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VOL 46, NO 41 Local News & Culture

INTERVIEW

BEST OF THE WESTSIDE Winners Come Out to Party in Playa Vista .... 6

FOOD & DRINK

What India Really Tastes Like

How to Do Good Better Santa Monica’s Robert Goodwin on getting more bang for your charity buck ............. 11

NEWS County Supervisor Race Gets Ugly Candidates sling mud about illegal campaign contributions and ‘slumlord’ behavior . ....... 7

City Says No to Boardwalk Development Planning Commissioners puts the brakes on Silicon Beach’s march to the sea ............... 8

Greg Wenger, 1931 – 2016

Samosa House goes beyond familiar Indian restaurant standards . ............................ 17

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS

COVER STORY

Dating Advice to ‘Keep Techies Human’ .... 30

‘I Bought a Rainforest’ To save a slice of the Amazon, he had to get the cocaine farmers and illegal loggers on board .................................. 12

THIS WEEK

VENICE STORIES An Artist Finds His Way Series creator Jason Hill tells his own Venice Story ................................... 35

ARTS & Events

Threading a Creative Needle Knitting is art at Branch Gallery ............... 37

Photographer who chronicled Marina del Rey was also a community leader .................. 9

THE ADVICE GODDESS

Deputy-Involved Shooting Shuts Down Expo Line Station .................. 9

Men Like You Better in Makeup If they say they don’t, they’re either clueless or lying .................................... 38

OPINION Who’re You Calling a NIMBY? A transit advocate defends the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative ........................... 10

Where Locals Are Stars Cinema mixes with art and music at The Other Venice Film Festival ............... 15

On The Cover: Charlie Hamilton James and some of his 100 acres abutting Manú National Park, a UNESCO-recognized Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site in Peru. Photo courtesy of Charlie Hamilton James. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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L e tt e r s It’s Time to Move Forward Re: “Homeless Plan Faces Pushback,” News, Sept. 22 In a recent Argonaut article about Councilmember Bonin’s plan to use the Westminster Senior center as a facility to store belongings and provide services for the homeless, I was quoted correctly as supporting that location. I went on to say something incorrect: that “it was a betrayal of public process not to bring other choices to the community.” In fact, the Venice Neighborhood Council had considered several other locations way back in December 2013 — including the boardwalk, the First Baptist Church in Oakwood, St. Joseph Center, Centennial Park, and the MTA yard. They voted overwhelmingly in favor of Westminster. Of course, that was then. Bonin is right to say that the only thing worse than action is inaction. In the three years since that VNC meeting, opposition to any location has grown, while the need has grown even greater. To end the inaction, he needs to demonstrate a real engagement with the adjacent neighborhood

that’s more than a sales job. He needs to have their backs. And he needs to move forward. David Ewing, Venice Don’t Let Emotion Cloud Reason Re: Letters to the Editor, Aug. 25 While eating lunch at a Chinese restaurant in West L.A., I chanced upon a copy of the Aug. 25 edition of The Argonaut. I saw that you are being inundated by letters from Jews angry that someone had attempted to defend the Palestinians. You will have noticed that among some Jews, such an attempt is unthinkable. I am Jewish, and I know I will be called self-hating for saying that the Palestinians have a point of view that should be heard. I applaud the courage of both the writer of the original opinion and of The Argonaut for printing it. It is hard to fault Jews for having an emotional reaction to the trauma of the Holocaust or for being both vigilant and aggressive in their determination that such a crime against humanity never be allowed to happen

again (which begs the question of how some of the most vocal can support the neo-Hitler Donald Trump, but that is another discussion). Yet these same people should not allow their emotions to cloud their reason. Protecting one’s own ethnic group’s rights cannot be allowed to be used as a justification to repress another’s. Indeed, the most-demeaning thing you can do to a group of people may be to steal their dignity by not listening to them. This does not mean that one must believe everything one hears from every member of that group. But it is clear to anyone who will look that, in the name of Israel’s self-preservation, the Palestinians are being woefully mistreated by the current Israeli government — and, by extension, the United States, which supports such treatment. U.S. tax dollars have directly and indirectly supported the bulldozing of the homes of Palestinian parents whose children have been accused of attacking the Israeli state. That is simply wrong, and there is no possible sane justification. Past wrongs cannot be allowed

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Best of the Westside 2016: The Party Hundreds of community and business leaders gathered in Runway at Playa Vista last week to celebrate the publication of The Argonaut’s annual Best of the Westside issue.

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A quartet from the Venice Symphony Orchestra lent the evening an upbeat soundtrack on the spacious outdoor patio overlooking Playa Vista’s new retail and entertainment centerpiece. Inside, partiers sampled dishes from Runway restaurants Hopdoddy Burger Bar, Lyfe Kitchen, Sol Cocina, Urban Plates and Whole Foods, and drank local craft beer from Santa Monica Brew Works while interacting with a painter and poet at work. The Best of the Westside celebrates the winners of our annual readers’ survey in the fields of dining, entertainment, health, beauty, shopping, services and recreation. Visit ArgonautNews.com to read up on this year’s winners and email info@argonautnews.com to find out how to be a part of next year’s issue.

Best Real Estate Agent Stephanie Younger (second from left) celebrates with team members Nikki Baldwin, Renee Marinkovich, Sara Morgan and Stephanie Singletary.

Actor Andrew Keegan, cofounder of Full Circle Venice, gets a personalized poem from word mechanic Erika Lane Enggren as Mar Vista painter Mitchelito Orquiola works in the background.

Carol Baker of the L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors is flanked by Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station Lt. Chris Johnson (left) and Sgt. Yancy Walden, with LAPD Pacific Division commanding officer Capt. Nicole Alberca (right)

Goethe International Charter School Principal Rick Barclay and Executive Director Gwenis Laura celebrate their Best Elementary or Middle School win. Argonaut editor Joe Piasecki presents L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin with his third straight readerselected Best Local Elected Official award. Photos by Maria Martin and Ted Soqui

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Hornblower Cruises and Events Director of Sales Mia Falkenstein joins Café del Rey General Manager Brian Cousins and Executive Chef David Vilchez in celebrating the restaurant’s wins for Best Fine Dining, Best Business Lunch and Best Romantic Restaurant.

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County Supervisor Race Gets Ugly Napolitano sues Hahn over PAC contributions, her campaign fires back with ‘slumlord’ accusations By Gary Walker Allegations of illegal campaign contributions and slumlord profiteering have taken the hotly contested race between Janice Hahn and Steve Napolitano down an increasingly acrimonious path as the Nov. 8 election approaches. The congresswoman and former Manhattan Beach mayor are vying to replace termed-out L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe, whose district includes countygoverned Marina del Rey as well as Playa del Rey and parts of Westchester. Napolitano, a Knabe deputy who finished second in the June primary, has methodically hammered Hahn over nearly $400,000 in campaign contributions from political action committees that appear to exceed campaign funding limits, calling those contributions “the largest campaign violation in Los Angeles County history.” Hahn’s camp, which has until Oct. 20 to clear up the matter with county election officials, has fired back at Napolitano over health and safety code violations at a South Los Angeles apartment building he owns and rents to Section 8 government housing voucher tenants. The building has been cited for rodent infestation, heating and water deficiencies, electrical hazards and failure to install carbon monoxide detectors — prompting chief Hahn campaign strategist John Shallman to call Napolitano a “millionaire slumlord.” In an effort to compel Hahn to immediately return PAC contributions in excess of the $150,000 per election cycle limit on PAC contributions that was set in 1996 by Proposition B, Napolitano filed a lawsuit against Hahn in Los Angeles Superior Court on Sept. 27. Primary and general election contests count as separate cycles. Hahn’s campaign accepted $524,369 from PACs since fundraising began, but which money belongs to each election cycle was not immediately clear. Knowingly violating Proposi-

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tion B is punishable by fines and even jail time, according to the Los Angeles County RegistrarRecorder’s office. Registrar-Recorder spokeswoman Brenda Duran said the office considers any contributions received by the Hahn campaign in excess of the “permitted primary/general aggregate of $300,000 to be a possible violation.” The court dismissed Napolitano’s complaint on Sept. 29, but the Hahn campaign must still return any unlawful contributions by Registrar Recorder - County Clerk Dean Logan’s Oct. 20 deadline — a deadline he’s already extended once at the Hahn campaign’s request. “In [the] court hearing, the judge stated that our actions were reasonable,” Duran said. Hahn’s camp has said they’ve already returned some of the PAC contributions in question. Despite losing in court, Napolitano claimed victory in the bigger picture. “We got what we wanted. [They] admitted that she had violated the county’s finance laws,” he said. Robert Stern, an expert on campaign finance reform, is unsure if Napolitano’s focus on possible Prop. B violations will resonate with voters. “It was a little unusual to see the registrar-recorder weigh in like he did. But it’s up to the candidate to make it an issue for

voters,” said Stern, who was president of the Center for Governmental Studies. Following the judge’s ruling, Shallman ridiculed the lawsuit, calling it a “humiliating defeat,” and accused Napolitano of trying to usurp the county registrar’s authority by attempting to force Hahn into refunding the donations prior to the Oct. 19 deadline. “Steve Napolitano just wasted the court’s time and taxpayer dollars chasing his political objective to distract voters from his shameful record as a millionaire slumlord who earns taxpayer subsidies to provide vermin-infested, unsafe apartments to poor families,” Shallman said. Napolitano confirmed that some of his tenants qualify for Section 8 housing vouchers — “a wonderful program that more landlords should use,” he said. “I’ve never been sued, and there have been no complaints about me,” he added. “They’re desperate and they’re trying to distract from their illegal contributions.” Stern said the harsh back and forth between the candidates has become the norm in political campaigns — even in ostensibly nonpartisan municipal and county contests. “When it’s a competitive race, the tone tends to get testier,” he said. gary@argonautnews.com

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Housing vs. Offices: A Battle on the Beach A building planned for the Venice Boardwalk has the right look and feel, but city officials have concerns about its use

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Image courtesy of Glen Irani Architects

By Gary Walker The architect and developers planning an ambitious mixed-use development to replace a parking lot on the Venice Boardwalk at Sunset Avenue are contemplating their next move after city officials ruled against the project last month. The West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission halted the development process on Sept. 9 by upholding an appeal by Neighbors for a Sustainable Venice Beach, a group of Venice residents and business owners seeking to downscale or stop the project. Renderings of the proposal for 601 Ocean Front Walk — a sleek design by prominent Venice architect Glen Irani, who has built several showcase homes in Venice — show glass walls taking full advantage of a sweeping Pacific Ocean View and wrapping around the Sunset Avenue side. The structure would include 28,792 square feet of office space, 5,254 square feet of retail space and two levels of subterranean parking, but — and this was the main rub for commissioners — only one residential unit of just 800 square feet. The part of the boardwalk where the developer wants to build is zoned for commercial and mixed-use development, City Planner Kevin Jones said in a prior interview, but commissioners wrestled with that definition and the implications of California Coastal Act protections. Commissioner Thomas Donovan paraphrased former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s famous declaration regarding the definition of pornography when he gave his opinion on the project. “Mixed-use isn’t defined here, but I know it when I see it. And I don’t see it here,” Donovan said. Commissioner Joseph Halper concurred. He said having just one small apartment within a mostly commercial structure would violate the Coastal Act, which favors residential uses near the beach. “One unit does not make a mixed-use development,” Halper said. “I’m troubled by the fact that there is massive commercial space going in here, because what we do here can be used as precedent.” Commissioner Lisa Waltz Morocco called the prospect of allowing a single unit to define mixed-use “a very clear line in the sand” for setting a precedent. The commission commended the quality of Irani’s design, with Commissioner Marian Merritt calling it “beautiful.” But that was not enough to sell them on the building.

