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Boston Marathon champion turned educator Jacqueline Hansen keeps up the fight for equality in sports By Gary Walker Social justice, one of the core tenants of Loyola Marymount University and its Jesuit tradition, can manifest itself in numerous ways. For Jacqueline Hansen, an LMU graduate turned faculty member, it was fighting for gender equality in sports on her way to becoming a marathon world-record holder. At the peak of her running career, Hansen became a champion on the streets, as a winner of one of the nation’s most prominent marathons; on the world stage, helping to make women’s marathon running an Olympic sport; and on the front lines of the battle to give women full access to collegiate athletic programs. Boston and beyond At 65, Hansen is a distance running coach at St. Bernard (Continued on page 11)
Jacqueline Hansen, left, leads some of her student runners in a practice at St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey
A window to The Doors Vacation rentals a hot potato Wendell Hamick journeyed into rock for neighborhood council history when he photographed the band for its ‘L.A. Woman’ album By Michael Aushenker
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Wendell Hamick and his art from "L.A. Woman"
It’s impossible to imagine Jim Morrison as an old man. The Doors’ front man is burned into our collective consciousness as the thin, shirtless, 23-year-old with a puka-shell necklace or the black-clad Lizard King reigning over the Hollywood Bowl in 1968. Wendell Hamick, who photographed The Doors for their 1971 album “L.A. Woman” only months before the singer’s death at age 27, encountered a different Morrison — a man who was quiet and reserved. Had he lived, Morrison would have turned 70 on Sunday. Hamick took the occasion to reflect on his experience working with The Doors on their final (Continued on page 22)
Whether to regulate short-term leases becomes a long-term question as Venice leaders decide not to get involved By Gary Walker Venice residents in favor of pushing Los Angeles city officials to craft tighter rules governing short-term housing rentals didn’t get very far at a Venice Neighborhood Council meeting last month. Advocates for short-term vacation rental property marketing services came out in full force to persuade council members against formally
requesting that City Councilman Mike Bonin call for his council colleagues to establish a new regulatory structure. The neighborhood council voted seven to three against pushing for further regulations at its Nov. 19 meeting. Three members of the council — Abigail Myers, Sylvia Aroth and Max Slone — recused themselves from the vote because they are involved with (Continued on page 14)
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Unless there are meaningful guarantees that the Oxford Basin makeover will not impair traffic flow on Admiralty Way or Washington Boulevard, the plan to make it over should be scrapped. The basin is not seen as a problem in Marina Del Rey. I live in it, and I have yet to hear anybody who lives in it or visits it talk about a need for a basin makeover. What the Marina residents and visitors talk about is that Admiralty Way and Washington Boulevard — the two major thoroughfares that border the basin — are frequently clogged with traffic and rendered near impassable because of construction projects that cause lane closures on Admiralty Way. More traffic trouble ahead The traffic mess on those two Re: “County plans big makeover main streets is the problem. for Oxford Basin,” news, Nov. 27 The basin facelift will require Re: “County plans big makeover for Oxford Basin,” news, Nov. 27 It is useful to have some background information on the Oxford project. It is merely a floodwater retention basin that has been emptying contaminated overflow into Mother’s Beach in the Marina. The county was cited several years ago by the state and instructed to clean it up. But the county solution appears to be enlarging the capacity of the basin by dredging to minimize the flow into the marina. There is apparently no interest in treating the heavily contaminated water from a cost-benefit standpoint. Wm. Firschein, AIA Venice
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10 months of construction, will cost $11 million, and will involve dredging some 6,700 cubic yards of sediment and rechanneling the flow of water in and out of the basin. Can that be accomplished without further adding to the snarled traffic on Admiralty and Washington? The Argonaut story on the project makes no mention of any guarantees that it can be. Gene Pomerantz Marina Del Rey
day a year. This is one of many symptoms of income inequality, and you state it well. Joe Murphy Venice
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Re: “County plans big makeover for Oxford Basin,” news, Nov. 27 Friends of Ballona Wetlands (ballonafriends.org) supports the county’s reconstruction of the Oxford Basin. The Free turkeys don’t cut it project will not only remove Re: “Why I’m not shopping less productive, non-native on Thanksgiving Day,” guest vegetation and replace it with opinion, Nov. 27 more biologically productive Thanks is due to Odysseus native tidal wetland flora, but will Bostick for saying what he provide limited public access so did regarding respect for badly needed in our open spaceThanksgiving and the impact of constrained metropolis. The more big box retailers on those who opportunities people, especially must work on Thanksgiving Day children, have to enjoy and or risk losing their jobs. appreciate natural habitat (even I recognize the relationship if reconstructed from neglected between the impact of income flood control infrastructure), inequality on lower-income the more they understand and people and the consequent appreciate the environmental inability to resist big box pressure value to our society of open to work. Giving out turkeys space. From their experience they doesn’t correct the underlying become good citizen advocates cause — and even that provides rather than just passive observers. relief for not much more than one Douglas Fay’s baseless
assertion that the proposed Ballona restoration would turn wetland into a perpetual flood control project is typical of the otherworldly hyperbole expected from him and his local “Do Nothing” allies. His call for a full Environmental Impact Report for a small project requiring only a Mitigated Negative Declaration highlights his ignorance of 40 years of state case law ensuring that projects receive proper environmental impact review. Fay and his allies never have a plan, or even a vague idea about what they want to do to improve our environment; they only know what they are against, and that includes sound, proven public environmental restoration policy. They have become the “Green Tea Party”, to be sure, (Continued on page 7)
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“Loyola High lauds alumnus,” a Nov. 27 story in The Argonaut, incorrectly stated the location of Loyola High School. The school is at 1901 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, 90006.
