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VOL 44, NO 42 Local News & Culture

OPINION Letters to the editor .......................................................................... 5 Election Endorsements......................................................................6 La Vida SoCal....................................................................................7

NEWS Morrey Plotkin, 1916 – 2014..............................................................8 Ballona Friends fete Gray Davis........................................................8 Santa Monica mayor accused of ethics violations.............................9

FEATURE A paradigm shift in public health policy creates new opportunities for the mentally ill to find treatment...................................................... 10

THIS WEEK Westchester explores ‘The Odyssey’............................................... 15 Westside Happenings . ................................................................... 16 Mar Vista, Del Rey festivals.............................................................30 Art + music = refugee relief.............................................................31

FOOD & DRINK Small plates, big flavor at Bacari P.D.R............................................ 19

INTERVIEW Music man Chris Smither is having a very big year........................ 26 ON THE COVER: Sarah Jakle battled back from bipolar disorder to become a mental health advocate. Photo by Ted Soqui.

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Westside Scrapbook On his way to hanging out with Gwyneth Paltrow at a $15,000-a-plate Democratic Party fundraiser in Brentwood last Thursday, President Barack Obama paid an impromptu visit to the Venice campaign office of state Sen. Ted Lieu, who is running for retiring Rep. Henry Waxman’s seat in Congress.

Lieu said he learned that Obama would stop by his 724 Lincoln Blvd. campaign office only about 10 minutes before the president’s arrival.

Once there, Obama spent a few minutes making phone calls to Westside voters on Lieu’s behalf.

Photo courtesy of Ted Lieu “It was the best phone bank in campaign history,” Lieu said. “I was very ecstatic and surprised to have the president of the United States stop by our campaign office.”

Lieu is running against gang prosecutor Elan Carr, a Republican endorsed by former Obama rival Mitt Romney, in the Nov. 4 election.

Also on Thursday, Obama addressed a gathering of young entrepreneurs at Cross Campus, a membership workspace in Santa Monica. Video of the talk is posted online at crosscampus.us.

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Letters Going the Distance

Re: “Garcetti’s Great Streets Initiative,” cover story, Sept.

16; and “One Block Too Many,” opinion, Oct. 2 “What can we do to get to the finish line?” asks Councilman Mike Bonin of efforts to renew Venice Boulevard in Mar Vista.

Hopefully, our politicians may soon come to understand that for well-planned communities, such as Mar Vista, there will never be a finish line.

Simply keeping the numerous potholes filled and the streets paved or repaved is a neverending, necessary, thankless task. The city-planned North Park, for example, near the Mar Vista fire station just south of Venice Boulevard, is covered with potholes that refuse to stay filled! North Park Avenue, in my opinion, is sorely in need of and long overdue for a repaving to match its recently repaved sister street, South Park Avenue.

Also, the “Garcetti’s Great Streets” article featured a lovely shot of our handsome new mayor and councilman seated in front of the Mar Vista Public Library. Just a few feet behind them stands the bicycle rack

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display of non-democratic behavior and the-public-bedamned attitude.

For seven minutes on Oct. 6, an Ocean Park Association board member glowingly introduced the farmers market pony ride operator. Then for 12 minutes she spoke. The display ended with one more speaker, a senior editor-at-large of Breitbart California droning on about his child’s love of the pony ride.

But there was no comment allowed from those audience ‘The Politics of Vanity’ Tonight I witnessed an appalling members assembled to give an

opposing view … and all of this over an item that the Santa Monica City Council had already ruled on. One can only hope that this was an accommodation and not something OPA would act on.

So, if you don’t like how one political body rules, go to the next one down and put on a grandstand show begging that lesser body to have the greater body rescind their action.

The politics of vanity is not a pretty thing.

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from which my little red folding bike with a Snoopy bell, securely locked to the rack, was stolen between 2 and 3:30 p.m. on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon in March.

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The Argonaut’s Ballot Measure Endorsements Santa Monica Airport Measures

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We aren’t convinced that closing the Santa Monica Airport is a good idea. Whether to give up such a significant piece of transportation infrastructure is not the kind of decision to make lightly or based on political expediency.

That is, however, why we oppose a city ballot measure intended to protect it.

Santa Monica City Council members are seeking to wrest control of the airport away from the federal government by as early as next year, presumably to limit or shutter operations.

The feds and every court that’s heard the issue have ruled that city officials won’t have such power until at least 2023.

But this hasn’t stopped Santa Monica voters from getting hit with two reactionary ballot measures about the airport’s future.

First came the aviation industry’s self-serving Measure D, which would require Santa Monica to keep its airport open unless and until voters approve some future initiative to shut it down.

The committee backing Measure D has spent more than $500,000 trying to jam it through at the polls — about half that money coming from the Washington DC-based Airport Owners and Pilots Association and some of the rest from private plane owners, including $25,000 from actor Harrison Ford.

Shortly after Measure D qualified for the ballot, city council members put forward the opposing Measure LC. LC would allow the council to decide whether to close the airport (if they ever really get the chance) but require voter approval before converting the land into anything but park space. The committee backing LC has raised about $100,000 from mostly local contributors.

“It’s the money vs. the many,” said Yes on LC, No on D Committee chair John Fairweather.

“This debate is no longer about the Santa Monica Airport. This debate is about whether an outside organization will be able to subvert representative government as long as you have enough money.”

We agree. Using the ballot box to prevent elected officials from doing their jobs is bad public policy.

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Vote No on D, Yes on LC.

Public parks, open space, senior centers, youth programs — we support all of these things, so it is with great disappointment that we must oppose Measure P. Measure P would levy a 30-year countywide tax of $23 per parcel, regardless of a property’s value, that would generate some $50 million annually. The money is intended to replace income from two existing parcel taxes, one ending next year and the other in 2019.

The text of the measure divvies up proceeds among local jurisdictions and apportions them along categorical lines such as upgrades to parks and preserving open space, but it fails to outline specific spending priorities.

This leaves us doubtful that Measure P will make much of a difference when it comes to addressing pollution of beaches and wetlands by trash- and bacteria-laden urban storm water runoff, especially considering that beach and

clean water initiatives would share a measly 15% of the measure’s proceeds with county-run parks.

Several local environmental leaders told The Argonaut early this year that infrastructure improvements to control urban runoff would make the biggest difference in improving water quality along our coast.

But county officials backed out of putting a storm water parcel tax on the ballot last year, and it’s difficult to believe voters would support one down the road if they’re already paying for Measure P. The county should be clearer about its priorities before asking us for money. Let’s hold out for a better deal.

Vote No on P.

State Proposition 1

Three years of drought have taken a toll on California’s water supply, and no matter how much we conserve this is a big and thirsty state.

Proposition 1 would allow the state to borrow $7.2 billion by issuing general obligation bonds that would fund state water supply infrastructure projects including groundwater storage, water recycling, emergency water supplies and watershed protection efforts.

“It’s a lot of money, but it’s a drop in the bucket for what we need,” said Steven Fleischli, water program director at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Santa Monica office.

“I think the public recognizes the importance of the drought,” Fleischli said, “and understands that we have to take action.”

We hope his prediction is right, or we may soon find ourselves high and dry.

Vote Yes on Proposition 1.

State Proposition 2

Putting 1.5% of the annual state budget into a rainy day account (until total savings equal 10% of spending) makes good fiscal sense and will protect against the kind of devastating cuts that hit public education so hard during the recession.

A provision to cap the amount that individual school districts could hold in their own reserves if and when the state puts money into a supplemental statewide education reserve is an unfortunate byproduct, but one that can be repealed by the Legislature. Stabilizing the overwhelming majority of annual school funding is the more pressing need.

Vote Yes on Proposition 2.

State Proposition 45

Written by the Santa Monica-based nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, Proposition 45 would give the state’s insurance commissioner veto power over health insurance company rate hikes.

Opponents argue this is too much power in the hands of one elected official and does not address the costs of delivering medical care, but currently no state authority has the power to stop health insurance price gouging.

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If developers can build three houses on one lot, why not go for six?

By Tony Peyser I recall a movie in which three strangers had to live in an apartment that would normally have only one tenant. Trouble, as they say, ensues. Why would one, let alone a three of them, put up with such an inconvenience? Because of a little thing historians like to call World War II. It created considerable housing shortages in all kinds of places, like Washington D.C. where the funny and charming “The More the Merrier” from 1943 was set.

Here on the West Coast 70 years later, an address that used to be occupied by one house is now smooshed together to accommodate three. Is there some patriotic motive behind this unfortunate reality? Nah, it’s just due to an even greater motivation known as greed.

In an August news story about locals fuming over multiple housing units going up on small lots in Venice, The Argonaut’s Gary Walker described a space on California Avenue that was once a house and now hasthreetinyidenticalvaguelymod ernhousesthatareratherunpleasinglyrightne xttoeachother.

It’s good to learn that people in the area are taking action against construction like this, which changes the character of neighborhoods composed of singlefamily homes and is even worse than the proverbial McMansions.

This situation has also inspired me to draw a line in the sand with these aggressive developers: you moneygrubbers aren’t thinking nearly big enough.

You put three small houses on a onehouse lot. Child’s play. Why not … six?

You’d double your investment: high five!

Just have a main room with a kitchen,

room for a bed, a bathroom and that’s it.

Will it seem a little cramped? Yeah, but maybe you can sell it to people who are decidedly short. It’ll seem huge to them.

In addition, one of the most popular cars in the country is the Fiat 500, which isn’t exactly big. The owners of these small vehicles will embrace living in these places that are similarly downsized.

