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L e t t e r s Playa del Rey Deserves Better Re: “City to Restore Traffic Lanes in Playa del Rey,” Web Exclusive, Oct. 17 The road diet was a great idea for increasing neighborhood unity and bringing a “beach tourist vibe” to our long-forgotten town.

Loud, out-of-area voices and mishandled public forums corrupted a real dialogue among Playa del Rey residents to be able to make some much-needed changes to enhance life in our community. Commuters boldly stated that their only consideration was “commute time” — not a very civic-minded perspective.

Supporting commuting is not the only value of Play del Rey. The newer road pattern developments will require police oversight if they are to be effective in producing safe streets, something we have not as yet seen without the road diet implementations.

I hope that as we erase the good by removing the bike and walking lane separations, those of us who are longtime Playa del Rey residents and love our town will sustain a commitment to beautification and developing our

community for tourism — just as El Segundo, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach have been able to do in their smaller jurisdictions. We hope we can reframe the corrupted dialogue to better enjoy our community for the reasons we chose to and continue to live here.

Wendy Zacuto, Playa del Rey

FROM THE WEB Re: “City to Restore Traffic Lanes in Playa del Rey,” Web Exclusive, Oct. 17 The “new” changes are what should have been done in the first place. What a flippin’ waste of taxpayer money in the name of a social experiment.

Tracy TC (@TracyConyers) Failure to plan is planning to fail. Councilman Mike Bonin writes: “I am grateful that Mayor Garcetti and I were able to work with LADOT, neighbors and local businesses to find a way to implement safety measures that can keep people safe without disrupting traffic patterns.” How about start with a plan? How much did this cost

the taxpayers for the three different, failed remedies?

Larry Steven Londre If only the politicians had communicated with their constituents before instead of after the changes, the right changes might have occurred and spending to undo the harm could have been avoided!

Kiyomi Marumoto Shishido I own a house in The Jungle, and I loved the road diet. I felt very safe. They fixed two major safety issues for us: the left turn lane onto Pacific Avenue from Vista Del Mar, and defined lanes on Culver turning left on to Trolley Way. These improvements are life savers! I also love how Bonin committed to doing something about safety, rolled out a plan for community feedback with the understanding that adjustments would be made (30 days, then 60 days, then 90 days … then another round of that). He did exactly what he said he would do. I’ve got so much respect for that.

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VOL 47, NO 44 Local News & Culture

NEWS

COVER STORy

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS

The Politics of Tragedy

Ready for a Fight

Fatal crash casts shadow as Bonin’s opponents pull recall papers .................... 6

Rep. Maxine Waters confronts big banks, data breaches and Russian trolls . ............ 10

Arts & Events

Cultural Chameleon Photo by Gus Powell

Photo by Jonathan Coffin

THIS WEEK

Día de los Muertos returns to Woodlawn Cemetery . ......................... 28

Photographer counters L.A.’s unexpected, “obvious” racism one self-portrait at a time .29

The Value of a ‘Junk Raft’ A Pacific adventure on a vessel made of trash unveils micro-plastic pollution at crisis levels ......................................... 30

A Home for Every Holiday It’s Holiday Home Tour season in Westchester and Playa del Rey . ............ 31

YouTube IRL OK Go’s genius music videos are What’s Best for Ballona?

Advocates duke it out at Wednesday’s big restoration plan meeting .................. 8

a big-screen backdrop for an interactive rock show ........................................... 13

Food & Drink

Redemption Songs

Seaside Hideaway

Ronald Troy Collins rose above homelessness to headline a Playa Vista benefit concert . .. 9

After the weekend, James’ Beach becomes a peaceful workweek oasis . .................... 15

Three for the Road Allman-inspired jams, bittersweet country harmonies and a cross-cultural classical virtuoso .................................... 34 On The Cover: Local Congresswoman Maxine Waters has become a favorite target of Trump supporters and a hero to the opposition. Yes, she wants to impeach him. Photo by Maria Martin. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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The Politics of Tragedy

Fatal crash in Venice casts a bitter shadow as Bonin’s opponents pull recall papers

By Gary Walker Despite the end of the polarizing Playa del Rey road diet that sparked lingering political backlash against Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, organizers of the campaign to oust Bonin from public office are moving full-speed ahead with plans to trigger a recall election.

Following a fatal vehicle-pedestrian crash last week in a Venice crosswalk where city officials had delayed implementing safety upgrades, recall proponents who oppose Bonin’s ongoing traffic lane closures on Venice Boulevard — like the Playa road diet, part of a larger citywide traffic safety initiative — are now seeking to at least partially blame the tragedy on Bonin.

On Monday, the Committee to Support the Recall of Mike Bonin filed paperwork with the Los Angeles Ethics Commission at L.A. City Hall, allowing them to begin collecting voter signatures on recall petitions this month. They’ll need 27,000 valid signatures from voters in Bonin’s district to trigger a recall election in the summer or fall of 2018.

“Bonin has prioritized his political advancement and personal agenda over

disregard for the lives of the citizens and visitors to your state and town we say this: the blood of the father of 18-yearold Tyler, 16-year-old Alexandria and 12-year-old Tanner is now and forever on your hands.”

Bonin’s office accused the recall campaign of politicizing Shear’s death.

“Shame on the people behind the recall for trying to link their personal political ambitions to this tragedy. Shame on “ … the blood of the father of 18-year-old the people behind the recall for ignoring Tyler, 16-year-old Alexandria and 12-year-old the fact that Damon Shear perished because an impatient driver broke the Tanner is now and forever on your hands.” law and sped around another car in the — family members of Damon Shear crosswalk,” reads Bonin’s statement.

“The people behind this recall are demanding the defunding of pedestrian Shear appears to have maneuvered this intersection, which had been deemed safety programs — including crosswalks around a vehicle that had stopped at the dangerous by the Los Angeles Department and traffic signals — and those using a crosswalk to let Shear pass. of Transportation in 2014, to claim the life grieving family for their political gain should be ashamed.”

That crosswalk was marked with white of a father, son, brother, and friend.

Southern California Families for Safe paint and a reflective sign, but in 2015 Damon’s family holds accountable the Streets, which advocates for relatives of the L.A. Department of Transportation driver of the vehicle and pray justice is people killed in traffic collisions, rejected had recommended the addition of appropriately served. However, the true the notion that Bonin is at fault for flashing beacons in response to safety criminals are the ones who have delibercomplaints by residents. Installation of ately failed to correct the problems at these Shear’s death. the beacons, however, remained tied up dangerous intersections,” the letter states. in delays related to disbursement of “To those involved in the blatant (Continued on page 33) the well-being and quality of life of his constituents,” states the recall petition.

On the morning of Oct. 25, a car struck and killed 40-year-old Damon Shear as he made his way through a crosswalk at Pacific and Sunset avenues in Venice, with traffic investigators telling the Los Angeles Times that the car that killed

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At a Wednesday vigil for Shear at Pacific and Sunset, members of the recall campaign read a statement from the Shear family that cast blame on Bonin.

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What’s Best for Ballona?

Expect disparate answers when wetlands advocates speak out Wednesday about state restoration plans Photo by Jonathan Coffin

By Gary Walker Environmental scientists, conservationists and avid wetlands activists have been waiting more than five years to comb through the environmental review that will guide the state’s restoration efforts in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.

At 1,242 pages, it’s a leviathan document. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting the sole public discussion of the report Wednesday (Nov. 8) at Burton Chace Park, while the written public comment period has been extended into February.

