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VOL 44, NO 45 Local News & Culture

OPINION Letters to the editor (now with 10% more outrage).............................5 Anarchy in Paradise is neighborhood council’s fault......................... 10

NEWS Election night winners and losers.......................................................8 County greenlights plan to reshape Marina del Rey...........................8 Bonin joins opposition to Gjelina sister restaurant..............................9

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INTERVIEW Santa Monica homeopath and entrepreneur Stuart H. Garber on what really ails you.................................................................. 12

FEATURE Post-9/11 veterans face a new battle: transitioning back into civilian life.............................................................................. 14 Will Venice save its Vietnam Veterans POW/MIA mural?.................. 15

THIS WEEK Artists change the world at SMMoA’s ‘Citizen Culture’...................... 17 Westside Happenings.......................................................................30 The woman behind Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt has her day at McCabe’s...................................30 Santa Monica proves Bob Dylan can paint.......................................36

FOOD & DRINK Vito Restaurant is like a time machine.............................................. 19

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Letters County ‘vision’ sees only developers Re: “The trouble with Mariners Village,” nautical news, Sept. 11 Although my family and I do not live in Mariner’s Village we have lived adjacent to it across Via Marina for over 35 years. We have raised a family in this area and enjoyed the benefits of the marina as it was originally constituted, a recreational small craft harbor for the public.

We now feel that we and our way of life here are under siege by the misdirected “visioning” of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors for the benefit of the special interest real estate developers. Yes, these are the individuals who will be the beneficiaries of the monstrous mega-developments which are planned for my neighborhood.

I have examined the list of pending construction projects for this relatively small and compact geographic area. They are huge and appalling. A current example is the towering monstrosity on Villa Marina known as Shores.

On the opposite side of the street facing it is the construction site of an additional colossus, which will further block the sun and our view.

This corridor of high-rises will initiate the Wilshire-ization of a community whose legal compact and envisioning spirit created a series of low-rise developments with broad areas for public parking and visual

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and-mortar, but living, breathing entities that express the full range of Jewish life as houses of study, of prayer and of gathering.

They count engaged and active Jews among their members and continuously outreach to the community at large. In addition, there are various smaller traditional minyanim currently existing in Venice, and at least one Jewish Renewal Group as well.

In fact, Rabbi Dan Shevitz of Congregation Mishkon Tephilo invited Rabbi Shapiro to speak at our Saturday (Shabbat services) last year. She was graciously received by the members. Does this not mean that we are an existing Jewish community?

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Re: “People of the open book,” interview, Sept. 17 As a resident of Venice for most of my life and a congregant at Congregation Mishkon Tephilo on Main Street since I was a child, I was stunned to read the interview with Rabbi Lori Shapiro in which she is quoted as saying, “It was always really clear to me that Venice had no [Jewish] community.”

Perhaps the Venice Jewish community that exists is not to her taste, and that is her prerogative, but a vibrant Jewish community exists and has existed for close to 100 years.

Congregation Mishkon Tephilo was founded in 1918, and Pacific Jewish Center revitalized an existing shul in the 1970s that has been a Venice Boardwalk landmark since the 1950s. These communities are not just brick-

appreciation of our treasured small craft harbor.

If this grotesque urbanization proceeds to its fullest, the increase in density and traffic, compounded by a lack of infrastructure, will totally degrade quality of life in the marina.

In addition, there will be no practical plan of evacuation for the residents in the event of a disaster.

This current plan is a folly which can only result in the complete degradation of the quality of life of current residents and the destruction of Marina del Rey. Please reconsider with a view toward preserving and enhancing the elements which originally made the marina a great place to live and visit.

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Allen, Burke, Kuehl and Lieu claim victory Santa Monica voters reject airport protection measure, elect three to city council Photo by Marta Evry

Sheila Kuehl and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrate her victory in the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors race during Kuehl’s election night party at The Victorian in Santa Monica

Santa Monica voters also elected city Planning Commission member Sue Himmelrich and Westside voters on Tuesday re-elected Kevin McKeown elected Sheila Kuehl to the and Pam O’Connor to the city Los Angeles County Board of council, with McKeown finishing Supervisors, Santa Monica school first among an at-large field of 14 board member Ben Allen to candidates. the California Senate, Autumn In all of Los Angeles County, Burke to the state Assembly and 25.25% of eligible voters — more Ted Lieu to replace retiring Rep. than 1.1 million people — cast Henry Waxman in the House of ballots by mail or at the polls, Representatives. according to the L.A. County In Santa Monica, voters rejected Registrar-Recorder’s office. an aviation industry-backed The Santa Monica City Clerk’s office reported that 18,338 of the measure that would have barred city’s 58,803 registered voters city officials from restricting weighed in on the controversial or prohibiting flights at Santa airport ballot measure, making for Monica Airport. Voters opted a turnout of roughly 31%. instead to support a competing city measure that would require voter approval before city leaders Board of Supervisors could convert the land into The contest between former state anything but park space. legislator Kuehl and former Santa

By Gary Walker and Joe Piasecki

Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver, both Democrats, had become acrimonious in recent weeks, but Kuehl’s election night gathering at The Victorian in Santa Monica took on a festive atmosphere as she pulled away with 52.7% of the vote.

Kuehl, who becomes the first openly gay county supervisor and only the fourth woman to serve on the board, laughed and joked with L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and hundreds of other supporters.

Continuing the expansion of light rail and reforming the foster care system are Kuehl’s immediate priorities, she said.

“This [office] would probably be the largest challenge that I’ve undertaken because of the responsibilities, because on

County ratifies Marina del Rey Vision Statement Strategic plan will guide ‘the big picture’ of growth and redevelopment in the harbor, Knabe says

By Gary Walker The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Oct. 28 to approve the Marina del Rey Vision Statement, a planning document that contemplates a partial reconfiguration of the harbor community to make way for additional retail outlets, restaurants and hotel rooms.

By carving the marina into retail, residential, boating and recreation districts supported by “park once” mobility hubs designed to limit traffic congestion, city planners believe the marina can support between 610 and 940 additional hotel rooms as well as the development of 206,000 square feet of new retail or restaurant space.

In a nod to the boom of the technology and media sector in nearby Playa Vista, Venice and Santa Monica, the plan conceives that “future office development should be for less-traditional, creative space.”

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the other side of Admiralty Way or Via Marina.

Land in Marina del Rey, an unincorporated district of Los Angeles County, is publicly owned but leased to private developers for improvements.

“This [document] gives us the opportunity to look at all of the projects — all of our land-use issues, our mobility and traffic concerns — in the big picture instead of analyzing everything piece by piece,” L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe, whose district includes the marina, told The Argonaut. “This way, through sound planning and with the input of the public, we can control how we want the marina to look in the future.”

The 25-page vision statement calls for “multi-modal mobility hubs that would co-locate vehicular, [public] transit, bicycle and pedestrian facilities at strategic locations throughout the marina” that would “allow people to quickly enter the marina, park, get out of their cars and navigate the marina without the use of cars.”

“This gives us the opportunity to explore a variety of new things, including having more bicycle opportunities, more wateroriented opportunities [such as expanded water taxi service] and just making

the marina more walkable,” Knabe said.

Tim Riley, head of the Marina Lessees Association, urged the board to approve The county wants to divide Marina del Rey into four districts the visioning it online or in person,” Knabe countered. document during its deliberations in “I realize that some people want to say downtown Los Angeles. that we haven’t been transparent, but it’s “Much of what’s in the visioning not true.” statement is what our lessees have been Nahhas and other recreational voters advocating for years. What’s before you scored a victory at one such meeting in is in fact the result of a lot of public June, when the majority of some 150 participation,” Riley said. people who attended a county Small Craft Jon Nahhas, a Playa del Rey resident Harbor Commission meeting objected who heads the Marina del Rey Boaters to an early vision statement proposal to Coalition, argued that increased move the public boat launch from 3477 development in the marina would restrict Fiji Way to the parcel where Fisherman’s and hinder harbor access and enjoyment Village stands today. for recreational boaters.

Knabe subsequently took relocation of In comments during the meeting, the ramp off the table, and the approved Nahhas alleged a general pattern of vision plan notes that it should stay in “secret negotiations” between county place. officials and developers as well as a A spokeswoman for the leaseholders of lack of opportunities for “meaningful Fisherman’s Village said last year that the participation” by the public. group has contemplated redevelopment “There have been over 40 meetings since of the aging complex but would hold off we started this [process] a year and a half on submitting plans until after the vision ago, and people have had a chance to be a statement was finalized. part of this whether they’ve chosen to do gary@argonautnews.com

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Locally, “I would like to see the Ballona Wetlands integrated more within the community so that not only certain groups have access to this ecological reserve,” said Burke, 40, a Marina del Rey resident.

