what we love, that the fact that we get to do it full time brings a smile to our faces in a way that I don’t think ever existed before. “I think positivity is contagious — kind of like a really good laugh is. [Laughs.] People having the time of their lives
can’t help but spread that.” It wasn’t too long ago that the Gulf Coast soul band’s 10 members were hustling for gigs while holding down day jobs. Bassist Adam Castaneda founded the Suffers five years ago as a cover band, with the intent of learning a load of material they could perform at weddings and other paying gigs. At the time, not unlike his friends and future collaborators, he was playing in several bands — country, hip-hop and reggae — and the Suffers started out jamming on a lot of reggae. They evolved into a funkier, more soulfully eclectic outfit regarded as a supergroup in Houston’s diverse music community. Besides Castaneda and Franklin, the band also includes guitarist Kevin Bernier, trumpeter Jon Durbin, vocalist/ keyboardist Pat Kelly, percussionist Jose “Chapy” Luna, trombonist Michael Razo, saxophonist Cory Wilson, guitarist/ vocalist Alex Zamora and drummer/ vocalist Nick Zamora.
They share equally in writing, publishing and the band’s business — which has been steady enough that, in January 2015, they all quit their day jobs to dedicate themselves full-time to the Suffers. That marked the beginning of a banner year in which they released a four-track EP (“Make Some Room”), performed on “Late Night with David Letterman,” racked up enthusiastic reviews along the national festival circuit, and won 11 Houston Press Music Awards, including Best Live Act, Best Soul/Funk/R&B Act, Best Song and Musician of the Year. In February they put out a self-titled full-length album — their first. They’re promoting it with a tour that brings them to the Santa Monica Pier next Thursday, when they’ll open for gospel/ soul legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mavis Staples. “We played a festival with her in 2012,” recalls Franklin, who started singing in church at age 5 before moving on to rock and soul. “I didn’t get to see her because
at the time I was sitting in with a country artist, but the guys in the band got to meet her and were super ecstatic. She’s definitely one of my musical heroes. I’m really excited to be in her presence and hear that deep alto and just hang out.” When not touring, the Suffers have been working on their next album, which Franklin says will feature music that’s already been road-tested. “I want to make music that people actually want to hear. I don’t want to make music that makes people go back to the bar,” she says. “We’ve been doing our best to enjoy it all and play the best music we can play. While we know there’s a lot of pressure that comes with the sophomore record, we’re very excited to show a new side of ourselves. When a lot of the songs on the first record came out, they had kind of been sat on for a long time. ‘Stay’ I wrote when I was 17; I’m 29 now. So now (Continued on page 16)
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whatever — and that’s cool; I’m not knocking that. But at the same time, I love those old music videos, especially from the ’90s, that would tell a story. ‘Make Some Room’ was our first big single, so we wanted to kick it up a notch and take it back to the art of storytelling.” The democratic process by which they make such choices is a benefit of being independent. Unless and until a major label offers them something beyond what they and their business team can accomplish — and offers it on band-friendly terms — the Suffers plan to continue creating music independently, regardless of genre or marketing concerns, and connecting with audiences responsive to their free spirit. “Even though we could be writing bad songs and making more popular music instead of the music we’re doing right now, we’re doing what we want and we’re doing it our way, and having such a good time doing it,” Franklin observes. “Any band coming after us that’s been told they can’t do it like this will know it might not be easy, but it will be possible.” The Suffers open for Mavis Staples at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at Santa Monica Pier as part of the Twilight Concert Series. Free. Call (310) 4588901 or visit thesuffers.com
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By Jessica Koslow Move over, Mitsuwa. Interesting restaurants have been popping up all along Venice Boulevard in Mar Vista, but the best may be yet to come. Once a place where bartenders in tight-fitting nurse getups slung stiff cocktails for live rock band audiences, former nightclub The Good Hurt at 12249 Venice Blvd. is undergoing a transformation to reopen this fall as The Mar Vista — the first “for the public” restaurant for local chefs D. Brandon Walker (who goes by Chef D.) and Jill Davie. “The neighborhood is changing so rapidly, and we want to be a part of it,” says Davie, who has had ties to Rockenwagner, Josie and Venice Beach Wines and made TV appearances on the Food Network, “The Next Iron Chef” and “Shopping with Chefs.” For now, a square chunk of storefront on the north side of the block between Centinela Avenue and Grandview Boulevard is boarded up. But in short order, designer Greg Swanson explains, The Mar Vista’s finished space will feature natural wood and natural light — all the better to showcase progressive Los Angeles cuisine, says Chef D. And, perhaps most importantly, The Mar Vista is a concept driven by a commitment to give back to the community. Chef D is executive chef of the St. Joseph Center’s Bread & Roses Café, a nonprofit restaurant in Venice that feeds the local homeless. He also leads St. Joseph’s Center’s Culinary Training Program, which offers an education in classical French cooking techniques to people grappling with barriers to employment such as police records, homelessness and disabilities. The Mar Vista will serve as an extern site for the Culinary Training Program, employing two trainees every seven weeks, and donate excess food back to Bread and Rose Café.