And while those on all sides of the debate over Ballona’s future ostensibly want to see it thrive, ideas about the means to that end couldn’t be further apart.

Ruth Lansford, a Playa del Rey resident who founded the advocacy group Friends of the Ballona Wetlands, expects a very high turnout.

“People have been waiting so long, and I can imagine how frustrated they are,” said Lansford, who is especially concerned about plans to relocate the endangered Belding savannah sparrow.

The document analyzes restoration options that range from doing nothing to various degrees of turning Ballona Creek into a more naturalized water channel by replacing concrete levees with earthen boundaries that will reconnect it to the Ballona marsh plain.

Travis Longcore, an urban landscapes ecology professor at USC, has concerns about the state’s more ambitious alternatives and how they’re being packaged.

A striped shore crab roams a brackish Ballona slough near Culver Boulevard “The big question is whether these proposed wetland creation alternatives constitute ‘restoration.’ There is a good argument that they do not and are no more restoration than would be trying to establish a redwood forest on a sand dune,” asserted Longcore, who has been recognized by the Department of Fish and Wildlife for his contributions to endangered species conservation.

“The proposed project does not represent the ‘return of an ecosystem to a close approximation of its condition prior to its disturbance,’” wrote Longcore in a 2012 letter to an agency consultant. “The project description should be corrected to describe the project as wetlands ‘creation,’ not ‘restoration.’”

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Eric Strauss, a Loyola Marymount University professor of biology and executive director of LMU’s Center for Urban Resilience, also thinks the state should not be using the word restoration.

But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, considering that a portion of the early 20th-century Ballona Wetlands landscape is buried under many feet of sediment dumped there during the dredging effort to create Marina del Rey Harbor.

“We have a wetlands system that’s badly degraded. It needs more that a tune up — it needs an overhaul if we want it to function,” Strauss said.

Some of the more vocal advocates for the Ballona Wetlands are open to such an extensive overhaul and trust the state’s

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ability to do so. David Kay, past president of Friends of Ballona Wetlands, has argued that re-landscaping could restore historic ecological functions and defend the preserve against rising sea levels.

Others such as environmental activist Douglas Fay and Ballona Institute cofounders Marcia Hanscom and Roy Van de Hoek are less trusting of state involvement and favor a gentler rehabilitation of Ballona’s contemporary landscape, cringing at any mention of “bulldozers.”

The Ballona Wetlands Land Trust, headed by Walter Lamb, has criticized the state for keeping advocates in the dark while preparing its restoration analysis and is hammering the document for proposing the retention of a public parking lot south of Fiji Way that was created by paving over wetlands.

Though Wednesday’s meeting promises to be intense, Lansford believes what happens afterward will have more impact on the final restoration plan.

“The written comments are going to be the most important. That’s what the state will be looking at,” she said.

Public discussion of the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project’s draft environmental review happens at 6 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 8) at the community room in Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Written comments can be emailed to BWERcomments@wildlife.ca.gov, or mailed to: Richard Brody, CDFW c/o ESA (jas), 550 Kearney St., Ste. 800, San Francisco CA 94108.

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So glad the lanes will be restored, but still mad that Playa del Rey even had to go through this in the first place. Most of my neighbors in PdR did not support the changes. It has been a fiasco since the start. You can’t reduce lanes if you offer people no other alternatives. Thinking that everyone is going to bike everywhere is unrealistic. They need to restore the lanes and fix the mess they created on Venice Boulevard, too!

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make a right turn. Since the changes on Pershing, this has mostly subsided. Hopefully the bad behavior doesn’t return.

I also really liked and used the bike lanes on Culver and Jefferson boulevards, as it reduced my couple-times-a-week bike commute by time and distance. I will miss that. My drive commute was affected a little, but I didn’t mind. I suspect the undoing of the road reconfiguration won’t make much of a difference, since the volume of traffic is increasing yearly anyway and we’re simply Personally, I liked some of the moving the pinch points instead road diet changes — especially of providing actual solutions for those on Pershing Drive (Full that. disclosure: I live on Pershing). I Removing all the street parking used to have inconsiderate on Highland Avenue in Manhatdrivers trying to get up to 50-plus tan Beach would open two mph before the first or second additional lanes north and streets. I’d have them tailgating southbound for the other beach and horning me as I would be cities. Just saying … trying to slow down to safely Victor Chen

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Redemption Songs

Formerly homeless and addicted to drugs, Ronald Troy Collins headlines a benefit concert in Playa Vista

By Shanee Edwards At 57,794 souls and counting, it’s no secret that homelessness has reached epic proportions in Greater Los Angeles. This year’s official homeless count logged a 23% spike in homelessness over 2016, a trend fueled by rising rents amid a housing shortage that will be slow and expensive to solve.

The new documentary “Mighty Ground” offers a small ray of hope in relating the story of Ronald Troy Collins, a man whose life and exceptional musical talent was nearly snuffed out by addiction to crack cocaine.

Collins was homeless on downtown L.A.’s Skid Row for more than three decades. On Saturday, he’ll headline a homeless assistance benefit concert and screening of “Mighty Ground” at the Central Park Bandshell in Playa Vista.

Co-produced by Venice resident Aimee Schoof, the documentary about Collins chronicles his journey from sleeping on the streets to becoming sober, housed, employed and a bona fide recording artist.

In the film, Collins reveals that his mother gave him crack cocaine when he

Ronald Troy Collins spent 30 desperate years on Skid Row was only 14 years old, putting him at the mercy of a dark and cruel god.

“Your god has control and power over you, so in that sense drugs were my god at the time. When I was under the control of that god, all my tears and fears were gone. My mind was numb to everything

around me, even though it kept me in a state of depravity,” Collins tells The Argonaut.

“I loved the thing that was killing and destroying me.”

But, like a Hollywood movie, a twist of fate changed — no, saved — his life.

Schoof, who was committed to addressing homelessness long before headlines were calling it a crisis, founded Ama Yoga in 2010. The nonprofit brings yoga classes to residents of homeless shelters in hope it will bring some inner piece to people dealing with chaos in their lives.

Schoof was proud of her work, but it wasn’t enough. She was contemplating a documentary series about homelessness with producer and director Delila Vallot when the unexpected happened.

Schoof was hanging out with coworkers on the patio of downtown nightclub when Collins, then homeless, approached and asked if he could sing for them, presumably in exchange for a few dollars. Curious, Schoof agreed.

“After 30 minutes of him singing and talking to us,” says Schoof, “we all looked at each other and had this very weird, divine moment. We got each other’s numbers and I told him, ‘We’re going to help you.’ I called Delila the next day and said let’s grab the camera and go. I had no idea what this was (Continued on page 12)

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ew people draw more public animosity from the alt-right than Rep. Maxine Waters.

The 26-year member of the House whose district includes Westchester and Playa del Rey is a favorite target of conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones.

Bill O’Reilly mocked her “James Brown wig.” A Twitter account linked to Russian political operatives spread false information (retweeted by Donald Trump Jr.) and racially divisive rhetoric to draw hecklers to her spring district town hall. Trump confidante and former Paul Manafort business partner Roger Stone has been out campaigning for one of her longshot 2018 Republican challengers: a man Waters already defeated in 2016 with 76% of the vote — before he was convicted of illegally placing an electronic tracking device on his estranged wife’s car on Valentine’s Day. You’d think they know by now that “Auntie Maxine,” as young progressives are calling her, doesn’t just sit there and take it. If anything, she thrives on such attacks. Dishes it right back.