After you start building these tiny one-lot “homes” all over the Westside, you outside-the-box developers should branch out into business projects with the same mindset. Build a coffeehouse and maximize profits by putting other businesses into that same space. All those tables and chairs in java joints just invite people to buy one cup of overpriced coffee and lounge around for hours. You can cut down on this if yours also has a dry cleaner in it. Profits will go up with two tenants in a space that previously had one. Yeah, some of those dry cleaning solvents smell awful, but customers will get used to it. OK, you’re on a roll, so now it’s time to for a third business to move in: a tattoo parlor. I know, it’ll be elbow-to-elbow in there, but don’t a lot of café latte lovers have tats? Now they can get a little more arm ink while waiting for the barista to make their espresso macchiato and for their laundry to be ready.

We all know how popular Netflix is, but some people still want to go out to the movies. Developers should put up some theaters, but in the same space how about a company that does a little sandblasting, too? High-pressure abrasive blasting does make a lot of noise, but movies are so freaking loud these days that is anyone really going to notice while they’re (Continued on page 27)

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the school’s first non-clergy president in its 104-year history, will leave the post next near.

“At the conclusion of this The man accused of killing an academic year, I will have Italian tourist and running down served five years as president of several others in August 2013 Loyola Marymount University. while driving his car through Rather than seek another term, the crowded Venice boardwalk I have decided to step down at may soon get a trial date. that time,” Burcham wrote in an Prosecutors will meet with Oct. 6 letter to the university’s the attorney representing board of trustees.

Nathan Louis Campbell, who Burcham’s last day in office is charged with murder and 17 will be May 31. The school counts of assault with a deadly will begin a national hiring weapon, during a pretrial campaign to replace him in the conference on Oct. 30 at the next several weeks.

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Burcham, 63, began his tenure “It will be a formal hearing on Oct. 4, 2010, when the LMU in court to set a new trial date,” board unanimously selected Deputy District Attorney Victor him as the Jesuit university’s Avila said.

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Phillip Dube, has said LMU Board of Trustees Chair Campbell, 38, did not intend Kathleen Aikenhead called to kill Gruppioni or injure the Burcham an “exceptional other victims. leader” who increased the university’s endowment, helped set records for applicants Friends of Ballona to seeking admission and honor Gray Davis developed a strategic plan for The nonprofit advocacy the school. group Friends of the Ballona “Words cannot adequately Wetlands will honor former convey our thanks to him California Gov. Gray Davis — for his dedication to LMU,” whom they credit with saving Aikenhead said. the wetlands and turning it into a state ecological preserve — at its 9th annual Moonlight on the Vistamar to host free Marsh celebration. college fair The event takes place from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the MIT, Cornell, Duke and the Marina del Rey Marriott University of Chicago are Rooftop Bayview Ballroom, among some 100 colleges 4100 Admiralty Way. and universities with In 2003, the Davis representatives expected to administration committed $140 participate in the seventh million in state funding to annual Multicultural Student purchase 300 acres of wetland. College Fair on Sunday in El To create the reserve, that land Segundo. was combined with another 300 Free and open to all area acres that Friends of Ballona students, the event is hosted by Wetlands and other groups Vistamar School and runs from had obtained through a court 2 to 5 p.m. at its 737 Hawaii St. settlement with developers. campus.

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The fair, which also includes Call (310) 306-5994 or visit liberal arts and historically ballonafriends.org. black colleges, is intended to introduce students to schools Burcham to leave LMU they may not be afford to visit.

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Community volunteer and philanthropist was ‘the quintessential civic leader’

By Geoff Maleman Morrey Plotkin, who founded the Flight Path museum and provided critical support for Westchester Playa Village and the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce, died in his sleep on Oct. 8 at his home in Playa del Rey. He was 97.

Born in Dallas in 1916 and the oldest of three boys, Plotkin spent decades volunteering his time and money to make the Westchester community a better place. An innovative thinker, Plotkin put both his money and know-how into scores of local organizations, saving several from financial collapse.

Plotkin served as president of the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce in 1992 and saw the local business organization through one of its darkest financial periods, helping to put it back on stable financial footing and accelerate its growth.

More recently, Plotkin helped keep afloat Westchester Playa Village, a local non-profit that provides assistance to seniors to help them remain independent in their own homes.

“Morrey is the one who kept WPV alive at a critical juncture,” said Westchester Playa Village Executive Director Carol Kitabayashi. “We would not be here thriving without his influence and support. He continues to live on through all the people we serve at WPV. I feel so privileged to have received his guidance, support and friendship. He was a wonderfully amazing man who will be missed.”

Plotkin graduated from UCLA in 1938 and earned his master’s

degree in political science two years later. In 1943, he married the love of his life, Mari, and they remained married for 63 years until her death in 2006.

During World War II, Plotkin served in the Army Air Corps and retired with the rank of major in 1957. He earned his commercial pilot’s license while working for the Civil Aeronautics Authority, the precursor to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and developed a lifelong love of aviation. He spent much of his professional career on the corporate staff of the Northrop Corporation, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, retiring in 1970 at the age of 55.

But Plotkin never really retired.

He worked as a financial planner until he was 90 and gave thousands of hours to local nonprofit organizations, founding the Flight Path Learning Center of Southern California, a non-profit organization that celebrates the history of aviation and honors aviation pioneers.

“Morrey walked down Sepulveda Boulevard, though the Westchester Business District, and questioned what we could do to encourage people to walk down our sidewalks,” said Rowena Ake, former chair of Flight Path. “His idea was the Flight Path Walk of Fame.”

Today, Flight Path has grown into an aeronautics learning center and museum in the Imperial Terminal at LAX. The Flight Path Walk of Fame houses more than 50 bronze plaques embedded in the sidewalk along Sepulveda Boulevard — right where Plotkin visualized them.

A deeply religious man, Plotkin donated much time and money to Covenant Presbyterian Church and was named the 1963 Southern California Presbyterian Man of the Year, just one of many awards he earned during his lifetime. Plotkin also received the 2006 Fritz B. Burns Outstanding Community Service and Leadership Award as well as the 2010 Howard B. Drollinger Leadership Award, and he served as the community’s Honorary Mayor in 1986.

“Morrey Plotkin was a giant and an icon, the quintessential civic leader,” said Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin.

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Our community has lost a titan.”

— David A. Herbst

has been blessed with his commitment, his service and his leadership. He dedicated himself to making our neighborhoods better and rolling up his sleeves to get things done. Over the years, his work and his service inspired so many people to get involved in the community. I am certain his legacy will do the same.”

And while Plotkin was always there to help organizations in need, his true impact was felt by the individuals he helped support. From local business leaders to those who served with him on volunteer boards, Plotkin was always there with a word of encouragement or a bit of sage advice.

“Morrey took me under his wing when I graduated from LMU and would regularly share life lessons with me over a steak sandwich at the Forum Club,” said David A. Herbst, a Westchester resident and former Honorary Mayor. “I never witnessed him being anything other than one of the most decent and truly holy men I've known. I have lost a very dear friend. Our community has lost a titan.”

Plotkin is survived by his brother Peter and two children, Lisa Marie Plotkin and Larry Plotkin, and Larry’s significant other, Diane Barretti. He is also survived by four grandchildren: Matthew Plotkin and his wife Rebecca, Sarah Plotkin Dacong and her husband Anthony Dacong, and Andrew Plotkin and Kailee Plotkin. ª A celebration of Plotkin’s life will be held at 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 26, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6323 W. 80th St., Westchester.

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Group accuses Santa Monica mayor of breaking city ethics law Records show Pam O’Connor took campaign contributions from developers after voting to approve their projects, and Councilman Bob Holbrook may have done the same

By Gary Walker A group of Santa Monica activists has accused Mayor Pam O’Connor of violating a city ethics law by accepting dozens of campaign contributions from developers whose projects she voted to approve as a member of the city council.

A complaint filed against O’Connor with the city on Oct. 8 by the Santa Monica Transparency Group alleges 24 violations of the Santa Monica Taxpayer Protection Amendment, a campaign reform ballot measure approved by city voters in 2000 that is now part of the city charter.

Also known as the Oaks Initiative, the law prohibits public officials from accepting campaign cash or other benefits from companies and people to whom they have awarded public contracts or land use approvals valued at more than $25,000 through their votes.

In order to enforce the law, a Santa Monica resident must file a complaint in civil court.

Court-determined violations are punishable by fines of up to five times the value of the contribution, but the city charter also states that “any knowing and willful violation … constitutes a criminal misdemeanor offense” that if “egregious or repeated” could result in disqualification from local public office.

According to city records, O’Connor — who is currently seeking reelection and had previously fought to overturn the Oaks Initiative — voted in June 2013 to approve construction of condos at 1320 2nd St. that involved FRC Realty and Century West Partners, then accepted $325 campaign contributions (the legal limit) from four FRC Realty executives in July 2013 and from three Century West executives this year.

In September 2007, O’Connor voted to approve a remodel of Santa Monica Place by the Macerich Real Estate Co. before receiving $250 in campaign cash (then the legal limit) from each of at least four Macerich executives in October 2010.

She also voted to approve development of the Hines Lantana Media Campus in September 2004, then in March 2008 accepted campaign

Santa Monica City Councilman Bob Holbrook, left, and Mayor Pam O’Connor were outspoken critics of the voter-approved Taxpayer Protection Amendment, which placed restrictions on campaign donations

contributions of $250 each from Hines real estate firm President Jeff Hines and CEO James Buie, plus as many as six additional company officials and two people who appear to be spouses of company officials.

O’Connor said she may have made a few mistakes, but characterized the Santa Monica Transparency Group’s allegations as an overblown political stunt. She was quick to point out that members of the group are also aligned with the slow-growth Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City, perhaps her harshest political critics.

