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Contents

VOL 45, NO 37

Opinion

Local News & Culture

Food & Drink

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The Sky’s the Limit

Gentrification picks up the Gun

Culinary historian Richard Foss explores the turbulent history of food in flight. .............. 18

The murder of Jascent-Jamal Warren speaks volumes about the declining value of homeless lives in Venice. ....................... 8

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Outrigger Canoe Open House................. 26

News ‘Growing Pains’ Common Core test results — some encouraging, others dismal — start a new measure of school accountability with a bang..................... 11

Interview Schoolyard Scuffles LAUSD Board of

Education President Steve Zimmer on the winner-take-all attitudes that are crippling public schools . ....... 12

The Cars of Tomorrow Automobile futurist Harald Belker on style, substance and the green revolution. ..... 14 Green, Greener, Gone Santa Monica’s AltCar Expo contemplates a future without cars as we know them. . 15

This Week Turning Trash into Treasure Coastal Cleanup Day is an opportunity to rediscover the natural beauty in our own backyard....................................... 17

The Beauty of Awareness Artists shape plastic ocean debris into visual messages. ............................. 27

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Arts The Long Way Home Colin Hay draws inspiration from the line between optimism and self-delusion. .......... 28

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L e t t e r s Don’t Scapegoat the Kardashians Re: “County Orders Probe of Kardashian Fireworks Show,” “The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 2015” and “Why I sued the LAPD,” Sept. 3 Thank you for your brilliant pairing of the two op-ed articles following the news story about the Aug. 25-26 fireworks and their aftermath. The juxtaposition illustrates how, when our Fourth Estate falters, a foothold develops for the boot of a despot to step in. First, the news story rekindled my indignation and fanned the flames of anger and frustration. The U.S. Coast Guard gave at least tacit approval for the fireworks show, and the county Sheriff and Fire departments were notified. However, none of the agencies admitted to any jurisdictional responsibility. The State of California is glaringly absent from the report. Am I getting the full story? What is the jurisdictional protocol pertaining to fireworks? Khloe Kardashian is identified as the culprit, but I wonder why she and some of her private party guests are named (and unflattering images published online), while the Coast Guard’s refusal

to identify the fireworks company is unchallenged. Unequal treatment makes me suspicious. It has yet to sink in: the Kardashian clan is now firmly cast as scapegoat. Why did none of these agencies act to prevent the fireworks or forewarn the community, although they had both the knowledge and the means to do so? The sole purpose of Supervisor Knabe’s “investigation” appears to be increasing interagency “cooperation.” Translation: increase government power. Yikes! Many of us are familiar with German pastor Martin Niemöller’s famous statement about being sent to a concentration camp during the Nazi regime: “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out —Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.” Mr. Milam’s op-ed piece at the top of the following page is a

take on this parable about the consequences for those who hide from the truth as fellow dissidents are vanquished. Although Milam’s outcome is less dire, I am nevertheless outraged by his tale of contempt for truth, justice and individual rights exhibited by those who are entrusted to protect them. People empowered to shoot from the hip and answer questions later. I shudder at the ever-grimmer implications. Anger, frustration, fear and helplessness thus primed, I continue. For a few moments, Mr. Peyser entertains and lulls me with his witty, hate-the-rich mantra against the scapegoat Kardashians. His zealous invective appeals to my basest, vengeful impulses as it conjures visions of an SNL skit. But this is about an event that was, unless I misread the article, both legitimate and officially sanctioned, and retribution is not intended for Khloe alone, but against her whole clan. Then I recall that The Argonaut once characterized me as a dissident. And I am chilled to the bone. Nancy Vernon Marino Director, We ARE Marina del Rey

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Gentrification picks up the Gun The murder of Jascent-Jamal Warren speaks volumes about the declining value of homeless lives in Venice By John Seeley For the in-crowd, the Venice boardwalk’s Cadillac Hotel played host to a hyper-chic art event on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 29. “Collage-O-Rama,” displaying the work of 10 mixed-media artists and celebrating the of late Venice art icon Mark “Sponto” Kornfeld, had been promoted with an invite that depicted the head of Jesus Christ on the flexing body of a Schwarzenegger-esque bodybuilder — a smile-worthy image, except perhaps for the very devout. Long after the last lingering art partiers had drained the bubbly and wandered home, notions of muscle-flexing and the Messiah became disconnected again for others living on Venice’s margins. Around 2 a.m., a loud argument involving a hotelier, an armed man and a group of homeless people camped outside the Cadillac ended in gunfire. And then Jamal-Jascent Warren, a 26-year-old musician and poet known to locals as “Shakespeare,” was dead. From conversations I’ve had with Warren’s family and friends at boardwalk memorial gatherings and what I’ve picked up from media reports of eyewitness accounts, Warren had no intention of sleeping outside the Cadillac Hotel that night. Rather, he approached the fracas trying to calm things down while asserting that people did — as the courts have affirmed — have the right to sleep on the sidewalk. Word on the boardwalk is that Warren’s intervention was not calming to the hotelier (now facing a murder charge), who witnesses allege ordered a still-at-large gunman to shoot at Warren and the crowd. What drove Warren to enter into that fatal fracas, say friends and family, stemmed from his whole-hearted embrace of Christ’s mandate to help the needy. As his father, Herb Warren, explained in the eulogy for his son during a Sept. 5 funeral service, “Jay” was instilled since boyhood with a Christian spirit of helping the less-fortunate, whether by passing out bibles and basketballs to poor kids with his dad or insisting on pulling over to help stranded motorists. While Warren did not carry a bible on the boardwalk, he had

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Mourners light candles for Warren during a Sept. 2 memorial on the boardwalk continued to serve the down-andout. Only months earlier, he was giving free haircuts with a traveling homeless-aid group called Pioneers of the Open Road. Friends say Warren had left his job as a reception clerk at nearby mini-hotel Su Casa in late July intending to join the Pioneers on their mobile mission, but scheduling changes aborted those plans. In the month that he died, Warren was looking for new employment, working on his music and hanging out at the boardwalk, where he spent hours listening to the woes of troubled kids or vets with PTSD issues. In the final week of his life, Warren had the plight of the homeless on his mind, posting to his Facebook page: “Instead of building mega-churches, how about building mega-homeless centers?” Following the funeral service, friends discussed launching a legacy project to keep Warren’s spirit alive. Musician Paul Goldstein, with whom Warren had planned to record, pledged to name his studio after him. One of Warren’s former supervisors at Su Casa suggested a campaign calling on the tech giants that are transforming Venice’s real estate landscape to subsidize the conversion of the Cadillac Hotel into a homeless center with rooms both for sleeping and for art. In the meantime, Westside activists have renewed a commitment to defend the rights of homeless people to exist in public space. A hastily organized protest along Ocean Front Walk on Sept. 13 drew about 70 people.

