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VOL 44, NO 33 Local News & Culture
OPINION Letters to the editor ...........................................................................4
FEATURE
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Volunteering 101: 22 ways to help......................................................6
NEWS LMU neighbors turn to permit parking.............................................. 8 PA system proposed for Venice Beach..............................................9 Gjelina owner’s new concept already has critics ..............................9
Sharing food at Mao’s Kitchen
Architect brings the outdoors in
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THIS WEEK See The Muffs at Record Surplus . ................................................. 11 Bernadette Peters at Burton Chace................................................. 12 Venice Art Crawl turns 4................................................................. 27 Roberta Flack’s free show by the sea............................................. 28 Simon Petty sings a sad song.........................................................30 TAG celebrates its California Open..................................................31 Author paints a “Blue” picture of Venice...........................................32
FOOD&DRINK Mao’s princely meals for the proletariat........................................... 15
AT HOME LIVING Making the most of indoor/outdoor space....................................... 18
CLASSIFIED/CROSSWORD Jobs, apartments and more . ..........................................................32
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ON THE COVER: Broadway legend Bernadette Peters, who performs a free show on Aug. 21 in Marina del Rey. Courtesy photo. Design by Ernesto Esquivel.
Venice Heritage Foundation co-founder Todd von Hoffmann ran a free milk bottle knockdown game — using metal bottles once used as part of a pier attraction in Venice in the 1920s — during the Aug. 3 Venice Community Potluck at Oakwood Park.
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Letters READER COMMENTS POSTED AT ARGONAUTNEWS.COM: Re: “Bonin draws line in the sand on Venice Beach boardwalk chaos,” news, Aug. 7
‘No simple answers’
Thank you for covering the unacceptable state of Venice Beach and our ongoing work to give the people who live, work and enjoy the area the clean, safe and characteristically funky neighborhood they expect and deserve. Venice Beach and the surrounding neighborhood is a tourist attraction, but it also a residential neighborhood and a business district — and it too often is held hostage by
rowdy punks and criminals who manipulate vending rules and laws meant to protect the homeless to create their own sketchy environment and campground. It is not acceptable. We must and will be expanding programs and coordinating services to help the needy and those who are left with no choice but to sleep on our streets. But those are not the people causing problems in the neighborhood. To combat that problem, we are installing brighter lights at Venice Beach, and we will be installing 24-hour security cameras. We are increasing neighborhood cleanups, and the LAPD is instituting new patrols and policies. We are also going to tighten up vending
regulations that create a scofflaw underground economy that is forcing out the entertainers and performers. There are no simple answers to the complex intersection of social justice and public safety issues at play here. Government and the community need to work hard to respond with dignity, compassion, and assistance for those who want and need help — and to provide hard and strong law enforcement for those who violate the law and think our neighborhoods are a cool place to party, cause trouble and live off the grid. Mike Bonin Los Angeles City Council member
Housing is the issue
The issue here is that the people who are homeless on the beach often have nowhere else to go — and no one is providing them options. A strict law enforcement approach leads to police harassment of the homeless while they are trying to clean up your “jewel.” A big part of the reason that the homeless in Venice are so restless could be because they literally get no rest. The LAPD repeatedly wakes people up during the wee hours of the morning and harasses anyone who chooses to sleep anywhere but Rose and 3rd (which is often dirty and completely packed with people). The only housing option available to Venice’s homeless
is jail. I honestly believe that by relaxing or eliminating laws that seek out homeless people, such as loitering laws (which are only enforced in Venice upon the homeless), and sleeping in public laws (which are only enforced when the homeless are sleeping somewhere the LAPD decided they shouldn’t), and camping laws (because really, doesn’t it make more sense for homeless people to sleep on the beach at night than to force them to sleep on the sidewalk in residential areas?), the general unrest and turbulence that the homeless community feels will be reduced, therefore making everyone’s experience in Venice more enjoyable. Additionally, implying that a
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homeless person set their own mattress on fire is ignorant. Would you burn your bed, especially if you had been sleeping on the concrete for goodness knows how long before you got it, and will be again now that it’s garbage? I understand the frustration that comes from living in an environment that is also shared by hundreds of homeless people. However, in reality, they were there first. You can’t come into a community and gentrify it and expect things to go smoothly, especially if you try to do it by criminalizing people and trying to force them out. What Venice needs to do is adopt a Housing First program and open spaces for these people to go. Sarah Werman
enforcement harass homeless people on a daily basis — homeless people who are doing nothing but sitting on the side of the boardwalk selling necklaces or flying a clever sign, creating part of the unique tourist attraction that is Venice Beach. Venice is made lively not just by the shops that line the boardwalk, but by the largely homeless population who sets up their stalls every morning and close up at sunset to find a warm place to sleep. They are a part of Venice, part of what makes us a Mecca
for creative travelers from across the world. We are a highway for connecting people from all walks of life. Why can’t we just give them a place to sleep? Allison Villegas
Venice deserves better
Finally! I think this is a great start in addressing the impossible-to-ignore issues on Ocean Front Walk. No doubt it is a complex and nuanced issue. But as the proposal suggests, there are a number of programs proposed to reduce crime and
vandalism. Those who live, work and play in the area deserve a clean and safe environment. I don’t see this as an attack on the homeless at all (as some of the others suggest). I appreciate their passion of homeless advocacy; however, the status quo is
unacceptable and incredibly dangerous for the peaceful individuals who sleep on the beach. This strip of coastline deserves better, and so do the residents. Kiran
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Boardwalk connects all walks of life
This is a Band-Aid solution designed to put more homeless people in prison instead of in proper housing. I work on Venice Beach and watch law
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Volunteering 101
From nature cleanups to working with kids to saving animals, local volunteering opportunities offer dozens of ways to make your community a better place Story by Allie Teaze • Photos by Edizen Stowell ***** Editor’s Note: Starting next week, The Argonaut will regularly list local volunteering opportunities in a new feature called Volunteering 101. Send tips — including contact information, expectations of volunteers and how to sign up — or personal stories about volunteering experiences to letters@argonautnews.com. ***** It was one of those mornings when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, and Sue Benjamin wasn’t sure she wanted to volunteer that day at Sunrise of Playa Vista, an assisted living community near Jefferson and Lincoln boulevards that specializes in Alzheimer’s and memory-related care. But she went anyway and ended up singing and dancing along to “The Sound of Music” with Sunrise residents for three hours. “I had the best day there. I’m so glad I went,” said Benjamin, 56, a Westchester resident. Benjamin has gone on to volunteer at Sunrise every week — leading arts and crafts activities, playing memory games, taking residents out shopping and, most of the time, just having simple conversations that mean the world to people. It all started last September, when she got the urge to volunteer after feeling that something was missing in her life. “I worked at a law firm for 12 years. I was just bored. I kept thinking about things that I’d
much rather be doing,” recalled Benjamin. After some soul-searching, she went ahead and quit her job, allowing more time for volunteering. Benjamin’s story is a special one, but Westsiders have plenty of opportunities to make a big difference in their communities without making drastic lifestyle changes. Lawrence Carroll, 29, volunteers once a week with Free Arts for Abused Children, a Del Rey-based nonprofit that organizes volunteer-led creative programming for kids who have experienced neglect, abuse, homelessness or extreme poverty. His latest project is leading a collaborative group project to invent and depict an alien civilization, complete with spaceships and extraterrestrial superpowers. “At the end of each program, I do a small art exhibit so kids can show off their art,” said Carroll, a West L.A. resident. “You can see the kids’ pride. It brings the art project full-circle.” Nicole Hamilton, also of West L.A., volunteers for Heal the Bay beach cleanup and student education initiatives. “Every time I volunteer, there’s always something awesome that happens,” said Hamilton. “I love interacting with the kids—seeing their facial expressions when they learn something new.” For the past two years, L.A. resident Karla Vasquez has worked as a volunteer medical assistant and translator at the Venice Family Clinic, which provides primary medical,
mental health and dental care for low-income and homeless Westside residents. She recalled a patient who was suffering from diabetes-related leg wounds until he began seeking treatment and learning how to manage his condition. “I was really happy because I could see the state of his health before, and then a positive change. Warren Mullisen, 70, spends one day each week at the JVS WorkSource Center in Marina del Rey, part of a network of Jewish Vocational Services centers that provides job and skills training to help the unemployed, including former foster or probation youth, veterans and the disabled. A Culver City resident who previously worked in contracts and purchasing, Mullisen teaches JVS clients how to prepare for job interviews. “When someone comes back and says, ‘I got a job,’ and in some way I was able to help them, it’s a feel-good experience all the way around,” he said. Mullisen does similar volunteer work at the Chrysalis counseling and resource center in Santa Monica, assists with counseling efforts at Wise and Healthy Aging in Santa Monica and spends one morning each week as a volunteer waiter at Bread and Roses Café in Venice, which serves healthy meals to homeless and low-income people in a restaurant-style setting. “Volunteering is something you can only experience by doing,” he said. “It gives me a sense of purpose in life.”