Architect Glen Irani’s plan for 601 Ocean Front Walk, as seen from Speedway and Sunset Avenue Irani said his clients, a limited liability corporation that owns the property, is considering a variety of options as they await the commission’s written ruling. Asked if those options included a lawsuit, Irani said “that course of action

“Our opposition stems not from gentrification, homelessness or aesthetics. This is not an argument opposed to architecture or gentrification. It’s about Speedway [a narrow roadway less than a block from Ocean Front Walk] conges-

more office and retail space is crucial for Venice to continue to attract high-tech businesses. “If Silicon Beach is to become a reality, we need more creative office space. A city is not built for a decade — it’s built for many decades,” Mack told the commission. Venice resident Paul Davis said he walks by the property several times a week and would like to see a building that really makes the boardwalk stand out. — West L.A.-Area Planning Commissioner Thomas Donovan “We’re a global walking destination and people come to see us from all over the world. I think if a building of this sort can is being contemplated. We’re considering tion and cumulative impacts. This would happen here, it would be a boon to the all available options, naturally.” set a precedent,” Stein said. community and to the people who would Neighbors for Sustainable Development The group collected more than 500 use it,” Davis said. on Venice Beach appealed the project signatures on a petition against the Irani thinks whatever avenue his clients after a city zoning administrator greendevelopment — and “that was in just one decide to pursue, they will ultimately lighted it in May. weekend,” Stein said. succeed. The number of parking spaces for the Irani said he was gratified that the “I hope the project proceeds, as I do building, traffic on nearby Speedway commission liked his design but thinks believe I’ve designed the best and most and the setbacks on the project were Stein and his supporters are short-sighted balanced project for that site, the neighthree of the topics that the commission in their opposition. bors and beach visitors while remaining wrestled with, but not the main thrust “Unfortunately, the opposition is dead set commercially viable. It’s unfortunate that of the appeal. against a project of this scale, which is a few people cannot agree on that and feel Development opponent John Stein said truly unfortunate since someone is going compelled to defeat our efforts,” Irani the neighborhood group’s appeal was not to put a project of this scale there one day said. grounded in some of the typical comsoon. If not my client, then someone else “In the end, everyone on my team plaints against new development and who purchases the land if my client believes we will prevail. There’s been no echoed the commission’s concerns about decides to take that route,” Irani said. loss of will, I assure you.” opening the floodgates to boardwalk Mark Mack, a local architect who spoke commercial development. in favor of the development, said having gary@argonautnews.com

“Mixed-use isn’t defined here, but I know it when I see it. And I don’t see it here.”

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Deputy-involved Shooting Shuts Down Expo Line Station Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and wounded a man near the Downtown Santa Monica / Fourth Street Station of the Expo Line on Tuesday afternoon. The shooting occurred a few minutes before 1 p.m., and the injured man was transported to a local hospital in an unknown condition, Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez said. Navarro-Suarez declined to confirm or deny reports by the Los Angeles

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Five Spirit of Venice Awards cap off Abbot Kinney Festival Photos by Edizen Stowell / Venice Paparazzi

L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin presented awards to Orson Bean and Alley Mills (above) and Open Temple’s Rabbi Lori Shapiro (below) The Abbot Kinney Festival is known mostly for its bands, beer gardens, vendor booths and fashionable crowds, but the nonprofit that runs the event gives something back to the community each year. The annual block party is actually a fundraiser for the Abbot Kinney Festival Association, which provides grant funding for local nonprofits and bestows the Spirit of Venice Awards to people who contribute

to the “spirit, creativity and uniqueness of Venice.” This year’s Spirt of Venice Award recipients included LAPD Senior Lead Officer for Venice Peggy Thusing, Rabbi Lori Shapiro and Venice Canals residents Orson Bean and Alley Mills. The committee asked L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin to present the awards, then surprised Bonin by bestowing the same honor on him. — Gary Walker

Greg Wenger always found time to volunteer for community betterment projects, a colleague said By Gary Walker, Christina Campodonico and Joe Piasecki Greg Wenger, a photographer whose images captured the zeitgeist of Marina del Rey for three decades and later formed the bedrock of the Marina del Rey Historical Society’s collections, died on Oct. 1 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, widow Mimi Wenger said. Wenger, a Korean War veteran who moved to the marina in 1969 and soon enlisted himself as the fledgling Argonaut’s first photographer, would have turned 85 later this month. “He was just an institution here. He has made and recorded the history of the marina,” said Willie Hjorth, who cofounded the historical society with Wenger. In addition to his photography, Wenger played an important role in the civic and business affairs of the Marina. Wenger served as a board member, president and honorary mayor of the former Marina del Rey Chamber of Commerce, for which he organized a 1995 luncheon to honor famed marine biologist Jacques Cousteau. “He was a great facilitator in bringing people together,” said Diane Barretti, who served with him on the chamber board. Wenger was also an alternate director of the Marina del Rey Convention and Visitors Bureau and a board member for the nonprofit Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station Support Unit and Community Advisory Committee. He was president of a fundraising group for the Lloyd Taber-

Marina del Rey Library, which named its community room after Greg and Mimi Wenger in 1999. “He always found time to volunteer for community betterment projects,” said Martin H. McCarthy, a chamber colleague and fellow photographer. Like many Southern California transplants, Wenger’s love for Marina del Rey had much to do with the weather. “After my bar mitzvah in 1968, my parents asked me if I wanted to take a trip or get a new car. I suggested that we take a trip to California. In the two weeks that we were here we went everywhere — from Palms Springs to Disneyland to Santa Barbara,” recalled son Howard Wenger. “Six weeks later we’re back in New York and we’re snowed in. We watched slides of California that my dad took and my parents decided, ‘What are we doing here?’” Wenger set up shop in the marina as a commercial photographer but yearned to chronicle the evolution of Marina del Rey, which had only been built a few years before he arrived. During a stroll around the harbor on Nov. 25, 1971, he told his wife the marina should have its own newspaper. When they got home, the very first edition of The Argonaut was waiting by the doorstep. Wenger called Argonaut founder David Asper Johnson, went to work the next day and kept going for more than 30 years. “Anybody who was anybody in the marina was photographed by Greg,” Barretti said. Wenger’s photos were “infused with his talent for making an image seem real and alive,” Hjorth said. The enormous photo archive that Wenger created eventually went to the Marina del Rey Historical Society. His son Howard Wenger, the society’s vice president, described the photos in the society’s public gallery at Fisherman’s Village as his father’s legacy. “I’m surrounded by his life’s work. He really captured the marina in its infancy, when a lot of things were just starting,” Howard Wenger said. Wenger is also survived by his son Stuart Wenger, granddaughters Kirsten, Jillian and Natalie, great-grandson Liam and great-granddaughters Ally and Charlee. Per his wishes, Wenger’s remains will be cremated and there will be no funeral. The family asks that any memorial donations be made to the historical society. October 6, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 9

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Who’re You Calling a NIMBY? Take it from a mass transit advocate: The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative is about making development sustainable, not stifling it By Kenneth S. Alpern, M.D. The author is chair of The Transit Coalition, a grassroots public transportation advocacy group. He’s also led both the Planning and Transportation committees of the Mar Vista Community Council. Without a logical or moral defense of overdevelopment, apparently one can always resort to bullying and belittling those who would stand up against it. After years of fighting for the Expo Line, a Metro rail connection to LAX and a countywide transportation system, I am the last person who should be called a NIMBY. I’ve been disparaged in public, faced considerable opposition and my family has suffered, to boot, in the fight to build a better Los Angeles. So allow me the indulgence of being offended by Charles Rappleye’s Sept. 22 column, “NIMBYs Gone Wild.” Like the rest of the all-volunteer Friends4Expo Transit, the grassroots group who advocated and fought for the now-built and successful Expo Line, I never got paid for my efforts. And like the rest of Friends4Expo, we never, never, NEVER wanted overdevelopment that would be environmentally-unsustainable, neighborhood-destroying and dangerous for our health. There is a difference between being open to compromises, variances and

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appropriate rezoning that accommodates our water shortage and a lack of affordable housing ... versus blatant, biologically-dangerous and physically-unsuitable overdevelopment that allows a few well-heeled developers and contractors to

in very short supply. Recreational parks for children and their families, anyone? Industrial parks for employment, anyone? How about general plans for regions

You’re also attacking the majority of hardworking taxpayers in this city — those who have the compassion and temerity to oppose their neighborhoods being destroyed so “the 1%” get even richer at our collective expense. “win the lotto” at our expense. Having approved many a development with variances in my 15 years on and off the Mar Vista Community Council Board, and being a big fan of both affordable housing and walkable streets, there is plenty of opportunity for more housing. But in case Mr. Rappleye has forgotten, we’re in a drought. Our air quality is at risk. Our streets, sidewalks, sewers, electrical grid and other infrastructure are all in disrepair. And income inequality is worsening in our city, while affordable housing and family-friendly neighborhoods are both

(such as the Palms/Mar Vista/Del Rey General Plan) that haven’t been updated for decades, despite their legal mandate to be updated every 10 years? Hence we need the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative to be voted on next spring. We also need to support and pass Measure M for more transportation funding this November — no NIMBYism from me, or from just about every transportation advocate who is also anti-overdevelopment. So when Mr. Rappleye attacks Mr. Weinstein and the supporters of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, he

also attacks all those Westside and other neighborhood councils who fought, and still fight, for more mass transit, more affordable housing and a better quality of life for ourselves and our children. It is not NIMBY to be anti-overdevelopment. And despite the distractions and obfuscations put forth by the initiative’s opponents, the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative will allow for variances as well as for legally-acceptable developments. What the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative opposes is overdevelopment. What it offers instead is appropriate development. We could virtually double our affordable housing with standard two- to three-story apartments and condos throughout the city, and do so in a legal and relatively speedy timeframe. But to demand five- to 12-story (or more!) behemoths throughout the city will not only give rise to unlivable “housing projects,” but also create new traffic gridlock of the kind that the Expo Line was supposed to help mitigate. So go ahead, Mr. Rappleye, attack Michael Weinstein all you want. Just remember you’re also attacking the majority of hardworking taxpayers in this city — those who have the compassion and temerity to oppose their neighborhoods being destroyed so “the 1%” get even richer at our collective expense.

