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Best of the Westside 2014

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VOL 44, NO 40 Local News & Culture

OPINION Power to Speak ................................................................................. 8 Letters to the editor ............................................................................ 9

NEWS Battle for the board: Sheila Kuehl vs. Bobby Shriver ....................... 10 Race for the future: Ben Allen and Sandra Fluke . ........................... 11 Volunteering 101 .............................................................................. 12

FEATURE LMU’s School of Film and Television is making a splash in Hollywood…14

INTERVIEW Didi Hirsch’s Kita Curry on finding hope in dark times . ................... 17

THIS WEEK Oktoberfest goes vegan . .................................................................

Westside Happenings . ....................................................................

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FOOD & DRINK Eclectic 5i Indochine does many things well ................................... 21

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Openings, closings and other local business news ......................... 32

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Chalk art by Venice-based Street Art Projects, including this 3D depiction of a skateboarder, decorated Westminster Avenue on Sunday as tens of thousands flocked to the 30th annual Abbot Kinney Festival.

ON THE COVER: LMU School of Film and Television Dean Stephen Ujlaki shares a teaching moment with graduate students Yvonne Li, left, and Hajar Alnaim during a production workshop. Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr. Design by Ernesto Esquivel.

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By Roxanne Brown Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin recently announced an $800,000 “Great Streets” initiative designed, the mayor says in The Argonaut’s Sept. 18 cover story, to rejuvenate the city’s neighborhood main streets by, among other things, keeping a “human scale” and “the character of the neighborhood.” Bonin is a great supporter of this program.

On the surface the project sounds good.

But the actions of City Hall suggest that the mayor’s lofty pronouncements are cover for neighborhood overdevelopment and congestion. That is what is happening in Venice, where Bonin’s prodevelopment support is unraveling the qualities that made and sustained Venice as a unique California beach community and worldwide tourist destination.

Mar Vista, ground zero for the mayor’s initiative, should take note at what is occurring with its neighbor to the west.

Mayor Garcetti may talk of maintaining a human scale for neighborhood main streets, but on Abbott Kinney the opposite is happening under Bonin’s watch. On the south end of Abbott Kinney, a new modern one-block hotel will likely arise.

All along Venice’s Main Street, new and taller buildings are appearing; rows of food trucks and traffic congestion now are clouding the small town vibrancy of this historic street. The mayor talks about the need for people to “experience the character of their neighborhood,” but most of the mom-and-pop stores of Abbot Kinney have been chased out and replaced by retail corporations. Even Surfing Cowboys, the Mar Vista store featured in the Argonaut’s story about the mayor’s plans, was forced to relocate there from Abbott Kinney because of exorbitant high rents due to Bonin’s support of a new Venice.

That is not all that should worry Mar Vista residents and other city neighborhoods that will be targeted to become part of the mayor’s plan.

In Venice, development has run amok and city code enforcement officers are nowhere to be seen. For example, neighbors have complained about Fran Camaj’s Gjelina restaurant — seating over capacity, building dining facilities without permits, amplified music being heard in their homes, traffic and parking shenanigans — but the city has done nothing.

With so much development, restaurants in Venice now want to come into residential areas. Camaj is proposing his third restaurant in Venice at 320 Sunset Ave. — on a residential and artists’ street — 12 feet six inches from residents.

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While the mayor may speak of making neighborhood main streets a familyfriendly place — as if they were not already — his strategy, or at least the strategy being used in Venice under Bonin’s watch, is witnessing the hijacking of entire neighborhoods of taxpaying citizens by one or two restaurant/hotel/ business owners.

Rather than the hyped vision of the mayor’s Great Streets program, the approach to preserving and improving Los Angeles neighborhoods appears more likely to unravel the unique fabric of the very neighborhoods that Garcetti and Bonin claim they want to improve. That certainly is the process now underway in Venice.

Garcetti and Bonin seem to be giving the green light to business owners and developers that it is OK to ignore permits, laws and codes. This sets a precedent, having a disastrous domino effect. Rather than building neighborhoods, they are destroying neighborhoods throughout Los Angles — one block at a time. Beware, Mar Vista.

Editor’s Note: Argonaut reporters aren’t the only ones with a voice. If you have more to say about one of our stories than you can squeeze into a letter to the editor, contact joe@argonautnews.com to pitch a Power to Speak reader column.

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Vote for Measure D

Santa Monica Airport is more than a historic landmark. It is the first responder for emergencies and life-saving transplants, a place of refuge for all West L.A. residents and currently cuts down on airport noise and pollution, based on current guidelines within Measure D. Measure D allows Santa Monica residents to preserve this critical balance, and it lets the voters decide whether to close this airport, removing our safe haven while creating another land redevelopment.

Measure LC leaves this decision solely to seven members of the Santa Monica City Council.

The rights of the voters are necessary and paramount to maintain the democratic society that so many people lost their lives for.

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Two Sundays ago, hundreds of thousands marched throughout the world demanding action on climate change and world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations Summit on Climate Change. What can we do?

The meat industry generates carbon dioxide by burning forests to create animal pastures and by combustion of fossil fuels to confine, feed, transport and slaughter animals. A 2006 U.N. report estimated that meat production accounts for 18% of

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In an environmentally sustainable world, wind, solar and other pollution-free energy sources must gradually replace polluting fossil fuels. Similarly, vegetables, fruits, nuts and grains must replace polluting meat and dairy products. Your next trip to the supermarket is a great opportunity to start the transition to a sustainable world.

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Election 2014

For this job, it’s all about the résumé

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hopefuls Sheila Kuehl and Bobby Shriver want voters to judge them on their political experience For the first time in 20 years, voters in Venice and Santa Monica will help choose a new representative on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

In the race to replace Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who is retiring in December due to term limits, former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver and former state Sen. Sheila Kuehl are beginning to sketch out differences in their approach to governance ahead of the Nov. 4 vote.

Neither campaign has employed attack ads thus far, but the tenor of the race has become a little more contentious as the campaign clock winds down in that Shriver and Kuehl have been wielding their political résumés as a cudgel against the other.

Shriver has publicly labeled Kuehl as having a disconnected, out-of-touch “Sacramento approach” to solving problems, attempting to turn her 14 years in the state Senate and Assembly against her while playing up his local government experience.

Kuehl counters that her time at the state capitol representing many of the communities she would serve as county supervisor has given her unique insight into the concerns of its You have to work collaboratively in order to convince your colleagues to work with you.

Do you support Measure R2, the proposed 2016 ballot measure that would increase the county sales tax to fund transportation upgrades?

I strongly supported Measure R [2008’s half-cent sales tax increase to fund transportation upgrades] and I am strongly supportive of Measure R2. Even though supervisors sit on the Metro Board of Directors, they are not the majority of the Metro board because Mayor Eric Garcetti gets to appoint members and the Santa Monica mayor is also on the board. So again, it’s a matter of collaborating to convince the other board members of the benefit of certain projects for everyone and not just for one’s district.

The Project 50 housing first initiative to combat homelessness, started by Supervisor Yaroslavsky and expanded to Shelia Kuehl Santa Monica and Venice, has been called Party: Democrat a success, but what can be done to lower Age: 73 the program’s increasing mental health Residence: Santa Monica Occupation: College institute director costs?

I support permanent supportive housing Endorsements: L.A. City Councilman with supportive services like mental Mike Bonin, former L.A. City Councilman Bill health treatment. Project 50 is a good Rosendahl, Los Angeles County Democratic starting point, but it needs to be scaled up.

Party, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project, L.A. County Lifeguard Assoc., Regarding mental health costs, I want to L.A. County Firefighters Local 1014, state Sen. see what reserves might be available that Ted Lieu, Santa Monica Mayor Pam O’Connor can be used for mental health services and also what funding can be accessed through What makes you the better choice in legislation. So Project 50 was a good start, this race and sets you apart from your but it definitely needs to be scaled up. opponent?

Kuehl: I think my experience in the issues The Clean Water, Clean Beaches tax with which the county deals is one way. measure proposal would have property My experience of serving on the budget owners pay an additional $54 per year to committee in the state Senate will allow fund storm water capture projects. As a me to hit the ground running, because after supervisor, would you vote to put this on the election, our first board meeting will the ballot? be Dec. 2. One needs to be prepared from I support putting this on the ballot. I’m the beginning. The second is a matter of not sure that it had the support across the scale. When you serve on a part-time city county that it needed in order to get put on council in a city of 88,000 people it’s very the ballot last year. I would favor a ballot different than having to deal with hundreds measure that would help support new of health clinics for millions of people and technology on storm water capture. I’m a whole range of transportation issues. And really excited about the new technology third is the ability to work in a collaborative that can help recycle water. Many cities fashion. I carried through 177 bills that (Continued on page 12) were signed by three different governors.

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residents and prepared her to “hit the ground running” if elected. Shriver, she argues, has only served on a “part-time” city council and thus does not have experience working with the big budgets and large-scale policy challenges — including health care, education and water — that come into play at the county level.

Kuehl edged out Shriver in the June 3 primary, winning 36% of the vote to Shriver’s 29% despite being outspent by Shriver.

Shriver’s backers include prominent business, real estate and film industry leaders and groups. Kuehl has drawn heavy support from labor, women’s and environmental groups.

The five members of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors represent 10 million people, control a budget of more than $26 billion, preside over the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept., the foster care and juvenile justice systems, the L.A. Dept. of Public Health and are voting members of the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

— Gary Walker

Do you support Measure R2, the proposed 2016 ballot measure that would increase the county sales tax to fund transportation upgrades?

Transportation is the most pressing issue in the county. [Supporting R2 or not] is a political question because you have to get people in the San Fernando Valley on board with it and they need to feel that they are getting their fair share out these transportation dollars. So we have to have a regional strategy, because transportation is a regional issue. That’s where the local approach comes in again, working with city council members on the Metro board.

During the primary my opponent called many of us who were on city councils, like John Duran of the West Hollywood City Council and me, part-time members and I find that to be very disrespectful.

The Project 50 housing first initiative to combat homelessness, started by Bobby Shriver Supervisor Yaroslavsky and expanded Party: Democrat to Santa Monica and Venice, has been Age: 60 called a success, but what can be done Residence: Santa Monica to lower the program’s increasing Occupation: Nonprofit director / mental health costs? businessman In Santa Monica we retrained our police Endorsements: Santa Monica City officers to engage differently with our Councilman Bob Holbrook (former mayor), homeless population and unfortunately Reps. Janice Hahn and Tony Cardenas, West Hollywood Councilman John Duran and LAPD has not been trained that way. I former Malibu Councilwoman Pam Ulich, State would like to work with [Los Angeles Treasurer Bill Lockyer, former Rep. Howard City Councilman] Mike Bonin on that.