Demonstrators marched from the Cadillac Hotel to Windward Avenue, where on May 5 another African-American homeless man in his 20s was shot and killed during a confrontation with police. As it was with the still-unresolved police shooting of 29-yearold Brendon Glenn, Warren’s killing came as a shock to many. Tension between the swelling ranks of the boardwalk’s homeless and Venice’s increasingly upscale new residents has risen in recent years from grumbles to rumbles, to be sure. But nobody had predicted that gentrification would pick up the gun. Perhaps that was naïve. This bizarre and callous killing or one just like it should have been expected in a social climate that casts Venice’s homeless as a threat and in which violence has been inflicted against the homeless with impunity. It’s been less than two years since attacks on campers and sleep-in SUVs drove many unhoused people out of the Penmar Park area, just east of Lincoln. An apparent campaign of “trailer terrorism” — largely unreported in the media, due mostly to the vehicle dwellers’ hesitation to speak on the record — started out small with “Keep Moving” notes on windshields, then escalated to slashed tires and drive-by window breakings before finally culminating in the suspected firebombing of a trailer on Glyndon Avenue. That trailer’s 50-something resident — Ernest Roman, known as “Magoo” — no doubt seemed (Continued on page 32)

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COMMON CORE TEST RESULTS WEST OF THE 405, BY SCHOOL

Common Core test results — some encouraging, others dismal — start a new measure of school accountability with a bang

Playa Vista Elementary School Principal Rebecca Johnson attributes her school’s successful Common Core results to a curriculum that teaches “mathematical thinking and problem-solving” skills very proud,” Cortines wrote to Playa del Rey Elementary Principal Valencia Blue following a campus visit. “It was a pleasure visiting classrooms, to see what students are doing and to see the instructional leadership of teachers.” At Playa del Rey Elementary, 53% of students passed the math test and 75% passed English — numbers Blue is especially proud of, considering that 61% of her students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. “Our veteran teachers know how to teach. We took a stronger focus in engaging our students on projected-based solutions and critical thinking,” said Blue, who also attributed the school’s success to a “dedicated parent group that has helped to supplement our technology needs, and hard-working teachers and support staff.” For other local schools, the test results weren’t so encouraging. Fewer than 20% of students at Marina del Rey Middle School, Mark Twain Middle School, Stoner Avenue Elementary School and Walgrove Avenue Elementary School passed the math tests. At Marina del Rey, Stoner and Mark Twain, fewer than 30% of students pass the English test. At Venice High School, 17% of students met or exceeded the math benchmark.

MATH SCORE

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Braddock Drive Elementary (Del Rey)

41%

52%

Broadway Elementary (Venice)

66%

68%

Beethoven Street Elementary (Mar Vista)

46%

52%

Coeur d’Alene Avenue Elementary (Venice)

46%

53%

Cowan Avenue Elementary (Westchester)

26%

32%

Edison Elementary (S.M.)

59%

68%

Franklin Elementary (S.M.)

86%

88%

Grandview Boulevard Elementary (Mar Vista)

26%

35%

Grant Elementary (S.M.)

59%

67%

John Muir Elementary (S.M.)

30%

46%

Kentwood Elementary (Westchester)

28%

49%

Loyola Village Elementary (Westchester)

20%

31%

Mar Vista Elementary (Mar Vista)

63%

67%

McKinley Elementary (S.M.)

54%

59%

Paseo del Rey Natural Science Magnet (Westchester)

36%

48%

Playa del Rey Elementary (Del Rey)

53%

75%

Playa Vista Elementary (Playa Vista)

60%

65%

Roosevelt Elementary (S.M.)

79%

82%

Santa Monica Alternative (K-8; S.M.)

62%

77%

Short Avenue Elementary (Del Rey)

36%

43%

Stoner Avenue Elementary (Del Rey)

15%

21%

Walgrove Avenue Elementary (Mar Vista)

19%

40%

Westminster Avenue Elementary (Venice)

33%

29%

Westport Heights Elementary (Westchester)

25%

44%

Westside Global Awareness Magnet (Venice)

23%

36%

Will Rodgers Elementary (S.M.)

37%

52%

John Adams Middle School (S.M)

41%

61%

Lincoln Middle School (S.M.)

63%

73%

Marina Del Rey Middle School (Del Rey)

13%

25%

Mark Twain Middle School (Mar Vista)

16%

24%

Orville Wright Middle School (Westchester)

25%

44%

Venice High School (Mar Vista)

17%

34%

Santa Monica High School (S.M.)

47%

61%

Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet (Westchester)

23%

Olympic (Continuation) High School (S.M.)

Animo Westside Charter Middle School (6-8; Del Rey)

19%

41%

Animo Venice Charter High (9-12; Venice)

27%

63%

Canyon Charter Elementary (K-5; S.M.)

89%

93%

Goethe International Charter School (K-5; Del Rey)

55%

66%

ICEF Vista Academy (K-3; Del Rey)

39%

38%

ICEF Vista Academy (6-8; Del Rey)

37%

38%

Ocean Charter School (K-8; Westchester)

46%

61%

Open Magnet Charter School (K-5; Westchester)

72%

77%

Westchester Secondary Charter School (6-9; Westchester)

25%

44%

WISH Charter Elementary School (K-5; Westchester)

55%

WISH Charter Middle School (6-8; Westchester)

38%

45%

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By Gary Walker Long before last week’s release of the new Common Core state standardized testing results, Playa Vista Elementary School Principal Rebecca Johnson’s teachers were already teaching students the skills they’d need to perform well. The school’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum aligns well with the new exams, which Johnson and other educators say is much more demanding than the state’s previous testing model. “In our curriculum, students are taught to demonstrate and articulate the kind of mathematical thinking and problem-solving associated with Common Core standards,” Johnson said. The results back that up: The 540-student campus is one of only five LAUSD schools west of the 405 where more than half of students met or exceeded Common Core benchmarks for math and English. Broadway Elementary School in Venice, Mar Vista Elementary School and Playa del Rey Elementary School are also on that prestigious short list. At least half of the students at Open Magnet Charter School in Westchester, Goethe International Charter School in Del Rey and WISH Charter Elementary School in Westchester also met or exceeded benchmarks in both subjects. Across all of LAUSD, only 33% of students passed the math test and only 25% passed the English test. By contrast, most Santa Monica schools saw at least half their students pass both tests — an achievement for which SMMUSD Supt. Sandra Lyon credited an engaged local education landscape. “We appreciate the efforts of our teachers, staff and PTA groups for helping our students understand the purpose of this testing and providing support to their students in preparation for these rigorous exams,” reads a statement by Lyon. Not far from the affluent Playa Vista community, Playa del Rey Elementary School was also celebrating success and received a special letter of congratulations from interim LAUSD Supt Ramon Cortines. “I have looked at your scores and you and your staff should be

Percentage of Students who Met or Surpassed State Benchmarks in Math and English

At Westchester Enriched Science Magnets (formerly Westchester High), only 4% of students passed the Common Core math test. Results for local charter schools also varied. Nearly three quarters of Open Magnet Charter students passed both tests but less than half of students passed either test at WISH Charter Middle School, Westchester Secondary Charter School, ICEF Vista Academy, and Animo Westside Charter Middle School. But not everyone thinks the Common Core tests should be taken alone as a barometer for a school’s success. “We can’t diagnose the context of education simply by looking at test scores. We need to take into account the impact of teacher turnover, [school] district politics, socioeconomics, access to technology and school leadership,” said Loyola Marymount University Professor Ernesto Colín, who specializes in urban education. The good news, said Colín, is that test scores will likely improve as students and educators become more familiar with the Common Core standards. “The new shift in testing and the [current] results are part of the growing pains,” he said. gary@argonautnews.com

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Schoolyard Scuffles LAUSD Board of Education President Steve Zimmer on the winner-take-all attitudes that are hurting public schools The new Common Core state standardized test results are in, and they don’t look great for LAUSD. Nearly a year after the departure of Supt. John Deasy, the school district still awaits new permanent executive leadership. Traditional public school enrollment is declining as charter schools pick up more students and move into empty LAUSD classrooms, while specialized education programs designed to keep families from leaving the district are encountering resistance from neighborhood schools. Steve Zimmer, the longtime Westside LAUSD board member who became president of the board in July, has a lot on his plate. A former high school teacher and counselor, Zimmer says he hopes to chart a different course than past LAUSD board presidents — one less-defined by political friction and internal division. But he does not mince words about his dislike of the California Charter Schools Association, whose independent expenditure committee spent heavily against him during his 2013 reelection bid, a race that drew national attention due to the involvement of billionaire Eli Broad and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Zimmer takes personal responsibility for the failure in June of his plan to transfer the popular Mandarin Chinese dual language immersion program from Broadway Elementary School in Venice to a new, $30-million facility on the Mark Twain Middle School campus in Mar Vista. Believing that most stakeholders would accept the program as part of a larger vision for a Westside language education pipeline was a critical mistake, he says. “I was broadcasting a perspective that was shared by a very few,” Zimmer says. “I vastly overestimated the reservoir of goodwill, which is completely dry on the Westside. And there is not a first assumption of goodwill.” — Gary Walker What went wrong with your plan to move the Mandarin immersion students to Mark Twain? Change is very hard for people. I don’t think, theoretically, that it was the wrong strategy, and three years ago it had a lot of support at many levels. What I should have understood was how difficult the fight would be to support a program but ensure the support for that program did not cause collateral damage to children in other programs. I don’t think there will be a revisiting of a large construction project at Mark Twain, at least not in the immediate future. The pain is just too extreme, and without a willingness to do the kind of work that would be necessary to use this space in a different way and not create a major disruption in people’s lives, it cannot

kids’ organization, and that approach has been extraordinarily detrimental on the ground. The combat approach that the charter schools association has and that LAUSD has fallen into has hurt public education. Proposition 39 [the 2000 state law that authorized co-locations] both in concept and in policy, has caused enormous and disproportionate injury.

