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Statement from Candidate Sandra Fluke: I firmly believe we need to restore and protect the Ballona Wetlands, one of the district's most important ecological treasures. Standing with the community and with numerous conservation organizations, I have deep concerns about the Annenberg proposal. We should not build upon the small amount of this ecosystem that remains, especially with a center that isn’t directly in line with the goal of preserving this habitat. Rather, we should be spending our resources on restoration of the wetlands. Programs that support the management and protection of the ecological reserve, as well as additional educational opportunities, are critical. That’s why the idea of an interpretive center is something I support. However, allowing the building of a pet adoption center would take away from people’s ability to connect with the natural habitat and create other detrimental consequences. I am grateful for all of the work and generosity of the Annenberg Foundation. Their investment in our community is something to celebrate. I am especially grateful for the work they are doing on an issue close to my heart: human trafficking. But the fact remains – while we must ensure all pets have a home, the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve is not the place for it. Together, we can preserve one of our most valuable ecological resources for generations to come. - Sandra Fluke Statement from Candidate Ben Allen: [Note: Mr. Allen last communicated to the Land Trust regarding his position on the ecological reserve on May 19 when he expressed his support for the statement below. Ms. Fluke and five other primary candidates for this office also expressed support for the below statement at that time.] While we appreciate the many great things done by the Annenberg Foundation for the people of the greater Los Angeles area, and while we appreciate Wallis Annenberg's desire for facilities for domestic pets, these facilities simply do not belong in an ecological reserve, even when presented as part of an "urban ecology" center. At 46,000 square feet, the size of the proposed facility is excessive. With each passing year, there are fewer and fewer places where our children can experience nature first hand in an outdoor setting. The Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve is a precious public resource, and should be kept in its natural state to the greatest extent possible. Happy to sign on. Thanks for your advocacy. – Ben Allen
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Contents
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VOL 44, NO 44 Local News & Culture
OPINION Letters to the editor ............................................................................ 6 Argonaut endorsement recap ............................................................ 6 Too much booze in Venice . ............................................................... 6
NEWS City to replace ancient sewer main . ................................................ 10 Silicon Beach salons aim to ‘provoke’ .............................................. 10 Venice storage facility burns for 14 hours ........................................ 11 Court blocks Lieu bill from ballot . ..................................................... 12 Del Rey animation studio goes indie ................................................ 12
FEATURE The Venice Beach Freakshow celebrates a bizarre universe .......... 14
THIS WEEK The fresh king of Broad’s ‘Lear’ ........................................................ 17 ‘Something Cool’ for jazz fans .......................................................... 18 Westside Happenings ..................................................................... 21 Peach’s ‘band of a lifetime’................................................................ 22 Holiday home tour returns ............................................................... 26 Fetta picks up the baton again . ....................................................... 31
FOOD & DRINK A glowing review for Brilliantshine ................................................... 19 ON THE COVER: Jessa the Bearded Lady stands at the entrance of the Venice Beach Freakshow. Photo by Ted Soqui. Design by Kate Doll.
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Argonaut Endorsements Letters Recap
Measure D backers are not outsiders
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4. Remember to vote! To find your polling place or volunteer to be a poll worker, visit lavote.net.
House of Representatives: Ted Lieu California Senate: Sandra Fluke California Assembly: Autumn Burke L.A. County Board of Supervisors: Sheila Kuehl Santa Monica Airport Measures: No on D, Yes on LC L.A. County Measure P (parks parcel tax): No Proposition 1 (state water bond): Yes Proposition 2 (state budget set-aside): Yes Proposition 45 (health insurance oversight): Yes Proposition 47 (sentencing reduction): Yes To read about The Argonaut’s ballot choices, visit argonautnews.com/category/editorials/.
POWER TO SPEAK
Re: “The Argonaut’s Ballot Measure Endorsements,” editorial, Oct. 16 The Argonaut seems to speak with a bifurcated tongue regarding their endorsement of the Santa Monica City Council’s Measure LC on the Nov. 4 ballot. On one side of the coin, The Argonaut is to be congratulated on their view that closure of KSMO is not a good idea, given that it is a vital piece of transportation infrastructure. But then The Argonaut flips with the City Council on its recommendation of yes on LC, which advocates the opposite. The Argonaut goes on to castigate the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association as part of the “aviation industry,” but this is not the case. The AOPA is a grassroots organization which protects aviation’s little people as a general aviation advocate. Membership in the AOPA is similar to membership in the Auto Club (AAA). It is not an “outside organization” in that it is supported by individual pilots at every airport in the USA with a GA presence. AOPA has had a member presence at KSMO for at least 50 years. In order to promote aviation to the public and serve pilots all over the
country, AOPA protects members from governmental excess and litigates for aviation issues. Therefore most of the GA pilots in the USA are members of AOPA in order to have a voice in aviation political matters. AOPA mirrors the United Nations in this regard. An attack on one airport is an attack on all. AOPA members voluntarily contribute funds to AOPA’s PAC. This provides funds for GA community awareness and litigation if necessary against airport closure all over the nation. If the Argonaut chooses to call a modest contribution on the part of small airplane owners part of the “aviation industry’s self-serving Measure D,” so be it. If it were not for AOPA, airport users would have no protection against rapacious city councils whose friends are big developers. One has only to look at the Santa Monica Hines referendum to gauge the feelings of Santa Monica’s voters in regard to development. Measure LC specifically states: “Subject only to limitations imposed by law, the City Council shall have full authority without voter approval to regulate the use of the Santa Monica Airport, manage airport leaseholds, condition leases and permanently close all or part of the airport to aviation use.”
Our cup runneth over
It’s time to push back against the over-concentration of alcohol sales in Venice By Ilana Marosi I am writing as a concerned resident who has lived in Venice for 14 years. I appreciate its artistic spirit and diversity, which is what originally drew me here from 8,000 miles across the globe. However, as anyone who lives here knows, development is at a fever pitch — and that includes applications for new restaurants. These places, obviously, want to make as much money as possible. Their first and seemingly only consideration isn’t about the quality of life of the people who live next door or nearby. As a result, multiple applications are being considered for restaurants that would be very close to people’s homes, including some with large open patios where alcohol would be served past midnight. Everyone in Venice likes people to have a good time, but to have a party that goes until 2 a.m. right outside your window every night — especially if you have young children — is no one’s idea of fun. What right do we have as a community to keep this from happening? As it turns out, the best mechanism to stop this is broken. According to state law, the Public Convenience or Necessity (PCN) process is supposed to exert controls over the unchecked growth of alcohol businesses in communities in order to keep them safer and more livable. If an application for a new alcohol license is submitted in an area that is either: a) over-saturated with businesses selling alcohol, according to PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT October 30, 2014
California Alcoholic Beverage Control guidelines; or, b) has high crime rates (20% above city averages), it is supposed to go through the PCN process. That means the applicant has to prove the new business is “convenient” or “necessary” in order to justify its existence. If the applicant cannot prove the new business is “convenient” or “necessary,” the license is supposed to be denied. Because Venice is severely overconcentrated with alcohol outlets — in some areas three to four times above what is supposedly admissible by ABC — most applications for new alcohol licenses should go through the PCN process. However, for restaurants in particular, there are no public hearings where we as a community can come and give our input as part of the process. The community has no idea that rulings are being made, and there aren’t opportunities for us to have our voices heard. Even more importantly, there are no standardized definitions or criteria established for what it means for a business to be “convenient” or “necessary,” which leaves the door wide open for ABC and the city to apply very subjective, loose and changing definitions. In other words, one of the most crucial tools for evaluating new alcohol licenses doesn’t adequately involve community input and has no consistent or rigorous standards for how it’s applied. No wonder Venice has so many alcohol-related businesses.