“This is part of an ongoing attack on me by these two groups. I have a balanced approach to development, and I’m not going to be coerced by the no-growth people who think that all developers are inherently evil,” O’Connor said.

“It’s possible that over a 10year period there were $4,000 worth of mistakes, which is $400 a year, and that’s not a systemic problem,” O’Connor continued.

“I have not had a full-time treasurer, and I have to rely on the advice of the city clerk to tell

“It’s possible that over a 10-year period there were $4,000 worth of mistakes, which is $400 a year, and that’s not a systemic problem.”

— Santa Monica Mayor Pam O’Connor

us which contributions we can accept.”

A review of city records by The Argonaut determined that City Councilman Bob Holbrook, who also opposed the Oaks Initiative but is not seeking reelection this year, made some of the same votes as O’Connor and received similar campaign contributions.

Holbrook voted for the Hines Lantana Media Campus and later received as many as nine campaign contributions from Hines executives. He also backed the Santa Monica Place remodel and later received campaign

contributions from four Macerich officials.

Holbrook could not be reached for comment this week.

Santa Monica Transparency Group chairperson Mary Marlow said members of the organization began to examine O’Connor’s campaign finance history in January as the council was slated to vote on Hines’ controversial 765,000-square-foot mixed use development proposal for Olympic Boulevard and 26th Street.

O’Connor voted to approve the project despite activist calls

for her to recuse herself, but the council later rescinded its approval to avoid facing a voter referendum to overturn the decision.

“After that meeting we decided to take a look at who had given her campaign contributions.

What’s amazing is that she took money from three of the biggest developers in Santa Monica,” Marlow said.

“No one seems to be paying attention to this law that’s been on the books since 2000,” Marlow continued.

O’Connor said her campaign plans to return three contributions that may have been prohibited under the city’s Taxpayer Protection Amendment and will examine others.

“But the Oaks Initiative does not bar all employees of a company from contributing to your campaign. That’s what [the transparency group] is alleging and that’s not what the Oaks Initiative says,” O’Connor said.

According to language in the city charter, the Taxpayer Protection Amendment defines those who may be ineligible to make political contributions after

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Stopping the madness

A paradigm shift in public health policy works to reverse decades of indifference and create new opportunities for the mentally ill to find treatment

By John Conroy drolly, “so I had to open the The epiphany that would save Sarah Jakle’s life began door. When I opened it, there were police officers there. They with a suicide attempt.

“I was on the phone with two of my best friends, and one of them said, ‘Nobody knows who you are anymore. Nobody knows who you’ve become,’” Jakle said. “I realized at that moment that ‘Sarah’ as I knew her had died. I was sort of just carrying around a corpse.”

At that fraught moment in 1999 Jakle was a 22-year-old acting student. Long bouts of bawling that had begun in 1997 were just one symptom that her life was running off the rails. “I started crying for hours and hours and hours, but because I was in grad school for acting people thought I was just working through stuff,” Jakle said.

Diagnosed while in school with mixed-state rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, which manifested itself in sudden bursts of depression and mania, Jakle had already been hospitalized three times and was attempting to manage the disease with alcohol — “trying to obliterate my brain.” The organ, she said, “was screaming at me to shut it down.”

During the conversation, Jakle, now living back at her family home in Santa Monica, decided to do just that. Her parents were away for the weekend. “I fell apart on the phone, went upstairs, took all the medication I could find, lay down on the bed, and waited to die,” Jakle said. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Her friends on the phone, she said, had “realized this was a very bad situation and called 911.” From Boston.

Despite thinking she was a burden to everyone and better off dead, Jakle answered the knock.

“For some reason breaking down the door to my parents’ house was unacceptable,” she recalled

did not believe me when I was sobbing hysterically and said I was fine.”

The officers placed Jakle under a 72-hour psychiatric hold.

“When I was in the psych ward, that was my revelation. That’s what changed everything. I realized I could either die or do something differently. I decided to start complying with my treatment, to take my medication on time and in the right amounts and, most importantly, to stop drinking,” she said.

The trauma’s aftermath marked the beginning of Jakle’s transition both to a healthier life and to advocating for others whose lives are turned upside down by the twinned problems of mental illness and homelessness. Through her struggles, she became acutely aware of the scores of clearly mentally ill street people who roamed her hometown like ghosts. Unlike them, though, Jakle knew she would get better, “because I knew I was sick,” she said. “I was taking my medication. I was going to a psychiatrist. I had the chance to get better.”

Jakle did get better: She stopped drinking for good, took her meds, underwent behavioral therapy and became happily married last year. But Jakle held on to the realization that her path to a better life might be out of reach for others.

In 1999, Jakle began volunteering at Step Up on Second, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit that offers outreach and supportive programs for the homeless and the mentally ill. A Yale graduate with a literature degree, she helped set up a creative writing group there that

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Sarah Jakle speaks publicly about her past struggles to inspire hope in others

“ I fell apart on the phone, went upstairs, took all the medication I could find, lay down on the bed, and waited to die. … If I can find such joy, meaning and purpose after living at such depths of despair and chaos, others can too.”

Sarah Jakle, who struggled with bipolar disorder before becoming an advocate for the mentally ill

grew to serve about 25 people, a success that gave Jakle the confidence in 2002 to apply for the UCLA master’s program in public policy. She completed the program in 2004, returned to Step Up on Second to take a job as a senior peer advocate, and went on to receive a master’s degree in social work from USC in 2011. A stable Jakle then began working at the Westside office of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) as a program director and volunteer coordinator. She’s currently focused on public speaking and is writing a book about her experience.

“If I can find such joy, meaning and purpose after living at such depths of despair and chaos, others can too,” she said.

New hope for the mentally ill

Giving the mentally ill and homeless “the chance to get better,” as Jakle put it, aptly describes the ongoing mission of NAMI, the Los Angeles County Dept. of Mental Health and organizations throughout the Westside. As harrowing as it is, Jakle’s story offers hope and shows that treatment can work — if the person needing care is open to accepting help, and if he or she can find it.

A 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration concluded that nearly one in five American adults experienced some form of mental illness during the

ArgonautNews.com Photo by Frank Capri

“We should not be waiting until someone is ‘a danger to herself or others,’ because we’ve lost an opportunity to get in before the spiral happens.”

— Sylvia Thompson, president of the Westside chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness

Donna Gill found refuge and support at St. Joseph Center

survey year. A 2011 study by the agency found that about 30% of chronically homeless people in the U.S. suffered from mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and substance use disorder. Half of the homeless population with mental disorders also experienced co-occurring substance use disorders, the study estimated.

Delivering humane and effective treatment to the mentally ill and homeless entails overcoming a number of public policy challenges — among them denial, stigma, political inertia, funding shortages, a lack of housing, and a dearth of psychiatric beds.

However, legislative developments at the national, state and county levels reflect a growing awareness that prior approaches to treatment weren’t working. These developments include: • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: National health care reform that took effect this year, also known as Obamacare, mandated mental health coverage as an essential health insurance benefit.

• The Mental Health Services Act: 2004’s voter-approved Proposition 63 increased

funding for county mental health programs.

• California Senate Bill 82: This 2013 state law funds mobile crisis support and residential treatment to reduce reliance on hospital emergency rooms, and mental health agencies are currently submitting proposals for funding.

• Laura’s Law: State legislation implemented by Los Angeles County in July that allows judges to order treatment for people with severe mental health issues who repeatedly refuse voluntary programs.

The Mental Health Services Act has been a welcome boost in the 10 years since its passage.

MHSA-generated funds have enabled counties to subsidize the building of permanent housing units for the mentally ill and homeless. Step Up on Second in Santa Monica and the Venice Community Housing Corp. have benefited from MHSA funding, with the Venice Community Housing Corp. using a portion of those funds to build the Horizon Apartment Project.

Robin Kay, chief deputy director of the L.A. County Dept. of Mental Health, said the department’s budget has increased significantly since

the MHSA went into effect.

“Our annual budget is around $2 billion for the entire Dept. of Mental Health,” she said.

“In 2004, before MHSA and certainly before the Affordable Care Act, it was, I’m going to guess, less than half that amount.”

As the department’s former district manager for county Service Area 5, Kay was instrumental in setting up the infrastructure for treating the mentally ill in the Westside.

Between 2005 and this year, the county has been able “to fill in those components of the mental health continuum that were missing,” Kay said. “In 2005 we focused on people with the highest level of mental health need, people with serious and persistent mental illness.

We didn’t have the funding to do much more than that. Now because of the MHSA we have the wonderful gift of increased funding that will allow us to serve people who have specialty mental health needs, and that’s important.”

Clients with specialty mental health needs are those with “serious, significant difficulty in functioning,” Kay said, and fall under the continuum of county care. Those less impaired by mental health conditions are now covered for the first time by managed primary care plans under the Affordable Care Act.

More people seeking help

Westside mental health services providers under contract with the county have seen an increase in the number of people coming to them for treatment since implementation of the Affordable Care Act, said Kita Curry, president and CEO of Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services in Culver City.

From Jan. 1 through June 30, federal funds transferred through the county have resulted in an increase of $1.7 million in services over the same period last year, Curry said, noting that the federal government pays 100% of the new services. L.A. County will also receive $35 million through California’s

SB82 legislation to create more than 600 beds at new crisis residential centers and $5 million for mobile crisis support teams.

There are only two such centers in the county now, she said.

By mid-August, Didi Hirsch had treated 93 clients through the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion that began Jan. 1, according to Curry.

These clients were seen at Jump Street and Excelsior House — the organization’s two crisis residential mental health programs — and Via Avanta, Didi Hirsch’s residential treatment program for dualdiagnosed homeless mothers.

