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Ed i t o r i a l
Don’t Stop at Being Thankful The fortunate among us have a moral obligation to work for a better world Any way you slice it, most of us have reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. Those of us on the Westside live in a place that attracts people from around the world to vacation in our backyard. If you’re here chasing some kind of crazy dream, you’ve made it this far. Keep going! If your job is wearing you down, your commute is wearing you out and making rent looms heavy on your mind, this means you have a job, a car, and a place to call home. With costs going up and wages flat, we know the struggle is real — but we also know there are many among us who aren’t even scraping by. They have no job, no way to get around or no home, and they need help. As our cover story about this year’s class of Local Heroes proves (see page 12), busy people who are not wealthy can still make strides for a better world by carving out space in their lives to accomplish some altruistic activity in our community. In the face of ISIS violence abroad and the resulting Syrian refugee crisis, it’s become painfully apparent that the world is facing a shortage of compassion.
This, unfortunately, has been a chronic condition. Overwhelmed by the constant presence of extraordinary human need, we Angelenos have learned over the years to turn a blind eye to our own domestic refugees — the homeless, the poor, the marginalized. And the result has been more of the same: • More than 44,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County (up from 39,000 in 2013), with the ranks of the chronically (continuously) homeless swelling 55% to 12,500 in that time, according to HUD. • A single-day Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority count in Venice this year found 387 people sleeping on the streets, 101 occupied tents or other encampments, and at least 118 people living in their cars. • Nearly one in five (18.7%) of L.A. County residents lived in poverty last year, up from 17.5% in 2010, according to a U.S. census estimate this year. • Despite the state’s lowest unemployment rate since 2007 (5.8%), median wages have declined 6.2% in that
time, according to the California Budget & Policy Center. • 1.5 million L.A. County residents can’t buy enough food, according to the nonprofit Feeding America. • In the first half of 2015, the LAPD took reports for 400 violent crimes in the patrol area that includes Westchester, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Del Rey, Mar Vista and Venice as well as Palms and Manchester Square — up a whopping 47% from 272 the previous year, The Argonaut reported in August. L.A is a city where NIMBY ideology reigns supreme. We tend to support affordable housing creation unless higher density means less street parking for us; we believe in helping the homeless as long as it takes them away from our doorsteps; and we call for a cleaner environment unless it means we have to go around the Ballona Wetlands picking up trash ourselves. In this enlightened age of disruptive economies, doing the same things as in the past is no longer an option. We need more people to become part of the solution.
Not all of us have the time and skills to run a homeless services center, lead a science-based teen activism group, coordinate indigent medical care or rescue hundreds of sea mammals, as a few of our Local Heroes have done this year. But everyone can do something to help. Write a letter, donate a dollar, volunteer an hour; it all matters. The following is a tiny sample of volunteer opportunities open now and throughout the year: • Mentor homeless teens at Safe Place For Youth, (310) 902-2283 • Help people find jobs at JVS West L.A. WorkSource Center, (310) 3096000 • Bring hygiene kits to the homeless with The Giving Spirit, (310) 442-9489 • Keep local teens out of trouble at Venice Youthbuild, (310) 399-4100 • Encourage a homeless family at the St. Joseph Center, (310) 396-6468 Visit argonautnews.com/volunteering-101 for more ideas.
L e t t e r s CORRECTION: In last week’s article about the Downbeat 720 open mic night for teens, we misspelled the given name of DJ Jedi. It’s Terence Fredericks. Also, Justin Yoffe is also the city of Santa Monica’s cultural affairs supervisor. A War on Nature Re: “Can You Hear Us Now?” Opinion, Oct. 22 If you do not live in Marina del Rey or visit it much, you might not feel the sad absence of so many of the trees that used to be in so many places. It seems to be almost a war on nature around here — from the former Wells Fargo parking lot, where lovely old trees were chopped down, to the meridians on many streets, to the trees that were so attractive at the old Del Rey Shores (now Shores complex). And then there’s the proposed chopping down of trees in the jewel of our residential complexes, Mariners Village, where streams run along walkways with many healthy, beautiful, old-growth trees that grace the entire area. Plans to build yet another hotel complex at Via Marina and
Tahiti Way, the only undeveloped land in the marina, is yet another example of Marina del Rey’s having gone far past the point of diminishing returns. Why is revenue from developers and hotel operators so much more important than quality of life? This goes both for the marina’s human residents and for the wetlands birds that now have to search harder and harder for a place to roost. It’s not at all selfish, L.A. County Supervisors Don Knabe and Sheila Kuehl (whom I had hoped would truly represent the people), to put a stop to developers who have no experience in or love for our communities. Environmental reports are either ignored or not even done. The streets are already overcrowded at most times of day. It looks like developers have bitten off more than they can chew as they work at a snail’s pace at the huge projects on Via Marina and Tahiti Way and also on Washington Boulevard and Admiralty Way. The latter advertises that it is building a “better Oxford Basin.” How? By cutting down more than 50 beautiful trees! I appreciate William Hicks’
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article titled “Can You Hear Us Now?” But the answer is “No, we only really listen to developers, who promise big tax revenues.” Why? Certainly not for improving the quality of life for residents of Los Angeles County and their marina. Susan Craig Marina del Rey One at a Time, Please! Re: “Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Proposed Venice Auxiliary Pumping Plant Project,” Advertisement, Nov. 12 It is good to see that the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering is following the law by putting this notice in local papers. But I think that the city and BOE should not proceed with anything more having to do with the Venice Pumping Plant until they start and complete the Venice Dual Force Main project. We deserve to see how the city performs on this massive project before they are allowed to disrupt more of Venice. Carol Kapp Playa del Rey (Continued on page 11)
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Contents
VOL 45, NO 47 Local News & Culture
Breach the Beach
Opinion
Security risks cancelled this Sunday’s Global Climate March in Paris, but activists move forward in Santa Monica ........................ 10
Editorial: Don’t Stop at Being Thankful The fortunate among us have a moral obligation to work for a better world . ......... 4
Heavenly Brisket Maple Block Meat Co.’s barbecue is so good that even Texas would be proud of it ........ 21
Feature Photo by Ted Soqui
Letters to the Editor . ......................... 4
Food & Drink
William Hicks: Displaced from Paradise In L.A. and Hawaii, gentrification’s winners and losers both fail to attain the real prize ....... 12
westside Happenings VisionLA Climate Action Arts Festival (see Monday) ...................................... 28
Arts & Entertainment Time to Ring the Victory Bell
News Ripped from the Headlines Full Circle founder Andrew Keegan files $33-million defamation lawsuits over misleading headlines about Venice kombucha bust ...................................... 6
Wetlands Become Battleground Marina del Rey residents lash out against county’s plan to convert 1.5 acres of existing freshwater wetland into a saltwater marshland park ...................................... 8
Local Heroes 2015 Our annual celebration of people making a big difference in the community ........ 13