Another relevant but evidently overlooked issue here in Venice is the concentration of alcohol licenses and their effect on the community. According to the 2011 L.A. County Dept. of Public Health report “Reducing Alcohol Related Harms in Los Angeles County,” there exists a direct correlation between alcohol outlet density in an area and alcohol-related harms in that same area. Having a high density of either on- or off-premises outlets (of which Venice has both) was associated with significantly higher rates of alcohol-related harms as follows: alcohol-involved motor vehicle crashes are three times more likely, alcoholrelated deaths are five times more likely, and violent crimes are nine to 10 times more likely to occur. Venetians and Angelenos at large should be calling for transparency of the alcohollicensing process so our voices can be heard. We must call for the PCN process to be significantly reformed in two ways: the creation of standardized criteria for what constitutes “convenient” and “necessary,” and the inclusion of public hearings where the community can weigh in on the process. It’s our community. It should be our choice. Editor’s Note: Argonaut reporters aren’t the only ones with a voice. If you have more to say about one of our stories than you can squeeze into a letter to the editor, contact joe@ argonautnews.com to pitch a Power to Speak reader column.
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So how many users of Santa Monica Airport did The Argonaut interview before coming to the conclusion that AOPA is some sort of “aviation industry” behemoth? Only one of the most rabid airport opposition representatives was quoted in the Argonaut’s endorsement. Walter Davie Mar Vista
‘D’ stands for democracy
Anyone who follows the airport issue knows that while city staff does a great job actually running
the airport, the City Councilappointed Airport Commission is trying to strangle the airport out of existence with hostile leasing policies and other attempted restrictions. That’s why Measure D provides that no new restrictions can be imposed on the airport without a vote of the people. Most voters in Santa Monica support the airport. Measure D will make sure that the airport can’t be closed by “other means.” The city-sponsored Measure LC, however, maintains council
control without voter approval. This is why I am voting yes on Measure D and no on Measure LC. Furthermore, I do not want the City Council to spend millions of our tax dollars fighting the FAA, and very likely losing. Then the FAA could take back the airport and we could have a hub for local commercial airlines. On the off chance that the city wins, the City Council has stated there are no other options but to “develop” the land: meaning more traffic, pollution, lower
LAX jets and a lower quality of life in the Westside. LC should stand for the people Losing Control of their way of life. D stands for Democracy. Michael J. Kent Santa Monica
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Digging to avoid disaster By Gary Walker There have been three water main breaks along Sunset Boulevard this year, including the July pipe rupture that gushed millions of gallons onto the UCLA campus — a flood that snarled commutes, damaged property and took workers days to repair. Now imagine a break along the Venice Force Main, a 48-inch pressurized sewer pipe that traverses the coastline along Marina del Rey and through the Marina Peninsula neighborhood as it carries wastewater from the Venice Pumping Plant on Hurricane Avenue to the Hyperion Treatment Plant in Playa del Rey. To avoid that potential environmental disaster, the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation is planning to build a parallel 54-inch sewer line to buttress the aging main line, which was built in 1960 during the initial construction of Marina del Rey.
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Sanitation workers will install new pipes along Via Marina, Pacific Avenue and Vista del Mar as back up for the area’s 54-year-old sewer main
The supplemental sewer line will begin at the pumping station, cross the Grand Canal, travel east along Marquesas Way, and turn south to follow Via Marina, Pacific Avenue and Vista del Mar — crossing the marina and Ballona Creek channels before meeting an interceptor sewer juncture near Manchester Avenue in Playa del Rey. Construction is slated to begin in spring and last about 20 months in all. While expected to cause temporary traffic delays, the work is worth it, officials say. “This sewer system has been in service for over 50 years without any maintenance,” said Tonya Durrell, a spokeswoman for the city’s sanitation bureau. “We wouldn’t want to see anything like [a sewage spill] happen. That’s why we’re working very hard to do the upgrades to the sewer system and the infrastructure along the way.”
City sanitation workers will build a new sewer line through Marina del Rey (purple) to (Continued on page 12) support the deteriorating Venice Force Main (red)
Actress aims to PROVOKE debate By Michael Aushenker To an upbeat soundtrack of 1980s pop, a youthful and sharply dressed crowd about 150 strong — Scandinavian glamour boys and Thai models among them — socializes on the packed patio of the 41 Ocean Club across from Santa Monica Pier, where FAIR Quinoa Vodka
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Hurd, the hostess takes the mic. Dominika Wolski, a platinum-blond actress whose credits include eight TV movies, introduces two of the evening’s speakers: social media ambassadors Catherine Lyons and Brenna Harwell. Lyons heads the Los Angeles branch of fwd.us, an immigration reform program started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg; Harwell works at Enplug, a three-year-old app amalgamating various social media on flat screen TVs. The evening’s topic: immigration. Welcome to the world of PROVOKE, invitation-only salons that play to a decidedly Silicon Beach crowd as they explore complex, topic-specific themes. PROVOKE is the brainchild of Wolski, a Polish émigré by way of Vancouver who now lives in Venice. “I grew up with an aunt and uncle neurosurgeon who, in my childhood, often hosted dinner parties in Eastern Europe filled with an incredible mix of people: the local priest, baker, seamstress, aristocracy, university professor of ethics, symphony conductor. I witnessed some of the most beautiful ideas expressed,” Wolski said of her inspiration for the gatherings. Wolski thrives on contradiction, oxymoron and strange bedfellows, so through PROVOKE she hopes to unite “the nerd and the supermodel, the dreamer
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and the pragmatist, the fashionista and the engineer,” she said. Megan Prichard, Wolski’s partner in the enterprise, offers a much simpler description: “a younger, more fashionable version of TED Talks,” she said. So far, PROVOKE appears to be thriving. Wolski and Prichard have held five gatherings, each attracting more than 100 people. Grammy-winning producer Wayne Native Jobson (Gwen Stefani, Keith Richards), former CEO of Spelling Entertainment Jules Haimovitz and Hyatt Hotel heir Anthony Pritzker and wife Jeanne were all spotted at the Oct. 9 immigration salon. (Continued on page 23)
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Allegations that Santa Monica Mayor Pam O’Connor accepted illegal campaign contributions from developers whose projects she voted to approve have been referred to the Public Integrity Division of the L.A. County District Attorney’s office, Santa Monica City Attorney Marcia Moutrie said. The Transparency Project, a local activist group with ties to slow-growth O’Connor opponents Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City, filed a complaint on Oct. 8 that detailed 24 contributions that potentially violate the Santa Monica Taxpayer Protection Amendment. Also known as the Oaks Initiative, the 2000 voterapproved law prohibits city officials from accepting campaign cash from those to whom they have awarded public contracts or land use approvals. Moutrie said referring the case to the D.A.’s office does not imply her office has reached any conclusions about the allegations. “Any complaint against a council member or city official we routinely forward to the district attorney,” Moutrie said. City campaign finance records show that O’Conner voted in favor of the Hines Lantana Media Campus and two other projects before accepting contributions from executives of companies affiliated with those projects. O’Connor told The Argonaut earlier this month that she may have made mistakes because she did not employ a full-time treasurer, but characterized the accusations as politically motivated.
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Firefighters worked from Saturday night into Sunday morning to extinguish the blaze at the Extra Space Storage facility on Venice Boulevard Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.