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to justify present and future wrongs. The emotional response that leads people to an ends-justify-means equation fails to see the great harm done on the ground under the cover of good intentions. Israel’s right to exist does not trump (pun intended) human decency. Gary Karasik, Los Angeles Help the Homeless, Don’t Hate Them I have continued to see negative rhetoric on social media about the homelessness crisis in our area and had to speak up for the vast majority of citizens that are supportive of the efforts being made to address the situation. We recognize the human element of this crisis and do not advocate arresting and running out the people who are suffering on our streets, only to see them displaced to another part of our city where people are not so entitled. We know many of these folks by name and know of their struggles. I am outraged when I read the hateful speech condemning the efforts of L.A. City PAGE 10 THE ARGONAUT October 6, 2016

Councilman Mike Bonin and social services. This is a humanitarian crisis right in our midst. I am 100% in favor of increasing the mental health services, substance abuse treatment and housing. The very angry and vocal minority does not represent the majority of citizens who simply want to help and trust the efforts of the experts. What is it that makes Venice or the Westside exempt from doing our part to address this crisis? What makes people think that the answer is shipping everyone off to South L.A. so our property values aren’t affected by a housing project? We are in this together, and I for one support Bonin and his thoughtful approach to finding the best solutions for everyone and for this beloved community. The angry voices should consider talking to those going through your trash and hear their stories. Get to know your less fortunate neighbors. Pete Niva, Venice

T HE F I N A L W O R D Trump Disses LAX

During the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, Donald Trump praised aviation infrastructure in China and the Middle East while characterizing LAX as a “third-world” airport. LAX officials declined to comment, directing questions to the mayor’s office. A spokeswoman for L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti — who on Oct. 19 is expected to preside over a preview of architectural and amenities upgrades to LAX Terminal 6 — called the characterization “unfortunate and inaccurate,” citing a $14-billion investment in ongoing renovations that include connecting the airport to light rail. L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, who’s made the airport a priority, put it another way: “From revolutionizing the way people get to and from the airport by connecting it to Metro rail, to upgrading terminals, to making the runways safer without moving them, we are making LAX the world-class airport and first-class neighbor L.A. can be proud of,” he said. “And we’re doing it without stiffing any of our contractors.”

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How to Do Good Better California Volunteers Commissioner Robert J. Goodwin on maximizing the impact of charitable deeds By Bonnie Eslinger This summer, Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Santa Monica resident Robert J. Goodwin to the California Volunteers Commission — fittingly, an unpaid position that asks members to serve as “Ambassadors of Service” and encourage others to offer their time and talents for the greater good. The 43-year-old Goodwin, who moved to Santa Monica in 2014, said the loss of cherished family members when he was in his early teens, including his father to a heart attack, fueled his resolve and future accomplishments. The executive director of the Mattel Children’s Foundation and director of corporate affairs for the multinational toymaker, Goodwin previously worked in the Pentagon as a U.S. Air Force deputy assistant secretary. He graduated from the Harvard Business School General Management Program before forming Executives Without Borders, a nonprofit that spurs business professionals to give back to their communities. Before all that he held high-level positions within several U.S. governmental agencies, including a position as chief of staff and deputy senior advisor for the Ministry of Health in Baghdad as part of the Coalition Provisional Authority. At El Segundo-based Mattel, Goodwin works to build the company’s reputation as a responsible corporate citizen, directing its global philanthropy and overseeing employee charitable programs, volunteer activities and grant-making. What do you hope to bring to the California Volunteers Commission? I had a lot of tragedy when I was young. I found by serving others it put my own life in perspective. I ended up joining the Air Force Academy and served five years there and then did a bunch of other things in government service — responded to disasters, responded to conflicts, and got involved in other things around the world. I ultimately found that there are a lot of people with great intentions but not a lot of results. Sometimes it’s a social worker who knows how to reach people, a doctor who knows how to care for people, but they’re just not business people. I helped found Executives Without Borders to build that bridge from the business world to the nonprofit world. With California Volunteers, there’s this broader mission of being ambassadors for service and making an impact locally, and I really hope to be part of that. From my experience, if you’ve got a

They have this incredible spirit of volunteerism and inherent values that their brand brings to the world, and I think there’s so much untapped potential there. Mattel gives 2% of all pre-tax profits to philanthropy, which is very generous. At the same time, from my experience, when you give money plus expertise, it’s even more powerful. If you give money, plus expertise, plus brand, plus network and reputation, the amount of opportunities for you to do good is fundamentally different. For example, in Indonesia, we’re working alongside the government to address childhood suffering. ... We make a lot of our own products in Indonesia, and we’re employing about 13,000 people in [that nation]. We want to be good citizens. Here in the United States, we fund a lot of organizations. Locally that includes L.A. Arts, Boys and Girls Clubs, and we have the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA.

Mattel Children’s Foundation Executive Director Robert J. Goodwin says it’s all about leveraging resources person giving of their time and their talent, they can make a big difference. If you’ve got a person backed by their company they can make an even bigger difference. If you get multiple people

then do something out in public life. I got to the academy and started studying astrophysics and found that those were the classes I hated the most, so I decided to do economics instead.

“When I showed up at the Ministry of Health it was on fire. It had been looted down to its electrical sockets, there was tons of trash outside, and there were 1,600 employees waiting in the parking lot for someone to tell them what to do.” — Robert J. Goodwin

backed by multiple companies working along with local organizations, that’s when magic and transformation can happen. Why did you choose to go into the military? And why the Air Force? I wanted to be a modern day John Glenn. I wanted to be an astronaut and

What is your philosophy on how and why businesses should pursue philanthropy? I think that there’s a movement happening — and I hope I’m part of that movement — for companies to take on a broader purpose. Consumers are expecting it, their employees are expecting it. That’s part of the reason I joined Mattel.

You worked at the White House under George W. Bush. How did you get that job, and can you give us a highlight of that time? I was fascinated by politics and got involved in grassroots get-out-the-vote efforts. They asked me to be a part of the inaugural staff, for no pay, and I did a good job there and suddenly I became one of the first couple hundred appointees in his administration. I had more policy roles than political roles. In Iraq, when I showed up at the Ministry of Health it was on fire. It had been looted down to its electrical sockets, there was tons of trash outside, and there were 1,600 employees waiting in the parking lot for someone to tell them what to do. We hired local contractors and rebuilt two 11-story towers and got all the hospitals and clinics back up and running, mostly with the Iraqis, and ultimately worked to empower the Iraqi minister who was appointed to take over the ministry fully. What’s the best way to be of service — in a job or through volunteer work? Volunteer work is where people usually start. In my last role I used to mentor a lot of senior executives who would say to me, ‘I can’t wait to retire so I can give back,’ and I would say ‘Please do not retire — give back now because you’re at a senior level and can influence millions of dollars and thousands of people.’ Find a way to serve in your current role instead of trying to separate your work and service. I feel all volunteerism is good, but I definitely feel like people should leverage the most resources possible and have a bigger impact. October 6, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11

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‘I Bought a Rainforest’ How cocaine farmers and illegal loggers joined one man’s quest to save a slice of the Amazon By Bliss Bowen

he Amazon, comprising more than half of Earth’s remaining rainforest, is frequently described as the lungs of the planet — so it’s understandable that there’s worldwide alarm over its rapid deforestation, often by illegal burns to clear land for cattle ranches. While news reports generally focus on global repercussions, conservation photojournalist Charlie Hamilton James is shining light on the costs to people actually living in there. James is uniquely positioned to do so: He owns 100 acres abutting Manú National Park, a UNESCO-recognized Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site in Peru that he first visited in the 1990s while making films for the BBC. The story of how James came to buy that land for £6,000 in 2012 prompted BBC-TV’s 2014 documentary “I Bought a Rainforest,” which also chronicles James’ somewhat amusing discovery that he was landlord to illegal loggers and a cocaine farm. (Last year he also did a story for National Geographic.) But any humor is dark. As a seasoned photojournalist, James understood the complexities of the Amazon’s environment as well as the dire need to protect it. As he acquainted himself with his tenants and nearby gold miners, James became aware that addressing their extreme poverty is essential if any rainforestpreservation policy is to succeed. He’ll discuss his experiences and efforts to protect Manú at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Thursday, Oct. 13, and Friday, Oct. 14. James has been working since age 16, when he got his start on director David Attenborough’s TV series “Trials of Life.” Whether he’s underwater photographing river otters in the Grand Tetons or catching the eye of tree-perched cheetahs dining on freshly caught prey, James’ photos have a stunning visual and sometimes emotional impact. Capturing those images takes its toll. Documenting environmental crises, he’s often “seeing dead stuff all day,” he says. Small wonder he tries to spend as much time as possible at home with his family in Wyoming. Speaking in his thick PAGE 12 THE ARGONAUT October 6, 2016

British accent, James made time for a cellphone conversation while taking a “gorgeous” morning stroll along the Snake River with Watson, a Benji-like doodle with his own Instagram account (@watsonthewonderdoodle). What makes Manú National Park so precious to you? I started going there in the late ’90s, filming giant otters, and I kind of fell in love with it. It’s a hard place to exist in, because it’s the rainforest and it’s hot and full of insects; it’s not an easy environ-

piece of your ass, basically. [Laughs.] So you can’t experience it in the same way you can the plains of Africa, where you sit and look at it. … There’s pretty much more life there than anywhere else, but you don’t really see it. You can only see 50, 60 feet, and then this green curtain blocks the view of everything. It’s actually quite hard to see animals in the rainforest. It sounds very time-intensive, sitting and waiting for things to happen. It is. It’s not somewhere I really enjoy working, although I do spend a lot of time