This Week Art Follows Commerce The Mar Vista renaissance continues with an art walk and a Small Business Saturday street festival ........................... 19
Where to watch the Bruins and Trojans do battle ................................... 29
Happy Musical Accidents Panic Duo has serendipity on its side as the ensemble pushes the limits of contemporary classical music ................ 30 On The Cover: The Argonaut’s Local Heroes of 2015, from left: Peter Wallerstein, Benjamin Kay, Alice Regalado, Vincent Migliazzo, Benita Lin, Victoria Beyer and Sadie Cerda. Not pictured: Jesse Martinez. Photo taken by Ted Soqui at The Proud Bird restaurant in Westchester (the proudbird.com). Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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Ripped from the Headlines Full Circle co-founder Andrew Keegan files $33-million defamation lawsuits over misleading headlines about Venice kombucha bust By Joe Piasecki When The Argonaut reported in May that state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents had seized containers of kombucha from actor Andrew Keegan’s Full Circle spiritual center on Rose Avenue, news agencies — and what passes for them these days — saw an only in L.A. story that was too good to pass up. Soon headlines throughout the web blared that Keegan had been “arrested for selling illegal kombucha at a New Age temple,” in the words of Examiner.com, and “busted for peddling illegal kombucha,” as Newsmax.com put it. The trouble is that Keegan wasn’t arrested. The contraband kombucha was being served during a fundraiser for the Sea Shepherd Foundation held at the Full Circle space, and Keegan says he wasn’t even present during that event. Now Keegan is suing Examiner.com parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) and Newsmax Media Inc. for $33 million, alleging defamation and libel for damage to his reputation. “These false stories were land mines on my career path and the momentum that I’d worked so hard to achieve at Full
Circle,” Keegan said of his lawsuit. “Facts matter. Truth is essential. It is my hope that these lawsuits will set a new standard for reporting on public figures. Just because an individual has chosen to be in the public eye doesn’t give the media the right to recklessly publish false stories and bully that individual for profit in front of millions of people.” An AEG spokesman did not return calls for comment, but it appears that Examiner.com has since taken down the story. Newsmax COO Andrew Brown told The Argonaut earlier this month that company attorneys were evaluating Keegan’s lawsuit. Since then Newsmax.com has changed the headline to read: “Correction: Andrew Keegan’s Spiritual Center Cited, No Arrests Made.” Both stories cited The Argonaut’s original May 13 report, which did not state that Keegan had been arrested. The Full Circle organization itself is not a plaintiff in Keegan’s lawsuit, but Full Circle spokesman Jason Dilts said the group’s reputation took a big hit from those stories about co-founder Keegan.
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Tiny Wetlands Turn into Battleground Marina del Rey residents lash out against county’s plan to convert 1.5 acres of existing freshwater wetland into a saltwater marshland park Image courtesy of L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors
By Gary Walker Plans to turn the last sliver of undeveloped land in Marina del Rey into a tidal-influenced saltwater marshland park have become the latest target of vocal dissatisfaction with county redevelopment plans for the harbor. A Nov. 19 meeting to update residents about the 1.5-acre patch of ground at Via Marina and Tahiti Way — land situated next to other undeveloped land now slated to become a hotel complex — frequently degraded into a shoutfest, with most of the 58 people in attendance airing a litany of grievances about development in the marina. Members of local environmental and community groups accused county officials of hiding information about the status of the wetlands, challenged the environmental review of the neighboring hotel project and called for delaying work on the saltwater marsh until after anticipated El Niño storms. Meanwhile, county officials tried to explain why they want to create a saltwater marshland. Tony Bomkamp, the biologist in charge of cultivating the wetlands park, said he originally sought to keep the land as a freshwater marshland but the California Coastal Commission instead supported the recommendation of its staff biologist, William Dixon, to create a tidal-supported saltwater marshland. As it is now, the land is often more dry land than wetland, and Bomkamp said that a saltwater marshland would stay wet throughout the year. “The kind of seasonal wetland that you’re talking about sometimes doesn’t have any water,” he explained. “Last year it had no water, and in a good year it might be a foot or two. Saltwater [marshland] actually has an equal amount of productivity to it as a rainforest.” Dr. Edith Read, the biologist in charge of the Ballona Freshwater Marsh near Playa Vista, told The Argonaut this week that
County landscaping plans for converting undeveloped freshwater marshland at Via Marina and Tahiti Way into a saltmarsh wetlands park saltwater marshland is harder to find along the California coast than freshwater marshland along the California coast. “We have a long coastline but very limited conditions to create saltwater marshes,” said Read, who is not affiliated with the marina wetlands project. “You can have different types of species in a saltwater wetland, but I wouldn’t go so far to say it has more biodiversity.” Critics of the county’s plans to create a saltwater marsh in Marina del Rey would prefer the land be left as it is. “Here we’ve got the remnants or the beginnings of this little freshwater marsh, so why not just leave it there?” asked Cindy Auerbach, a Marina del Rey resident who attended the L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors meeting at
the Marina Del Rey Hotel on Bali Way. Audience members repeatedly interrupted Bomkamp and Beaches and Harbors planning specialist Michael Tripp as they discussed design plans for the park. An unfailing critic of the Board of Supervisors and what she calls the county’s “giveaway” of public land to wealthy developers, Marina del Rey resident Nancy Marino refused to let go of her dissatisfaction with the neighboring hotel project, even when after Tripp said that the park and hotel were being treated as separate projects. The Regional Planning Department voted on July 22 to approve the hotel complex on an adjacent 2.2 acres of the same parcel where the wetland park is planned. In the run-up to hotel approval, county officials
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often discussed the wetlands park as a separate but related component of their land use goals for the parcel. “These are not separate projects,” Marino countered. “They may be different permits, but they are not separate, so please be accurate. This is mitigation for another residential project. We have been saying no since its inception. You have been giving us misinformation and disinformation since I don’t know when.” “If the hotel is never built, this [wetlands park] will still happen,” responded Aaron Clark, who represents the Hardage Group, the company planning to develop the hotel complex. The audience appeared unmoved by explanations provided by Clark, Tripp and Bomkamp. “To tell this group that this doesn’t have anything to do with the hotel is lunacy,” asserted Chris Coffey, who lives in Santa Monica. Others tried to tie the removal of trees for replanting Oxford Basin Lagoon to the area’s overall wetlands configuration and raised concerns about El Niño. The Ballona Institute, a Playa del Reybased wetlands protection organization, unsuccessfully appealed the L.A. County Board of Supervisors last month to deny approval of the hotel. Ballona Institute Executive Director Marcia Hanscom said during the meeting that construction of a saltwater marshland at Via Marina and Tahiti could be difficult during winter storms. “As soon as you dig in there, you’re going to have a mess,” Hanscom predicted. “Why not wait?” Clark and Tripp said the project has a state permit that is due to expire soon and county officials want them to proceed as quickly as possible. Undaunted, Marino and her allies pledged to contact and lobby the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to halt the wetland project, since it also requires approval from the federal government.