An additional 379 clients were treated at three of Didi Hirsch’s outpatient clinics. In the Westside’s Service Area 5 about one-third of the residential clients were seen at the Jump Street facility and another onethird at Didi Hirsch’s Culver City headquarters, she said.

The average cost per client was $615 per month, which includes therapy, psychiatry, care coordination and housing when needed.

“It’s just really astounding in California how well the Affordable Care Act is rolling out,” Curry said. “I think it’s partly because California started reaching out to people who would qualify before the Affordable Care Act went into effect. California was already bringing those people into the fold.”

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Hope for the homeless and mentally ill: Donna’ story Donna Gill spent most of her adult life homeless, couch-surfing or sleeping on the streets of Venice — a condition precipitated by struggles with mental illness and the illicit drugs she used to self-medicate her inner turmoil, fear and anguish.

“I was diagnosed at a young age with attention deficit [disorder], depression, anxiety,” said Gill, 49. A physical assault in 1997 left her with what she said was later diagnosed as “post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline schizophrenia … hearing voices and things like that.”

Gill seemed like a hopeless case — at least that’s how she recalls feeling about it. But her life began to change eight years ago, when she finally asked for help at St. Joseph Center’s homeless outreach facility on Lincoln Boulevard.

Under the guidance of St. Joseph Center’s wraparound case management services, Gill started trying to get clean — attending a sobriety program while also receiving medical help through the Los Angeles County Dept. of Mental

Health’s Edelman Treatment Center on West Washington Boulevard.

“After I started taking my medications on time every day, I started feeling better about things.

For such a long time I didn’t want to feel, being out in that situation,” she said.

It was a long road: Gill suffered a relapse and continuing bouts of homelessness, including nearly a year spent living at an encampment in the Ballona Wetlands.

But Gill stuck it out, and for the past several years she’s been sober and living in her own apartment with county rental assistance. In 2011 she completed a vocational culinary training program at St. Joseph Center and went on to continue her studies at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. She now hopes to earn an associate’s degree.

Gill’s message for those beginning similar journeys: You’re not a hopeless case. If I can do it, you can.”

— Joe Piasecki

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people receiving mental health treatment through her office on West Washington Boulevard.

She expects the modest pace to pick up once California’s Dept. of Health Care Services, which administers the Medi-Cal program, works through the backlog of applications it has received in the Affordable Care Act’s initial enrollment period.

“I don’t think we’ve seen the full effect of the expansion of the Affordable Care Act,” said Wilcoxen, who expects clients will find their way to the department’s specialty mental health care services after first seeing their primary care doctors. “Our big focus this year is on access.”

At the moment Wilcoxen and her Westside staff are on the lookout for wait lists and potential bottlenecks. “Right now, my big focus is on the front door, making sure that people can get mental health assessments when they’re requested as much as possible,” she said.

The challenge for the department is that “a lot of people don’t come to our doors,” so she is working on expanding the number of outreach teams.

Many of the homeless and mentally ill “need persuasion, engagement and outreach,” Wilcoxen said. “We have those resources, but we’re always looking to add to them. That’s what the public sees a lot — folks who have problems out in the streets but who aren’t necessarily coming in asking for services.”

Wilcoxen said St. Joseph Center in Venice has successfully helped homeless individuals through an innovative program that combines medical, substance abuse and mental health professionals in mobile teams.

“But our experience tells us that it can take months and months of engagement. We’ll treat them on the street if they allow us,” she said. “Our desire is to link them up with housing and get them off the street. We know what to do, and we’re looking to expand that.”

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Housing first: a new approach

Despite appearances, the Westside has fewer homeless persons and provides better programs for the homeless compared with other areas of the county, Wilcoxen said.

The most recent count by the county’s housing authority shows that the Antelope Valley/ Palmdale area has the fastest growing homeless population and a greater demand for

services than the Westside, she said. “Historically, the Westside has done well. I’m a little bit nervous to even get into it, because I don’t want to pit one area against another. But we do the best that we can with our homeless.”

Project 50, a program for the most vulnerable chronically homeless in Skid Row initiated in December 2007 by Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, has been successfully replicated in Venice, Santa Monica, Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, according to Flora Gil Krisiloff, a senior field deputy in Yaroslavky’s office who focuses on mental health and homelessness. Based on the idea of permanent supportive housing, the Project 50 concept removes the conditions usually tied to housing the homeless.

It’s “not a program where you have to be totally sober or have to do xyz before you get into permanent supportive housing,” Krisiloff said. “The approach is ‘housing first.’”

Qualified applicants receive the key to an apartment and are provided with “an integrative, supportive services team of health care, mental health care and substance abuse services,” Krisiloff said. The program has a retention rate of approximately 85%, she said, singling out the partner organizations Step Up on Second, the Ocean Park Community Center, Upward Bound House in Santa Monica and St. Joseph Center.

Utilizing Project 50 funds, St. Joseph Center supportive housing programs have taken 227 people off the streets since 2010 — 146 of them from Venice and the remainder from either Santa Monica or Culver City, said St. Joseph Center Executive Director Va Lecia Adams Kellum. These programs have had a retention rate of 93% at the 12-month mark, she said.

“We have the working model.

It’s the resources that are often missing,” Kellum said.

The combination of Project 50, Mental Health Services Act and Affordable Care Act funding has allowed St. Joseph Center to expand the roster of mental health professionals on its staff, increasing the effectiveness of its outreach efforts and providing a continuum of wraparound services needed to successfully bring people off the streets and into treatment and housing, she said.

Krisiloff said providing a permanent home is the key to optimizing the benefits of integrated mental health and substance abuse services.

“With permanent housing someone recovering from a breakdown has a better opportunity to heal,” she said.

“When you’re mentally ill and living on the street, that’s a tough environment to become stabilized in. The biggest challenge right now is there’s not enough affordable housing especially targeting the mentally ill or the homeless.”

Advocates for the mentally ill also single out the lack of psychiatric beds as an acute issue that needs to be addressed.

A 2012 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration study cited by Jakle found that the number of beds in California decreased from 98,000 in 1990 to 59,000 by 2000.

Fifteen psychiatric experts consulted in 2008 reached the consensus that 40 to 60 beds per 100,000 people is the minimum number required, provided that sufficient outpatient services are available, according to Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center in Virginia and a research psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. That number is about four times more beds than exist at present, he said.

Wilcoxen acknowledged that a “very limited” number of psychiatric beds is a problem.

The Mental Health Services Act provides funds only for outpatient services. She said the lack of funding for beds was most likely “an intentional policy decision” as a way to keep from holding people against their will — “but that means you’re going to see people in a lot more distress in the community or in jail.”

Beds, not bars

Jailing the mentally ill is one of the major failings of the current treatment regime, argue advocates for the mentally ill.

Sylvia Thompson, president of NAMI Westside, said the “criminal justice component” of mental health treatment is a major area of focus for the organization.

In particular, Thompson takes issue with the language in Section 5150 of the California law that determines when an individual in the throes of a psychiatric breakdown can be taken in by police for a 72-hour psychiatric hold.

“A danger to others, or to himself or herself” is the suspect wording.

“Just that language criminalizes mental illness,” Thompson said.

“The police can’t do anything until they see he’s a danger to himself or others. The other part of that language is ‘or gravely disabled.’ No one pays attention to the ‘gravely disabled’ part.

We should not be waiting until someone is ‘a danger to herself or others,’ because we’ve lost an opportunity to get in before

NAMI Westside President Sylvia Thompson

the spiral happens.” Other countries “use the terminology ‘need for treatment.’

It’s a very different paradigm, and it’s a different approach to wellness,” she added.

“Twin Towers has become a warehouse for the mentally ill,” said Thompson, referring to the wing of the county jail that houses mentally ill prisoners that even some judges have called a de facto mental institution. “It’s horrific what’s been going on. I want to get to the people before they commit the crime that takes them to jail.

We want to get to our loved ones before they go down that path. That reform is desperately needed in this county without a doubt.”

On Oct. 7, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors earmarked $20 million to fund mental health services and substance abuse treatment, including the diversion of some mentally ill criminal offenders from the jails to supportive housing programs. The county was facing a possible U.S. Dept. of Justice consent decree because its jails are not equipped to handle mentally ill inmates.

“Jail only makes the mentally ill sicker,” reads a statement by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who brought the idea to the board. “Unnecessarily jailing people with mental illness is not only expensive, because they can be treated for a fraction of the cost using communitybased programs, but it is also harsh and insensitive, and, dare I say, inhumane.”

NAMI also believes the 72-hour hold is itself inadequate for proper treatment. It takes more than 72 hours to fully recover from a mental breakdown that requires hospitalization, said Thompson, whose late mother had schizophrenia. “To think that we can fix this in 72 hours? If it weren’t so tragic, it would be laughable.”

Follow-up by professionals and extended hospitalization are needed for a better chance of recovery, she said.

“That’s where the beds come into play.

That’s where a state-of-the-art mental hospital for L.A. County would be necessary,” Thompson continued.

She emphasizes, however, that this isn’t a recommendation that the stabilized patient “live there forever,” she emphasized. “The next step is to go into a quality facility that can help you reintegrate into society little by little.”

Laura’s Law: imposing help

NAMI praised the board’s recent passage of Laura’s Law as a positive development, even as some patients’ rights advocates and even a few mental health professionals either disagree or express uncertainty about the law’s effectiveness.

Named for a woman killed by a patient

at the Nevada County clinic where she worked, Laura’s Law allows judges to impose court-ordered mental health treatment for those who have been jailed or hospitalized due to mental illness at least twice in three years. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors enacted Laura’s Law in July.