By Gary Walker Arson specialists with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have been called in to assist with the investigation of a fire that rampaged through the Extra Space Storage facility in Venice over the weekend. A total of 365 firefighters were dispatched to fight the intense 14hour blaze at 658 Venice Blvd. that began around 7:30 p.m. Saturday and was brought under control at just before 10 a.m. Sunday, Los Angeles Fire Dept. spokesman Brian Humphrey said. Eight Los Angeles city firefighters were hurt battling the blaze — three treated at the scene, five treated at a local hospital for injuries that were not life threatening and released Sunday, Humphrey said. “It was a difficult fire because the firefighters had to cut through steel doors and concrete structures” in order to battle fires that had broken out in individual storage units, he said. “This was a major emergency fire.” On Tuesday, members of the ATF’s National Response Team carried buckets of debris from inside the building and packed them into vehicles. Carlos Canino, special agent in charge of the ATF’s Los Angeles field division, declined to say
whether the request for assistance meant that arson was suspected. “All cases are serious. The reason the national response team was called in is because this is a safe haven for people to put their belongings. We want to find out if this was an accident or if it was intentional,” Canino said. “We’re trying to dig through debris right now and hopefully find the origin of the fire.” Investigators with the L.A. Fire Dept.’s arson section were on the scene Monday. “We’re going to be putting a game plan together to try to determine the cause of the fire,” A window blown out during the fire arson investigator Robert Nelson said at the time. Venice resident Casey Massimino, Mike Bonin visited the scene of the fire on Sunday and was impressed 25, said she was at a former art with the department’s response. gallery next door to the storage “A deputy fire chief told me that facility when she heard fire engines the fire was so intense they had to arrive at the scene on Saturday. rotate the firefighters out every 20 “It seemed surreal,” said Massimino, an Otis College student minutes. That’s why it took so many who stored art projects and furniture of them to fight this fire,” Bonin said. at the facility. “I just moved out of The smell of smoke still lingered my apartment and I had my stuff in the air on Monday as Massimino there for about a month.” and others who rented storage space Humphrey said one-third of the milled around near the cordoned-off 8,100-square-foot building’s units building, hoping to find out what were damaged in the blaze but happened with their units. firefighters saved two-thirds of the Nelson told a crowd that no one storage units, though total damages would be allowed in the units for at were yet to be tabulated. (Continued on page 22) Los Angeles City Councilman
A 38-year-old man accused of sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy he met online was arrested on Oct. 17 at the man’s Playa Vista home, according to police. Andrew “Andy” Cabrera allegedly molested the teen at his apartment in August after driving him there from Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach police office Mick Gaglia said. Gaglia said Cabrera is a registered sex offender. Cabrera has been charged with sodomy of a person under 14 and lewd acts upon a child. The investigation began after the boy’s father discovered suspicious emails on a family computer and contacted police, Gaglia said. Anyone with information is asked to call Hermosa police Det. Dean Garkow at (310) 318-0348.
MdR post office on the move
The U.S. Postal Service is taking public input on the pending relocation of the Marina del Rey Branch Post Office from its 4766 Admiralty Way location in the Waterside at Marina del Rey shopping complex. The shopping center decided in February to terminate the post office’s lease, USPS spokesman Richard Maher told The Argonaut at the time. Relocating the branch office will not affect PO box numbers, retail hours or services provided, according to postal officials. The post office is taking written comments about concerns related to the move. Mail comments to: USPS Facilities – Pacific Area, c/o Dean Cameron, 1300 Evans Ave., Ste. 200, San Francisco CA 94188-8200.
Gas Co. vandal sentenced
The man who caused the February natural gas leak at the Southern California Gas Co. facility in Playa del Rey by commandeering a work truck and ramming it into a valve pleaded guilty on Oct. 20 to one count each of arson, grand theft auto, unlawful taking of a vehicle and vandalism. James Viramonte Cogley, 23, faced up to five years in prison. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Drew Edwards gave him a five-year suspended sentence and five years of probation.
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Group targets justices for scrapping ballot measure Ted Lieu’s Proposition 49 would have put Citizens United in Californians’ crosshairs By Gary Walker Voters have six statewide ballot propositions to choose from on Nov. 4. They would have seven if it were up to Westside state Sen. Ted Lieu (D- Torrance). The California Supreme Court voted 6-1 on Aug. 14 to remove from the ballot Proposition 49, based on legislation authored by Lieu. The advisory vote would have polled statewide voters on whether Congress should create new campaign finance regulations that would effectively overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial 2010 Citizen’s United decision, which affirmed the rights of political action committees to raise unlimited campaign contributions in support of candidates or political causes. “The state Supreme Court suppressed the voices of the voters by taking Prop. 49 off the ballot this year,” said Lieu. “I believe that when the court receives a full briefing on my bill they will allow it to go on the ballot in 2016.” Lieu may soon get other opportunities to weigh in on Citizens United. He’s on the Nov. 4 ballot to replace Rep. Henry Waxman (D- Beverly Hills) in the House of Representatives. A group of campaign finance reform advocates are taking their own approach. They’ve launched a campaign targeting state Supreme Court associate justices Kathryn Werdegard and Goodwin Liu for
their votes that derailed Prop. 49. Under California law, state Supreme Court associate justices are subject to “retention votes” in the general election every 12 years after being appointed by the governor. Retention votes for Werdegard and Liu happen to appear on the Nov. 4 ballot, and an organization calling itself “The Committee to Remove Werdegard and Liu” is urging voters to kick them off the bench. “The California Constitution couldn’t be clearer,” said Michele Sutter, a spokeswoman for the campaign. “The people of California have the right to instruct their representatives. The court disenfranchised every voter in California and shut down this essential conversation America has to have about Big Money buying our government.” UCLA constitutional law professor Adam Winkler thinks the group is facing an uphill battle. “I don’t think this particular issue will raise enough controversy to have two Supreme Court justices voted out of office,” he said. Winkler said the campaign against an associate justice like Liu — who holds many liberal social views and was nominated in 2010 by President Obama for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals, a nomination blocked by Republicans — is indicative of public rancor against Citizens United.
Nonetheless, he feels the campaign against the associate justices is ill-advised. “It shows how misguided this movement is when you have a progressive like Goodwin Liu being targeted. I think it’s a misunderstanding of [the state court’s lack of jurisdiction over] Citizens United,” the professor said. In 1986, facing a conservative backlash for her staunch opposition to the death penalty, former California Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird became the first state chief justice to be voted out of office. Her supporters viewed the campaign against her as largely political, and Winkler thinks it opened the door for seemingly politically-based campaigns such as “The Committee to Remove Werdegard and Liu.” “California voters are right to be concerned about the role of money in politics and the extent of corporate power in politics. But this is the wrong reform. We should not be removing justices for their rulings,” he said. “The proper means for removing a judge from office are for conflict of interest, corruption and judicial bias.” While his bill was advisory, Lieu said many past social and political movements started with non-binding legislation. “The way that the Constitution has been amended previously has been through grassroots efforts,” he said. gary@argonautnews.com
A house on the move
Del Rey-based digital effects studio goes independent in a rocky industry after management-led buyout By Michael Aushenker Del Rey-based House of Moves — a seasoned motion capture and animation studio with credits including the video games “Call of Duty,” “HALO” and “God of War” as well as this year’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film — announced the completion of a management-led buyout on Oct. 15, putting the company in local control. The amicable buyout and separation from parent company Oxford Metrics Group allows the studio, formerly known as Vicon House of Moves, to continue along its path toward becoming a fullservice animation house, said House of Moves CEO Brian Rausch, who led the buyout charge over the past two years. Independence frees House of Moves from requirements to use only OMGmanufactured technology, said Rausch, who declined to name the investors that