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Breach the Beach Security risks cancelled this Sunday’s Global Climate March in Paris, but activists move forward in Santa Monica Instagram Photo @GlobalClimateMarch
By Bliss Bowen As coral reefs succumb to mass “bleaching,” Arctic polar bears drown in search of melting ice floes, desertification expands in Africa, hurricanes and tornadoes grow in ferocity and California girds for the largest El Niño on record, world leaders are preparing for a historic climate summit to — finally, hopefully — hash out exactly how nations can halt the catastrophic effects of climate change. The United Nations Conference on Climate Change is scheduled to take place in Le Bourget, France, from Nov. 30 through Dec. 11, and stakes couldn’t be higher. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has determined that global warming of more than 2°C would increase “extreme climate events”; other, less diplomatic entities assert that such temperature elevations would push the planet past the tipping point of no return. A Global Climate March is planned for Sunday in upwards of 150 countries, with people here and around the world calling for “climate justice.” The event has been organized primarily by activist network and “campaigning community” Avaaz, though many other groups are involved too. The main march was scheduled to occur in Paris, and it was expected to draw up to 200,000 people. But while talks will proceed in Le Bourget on Nov. 30, the Paris march has been cancelled, a casualty of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in the city. “Now it’s even more important for people everywhere to march on the weekend of 29 November on behalf of those who can’t,” Avaaz Deputy Director Emma Ruby-Sachs says in a prepared statement, “and show that we are more determined than ever to meet the challenges facing humanity with hope, not fear.” Per Avaaz, more than 1,500 climate marches have been confirmed globally, including a gathering in Santa Monica.
A Paris Metro station poster for the Global Climate March A Breach the Beach Environmental Protest March will start at 2 p.m. Sunday at the base of Santa Monica Pier. At press time, organizer Russell Awni was expecting close to 350 people. Walkers, bikers and roller bladers are all welcome. “We’re putting together some signs,” he says, “and we’re trying to put a petition
“Santa Monica seems super nice and clean but it really isn’t, especially by the pier,” Awni says. “I don’t think we can look at things pragmatically [anymore], with our environment impacting oceans here and abroad. For me, I know I can take more action locally, but my message is more about the whole ignoring of the
“We’ll repent one day not for the bad acts of bad people but for the appalling silence of good people. So I don’t want to be silent.” — Santa Monica march organizer Russell Awni together too to take action in the local area for pollution and the beach especially.” Awni, who runs AMG Advertising in Los Angeles and describes himself as a “part-time beach bum and peace/environmental activist,” lived in Santa Monica and Venice for many years before recently relocating to the San Fernando Valley. He still plays volleyball in Santa Monica five days a week when he can. He speaks with conviction about global environmental threats like ozone depletion, but his focus is local.
climate disaster we’re creating with our pollution and our greenhouse gases and all the things that can be corrected.” Rallies and family-friendly walks demonstrating public will are planned across the country Sunday. In Somers Point, New Jersey, a Native American healing ceremony will be accompanied by remarks from faith leaders; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will host a silent walking meditation. Milwaukee marchers plan to protest their regional utility’s taxation of customers who use solar electric panels;
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That meeting was not about test scores. It was about our communities of Westchester, Playa del Rey and Playa Vista getting a voice for our local schools. But instead of being heard, we were fed yet another heaping spoonful of rhetoric. It was truly shameful. Sandy Menotti
Re: “In Venice While Black,” News, Nov. 19 To make the article more accurate, it’s not just black folks the police are targeting; it’s very much the Chicano/Mexican population as well. The immediate Oakwood Park area is the prime front I was an attendee at the meeting and currently desired by most real estate there were close to 400 people there. speculators, so that’s where the majority There are a lot of concerns about LAUSD of the attention is going. Mike Bravo
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Re: “Teaching Peace,” Living Large in Limbo, Nov. 5 Only by educating subsequent generations will there be a chance not to repeat the past. As WWII veterans are dying off,
“Instead of being heard, we were fed yet another heaping spoonful of rhetoric.” — Sandy Menotti
policies regarding schools on the Westside they’re being asked to tell their stories, that the representatives did not address. often for the first time. The horrors should Janet Landon not die off with them. Thanks for this piece from the perspective of the Boy Re: “Now That’s Amore,” Scout and others his age, on whom the Food&Drink, Nov. 12 future rests. I’ve eaten at Vincenzo’s restaurants, Melanie Holmes including the predecessor to Vincenzo Ristorante Italiano, for more than 20 Re: “Venice Should Secede from Los years. Hurray for tradition! Angeles,” Power to Speak, Oct. 29 Lorrin Wong I don’t think you could ever get the L.A. City Council to let Venice secede. The Re: “Forecast: Godzilla,” tourism dollars alone make it impossible Cover Story, Nov. 5 for Los Angeles to give up Venice. Kudos to Kit Stolz for giving an in-depth Regardless, a good concerted effort by the report on the why, what and how of El entire community to pull this off would
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certainly bring Los Angeles to the negotiating table in terms of spending more money in Venice. Clearly we are not getting our fair share of the revenue, particularly in light of the revenue we pay being so disproportionate to most communities in Los Angeles. Glen Irani What percentage of Venice is actually made up of local Venetians? It seems like this ship may have sailed, as most locals can no longer even afford to live here. Joe Nuttman Re: “Architect Seeks Support for Footbridge over Ballona Creek,” News, Oct. 29 I know at least five people who would definitely commute to work by bike if this bridge existed. Kim Furuya
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Re: “Don’t Judge a School by its Test Scores,” news, Nov. 5 I’m not sure reporter Gary Walker was at the same meeting I attended in the Orville Wright auditorium on Oct.26. What I saw were a few cheerleading UTLA representatives applauding when test scores were briefly brought up (in an obvious attempt to garner such applause) by an otherwise disrespectful Steve Zimmer. Why do I feel he was disrespectful? First off, he couldn’t sit still in a dignified manner as the other two panelists were able to do. He brought up the fact that we were all missing Monday Night Football, he began by telling us that our concerns weren’t nearly as important as other families’ whose children had recently died (I am truly sorry for those families, but that was not why we were there), and he used inappropriate language like telling us that Westside “traffic sucks.”