At age 79, Waters is leading the drumbeat to impeach President Trump. Last week she demanded Twitter come clean about Kremlin-managed accounts. She sparked an internet sensation in August for countering evasive congressional testimony by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin with the refrain “Reclaiming My Time.” Got an apology out of O’Reilly. Just this week some kids went trick-or-treating dressed as Maxine Waters.

Outside of the Washington D.C. circus — specifically, chatting over coffee in the IHOP at Sepulveda and Manchester boulevards — Waters is just as comfortable talking about her district. She’s excited about the Westchester Mental Health Guild’s annual Holiday Home Tour this Sunday, light rail expansion to LAX, and the airport’s agreement to abandon north runway expansion.

“Westchester is a community I wish people could take some lessons from.

They don’t take any crap,” she says.

“Whether you’re LAX or dealing with the wetlands, the community will organize. Westchester people really love their community and organize around their issues.”

As the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, where she was a protégé of retired Rep. Barney Frank, Waters’ latest issue is to buttress and expand financial industry consumer protections initiated by the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. To that effect, Waters recently introduced two bills: the Megabank Accountability and Consequences Act, which would empower the feds to revoke bank charters and punish executives for wide-scale fraud; and the Comprehensive Consumer

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Credit Reporting Reform Act, which would trigger federal oversight of the three national credit bureaus.

How even is the playing field between lenders and borrowers?

I have heard so many complaints about our credit bureaus for so many years, and the complaints are always the same: “I’ve been charged with not paying bills that I’ve paid”; “They have me confused with

in many instances. That was a real scandal, so now I’m focusing on how we can basically get rid of the charter they have. They’ve been fined, just as most of our megabanks have been fined constantly for fraud, consumer fraud. But to the banks it’s just the cost of doing business.

We need to require the regulators to utilize the existing authorities to punish banks when they display a pattern of abusive behavior, and my bill would force them to do that. That includes the ability to shut down a megabank and ban culpable executives from working in the banking industry.

too. The businesses are well represented in the Congress of the United States — consumers, not so well.

With Dodd-Frank we created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and consumers are finally getting someone looking out for their interests.

But the bureau is under attack constantly by the opposite side of the aisle. Now that we have Trump and his administration is in charge, we will either lose the

“What is it all Trump’s allies have in common? Russia and oil. … Some people go around with the general theory that Putin doesn’t like our democracy. Yeah, but this is about money.”

— Rep. Maxine Waters someone else”; “They will not return my calls.” And it’s true: The credit bureaus control all of this information about you.

It’s your information, but they own it. We basically have a monopoly of three big credit bureaus, and they can determine whether you can get credit to make purchases that can make a difference in your quality of life. So I decided it was time for reform. Little did I know [Equifax was] going to get hacked into after I had introduced this legislation. But that’s the intent of it: to make sure

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or see it substantially weakened.

How would your Megabank Accountability and Consequences Act change the relationship between big banks and government?

Before the recession, most of our prudential regulators had not done their jobs, had not done the oversight required of them. The U.S. Treasury, the OCC, the FDIC, the SEC — all of them had a role to play, and they let the consumers down.

“Our society has a real appreciation for working hard and gaining wealth, but a certain segment of this society is getting ripped off every day. And they’re hurting. So they begin to just hate everybody. … It’s the cause of emotional distress and anger, and that’s dangerous. I think a lot of violence comes out of those feelings.”

— Rep. Maxine Waters consumers are taken seriously and handled fairly, make sure their information is not misused, and that they can get help when information keeping them from getting credit is wrong.

What’s the biggest hurdle facing financial industry reform?

Whenever a piece of legislation pops up that may interfere with the way the financial industry would like to do business, the lobbyists are on it right away.

They sit in the committees. They listen to everything. If they need an amendment, they know how to get it done. If they need to block a bill, they know how to do that,

The SEC, the cop on the Wall Street block, they’ve not had the resources they need to do the work. Now we have members of Congress who want to make sure they don’t have those resources.

In Dodd-Frank we have what is known as an orderly resolution authority, which is the way we’re supposed to be able to shut banks down. But it’s very difficult, and we’ve not seen any efforts to do so.

So I was looking to rein the banks in — particularly Wells Fargo, because it had emerged as a real problem bank wreaking havoc on consumers. They created millions of accounts in people’s names without consent, and charged them fees

Do you think the relative impunity of the financial sector is also a result of how most Americans assume things are supposed to work?

Americans aspire to be rich. And they admire people who obtain riches. Sometimes that’s with a blind eye to how they became rich, how they acquired so much wealth. Take a look at the president of the United States. He has a lot of admiration from average people because he sold himself as the successful businessman who knows how to make business work, knows how to cut a deal, how to earn money.

But oftentimes people don’t think enough about how individuals get rich.

Here you have this president who had Trump University — it was a fraud, and those people who signed up to learn how to do development were cheated. Thank God for the New York attorney general, who was able to get $25 million back for them, but I don’t think it was nearly enough. That’s getting rich on the backs of vulnerable people who are simply aspiring to be rich themselves — who want to be like you. I think there’s too much of that going on in this country, but I know this: People who are barely making it, people who have jobs that don’t pay a lot of money, living paycheckpaycheck and as my mother would say are “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” they are upset about the fact they’re getting ripped off. Whether it’s payday loans, the telephone company, their bank — they realize something is wrong. What they’re paying for certain services, how they’re not given correct information, how they’re tricked into paying for things they cannot afford.

Our society has a real appreciation for working hard and gaining wealth, but a certain segment of this society is getting ripped off every day. And they’re hurting.

So they begin to just hate everybody.

What do you mean, everybody?

Nobody’s making life work for them, so they get mad at the elected officials. They get mad at the landlord who’s increasing the rent when the place is broken down.

They get mad because they have to get a (Continued on page 12)

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What was going on behind the scenes of “Reclaiming My Time”?

Well, here you have to know I knew who Mnuchin was. I had met with him before when low-income housing advocates were trying to extract an agreement from [IndyMac/ OneWest Bank] that they would provide loans in communities where their own bad practices had caused foreclosures.

What I resented in this exchange was his attempts to butter me up the more I tried to ask him why he had not responded to my letter. I was not going to let him talk over me.

He gets to make his presentation, and after that each of the members get our five minutes to ask him questions. On our time, he can’t talk forever. If we ask him a question and he starts to ramble, we will reclaim our time.

Reclaiming my time is a regular order of business. It’s not new. It’s what you do when someone is misusing your time.

He was misusing my time. So I said, “Reclaiming My Time!

Reclaiming My Time!” — I said

Rep. Maxine Waters is leading a drumbeat to impeach Trump it repeatedly and it went viral, and I don’t know why because it happens all the time.

After 40 years in state or federal office, why are young people responding to “Auntie Maxine”?

They do call me that, and I have wondered about it too. It took me by surprise. What I’ve been able to learn is, particularly after the election, there was a lot of disappointment among young people who had supported Bernie Sanders, but also just disappointment with the way the system works. And when they heard me take Trump on — because Trump began to exemplify what’s wrong with everything — they liked that.

He comes into the arena of politics defying everything

about protocol and respectability. It’s not like I think everything needs to be like the system — a lot of things in the system need to be fixed — but he is a flawed character. He is a deplorable human being. In my estimation, despicable. I think he cares about nobody. I think he did collude with Russia and [Russian president Vladimir] Putin. What is it all his allies have in common? Russia and oil. He said he’d lift the sanctions if elected. That’s what Putin wants. Some people go around with the general theory that Putin doesn’t like our democracy. Yeah, but this is about money. … I ask a lot of millennials what they disliked about Hillary Clinton, and they’ve said “because she’s a crook.” Her opponents made that stick. And it’s not just Trump’s campaign.