Steve Zimmer, who represents the Westside on the LAUSD board and is now its president, says the California Charter Schools Association has taken “a combat approach” to occupying space on public school campuses work. You have to have an absolute commitment to it at every level. And to force it down people’s throats at this point would have very negative reverberations.

this can be done through the public school system. To say that we would lose the program if it was divided between two schools — I could say that I oppose that, but does that mean that it is a catastrophic end to the program? No, it means that it requires a significant adjustment to the program.

Does this jeopardize your plans for the dual-language immersion pipeline? I don’t think it will because I think it’s too strong. The challenge for LAUSD is to balance all of these things and approach Stoner Avenue Elementary School in our role as a district that can embrace, Del Rey seems to have an especially build and promote programs that will acrimonious co-location situation

“I vastly overestimated the reservoir of goodwill, which is completely dry on the Westside.” — Steve Zimmer (charter schools sharing facilities with neighborhood campuses) with the Inner City Education Foundation. Why do such battles happen so frequently on the Westside? The problem is there is no proactive plan, and no one sees anyone doing anything to bring people together. The behavior of the [California] Charter Given that they’re back to sharing Schools Association as it relates to space at Broadway, what’s the future co-locations is one of the most hostile and for the Mandarin program? It is an outstanding instructional program aggressive — almost militaristic — approaches that I’ve ever seen. And that has and it is capable of adjusting. I have mad respect for the families who have endured blown apart any credibility that it will the struggle with the Mandarin immersion ever have with me. They are not an ‘all program and who continue to believe that kids’ establishment. They are a ‘some grow enrollment. The multi-language future of Venice is not just about Mandarin immersion. We have excellent programs in Spanish immersion at Grand View [Boulevard Elementary School] and an emerging program at Broadway that are also integral components.

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Common Core has become a political litmus test in national politics, but can it help close the achievement gap? It has not been as controversial in California as it has been in the rest of the country because we’ve already been teaching many of the same types of standards, so the transition to Common Core will not be as problematic here as it might be in other states. I think it has the potential — along with many other things — to help close the achievement gap. It will require a higher level of thinking and problem-solving [from prior standardized tests]. And there has to be a much higher level of expectation from the board. The breakdowns really are around testing. We are always in danger of reverting to the teach-to-the test, high stress level of standardized testing, and we have to guard against that way of thinking. Last year you pushed to get immigration law assistance for students in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Will that continue? Absolutely. I really believe that DACA students encapsulate what the role of public education is as a whole. It is incumbent upon us to seize the moment and provide whatever services to these kids that they need, because these are our kids. What qualities are you looking for in LAUSD’s next superintendent? The next superintendent has to be an equity champion when it comes to all students — not just some students. Whomever we choose has to be the kind of leader who understands that our equity mission succeeds when we all come together and not when we’re divided. Did you have that type of leader during the last three to four years? In the last several years we had someone who was a catalyst for equity, John Deasy. But when you have those types of leaders they can create a lot of fire and heat and division. Deasy chose to lead in a way that intentionally divided people instead of bringing them together. I think we’re at a critical juncture in public education. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but if we don’t reverse the decline of student enrollment, all progress that we’ve made could be lost.

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Automobile futurist Harald Belker on style, substance and the green revolution Long before Uber mainstreamed ondemand ridesharing and Google built its self-driving car, Harald Belker reimagined urban transportation infrastructure as a network of autonomous, alternative-fuel vehicles that appeared to be as practical as they were exhilarating. The Mag-Lev system that Belker designed for Stephen Spielberg’s 2002 film “Minority Report” is still the stuff of science fiction movie magic, but the possibility that today’s kindergartners will someday hail a computer-controlled electric car for their daily commute is looking more and more real each day. For Belker, the future of the car lies somewhere between the freedom of accelerating on the open road and the frustration of his morning drive along congested Washington Boulevard from his home in Marina del Rey to his daughter’s school in Culver City. For “Minority Report,” Belker also designed an aggressively sporty two-seat coupe for Tom Cruise to flaunt outside the boundaries of Washington D.C. circa 2054. The future of automobiles must be safer, more efficient and eco-friendly, he argues, but it should also allow space for fun. Belker, 54, began his career as an automobile designer for Porsche before joining

Mercedes-Benz in California to design the precursor to today’s two-seater Smart Cars. From there he transitioned into film, designing the aerodynamic, v-shaped Batmobile that appeared in the 1996 film “Batman & Robin.” He went on to design the hovercars for the 2012 reboot of “Total Recall,” the light cycle for “Tron: Legacy” and numerous other land, air and space vehicle concepts. Belker’s latest project has been designing the miniature artificialintelligence race cars for Anki Drive, a racing game in which players use an app-controlled system to interact with physical race cars. Anki Overdrive, an upgraded version of the game, launches this weekend. — Joe Piasecki What kind of thinking went into designing the ‘Minority Report’ cars? We looked on the bright side — what would happen if we really made technology work for us. That started with why we, as humans, are still driving. It would be much more efficient if driving was autonomous, so we spent a lot of time coming up with a complete system, thinking about how traffic would

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be managed. With the Mag-Lev, you sit in a capsule — my job, of course, was to make that capsule very attractive — and it’s bi-directional, so it doesn’t matter which direction you go, and you can enjoy video display while you go to work. The beauty of it was now your vehicle was an extension of your living room. We always thought mass transportation is not very appealing to people who have money; they want to be in their comfortable environment and they don’t necessarily want to deal with people. That’s why it’s so important to show a mass transportation system with very individual vehicles. Funny story: When I first presented the Mag-Lev vehicle there were no buttons on it. Everything was voiceactivated. And then Mr. Spielberg asked, “Where are my buttons?” I asked why we would need buttons, and he said, “Well, what is my actor going to do?” It shows that sometimes you have to come back to today’s reality. What do you think of the eco-friendly cars of today’s reality? They can look kind of boring … It’s true. The Prius is not the prettiest thing to look at. I don’t know why that is

so often the case [with electric and hybrid cars]. It feels like they’re saying it’s efficient, it’s environmentally friendly, but let’s not make it too sexy. I don’t get that mindset, really. In film you want something that makes the audience go, “wow.” Like in “Total Recall (2012),” with these hover vehicles. Not that the system made sense in many ways, but at least the vehicles were fast-looking and there was a potential for seeing the fun in driving in a system that was controlled by a computer. That’s going to be more difficult as we get closer to autonomous cars. It’s very important that, even though the car drives by itself, we still put the love we have for cars into designing that sort of vehicle. You have to want to get into it. It can’t be this taxicab kind of feeling. Even though we may not individually own cars in the future, that feeling of being excited about getting into a car should not be designed out. A panel at this weekend’s AltCar Expo in Santa Monica will discuss how ridesharing could make it impractical to own a car in a city. I was on a panel once where this guy was presenting a map of a mass transportation (Continued on page 16)