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Displaced from Paradise In L.A. and Hawaii, gentrification’s winners and losers both fail to attain the real prize: happiness we look at humanity’s history, this belief seems to be a very seductive one. In a psychology study, children were given art supplies and they happily created. Later the children were given money for each art piece. After a time the payments were withdrawn and many of the kids refused to create unless they were paid. Money gets associated with this desire for “moreness,” so it is pursued as a happiness surrogate. I noticed a lot of indigenous Hawaiians working menial jobs — giving up their way of life in exchange for indoor plumbing and heating, a smartphone and a car. While staying in Princeville, my wife and I met a Broadway conductor and composer who flies regularly to Kauai to The view from Kauai is getting increasingly expensive, just like L.A. write music. So I came up with a new Does driving locals from their home“Pardon me, but another couple is willing word: “Kauaification,” the process of to pay twice as much to sit at this particu- towns by increasing property values and renovating and improving a house or lar table, so I am going to have to ask you rents make us happy? district so that it conforms to human to move.” My oldest brother told me that the beings’ hunger for nature and open spaces. Meanwhile, a local and I discussed happiest people he has ever observed were I remain optimistic because, to parahow Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg the poorest of those he encountered on a phrase Victor Hugo, nothing is stronger recently paid about $100 million for journey through the Amazon rainforest. than an idea whose time has come. 700 acres of land on Kauai’s North Shore Many people here, however, seem to have There is a way to harmoniously merge two worlds together as the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag did for at least one day of feasting. We can cooperate with each Imagine eating at a nice restaurant and other and be stewards of Earth without the owner walks up to you and says,“Pardon monetary bullying. me, but another couple is willing to pay twice An old story goes that an entrepreneur told a fisherman that if he worked as much to sit at this particular table, so I am once really hard he could create a large and very productive fishing business, then he going to have to ask you to move.” could sell it and do whatever he wanted. To this the fisherman replied, “That’s what I’m doing right now!” so that he doesn’t have to deal with adopted the idea that owning more, No, we don’t have to invent Facebook “friending” any nosey neighbors. traveling more and doing more creates and buy an island paradise in order to California voters supported Proposition happiness. attain liberty and happiness. 13 and cities here in the Southland The documentary “I Am,” which Happiness is a choice and a frame have enacted rent control laws to at least explores our addiction to materialism, slow this trend. The results have been discusses how we are unhappy when cold of mind. a mixed bag. and hungry but happy when warm and fed So what is the end game? in a house, and therefore we adopt the William Hicks is not rich but lives I always thought that it was happiness. idea that more food and more house pretty happily in Marina del Rey. He can Our forefathers sacrificed lives and would mean more happiness indefinitely. be reached at williamraymondhicks@ fortunes to protect life, liberty and the Of course this idea is foolish, but when gmail.com. pursuit of happiness.
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Peter Wallerstein A Man for Animals No sick or injured sea animal is too big or too small for Peter Wallerstein to save. The one-man army behind Marine Animal Rescue has brought more than 4,000 ocean mammals to lifesaving care over his three decades patrolling Westside and South Bay beaches, but never so frequently as this year. Since January, Wallerstein has rescued a record 475 marine mammals — mostly starving sea lion pups unable to find food in unusually warm El Niño waters, but also fur and elephant seals, a couple of dolphins and a whale tangled in a net. “Peter Wallerstein is the Energizer Bunny of animal rescue. … He just keeps going,” Marina del Rey Harbor Patrol Deputy Tim Hazelwood told The Argonaut last year. Wallerstein once worked as a director for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, but he left that job — and his home on a rustic Topanga hillside — to answer rescue calls 24/7 from an RV at Dockweiler Beach. “We were going around the world doing amazing stuff, but I realized I could do even more right here,” Wallerstein says. “Before me it was animal control and parking enforcement officers who weren’t trained for this. They were getting bit; animals weren’t getting rescued.” Marine Animal Rescue patrols more than 40 miles of coastline, from Will Rogers State Beach to Wilmington (south of San Pedro). The operation is donor-funded, and for the first time in years Wallerstein is finally able to hire some help. What keeps Wallerstein going is seeing his results. “It’s just that I’m having a positive effect on the environment,” he says. “I know I can’t save all the animals, but I save all the ones I can.”
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Victoria Beyer is a visiting doctor from Australia. Benita Lin is an aspiring medical student from Santa Monica. Their volunteer efforts this year at the Venice Family Clinic have increased the number of low-income and underinsured patients receiving specialized medical care by an astounding 20%. Beyer, 28, and Lin, 22, are what the clinic calls referral coordinators. When one of the primary care clinic network’s 23,000 patients needs to see a specialist, Beyer and Lin navigate the complexities of the American health care system to make sure it happens. “It’s quite easy for patients to fall through the cracks. People don’t realize how much work goes into just seeing another doctor,” says Beyer, noting that the American health care system is “about 100 times more complicated” than the universal health care system back home. While in the States, Beyer is also helping to coordinate a childhood diabetes prevention study at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Lin, who also volunteers with the American Cancer Society, spends Friday mornings at VFC auditing whether female patients over 40 have received breast and cervical cancer screenings. She aspires to be a doctor in order to “treat patients holistically, rather than piece by piece.” Lin and Beyer, meanwhile, have filled a health care gap for hundreds of patients, VFC Volunteer Services Manager Cassie Roque says. “They are friendly, smart and resourceful,” says Roque, “and to the patients who gain access to health care through their work, they are heroes.
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Jesse Martinez Caretaker of Dogtown Thanks to Jesse Martinez, there isn’t a single tag on the 16,000-square-foot concrete surface of the Venice Skate Park. Trash and stray cigarette butts disappear overnight. Sand that collects in the bowls is gone by sunrise. A former pro skateboarder who came up under the wing of late Z-boy Jay Adams, Martinez arrives at the park before dawn each day to clean it. He doesn’t get paid. He just does it. And he’s done it for more than six years. Martinez, who campaigned for the park to be built, says he isn’t looking for recognition — he just loves skateboarding and wants to keep the skate park in good shape for the next generation of skaters. Someone once told him it would be impossible to keep taggers away from the skate park, and he set out to prove him wrong. “That sort of pushed me on. It’s always been that in Venice, that pride,” Martinez says. “Jesse’s been instrumental in the creation of the park and maintaining it since it opened. He’s down there almost every day doing this on his own. It’s an amazing thing,” says Nathan Pratt, chairman of the nonprofit Venice Skatepark Foundation. Pratt, an original Z-Boy, also credits Martinez with taking on an ombudsman-like role to ensure that skaters remained focused on skating, steer clear of delinquent behaviors and keep their machismo in check. “He’s maintained a level of safety at the park that really would not otherwise exist. He’s always looking out for people and keeping an eye on what’s going on,” Pratt says. “Little things happen, but Jesse keeps them from turning into big things.”
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Benjamin Kay Turning Science into Action If an environmental issue is on the docket for the city of Santa Monica, chances are that Benjamin Kay’s Team Marine is tracking it closely. Since 2006, the team of student activists at Santa Monica High School has been leading the charge on environmental and sustainability issues, including plastic bag and smoking policy. Under Kay’s leadership, Team Marine has won science fair competitions, commissioned research, recorded PSAs, lobbied for environmental platforms and even converted a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle into a fully functioning electric car. “Science can be used as a megaphone to positively affect communities as well as to get people interested in solutions,” says Kay, who teaches biology at both SaMo High and Santa Monica College. Kay grew up with his mother, Fay, instilling in her son the importance of recycling, composting, conserving energy and growing one’s own fruits and vegetables. These seeds of environmental activism were subsequently nurtured by Ray Millette, Kay’s marine biology teacher at Palisades High School. The winner of multiple awards both individually and for Team Marine, Kay looks to pass along principles of ecological stewardship to his students. The kids may give up some of their after-school and social lives for the club, but their teacher knows they are making a difference. Having encountered these “informed, inspired environmentalists” at multiple City Council meetings, Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown lauded their instructor. “Benjamin Kay’s kind of teaching creates tomorrow’s leaders,” says McKeown, “and our world has never more greatly needed sustainability leadership.”