The Russians played a role in this in the [social media] ads they were doing. And now we’re finding out that [Donald Trump] Jr. retweeted the Russian ads. Not only do I believe there was collusion, but obstruction of justice and violation of the Emoluments Clause. But [special counsel Robert] Mueller is on it. He’s connecting the dots. I think he’s going to give Congress what it needs for impeachment.

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Collins now has a fulltime job and has been clean and sober for over a year. His first single, “Hell or Highwater,” is being released on Nov. 3 to correspond with the fundraiser in Playa Vista.

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Homelessness, he says, “is a human disease. It has to be fought as if we were fighting cancer. Doctors have to go in and do chemotherapy and prescribe the right medication. All the elements need to come together, and this disease can be cured.”

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love will make you go out and get a job. Love, love, love.”

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By Christina Campodonico You could say OK Go’s music videos are out of this world. For the sake of art, music and generally pushing the envelope, the pop-rock band has filmed in zero gravity, driven a customized Chevy Sonic through a musical obstacle course, commissioned the creation of an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine, and distilled 4.2 seconds of rapid-fire motions into a beautifully synched slow-mo piece of video art.

And who can forget their 2006 YouTube sensation “Here It Goes Again,” a one-take wonder in which the foursome bounced between eight running treadmills doing an adorably dorky dance that took the internet by storm? The video accumulated millions of views and won the band a Grammy.

In the words of Consequence of Sound’s Dusty Henry, “Before ‘breaking the internet’ was a thing, OK Go broke the internet.”

But when the band was just starting out in the late ’90s / early 2000s, they didn’t quite foresee the potential of the then-

tour.’ … I think at the most we thought, ‘It’s kind of cool that there’s this new creative space where there’s no middle

“I started thinking it would be really, really cool to foster an experience where people could come see those videos on the big screen with a soundtrack that’s larger than life.”

— Tim Nordwind, OK Go fledgling YouTube to launch their careers.

“We weren’t necessarily attracted to YouTube in the early days,” says OK Go bassist and vocalist Tim Nordwind, speaking on the band’s behalf. “At the time we were like, ‘We don’t have time to make stuff for YouTube. We’re on

man and we can just make something and put it on there and our fans can find it.’”

Fortunately the newness of the platform and labor intensiveness of creating videos for the web didn’t turn the band off, nor blunt their creativity. Quite the opposite — they’re still making awesome music

videos for the internet, but are now touring an IRL experience that brings their online videos to life.

On Saturday, the band plays live to a selection of their music videos at UCLA’s Royce Hall and opens the floor to audience questions between songs.

If this doesn’t sound like your typical rock concert, you’d be right. OK Go wanted to break out of that mold for this live show so that fans of all ages could attend.

“This is an opportunity for families to come see us,” says Nordwind. “Sometimes parents don’t want to bring their kids to a live rock show. This is more of like a universally enjoyable thing where families can come and watch the videos and hear the music and there’s something for everyone.”

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“There certainly is a piece of what we do that, up until recently, we’ve left that to the internet and the rock show is the rock show,” says Nordwind. “This new show is kind of nice because there’s a bit of connecting of the dots to everything that we do.”

The idea for OK Go’s live-scored video show came to Nordwind after attending an Ace Hotel screening of the 1931 film “Dracula” with live music written by Philip Glass and performed by the Kronos Quartet.

“I started thinking about the fact that we make a lot of short films,” recalls Nordwind, “[but] most people only ever experience our videos on a screen about as big as their phone or maybe their computer. I started thinking it would be really, really cool to foster an experience where people could come see those videos on the big screen with a soundtrack that’s larger than life.”

For the live show, OK Go has sought out venues, like Royce Hall, to create a “cinematic experience or theatrical experience,” says Nordwind, who also enjoys the “intimate” quality of this event.

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In some ways, the show’s gather-roundthe-campfire feel harkens back to a simpler time, when the band was filming their breakout music video “A Million Ways” in lead singer/guitarist Damian Kulash’s backyard with little more than a video camera, some dance moves by Kulash’s sister Trish Sie and each other.

“It was just the five of us doing us,” says Nordwind. “There weren’t these big crews and things like that. … Those early ones, for me, feel kind of the purest.”

Similarly, it’s not the scale of an idea, but the purity of it that drives OK Go to continue creating ever more interesting projects.

“I think at some level, it doesn’t have to be the craziest, most expensive idea and wildest piece of technology,” says Nordwind. “The ultimate thing is we’re trying to create connection and a feeling. … The challenge in anything that we do, I think, is just to take what we’ve got and see if we can make something good out of it. That forever feels challenging.”

OK Go performs at 8 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 4) at UCLA’s Royce Hall, 340 Royce Drive, Westwood. Tickets are $15 to $69 at cap.ucla.edu.

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60 N. Venice Blvd., Venice (310) 823-5396 jamesbeach.com The hottest neighborhoods always have a chill spot, a hideaway where people kick back in order to appreciate the energy of the surrounding scene when they emerge. Peaks are hard to appreciate without valleys around them, and such is the case with nightlife.

James’ Beach is a only few blocks away from the club action on Windward Avenue, but if you haven’t noticed it you’re not alone. There isn’t nearly as much foot or auto traffic, so some who live outside the neighborhood have gone 20 years before realizing it’s there.

The low-key exterior would lead you to expect a lounge vibe, and part of the interior fits that description. One room is decorated in a casual modern style with painted lanterns and strings of colored lights, while the other is old-school cool. The volume on both sides is moderate midweek, though I’ve heard the place roars when the bar is packed three deep on weekends.

Most of the tables were open during a recent Wednesday visit, so our server had plenty of time to explain the menu. Not that it calls for much explanation: James Beach serves updated American comfort food — and fish tacos, which count as comfort food if you grew up near the beach.

We began our meal with crudités of radish and jicama with dressing and continued with fried calamari we had ordered to stave off starvation while deciding what else to order. The portion was enough for three or four to split, which was good because it was also $17. The prices here are eccentric, with not much daylight between appetizers and full meals. You are at a nice restaurant that is mere footsteps from the beach, so things are a bit more spendy than they would be a mile inland.

I have to say that the calamari was quite good, though. The thyme-buttermilk crust added crunch and a dash of herbal scent, and the chipotle aioli was good enough that I wished I had bread to finish it.

We continued with salmon and sand dabs from the regular menu, and a hangar steak with fries and filet mignon from the Wednesday steak and martini specials. I ordered the filet even though

that isn’t my favorite cut because it came with green peppercorn sauce, a condiment that was once popular but is now rarely offered. The traditional preparation is to reduce beef stock with shallots, cream, brandy and more green peppercorns than looks sensible.

This yields a spicy, rich and probably unhealthy sauce that is also delicious.

The kitchen here omits the cream and dials back the peppercorns so that it’s lighter and less assertive, which is probably for the best because the traditional version is rather heavy. The filet medallions were very tender and exactly the medium rare that I requested, and with the mashed potatoes and sautéed garlic spinach were quite a meal for $30.

The hanger steak topped with chimichurri sauce (amped up Argentine pesto) was a nicely done piece of meat and came with enough crisp fries to make a very full meal, though a dab of spinach or some salad would have made a prettier plate. No matter how much you love meat and potatoes, variety counts for something.