Chefs D. Brandon Walker and Jill Davie serve a meal inside the future home of The Mar Vista “Julia Child,” who presented her with the Food and Wine Baby Chef Award in 1996. Then Davie squints her brows and thinks a bit more. “Barbara Tropp of China Moon Café in San Francisco,” she adds, “because she was tiny and kicked butt.” Seems fitting, since Davie is 5’1” with a noticeably athletic build. She was a high school soccer star who founded the women’s team at Venice High School and now practices hot yoga. Hours later via text, Davie tacks another chef onto her influencer list: Nadia Santini of Dal Pescatore, a three-star Michelin restaurant in Lombardy, Italy, where Davie dined while doing a culinary tour through Italy. “She’s an amazing chef and is the reason I only wears skirts in the kitchen,” types Davie. After helping to launch Venice Beach Wines, Davie found herself plotting her next move. Not one to sit still, she launched Cranked, which takes the less-than-perfect fruit that nobody wants from the farmers market and puts them through her grandma’s hand crank to form a sweet dessert. Of course, extra goodies can be added — like whipped cream, vanilla meringues, crunchy quinoa,
peach chamomile syrup, local bee pollen, basil and mint. Serving as the corporate chef for Sunkist for 11 years and being a chef in L.A. for more than 20 years, Davie began to wonder what happened to the bruised fruit left over when the farmers packed up at the end of the market. That’s when the idea for Cranked bowls came to her. She began to crank with the kids of her now-business partner in The Mar Vista, Demetrios Mavromichalis, owner of Venice Grind and The Wood and one of the founders of the Mar Vista Farmers Market. “Forty percent of the nation’s produce goes to waste. California grows 80% of the nation’s produce. Cranked offers awareness and an opportunity to get kids involved,” says Davie, who cranks at events like birthday parties and children’s book fairs. “It’s a way to start a conversation.” Cranked bowls will be on the menu at The Mar Vista, and the cranking will be done on a cart tableside. “I never wanted to open a restaurant if it was for my ego,” explains Davie. “And I never wanted to do it alone.” And then, the project began to take form.
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The Mar Vista will focus on California cuisine with eclectic flair leaves) wrapped nicely around a delicious blend of halibut, oxtail, beef cheeks and smoked yucca bursting with flavor. And for the entrée: a pulled pork spare rib meatball alongside Anson Mills grits from South Carolina, with an added local touch of fresh corn niblets mixed in, plus crispy black kale for crunch. Of course, the grand finale was a Cranked bowl, which Davie furiously, and joyously,
hand cranked with a team of two graduates from St. Joseph’s Center’s Culinary Training Program. “We have 40 years of being a chef up here,” Chef D. said, beaming as he stood beside Davie and Rivas. Before any dish had been plated, the three chefs stood before their invitees, laying out their mission for The Mar Vista to be a place where locals gather to eat, hang and hear music.
Later, on a Sunday night, Davie is sitting at a long wooden table on Venice Grind’s back patio, sipping on a four-shot short cappuccino, preparing for her day ahead as chef at HopSaint Brewing Company in Torrance, where she’s been consulting for the past few months. “So many chefs live in and around Mar Vista,” says Davie. “Hans Rockenwagner, Mary Sue Milliken [Border Grill], Raphael Lunetta [JiRaffe], Josiah Citrin [Melisse, Charcoal] …” Add to that list chefs Walker and Davie, who will be working in the culinary trenches close to home to create a new restaurant that, in Chef D.’s words, will “elevate the neighborhood’s restaurant standard and provide a location that locals can proudly call their own.” For more information, visit TheMarVista.com.
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By Christina Campodonico “Couldn’t believe my eyes, couldn’t believe my ears,” Georgia Nott, the frontwoman of electropop band Broods, sings on their single “Couldn’t Believe.” It’s a fitting anthem for the New Zealand duo’s collaboration with Microsoft Band on their stunning new music video “Heartlines,” which was unveiled July 27 at an invitation-only event at the Microsoft Lounge on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. In the video, translucent diamonds and triangles hover over Nott’s chest, while shimmering pink lines run over her veins as she sings about a long distance relationship gone south and the ensuing heartache. “Two lovers break up. The unfinished business gets shown through each other,” said Nott, who co-wrote “Heartlines” with her brother and bandmate Caleb and a friend of theirs you may have heard of — international pop sensation Lorde. During the shooting of the “Heartlines” music video, the Microsoft Band activity tracker captured Nott’s biodata (her heart rate and movement) which was then translated into visuals for the video. “The Music x Technology program that
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Friday, Aug. 12 Computer Boot Camp in Spanish, 1 p.m. The nonprofit L.A. Opportunities Industrialization Center offers a three-hour lesson on how to use a home computer followed by the chance to buy one at a steep discount. To qualify, attendees must provide proof of income less than $23,000 a year. Mar Vista Branch Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. RSVP to (310) 390-3454. Rotary Club of Santa Monica, noon. The Rotary Club of Santa Monica meets each Friday at Riviera Country Club, 1250 Capri Drive, Pacific Palisades. (310) 917-3313 Parents’ Night Out: Minecraft, 6 to 8 p.m. Drop off your kids for an evening of playing and learning about the popular game Minecraft while you enjoy a night to yourself. Zaniac Santa Monica, 3201 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 101, Santa Monica. Free for Edison Club members; $25 for non-members. (424) 330-0008; santamonica@ zaniaclearning.com Movies in the Park: “The Intern,” 8 to 10 p.m. Starting a new job can be difficult, especially if you’re 70 and already retired. Robert DeNiro plays 70-year-old Ben Whittaker, who
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Jim Doyle, 9 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Blues Guitar Great Joe Lewis Walker, 10:30 p.m. This year’s Blues Foundation Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year, a 2013 inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame, brings down the house at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 395-1676; harvelles.com
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Harbor Tours & Sea Lion Adventures, noon to 12:45 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 5. This narrated tour of Marina del Rey harbor offers historical insights and a special focus on sea lions and other local sea creatures. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $6 to $12; kids 3 and under free. hornblower.com
Saturday, Aug. 13 Downtown Community Plan Workshop, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The city of Santa Monica hosts “Preservation and Change,” a discussion about preserving downtown’s past while preparing for its future — including options for the scale of new buildings. Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club, 1210 4th Street, Santa Monica. downtownsmplan.org
Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free reggae concert by Izmskzm. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Venice Art Crawl Mixer, 6 to 11 p.m. The Venice Art Crawl celebrates its sixth anniversary at a secret location in Venice, with entertainment by
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“Lilo & Stitch,” 6 to 11 p.m. Westfield Culver City’s Summertime Cinema happens each Friday, featuring movie screenings at 8 p.m. and pre-screening entertainment and prizes. In this week’s film, a young Hawaiian girl adopts a dog who turns out to be the galaxy’s most wanted extraterrestrial. Westfield Culver City, The Promenade, 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. westfield.com/culvercity Sunset Swim, 7 to 10 p.m. An evening of pool activities for adults 18+ at Annenberg Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. $10. Complimentary fruit bars and s’mores while they last. (310) 458-4904; annenbergbeachhouse.com
Mostly Kosher reconstructs Judaic and American musical roots with post-klezmer beats as part of Santa Monica’s free Jazz on the Lawn festival. See SUNDAY, AUG. 14.