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Green, Greener, Gone Santa Monica’s AltCar Expo contemplates a future without cars as we know them By Joe Piasecki A decade ago — around the time that GM was recalling and crushing its EV1s, prompting the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” — Santa Monica city officials launched the AltCar Expo to give residents alternative transportation choices that most automakers refused to offer. If the market wasn’t ready to support Santa Monica’s goals to cut carbon dioxide emissions, their thinking was the city would have to help it along. A lot has changed since. Visitors to the 10th annual AltCar Expo, happening Friday and Saturday at the Santa Monica Civic Center, can choose among two dozen hybrid or electric vehicles available for test drive or purchase. There’s even a hydrogen fuel-cell car: the Toyota Mirai, one of the first vehicles of its kind to enter commercial production. Compared to the scant offerings available during the first AltCar Expo, this is green-car nirvana. But the future of the automobile is much more complicated than that. App-driven rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft are quickly eroding the necessity of owning a car in Greater Los Angeles, once taken for granted. Google, meanwhile, is expanding its fleet of autonomous vehicle prototypes — cars that could someday render the very act of driving obsolete. “This year we’re looking not just at alternative cars, but alternatives to cars — technology that would reduce the need to have a car,” says Rick Sikes, who helped organize the first AltCar Expo in 2005 when he managed Santa Monica’s city vehicle fleet, 75% of which now runs on alternative fuels. At 12:45 p.m. Saturday, KPCC 89.3-FM and Orange County Register

auto critic Susan Carpenter leads a panel asking whether people will even need cars in the not-so-distant future. “The day is coming,” says Carpenter, an early adopter of hybrid and electric cars. “The arrival of autonomous vehicles is synching up with the aging of the baby boomers, and that technology will help older drivers whose skills are declining. If you have the option of being mobile or immobile, you’ll choose mobility.”

compact sedans to sport utility vehicles, according to The Detroit News. “Americans tend to focus on upfront costs and have an overwhelming preference for cars powered by gas,” Carpenter says. “What I’m seeing now is that the car companies are way ahead of public sentiment on everything, with the exception of Uber — people are excited about Uber because it’s easy to use.” Despite current consumer reluctance,

“The arrival of autonomous vehicles is synching up with the aging of the baby boomers, and that technology will help older drivers whose skills are declining.” — automotive journalist Susan Carpenter At the same time, tomorrow’s work force is growing up at a time when ridesharing and electric cars are commonplace, making them less wedded to the notion of personal car ownership than their parents, she says. “Climate change has become part of the school curriculum, and these kids are very well aware that bad things are going to happen if they don’t deal with the sins of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers,” says Carpenter. But change does not happen overnight, nor does it progress in a straight line. Back in 2005, consumers wanted hybrid and electric cars but car companies were unwilling or unable to deliver. In 2015, car companies are rolling out more such vehicles than ever before, but many consumers are hesitant to buy. National sales of hybrids and EVs have plummeted in the first half of 2015 due to lower gas prices, a reduction in government purchase incentives in some states and a shift in consumer tastes from

transportation experts believe government mandates to reduce carbon emissions all but guarantee that hybrid and electric vehicles will eventually takeover more and more of the market share in years to come. That creates a new problem for cities: How will all these electric cars plug into the grid? Home to a greater share of alternative vehicle drivers than most American cities, Santa Monica is working hard to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to plug-in infrastructure, says Garrett Wong, the city’s lead sustainability analyst for climate and energy programs. At 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Wong will lead an AltCar Expo panel titled Santa Monica’s Sustainable Future. So far, that future looks pretty bright, especially on the transportation side. The city currently maintains more than 70 public electric vehicle chargers and is currently planning to install about two dozen more. In the past year alone, the

city installed 30 public chargers in the public parking garage at Broadway and Second Street. And people are using them. “We’ve seen a higher demand for EV chargers. There’s increasingly competition for space at those locations,” Wong says. That’s where UCLA professor Rajit Gadh, founder and director of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Smart Grid Energy Research Center, comes in. When it comes to the future of green transportation, “infrastructure is probably the most critical point,” says Gadh, who is partnering with the city to maximize the availability and efficiency of electric vehicle charging locations. About two and a half years ago, Gadh started measuring how much energy electric vehicle owners were using and at what time of day. That data is going into a new study to help optimize EV charger energy output to avoid taxing the power grid during peak demand hours, he says. The first study “convinced me there is going to be a shortage of capacity, and now there is — utilization is going up,” Gadh says. “What we’re asking is: Can you schedule the energy flow into that vehicle in such a way that it’s going to be friendly for the building? If everybody is plugging in at 8 a.m., there’s a peak in consumption, and that’s not good.” The AltCar Expo is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Santa Monica Civic Center, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. Admission is free. For more information and a schedule of public and industry panels, visit altcarexpo.com.

The all-electric 2015 BMW i3 (exterior, left) and all-electric 2015 Chevy Bolt (interior, right) are buzzworthy standouts among the roster of 20-plus alternative fuel vehicles on display and for sale during the AltCar Expo on Friday and Saturday in Santa Monica September 17, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 15

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system with trains going everywhere throughout Los Angeles, a network costing billions of dollars. I didn’t say this to him then because I didn’t want to bum him out, but if autonomous cars happen that system is obsolete. Once you’re on the train it’s very nice, but how do I get there? How do I find a parking spot? If you tap an app and a car shows up at your door to take you wherever you want, that’s the perfect scenario. You don’t need a car sitting in front of your car unused for hours. But then you don’t need a mass transportation system anymore, either. I personally love the idea, because I drive up and down Washington Boulevard [from Marina del Rey] to Culver City every day. The difference between catching all the lights versus stopping at every red light can be 15 minutes; so it’s either a 15-minute drive or a 30-minute drive. If that was all controlled, you would have no red lights because you wouldn’t need them anymore. A little bit like on “The Jetsons.” What was it like designing cars for mass production versus what you do now? At Mercedes-Benz in California, we were supposed to be a think tank of the future. Back in the 1990s we had a program called 2020 to think about the future of automobiles. At that time we designed the Smart Car. In the beginning

same time I can find something very cool when I look at the details on a mid-sized Ford. What makes a car cool? In my eyes, cars are cool if they have a presence that reflects movement. What I mean is, you see them sitting there and it feels like they want to jump forward. They have emotion within them. What kind of car do you drive? When I’m on Washington Boulevard I drive a Ford F-150 truck, because I’m a kite surfer and I need space for my gear. For the days when I feel free, I drive a 2003 Porsche 4S. What’s your best guess about the future of the automobile? Cars should not kill anyone anymore. That’s the first thing that will be a Harald Belker says automobiles should become safer and more ecopart of the car of the future — the car friendly without sacrificing the elements of design that make cars fun takes over when the driver is not in What’s your favorite car in it was an all-electric car. It took over two control anymore. commercial production? years; we joked that we were designing But making fully autonomous cars is My emotional connection is to really old not just about designing the cars, it’s one meter a year. But you learn the hard way when you work for a corporation that, cars, like the Jaguar D-Type. Once we left about changing the infrastructure. This as an individual employee, you have very the ‘60s, I think cars became much more has to do with how we perceive cars. little to say. The day it was revealed at the functional, not so emotional. For everyday traffic, going through the Frankfurt Auto Show, Mercedes had made When I started studying automotive city, I’d love it if I didn’t have to drive. design, I realized how I was not looking at But I still like to take my Porsche out of a deal with the designers of the Swatch the whole car anymore, I was looking watch, and at that point it became the the city to drive it, we’ll say, beyond the Swatch Car. Mercedes was afraid because more at details. I almost find it impossible legal limit. So what happens with all the it wasn’t really a luxury car, it was a little to like one car completely. There are some people who love to drive? cars that have great presence. You have risky. That started me thinking that this the Mercedes SLR, for example, but at the may not be the right thing for me. joe@argonautnews.com

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Artist Cynthia Minet creates animal sculptures out of found plastic ocean debris to communicate the widespread impact of petrochemical pollution (See related story on page 27)