“They are people who are very poor. They have to survive there. … Which leads to what I say in my talk, which is basically that conservation is a bourgeois concept. … We expect the most important ecological areas in the world to be looked after by people with no money.” — Charlie Hamilton James ment to enjoy. But I ended up going there again and again, and I felt duty-bound to do more with my time to protect it rather than just taking from it. I wanted to put something back into it. When you bought the land in Manú, did you visit before taking your documentary crew? I’d never seen it before. I thought it was sort of a bucolic, lovely rainforest, but it wasn’t. It was basically an illegal coca plantation. I didn’t know that until I stumbled out of the bush into it. [Laughs.] Visitors to the Amazon often talk about their awe of the biodiversity. Yeah, in the rainforest, the moment you step into it, you very much start to become part of it. You become a source of blood and a source of salt. There’s very little salt in the Amazon, especially in that part of Peru, so everything wants a

there. It’s very difficult getting photos of wildlife. Really the only places you do get to watch wildlife are on the lakes and rivers. I spent six months filming giant otters on the lake. They’re out in the open and you can see them. That’s great when it’s like that. Otherwise, it’s occasionally you see a monkey or a bird or a hummingbird. Mainly it’s looking at insects. Did Manú inspire your shift from wildlife photographer to conservation photojournalist? Absolutely. And not just that, but actually photographing people. In Manú, when I started living with the gold miners and the illegal loggers, I started to realize that people were actually of interest. Did the people you met express concern that burning the forest has consequences elsewhere in the world? Do they say that? No. They are people who are very poor. They have to survive

there. They have to feed their families. They live in an enormous resource, which is the rainforest. We in the West suggest that they can’t use their resource because we don’t want the Amazon cut there. We’re in a very tricky position, because actually, why shouldn’t they be able to use their resource? They need to, to survive. Which leads to what I say in my talk, which is basically that conservation is a bourgeois concept. It’s very easy for us to talk about when we’re in a position of health and food security. It’s very difficult to talk about conservation when you don’t have a regular supply of money and food and you can’t plan for the future. To expect people in that position to not cut down a tree to feed their family is kind of ludicrous. Do you have any thoughts about how to break that cycle of poverty while protecting the environment? That’s one of reasons I work with this NGO, the Crees Foundation. They’re trying this thing called agro-forestry. They teach people to grow instead of cutting the trees down — to actually grow food crops, sustainably, within the rain forest. That’s just one way of doing it. But really, you need a kind of paradigm economic global shift to effectively solve the problem, especially as we’re in a situation with a growing human population. If you want to do anything successful, you need to address these issues on a global level. People need to realize that the Amazon is globally important to all of us, and globally need to invest in it rather than expecting NGOS and [the public] to look after it. But that’s not gonna happen. Not with the way the world works, unfortunately. If you’d been sitting at the table at the Paris climate talks, or if you could speak with world leaders, what would you suggest? We ignore the poor people of the world at our peril, basically. We expect the most important ecological areas in the world to be looked after by people with no money. (Continued on page 36)

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A young girl swims with her pet monkey in Peru’s Manú National Park Wild macaws of the Amazon Charlie Hamilton James photographs a rainforest logger at work Inhabitants of remote Amazon settlements must do what they can to survive James discovered that the people living in the Amazon are just as interesting as the rainforest’s biodiversity James encountered large swaths of rainforest that had been burned for cattle grazing Images Courtesy of Charlie Hamilton James

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Cinema mixes with art and music in the 13th annual Other Venice Film Festival By Brian Welk You won’t see many tuxedos at the Other Venice Film Festival, founder Reuben “Ruby” De La Casas says, but you will see a variety of people who support local artists and independent filmmaking. “We’re eclectic. We’re more casual,” says De La Casas, who’s proud the festival is still going strong while other L.A.-area film festivals have come and gone. “The difference between us and other festivals is we have film, art and music. That’s what Venice basically is.” Now in its 13th year, The Other Venice Film Festival screens dozens of features and shorts — each somehow in tune with the spirit, energy and diversity of Venice — on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 7, 8 and 9) at Beyond

Baroque Literary Arts Center. Kicking off opening night is director Mike Hermosa’s “The Head Thieves.” The feature is about three brothers, one just released from prison, who plan to recover money hidden after a past bank robbery and make a run for new lives elsewhere. True to Other Venice Film Festival form, a party after the screening includes a performance by local rock band Stone. To fill the art bill, the festival is exhibiting works by Paul Gronner, a California-based landscape photographer in the Ansel Adams tradition who pays close attention to color. One of the more unique aspects of the festival is its annual Music Video Competition. On Saturday, music videos from around the world screen in

competition for an audience-selected festival prize. Before and after the screenings, local arts impresarios Gerry Fialka and Will Erokan present “Psychedelicized Venice,” an art experience that includes live music, dance, poetry and experimental films showcased on three large projection screens. The festival’s Best Film winner, screening Saturday and Sunday, is “When the Starlight Ends.” This feature directed by Adam Sigal stars Sam Heughan (“Outlander”), David Arquette (“Scream,” “Never Been Kissed”), Sean Patrick Flanery (“The Boondock Saints”), and actress Arabella Oz. The daughter of TV’s Dr. Oz, Oz also directed festival short “Our House.” On Sunday she and Heughan will accept the

festival’s Abbot Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. Among the films premiering at this year’s festival is “The Grief Party,” a short film comedy based on a onewoman play by Evangeline Crittenden. It follows a woman confronting each stage of grief across different rooms in her home. Filmmaker Amelia Mulkey has been attending the Other Venice Festival since a young age and calls her work a product of the Venice art culture she discovered through the festival. “These are my people! I found other people that care about the weird stuff that I care about,” Mulkey said. Mulkey’s mother, actress and artist Karen Landry, had been supporting the (Continued on page 16)

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festival for years, including with her own films and artwork. Landry died in December and will be honored at this year’s festival with a lifetime achievement award. “She was one of the people who moved art forward in the community. More than just the Other Venice Film Festival, she was a force,” said Mulkey, who will be accepting her mother’s award. “In the last year of her life, she made time for her family and made time for her art. As her daughter, it means that the community seems to remember the work that she did.” De La Casas said he’s pleased to have locals and filmmakers around the world returning to support the festival year after year. Mulkey credits that loyalty to De La Casas’ embrace of the local arts community. “The festival has films from all over the world, but I feel like he tries to spotlight the community of people who have lived here a long time and are products of this culture,” she says. The Other Venice Film Festival opens Friday evening and continues throughout Saturday and Sunday at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Visit othervenicefilmfestival.com for show times and ticket information.

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS “Our House”+ “Zaar” 11 a.m. Saturday “Our House,” as in the song by Madness, is a short film about two sisters who break into their childhood home to rediscover their adventurous side. “Zaar” is a stylish and tense short film about a suicide bomber who has 15 minutes to decide whether he can go through with his terrorist attack on a diner and the people inside. “When the Starlight Ends” 1 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday In this dark comedy, Sam Heughan plays a writer reliving the day in which he stopped a restaurant burglary. Co-star Arabella Oz describes his character as “a fool who becomes a hero.” “Psychedelicized Venice” 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday Before and after the Music Video Competition (8 to 9 p.m.), Venice art scene veterans Gerry Fialka and Will Erokan throw what they’re calling “a psychedelic art party.” Expect live music, dance, poetry and experimental films.

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What India Really Tastes Like Samosa House offers authentic flavors beyond the familiar standards Photo by Richard Foss

The Mysore dosa contains a fragrant mix of curried potato, lentil, garlic, cilantro and channa dal

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Sikhs and Muslims move here to start restaurants. As a result, we’re less familiar with the cuisine that is most common across that vast subcontinent. But want not. One of the best places to sample the most popular kind of food in India is Samosa House, a lunch counter inside a market that sells Indian prepared foods, spices, fresh vegetables and even religious supplies such as incense and altars. What you won’t find is meat, as everything sold or served here is vegetarian. I’m a dedicated omnivore, but while eating here I didn’t miss meat for a moment. After a few thousand years of vegetarian cooking, you get pretty good at it. Those unfamiliar with Indian food may find the ordering process confusing. When you come to the counter you see a set of trays full of different curries and breads, some of which are identified only by their Indian names. The menu board behind the counter is the same, and the few pictures of

food posted around the area aren’t particularly informative. If you don’t know an idly from a chaat, have a browser open on your phone and read up, because the people behind the counter usually pay attention only to the person at the front of the line. Posting descriptions in English would speed up the ordering for people who aren’t from South Asia. The easiest way to order is to get one of the combination plates called thalis — metal plates with sections to hold rice and various curries, which are served with lentil-vegetable soup called sambar and your choice of either naan or roti bread. (I recommend the whole wheat roti, which is freshly griddled to order.) You can get a two- or three-item combination plate any day, and on Fridays and weekends Samosa House offers expanded thalis in the style of Gujarat or Rajasthan. Gujarati dishes have unexpected combinations of sweet and salty flavors, while Rajasthani (Continued on page 18)

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features spicier dishes balanced with cooling yogurt. I usually avoid buffets because most cuisines deteriorate while in the chafing dish, but Indian foods are a special case. Unlike sushi or Chinese stir-fries, curry that has been simmering for hours does not go downhill after a little while in the chafing dish. Nevertheless, I rarely get those curries because Samosa House serves two items that are hard to find anywhere else on the Westside: dosas and uttapam. Dosas are a kind of crisp crepe made with a rice and bean-based flour that has been slightly fermented to create a flavor reminiscent of sourdough bread. Four types are offered here: a paper dosa that is just the crepe with chutneys and condiments for dipping, masala dosa that is stuffed with spiced potatoes, spring dosa with lightly sautéed vegetables, and Mysore masala dosa with a spicy, garlicky potato vegetable mix. The spring dosa has a light, fresh flavor, as the mix of

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cabbage, carrots and onions has the texture you associate with Chinese stir-fries. The vegetables are cooked with noodles in a sauce made with butter, tomato sauce, vinegar and soy, and it’s mild enough that the natural flavors shine through. On a recent visit I tried the Mysore dosa for the first time, and I think I may like that even better. The curried potatoes were combined with lentils, garlic, cilantro and a type of bean called channa dal, and the result was full of complex flavors and textures. It was a little spicier than the other dosas but not really hot — most items served here are richly and fragrantly spiced but don’t raise a sweat. A warning, though: while the spring dosa can easily be eaten with your fingers, the moister filling of the Mysore dosa means it falls apart about halfway through. I know that people from South Asia can eat these neatly without utensils, but a look at the front of my shirt as I left proved that I can’t.

The other unusual South Indian item at Samosa House is the uttapam, made with that same slightly sour batter cooked like a pizza and topped with onions and chili. It is served with a bowl of sambar soup, and you can dip the uttapam into the soup to enjoy a spicy crunch along with the rich soup flavored with tart tamarind. Some cooling coconut chutney is also included in case the spice level gets too intense, and you’ll appreciate it as the meal goes on. The other thing I always get when visiting the Samosa House? A samosa, of course. Whatever else you get, a potato and pea turnover makes a great side dish. Since almost every meal here is under $10, you’ll have enough left over to get one — and some chai tea or lassi, too. Samosa House also operates a restaurant (sans market) at 2301 Main St. in Santa Monica.