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magicians and mesmerizers for a “Cirque Noir”-themed party. Guests are encouraged to dress up in vintage circus clothing. $150. Location provided after ticket purchase. venicechamber.net/events Ra Ra Riot, 7 p.m. Fresh off their latest album “Need Your Light,” the five-piece band performs their unique blend of indie rock and baroque pop on the waterfront for a free concert at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; beaches.lacounty.gov “Ghostbusters,” 7 p.m. Emerson Avenue Community Garden hosts a fundraiser screening of the original “Ghostbusters.” Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Movie begins at sundown. Orville Wright STEAM Middle School, 6550 W. 80th St., Westchester. Suggested donation: $5 for adults; $3 for kids. eacgc.org
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By Christina Campodonico “This shit is dark,” says puppeteer Katrina Lofgren, about to read a poem from her teenage diary for an audience gathered at M.i. Westside Comedy Theater’s monthly Improv Diary Show. “The joy of comedy though is to turn darkness to light,” she adds before starting to read. Her poem — called “They,” about her parents’ crushing expectations of her — is both macabre and melodramatic all at once: “They restrain me like a noose. / Their tight grip will not let me loose … It is because their dreams were not fulfilled they wipe out mine and my heart, too. / When I am older will I too make whole my dreams in my children’s new life? … Will I have the nerve to end it, watch them scream and throw a fit? / When I am dropped will I slip through? / Or will I hang and my face turn blue?” Even though Lofgren’s poem ends on a morbid note, it results in peals of pure laughter from the audience. It’s the kind of laughter that comes from feeling relieved — relieved for Lofgren, and for yourself; the feeling that you’ve made it through the long, dark tunnel that can be adolescence and emerged on the other side unscathed enough to speak your truth with 20/20 hindsight. To top off the madcap teen madness, a team of improv actors takes these readings and transforms them into zany comedy sketches — everything from frenzied family European vacations to
Katrina Lofgren, left, delves into her teenage diary for scenes to re-enact
high school hijinks in the principal’s office — right on the spot. Laughing at these wild and grim teenage
“As an actor, I’m at home being other people, but when you do yourself it’s a whole other ballgame. It’s like opening the blinds in your house and letting people see right in.” — Curtis Davis thoughts is a special kind of catharsis, and it’s why Nicole Schubert, the current producer of Improv Diary, believes the show has been so successful over the past few months.
creator Kerri Fernsworth Feazell earlier this year. “I think teenagers are experiencing adult issues for the first time that are wildly intensified. And so we as adults can relate to them, and it’s fun
The Improv Diary Show happens at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323-A (A stands for alley) Third St., Santa Monica. $5. 21+. Call (310) 451-0850 or visit westsidecomedy.com.
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August Moon Star Party, 7 to 10 p.m. Learn astronomy basics and view Saturn, Mars, the moon and stars through telescopes with the Westchester Astronomers. Open to all ages. Parking lot of the Christian Science Reading Room at 7855 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. Free. (310) 216-5947; beklund@sprynet.com Schtick Shift & Joellen Lapidus, 8 p.m. Schtick Shift is a collective of top klezmer musicians in L.A. who pull from jazz and tango rhythms. Joellen Lapidus is a trailblazer in contemporary fretted dulcimer playing who fuses Appalachian, Indian, jazz and pop music styles. Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. $15. boulevardmusic.com Blind Boy Paxton, 8 p.m. Be transported back to the 1920s by this multi-instrumentalist but remain in the now with his colorful humor and storytelling. McCabe’s Guitar Shop,
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“We all can relate,” says Schubert, who writes young adult fiction and took over producing Improv Diary from original
to hear those experiences and get in touch with those emotions, I think. … It’s an interesting idea that you can revisit those things and then see where you’ve come and actually share it with other people, so it’s not in the dark, in just your head.” For actor and comedian Curtis Davis, reading from his diary at July’s Improv Diary Show was a vulnerable but liberating experience. He read about getting in trouble at school and taking care of his aging grandfather. “As an actor, I’m at home being other people, but when you do yourself it’s a whole other ballgame,” Davis says. “It’s like opening the blinds in your house and letting people see right in.” Expect more juicy, cathartic and embarrassing revelations when Improv Diary takes over the M.i. Westside Comedy Theater again this week as it continues its third Wednesday of the month residency. The upcoming lineup includes Wendy Paris, the author of “Splitopia: Dispatches from Today’s Good Divorce and How to Part Well”; businesswoman and comedy club moonlighter Gina Ruelas; and podcaster Cole Stratton.