Thompson is adamant about the benefits of court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment for people like her mother, a talented woman who spoke seven languages fluently and played piano but was incapable of recognizing that she was seriously ill. Proponents claim that versions of the law approved elsewhere have saved taxpayer money by reducing imprisonment, homelessness, substance abuse and ER visits by the chronically mentally ill.

As a client advocate, Thompson said she firmly believes “in self-determination when someone is capable of directing her own care.” Laura’s Law, she said, “is a temporary conservatorship for a reason: It’s for one year, and it has to be renewed.”

But she also sees an irrational disconnect in the way that society treats someone with mental illness and someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia — namely that we’re willing to navigate concerns about self-determination when it comes to treatment for one group, but not the other.

When it comes to Alzheimer’s and dementia, “we say: ‘because we care about your safety, we need to make this decision’ [to provide treatment],” Thompson said. By comparison, advocates of Laura’s Law interventions argue, we generally aren’t as willing to do the same for people with other mental health conditions who clearly struggle to care for themselves.

Wilcoxen, however, is among those wary of overselling the law’s benefits. She noted that the statute adds the “element of outpatient coercion” to the already effective work of the mental health department’s engagement teams, adding that it’s “very controversial whether or not coercion will give us better outcomes than what our teams already do.”

Resources dedicated to Laura’s Law are expected to accommodate up to 300 eligible people throughout the entire county, and Wilcoxen believes that the Westside will probably account for fewer than 60.

Despite continuing challenges, Thompson is pleased with the general trend of expanding mental health care opportunities and services on the Westside.

“Someone with mental illness isn’t any different from you or me,” she said. “They want the same things. They want a quality of life. They want to be well. They want to have a purpose and make a meaningful contribution to the world. And we all benefit when someone with mental illness is supported in the recovery process, because we get that amazing person back in the community.”

And that can happen only if that person is given at least the chance to get better.

When Jakle speaks publicly, she shares the deeply personal aspects of her struggle with mental illness.

“But I really emphasize the hope aspect: What I went through, what I’ve achieved, and what I believe anyone can do given the opportunities,” she said. “I really don’t ª think I’m unique.”

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•This Week•

Paying homage to Homer

LMU and Otis collaborate with the Westchester-Loyola Village Library to bring ‘The Odyssey’ to life

By Michael Aushenker

at Otis (9045 Lincoln Blvd.) where Chambers leads a bookmaking workshop.

As part of the opening discussion, LMU’s Dillon presents a collection of artifacts contemporaneous to the composition of “The Odyssey,” including a vase discovered in Phoenicia (today Lebanon) picturing Heracles (mentioned in “The Odyssey”) and a centaur.

The sequel to “The Iliad,” “The • At 1:30 p.m., Otis rare books librarian Odyssey” is the more famous work Cathy Chambers leads a 20-minute “sights and senses” journey from Laband attributed to Homer and laid the Art Gallery to Westchester-Loyola Village groundwork for “Beowulf” and even the works of Shakespeare, Dillon said.

Library (7114 W. Manchester Ave.), “These poems were known by everyone, featuring LMU programming librarian not just scholars — by women, by slaves, Raymundo Andrade in costume as the by children. They were just part of their Cyclops. context,” he said. “Odyssey has become a word for any sort of journey. Probably not • At 2 p.m., Westchester-Loyola Village many have read the story, but it has been Library offers “The Tastes & Arts of Greece,” when “L.A. River Odyssey,” passed around and has become common Peter Shire’s whimsical modern coin.” interpretation of a Greek vase, is unveiled, In ancient times, everyday Greeks and L.A. Puppet Theater Tree of Wonders measured themselves by the heroes of retells “The Odyssey” as shadow puppetry the “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” which may be for kids. problematic since Odysseus is something of “a trickster, a liar and a cheat,” Dillon • By 3 p.m., Odyssey travelers continue said. their journey to the Millard Sheets Library So is the bold adventurer of “The discusses “The Women of the Odyssey” at the university’s Archaeology Center, University Hall, No. 3324.

• At 12:30 p.m., LMU’s Laband Art Gallery offers “Following the Prescribed Path,” an exhibit featuring seven artists who engage in an “Odyssey”-inspired journey.

Image courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum

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ow do you top “Moby Dick”?

For the sequel to last year’s citywide celebration of that classic of American literature, the Los Angeles Public Library turned to the tale that set the 2,800-year standard for the epic sea voyage narrative — inspiring the very word we use to describe long and adventurous journeys.

“The Odyssey,” written in the 8th century B.C., is the centerpiece of nearly every college’s introductory classical literature course. After the fall of Troy, Greek hero Odysseus rambles on his voyage home to his wife and son back to his kingdom in Ithaca, and along the way he becomes stranded on the island of Calypso and is confronted by sea god Poseidon, the Cyclops Polyphemus, Phaeacian princess Nausicaa, witch goddess Circe, the deadly Sirens and sea monster Scylla.

On Saturday, Westchester hosts an exploration of the text that also involves a physical journey from Loyola Marymount University to the Westchester-Loyola Village Library to the Otis College of Art and Design: • At 11 a.m., LMU Classics and Archaeology Dept. Chair Matt Dillon

Peter Shire’s modern interpretation of an ancient Greek vase

A scroll fragment, circa 1 to 100 B.C., containing text from a passage in “The Odyssey” that describes the moment Odysseus frees his men from a spell by the sorceress-goddess Circe; currently on view at The Getty Villa Malibu

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Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org

Jacob Jeffries, 9 p.m. Join the singer-songwriter published by Warner Bros. and sponsored by Baldwin Pianos who incorporates influences spanning from The Beatles to Ben Folds. Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. YMCA Pancake Breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m. The Westchester All ages; one-item minimum.

Y Service Club hosts its Fall (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com BevMo! Marina del Rey Pancake Breakfast to help needy Opening, 6 p.m. A free happy families enjoy the benefits and Miss Dakota’s Gypsy Rose, hour celebration in anticipation facilities of the Westchester 10 p.m. High-end burlesque of BevMo!’s Friday grand Family YMCA. Volunteers at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., opening features such libations will serve pumpkin pancakes, Santa Monica.

21+; two-drink as Patron, Mumm Napa, sausages and beverages. Kids minimum. (310) 395-1676; Milagro Tequila, Stella Rosa, will enjoy fun Halloweenharvelles.com Jack Daniel’s and Caricatures themed activities. Parking lot Wines. BevMo!, 4214 Lincoln of YMCA, 8015 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Marina del Rey. RSVP via Blvd., Westchester. $5. (310) eventbrite.com (search BevMo!).

306-5994 “Grand Budapest Hotel,” 6 Spirited Thursdays, 6 to 9 Mar Vista Community p.m. Outdoor screening of the p.m. Set against the backdrop Fall Festival, 10 a.m. to West Anderson film plus a free of the all-new, Michael S. show by indie band Saint Motel, 4 p.m. Under the theme of Smith-designed lounge, guests “Neighborhood Living,” the with coffee by Dunkin Donuts at Terrazza can mingle with 15th annual local fair features and movie-themed cocktails, a rotating roster of beverage at Santa Monica Pier. Parking food, family fun and live professionals — from available in the lot north of the entertainment, with special winemakers and brand founders pier at 1550 Pacific Coast Hwy. honors going to Council District to celebrated mixologists — frontporchcinema.com 11 field deputy Len Nguyen. Mar showcasing new boutique wine, Vista Park, 11430 Woodbine St., beer or spirits weekly. For every “Mile…Mile & A Half,” 6:30 Mar Vista. Free. marvista.org specialty drink ordered, guests p.m.

Weekend-long Green Earth receive a complimentary small Film Festival launches with BOO! Fest, 11a.m. A little scare plate to pair from Executive this documentary chronicling for the little ones as Playa Vista Chef Jason Bowlin. Hotel Casa five friends hiking California’s Elementary holds its annual del Mar, 1910 Ocean Way, Santa historic John Muir Trail. AfterHalloween festival featuring Monica. Specialty cocktails are party features live music from game booths, bounce houses, $12 to $16 each. (310) 430-7144; Santa Monica alternative rockers face-painting, a chili cook-off, hotelcasadelmar Opus Orange and a meet-andpumpkin decorating, tricks, greet with filmmakers over treats and a haunted house.

Balance and Fitness Class, pizza and beer courtesy of Playa Vista Elementary, 13150 7 p.m. Free class offered South End Venice and Angel W. Bluff Creek Drive, Playa Thursdays; also 9:45 a.m.

City Brewery.

Green Earth also Vista. Free. (424) 228-1800; Saturdays. Class builds total runs on Saturday and Sunday. playavistaschool.com core strength with squats, G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney push-ups, lunges and other Saturday Jam Sessions, 2 to 6 techniques utilizing StrongBoard Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 4522842; theg2gallery.com p.m. Hang out with musicians Balance, a new fitness product. and jam on stage. Open to all; Equipment provided on a “The Beatles at Barnum first come, first play. TRiP, 2101 first-come, first-served basis.

IV,” 7:30 p.m. All you need Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica.

Burton Chace Park, 13650 is love and a seat for a vibrant No cover. (310) 396-9010; Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. annual community-wide tripsantamonica.com $5 donation recommended, event celebrating the visual with proceeds earmarked for and performing arts programs “Willy Wonka” All-Ages Heal the Bay. (310) 804-0514; in the Santa Monica-Malibu Musical, 3 to 4 p.m. Also strongboardbalance.com school district when Santa Sundays, through Nov. 9. Roald Monica High School Orchestras Dahl’s most famous tale follows “Akira,” 7:30 p.m. See the host the fourth edition of this young Charlie Bucket as he landmark 1988 post-apocalyptic Fab Four tribute on at Santa crosses paths with the strange sci-fi thriller set in Neo-Tokyo Monica High School’s Barnum and elusive confectioner Willy from Katsuhiro Ohtomo, (who Wonka after winning the Golden would not make another animated Hall, 601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to $20. (310) Ticket in his chocolate bar. film until “Steamboy” 16 years This musical interpretation also later) largely credited for ushering 395-3204; samohiorchestras. brownpapertickets.com features side characters Varuka in the anime craze in America.