made the transition possible. Rausch spent eight years with Sony Computer Entertainment’s cinematic animation and video services department before joining House of Moves. “At big companies like Sony, you have to wait for the dude in front of you to die,” he said of why he left Sony to helm House of Moves. “I joined in 2008 and immediately set out to make it a fullservice animation company.” Rausch expressed relief at no longer being shackled by the anxieties of shareholders. “OMG and Vicon, they make measurement tools and they’re very good at it, but as soon as we went into the creative field we fell out of their investment profile,” he said. “Being in the entertainment space, it’s bumpy.” Over the past few years, many
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California-based digital animation studios have fallen victim to overseas outsourcing, out-of-town film subsidies and the instability of contract work. Rhythm and Hues, a digital effects house that once employed 700 people in Playa Vista, filed for bankruptcy just two weeks before winning an Academy Award for its work on the 2012 blockbuster “Life of Pi” and was subsequently bought out by a larger company. “The anxiety is pretty much industrywide,” Rausch said. But “We’re a brickand-mortar business, and it’s nice to have a business in L.A.” House of Moves’ credits also include “TRON Legacy” and the “Red Dawn” remake, as well as the game “Battlefield: Hardline.” michael@argonautnews.com
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After installing the redundancy line, workers plan to take the main line out of operation to “take a close look at it and determine if any repairs are required,” Durrell said. In addition, “a second line will help bolster the sewer system during wetter months.” Los Angeles Public Works officials joined Durrell for a public information session about the project on Oct. 22. An environmental analysis for the sewer project was completed and certified in 2010. The Los Angeles City Council approved construction along the Via Marina route in January 2010. Two weeks later, county officials filed a lawsuit against the city, arguing that the construction route should follow heavily traveled Pacific Avenue in Venice rather than pass through countyrun Marina del Rey. A Superior Court judge ruled in the county’s favor in August 2011, but that decision was reversed on appeal in March 2013, allowing the city to proceed with the project. “The litigation was because the alignment on Via Marina was chosen. Pacific Avenue is too close to the current line,” said Fernando Gonzalez, the assistant division manager of wastewater engineering services of Public Works. “We want to keep both lines away from each other in case of a natural disaster and so that, in case [the main] fails, the other one is still in service. We maintain that the Via Marina line was the best way to go.” Julie Ross, a Playa del Rey resident who lives two blocks from the path of the new sewer line, said she’s convinced the project is necessary but hopes officials will take precautions to mitigate the impacts of construction. “It’s going to be a terrible inconvenience for people down in the western part of town,” she said. “I have a concern that the [environmental study] is so old that it doesn't contemplate any other developments, such as Legado,” a controversial mixed-use development planned for downtown Playa del Rey near Vista del Mar. An environmental group recently circulated emails claiming that many if not all of the trees on Via Marina would be “destroyed/killed/eliminated” during sewer line construction. Durrell said five trees will be removed during construction in County Parking Lot 13 at 4601 Via Marina, “but they will be replaced with as mature as possible trees at the end of construction.” Some who attended the Oct. 22 briefing expressed disappointment that they were not allowed to weigh in on the project during the gathering. County and city officials said they will take comments from residents during future public hearings for construction permits. gary@argonautnews.com
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The Venice Beach Freakshow celebrates a bizarre universe Story by Tyler Davidson Photos by Ted Soqui
“The little kids get so much joy from this. It’s magic,” says fire eater Sunshine English
It’s as if Todd Ray has just stepped out of a time machine. “Folks, you don’t want to miss it! There’s 60 amazing creatures inside. Ten two-headed animals that are alive,” he calls to Venice boardwalk passersby with the vigor and twang of a Dust Bowl-era carnival barker. “There’s the bearded lady and the dog with two noses. There’s the wolf boy. You’re going to see it all. The littlest lady in L.A. The human blockhead is here. Five dollars to see it all. Next show’s about to begin — just pay this lovely lady up here …” At Ray’s feet, two-foot-six Gabriel Pimental, “the Smallest Man in America,” rides a tiny red tricycle. On the cement stairs above, Jessa the Bearded Lady sits petting a dog with two noses. Welcome to the Venice Beach Freakshow, an oddity among a parade of oddities, founded by Ray in 2006 and quite possibly the Westside’s most unusual family business. Off microphone, the South Carolina native and former record producer speaks in broad, flowery terms. We don’t just live in a world, but rather a universe; people aren’t simply men and women, they’re “magical beings,” he says. “When we started doing the show, we
really wanted to get it across to people what it is that we represent — a bigger view of the world as a whole,” says Ray, 48. “The whole universe, really, in that it’s a real place of wonder, as opposed to taking the time just to make everyone try to be normal. … We declared the word ‘freak’ as a call to more freedom, an idea of saying: I am one of a kind. I am a living miracle.” Head up the stairs and through the question mark-riddled curtain and you’ll first bear witness to a startlingly large collection of malformed animals, a specialty of sorts for Ray. In one tank, a pale two-headed snake remains still, prompting onlookers to doubt its
authenticity right up until it slithers against the Plexiglas. In another, a twoheaded turtle. Further inside, the “freaks” themselves take center stage. As visitors settle into church pews, four-foot-two “Wee Matt” McCarthy — the show’s hype man, bedecked in a gaudy green hat with matching glasses and the show’s signature T-shirt (displaying the word “normal” in a circle with a line through it) — speaks excitedly in a voice that rivals Tom Waits’ in its gravelly consistency. McCarthy’s infectious energy readies the crowd for Morgue, a pale Goth with long platinum hair and a wry sense of humor. “Sit back and watch me hurt myself,” he deadpans to the crowd, barely flinching as he inserts the bit from a power drill deep into his nasal cavity. He leaves it there until his big closer: shoving a meat hook into his nose, amid gasps from the crowd, and twisting it just so until the pointy end
“ We declared the word ‘freak’ as a call to more freedom, an idea of saying: I am one of a kind. I am a living miracle.”
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— Venice Beach Freakshow founder Todd Ray
Larry “the Wolf Boy” Gomez
emerges from his mouth. To his side is Sunshine, the Electric Lady — a classic beauty dressed in a simple black corset and striped tights. She sits stoically atop an electric chair, letting Morgue do the talking as he throws a switch and touches a fluorescent light tube to her skin, illuminating an otherwise darkened interior. “It really is something. You never know who’s going to come through that door,” Jessa the Bearded Lady, a 29-year-old jewelry maker who a couple of years ago stopped shaving the red facial hair that sprouted during puberty, says of the show’s-ever changing audience.
obsession — a collection of bygone and contemporary sideshow paraphernalia, including morbidities of all sorts in jars that sit on shelves like candles might in another home. Vast as the collection grew to be, it took a backseat to a successful music career with album credits including Cypress Hill, Helmet and even Ozomatli’s Grammy Award-winning “Street Signs.” Years A family affair later, however, frustration would begin A lifelong sideshow enthusiast, Ray to set in as Ray found himself trapped excitedly recounts a childhood tale of in a purgatory between the creative and meeting Otis Jordan, an ossified man corporate sides of the music industry. who performed as the “Human Cigarette “I was rich in money but poor in Factory.” Unable to effectively use his happiness,” he says. “When I wasn’t limbs, Jordan would use the rest of his feeling creatively happy with the music torso to pack, roll, light and smoke a and the business side of what I was having cigarette in short order, a performance that to do, I thought of Otis Jordan [and It’s a reminder that strange is in the eye of the beholder. “You come to Venice because it’s a freak show. It’s wonderful,” she says. “Everyone has their beard in life. It’s just a matter of how you wear it. If you have something weird about you, celebrate it. Don’t hide it.”
“Everyone has their beard in life. It’s just a matter of how you wear it. If you have something weird about you, celebrate it. Don’t hide it.” — Jessa the Bearded Lady
Todd Ray, left, with 18-year-old son Phoenix and wife Danielle
with Ripley’s Believe It or Not! over a two-headed cow: “[Ripley’s] ended up getting it, but that’s the kind of stuff me and my son have done since he was a little kid.” His wife Danielle, the “Freakshow Mama,” operates a counter while also toting around Ricky, the family’s fivelegged miniature pinscher. Daughter Asia, 22, got involved as a performer of classic sideshow stunts like eating fire. The Rays’ very first bed of nails was, in fact, a father-daughter project. “We put 600 steel spikes in this big bed of wood, nailed them all. And eventually, she took me aside and said, ‘Hey, I wanna lay on that.’” Ray recalls.
barker mode. “The key is, what you see at our show can’t be seen anywhere else in the world. It’s a part of history,” he says, cadence rising. “It’s a piece of a lost art that only survives at Venice Beach … “When you walk out, you’ll almost be insulted that someone would have the audacity to call this magical world, this universe, this planet and this unbelievable vast creation that we live in ‘normal.’ You will actually walk out, maybe, calling yourself a freak.” There’s a long pause broken by a dry chuckle. “Can I get an amen?”