Berman, former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan This is an issue that I have worked on for a long time and it’s an issue that I’m What makes you the better choice in very passionate about. In Santa Monica this race and sets you apart from your we have adopted a similar approach about opponent? supportive, permanent housing and we’ve Shriver: I have local experience as a been very aggressive about building former member of the Santa Monica more affordable housing. I supported the City Council, and in many ways I see affordable housing production program county government as a form of local [requiring developers to build affordable government. A lot of it is about delivering housing or pay in-lieu fees]. In the county services, and that's what I did in Santa there is an acute shortage of workforce Monica. That’s a very different view housing and the county needs to do a from my opponent, who wants to take better job of building more. I’ve been very a Sacramento approach to things. I’m involved on homelessness, especially for also a pro-businesses person. During veterans and women veterans. the recession, the council was able to keep our city going and work with small The Clean Water, Clean Beaches tax businesses and bring in jobs. measure proposal would have property (Continued on page 12)

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A young person’s game

School board member Ben Allen and attorney Sandra Fluke, both in their 30s, vie for a hotly contested state Senate seat For a glimpse into the future of the local Democratic Party, look no further than the Westside state Senate contest between Ben Allen and Sandra Fluke, two Democratic candidates in their 30s who rose above a crowded primary field to enter the Nov. 4 runoff.

Allen and Fluke are vying for the redrawn 26th Senate District seat that includes many of the same communities that compose the current 28th Senate District represented by Ted Lieu, who is leaving Sacramento for his congressional bid. The new 26th spans Santa Monica, Venice, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey and Playa Vista as well as West Hollywood and much of the South Bay. Perhaps the most buzzworthy contest for state office in this election cycle, the race has attracted national attention due to Fluke’s notoriety as the women’s health advocate who, in 2011, was prohibited from testifying before Congress and faced subsequent attacks by Rush Limbaugh and other conservative pundits.

Fluke, an attorney, touts her record as a legislative advocate in Sacramento and Washington D.C.

Allen, a member of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, finished first in the primary with 22% of the vote to Fluke’s 19%.

Allen, who outspent Fluke in the primary, raised $606,000 in campaign contributions and has loaned $50,000 to his own campaign as of June 30, the most recent reporting deadline.

Fluke, meanwhile, raised $520,000 and loaned her campaign $100,000 as of that time.

South Bay businessman Bill Bloomfield, a Republican-turned-Independent who challenged Rep. Henry Waxman in 2012, spent nearly $500,000 to support Allen during the primary and an additional $62,000 reported on Sept. 27.

Allen has been endorsed by Waxman as well as L.A. County Supervisors Don Knabe and Zev Yaroslavsky.

Fluke touts the support of the West L.A. Democratic Club and L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin as well as environmental and women’s groups.

— Gary Walker

Do you support AB 2222, which would tighten requirements of the existing state law (SB 1818) that allows housing developers to increase density beyond local restrictions in exchange for affordable housing production?

I strongly support Assembly Bill 2222. I think it’s the right approach, because we need to make sure that we’re not giving developers an incentive to tear down affordable housing.

Do you support AB 2222, which would tighten requirements of the existing state law (SB 1818) that allows housing developers to increase density beyond local restrictions in exchange for affordable housing production?

I support AB 2222 and efforts to fix some of the problems with SB1818. There was some good intent with 1818, but you have to wonder what was going on behind the scenes with its passage. I’m concerned about the net loss in affordable housing and some of the engagement issues associated with it.

Ben Allen Party: Democrat Age: 36 Residence: Santa Monica Occupation: School board member Endorsements: Los Angeles County Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Don Knabe, Rep. Henry Waxman, state Sen. Fran Pavley, Assemblymen Richard Bloom and Steven Bradford, former state Sen. Tom Hayden, Los Angeles Police Protective League, Santa Monica Firefighters Association

What makes you the better choice in this race and sets you apart from your opponent?

Allen: I’d say three things. One is my deep roots in the district. I grew up here and went to public schools here. I have a substantial and relevant range of experiences. I’ve worked in the private sector and the public sector, and I have a strong track record of success of making government work. I’ve worked on Capitol Hill and at the state level, and I’ve been elected to two terms on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. I’m not a famous person. I’m not a celebrity. I didn’t just move here. I’m someone from here who’s been very deeply involved in local issues that have a lot of relevance at the state level.

What is your position on the Annenberg Foundation’s controversial plan to build a nature education center with an animal adoption and care component in the Ballona Wetlands?

I am very excited about the possibility of finding ways to get more young people and families into the wetlands in order to learn more about the wetlands and make it more of a community asset, because I’m not sure that people see it that way now. I know that there is a lot of concern about some of the specifics of Annenberg’s proposal, including the pet adoption center. I like a lot about the proposal to the extent that it’s about educating kids and families about the wetlands.

Do you support a statewide minimum wage increase?

I think at the end of the day, [raising the minimum wage] is important in order to create a more equitable society. We need to figure out a way to make sure that we’re growing and supporting the business community, but we also want those jobs to pay a decent wage.

Your campaign benefitted from nearly $500,000 in independent spending during the primary. What are your thoughts on campaign finance reform?

I’m very supportive of campaign finance reform. I would love to see us get rid of independent expenditures. I’m trying to work within the rules that currently govern the system, and my campaign (Continued on page 12)

Sandra Fluke Party: Democrat Age: 33 Residence: West Hollywood Occupation: Social justice attorney

Endorsements: Sierra Club California, California League of Conservation Voters, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project of Los Angeles, L.A. Councilman Mike Bonin, former L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, West L.A. Democratic Club, California Professional Firefighters, California Nurses Association

What makes you the better choice in this race and sets you apart from your opponent?

Fluke: I think there is a distinction between who has endorsed me and who has endorsed my opponent. I also think there’s a distinction in what we’ve devoted our time and energy to. I have the values that reflect the district: I support good governance and transparency, campaign finance reform and protecting the environment. I’m really proud of the endorsements that show that I have these values. And I’m very proud of the support that we’re getting at the neighborhood, grassroots level because it matches the kind of campaign that we’ve run.

What is your position on the Annenberg Foundation’s controversial plan to build a nature education center with an animal adoption and care component in the Ballona Wetlands?

We need to restore and protect the Ballona Wetlands, which is one of the district’s most valuable ecological resources. I am concerned about some of the details of the plan. I’m not sure that the wetlands are the best place for [the nature center].

We need to see if there might be better locations for it.

Do you support a statewide minimum wage increase?

I support the city measure and the state measure. We need to do it in a way that we’re being very specific about how it can be implemented with respect to small businesses. I’m proud to have been on the front lines with fast-food workers and hotel employees during their struggles to get a fair wage. But we also need to be helping to grow new businesses to replace those that have left the state.

Considering the drought, is the $7.1-billion water bond ballot measure enough?

I think the current water bond proposal is a great start. I would have liked to see more emphasis on rain water capture and recycling. But we also all need to conserve water because that’s something that we can all do. I think people in the district understand that it’s an important environmental policy issue and more people seem to be aware of how it affects all of us.

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News in brief

Shelia Kuehl...

Dog police to hit L.A. beaches

have begun to engage in theses watersaving practices. The virtue of having a countywide measure is the potential of scaling up the recapture and reuse of storm water.

Bringing dogs to public beaches has been illegal in L.A. County for decades, but the law has been seldom enforced.

As early as this weekend, however, code enforcement officers will begin ticketing those who bring man’s best friend along for a walk in the sand, Dept. of Beaches and Harbors spokeswoman Carol Baker warned during a county commission meeting last week.

Fines range could range from $50 to $200, according to a report by KTLA.

Panel targets income inequality

Americans for Democratic Action is hosting a panel on statewide income inequality featuring Westside state Senate hopefuls Ben Allen and Sandra Fluke at noon on Sunday in Santa Monica. Both say they are in favor of raising the state minimum wage.

Betty Yee, a Democratic candidate for state controller, has also been invited to speak.

KPFK 90.7-FM radio host Lyla Garrett is hosting the free event, which will be held at a private home at 939 San Vicente Blvd. For more information, call (310) 458-7213.

Elks rally for girl with cancer

The Westchester Elks Lodge in Playa del Rey hosted a barbecue lunch last Sunday that raised more than $5,000 to defray the costs of medical treatment for Delaney Clemens, a 12-year-old girl battling neuroblastoma cancer.

The granddaughter of longtime Elks Lodge members Emmy and Joseph “Doc” Sachen, Delaney started the nonprofit Delaney Donates Foundation, which provides support for other families with children battling cancer.

Tompkins Square Bar & Grill in Westchester donated the fundraiser’s menu, event spokeswoman Tracy Bagdon said.

Contact the Elks at (310) 821-3005 or visit delaneydonates.com.

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You have stated during the campaign that “this is not an entry-level position.”

Is that meant to draw a contrast between the levels of experience of you and your opponent?

Yes it is. When I started in the Assembly, I had the luxury of time to learn what I was doing. I was one of 80 members. But when you’re one of five people with a county the size of Ohio, I believe that you have to have a lot of experience — and not just the experience of serving on a part-time council

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owners pay an additional $54 per year to fund storm water capture projects.

As a supervisor, would you vote to put this on the ballot?

If we continue to pour dirty water in our ocean we’re not going to be able to swim in it. The ocean is a tremendous economic engine for the coast and for the county as well. We generate more money than Disneyland because of our beaches and our ocean with our hotel bed taxes and restaurants and tourism from tourists who want to come to our beaches, so we have to protect them and our oceans. I think [Clean Water, Clean Beaches] has to be explained very carefully. We have to explain to voters and give them a specific benefit that it would bring. The right measure might be a solution to a lot of our storm water problems.

You accepted spending limits in the

that meets every two weeks. I believe that you need to have a lot of training in the minutiae of governing.

How do you respond to Shriver saying you favor a “Sacramento approach”?

I would say that my opponent knows nothing about Sacramento and largescale projects. I know this district from end to end because I’ve represented it. If having a “Sacramento” approach means acquiring 160 acres of the Santa Monica Mountains for my constituents to enjoy, authoring legislation that has made schools safer and laws that protect victims of domestic violence, I would say residents of this district agree with that approach. A Sacramento approach, in his mind, means being remote from the district and it can’t be further from the truth.

general election but not the primary.

Why? I needed to get my name out there to other communities in the district. My opponent has been representing communities in our district for a long time. She had a big head start on me and was campaigning very early and I thought that I needed to catch up to her.

You outspent Kuehl in the primary but she won more votes. How important is money in the general election?

It’ll depend on how much everyone raises. If the labor unions that support my opponent spend what they did on [Supervisor] Mark Ridley-Thomas’ campaign, then that could have an impact.

But I think the voters of our district are politically smart voters and they’ll vote for whom they think is the best candidate regardless of how much money is spent.

Money alone won’t decide the race. The more people get to know my record in Santa Monica and what we got done, the

If elected, you would be the first openly gay supervisor. While you have not made this a focus of your campaign, would it have any special significance to you?

It has enormous significance to me. A recent study showed that a high percentage of children in foster care — an issue that is very important to me — are gay and lesbian. And I think that there should be some focus on that aspect of the foster care system. I think that having an authentic voice can be very empowering, and I want to be able to say to minority communities that I get it and I want to be a voice for them as well.

What would be your top priorities if you win on Nov. 4?

Health care, transportation and reforming the foster care system. better I’ll do at the polls.