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Sadie Cerda Spreading Compassion The holiday season is a particularly busy time for Sadie Cerda and her corps of volunteers with St. Augustine Volunteers for Emergency Services (S.A.V.E.S.) in Culver City. Among other things, struggling local families need gifts for children of all ages, warm winter clothing and enough food on the table to feast for the holidays. Thanks to the connections she’s made during her 35 years as the director of S.A.V.E.S., Cerda receives donations from throughout the community that allow her organization to help thousands of people each month regardless of their age, ethnicity or religion. “We never know how it is going to go each year. Everything is so expensive,” says Cerda. “There are many people who are very generous.” In the generosity department, few could outdo Cerda, who learned the value of giving from her mother. Refugio Ochoa experienced the effects of the Great Depression and World War II and would donate hand-knitted blankets and food to the needy, bringing young Sadie along. “We used to walk miles to the donation center,” says Cerda, 87. “Helping has been instilled in me all my life.” Cerda has helped grow S.A.V.E.S from a single-room parish operation to a flourishing volunteer center, partnering with local businesses as well as civic and nonprofit operations along the way. Culver City Mayor Micheál O’Leary says Cerda “stands tall among our local citizens who take seriously the call for service to the needy and less fortunate.” Cerda credits her faith and her family for inspiration. “Our world is so sad, and people won’t share,” she says. “There needs to be more compassion.”
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Alice Regalado Keeping the Torch for School Spirit Elias Regalado learned to share his wife Alice with the community a long time ago. “I can remember years ago hearing these knocks on the door. At first I didn’t see anyone. When I heard them again, I looked down this time and there were these little children standing there,” he recalls. “Does Mrs. R live here?” They asked me. When I told them yes, they said, ‘Could you please tell her that we love her?’” Those children were students at Grand View Boulevard Elementary School in Mar Vista, where Alice Regalado (aka Mrs. R) has assisted the school’s bilingual coordinator for 25 years and volunteered countless hours, both after work and during summer recess, earning affection from kids and adults alike. Mar Vista Chamber of Commerce President Sarah Auerswald, whose two sons attended Grand View Boulevard Elementary, is one such admirer. “Alice is the ultimate volunteer because she’s doing it for the love of the school and because she believes it’s the right thing to do. She doesn’t do it for the applause or for the thanks. In fact, she has been very reluctant to accept any kind of praise or attention for what she does,” says Auerswald, also founder of the Mar Vista Mom blog. Regalado often waters plants at the school over summer vacations (sometimes even roping her husband into doing landscaping work), and generally “helps to make the place special for the many generations of kids who have attended and will attend Grand View,” Auerswald says. For Regalado, the pleasure is all hers. “I really enjoy volunteering with kids and working with parents,” she says. “It’s so rewarding.”
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Vincent Migliazzo Bridging the Generation Gap In his 20s, Vincent Migliazzo was a combat medic who stormed foreign beaches to bring Gen. Douglas MacArthur back to the Philippines, earning a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Philippine Liberation Medal for four treacherous assault landings during World War II. He went on to spend 34 years as a public school teacher, counselor and administrator, logging thousands of volunteer hours for Little League Baseball, the Westchester Family YMCA, Boy Scouts of America, Knights of Columbus and the American Legion along the way. A 1948 graduate of Loyola University (before it merged with Marymount to become LMU), Migliazzo later earned a place on his alma mater’s Wall of Fame for his dedication to young people. Now in his 90s, Migliazzo remains especially active with the Flight Path Museum in Westchester, where he supervises the Flight Path Flyers youth flight simulator training initiative. In February, the museum’s board feted him with its Honorary Service Award. “It’s an educational program, and that turned me on because again I get to work with young people, and I like that. I like conveying knowledge,” says Migliazzo, who has lived in Westchester with his wife since 1950. Despite his volunteer service honors, Wall of Fame status and all those war medals, Migliazzo remains humble about his life’s work. “I’m not a hero,” he says. “My service in World War II, it probably made me more humane. When I saw the devastation, saw the tragedy, all the death … it changed my attitude — made me appreciate life.”
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Art Follows Commerce Mar Vista continues its renaissance with an inaugural art walk and a street festival for Small Business Saturday By Christina Campodonico Andy Warhol once said, “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” Artists, business owners and community organizers in Mar Vista are putting their own spin on Warhol’s witticism this week with a pair of festivals celebrating the entrepreneurial and creative spirit of this reemerging neighborhood. On Saturday, the budding Mar Vista Chamber of Commerce hosts “Make it Mar Vista,” a daylong street festival featuring interactive art projects, live entertainment, a collaborative local “living history” project, pottery and Pilates demonstrations, a community bike ride and various other activities among 34 participating businesses. The festival, coinciding with national Small Business Saturday, centers around the one-mile stretch of Venice Boulevard between Beethoven Street and Inglewood Boulevard, where tiny green spaces and a temporary parking-protected bike lane will model improvements planned for the area
under Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Great Streets neighborhood renewal plan. Then on Thursday, Dec. 3, that same stretch of boulevard hosts Mar Vista’s inaugural art walk, “Steppin into the Art of Mar Vista,” with live painting to music and dance at Grand View Market, spoken
She encourages her friends and neighbors to get out on the street and shop small and local, a process she likes to call “Erin Brokoviching.” “You activate the street by getting people out and about,” Auerswald says. On Saturday, the block of Venice
preexisting and “organic” art community naturally lends itself to the neighborhood’s walkability. “An art zone is a proven way to get people to walk,” she says. “And that’s exactly the way [Mar Vista] is.” Mar Vista’s capacity for creative collaboration will be on display at Trunk Gallery, where artist and owner Ann Perich has invited 32 artists to fill the space with their takes on the toy train set. Perich gave out toy train sets to artists she knew or who passed through her gallery, asking them to modify the toys however they wanted and — Sarah Bauer, Dreameco Crafts return them however they pleased. Perich doesn’t know what to expect — word at youth writing nonprofit 826LA’s between Grand View Boulevard and the returned items could be on canvas, Time Travel Mart, a concert at TimeWarp Centinela Avenue will be reduced from pedestals, cubes or film — but she knows Records, art openings at the Trunk Gallery, three lanes that “it’s going to be a surprise.” Buckwild Gallery and C. Nichols Project, of traffic to two in order to demonstrate Mar Vista has become increasingly plus an environmentally themed scavenger how parklets and protected bike lanes populated by creative hubs like Trunk hunt for repurposed household goods could further transform that whole corridor Gallery, the Time Travel Art, Grand hosted by Dreameco Crafts. into an even more bicycle- and pedestrian- View Fine Art Studios, but it’s also home Mar Vista Chamber of Commerce friendly environment. to more entrepreneurial arts-related President Sarah Auerswald says Mar Mar Vista art walk co-organizer Lenore spaces, including Full-Circle Pottery Vista’s walkability makes it fertile ground French of the Green Communications and Peach Tree Pottery. Each is hosting for small businesses and artists to thrive. Initiative also thinks that Mar Vista’s (Continued on page 20)
“Mar Vista is at that perfect point where artists can make their own items and get out in the community.”
