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Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through November 30, 2015. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $34,725 less the suggested dealer contribution resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $33,400. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge and Premium 1 Package. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $11,844. Cash due at signing includes $2,499 capitalized cost reduction, $795 acquisition fee and first month's lease payment of $329. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $15,138. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $21,877 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See participating dealer for details. Please always wear your seat belt, drive safely and obey speed limits.
Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through November 30, 2015. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $41,125 less the suggested dealer contribution resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $40,192. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge, Premium 1 Package and Blind Spot Assist. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $14,364. Cash due at signing includes $3,359 capitalized cost reduction, $795 acquisition fee and first month's lease payment of $359. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $18,518. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $25,909 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See participating dealer for details. Please always wear your seat belt, drive safely and obey speed limits.
2015 MERCEDES-BENZ
2016 MERCEDES-BENZ
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$
399
$
Per Mo PlusTax
36 Month Lease 4593 total due at signing
509
Per Mo PlusTax
36 Month Lease $5063 total due at signing
Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through November 30, 2015. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $42,275 less the suggested dealer contribution resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $40,621. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge and Premium 1 Package. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $14,364. Cash due at signing includes $3,399 capitalized cost reduction, $795 acquisition fee and first month's lease payment of $399. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $18,558. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $23,674 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See participating dealer for details. Please always wear your seat belt, drive safely and obey speed limits.
Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through November 30, 2015. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $58,205 less the suggested dealer contribution resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $54,680. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge and Premium 1 Package. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $18,684. Cash due at signing includes $3,749 capitalized cost reduction, $795 acquisition fee and first month's lease payment of $509. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $23,228. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $34,341 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See participating dealer for details. Please always wear your seat belt, drive safely and obey speed limits.
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Contents
VOL 45, NO 45 Local News & Culture
News
Feature
Arts Photo By Ted Soqui
Eyes of the Beholders Attorneys battle over Cadillac Hotel shooting witnesses .................................. 9
Housing vs. Hotels
Santa Monica rep’s bid to end captive orca breeding ....... 11
Photo By ThinkStock
Dave Stuckey makes 1920s jazz relevant in 2015 Los Angeles ............................... 31
Race for Success RowLA gets girls on the water and into college ....................................... 14
This Week
Letters: Don’t Forget the Great Playa del Rey Flood of 1954 ............................................... 6 Life on the Spectrum Autism isn’t what you think it is ......... 12
Screen Presence LA Skins Fest raises the profile of Native American filmmakers ............ 34
Safe Cinematic Harbor
Poetry in Motion
Opinion
Abandoned office tower art installation invites visitors to hold a knife to someone’s throat . ............................. 28
Crazy About ‘Old Things’
Venice Breeze Suites feels the backlash against Airbnb . .................................... 10
Standing up for Shamu Congressman revives
Art House of Horrors
Donna Sternberg has danced to science, and now she’s experimenting with the written world ............................. 17
Marina del Rey Film Festival returns with docs and dramas .... 34
westside Happenings
Food & Drink
Kentwood Players solve a classic British murder mystery in Westchester ............... 29
Now That’s Amore Vincenzo’s Restorante Italiano is a taste of New York on Montana Avenue ................ 19
On The Cover: Twin sisters Jala and Jalen Rodgers, 15, row a double in the Head of the Marina Regatta. Photo by Ted Soqui. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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L e t t e r s Photo by Richard Morozowicz
Why Build Next to a Runway? Re: “Why is the FAA Dragging its Feet …?” Advertisement, Oct. 29 A full-page ad signed by all seven Santa Monica City Council members that ran in last week’s issue of The Argonaut decries the FAA and Santa Monica Airport. There’s no question that the airport is noisy and polluting, especially for homes nearby. But who allowed those homes to be built so close to an existing runway? It’s time Santa Monica’s leaders stopped blaming everyone else and admit the city fathers allowed entire neighborhoods to encroach on the airport. What were they thinking? Jack Keady Playa del Rey
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An El Niño storm flooded Playa del Rey in 1954 at my uncle’s and parents’ TV and camera businesses at 335 and 337 Culver Blvd. after one of many storms in the winter of 1954. You can see the black waterline — tar — that oozed up from the swamp (or the “Ballona Wetlands” to non-locals) behind our homes and businesses. You covered Acosta’s old Del Rey Cleaners toxic waste spill quite well. But why hasn’t anyone written about this past flood damage and told us how high the water could rise in Playa del Rey and Marina del Rey? In 1954, Culver Boulevard was floating in three feet of brackish
Remember Godzilla ’54? Re: “Forecast: Godzilla,” Cover Story, Nov. 5 The Godzilla El Niño article by Kit Stolz was well-prepped, but nowhere in this or any other article have I seen any mention of the damage that Pacific storms caused in Playa del Rey in 1954. The included photos that my father took show the water level
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seawater as far inland as Harry’s Bait and Tackle, our next door neighbor, who suffered the same damage to his store as my parents. Black tar from Standard Oil wells, pumping in the swamp behind the businesses lining the boulevard, covered street surfaces and buildings everywhere. The storm flooded what was the Machado property back then to Mother’s Beach north to the old Revell model factory east of Lincoln Boulevard, where Costco stands today, it might’ve been one of the main reasons
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Murder in the Eyes of the Beholders Attorneys battle over the safety and reliability of Cadillac Hotel shooting witnesses By Gary Walker The defense attorney for the accused triggerman in the Aug. 30 Cadillac Hotel shooting wants to investigate the mental fitness of witnesses against his client — many of them homeless— but prosecutors fear disclosing the personal information of witnesses will put them at risk of violence and intimidation. Francisco Guzman, who prosecutors say is a member of the Venice 13 street gang, has been charged with murder for the death of 26-year-old street musician Jascent Jamal Warner during an altercation with a group of homeless people outside the boardwalk-adjacent hotel that also involved hotel owner Sris Sinnathamby. Sinnathamby has been accused of ordering the shooting and is also charged with murder. During a pretrial hearing on Nov. 6 in Westchester, Guzman’s attorney asked L.A. Superior Court Judge Lauren Weis Birnstein to compel county prosecutors to provide the names, addresses, telephone numbers and social security numbers of shooting witnesses whom prosecutors plan to call against Guzman. Attorney Garrett Zelan argued that some
may have mental difficulties and reliability issues that could become germane during cross examination at trial. L.A. County Deputy District Attorney John McKinley countered that Zelan’s motion was based on “speculative concerns” and told the judge he has not provided witness contact information in order to protect the witnesses from Guzman and his associates. “We’re withholding it because of [Guzman’s] gang history, other potential crimes that he might have committed on the boardwalk and his knowledge of the beach,” McKinney said. Weis Birnstein denied Zelan’s motion, saying much of the information that the attorney was seeking could be easily found without an order. Zelan said he has not been able to make contact with any of the witnesses so far and complained that Weis Birnstein’s decision put him at a significant disadvantage versus the prosecution. “It appears that my hands are being tied behind my back. It doesn’t seem like a fair fight to me,” Zelan said. Attorney Alan Jackson, a former county prosecutor who is representing Sinna-
thamby, said he had conducted a few interviews with some of the prosecution’s possible witnesses. Some of those witnesses appeared to have “cognitive issues,” Jackson said, but he did not provide further details. As The Argonaut reported on Oct. 15, three homeless men who were present during the shooting were convicted of assault with a deadly weapon following a violent confrontation in September near Warren’s makeshift boardwalk memorial. One of those men said the altercation happened after the victim began destroying Warren’s memorial, spit at the men and threatened them by saying “You guys are next.” During an Oct. 14 pretrial hearing for Guzman and Sinnathamby, Zelen unsuccessfully sought to bar police and prosecutors from distributing security camera footage of the shooting. Jackson said the video will exonerate Sinnathamby. The Argonaut has made requests to view the footage. Although she denied Zelan’s motion, Weis Birnstein did say that the defense is entitled to some information about the mental health histories of witnesses.
Weis Birnstein said police should not delve too deeply into witnesses’ backgrounds but must notify the defense if their witnesses had been in lockdown facilities for mental health reasons — “anything that might affect their ability to perceive what they might have seen,” she said. McKinney unsuccessfully challenged that order, saying it would be an “extraordinary invasion of privacy” for prosecutors to grill witnesses about their mental health status. “Our duty is to disclose only what we know,” he told the judge. Outside of the courtroom, McKinney reiterated his reasons for contesting Zelan’s motion based on Guzman’s gang affiliation and the violent history of the Venice 13 gang. “It was for safety of our witnesses and to prevent witness intimidation,” he said. Sinnathamby is free on $1-million bond and Guzman has remained in custody since his Oct. 5 arrest. The next preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 16. gary@argonautnews.com
A CeleSraFon oI LiIeT DEBRA TALBOT | 1960 -‐ 2015 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, November 21, 2015 DEBRA’S SCATTERING-‐OF-‐ASHES-‐AT-‐SEA will be performed on Santa Monica Bay, with Captain Alex Balian presiding aboard SILVER EAGLE. Restricted to family members, with no room for guests, but Debra's family invites and welcomes other vessels to join the ceremony in column forma;on, at any ;me during the procession to sea. Lead vessel Silver Eagle departs Ritz-‐Carlton Hotel docks at 9 a.m., proceeds out the main channel to Pacific Ocean. The course will then be 2B0 Degrees MagneFc, Speed G Hnots Ior a Distance oI JKst over L MaKFcal Miles. At the Burial Site, Captain Balian and family will pay tribute to Debra, scaFer her ashes at sea, then circle the area and allow guests to scaFer flowers. Captain Balian will perform TAPS on his Trumpet, then set course for the return to Marina del Rey, arriving at the Dock E 618 (Ritz) at 11:00 a.m. From there, it is an easy walk to Fantasia Yacht Charters for the landUside celebra;on of life, commencing at 1V:W0 p.m. The Xorking Channel for this Event will be VHF FM Channel 11 (i.e. Eleven). SILVER EAGLE will be at “Full Dress Ship”, sails furled with flags on display.
12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, November 21, 2015 FOOD, MEMORIES, REFLECTIONS at Fantasea Yachts & Yacht Club, 4215 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. Community invited but RSVPs REQUIRED! Visit debratalbotcelebraLon.eventbrite.com no later than 4 p.m., Wednesday, November 18, 2015. Valet parking, $6. Hosted by Fantasea Yachts & Yacht Club, with support from Marina del Rey Historical Society, MarinaFest Boat Show and Holiday Boat Parade commiZees. InformaLon: Carly, carly@mdryachtsales.com or (310) 822-‐9814.