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Lieu, a Democratic state senator representing Westside communities, won more than 58% of the California Legislature vote to defeat Republican county gang prosecutor Allen, who raised more money than opponent Elan Carr in the contest to replace Waxman.

Sandra Fluke and benefitted from more than $1 Supporters attending Lieu’s election night party at million in independent expenditures, trounced her The Proud Bird restaurant in Westchester included at the polls, taking close to 61% of the vote. Both Waxman, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and are Democrats.

Reps. Karen Bass and Janice Hahn.

Allen, 36, held his election night gathering at While planning to chart his own course in the Warszawa restaurant in Santa Monica, and Fluke, Republican-dominated House of Representatives, 33, gathered supporters at Santino’s Santa Monica.

Lieu said he feels a duty to protect Waxman’s Both Democrats declined to comment on election legislative accomplishments. night.

Winning more than 75% of ballots cast, Democrat “The laws that he passed saved people’s lives, ranging from his fight against tobacco to the Clean Autumn Burke, daughter of former county Air Act and the Ryan White Act. I hope to continue supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, defeated working in those areas to make people’s lives Republican businessman Ted Grose. better, which includes protecting a woman’s right Burke’s top priority in Sacramento: “create an to choose and addressing climate change,” said environment where businesses can grow and stay Lieu, 45. in California.“

Gjelina’s sister bakery faces permit battle Gjusta off to a positive start, but councilman opposes liquor license and patio

By Gary Walker Gjusta, a new bakery and sandwich shop opened Oct. 17 by Gjelina restaurant owner Fran Camaj, is doing brisk business for breakfast and lunch in a 5,000-squarefoot former office building at 320 Sunset Ave. in Venice.

“The response has been overwhelmingly positive in the first week,” Camaj said.

“It was a great weekend for us.”

But most orders are takeout due to a lack of dedicated seating, and a proposal The new Gjusta bakery faces opposition to its expansion

by Camaj to expand the Bonin wrote that his office has met with Camaj restaurant with a 65-squareto work out a solution, but “because the patio is foot outdoor dining patio has generated intense integral to the project design and existing business community opposition — particularly because the patio, adjacent to a residential area, would be open plan, we have been unable to reach a compromise,” he wrote. late and a liquor license application is pending.

Camaj said Bonin’s objections were “quite Camaj faces a West Los Angeles Zoning disappointing” given that Gjelina has been a Administration permit hearing for the liquor license popular nightspot since it opened in 2008 and and patio on Nov. 13. has not drawn unwanted attention from law The Venice Neighborhood Council and its Land Use and Planning Committee have already weighed enforcement.

“We have not had any [Alcohol Beverage in against the patio and liquor license, and now Control] violations, and we have never been cited L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin is joining that by the Los Angeles Police Department for any opposition. noise violations,” Camaj noted.

“The design of the proposed project is For those wondering about those names, Camaj fundamentally flawed because the majority of said Gjelina is named for his mother and Gjusta for activity will be concentrated near the rear of the his aunt. site, on the outside patio. The noise and other Gjusta’s hearing is expected to start at 10:30 disruption that will result from the operation of a.m.

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this small and important legislative body I’ll be representing two million people,” said Kuehl, 73.

“It will be the last office that I hold, and I would really like to make a mark.”

At about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Shriver tweeted: “Congrats @SheilaKuehl! And gratitude to the volunteers and both teams who worked hard to bring choice to LA voters. Great days are ahead!”

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VA super-volunteer Lee Lodawer, 1924–2014

Lee Lodawer never went to war, but she fought to the end for those who did.

A five-day-a-week volunteer for the Veterans Administration’s West Los Angeles Medical Center for more than a decade, Lodawer died on Oct. 31 at age 90.

Lodawer, a longtime Marina del Rey resident, began volunteering at the VA after marrying World War II Air Force veteran Isadore “Izzy” Lodawer in 1977. Lee would work at a reception desk; Izzy, the medical library.

“They were just so cute. They would have lunch together. They were totally devoted to each other,” the VA’s Marianne Davis, who supervised Lodawer for 10 years, said last year in a profile of Lodawer for The Argonaut’s Local Heroes issue.

Isadore Lodawer died in 2010, but his wife kept up the work.

As Lodawer said last year, “I have a lot of respect for all of these veterans, so I try to make life a little easier for them.”

In all, she would go on to log more than 20,000 volunteer hours at the VA, according to Shirley Bearden, who also supervised Lodawer.

“It’s sad because I’m so used to seeing her every morning and she’s not there anymore,” utilization review nurse A.J. Brown said of Lodawer.

Lodawer is survived by three children, including a daughter in Santa Monica.

Can these kids ‘hack’ it?

A change of clothes, student ID, sleeping bag, toiletries, hacking supplies: that’s the official packing list for the 36-hour HackCC “student hackathon” Friday through Sunday at Santa Monica’s Cross Campus technology work hub.

HackCC was founded by Santa Monica College math major Ahmed Sayed, 22, and is sponsored by Dell (providing the hardware) and the group Private Internet Access.

Billed as the first such event aimed at community college students, the event is expected to draw more than 200 participants who will team up to create new hardware, software and apps repurposed from existing technology, including Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets.

“We found the most effective way [to encourage creativity] is to make them join projects and start building their own projects,” Sayed said.

HackCC has already held more than 50 hackathons across North America and the United Kingdom. At some, companies have purchased student innovations on the spot. Judges for this hackathon contest include Venice resident Phil Walden, director of digital strategy at moviepilot.com, and Kartik Mandaville, director of technology at Science in Santa Monica.

So there probably won’t be much time for the sleeping bags.

“They’ll keep drinking coffee and stay awake most of the time,” Sayed said.

Visit hackcc.org for more information.

Genocide survivor speaks in MdR

Marina del Rey-based Artists for Trauma is teaming up with Culver City Agape International and Jack Hanna’s Waves for Water on Saturday for a fundraiser to benefit Jessie’s Place, a Veniceheadquartered organization that provides food, shelter and education to mentally and physically challenged children and adults in Rwanda.

The gathering at the Mariners Village recreation room features musical entertainment, but the star of the evening is Frederick Ndabaramiye, a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide and author of the memoir “In Frederick: A Story of Boundless Hope.”

Ndabaramiye was 15 when insurgents hijacked a bus he was riding and attempted to force him to kill his fellow travelers. When he refused, they killed the 17 other passengers before cutting off his hands and leaving him to die. Miraculously, the way his captors had tied up his arms acted as a tourniquet and saved his life.

Artists for Trauma, founded by Catalina Island helicopter crash survivor Laura Sharpe, encourages creative expression by victims of debilitating injuries as part of their recovery.

The event begins at 6 p.m. at 4600 Via Marina, Marina del Rey. Call (805) 208-5485 or visit jessies-place.com to register.

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When neighborhood councils bend the rules to look tough on development, everybody loses

However, the law provides very explicit consent provisions on all of these points.

The author of this opinion piece serves on Take parking: The Venice Coastal Zone the board of the Los Angeles Industrial Specific Plan for Beach Impact Zone Development Authority and is a former Parking requires that a business must California deputy state controller physically provide only half of the parking who represented San Fernando Valley spaces required by LA’s municipal code, Ourmayor’s annual neighborhood councils at the officeGift Guide allowing instead for in-lieu payments of during the James Hahn administration. $18,000 per space into the Venice Coastal just got a whole lot better!

She became involved in Venice planning Parking Trust Fund to make up for a issues as an advocate for the proposed shortfall in spaces. What that fund is or redevelopment of Kim’s Market.. isn’t doing with all that money is another story altogether, but the point is that a It is written that a small bite of an apple got us booted out of paradise. As unlikely business is in full compliance with the law if it pays the fees and, whatever happens as these events seem to our modern during the approvals process, the courts sensibilities, the timeless message of this will eventually find in their favor. parable serves as a potent reminder of The Venice Neighborhood Council and how the mistreatment of power creates its Land Use and Planning Committee chaotic consequences.