3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $15. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Pompous Highman, 10 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Mission IMPROVable, 10 p.m. Each Saturday brings an unpredictable evening of high-energy improv comedy with audience interaction to M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica. 21+; $12. (310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com
Sunday, Aug. 14 Aqua Aerobics, 8:15 and 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Build strength and endurance during the early shallowwater workout or the later deep-water workout at the Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $2.75 to $11. (310) 458-8700;
Celebrated pianist and composer Dana Reason sculpts sonic beauty for a free Santa Monica Public Library concert. SEE WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17. santamonicaswimcenter.org/ adult-fitness Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a
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The Films that (Almost) Got Away Indie movies get some screen time at the Marina del Rey Film Festival By Menaka Gentle Chasing global box office returns, Hollywood studios have become obsessed with big-budget blockbusters that are often short on story and long on digital effects. The 5th annual Marina del Rey Film Festival is focused on the films that fall through the cracks. Despite the apparent hegemony of movies like “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “Suicide Squad,” new technology has opened the door to a proliferation of independent films. Festival organizers hope to connect indie filmmakers with each other and to new audiences this weekend through a series of industry workshops and unconventional public screenings of feature documentaries and dramatic shorts. The festival begins on Friday with screenings of selected shorts at the Pacific Avenue headquarters of production company Beach Dancer Films, helmed by Marina del Rey Film Festival cofounder Sandie West. On Saturday, shorts and docs screen in six roughly 90-minute blocks at the Cinemark 18 & XD in The Promenade at Howard Hughes, while workshops happen simultaneously across the street at Pepperdine University’s West L.A. campus. On Sunday, the festival takes independent cinema back to the people with a series of screenings in the Cinetransformer — a massive truck trailer that folds out into a 90-seat indoor movie theater — behind the Jamaica Bay Inn near Mother’s Beach.
Westside Voices Presents “All That’s Jazz,” 3:30 p.m. Twelve of the top voices from West Los Angeles’ premiere a cappella collective sing popular jazz standards (including “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “When Love Walked In” for a special concert at Westchester United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall, 8065 Emerson Ave., Westchester. Suggested donation: $10. Dessert reception follows. (310) 670-3777; westsidevoices.com
The 90 seat Cinetransformer truck trailer heads to the Jamaica Bay Inn on Sunday Why the theater on wheels? As it turns out, festival organizers faced a problem all too familiar for the independent filmmakers they celebrate. “With ‘Suicide Squad,’ venues are really difficult to get,” said festival cofounder Peter Greene. Greene and festival cofounder Jon Gursha are principals with Film Marketing Services Inc., Marina del Rey-based company that specializes in international and domestic film distribution and is the parent company of the festival. The festival’s four panels discuss legal issues, casting strategies, screenwriting and crowdfunding. While primarily geared toward people in the business, organizers say even those who just aspire to someday make a film can benefit from them and leave feeling empowered to create. “Today, people are all about the inner workings of film and television, and
series continues with Mostly Kosher, who blend jazz, Latin, rock, hiphop and folk. Food trucks are serving and there’s a playground for kids. Stewart Street Park, 1836 Stewart St., Santa Monica. smgov.net/jazz Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the
this is an opportunity to really learn from the experts,” Greene said. More than 50 films are screening for the festival, each with a unique story to tell. One of West’s favorites is “Cora,” a 22-minute dramatic short directed and produced at Santa Monica College. In the film, director Kevin Maxwell chronicles his own grandmother’s personal struggles with racism, abuse, addiction and simply making ends meet as a young black woman in 1960s Memphis. Much of the film takes place at Ingo’s Tasty Diner (formerly Callahan’s Restaurant) in Santa Monica, which becomes a retro Tennessee diner during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. “Cora” screens in the 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. block of films on Saturday at Cinemark XD.
Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink
The 5th annual Marina del Rey Film Festival starts Friday night at Beach Dancer Films (3401 Pacific Ave.) and continues with screenings from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday at Cinemark XD in The Promenade at Howard Hughes (6081 Center Drive, Westchester), and panels from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday in the West L.A. campus of Pepperdine University (6100 Center Drive, Westchester). Screenings in the Cinetransformer truck happen from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Jamaica Bay Inn (4175 Admiralty Way). Tickets are $10 for individual screenings or $50 for a weekend pass. Visit marinadelreyfilmfestival.com for a complete list of screenings.
minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Vida featuring DJ Creepy and friends, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Sundays. Ambient and dance music light up the Sunday evening soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com
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Black Crystal Wolf Kids, 5 to 6:30 p.m. This exuberant tribute band packs songs by dozens of indie rock acts (like Hozier, Phoenix, the Talking Heads and the Black Keys) into one concert —and singing along is encouraged. Playa Vista Concert Park, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. Free. playavista.com Mostly Kosher plays Jazz on the Lawn, 5 to 7 p.m. Sundays. Santa Monica’s free outdoor jazz concert
Greene and Gursha recommend “Marty Goes to Hollywood,” a BAFTA Scotland award-winning documentary making its North American premiere during the 3 to 4:30 p.m. block on Saturday. In the film, Scottish actor Martin Docherty is too broke to attend the Hollywood premiere of “Cloud Atlas,” in which he scored his big break playing Tom Hanks’ brother. Then a friendly wager pushes him to scrape together the plane fare, and he arrives only to encounter myriad other problems that speak to issues the independent film community faces every day. But that’s just a taste. There are comedies and action-thrillers, too. “We’ve never offered an extensive program like this year,” said Greene. “There’s something for everybody.”