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Sand dabs don’t appear on many menus because they’re thin and notoriously easy to overcook — a minute too long in the pan and they fall apart. These still had the proper texture, so somebody was keeping an eye on them.

Salmon is more forgiving in that regard, but this was also cooked by a pro – the top had been sprinkled with a dash of seasoning and garlic and roasted to a perfect crust, while the inside was so moist it was almost liquid.

We had a birthday at the table (mine), and our server offered a chocolate soufflé to celebrate.

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Our meal for four people (including five cocktails) ran $210, which is reasonable for this standard of food and service in this area. I’ll keep James’

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Ladera Heights | $1,050,000 Lovely 4BR 3BA home w/ split floor plan. Living room w/ fireplace and formal dining room

Lawndale | $360,000 Beautiful 2 spacious BR, master w/ walk-in closet, 2 full bath, newly renovated kitchen

Los Angeles | $1,420,000 6725 Sherbourne Dr · Elegant 4BD home · Ladera Heights. Meticulously remodeled 3yrs ago

Playa del Rey | $5,795 Beautiful Ocean View House on top of The Hill!

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Playa Vista | $1,195,600 2+2 single level, top floor corner unit w/ open flr plan, master suite w/ quartz bathroom

Playa Vista | $1,099,000 Front facing 2 story townhouse style condo. 2BR 2.5BA + separate office/den + bonus alcove

San Pedro | $279,000 741 W. 24th St #30 | Charming top floor 1BD 1BA condo with partial harbor views!

Santa Monica | $5,800 Charming historical freestanding bungalow blocks from the beach, 2BD 1BA & 2 parking spots

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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

How can I make my property stand out, and encourage a faster sales time during the holiday season?

Although this is a “Sellers’ Market”, and inventory remains low, there are still ups and downs within the market. Typically, spring and summer are when buyers come out in droves. This drives prices up. Seeing the high sales price, other homeowners misguidedly aim too high, and just in time for the slower holiday season. First, evaluate for yourself the comparable sales before deciding that yours is worth a premium above your neighbor’s recent sale. Second, listen to your Realtor- when we ask you to declutter, to paint your purple walls a neutral color, to spruce up your landscaping, it does not mean that we don’t love your home and appreciate your taste- we are simply seeking to appeal to the largest segment of buyers- the more interest we have in your home, the better chance of getting the record price you hope for.

Another often overlooked opportunity to draw interest and add value to your home is to emphasize and sometimes increase its Green features. What are “Green

features”? You may be surprised to hear that I am not talking about solar panels.

There are so many things that you can do for your home, ranging from inexpensive to substantial expenditures, but each one makes a difference. In fact, you may already have more Green features than you realize- Maybe you have energy efficient appliances, or a programmable thermostat, or simply have effective insulation. Obtaining different “Green Certifications” depends on adding up these Resource-Efficient features, and is easier than you may think, with different levels of certifications available. We can assist you in obtaining a Home Energy Audit, through your utility company or through other providers. Some people even sell their house without realizing that it is already or can be easily “Green Certified”, something that should always be highlighted to market your property.

Why? Studies show that these homes obtain higher sales prices and sell faster.

A property with even a few “Green

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features” should be highlighted as such, and is desirable for many reasons- we are lucky enough to live in communities where many are concerned with reducing their carbon footprint and helping to preserve the environment; for practical reasons, knowing that the utility bills are mitigated is a big draw. In our “Silicon Beach” community, even the “walkability” of your immediate neighborhood is an important factor. If your home is close to a commercial area or busy street, turn that into a positive, highlighting its walkability score- go to www.walkscore. com to see how you rate. It also provides scores on bikeability (great scores for most of this area, based on lack of hills and accessability to bike paths), and access to transportation.

Any Realtor that has obtained the National Association of Realtors “GREEN Designation” has received advanced training in “Green” issues affecting real estate, including energy efficiency and sustainable homes, and how to

market homes with these features most effectively. We can educate you on what you may already have, introduce you to some very affordable upgrades, rebates, government grants and financing programs.

If you are considering selling your home soon, call me or another Realtor who has obtained a Green Designation. Don’t miss out on this wealth of information available to you, that will ensure your home does stand out, is marketed properly, and sells for its true value!

This week’s quesTion was answered by

Lisa PhiLLiPs, esq real estate Connection Lisa Phillips is an active Realtor in the Los Angeles area, with more than twenty years as a practicing real estate broker and attorney.

Lisa is also a member of the National Association of Realtors “Green Resource Council”, and achieved its “GREEN” Designation. www.LisaPhillipsRealEstate.com.

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“A spectacular newer construction, this two-bed, two-bath home in the Marina del Rey Loft District was built in 2007,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “Light filled, the open floor plan offers many windows and high ceilings. An enormous cook’s kitchen boasts thick granite counter tops and Viking appliances. The luxurious master suite provides a walk-in closet and decadent master bath. Beautifully upgraded throughout with the finest of finishes, this unit also features inside laundry and side-by-side parking.”

“A spectacular View Park home, this Spanish Colonial Revival is on the market,” says agent Janet Singleton.

“Enjoy city views from various indoor and outdoor areas.

This breathtaking residence exudes the true meaning of an architectural home. This home has been meticulously restored and preserved, with original hardwood floors, mahogany finishes, a grotto, gazebo and your own elevator.

The family room offers great space, while the grand master provides city views, a balcony and a reading nook.

“Welcome to elegant living in this recently built North Kentwood craftsman,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The grand foyer and custom-built staircase transition to an airy living room. The backyard includes two covered decks and a built-in brick barbecue. A guest bedroom, perfect for a home office, and an additional entertaining room complete the main level floor plan. Upstairs are four large bedrooms. Designed with style, and craftsmanship, this home was built with the most discerning buyer in mind.”

“This highly renovated one-bed, one-bath, condo boasts extraordinary city and mountain views,” says agent Charles Lederman. “Enjoy a gourmet chef’s kitchen with stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry, and gorgeous quartz countertops. The bright living space and bedroom have floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the cityscape.

Additional features include ample storage and closet space, new wood floors, fresh paint throughout, modern track lighting, and a spacious patio, ideal for entertaining.”

Offered at $1,995,000

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“This stunning coastal home, nestled in the heart of coveted North Kentwood, has a warm architectural design,” says agent Amir Zagross. “A chic five-bed, six-bath, home, offers a dramatic floor plan, rich wood floors, modern décor finishes with multi-sliding invisi-pocket doors inviting an exotic indooroutdoor ambience. The lovely master suite features an incredible bath equipped with steam shower, and private balcony. This home is equipped with smart Wi-Fi and Dolby 7 theater sound.”

“This unit, in Center Tower South, offers luxury Marina living,” says agent Eileen McCarthy “The living room opens up to a large terrace overlooking the Marina.

Hardwood floors flow throughout. The kitchen boasts granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, and recessed lighting. The bathrooms have been upgraded.

This home has access to all the amenities of the Marina City Club, and Marina del Rey itself.”