Volunteers pitch in during a Windward Avenue cleanup organized by the Venice Neighborhood Council and Venice Chamber of Commerce
ANIMALS AND THE JOBS & ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION
Los Angeles WaterKeeper needs volunteers to patrol marine protected areas in the Santa Monica Bay, participate in kelp forest protection dives, track urban runoff pollution and organize beach cleanups. Visit lawaterkeeper.org/volunteer.
Friends of Ballona Wetlands needs help with hands-on restoration work in the Ballona Wetlands, including transporting plants, eliminating invasive species and picking up trash. The Playa del Rey-based group also organizes cleanups of Ballona Creek. Call (310) 306-5994 or visit ballonafriends.org. Forte Animal Rescue in Marina del Rey finds foster and forever homes for homeless and abandoned dogs. The group needs volunteers to help with fundraising efforts, adoption days and to care for dogs that are on their way to new homes. Call (310) 362-0321 or visit farescue. org. Heal the Bay seeks volunteers for coastal cleanups, environmental education efforts, advocacy work and assistance in running its Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Call (310) 451-1500 or visit healthebay.org.
Dozens pitched in this May for the Rotary Club of Playa Venice Sunrise’s annual pancake breakfast benefitting Fire Station 63
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The JVS WorkSource Center in Marina del Rey helps unemployed people acquire jobfinding skills and is searching for volunteer career coaches, case management assistants, computer tutors and administrative support workers at its 13160 Mindanao Way offices. Call (310) 309-6000 or visit jvsla.org. YouthBuild is a Venice Housing Corp. education and training program in Venice that helps at-risk young adults (ages 16 to 24) attain life and job skills, including diplomas, through classroom instruction, construction training and community service projects. To volunteer as a program assistant or work in a mentorship capacity, call (310) 399-4100 or visit vchcorp.org/veniceyouthbuild.
VETERANS AND THE DISABLED
The Challenges Foundation in Marina del Rey offers veterans with health issues and disabled youth the chance to experience sailing firsthand and to learn about nautical history, marine wildlife and oceanography. Help is needed with fundraising, marketing, program development and strategic planning. Call (310) 874-4233 or visit challengesfoundation.org.
Teens help out at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Venice by offering some TLC
and credit repair mentorship. Groups can work on projects to help maintain the house. Email volunteer@theharvesthome.net for more information.
to vocational programs and even make repairs around its facility at 1328 2nd St., Santa Monica. Call (310) 394-6889 or visit stepuponsecond.org.
Safe Place For Youth is a street outreach, case management and drop-in center for homeless youth that operates in Venice. Volunteers are needed to help with administrative support, fundraising, running arts and music programs, street outreach support and organizing clothing and hygiene supply drives. Call (310) 902-2283 or visit safeplaceforyouth.org.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Monica and the Boys and Girls Club of Venice need baseball, softball and soccer coaches, teen tutors and people to help run special events. Call (310) 393-9629 or visit smbgc. org to volunteer in Santa Monica at 1238 Lincoln Blvd.; call (310) 390-4477 or visit bgcv.org to volunteer in Venice at 2232 Lincoln Blvd.
The Santa Monica-based Beauty Bus Foundation needs licensed hairdressers, nail technicians and makeup artists to help provide beauty and grooming services for the homebound, the terminally ill and their caregivers. Call (310) 392-0900 or visit beautybus.org.
The Mar Vista Family Center needs after-school tutors, preschool assistants and arts program leaders at its 5075 S. Slauson Ave. location. Call (310) 390-9607 or visit marvistafc.org.
Westchester Family YMCA needs help raising funds, coaching young athletes and teaching youth and adult classes at its 8015 S. Sepulveda Blvd. facility. Call (310) 670-4316 or visit ymcala.org/westchester.
Volunteers get their hands dirty in the Learning Garden at Venice High School
Special Olympics Southern California – Westside needs coaches to help disabled athletes reach their full potential. Call (310) 458-8237 or email westside@sosc.org.
HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
St. Joseph Center works to provide the working poor and homeless with resources to become stable and selfsupporting members of the community. Volunteers are needed to assist with family, homeless and moneymanagement services at its 204 Hampton Drive location in Venice. Call (310) 396-6468 or visit stjosephctr.org. Habitat For Humanity offers volunteer opportunities in home construction and restoration, office administration and special event management. Donations of leftover building supplies and gently used furnishings are also needed. Call (310) 323-4663 or visit habitatla.org.
KIDS AND FAMILIES
Free Arts for Abused Children helps kids who have suffered abuse, neglect, trauma or
homelessness to bounce back from adversity by finding selfesteem, creativity, confidence and independence through arts programming. The Del Rey-based organization needs volunteers to lead art projects, work individually with kids and help out around the office. Call (310) 313-4278 or email volunteers@freearts.org. 826LA teaches creative and expository writing skills for students ages 6 to 18 at its Mar Vista Time Travel Center, 1215 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. The nonprofit seeks volunteers who can tutor students, lead creative writing workshops or assist with annual book projects. Call (310) 915-0200 or visit 826LA.org. The Mildred Cursh Foundation provides a safe and nurturing setting for children with incarcerated parents. Volunteers are needed to help with after-school tutoring, food distribution, special fun or educational events and to help organize fundraisers. Activities take place in two Venice locations —the Vera Davis Center, 610 California Ave., and the First Baptist Church of Venice, 685 Westminster Ave. Call (310) 428-0276 or visit mildredcurshfoundation.com.
Heal the Bay hosts monthly coastal cleanups at local beaches
Harvest Home provides shelter and support for homeless pregnant women and new moms at a communal house in the Santa Monica-Venice area, helping clients achieve financial and emotional independence. Needed volunteer work currently includes babysitting, office assistance, teaching a weekly sewing class, web design work
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Step Up on Second offers housing, vocational training and recovery services for people suffering from mental illness and needs volunteers to help prepare and serve meals, lead creative writing and arts groups, contribute professional expertise
The Venice Family Clinic provides primary medical, dental and specialty care for homeless or low-income men, women and children at various locations in Mar Vista, Culver City, Venice and Santa Monica. The nonprofit is seeking volunteer physicians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, clinical assistants, social workers, translators and administrative helpers. Call (310) 392-8636 or visit venicefamilyclinic.org. The Sunrise of Playa Vista assisted living home needs volunteers to lead activities and simply spend time with residents at its 5555 Playa Vista Drive facility. Call (310) 437-7178 or visit sunriseseniorliving.com.