Free Family Beach Days, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Enjoy a family-friendly day at the beach with sports, arts and crafts, and more curated by the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. Free. (310) 726-4131; beaches. lacounty.gov
Take an a cappella trip through the jazz standards catalogue with Westside Voices. SEE SUNDAY, AUG. 14.
Santa Monica Library at the Beach, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This pop-up library includes a Seaside Story Time, hula hooping, ukulele lessons, nautical
crafts, giveaways and more. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 434-2608; smpl.org Activists Support Circle, 7 p.m. Environmental and human rights activists Grace and Ken Aaron, members of the KPFK FM board, are the featured speakers at this month’s event. UnUrban Cafe, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 399-1000; activistsupportcircle.org Magic Monday, 7:30 p.m. A new lineup of award-winning magic acts by magicians from the Magic Castle happens each Monday at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. All ages. $25. (310) 450-2849; magicmondayla.com Charles Owens Big Band, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Old-school musical fun fills Typhoon Restaurant, Santa Monica (Continued on page 32)
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Gourmet Food Truck Night, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, a diverse array of tent vendors and gourmet food trucks takes over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org
Karaoke at Melody Bar & Grill, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Six-dollar mai tai cocktails loosen up vocal chords and inhibitions on Monday nights at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com
Tuesday, Aug. 16 Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of some of the city’s best food trucks gathers each Tuesday at Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985
Indie rockers Ra Ra Riot play a free concert for the cool kids at Burton Chace Park. SEE SATURDAY, AUG. 13.
Deep Water Aqua Aerobics, 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Water workouts accommodating various levels of ability combine cardio and strength training at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $2.75 to $11. (310) 458-8700; santamonicaswimcenter.org
Wednesday, Aug. 17 Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections in your community each Wednesday at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for breakfast reservations; or for more information call John Marcato at (310) 740-6469 or Michael Warren at (310) 343-5721. Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. (310) 397-3967
On Stage – The week in local theater c o m p i l e d b y C h r i s t i n a ca m p o d o n i c o
Thirsty Theater: “H20de: an Offbeat Tribute on Water” @ Electric Lodge Nine performers attack the topic of water from completely different angles in this original Electric Lodge production directed by in-house artist Josh Berkowitz. The cast of characters includes an angsty mermaid, a victimized hockey player, a Bermuda Triangle inside a woman’s bathtub, and a narcissistic pirate king. All attempt to understand the spiritual drought of humanity and the difficult emotions that wash over them. Two performances only: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12 and 13, at the Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $15. (310) 306-1854; electriclodge.com Writerly Renditions: “Library Girl Presents: People have the Power / Tribute to Patti Smith” @ Ruskin Group Theatre Celebrating the words of singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist Patti Smith, Library
Girl’s Susan Hayden curates an evening of readings by writers Henry Blake Mortensen, Nicelle Davis, Rich Ferguson, Chris Morris, Jessie Jacobson, Francesca Bell, Alexis Rhone Fancher and Michelle Bitting, with music by Mason Summit and Donna Lynn Caskey. One performance only: 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $10. ruskingrouptheatre.com Killer Shoes: “Right Left with Heels” @ City Garage Two talking shoes, once belonging to the wife of Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, tell the history of Holocaust and post-war Poland in this surreal play by Sebastian Majewski. Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 12, 13 and 14) at City Garage, Bergamot Station T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25, or pay-what-you-can at the door on Sundays. (310) 4539939; citygarage.org
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A Shakespearean Picnic: “As You Like It” and “Frog Tails” @ Carlson Park Spread out your blanket for some Shakespeare and a side of frog legs … well, sort of. Culver City Public Theatre presents Shakespeare’s gender-bending classic comedy at 2 p.m. after a noon presentation of the amphibian-themed princess adventure story “Frog Tails.” Now playing at noon and 2 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 21 at Carlson Park, 10400 Motor Ave., Culver City. Free. (310) 712.5482; ccpt.org Shakespeare Meets Pikachu: “Shakespeare in the Park” @ Media Park The Actors’ Gang presents family-friendly adaptations of Shakespeare’s classics — including a “Pokémon GO!” revival of “Romeo and Juliet” — on Saturday and Sunday mornings in Media Park, adjacent to Culver City’s historic Ivy Substation. Now playing at 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 28 at Media Park, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. Free. (310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com Mob Mentality: “Twelfth Night” @ Santa Monica College One-time Royal Shakespeare Company member Kenneth Sabberton directs a Los Angeles Shakespeare Company version of “Twelfth Night” that’s set in 1942 L.A., after a World War II air raid strikes the city and triggers invasion hysteria. Now playing at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 21 at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20 to $70. (213) 481-2273; shakespearecenter.org