Salt, Agustus Gloop, Mike Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana “Orphans,” 8 p.m. Also at Teavee, Voilet Beauregard and Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. their guardians. All children 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Sundays through Oct. 18. Lyle receive a free toy musical Kessler’s classic play about two instrument upon arrival. $12 Sundown Stand-Up: Venice abandoned boys, a predatory to $20. Promenade Playhouse, Beach Revival, 8 p.m. On thief and a reclusive man-child 1404 3rd Street Promenade, Thursdays, area comedians who become divided after Santa Monica. (310) 804-0223; bring spoken word and comedy the elder sibling kidnaps a creatingarts.org performance back to the Venice drunken, wealthy businessman Bistro, 323 Ocean Front Walk,

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Friday, Oct. 17

Uninstructed Figure Drawing Salon, 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your paintbrushes or colored pencils and get to work at REAL Creative Space, 6207 W. 87th St., Westchester. $20, or $10 with student ID. realcreativespace.com

take part in the 5K, 10K and Retro Run in support of the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation. The race’s starting location: 2600 Barnard Way, Santa Monica. Registration: $20 to $50, depending on age group. santamonicarunfest.com.

LeVar Burton, 3 p.m. The “Roots” actor, “Reading Rainbow” star and longtime literacy advocate reads, signs and discusses his first-ever children’s picture book, “The Rhinoceros Who Swallowed a Storm.” Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Call (310) 458-8600 or visit smpl.org

Del Rey Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

An afternoon festival celebrating the culture and businesses of the Del Rey community features an appearance by City Councilman Mike Bonin. Glen Alla Park, 4601 Alla Road, Del Rey. delreync.org

Gov. Gray Davis at Moonlight on the Marsh, 6 to 9 p.m.

Friends of Ballona Wetlands honor the former California governor, who is credited with saving Ballona Wetlands, during its “Moonlight on the Marsh” celebration. Rooftop Bayview Ballroom, Marina del Rey Marriott, 4100 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 306-5994; ballonafriends.org “Art Plus Music,” 6 to 10 p.m. International Rescue Committee benefit features a line-up of DJs, photo exhibit, food and beverages. Big Red Sun, 560 Rose Ave., Venice.

Donation: $15 or $150 with food and beverages included). humanitarianreliefproject.com Santa Monica Open Studios, 6 p.m. The world is the canvas for their imagination as more than 40 Santa Monica-based artists —painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors and mixed media artists — open their studios for this 10th anniversary outing. Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 397-7449; santamonicaartstudios.com DJs and Waves, 8 p.m. Dance under the stars and enjoy special summer dinner and cocktail menus at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com The King’s English, 10:45 p.m.

L.A. natives Derek Brambles and Eric Johnson play cuts off their debut EP “Feel Me.” Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; one item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com

Sunday, Oct. 19 2XU Santa Monica RunFEST & Retro Run, 8 a.m. Thousands

Playa Vista Optimist Club Celebration, 11 a.m. Come and see how the formal chartering of the Playa Vista Optimist Club is done with brunch, silent auction and a musical performance at Salt Creek Grill, 2015 E. Park Pl., El Segundo. $25. RSVP: (310)425-0196

by Vistamar School, 737 Hawaii St., El Segundo. (310) 643-7337; vistamarschool.org/collegefair “The Veil of Mahalia,” 2 p.m.

The life and accomplishments of Queen of Gospel Mahalia Jackson are unveiled and celebrated in a tribute at Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 1260 18th St., Santa Monica. Call (310)980-6056; uusm.org

Multicultural College Fair, 2 to 5 p.m. About 100 colleges and universities — including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT and Cornell — meet Los Angeles Sweet & Savory Spectacular, students in this 7th annual fair.

3 to 7 p.m. More than 60 of Open to all. Free parking. Hosted L.A.’s top restaurants, vintners

and craft beer-makers offer this grand tasting of sweet and savory foods. Event supports the nonprofit Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Los Angeles. 2900 31st St., Santa Monica. $100 to $150. (818) 756-1260; ccaplasss.bpt.me España Flamenco Dance Company, 3 p.m. Del Sol Productions presents the third annual return of an afternoon featuring international dancers and the formidable talents of guest artists Paco and Yolanda Arroyo. Electric Lodge, 1416 (Continued on page 29)

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

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

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New India’s Oven New India’s Oven, previously Shershah, offers traditional Indian dishes that have been called the best in and around Marina del Rey. An emphasis on delicious vegetarian and vegan meals as well as favorites like chicken tikka masala and lamb kebab mean the restaurant is perfect for seasoned Indian food lovers and novices alike.

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

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

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

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

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

Signature ravioli and gnocchi highlight a menu inspired by owner Lisetta Maria’s grandmother, Anna Cantalini, who was born in Abruzza, Italy, and took old-world recipes with her to the new. Live music happens from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sundays. 193 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey | (310) 8210018 | cantalinis.com

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

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

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

Hacienda Playa Traditional Mexican food and margaritas are the specialties at Hacienda Playa, now in Playa del Rey in addition to the original Westchester location established by the Hernandez family in 1973. Popular menu items also include their famous homemade tortillas, tacos, combo dishes, seafood, nachos and guacamole. Breakfast is on the menu as well, and there’s a full bar with ample seating for later in the day. 8415 Pershing Drive, Playa del Rey; (310) 7516135 | 8347 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester; (310) 670-8588

Tamara’s Tamales Tamara’s is known for handmade, fresh tamales made from traditional family recipes. Experience the Westside’s best authentic, modern and gourmet tamales fresh out of the steaming pot and bring some home with you for later. Tamara’s offers more than 25 varieties, including vegetarian and vegan tamales, seafood tamales, classic carne tamales, and sweet tamales like pumpkin and even chocolate! 13352 W. Washington Blvd., Marina Del Rey | (310)

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The new Bacari P.D.R. offers an Italian take on Spanish tapas that hits all its marks Bacari P.D.R.

6805 S. Vista del Mar Lane, Playa del Rey (310) 439-2100 bacaripdr.com The steep, triangular lot at Culver Boulevard and Vista del Mar Lane is an improbable place for a restaurant — or anything else, for that matter — but it recently became a star attraction in a neighborhood that’s picking up speed as a dining destination.

The building clinging precariously to the hillside corner was for many years a French place called Bistro du Soliel, and before that the more aptly named Cliff House.

The new restaurant, Bacari P.D.R., specializes in Italian delicacies called cicchetti, a word that means “very small” in Venetian slang. It’s an Italian take on Spanish tapas or Greek meze — a procession of snacks that can be an appetizer before having a meal or going out elsewhere, depending on your mood. As most of these plates are priced at $8 each, or three for $21, you can get a lot of variety without spending a bundle.

First, though, you have to find a spot to sit in this strange building. The small interior is loud even when the place isn’t entirely full, as sound bounces around a lot in that hard-surfaced, narrow space. It’s rather quieter and surprisingly pleasant on the narrow patio facing the side street, and that’s where we were lucky to find a table. A server named Alex arrived quickly, briefed us on the dining style, and suggested we order a few items, see if we were full, and then order more if needed. That’s the way Italians usually dine, a languid evening of snacking without overeating, and we were happy to comply.

We decided to order lambstuffed eggplant, fried cauliflower with “smoked chipotle sauce,” a type of bruschetta called Tal’s Tower, and a thin-crust pizza with smoked mushrooms and white cheddar. Not having dined here before, we asked Alex that it be brought out in whatever order he thought was appropriate.

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description. The definition of a chipotle is a smoked pepper, so specifying a smoked chipotle sauce seemed to imply some super-smoky tasting variant. In an era where you can get baconflavored anything, this was quite possible, but thankfully not the case. The cauliflower had been quick-fried and tossed in a mild sauce with more than just chili flavors, and I might have mistaken it for a mild curry with a dash of smokiness.

The Tal’s Tower arrived next. It was a spike on which mushrooms and small shrimp were impaled, stuck into a bruschetta and topped with a liberal amount of garlic and herb-infused olive oil. There was no way to attack it with a fork. This is finger food, messy but delicious. So delicious, in fact, that we couldn’t leave all that good sauce and ordered some extra bread — a good hot baguette— to sop up the oil.

Bacari has a cocktail program that includes some Italian aperitifs, but the classics are the focus. We had a very good black Manhattan as well as a Brazilian cobbler, a drink from the 1870s made with cachaça rather than traditional rum. The flavors in both were artistically combined and I could have happily had another, but decided to switch to a more food-friendly wine.

Going back inside to look at a chalkboard Iist of beverage selections, I was bemused to notice a $25 all-you-can-drinkin-90-minutes wine, beer and sangria special.

The next item to arrive was the high point of a very good meal — large discs of sautéed eggplant with finely chopped spiced lamb between them, topped with lemon-garlic

emulsion and scallions. If you wanted to encapsulate the flavors of the eastern Mediterranean on one plate, this would be it.

I could have easily ordered another but decided to refrain, as we had a pizza coming.

The pizza turned out to be a very modern American pizza rather than one more of the Italian tradition, and the dough had been stretched very thin so that it had a cracker crispness.

The toppings of white cheddar, parsley, béchamel sauce and garlic made for a particularly wonderful grilled cheese sandwich that happened to be on a crispy flatbread — an effect that was delightful. It went very well with our glass of Reckless Love red blend, a food-friendly wine that I highly recommend.