During a recent debate, you said, referring to your opponent, “Sometimes in politics and in life you have to be able to say no to people.” To whom are you willing to say no if elected?

I used a specific example with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, when I said no to them over a minimum wage for the county. I support it, they don’t.

And they endorsed me. That’s what I was referring to. My opponent has had a hard time saying no to special interests.

I don’t think she can cite an example of having ever done that when she was in Sacramento.

What would be your top priorities if you win on Nov. 4?

My highest priority would be expediting the construction and connectivity of our transportation system that will lead to job creation in the county.

haven’t found unhealthy levels. Where we’ve found a high level of PCBs we’re (Continued from page 11) As a state senator representing Santa removing it all. can’t coordinate with [any independent Monica, where would you stand on Part of the challenge is that we’ve passed expenditure groups]. There were a number the city’s two airport-related ballot a bond that will involve major revamping of independent expenditure groups out in measures, one that would keep of some of the buildings and also the first round — including an enormous the airport under the city’s control teardowns. So to go through an enormous one done for Dr. Vito [Imbasciani], and at (Measure LC) and one that would allow removal process when we’re about to go the end of the day he only got 4% of the voters to decide its future (Measure D)? ahead with the bond work anyway and vote. So they certainly do play a role, but I support LC. I’ve long supported the are hearing from government agencies there’s a lot more to the game. city’s efforts regarding the airport and tasked with public health that there’s no we’ll see what happens. From the state justification for [PCB removal before Considering the drought, is the perspective, you can certainly help play the bond work]— that’s the challenge. $7.1-billion water bond ballot measure a role with environmental studies and The politically expedient thing for me to enough? securing funding if the airport is ever do would be to call for comprehensive The drought is an enormous problem. I turned into a park. testing and tear everything down. I could think the water bond is a very important be the standard bearer out there. But step toward strengthening the water There are families who feel the Santa infrastructure. We need to make sure my fiduciary duty is to the kids and the Monica-Malibu Unified School that we’re not losing water through staff, and all those PCBs are going to be District’s board hasn’t been proactive evaporation and water leakage. There’s a removed within the next few months. enough about the toxic chemicals lot of work that can be done to improve at Malibu High School. As former the actual water distribution channels What would be your top priorities if president of the board, how do you for water and to encourage better you are elected? answer that? water conservation all over the state.

Public schools at the early childhood When a [parent] group came to us a year Is it sufficient? That’s a hard question level, K-12 funding and higher education, ago we opened an investigation and to answer. It’s a good thing from an definitely. I care a lot about transit started testing. We also contacted the accountability perspective because it [state] EPA and hired a firm that is leading funding, the environment, and of course doesn’t write a blank check to the water the process. We’ve done air testing and jobs and the economy.

Ben Allen...

agencies and other entities.

Sandra Fluke...

it’s also resisting the kinds of special interest money and support that are not (Continued from page 11) in line with your values. I don’t accept As a state senator representing Santa campaign contributions from people or Monica, where do you stand on the organizations that don’t share my values. city’s two airport-related ballot My campaign has not [received support] measures, one (Measure LC) that would from independent expenditures. I want keep the airport under the city’s control to be accountable to the voters, not to and one (Measure D) that would allow special interests. You’re not going to grow voters to decide its future? a backbone in Sacramento. The pressure I oppose Measure D and I strongly only gets worse when you’re there. support Measure LC. While the A conservative website has written supporters of Measure D say it will give that family members are your biggest the voters control over what happens at donors and points out that your opponent the airport, but it will only give control contributed less to his campaign, without to those who have the money to get an noting the independent expenditures initiative on the ballot. We’ve seen the supporting him. impact that the particulate matter from In terms of how our campaign has been airplanes has on folks living near the funded, we’ve both made contributions airport. And there is a lot more that can to our campaigns. We’ve had over 4,000 be done through hearings on airport small donors contribute to our campaign pollution, like the ones state Sen. Ted Lieu since we started. I don’t know where has held. my opponent’s family’s money comes from, but I can tell you that my friends Your opponent says he has more and family have taken theirs from their governing experience than you. savings and their pensions. My family I think that I have more experience at supports the things I fight for, and that’s the state level because of the legislation why they’re helping me. that I’ve worked on for over 10 years — issues like affordable health care, What would be your top priorities if economic justice, LGBTQ rights, access you are elected? to reproductive health care, and human My priorities will be education and early trafficking. My opponent has worked only childhood development, campaign finance on education. For me, it’s not about just reform, economic and social justice and getting to the highest seat in government. protecting our coasts. Those are some of It’s about all of the issues that I’ve worked the issues that I am passionate about and on that have become legislation. I think that I have worked on for a long time.

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Westchester goes Hollywood Loyola Marymount University’s film program has rapidly ascended to one of the nation’s best LMU School of Film and Television students shoot a thesis film in front of the green screen at the college’s 25’-by-46’ television stage

Some of the industry’s biggest names — David O. Russell, Judd Apatow, William Friedkin and Alfonso Cuaron What a difference a decade makes. among them— sat down for exclusive At the turn of the 21st century, if conversations with students earlier this industry types thought about Loyola year as part of the school’s inaugural Marymount University at all, it was as a prestigious Jesuit college that happened to Hollywood Masters Series (jointly offer some film and television classes but conducted with The Hollywood Reporter), which started a second season last month was basically off the grid. with Michael Mann and continues with Then, in 2001, LMU officially James L. Brooks, Billy Bob Thornton, the established its School of Film and Farrelly Brothers, and Academy AwardTelevision, making it the new kid on the winners Hans Zimmer and Hilary Swank. block in Harvey Levin’s 30-mile zone.

Also this year, applications to the LMU Cut to this year and the cinema program School of Film and Television increased has CG-morphed into a full-service film 20% over 2013, while the number of school, complete with animation and applicants to its increasingly prominent recording arts majors, landing in August animation program, capped at 70 students, as No. 8 on The Hollywood Reporter’s tripled over the past four years. annual shortlist of the Top 25 Film So how did LMU find a place on the Schools in the United States.

Hollywood map so quickly?

LMU Film and Television students The answer appears to lie in strategic are not only entering the impregnable entertainment field as interns — more than planning, faculty talent, prioritizing hands-on training and turning its initial a third of the school’s 700 undergraduate disadvantage — its comparatively small or graduate students regularly intern size among cinema school giants USC, at 400 companies, including the major NYU and UCLA — into an asset. studios, the Sundance Institute, a The LMU School of Film and Television graduate-mentoring partnership with Film Independent’s Screenwriting Lab and Ken classes average a 12-to-1 student/faculty ratio, giving pupils more time and Burns’ production company — but also attention to hone their craft than at many as paid professionals, some even before larger institutions. graduating.

By Michael Aushenker

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“We’re like a small indie studio.

I know all the kids by name, and they all know me.”

— John Syrjamaki, Head of Production Administration

“We’re like a small indie studio. I know all the kids by name, and they all know me. The kids get to know each other. Size is a quality all its own,” says Head of Production Administration John Syrjamaki, who held a similar position at USC and worked as a second assistant director on “The Blues Brothers” and production manager on “Assault on Precinct 13.”

“We’re different from other film schools.

It’s about collaboration, not competition.

You won’t find that at USC or NYU,” adds Associate Professor of Screenwriting

Jeffrey Davis, who has a slew of teleplay credits dating back to “The Love Boat.”

A coming-of-age story Inside his office plastered with movie posters, LMU School of Film and Television Dean Stephen Ujlaki is asking an assistant to make copies of one of his recent favorites, the 2013 documentary “Natan,” about a Franco-Romanian Jew in pre-Holocaust Europe who bought Pathé and became the unsung father of French cinema.

Documentaries are not only Ujlaki’s

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A student takes a selfie with Judd Apatow during his March visit as part of the Hollywood Masters Series Photo by Juan Tallo

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LMU School of Film and Television Dean Stephen Ujlaki looks on as Associate Professor Charles Swanson leads a hands-on film workshop Photo by Juan Tallo

The ‘indie’ model Returning to his analogy of film school as indie studio, no-nonsense industry vet Syrjamaki likens student films to independent movies.

“If you could make a student film, you can make almost anything,” he says.

Like Syrjamaki, Associate Professor of Production Charles Swanson arrived at LMU from USC in 2003.

“When I came here, they had strong traditional cinematography. I’ve continued that,” says Swanson.

But in 2011, Swanson attended a film summit in which he raised a critical question for LMU’s film program: “I asked, ‘Who is shooting film?’ No one had raised their hand,” he says.

Today, students shoot with digital cameras.

“I, to some extent, mourn the passing of film, but we’re practical,” Syrjamaki says, recalling a discussion about revamping school equipment. “It wasn’t an argument; it was really a conversation about what do we think the future will hold and what our course of action should be.”

Industry trends have also shaped the writing program, says Davis, who in addition to his sitcom work has penned documentaries for A&E, Discovery and National Geographic.

Since arriving at LMU in 2001, Davis has witnessed an enormous sea change for the Hollywood writer, who has gone from pitching speculative film screenplays and network sitcom scripts to chasing the more expansive cable and new media landscapes.

“To be a competitive film school, you can’t only prepare people to write screenplays. That doesn’t reflect the future,” he says of his program’s emphasis on new media that includes everything from Netflix to Funny or Die. “We’ve conducted a workshop with young entrepreneurs who have started entertainment websites. We’ve already made contact with YouTube and top game companies, even TMZ.” Recording Arts program alum Matthew Linesch, who graduated in 2009, is currently finishing work on a forthcoming album for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, his fourth with the band.

He also recorded and mixed last year’s Robert Redford drama “All is Lost.”

Linesch worked at the recording arts office while at LMU, a job he says taught him how to think on his feet using stateof-the-art equipment. He found work as an independent producer and engineer in Ojai “on the basis that I could build a whole studio up there,” he says. “That was a skill you can’t learn in the classroom. You can only learn by doing it.”

LMU alum Kevin Hageman went on to co-write “The Lego Movie,” this year’s top-grossing original animated feature, with his brother Dan. “My years at LMU were invaluable,” he says. “I chose their film department over other film schools because you truly got a hands-on education on all aspects of

Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.

passion, he has been making them since 1969, including as a producer for HBO Films.

“What Steve understands, having been a producer, is how the industry works. It works in collaboration instead of silos.

He’s trying to break the silos down.

That, and modernizing the program.

It’s not an easy job,” says Davis of Ujlaki, previously chair of the cinema department at San Francisco State.

When Ujlaki came to LMU in 2005, the program “needed a lot of work — a lot of visibility, someone touting what he had,” he says.

That’s where the Hollywood Masters series comes in. But, pedagogically speaking, hands-on training is the vital part of Ujlaki’s master plan.

Ujlaki reformed the curriculum to include a Film Boot Camp for first-year and transfer students, which requires students to rotate roles producing, directing and editing their own movies right from the start.

“The films are not going to be good, but at least they’ll get their feet wet. By the spring of their sophomore year, we want them to decide on a track,” Ujlaki said of the experiential crash course.

He isn’t the school’s only gamechanger, however.