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live clay-molding demonstrations during both events. The Full-Circle Pottery “clay space” on Venice Boulevard functions as both workshop and classroom, says co-owner Patty Housen. She started the business with Liz Rosenblatt four years ago because they wanted a place that could operate as a studio space for their potterymaking practice as well as a community center for people who love clay and want to hone their skills, Housen says. FullCircle Pottery now holds classes for adults and children, as well as kids camps, intensives and expression sessions. During Make It Mar Vista, Full-Circle Pottery will concurrently host its third annual Full-Circle Festival, which brings in local artists and artisans to showcase their handiwork and participate in a raffle benefitting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. The fundraiser honors the memory of Housen’s and Rosenblatt’s mentor and teacher, Mar Vista potter Linda Mechanic, who died of the disease. Clay activities for kids and pottery wheel demonstrations are also scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Housen credits the community for the success of their artistic business. “We’ve been growing since we got here, and I think it’s been part of what’s been happening in the community,” says Housen. “This community has taken a
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Full-Circle Pottery is part workshop, part classroom real interest. People come by and want to come in.” Artist Sarah Bauer, who will run the art walk’s eco-friendly scavenger hunt, recently started a craft business with husband Richard Hecht and also thinks that something special is happening in Mar Vista. “Mar Vista is at that perfect point where artists can make their own items and get out in the community,” says the recent New York-transplant, who moved from Brooklyn two years ago after witnessing that neighborhood’s shift from an artist’s enclave to a pricy borough out of reach for many in the creative class. Artist Mitchelito Orquiola, becoming
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VENICE/SILICON BEACH
The Argonaut REAl Estate Q&A
What are 6 Staging Techniques that Buyers Hate? Staging your home is one of the few factors you have some control over during the home-selling process, and, luckily, it can play a major part in how easily your home will sell. We’re not talking about major renovations here — just deep cleaning, decluttering, and maybe a fresh coat of paint. The point of staging is to remove anything that will distract a buyer from all the great things your home has to offer. But when you’re trying to impress, it’s easy to go overboard if you’re not careful. Here are a few of the biggest pitfalls sellers fall into when staging their homes. 1. Don’t be dull Are you selling a hotel room? No? Then don’t make your home look like a hotel. The purpose of staging is not to make your home perfect and bland. You want the buyer to feel that your home looks this nice all the time, so it should feel as if real people live there. It’s OK to let your decor keep some of its personality. A few spots of bright color photograph well and will stand out in listing photos. Even simple touches add personality, such as a red throw pillow or a turquoise fruit bowl.
2. Selling with smell You definitely don’t want your home to smell like last night’s beef stroganoff when a potential buyer arrives. But many sellers overcompensate with potpourri and air fresheners. Beware of overwhelming a serious buyer with strong scents. If you’re feeling ambitious, bake cookies or bread before a showing to give the house a homey smell, or just light a candle for a few hours. Whatever you do, keep strong, perfumy smells to a minimum. 3. The sound of music Leaving mood music playing during a showing is likely to backfire. You won’t be able to guess the buyer’s musical tastes, and you risk making them feel as if you’re manipulating them. 4. The elephant graveyard Sometimes it’s necessary to move out before the house sells. In this case, keep the house well-furnished or completely empty — not somewhere in between. Too many sellers take their best furniture and possessions with them to their new home, leaving only the most run-down furniture
behind. In a sparsely furnished house, it’s even more important that the pieces left behind are tasteful and add to the ambiance of the home. 5. Wasting money on the wrong renovations Many sellers undertake huge projects right before they sell. Perhaps the bathroom is outdated and you’ve always wanted to fix it up. But it’s hard to guess which renovations will provide the greatest return on your investment. Small touches such as new cabinet hardware or new light fixtures might go a long way toward making the home feel up to date without doing a major renovation costing tens of thousands of dollars. A savvy agent can help you figure out how much updating is needed so your home will sell easily in the current market. 6. Remove clutter, don’t just move it around It’s impossible to overemphasize the value of decluttering. It makes the listing photos more attractive, which translates to more showings, and it makes the house feel open and airy. And it rarely works to try
to hide the clutter. A serious buyer will want to look under the hood, kick the tires a little. That means they’ll explore the basement, open up your closets, and even look under your sink. Toss what you don’t need, move some of your treasures to your new home, or even rent a storage unit. It might seem like a lot of work, but it will make it easier to move out once you get the offer you’ve been waiting for.
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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 PAGE 26 At Home – THE ARGONAUT’s Real Estate Section November 25, 2015
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Hornblower Cruises and Events, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com
validation. All rehearsals are open to the public. (310) 999-3626; meetup. com/SBPhil/
Sunday, Nov. 29
Thanksgiving Dinner at Venice Whaler, begins at 9 a.m. Celebrate the holiday beachside with ciderglazed turkey and lager gravy, apple brioche stuffing, roasted brussels sprouts with capers and walnuts, cranberry and rosemary sauce, and a special fall cider. Full bar and not-so-limited menu will be available. $17.95. 10 W. Washington Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-8737; venicewhaler.com
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
“Make it Mar Vista,” 10 a.m. This Small Business Saturday community event showcases the spirit of Venice Boulevard, one of L.A.’s Great Streets, with a bike ride, prizes at participating businesses, an interactive community mural, live entertainment and demonstrations, and a Story Corps Living History Project for locals to document their stories. Free shuttle service at Venice and Inglewood boulevards or Beethoven Street. marvistachamber.com
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
Café Gratitude Free Thanksgiving, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A pre-set organic and vegan menu is served on a first-come, first-serve basis. Volunteers are needed to host, wait tables or wash dishes. (424) 231-8000; cafegratitude.com Thanksgiving Buffet at El Torito, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. All you can eat Thanksgiving Day cuisine, featuring a carving station with roast beef, turkey, and ham. $20.99. 13715 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 8238941; eltorito.com El Segundo Farmers Market, 3 to 7 p.m. Each Thursday, find farm-fresh and organic produce, hot prepared foods, packaged gourmet foods, live music, handcrafts, jewelry and more at the 400 block of Main Street in El Segundo. (310) 524-2701; elsegundo.org Thanksgiving Buffet Dinner Cruise, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Hornblower offers a traditional Thanksgiving meal minus the cleanup. Enjoy a boarding glass of champagne, cash bar, traditional Thanksgiving buffet, entertainment, and scenic harbor views. Boarding time is 3 p.m. at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $52.40 to $86, plus fees; kids under 3 free. (310) 301-6000; hornblower.com 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 beer. The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. electriccomedy.com
Friday, Nov. 27 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 seniors 50+. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. For more information, call Byron Stalcup at (310) 351-9876. Marina del Rey Historic Harbor Tours, 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Fridays and 11:30 a.m., 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 29. In honor of Marina del Rey’s 50th anniversary year, the L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors and Marina del Rey Historical Society are sponsoring 45-minute informative tours for just $1. Board at
Hornblower Dinner Cruise, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Enjoy a four-course 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 Mariachi and Folkloric Dancing, 7:30, 9:30 and 10:45 p.m. Dinner with traditional Mexican entertainment at Casa Sanchez, 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 397-4444; casa-sanchez.com “Something’s Afoot,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 19. 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 “Laurel and Hardy Festival,” 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. This family-friendly program of Laurel and Hardy’s silent and sound shorts is annual crowd-pleaser. $8 to $10, cash or check only. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.com Jon Burton, 9 p.m. Live music at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Dennis Jones, 9 p.m. Sizzling guitar solos and soulful vocals at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