The show must go on
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mystified and awed the young boy. “Later, I saw him [and said], ‘Mr. Jordan, that was incredible. I’m a young magician, I’m really into this, but honestly, I don’t think I can do what I saw you do,’” Ray remembers. “And this is what he said to me: ‘Son, let me tell you something: If I can do what you just saw me do in my condition, a young man like you can do anything you ever dream of.’ And for whatever reason, that moment, it was magical.” It also led to a hobby that bordered on
thought], ‘Why not find a place where I can bring what I love about our world to one place?” It may have been Ray’s personal fixation that led to its creation, but these days the Venice Beach Freak Show is a full-on family affair. Ray acts as co-owner with his 18-year-old son Phoenix, who at 9 years old began collecting admission from patrons. Where other fathers and sons might go fishing to bond, Ray tells of a road trip to Seattle that found them in a bidding war
A few years ago, Ray began pitching his unique attraction to cable networks. AMC shared his vision, and February 2013 marked the premiere of “Freakshow,” a reality show that chronicled everything from Ray scouring the country for new talent to Danielle approving her son’s dates and doling out advice. “My goal from day one was to create an entertaining show that everyone can watch and enjoy, but also a historical document to put Venice Beach and what we represent down in the history books,” Ray says. The show ran for two 12-episode seasons until earlier this month, when AMC announced it would halt production on nearly all unscripted programming to focus on scripted dramas such as cash cows “The Walking Dead” and “Mad Men.” “It’s been one of the greatest things that we’ve done,” Ray says of the show. “Everything we dreamed of actually happened with that.” Asking Ray what he’d like people to take away from a visit to the live show is like putting a coin into an old nickelodeon. He begins speaking louder and with more “Smallest Man in America” Gabriel conviction, launching back into full-on Pimentel, two-foot-six October 30, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 15
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Other wealthy conservative donors include William E. Oberndorf, a California investor who funds conservative causes that include the privatization of education, and David Crane, a former UC regent who is also part of the education “reform” movement. Allen’s stint on the Santa Monica–Malibu school board has been marred by the poor handling of the carcinogenic contamination at Malibu High School. Though both attorneys, Allen and Fluke do not have similar legal backgrounds. Ben Allen’s legal work was corporate. Sandra Fluke’s was nonprofit, working
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The Fresh King of Broad’s “Lear”
Joseph Marcell, who played Geoffrey the butler on TV’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” stars as the Shakespearean king when London’s Globe Theatre comes to Santa Monica By Jenny Lower When the touring production of “King Lear” comes to Santa Monica’s Broad Stage next month from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, it will be with a face eminently familiar to Angelenos — not to mention audiences in Austria, Germany, Denmark, Turkey and Malta. Directed by Bill Buckhurst, the Shakespearean tragedy will star Joseph Marcell, best known for playing the British butler Geoffrey throughout six seasons of the 1990s Will Smith vehicle “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” As the sarcastic valet to the posh Banks family, Geoffrey is a part that, a few decades ago, might have made Marcell a shoo-in for the role of the aging monarch’s witty, impertinent Fool. Marcell, who is 67, studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in northwest London and was an established actor with the Royal National Theatre before “Fresh Prince” made him a household name. In 1984, he joined the Council Artistic Directorate of the Globe Theatre on London’s South Bank and has since played other patriarchs there, including Leonato in the 2011 production of “Much Ado About Nothing.” Then Dominic Dromgoole, artistic director of the Globe, asked him to step in as the faltering king who unwisely decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, only to suffer the betrayal of the two eldest. Though Marcell initially declined the role because he felt he was too young, he eventually changed his mind and came to embrace the demanding part. “The Victorians gave us the idea that [Lear] was this octogenarian who was decrepit and senile,” he says. Rather, “Shakespeare
has written a play about a man who can no longer wield a broadsword for eight hours a day.” Still, Lear’s identity as an erratic, rash sovereign who explodes into childish fits of pique before returning just as suddenly to tranquility required a certain mental, and physical, robustness. “He’s like quicksilver,” Marcell says. “He cannot be pinned down. And the physical exertion alone tires you out.” Given the part’s creative and bodily demands, the opportunity to play Lear often represents the crowning professional achievement for thespians who have already achieved a certain stature. In Marcell’s case, the accomplishment is twofold: to his knowledge, his debut also marks the first time a non-white British actor
Joseph Marcell stars in the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre traveling production of “King Lear,” opening Wednesday at The Broad Stage
Lucia and raised in London from the age of 8, says the decision to make the royals a blended family was not intended as a social or political commentary. “The play represents the globe — as in Shakespeare’s Globe, the globe on which we live, the globe that feeds us and takes care of us. The play represents all colors and all races,” he says. “It’s art for art’s sake, in the sense that it is about the words that Shakespeare has written, not the need to ameliorate whatever social problems we might have.” Yet the universality of “Lear” and its enduring ability to speak to the issues of the day are precisely what have made it such a popular choice for staging. In a year that has seen several high-profile productions mounted on both sides of the pond, including
even at his age he is still vital. He can still get angry. He’s fighting for the way things ought to be, not the way they’ve become.” As for what he’s become, Marcell seems unusually well-adjusted to the legacy of his “Fresh Prince” days. Unlike other actors who chafe under the burden of being typecast (a dilemma noted by castmate Alfonso Ribeiro during his recent appearance on “Dancing with the Stars”), Marcell says that the NBC sitcom’s legacy, comprising a seventh of his 42-year acting career, has provided a platform to better wield his craft. “It has given me an international credibility that I don’t think I would have had if I’d simply been a stage actor,” he says. “It has allowed me to have the attention of some very important people. But most of all, it has allowed me to bring into the theater people who otherwise would not have come.” Never is that reality more apparent than during one fateful moment early in act one, scene four, when we first glimpse Lear’s descent into madness. — Joseph Marcell Goneril has just insisted her father dismiss half his retinue of knights, causing Lear to falter in one in New York starring John Lithgow and self-doubt. Keeping with the production’s Annette Bening, Lear remains a character to pattern of breaking the fourth wall, Marcell which many aging Baby Boomers can relate. implores the audience: “Does any here know His fall from grace captures the indignities me?” visited upon advanced age and echoes the Many nights, he’ll hear a voice call back soul-crushing, existential fears many retirees from the gallery: “Geoffrey!” are beginning to face. “Why am I being treated this way? Why “King Lear” opens Wednesday (7:30 p.m.) am I being put in a home? Why does no one and continues through Nov. 16 at The Eli & come to visit me? All those things that make Edythe Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa you feel you’re absolutely useless,” Marcell Monica. $39 to $87. Call (310) 434-3200 or explains. “Lear shows you that, damn it, visit thebroadstage.com.
“ Lear shows you that, damn it, even at his age he is still vital. He can still get angry. He’s fighting for the way things ought to be, not the way they’ve become.” has taken up the monarch’s mantle full-time. The cast also features an Indian actress as Lear’s middle daughter Regan, with German and Welsh actresses playing Goneril and Cordelia, respectively. Though still relatively unusual, this type of color-blind casting is gaining momentum on London stages, where the Donmar Warehouse’s current all-female version of “Henry IV” set in a women’s prison features a black actress as Hotspur. Marcell, who was born on the Caribbean island of St.
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Ken Peplowski, who played with Benny The Los Angeles Jazz Institute gathers dozens of musicians for its biannual festivals celebrating jazz greats (pictured: the Goodman, will perform during the 2012 “Groovin’ Hard” festival) upcoming “Something Cool” festival
By Michael Aushenker Why wait for the weekend to go out when “Something Cool” is already underway? Today through Sunday, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute is celebrating the landmark 1957 Miles Davis album “Birth of the Cool” and the age of Cool Jazz (1949 to 1959), the post-Bebop phase of the musical art form, with a series of 26 concerts punctuated by rare film footage, panel discussions and special presentations — all under the handle “Something Cool.” Jazz legend Lee Konitz, one of the musicians who collaborated with Davis on “Birth of the Cool,” appears in person during the festival at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at LAX. “He was kind of omnipresent throughout the whole thing,” Los Angeles Jazz Institute Director Ken Poston said of the now 87-year-old composer and alto saxophonist. “Something Cool” covers Cool Jazz’s four major strains: the Woody Herman and the Four Brothers sound, the music of Lennie Tristano and His Disciples, Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” and its participants, and West Coast Cool Jazz. Festival concerts include: the Woody Herman Alumni Band with special guest Ken Peplowski; the Frank Capp Juggernaut Big Band performing the music that introduced Lester Young to the world; Rickey Woodard and Keith Fiddmont
celebrating Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray; a remembrance of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims featuring Peplowski and Harry Allen; and a trio led by Alan Broadbent, who studied with Tristano in the 1960s. The Gary Foster All Stars, featuring Broadbent, David Sills, Larry Koonse and Putter Smith, celebrate the music of the Lennie Tristano Sextet, and a special all-star
The Los Angeles Jazz Institute typically holds two festivals each year: one Memorial Day weekend and another in the fall. The institute’s inaugural festival took place in 1991 at the Four Points by Sheraton LAX. Konitz isn’t the first jazz man to be feted in person by the group. Many of the genre’s icons, including Jerry Mulligan, Kenny Burrell, Buddy Collette, Shorty Rogers and the aforementioned Stan Getz have made appearances over the years. The institute has been based at Cal State Long Beach since 1998 but expects to relocate early next year and — Los Angeles Jazz is looking for a new home, Poston Institute Director Ken Poston said. Despite the transition, he said, tribute to Konitz features Foster, the group won’t waver in its Broadbent and Ted Brown. mission to preserve the work of There will also be a tip of the jazz greats and introduce them to hat to the group that preceded a new generation of listeners. the renowned Dave Brubeck “I’m really proud of the fact Quartet. that we’re doing something that “Bill Smith is coming in from no one else is doing. What we’re Seattle to direct a concert of the doing is an ultimate tribute to the original Dave Brubeck Octet musicians and arrangers,” that he wrote or was a part of,” he said. Poston said. “Something Cool” events Some of the footage includes happen mornings, afternoons Lester Young, Stan Getz, Woody and evenings from Thursday Herman and Bobby Troup. to Sunday in the Grand and Sunday features a recreation of Gateway ballrooms of the sorts of “Kind of Blue,” Miles Sheraton Gateway LAX, Davis’ seminal 1959 album. 6101 W. Century Blvd., Bill Mays is also flying in Westchester. Tickets are from New York for a Bill Evans $10 to $50 for individual tribute concert, Poston said. events or $400 to $450 for “Within the four days, there four-day passes. Call (562) are a lot of important things 200-5477 or visit going on. There are oral histories lajazzinstitute.org. happening, stories being told,” michael@argonautnews.com he said.