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AT HOme The ArgonAuT’s reAl esTATe secTion

GorGeous updated Home

“This is a colossal $61,000 price reduction, and this home is priced to sell now” says agent Lisa Potier. “The home is in move-in condition, with upgrades that include solar, a new sewer line, double pane windows and more. This remodeled home sits on a large over-sized lot. The open floor plan offers four bedrooms and three baths, and looks out to a park-like backyard. The living room is surrounded by windows making for an inviting first impression. The kitchen, with its breakfast nook, is updated with exotic granite and stainless steel appliances. The master suite is a relaxing space with sliding doors looking out to the private backyard, and includes a walk-in closet and spacious bath with spa tub. Additionally, the garage has been updated to serve as a bonus office with its own bathroom. The landscape features native California succulents and plentiful citrus trees. This is Silicon Beach at its finest, and is only a short distance from freeways, great shopping, and trendy restaurants.”

offered at $1,089,000 I n f o r m at I o n :

Lisa potier TREC 310-780-2850

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Compass is a licensed real estate broker (01991628) in the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdraw without notice. To reach the Compass main office call 310.230.5478. CalBRE# 01365696

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Stephanie Younger The Stephanie Younger Group 310.499.2020 | stephanieyounger.com

8056 Kentwood Avenue, Westchester

6571 Seabluff Drive, Playa Vista

7222 Kentwood Avenue, Westchester

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8141 Westlawn Avenue, Kentwood

7815 Nardian Way, Westchester

6309 W 78th Place, Westchester

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8001 Chase Avenue, Kentwood

Unparalleled Kentwood luxury 5 Bed | 6 Bath | $2,395,000

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Prime opportunity in desirable neighborhood 3 Bed | 2 Bath | $1,299,000

Modern luxury in Playa Vista 4 Bed | 3 Bath | $1,699,000

Mid Century classic in the heart of Kentwood 3 Bed | 2 Bath | $1,299,000

Gorgeous Kentwood bluffs view home 3 Bed | 3 Bath | $1,295,000

Spanish style in Westchester 5 Bed | 4 Bath | $1,199,000

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To make a difference in our community, we will Give Together by donating a portion of our net proceeds from every home sale to the local charity of our client’s choice. Call me today for more information or to find out what your home is worth!

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FOR SALE

THE AZZURRA,13700 MARINA POINTE DR. #PH1906 MARINA DEL REY 2 Bed/2.5 BATH $1,699,000

THE COVE,13650 MARINA POINTE DR. #1107 MARINA DEL REY 2 Bed/2 BATH + DEN $1,299,000

OPEN SUN 2-5

THE AZZURRA,13700 MARINA POINTE DR. #1431 MARINA DEL REY $1,199,000 2 Bed/2.5 BATH

PARAISO, 13173 PACIFIC PROMENADE #106 PLAYA VISTA 2 BED/ 2.5 BATH $989,000

VILLA MARINA E. V, 4342 REDWOOD AVE. #C203 MARINA DEL REY 2 Bed/2 BATH $965,000

OPEN SUN 2-5

THE AZZURRA, 13700 MARINA POINTE DR. #705 MARINA DEL REY $2,499,000 3 Bed/2.5 Bath

FOR SALE

Jesse WeinBerg

Jesse@JesseWeinberg.com ca Bre #01435805

800 . 804 . 9132

www.JesseWeinberg.com

FOR LEASE

recognized by the Wall street Journal as one of the top realtors in the country.

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VILLA MARINA E. IV,13078 MINDANAO WAY #204 MARINA DEL REY 2 Bed/2 BATH $915,000

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ESPLANADE,13080 PACIFIC PROMENADE #407 PLAYA VISTA 2 Bed/2.5 BATH $949,000

21 QUARTERDECK ST. #B MARINA DEL REY 3 Bed/3.5 BATH

$8,300/MO

Stephanie Younger The Stephanie Younger Group 310.499.2020 | stephanieyounger.com

8228 W 83rd Street, Playa del Rey

8027 Westlawn Avenue, Kentwood

8053 Campion Drive, Westchester

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7863 Naylor Avenue, Westchester

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Prime Playa del Rey location 3 Bed | 4 Bath | $1,349,000

Superior Westchester opportunity 4 Bed | 3 Bath | $1,299,000

Prime Westchester opportunity 3 Bed | 2 Bath | $1,095,000

Timeless Kentwood sophistication 3 Bed | 3 Bath | $1,249,000

California classic in Westchester 3 Bed | 1 Bath | $799,000

California living at its best 4 Bed | 2 Bath | $1,149,000

California cottage in Westchester 3 Bed | 2 Bath | $899,000

One-of-a-kind opportunity 3 Bed | 2 Bath | $1,495,000

Timeless California residence 3 Bed | 2 Bath | $995,000

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Helping People Move Ahead… Cal

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ESTATE PROPERTIES

Nostalgic Venice Beach Walk-Street Craftsman

Luxury Beach Bungalow in Upper North Kentwood

41 Paloma Avenue, Venice 4 bedrooms | 3 bathrooms | 2,100 sf living | 3,901 sf lot | $2,595,000

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October 6, 2016 At Home – THE ARGONAUT’s Real Estate Section PAGE 25

Spectacular Ocean Views Your Silicon Beach Mortgage Expert

1 5 1 N a p o l e o N , p l aya d e l R e y Completely restored beautiful 4 bedroom, 4 bath luxury home, approximately 3,400 square feet. Three of the bedrooms are Master bedrooms and have ensuite bathrooms with luxurious amenities. The upstairs Master has TWO bathrooms, an office, private deck and amazing views. Multiple walk-in closets. Private living room area between two of the Master bedrooms. Fully renovated modern kitchen with SubZero refrigerator, commercial five-burner gas stove and granite counters. Enjoy the 180º unobstructed ocean view through quadruple-paned glass to ensure peace and quiet. Open the windows to a constantly refreshing ocean breeze.

Dean Wong

For lease $12,500 per month

Branch Manager 310.574.7777 Office 310.344.3252 Cell NMLS # 261224 dwong@rpm-mtg.com www.rpm-mtg.com/dwong On Yelp!

Start a conversation with Dean today

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7803 Naylor Ave, Westchester

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8137 Naylor Ave, Westchester

Gorgeous & impressive remodeled home w/ great room & gourmet kit, 4 Bdrms, 3 Baths.

Luxury! Style! Space! Stunning home with incredible appeal inside & out, 6 Bdrms, 5.5 Baths, Pool & Spa.

Unique opportunity to build two new homes w/ plans & permits in

$1,429,000

$2,495,000

Westport Heights on two R-1 lots.

$1,179,000

Bob Waldron

Jessica Heredia

310.780.0864

310.913.8112

Broker Associate CalBRE# 00416026

Partner

www.bobwaldron.com www.jessicaheredia.com

CalBRE #01349369

©2012 Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation. Coldwell Banker is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Owned and Operated by NRT Incorporated. Coldwell Banker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by the seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals.

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LADERA HEIGHTS

MARINA DEL REY

5BD/3.5BA Spectacular estate w/designer kitchen, resort-like rear yard w/pool & waterfall.

Ladera charmer. Gorgeous Red Oak flrs. Remodeled island style kitchen w/ granite counters.

4BD/3BA Completely remodeled! Living room w/ fplc, cook’s kit, cov patio & sparkling pool.

Rare opportunity just steps to Marina. Elegant modern Mediterranean in Harbor Crossing.

Carla Lowe (310) 435-0520

Janet Singleton (310) 722-0679

Carla & Molly Lowe (310) 435-0520

Alice Plato (310) 704-4188

MARINA DEL REY

PLAYA DEL REY

PLAYA VISTA

End unit town home w/2 master suites, 3 bathrooms, LR w/ fireplace, remodeled kitchen.

Stunning 2+2 artistic loft-style condo w/ open flr plan in heart of Del Rey Arts District.

Comfort & sophistication in this East Coast-inspired farmhouse w/ocean views on corner lot

Luxurious, bright, large & open 4 bd/4 ba home + flex room in Everly, Phase 2 Playa Vista.

James Cook (424) 702-3000

James Allan (310) 704-0007

Alice Plato (310) 704-4188

Jennifer Petsu (310) 945-6365

PLAYA VISTA

SANTA MONICA

Modern Soft-Loft: End unit w/Hdwd Flrs, Master Retreat, High Ceilings & Rooftop Deck

Urban retreat w/ 3 BD| 2BA, natural light, 10-ft ceilings, great room & sunny patio.

Open floor plan condo, spacious patio, 2 parking spaces in garage. W+D in unit.

Gorgeous expansive prime ocean vw architectural front facing crnr twnhm blocks from beach.

Winnie Licht & Julie Walker (310) 600-3996

Julie Walker & Winnie Licht (310) 948-8411

Sam Araghi & Rudi Behdad (310) 415-1118

Jeffrey Fritz & Laura Buffone (310) 754-8148

VENICE

WEST HOLLYWOOD

WESTCHESTER

Just waiting for the right Buyers! Perfect location to remodel or rebuild in Venice Canals

Restored to its original grand style. 2bd/2.5ba. Exquisite home, marble flrs. A must see!

6BD/5.5BA Approx. 6,000 sqft., luxe finishes, soaring ceilings, gourmet kit. Pool & spa.

4BD/3BA | Impressive, stylish remodel, great room & gourmet kit, patio & BBQ

Sandy & Steffi Berens (310) 448-5961

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$1,049,000

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$2,178,000

$1,429,000

©2016 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office is owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker® and the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals.

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• Mountain and airport view

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new on maRkeT!

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nora@wendelrealtors.com | www.wendelrealtors.com CalBRE#01419846 | CalBRE#00971482 ©2016 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office is owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker® and the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals.

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10/4/16 11:15 AM

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“Within the last six to eight months we’ve really revved up our conversations,” said Ikem Chukumerije, chief executive of Marina del Rey firm Westside Premier Estates. “It’s all about relationships. If we don’t have connections to a player but someone else does, they get the business.”