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NEWS
In conflict over parking, a chance for détente
New permit parking district near LMU seems to be working, though not everyone is happy about it the college, said LMU Director of Community Relations Grace Yao. Halvorsen said she received her refund on Aug. 6, less than a week after applying for it. Despite resistance to the idea, university officials have long suggested permit parking, citing successes of similar plans near UCLA in Westwood and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Santa Monica parking enforcement officers also run frequent patrols around Santa Monica College to enforce permit parking districts. Several Westchester homeowners have accused LMU of seeking to pad its coffers at their expense by encouraging permit parking, which they view as a tactic to force students, employees and visitors to buy spaces in campus garages. They say parking has been a problem for years, but one that intensified
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By Gary Walker After more than a year of battling Loyola Marymount University over students using their street as a parking lot to avoid newly enacted fees at campus lots and garages, one group of Westchester residents appears to have found relief by implementing permit parking. Homeowners in the 7900 block of Fordham Road — a block from LMU’s south entrance — were initially among campus neighbors who vociferously refused to consider parking restrictions, instead calling on the school to rescind its January 2013 decision to charge for campus parking. But after working with the city to establish a permit parking district that finally took effect on Aug. 4, curbside spaces have become much easier to find in front of the houses that line the
“This has been an unpleasant, life-altering experience.” — Fordham Road resident Marilyn Beard
west side of Fordham. “It’s like we have reserved parking in front of our home,” said Jennifer Halvorsen, who contacted City Councilman Mike Bonin’s office to start the process earlier this year. “That’s an amazing result in the very first week.” Parking rules on the east side of the street (abutting LMU) remain unchanged, but only residents who buy annual permits can park in front of homes between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weeknights. Fordham Road resident Marilyn Beard, a former Loyola Village Elementary School teacher, said she and her neighbors weren’t all that optimistic they would get results but saw nothing else left to try. “I was tired of fighting with LMU over this,” Beard said. “This has been an unpleasant, life-altering experience.” Beard said she recently spent $134 purchasing three annual parking permits and two guest permits from a city Dept. of Transportation office. LMU is reimbursing residents who show proof of purchase at
when the college began charging for parking. “I’m paying the price for their expensive campus parking, and now we have to deal with the restrictions of permit parking,” Beard said. Yao stressed that the new permit parking district would only remain in effect for a year, unless residents choose to renew the restrictions. The school has also offered to reimburse for permits in perpetuity. Yao, hired in February, also reiterated what many LMU officials have said before — that campus parking fee revenue is paying for a long-term solution to the neighborhood’s parking woes, specifically debt service on a bond that funded construction of a new campus parking garage. City approval of LMU’s 20year master plan to revitalize its infrastructure required adding 609 campus parking spaces. “One of the things that we have heard from our neighbors for years is the lack of parking on campus. That’s the reason why we’re building as much parking as we are at the location where
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Fordham Road resident Chris Lynch hopes to see fewer cars on his street now that a permit parking district is in place
our new life sciences building will be,” said Yao. A community survey conducted by the campus found that 63% of those who described parking as a problem — a 67% majority of those surveyed — supported a one-year permit parking pilot program, according to LMU Vice President Lynne Scarboro. About 53% of the respondents who weren’t worried about parking also supported trying out the
permit system, she said. Yao, who also lives on Fordham, said homeowners on other nearby streets have been inquiring about how to set up permit restrictions. Chris Lynch, who lives next to Beard, has been critical of LMU’s handling of the process and said that the various blocks south of campus haven’t done well to coordinate their concerns and efforts.
“LMU benefitted from the community not finding common ground on this,” he said. Others remain resentful despite Fordham Road’s apparent positive results. Beard said she is having a case of buyer’s remorse about supporting permit parking on her street. “I’m furious that I fell for this,” Beard said. “I would like to know how to get out of this.” gary@argonautnews.com
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Neighbors have little appetite for restaurant proposal Opponents worry Gjelina owner’s plans for a new Venice location will increase noise and traffic By Gary Walker A new Venice restaurant/bakery proposed by the owner of Abbot Kinney Boulevard’s popular Gjelina restaurant is already getting bad reviews from wouldbe neighbors and community leaders. Gjelina owner Fran Camaj is seeking city permits to convert a roughly 5,000-square-foot office building at 320 Sunset Ave. into a combination bakery and restaurant with a liquor license and a 65-seat outdoor patio. Opponents say the new restaurant, adjacent to a residential area, would create unacceptable noise levels and exacerbate traffic congestion and parking scarcity. Camaj said he understands there are concerns but feels the project has been unfairly characterized. “At Gjelina, we don’t have people who are drunk coming out of our restaurant and going into neighborhoods. We don’t have a lot of visits from the Los Angeles Police Dept. about people who are intoxicated,” Camaj said. “The best way to judge how I will run [320 Sunset] is how I have run my other business.” The Venice Neighborhood Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee felt
differently, however. During an Aug. 5 meeting, the committee unanimously recommended that the council side against the 320 Sunset project when it comes before them on Tuesday. While 320 Sunset project architect Stephen Vitalich says the proposal has its supporters, those who have spoken out in public are fiercely opposed to it Amanda Borja, who lives next door at 319 Sunset, said the restaurant’s patio would operate day and night right below her bedroom window. “The noise from a 65-seat patio would be insane. The traffic from the alley coming in and out is a nightmare,” said Borja, adding that she has a 13-month old daughter and that her husband works from home. Roxanne Brown, who lives a block away on Vernon Avenue, noted that 320 Sunset is bracketed by Fourth Street and Hampton Drive, streets that can already be very congested. “This restaurant location is a recipe for disaster,” Brown said. This would be Camaj’s third business in Venice. He is also planning to open a fusion restaurant at 1305 Abbot Kinney, a block west of Gjelina, at the former High D High boutique. In its Aug. 5 recommendation,
the Land Use and Planning Committee left the door open for supporting a different kind of project — a bakery concept with no alcohol or outdoor seating. “My recommendation is [for the committee] to recommend to the board that we deny the project as constituted and let the applicant know that the community would welcome a bakery but the noise and parking has to be dealt with,” said committee member Mark Kleiman, who was in charge of the staff report on 320 Sunset. During his presentation, Kleiman implied that Camaj had initially deceived the community about his plans, citing an initial 2013 permit application for a bakery with no increase in landuse intensity. “Even though he said there would be no increase in occupancy, six months before [that] the applicant had signed a lease saying it will be a bakery and a café. So they had already planned an increase in occupancy to have more people there, they had already planned to serve food there and have people eat that food on the premises," Kleiman said. “This was concealed and a cause of great concern in terms of any assurance that conditions attached by the community or the
“At Gjelina, we don’t have people who are drunk coming out of our restaurant and going into neighborhoods." — Gjelina owner Fran Camaj
neighborhood council would be adhered to.” Kleiman also referred to an April 2011 West Los Angeles Zoning Administration hearing report in which Camaj was accused of violating several land use conditions imposed on Gjelina, including music and noise being heard outside the restaurant, lack of training for employees serving alcohol and using office/retail space for dining. Kleiman said that report factored into his opposition to 320 Sunset. Camaj said Kleiman’s characterization of the 320 Sunset project’s history was unfair. He said that provisions of the city permit process allowed, and essentially encouraged,
him to first apply for the bakery concept and later attach patio seating for a restaurant. “If I had applied for both at the same time, it would have delayed the process of getting permits,” he said. “I’m sorry if people think that I tried to hide something or be deceptive. Nothing could be further from the truth.” Camaj also noted that there have been several opportunities for residents to learn about his plans, including prior discussion at neighborhood council and committee meetings as well as a recent hearing held by the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission, which is also reviewing the 320 Sunset project. gary@argonautnews.com
Venice Beach lightning strikes prompt beach safety review Traffic jams and confusion could have been avoided with a public address system, neighborhood leaders say By Gary Walker The freak Venice Beach lightning strikes that killed a college student and sent eight others to the hospital on July 31 also pointed out a deficiency in emergency response and evacuation protocol, say community leaders calling for the installation of a public address system and more active traffic control measures at the beach. “As I understand it, within the first 20 minutes [after the lightning strikes], no one left the beach area because all of the cars were backed up,” said Venice Neighborhood Council Vice President Marc Saltzberg. “They couldn’t get out and they didn’t know how to get out. So that’s a real issue.” Saltzberg is calling for discussion of the beach’s emergency response resources at Tuesday’s neighborhood council meeting.
In addition to a P.A. system and the personnel that would be needed to operate it, he would also like the council to discuss whether city employees should be deployed to direct beach-related traffic on busy days. Saltzberg said city workers have been stationed at the beach to direct traffic during summer weekends and holidays during previous years, and he isn’t sure why that stopped. Robin Rudisill, a member of the council’s Public Health and Safety Committee who lives a short distance from the southern portion of the beach where many lightning strike victims were treated, said she believes fire department vehicles had trouble getting to the area because of heavy traffic. Los Angeles Fire Dept. spokesman Peter Sanders said the engines that responded to the lightning strikes came from Playa
Vista and Westchester stations because firefighters at nearby Fire Station 63 in Venice were out on another emergency. “Engine 67 [from Playa Vista] arrived in nine minutes, as did the Westchester engine. That takes into account that it was a busy Sunday afternoon and they were going up Lincoln Boulevard. I’m not sure that they could have arrived any sooner,” Sanders said. Saltzberg said the city should consider programming maps and shortcuts into iPads used by firefighters to help them navigate unfamiliar areas more quickly. Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents Venice, has pushed to equip firefighters with iPads and the city recently completed the first phase of a pilot rollout. “How do [firefighters] know what to do to get to the beach when they can't go through the street? This could go hand in
hand with Councilman Bonin’s efforts to improve the technology for the city’s emergency responders,” Saltzberg said. Sanders said he would bring Saltzberg’s idea to department leadership. “All area captains have maps of neighboring districts, but it’s good for all of them to know the beach area and the shortcuts,” he said. Bonin, meanwhile, said he would seek grant funding to pay for a Venice Beach public address system. “I think it’s a good and useful tool for a venue that attracts tens of millions of people a year,” Bonin said. Rudisill also likes the idea. “Having a centralized location where people on the boardwalk and on the beach can be notified quickly in an emergency can make a difference in saving lives,” she said.