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Then again, the expertly made cocktails also might have had something to do with it. The Air Mail cocktail of rum, lime, honey and sparkling wine was very good. The grapefruit sour was divine — the drink had the perfect balance of sugar, citrus and bitters. The place wasn’t very busy when we arrived and our food was out within 15 minutes, chicken hot from the fryer and waffle still crisp. I had asked for the Peruvian aji amarillo gravy on the side, fearing that they might be over-exuberant with the virulent yellow peppers, but I didn’t need to worry — there was enough heat to be interesting but not to obscure the other flavors. The waffle also comes with a drizzle of lucuma syrup, made from a South American fruit that has an unusual flavor like a fruity molasses. I’d recommend requesting both the yellow chili and the syrup on the side because it’s interesting to mix and match the flavors. The chicken was fried with a coarse-grained breading on the outside rather than a batter, and the portion was a single airline breast (boneless except for the first wing joint). I prefer dark meat bone-in because that part of the chicken is more flavorful and juicy, but though the portion looked on the small side it made a satisfying breakfast. We ate the pork belly, beet
and onion hash while debating whether it really should be called a hash. We couldn’t come up with a better catchy term for those ingredients sautéed together, but it certainly isn’t the usual breakfast hash. Standard hash is usually at least a bit crisp and involves potato, while this was meaty, with both vegetable sweetness and a nice little tang of onion. The frisee on top added a bit of color, texture and interest, as did the poached egg. Note that they poach eggs very lightly unless requested otherwise — it arrived barely cooked, which some people like and others don’t. Our cocktails finished, we ordered coffees: a cup of Honduran and a cup of Ethiopian, both made to order. It took a few minutes but that gave us time to nibble the house-made bacon, which was thick-cut and had a slight spice crust. Many places that make their own bacon go overboard with smokiness and saltiness, a tendency avoided here. Two of the three pieces were on the fatty side even for bacon, but we teased the meat away and enjoyed it. The coffee was worth waiting for; I preferred the berryish Ethiopian to the Honduran, but both were very good and cut through the bacon richness. We sipped our brews while admiring the environment, and were (Continued on next page)
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Westside Happenings Thursday, Oct. 30 Chess Club, 4:15 p.m. Kids ages 5 to 16 can learn to play chess or improve their strategy through free Thursday classes at Venice-Abbot Kinney Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/branches Spirited Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m. A rotating roster of beverage professionals — from winemakers and brand founders to celebrated mixologists — showcase new boutique wine, beer or spirits weekly. For every specialty drink ordered, guests receive a complimentary small plate to pair from Executive Chef Jason Bowlin. Hotel Casa del Mar, 1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica. Specialty cocktails run $12 to $16. (310) 430-7144; hotelcasadelmar “Life Itself,” 7:30 p.m. Join Oscarnominated filmmaker Steve James and Chaz Ebert, widow of Roger Ebert, for James’ absorbing documentary on the late movie critic’s final years. Screening with James’ 2002 documentary “Stevie,” which finds James returning to the southern Illinois town where he’d once been an Advocate Big Brother to a young man who now stands accused of a serious crime. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 2601528; aerotheatre.com Sundown Stand-Up: Venice Beach Revival, 8 p.m. Every Thursday, area comedians bring spoken word and comedy performance to the Venice Bistro, 323 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. No cover. (310) 392-3997; thevenicebistro.com
Friday, Oct. 31 “Halloween Hop,” 3 to 6 p.m. Trickor-treating and themed activities await kids at Montana Avenue’s annual event, with participating merchants giving out treats along the avenue from 6th Street to 17th Street. montanaave. com Marina City Club Halloween Party, 6 p.m. Buffet dinner: 6 to 10 p.m. Live music: 8 to 11 p.m. Don Paul serves as master of ceremonies. Costume parties, Halloween-themed cuisine, car washes, tennis lessons and more. Marina City Club, 4333 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. $28.95. (310) 822-0611, ext. 215 Mo’s Halloween Party, 6 p.m. Outrageous costume party with prizes, food and beverage specials. Everybody attending in costume gets a prize. Mo’s Place, 203 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 822-6422; mosplacepdr.com Zombie Bar Crawl, 7 p.m. Join the undead for the annual bar crawl that starts at Rusty’s Surf Ranch and ends at Wokcano’s “Wok-ing dead” afterparty from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Rusty’s Surf Ranch, Santa Monica Pier. Wokcano, 1413 5th St., Santa Monica. Admission: $15 (includes wristband for specials at participating bars and complimentary zombie makeup). (310) 458-3080; wokcanorestaurant.com “The Lego Movie,” 7:30 p.m. Come in costume as your favorite character from 2014’s highest-grossing original animated feature and get some free toys and treats at this special Halloween Night 3-D screening.