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46 $876,900

september ‘15

september ‘16

31 $965,600

21 $948,600 september ‘16

35 $1,140,800

41 $1,303,300

playa Del rey

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hOmes sOlD average priCe

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224

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239

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Dana Wright

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Agent

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pHOne

$565,000

Brian Christie

TREC

310-910-0120

$1,388,000

Todd Miller

KW Santa Monica

310-560-2999

3/3 Beautiful home by Culver City Arts District

$1,049,000

Todd Miller

KW Santa Monica

310-560-2999

$1,200,000

Sue Miller

Coldwell Banker Marina

310-821-5090

culver city

lOs Angeles Sun 2-5

mArinA del rey Sun 2-5

4150 Via Dolce #335

3/3 Sunny 2-story 2,000+ sq ft Marina Strand penthouse

Sun 1:30-4

13233 Fiji Way Unit M

Spacious end unit townhome, upgraded kitchen

$879,000

James Cook

Coldwell Banker

310-291-5232

Sun 2-5

13078 Mindanao #204

2/2 Resort style living w/ pool & city views

$915,000

Jesse Weinberg

Jesse Weinberg & Associates

800-804-9132

Sun 2-5

4342 Redwood Ave #C203

2/2 Resort style living w/ pool & city views

$965,000

Jesse Weinberg

Jesse Weinberg & Associates

800-804-9132

Sun 2-5

4115 Glencoe Ave #310

2/2 Gorgeous loft-style condo in Art District

$799,000

James Allan

Coldwell Banker

310-704-0007

7505 Earldom Ave.

5/3.5 Charming home in Silicon Beach, 2,932 sq ft

Eloise Mendez

Palm Realty Boutique

310-322-9761

plAyA del rey Sun 1-4

$1,599,000

plAyA vistA Sun 2-5

131713 Pacific Promenade #106 2/2.5 Townhouse style condo in desirable Paraiso

$989,000

Jesse Weinberg

Jesse Weinberg & Associates

800-804-9132

Sun 2-5

13080 Pacific Promenade #407

2/2.5 Remodeled townhouse style condo

$949,000

Jesse Weinberg

Jesse Weinberg & Associates

800-804-9132

Sun 2-5

12883 Runway #2

3/2.5 Unique single-level in rare 3 unit Camden building

$1,699,000

Nora and Peter Wendel

Coldwell Banker

310-918-2064

Sun 2-5

6571 Seabluff Dr.

4/3 Modern luxury in Playa Vista

$1,795,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

424-203-1828

2421 Louella Ave.

4/4 Gorgeous modern farmhouse in Venice

$2,395,000

Todd Miller

KW Santa Monica

310-560-2999

Sa-Sun 2-5

8335 Holy Cross Pl.

4/2 Great price! Loyola Village Neighborhood

$1,099,000

Tracey Nesicolaci

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-717-1822

Sun 1:30-4:30

7803 Naylor Ave.

4/3 Gorgeous remodel w/all amenities

$1,429,000

Bob Waldron

Coldwell Banker

310-780-0864

Sun 2-5

8100 Bleriot Ave.

3/2 Elegance & style, fabulous back yard

$999,750

Kevin and Kaz Gallaher

RE/MAX Execs

310-410-9777

Sun 2-5

8027 Truxton Ave.

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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases Westchester home

gorgeous VieW home

“Nestled in the middle of the block, this three-bed, twobath home is a true delight,” say agents Kevvin and Kaz Gallaher. “The tastefully updated kitchen features custom tiled flooring. A magnificent family room has large sliding glass doors that open to the lush yard and the open patio. The master bedroom boasts an en-suite and views of the backyard. Inviting curb appeal, warm colors, plentiful storage space, and a detached two-car garage are other notable features that make this home one not to miss!”

“Experience this remarkable home that offers sweeping Pacific views and the aura of classic Cape Cod,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The open-concept kitchen boasts marble counters, and a built-in breakfast nook. Eat in the adjacent dining room or dine al fresco on the backyard deck. Upstairs, the master suite is sumptuous, boasting a cavernous walk-in closet and spa-like master bath. The second floor terrace, media room, and three additional bedrooms complete the floor plan of this home.”

Offered at $999,750 Kevin and Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs 310-410-9777

Offered at $1,799,000 Stephanie Younger, Compass 424-203-1828

the azzurra

Beautiful renoVation

“This immaculate south-facing two-bed, two-and-a-halfbath unit is in the full service Azzurra,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The unit boasts a wrap-around balcony, accessible from the living room and master bedroom. Also featured is the new carpeting, stainless steel appliances, marble floors in the kitchen and master bathroom, and floorto-ceiling glass. Amenities include valet parking, a rooftop sky-lounge, spas, a pool, a conference room, a media lounge, a professional fitness center, and more.” Offered at $799,000 Jesse Weinberg, Jesse Weinberg & Associates 800-804-9132

“Located on a nostalgic Venice beach walk-street, this classic home exudes character and charm,” says agent David Kirk Fowler. “The renovations are a perfect blend of the past and present. This four-bed, three-bath, home features a landscaped front and backyard patios. Hardwood floors are throughout. On the second level is the large master suite with vaulted ceilings. The rear driveway has a new roll up gate that spans the width of the property, and offers plenty of parking.” Offered at $2,595,000 David Kirk Fowler, RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-383-5926

charming home

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“Located in a wonderful pocket of Westchester, this home is a combination of original details, quality improvements and traditional charm,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “Just beyond an exquisite kitchen is the family room. The home offers four bedrooms, including a roomy master suite with an en-suite three-quarter bath. Two more bathrooms round out the floor plan of this home. Additional details include hardwood floors, central heat and air, inside laundry room, and an attached one-car garage.”

“The clean lines of classic mid-century detailing infuse this four-bed, three-bathroom home,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Refinished hardwood floors lead across the living room and the built-in bar and pass-through window from the kitchen allows for ideal entertaining. Light flows through the open concept dining and family room. Upstairs, a large Jack and Jill bathroom suite is flanked by two bedrooms showcasing ample closet space. This home is a wonderful opportunity to plant your flag.” Offered at $1,299,000 Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties 424-203-1828

Offered at $899,000 Kevin and Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs 310-410-9777

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Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Thursday, Oct. 6 Coding for Kids, 4 to 5 p.m. A free introduction to coding for kids and pre-teens. Bring your own computer or use one of the library’s. Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org “The Princess Bride” 29th Anniversary Celebration, 5:30 p.m. A screening of “The Princess Bride” is followed by a Q&A at 7:10 p.m. with Cary Elwes, who discusses his book “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride.” Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Live Music Showcase, 7 p.m. Stop by for a showcase and open mic night each first Thursday of the month. Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Toastmasters Speechcraft Program, 7 to 8:30 p.m. In this workshop to develop better presentation skills, experienced Toastmasters present the fundamentals of public speaking in the relaxed atmosphere of a Toastmasters meeting. $25. CulverPalms Family YMCA, 4500 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. (310) 621-8006; jdoggan@aol.com

“Safe at Home: An Evening with Orson Bean,” 8 p.m. This is the final performance of the Bean’s one-man show adapted from his memoir. The actor, entertainer and longtime Venice canals resident opens up about his life on stage and off — from breaking into stand-up at The Blue Angel in New York to walking on fire in Malibu at an all-time low. Pacific Resident Theatre, 707 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com Salsa Night at Wokcano, 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Dance teachers Nicole Gil and Charlie Antillon lead a beginner lesson at 8 p.m., an intermediate class at 9 p.m. and social dancing from 10 p.m. until close every Thursday at Wokcano, 1413 5th St., Santa Monica. $8. facebook.com/DanceSalsaLA Sofar Sounds: Venice, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Venice. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

Friday, Oct. 7 Mar Vista Senior Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The club meets each Friday for speakers, bingo, live entertainment, parties, trips and tours for people 50-plus. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. (310) 351-9876

Rotary Club of Santa Monica, noon. The Rotary Club of Santa Monica meets each Friday at Riviera Country club, 1250 Capri Drive, Pacific Palisades. (310) 917-3313

vegetables, conserve heirloom varieties and maximize the benefits of urban conditions for seeds in this hands-on workshop covering plant reproduction, cross-pollination, purity preservation, seed storage and seed cleaning. Community Garden at Holy Nativity Church, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. $70 to $160. (310) 666-9278; membership@slola.org

Friday Night Trivia, 7 p.m. Test your knowledge and win prizes while having a brew or two. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com SongWriter Soiree, 7 to 11:30 p.m. (Sign up at 6:30 p.m.) Show up and prove your talent, then stay to support your fellow singers and musicians during the open mic each Friday at Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. unurban.com

Venice troubadour Tom Freund is touring behind a new album. SEE FRIDAY, OCT. 7.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 9 to 10:30 a.m. A 12-step program for anyone struggling with their relationship with food. Vineyard Christian Fellowship Youth Center, 3838 S. Centinela Ave., Mar Vista. Free. (310) 902-3040; foodaddicts.org

“Greetings from Cuba,” 7 to 10 p.m. Venice artist Mike E. Lesovsky shares photography documenting his trip to Cuba, with mojitos and live rumba enhancing the vibe. DJ Vinyl Don spins soul, funk, oldies, hip-hop and dance at 10 p.m. in The Del Monte, while DJ Doomz spins in the Townhouse bar. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $10. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Paint-Out and Demo, 9 a.m. Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore hold this monthly food critic Jonathan Gold. A cinema paint-out to help preserve the beauty lounge with film-themed cocktails and of Santa Monica Mountains National small bites opens at 6 p.m. on the pier. Recreation Area and Beaches through frontporchcinema.com art. There’s also a painting demonstration by Anette Power and a positive Tom Freund, 9:30 p.m. The esteemed group critique at noon. Meet near the Venice troubadour makes a local stop while touring behind new album “Two lifeguard tower just west of the Malibu Pier, 23000 Pacific Coast Moons.” The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. Hwy., Malibu. (310) 500-6584; hunz1234@mac.com (310) 390-1328; the cinemabar.com

Front Porch Cinema, 7:30 p.m. Free film screenings under the stars on Friday nights at Santa Monica Pier. This week’s movie is “City of Gold,” a documentary about Pulitzer-winning

Saturday, Oct. 8

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FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 231217 The following person is doing business as Silk Moves and Relocations 2355 Westwood Blvd #559 Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Regina F. Lark 2355 Westwood Blvd #359 Los Angeles, CA 90064 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: REGINA F. LARK Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2016 Argonaut published: Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code. FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 222982 The following person is doing business as:1) Petunia Press Books 2) Joy Rosenberg Writing and Editing 3715 Pacific Ave. #2 Marina del Rey , CA. 90292 Registered owners:Joyce Lynn Rosenberg 3715 Pacific Ave. #2 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Joyce Lynn Rosenberg Title:CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Sept. 9 th , 2016 Argonaut published: Sept 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 2016, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 239238 The following person is doing business as 1) Sun Transporation Service 4922 W. 139th St Hawthorne CA 90250 Andre Jacobson 4922 W. 139th Street Hawthorne CA. 90250. Flavia Araujo 4922 W. 139th St. Hawthorne CA. 90250 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: Andre Jacobson Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Sept. 7, 2016 Argonaut published: Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code. FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 239248 The following person is doing business as: Gardena Premier Banquet 1828 W. Rosecrans Ave. Gardena CA. 90249 Registered owner(s)Nelson Mediavilla 19929 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance, CA. 90503 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: Nelson Mediavilla Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2016 Argonaut published: Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another