To put this into a contemporary context, apparently prefers to mislead its stakeholders by issuing unenforceable the escalating development of the recommendations to deny projects rather charming eclectic community of Venice than risk the unpopular task of telling the has, with some justification, aroused the truth to its constituents or committing ire of some of its longer-term residents. itself to the real work this area desperately Yet, Venice has a complex cavalry needs — legally enforceable collaborative of intensely vetted laws, ordinances solutions. and municipal codes that provide a The council also routinely defies the permissible path for growth, and these laws should be commonly understood and California Environmental Quality Act by its continuous recommendations observed in order for the community to of denial for applications based on avoid their voice being dismissed as ill“presumed” increases in noise and traffic informed. based on speculation by a project’s There has never been a greater need for opponents. CEQA, however, requires visionary leadership in this community that government bodies follow a legally than now, and these circumstances transparent process when considering the present a ripe opportunity for the Venice traffic and noise impacts of a proposal.

Neighborhood Council to demonstrate It expressly states that such speculation an authentic commitment toward or opinion has no legal standing and spearheading legally collaborative explicitly bars denying or recommending solutions. To navigate this route, the council must first and foremost understand a denial on such basis.

What this boils down to is that the laws governing its authority over the neighborhood council and council development of Venice and then perform its fiduciary duty to educate the community committee members are obligated to consider only factual evidence such as about the applications of these rules. traffic studies and engineering reports, The Venice Neighborhood Council and which often cost less than a few hundred its subordinate Land Use and Planning dollars to obtain.

Committee have sorely missed the mark Perhaps the most grievous outcome of on both of these scores. Sadly, their straying from the appropriate process for indifference toward these fundamental considering development proposals is that responsibilities will undoubtedly leave it costs taxpayers. Reimbursements to the community demoralized when all developers for legal fees often begin with is said and done. Worse yet, this period poorly executed neighborhood council will be seen as the moment when a and committee decision-making before a misapplication of their privilege by a project moves up the approval chain. These naïve disregard for the laws that govern are dollars that could be spent instead to them will be seen as the tipping point for expand parking and improve streets. a paradise lost.

The solution requires a willingness on Parking, traffic and noise rank among the part of current council and committee the top community concerns. Sensing members to play within the rules, be this priority, the council’s Land Use and willing to tell the unpopular truth, and Planning Committee repeatedly seeks to refocus the community to advocate for placate a familiar crowd that shows up laws that concretely protect the quality for monthly meetings by recommending of life for those who live there. Failure denials of projects or calling for legally to do this will only lead to the inevitable unenforceable parking, traffic or consequence of forever losing their place noise conditions for just about every in this bohemian paradise. development application it considers.

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Aliza Wine Venice Poverty drives Ebola epidemic It is decidedly gratifying to note the manner in which media commentary regarding West Africa’s Ebola-virus outbreak increasingly points an accusatory finger at these nations’ incredible degree of impoverishment in so far as it is as contributing factor to the epidemic’s severity.

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone occupy an absolutely subordinate position in the global economy.

As exporters of raw materials and importers of manufactured items, they are effectively consigned by transnational corporatism to what can only be termed servitude. It is a measure of their plight that they are not even agriculturally self-sufficient despite the fact that a substantial majority of their economically active citizens are peasant farmers. They truly are in the worst possible socioeconomic situation, even during what passes for “normal” times.

Ebola is indeed a public health crisis of the very worst sort, but it is also imperative that the emergency’s class and economic aspects be included in any worthwhile analysis of what is taking place.

Liberia is the worst-hit of the afflicted nations. It is interesting to note that a higher share of the Liberian GNP is accounted for by direct foreign investment than in any other country in the world. Iron ore and rubber exports account for the preponderance of that country’s export revenues. Yet only a very small proportion of its labor force is at work either mining ore or tapping natural rubber. Foreign investors and their local helpmates have constructed what amounts to an “enclave of prosperity” within a much larger sector of the population that is either stuck in subsistence forming, or else is substantively unemployed.

This situation has existed ever since the country adopted what it calls its “economic open door,” but it is pretty obvious that foreign investment has done very little for the Liberian public health situation.

Ebola will eventually be beaten back, but any lasting answer to the sort of social emergency it represents will only come from steady economic development, determined investments in education and health, and a decision at the highest levels to place the wellbeing of local inhabitants over the business prerogatives of foreigners.

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Santa Monica chiropractor, homeopath and entrepreneur Stuart H. Garber on what really ails you Long before TV’s “The Doctors” and “The Dr. Oz Show” put holistic medicine in the national spotlight, Stuart H. Garber was putting it into practice for his patients — since 1981, in fact.

Both a chiropractor and a homeopath, Garber continues to see patients at his Santa Monica office while also running Dr. Garber’s Natural Solutions, a popular line of holistic biotherapy remedies sold online and in 59 Whole Foods Market locations.

As a teenager growing up in New York, he was equally transfixed by Prevention and Mad magazines and had an afterschool job at a health food store.

In 1997 Garber became the first person in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in homeopathy.

Married to photographer and mixedmedia artist Helen K. Garber for 35 years, he is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

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How did you become involved with holistic medicine?

In my chiropractic work I had a specialty of working with the skull, a practice known as craniopathy. I was doing a lot of lecturing about it around the world to mostly mixed professional groups.

Many of the attendees were homeopaths and I developed a strong connection to them, which got me spending more time working with remedies.

How do chiropractic and homeopathic treatments work together?

Chiropractors are and have always been on the forefront of natural health care.

My practice has been from the start more of a general holistic medicine practice, although in the early days it placed more of an emphasis on physical medicine.

Now it emphasizes homeopathic medicine but includes anything and everything in my armamentarium that I can draw from to help my patients.

One of the basics of homeopathic treatment is the removal of obstacles to cure — eliminating things that will limit the homeopathic remedy from being as effective as possible. This can be nutritional deficiencies, emotional and psychological stress, environmental challenges, and of course, structural imbalances.

Why do you think most people are still inclined to favor pharmaceutical treatments?

In a word: indoctrination. We’re a TV culture, and you can't watch TV for more than a few minutes without being bombarded with commercials about health issues and how this drug or that will make you feel like you’re walking on sunshine.

This is also because people want instant gratification, in this case symptom relief.

Never mind that masking the symptom is not the same as eliminating the underlying problem. Most people just want to feel

Heroes Wanted There are hundreds of unsung heroes among us doing valuable work that makes our neighborhoods great places to live.

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Do your part by nominating someone you believe deserves such an honor and whose good deeds might otherwise go unnoticed.

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In what areas of medicine do you think homeopathy has gained the most ground?

It’s more in terms of paradigm shift. Homeopathy treats the individual person and not the diagnosis. Ten patients can come in to my office with the same medical diagnosis, yet each one would get a different remedy and different overall treatment plan.

Do you think the pharmaceutical companies are threatened by homeopathy?

I don’t believe they are threatened, per se, but they’re keeping a watchful eye. Big Pharma is hundreds of billions of dollars annually.

All of alternative medicine is hundreds of millions, and homeopathy is only a small piece of that pie. But they will quash or try to take over anything that looks like it will cut into their profits.

How has homeopathy changed over the years?

It hasn’t changed much. … What I have seen, as interest in homeopathy has grown, is an exponential growth in the often vehement anti-homeopathic rhetoric. Perhaps it’s not that it has grown so much, it’s just in your face more because of the Internet and social media.

What’s the most common complaint you hear from patients?

My practice runs the gamut from allergies to skin problems, depression, infertility, GI problems and cancer. If I had to pick one thing that is underlying most of these, it’s stress.

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Seriously, my No.1 piece of advice to achieve this is to not watch the news on television before going to bed.

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better and don’t want to take responsibility to make lifestyle changes that will do that.

Rapper Hosts a During-School Special

Back in his elementary school days, rapper Chali 2na — the charismatic MC best known for his work with Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli — loved to draw. He’d spend lunchtime creating customized mini-comics to sell to his classmates for a buck each, which later led to exploring graffiti art.

“That’s what got me into hip hop,” Chali 2na, born Charles Stewart, explained Thursday while painting a mural at Grand View Boulevard Elementary School as part of ongoing PTA beautification efforts.

His mural is the eighth added to the campus in the past two years, Grand View PTA Vice President Tonya King said. Each features the school mascot, a dragon. Sticking with the theme, Chali 2na painted three — an Asian dragon, an Aztec dragon and the kind found in European lore.

The choice “respects the diversity of the school,” he said.

A regular with the House of Vibe All-Stars at Harvelle’s in Santa Monica, Chali 2na had been asked to paint by the wife of band leader Anthony “Brew” Brewster. The baritone rapper, who drew the art for Jurassic 5 singles “Unified Rebelution” and “After School Special,” plans to include the dragon mural in a book of his art being published next year.