But this isn’t the first time the issue has come up. The Venice Neighborhood Council already voted on Dec. 2 in favor of asking Los Angeles city officials to install a public address system at the beach for emergency and evacuation purposes. But for the PA system to be effective, said Saltzberg, it would also require someone to be on site at the beach operating the system and providing accurate instructions and also allow for off-site public safety officials to access the system remotely. “There’s no question that a public address system to help direct all the beachgoers — not just in existing the beach area during a lightning storm, but in how to exit the beach area during a lightning storm so as not to create a traffic jam [that could slow evacuation and emergency response efforts],” Saltzberg said. gary@argonautnews.com
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IN YOUR HANDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGH ROTARY ... To learn more about the Rotary Club of Westchester and its many projects in the community or to attend any of the upcoming Club meetings, please call Membership Director Kim Williamson at (310) 722-4200. August 20 Help a Life Foundation, discussing importance and benefit of educating women in Ethiopia August 27 Grace Yao, craft talk September 6 30th Annual Jet to Jetty 5K/10K Run/Walk
event honors former L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2012 and will lead other cancer survivors in a special “Survivors Chevalier, Lap” to begin the walkathon. 51, has been Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti missing and L.A. City Councilman since June 2 Mike Bonin, who took over for and family Rosendahl, are expected to deliver members opening remarks. believe he Bonin, who was Rosendahl’s may be in chief of staff before becoming the Culver his council successor, has been City or Santa profoundly impacted by cancer. Monica areas. “Cancer has been an unfortunate Chevalier, who is on the autism through-line for my life over the spectrum, is 6’1” with balding past several years. One of my best brown hair, likes to frequent childhood friends died of a rare libraries and was last seen wearing form of cancer about six years a polo shirt and a silver watch. ago, my younger sister Maureen Anyone with information is asked died of a cancer almost four to contact the Los Angeles County years ago, and then shortly after Sheriff’s Dept. at (323) 890-5500. Maureen passed I was Bill’s chief — Joe Piasecki of staff when he was diagnosed,” said Bonin, who is co-sponsoring the event with Councilman Paul Koretz. “I’ve tried to focus as much as I can on cancer issues,” Bonin continued. “One thing I’ve learned is how almost everyone Saturday marks Mar Vista’s first has been touched in a deep and community-wide Relay for Life, a profound way by cancer. I’ve seen 12-hour American Cancer Society what a powerful and brutal and fundraising party and walkathon unforgivingly monstrous disease at the baseball fields near the Mar it can be … but you also get to see Vista Recreation Center. how tough and strong and brave Hosted by the Mar Vista people are … [and] neighbors Community Council, the upbeat come out of the woodwork to be
Mar Vista hosts its inaugural Relay for Life on Saturday
supportive.” In addition to a team walkathon, Mar Vista’s Relay for Life event will also feature food, several live bands and games such as an egg hunt, frozen T-shirt contest and a pickup dodgeball game. A wellness corner features healthy living activities that include yoga, meditation, massage, diet, exercise, herbal medicine and aromatherapy instruction. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at 11430 Woodbine St. To register or sponsor a team, visit relayforlife.org/ MarVistaWestLACA. — Joe Piasecki
Del Rey council to discuss vandalism
The vandalism of Culver-Marina Little League facilities and theft of baseball equipment nearly two weeks ago is set for discussion during tonight’s Del Rey Neighborhood Council meeting at Del Rey Square, 11976 Culver Blvd., Del Rey. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Vandals defaced the inside of a snack bar with graffiti and satanic symbols, causing an estimated $15,000 to $20,000 in damages, according to Culver- Marina Little League Vice President Matthew Wind. — Gary Walker
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“We were compared to the Ramones a lot. I used to get mad.” — Kim Shattuck
After her stint with The Pixies, Kim Shattuck’s wild band celebrates its first album in a decade with a Westside in-store concert By Michael Aushenker Rolling Stone got it wrong. The venerable rock magazine was quick to report how Kim Shattuck had joined The Pixies and how, after a brief 2013 stint as bassist for the iconic alternative rock band, she was unceremoniously dropped. But then there was the part about the singer-songwriter and guitarist being the former leader of The Muffs. “I was frustrated. ‘You need to fix that! I’m currently in the Muffs,’” Shattuck said. To the magazine’s credit, it had been a while since anyone had heard anything new from The Muffs. But on Saturday, the hard-rocking trio celebrates the release of “Whoop-Dee-Doo,” their first album in a decade, with an in-store performance at Record Surplus in West Los Angeles. The Muffs, in fact, have never broken up — they’ve been an alternative rock fixture since Shattuck first formed them in 1991, initially as a quartet with guitarist
Melanie Vammen, bassist Ronnie Barnett and drummer Criss Crass. In the early 1990s, when Nirvana ended heavy metal’s reign to usher in grunge and pave the way for more punk-inspired bands, Warner Bros. Records signed the Muffs after, as Barnett recalls, Green Day, in the wake of their mega-selling breakthrough “Dookie” on Warner’s Reprise label, expressed unabashed Muffs love. The Muffs’ self-titled 1993 debut saw them recording next to Eric Clapton and hanging with Lindsay Buckingham. Then Vammen and Crass exited the band, briefly replaced on drums by Jim Laspesa before Roy McDonald entered. McDonald, Shattuck and Barnett have composed the group ever since. But not by design. Barnett said they were forced to play a big show on short notice — opening for Green Day at the Hollywood Palladium in 1994 — before they could replace Vammen.
“We didn’t want to turn it down,” Barnett, who remembered playing a secret practice show at Hell’s Gate in Hollywood under the name “Killing Grandma,” said of the gig. They went on to cover Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America” for the “Clueless” soundtrack in 1995, released five more albums through 2004, and then stopped. Until now. “I took my sweet time writing,” Shattuck said. What prompted her to finish “Whoop Dee Doo” was friendly competition with L.A. punk band Red Kross, whom Barnett had learned were finishing a new album. “It became this challenge that I was going to be faster than Red Kross,” Shattuck said, laughing. Contrary to some reports, Shattuck said “Whoop” is not the reaction to The Pixies tossing Shattuck last year. The album, short of mastering, was finished by December 2012, and the Muffs had
already been performing some of the material — until the Pixies came calling. “I had to put everything on hold,” said Shattuck, who landed her audition after once filling in for Pixies bassist Kim Deal in 2009 during a benefit concert at Silver Lake’s Echoplex. Deal had left the group when the Pixies’ leader Black Francis reached out to Shattuck via Twitter. Shattuck, who rarely tweets, happened to see it. Shattuck said she accepted the gig because she’d long liked the Pixies. Her fellow Muffs were supportive, although she first told her drummer only because Barnett “has a big mouth. The minute I told [Barnett], it started going around town. My instinct was correct,” she said, laughing. With Pixies, Shattuck knew she was “the hired person,” not paid to collaborate. (Continued on page 29) August 14, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11
Grit and
Grace By Bliss Bowen “There’s no business like show business,” as a tongue-in-cheek Irving Berlin immortally put it in his classic song for the musical “Annie Get Your Gun.” There’s also no business as demanding in its contradictions — so insistent on experience yet reverential of youth, so ravenous for fresh ideas yet allergic to nonconformity — that simultaneously inspire and grind
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down artists. Bernadette Peters, who won her second Tony Award in 1999 for her lead role in “Annie Get Your Gun,” has transcended those contradictions with grit and good humor. The dynamic New York native has racked up an arm’slength list of awards and stage, recording, film and TV credits — including a key role in Amazon’s forthcoming Web video series “Mozart in the Jungle” — over the course of a five-decade career that began with stage and TV appearances when she was a child. She further diversified her resume when she and Mary Tyler Moore co-founded Broadway
Barks!, which inspired Peters, 66, to write two children’s books that benefit the animal adoption charity: 2008’s “Broadway Barks” and 2010’s “Stella is a Star.” An avid music lover who cites Adele, Motown and especially Emmylou Harris as favorites, Peters favors Broadway composers like Stephen Sondheim (she’s had Broadway roles in “Into the Woods,” “Sunday in the Park with George” and a revival of “Gypsy”) and Rodgers & Hammerstein when selecting material for her own concerts — including a free show on Thursday, Aug. 21, at Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey.