Turning Trash into Treasure Coastal Cleanup Day is an opportunity to rediscover the natural beauty in our own backyard By Christina Campodonico A fully submerged wedding dress, a skull from a science lab model skeleton, discarded car keys — these are just a few of the things that Heal the Bay volunteers and staff have discovered during beach and watershed cleanups over the past 26 years. The jury’s still out on whether one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but it’s a mantra that could lead to some unexpected discoveries, including the Westside’s natural beauty. As many as 10,000 volunteers are expected to descend on 50 cleanup sites throughout Southern California on Saturday morning as part of Coastal Cleanup Day, an annual ocean stewardship effort observed around the world. Whether by land or sea, Westside volunteers will have their pick of ways to take out the trash — literally. Cleanup sites include a scuba diving station at Santa Monica Pier, a kayak clean up in Marina

del Rey and a habitat restoration effort on the LAX Dunes above Dockweiler Beach. For Heal the Bay, having these unique clean ups is a way to follow the litter, wherever it may lead. “We have this variety of options for people because we’re going where the

remove any trash that is already under the water. And then the kayak clean ups are getting the trash that’s floating on the water.” While most of the trash that volunteers recover is cigarette butts or plastic bags, some of it is quite extraordinary.

“We decided that must have been a prop from a movie, or someone was trying to do some kind of deal where they walked in with a suitcase of money and didn’t have [enough] money to fill the case,” says McCarthy with a laugh. While eye-catching objects like this invite some good-humored speculation from Heal the Bay staff and volunteers, “We have inland clean ups, so we can it’s actually microscopic litter that may cause the most harm to marine life. tackle the problem before it gets into the “A Styrofoam cup in Whittier [can] storm drains and out to the ocean.” become 4,000 tiny Styrofoam balls on the — Heal the Bay President Alix Hobbs. beach in Long Beach,” McCarthy says, explaining that pollutants like PCB and trash is,” says Heal the Bay President Alix Meredith McCarthy, director of programs mercury are attracted to Styrofoam and plastics like magnets, making them Hobbs. “We have inland clean ups, so we for Heal the Bay and a master scuba can tackle the problem before it gets into diving instructor, is no stranger to finding dangerous for sea creatures to eat. “It’s a little ball with a toxic icing on it,” the storm drains and out to the ocean. [We odd objects on underwater dives. McCaMcCarthy says. “Those little balls look have] beach cleans ups for the trash that’s rthy recalls finding a pumpkin filled with exactly like plankton … so animals are already been introduced into the storm hardboiled eggs, Santeria offerings drain system and is now plaguing our wrapped in velvet and even a briefcase beaches. We have underwater clean ups to packed with graham crackers. (Continued on page 27) September 17, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 17

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Readers of The Argonaut may recognize his byline from his frequent restaurant reviews and culinary Q+As, but Richard Foss is also an expert in the history of food. A member of the Board of the Culinary Historians of Southern California, Foss has delivered lectures on everything from the 3,000-year-old roots of Spanish cuisine to meals and manners in Shakespeare’s England to the diet of Dickensian England to the birth of the cocktail in America. In 2012, Foss published the book “Rum: A Global History,” tracing the beverage’s impact on religion, pop culture and the American Revolution. His latest book, “Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies,” went to press earlier this year. Foss speaks about the history of food in flight on Tuesday at the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum. How did this topic come to you? A couple of years ago, someone asked me a question about the history of food in flight and about the traditions here in Los Angeles. We used to have a lot of aircraft manufacturing and a lot of aviation infrastructure here, and I thought someone must have written a book about this. I discovered nobody had. What was the first food served in the air? The first beverage served in-flight was in the presence of Benjamin Franklin in Paris, when he was the U.S. ambassador to France in 1783. The first hydrogen balloon was launched there, and the scientists popped a champagne cork in the basket. Very shortly after that, you see the first actual meals eaten in the air. Scientists were launching balloon flights and planned to stay up in the air for hours taking measurements. Those were mostly cold meals. Was there a “breakthrough” trip that put food in flight on the culinary map? The Royal Vauxhall balloon launched from London in 1836. The team of 12 scientists

Argonaut food critic Richard Foss has written a book about the history of meals served in air and space brought meat, preserves, sugar, bread, biscuits, sherry, port, brandy, champagne and the first coffee maker designed boil water by a chemical reaction — because you couldn’t have an open flame in a balloon. They brought

cold fried chicken, potato salad and a fruit cup. After the war, the quality of food became better because the technology of frozen food and getting that food aboard the aircraft — and re-heated — improved.

“If you think an in-flight meal doesn’t taste good in the air, try eating it on the ground. It will be worse, because the airlines reformulate meals with more salt for your dulled senses in the air.” — Richard Foss

all this food because they had no idea how long the balloon could stay aloft. They landed in Germany 18 hours later — 480 miles, which set a distance record at the time. Fast forward to before World War II, and the main meals on airplanes were somewhat similar; they were essentially picnics of

Why does in-flight food taste different than food on the ground? One of the challenges is that at altitude, your perceptions of flavor and of scent are dulled. Where the air is thinner, you don’t taste spices as much. If you think an in-flight meal

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Thursday, Sept. 17 Happy Hour Jam with David Boyles, 5 to 8 p.m. Drink to three hours of live music each Thursday in September at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com Beach Eats Food Truck Event, 5 to 9 p.m. Mother’s Beach hosts a variety of gourmet food trucks in a dog-friendly setting each Thursday through Oct. 1. at Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; beaches. lacounty.gov Venice Art Crawl, 6 p.m. to midnight. The most anticipated quarterly event in the Venice arts community returns with performances and shows at numerous venues throughout the 90291. See schedule online at veniceartcrawl.com.

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California Society of CPAs Discussions, noon. Attorney Robert Briskin leads this week’s discussion and lunch. Learn about Creative Section 1031 strategies and other tax planning tools. $30 to $45. The Olympic Collection, 11301 Olympic Blvd., West L.A. (310) 821-3513; efhcpa.com

“Ravenscroft,” 8 p.m. (also 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 17). In the Kentwood Players staging of Don Nigro’s mystery-thriller, a detective investigates a murder at an English country estate inhabited by five women and encounters lies, selfish motives and one unpredictable ending. $20. Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-5156. RSVP at kentwoodplayers.org.

“Nashville,” 7:30 p.m. This 40th anniversary celebration of Robert Altman’s film welcomes actress Ronee Blakely and music supervisor Richard Baskin for a discussion and screening. “Nashville” follows numerous interrelated characters over the course of a political convention and music festival. $11. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com

Brian Simon, 9 p.m. Live music at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com

Saturday, Sept. 19 Outrigger Canoe Club Recreational Paddling Open House, 8 to 11 a.m. Adults and young people ages 13 and up are invited to try Hawaiian-style outrigger canoe racing at Mother’s Beach, 14110 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. marinaoutrigger.org

Jazz and Words: Peter Cherches and Michael C. Ford, 8 p.m. Short fiction writer and jazz singer-songwriter Peter Cherches joins L.A.-based musicians and Grammy-winning, Pulitzer-nominated performance poet Michael C. Ford. $6 to $10. Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

LNGWKND, 9 p.m. Rock, indie, 80s, and house music light up the night before DJ Vinyl Don spins at 10 p.m. The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Friday, Sept. 18 Marina del Rey Historic Harbor Tours, 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. (Also 10 a.m., 11.a.m, noon and 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through October.) In honor of Marina del Rey’s 50th anniversary year, the L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors and Marina del Rey Historical Society are sponsoring 45-minute informative tours for just $1. Board at Hornblower Cruises and Events, 13755

Marina del Rey Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find locally grown produce, prepared food, desserts and arts and crafts at the corner of Via Marina and Panay Way (parking lot 11) each Saturday. (310) 305-9545; facebook.com/ MDRFarmersMarket

Freebo and His Fabulous Friends, 8 p.m. The folk, rock and blues musician plays McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $22.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com