Jurassic 5 celebrated its 20th anniversary this year with a worldwide tour, and Chali 2na hinted behind the scenes that they were already working on some new material.

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Living monuments

The Arlington West monument to Iraq and Afghanistan war dead — each white cross represents one casualty, each red one 10 — has gone up every Sunday on Santa Monica Beach for more than a decade

Post-9/11 vets fight new battles to transition back into civilian life

By Joe Piasecki The rows of wooden crosses that line the sand north of Santa Monica Pier each Sunday are a rare public reminder that more than 6,800 military service members have died in the Middle East since fighting began in 2001.

Each white cross at Arlington West, assembled weekly for more than a decade by the Los Angeles chapter of Veterans for Peace, represents one casualty of war.

Each red cross represents 10.

“If people can visualize the cost of war it can affect them,” said Michael Lindley, 69, an Arlington West organizer and Vietnam veteran.

When clinical psychiatrist Judith Broder walked among these crosses for the first time in 2004, she was overcome with sadness — both for those who had died and those who were coming home less than whole. Then she saw a play, “The Sandstorm,” that recounted stories of Marines who had served in Fallujah.

“What got to me was how they felt about themselves. Not fit for civilian life. Not fit

to come home — ‘We’ll infect those we love with our stories if we ever talk about it,’” Broder said. “I knew that what they were suffering was curable.”

So she took action. Broder founded the Soldiers Project, a network of therapists who donate free and confidential oneon-one counseling sessions to post-9/11 veterans in need.

Broder started with eight volunteers in Los Angeles. Now she has hundreds in cities across the country, donating thousands of therapy hours each year. In the first 10 months of 2014, 525 veterans received roughly 3,500 hours of free treatment, according to the nonprofit.

In 2011, when volunteers logged about 7,400 hours, President Barack Obama awarded Broder a Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest honor for civilians.

“The organization fills a critical need,” state Sen. Ted Lieu (D- Torrance), an Air Force reservist, said of the Soldiers Project. “A large percentage of referrals [more than half, Broder said] come

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through the Veterans Administration because they don’t have the capacity. With recent reforms the situation will hopefully get better, but in the meantime the Soldiers Project is critical.”

As many as 12,000 people are leaving the military each year to settle in Los Angeles County, according to a September report Judith Broder, founder of the Soldiers Project, received the by the USC School of Presidential Citizens Medal from President Barack Obama in Social Work’s Center October 2011 for Innovation and the services-oriented Los Angeles Research on Veterans & Veterans Collaborative.

Military Families.

As many as two-thirds of those surveyed The study surveyed 1,350 local veterans reported struggling to adjust to civilian and found that most didn’t know how life, half had untreated health issues, and a to get help with medical, employment tenth had considered suicide. or housing needs, said Army battalion “One of the more shocking things is chaplain Nathan Graeser, a community that most new veterans have no plan, liaison for the center who also convenes

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Righting a wrong

Group aims to restore the Venice Vietnam POW/ MIA mural, ravaged by time and graffiti Photos by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.

325,000 veterans live in Los Angeles County 12,000 more settle here each year after leaving the military 4 out of 5 leave the military without a job, and nearly 1 in 4 of those who do find employment earn wages at or below poverty level 2 out of 3 recent veterans report difficulties adjusting to civilian life 1 in 10 veterans have considered suicide 1 in 2 veterans report a significant physical or mental health issue for which they are not receiving care Source: USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families survey, 2014

Casualties of War

By Joe Piasecki

6,838 military service members have died while fighting or working in support of war operations since 2001, according to the Pentagon 52,281 were wounded in action or otherwise hurt, according to the Pentagon 734 service members from California have died in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars — more than any other state, according to CNN

Financial Cost of War $1.58 trillion in taxpayer funds have gone to support the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 $22.25 billion of that came from Los Angeles taxpayers $1.83 billion came from Santa Monica taxpayers $162.3 million came from Marina del Rey taxpayers Source: National Priorities Project

tangible job prospects, more than 20% were living below the poverty line, and most of those still unemployed were not receiving assistance in finding a job.

Enter the Veterans First Program, an initiative by Jewish Vocational Services to help recent veterans stabilize their civilian lives and find employment. Much of that work is done out of the JVS Worksource Center in Marina del Rey. “Many new veterans are combat vets, and now they’re coming into a new combat zone and they don’t know what’s up or down. We help guide them to a safe place called a career,” said program manager Anthony Rodriguez, formerly a Marine Corps captain.

In addition to job readiness training and social services referrals, said Rodriguez, the JVS program offers community — including a Java for Jane discussion group for female veterans that meets Monday mornings in Marina del Rey.

the Venice Neighborhood Council, but she’s hoping others from the community will also get involved.

Floyd “Shad” Meshad, president and founder of the Westchester-based National Veterans Foundation, supported Stewart’s creation of the mural.

Stewart, who died in 1996, was a client of the veterans outreach and crisis response group (then known as the Veterans Aid Foundation) and was living in his van at the time, Meshad said.

“He wanted to do something as part of his healing. He had nightmares about the civilians killed … all the bombs dropped over there,” Meshad, who was in Vietnam as an Army medical service corps captain, said of Stewart, who served on a Navy aircraft carrier.

Stewart “had other homeless vets help him mix the paint, do some of the work,” Meshad said. “Every six months, we replace the flags.”

To find out more about the project, call (310) 822-5425 or email kelly@kellylayne.com.

Feelings of displacement and isolation run rampant among veterans who come to the Soldiers Project, said Laurette Hayden, a marriage and family therapist in Santa Monica who currently treats four veterans referred through the project.

Relationship issues, sleep problems, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse are common issues, said Hayden, who felt compelled to help because of her great-grandfather’s struggles after returning from World War I combat.

“My mother told me he never talked about his experiences, and yet every Veteran’s Day he’d close the door to his study and my grandmother would take the kids out because he’d spend the whole day behind that door crying,” she said.

“I thought if he had something like the Soldiers Project, what a powerful resource A cross and military boots at Arlington that would have been.”

West last Sunday represent another joe@argonautnews.com military death in the Middle East

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no preparation for coming home,” said Graeser, 32, a Marina del Rey resident.

“Everyone thinks war is the hard part.

Veterans often say they’d go back to war if called, but it’s coming home that’s the hard part — re-acclimating, meeting your spouse again … all those family systems you’re not part of anymore.”

Graeser is participating in a Nov. 22 workshop at Loyola Marymount University titled “Caring for the Families of Veterans,” designed to focus on the needs of spouses and children who also experience the turbulence of deployment and return.

“The biggest problem is there’s no boot camp for civilian life. You go from a ‘we’ to a ‘me,’ and that’s pretty rough,” said workshop organizer Mark Mitchell, a marriage and family therapist and LMU Extension instructor.

Nearly 80% of post-9/11 veterans in the USC survey left the military without

The words “You Are Not Forgotten” appear in large block letters atop the Vietnam POW/ MIA wall in Venice.

But to look at it, you might think otherwise.

Time has scarred and chipped away at the massive mural on Pacific Avenue at Sunset Court, and graffiti mars some of the 2,273 names of Vietnam-era service members still unaccounted for at the time of its creation by Vietnam veteran Peter Stewart in 1992.

“It’s sad. We need to do better,” says Kelly Layne, head of the Venice Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber in Action Committee, which has coordinated neighborhood beautification projects at schools and the LAPD Pacific Division Station as well as restoration of the gondola at Windward Circle.

The project has been stalled for more than a year, however, as the scope of work was found to be larger and more expensive than expected. Restoration of concrete, sandblasting and repainting may all figure in.

“The paint isn’t just chipping. In some places it’s crumbling down to the brick,” Layne says.

Now Layne is reaching out for collaborators to help get the job done. She said the project is already finding support from the offices of Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Mike Bonin, Assemblyman Steven Bradford and

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Santa Monica Museum of Art’s “Citizen Culture” exhibit explores the intersection of creativity and real social change

By Jenny Lower In an era of slashed public budgets, it can be tempting to shuffle aside the arts as one more luxury we can’t afford. In dire times there’s a tendency to question the utility of art, mandating that the value of a public sculpture or mural be as self-evident and indisputable as filled potholes or a new plumbing system.

In these times it’s gratifying to be able to point to art that not only provides aesthetic rewards but also offers pragmatic, even utilitarian worth.

Though more than an apologia for artistic endeavor to the naysayers, the Santa Monica Museum of Art’s current exhibit, “Citizen Culture: Artists and Architects Shape Policy,” braids together civics and creativity in a way that enriches both.