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You’ll be performing with a 10-piece orchestra in Marina del Rey. Are you more comfortable singing with orchestras than smaller bands? Ten is new for me! I usually perform with a 28-piece orchestra. The 10-piece is something I started about two years ago. But I am going to do a trio for a couple of engagements; that’s new also. Great, great players. To me 10 pieces is not even that many. How do you keep things creatively fresh and interesting for yourself? I do a lot of music that I’m interested in. I get to choose when it’s my concert, so I do
songs that I like, with lyrics that have depth and meaning, so I become engaged and the audience becomes engaged because of that.
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Much of your work has been theatrical, but you frequently act on TV and give concerts too. How often do you travel away from New York? Oh, a lot. I was just in Vancouver; I did a guest shot on “Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce.” And I’m going to start this show on Amazon, “Mozart in the Jungle,” but that’s in New York. It’s about a symphony orchestra in New York, and [my character does] a lot of fundraising and the hiring and the firing. I think that’s going to be very interesting and kind of a powerful role. The season before I was on “Smash.” I get around.
You wrote a song for your children’s book “Broadway Barks.” Do you write or perform any other original material? No, even that song – I think it's lovely, it's a lullaby, and it said what I wanted it to say. But I don't consider myself really a composer. Those people I have great respect for; they're great craftsmen. That song just came to me and I do love it. I'll be performing that probably at the concert. Any more children’s books planned? Yes, I have a third coming out next winter, I think it’s called “Friends Forever.” It’s about my dog getting another dog. It’s about sibling rivalry and how you have to share things even when you don’t want to — “Wait, I wanted this dog and now it’s sleeping in my bed and eating all my food and getting all the attention” — and how do you come to terms with that. And the one dog is a dancing dog and the new dog is a singing dog. What artistic avenues haven’t you tried yet that you’d like to pursue? Probably act in some
of your career? [nonmusical] plays eventually. I do love to sing, but it’s something Hmm. Well, I get the experience that’s interesting to me and might of doing it. I learn as I go [laughs] and I’ve learned a lot. Trusting, just be great to do. trusting the whole process, really. What, if anything, is more Confession time: When I was rewarding about being a a kid, I knew I wanted to performing artist at this stage
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If you could somehow go back and talk to your younger self now about the life choices she was making and the road ahead, what advice would you offer her? To not be afraid. [She pauses.] It’s interesting. I think my choices have been pretty good throughout, but … the important part of life is that you move through it and you learn. I think that’s the whole idea. We’re here to learn, and I would just say: Stay open to learning.
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Melody Bar and Grill The closest bar to LAX is also a restaurant focused on serving high-quality food. Amber chandeliers dangle from ornate copper ceilings in the dining area, where guests can enjoy steak, chicken and rib entrees or more causal fare like burgers, sandwiches and chicken strips. Mornings feature a breakfast menu rich with American classics. In the evening, intricate signature cocktails mix with frequent drink specials, live music and special events — and best of all the kitchen stays open late. 9132 Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester | (310) 670-1994 |melodylax.com
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Find authentic and always fresh Cuban cuisine at “The Creole Corner,” known for its roast chicken and the leanest, firmest lechon (pork) dishes — each served with rice, black beans, plantains and lots of wonderfully seasoned onions. Seafood specialties abound. Enjoy generous portions at moderate prices in a warm, friendly atmosphere rich with Cuban art, or call for catering or take-out.
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Fresh and tasty ingredients make for authentic Cuban dishes like lechon Cubano, tomatillo pork enchiladas, jerk chicken enchiladas, ropa vieja and sweet-and-spicy papaya chicken stir fry. Appetizers, salads and small plates are prepared with a healthy California flair. The original Cuban mojito is joined on the menu by numerous specialty cocktails to make for adventurous evenings just steps away from Venice Beach. 14 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey | (310) 827-6209 | mercedesgrille.com
Bin No. 73 This ultra-cozy wine bar next to sister restaurant Mercede’s Grille has a ceiling decorated with bottles from its ever-changing wine list. The menu features gourmet tapas, lavash flatbread pizzas and decadent meat and cheese plates, salads, sliders, steak and weekend $5 brunch specials. Craft beer is on tap and a special drink menu includes flavorful twists on the classic mojito, margaritas and a pair of delightful champagne cocktails. 18 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey | (310) 577-0035 | mercedesgrille.com Feed offers lunch, dinner and weekend brunch using primarily local, sustainable ingredients. Stylish ambience and an outdoor patio are only part of the restaurant's draw. The kitchen emphasizes the bounty of plant-based food but operates within the full culinary spectrum - vegetarian dishes as well as hearty entrées such as a fresh ground aged burger, grass-fed filet and Scottish salmon - making Feed a welcome addition to Abbot Kinney's vibrant foodie scene. The full bar boasts an extensive wine list, craft cocktails and 17 varieties of beer. 1239 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice | (310) 450-5550| feedbodyandsoul.com
Louie’s of Mar Vista A lively atmosphere compliments quirky Southern California cuisine that’s sure to impress. Unique dishes are influenced by recipes from all over the world, including New Orleans, Japan and Hawaii. Best of all, Louie’s raises its own bees to combat a worldwide honey shortage and is conscious of humane practices in meat production. Everything in this restaurant is custom and memorable — try a signature Bee Sting cocktail at the friendly bar. 3817 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista | (310) 915-5300 | louiesofmarvista.com
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sandwiches, wraps, salads, pizza and pasta. Desserts include Marla’s famous cookies, brownies and pecan squares. Take-out, delivery and catering are also available. 2300 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice | (310) 827-1843 | marlascafe.com A locally owned restaurant with a focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients from local producers, The Wood features regional artisan brews in addition to mouth-wateringly simple menu staples like grass-fed lamb chops, crab cakes and seasonal risotto. The signature Wood Burger features a halfpound of Paso Prime grass-fed beef topped with applewood bacon, local greens, onion rings, garlic aioli and other premium ingredients. An extended brunch menu extends late into the day. 12000 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City| (310) 915-9663| thewoodcafe.com
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DELICATESSENS Del Rey Deli Del Rey Deli is Playa’s favorite sandwich stop. Conveniently located at Pershing and Manchester, the deli has built its reputation on fresh ingredients and friendly staff. Build your own sandwich or choose from a lengthy list of classic combinations and unique gourmet delights. There’s also a weekend brunch and a variety of interesting soups, salads and sides. Del Rey Deli offers gluten-free alternative bread and is great for vegetarians, too! 8501 Pershing Drive, Playa Del Rey | (310) 439-2256| delreydeli.com
Gelson’s Marina del Rey Gelson’s stands out as a grocer with the flair of a restaurant. A full-service deli with fresh sushi made daily, a gourmet salad bar and a Wolfgang Puck Express make the store’s dining area a hotspot for lunch. Also find the finest in baked goods, cheeses, and natural and prepared foods alongside aisle after colorful aisle of grocery staples, wine and spirits. Open daily 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 13455 Maxella Ave., Marina del Rey | (310) 306-2952 | gelsons.com
Roxy's Café Smoothies, sandwiches and wraps are the name of the game at Roxy's Café. Build your own sandwich from a choice of meats, breads, cheeses, sauces and toppings or explore signature specials like The Roxy teriyaki-marinated chicken heated to perfection with mozzarella cheese, pineapple and red onion. Treat yourself to a decadent milkshake or a satisfying smoothie such as the Roxy-berry, featuring vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. 8601 Lincoln Blvd. (enter from Manchester) | (310) 569-8824 | roxyscafeandeatery.com
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The art at Mao’s Kitchen evokes a communist worker’s canteen
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Mao’s Kitchen
1512 Pacific Ave., Venice (310) 581-8305 maoskitchen.com Whether they’re cozy bistros or bright, contemporary places with shared tables, restaurants are usually themed to create a friendly, personal atmosphere. In many cases this evokes nostalgia — for a grandmother’s kitchen, real or imagined, a tavern or pub, or a merry, loud dive from college days. In other cases, the draw may seem more obscure, like the Venice restaurant that evokes a Chinese communist worker’s canteen. Mao’s Kitchen is decorated with posters of peasants working the fields, happily operating machinery or just posing proudly, but not actually eating; the clientele is obviously there for another purpose. The place attracts a young, diverse crowd, and a steady stream of take-out orders indicates that the place is liked for more than its décor. The menu is long on agitprop names (Model Citizen Noodle Soup) and on reassurances that what you’re ordering is high-quality — the words homemade, organic and natural show up frequently and there is an unusually strong range of vegetarian dishes. We decided to start with a green onion pancake, eggplant stuffed with shrimp (Eggplant Pamphlet) and a bowl of spinach, tofu and black mushroom soup. The onion pancake did not start things off well — when made properly these are light and crisp with a gentle sharpness, but the one we had was slightly doughy