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Short-Term Rental Shuffle After spending $4 million on renovations, the owner of Venice Breeze Suites came close to losing his business over a paperwork snafu and growing backlash against Airbnb By Gary Walker In the eight years since Carl Lambert bought the boardwalk-adjacent Venice Breeze Suites, he’s $4 million remaking the historic 31-unit brick building into an urban chic apartment-style hotel. If the three rules of real estate really are location, location, location, Lambert had them covered. The only problem, he’d later find out, was that the previous owner of this particular location hadn’t filed all the paperwork necessary to convert the building from long-term lease apartment rentals to a hotel. In the past few years, at least three complaints were filed against Lambert with the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department — each claiming the building had undergone an illegal change of use from apartment to The 85-year-old building that is hotel, according to California Coastal now Venice Breeze Suites originally Commission documents. operated as a hotel The city resolved its permit issues with the renovation work, and the building Lambert in 2013, but it wasn’t until last at 2 Breeze Ave. was originally built week that the Coastal Commission and long-operated as a hotel. debated whether to grant Lambert a “During my ownership of the Venice coastal development permit to ratify the Breezes Suites no renovations have expensive changes he’s made. Citing a rapid erosion of long-term rental been made without valid city permits,” Lambert said. “Venice Breezes Suites housing due to the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals through online is returning to its original roots, as it has been used as a hotel over the brokers such as Airbnb, some in Venice last 85 years.” opposed Lambert getting the retroactive The commission’s decision comes permit — including members of the as L.A. City Hall is considering new Venice Neighborhood Council who had regulations for short-term rentals that voted in 2013 to support him. would prohibit building owners from “Had we the foresight to see the big converting long-term lease units to picture and not give Mr. Lambert a pass vacation rentals and require vacation because he is a nice guy, because the rental hosts to pay the same short-term apartments were remodeled nicely and occupancy tax as hotel operators. because no one was aware of the many David Ewing, a politically active Venice other [short-term rental] conversions in resident who signed a petition urging the the pipeline, I am sure the board would commission to deny Lambert the permit, not have voted to approve the project,” Linda Lucks, the council’s president at the lamented the possibility that others may attempt to follow Lambert’s lead. time, wrote in a letter to the commission. “We’ve seen whole buildings that have On Nov. 6, the commission granted Lambert a coastal development permit for become short-term rentals, and the city has to find a way to enforce the law on Venice Beach Suites with the conditions these illegally converted buildings,” that Lambert offer his guests alternative Ewing said. transportation options and pay a state Lambert said he supports regulation of application fee of $37,364. the short-terms rental industry. “The proposed hotel reused an 85-year“I understand the political backlash old building and did not displace it with a against Airbnb and other short-term rental lower-cost hotel. It displaced 30 residenoperators, but there is a big difference tial units, which are a lower priority use under the Coastal Act and the Venice Land between unprofessional people without the appropriate oversight [and others Use Plan. The hotel is also not consistent with a traditional high-cost hotel or even a who pay taxes and are responsive to quality of life concerns],” Lambert said. traditional moderate-priced hotel because “I pay the transient occupancy tax, and of the flexibility and amenities that it I think the city should use it to create offers guests,” a report by commission real affordable housing.” staff states. Lambert had two other things going for gary@argonautnews.com him: The city granted him permits to do PAGE 10 THE ARGONAUT November 12, 2015
Westchester – Playa Takes a Pass on Airbnb Regs Community leaders in Westchester and Playa del Rey aren’t happy about the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals in their communities, but they don’t trust the city to regulate them either. Citing the city’s inability to enforce existing municipal laws that prohibit short-term rentals in residential areas, the Neighborhood Council of Westchester – Playa voted unanimously last week to oppose a push to regulate the practice. L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin is working with Council President Herb Wesson to craft regulations that would allow people to host tourists in their primary residences but require them to pay a hotel tax. Bonin has said the new rules would also prohibit landlords from taking traditional long-term lease properties off the market to convert them into de facto hotels. A final draft of the proposal has yet to
be released. Playa del Rey resident Alexander Duggan complained that nearly 30% of the housing near his home on Trolleyway has become shortterm rentals. “I didn’t plan on moving into a hotel environment, but that’s what it’s become,” he said. Neighborhood council member Denny Schneider said he finds it difficult to support regulations that haven’t even been written yet. “I don’t mind if we have an Airbnbtype of residential leases that rent to people for a short time, but I would also like to see the city get their fair share of revenue from them. We all want the same thing,” Schneider said. “What we’ve seen up to this point is that the terms [of the proposal] have not been defined. We’re being asked to approve something when we don’t know what’s in it.”
Santa Monica Launches Bike-Share Program Santa Monica’s city-sponsored Breeze bike-share program — a network of 500 rental bicycles at 75 locations throughout the city and four in Venice — officially launches at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Santa Monica City Hall. Breeze differs from traditional bike-rental operations because
the transportation network’s stop-and-go fee structure and myriad drop-off points encourage short-term use for quick, oneway trips. Hundreds are expected to join in a community “Breeze Send-Off” bike ride immediately following the ceremony. For more information, visit breezebikeshare.com.
Memorial Planned for Debbie Talbot Marina del Rey community leaders will hold a public memorial for former L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors Boating Section supervisor Debbie Talbot on Nov. 21, following her burial at sea. Talbot died six weeks ago aboard the sailboat she lived on in Marina del Rey harbor. She was 55.
The memorial gathering will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at FantaSea Yachts, 4215 Admiralty Way. Those planning to attend the memorial and boaters who wish to participate in the earlier burial procession must RSVP by calling (310) 822-9814 or emailing carly@ mdryachtsales.com.
Paul Macklin, 1955 – 2015 Paul Macklin, a Mar Vista native who was general manager of Tony P’s Dockside Grill (and Teasers before it) in Marina del Rey since 1986, died suddenly on Oct. 5. He was 60. Macklin is remembered as a big-hearted can-do guy who freely gave his time to others — most of all to his 5-year-old daughter Samantha,
whom he and wife Heike Macklin adopted from Russia in 2005. The couple met while working together at Tony P’s. Services were held at Venice Lutheran Church on Oct. 24, and a trust has been set up for Heike and Samantha. Call Tony P’s at (310) 823-4534 for giving instructions.
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Standing up for Shamu in Santa Monica Congressman revives local legislator’s bid to end orca shows and captive breeding programs By Taylor Hill TakePart.com SeaWorld warned its investors last Thursday that the company’s 2015 profits will be $10 million short of projections. Now the embattled marine theme park could be facing a war in Congress. At a press conference on Friday in Santa Monica, Rep. Adam Schiff (D- Burbank) announced his plan to introduce the ORCA Act, a bill aimed at ending the public display of captive orcas, stopping captive breeding programs, making artificial insemination illegal, and banning the capture of wild orcas. If enacted, the bill would essentially phase out all killer whale displays in the United States, making SeaWorld’s staple form of entertainment obsolete. “The evidence is very strong that the psychological and physical harm done to these magnificent animals far outweighs any benefits reaped from their display,” Schiff said during the press conference at Barnard Way Linear Park in Santa Monica’s Ocean Park neighborhood. “We cannot be responsible stewards of our natural environment and propagate messages about the importance of animal
focuses on orcas’ natural behaviors. The decision is “a welcome step,” Schiff said, but “Much more needs to be done, however, and I would urge the company to curtail the breeding of their orcas and partner in the creation of ocean sanctuaries.” The legislation is the latest in a long line of hurdles SeaWorld has faced since the 2013 release of the anti-captivity documentary “Blackfish.” In 2014, state Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D- Santa Monica) sent shock waves through the marine-mammal industry with his proposed Orca Welfare and Safety Act, aimed at ending orca performances and captive breeding programs, after which Schiff modeled his bill. Bloom’s bill (AB 2140) died in committee before it could come to a vote — a Orcas are complex creatures that cannot thrive in captivity, marine rare victory for SeaWorld last year, mammal scientists say which saw the federal court rule that welfare when our behaviors do not reflect “We will appreciate these incredible trainers and orcas performing together in our principles.” creatures where they belong — in the tanks is dangerous and had the California Schiff said the Orca Responsibility and wild,” Schiff said. Coastal Commission tell the theme park Care Advancement Act (ORCA) would On Monday, SeaWorld San Diego it had to stop breeding orcas if it wanted guarantee the orcas in captivity today will announced it would eventually discontinue to build bigger tanks for its planned $100 be the last ones. its Shamu show in favor of one that (Continued on page 36)
NOTICE OF PREPARATION (NOP) OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) FOR THE PROPOSED VENICE AUXILIARY PUMPING PLANT PROJECT The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering (LABOE) is beginning the environmental review process for the proposed Venice Auxiliary Pumping Plant (VAPP) Project, which would be located adjacent to the existing Venice Pumping Plant at 140 Hurricane Street. LABOE welcomes comments and/or concerns on the content of the environmental information presented in the Initial Study (IS), which indicates that the proposed Project may result in significant environmental impacts and therefore an EIR will be prepared. The NOP/IS is available online at http://eng.lacity.org/techdocs/emg/venice_aux_pumping_plant.htm and at the following public libraries: Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Library, 501 South Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291; W Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292; and Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90094. Comments are due by Friday, December 18, 2015. Comments may be submitted by email to Jan.Green.Rebstock@lacity.org (please include VAPP Project in the subject line). Please also include the name, telephone number, mailing address, and email address of a person to contact in case there are questions regarding the comments submitted. Comments may also be submitted by mail to: Dr. Jan Green Rebstock, City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, Environmental Management Group, 1149 S. Broadway, 6th Floor, Mail Stop 939, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Public Meetings: Two public scoping meetings will be held in Venice to share more about the proposed Project and obtain input on the scope and content of the Draft EIR: Dec 3, 2015, 6:00PM, Venice Foursquare Church, 1400 Riviera Avenue, Venice CA 90291 Dec 8, 2015, 6:00PM, Abbot Kinney Memorial Library, 501 South Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291 November 12, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11