Orchestrated by independent curator Lucía Sanromán, the exhibit highlights historical and ongoing projects from six cities across the Americas, blurring the line between artistic undertakings and civic engagement. The message is clear: Far from being a mode of expression of last resort, art encourages horizontal thinking that can liberate societies and individuals from even the most intractable problems.

Take Bogotá, Colombia. By the mid1990s, the city’s violent death rate had reached crisis proportions. Antanas Mockus, an academic with a background

in mathematics and philosophy, was then elected mayor and led a series of initiatives from which the Santa Monica exhibit borrows its name. The “Cultura Ciudadana” policies, presented here as a series of photo-based vignettes designed

by Sanromán and Colombian-born artist Futuro Moncada, addressed pervasive social ills such as guerilla warfare and family violence with unlikely solutions.

In response to widespread child abuse, local authorities created a secular ritual reminiscent of both Catholic and voodoo traditions. With psychiatrists and psychologists present, participants were encouraged to take symbolic action against a puppet labeled as their past aggressor, and then received symbolic cleansing with drops of water. To combat guerilla attacks against the city, citizens participated in a nonviolent demonstration in which they collectively erected freestanding structures made from PVC pipes as a sign of unity against the terrorists.

Even traffic infractions were on the table, as mimes used humor to tease negligent drivers into respecting pedestrian crossings, reducing the rate of accidental deaths. Traditional solutions, such as increasing police presence, were set aside in favor of cooperative policies that challenged conventional modes of governance and the people’s way of

thinking about themselves and their urban space.

What emerges from this and other projects is that integrating art and policy seems to work best when neither approach takes place in a vacuum. Artists bring a certain clarity of vision that can help bridge divides where public policy falls short, and civic allies can direct artists into spaces where they haven’t traditionally been invited. Rather than just reinforcing change, artists can drive it. Or as former Chicago mayor Richard Daley asserts on one of several quote boards placed around the exhibit, “Politicians don’t bring people together. Artists do.”

That perspective emerges vividly in “No Blood/No Foul,” an installation documenting one of the key projects in artist Suzanne Lacy’s 10-year effort to reduce tensions between youth of color and law enforcement in Oakland. A series of monitors mounted on a chain link fence replay video interviews Lacy conducted with teens, police officers and

community leaders to help foster mutual understanding.

Further on, visitors can sit in bleachers and watch replays from a June 1996 basketball game in which police officers and teen players faced off against each other. Staged as performance art, the event interspersed gameplay with video interviews and a halftime dance performance. Youth and adult referees alternated calling fouls before switching in the third quarter to street ball rules, in which a foul doesn’t count unless it draws blood. In the fourth quarter, spectators were invited to arbitrate the game themselves. The event highlighted passage of the Oakland Youth Policy, which set aside city funds for direct services to youth in order to combat crime and poverty.

Though the projects don’t exactly make their own cases — you’re not handed a sheaf of statistics afterward citing their outcomes, which can make digesting these (Continued on page 33)

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Ocean Park neighborhood for Both turned out to be good only 34 years, but the place was moves. more than a bit old-fashioned For pasta, we picked spaghetti the day it opened. You will look della casa: chopped prawns in vain on their menu for pizzas, sautéed with shallots, flamed for rustic dishes like panazella with cognac and tossed with salad or charred octopus, for any pasta in a tomato cream sauce. sign that it’s the 21st century.

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THE TOP

Real Estate Professionals In The United States

Marina City Club

“Enjoy the spectacular views from the floor-to-ceiling windows of this two bedroom, two bath home, situated in the Center Tower,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The kitchen boasts a granite island, stainless appliances, a wine cooler and beautiful cabinetry. The master bedroom overlooks the Marina and has an en-suite bathroom with jettub and walk-in closet. The guest bathroom is adjacent to the second bedroom. Enjoy Marina City Club's amenities: gym, free classes pools, courts, restaurant & bar, 24-hour gated and guarded security, all close to restaurants and shopping.” The property is offered at $769,000.

Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.

Kentwood Home

“This home has clean lines and a casual floor plan,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Step inside to a spacious living room with floor-to-ceiling windows and an adjoining formal dining room. The eat-in kitchen has granite counters, stainless appliances and a retro built-in banquette. The family room steps down from the kitchen, and has beamed ceilings, a brick fireplace, parquet floors and glass doors opening to a large backyard with a pool. Three bedrooms, three baths and a laundry room complete the layout.”The property is offered at $1,149,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.

Marina Arts District

Alice Plato Congratulated

“This two bedroom, two bath two-story loft, with 18-foot ceilings, is located in the Marina Arts District,” say agents Heather Shawver and Heather Gersley. “The kitchen has stainless appliances, Italian cabinetry and Caesarstone counters, a breakfast bar and a custom pantry. The bathroom features Hansgrohe fixtures, a glass show enclosure and a deep soaking tub. Community amenities include dipping pools, a barbecue, courtyard and fire pit.” The property is offered at $850,000. Information, The Heather Group, (310) 600-9519, Gibson International.

Bill Ruane is Top Agent

Bill Ruane is currently the #1 Agent for RE/MAX Estate Properties, and has received a certificate for the Luminary of Distinction award, which recognizes the highest level of achievement in the organization. Bill was the first agent to be presented with the Circle of Legends Award, and in 2014 was nominated by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top real estate professionals in America.

He is experienced in all types of real estate including sales and leases for residential and commercial properties. Bill is showcasing one of his new listings on the Grand Canal in Venice this Sunday. Information, Bill Ruane, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 877-2374.

Local News & Culture

NRT (Coldwell Banker’s parent company) has recognized Alice Plato’s outstanding achievements, which place her in the top 3% of all NRT’s more than 42,000 sales associates nationwide. Bruce Zipf, President and CEO of NRT, writes, “Congratulations on what is truly a performance to remember.” He goes on to say, “While your hard work, dedication and untiring commitment to your clients are enduring hallmarks of an accomplished professional, I’d also like to commend you on your resilience and ability to adapt to rapidly-changing market conditions.”

Information, Alice Plato, Coldwell Banker Venice, (310) 704-4188.

Ocean View Hacienda

“The vine-covered entry courtyard with its fountain leads to a superb entertaining space,” says agent Jane St. John. “The main floor has high beamed ceilings and a fireplace, an open dining room and a gourmet kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, and French doors to the deck.

The master and a second bedroom complete this floor. Downstairs there is a large family room with a fireplace, a second kitchen, French doors to a rear deck, a bedroom suite and a patio with a spa tub.” The property is offered for lease at $6,000 per month. Information, Jane St. John, RE/ MAX Estate Properties, (310) 577-5300, x303.

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Singing Her Own Song

Rosemary Butler made her name singing backup for Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, but she’ll be performing tunes from her own album at McCabe’s on Sunday night

By Bliss Bowen

There’s a sound that at least partially defines Los Angeles “soft” rock from the 1970s and ’80s, one dominated mostly by singer-songwriters: Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Rosemary Butler...

If that last name isn’t familiar, her voice almost certainly is.

Rosemary Butler sang with all of those artists, as well as Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Rodney Crowell, the Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, Little Feat, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Boz Scaggs and Allen Toussaint, among others. It’s Butler and Michael McDonald bringing gospel-y soul to Raitt’s 1977 album “Sweet Forgiveness.” It’s Butler answering and echoing Browne like an earthbound angel in distress on his classic hits “Here Come Those Tears Again” and “Running on Empty.” She toured with Browne, Rosanne Cash, Raitt, Ronstadt and James Taylor for years, and lent her voice to numerous commercials too.

Butler’s all-consuming love of music flared while growing up in Fullerton, where she’d scoot out of her family’s tract home to knock on the door of Fender’s nearby factory. “I would sit on the knee of the people who were making the guitars,” she says.

By high school, she was playing with an all-girl band: “The same night that everybody went to the prom, our band opened for the Rolling Stones on their first American tour. They came to our hotel room to knock on the door,” Butler says, and, “when they left we took their cigarette butts to high school to sell them.”

After that Butler sang and played bass in a harder-rock group, Birtha, who toured Europe with Three Dog Night and B.B. King.

Butler credits Raitt with opening the doors that led to Butler becoming the It Girl of background singers.

“Bonnie and I got along like two old sailors,” she says. “At that time there weren’t too many girls out there on the road. She introduced me to Jackson Browne and some of the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther, just tons of people. Then Rosemary Butler, one of L.A.’s most prolific backup singers, finally takes center stage she introduced me to James Taylor and it started mushrooming.”