and actually didn’t have much onion flavor. The eggplant was much better, soft inside with a delicately crisp skin, served with a soy-onion sauce and a corrosively spicy chili-andmustard mix. The star of the starters was the soup, which had an intense mushroom stock with a slight smoky flavor. It was much better than the typical stock you find at Chinese restaurants outside Chinese neighborhoods, and the spinach had been added at the right time — it wasn’t overcooked, which is often the case elsewhere. The mushrooms were not the usual flavorless button mushrooms either. Though this soup is simple, it was expertly made and delicious. Though the restaurant was full with a long line outside, the kitchen here has its timing down, and our other items arrived in quick succession — the Szechuan noodle dish called Dan Dan Mian, a fish dish called “Mao’s Hometown” and Weiwuer lamb. Dan Dan noodles are usually a soup in China. It’s a drier dish here, but either way they’re delicious — a variety of vegetables tossed with pork or beef in a tangy chili-sesame sauce. The noodles at Mao’s Kitchen were homemade and had a springy texture, and the sauce with finely chopped spring onions was delicious. We had ordered the dish medium and it was just within the comfort zone of the self-identified spice wimp at our table. If I go back without her, I’ll ask them to dial it up to hot and enjoy the blast of flavor. I wasn’t quite as much a fan of the Mao’s Hometown dish because its smoked tofu and fish
were more interesting but were junior partners to the bell pepper and onion. With just a bit less bell pepper this would have been delightful, so if I order this again I’d ask for it to be toned down. There was no such problem with the Weiwuer lamb, which like many northwestern Chinese dishes had a strong but balanced cumin flavor. The shredded lamb was fried with cashews, celery, tomato, onion and jicama — the last not usually found in Chinese cuisine, but adding a pleasant apple-like crunch. Beer and wine are not served at Mao’s Kitchen, but a variety of teas are, both traditional and herbal. Those who like alcohol with their food can go around the corner to the market; we picked up a bottle of Smoking Loon Sauvignon Blanc and enjoyed the way it worked with the spicy flavors. Dinner at Mao’s Kitchen was within the price range of the proletariat — our bountiful meal for four ran just under $60, a bargain anywhere but a marvel a block from the beach. The service is brisk but not rude; the servers are constantly on the go, but took enough time to answer questions. Mao’s Kitchen is several rungs above the experience of the workers whose lives are celebrated on the wall art, and the experience is a delightful oddity to coax diners away from Main Street and Abbot Kinney Boulevard. Mao’s Kitchen opens at 11:30 am daily and closes at 10:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and at 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Street parking only. No alcohol served, but no corkage fee. Menu online.
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Chess Club, 4:15 p.m. Kids ages 5 to 16 can learn to play chess or improve their strategy through free classes each Thursday at VeniceAbbot Kinney Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl. org/branches The Dustbowl Revival, 7 p.m. The Venice-based roots/jazz collective plays its self-described “hillbilly jazz” music with eight different instruments in a free concert at the courtyard at Culver City City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. Culvercity.org La Santa Cecilia, with Sergio Mendoza y La Orkestra and KCRW DJ Raul Campos, 7 p.m. Continuing the Twilight Concert Series, Latin-flavored La Santa Cecilia performs their tunes addressing love, loss and heartbreak, with influences ranging from Miles Davis to Janis Joplin. Free. Santa Monica Pier. santamonicapier.org “Shrek the Musical,” 7 p.m. El Segundo’s Youth Drama presents the music-filled romp inspired by the DreamWorks Animation franchise through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. El Segundo High School Performing Arts Center, 640 Main St., El Segundo. $10 Balance and Fitness Class, 7 p.m. Free class offered Thursdays; also 9:45 a.m. on Saturdays. Class builds total core strength with squats, pushups, lunges and other techniques
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Friday, Aug. 15 Cigar & Whiskey Night, 5 p.m. Grab a $5 cigar from Hollywood Smoke and hoist a $5 bourbon by Bulleit while learning to roll cigars. Last Friday of each month on the patio. Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 8234522; whiskeyreds.com “Buddha Nature and Becoming a Buddhist,” 7 p.m. Lama Karma Drodul lectures on how to access your own Buddha nature and examines how we discover joy in
our lives in this free talk held at The Church, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. Santamonicaktc.org “Sordid Lives,” 8 p.m. Last weekend to catch the Kentwood Players’ black comedy centering on a family from a Texas town who must grapple with the death of the elderly family matriarch during her clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with a young married neighbor. Adult situations and language. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” 8:30 p.m. Santa Monica’s “Cinema on the Street” series concludes with Steven Spielberg’s penultimate installment of the Republic Serial-style franchise he co-created with “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas that began with “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” In this 1989 sequel, Harrison Ford returns to his role as intrepid archeologist/adventurer Jones with Sean Connery as his freewheeling father. Free. Corner of Third Street and Wilshire Boulevard on Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. DowntownSM.com The Jazz Cats, 9 p.m. Legend has it that this group’s members met on a safari and were greeted by a lion that bestowed upon them the secrets of jazz. Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; 1 item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com
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Fallen Stars, 9 p.m. See the group that describes itself as “an Americana rock band from Southern California that believes a good story can break your heart and a driving guitar riff can put it back together again, all in the space of a three minute song.” Trip, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Lisa Haagen, 10 p.m. Singersongwriter Haagen creates warm, impassioned sounds accompanied with emotionally vulnerable lyrics. The Pacific Northwest transplant sings songs off of her first full-length album, “With Honey.” Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; 1 item minimum. (310) 3054792; witzendlive.com Johnny Oskam, 11 p.m. The 22-year-old guitarist pushes the boundaries of the blues by infusing it with rock and jazz, without abandoning the underlying soul and raw emotion of blues. Oskam tours behind his debut album, "Soul Search." Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; 1 item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com
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officers. Recommended for ages 3 and up; also on Sunday, same time. Runs until Sept. 7 at Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica. $12 to $20. (310) 804-0223; creatingarts.org Saturday Jam Sessions, 2 to 6 p.m. Hang out with cool musicians and jam out on stage. Open to all; first come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Tribute to Bill Hickok, 2 p.m. The Literary Arts Center mourns the passing of its board member and Green Poets Workshop leader, whose book “The Woman Who Shot me & Other Poems” was praised as “bulging with all of life’s male stuff.” Free. Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org “The Elements of Mystery” Author Panel, 2 p.m. A discussion on the building blocks of crafting a new mystery series with authors Kim Fay (“The Map of Lost Memories”), Samuel W. Gailey (“Deep Winter”), Rachel Howzell Hall (“Land of Shadows”) and Don Passman (“The Amazing Harvey”) moderated by author Naomi Hirahara (“Murder on Bamboo Lane”). Followed by a drawing for reading-related prizes; a meet-andgreet with the authors; and a book sale and signing. Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium, Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 4588600; smpl.org “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown!” 3 to 4 p.m. A musical based on cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s beloved characters, recommended for ages 3 and up. Also on Sunday, same time. Runs until Sept. 7 at Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica. $12 to $20. (310) 804-0223; creatingarts.org
summer dinner and cocktail menus at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com “Loving and Hating Charles Bukowski,” 8 p.m. Sculptor and poet Linda King reads from her memoir about her relationship with the legendary poet, joined by Doug Knott reading his favorite Bukowski poems. $15 general admission; $8 for seniors, students and members. Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Café R&B 10th Anniversary Show, 9 p.m. Los Angeles’ own Cafe R&B describes their lead singer Roach as something akin to “Etta James riding a Harley out of an active volcano.” With blazing lead guitarist Byl Carruthers. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $15; 21 & over; two drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; dennisjonescentral.com
Jeff Scott, 10 p.m. This alternative singer-songwriter also produces music scores for shows such as “The Sons of Anarchy,” and will rock the Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; 1 item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com
Sunday, Aug. 17 Los Angeles Arts Collective, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Special “Let It Go” workshop led by Lockey Maisonneuve. Los Angeles Arts Collective, 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 641-2575; la-arts-collective.com Soapbox Open Reading, 1:45 p.m. Jessica Wilson hosts an open mic poetry slam at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 8223006; beyondbaroque.org Seaside Soireé, 2 to 9 p.m. Silent