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Life on the Spectrum — it isn’t what you think Working with college students with autism has challenged my assumptions and changed my beliefs By Marissa R. Laham As a graduate student in USC’s School of Social Work, my fieldwork internship assignment this semester has been with the West L.A.-based nonprofit organization F.A.C.T. (Family, Adult and Child Therapies). The experience has been rich and vibrant. Thanks to the incredible students and the dedicated staff, I find myself frequently surprised, learning new things and my passion for people growing exponentially. What is F.A.C.T.? Just when I think I know, it becomes even more. Founded by parents and professionals in 1999 to support individuals and families navigating the complexities of autism, cerebral palsy and other diagnoses, F.A.C.T. provides individualized and affordable support services to help clients reach goals, develop relationships, attain careers and live independently. My favorite part is the G.A.P. (Generating All Possibilities) program in Westwood. Through G.A.P. I work with a tightknit community of miraculous young adults brought together not only by their clinical diagnoses, but also by their creativity, desire to learn and determination to achieve their goals. G.A.P. includes a community-supported garden as well as in-house workshops in music, art, film editing, anime, cooking, childcare and journalism. Script readings bring characters alive, and the students’ laughter, singing and in-character voices fill the halls. Most young adults in the G.A.P. program attend Santa Monica College or West Los Angeles College. On Saturday, G.A.P. students are putting on a fundraising art exhibit at the G2 Gallery on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. Called “Spectrum State Experience,” the exhibit challenges public perceptions about autism through interactive art installations that communicate each artist’s unique talents, sensory sensitivities and world view. Santa Monica College student Evan Carter, a 24-year-old G.A.P. artist, hopes “Spectrum State Experience” will spread awareness and a greater sense of hope about autism. “A lot of people think autistic people don’t really have feelings or can’t express feelings, or they think we’re basically stone, emotionless walls. This is not true. In fact, I tend to feel emotions a little too well, and what inspires my art is my mind, thoughts and feelings,” she says. “Art is like a meditation for me, and my artwork is usually one of the first things people talk to me about. I enjoy that. It’s a great icebreaker.” Diagnosed with autism when she was just 18 months old, Carter was one of the first to join the G.A.P. program. Before G.A.P., Carter spent most of her time isolated in her room living life through a computer. Today she co-leads a weekly
Clockwise, from left: Evan Carter, G.A.P. artists collaborating on a group canvas, art by Casey Jones, and David Krieger ideas, famous artists, nature, love that comes from the inside of my soul and my strong spiritual connection to God. Painting brings calmness to my soul, as well as happiness and strength. I can paint for five to six hours at a time and feel completely free and happy,” shares Jones, who works at a local Peet’s Coffee & Tea. “When school is out of session, I like to be at the G.A.P. Program,” says Jones, “It — Evan Carter, SMC student helps me with having better social skills and independent life skills.” social skills group for young children with To conclude our conversation, Carter My experiences interning at G.A.P. have autism and has earned her certificate for borrows a phrase from F.A.C.T. Executive made me more grateful and in love with early childhood education. Director Linda Andron about defeating life. I feel fortunate to work with students “Some people who have autistic children autism stereotypes. She says she wants to with autism and learn to see the world think that there’s no hope, no help, if their “make sure people leave understanding through their individual points of view. child doesn’t talk or isn’t moving the way that if you see one person with autism, This experience has been transformative, the parents would like,” Carter says. you’ve seen one person with autism.” has changed my perspective and has “From this experience, I hope that these Another showcased G.A.P. artist is David challenged much of what I previously people can gain hope that their kid can Krieger, a 29-year old Santa Monica believed about autism. grow up to be a successful, happy person College student who enjoys animation, even if the child has autism or another drawing, working at We Rock the Spec“Spectrum State Experience” runs from 2 disability. I hope people will see that the trum and volunteering with the Salvation to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at G2 Gallery, basic stereotypes about autism are not Army and Autism Society of Los Angeles. 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. Tickets correct. Autism is not what you think it is. His animation is sure to blow you away. are $10 in advance or $15 at the door for It’s not black and white. It’s a whole grey And there’s also Casey Jones, another entry and hors d’oeuvres; enjoy an open scale with many different shades. You SMC student whose paintings are as bar for an extra $10 donation. To purhave to be open-minded. You can’t just bright and vibrant as her personality. chase advance tickets, call (310) 701say ‘Autistic people don’t talk,’ or “What inspires my artwork is the 7097 or visit eventbrite.com and search ‘Autistic people don’t have feelings.’” happiness I have in my life, my own “Spectrum State Experience.”
“A lot of people think autistic people don’t really have feelings or can’t express feelings, or they think we’re basically stone, emotionless walls. This is not true. In fact, I tend to feel emotions a little too well.”
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Race for Success RowLA gets Girls on the Water and into College Story by Bonnie Eslinger Photos by Ted Soqui As her quad cut through the glassy waters of Marina del Rey harbor one recent Saturday morning, Nicole Viviani saw another crew out of the corner of her eye and felt a familiar rush. “The moment you see a boat and you know you can pass them, that’s my favorite part,” Nicole says later. But the California Yacht Club-sponsored Head of the Marina Regatta would not be conquered in a burst of adrenaline; the four-girl RowLA crew needed to maintain their swift pace for more than 20 minutes to power through the three-mile course. As a familiar ache set into her legs and back, Nicole’s inner coach began to push. “I’m just telling myself they’re in the same pain as you, and you just got to give them no mercy and push the whole way through,” the Santa Monica High School sophomore says. “You want to get off the boat without having any regrets.” A natural athlete, Nicole used to play basketball, volleyball and soccer, but these days she’s dedicated full-time to rowing, which she discovered through a friend’s recruitment. “The moment I stepped on the erg [rowing machine], I felt like this is something I could do the rest of my life,” Nicole says.
But through RowLA, Nicole found more than a sport. She also found an awaiting future. Started in 2009 by three women rowers who see the sport as a conduit for getting girls into college, RowLA focuses on recruiting and nurturing young athletes who may not otherwise find themselves out on the water.
Greenberger, a former policy analyst who served on the National Security Council during the Reagan administration. “And there is a lot of scholarship money for women who row.”
Destination: College
Funding for college rowers has increased in recent years along with its popularity,
“They’re in the same pain as you, and you just got to give them no mercy and push the whole way through. You want to get off the boat without having any regrets.” — Nicole Viviani, rower Students from lower- and moderateincome families should have the same access to rowing as their higher-income peers, RowLA founder Liz Greenberger believes. “There isn’t as much diversity or inclusion in the sport of rowing. It is traditionally very elite,” Greenberger says. RowLA’s first four girls, recruited through a teacher at Culver City High School, are all now in college on academic or rowing scholarships. “We felt that rowing opened up higher education opportunities to women,” says
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bolstered by high-profile consecutive Olympic gold medal wins by the U.S. women’s eight crew in 2008 and 2012. When rowing became an NCAA sport in 1997, many universities began growing their programs and offering scholarships, most with federal Title IX dollars. These days, about half of female rowers attending college benefit from athletic scholarships, according to the nonprofit College Finder. Those odds are a godsend to Nicole’s mother, Vhalia Viviani. “It’s a great opportunity. They help the girls go to college,” said Viviani, a single mother of three teenagers who works two
jobs to support the family. “For me, it’s a great blessing, because otherwise I don’t think I would be able to find the support.” While college is still a few years off for Nicole, she has set her sights on the East Coast after finishing strong last month at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass., where she rowed in a double with teammate Grace Shumaker. This was the first time RowLA sent a crew to the two-day competition, which draws more than 11,000 rowers of all ages from across the globe as well as an estimated 400,000 spectators. Out of 36 women’s youth doubles, Nicole and Grace came in 12th with a time that trailed the winning boat by less than two minutes. Grace, a senior at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, is now being recruited by college rowing coaches. So far, her top choice is Tufts University. “I’m pretty academically competitive. I’m looking for a school that will push me, and Tufts is going to do that,” Grace says. Having joined RowLA as a freshman, Grace is considered one of the team leaders, a role she’s pleased to embrace. Grace says Greenberger and others have nurtured a “sense of family” through RowLA.
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Twin sisters Jala and Jalen Rodgers, 15, raced for RowLA in the Oct. 31 Head of the Marina Regatta. The program trains girls to compete on the water and for college scholarships. Grace’s younger sister, a high school freshman, joined RowLA this year. Their parents, Gabrielle and Kent Schumaker, have high praise for Greenberger. “She’s wonderful. Any kid this age, they’ve got so much on their mind,” Gabrielle Schumaker says. “Liz will get a tutor for you. They really don’t want you to be stressed out about one thing. They want to keep everything in a balance.” To that end, RowLA stands out as a youth sports program with its own college counselor. Joyce Smith works with the students to keep their focus on higher education — checking on the girls’ grades, looking at college options, helping them apply, filling out financial aid forms. Some of the girls on RowLA are the first generation in their families to pursue college. “We draw from high schools up and down the Westside, and at many access to college counselors is limited,” Smith says. “We help the girls organize their time and give them focus. And rowing gives them the self-confidence to be a good student and aim high.”
Competitive Edge
Instilling that winning attitude by giving girls skills they need to compete on the water is the job of RowLA head coach Nick Harding. Harding said he took the job with RowLA because he admired the founders’
aims. The challenge for him is taking students who do not have years of involvement in competitive rowing programs, as many of his former pupils had, and working with them “from the ground up.” “They’re pretty motivated, but there’s remedial work that has to be done,” Harding says.
friendly on the land, but very competitive on the water.” Even the closest of teammates push each other when they get in the boat. Twin sisters Jala and Jalen Rodgers, freshmen at Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, both list English as their favorite subject, love to sing R&B and
“There isn’t as much diversity or inclusion in the sport of rowing. It is traditionally very elite. … “We felt that rowing opened up higher education opportunities to women. And there is a lot of scholarship money for women who row.”
than 70 girls in grades 9 through 12 have participated in the program; the current group numbers 23. Although there is a requested fee of about $2,500 a year, no one is turned away for lack of funds, Greenberger says. RowLA costs about $100,000 a year to run, she says. In addition to private donors, the program gets grant funding from the LA84 Foundation, the Flora Family Foundation and the Global Sports Foundation.