Water is a force to be reckoned with in the Electric Lodge’s “H2Ode: an Offbeat Tribute on Water” The Quirks of Being a Wallflower: “The Eccentricities of a Nightingale” @ Pacific Resident Theatre In this subtle and tender play by Tennessee Williams, a preacher’s daughter tries to win the love of a young doctor. Now Playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 25 at Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $34. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com Greek Chorus: “Go Back to Where You Are” @ Odyssey Theatre In this meta-theatrical comic romance by five-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan, a forgotten chorus boy from ancient Greece is sent back to Earth on a mission from God and finds himself summering with a makeshift family of theater artists on Long Island. Now playing at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 4 at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $34. (310) 477-2055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com
Pillow Talk: “Cock Tales” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Jamaican actress Debra Ehrhardt of “Jamaica Farewell” shares intimate details from her life and immigrant journey in her new one-woman show about her coming-of-age and romantic history. Now playing at 4 p.m. Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 11 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $40. (949) 338-0875; dorothymccleod@ yahoo.com American Dreamin’: “A Raisin in the Sun” @ Ruskin Group Theatre Tony Award nominee Starletta DuPois stars in this seminal 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry about a black family’s internal and external struggles to achieve their hopes and dreams on Chicago’s south side. Tony nominee Lita Gaithers Owens directs. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 17 at Ruskin Group Theater, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 397-3244; ruskingrouptheatre.com
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Soprano Daria Somers and tenor Christian Quilici play Butterfly and Lt. Pinkerton Sound designer Martyn Claes will be in charge of making sure that every voice in the chorus is heard. “All the chorus is literally acting on the stage, so all have to be equipped with body microphones. … Every character and chorister will have a number, and those numbers will be transmitted to Martyn so he turns on the right button at the right time,” says Fetta. “That’s going to be a real tangle of stage directions.” While the opera is being sung in Italian, English subtitles and video footage will be projected onto large screens “so everybody can see it no matter where they’re sitting,” Fetta says. Marina del Rey itself serves as a stunning backdrop for the opera, the
action of which takes place overlooking Nagasaki Harbor in Japan. Burton Chace Park is “a perfect setting for the opera to occur,” says Fetta. “We have the harbor right there.” In fact, the timing of the performance is such that the sun should be setting by the time that Butterfly and Pinkerton rendezvous for their wedding night, says Fetta. But the true star of the evening is Puccini’s timeless score. “You’re amazed that it could come from the pen of someone,” says Fetta. “At our first musical rehearsal, the big ensembles, they just looked at each other and said, ‘Oh my God’ in utter amazement. After so many times, they’re still impressed by
how dynamic the music is.” Somers, who will be playing the opera’s titular heroine, embraces the physically, vocally and emotionally challenging nature of the role and Puccini’s music. “It’s kind of deranged to say it’s one of the most fun roles to play, but it really is. She goes on such a journey, and the music is so beautiful, and watching her transform is always so interesting,” says Somers, who is looking forward to performing in Marina del Rey where she spent many an Independence Day as a child. “It’s kind of like Hamlet or a Juliet,” she says. “The story is so strong from what happens to this woman and her evolution that, really, it tells you what you need to do. … Primarily it’s about a young girl growing up and finding her first love and being abandoned and having to make her own way. In essence, it’s actually a very universal story.” “I don’t think there’s anybody that can be immune to this poor Japanese woman marrying this American,” Fetta told The Argonaut before this summer season began. “The poignancy and pathos of that theatrical situation — it tugs at your heartstrings, and it’s done with this incredibly beautiful music.” “Madame Butterfly” happens at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. The concert is free, but parking in the marina can cost $7 to $15. For more information, call (310) 305-9545 or visit marinadelrey.lacounty.gov.
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Soundwaves: Dana Reason Trio, 7:30 p.m. Celebrated composer and pianist Dana Reason performs new works, improvisations and compositions from her highly-acclaimed CDs while joined by Peter Valsamis on drums and Jeff Schwartz on bass. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Rusty’s Rhythm Club, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and 10 to 11 p.m. Each Wednes-
day a swing band leads a dance party hosted by noted swing dancer Rusty Frank at the Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $10 to $15. (310) 606-5606 The Improv Diary Show, 9 p.m. Comics read from their teenage diaries; hilarity and catharsis ensue. M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323-A Third St., Santa Monica. $5. 21+. (310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com House of Vibe All-Stars, 9:30 p.m. A thrilling, spontaneous journey through rock, jazz, hip-hop, R&B and more at the Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $7. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Thursday, Aug. 18 Madame Butterfly, 7 p.m. Puccini’s three-act opera about a Japanese love story turned tragic comes to life in a