Since taking over the animation track in 2006, associate professor Tom Klein — who worked as an animation producer for “The Simpsons” — has molded LMU into an industry incubator.

Bolstered by a $1-million gift by the Walter Lantz Foundation (named after the animation pioneer who created Woody Woodpecker), Klein’s department produced two student films this year that became BAFTA finalists and 2013 alumna Hayley Foster won a Student Academy Award this year for an animated short that was her culminating project.

“LMU Animation’s small class sizes and personalized attention from the professors was a crucial part of paving the way for the success of its students,” says Foster, now storyboarding for Warner Bros. Animation.

LMU grad turned lecturer Jay Oliva recently storyboarded Zack Snyder’s anticipated 2016 release, “Batman vs.

Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

In addition to animation for film and TV, students learn the craft as applied to gaming, marketing and other nontraditional areas.

“You’re really seeing so many different avenues for animators if they’re tech savvy,” says Klein, who has three recent grads doing motion graphics for ad campaigns at Sony and another digitally rendering airplanes at Boeing.

Joshua Morgan, an editor on “Despicable Me” and the Tim Burtonproduced “9,” teaches Interactive Animation and Game Design. Klein also recruited “9” director Shane Acker, a Westchester resident, to teach at LMU, as well as LMU alum and “Johnny Bravo” creator Van Partible.

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A film editing class (above), a recording arts workshop space (top right) and an animation student at work (bottom)

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film production, culminating in writing, directing, producing and editing my own final thesis film.”

Other success stories haven’t yet left the fold.

As a junior, Film & TV Production major Matt Thompson co-founded Medal Lion Entertainment, a successful advertising production company, with senior Matt Law. Carrie Gutenberg, who graduated with a screenwriting emphasis this year, started

out in the writer’s room for “Mystery Girls,” an ABC Family series starring “Beverly Hills 90210” alums Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth. She’s now writing and producing segments on the CBS magazine show “Game Changer.”

A sequel for success The School of Film and Television’s rapidly accumulated credibility has emboldened LMU to launch a building campaign to expand the film school — already replete with production studios, editing suites and several digital laboratories — with even more facilities, including a new 75-seat theater.

Other plans include more crossing over

of disciplines, with Ujlaki planning to establish a graduate-level documentary production program.

“Because of the Internet, documentary is a now a viable career,” he says, listing Burns, Errol Morris and Alex Gibney as advisors. “There’s still a lot of peddling ahead, but now the bike’s moving.”

“Everything is coming into fruition,” offers Syrjamaki. “It’s been a slow evolutionary process, not so much revolutionary.”

“We’re a butterfly coming out of a cocoon,” adds Swanson. “We’re still young; we’re still burgeoning.” michael@argonautnews.com

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Interview

A time to talk

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services CEO Kita Curry on overcoming her demons and how being willing to discuss suicide can save a life It’s getting a little easier for Americans to talk about suicide — and that’s a good thing, says Kita Curry.

When Curry took over as president and CEO of Culver City-based Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services 15 years ago, 200 people was considered a healthy turnout for the nonprofit’s annual Alive & Running 5k Walk/Run suicide prevention awareness fundraiser.

Last Sunday, more than 2,000 people came out for the event in Westchester, an unprecedented turnout that raised a record $260,000 for the cause.

Founded to provide psychiatric support for families during the Great Depression, Didi Hirsch now staffs the suicide prevention crisis line serving the entirety of Southern California — handling an average of 55,000 calls, texts or web chats with people in crisis or their loved ones each year.

Didi Hirsch also operates mental health and substance abuse treatment clinics throughout Los Angeles County, including a children’s mental health services center in Mar Vista. The nonprofit also conducts mobile homeless outreach and sends staff or volunteers to the scenes of suicides to provide immediate family support.

Curry, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology, speaks openly about her previous struggles with depression that once led her to attempt suicide.

“Why I talk about my experience with suicide and my family history is because Didi Hirsch is committed to erasing stigma, and I need to talk that talk and walk that walk,” she says.

— Joe Piasecki Why do people take their own lives?

They take their lives because they’re in terrible psychological pain that clouds their thoughts enough that they can’t think of any other solution in the moment.

About 90% of the time those people have been suffering from mental illness and/or substance abuse. There’s often a precipitant — someone broke up with them or they’ve lost all their money — but that’s not really the cause. The foundation is mental illness, which means that with treatment there’s hope.

What’s the impact of publicity about suicide, such as reports about Robin Williams’ death?

In the week after Robin Williams’ death, calls to our suicide crisis line doubled.

We have paid staff and volunteers, and we were calling in volunteers from all shifts so we could pick up all the calls. There were people who were feeling suicidal before Robin Williams took his own life, and many of them called us because his death shook them up — he can’t do it, how can I go on? — but they wanted help

and read about the phone number. Not only did the media talk about his death, but they let people know about the crisis line, about resources. That was fantastic, because that’s one of the things the media should do but often forgets. Without resources, it can only increase the feeling that there’s no hope.

How has technology impacted mental health in society?

Social networking can bring people who are lonely together, but it can also bring you to a lot of people who are just as unhappy and feeling as helpless as you are. One positive is if someone types suicide into a search engine, one of the first things to come up is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number.

Have you been personally impacted by suicide?

I’ve lost three family members to suicide.

When I was 12, an uncle took his life, then quite a few years later a cousin, and just last year an elderly uncle took his life.

With this last uncle I realized the genetic risk for mood disorders was on both sides of my family. Also, I suffer from a mood disorder. I’ve been extremely depressed and contemplated and attempted suicide.

Kita Curry speaks during last Sunday’s Alive & Running 5k Walk/Run in Westchester, Luckily many, many years ago, and I got an annual suicide prevention awareness event that saw record attendance this year good help.

Is that what led you to this career?

Probably at some level. I took a class in psychology in college and loved it because I felt it combined poetry and science, and I’m sure my dysfunctional family didn’t help — or did help. … Why I talk about my experience with suicide and my family history is because Didi Hirsch is committed to erasing stigma, and I need to talk that talk and walk that walk.

What are the warning signs of suicide?

A couple of the most dramatic signs are when a person starts talking like “you’d all be better off without me, I think I should kill myself,” or when a person starts giving away favorite possessions or dramatically changes their habits, was timid and quiet but is suddenly angry or explosive.

Are some populations more at risk?

That varies from country to country. In the U.S., older and middle-aged white males are at greatest risk for suicide. An equal number of women attempt, but more men die during attempts. Probably one reason is the use of firearms.

Depression, family history, experiencing abuse — none of these risk factors are so high that you can’t overcome them if you get help. Teenaged Latinas report much

“In the week after Robin Williams’ death, calls to our suicide crisis line doubled.”

— Kita Curry higher incidents of thinking about suicide, seriously considering it and attempting it than other teenage girls. There are theories that perhaps it’s because they’re caught in a bind where their family is expecting more traditional behavior from them, yet their peer group is out being much more independent from the family.

What should someone do if they believe a person is suicidal?

If you believe someone is suicidal, you should let them know you worry about them and that you care about them. That’s the most important thing. Some people think that if you ask people whether they feel like killing themselves, you’re going to put the idea in their head. That is not

true. Asking someone gives them an opening, if they are that desperate, to talk knowing that they won’t be judged. If you don’t feel comfortable bringing it up you can always call the suicide crisis line and the counselors will help you. Don’t shame them or tell them they’re selfish, because they’re not going to talk to you if you do that. Help them get to a professional. If a young person is reading this, don’t keep it a secret because it’s better to have a friend mad at you than have a friend die because no one knew they needed help.

The number of Didi Hirsch’s suicide prevention crisis line is (877) 7274747. Find more information online at didihirsch.org.

October 2, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 17

•This Week•

Soy beer brats? Pleather lederhosen? Gott im Himmel!

Santa Monica’s inaugural Vegan Oktoberfest puts an animal-friendly twist on a sudsy and cherished tradition

Vegan-friendly fraulines, Sage Organic Bistro gluten-free pretzels, Divine Dips non-dairy ice cream, Southern Fried Vegan beer brats and vegan “sausage,” leek and potato pizza

by Urban Pie are all part of Saturday’s fun

By Shanee Edwards Meat-lovers may feel like the stuffing’s been knocked out of their sausages, but Saturday’s Vegan Oktoberfest — the first celebration of its kind in Santa Monica, and by accounts the world — has many locals excited to party with an oompah band and fraulines in dirndls while also keeping animals off the menu.

Oktoberfest began in Munich in 1810 as a giant party to celebrate the royal wedding of King Ludwig I to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Like a Brothers Grimm fairytale, all citizens of Bavaria were supposedly invited to attend and, some 200 years later, Oktoberfest is a revered cultural event celebrated around the world.

While the need for a vegan Thanksgiving and all its Tofurky trappings seems apparent, considering it’s an American holiday that most families keep, did a holiday so closely associated with pork bratwursts, white sausage and veal schnitzel also need to be veganized?

The creators of Vegan Oktoberfest, animal rights attorneys David Edward Burke and Jill Ryther, say yes.

“The idea for Vegan Oktoberfest came from the desire to combine the fun and appeal of a widely beloved event, Oktoberfest, with the compassion of animal lovers. Like many holidays or festivals, Oktoberfest is traditionally very PAGE 18 THE ARGONAUT October 2, 2014

focused on meat consumption, which means that if you’re an animal lover who chooses not to eat animal products, you can’t wholeheartedly participate in the festivities. We wanted to add a vegan twist so that everyone, from strict vegans to near carnivores, can experience a traditional Oktoberfest celebration,” Ryther said.

OK. Vegans, vegetarians and anyone who relies on gluten-free beer for a buzz will love this event, but what about carnivores?

“Many people who aren’t familiar with veganism believe stereotypes about vegans — they’re all hippies, they’re sickly, they’re snobby. None of that is true, and Vegan Oktoberfest is a great opportunity for people from all walks of life to come together and have a great time,” Ryther said. “We want meat-eaters to come so we can show them that they can enjoy great beer and great food without any animals being harmed in the process.”

So what’s on the menu?

“There will be beer brats, kielbasas, several different types of sausages from Field Roast, which are soy-free, and regular types of [vegan] hot dogs as well. We eagerly welcome meat eaters to try our healthier and tastier plant-based sausages,” Burke said.

Revelers can also say “guten appetite”

to vegan ice cream, German-style potato pancakes and a few special recipes that vendors are creating just for the event: “We are eager to try the beer cheese from Nary Dairy, the [gluten-free] soft pretzel from Sage Organic Bistro, and three special beer cupcakes: Chocolate Stout, Pumpkin Spice Ale and Lemon Wheat from Life Is Sweet Bakeshop,” said Ryther.

One term that needed clarification, however, was “vegan beer.” After all, isn’t beer just fermented barley, wheat and hops?

“Most beers are vegan,” Burke said, “but some beers use animal products such as fish bladders in the filtration process” (which, when you think about it, is kind of gross). “Other beers use dairy or even meat as actual ingredients. Vegan Oktoberfest will only feature vegan beers, but we think people will be pleasantly surprised to see some of their favorite breweries at the event.”