“Face the Fire” and memorable, inventive Singer-songwriter Dan Navarro remembers That engendered an opportunity to record interpretations of the Everly Brothers’ a session with Raitt and Etta James. “They first becoming aware of Butler’s vocal “When Will I Be Loved” and the Tina couldn’t use their names because of labels prowess in 1978, while backstage for and stuff,” she recalls with a laugh, “so they Turner hit “What’s Love Got to Do with It.” Jackson Browne’s “Running on Empty” “I like the blues, but I don’t like blues that said we were the Fugawi Sisters.” tour. are depressing,” she says. “Bonnie Raitt Butler has remained best known as a “What I noticed then was a vocal quality background singer and, more recently, vocal always comes out a victor at the end of a that was crisp, clear and nimble,” he says. coach. (She’s made two excellent “Warm Up blues song; she may have been done wrong “She could do just about anything, with a but she picks herself up, and by the end of & Jam” CDs for singers.) But with support sweet-spot overdrive that was more Aretha the song she’s OK. I like that kind of twist from staunch fans, she’s finally recorded than Dusty… to the blues for me. I don’t like to play the “Eric Lowen, my late partner [in Lowen & another solo album, “You Just Watch Me,” victim lyrically.

Navarro], and I hired Rose a couple of times which features a strong R&B vibe and old “A song has to have a melody that I love, running mates like organist Mike Finnigan, to do backgrounds on song demos, and she and allow itself to have room for a singer drummer Russ Kunkel, guitarist David always hit the marks and lifted every song to take some liberties,” she continues. “My Lindley and bassist Lee Sklar, plus guest she sang on. The skills involved in singing appearances by Browne and Kenny Loggins. own style is just a combination of working backup are no less advanced than the skills with all these different people. I don’t know “I got really pumped for this record necessary to pull off lead singing [which that I sound just like anyone, but I probably have as much to do with stage presence and and I was very, very thrilled to have the opportunity to do it. It just felt very natural. have lots of colors in my voice from singing engagement as sheer vocal chops] but are I felt like, ‘Yeah. I’m home,’” she says. with them.” much more subtly applied.”

Butler seems to relish belting out Delbert In 1983, Butler switched up to front Rosemary Butler and her band perform at 8 McClinton’s “Never Been Rocked Enough,” woman with a slick pop-rock album, p.m. Sunday at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 but she also turns tender with a heartfelt “Rose,” and tours through Europe and Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. Call (310) reading of Dan Fogelberg’s anti-nuclear Japan, where she earned a gold record.

828-4497 or visit rosemarybutler.com.

Westside Happenings Thursday, Nov. 6 Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers AA Convention, through Nov. 8. Hundreds of recovering alcoholics and addicts from around the world who describe themselves as atheists or agnostics converge in Santa Monica for meetings, panels, workshops and social events at the firstever We Agnostics and Freethinkers International Alcoholics Anonymous Convention. Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 1260 18th St., Santa Monica. waftiaac.org Chess Club, 4:15 p.m. Kids ages 5 to 16 can learn to play chess or improve their strategy through free classes each Thursday at Venice-Abbot Kinney Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 8211769; lapl.org/branches Venice Chamber Happy Hour, 6 to 8 p.m. The Venice Chamber of Commerce hosts its next networking event at Hama Sushi, 213 Windward Ave., Venice. There’s no admission fee, but participants purchase their own drinks and bites.

(310) 822-5425; venicechamber.net

—Compiled by Michael Aushenker

Spirited Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m. Mingle with a rotating roster of beverage professionals — from winemakers and brand founders to celebrated mixologists — showcasing new boutique wine, beer or spirits weekly. For every specialty drink ordered ($12 to $16), guests receive a complimentary small plate. Hotel Casa del Mar, 1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica. (310) 430-7144; hotelcasadelmar.com “The Masters of Wisdom and Transmission Meditation,” 7 p.m. Share International presents a spiritual talk and group meditation toward personal spiritual development. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 314-7511 Balance and Fitness Class, 7 p.m. Free class offered Thursdays; also 9:45 a.m. Saturdays. Class builds total core strength with squats, push-ups, lunges and other techniques utilizing StrongBoard Balance, a new fitness product. Equipment provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. $5 donation recommended, with proceeds earmarked for Heal the Bay. (310) 804-0514; strongboardbalance.com

“Schindler’s List,” 7:30 p.m. Celebrating the films of actor Ralph Fiennes, the American Cinematheque presents Fiennes’ iconic role as a ruthless Nazi commandant opposite Liam Neeson’s enigmatic portrayal of Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved 1,100 Jews from doom during the Holocaust. This screening of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film, which won seven Academy Awards, benefits USC Shoah Foundation. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14.

(310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Sundown Stand-Up: Venice Beach Revival, 8 p.m.

On Thursdays, area comedians bring spoken word and comedy performance back to the Venice Bistro, 323 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. No cover. (310) 3923997; thevenicebistro.com Alabama Shakes, Young the Giant, DJ Ruckus, 8 p.m. Mercedes-Benz Evolution Tour features a diverse line-up of popular acts plus a live art exhibition by Mr. Brainwash on a Mercedes-Benz GLA. Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave., No. 203, Santa Monica. mbevolutiontour.com

Friday, Nov. 7 “1001 Grams,” 7:30 p.m. Director Bent Hamer appears in person to discuss his amusing and poetic film, Norway’s official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, which balances the scales between scientific understanding and human emotion. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com “Richard II + I, A Lamentable Tragedie (Comedie),” 8 p.m. Also at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. The Santa Monica College Theatre Arts Department and writer Terrin Adair-Lynch do a fast-and-loose homage to Shakespeare’s works. Through Nov. 16. Theatre Arts Studio Stage, Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $13. (310) 434-4319; smc.edu/studiostage The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men, 11 p.m. Roots rock ’n’ roll band from the Santa Cruz Mountains features songwriters Jamie and Kellen Coffis. WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10; all ages. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com

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Westside Happenings Saturday, Nov. 8 Garden Beautification, 9 a.m. to noon.

Volunteer effort to enhance Westminster Avenue Elementary School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 392-3041; greatschools.org Raising Up Your Parents, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Susan B. Geffen, self-proclaimed “Elder Care Guru,” delivers a free elder care seminar at Marina del Rey Marriott Hotel, 4100 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. RSVP required. (800) 301-1326; susanbgeffen. com Friends of the Lloyd Taber Marina del Rey Library Holiday Craft Fair, 11 a.m. Craft fair benefit includes jewelry, knit wear, books and other gift ideas.

Lloyd Taber Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Free admission. (310) 821-3415 Grand Opening Party, 1 to 4 p.m.

Manhattan Beach comic book store owners Jun Goeku and Mike Wellman open a second shop, offering special discounts. The Comic Bug, 4267 Overland Ave., Culver City. (310) 2043240; thecomicbug.com Saturday Jam Sessions, 2 to 6 p.m.

Hang out with musicians and jam on stage. Open to all; first come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com “Clash of the Titans: The Milky Way and The Andromeda Galaxy,” 2 p.m.

UCLA astronomer R. Michael Rich discusses the universe. Rich is leading an international team to map the central bulge of the Milky Way, using the world's largest telescopic camera in Chile. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org “Willy Wonka” All-Ages Musical, 3 to 4 p.m. Also Sunday. Last weekend for this staging of Roald Dahl’s most famous tale as young Charlie Bucket crosses paths with the strange and elusive confectioner Willy Wonka after winning the Golden Ticket in his chocolate bar.

This musical interpretation also features side characters Varuka Salt, Agustus

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Gloop, Mike Teavee, Voilet Beauregard and their guardians. All children receive a free toy musical instrument upon arrival. $12 to $20. Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica.

(310) 804-0223; creatingarts.org Uninstructed Figure Drawing Salon, 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your paintbrushes or colored pencils and get to work at REAL Creative Space, 6207 W. 87th St., Westchester. $20, or $10 with student ID. realcreativespace.com “J’Accuse!,” 7:30 p.m. A 95th anniversary screening — with introduction by film historian Alexander Schwarz — of Abel Gance’s landmark silent movie, which, having begun production during World War I, incorporates real battle footage and uses nearly 2,000 on-leave soldiers as extras for a chilling sequence. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14.

(310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Hopkinson Smith in Concert, 8 p.m.

One of the world’s great lutenists, Hopkinson Smith has been at the forefront of the lute revival since the 1970s. Prepare to hear Smith’s transcriptions of three of the Bach Cello Suites for 14-course German theorbo.

Murphy Recital Hall, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester.