A Winning Attitude
When the Head of the Marina Regatta is over, Row L.A.’s girls gather in the parking lot for snacks and a review of their races. They are not signed up to attend the $20-per-head brunch at the California — RowLA founder Liz Greenberger Yacht Club, where competitors will formally receive their medals. Nicole and Grace placed second in Some of his work involves “coaxing out often finish each other’s sentences. But their race, and so did the twins. competitiveness,” he says. That begins when the 15-year-old siblings are rowing More importantly, the teams’ times with focusing girls on their individual together as a doubles team, Jala’s job as rowing times, which determines the the bow is to keep the energy high — even improved significantly overall from last year, Greenberger reports. crews they race with. if that means punching all of Jalen’s Nicole appreciates that rowing is a race “Some are apprehensive about competcompetitive buttons. against others, but also about achieving ing with other girls for the seats in the “She’s shouting, ‘I don’t feel this boat a personal best. boat. You have to say you’re helping moving,’ and I’m like, ‘I’m trying, I’m “It’s everything you’ve practiced for, other girls by competing against them,” tired,’” Jalen says with a smile. “But it’s and you go out there and then you do it. Harding says. “That’s how we improve as good.” You finish it,” she says. “You feel the a club.” It’s been six years since RowLA began accomplishment.” Or, as Grace puts it, “You’re going to be with its inaugural team. Since then more November 12, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 15
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Poetry in Motion Donna Sternberg has danced to science, and now she’s experimenting with the written word By Christina Campodonico Most choreographers create dances to music, but for her latest project Santa Monica choreographer Donna Sternberg is venturing into uncharted waters — poetry. Combining forces with noted L.A. poet Suzanne Lummis and violinist Colm Ó Riain, Sternberg’s dance company will present a unique mash-up of poetry, spoken word and live music at the Ivy Substation in Culver City this weekend. Sternberg says she was immediately inspired to set movement to spoken word when she heard Sri Lankan poet Pireeni Sundaralingam read some of her works at an artists’ residency in Northern California. “They just grabbed me,” Sternberg says. She met with Sundaralingam and her partner, Ó Riain, for some improv jams during the retreat and they decided to develop their collaboration into an evening-length show. Sternberg then worked with her company on creating movement for the verses by having her dancers read the poems and generate movement phrases. The resulting work — titled “What’s Next?” after a line in one of Lummis’ poems — not only asks what the future holds, but also explores how dance, music and poetry can interact. These mediums don’t always go together, but Sternberg doesn’t mind the uncertain possibilities of mixing these artistic forms, or the begging question: How do you choreograph to a poem? The novel and unknown is familiar territory for Sternberg. She often turns to scientific source materials outside of dance, such as string theory, plant biology and quantum physics, for inspiration. “I look at each of my projects as experiments. Some experiments work and some don’t,” she says. “But I’m not as con-
cerned as to whether it works or not as about the journey I’m going through while I’m trying to get somewhere.” “What’s Next?” almost didn’t take off when Sundaralingam couldn’t make the intended performance dates, but the work came together after she recommended Lummis to step in for her. A new creative collaboration took shape as Sternberg started working with poems from Lummis’ prize-winning book “Open 24 Hours.” Lummis would sit in on rehearsals and offer minor movement suggestions, and Sternberg responded by allowing the mood and rhythm of Lummis’ poems to guide her and her company. “We took the feeling of the poem [“Love Poem with No Whimpering”] that is just like you’re discomforted, you’re thrown off balance, you’re galloping around and you don’t know which way is up. And
“The wonderful thing is [Sternberg’s] openness and her own adventurous spirit. Her willingness to try things. Her willingness to take risks, to be humorous, to be fun, to be a little risky,” Lummis says. For “What’s Next?” Lummis will recite poems from her own irreverent collection
Lummis looks forward to the opportunity for cross-genre exploration. “What performance art does, I think, is moderate between dance, theatre, spoken word, poetry, music. It kind of crisscrosses back and forth, and usually with a somewhat experimental or adventurous attitude. A little bit scary in a way. A little bit dangerous, not in the sense that you’ll break your leg or anything, but dangerous in the sense that you might come up with something that seems cool and then it might not be, which for an artist can be very danger— Donna Sternberg ous,” she says. Sternberg is ready to take the figurative leap. of “Broken Rules” poems, a series she with the music, we just made a dance “I like the feeling, while it’s a scary that feels like when you’re in a rodeo and created by asking poetry professors to offer her a rule and then responding with a place, of being on the edge of a cliff, they first let the bronco out,” Sternberg poem that intentionally breaks it. Lummis looking down and wondering if I jump says. “It just slams right out of the gate off, am I going to sink like a stone? Am also hints that she might throw in a few and just keeps on slamming ‘til the end moves for herself on one of her poems or I going to fall, or am I going to fly?” of the poem. It’s just like BAM!” even give the dancers some lines. Like Sternberg, Lummis is bold about “What’s Next?” plays at 8 p.m. “I’m going to stir the air with my hands taking artistic risks. Known for pushing Friday and Saturday (Nov. 13 and 14), and arms and experience this music and boundaries in L.A.’s noir and stand-up at the Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., turn this poem into somewhat of a poetry scenes, Lummis says she admires song-like or dance-like piece. I cannot just Culver City. $10 to $30. (310) 260-1198; Sternberg for embracing the unknown stand there like a stick, and I also want to dsdancers.com in her work and taking the suggestions give the dancers some words. We’ll all of a novice choreographer’s assistant christina@argonautnews.com share each other’s art,” she says. like herself.
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What does a seller need to disclose to the buyer in a real estate transaction? When real estate markets are hot (like they are here in LA), sales can happen with very short escrow periods, forcing buyers to quickly assess the condition and value of a property, and sellers (who want to close a deal as quickly as possible and for as high a price as the market will bear) to put their best foot forward for the sake of the deal. Apart from the Purchase Agreement itself, the second most important document in a real estate transaction is the Transfer Disclosure Statement, commonly called a “TDS.” Unless an exemption applies, sellers of residential 1-4 unit properties must complete a TDS and deliver it to the buyer.
Sellers in California have an affirmative duty to disclose to buyers all material conditions or defects known to them which can affect the value or desirability of the property. Failure to do
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Most real estate lawsuits in California involve a buyer claim that the seller did not disclose material facts. Many issues which a buyer would have accepted if known upfront, if learned about after close of escrow becomes the basis for a very expensive claim. In the interest of creating a fair and honest deal, and to keep your sale out of the courtroom, it is important to disclose certain facts about a property. But what is required of a seller when it comes to disclosures? • Any repairs, leaks, or other damage to the property. If you had a repair to, or remodel of, the property, even if you believe that the problem no longer exists. You should also
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disclose and include copies of any contracts, estimates or bids for the work if you still have them. • Even if you disagree with them, disclose whether you are aware of any issues or disputes with neighbors regarding lot lines, fences, encroachments or other neighborhood issues.
• Disclose all old reports, disclosures, inspections, surveys, bids, correspondence, public records, etc., that you possess regarding the property, even back to when you bought the property. • Disclose any lawsuits, past or present, which affect, or have affected, the property even if they have been resolved. • Disclose any neighborhood nuisances, such as noise or odors, which affect the property.
• Disclose any repairs or additions to the property known to you that were made without permits, or if the property is in violation of zoning or other laws or regulations. The question you need to ask yourself when trying to decide what needs to be disclosed is “Is it possible that any prospective buyer might find this information of material importance?” Remember, the best advice is “When in doubt, disclose.”