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communicate with your animal intuitively at this interactive weekend workshop guided by an experienced counselor and teacher Miranda Alcott. University of Santa Monica, 2101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. $270-$295. (310) 310-0138; mirandaalcott@gmail.com Mista Cookie Jar Mini-Concert and Magic Show, 10:30 a.m. L.A.-based kindie rocker Mista Cookie Jar serenades the crowd with his urban-island folky rock sounds for Children Book World’s 30th anniversary. Mark Paskell performs wizarding magic at 2 p.m. Wear your Harry Potter gear and stay for giveaways. Children’s Book World, 10580½ Pico Blvd., West L.A. (310) 559-2665; childrensbookworld.com “Psychedelicized Venice” at The Other Venice Film Festival, 11 a.m. Psychedelic art happening with stellar live musicians, dancers, poets and experimental films on three huge video projection screens exploring the history of Venice from the Beats to hippies to new revolutionaries. Live music at 7:15 p.m. and music videos at 8 p.m. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Wood-Fired Community Oven Bake, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Bring dough and toppings to bake your own

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Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for an R&B concert by Friends. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com

Mixed Fleet Racing Tactics, 5 p.m. Renowned sailor, motivational speaker and author Peter Isler lectures on starts, lane management and position assessment at this free symposium. Del Rey Yacht Club, 13900 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4664; dryc.org

Open Mic Night, 2 p.m. Hang out with musicians, jam on stage and enjoy a cold one. Open to all. First come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $5. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com “Clybourne Park” Reading, 2 p.m. Santa Monica Rep theater company reads the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, a spin-off of the legendary “A Raisin in the Sun.” Free. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Wildlife Wendy and her Tropical Birds, 3 p.m. Prepare to be amazed at the laugh-out-loud antics and beautiful free-flight birds. All ages. Venice Abbot Kinney Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org Meet “The Human Encyclopedia of Comedy,” 4 to 6 p.m. Kliph Nesteroff

The Celebrity Opera Series, 7:30 p.m. Superstar soprano Angela Gheorghiu performs in concert with an orchestra conducted by Tiberiu Soare and joined by tenor Calin Bratescu. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $80. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage. com Suzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, 8 p.m. The mother-daughter duo celebrates the new album “Mud Apples” with a concert at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com “Lyrics Quartet: Intimate Letters,” 8 p.m. Chamber orchestra group Jacaranda premieres four new works inspired by the music of Billy Childs, Bruce Broughton, Kurt Rohde, Peter Knell and Leos Janáček. The concert is free, followed by a ticketed after party

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Patrons from last year’s Art Walk explore the Mark Moore Gallery Saturday’s Culver City Art Walk showcases live music and dance Lace up your walking shoes for an art extravaganza in Culver City this weekend. The city’s 2016 Art Walk features gallery exhibitions as well as live music and dance performances, but this year local youth are taking center-stage. Artwork by students in Culver City’s Academy of Visual and Performing Art is showing in a pop-up installation at 8575 Washington Blvd., and the academy’s modern dance troupe “Danger Zone Dance Co” perform there at 2:15 p.m. A youth rock band from the nonprofit group HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles) performs at Berliner Architects, 5976 Washington Blvd. later in the afternoon. There’s also a chance for you to express your creative side with

chalk art opportunities and family art experiences scattered throughout the Art Walk. You can also explore musical performances from emerging artists in the gardens at Charles Jacobsen and Inner Gardens at 5833 Perry Drive. Curators Al Quattrocchi and Jeff Smith of Tornado Creative also host an art show in the Helms Design Center, where French-fusion surf rock band Par Avion provides the tunes.

event ($40 to $250). First Presbyterian Church, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. Free, but RSVP at jacarandamusic. org/special-events Hot Jazz Saturdays, 8 to 10 p.m. Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet plays early jazz and ragtime music before DJ Jedi spins soul, funk, hip-hop, disco, and dance music after 10 p.m. in The Del Monte. DJ Doomz takes over the Townhouse bar at 10 p.m. No cover. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Sunday, Oct. 9 Discover Marina del Rey Day, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This family-oriented festival offers educational information on health, safety and the environment with live music, water events, games, puppets, and arts and crafts. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free to $5. (310) 305-9545; beaches/lacounty.gov Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for an R&B concert by Shades. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “John Lennon: Working Class Hero,” 1:30 p.m. Journalist, author and former Santa Monica Outlook reporter Ivor Davis, who followed the

“Summer into Fall,” 2 p.m. Orchestra Santa Monica opens its 2016-17 season with a program that includes Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, the Southern California Premiere of Chinese-born composer Chen Yi’s tone poem “Caramoor’s Summer,” and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, featuring pianist Mark Robson. Ann and Jerry Moss Theater, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $30. orchestrasantamonica.org Music and Comedy at Unurban, 2 to 8 p.m. performances by Almost Vaudeville (2 to 5 p.m.) and Mews Small and Company (5 to 6 p.m.) precede the “Funny Feminist” Comedy Show from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com (Continued on page 36)

Music that Moves to its Own Rhythm Conductor-less orchestra Kaleidoscope redefines how classical music is made A conductor-less orchestra? That may sound like an oxymoron, but there are actually a handful of musical ensembles around the world that play without a conductor. One of them is right here in Los Angeles and plays at Santa Monica’s First Presbyterian Church on Friday. Kaleidoscope, explains founder and president Benjamin Mitchell, is a collective of musicians that play together rather than under the direction of a conductor. “As classical musicians, usually when you play in an orchestra you don’t get much say in how you play your music or what you play,” says Mitchell. But in Kaleidoscope, “everyone takes equal ownership for how people make music,” he says. The group of almost 50 musicians

recently played a free late-night concert for a standing-room only crowd of twenty and thirty-somethings in downtown L.A.’s historic Union Station. Approximately 1,000 people attended, including this reporter. At First Presbyterian about 15 musicians will play for a more intimate musical event, featuring the West Coast premieres of compositions by up-and-coming composers Saad Haddad and Julia Adolphe, the world premiere of Korean composer Jee Seo’s “4 Pieces for 2 Violins” and Czech composer Leos Janácek’s woodwind quintet “Mládí.” Such a program might ordinarily demand a high ticket price, but this season Kaleidoscope is instituting a new way for patrons to show their appreciation: pay-what-you-can. Sounds like music to this millennial’s ears. — Christina Campodonico Kaleidoscope plays at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct 7, at First Presbyterian Church, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. No RSVP required, but seating is first come, first served. Pay what you can. (323) 795-8001; kco.la

— Christina Campodonico The Culver City Art Walk happens from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, along Washington Boulevard between Helms and Fairfax Avenues. Free. Visit culvercityartsdistrict. com or facebook.com/ CulverCityArtsDistrict for updates.

Beatles on their historic 1964 tour through North America, throws a birthday bash in honor of what would have been Lennon’s 76th. The party/ performance, also benefitting pancreatic cancer research, features Davis telling inside stories from his time with the Beatles, radio host Brooke Halpin singing Beatles hits and a screening of the movie “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” $15 to $25. Crest Theatre, 1262 Westwood Blvd., West L.A. (310) 470-1508; crestwestwood.com

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You made a rather contemplative picture of a spider monkey sitting by a river; she almost looks human. How much time do you spend around animal subjects before photographing them? That monkey was part of a very remote community in the Amazon. It was part of a gang of kids running around. They can have pets, and they often travel with all their birds and their monkeys … it was very much a part of the family. That monkey spent a lot of time on my head and my shoulders. We became friends, just hanging out. It’s kind of an emotional picture.

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Intentional? The intentional poisoning of wildlife. For political reasons? No, for food, for conflict — there are a lot of conflict issues. People poisoning lions because lions eat your cow. In olden years if you were Masai, you could go out with a spear and kill the lion; now you can kill half the pride with half a cup of pesticide. There are horrible stories. What’s the main thing you’re striving to communicate with your photography? I just want people to care about it, and give a shit a bit more about their fellow humans. I think if we all saw the world’s environmental problems we’d care more. I know it sounds cliché, but it’s true. One thing I learned in the Amazon with loggers and things, we — the haves and have nots — need to care about it more. Nat Geo Live presents Charlie Hamilton James’ talk “I Bought a Rainforest: From Manú to Yellowstone” at The Broad Stage (1310 11th St., Santa Monica) at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 and 14. Tickets are $50 to $75. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit thebroadstage.com.

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Patty Larkin and Kenny White, 8 p.m. Patty Larkin brings her unique blend of folk-urban pop and guitar wizardry to the stage along with New York-based singer-songwriter Kenny White. McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Monday, Oct. 10 All-Ages Knitting, 3 to 5 p.m. Gather each Monday to meet new friends and knit. All experience levels welcome. Westchester Loyola Village Branch Library, 7114 W. Manchester Ave., Westchester. (310) 348-1096; lapl.org Experimental Films, 5 to 8 p.m. An evening of experimental 16mm films, videos and a live multi-screen film happening exploring stellar filmmakers who reinvent cinematic language. Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com

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“Keep Techies Human: Love, Sex & Dating Panel,” 7 p.m. In this panel and mixer designed for busy tech professionals, actress Rebekah Dean, TV personality Nic Mora and musician/brand consultant Junius Frey discuss dating online, offline and how to connect with the ones we desire. Refreshments included. Loteria Grill, 1251 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica. 21+ with ID. $35. keeptechieshuman.com Culver City Rock and Mineral Club, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jade collector and scuba diver Dave Bunch discusses how to identify, collect and carve jade, one of the world’s toughest gems. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Blvd., Culver City. (310) 836-4611; culvercityrocks.org Mahalo Mondays, 8 p.m. Alton Clemente, Dorian Bey, DJ Vinyl Don and Record Surplus take over the Townhouse with live entertainment, tiki cocktails, Hawaiian and Polynesian vinyl, plus special guests. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Karaoke at Melody Bar & Grill, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Six-dollar mai tai

cocktails loosen up vocal chords and inhibitions on Monday nights at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com

Tuesday, Oct. 11 Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of food trucks gathers each Tuesday at the Sky View Parking Lot, 6101 W. 98th St., Westchester. gatewaytola.org Medicare 101 Workshop, 12:30 p.m. Samuel Schwartz answers questions and provides information about Medicare. Venice Abbot Kinney Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org