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Taco Obsession food truck sells Mexican delicacies following the film. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com “Enchanted Halloween Ball,” 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Gibber like a ghoul or howl like a werewolf at this masquerade party replete with a costume contest, deejays, live performers, body paint, visual projection art, a photo booth and tarot readings. Proceeds benefit the Venice Art Crawl and Full Circle’s nonprofit arts activities. Full Circle Venice, 305 Rose Ave. Tickets: $30 to $35; VIP access: $40 (includes ticket, drink and gift). (206) 910-0384; venicebeachmasquerade.com The Untouchables, 8 p.m. “Free Yourself” as the Silver Lake-spawned soul/mod revival band from the early 1980s returns to perform the cult hits that have landed them on concert bills with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone, The B-52s, No Doubt, Black Uhuru, Bow Wow Wow and X. Witzend, 959 Superba Ave., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com Haunted Blood Vessel, 8:30 p.m. (boards at 9 p.m.) Special holiday boat party includes DJ Andy Vargas and DJ Vision. 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (323) 604-6030 4th Annual “Nightmare on Main Street,” 9 p.m. Holiday party at the Italian restaurant 31 Ten Lounge, 3110 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 4505522; 31tenlounge.com Halloween Party, 9 p.m. to midnight. Holiday bash at the recently opened seaside art venue founded by art writer and curator Daniel Rolnik features the art of Tripple U. Zombies from the concurrent Zombie Bar Crawl are expected to attend. Daniel Rolnik Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. danielrolnikgallery.com Costume Contest, 9 p.m. to midnight. Cash prizes and drink specials at Cinco, 7241 W Manchester Ave., Westchester. (310) 910-0895; cincola.com Costume Dance Party, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. All-night costume dance party starring the Jeremiah Roko Band and local favorite Miss Jessica with The Sugar Shack Attack. Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com
Saturday, Nov. 1 Optimist Club Meeting, 9 to 11 a.m. Meets Saturdays at Jerry’s Deli, 13181 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 215-1892 Dia de los Muertos, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Traditional Day of the Dead celebration complete with an opening procession of Ketzaliztli dancers, a Nahuatl ceremonial blessing, a workshop for creating offerings of marigold crowns and perforated paper for deceased loves ones, a documentary depicting how a town in Mexico prepares for the holiday and a tour of the cemetery that explores the histories of the famous people buried there. Musicians perform live. Woodlawn Cemetery, 1847 14th St.,
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Sunday Jazz Suppers, 7 p.m. Local bands create a lounge atmosphere on the patio of Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com “Blow-Up,” 7:30 p.m.; Karina Longworth Book Signing, 6:30 p.m. Italian New Wave director Michelangelo Antonioni’s most famous and enigmatic film from 1966 features Vanessa Redgrave as the intriguing beauty after a specific roll of film from fashion photographer David Hemmings. Karina Longworth signs her book “Hollywood Frame by Frame” in the lobby. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Tracy Newman & the Reinforcements, 8 p.m. The witty folk singer and TV writer (“Ellen,” “The World According to Jim”) returns to play wry songs off of her two albums, “A Place in the Sun,” and “I Just See You.” McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $16. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com
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Homegrown art takes center stage this weekend at Grand View Fine Art Studios By Michael Aushenker “Made in Mar Vista” isn’t just the theme of Grand View Fine Art Studios’ open studios event this weekend, it’s the organization’s 24/7 mission. Since 1998, Grand View Fine Arts Studios has provided private and shared studio space for local artists in its 8,000-square-foot building on Grand View Boulevard, a few blocks south of Venice Boulevard. Twice a year, artists allow the public to tour their space. “Made in Mar Vista” throws the doors open for three hours on Saturday and for another three hours on Sunday, the latter coinciding with the adjacent Mar Vista Farmers Market to allow attendees to stroll between the two events. This time around, Grand View artists opening their doors include Lee Ann Goya, Sara Harris, Mitchilito Orquiola, Al Walton, Otella Wruck, Vibul Wonprasat, Marc Yellen and Cooper Union-educated abstract painter Ken Marsh, Grand View’s manager since 2007. Darlyn Susan Yee’s fabric-knit creations resemble abstract hangings. With the collective since April 2012, the Mar Vista resident said she enjoys being part of a neighborhood artistic community. “One of the things that I like is the ability to work at any hour that I’m available and to know there are others working at those hours. It’s not like the studio shuts down ever. There’s always someone there or something going on,” Yee said. Joseph Fitzpatrick, with Grand View for nine years, also enjoys the camaraderie. “I have a space there where I can put all my stuff out and I don’t have to worry about spilling paint,” he added. Fitzpatrick’s latest canvases derive their subject matter from photos he takes of the action on Lincoln Boulevard outside his Ashland Avenue home in Santa Monica. One features a homeless lady by a trash receptacle. Yee said some at Grand View hope to turn their semi-annual openings into a monthly ritual. “Everyone in this vibrant group of artists not only wants to make their own splash in the world but come together as a community,” Yee said. “Made in Mar Vista” runs 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at 3871 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista. Free. For more information, call (310) 903-2173. michael@argonautnews.com
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least a few days while investigators work to determine the fire’s cause. “That’s the first thing that I’ve heard that makes sense,” said Per Hallberg, who was waiting outside the storage facility with several others.
Hallberg’s wife, Holly, stored merchandize from her Abbot Kinney Boulevard store — Huset, a Scandinavian modern design shop — inside the facility. “All of my Christmas items are in there. If there’s water on them, they’re gone,” she lamented. Architect Robert Thibodeaux, whose office is next door to the storage facility,
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Monday, Nov. 3 Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Meets Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892 Learn to Knit, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Knitting classes every Monday at Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Bring supplies. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Music and Me Class, 5:30 p.m. Music classes for children half a year to four years old in both Russian and English, includes guitar, drums, voice and violin lessons. Kids can enjoy singing and dancing to music, learning rhymes, counting and colors. $18 per class. Music Teacher LA, 1400 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. (424) 4883361; musicteacherLA.com
The Toledo Show, 8 p.m. A cabaret show held on Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432
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Peach is back in season
Veteran blues singer and guitarist returns to the WitZend backed by ‘the band of a lifetime’ After touring the world and headlining this year’s Untapped Blues & Brews Festival in Washington State, Peach and the Electric Blues Band are back home. On Saturday at the WitZend in Venice, they play their first local gig in a year — this time with plenty of new material on hand. Peach, who moved to Venice from Santa Monica three years ago, has recorded with Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Garth Hudson from The Band and Paul Berrere of Little Feat. Her Electric Blues band also carries impressive creds: keyboardist Ken Strange has worked with Joe Cocker, bassist Del Atkins with James Ingram as well as the Pointer Sisters, and drummer James Gadsen with Paul McCartney, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles and Bill Withers. Guitarist Jamie James, who founded rockabilly revivalist band Jamie James & the Kingbees and played live with Steppenwolf, is the newest member of the band. “I like having a guitar slinger on my side. Jamie’s not only that, but he sings his butt off. For the first time in my life I’ll have someone else singing harmony with me,” Peach said. The band’s music is “blues, but also blues-related — even though it’s new, it’s old,” she said. “We’re going to go in there and shake it up. We’re going to play hard, and it’s going to be pretty spectacular. I don’t say that easily, but this is the band of a lifetime.” Peach and the Electric Blues Band play at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10; all ages. Call (310) 305-4792 or visit witzendlive.com. — Joe Piasecki
has been storing personal items at Extra Storage, including family photos and many of his father’s record albums. “I’m sure it’s all been torched,” he said. Salt Lake City-based Extra Space Storage released a statement that it would provide on-site assistance to customers as soon as investigators cleared company workers to enter the building.
In a phone interview, Extra Space Storage spokesman Jeffrey Norman said the company “encourages all tenants to purchase insurance” policies that they offer or from a third-party insurer. “He didn’t allay my anxiety, but I know that they’re doing the best that they can,” Holly Hallberg said. gary@argonautnews.com
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RYOT News CEO Molly Svenson, Facebook National Director Mark Wallrup, Comstock Director John Winfield and Lourdes Foundation’s Sean Lourdes have also attended PROVOKE gatherings, Wolski said. Prichard, who works in management consulting and recently returned to Venice after living in Sao Paulo for three years, said the goal is to “push the concept of lifestyles as a platform to be creating the type of world you want to see around you.” Wolski said she aims “to create unforgettable human experiences and use technology to share them with one goal: to change awareness into actionable change.” While she credits documentaries such as “An Inconvenient Truth” and “The 11th Hour” as informative, Wolski wants more. “The point of imparting a message,” she said, is “that is when your audience is most open to an immediate repeatable action.” At the Oct. 9 engagement, Lyons addressed the power of maintaining an international workforce while Harwell recounted her own journey to America. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2” actor Amadou Ly, 26, shared his immigration story: arriving in New York City from Senegal on Sept. 10, 2001, and witnessing how quickly antiimmigrant sentiment arose after the terrorist attacks. That unfortunate arc — “it’s everyone’s story, to be quite frank,” said Ly. Prichard hopes to soon hold PROVOKE salons on a monthly basis and add quarterly parlors at private homes in order to open up these events beyond the word-ofmouth crowd. Wolski said PROVOKE is not intended to be so exclusive. “There is always room on my invite list for people who take time to write to me because they are inspired and passionate about being an active contributor to the dialogue,” Wolski said. “That is the most important factor: not only people who are interesting, but those who are interested.” When you strip away the techieworld window dressing, the subtext of the salons is very simple, Wolski said. “As we get more immersive technology, the need is greater for us to create excellent human experience that reminds us why we, at our purest form, are the source of all the inspiration for these ideas,” she said. For information and to see video from past PROVOKE events, visit provoketheworld.com.