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REMODELED NORTH KENTWOOD HOME
Offered at $1,359,000 Charles Lederman, Charles Lederman and Associates 310-821-8980
Offered at $1,699,000 Kevin and Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs 310-410-9777
“The first floor of this panoramic home boasts an open floor plan, i d e a l f o r e n t e r t a i n i n g , ” s a y s a g e n t C h a r l e s L e d e r m a n . “ T h e m a s t e r s u i t e p r o v i d e s p i c t u r e s q u e v i e w s , a n d i n c l u d e s a n e n - s u i t e b a t h r o o m . A l o f t , s e c o n d b e d r o o m , s e p a r a t e l a u n d r y r o o m , p r i v a t e b a t h r o o m , a n d a n a d d i t i o n a l p a t i o c o m p l e t e t h e s e c o n d l e v e l . T h i s h o m e f e a t u r e s marble floors, a spacious kitchen, recessed lighting, and motorized s o l a r s h a d e s . T h e l i g h t i n g a n d c l i m a t e o f t h e e n t i r e h o m e i s r e m o t e l y c o n t r o l l e d b y I n s t e o n h o m e a u t o m a t i o n . T h i s i s t h e q u i n t e s s e n t i a l r e s i d e n t i a l e x p e r i e n c e t h a t f e a t u r e s e x t r a o r d i n a r y a m e n i t i e s . ”
“ E n t e r i n t o t h e l i v i n g r o o m , w i t h i t s g r e a t n a t u r a l l i g h t , h a r d w o o d floors and elegant crown moldings,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “The kitchen features quartz counters, stainless steel a p p l i a n c e s , a n d a b r e a k f a s t b a r t h a t o v e r l o o k s t h e d i n i n g r o o m , which leads directly to the backyard. The first floor also includes an executive home office and mini bedroom suite. The second floor of the home contains the master bedroom, featuring an en s u i t e b a t h , a r o o m y n u r s e r y , a f u l l l a u n d r y r o o m , t h r e e a d d i t i o n a l m i n i b e d r o o m s u i t e s , a n d s p a c e f o r a d e l u x e h o m e t h e a t e r o r f a m i l y g a m i n g r o o m . ”
FOUR-UNIT VENICE COMPOUND
LUXURIOUS NEW HOME
“ L o c a t e d j u s t s t e p s f r o m t h e b e a c h , t h i s c o m p o u n d i s i n t h e m o s t s o u g h t - a f t e r S o u t h V e n i c e B e a c h a r e a , ” s a y s a g e n t J a m e s A l l a n . “ T h e p r o p e r t y c o n s i s t s o f a r e c e n t l y r e n o v a t e d t h r e e - b e d t o w n h o u s e o n t h e e a s t s i d e o f t h e l o t , w i t h a p r i v a t e y a r d a n d garage. Renovations include hardwood floors, a new kitchen, a n d n e w b a t h r o o m s . T h e w e s t l o t h a s t h r e e u n i t s c o m p r i s e d o f a t w o - b e d , t w o - b a t h p e n t h o u s e w i t h o c e a n v i e w s f r o m t h e l i v i n g r o o m a n d b a l c o n y , a t h r e e - b e d , t w o - b a t h u n i t w i t h a b a l c o n y o f f t h e l i v i n g r o o m , a n d t h e l o w e r u n i t , a o n e - b e d u n i t , w i t h p r i v a t e p a r k i n g a n d u s e o f t h e f r o n t l a w n . ”
“ T h i s t h r e e - b e d r o o m , t h r e e - a n d - a - h a l f - b a t h r o o m h o m e i s l o c a t e d o n t h e h i g h l y c o v e t e d V e n i c e c a n a l s , j u s t t w o b l o c k s f r o m t h e b e a c h a n d b o a r d w a l k , ” s a y s a g e n t J e s s e W e i n b e r g . “ S a t u r a t e d w i t h n a t u r a l l i g h t , t h i s t w o - s t o r y a r c h i t e c t u r a l h o m e b o a s t s a l l t h e a m e n i t i e s f o r w h i c h o n e c o u l d a s k : a l a r g e g o u r m e t k i t c h e n , open floor plan, central heat and air, and full wiring for cable and sound—all the makings for a perfect entertainer’s home. Unwind i n t h e m a s t e r s u i t e , c o m p l e t e w i t h a s t e a m r a i n f a l l a n d w a t e r f a l l s h o w e r , s o a k i n g t u b , a n d h e a d - o n c a n a l v i e w s , t h e n e n j o y p a n o r a m i c v i e w s f r o m t h e r o o f t o p d e c k . ”
Offered at $4,999,000 James Allan, Coldwell Banker 310-704-0007
Offered at $3,250,000 Jesse Weinberg, Jesse Weinberg & Associates 800-804-9132
ENTERTAINER’S DELIGHT
PLAYA DEL REY HOME
Offered at $890,000 Bob Waldron 310-337-9225 and Jessica Heredia 310-913-8112, Coldwell Banker
Offered at $1,699,000 Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties 424-203-1828
“ Q u a l i t y u r b a n l i v i n g i n a p r i m e K e n t w o o d l o c a t i o n a w a i t s y o u i n t h i s t h r e e - b e d r o o m , o n e - a n d - t h r e e - q u a r t e r - b a t h , h o m e , ” s a y a g e n t s B o b W a l d r o n a n d J e s s i c a H e r e d i a . “ T h e e n t r y w a y o p e n s t o t h e l i v i n g a n d d i n i n g r o o m s , s u n l i t b y b a y w i n d o w s . S p r e a d o u t i n t h e f a m i l y r o o m w i t h i t s b u i l t - i n e n t e r t a i n m e n t c e n t e r . A d d i t i o n a l e n h a n c e m e n t s include refinished hardwood floors, new flooring in the kitchen, and f r e s h p a i n t , i n s i d e a n d o u t . T h i s i s a n e x c e l l e n t o p p o r t u n i t y f o r a c a p t i v a t i n g f o r a c a p t i v a t i n g h o m e i n a h i g h l y d e s i r a b l e l o c a t i o n c l o s e t o S i l i c o n B e a c h a n d t h e n e w R u n w a y d e v e l o p m e n t i n P l a y a V i s t a . ”
“ F r o m t h e m i n u t e y o u e n t e r t h e h o m e , y o u ’ r e g r e e t e d b y s o a r i n g c e i l i n g s a n d a t r a d i t i o n a l h a l f - l a n d i n g , ” s a y s a g e n t S t e p h a n i e Y o u n g e r . “ A d j a c e n t t o t h e f o y e r , t h e l i v i n g r o o m f e a t u r e s b a y w i n d o w s t h a t l o o k o u t o v e r t h e b a c k y a r d . T h e p a t i o c o m e s f u l l y e q u i p p e d w i t h a b u i l t - i n b a r - b e - q u e a n d a b a r a r e a , p e r f e c t f o r e n t e r t a i n i n g . D o w n s t a i r s , o n e f u l l b e d r o o m w i t h a n e n - s u i t e bath creates an ideal guest bedroom or home office. Upstairs, t h e m a s t e r b e d r o o m f e a t u r e s s w e e p i n g v i e w s , a w a l k - i n c l o s e t , a n d a l u x u r i o u s m a s t e r b a t h . T h r e e a d d i t i o n a l b e d r o o m s a n d a s p r a w l i n g m e d i a r o o m c o m p l e t e t h e p l a n o f t h i s h o m e . ”
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MARINA DEL REY Sun 2-4 824 Howard St.
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Dennis Kean
Coldwell Banker
310-292-5326
PLAYA DEL REY Sun 1-4 265 Redlands Ave. Sun 1-4 7970 W. 79th St.
5/5 Ocean view home w/huge roof deck 4/3.5 Two story home, chef kit, 3car gar/ Guest Hse
$2,549,000 $1,859,900
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310-862-1761 310-463-3733
SANTA MONICA Sun 1-4 2020 Delaware Ave. #8
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Waters Real Estate Services
310-993-8569
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3/3.5 New Architectural construction in Venice Canals
$3,250,000
Jesse Weinberg
Jesse Weinberg & Associates
310-995-6779
WESTCHESTER Sun 2-5 8131 Colegio Dr. Sun 1-4 8330 Lilienthal Sun 1-4 8117 McConnell Ave. Sun 1-4 5812 Compass Dr. Sun 1:30-4 8310 Altavan Ave. Sun 1:30-4 8506 -08 Wiley Post Ave. Sun 1:30-4 6940 W. 84th St.
5/4 Modern remodeled home in North Kentwood 3/3 Great Investment opportunity 3/2 California classic in Kentwood 4/3 Architectural showpiece with Skyline Views 3/2.5 Fantastic new home, great quality & style 1/1 Two units, perfect investment opportunity 3/1.75 Spac home, lg fam rm, great Kentwood loc.
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WESTWOOD Sa/Su 2-4
3/2 Spotless condo, gourmet kitchen, near schools
$889,500
Bill Ruane
RE/MAX Beach Cities
310-877-2374
220 Carroll Canal
1726 S. Bentley Ave. #104
$759,000
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Art House of Horrors Aimless and purely provocative art installations in a big empty building on Sepulveda Boulevard only succeed in making a strange place even stranger Photos By Christina Campodonico
The “9800” art installation inside the empty Westchester office tower at 9800 S. Sepulveda Blvd. contains some pretty weird stuff: knives to pick up and play with, an overturned refrigerator, a bowl of yogurt, interior lampposts and this curious photoprint By Christina Campodonico Just when I thought all the Halloween decorations had been taken down in Westchester, I encountered a ghoulish sight at 9800 S. Sepulveda Blvd. A multi-headed papier-mâché monster sat behind the glass of the long-abandoned building, formerly home to the United Savings and Loan Association. When I entered the Welton Becket-designed structure, the gaudy Mickey Mouse piñata head looked as crazed as the pink-faced Donald Trump below it, while a shrieking figure, straight out of Hades or Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” seemed to howl right at me. Was this a warning? I wouldn’t be able to tell until I explored more of this massive building and its eponymous art show, “9800,” representing nearly 100 individual artists and organized by six curators with the non-profit 501(c) (3) Foundation. While my constitution wasn’t strong enough to visit every floor of this expansive installation, each level that I visited was populated with a plethora of bad art. After perusing a lawn of spray-painted t-shirts in the lobby with my friend, we
ventured into the basement, where we discovered a host of horrors. A garbled mash of radio static echoed through the corridors into rooms holding more oddities than curiosities — cringe-worthy
for visitors to pick up one of these lethal weapons and hold it inches from another person’s throat before putting it back down again. Whether meant seriously or in jest, WTF?!
And then there was a room containing three large kitchen knives and instructions for visitors to pick up one of these lethal weapons and hold it inches from another person’s throat before putting it back down again. Whether meant seriously or in jest, WTF?! videos of lobsters clacking on clams and sharks skewered into shark-fin soup among them. There were even more ghastly installations on the fourth floor. A lady’s wig attached to a fishing line dangled from the ceiling in one room, bringing suicidal thoughts to mind. And then there was a room containing three large kitchen knives and instructions
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Worse than these purely provocative pieces were artworks with lazy execution and aimless intentions —a bowl of yogurt left on a shelf, Styrofoam coffee cups clustered in a corner, hardboiled eggs strewn about the floor. Some artists were not above putting a single item in an empty room and calling it “art”— “Art Soup” in the case of one lone metal rice cooker.
Where the art of “9800” fails, it succeeds in making a strange empty building even weirder. The show’s most effective pieces are the ones where you aren’t actually sure if the dilapidated look is entirely contrived or completely authentic. In one gloomy corner of the basement an empty fridge lies on its side with its door flung open and a light bulb glowing within. It looks like a discarded appliance either bound for the junkyard or fresh from a post-apocalyptic future. Yet its haphazard position begs the question: Did someone flip it over, severing its ties with the nearby kitchenette? Or did the icebox just land that way after the last earthquake? That you don’t quite know is both mystifying and appealing. (As with many pieces in the show, there’s no placard naming the artist, nor the work, so it’s really anyone’s guess, though one floor had stickers on the wall with the artists’ names on them). The same goes for another it-seems-likeit-was-aready-there installation on the main floor. Two leather chairs sit snugly by a curtained corner of the lobby beneath
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Thursday, Nov. 12
El Segundo Farmers Market, 3 to 7 p.m. Each Thursday, farm fresh and organic produce, hot prepared foods and snacks, packaged gourmet foods, live music, handcrafts, jewelry, and more at the 400 block of Main St. in El Segundo. (310) 524-2701; elsegundo.org
LA Skins Fest, various times through Sunday. Festival showcasing emerging Native American actors, filmmakers, writers, directors and artists includes screenings, panels and parties, plus an awards show honoring achievements in Native American filmmaking. Free. Culver Studios, 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City. laskinsfest.com
Halftime Happy Hour with DJ Flye, 4 to 8 p.m. Music and drink specials every Thursday at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com
Pre-School Reading Program, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Kids learn to love reading each Thursday at the Mar Vista Branch Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 390-3454
American Gold Star Mothers, 7 p.m. This first event in the library’s series of 125th anniversary celebrations brings in April Smith for an
evening honoring the legacy of the American Gold Star Mothers, an organization formed to provide support for mothers who lost sons or daughters in World War I. April Smith is the author of “A Star for Mrs. Blake,” a story about Gold Star Mothers’ pilgrimages to France to visit their sons’ graves. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Electric Comedy, 8:30 p.m. Each Thursday, an intimate night of stand-up comedy that may include a few of L.A.’s well-known comics. $25. Free pizza. The Little Theatre, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. electriccomedy.com
9021Love Presents, 9 p.m. Catch deejays Loboman and Henry Pope with special guests for a night of soul, house, funk and electronic grooves in the Del Monte, followed by DJ Vinyl Don at 10 p.m. upstairs in the Townhouse Bar. $5. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
seniors 50+. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. For more information, call Byron Stalcup at (310) 351-9876.