Offered at $2,849,000 Amir Zagross, LAC 310-780-4442

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FICTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT 2017 303549 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Reconnect Consulting 8534 Walnut Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90046 Julia Storm 8534 Walnut Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90046 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/2017. 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)). JULIA STORM Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Oct. 24, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2017 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 2017 279379 The following persons is (are) doing business as: LA Maison Real Estate 2452 Horseshoe Canyon Rd. #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90046. Monica Rohrer 2452 Horseshoe Canyon Rd. #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90046 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 05/1998. 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)). MONICA ROHRER Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Sept 28, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2017 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 2017 305588 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Pup Wash 3008 Greenfield Ave. #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90034 Sabrina Keep 3008 Greenfield Ave #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90034 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)). SABRINA KEEP Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Oct. 23, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 26,

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FICTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT 2017 305624 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Beauty Selection 13351 Riverside Dr. unit H Sherman Oaks, CA. 91423 The Beverly Collection Inc. 13351 Riverside Dr. unit H Sherman Oaks, CA. 91423 This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/1/1997 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)). The Beverly Collection Inc. Title Secretary This statement was filed with the county on Oct. 23, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2017 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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She is survived by her longtime companion for 25 years Lowell Safier, sister Nancy Monahon, daughter Terri Baker, son Jeff Wasserman, daughter-in-law Raquel Wasserman, son-in-law Bill Baker, and dog Uno. Wasserman was born December 24, 1942 in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn, where she spent her earliest years before she and family relocated to Los Angeles, California. She would eventually become a 25-year resident of the Marina del Rey area . She was an active member of Marina City Club and Del Rey Yacht Club, serving on Sea Venturers and Smile-A-While groups within the club.

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Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Thursday, Nov. 2 Santa Monica Chamber Networking Lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring at least 40 business cards and be ready to share a 30-second elevator pitch.

Enjoy lunch, goody bag giveaway and raffle. Obicà Mozzarella Bar Pizza e Cucina, 606 Broadway Ave., Santa Monica. $25 to $35. smchamber.com Venice Jam Session and Music Workshop: Exploring the Blues, 2 to 4 p.m. A new program for musicians, the Venice Jam Session encourages the community to bring their instruments and play. Israel Levin Senior Adult Center, 201 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. $5 monthly fee.

(310) 396-0205; jfsla.org Mar Vista Community Council Planning and Land Use Management Committee, 6:30 p.m. The committee meets every first Thursday of the month at the Mar Vista Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. marvistacc.org Venice Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee, 6:30 p.m. The committee meets on the first and last Thursdays of each month at Oakwood Recreation Center, 787 California Ave., Venice. venicenc.org West L.A. Hike, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A community of friendly people gathers each Thursday for one of five West L.A. routes. Check website for weekly location. meetup.com/los-angeleshiking-group/events Beyond the Label Sustainable Fashion Show & Tell, 7 p.m. Learn to build a sustainable wardrobe, while enjoying live music, wine, light bites and networking. Panel discussion begins at 7:45 p.m. and fashion begins at 8:30 p.m. The Grand Pavilion at St. Monica Catholic Community, 725 California Ave., Santa Monica. Free; registration required. Goo.gl/q7uXXq

Nightcause, 9 p.m. Come out and dance for a cause. Top deejays play great tunes for a cause of their choice every first Thursday in the Del Monte.

DJ Vinyl Don spins in the Townhouse bar at 10 p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Thursday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. KJ Theresa Ryan hosts this Thursday night of tunes and fun at The Venice Whaler, 10 Washington Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-8737; venicewhaler.com

Friday, Nov. 3 Digital Media Speakers Series: Michelle Dougherty, Imaginary Forces, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Motion and graphic designer Michelle

The 9th Affair of the Arts in Downtown Culver City, 5 to 9 p.m.

Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Showcasing work from over 50 Southern California artists including painters, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists, wood workers, glass blowers and jewelry artists, the Affair of the Arts festival features live music, an interactive project and activities for children. Festival proceeds help fund The Peace Project.

Town Plaza in downtown Culver City.

Free admission. affairofthehearts.us Toasted Fridays Workshop Open House, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Improve your public speaking skills in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere with food and drinks at this weekly open house.

Marina City Club Quasar Room, 4333 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Mark at (562) 508-0260; facebook.com/ toastedfridays An Evening of Poetry: Ivan Smason & Brendan Constantine, 8 p.m.

Psychologist and poet Ivan Smason and Brendan Constantine present their new works and read selections from their books. Reception and signing to follow. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org DJ Jedi & Anthony Valadez Dance Party, 10 p.m. Deejays are on the decks spinning new and old soul, funk, blues, rock, hip-hop, beats, breaks and anything else that gets the dancefloor going.

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West L.A. College, 9000 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free. culvercity.org

Shop Talks: “Tiller to Tremor,” 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This interactive lecture series showcases the American automobile throughout history and explains the current status of the collector car market. The inaugural talk covers the automobile from inception through 1929. Automobile Driving Museum, 610 Lairport St., El Segundo. $10. (310) 909-0950; thadm.org Organic Gardening Workshop, noon. Get ready for fall by learning how to plant winter veggies, herbs and more. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free; RSVP required. (310) 821-1769; oneiemi3@gmail.com Among Us, 1 & 4 p.m. Saturday and noon & 3 p.m. Sunday. This audiotheater experience moves through the noisy city bustle to quiet reflection while listening to meditative prompts and traveling from observation to participation. Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. $15; reservations required. facebook.com/ cityofsantamonica Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a rock ‘n’ roll and blues concert by U.S. 99.

Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Open Mic for Musicians, 2 p.m.

Hang out with musicians, jam on stage and crack a cold one. Open to all. First come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Hawaiian Dinner & Raffle, 6 p.m.

Westchester’s St. Jerome School hosts a Hawaiian-style dinner, live entertainment and raffle of cash prizes and a Hawaiian vacation to raise funds for its educational and S.T.E.A.M programming. Parish Hall, 5550 Thornburn St., Westchester. $25. (310) 670-1678; st-jeromeschool.org Bobby Long, 8 p.m. Famous for his blockbuster hit featured in the movie “Twilight,” British singer-songwriter

Long performs with special guest Curtis McMurty at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com

Sunday, Nov. 5 Music at the Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Praties (Irish slang for potato) play traditional Irish jigs, reels and polkas. Santa Monica Farmers Market, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. smgov.net Mattel Party on the Pier, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mattel presents a carnival of games, crafts, toys, celebrity appearances, photo booth fun, unlimited access to rides and playtime with therapy dogs for this charitable event, benefitting UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. ucla. in/1tuHLjk Girls for Grains + Grapes, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. An all-female roster of celebrated local chefs cook up a multi-course brunch to support The Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project + Rebuild Wine Country, which benefits northern Californians affected by the Sonoma County fires. Feastly Venice (address provided upon ticket purchase). $125. eatfeastly.com Holiday Home Tour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Westchester Mental Health Guild sponsors this tour of holiday-decorated homes to raise money for the Airport Marina Counseling Service. This year’s tour features a castle-like three-story home decorated for Christmas, a twostory home decorated for Thanksgiving, a one-story bungalow and guest house decorated for Halloween, a newly renovated two-story craftsman home decorated in celebration of autumn, and a two-story “smart” home decorated for New Years. After the tour, visitors enjoy a festive reception at the Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $35 to $40. westchestermhg.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for an

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Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Culver City Symphony Orchestra Opening Concert, 2 p.m. Conductor Frank Fetta leads the orchestra in a concert of moving music by Chopin, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Weber with pianists Talon Smith and Allison To. First Presbyterian Church, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. $15. culvercitysymphony.org “Cello Mania,” 4 p.m. The Culver City Chamber Orchestra celebrates the versatility of the cello with a performance spanning classical music by Dvorak and Bloch to contemporary pop tunes by Coldplay and Lady Gaga. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. $7 students, $15 seniors, $25 adults, or free for cello students with signed teacher referral. (310) 397-2490; ccchamberorchestra.org Landscape with Headless Mama, 4 to 6 p.m. Join award-winning poets Michelle Bitting, Anna Leahy, Alexis Rhone Fancher and Jenn Givhan for a powerful afternoon of poetry. Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. $5; members free. beyondbaroque.org U.S. 99 Band, 4 to 10 p.m. Groove to the sounds of Sonny B’s U.S. 99 Band as they perform early rock ‘n’ roll, rockabilly and surf music with Big Harmonica Bob at Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover.