Community Orchestra Instrumentalists and Singers Auditions, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Silicon Beach Philharmonic & Chorale is auditioning experienced players for its upcoming Mozart and John Philip Souza concert as well and opera dinners. Rehearsals take place at Marina

“When Stars Align,” 8 p.m. (Also at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 4.) The playfollows a young boy and girl during the start of the Civil War, as unwavering societal and home traditions are challenged. $25 to

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Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with Latin jazz from Charangoa. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900 Strut (with the Mad Soul Horns and the Amazing Groovettes), 9 p.m. A funk party at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica. harvelles.com

Sunday, Sept. 20 Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with samba and bossa nova from Brazil Brasil. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900 Exciting High Holy Day Celebration, 3 p.m. Join Adat Chaverim-Congregation for humanistic Judaism at Burton Chase Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free uplifting, meaningful, family-friendly service. Donations appreciated. 888-552-4552; info@ humanisticjudaism.org

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looking for these colored things to eat and so they end up with a belly full of plastic.” But on cleanup dives, McCarthy has also noticed the curious ways in which sea life adapts to the unnatural debris that ends up at the bottom of Santa Monica Bay. Hermit crabs, shore crabs, snails and barnacles are just a sampling of the miniature marine creatures that make a waterlogged chip bag, bottle or tin can on the sea floor home. So beware of hitchhikers in your cargo, McCarthy warns. “You always have to make sure that you shake out those cans, otherwise you’ll end up bringing home an octopus,” she says, adding that a natural habit is preferable to a man-made one. Longtime Heal the Bay volunteer and kayaker Vicki Pasek knows that well, having been part of a team that recovered a glass wine bottle filled with “sea critters” last year. “It had been in the water so long that it had its own microenvironment going on, with barnacles growing on it as well as plenty of moss and other plant and algae life,” said Pasek, who will lead a kayak cleanup launching from the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey. Armed with buckets, nets and gloves, the team of 10 to 20 kayak volunteers will fish debris out of the surrounding waters, depending on where the current takes them. As far as finding anything strange on the LAX Dunes above

Kids comb Santa Monica Beach for trash during last year’s Coastal Cleanup Day Dockweiler Beach, only “time will tell,” says Tom Ford, executive director of The Bay Foundation, which is partnering up with Heal the Bay and Friends of the LAX Dunes on Coastal Cleanup Day. For this restoration effort on the largest expanse of coastal dunes in Southern California, the real treasure-hunting task will be sifting through a 48-acre patchwork of both native plants and invasive species that threaten the ecological health of the dunes. Native plants like the Coastal Buckwheat are essential to the survival of the endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly, for which the dunes are protected. Invasive species, such as mustard and Dune Lupin, crowd out these native plants and suck up much-needed water.

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“Knowing the good plants from the bad plants, knowing which ones not to step on, that’s the trickier part of it,” Ford said. Staff from the Bay Foundation will be on hand to help volunteers discern the native plants from the non-native ones. For Karina Johnston, formerly a restoration biologist and now the director of watershed programs at The Bay Foundation, the true treasures are to be found in the site’s natural beauty. “People often find interesting insects, birds, wildlife, in addition to a really spectacular view of the Santa Monica Bay,” says Johnston, who will lead volunteers through the dune site in small groups. Legless lizards and California gnatcatchers, a type of bird, are some rare species that visitors may spot as they weed through plants and take in ocean views. In the end, it might not be what volunteers find, but what they take away from the experience that really counts. This year, Heal the Bay’s cleanup effort offers giveaways to help volunteers conserve water at home. Heal the Bay will be handing out buckets to volunteers in order to reduce waste produced by one-time cleaning supplies, as well as educate the public on water conservation. “The drought is providing an opportunity for us to do further education on smart water [use] for Los Angeles,” says Hobbs. “We’re all educating people on what they can do with those buckets once they go home.” Some of those things might be collecting rainwater or excess H2O from the shower to water plants, she says. As the drought persists, a little extra water may be the most valuable treasure of all.

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Artists shape plastic ocean debris into visual messages By Christina Campodonico Have you ever imagined that a discarded toothbrush from Santa Monica could end up in an art museum? Artists Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang do when they comb through Kehoe Beach in Northern California, scavenging for bits and pieces of plastic to create works of art — collages of colorful pull rings from juice bottles, toy army men, discarded toothbrushes and much more. Now on view at the USC Fisher Museum in a traveling group show called “Gyre: The Plastic Ocean,” the couple’s plastic medleys take a global look at pollution — how a piece of litter left on the beach in say, Santa Monica, can really wind up anywhere, even on a museum wall. “We marvel at the dance of the viewer as they move toward the artwork captivated by the beauty and then recoil in astonishment when they recognize that it is composed of plastic debris and then wonder: ‘Could that toothbrush once have been mine?’” writes Judith Selby Lang in an email to The Argonaut. Because of giant gyres in the Pacific that swirl with plastic waste and currents that run along their local beach, the couple has found plastics from China, Japan, Malaysia, India, Russia, Mexico and yes, even Santa Monica, says Selby Lang. The Westside is woven into the artwork and activism of L.A.-based artist Dianna Cohen, whose work is also featured in “Gyre.” Cohen, who lived in Santa Monica for 12 years and co-founded the Plastic Pollution Coalition, which aims to eliminate the use of disposable plastics worldwide, has been working with plastic bags as her primary medium for over a decade. Much of her material comes from Santa Monica shops and beaches. For L.A. artist Cynthia Minet, who started her art training at Infinity Studio under the Santa Monica Pier, her LED-lit sculptures of dogs, elephants and falcons adorned in plastic storage containers, detergent bottles, dustpans and even old baby toys hit even closer to home. Featured in a solo show in conjunction with the Gyre exhibit, these sculptures in Minet’s “Unsustainable Creatures” series trace their origins to the ocean shore. “When building sand castles and beach installations with my daughter now, collections of dried sea kelp and twigs and shells are mixed with small pieces of eroded plastic and we can hardly tell the difference. My work in the Gyre exhibition engages with this question of the utter dependence we humans have on plastics, petrochemicals and our use of electricity,” wrote Minet in an email. “The working animals that I portray,” she writes, “are surrogates for human experience. Animals, like humans, will ultimately be part plastic. The fact that the ocean is so polluted with plastic bags and other debris is evident every time I go in for a swim.” Together, these artists’ works are a reminder that plastic pollution is not just a local issue, but a global one. “‘Five billion pieces of this, 7 billion tons of that’ blurs the problem away from what’s possible to understand by an individual,” writes Selby Lang, echoing a sentiment found throughout the work in “Gyre.” “Our parameters give us the opportunity to speak to the global community with sureness and authority. ‘It’s happening here, it’s happening, everywhere.’” So who knows? That toothbrush really might have been yours. “Gyre: The Plastic Ocean” is on view through Nov. 21 and “Cynthia Minet: Beast of Burden” through Oct. 10 at the USC Fisher Museum of Art, 823 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles. Both exhibits are free. Visit fisher.usc.edu.