As one might expect, the tap list does include some German beers but maintains a distinctly California zeitgeist.

Participating breweries include Golden Road, Angel City Brewery, Hanger 24, Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas Brewing Co., Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Coronado Brewing Co., Karl Strauss Brewing Co. and the local Venice Duck Brewery, among many others. Prost to that!

Llonna Schuppel, who along with her

husband owns and operates Shoop’s Deli in Santa Monica — famous for its wide selection of German sausages and other European-style meats — said she hadn’t heard of a Vegan Oktoberfest before. But she doesn’t object to the idea.

“I don’t see why not,” she said.

“People’s food habits have changed so much over the years. Even in Germany now, and all over Europe, I’ve found that there’s a lot more vegetarianism in those countries. You see a lot more vegetarian options coming from Europe, like a product called Quorn. I think it would be worse to break tradition — to not celebrate because people’s eating habits have changed. The tradition is what is important.”

Santa Monica resident Kim Blish has been vegan for 17 years and is raising her 6-year-old twins vegan as well. She was thrilled to learn about Vegan Oktoberfest.

“I think it’s super cool because so many people say, ‘Oh, I could be a vegan except for this one thing —I’d miss out on cheese or brats or Oktoberfest.’ Now, there’s one less excuse not to go vegan.”

Vegan Oktoberfest is from 1 to 6 p.m.

Saturday near the beach at 2600 Barnard Way in Santa Monica. Tickets are $45; 21+ only. A portion of the proceeds benefits the nonprofit Expand Animal Rights Now. Visit veganoktoberfest.com.

Westside Happenings Thursday, Oct. 2

Friday, Oct. 3

Chess Club, 4:15 p.m. Kids ages 5 to 16 can learn to play chess or improve their strategy through free classes each Thursday at VeniceAbbot Kinney Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 8211769; lapl.org/branches

Volunteer Orientation, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Learn about volunteer opportunities at WISE & Healthy Aging in this free informational session, held at 1527 4th St., 2nd floor, Santa Monica. (310) 3949871; wiseandhealthyaging.org

Spirited Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m.

Set against the backdrop of the all-new, Michael S. Smith-designed lounge, guests at Terrazza can mingle with a rotating roster of beverage professionals — from winemakers and brand founders to celebrated mixologists — showcasing new boutique wine, beer or spirits weekly. For every specialty drink ordered, guests receive a complimentary small plate to pair from Executive Chef Jason Bowlin. Hotel Casa del Mar, 1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica. Specialty cocktails are $12 to $16 each. (310) 430-7144; hotelcasadelmar Balance and Fitness Class, 7 p.m.

Free class offered Thursdays; also 9:45 a.m. Saturdays. Class builds total core strength with squats, pushups, lunges and other techniques utilizing StrongBoard Balance, a new fitness product. Equipment provided on a first-come, firstserved basis. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. $5 donation recommended, with proceeds earmarked for Heal the Bay. (310) 804-0514; strongboardbalance.com “The Judge,” 7:30 p.m. Directorproducer David Dobkin enters a conversation with “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection” filmmaker William Friedkin after an advance screening of his latest film, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14.

(310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Sundown Stand-Up: Venice Beach Revival, 8 p.m. On Thursdays, area comedians bring spoken word and comedy performance back to the Venice Bistro, 323 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. No cover. (310) 3923997; thevenicebistro.com

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"Hound Dog Dave & the Meltones,” 5:30 p.m. The rhythms of this blues-roots band resonate throughout the beachy Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com “To Have and Have Not”/“The Big Sleep,” 7:30 p.m. In honor of the late Lauren Bacall, a double-header of Humphrey Bogart and Bacall classics with connections to several of the best American writers, both directed by Howard Hawks. The 1944 noir “To Have and to Have Not” includes screenwriter William Faulkner taking on a story by Ernest Hemingway; Faulkner returns as a writer on 1946’s “The Big Sleep,” based on the Raymond Chandler’s first Philip Marlowe crime novel.

Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com An Evening of Poetry & Music, 8 p.m. Join Brian Michael Tracy, who reads from his manuscript “New Testaments.” Also Andy Hill, Renee Safier and Marty Rifkin perform excerpts from their CD, “Midnight Tea.” Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org “Orphans,” 8 p.m. Also at 8 p.m. on Saturdays and at 2 p.m.

Sundays through Oct. 18. Lyle Kessler’s classic play about two abandoned boys, a predatory thief and a reclusive man-child who become divided after the elder sibling kidnaps a drunken, wealthy businessman named Harold. Adult language. Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org

Mount Saint, 10:45 p.m.

Headlining group features Clint and Calvin Holgate, Drew Beck and Brittany Tolman, best known as the former keyboardist/vocalist for the chart-topping alternative rock group Imagine Dragons, in which she played alongside her husband and drummer, Andrew Tolman. Tonight’s bill, beginning at 7:30 p.m., also features 45 Revolutions, Roma de Luce and Lisa Haagen. Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10.

All ages; one item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com

Saturday, Oct. 4 Water Awareness programming, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Playa Vista kicks off the new season with a very special edition of the farmers market as it profiles “water” and offers tips on conservation for the kids. Children’s entertainer Yolanda will sing waterrelated songs. Free street parking and pet-sitting service. Playa Vista Certified Farmers' Market, 6400 Sea Bluff Drive, Playa Vista (adjacent to Yummy supermarket). playavista. com Euro Soccer USA’s Weekend Soccer Academy, 9 to 10:15 a.m.

Ages 4-12 Every Saturday. Also Sunday mornings. Ages 18 months to 3 years begins at 10:30 a.m. and ends at 11:15 a.m. Playa Vista Park, 13196 W. Bluff Creek Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 929-5435

Understanding Principles for Better Living Church

“I Claim My Ability to Think Pure Thoughts, No Matter the Appearance.”

Rev. Della Reese Lett

Sunday Services at 1:00 pm Meeting at First Lutheran Church, 600 W. Queen, Inglewood Church website: www.UPChurch.org

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Hang out with musicians and jam on stage. Open to all; first come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 3969010; tripsantamonica.com “My Neighbor Totoro,” 3 p.m. The beloved 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film featuring young sisters Satsuki and Mei, who chance upon some spirited wood sprites upon moving to a country home. One of the stronger entries by famed anime master Hayao Miyazaki.

Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com (Continued on page 26)

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IN YOUR HANDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGH ROTARY ...

To learn more about the Rotary Club of Westchester and its many projects in the community or to attend any of the upcoming Club meetings, please call Membership Director Kim Williamson at (310) 722-4200.

October 1 – Evelyn Quintanilla – LAWA facilities planning Division October 8 – Redondo Beach Mayor Steve Aspel October 15 – Peggy Nguyen LAWA environmental services Division regarding the “Adopt a Dunes” program October 22 – Larry Londre - “What is Marketing?”

October 29 – Rotary District 5280 Governor Elsa Gilham

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The Beach Eats gourmet food truck gathering offers a wide variety exciting culinary options every Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey. There’s truly something for everyone and always something new to try, with trucks and menus changing each week. Grab your food and enjoy the sand or picnic tables in the picturesque harbor. Park in county lot No. 10 for just 25 cents each quarter-hour.

4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey | (310) 305-9545 | marinadelrey.lacounty.gov

Café Pinguini is one of Los Angeles s most romantic restaurants, cozied up just off the beach at Playa del Rey. The beautiful outdoor patio is made to impress, while the rustic Italian atmosphere inside offers a quiet ambiance. The restaurant is known for its authentic Italian family recipes, excellent service and fresh, gourmet ingredients.

Reservations recommended on Fridays and Saturdays. 6935 Pacific Ave., Playa Del Rey | (310) 306-0117| cafepinguini.com

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Mercede’s Grille Fresh and tasty ingredients make for authentic Cuban dishes like lechon Cubano, tomatillo pork enchiladas, jerk chicken enchiladas, ropa vieja and sweet-and-spicy papaya chicken stir fry. Appetizers, salads and small plates are prepared with a healthy California flair. The original Cuban mojito is joined on the menu by numerous specialty cocktails to make for adventurous evenings just steps away from Venice Beach. 14 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey | (310) 827-6209 | mercedesgrille.com

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On the first Friday of each month, L.A’s tastiest neighborhood block party erupts with music, vendors a beer garden and a fleet of food trucks representing a full spectrum of Southern California’s diverse culinary landscape. The festivities last from 4 to 9 p.m. and span an entire city block, with food truck lineups rotating monthly. Come for the food, stick around for the fun. 6200 block of W. 87th St., Westchester | facebook.com/ WestchesterFirstFridays

FRENCH

DELICATESSENS

Crème de la Crêpe Bistro

Del Rey Deli

Crème de la Crêpe is known for its traditional European crêpe recipes that are ideal for breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert.

Savory and sweet crêpes abound on a menu that also includes gluten-free buckwheat crêpes with eggs, breakfast meats, cheeses and vegetables. Traditional crêpes are delightfully paired with fruits, jam and cream. Other classic options like omelets, sandwiches, salad, pasta and quiche are also on the menu. 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 1305, Culver City | (310) 391-8818| cremedelacrepe.com

Del Rey Deli is Playa’s favorite sandwich stop. Conveniently located at Pershing and Manchester, the deli has built its reputation on fresh ingredients and friendly staff. Build your own sandwich or choose from a lengthy list of classic combinations and unique gourmet delights. There’s also a weekend brunch and a variety of interesting soups, salads and sides. Del Rey Deli offers gluten-free alternative bread and is great for vegetarians, too!

8501 Pershing Drive, Playa Del Rey | (310) 439-2256| delreydeli.com

Gelson’s Marina del Rey Gelson’s stands out as a grocer with the flair of a restaurant. A full-service deli with fresh sushi made daily, a gourmet salad bar and a Wolfgang Puck Express make the store’s dining area a hotspot for lunch. Also find the finest in baked goods, cheeses, and natural and prepared foods alongside aisle after colorful aisle of grocery staples, wine and spirits. Open daily 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

13455 Maxella Ave., Marina del Rey | (310) 306-2952 | gelsons.com

INDIAN New India’s Oven New India’s Oven, previously Shershah, offers traditional Indian dishes that have been called the best in and around Marina del Rey. An emphasis on delicious vegetarian and vegan meals as well as favorites like chicken tikka masala and lamb kebab mean the restaurant is perfect for seasoned Indian food lovers and novices alike. Highlights include a delicious lunch buffet with specials to suit every taste. 13444 Maxella Ave., Marina Del Rey | (310) 306-1500| newindiasovenca.com

Roxy's Café Smoothies, sandwiches and wraps are the name of the game at Roxy's Café. Build your own sandwich from a choice of meats, breads, cheeses, sauces and toppings or explore signature specials like The Roxy teriyaki-marinated chicken heated to perfection with mozzarella cheese, pineapple and red onion. Treat yourself to a decadent milkshake or a satisfying smoothie such as the Roxy-berry, featuring vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. 8601 Lincoln Blvd. (enter from Manchester) | (310) 569-8824 | roxyscafeandeatery.com

DESSERTS Cherry on Top Create your own unique combination of self-serve frozen yogurt made from California milk with live, active cultures that are important for digestive health. The possibilities are endless at Cherry on Top. Alongside classic fro-yo standards are tart flavors like pomegranate and green apple, crèmes like gingerbread, eggnog and pecan praline, and sorbets such as watermelon and margarita. Delectable toppings choices include fruit, candies, cookies and nuts.