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“This gorgeous home was designed by renowned architect Toby Watson, and has balconies and water views at every level,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “This is the first time the custom home, built in 2007, has been on the market. The island location charmer has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, and a custom kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances & Caesarstone countertops. The kitchen flows to the open style living room and dining area, and French doors lead out to the private deck overlooking the water and the boat dock. The back entry has a private entertaining patio. Three of the bedrooms occupy the light and bright second level, which has French doors and balconies. The third level has front and back rooftop decks with extraordinary views. There is an outside shower, a twocar garage and room for two additional cars. Close to the beach, stores and restaurants. The property is offered at $2,950,000. Information, Peter and Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties, 310-821-2900. www.432howlandcanal.com
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Williamson & Pagan Sponsor Home Tour
“The Westchester Mental-Health Guild is having its 32nd Annual Holiday Home Tour on Sunday, November 2nd, 2014. The event supports the Airport Marina Counseling Clinic, and we are honored to be a part of it. If you haven't bought your tickets yet, please let us know. We are sponsoring a gorgeous home at 7825 Henefer Avenue, so please make sure to stop by and see us. We hope to see you there!” Information, Kim Williamson and Nicole Pagan, (310) 678-6650, www. WilliamsonandPagan.com
Gorgeous Lagoon Home
“This home is just a block from the beach, with breathtaking views,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “The huge living room has maple flooring, a fireplace and a lagoon patio, and there is a formal dining room and a large family room, also with a fireplace, and an ocean view. The gourmet kitchen has granite counter tops and birdseye maple cabinets. The master suite has ocean and lagoon views. There are four bedrooms, a maid’s suite and an entertainer's rooftop deck, an exercise room and a laundry room, as well as a three-car garage.” This property is for lease at $12,000 per month. Information, Peter and Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties, (310) 821-2900.
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“This luxurious three bedroom, 3.5 bath home in Villa Allegra has sunlight streaming through the stylish great room,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The cook’s kitchen has stainless appliances and granite counters, and opens to the dining area. A wall of glass doors leads to a front patio, while upstairs, a chic master suite has a spalike bath. A second en-suite bedroom, an airy loft for an office or third bedroom with a full bath, a powder room and a spacious roof-top deck with mountain and city views complete the layout, and there is an attached two-car garage.” The property is offered at $799,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.
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Bob Waldron and the Coldwell Banker Westchester/Playa Vista office are once again sponsors of the upcoming Westchester/Playa del Rey Home Tour on Sunday, November 2, 2014. This historical home in Playa del Rey, at 6948 Vista del Mar Lane, has expansive ocean views and classic Spanish style and design. Bob and the Coldwell Banker office have a long-standing tradition as sponsors of the annual Home Tour, a major fund-raiser for the Airport Marina Counseling Service. Tickets for the Home Tour will be available for purchase at the Guilded Cage in Westchester, and at www.WestchesterMHG.org. Information: Bob Waldron, Coldwell Banker, bob@bobwaldron.com, (310) 337-9225.
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“Enjoy marina, channel and ocean views from floor-to-ceiling windows in this two bedroom two bath home,” says agent Charles Lederman. “This Spanish motif home exudes warmth and character with a large gourmet cook's kitchen and remodeled bathrooms with steam and whirlpool. Enjoy all Marina City Club's amenities: gym, free classes, pools, courts, gourmet restaurant and bar, daytime cafe, room service, car wash, 24-hour gated and guarded security. Walk to beach and many restaurants.” The property is offered at $795,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.
Team Crockett at C C R Properties Sponsors Home Tour
Team Crockett has been a loyal sponsor of the Westchester Mental Health Guild's Annual Holiday Home Tour for over twenty years. The tour will begin at 11am on Sunday, November 2nd. All proceeds will go directly to Airport Marina Counseling Service which continues to provide mental health services to our community and the surrounding areas as it has for over forty years. Please stop by the Westchester Elks Lodge from noon to 5pm to support our volunteer gift shop, the Guilded Cage, to purchase holiday gifts and decorations. Information, Patricia Crockett, C C R Properties, Inc., (310) 505-5793, ccrprop@gmail.com.
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Homes for the holidays
Sunday tour features five spectacular home remodels in Westchester and Playa del Rey Photo courtesy of Stephanie Younger
owner, a house tailored to raising young children (treehouse included) and a recently renovated Playa del Rey bluff home with magnificent marina views. There’s also Steve Kaufmann’s 1927 Spanishstyle hilltop home in Playa del Rey, which once belonged to English actor Ronald Colman, a silent movie star who went on with the rise of the talkies to win the Academy Award for Best Actor as the star of 1947’s “A Double Life.” Kaufmann has worked hard to preserve and in some cases restore the historic elements of his home, paying close attention to details such as tiles, railings, bookshelves and the overall color composition of the interior. “It’s really important to Steve Kaufmann’s 1927 Spanish-style home in Playa del Rey once belonged to movie star Ronald me to retain [the home’s] Colman vibrancy and keep its character the same,” said including Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas By Ricky De Guzman Kaufmann, an attorney. “It’s still a work in and New Year’s. Three of the houses are in The Westchester Mental Health Guild progress, but I feel more like a steward for Westchester and two are in Playa del Rey. Holiday Home Tour, an annual fundraiser for trying to keep it the same.” A concurrent reception at the Westchester the Airport Marina Counseling Service that Kaufmann previously lived in Venice, Elks Lodge includes food, refreshments and a spotlights innovative home remodeling efforts, where he couldn’t help but notice how the holiday boutique sale curated by the Guilded returns Sunday for its 32nd year. preservation of historic elements contributed to Cage gift shop. Participants in the self-guided tour gain that community’s character and identity. This year’s tour roster includes a home that access to the interiors of five exceptionally “I started to appreciate the historic character was redone to include every possible modern well-cared-for houses that have also been of Venice. I want that same [historic] feeling convenience, another remodeled by its architect for my community,” he said. decorated according to holiday themes,
The Airport Marina Counseling Service is a nonprofit community-based clinic in Westchester that provides low- or no-cost mental health services and training for prelicensed therapists. The Westchester Mental Health Guild was founded by local volunteers to help raise money for the center and reduce stigma associated with mental illness. Guild fundraising efforts also include maintaining the Guilded Cage and organizing the annual Jet to Jetty run/walk. The holiday home tour raises between $30,000 and $40,000 a year, said Candy Yip, a tour organizer. Gary and Terri Voets, owners of the other Playa del Rey bluff home on this year’s tour, are big supporters of the Airport Marina Counseling Service. Their house is making its second holiday home tour appearance. “When I was told that they wanted my house for the tour, I agreed because it just feels like a good thing for community,” Terri Voets said. The Westchester Mental Health Guild Holiday Home Tour runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, with a tour reception and holiday boutique sale from noon to 5 p.m. at the Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. Pre-sale tickets are $30 through WMHGtour2014.eventbrite.com or at The Guilded Cage, 8917 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. Tickets are $35 on the day of the tour and can be purchased at the Westchester Elks Lodge. No charge for children under 12 accompanied by an adult. For more information, call (310) 641-7850.
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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. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the 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. 2014283849 The following person is doing business as: Home Life Partners and Home Life Partners INC. 2555 E. Colorado Blvd. 4th Floor Pasadena,
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Name: Skye Cowan Title: Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 24, 2014. Argonaut published: October 30, November 6, 13, and 20, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Public Notices NotIce to creDItorS oF bULK SALe (Ucc Sec. 6105) escrow No. 14-34708-JP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) are: LLOYD GILMORE, 503 WASHINGTON BLVD, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 Doing business as: OGDEN’S CLEANERS All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: NONE The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) is/are: OGDEN’S CLEANERS VIA MARINA, INC, 503 WASHINGTON BLVD, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 The assets being sold are described in general as: FURNITURES, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENTS, TOOLS, TRADENAME, GOODWILL, LEASEHOLD INTEREST, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, ALL TRANSFERABLE PERMITS, LICENSES AND INVENTORY OF STOCK IN TRADE and is located at: 503 WASHINGTON BLVD, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: TEAM ESCROW INC, 17310 RED HILL AVE, STE 140, IRVINE, CA 92614 and the anticipated sale date is NOVEMBER 18, 2014 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. [If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided.] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: TEAM ESCROW INC, 17310 RED HILL AVE, STE 140, IRVINE, CA 92614 and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be NOVEMBER 17, 2014, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above. Dated: 9/4/2014 OGDEN’S CLEANERS VIA MARINA, INC, Buyer(s) LA1468913 ARGONAUT 10/30/14 FIctItIoUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt File No. 2014307942 The following person is doing business as: Pillars Realty Group and Pillars Real Estate Group 6640 Kentwood Bluffs Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Alan Quan 6640 Kentwood Bluffs Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Alan Quan. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 28, 2014. Argonaut published: October 30, 6, 13, and 20, 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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