Dance Parties (using headphones) run Sundays throughout summer on the west end of Santa Monica Pier. $10. silentfrisco.com Walk Street Blues Band with Fran Banish: Featuring Lisa Newberry & The Venice Horns, 2:30 p.m. Banish, a blues-rock legend who taught Bob Dylan and members of Weezer, brings “some of the most incredible, sizzling six-string play around” to the Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; 1 item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com Tom Nolan Band, 5 p.m. This Southern California institution of two decades plays its traditional mix of classic soul, blues, jazz, and their own original tunes. Food trucks Yalla Truck and Paradise Cookies and Ice Cream also make an appearance. Free parking available after 3:30 p.m. along with free bike valet at 4 p.m. Stewart Street Park; 1836
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The Writers Round, 7 p.m. Mende Smith hosts writers in a roundtable talk-show format, where they will answer questions from the audience, who is encouraged to answer the monthly “Big Question.” Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 8223006; beyondbaroque.org Sunday Jazz Suppers, 7 p.m. Local bands create a lounge atmosphere on the patio of Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 8234522; whiskeyreds.com The Toledo Show, 8 p.m. A cabaret show held on Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Live Blues and Soul at the Brig, 10:30 p.m. The Abbot Kinney bar (Continued on page 26)
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“Bill Hickok Tribute,” 4 to 6:30 p.m. Beyond Baroque mourns the passing of its board member and Green Poets workshop leader Hickok, a poet whose collection "The Woman Who Shot Me & Other Poems” was praised by Al Young as “a pillow-book of personable back-stories. Bulging with all of life’s male stuff — aims vs. goals, family, fortune, shame, love, wine, women, Kansas Cityproof jazz, savvy, fish and game — this thickly beautiful, late-life collection shines like a golden retriever.” Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Roberta Flack, 7 p.m. The American singer—notable for jazz, soul, R&B and folk music—belts her signature songs “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” through beautiful Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 305-9596; chacepark. com/events
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The Trevion design breaks down the traditional barriers between inside and outside space
Bringing the Outdoors in Playa Vista’s new Trevion homes gracefully blend indoor living area and private outdoor space By Joe Piasecki
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native, drew inspiration from Spanish and coastal contemporary styles to make maximum use of urban-compact outdoor spaces as an integral part of the livingarea footprint. The Pacific Coast Builders Conference recently honored Trevion as the Best Single Family Detached Home of the Year, part of a run of awards for Playa Vista’s current phase of development by a retractable glass door — is perhaps that included top honors for Best on-theeven more remarkable. Boards sight plan. With most homes, the interior function of Anderle, with the architecture firm the house stops where the yard begins. Bassenian Lagoni for 22 years, spoke But for Trevion, project design architect about some of his inspirations for Hans Anderle, a Southern California Trevion’s design.
How can owners of traditional single-family homes better utilize their outdoor spaces? One thing you want to ask is: What is the relationship of your living area and your kitchen area to your yard? If you were to re-lay out your kitchen without necessarily tearing down walls, make sure the kitchen is open and that it orients to the yard. One of the best ways to do that is to create a large island, and if you’re going to put plumbing on that island — meaning your sink — it should be oriented toward your living space, which
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it’s efficient. There’s also the relationship to everyday living. [With Trevion], there’s You want to make sure the way a connection to the garage that we take you furnish and place your seating is advantage of. It becomes kind of a staging comfortable and makes sense in the way area, a California mudroom, an area you circulate through the space or to the where you can drop off [groceries] in your space. The reality is your big-screen TV takes the place of the fireplace as the focal walk-in pantry. So what would be your point in that living area, so I think it has to normal hallway or circulation area from your garage to your kitchen, we play that be positioned so you can take advantage up and use it for storage — almost like a of that. showcase for storage.
Everything seems to start with the kitchen, no?
The kitchen has to function, but it also has to feel like it could be another entertaining zone. It’s not like you’re only going to cook there; you’re going to entertain there. It’s going to be the central hub — command central, the place where the kids do homework, or the place where you’re going to set out the hors d’oeuvres for your party. So that has to be something that’s impressive. I think that can be achieved not by necessarily dedicating a lot of space to it, but by using the space you do have wisely. Make sure
What bad design features do you see most often in traditional singlefamily houses? Sometimes you have walls that shut off the home and make it feel a lot smaller than it really is. And you can’t stress enough how well the house has to furnish. While there may be several ways to furnish a space, if it is furnished well that optimizes how you live in the home and just how it feels. Especially if you have an outdoor yard and you are literally turning your back to it, I don’t think that’s successful.
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“This is a spectacular, private corner unit in the coveted Beach Collection at Latitude 33,” says agent Lisa Pound. “The elegant, light-filled open plan has three bedrooms, a den/office, three full baths and a two-car over-sized finished garage. Built in 2012 with sophisticated architectural detailing, including the Elan Smart Home System (control lighting, alarm system, heat/air, audio and security video from your phone or tablet). The living room is wired for surround sound, and the kitchen has caeserstone counters and Bosch stainless appliances. The master suite has built-out closets and a separate tub and shower. Lovely ocean breezes fill the custom landscaped patio with an automatic drip irrigation system. The complex has a concierge, security guard, guest parking and a gym. Enjoy the beach access and restaurants of Venice and Marina del Rey.”
The property is offered at $1,525,000. Information, Lisa Pound, Gibson International, (310) 622-7442. PAGE 20 THE ARGONAUT August 14, 2014
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Penthouse with Ocean, Mountain and City Views
Capri Court Home
“This two-story, 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath penthouse has spectacular views,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The living area features a wet bar, perfect for entertaining. The kitchen has ample storage and a walk-in pantry. The second story has a loft area and a separate laundry room. The master bedroom overlooks the coast and the city, while the second bedroom has a lovely Marina view. Enjoy the Club's amenities: executive gym, pools, tennis courts, gourmet restaurant and bar, 24hour gated, guarded security. Walk to the beach and many restaurants.” The property is offered at $995,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.
“This stunning three bedroom, 3.5 bath, three-story Tuscan style townhome has a fresh, open floor-plan,” says agent Erik Flexner. “There are two balconies and a lovely backyard with maple trees, a barbecue and a fountain. The entrance features a Brazilian hardwood stairway, and the two-car garage has plenty of storage. The kitchen has top-of-the-line appliances, and there are charming details throughout. Enjoy Playa Vista’s amenities: parks, fitness center and retail area, along with close proximity to Marina del Rey and LAX.” The property is offered at $1,199,000. Information, Erik Flexner, The Flexner Group, Coldwell Banker, (310) 422-2278.
Playa del Rey Dream Home
“This three-story, five bedroom, 5.5 bath home sits on the highest point in Playa del Rey,” says agent Steven Matilla. “Enjoy the abundant natural light and views from downtown LA to Malibu. There is a billiard room and indoor Jacuzzi, plus in-law quarters on the first floor. On the second floor you will find the family room, kitchen, living and dining rooms and an office/bedroom. The master suite and two other bedrooms are on the top floor. With three fireplaces, three wet bars and an extra-large three-car garage, this home is an incredible value.” The property is offered at $3,298,000. Information, Steven Matilla, ERA Matilla Realty, (310) 748-0574.
Exceptional Westchester Home
“This inviting home is located on a quiet, tree-lined street west of Lincoln,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “An open and airy living room, with a brick fireplace, joins a formal dining room with glass doors to the outdoors. A spacious kitchen features granite countertops and a lovely eat-in breakfast area overlooking a covered patio. The master bedroom has French doors to a brick patio, and an elegant bath. Two additional bedrooms and another full bath complete this home. The private backyard with a large patio area patio area are perfect for outdoor entertaining.” The property is offered at $929,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.
Marina, City and Pool Views
“Full walls of glass in every room flood this Marina del Rey unit with natural light throughout the day,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “A private wraparound balcony connects to the open-plan kitchen, living and dining areas, with hardwood floors and stainless appliances. The floor plan includes two large bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a rare office/ den space. Enjoy superb amenities and services: two parking spaces, 24-hour guest valet parking, 24-hour security, concierge, heated pool, business center, media lounge, professional fitness center and more.” The property is offered at $1,549,000. Information, Jesse Weinberg, Keller Williams Marina/LA Realty, (800) 804-9132.