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‘In the Beginning & Beyond’ Early-‘90s L.A. club scene veterans the Continental Drifters reunite for autism benefit Photo by Greg Allen

By Bliss Bowen Raji’s: The name is often invoked as some kind of long-lost punk mecca. The dim, sticky-floored Hollywood Boulevard dive that hosted the likes of X, the Muffs and Redd Kross was an unlikely cradle for one of the more respected bands to emerge from L.A.’s early-’90s club scene: the Continental Drifters. The Continental Drifters evolved out of freewheeling Tuesday night sessions at Raji’s in 1991, with musicians who’d made their bones playing with the Bangles, the Cowsills, the dB’s, the Dream Syndicate and Giant Sand, and who derived unabashed joy from jamming on vintage soul and country covers as well as their own tuneful material. Bassist Mark Walton, New Orleans drummer Carlo Nuccio, guitarists Gary Eaton and Ray Ganucheau, and keyboardist Danny McGough soon invited ex-dB’s multi-instrumentalist Peter Holsapple to join them, shortly after he finished touring with R.E.M. Before long the Drifters’ ranks swelled with the harmonies of Susan Cowsill and Vicki Peterson. “Lots and lots of drunken nights there,” McGough recalls with a chuckle. “Of course, it was Raji’s. You’d have whatshisname, the Mentors guy, El Duce, wandering around the club all the time, and people from ‘Beverly Hills 90210,’ which was a fairly eclectic bunch. It was like, ‘Where’d these Westsiders come from?’” “Raji’s was a stinky little club and it was fun, and I really liked the band and what they were doing,” Holsapple says. “Some nights we played in drag. It was really just Dada, in a way. I don’t think we were thinking of it as Dada, but it came off undoubtedly like, ‘What exactly the f--- are they doing?’ Many asked. It was a great deal of fun during a time when I wasn’t having such fun. I’m grateful for that forever.” The combination of steep musicianship, multiple on-their-game songwriters and rich harmonies was potent. Add to that the starry luster of players’ resumes, plus the

Drifters for Life: Ray Ganucheau, Gary Eaton, Peter Holsapple, Carlo Nuccio and Mark Walton only-in-L.A. intraband soap operas that spurred various lineup changes and the eventual relocation of most Drifters to New Orleans (a full chronicle of which could fill a book), and you have an ensemble with a fertile creative dynamic and cult status that’s lingered since their 2002 breakup.

statement by a band tilling hopeful musical ground, blending Beach Boys, William Bell and Richard Thompson covers with originals spun with strands of Bakersfield country, Southern soul and sunny L.A. pop. This weekend, players from all configurations of the Drifters will sprawl across the stage of Santa Monica’s Morgan-Wixson Theatre for two Wild Honey concerts benefiting the Autism Think Tank. Sets will draw heavily from “Drifted.” “We’re excited with the attention the record has gotten,” Holsapple says. “It’s a really great record and it’s reminded everybody what a really great band this was. Mark Walton, our bassist and founder, and Omnivore Records put it together and made it a beautiful-sounding thing. So we thought we’d celebrate. We’ve never done it before with everybody that was in the band.” Whenever the dry-humored Holsapple refers to Walton, he says, “Mark Waltonour-founder-and-bassist” all in one

For those only aware of the Continental Drifters as some under-the-radar L.A. precursor to what’s now called Americana, it’s an opportunity to experience the melodic, genre-bridging music and songwriting craft that inspired admiration from critics and fans. “This was a soulful batch of musicians and songs,” Holsapple says. “I suppose it is a family thing in some ways, but dysfunctional family, of course. Would you expect anything less?” Omnivore recently released a two-disc compilation, “Drifted: In the Beginning & Beyond,” which collects early demos, live tracks, covers, the Drifters’ rarely heard 1993 debut album and 2001 EP “Listen Listen.” Taken together with enlightening liner notes that include a mini oral history, they represent an ear-pleasing artistic

connected, quirky phrase, as if Walton’s band status was a hyphenated part of his name. Walton’s been the one human constant, the rhythm-directing anchor, in the Drifters’ ever-shifting history. Onstage he’ll be surrounded by Holsapple, McGough, Cowsill, Eaton, Ganucheau, Nuccio, Peterson, Russ Broussard and Robert Maché. For longtime followers of the band’s myriad permutations and convolutions, hearing them in a proper concert setting is a don’t-miss date; for those only aware of

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How about the title song, “Next Year People”? The inspiration for that song in particular was watching a Ken Burns documentary about the dust storms in Depression era in America, when farmers had to leave their farms. And the amazing thing about the human condition is that they seemed to do the same thing every year and expect a different result. That’s the amazing thing about humans. We seem to think that things will change for the better. We like to build optimism, if you like. And I actually relate to that in my own small way. Where do these stories of optimism come from? There’s a song called “Did You Just Take the Long Way Home?” which is one of my favorite songs on the record. It’s a story about a man whose wife has left him and he’s sitting on top of a hill, and the realist in him realizes that she’s gone and she’s not going to come back. But then in his flights of fancy, he remembers that often when she used to be coming home, she used to take the long way home. So sometimes she would just arrive late because she had taken a wrong turn somewhere. And so he fancies that maybe ... maybe that’s what’s happened. It’s self-delusion, but sometimes we do that. She’s not coming back, but he wishes that she was. There’s a voice sometimes you hear in your head — it’s not based on any rhyme or reason, but you hang onto it some-

times. I don’t know if it’s particularly healthy to hang onto, but we do. Sometimes you hang on to a lot of things that are not particularly healthy. Have you ever taken the long way home? [I] went to Australia first and then I ended up in California, so that was indeed taking the long way home. When I left Australia I was having problems with alcohol, and I came to California and I liked it. I’ve found it and it found me in that particular time in my life. It seemed to give me some respite and a chance to wipe the slate clean and start again. What attracted you to California? My mother and father had a music shop in Scotland before I left to go to Australia, and I remember listening to “Good Vibrations.” I just thought to myself, “I don’t understand what that music is or where it comes from, but wherever it comes from I want to go there, because it sounds like a place full of magic.” And it is! I think that it’s a magical place, Los Angeles. A lot of people have a lot of disparaging things to say about it, but I find it to be quite an inspiring place. Colin Hay performs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit thebroadstage.com

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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015209725 The following person is doing business as: Insite Grafix 13801 Hawthorne Blvd. Hawthorne, CA. 90250. Registered owners: Conrad Craft 13801 Hawthorne Blvd. Hawthorne, CA. 90250. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Conrad Craft. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 12, 2015. Argonaut published: August 27, September 3, 10, and 17, 2015. 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. 2015214693 The following person is doing business as: Modern Living Realty and Modern Living Real Estate 3507 Federal Ave. Mar Vista, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Tracey Anne Lopez 3507 Federal Ave. Mar Vista, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (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: Tracy Anne Lopez. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 18, 2015. Argonaut published: August 27, September 3, 10 and 17, 2015. 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. 2015217066 The following person is doing business as: Lotus Estate Properties 3121 Washington Blvd. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Lighthouse Properties Real Estate Service Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Debbie Sutz. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 20, 2015. Argonaut published: August 27, September 3, 10, and 17, 2015. 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. 2015219008 The following person is doing business as: Kumoyama 1965 Mandeville Cyn Road Los Angeles, CA. 90049. Registered owners: Kinnami Inc. 8611 acacia Drive Cypress, CA. 90630. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: John Murakawa. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 24, 2015. Argonaut published: August 27, September 3, 10, 17, 2015. 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. 2015219697 The following person is doing business as: Kahnsultants 13700 Marina Pointe Dr. #1816 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Jamee Clare Kahn 13700 Marina Pointe Dr. #1816 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Jamee Clare Kahn. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 24, 2015. Argonaut published: August 27, September 3, 10, and 17, 2015. 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. 2015223259 The following person is doing business as: Imaginarium Pictures 1530 N. Poinsettia Place, APT 341 los Angeles, CA. 90046. Registered owners: Imaginarium Consulting LLC 1530 N. Poinsettia Place, APT 341. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Morgan Compagnon. Title: Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 27, 2015. Argonaut published: September 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2015. 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. 2015223276 The following person is doing business as: Nicol’s Hair Studio 2617 Lincoln Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405. Registered owners: Imagen Bella INC. 2617 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA. 90405. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Nicol Lopez. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 27, 2015. Argonaut published: September 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2015. 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. 2015223290 The following person is doing business as: Letterpress Unlimited 3107 pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405. Registered owners: DSJ Printing INC. 3103 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405. This business is conducted by a Corporation.. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A

registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jeffrey Vaughan. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 27, 2015. Argonaut published: September 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2015. 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. 2015223298 The following person is doing business as: Art Streiber Photography, Art Streiber Photos and AS Pictures 2239 Camden Avenue Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Registered owners: Art Streiber Photography, INC. 2239 Camden Avenue Los Angeles, CA. 90064. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Art Streiber. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 27, 2015. Argonaut published: September 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2015. 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. 2015225305 The following person is doing business as: Erdman Antiques 1218 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: The Space LLC 1218 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Daniel Erdman. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 31, 2015. Argonaut published: September 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2015. 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. 2015228370 The following person is doing business as: Check Point Automotive 3906 Grand View Bl. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Chris Toppenberg 11924 Rochester Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025 and Steve Beck 1751 Centinela Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90404. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Chris Toppenberg. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 2, 2015. Argonaut published: September 10, 17, 24, and October 1, 2015. 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. 2015234915 The following person is doing business as: Rogue Planet 12959 Coral Tree Place Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Ignition Creative LLC 12959 Coral Tree Place Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Lynda Cox. Title: CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 10, 2015. Argonaut published: September 17, 24, October 1, and 8, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the