(310) 822-3902 “Examining Mass Incarceration,” 6 to 8:30 p.m. Panelists working against the expansion of jails and prisons, advocating for bail reform and voicing personal experiences with the unjust system, discuss the issues contributing to mass incarceration in the U.S. and what is being done. A potluck supper starts before the program at 6:30 p.m.

A singing group at 5 p.m. at the south side of the library. Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Bldg., 2200 (Continued on page 32) Photo by Scott Logan

Pacific Range Album Release Party, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Americana-inspired jam rockers Pacific Range unleash buzzworthy new tunes at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com; pacificrangeband.com

Dougherty discusses her move from print design to motion graphics to creative director at Imaginary Forces.

The Forum at Otis College, 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. (310) 665-6800; otis.edu

Sea Level Rise Planning, 10 a.m. to noon. Come out for the second of a series of four workshops on sea level rise and coastal hazard adaptation planning for the Venice coastal zone.

All are welcome. Westminster Elementary School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. veniceLCP.org Breeze Bike Share Ride with the Mayor, 10 a.m. to noon. Breeze Bike Share turns two. Join Breeze and Santa Monica Spoke for a community ride with Mayor Ted Winterer followed by a brunch birthday celebration at The Albright on the Pier. This is a five-mile ride. Bring your own bike, helmet, lock and water. Children should be capable of street riding or in an appropriate bike seat. No bike? Breeze offers free ride time. The ride departs from 17th Street Expo Station, 1610 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica. Free. facebook. com/SantaMonicaSpoke

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She dons a Navajo woman’s rug dress in one image, a Japanese woman’s kimono in another. In an homage to her Indian descent— which Raj traces through her father to a great great grandmother abducted from the shores of Goa in 1891 and forced into slavery in Fiji — the artist wears her most prized red sari, matching bracelets and a bindi gifted by her aunt Fua. Raj also utilizes regalia of Pakistan, Thailand, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Armenia, Eritrea, Jordan, Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil, Hawaii and North America, but throughout the series retains the same

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Accompanying Raj’s self-portraits exploring the ambiguity of race and ethnicity is a solfeggioinfused soundscape designed by singer-songwriter (and fellow Canadian) Nelly Furtado, best known for her Grammy-winning 2000 hit song “I’m Like a Bird.”

Like Furtado’s international chart-topper, Raj’s images leave an indelible impression.

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By Bliss Bowen Environmental scientist Marcus Eriksen’s recently published book “Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution” recounts the kind of nail-chomping adventure you see in films.

In 2008, he and invaluable co-navigator Joel Paschal sailed from Los Angeles to Hawaii in 88 days using the North Pacific Gyre’s swirling current. Their motor-less “junk raft” floated on six pontoons made of 15,000 recycled plastic bottles, and carried a Cessna plane body where they slept and stored provisions like batteries, a satellite phone and laptop computer.

When they disembarked in Waikiki, Eriksen was greeted by future wife Anna Cummins, with whom he later co-founded the ocean conservation nonprofit 5 Gyres Institute, which addresses the “global health crisis of plastic pollution.”

That’s the deeper story the amply footnoted book’s adventures hook readers into: plastic’s insidious permeation of the global ecosystem, and industry’s deep-pocketed campaigns to squash anti-plastic legislation and compromise scientific research.

Eriksen draws lines clearly: conservatives call plastic waste “litter” while progressives refer to it as “pollution,” and he is not shy about calling out politicians who suck at industry’s teat.

“The plastics industry has tried to own the conversation [about plastic pollution] since the 1970s,” he says. Polite and intensely focused, he ticks off a list of 1960s-’70s corporate anti-litter ads that pushed the idea that individuals cause pollution.

“Nothing about design of products. Nothing about the overabundance of plastics replacing everything, especially single-use throwaway items. …

To this day, their two reasons for the problem are waste management, which they expect us to pay for, and human behavior.”

“Junk Raft” shifts between scientific reportage and sometimes harrowing passages about storms at sea, emergency raft repairs, dwindling supplies and

Eriksen sailed for 88 days on 15,000 plastic bottles one extraordinary mid-Pacific meeting with ocean rower Roz Savage. In three months at sea Eriksen and Paschal encountered no dolphins or whales, but they did find thousands of microplastic particles — more devastating than the erroneously hyped floating “Texas-sized garbage patch” that gripped public imagination almost 20 years ago.

As Eriksen writes and musician Jack Johnson’s new Eriksenfeaturing documentary “The Smog of the Sea” spells out, that “plastic smog” of trillions of particles is destructively infiltrating the bottom of the marine food chain.

Eriksen describes netted fish covered in microplastic “like sprinkles on cupcakes.” Plastic’s ubiquity has also turned marine life and aquatic insects into transoceanic hitchhikers, potentially threatening endemic species across the globe.

“That open highway of organisms to move across oceans did not exist prior to plastic in the entire history of life on Earth,” Eriksen observes. “We had mass migrations of birds and fish and larvae and some organisms, but typically things didn’t survive those long floats unless they were evolved to do so. Now they do. In the past, coconuts and logs wouldn’t survive a 5,000-mile journey at sea. But now plastic can.”

Ericksen continually calls for product designers, systems engineers and recyclers to collaborate as a matter of survival and efficiency.

Sixty-nine days into their journey, when Eriksen and

Paschal have grimly discovered that, unlike mariners of the past, they can no longer depend on the ocean’s bounty to feed them, they’re elated when Paschal catches a rainbow runner. But when Eriksen dissects the fish’s hard stomach, he finds plastic inside — and nothing else.

“Often we look to charismatic megafauna, things with big eyes — the panda, the tiger, the whales — but it’s the smaller things that perhaps aren’t so cuddly that often, when they’re impacted, can bring the most harm to us overall,” he says.

But Eriksen, a self-described “eco-pragmatist,” finds hope in the growing zero-waste movement, which ultimately buoys “Junk Raft.”

“When humans first made fire, we had a huge transformation around that captured energy.

Then we began agriculture, and captured the sun’s energy in plants, and then the industrial revolution to capture fossil plant energy to create machines. And now we have this other transformation of energy, where we’ll preserve our biosphere by getting all our energy from sustainable sources — from the sun and wind and water, and not polluting sources,” he says. “That transformation is happening right before our eyes. It’s pretty amazing to see.”

Marcus Eriksen reads from “Junk Raft” at Patagonia (1344 4th St., Santa Monica) from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, and at Diesel Bookstore (225 26th St., Santa Monica) at 6:30 p.m.

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On Sunday, five standout homes in Westchester and Playa del Rey put on their holiday best and open their doors for this annual fundraiser by the nonprofit guild, which provides thousands of hours of mental health counseling services to children, adults and families in the area.

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Galleries & Museums “You’re Kidding,” opens 10 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 4. Exploring the role of humor in art, the El Segundo Art Association presents its fall 2017 show.