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Playa del Rey Home
Ocean and Marina View
“This spectacular, second-story unit in Marina del Rey has two bedrooms and 2.5 baths on a single level, with floor-to-ceiling windows,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “The gourmet kitchen has stainless appliances and granite countertops. With exposed wood-beam ceilings, hardwood floors, and a sauna, a covered patio in the rear and three car parking, this is one of the best buildings on the beach.” The property is offered at $2,449,000. Information, Peter and Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties, (310) 821-2900.
“This one bedroom, one bath unit in the coveted Central North Tower has beautiful views over the ocean and the Marina,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Enjoy all the amenities the Marina City Club has to offer: a huge executive gym, free classes, swimming pools, tennis, paddle tennis and racquet ball courts, gourmet restaurant and bar, daytime café, room service, car wash, 24-hour gated and guarded security and more. Walk to the beach and many restaurants.” The property is offered at $409,900. Information, Eileen McCarthy, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 822-8910.
“This beautiful two-story traditional home has five bedrooms and four baths,” says agent Debra Berman. “The living area has vaulted ceilings, and the formal dining room leads to an open kitchen and family room which flow out to the backyard with hardscape, a built-in barbecue, a water element and a fire pit. The kitchen has granite counter tops and a separate breakfast bar. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and the master suite, which has a jetted tub. There is a second bedroom suite off the entryway.” The property is offered at $1,674,000. Information, Berman Kandel, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 424-5512.
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8229 Billowvista Dr. 261 Redlands St. 180 Manitoba St. #412 8515 Falmouth Ave. #412 7830 W. 83rd St. 8148 Redlands St. #205
4/1.75 Updated home on lg lot, LR w/flpl, FR, lg patio $968,000 5/4 Hamptons-style beach house, great ocean view $2,399,000 2/2 Remodeled & updated, open flpl in the Pacific Club $525,000 2/2 Vaulted ceilings & balcony in Villas del Rey $499,000 4/3 Wonderful Playa del Rey home $1,225,000 1/1 796 sqft., close to beach, 2car pkg $389,000
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Call it a Full Circle moment — literally — when Venice Art Crawl observes its 4th anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 21, in Venice. Full Circle, a cultural center on Rose Avenue, hosts the celebration gathering myriad artists, musicians, curators, volunteers, organizers, galleries and venue owners who over the past four years have made the crawl a dynamic part of Venice culture. Venice Art Crawl is an organization by and for Venice’s creative community started in 2010 and, since forming, part of the Venice Chamber of Commerce. Organizers describe their mission as one of sharing, inspiring and promoting collaboration through events and mixers hosted by local businesses and artists’ studios. “[It’s] crucial to have an organization for the people and by the people. With all the changes happening in Venice and the increase of tourism, it is vital to Venice that we stay connected as a community and recognize who still is in the community,” said Venice Art Crawl President Nicole Muyingo. “We are always looking for new people to be involved and join the Venice Art Crawl team, whether it be photography, PR, art curating
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‘Love is a song’ Soulful singer Roberta Flack breezes through summer into a free Saturday concert in Marina del Rey directed by Clint Eastwood, in 1971. The song is about an experience that each of us knows personally, whether about a child, a lover or an experience.” A cut from her album “First Take,” the nigh-melancholy love song “First Time” was Flack’s cover of a 1957 folk ditty originally written by British political singer Ewan MacColl, inspired by his romantic and professional partner, Peggy Seeger. “First Time” may very well have been recorded during Flack’s first time out performing the song. “‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ was done in very few takes,” Flack recalled. “That’s why that album is called ‘First Take.’ Many of those songs were only recorded once. In the days before editing and auto-tuning, we played the songs together straight through.” Flack’s version became a global hit, as did its spiritual successor, “Killing Me Softly,” a year later, with both reaching No. 1 on
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I for years to do ‘Tales of the Blue nine months overdue on rent and really tried to look through it Meanie.’ We were up to 4 a.m. too terrifying for even the police through the eyes of a 20-yearand I had her up laughing at my to get involved. old rather than a 70-year-old,” anecdotes,” Cole said of what On the upside, Cole did not said Cole, who becomes a prompted the memoir impulse have to look far to secure work. septuagenarian in November. after selling more than 25 million As he writes in chapter four, “The only thing I did [was copies of novels he co-wrote with For Men and Women • 30 Years Experience “Newspaper jobs were easily change] the order of things late writing partner Chris Bunch. acquired in those days. There for continuity. I’m good at Personalized Creations Set in the summer of 1968 — were hundreds of independent remembering conversations. 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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014223638 The following person is doing business as: The Brutti Co.3941 Keeshen Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Robert K. Oku3941 Keeshen Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a 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: Robert K. Oku. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 13, 2014. Argonaut published: August 14, 21, 28 and September 4, 2014. 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. 2014201954 The following person is doing business as: Rowena Ake Realtor8409 Lincoln Blvd. Registered owners: Rowena Ake 8701 Delany Ave. Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by a 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: Rowena Ake. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 25, 2014. Argonaut published: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2014. 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. 2014204384 The following person is doing business as: Ppaolo The Chef.com 6105 Summertime Lane Culver City, CA. 90230. Registered owners: Pierpaolo Mattei 6105 Summertime Lane Culver City, CA. 90230. This business is conducted by a 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: Pierpaolo Mattei. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 29, 2014. Argonaut published: July 31, August 7, 14, and 21, 2014. 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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legal advertising FICtItIOus BusINEss NAME stAtEMENt File No. 2014209128 The following person is doing business as: Ever After Creative Workshop 844 Dickson St. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Terry Groehler 844 Dickson St. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a 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: Terry Groehler. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 31, 2014. Argonaut published: August 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2014. 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. 2014209150 The following person is doing business as: Willow Of Wonder and Wonderfully Made 30311 Goodspring Dr. Agoura Hills, CA. 91301. Registered owners: Jacqueline Williams30311 Goodspring Dr. Agoura Hills, CA. 91301. This business is conducted by a 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: Jacqueline Williams. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 31, 2014. Argonaut published: August 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2014.. 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. 2014209170 The following person is doing business as: Main Focus Productions 2100 E. Hill St. #17. Registered owners: Timothy Mittan 2100 E. Hill St. #17. This business is conducted by a 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: Timothy Mittan. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 31, 2014. Argonaut published: August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2014. 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).
united states District Court Central District OF CALIFORNIA, suMMONs ON A tHIRD PARtY COMPLAINt CASE NUMBER CV13-05062-DMG-E Plaintiff: The Chuck Olsen Co. INC., a California corporation, vs. Defendants: F.P.D. INC., a California coporation; and Joseph Balcom, an individual. Third Party Plaintiffs: F.P.D., INC., a California corporation; and Joseph Balcom, an individual, vs. Third Party Defendants: Joseph Pisciotta 300 San Juan Ave. #5, Venice, CA. 90291, an individual, Chuck Olsen, and individual and Dave Perez, an individual NOTICE! A lawsuit has been filed against defendant FPD AND BALCOM, who-as third-party plaintiff is making this claim against you to pay part or all of what the defendant may owe to the plaintiff CHUCK OLSEN COMPANY. Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) - or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2)or(3) - you must serve on the plaintiff and on the defendant an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the defendant or defendant's attorney, whose name and address are: JOSEPH P. DIVINCENZO & GRIFFITH, 2121 E. PACIFIC COAST HWY., STE 280, CORONA DEL MAR, CA. 92625, 949-759-0781 It must also be served on the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney, whose name and address are: PATRICK J. GORMAN, ESQ., WILD, CARTER & TIPTON, 246 W. SHAW AVENUE, FRESNO, CA. 93704 If you fail to respond , judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the third-party complaint. You also must file the answer or motion with the court and serve it on any other parties. A copy of the plaintiff's complaint is also attached. You may - but are not required to - respond to it. Date: 10-4-13
puBliC notiCes 50% of a property in Venice, CA. which is n undivided 50% interest as a tenant in common, is for sale. For information please call the Law Office of Clark & Trevithick, ask for April Salazar # 213629-5700 NOtICE OF PEtItION tO ADMINIstER EstAtE OF HARRY EDMOND stRIDER CAsE NO. BP154680 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of HARRY EDMOND STRIDER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by STEPHEN SKINNER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that STEPHEN SKINNER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date September 10, 2014, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 5, RM: 236 Location: 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES, CA. 90012. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: Stephen Skinner 632 W. Hillcrest Blvd. Inglewood, CA. 310-256-0771 The Argonaut 08/14/2014, 08/21/2014, 08/28/2014, 09/04/2014
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