Friday, Nov. 13
Marina del Rey Film Festival, 4:30 to 10 p.m. The festival kicks off on Friday with screenings of shorts and feature films at Beach Dancer Films (3401 Pacific Ave, Marina del Rey). On Saturday, the program starts
Mar Vista Seniors Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The club meets each Friday and activities include trips and tours, speakers, bingo, live entertainment, parties and holiday celebrations for
Del Rey Farmers Market, 2 to 7 p.m. Food and produce vendors gather weekly, with free musical performances on the first Friday of each month. Glen Alla Park, 4601 Alla Road, Del Rey. delreync.org
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On Stage – A ro und up of th is week in local t heat er c o m p i l e d b y C h r i s t i n a ca m p o d o n i c o Photo by Shari Barrett
The Whodunit: “Something’s Afoot” @ Westchester Playhouse Got a clue? The Kentwood Players might. The Westchester troupe traipses around a lakeside British estate seeking answers for the murder of Lord Dudley Rancor in this mystery musical spoof that’s based on detective stories such as Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None.”
High School Reunion: “The Real High School Musical” @ Fanatic Salon Theatre Move over, Zac Efron. Culver City-based Monarch Theatre Guild assembles a cast of six
Opens at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 19 at Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester. $25. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org
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Harold Dershimer as the Colonel and Kim Peterson as Lady ManleyProwe attempt to get help before the murderer claims another victim.
The Tearjerker: “Past and Present: Russian JewishAmerican Stories” @ The Braid The Jewish Women’s Theatre presents a collection of stories based on interviews with Russian-speaking Jews about their communities and experiences in the Soviet Union and the United States. The show combines personal memories with song, poetry and even standup comedy to share these accounts of persecution, discrimination, fear
and finally successful transitions to life in America. Limited two-day run. Shows at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at the National Council of Jewish Women (543 N. Fairfax Ave., West L.A.) and at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at The Braid (2912 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica). $35. (310) 315-1400; jewishwomenstheatre.org
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The ladies capture the mysterious stranger, but is he truly the murderer? (Clockwise from center: Aaron Eberhardt, Megan Duquette, Lynn Gutstadt, Dana Weisman, Kim Peterson, Elizabeth Bouton.)
St., Santa Monica. $15 to $29.50. (310) 394-9779 ext. 1; santamonicaplayhouse.com
For the Eco-Friendly: “Drempels: The Short but Happy Life of Drempel Hieronymous Aloisios Plonk” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Captain Planet might be proud of this musical. Told from the perspective of the Drempels, a tiny-sub-species of human who live in the cracks of the Earth, this allegorical tale charts the quest of small but powerful displaced society to save the planet. Leave your plastic bags and water bottles at the door. Now playing at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 29 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th
The Drempels discover a whole world above the cracks in the pavement. (Clockwise from bottom: Kelly Nienaltowski, Serena Dolinsky, Andrew Fromer, Guebri VanOver and Margaret Cameron Kerr.)
to play a student body at a fictitious urban Music & Media Arts Pilot High School. The original musical follows these students as they come into conflict with their parents, teachers and each other, all while chasing their dreams. Playing at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and at 7 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 22 at Fanatic Salon Theatre, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Mar Vista. $20 at the door, or $5 for students with ID. facebook.com/ MonarchTheatreGuild.
Dance meets drama in “The Real High School Musical.” The Funny Bone Tickler: “Safe at Home: An Evening with Orson Bean” @ Pacific Resident Theatre Actor, entertainer and longtime Venice canals resident Orson Bean opens up about his life on stage and off in this autobiographical adaptation of his self-published memoir. From breaking into stand up at The Blue Angel in New York to walking on fire at an all-time career low, Bean shares the ups and downs of living in the spotlight. Expect gaffs, laughs, hard truths and even some magic tricks. Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 29. Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $30. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.org
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at Hotel MdR (13480 Maxella Ave., Marina del Rey) at 11 a.m. with more shorts and feature films until 9 p.m. , when the action shifts back to Beach Dancer for an after party featuring DJ Mark Lewis. Screenings are free. marinadelreyfilmfestival.com Hornblower Dinner Cruise, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Enjoy a fourcourse dinner with dancing and a harbor view. Board at 7:30 p.m. at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $86.95 plus fees. hornblower.com “The REAL High School Musical,” 8 p.m. (Also 7 p.m. Sunday). At the contemporary, urban and fictional Music & Media Arts Pilot High School, a cast of six sings and plays instruments to a professionally prerecorded score telling the stories of students who conflict with parents, teachers and each other while chasing their dreams. Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City. $20 tickets sold at the door. facebook. com/monarchtheatreguild/ “Something’s Afoot,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. The Kentwood Players put on a musical murder mystery that spoofs detective stories with standard British mystery characters who are invited to the lake estate of Lord Dudley Rancour. When the wealthy lord is found dead, it’s a comical race against time and booby traps to find out who did it. Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $23 to $25. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org “San Francisco,” 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Old Town Music Hall features one of the classic 1930s romantic dramas with Clark Gable as a night club owner challenging a real estate tycoon for the love and business of Mary Blake, a talented and beautiful singer played by Jeanette MacDonald. $8 to $10, cash only. 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.com Ferocious Few, 9 p.m. “Rock ’n’ roll with the combined power of cocaine and gasoline,” they say, lights up Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
H a p p e n i ng s Jim Doyle, 9 p.m. Live music at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
history books, and collectable items for $2-and-up each. All proceeds benefit the library programming. Lloyd Taber – Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 821-3415; colapublib.org
The Americans, 11 p.m. The rock ’n’ roll and traditional American music group plays Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
Organic Gardening, noon to 2 p.m. A workshop on sowing seeds and transplanting seedlings to containers. Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Must RSVP to Emi at oneiemi3@gmail.com. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/branches/venice
Saturday, Nov. 14
Max Diamond Yoga, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. (Also 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays, and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Yoga can increase strength, flexibility, balance and endurance while promoting spinal safety and reducing stress. All levels welcome to this weekly, donationbased yoga class at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 922-8879; mtolivelutheranchurch.org
Marina del Rey Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find locally grown produce, prepared food, desserts and arts and crafts at the corner of Via Marina and Panay Way (parking lot 11) each Saturday. (310) 305-9545; facebook.com/MDRFarmersMarket Silicon Beach Philharmonic & Chorale Rehearsals, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The orchestra and chorale is auditioning experienced musicians and singers for their upcoming concerts and hosting weekly music healing recitals and opera dinners. Children’s orchestra auditions and music instruction for all ages is from 9 to 10:20 a.m., and adult orchestra and singer auditions are from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Marina Del Rey Hospital, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. Free parking with validation. All rehearsals are open to the public. (310) 999-3626; meetup.com/SBPhil/
Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with R&B from Friends. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900 Celebrity Poker Tournament, 6 p.m. Enjoy cocktails and play poker alongside celebrities (TBA) for $75. First-place winner gets a Las Vegas getaway. An extra $10 gets you all you can eat and drink. Spectator tickets are $40, including food and drink. Proceeds benefit the house — the nonprofit Edgemar Center for the Arts, that is. 2437 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-7327; edgemar.org
Venice Art and Collectibles Market, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Browse through the Gondolier Booster Club’s twice-permonth market, with proceeds going to support the students and faculty of Venice High School. Free entry and parking. 13000 Venice Blvd. gondolierboosters.com
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet & DJ Jedi, 8 p.m. In the Del Monte enjoy Jazz Saturdays with early jazz and ragtime from Brad Kay’s at 8 p.m. Following at 10 p.m., DJ Jedi spins soul, funk, hip-hop, disco, and more. No cover. Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
St. Jerome Church Arts & Crafts Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Choose from a variety of handcrafted items, with proceeds going to support St. Jerome Parish. Food and beverages will also be available for sale. Parish Hall, 5550 Thornburn St., Westchester. For information, call Joan at (310) 670-7801 or Joyce at (310) 649-5586.