LEGAL ADVERTISING 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. 2015212996 The following person is doing business as: Signmation 2329 Pershing Drive Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Jo Ann Rita Dean 329 Pershing Drive Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jo Ann Rite Dean. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 17, 2015. Argonaut published: September 17, 24, October 1, and 8, 2015. 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).

PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMONS-UNIFORM PARENTAGEPETITION FOR Summons (Family Law) CUSTODY AND SUPPORT CITACION JUDICIAL-DERECHO DE FAMILIA CASE NUMBER (Numero del Caso): VF013913 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name): AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): Earnest Russell You are being sued.

A usted le estan demandando. PETITIONER’S NAME IS (EL NOMBRE DEL DEMANDANTE ES) : Elizabeth Ruiz. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response to Petition to Establish Parental Relationship (form FL-220) or Response to Petition for Custody and Support of Minor Children (form FL-270) at the court and serve a copy on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Usted tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIOS después de recibir oficialmente esta citación judicial y petición, para completar y presentar su formulario de Respuesta (Response form FL-220) ante la corte. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no le ofrecerá protección. Si usted no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede expedir órdenes que afecten la custadia de sus hijos ordenen que usted pague mantención, honorarios de abogado y las costas. Si no puede pagar las costas por la presentación de la demanda, pida al actuario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exoneración de las mismas (Waiver of Court Fees and Costs). Si desea obtener consejo legal, comuníquese de inmediato con un abogado. NOTICE The restraining order on the back is effective against both mother and father until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it. AVISO Las prohibiciones judiciales que aparecen al reverso de esta citación son efectivas para ambos cónyuges, madre el esposo como la esposa, hasta que la petición sea rechazada, se dicte una decisión final o la corte expida instrucciones adicionales. Dichas prohibiciones pueden hacerse cumpliren cualquier parte de California por cualquier agente del orden público que las haya recibido o que haya visto una copia de ellas. 1. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es) Superior Court of California-Southeast District 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk, CA. 90650. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del

abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) Elizabeth Ruiz 5371 Manzanar Ave. Pico Rivera, CA. 90660. Date (Fecha): August 13, 2015. Sherri R. Carter Clerk (Actuario), by , A. Silva, Deputy. NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual. PETITION TO ESTABLISH PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP Visitation; Child Custody Case Number: VF013913. PETITIONER: Elizabeth Ruiz. RESPONDENT: Earnest Russell. 1. Petitioner is the mother. 2. The children are: a. Child’s name: Sebastien N. Ruiz. Date of birth: 09/03/2014. Age: 11 Months Sex: Male. 3. The court has jurisdiction over the respondent because the respondent: a. Resides in this state. b. Had sexual intercourse in this state, which resulted in conception of the children listed in item 2. 4. The action is brought in this county because (you must check one or more to file in this county): a. The child resides or is found in the county. 5. Petitioner claims (check all that apply): a. Respondent is the child’s father. b. Respondent who is child’s parent has failed to support the child. 6. A Completed Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)(form FL-105) is attached. 7. PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP a. Respondent 8. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION: a. Legal custody of children to Petitioner b. Physical custody of children to Petitioner c. Visitation of children: (1) None 9. CHILD SUPPORT. The court may make orders for support of the children and issue an earnings assignment without further notice to either party. 10. I have read the restraining order on the back of the Summons (FL-210) and I understand it applies to me when this Petition is filed. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Date: 08/11/2015 /s/ Elizabeth Ruiz, Petitioner. NOTICE: If you have a child from this relationship, the court is required to order child support based upon the income of both parents. Support normally continues until the child is 16. You should supply the court with the information about your finances. Otherwise, the child support order will be based upon information supplied by the other parent. Any party required to pay child support must pay interest on overdue amounts at the “legal” rate, which is currently 10 percent. Pub: ARG, 09/17/15, 09/24/15, 10/01/15, and 10/08/15

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www.designbymaureen.com

PAINTING

GENERAL PAINTING CO. Drywall Repair Stucco Repair Interior / Exterior

STORING

FLOORING

PERSONAL WAREHOUSE STOR 'N' LOCK

DA R I O ' S CA R P E T S

Convenient storage within Marina del Rey

Lic #701643

HOUSE PAINTING Interior/Exterior Honest, Neat & Reliable

8330 Lincoln Bl., Westchester (2 blocks N. of Manchester)

DEL REY SHORES 4201 Via Marina • (310) 823-5384 • HANDYMAN

AFFORDABLE HANDYMAN • Painting • Drywall • Tiles • Moldings • Electrical • Etc. •Landscaping

John – 310-365-3847 TILE

TILE SPECIALIST & MORE Travertine, Marble, Mosaic • Woodwork • Plumbing • Shower Pan

Restore, Seal, & Polish

Free Estimates 35 yrs Experience Refs & Portfolio

Ray Dris: 310-745-6838

ALL WORK GUARANTEED Lic #791862

310.465.3129

Christian Painter 27yrs. Exp. Stucco, Drywall, Wood Repair, Tile Work, Crown Molding

Call Juan

323-202-0931 DRYWALL

CALIFORNIA DRYWALL & PAINTING Hang Tape, Texture, Patching & Paint. Lic #692-889 Call Terry

310.490.8077

Carpets • Linoleum Area Rugs • Custom Work Window Coverings

HardWOOd FlOOrS Carpet CleaninG

Over 25 yrs Experience

(310) 393-2072

Carpet SaleS and ServiCe

Bay Cities

Tile

Ceramic & Stone installation Expert Kitchens and Bathrooms remodelers Shower Pan repairs

Call 310-962-5576 or visit

livewithclassicstoneworks.com Excellent refs

(310) 641-2914

www.darioscarpetsla.com darioscarpets@aol.com Lic. #991410

Floor Installation & Repair Wood • Laminate • Vinyl Carpet • Ceramic Tile Kitchen • Bathroom Floors Best Price in town

310-383-1265 estimates

PLUMBING

Budget Plumbing Sewer • Water • Gas Alterations Lic#778036

www.budgetplumbingandrooter.com

310-202-7310

Over 30 Years experience

Service & repair • StoppageS Floor & Wall Heat SpecialiSt 10% OFF with ad

310-876-1577

SAL’S PLUMBING & ROOTER 24/7 SERVICE

• Fast Honest & Reliable • Price Match Guarantee • Gas Leaks & Gas Repairs • All Types of Drains • Repairs & Remodels • Senior Discounts • Family Owned and Operated since 1979 • Lic# 537357 • WWW.SALSPLUMBING.COM

310-782-1978

HOME IMPROVEMENT

THE FINEST

Carpentry, Plaster, Paint, Tile, Electric, Plumbing, Remodel Dependable • Reasonable Free estimates

Call: 310-701-7360 Lic# 482194 LANDSCAPING

Al’s lAndscAping

Low Maintenance Design

Lic #570461

Tree Trimming, Planting, Removal & Diagnosis, Lighting, Sprinklers, Xeriscaping Drought/Native #997416

310-384-9410

Certified Arborist • Insured

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