Tickets: $25. lmucfa.com The Mighty Echoes, 8:30 p.m. Catch the a cappella doo-wop group that formed back in 1986 and has appeared on episodes of “Who’s The Boss?,” “Murphy Brown,” “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” and "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.” WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10; all ages. (310) 3054792; visit witzendlive.com.

Sunday, Nov. 9 “Common Core — What is it Anyway?,” 10:15 a.m. to noon. A discussion of the new national Common Core standards and what they mean for your children, led by Maureen Kolky, a seasoned K-5 teacher at STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) Magnet, and Kevin Fox, who is Common Core coach at Arcadia High School. Westside Neighborhood School,

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Actor Ralph Fiennes appears in person to discuss his experience making one of his most recent films: the 2014 Wes Anderson dramedy that also stars Oscar winners F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody and Tilda Swinton and Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com 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

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“My God is the strength of my heart; He makes my way perfect.”

The Toledo Show, 8 p.m. A cabaret show held on Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 395-1676; santamonica. harvelles.com

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Balance and Mobility Program, noon to 1:30 p.m. For people who feel unsteady on their feet and have concerns about falling, this program helps improve confidence and posture and reduces risk of falling. $15 per class; also meets Thursdays. Holy Nativity Parish, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. (310) 6704777; spiritedbalance.com 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) 4588600; 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,

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Westside Happenings 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) 488-3361; musicteacherLA.com “Where Soldiers Come From,” 6:30 p.m. Santa Monica Public Library hosts a screening and discussion of this documentary, which examines the lives of the young people who fight our wars. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Culver City Rock and Mineral Club Monthly

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Meeting, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Guest speaker Aaron Miller, who owns and operates Ancient Earth Trading Company in Cambria, discusses Moroccan mineral and fossil collecting. Monthly club unites persons interested in the earth sciences to engage in research and study in this realm, and to assist members in the collection and preservation of rocks and minerals and in the study of lapidary and related arts. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Blvd., Culver City. (310) 850-4398; culvercityrocks. org/meeting.htm Comics on the Spot, 7:45 p.m. Weekly Monday night stand-up comedy show, following a 7 p.m. open mic, at the Warehouse Restaurant, 4499

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Tuesday, Nov. 11 Life Drawing Tuesdays, 7 to 9:30 p.m. YWCA offers uninstructed life drawing classes with diverse models each Tuesday. $15 per week or buy four sessions at discount. YWCA Santa Monica/Westside, 2019 14th St., Santa Monica. (310) 452-3881; smywca.org Live Talks LA: Ruby Wax in Conversation with Carrie Fisher, 8 p.m. Comedian Ruby Wax interviews “Star Wars” actress and “Postcards from the Edge” author Carrie Fisher. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $15. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com; livetalksla.org Trulio Disgracious, 8 p.m. Every Tuesday, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone fame leads guest musicians in a jam concert. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $5. (310) 395-1676; harvelles.com; truliodisgracias.com Carl Saunders meets Japan’s Mitsukuni Kohata, 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. A musical program in which East meets West. Typhoon, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South, Santa Monica.$10. (310) 390-6565; typhoon.biz

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12000 Vista del Mar, Conference Room 230A, Playa del Rey. (310) 559-2834 Sunset Live, 7 p.m. Waterfront music series features emerging singer/songwriters and bands under the stars, with extended happy hour until the sun goes down. For bookings, contact jason@hlpresents.com.

Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com House of Vibe All-Stars, 9:30 p.m. On Wednesdays, Anthony “Brew” Brewer leads various musicians in an R&B and hip hop-flavored concert.

Past guests have included members of Fishbone and Jurassic 5 MC Chali 2Na. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $5. (310) 395-1676; harvelles.com; houseofvibe.com Burlesque Night, 10 p.m. Weekly striptease show … or, as it’s known here, the TripTease. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $5. (213) 300-8107; tripsantamonica.com

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Crown, 9 p.m. The Brooklyn MC, backed by a 10-piece band known as the M.O.B., delivers such reality raps as “All Hail Now,” the celebratory, piano-driven “Roam,” the funk-laden “Love My People” and uplifting “Come My Way.” WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10; all ages. Call (310) 305-4792 or visit witzendlive.com

Galleries & Museums Bob Dylan’s “The Drawn Blank Series,” Friday through Jan. 3. The legendary musician’s latest paintings. Andrew Weiss Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., D-4, Santa Monica. (310) 2469333; andrewweiss.com Joshua Charles Hart, Kyle Hughes-Odgers, Rubin415, through Saturday. Trio of solo shows by whimsical artists features new works. Hart’s “So Quiet, So Small,” Hughes-Odgers’ “All the Wrong Places,” and Rubin415’s “Gothometria.” C.A.V.E. Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 450-6960; cavegallery.net Carole Bayer Sager’s “New Works,” through Saturday. The iconic musician/artist uses food as a theme to explore notions of obsession embedded in our pop culture DNA in her second solo show for the gallery. WilliamTurner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., E1, Santa Monica. (310) 4530909; williamturnergallery.com Sylvia Marcin, through Saturday. The abstract expressionist behind such works as 2014’s “Riley’s Eye” brings her latest works to First Independent Gallery (FIG), Bergamot Station, G6, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 829-0345; figgallery.com “Three Woman Show: Shaw, Walsh & Boughton, through Wednesday. Trio of artists — Lee Webster Shaw, Sarah Wylie Walsh and Mary Mueller Boughton — reveals work documenting the fleeting essence of summer and portraying a vivid image of the UCLA Botanical Gardens and the Canadian Rockies. Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 453-5757; schomburggallery.com “Pumpkin Pie” through mid-November. Subtitled “It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s a Were-Puppy?,” this Halloween exhibit was supposed to be sweet, but then art critic Daniel Rolnik did something horrible: he lost his dog! Since the tragic news of Whiskers’ disappearance broke out, some 30 artists have been searching for Whiskers, a small terrier out for blood.

Daniel Rolnik Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. danielrolnikgallery.com Heather Gwen Martin, Tony Berlant, through Nov. 29. Titled “Rogue Wave Projects,” Martin’s minimalist abstracts include 2014’s eloquent “Diving Bells.” With Berlant’s short film “Close to Home.”

L.A. Louver, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 8224955; lalouver.com “Filling the wHole,” through Dec. 4. The newly opened P32 presents an art exhibition of new works assembled by artist Ariel Gold and gallery owner and Malibu-based real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist Howard Spunt. P32, 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. p32gallery.com “Passing Through,” through Dec. 6. Group show includes art by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Jo Ann Callis and Masahisa Fukase. Rose Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., G5, Santa Monica.

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That transition may already be happening.

On the other side of the country, Columbia University senior and visual arts student Emma Sulkowicz has been engaged in a highly visible campaign to force the Ivy League institution to address the issue of sexual assaults on campus. After the university refused to act on Sulkowicz’s accusation that another student raped her, she vowed to carry around a twin-size

dorm mattress until Columbia authorities agreed to expel him. With its visceral imagery, “Mattress Performance or Carry That Weight” has galvanized the discussion around campus sexual assault in a way nothing else quite has.

Whether or not Sulkowicz is successful, she might take heart from one of the projects featured in the Santa Monica exhibit: the Tamms Year Ten campaign to shut down the infamous supermax prison in Illinois.

Starting in 2008, the facility was targeted for closure by activists who said it propagated torture. Activists reached out to prisoners

through letters, poetry and photographs, meanwhile lobbying Governor Pat Quinn, legislators and the state Department of Corrections. In 2009 a reform plan was introduced and, in 2013, 15 years after it first opened, Tamms closed for good.

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The Counter co-founder Jeff Weinstein opened Cadet at 2518 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica last Saturday. The new restaurant and full bar, with menu by Chef Kris Tominaga (The Hart and the Hunter), provides a French Provence take on California cuisine at the former Shack location.