Chris Pierce, 8:30 p.m. Chris’s voice and songwriting have been compared to Bill Withers, John Lennon, Otis Redding. See the singer-songwriter live at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $15 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica. harvelles.com
Special Holiday Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join the Friends of the Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library for a sale of large pictorial books, art and
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Yoga at Lorna Jane, 9 to 10 a.m. Have a stretch with Clear Gardens Yoga Studio’s Salena C. during a free yoga class at Lorna Jane Marina del Rey, 4724¼ Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-4999; (424) 253-8784
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Mar Vista Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Score delicious prepared foods to eat under the big deejay tent and browse dozens of stands featuring fresh produce and other goods. Venice and Grandview boulevards. marvistafarmersmarket.org UU Santa Monica Holiday Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica hosts its annual Holiday Craft Fair, featuring pottery, jewelry, silk scarves and other gifts made by local artists. Beverly’s Treasure Table includes donated goods. Park for free at the UCLA Hospital Structure at 1311 16th Street, Santa Monica. (310) 829-5436, ext. 102; assistant@uusm.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with Susie Hansen Latin Jazz. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900 Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orchestra, 2:30 p.m. The 11-piece dance orchestra plays jazz and novelty numbers of the 1920s with note-for-note transcriptions. $20. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Mariachi and Folkloric Dancing, 5, 7 and 8:45 p.m. Dinner comes with a side of traditional Mexican entertainment at Casa Sanchez, 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 397-4444; casa-sanchez.com Electric Comedy, 8 p.m. Each Sunday, an intimate night of stand-up comedy that may include a few of L.A.’s well-known comics. $25. Free pizza. The Electric Lodge, Electric Ave., Venice. electriccomedy.com Vida featuring DJ Creepy, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance vibes light up the evening’s soundscape at
Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Club meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892 The Mar Vista Laughter Club, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Each Monday, Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Kim Selbert leads an adults-only, donation-based laughter yoga class. Use movement, breathing and laughter exercises to decrease your stress, lift your mood and build community. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 11555 National Blvd., West L.A. (310) 849-4642; laughtergroove.com Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. Weekly stand-up comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Pajama Storytime, 7 p.m. Come in your PJs, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and enjoy a night of stories and snacks. All ages. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/branches/venice
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By Bliss Bowen Whether listening to him whoop while fronting his Hot House Gang onstage or discussing Louis Armstrong (his favorite singer) and early 20th-century jazz, it’s hard not to be warmed by Dave Stuckey’s positivity. It’s like a beam of sun shining through his deft covers of standards like “(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance” and clever originals such as “Optimisticize” on the recently released “How’m I Doin’?!,” his first album with the Hot House Gang. That upbeat attitude, coupled with ace musicianship, is integral to the witty, swinging sound Stuckey and the Hot House Gang honed over three years playing 1920s-era jazz for dancers at the Culver Hotel, a residency that wrapped up in August. On Wednesday they return to Rusty’s Rhythm Club in Playa del Rey. Friendly and grounded, Stuckey has long been a familiar figure in Western swing circles, leading his own Rhythm Gang and drumming as sideman with ensembles like the Lucky Stars and Lil’ Mo & the Dynaflos. But his love of 1920s jazz taps into something deeper. “I don’t think any of us can dream that we can play this music on a level of a Fats Waller, but to at least capture the spirit of it and get it right in form is something I’m always trying to shoot for,” Stuckey explains. “And of course, doing your job as a swing band, the test is, can you play for a dance? If the dance floor is full, you’re doing your job. … If you’re playing a gig and people are listening to your songs, and you can tell they’re with you — as a musician, that’s the greatest feeling you can ever have. I can’t play in a vacuum, just play and walk off. If you’re not getting anything back it’s deadly.” “How’m I Doin’?!” balances lively originals with covers that reflect Stuckey’s astute taste like Lester Young’s “I Never Knew” and the New Orleans chestnut “Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble.” “The reservoir is endless of great songs from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s,” he says.
Kansas City native Dave Stuckey has made 1920s-era jazz a relevant sound in 21st-century Los Angeles “It’s fun to dig deeper and maybe find a blues song and try it as a jazz song and then see what happens. I’m just crazy about the old stuff.” Stuckey also savors the disciplined challenge of playing percussion and
nostalgic for something you never knew in the first place. It’s more that you find something that speaks to you and everything goes from there. As long as I can remember, and I’m not even sure what got me started on it — family
“It’s not nostalgia, because you can’t be nostalgic for something you never knew in the first place. It’s more that you find something that speaks to you and everything goes from there.” — Dave Stuckey woodblock with Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys, a “1920s pop” ensemble. (“The drums weren’t the timekeepers, the piano was; the hi-hat wasn’t even invented then.”) He laughingly says his engaging musical curiosity mostly applies to “pre-rock forms,” his passion for which he credits to a lifelong fascination with “old things.” “It’s not nostalgia, because you can’t be
talking? — I just loved old things. In grade school, I was checking out old radio shows on cassettes from the library.” Growing up in Kansas City, he bought his first jazz 78s in high school, “partly due to the influence of R. Crumb and Leon Redbone,” he says. “The cool thing about living in Kansas City if your ears are open is you can’t help but
hear people talk about the great jazz history there — a little later, the ’30s and ’40s on up — the crazy tradition of mobsters and jazz, and Joe Turner singing as a bartender on 12th Street.” But Stuckey thought that music “was all gone and it was something you read about, like hieroglyphics,” so he stuck to playing rock ‘n’ roll as a kid. He moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and by the late ’80s had formed a band with Randy Weeks, “mining that Delmore Brothers harmony thing” that Weeks had previously explored with the Lonesome Strangers. By the early ’90s, Stuckey was performing and recording with the Dave & Deke Combo, his critically acclaimed hillbilly partnership with six-string badass Deke Dickerson. (They continue to work together when schedules permit; Stuckey says they’re returning to the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in April, and they may play a concert in Spain next year.) In 2000, HighTone released Stuckey’s solo album “Get a Load of This,” a fun Western swing set whose jaunty rendition of Benny Goodman’s “Pick-aRib, Pt. 1” hinted at the direction he’d later take with the Hot House Gang. Widely respected and liked by peers, Stuckey’s advice for musicians and songwriters starting out now in L.A.’s music scene is refreshing. “You have to play something that you love. … If you don’t like what you’re doing, how can you sell it to people? You don’t have to sell it in any other way than be joyful in playing it. People will respond to it; they just will. You can’t be cynical about music. You just can’t. It’s too important.” Dave Stuckey and the Hot House Gang play at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Rusty’s Rhythm Club at the Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $15. Call (310) 606-5606 or visit facebook.com/hothousegang and rustyfrank.com.
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Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org Geoffrey J. Band, 9 p.m. Continuing their Tuesday night residency, the Geoffrey J. Band brings rock ’n’ soul music to the Venice Whaler, 10 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 821-8737; venicewhaler.com Karaoke with Kiki, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sing your heart out at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
Wednesday, Nov. 18 Rotary Club of Playa Venice Sunrise, 7:15 a.m. Meets Wednesday mornings at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Contact Peter Smyth at (310) 916-3648. playasunrise.org Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. Donation: $10 per semester. (310) 397-3967 Toastmasters “Speakers by the Sea” Club, 11 a.m. to noon. Over-
come your public presentation nerves at this weekly meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, Room 230A, 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131 Rotary Club of Westchester, 12:10 p.m. Meets Wednesday mornings at the Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Inglewood. (310) 986-9237; rotarywestchester.com Westchester Senior Citizens Club Bingo, 1 to 3 p.m. Make new friends and win prizes each Wednesday at the Westchester Senior Center, 8740 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. (310) 649-3317 or (310) 649-1173 Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. The local duo plays Jimmy Buffet-style beach tunes each Wednesday evening at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com The Grand View Market Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. each Wednesday. Performer signups begin at 6:30 p.m. Open mic strictly for musicians happens on Friday nights. Grand View Market, 12210 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 390-7800; grandviewmarket.com “To Raise the Minimum Wage or Not?: That is the Question,” 7 p.m. The Santa Monica Democratic Club hosts a community dialogue on raising
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Michael Koppy, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Each Wednesday enjoy good company, cold beer and live music at The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 3901328; thecinemabar.com Venice Underground Comedy & Red Light Burlesque, 9 p.m. Each Wednesday, L.A. comedy club regulars and big-names perform at 9 p.m. followed by burlesque dancing by the Bootleg Bombshells at 11. No cover. Townhouse, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Thursday, Nov. 19 Computer Training Program, 4 to 7 p.m. Families with proof of annual earnings below $23,000 or enrollment
in Medicaid, SSI, TANF, GA-U, DSHS support or free school lunches can attend a three-hour computer training boot camp and qualify to purchase a desktop for $149 plus tax. Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/ branches/venice
Galleries & Museums “Exercise Triology,” opens Monday, Nov. 16, and continues through Dec. 11. Taiwanese visiting 18th Street Arts Center visiting artist Chi Kai-Yuan explores space, objects and the mass public through video and installation projects. 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. (310) 453-3711; 18thstreet.org “Matt Wedel: Peaceable Fruit,” opens at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, and continues through Dec. 30. Sculptor Matt Wedel’s life-sized fantastical fruit pieces are on display at L.A. Louver, 45 N Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-4955; lalouver.com “High Water” and “New Paintings,” through Dec. 5. In “High Water,” Susan Metzger focuses on ethereal seascapes, using bands of color to create wide-open spaces and translucent atmospheres of sea and sky. Ron
Rizk’s “New Paintings” challenges the eye with tromp l’oeil rendered illusions of peculiar manmade objects, such as vintage toys and paper planes set in surreal landscapes. Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. B-5, Santa Monica. (310) 828-1133; loraschlesinger.com “Los Angeles in Barcelona,” through Dec. 5. Gallerist Andrew Weiss displays the works of Veniceand Santa Monica-based Cool School artists (including Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Laddie John Dill, Craig Kauffman, Ed Moses, Eric Orr) for an exhibition of limited-edition etchings and lithographs on woven paper that capture the impressions and experiences of Barcelona during the artists’ shortterm residency at Polígrafa Obra Gràfica. Andrew Weiss Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., D-4, Santa Monica. (310) 246-9333; andreweiss.com
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El Niño-generated floodwaters left a line of tar on Culver Boulevard buildings in 1954 Hoppyland [a Western-themed amusement park run by William Boyd, aka Hopalong Cassidy] shut down. While the oil wells may be capped, things could still get messy. Here’s your proof from 1954. Paul Lankovsky Mono (P. D. Lankovsky) Marina del Rey
the minimum wage. Mayor Kevin McKeown, Mayor Pro Tem Tony Vazquez, UniteHERE’s Francis Engler, Sophia Cheng of the Restaurant Opportunity Council and Tia Koonse of UCLA’s Labor Center are participating in a question and answer session. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments. Parking available. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica. Blvd., Santa Monica. Contact: sinroy2002@ gmail.com.