Saturday, Nov. 28 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
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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 Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with Bossa Nova and Samba from Brazil Brasil. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900 Author Talk/Reading with Judith Detamore, 2 to 3 p.m. An event for the entire family to meet and hear from the author of “Jason and the Peanut Butter Sandwich.” Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org “Drempels,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and 8 p.m. Monday. Rudie DeCarlo’s contemporary socio-political satire and musical is told from the point of view of the Drempels, a tiny sub-species of humans and caretakers of the environment. Drempel Hieronymous Aloisios Plonk sets out on a journey to save his society and, in doing so, save the planet. $29.50. Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com Hot Jazz Saturdays, 8 p.m. Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet plays early jazz and ragtime from 8 to 10 p.m., followed by DJ Jedi with soul, funk, and hip-hop. No cover. Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Strut, 9 p.m. A Funksgiving Celebration by one of the few L.A. bands with dancers and a full horn section. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Hound Dog Dave & the Mel-tones, 9 to 11 p.m. Dine and dance to American Roots music with elements of rock, blues, country and R&B. $7 cover. Typhoon Restaurant (at Santa Monica Airport), 3221 Donald Douglas Loop, Santa Monica. (310) 390-6565; typhoon.biz
Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with Country and Rock from JB and The BC Riders. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900 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 Panic Duo, 8 p.m. The L.A.-based ensemble performs music from a juxtaposition of styles and musical periods, including classical, jazz, modernist, contemporary and world-music. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $6 to $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Electric Comedy, 7:30 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 beer. The Electric Lodge, Electric Ave., Venice. electriccomedy.com Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. A cabaret show held on Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
kickoff for the Art Makes Change art exhibit includes a reception, performance art with Domestic Apocalypse and LA Mudpeople, music from KCRW’s DJ Jeremy Sole, beer, wine, food trucks and more. Participating VisionLA ‘15 projects happen citywide through Dec. 11, ranging from art installations to theater pieces, concerts, readings, films, street art and community art workshops as well as climate change-related lectures, panels, presentations and rallies. See the full schedule at visionlafest.org. $20. Bergamot Station, Building G1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. bergamotstation.org 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
Tuesday, Dec. 1 Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Join others in a light walk while enjoying the beautiful view of the Marina del Rey harbor. Burton Chace Park, 13640 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free, but RSVP by calling (310) 305-9595; beaches. lacounty.gov Gateway To Go!, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each Tuesday, a rotating line-up of gourmet food trucks gather at Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd. gatewaytola.org Gourmet Food Truck Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, diverse and delicious food truck cuisine takes over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org
Vida featuring DJ Creepy, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance vibes light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com
Geoffrey J. Band, 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Each Tuesday and Thursday night, 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
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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
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, donationbased 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 VisionLA Fest Gala Opening, 6 to 10 p.m. This launch of the VisionLA Climate Action Arts Festival and
Wednesday, Dec. 2 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, (Continued on page 31)
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It’s Time to Ring the Victory Bell Where Bruins and Trojans who can’t make it to the Coliseum can watch L.A.’s crosstown football rivalry Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.
By Christina Campodonico It’s that time of year again when you have to pick a side, even if you didn’t go to UCLA or USC: true blue or cardinal red. One of college football’s biggest rivalries, the Bruins and Trojans have met on the gridiron 82 times since 1929. USC has prevailed 46 times (never mind all that sanctions business), UCLA 31 times, and seven times they’ve tied. At 12:30 p.m. Saturday, a talented but struggling 7-4 Trojan squad squares off with an exciting 8-3 Bruins team on ‘SC home turf at the Los Angeles Coliseum. And this year means business. Under the new NCAA playoff system, UCLA is ranked No. 1 and USC is No. 2 in the Pac-12 Southern Division, with the chance to play for the Pac-12 Championship on the line. UCLA has won the last three outings, but as anyone who follows either team knows, when these two meet anything can happen. For those who don’t have tickets for the game, area sports bars have you covered. Most are nonpartisan, but a few do lean Bruin or Trojan. Rahim Javan, owner of Sports Harbour in Marina del Rey, is all-in when it comes to his alma mater, UCLA. Javan was an All-American wrestler there in the ‘60s and an active member of the KELPS, the school’s first racially and religiously integrated men’s organization. The band of UCLA students traveled around in a school spirit wagon, spreading Bruin pride and the Southern California lifestyle. Javan proudly displays a large 1950s picture of the traveling KELPS spirit bus at Sports Harbour. “I’m just all UCLA. I’ll always love UCLA,” he says. But Javan is more accepting of his rivals these days, so don’t be surprised to see a few Trojan fans welcomed at Sports Harbor as well. “I’m too old to hate anybody,” he says. Most bars we polled preferred to play Switzerland, but there a few places west of the 405 where you can get on with your Fight On. Del Rey’s 90 West leans more USC, but accepts all comers. “We have a lot of USC peeps, but we also love our UCLA peeps,” says manager Liz Lewis. Both Bruin and Trojan fans can stake a claim in El Segundo. Tavern on Main manager Xavier Flamenco says that the joint has “quite a following of Bruin fans.” He’s observed that the South Bay Bruins often assemble for viewing parties at the bar.
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Happy Musical Accidents Panic Duo has serendipity on its side as the ensemble pushes the limits of contemporary classical music By Christina Campodonico Panic Duo plays it all — classical and contemporary, jazz and modernist, world music-inspired and more — in some way, shape or form. On Sunday at Beyond Baroque, the chamber music ensemble that plays almost every genre under the umbrella of modern classical music performs a predictably unpredictable set that includes at least one “accidental” world premiere. You might think that it’s hard for a musician to keep up with all these different musical styles, but Panic Duo pianist Nic Gerpe enjoys the challenge. “We like stuff that’s kind of virtuosic, things that tend to be hard,” Gerpe says. He should know. Panic Duo blossomed from a rock in hard a place. In order to finish his doctoral studies in music at USC, Gerpe had to put on a collaborative music concert. He was looking for a violinist with
Violinist Pasha Tseitlin, left, and pianist Nic Gerpe thrive on performing complex music as Panic Duo
“It really communicates with audiences and gives a new life to chamber music.” — Emmy-winning composer Stephen Cohn
the chops to play John CorigliaGerpe was having a drink with no’s technically challenging classmate Pasha Tseitlin, who “Sonata for Violin and Piano” but had been mulling over a similar hadn’t found the right person. problem. He wanted to play
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Corigliano, too, except he was a violinist without a piano player. The two immediately realized that they had a solution in each other, and that Corigliano piece has been a staple in their repertoire ever since they officially formed as Panic Duo in 2009. At Beyond Baroque, Panic Duo will reprise their interpretation of Corigliano’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano” and play works by noted L.A.-based composers, including two world premieres. One of those is a happy accident. Gerpe calls “Pheromone, for violin, piano and electronics” by electronic musician-composer Isaac Schankler an “accidental premiere.” Schankler originally wrote the piece for piano and flute and was going to premiere it with Gerpe at an electroacoustic music festival in Virginia. But when Schankler, who runs electronics during the piece, couldn’t make it due to an emergency, the festival told Gerpe he couldn’t play. Gerpe still wanted to perform the piece, so he asked Schankler if he could rewrite the flute part for violin and asked Pasha if he’d be willing to learn a whole new piece of music on relatively short notice for their upcoming concert. This was about two and a half weeks ago, and the reworked piece will premiere this Sunday. Gerpe describes it as colorful and atmospheric because of the echoing quality created between his piano, Tsetilin’s violin and Schlankler’s electronic processing.