Tominaga’s delicacies include grilled rabbit boulettes, oxtail and onion soup, and littleneck clams while a wood-fire grill allows for roasted Dungeness crab, pork collar and porterhouse steak. (310) 8283300

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Beverage retailer BevMo! celebrated the opening of its 155th store on Oct. 17 at 4214 Lincoln Blvd. in Marina del Rey. A party for MdR residents the night before offered tastings of Mumm Napa, Milagro Tequila, Patron and Stella Rosa to a DJ-driven ‘80s soundtrack. “This will be the second West Los Angeles store that we have opened this year, and BevMo! can’t wait to join the vibrant Marina del Rey neighborhood,” said BevMo! CEO Alan Johnson. (310) 773-5630; bevmo.com

Electric bicycle manufacturer and seller Curbside Commuters, founded in Mexico two years ago, opened its first U.S. retail outlet on Oct. 15 at 218 Main St. in Venice. The company’s fleet of Electrobikes is designed to reduce commute times and increase quality of life with manual, pedal-assist and full-speed models, said Curbside Commuters Managing Director Israel Garavito. electrobikeus.com The Culver Hotel (9400 Culver Blvd., Culver City) has remodeled its second-floor bar to open the “Prohibition meets Paris”-style Velvet Lounge, featuring 18 vintage-inspired cocktails created by head mixologist J.J. Weiner and the Velvet Lounge head bartender Phil Santos. (310) 558-9400; culverhotel.com

Cyclepathic, a new state-of-the-art spin and fitness studio at 720 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica, celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 23. Owner Adam Kessel and Laurel Rosen of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon before a crowd of 150 people as Santa Monica College cheerleaders chanted the studio’s mantra: “Sweat Hard, Sweat Proud and Sweat Like You Mean It.” (310) 917-1116; cyclepathicfitness.com Harry Jemelian, owner of Malibu J’s, opened Santa Monica Luggage Co. in early October at 410 Broadway in Santa Monica. (310)395-5333; santamonicaluggage.com

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Just about everyone’s heard Bob Dylan’s music, but did you know he also draws and paints?

Works from Dylan’s Drawn Blank Series — a group of paintings created from sketches he drew on tour more than two decades ago — are up for display Friday through Jan. 3 at the Andrew Weiss Gallery in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station, following an invitation-only fundraiser reception on Thursday benefiting the nonprofit P.S. Arts.

Dylan, 73, started sketching on tour from 1989 to 1992, chronicling life on the road. A 1994 book titled “Drawn Blank” contained 92 of those drawings, which he was later encouraged to recreate on canvas. The paintings Bob Dylan’s “Bicycle,” part of his Drawn debuted seven years ago in Germany, followed by Blank Series on view at Andrew Weiss showings in London and New York.

Gallery “I was aware of the exhibition in London and impressed by the body of work, not realizing that Dylan was twice blessed with talent,” said gallery operator Andrew Weiss, who was already working with a firm representing Dylan’s art. “When I decided to open my new gallery, I felt there could not be a better show to start with.”

It may be surprising to see such vibrant, colorful scenes come from the creator of “Hurricane,” Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin,’” but gallery materials tie the style of Dylan’s canvases to his writing and music: “Just as Dylan’s songs are constantly reinvigorated and rediscovered through his live performances, these artworks revisit images and scenes which were captured in all their immediacy by the artist. … The drawings trace his everyday observations, his thought process and his vision.”

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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014280229 The following person is doing business as: Whiskerhood Watch Pet Care 2800 Manhattan Ave. Apt. A Manhattan Beach, CA. 90266. Registered owners: Hailey Marie Maxon. 2800 Manhattan Ave. Apt. A Manhattan Beach, CA. 90266. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Hailey Marie Maxon. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 1, 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014296166 The following person is doing business as: Alan J. Brown Insurance Services 6562 W. 83rd St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045.

Registered owners: Magister Bacchus, INC. 5120 W. Goodleaf Circle Suite #160 Los Angeles, CA. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Alan J. Brown. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 16. 2014.

Argonaut published: November 6, 13, 20, and 27, 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. 2014292105 The following person is doing business as: Stara Family Law 12400 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1300 Los Angeles, CA. 90025.

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

Argonaut published: October 16, 23, 30, and November 6, 2014.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014297755 The following person is doing business as: WiFi ToGo 13428 Maxella Ave. #576 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Thomas Martin 13428 Maxella Ave. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Thomas Martin.

Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 17, 2014.

Argonaut published: October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 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. 2014298019 The following person is doing business as: J3 Collection 1855 Industrial St. Unit 405 Los Angeles, CA. 90280. Registered owners: Tonya McKenzie, Raymond McKenzie 2505 Felton Lane Redondo Beach, CA. 90278 and Justin Jackson 336 Calle Miraman Redondo Beach, CA. 90277. This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Tonya McKenzie. Title: Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 17, 2014.

Argonaut published: October 23, 30, November 6 and 13, 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. 2014304626 The following person is doing business as: Medfolio Medication management 4231 Don Allegre Place Los Angeles, CA. 90008.

Registered owners: Skye Cowan 1954 S. Barrington Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025, Keith Eaton 4231 Don Aleggre Place Los Angeles, CA. 90008, and Jon Yu 1954 S. Barrington Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014306487 The following person is doing business as: Up West 1733 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Ste. D Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Zoom Productions 1733 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Ste. D Venice, CA. 90291.

This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Rainer Plank. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2014. Argonaut published: November 6, 13, 20 and 27, 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. 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 Quon 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 Quon. 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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014287910 The following person is doing business as: C^2 Casting 101 Catamaran #4 Los Angeles, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Cassandra Renee Negrete 531 Indiana Ave. Unit A Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Cassandra Renee Negrete. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 7, 2014.

Argonaut published: November 6, 13, 20, and 27, 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).

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ACTIONLAW NO.12-1042 IN DIVORCE TIABI T. BERHE, PLAINTIFF v. ABRAHAM TECLE, DEFENDANT NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT TO: Abraham Tecle You have been sued in an action for DIVORCE. If you wish to deny any of the statements set forth in this Plaintiffís Affidavit Under Section 3301(d) of the Divorce Code, you must file a counter-affidavit within (20) days after this affidavit has been served on you or statements will be admitted. If you do not file with the Office of Judicial Support of the Court an answer with your signature notarized or verified or the counter-affidavit, the court can enter a final Decree in Divorce. A counter-affidavit which you may file the Office of Judicial Support of the Court is attached to this notice. Unless you have already filed with the court a written claim for economic relief, you must do so by the above date or the court may grant the divorce and you will lose forever the right to ask for economic relief.

The filing of the form counter affidavit alone does not protect your economic claims. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER. GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Lawyer's Reference & Information Services Delaware County Bar Association 335 W. Front St. Media, PA. 19063, 610566-6625 www.delcobar.org. Peter George Mylonas, Esquire, Attorney for the Plaintiff. 2725 West Chester Pike, Broomall, PA. 19008. 610335-1000 Argonaut Published: November 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICES NEWSPAPER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUTOMATIC ANNUAL PASS-THROUGH WATER RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS AND THE MARINA DEL REY WATER SYSTEM The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on November 25, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in the Hearing Room of the Board of Supervisors, Room 381B, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street (corner of Temple Street and Grand Avenue), Los Angeles, California 90012, in the matter of authorizing the Director of Public Works or her designee to adjust water rates annually over a 5-year period to pass-through cost increases due to inflation and/or the cost of purchasing water from the wholesale water agencies serving the Los Angeles County Waterworks Districts and the Marina del Rey Water System. The purpose of the rate plan is to adjust water rates to offset inflation and wholesale water cost increases adopted by the wholesale agencies serving the Los Angeles County Waterworks Districts and the Marina del Rey Water System. The Board of Supervisors will consider and may approve these actions as recommended by the Director of Public Works. For information on water rates for specific service areas or for any other information regarding this matter, please call (626) 300-3389. Information regarding the water rate plan will be available 10 days prior to the date of the public hearing. Para mas informacion relacionada con esta noticia, por favor Ilame (626) 300-3384. Nuestra horas de oficina son de 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m., de lunes a jueves. 11/6, 11/13/14 CNS-2682835# THE ARGONAUT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE GRANTING OF A VARIANCE AND THE ADOPTION OF A COMPLIANCE DATE CASE NO. 1263-72 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the South Coast Air Quality Management District Hearing Board will hold a public hearing at 9:00 a.m. on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014, in the Hearing Board Room, District Headquarters, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California, to consider the granting of a regular variance from Rules 203, 1313, 2004 and 3002 of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Rules and Regulations and the adoption of a final compliance date for boilers at LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER, 12700 Vista Del Mar, Playa Del Rey, California, 90293. Rule 203 requires a permit to operate and requires operation in accordance with specified conditions of said permit. Rule 1313 relates to permits to operate. Rule 2004 requires that the holder of a facility permit comply at all times with the rules and permit conditions applicable to the facility. Rule 3002 requires that a person shall construct and operate a Title V facility and all equipment located at a Title V facility in compliance with all terms, requirements, and conditions specified in the Title V permit at all times. Petitioner anticipates excess emissions of NOx, CO, SO2, VOC and PM10 as a result of this variance.

The exact nature and extent of these estimated excess emissions, as well as other potential pollutants, are to be determined by the Hearing Board.

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