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ITALIAN Alejo’s Presto Trattoria

Cantalini’s Salerno Beach The fine Italian cuisine at Cantalini’s Salerno Beach includes homemade pastas, fresh seafood, hand-tossed pizzas, fine wines, imported beer and daily chef specials.

Signature ravioli and gnocchi highlight a menu inspired by owner Lisetta Maria’s grandmother, Anna Cantalini, who was born in Abruzza, Italy, and took old-world recipes with her to the new. Live music happens from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sundays. 193 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey | (310) 821-0018 | cantalinis.com

The Good Pizza The favorite pizza place of Playa and Westchester is aptly named. The Good Pizza is known for its signature Neapolitan pizza made with fresh, real ingredients in a fun environment by refreshingly cheerful staff. Order a whole or half pizza — portions run large! — or grab a large slice of cheese, pepperoni or salsiccia. The Good Pizza offers other traditional Italian dishes like sandwiches, pasta and salad. The Pesto Pizza Bianca, made with pesto and ricotta, is great choice. 7929 Emerson Ave., Westchester | (310) 215-1883| thegoodpizza.com; 8115 W. Manchester Ave., Playa Del Rey | (310) 827-0500 | the goodpizza. com

Venice Cucina At Windward Circle, all roads lead to Venice Cucina. The menu includes checkeredtablecloth classics pizzas, pastas, panini and meat or fish entrées alongside hot homemade bread and more adventurous choices like spicy pasta puttanesca or fried eggplant baked in marinara sauce and topped with buffalo mozzarella and fresh basil. For breakfast, try a specialty omelet with a side of Genoa salami, Italian sausage, prosciutto or artisan bacon. 209 Windward Ave., Venice | (310) 392-6300 | venicecucina.com

JAPANESE Kabuki Japanese Restaurant

A longtime neighborhood restaurant operated by Claudia Castro and her family, a meal at Alejo’s feels like dining at home with family. The menu includes Alejo’s famous paella, signature bread and garlic, pizza, pasta, calzones, lasagna, linguini a la mare, chicken marsala, veal parmigiana, eggplant mama mia, ravioli, daily specials, beer and wine. Space is available for family, holiday and office celebrations. Open 8343 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester | (310) 670-0799 | alejosrestaurant.com

Kabuki is a form of traditional Japanese theater dating back to the 17th century, with performers traveling the land and sharing their stories. Offering a wide variety of appetizers, salads, seafood, sushi and sashimi, specialty rolls, entrées and signature dishes in a friendly setting, Kabuki is an ideal place to share stories with friends and loved ones. An award-winning kids menu keeps everyone happy. Howard Hughes Center, 6081 Center Drive, No. 203, Westchester | (310) 641-5524 | kabukirestaurants.com

C & O Trattoria / C&O Cucina

MEXICAN

Owned and operated by the Singer family, both restaurants have built strong reputations by serving unforgettable Italian cuisine. Known for gargantuan portions and killer garlic rolls, C&O Trattoria opened in 1992 and remains within steps of the Venice Pier. C & O Cucina, eight blocks east

by Lincoln Boulevard, opened in 2003 and offers the same excellent cuisine as well as an enticing grill menu to compliment its fully stocked bar. 31 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey | (310) 823-9491 | cotrattoria.com; 3016 Washington Blvd., Venice | (310) 301-7278 | cocucina.com

Casa Sanchez For traditional Mexican food in an inviting family atmosphere, look no further than Casa Sanchez. Unique family recipes passed down for generations and frequent live mariachi music give life to a menu that includes creative combination plates, fajitas, enchiladas de mole, traditional tacos, lamb shanks and steaks. A carefully crafted wine and cocktail list and a special menu for kids means Casa’s kitchen has something for everyone. 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey | (310) 397-9999, casa-sanchez.com

Please visit The Argonaut online for the complete listing of restaurants, ArgonautNews.com/Restaurant-listings

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Small world, big table

5i Indochine Cuisine successfully navigates the flavors of China, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand and Indonesia

By Richard Foss

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5i Indochine Cuisine

Lunch & Dinner 7 Days 2 Hours Free Parking with Validation In Fisherman’s Village 13723 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey • (310) 821-1740

5407 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City (310) 572-6000 5iindochinecuisine.com A Japanese friend of mine rails against “hyphenated” restaurants; she is a stickler for purity of cuisine. Places that serve combinations like Thai and sushi raise her blood pressure.

She can’t believe that they could possibly have a cultural connection with both. Often these combinations are indeed a pure business calculation to broaden the customer base, but occasionally you find a place where a chef just enjoys multiple cuisines and wants to cook them all.

This seems to be the case at 5ik Indochinese Cuisine in Culver City, a little café that shares a parking lot with two dive bars and a shop selling swords and flintlocks. The menu is mostly Chinese and Vietnamese with a few Thai, Japanese and Indonesian items, so a big chunk of the world is represented in this small café.

Most items are subtitled in Vietnamese, so I had expected that the chef hailed from there.

But our cheery server said he’s Chinese and just liked the flavors. She was a wealth of information and explained that the restaurant’s name is a Chinese pun — apparently it means something like “Loving Place.” The restaurant has a decorative scheme as wideranging as its menu: pictures of Buddha and the Mona Lisa are alongside views of the Seine, Chinese countryside and what appears to be the Saigon airport terminal.

We decided to start with Chinese salt and pepper calamari and the finger-sized Vietnamese pork eggrolls called cha gio.

Both hit their mark without being outstanding. The eggrolls were good and served with some salad, but not the traditional lettuce for wrapping them Vietnamese-style.

We continued with crab and cucumber fried rice, spicy garlic shrimp, and stir-fried vegetables, and it was here that the kitchen really hit its stride. The rice was fluffy and had plenty of crab along with mixed vegetables, and while I hadn’t previously

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tried cucumber in fried rice, it certainly works. The shrimp lived up to its name, served with broccoli and onions in a sauce with liberal amounts of granulated garlic and a hefty dose of white and chili pepper.

The broccoli seemed slightly overdone for a Chinese stir-fry, but the flavors were so good that we were happy anyway. There was no such problem with the vegetable stir-fry made with bok choy, water chestnut, broccoli, carrot and tofu in a light, sweet sauce with a hint of smokiness.

Simple things well done can be delightful, and that was certainly the case with this.

The only misfire on this visit was with the final item to arrive – pad thai noodles in a thick, sweet sauce, with just a dusting of peanuts and a few shreds of bean sprouts on the side. The scallions, egg, chili and other items that make this dish such a delight were missing or in such short supply that they were undetectable. It was hard to believe that it came from the same kitchen, and we didn’t finish it.

Our meal for four with glasses of freshly made Vietnamesestyle lemonade ran only $65, and we had enough left over for at least one full lunch — a bargain.

After we left I realized that I hadn’t tried one of their signature dishes, and decided I had to return.

The restaurant was packed the

next day at lunch, but it was only a brief wait to get a table and order pho bo ko — a soup with lean beef, brisket, carrots and noodles in a beef and tomato stock. Pho is the measure of restaurants serving Vietnamese food, and this one measured up in most respects. The stock was delicious, aromatic with star anise, garlic and pepper balanced against tomato and carrot sweetness, and the beef was authentic to a fault. The Vietnamese like some fat on their brisket and there were a few lumps of it in the soup, but I put these at the side of the bowl and enjoyed the rest. The only way in which the soup was lacking was the side vegetables — basil, jalapeno, bean sprouts and lime were provided so they could be added to taste, but not perilla or mint. These were not much missed because the soup was fine on its own, and at $10 for a filling bowl, a bargain lunch.

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The property is offered at $1,620,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828. www.7524westlawnave.com

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“Located less than a block from the sands of Venice Beach, this five bedroom, four bath home is situated on a wide lot,” say agents Tina and Ian Hale. “Enhanced throughout with wood and stone floors and an extensive use of Brazilian granite inside and out, the home has five fireplaces, and a roof deck with 360 degree ocean, city and mountain views. There is also a five-car garage and guest parking. Close to local shops and restaurants, including Abbot Kinney.” The property is offered at $2,988,000.

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“This modern home features panoramic ocean views,” says agent Mitch Hagerman. “Every inch of this three bedroom, 3.5 bath home has been meticulously planned, with hardwood floors and imported marble throughout. The open, airy, sun-filled great room has 25 foot ceilings and walls of glass frame the views. Nana and Fleetwood doors create a seamless indoor/outdoor experience. Located in Las Flores Canyon, this home is just minutes from PCH and close to Santa Monica.”

The property is offered at $2,950,000.

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“This two-unit duplex, each with two bedrooms and one bath, is a great income property,” says agent Nanci Edwards. “The owner’s unit has been remodeled with hardwood floors and carpets, and the bathroom has granite counters with a walk-in spa shower/tub and an enclosed sun room. Both units have central heating/air, updated electrical, separate meters, newer plumbing and roofs. There is a grassy backyard with a patio, a newly bricked driveway and a two-car detached garage.” The property is offered at $759,000. Information, Nanci Edwards, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 645-7785.

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709 Hillcrest 227 E. Oak #103 512 E. Oak Ave. 1421 E. Sycamore

4/2 Wonderful El Segundo home 2/2 Front unit, large patio, close to beach &FWY 2/1 Cozy home in great location 5/4 Pool, Jacuzzi, indoor/out-door surround sound

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$699,000 $629,000 $275,000

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310-301-2323 310-301-2323 310-628-6041

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137 Reef Mall 128 Spinnaker Mall

4/4.5 South facing Italian Villa, corner location 4/5 Spectacular Silver Strand home, custom finish,

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7516 El Manor 7560 Stewart Ave. 7843 W. 79th St. 7819 Airlane Ave. 6107 W. 76th St. 7819 Airlane Ave. 5545 W. 82nd St. 7510 Ogelsby Ave.