Suzy & Friends, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Singer-songwriter Suzy Williams performs covers and original jazz and blues at Danny’s Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 566-5610; facebook.com/dannysvenice Sierra Club Airport Group, 7 p.m. Join a discussion on how to respond to large environmental documents about the Ballona Wetlands and support a slow, careful restoration. Burton Chace Park Meeting Room, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. (310) 613-1175; saveballona.org Bachata Night at Wokcano, 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Dance teachers Nicole Gil and Charlie Antillon lead a beginner lesson at 8 p.m., an intermediate class at 9 and social dancing from 10 until close every Tuesday at Wokcano, 1413 5th St., Santa Monica. $8. facebook.com/ DanceSalsaLA

Gourmet Food Truck Night, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, a diverse array of tent vendors and gourmet food trucks takes over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org

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Kol Nidre Service, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Yom Kippur Eve is a time of music, movement and meditation. A light supper will be served. Ceremony begins at 7 p.m. The Hill Street Center, 237 Hill St., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 453-4053; creativepath@earthlink.net

Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections in your community each Wednesday at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for breakfast reservations; or for more information

call John Marcato at (310) 740-6469 or Michael Warren at (310) 343-5721 Yom Kippur Service, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This Yom Kippur Urban Retreat open to all features meditation and a soul journey text study. Family service begins at 4 p.m. Westminster Avenue Elementary, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1414; opentemple.org Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. (310) 397-3967 Summer Sunset Cocktail Cruise, 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. Eachy Wednesday on October, set sail into the sunset with complimentary appetizers, live music, and spirits for purchase. It’s a front-row seat to sailboat races in the harbor. Boards at 5:45 p.m. Departs from Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $35. (888) 467-6256; hornblower.com Nami Family to Family class, 6:30 to 9 p.m. National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest non-profit mental health organization, offers this free 12-week course with information

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Speaking Out: “Hotel Workers Rising” @ LMU This spoken word performance adapted from interviews with hospitality workers dramatizes six oral histories of activists with UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing hotel and food service workers across Southern California. A panel discussion following the performance features L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, LMU psychology professor Cheryl Grills, Students for Labor and Economic Justice co-founder Alberto

Ramirez (an LMU alumnus), and Shakeel Sayed, executive director of the Orange County community labor alliance OCCORD. LMU professor of theater arts Judith Royer directs. A reception at 4:30 p.m. precedes the reading. One performance only: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Murphy Recital Hall on the LMU campus, Westchester. Free. alumnicommunity.lmu.edu.

man, Sarah Klegman and Vic Cohen share stories of forgiveness and premiere the latest episode of parody web series “Tipsy Torah” at this month’s High Voltage, a laboratory of experimentation for artists of all genres. One performance only: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. $10. Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. RSVP to info@ opentemple.org

Laugh It Off: “Forgive Me?” @ The Electric Lodge Rabbi Lori Shapiro and Jewish comedians Madelyne Hey-

A Harvest of Feelings: “Fall Fruit” @ Pacific Resident Theatre PRT actors read from plays Photo by Enci Box

True Hollywood Stories: “Safe at Home: An Evening with Orson Bean” @ Pacific Resident Theatre The actor, entertainer and longtime Venice canals resident opens up about his life on stage and off — from breaking into standup at The Blue Angel in New York to walking on fire in Malibu at an all-time personal low — in this critically acclaimed oneman show adapted from his memoir. Final performance is at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at Pacific Resident Theatre, 707 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com

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developed in PRT’s Writers Group in this fall reading series. Thursday night’s “Bits of Bone” by Deana Barone examines a neuroscientist’s search for the origin of violence as she faces brutality in her own life. Friday night’s “Deadeye” by Vince Melocchi delves into a graphic artist’s reunion with an old friend. And Saturday night’s “Voice Box” by Tania Gutsche is set in the near future as a mother and daughter navigate the political climate of a changing world. Readings happen at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Oct. 6, 7 and 8) at Pacific Resident Theater’s Co-Op Space, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10 suggested donation per reading. $20 for an all-access pass. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com Mind Games: “Grimly Handsome” @ City Garage City Garage’s Fall Reading Series continues with Julia Jarcho’s Obie-winning play about a pair of Christmas tree salesmen wreaking havoc on NYC, a detective duo bent on catching a killer and a young woman drawn into a vicious game of cat-and-mouse. One performance only: 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at City

Garage, Bergamot Station T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org School of Hard Knocks: “A Taste of Honey” @ Odyssey Theatre Shelagh Delaney’s taboobreaking play of the 1950s depicts the harsh realities that a working-class mother and daughter face as they search for love in post-war England. Now playing at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 27 at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $34. (310) 477-2055; odysseytheatre.com Freedom is Slavery: “1984” @ The Actors’ Gang Actor, director and screenwriter Tim Robbins steps in to direct an adaptation of Orwell’s masterpiece at the Ivy Substation. Closing soon. Performances continue at 8 p.m. Thursdays, 9 p.m. Fridays and at noon Sundays through Oct. 8 at The Actors’ Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $30 to $35. (310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com

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Weaving the Fabric of Community Knitting Tree L.A. threads its creative needle in a unique new gallery space By Tiffany Walton A budding community for knitters is quietly growing on Manchester Avenue. Having sprouted in Culver City, the Knitting Tree L.A. reopened on Oct. 1 with a new and larger location just over the Inglewood border — this time adding a new space to showcase the fabric arts, aptly named Branch Gallery. Through Sunday, Branch Gallery is hosting “Alt-Fibres,” an exhibit of three-dimensional sculptures made from knitting and crochet techniques. Yarn and other fibers will virtually come to life in the form of body parts, foods and environmental scenes during the show, featuring the work of three avant-garde fiber artists. Local Ben Cuevas has created an anatomically correct human body dissection, including internal organs, digestive system and a full-sized skeleton. Bay Area artist Twinkie Chan is showcasing some of her whimsical wearable art, such as a burger scarf and functional pieces like a giant pink-glazed and sprinkled donut ottoman —both of them crocheted pieces. Chicago-based Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land exhibits her small hand-knit figures, including miniature ninjas and other characters placed in intricate scenescapes. “They’re doing non-traditional work with traditional methods, knitting and crochet, and making unusual things —

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people who are taking these grandma techniques but applying them in ways that you wouldn’t normally see,” says The Knitting Tree L.A. co-owner Bruce Blair. He and wife Annette Corsino-Blair have owned The Knitting Tree L.A. for three years. Before they met, she had owned A Mano Yarn Center, which closed in 2009 but had been known for fostering a sense of community. When Yarns Unlimited went up for sale, she decided to get back into the business. Things went so well that they needed more space to feed their burgeoning online yarn orders, thus relocating to their warehouse and retail space near LAX. With so much more room — 3,000 square feet of it — the space started looking like an art gallery to the couple, hence the idea for Branch Gallery. “We are very excited to have both the yarn store and gallery space under one roof. Not only are we able to supply materials for projects, we also offer inspiration by exhibiting work from fiber artists. This way, we can encourage our customers to expand their understanding of ‘making’ — exploring creatively in ways they hadn’t thought to do before.” says Branch Gallery manager Aneesa Shami. Corsino-Blair’s excitement for her business and knitting is tangibly evident, reflected in her colorful tattoos and lovely retro-modern attire — all

seeming to represent a seminal past of simplicity, community and feminine beauty aesthetic that’s fused with today’s boundless possibilities. “Our opening is a gift back to all of our customers. … I really want to have a ‘Wow!’ space where people can come find community and knit, have a good time and find amazing, beautiful yarn,” she says. “We’re creating this neighborhood in the store, and we’re creating all these beautiful things and soothing each other’s hearts while we’re doing it.” The Blairs say that customers will recognize the retail space as the Knitting Tree L.A., but there will soon be a larger social table and lounge area with chairs and couches for relaxation. Sunday brunch and Wednesday salad night knitting sessions will soon resume at the new location. “This is a place you can come and find a beautiful woven jacket or a shawl, a table runner, jewelry pieces, all manner of handmade things that are one-of-a-kind,” Blair says.

A B OVE : Twinkie Chan and her “Burger Scarf” B E LO W : Tiny penguins inhabit a furry landscape in Anna Hrachovec’s “Polar Picnic”

The “Alt-Fibres” grand-opening exhibit remains on view from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 6 through 9) at The Knitting Tree L.A.’s Branch Gallery, 1031 W. Manchester Ave., Inglewood. Call (310) 395-3880 or visit theknittingtreela.com for more information.

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by working with illegal loggers and cocaine farmers. He’ll also discuss photographing vultures in the Serengeti and his latest work in Yellowstone. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $50. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com Bryan Cranston in Conversation with Jay Roach, 8 p.m. The man who made Walter White an icon discusses his memoir, “A Life in Parts,” with the man who directed him in his stage role as President Lyndon Johnson. Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $45-$75. Livetalksla.org

Galleries & Museums “100 Years of National Parks: The West,” through Dec. 24. Opening reception is 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. This is the fourth and final installment of a year-long series celebrating the centennial of the National Park Service. The show highlights the 11 western states of the continental U.S., representing the vast diversity of geography, climate

and beauty of the American West. The G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. Reception is $10. (310) 452-2842; theg2gallery.com “Questionable History,” ongoing. Objects from the museum’s collection of Cold War artifacts are presented in way that highlights what we don’t know, either due to lack of information or contradicting sources. The exhibit raises questions about history and how museums present it. The Wende Museum, 5741 Buckingham Parkway, Ste. E, Culver City. (310) 216-1600; wendemuseum.org Paul Donaldson “Paintings,” through Oct. 8. The paintings of Paul Donaldson are based on his observations of daily life in Mexico. He thoughtfully captures a sense of isolation and struggle in much of his work. First Independent Gallery, Bergamot Station G6, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 829-0345; figgallery.com “Made by Hand,” through Oct. 8. A group of local artists display their paintings, sculpture and other works

in different media illustrating a range of interpretations of the concept “made by hand.” Blue Seven Art Gallery, 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 449-1444; blue7gallery.com “Bruxism” and “Wander,” through Oct. 8. In “Bruxism,” Allison Sommers presents new mixed-media works that veer increasingly towards an expressionistic abstraction of the figurative. Her renderings of bodies and humanoid animals appear in a state of troubling excess, rupturing through the flawed boundaries of their outsides, while revealing the uncomfortable beauty of the abhorrent. Japanese artist Ozabu incorporates animal symbolism and reference to the natural world in her drawings, inspired by the visual cultures and mythologies of Japan. Thinkspace Gallery, 6009 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 558-3375; thinkspacegallery.com Firooz Zahedi: “This is Now”; Alan Shaffer and Ed Moses: “Cross (Continued on page 39)

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