Almost full, we decided to split a dessert of malabi, an Israeli variant of Turkish rosewater custard. The original is creamy and lightly sweet and topped with chopped pistachios, which was the case here as well, but Bacari’s kitchen also added grated coconut and a bit of hibiscus flower syrup. A Turk would have had this with strong coffee; an Israeli possibly with a glass of brandy. It would be great with either.

Our bill was surprisingly reasonable: $73 for a fine dinner that included two well-made cocktails and a glass of wine.

Understandably, Bacari has been building a buzz. Though the menu is as unlikely as the location, both make perfect sense once you experience them.

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The property is offered at $1,449,000. Information, Max Alatorre (310) 776-0921 and Agnes Rosiak (310) 384-2399, Gibson International. www.2470walnutavenue.com PAGE 20 THE ARGONAUT October 16, 2014

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REAL ESTATE Q&A Preventing Water Damage

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RE/MAX Estate Properties proudly participated in the 2014 Nautica Malibu Triathlon to raise money for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Team members were congratulated on a great race, raising a little over $11,000, adding to the overall event total of $1,371,688. RE/ MAX Estate Properties is a huge supporter of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, contributing nearly $60,000 so far this year. Information, RE/ MAX Estate Properties, (310) 577-3000.

Water damage is the number one culprit that weakens your home’s foundation and the very core that holds your house together.

You’ve heard about the core strength of your body. Well, water damage hits at the core strength of your house, eventually causing serious structural damage. Damp wood invites termites and carpenter ants, plus it causes mold and mildew.

Here are two easy things to do that will give you peace of mind the next time heavy storms hit: Ensure good drainage. Why it matters: poor drainage weakens your foundation, causing cracks, uneven settling, and pathways for water to enter your home.

How to do it: Clean your gutters routinely.

A clogged gutter will send cascades of water down the side of your house, damaging your siding and foundation. Ensure your downspouts direct water 5-10 feet away from the house. Make sure your yard is sloped at least six inches over a 10-foot span away from the foundation. That slope keeps water from getting down next to the foundations, where it could cause walls to lean, crack the masonry and create leaks. (For crawl spaces, keeping water away makes sure excess water doesn’t pool underneath your floor, making for damp conditions that encourage mold, rot and insects.) But don’t let the soil get too dry, either. Long dry spells let the soil around the house dry out and shrink. A big rain may make the soil expand, putting pressure on your foundation walls. In a drought, run a soaker hose at least six inches from the foundation and three inches under the soil to keep it from

Brand New Home in Mar Vista

“This exceptional home is now complete and available for purchase,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “The home offers the best in chic urban living, with exceptional attention to detail and top quality components, featuring an elegant living room, cook's kitchen with a center island, three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, luxurious master bedroom suite, custom features galore and all new systems.” The property is offered at $1,100,000. Information, Bob Waldron (310) 337-9225, and Jessica Heredia (424) 702-3022, Coldwell Banker.

Venice Craftsman

“Built in 2007 and filled with quality craftsmanship, this home has four bedrooms and three baths,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “A private entertaining patio leads to the front entrance, and the custom kitchen flows to the open living room and dining area. French doors lead to a private deck overlooking the water and boat dock. Three of the bedrooms occupy the light and bright second level with French doors and balconies, and the third level has two rooftop view decks. Within easy walking distance of beach, shopping and restaurants.” The property is offered at $2,950,000. Information, Peter and Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties, (310) 821-2900.

Seagate Condo

“Gleaming hardwood floors and great natural light welcome you into a spacious living room,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Large glass doors lead out to a covered patio, and the formal dining room is adjacent to a cheery kitchen with stainless appliances and a breakfast bar. The bedroom has an en suite full bath and a walk-in closet. Complex amenities include pools, spas and hot-tubs, tennis courts and gated entry. This one bedroom Playa del Rey beach retreat offers comfortable living, tasteful design and a convenient location close to LAX and the Westside.” The property is offered at $375,000.

Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.

contracting and expanding.

The maintenance cost of this is very small.

Cleaning gutters can be a no-cost DIY job, or you can hire a pro for $50-$250, depending on the size and height of your home. To get the soil slope you need, you might have to buy some additional topsoil.

The worst case, if you put it off, is that your foundation could settle, cracking the basement walls. The cost to stabilize, repair and seal deteriorated foundation walls is a whopping $15,000-$40,000.

Test your Sump Pump Regularly. Why it matters: sump pumps come to life during storms. That’s not when you want to realize yours isn’t working properly. You should check it at least once a year and ideally perform several checks during heavy storm seasons.

How to test your sump pump: Slowly fill the sump pump pit with water. Watch for the “float” (similar to the float in your toilet) to rise, which should turn on the pump. Then watch to make sure the water level falls. Test your back-up pump the same way, but unplug the main pump first. If you don’t have a back-up pump – or a generator – and are on municipal water, get one that runs on water pressure. If you’re on well water, your only option is the battery kind.

Maintenance cost: Testing is free; a waterpowered back-up sump pump, including installation, costs $150-$350; and a new battery for a battery-operated sump pump starts around $200.

This week’s question is answered by Brian Christie, The Agents in Action! Team, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 910-0120.

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“Floor-to-ceiling windows in this two bedroom, 2.5 bath home make the most of the spectacular ocean, mountain and city views,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The living area is perfect for entertaining, and the kitchen has ample storage and a walk-in pantry. The second story has a loft area and laundry room. The master bedroom overlooks the coast and the city, while the second bedroom has a lovely Marina view. Enjoy Marina City Club's amenities: gym, free classes, pools, restaurant and bar, 24-hour gated and guarded security. Walk to the beach and restaurants!” The property is offered at $995,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, 310-821-8980.

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Interview

‘Still on the Levee,’ still looking forward Chris Smither celebrates 50 years in music — and his 70th birthday — with an album retrospective, lyric book and Friday concert at McCabe’s

By Bliss Bowen

C

hris Smither is enjoying a very good year.

This summer Signature Sounds released a two-disc retrospective, “Still on the Levee,” for which the venerated singer-songwriter and acoustic blues guitarist returned to his hometown of New Orleans to recreate 25 songs from throughout his career, investing them with road-worn gravitas supported by Crescent City legend Allen Toussaint, Loudon Wainwright and members of Morphine.

Last month the label issued “Link of Chain,” with Dave Alvin, Peter Case, Mary Gauthier, Patty Larkin, Aoife O’Donovan, Bonnie Raitt, Josh Ritter and Loudon Wainwright interpreting his philosophical, deftly whittled songs.

The publication of “Chris Smither: Lyrics 1966-2012” offered persuasive testimony that his meaty lyrics can stand alone as existentially minded poetry, setting them alongside artful mementos of his career.

By the time his 70th birthday rolls around on Nov. 11, birthday cake may seem like an afterthought.

Yet the greatest gift may be simply in the doing: Smither is still making music, largely on his own terms, and audiences are still tuning in and turning out to hear him. He has concerts booked into 2015, and when his 8 p.m. show at McCabe’s this Friday sold out, a 10 p.m. show was swiftly added.

Those are hard-earned rewards for the onetime anthropology student who fell hard for blues after discovering Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Blues in the Bottle” album in his late teens. Smither left New Orleans for the Boston/Cambridge coffeehouse scene in the late 1960s, where he befriended Bonnie Raitt, who later recorded “Love Me Like a Man” and “I Feel the Same” and famously championed him as “my Eric Clapton.” Over the years artists like Diana Krall, John Mayall and the late Esther Phillips have also recorded Smither’s songs, while he’s doggedly advanced from coffeehouses to clubs to concert halls.

Save for a whiskey-lubed skid through the ’70s that kept him out of studios, he’s delivered consistently fine recordings with a signature fingerpicking style informed

by Hopkins and Mississippi John Hurt.

Respected and well liked by his peers, he’s started planning his next album.

How did it feel revisiting old songs for “Still on the Levee”? Any surprises?

It was quite an experience. A lot of them, I would listen to my own records and say, ‘What the hell was this kid doing?’

[Laughs] Basically I was [relearning them] with my mind, and then in the middle of it muscle memory would take

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over. It was funny having your fingers tell you what to do. I was a little apprehensive because I didn’t know how these songs would stand up. I wrote ‘Devil Got Your Man’ when I was 19 or 20; it was the very first song I ever wrote. And what does a 19-year-old know about devils? [Laughs] But I’ve learned a lot in the meantime. I thought it was interesting that even though I was just 19, I didn’t try to take on more than I could chew. The song doesn’t commit me to any sort of point of view, so it leaves itself open to be informed by someone who’s been around a whole lot longer. I found that process interesting — that the song held up and could take on the weight of all these years. We were trying to really look at the songs from the perspective of a 70-year-old guy who’s been writing songs for 50 years and see what happens.

How has your songwriting approach changed?

Maybe halfway through my career I realized you have to be disciplined about it. A lot of young songwriters depend on inspiration; an idea comes along, they sit down and start working on it. After a while you realize that you’re not going to have much output [laughs] if you depend on that. You have to actually sit down with the intention of writing a song even though you don’t have any ideas at all.

Songwriting is maybe 1% inspiration and the rest of it is craft — learning how to approach it, how to take scattered ideas and turn them into something. It’s

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not that hard in principle, it’s just hard to make yourself do it sometimes. You have to tell yourself, I’m going to sit here for three hours, and if nothing happens, nothing happens, but I’m going to give it every opportunity to have it happen. This job, half of it is the intention of having something happen all by yourself, and waiting. It feels like it’s taking forever, but eventually it starts to happen and when those moments come along, it’s very exciting. All you have to do is be careful and reel it in.

Do you still get excited when another artist records one of your songs?