3/2 Prime North Kentwood+guest house 5/5.5 Contemporary open family living 5/4.5 Stunning Coastal Mediterranean 4/4 Spacious, 2 det. bonus rooms! Huge Master 3/2 Remodeled Kitchen, move in ready 4/4 Spacious, 2 detached bonus rm, huge master 2/1 Endless possibilities! Fab home +bonus rm 3/2.5 Designer perfect prime No. Kentwood home

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The Argonaut ~ Home Sales Index~

Home Sales

Average Price

-4%

+10.3%

Culver City

sept '13

sept '14

Homes Sold Average Price

44 $633,950

42 $659,320

Marina Del rey

sept '13

sept '14

Homes Sold Average Price

21 $910,500

25 $1,150,900

Palms/Mar Vista

sept '13

sept '14

Homes Sold Average Price

36 $788,400

38 $889,700

Playa del Rey

sept '13

sept '14

Homes Sold Average Price

17 $623,000

14 $839,150

Playa Vista

sept '13

sept '14

Homes Sold Average Price

15 $738,900

11 $779,850

Santa MONICA

sept '13

sept '14

Homes Sold Average Price

54 $1,373,900

64 $1,731,400

sept '13

sept '14

Homes Sold Average Price

24 $1,614,200

12 $1,308,900

Westchester

sept '13

sept '14

31 $815,960

25 $917,800

Venice

Homes Sold Average Price

Total # of sales

243

231

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“Willy Wonka” All-Ages Musical, 3 to 4 p.m. Also Sundays through Nov. 9. Roald Dahl’s most famous tale follows young Charlie Bucket as he crosses paths with the strange and elusive confectioner Willy Wonka after winning the Golden Ticket in his chocolate bar. This musical interpretation also features side characters Varuka Salt, Agustus Gloop, Mike Teavee, Voilet Beauregard and their guardians. All children receive a free toy musical instrument upon arrival. $12 to $20. Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica. (310) 804-0223; creatingarts.org Travis Mossotti and Timothy Green, 3 p.m.

Readings launch Mossotti’s second collection of poems, “Field Study.” Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Uninstructed Figure Drawing Salon, 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your paintbrushes or colored pencils and get to work at REAL Creative Space, 6207 W. 87th St., Westchester. $20, or $10 with student ID. realcreativespace.com DJs and Waves, 8 p.m. Dance under the stars and enjoy special summer dinner and cocktail menus at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds. com Rick Kelly, 11 p.m. Singer-songwriter plays original compositions along the lines of the pop stylings of Adam Levine, John Mayer and Billy Joel. Also John Zipperer, Glitter Rose and Firekeeper, beginning at 8 p.m. Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; one item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive. com

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Culver City. (310) 390-7255 Seaside Soireé, 2 to 9 p.m. Silent Dance Parties (using headphones) run Sundays throughout summer on the west end of Santa Monica Pier. $10. silentfrisco.com “Shoo Fly in Da Buttermilk,” 7 p.m. Gerry Fialka and Brad Kay delve into the motives and consequences of the minstrel show.

Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.

Free. (310)-822-3006 Sunday Jazz Suppers, 7 p.m. Local bands create a lounge atmosphere on the patio of Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com “Key Largo”/ “Dark Passage,” 7:30 p.m.

John Huston’s 1948 thriller stars Humphrey Bogart as a down-on-his-luck veteran stuck with a circle of criminals in a Florida Keys hotel as a hurricane hits. With 1947 noir “Dark Passage,” the third collaboration of Bogart and Lauren Bacall, the subject of this month’s American Cinematheque tribute. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m. The group trumpets the release of their new CD, “A Beautiful Friendship.” Typhoon, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South, Santa Monica. $10. (310) 390-6565; typhoon.biz The Toledo Show, 8 p.m. A cabaret show held on Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Live Blues and Soul at the Brig, 10:30 p.m.

The Abbot Kinney bar features live blues and soul every Wednesday night. No cover. The Brig, 1515 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 399-7537; thebrig.com

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Monday, Oct. 6

Classical Ballet at 10 a.m.; Cardio Dance at 11 a.m. Continues Sundays through Nov. 23.

Hour-long classes, followed by “Cardio Blast Dance Mania,” both held by Sandra Catena.

Each of the ongoing class sessions cost $89 for residents and $102 for non-residents. 1450 Ocean, 1450 Santa Monica, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8644

Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892

Westchester Greyhound Show and Tell, 11 a.m. Learn about greyhound adoption and meet the retired racing dogs affectionately known as the“45-mile-an-hour couch potatoes.” PetCo, 8801 S. Sepulveda Blvd.,

Walk With Ease, 10 to 11 a.m. Free six-week program Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Begins today. Join Carol Hahn, MSN, RN for this evidence-based exercise program that can reduce pain and improve overall health.

Sessions include stretching and walking. Space is limited. Westchester Senior Citizen Center, 8740 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. RSVP to (310) 695-7030.

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Santa Monica Homeopathic Pharmacy, one of the first drug stores to embrace natural medicine, celebrates its 70th anniversary on Wednesday Photo courtesy of Bob Litvak

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Learn to Knit, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Knitting classes every Monday at Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Bring supplies. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Music and Me Class, 5:30 p.m. Music classes for children half a year to four years old in both Russian and English, includes guitar, drums, voice and violin lessons. Kids can enjoy singing and dancing to music, learning rhymes, counting and colors. $18 per class.

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Mary and Norman Litvak, right, pose in front of their store — soon to become one the nation’s first exclusively homeopathic pharmacies — in 1950

problem,” said store acupuncturist Kristin Rotblatt. “We pick up on things doctors no In the days that ads proclaimed “more doctors longer remember to ask about because their smoke Camels than any other cigarette,” whole idea is what drug will repress what Norman and Mary Litvak started a drug store symptom.” in Santa Monica that would become one of the Litvak said holistic medicine’s real rise in first of its kind to eschew selling smokes, booze popularity began about 20 years ago, as the and powerful prescription pills in favor of public became more aware of options available homeopathic remedies. outside of Western medicine.

Exactly 70 years ago come Wednesday — “Drugs are just putting a Band-Aid on Oct. 8, 1944 — the Santa Monica Drug Co. the symptoms, but our treatment addresses opened its doors at 4th Street and Broadway. issues at the foundational level,” he said.

At first, the pharmacy and soda fountain “We believe that prescription drugs are not catered to returning World War II veterans, only questionable, but many have accidental seeing its revenues climb with alcohol, tobacco consequences.” and pharmaceutical sales. But then there was Homeopathic remedies, on the other hand, are always that one little shelf of curious natural “safe for infants, children, nursing mothers — remedies that Norman Litvak had heard about anyone,” Litvak said. in pharmacy school.

He urges people to take proactive After learning of a customer’s barbiturate responsibility for their own health as well as overdose in the 1960s, the Litvaks decided to the health of their children and pets. That’s forgo the sale of narcotics — they’d already right, pets. The store even carries homeopathic products for animals. dropped alcohol and tobacco — and the Santa Staff herbalist Elita Toscano said what Monica Homeopathic Pharmacy was born. makes Santa Monica Homeopathic Pharmacy “My parents’ main concern was the health of the consumer. They put people before profit and special is that shoppers have access to the integrity before income,” said Bob Litvak, who expertise of so many specialists, some of whom have worked there for more than 15 now operates the store with his brother Don. years. In addition to English, staff members “My parents would say, ‘When you can help speak German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and somebody feel better and they come back and Tagalog. thank you, it's all worth it.’”

Litvak believes maintaining a personal touch By comparison, it was only this year that CVS has been a secret to the business’s success. made national headlines by ceasing tobacco “People whose grandparents brought them sales. here are now adults — they remember my The Litvaks ran their pharmacy 10 hours per parents,” he said. “The funny thing is I wasn’t day, seven days per week, and would move interested in pharmacy. Neither was my brother, the store twice, finally settling on its current who was an air traffic controller. Neither are location at 629 Broadway after the 1994 our children, who are very successful in their Northridge earthquake. Meanwhile, the legacy chosen fields. But here we are.” of Santa Monica Homeopathic Pharmacy Or as customer Mitzy Robinson, who treks all became a model for integrated pharmacies the way from Beverly Hills, put it: “They care. throughout the world.

That’s important.”

Today, customers consult with licensed nutritionists, herbalists, homeopaths and In celebration of its 70th anniversary, Santa pharmacists — even an acupuncturist. They Monica Homeopathic Pharmacy has scheduled can’t legally diagnose patients, but statea series of health lectures, raffles and product licensed providers can tell people their options giveaways throughout the month. For more and make informed recommendations. information, call (310) 395-1131 or visit “We try to get down to the root of the smhomeopathic.com.

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Comics on the Spot, 7:45 p.m. Weekly Monday-night stand-up comedy show, following a 7 p.m. open mic, at the Warehouse Restaurant, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey; $5, no drink minimum. To sign up, call Vicky at (310) 883-4177 Stand Up Mondays, 8 to 10 p.m. Live comedy every Monday at Danny’s Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 566-5610; dannysvenice. com

Tuesday, Oct. 7 Matter of Balance, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free eight-week program every Tuesday. Join instructor Carol Hahn, MSN, RN to learn how to reduce your risk of falling. The class is conducted with a mix of physical activity, stretching, and presentation to help increase balance, flexibility and strength. Space is limited. Westchester United Methodist Church, at 8065 Emerson Ave., Westchester.

RSVP (310) 695-7030 Finnegan’s Wake Reading Club, 6 p.m. Discussions the first Tuesday of each month at Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. venicewake.org An Introduction to Transmission Meditation, 7 p.m. Speed the transformations leading to an improved world. Free. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 314-7511; smpl.org Life Drawing Tuesdays, 7 to 9:30 p.m. YWCA offers uninstructed life drawing classes with diverse models each Tuesday. $15 per week or buy four sessions at discount. YWCA Santa Monica/Westside, 2019 14th St., Santa Monica. (310) 452-3881; smywca.org Jonathan Rowden Group, 8 p.m. Jazz band shakes the walls of Typhoon, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South, Santa Monica. $5. (310) 390-6565; typhoon. biz

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Wednesday. Malibu-based real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist Howard Spunt debuts his new home for “traditional and non-representational abstract art.” San Francisco artist Ariel Gold kicks things off with his latest art. P32, 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. For more information, contact Matt MacFarlane at (424) 226-6175; p32gallery.com

Andrea Kichaven, Sue Keane and Alison Lowe Platt, through Oct. 25. New works. Reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 11. TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Ste. D3, Santa Monica; (310) 829-9556; taggallery.net “Invasion!,” through late October. The theme of the gallery’s latest group show is cheesy B-movie sci-fi. Hero Complex Gallery, 2020 South Robertson Blvd., Studio D, West Los Angeles.

(310) 876-0668; hcgart.com Carole Bayer Sager’s “New Works,” through Nov. 8. The iconic musician and artist explores the notions of obsession and perception through food embedded in our pop culture DNA in her second solo show for the gallery. William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., E-1., Santa Monica. (310) 453-0909; williamturnergallery.com

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CLOSINGS Pammy’s Place, a gift shop at Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey that sold jewelry and crafts by local artisans, closed its doors on Sept. 28.

Roll ’n Rye owner Rita Zide has decided to retire and shutter her beloved Jewish deli in Culver City, which served the area for 40 years.

Without much advance warning, the restaurant closed on Sept. 14. The restaurant’s equipment, furniture and decorations — including old Hollywood photos, a hanging pickle blimp, a vintage wall clock and deli-themed figurines — are up for auction online, with bidding ending Oct. 4. Visit assetliquidations.net

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legal advertising FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 201267173 The following person is doing business as: The Right Guys Plumbing 432 Inglewood Blvd. STE. 10 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: The Right Guys INC. 4032 Inglewood, CA. STE. 10 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. 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: Momchil Radev. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 23, 2014. Argonaut published: October 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014236934 The following person is doing business as: Eighth & Grand 800 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90017. Registered owners: CP IV G8, LLC 1000 Sansome St. STE 180 San Fransisco, CA. 94111. 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: Don Campbell. Title: EVP. COO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 20, 2014. Argonaut published: September 18, 25, October 2, and 9, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014241165 The following person is doing business as: Alder 19401 Parthenia Street Northridge, CA. 91654.