fully-staged production with the Marina del Rey Symphony as musical accompaniment. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; beaches. lacounty.gov Mavis Staples, The Suffers, 7 p.m. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and soul/gospel legend Mavis Staples headlines a double bill with up-andcoming “Gulf Coast Soul” band The Suffers as part of the Twilight Concert Series at Santa Monica Pier. Free. tcs. santamonicapier.org Marina Del Rey Hospital Needs Clothes Donations. The hospital needs to restock its Clothes Closet with men’s shirts and pants, women’s tops and pants, shoes and undergarments. Drop off your items at Marina Del Rey Hospital (4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey) to the attention of Tom Dixon. (310) 577-5534;Tom. Dixon@marinahospital.com (Continued on page 35)
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Look on the Always Right Side I’m a Harvard-educated man in my late 30s. I’ve had many ugly arguments with girlfriends, probably because I am highly opinionated and won’t give in when I’m right. I’ve always dated smart, professional women around my age, but I’m now dating a 21-year-old girl, and I’m thinking this could be it. She doesn’t complain, bug me, or question or challenge me. It strikes me that having a partner who challenges you is overrated. Could this be a lifelong relationship? Can’t I just pursue intellectual discussions elsewhere? — Peaceful Why not take this to the next level and get an inflatable girlfriend? You wouldn’t need to feed her, and you could save big on travel if you’d just let the air out of her, fold her up and stuff her in your carry-on. This actually might make some sense. After all, conflict is bad, right? Well, not exactly. It turns out that there’s good conflict and there’s bad conflict. Bad conflict involves the stuff of “ugly arguments” — sneering, mocking and getting up on moral high ground … just so you can shoulder-check the other person off the edge. Good conflict, on the other hand,
involves getting (and giving) healthy pushback, which means being what Nassim Taleb calls “antifragile.” In “Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder,” risk researcher Taleb, a former derivatives trader, explains that antifragile is “the exact opposite of fragile” but goes beyond “resilience or robustness.” Antifragile describes the way living things are improved by stressors — becoming better, stronger and more able to cope with difficult, unpredictable stuff that comes their way. Beyond how being challenged improves you as a person, marriage researcher John Gottman finds that the happiest, most stable relationships are those in which husbands accept “influence” from wives, making wives “far less likely” to go ugly in disagreements. This starts with what Gottman calls “deep friendship” — love between two equals with mutual respect, not one person who can’t believe his luck at finding another who, intellectually and emotionally, is basically a zygote with boobs. Of course, this woman’s silent partner thing may just be a feature of her being 21. Increasingly, 21 is the new, oh, 8-and-a-half. Kids are, as Taleb might say, raised “fragile” — helicopter-parented to en-
counter as few stressors as possible and then bubblewrapped off to college for more of the same. Universities, formerly centers of free speech and free inquiry, now have speech codes so nobody gets hurt feelz and have “trigger warnings” about course material, lest someone suffer emotional trauma from something untoward in, say, Plato’s “Republic.” (Yes, college is now basically nursery school with beer.) Still, even these kids have to grow up sometime — which is to say your girlfriend could begin to have opinions and get a little miffy that you have a heartfelt interest in, um, never, ever hearing them. Welcoming opinions and influence from a partner — this woman or a more challenging (but still loving and good-natured) woman — starts with having humility, which those frail of ego tend to see as a sign of weakness. The truth is, it takes a strong person to admit that he may be wrong and maybe doesn’t know everything in the known universe (and any yet-to-bediscovered galaxies). Should this come to describe you, you might start to see the appeal of a woman with more to say than those “three little words” — “Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.”
Height Crime My new boyfriend is sweet, successful and handsome, and he rocks my world in bed. The problem? I’m 5‘8”, and he’s 5’6”. I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I’m just not that attracted to him when he’s standing up. — Shallow Women like things that are tiny and cute, so it’s been kind of a trend to go around with a little dog poking out of your purse. Sadly, dressing your itsy-bitsy boyfriend in a sailor shirt and sunglasses
and tossing him in your handbag has yet to catch on. Okay, 5’6” isn’t exactly itsy-bitsy — but it might as well be to you. Your preference for taller men, which biological anthropologist Boguslaw Pawlowski finds 89% of women have, didn’t come out of nowhere. Tallness in a man suggests an ability to protect a woman and is associated with social status and access to resources. It also suggests good genes, because
ancestors who weren’t starving to death and riddled with parasites would have had the metabolic resources to put toward growing tall. People say looks shouldn’t matter, which doesn’t for a moment change the fact that they do. Clearly, shortness is a deal breaker for you. This doesn’t make you “shallow.” It makes you somebody who should stop dating short guys — ideally before you blurt out your true feelings in bed: “Grow, Bradley! … I mean, ‘Oh ... Bradley!’”