“From Whence It Came,” by Emmy-winning composer Stephen Cohn, was created with more intention. Cohn was inspired to write the piece after seeing Panic Duo perform live. Their dynamic performance left a deep impression. “They’re wonderful musicians. They’re very meticulous and very musical, and they have a tremendous amount of passion in their performance,” says Cohn. “It really communicates with audiences and gives a new life to chamber music.” Cohn believes that the performance style of Panic Duo matches his music’s “commitment to connect the heart and the intellect in my contemporary chamber music.” Meanwhile, Gerpe describes Cohn’s piece as rhythmically driven, powerful and energetic but with tender and lyrical moments interspersed between. Anne LeBaron’s “Devil in the Belfry” takes a more narrative, character-driven turn, says Gerpe. The piece was inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe satire of the same name in which a rogue violinist storms a village bell tower and rings the town bell 13 times to the horror of its ever-punctual inhabitants. LeBaron is an award-winning composer whose 2012 hyperopera “Crescent Cities” first garnered critical attention for the now widely-recognized experimental L.A. opera troupe, The Industry. Also on the program are “Owl Night” by Gilda Lyons and “Four Nocturnes for Violin and Piano” by George Crumb. Yet the most intriguing part of Panic Duo’s upcoming performance is not knowing exactly what to expect. It’s kind of like the nature of modern classical music, not defined by any single style, but a multitude of aesthetics. “The only thing that’s unifying is the search for new and different sounds,” says Gerpe. “The amounts of music you can find are limitless.” Panic Duo performs at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, at Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. Tickets are $10 or $6 for students and seniors. Call (310) 822-3006 or visit beyondbaroque.org. christina@argonautnews.com
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Shafer Vineyards Wine Tasting Dinner, 7 p.m. A special end of the year wine-and-dine hosted by international wine expert Peter Kerr includes an appetizer reception followed by hard-to-find Shafer wines and a menu of Tandoori loup de mer, pork vindaloo over rice palau, lamb tikka with puree of butternut squash sabzi, and venison keema served with mashed potatoes. Wines will be available for purchase. Akbar, 3115 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. $125 plus tax. RSVPs required. (310) 574-0666 High Spirits Wine Tasting and Comedy Show, 8 p.m. Learn all about wine in a fun environment with a few of L.A.’s top comedians. Hosted by comedian and sommelier Patrick Ney of thecaliforniawineguy. com with comedians Beth Stelling, Brian Kiley and Eddie Pepitone. The Rose Room, 6 Rose Ave., Venice. $15 to $20. (310) 570-7221; patdmelt@verizon.net; thecaliforniawineguy.com
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distant fire. This was different, moist with a crisp skin, the flavor of the bird modified but not obscured by the preparation. Turkey is probably my least favorite meat, but I had to admit that some alchemy had rendered it delightful. The pork rib was meaty and smoky and everything you look for in a pork rib — a nice slight chew along the skinny part of the bone, more moist and tender at the rib tip. Even that little chicken had a flavor bigger than its size; I had expected the thin end of the drumstick to be slightly overdone, but it was perfect. We were much more than halfway through our meal when it occurred to us that we hadn’t even investigated the sauces; the meat was so perfect as it was that we had fixated on it. One was chimichurri, which was nice with both the chicken and turkey,
and the other two were mild barbecue sauces. I might have liked a little sauce with more heat to it if we had more of the brisket or ribs, but we were entranced with the natural flavor for as long as it took for those to disappear. As for the sides, the greens had shreds of meat that added smoke to seasonings that gave them a nice spicy kick, and the mac and cheese was done right — the mac not overcooked, the cheese in the sauce milder than I prefer but still more than the milky goo often served elsewhere. It had been topped with crisp seasoned crumbs and onion, which added a welcome dash of color and texture. We were both fans of the vinegar slaw, which was made with purple cabbage and reminded us of German pickles. Since Germans settled Texas in profusion, there may well be a
connection. The only slight letdown was the beans, which tasted intensely beany but otherwise had only hints of onion and a little bit of green herbs. I might have wanted a side this simple if I had been at a barbecue place that amps up the hot sauce, but in this setting a dash of sweetness and spice would have livened the beans up. As we departed we stopped to talk for a moment with the counterman, who gave us one of their apple hand pies as a friendly gesture. The pastry had a delightful flaky crust and the filling a nice dash of cinnamon, and it was such a satisfying finish that we didn’t even consider stopping anywhere else for dessert. About five hours later, as the clock was about to strike six, I called my dining companion. “Hey, are you hungry?” I asked him. “No. Why?” he replied.
Caption “Maybe at lunch we had the amount of meat we should be eating, rather than the amount we usually do,” I offered. There was a moment of silence on the phone. “Maybe,” he responded thoughtfully. “But I still would have been happier if I’d had one more rib.” I had to agree with him. If there had been one more rib for him
and a second small slice of brisket for me, it would have covered a bit more real estate on that big tray and been a bit more satisfying. The quality at Maple Block is off the charts; the quantity just about enough. I’ll be back because the food is astonishingly good, as fine an argument for barbecue as a gourmet delight as anything I’ve experienced here or in Texas.
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Marina Del Rey Hospital
Proudly serving Marina del Rey since 1969 888-600-5600 • marinahospital.com Architectural drawing of Marina Del Rey Hospital. Originally known as Marina Mercy Hospital underwent construction in 1969. Later the name was changed to Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital. In April 2008 the hospital was renamed Marina Del Rey Hospital
Historical photo of fund raising efforts to add a hospital emergency department.
Hospital circa 1972
Marina Del Rey Hospital can continue to partner with you to deliver high quality care in the comfort of your own home, through Marina Homecare. We offer a full range of professional caregiving services to our patients and the surrounding Los Angeles community, including Hospital to Your Home service, personal care, medication reminders, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and transportation services.
We are proud to join one of America’s highest quality health systems.
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