Registered owners: CP IV Parthenia, LLC 1000 Sansome St. STE 180 San Francisco, CA. 94111. 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: Don Campbell. Title: EVP COO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 25, 2014 Argonaut published: September 18, 25, October 2, and 9, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014243184 The following person is doing business as: Malco Manufacturing 13917 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA. 90061. Registered owners: Aluminum Pros, INC. 13917 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA. 90061. 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: Mohammad Tabassi. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: August 27, 2014.

Argonaut published: September 11, 18, 25, and October 2, 2014.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014246686 The following person is doing business as: Deepstrat 227 Broadway #302 anta Monica, CA. 90401.

Registered owners: Thinkgasm! LLC 340 S. Lemon 1775 Walnut, CA. 91789. 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: Anthony Greenberg. Title: Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 2, 2014. Argonaut published: September 18, 25, October 2, and 9, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014247189 The following person is doing business as: Ready For Anything 8301 Westlawn Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Fingers Hourian 8301 westlawn Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Fingers Hourian. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 2, 2014. Argonaut published: September, 11, 18, 25, and October 2, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).The following person is doing business as: Ready For Anything 8301 Westlawn Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered

owners: Fingers Hourian 8301 westlawn Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Fingers Hourian.

Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 2, 2014.

Argonaut published: September, 11, 18, 25, and October 2, 2014.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

October october2,2,2014 2014THE tHeARGONAUT ArGoNAUt PAGE PAGe33 33

Los AngeLes Times sundAy Crossword PuzzLe

“DOUBLE PLAYS” By FRANK VIRZI (Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis)

AcROss 1 “Let’s get started!”

9 An epicure has a refined one 15 Diamond covers 20 Maker of smarTouch gloves 21 Orbital high point 22 Abrasive mineral 23 Concertina heist?

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legal advertising sUPERIOR cOURT OF cALIFORNIA, cOUNTY OF LOs ANGELEs, sUMMONs cAsE NUMbER sc122167 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Triumphant Pictures, an entity of unknown origin, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMONDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Maria Mashkova, an individual, NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decider en su contra sin escuchar su version.

Le la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue unna copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegan. Su respuesta por escrito en esta en format legal correcto si desea que processen su caso en la corte. Es possible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de les Coretes de California (www.sucorta.ca.gov.), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca.Si no pueda paga la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de extencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puee parder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisites legales.

Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remission a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es possible que cumpla con los requisites para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de unprograma de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contontacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiena derecho a reclamar la cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concrsion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): Santa Monica Courthouse 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA. 90401 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Eugene Rome of Rome & Associates, APC 2029 Century Park East, Suite 1040 Los Angeles, CA. 90067 The Date the Complaint was filed: March 5, 2014.

Clerk Issuing Summons: N. Valles, Deputy, PUBLISH: The Argonaut June 19, 26, July 3, and 10, 2014.

sUPERIOR cOURT OF cALIFORNIA, cOUNTY OF LOs ANGELEs, sUMMONs cAsE NUMbER sc122167 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Triumphant Entertainment, INC, a suspended California corporation, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMONDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Maria Mashkova, an individual, NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decider en su contra sin escuchar su version.

Le la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue unna copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegan. Su respuesta por escrito en esta en format legal correcto si desea que processen su caso en la corte. Es possible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de les Coretes de California (www.sucorta.ca.gov.), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca.Si no pueda paga la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de extencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puee parder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisites legales.

Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remission a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es possible que cumpla con los requisites para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de unprograma de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contontacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiena derecho a reclamar la cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concrsion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Santa Monica Courthouse 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA. 90401 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Eugene Rome of Rome & Associates, APC 2029 Century Park East, Suite 1040 Los Angeles, CA. 90067 The Date the Complaint was filed: March 5, 2014.

Clerk Issuing Summons: N. Valles, Deputy, PUBLISH: The Argonaut June 19, 26, July 3, and 10, 2014.

sUPERIOR cOURT OF cALIFORNIA, cOUNTY OF LOs ANGELEs, sUMMONs cAsE NUMbER sc122167 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Cecil Chambers, an individual, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMONDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Maria Mashkova, an individual, NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

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Le la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue unna copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegan. Su respuesta por escrito en esta en format legal correcto si desea que processen su caso en la corte. Es possible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de les Coretes de California (www.sucorta.ca.gov.), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca.Si no pueda paga la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de extencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puee parder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisites legales.

Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remission a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es possible que cumpla con los requisites para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de unprograma de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contontacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiena derecho a reclamar la cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concrsion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): Santa Monica Courthouse 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA. 90401 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Eugene Rome of Rome & Associates, APC 2029 Century Park East, Suite 1040 Los Angeles, CA. 90067 The Date the Complaint was filed: March 5, 2014.

Clerk Issuing Summons: N. Valles, Deputy, PUBLISH: The Argonaut June 19, 26, July 3, and 10, 2014.

legal advertising FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014247221 The following person is doing business as: Third Wind Press 1245 16th Street Suite 210, Santa Monica, CA. 90404. Registered owners: Stephen Sideroff 20555 Cheney Dr.. 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: Stephen Sideroff. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 2, 2014. Argonaut published: September 11, 18, 25, and October 2, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014255500 The following person is doing business as: Papelaria 7453 Beck Ave. North Hollywood, CA. 91605. Registered owners: DíAra Nazaryan 7453 Beck Ave. North Hollywood, CA. 91605. 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: DíAra Nazaryan. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 10, 2014. Argonaut published: October 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2014.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014257740 The following person is doing business as: Corrective Skin Therapy Day Spa 2816 Glendon Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90064.

Registered owners: Michael OíShea 2816 Glendon Ave. Los Angeels, CA. 90064 and Erin OíShea 2816 Glendon Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90064. 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: Michael OíShea. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 12, 2014. Argonaut published: October 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2014.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014258055 The following person is doing business as: Voice Smart 800 N. Whittier Drive

Beverly Hills, CA. 90210. Registered owners: Voice Technology Solutions, LLC. 800 N. Whittier Drive. Beverly Hills, CA. 90210. 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: Dave Loftus.

Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 12, 2014. Argonaut published: October 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014258580 The following person is doing business as: The Law Offices of Payvand Moghaddas, and Moghaddas Law Firm 1512 Amherst Ave. #405 Los Angeles, CA. 90025.

Registered owners: Payvand Moghaddas 1512 Amherst Ave. #405 Los Angeles, CA. 90025. 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: Payvand Moghaddas.

Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 15, 2014. Argonaut published: September 18, 25, October 2, 9, 2014.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014267368 The following person is doing business as: Instyle Travel International 13924 Marquesas Way Unit #2308 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Tania Nicholls 13924 Marquesas Way Unit #308 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Tania Nicholls. Title: Sole Proprietor. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 23, 2014.

Argonaut published: October 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

publiC notiCes NotIce oF SALe NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned will sell at public auction the personal property described as follows: Boating related items and all other personal property stored in Storage Locker #32 at the California Yacht Club. The sale will be on Sunday, october

12, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at 4469 Admiralty Way, Storage Locker #32 in Marina del Rey, CA, 90292. The sale will be made to satisfy a lien acquired by the undersigned, pursuant to Civ. Code, ß 3051, for storage of the personal property. The lien is in the sum of $8,386.77, plus costs of sale and interest. More than 10 days have elapsed since the sum became due. The legal owner of the property described above may redeem the property sold within 20 days after the date of sale, on payment of the amount of the lien and all costs and expenses of the sale, together with interest on that sum at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum from the date on which payment was due, or the date when that sum was advanced, until repayment. This notice is given pursuant to Civ. Code, ß 3052. Dated: September 27, 2014 NotIce to creDItorS oF bULK SALe (Ucc Sec. 6105) Escrow No. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) are: EASY FITNESS, INC, 3007 WASHINGTON BLVD, STE 112, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 AND 3435 OCEAN PARK BLVD, STE 206, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 Doing business as: EASY FITNESSAll other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: The name(s) and address of the buyer(s) is/are: TIMOTHY O’MALLEY, 3007 WASHINGTON BLVD, STE 112, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 The assets being sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, TRADE NAME, GOODWILL, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE and are located at: 3007 WASHINGTON BLVD, STE 112, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 AND 3435 OCEAN PARK BLVD, STE 206, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: ACT ONE ESCROW, 17918 PIONEER BLVD, STE 202, ARTESIA, CA 90701 and the anticipated sale date is OCTOBER 23, 2014 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. [If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: ACT ONE ESCROW, 17918 PIONEER BLVD, STE 202, ARTESIA, CA 90701 and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be OCTOBER 22, 2014, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above. Dated: 9/22/14 TIMOTHY O’MALLEY, Buyer(s) LA1462325 ARGONAUT 10/2/14 NotIce to creDItorS oF bULK SALe (Ucc Sec. 6105) escrow No. 14-34733-JP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made.

The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) are: SHERNA WADE, 8123 W. MANCHESTER, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293 Doing business as: SPARKLING CLEANERS All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: NONE The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) is/ are: EMAD YOUSEF, 11460 GATEWAY BLVD, WEST LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 The assets being sold are described in general as: FURNITURES, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENTS, TOOLS, TRADENAME, GOODWILL, LEASEHOLD INTEREST, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, ALL TRANSFERABLE PERMITS, LICENSES AND INVENTORY OF STOCK IN TRADE and is located at: 8123 W. MANCHESTER, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: TEAM ESCROW INC, 17310 RED HILL AVE, STE 140, IRVINE, CA 92614 and the anticipated sale date is OCTOBER 21, 2014 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. [If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided.] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: TEAM ESCROW INC, 17310 RED HILL AVE, STE 140, IRVINE, CA 92614 and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be OCTOBER 20, 2014, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above. Dated: 9/25/2014 EMAD YOUSEF, Buyer(s) LA1461131 THE ARGONAUT 10/2/14 SUPerIor coUrt oF cALIForNIA coUNtY oF LoS ANGeLeS PetItIoN For ProbAte eStAte oF Frank Villegas, DeceDeNt. cASe No. bP155067 Paul Withers has filed a PETITION FOR Letters of Administration and Authorization to Administer Under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. HEARING DATE: 10/20/2014 at 8:30AM, in Dept. 11, in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 N. Hill St. Los Angeles, CA. 90012. Publication will be in: (specify name of newspaper): The ARGONAUT. Petitioner: Paul Withers requests that decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. Petitioner requests that Paul Withers be appointed Administrator. Decedent died on: 2003 at: Los Angeles,California, a resident of the county named above. Street address, city, and county of decedentís residence at time of death: 4133 Turquoise St. Los Angeles, CA. 90031PUBLISHED: Argonaut, 10/2/2014, 10/9/2014, 10/16/2014, 10/23/2014

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