here in Venice with children her age. They played together, made art and did crafting together, enjoyed movie nights and sleepovers, dressed up each Halloween to trick-or-treat together and shared various other good times. It was wonderful! Sadly, a few months ago, the last of these friends moved away, joining the others who have either sold or rented out their homes. Now our residential street has various short-term rentals with visitors coming and going. We don’t mind tourists but miss having permanent neighbors and friends to lend us a couple eggs, water the plants
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while we’re away or meet up with for a Super Bowl party. We regularly use and greatly appreciate short term rentals. For example, we rent a house for the holidays in the Bay Area, down the block from our relatives, when the family that lives there is temporarily away (visiting their own relatives). Also, when we have friends coming into town who we don’t have room for at our place, we are glad for the option to accommodate them in the rear guesthouse some neighbors rent out behind their home. What concerns us are the houses and apartments being used like hotels, with no owner or long-time tenant on site. We used to think about securing a permit to close our street off from traffic for an annual block party with all our great neighbors. Now we imagine moving away to somewhere we might regain that sense of community we’ve to a great extent lost here. Regan Kibbee Founder of venicemoms.net The Venice Menace vs. Washington Boulevard Today, an autumn day in October, was my first attempt to get to a public meeting on my scooter. Since last spring, when I gave up driving, friends and
relatives help me out for night meetings or when I need help with heavy packages. It is not my vision (20/30 one eye, 20/60 the other) that made me feel I was no longer a safe driver. What convinced me was noting that my reaction times, when playing computer games, were getting longer. So my decision was self-imposed. With arthritic hips that slow down my ability to walk, I bought a scooter. Critical neighbors now call me the Venice Menace. And that’s why I was scootering toward the ocean down the sidewalk along Washington Boulevard a little after seven on a Thursday morning. I was on the way to a Neighborhood Committee meeting near Ocean Front Walk. I would like to say it was a wonderful trip on a beautiful day. But that was not to be because ill-tended sidewalks and roadways with unmended cracks turned it into an obstacle game. That’s when I realized what a beautiful thing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is. It ought to be required reading for all politicians. And voters, too. Because it is going to take a lot of care and money to bring this street into compliance Washington Boulevard leads to a pier where we can see fisher-
men fishing, feel a salty breeze, and see all up and down the coast to other cities. On the way home I passed a fellow committee member who was getting along, very slowly, with a cane, near the Grand Canal, a show point of the Venice atmosphere. I knew it would not be easy for him to negotiate a severely tilted sidewalk. And to top it off, my view of the canal showed the water to be covered with debris and scum. Some view. Here we are, the elderly, doing the best we can to live decent, caring lives. Our numbers are growing and we’d like to live our remaining lives in as harmonious a way as possible. DeDe Audet Venice
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Screen Presence Culver City’s LA Skins Fest raises the profile of Native American filmmakers By Christina Campodonico When film director Ian Skorodin noticed that there wasn’t a film festival for Native Americans in Los Angeles, he decided to start his own: LA Skins Fest. Creating a film festival for, by and about Native Americans, he thought, could generate stronger ties between L.A.’s native community and the entertainment industry. “It was hard to get notoriety in Los Angeles from studios and networks, so that’s why I created the festival, to maintain a presence,” Skorodin says. The festival will screen nearly 50 films featuring Native American writers, directors, actors and themes in Culver City this weekend. A feature showing of “Wind Walkers,” about a group of friends plagued by a malevolent curse in the Florida Everglades, takes place at 8 p.m. Friday and is one of several free festival highlights. The documentaries “The Marking of a Milestone,” which traces the history of the indigenous people of the lower Colorado River from precolonial to modern times, and “Restoration of the Spirit,” about the damage done by the 1954 dissolution of federal recognition for the Klamath Tribes, will each screen for free from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Featured films include “Wind Walkers,” about an ancient curse, and “#NightsLikeThese,” about the desensitizing effects of social media
LA Skins Fest has evolved from an event that assembles Native American films into a vehicle for inspiring more Native American filmmakers. Films by 20 Native American student filmmakers will screen on Saturday starting at 3 p.m., and there will also be
screenings of films by Native American women filmmakers 1 p.m. on Sunday. Shorts and mini-documentaries will
also screen throughout the weekend. For Skorodin, running the LA Skins Fest is about more than just screening films, it’s also about building a community where Native American indie filmmakers can show their work and build connections through workshops and panels. In addition to the festival, the L.A. Skins fest offers a youth multimedia program that goes to reservations in the summers to teach kids how to make films, a monthly workshop for native writers, and opportunities for native writers to pitch projects to film executives. In this way, the LA Skins Fest, now in its ninth year, has evolved from an event that assembles Native American films into a vehicle for inspiring more Native American filmmakers. “It encourages the filmmakers, gives them the opportunity to screen their work, see it with an audience,” says Skorodin. “And they can grow from that.” The LA Skins Fest runs through Nov. 15. Screenings are held at Culver Studios, 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City. Screenings are free, but you must RSVP at contact@laskinsfest.com. For a full schedule of films, visit laskinsfest.com.
A Safe Cinematic Harbor Marina del Rey Film Festival returns this weekend with a full slate of docs and dramas By Christina Campodonico From fighting plastic pollution off the California coast to finding love in the marina, an eclectic array of 17 independent films from the Westside and around the world are screening this weekend during the 4th annual Marina del Rey Film Festival. All screenings are free. The two-day event kicks off from 4:30 to 10 p.m. Friday at Beach Dancer Films with a movie marathon of shorts, docs and features. Several are social justiceminded, including: “Inside the Garbage of the World,” a documentary on plastic pollution in the Pacific; “Prophecies & Messages,” a documentary about Bob Marley and Rastafarianism; and “A Mother’s Plea for Justice,” a documentary following filmmaker Melissa Balin’s activism in the Los Angeles Occupy movement, subsequent court battles and a miscarriage. Shorts such as “Fishing for Love” by Beach Dancer Films founder and MdR Film Festival co-organizer Sandie West offer lighter fare. Shot in and around Marina del Rey, the romantic comedy follows a woman as she tries to avoid the pitfalls of Internet video dating.
Saturday highlights include the art-centric dramedy/romance “Dirty Beautiful”; “Driving While Black,” winner of this year’s San Francisco Black Film Festival comedy award; the 9/11 widow drama “Savage Hero”; and “Birthday,” a short film about a severely wounded Marine and his wife coming home for the first time following months of surgeries and rehabilitation. For West, the Marina del Rey film festival not only brings filmmakers with industry ties and creatives from Silicon Beach together, but also brings the local community closer. “It’s amazing how many creatives are here,” she says. “So just bringing the community together and embracing that community, getting them together is great.” Festival films tackle art, romance and racism Following the screenings on Friday, Grammy nominee DJ Mark Lewis will reveal a sneak preview of his upcoming album, featuring recordings from Everything but the Girl and Owl City, during an after-party from 10 p.m. to midnight.
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Screenings continue from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Hotel MdR on Maxella Avenue, and the festival culminates with an awards show and afterparty from 10 p.m. to midnight back at Beach Dancer Films.
Beach Dancer Films is located at Creative Chakra Spa, 3401 Pacific Ave., Marina del Rey. Hotel MdR by Doubletree Hilton is at 13480 Maxella Ave., Marina del Rey. Screenings are free. For more information and a schedule of films, visit marinadelreyfilmfestival.com. christina@argonautnews.com
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State Assemblyman Richard Bloom stands with Congressman Adam Schiff during Friday’s ORCA Act announcement in Santa Monica “The growing body of scientific evidence is compelling for orcas,” said Naomi Rose, a marine mammal scientist with the Animal Welfare Institute. “They are simply too large, too wideranging, too socially complex, and too intelligent to thrive in any-size concrete enclosure.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015261005 The following person is doing business as: McCafferty Construction Company 556 venice Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: James K. McCafferty 556 Venice Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. 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: James K. McCefferty. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 13, 2015. Argonaut published: October 22, 29, November 5, and 12, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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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. 2015261373 The following person is doing business as: Lawalkandpaint 2015 federal Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025. Registered owners: Kady Hoffman 2015 Hoffman Federal Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025. 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: Kady Hoffman. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 13, 2015. Argonaut published: October 22, 29, November 5, and 12, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015258959 The following person is doing business as: Tough Enough Apparel 11946 Arkansas St. Artesia, CA. 90701. Registered owners: Tough Enough, LLC 11946 Arkansas St. Artesia, CA. 90701. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Sal Jauregui. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 8, 2015. Argonaut published: October 22, 29, November 5, and 12, 2015. 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
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015261367 The following person is doing business as: Promosales International 2240 Sawtelle Boulevard Los Angeles, CA. 90064 and P.O. Box 691266 Los Angeles, CA. 90069. Registered owners: Jormos & Associates, INC. 15060 Ventura Blvd. STE. 300. 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: Vladimir Moshkevich. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 13, 2015. Argonaut published: October 29, November 5, 12, and 19, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015241748 The following person is doing business as: The Admin and Wadleigh Productions10460 National Blvd. #10 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. Registered owners: Brian Lamarr Stewart 10460 National Blvd. #10 Los Angeles, CA. 90034 and Charmagne Evon Stewart 10460 National Blvd. #10 Los Angles, CA. 90034. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Charmagne Evon Stewart. Title: Wife. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 18, 2015. Argonaut published: October 15, 22, 29, and November 5, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015268074 The following person is doing business as: Acoustic Fabric Interiors 1105 Amoroso Pl Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Alec M. Milstein 1105 Amoroso Pl Venice, CA. 90291. 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: Alec M. Milstein. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015272392 The following person is doing business as: Gloria E. Mucino, LCSW 12301 Wilshire Blvd. STE 210 Los Angeles, CA. 90025. Registered owners: Gloria Elizabeth Mucino 12301 Wilshire Blvd. STE 210 Los Angeles, CA. 90025. 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: Gloria Elizabeth Mucino. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 28, 2015. Argonaut published: November 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2015. 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. 2015272697 The following person is doing business as: Venice Pier Project Venice Pier, Venice, CA. 90291 and Venice Pier Bait And Tackle 1204 Hampton Dr. #13 Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Peter John Ruiz 204 Hampton Dr. Suite 13 Venice, CA, 90291. 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: Peter John Ruiz. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 26, 2015. Argonaut published: October 29, November 5, 12, and 19, 2015. 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. 2015273840 The following person is doing business as: Zoli Media 5400 Playa Vista Dr. #14 Playa Vista, CA. 90094. Registered owners: Stephan Dalyai 5400 Playa Vosta Dr. #14 Playa Vista, CA. 90094. 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: Stephan Dalyai. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 27, 2015. Argonaut published: October 29, November 5, 12, and 19, 2015. 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. 2015280423 The following person is doing business as: Studio Wumo and VMA 5151 Village Green Los Angeles, CA. 90016. Registered owners: Vincent Moccia Architects, INC. 5151 Village Green Los Angeles, CA. 90016. 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: Vincent Moccia. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 3, 2015. Argonaut published: November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. 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. 2015287479 The following person is doing business as: Get Hooked On Happy 4712 Admiralty Way 123 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: James Reid 11825 Courtleigh Dr. 201 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. 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: James Reid. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 10, 2015. Argonaut published: November 12, 19, 26, and December 3, 2015. 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).
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