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legal advertising FICtItIOus BusINEss NaME statEMENt File No. 2016 175670 The following person is doing business as: Studio Beylin 8122 Georetown Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Kim Hoang Beylin 8122 Georgetown Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045 Registered owner Kim Hoang Beylin 8122 Georgetwon Ave. Los Angeles CA. 90045 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Kim Hoang Beylin Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 14, 2016 Argonaut published: July 21, 28, August 4, 11 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code. FICtItIOus BusINEss NaME statEMENt File No. 2016 177055 The following person is doing business as: West LA Extended Day 6550 West 80th Street Westchester, CA 90045. Registered owners: WLAED INC 6550 West 80th St Westchester CA. 90045. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to
Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name WLAED INC. TITLE OWNERJustin Doucette This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: July 15, 2016. Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICtItIOus BusINEss NaME statEMENt File No. 2016 180111 The following person is doing business as: Nittany Productions , 7453 81st Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Jeffrey Scott Rifkin, 7453 81st Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jeffrey Scott Rifkin. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 19, 2016 Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section
17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICtItIOus BusINEss NaME statEMENt File No. 2016 184694 The following person is doing business as: Harbor Town Productions 2) Storehouse 10 817 Superba Ave. Venice, CA. 90291 Registered owners: VENBEV LLC 817 Superba Ave. Venice, CA. 92091 This business is conducted by a limited liability company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Wayne Von der Mehden CEO Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 22, 2016 Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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trant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: TERESA LAFRONTIERE . Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 26, 2016 Argonaut published: Aug 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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FICtItIOus BusINEss NaME statEMENt File No. 2016 188125 The following person is doing business as: Tele’s Barber Shop 2210 Pico Blvd Santa Monica, CA. 90405 Registered owners: Telesfor Trujillo 4339 Campbell Dr L.A. CA. 90066 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: TELES TRUJILLO Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 26, 2016 Argonaut published: Aug 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other
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trant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Diane Merendino Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Aug. 8, 2016 Argonaut published: August 11, 18, 25, Sept 1, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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quirements, which could result in there being up to five additional passenger gate positions; however, the proposed project would not increase SUBJECT: Notice of Preparation the terminal linear frontage. (NOP) of a Draft Environmental Impact Report PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING: As part of the scoping process, a public PROJECT TITLE: Los Angeles Inter- scoping meeting will be held on: national Airport (LAX) Terminals 2 Meeting Date: Wednesday, and 3 Modernization Project August 24, 2016 Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm PROJECT LOCATION: The project Location: Los Angeles Fire site (generally LAX Terminals 2 and 3) Station #5 is located within the Central Terminal 8900 S. Emerson Avenue, Area (CTA) of LAX. Los Angeles, CA 90045 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The main purpose of the proposed project is to modernize existing Terminals 2 and 3 (T2 and T3) in order to improve passenger level of service and amenities within the terminals; help meet federal security requirements (e.g., security screening), passenger and baggage processing and inspections; improve operations; improve building systems; and modernize the interior and exterior of the terminals to benefit the overall appearance of the CTA. The proposed project includes upgrading the T2 concourse, including construction of additional floor area and reconfiguring existing passenger gate positions; the demolition and reconstruction of the T3 concourse building to provide additional concourse area, including a new operation control center; the demolition of the southern appendages of the T3 satellite; the demolition and reconstruction of the passenger and baggage processing facilities (ticketing buildings – T2.5 and T3.5) associated with T2 and T3, including new facilities for passenger and baggage screening, ticketing, and baggage claim; and a secure connector (i.e., an enclosed/controlled passenger corridor) between T2 and T3. In total, approximately 830,000 square feet of new building space would be added to the two terminals, for a total square footage of approximately 1,620,000 square feet. The proposed project also includes apron improvements, specifically the resurfacing, restriping, and relocation of fuel pits. The proposed project would take approximately 76 months (six years, four months) to construct and is estimated to begin second quarter 2017. The proposed project would provide improved passenger experience, convenience, and quality of service through renovations of aging terminal facilities. The improvements would allow for up to five additional passenger gate positions and the reconfiguring of the passenger gate positions and aircraft-parking layout around T2 and T3 to match aircraft fleet re-
PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENTS: The NOP is available online at LAWA’s website [http://www.OurLAX.org] under “Current Projects” and will be posted at the Los Angeles City Clerk and Los Angeles County Clerk. A copy of the Initial Study prepared for the proposed project is also available for review at http://www.OurLAX.org and in the following locations: -LAWA Administrative Office, One World Way, Room 218, Los Angeles, CA 90045 -Westchester-Loyola Village Branch: 7114 W. Manchester Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90045 -Inglewood Library: 101 W. Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, CA 90301 -El Segundo Library: 111 W. Mariposa Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245 -Los Angeles Public Library, Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90094 -Culver City Library: 4975 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230 Comments on the document must be received on September 9, 2016 by 5:00 p.m. Comments can be submitted on LAWA’s website at http://www.OurLAX.org or mailed to the following address: Angelica Espiritu Los Angeles World Airports One World Way, P.O. Box 92216 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2216 As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Alternative formats in large print, braille, audio, and other formats (if possible), will be provided upon request. Si desea esta información en español llame a (800) 919-3766. 8/11/16 CNS-2912710# THE ARGONAUT
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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 167484 The following person is doing business as: FRANZDEMORAES PRODUCTIONS 4572 Via Marina #308 Marina del Rey CA. 90292 Registered owners: Jean Twila Franz 4572 Via Marina #308 Marina del Rey CA . 90292. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jean Twila Franz Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 5, 2016 Argonaut published: July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER VS029060 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Kristen Mary Buchanan petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Kristen Mary Buchanan to Kristen Mary Cardani 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date :9/7/16. Time: 1:30pm. Dept.:C. The address of the court Norwalk Superior Court Southeast District 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk CA. 90650. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: July 11, 2016. Margarat M. Beral Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut July 21, 28 Aug 4, 11, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No ES020741 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of Lupita Elizabeth Ramos, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Lupita Elizabeth Ramos to Guadalupe Elizabeth Ramos filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Lupita Elizabeth Ramos to Guadalupe Elizabeth 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: July 26, 2016 Time: 8:30 AM. Dept. The address of the court is 300 East Olive Burbank, CA. 91502 .2016 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed:July 26, 2016 Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut August 4, 11, 18, 25, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 174589 The following person is doing business as: Appeal Photos 4111 Wade St. unit B Los Angeles CA. 90066 Registered owners: Elizabeth Saul 4111 Wade St. unit B Los Angeles CA. 90066 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: ELIZABETH SAUL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 13, 2016 Argonaut published: August 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code
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WE’RE PROUD TO JOIN YOUR FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL. MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL IS NOW A CEDARS-SINAI AFFILIATE. We’re excited to be a part of the neighborhood. Cedars-Sinai has partnered with Marina Del Rey Hospital to bring expanded programs and upgraded facilities to your local hospital. All with the care and compassion you expect from a neighbor.
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