Absolutely. That’s the ultimate sort of imprimatur for a songwriter, that a song has legs, somebody else found something worthwhile in it. It can cross the street on its own; it doesn’t need you to hold its hand.

Atlas,’ has the most unbelievable sense of language, and I love the way he talks.

I read tons and tons of stuff. Right now I’m totally into [novelist] Olen Steinhauer.

Sometimes I get totally distracted from the book I’m reading and I’ll just stare at a paragraph and analyze how the author did what he did, how economical it is, the thing he chooses to focus on. That’s so much of the art of writing: how to pick up one little detail and all of a sudden a character comes to life.

Do you still dabble in photography?

I don’t as much as I used to … You think, ‘I’ll get around to it,’ then reality steps in: ‘How much time have you got left, dude?’

I’ve still got another record in me; I can feel the songs percolating. In a year and a half I want to have a record, so I need to start writing right now. I need deadlines.

What do you strive to achieve now?

When we talked 15 years ago, you recommended some songwriters (Peter I can’t think of anything that seems Mulvey, Jeffrey Foucault), authors indispensable to me now. I go from (Ken Wilbur) and poets (Mary Karr), town to town these days, and lately the and said you “just like word people.” audiences have been, by my standards, What “word people” move you enormous; they’re tremendous and I’m nowadays? having a good time. I honestly can say Mark Knopfler — I just love his whole if it never got any better than this, I’d be approach to subject matter. Who would ª have ever dreamed of writing a song about happy.

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Shaya will speak at Saturday’s event.

Last year, Wong graduated from University of San Francisco, where she majored in international relations and minored in Middle Eastern studies. She applied her education as liaison between potential organizational recipients of “Art Plus Music.”

“I took the lead on that because it was something I knew a bit about,” said Wong, whose goal is to raise at least $2,000 by event’s end.

“It’s crazy hearing his story of how hard it is for the refugees to get asylum. It costs tens of thousands and takes two years to apply for refugee status,” said Korpi, who sees an urgency in rallying. “ISIS is not just attacking Christians; they’re attacking anyone who is not signing up to join them.”

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The eclectic Rose Avenue furniture shop originated in the Texas capital, but it’s the Venice venue which on Saturday hosts a night of turntables and fun, with all proceeds benefitting International Relief Committee and their work with refugees of the conflicts in Iraq and Syria.

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A photography exhibit features “surrealist photography conveying the emotions we’re trying to evoke, contemplating things going on in the world outside of Los Angeles,” said Korpi, who is organizing this event with Alexis Wong, Ann Kim, Kurt Spencer and Chen, a DJ backed by Santa Monica-based event sponsor Red Bull.

After witnessing the disturbing news coming out of the Middle East, the organizers — all members of Reality L.A., a nondenominational Christian church in Hollywood —decided to become proactive under the name Humanitarian Relief Project.

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Most dramatically, Dutch photographer Bas (Continued from page 15) Jan Ader documented his 1973 walk from Odyssey” something of an unreliable narrator? the Hollywood Hills to the Pacific Ocean in “That’s the $10-million question,” Dillon said, 26 photographs on display, but a follow-up because “the Cyclops and the sirens are not 1975 sail from Cape Cod to his native Holland part of the story, but what Odysseus tells us in echoed “Homer’s Odysseus returning home,” the story. Homer puts them in the mouth of a Peter said, only with a sad twist: Ader has gone character who likes to lie.” missing ever since.

“The Odyssey” has been sourced throughout Miriam Touchton, the recently hired the course of literary history, including James children’s librarian at Westchester-Loyola Joyce’s “Ulysses,” “The Odyssey: A Modern Village Branch, leads an exploration of “The Sequel” by Nikos Kazantzakis and “Omeros” Odyssey” for younger readers that features

by Caribbean author Derek Walcott. Film aspects of “journeying, overcoming obstacles, treatments of the text include the 1954 Kirk mythological creatures” embedded in the Douglas vehicle “Ulysses,” while the Coen Homeric poem as well as the Tree of Wonders’ Brothers’ “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” presentation. referenced the work fast and loose.

“It’s great to see how positively they still Despite Homer’s immortal face, the author’s respond to puppet shows even in an age when origin and identity remain a mystery. they’re all pretty savvy with electronics,” “Homer is a convenient name applied to the Touchton said. author of the poem. We know nothing about Otis’ Chambers is looking forward to the Homer. At the moment, the scholarly world is collaboration. kind of divided as to whether the poems can be “Our three institutions are so close and yet so ascribed to the same poet,” Dillon said. “The far apart in so many ways. We’re all working in [tale’s] geography is somewhat murky, too. a common goal [and] thinking about one idea While an island called Ithaca exists in Greece, it bears no resemblance to the Ithaca depicted in from different angles,” she said. “Westchester is its own little community and it’s important to Homer’s work. There’s no way to identify the get people here to realize the riches we’ve got island of Calypso [either].” here.”

As for the women of the text, “they are “Here we are within a stone’s throw of each extraordinary,” Dillon said. “We talk a lot about other bringing to the attention of the community Greek mythology and there’s plenty of sexism resources they may not have thought of. It’s in it, but these are positive role models.” Even exciting to be part of that,” Touchton said.

Helen of Troy is “presented fairly positively,” The Westchester-Loyola Village Library can he said.

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This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Christopher Garvey. Title: EUP & General Counsel. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 26, 2014. Argonaut published: October 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014273032 The following person is doing business as: Give Plus Take 1740 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite A Santa Monica, CA. 90405. Registered owners: Give Plus Take LLC 1809 Oak Ave. Manhattan Beach, CA. 90266. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Celina Amaya. Title: Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 26, 2014. Argonaut published: October 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014279546 The following person is doing business as: Aces profit 4080 Glencoe Ave. #112 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Marcel Gaston Doumerc 4080 Glencoe Ave. #112 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

Registrant Signature/Name: Marcel Gaston Doumerc. Title: Owner. This

statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 1, 2014. Argonaut published: October 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014283828 The following person is doing business as: Speedway policy Associates 8401 Tuscany Ave. STE. 3 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293 and P.O. Box 58664 Santa Monica, CA. 90409. Registered owners: James R. Bickhart Jr. 8401 Tuscany Ave. STE. 3 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293.

This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: James R. Bickhart Jr. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 3, 2014. Argonaut published: October 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014283842 The following person is doing business as: Steamer Music Group 23901 Calabasas Rd. #210 Calabasas, CA. 91302. Registered owners: Jonas Matz and Lisa Matz 4710 Santa Lucia Dr. Woodland Hills, CA. 91364. This business is conducted by a married couple.. 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: Jonas Matz. Title: Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 3, 2014. Argonaut published: October 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014283849 The following person is doing business as: Home Life Partners and Home Life Partners INC. 2555 E. Colorado Blvd. 4th Floor Pasadena, CA. 91107. Registered owners: Huntington Care LLC 2555 E. Colorado Blvd. 4th Floor Pasadena, CA. 91107. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Charles Nelson. Title: CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 3, 2014.

Argonaut published: October 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2014.NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014292105 The following person is doing business as: Stara Family Law 12400 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1300 Los Angeles, CA. 90025.

Registered owners: Jennifer L. Stara 3995 Minerva Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jennifer L. Stara. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 10, 2014. Argonaut published: October 16, 23, 30, and November 6, 2014.

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

10 Toyota Lic#6MED853 VIN#JTDKN3DU9A0071207 To be Sold: 10/28/2014 10:00AM @4456 Cloud Ave. La Crescenta, CA.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE(S) (UCC Sec. 6101 et seq. and B & P Sec. 24074 et seq.) Escrow No. 003191-FM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is about to be made.

The names, Social Security or Federal Tax Numbers, and address of the Seller/ Licensee are: WABISABI LLC, 16351637 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD, VENICE, CA 90291 The business is known as: WABI SABI The names, Social Security or Federal Tax Numbers, and addresses of the Buyer/Transferee are: NHVA1XXXI, LLC, 6180 WILSHIRE BLVE, STE 1020, LOS ANGELES, CA 90048 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Sellers/Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/ Transferee are: NONE The assets to be sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT and are located at: 1635-1637 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD, VENICE, CA 90291 The kind of license to be transferred is: Type: ON-SALE GENERAL EATING PLACE; CATERER PERMIT, License Number: 47-375826; 58-375826 now issued for the premises located at: 1635-1637 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD, VENICE, CA 90291 The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is NOVEMBER 13, 2014 at the office of: CAPITAL TRUST ESCROW, 280 S BEVERLY DR, #300, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, including estimated inventory, is the sum of $85,000.00, which consists of the following: DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT: CASH $85,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller/Licensee and the intended Buyer/Transferee, as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consideration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Dated: SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 WABISABI LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, S e l l e r ( s ) / L i c e n s e e ( s ) NHVA1-XXXI, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Buyer(s)/Transferee(s) LA1465979 ARGONAUT 10/16/14 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES PETITION FOR PROBATE ESTATE OF Frank Villegas, DECEDENT. CASE NO. BP155067 Paul Withers has filed a PETITION FOR Letters of Administration and Authorization to Administer Under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. HEARING DATE: 10/20/2014 at 8:30AM, in Dept. 11, in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 N. Hill St. Los Angeles, CA. 90012. Publication will be in: The ARGONAUT. Petitioner: Paul Withers requests that decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

Petitioner requests that Paul Withers be appointed Administrator. Decedent died on: 2003 at: Los Angeles,California, a resident of the county named above.

Street address, city, and county of decedentís residence at time of death: 4133 Turquoise St. Los Angeles, CA. 90031 PUBLISHED: Argonaut, 10/2/2014, 10/9/2014, 10/16/2014, 10/23/2014

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