An awards ceremony and reception begins at 2 p.m. Exhibit runs through Nov. 30. El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo.

(310) 524-2728; library.elsegundo.org “The Gottlieb Native Garden: A Closer Look” Artist Discussion, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9.

Photographer Scott Logan shares his tips and techniques on macrophotography and his methods used to create wildlife portraits. His current exhibit provides an in-depth look at insects and plants native to the Los Angeles area. Exhibit runs through Dec. 23.

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Last shows are at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Nov. 2, 3 and 4) at LMU’s Barnelle Theatre, 1 LMU Dr., Westchester. $10 to $15. (310) 338-7588; cal.lmu.edu Pachuco is Back:“Zoot Suit” @ Santa Monica High School Samohi tackles Luis Valdez’s groundbreaking Chicano play set on the streets of East L.A. and depicting the lives of Mexican-American youth unjustly indicted for the 1940s Sleepy Lagoon murder.

Last shows are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 3, 4 and 5) at Santa Monica High School Humanities Center, 601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $15. samohitheatre.org

Matricide:“The Ballad of Dena & Andrea” @ Highways Performance Space Andrea Yates and Dena Scholosser were two women who murdered their own children and ended up as roommates in the same North Texas mental facility. Actor, writer, musician, voiceover artist and sketch comedian Becky Poole humanizes their stories, exploring the worlds of postpartum depression, toxic masculinity, female rage and forgiveness through a murder ballad song cycle based on these women’s lives. Indie folk singersongwriter Abby Posner of Abby & the Myth opens.

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Friday, Nov. 3, at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org A Knotty Story:“Yarn” @ Electric Lodge Scherzo Theatre Company presents a mischievous evening with an eccentric recipe of chairs, scissors, sugar and whimsy. The founding members weave together physical theatre, clowning

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World of Dance:“Dance Arabia/ Mediterranea: The Pink Version” @ Highways Performance Space Lee Al Moral Productions present a fusion of North African and Arabian dances with a mix of classical and new Middle Eastern music through the perspective of the “Queer Arab eye.”

One performance only: 8:30 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 4) at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org

LMU students tackle historical drama in “Our Country’s Good” and farce for a story that promises to be as “captivating as the scarf around your neck.”

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Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 19 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $20 to $30. (323) 9605521; plays411.com/reddress

All That Glitters: “Captain Greedy’s Carnival” 15 Minutes:“I’m Not Famous” @ The Actors’ Gang @ Santa Monica Playhouse Four people blinded by the Broadway veteran Barbara Minkus’ promise of instant riches fall for hit musical memoir about her life in the bait of a legendary con man show biz returns to the Santa Monica in this musical satire of predatory Playhouse for a limited engagement. capitalism.

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The Band, the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Grateful Dead reflected that era’s dramatically shifting cultural tides and musical tastes in the moment.

Comprised of guitarists Clay Finch and Seamus Turner, bassist Cameron Wehrle

Pacific Range launch their first EP next Thursday and drummer Nate Ward, Pacific Range looks back while pushing forward with

melodic tunes like the Allman-esque “Sending It,” “Santa Monica (Through the Canyon),” which manages to sound both yearning and celebratory (“Work’s all over and I got my pay/ Over the hill and to the highway / Santa Monica, I’m here to stay”), and the noodly, 11-and-a-half-minute instrumental “Desert Waves,” which wouldn’t be out of place at a Dead tribute.

Finch (whose confident fretwork and mellow tones also light up Mapache, another “California conscious country” act stirring interest in L.A.’s Americana community), Turner and Ward first began jamming together four years ago while studying music at Chico State, where they started recording as Dakota Cree.

Former schoolmate Wehrle joined the lineup after the band relocated to L.A. They’ve recently been road-testing material from their forthcoming EP during a residency at West L.A.’s Neat Bar, which they’ll certainly bring to TRiP the next two Thursdays. Recommended if you like Gram Parsons, the Grateful Dead or Beachwood Sparks.

— Bliss Bowen Pacific Range perform at TRiP (2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica), at 9 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 2; no cover. EP release show at TRiP the following Thursday, Nov. 11. Call (310) 396-9010; pacificrangeband.com.

Happy Energy The Novel Ideas’ bittersweet harmonies make for ‘sad’ songs that lift the soul The Novel Ideas’ backstory sounds rather old-fashioned: four friends banging around on a song discover a stirring harmony blend. Yet that simplicity feeds the unpretentious appeal of their self-described “sad country folk” songs.

In truth, that tag unfairly suggests the Greater Boston-based quartet’s music is a downer. Melancholy undeniably ripples through the self-titled album they just made with Lord Huron producer Rick Parker and self-released in September, but tracks like the uplifting “I’ll Try” and “Old Ways” are buoyed by rolls of pedal steel, fiddle, and those bittersweet harmonies —which elevate more introspective songs such as

“Mountain” and the yearning “Calling You Out,” and showcase the band’s egalitarian dynamic.

The present lineup evolved out of an album made by guitarist/pedal steel player Danny Hoshino and guitarist Daniel Radin, 2012’s “Home,” that also featured bassist James Parkington and Sarah Grella, who was invited onboard to sing harmony and before long was sharing lead vocals at shows and co-writing with Hoshino and Radin.

Everyone contributes to arrangements and sings harmony.

As balmy as their melodies are, it comes as small surprise that they grew up listening to left-of-mainstream

country (Emmylou Harris) and Southern California pop (Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac). As they sing on “The Blue Between Us,” first heard on “Home” and robustly reprised on the new album, “I miss the folk singers from the days of old/ When a threechord song could save your soul.”

— Bliss Bowen

The Novel Ideas’ egalitarian arrangements lift melancholy music out of the clouds

The Novel Ideas perform at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 4, at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. $15. Jason Hawk Harris also on the bill. Call (310) 398-2583 or visit thenovelideas.com.

Music Without Borders

Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital leaps cultural boundaries through collaboration Over the span of five years and four solo albums (plus a prior contribution to a 2010 Metropolis Ensemble recording for which he received a Best Solo Instrumentalist Grammy nomination), Israeli-born mandolinist Avi Avital has been elevating the mandolin’s prominence in the classical world and expanding its possibilities beyond the folk realms in which it has deeper history.

Avital’s new album “Avital Meets Avital,” made with Israeli-American double-bassist Omer Avital (no relation), traces connections between classical music and jazz, while 2014’s “Between Worlds” located a bridge between classical music and Romanian folk

Avi Avital has changed what it means to play the mandolin dances, Astor Piazzolla tangos, Spanish love songs, klezmer, and a spontaneously arranged Welsh traditional.

A similar boundary-spanning spirit

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guides the program for Avital’s concert Wednesday at The Broad Stage, which promises classical, baroque and jazz pieces as well as improvisations with soulful Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Brooklyn-based ensemble the Knights. Avital by himself would deliver an engaging experience, but the collaborative presence of Azmeh and the Knights adds particular zing.

The Knights, an adventurous chamber music collective whose size flexes depending on their material, recently released “Azul,” featuring globally celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma — a mentoring thread between all of Wednesday’s artists.

Azmeh, a green card-holding 16-year

resident of New York City who was stuck in Beirut during the first of the Trump administration’s travel bans, rendered some of the most poignant moments in Morgan Neville’s 2015 documentary about Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, “The Music of Strangers.”

This promises a full evening of culturecrossing virtuosity.

— Bliss Bowen Avi Avital performs with the Knights and Kinan Azmeh at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 8) at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $50 to $90. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit aviavital.com.

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