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Jerry Peace Activist Ruben is hosting a fundraiser to save Paul Conrad's “Chain Reaction.”
By Joe Piasecki Activists working to preserve a landmark 26-foot mushroomcloud peace sculpture adjacent to the Santa Monica Civic Center are kicking their efforts into high gear on Wednesday with a fundraising party at Rusty’s Surf Ranch. Santa Monica officials have contemplated decommissioning “Chain Reaction,” erected by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times cartoonist Paul Conrad in 1991, citing a need for repairs that could cost up to $400,000 — more than they are so far willing to fund. Instead, City Council members offered to match activists’ fundraising up to $50,000 but set a soft deadline of Feb. 1 for deciding the statue’s fate. Proponents of the statue, who say necessary repairs could cost as little as $80,000, have so far raised nearly $40,000, said Dave Conrad, the artist’s son. “Chain Reaction” depicts a series of interlocking chains that
rise to represent the explosive aftermath of an atomic bomb blast. A plaque at its base reads: “This is a statement of peace. May it never be an epitaph.” Jerry Peace Activist Ruben, a longtime fixture of Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade, has joined Conrad in leading the charge to keep “Chain Reaction” standing as public art. “It’s not just a 26-foot bowl of fruit of fruit,” said Ruben. “Paul Conrad’s masterpiece is a chain reaction of thought, dialogue and debate. It’s a place for people to come together. It’s everything public art should be. You don’t have to like it to support it.” Despite the council’s reservations about “Chain Reaction,” a city commission named the statue a city landmark earlier this year. “It’s a permanent fixture in the Civic Center, a statement of peace by an important artist that reflects some of the political and cultural positions of the city of Santa Monica,” said Roger
Genser, an art dealer who sits on the city’s Landmarks Commission Ruben, who marks his 70th birthday at Wednesday’s gathering, has attracted several highprofile supporters to the “Chain Reaction” cause. Actress Alexandra Paul is keynote speaker of the event, which will also include performances by The Mamas & the Papas’ Michelle Phillips and actress/ musician Q’orianka Kilcher — a noted peace and social justice activist who got her start in acting and activism near Ruben’s peace table on the Promenade. “‘Chain Reaction’ is important because of the statement it makes,” Kilcher said. The “Save Chain Reaction” fundraiser takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. Wednesday at Rusty’s Surf Ranch on the Santa Monica Pier. A donation of $10 to $20 is requested. For more information, visit savechainreaction.com.§ Joe@argonautnews.com
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Re: “Restaurants to raise funds for slain worker’s family,” news, Nov. 21 RIP Guillermo Carmona. My dad will always remember you and our condolences for your family. Sanchez Family
Re: “A new vision for Marina del Rey: Fisherman’s Village contemplates overhaul as county officials plan for increased harbor amenities,” news, Nov. 7 I would love to see this area revamped, but I think the most important part is what businesses come in. Marina del Rey has so
much potential but we really need to stop with all the chains and get something unique. No more Cheesecake Factories, no more Yard Houses, no more Starbucks — and especially no more Pier 1 Imports. The whole town is like one big strip mall. LNR Please, please, please follow through with a major remodel! As a 51 year old who grew up in and around Marina del Rey, this kind of project is desperately needed. The village and surrounding area has been an eyesore for Marina del Rey for
years. Such a beautiful piece of real estate should be and could be a wonderful draw and a landmark for Southern California. Dave Ellias
of a dollar. Now, I’m not against a theme. But in this instance, it should make sense. Marina del Rey is a worthwhile place unto itself. Pretending to be something it’s not implies that If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Bob there’s something wrong with being Marina del Rey. If you’re Love the new development. going to do a theme, why not do Michael one that matches our local area? After all, people don’t go to the The New England fishing village ports on the Mediterranean to see theme is uninviting, trite and make-believe Norwegian fishing borderline insulting. It’s at the villages. Marina del Rey, be point where I don’t want anyone yourself! who owns it to think that their business scheme coaxed me out HollywoodF1
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By Joe Piasecki If the people spoke during Tuesday’s special election to W E fill an open state Assembly seat representing Mar Vista, Del Rey, S Culver City and other Westside communities, it might have been D LV B ARK OCEAN P From locations on to ask whether anyone had heard S. Venice Blvd. 6 am to there was an election going on. 11 am: Park on N. Venice Of the Assembly district’s and take Venice Way or 274,091 registered voters, only Abbot Kinney. 18,838 bothered to cast a ballot, STREET Exit northbound. MARINE From locations on Pacific Ave. according to the Los Angeles T E RE Or park on the south NAVY ST 6 am to 11 am: Park on side E County Registrar-Recorder’s U N E V side of S. Venice and A ROSE streets. office. take Ocean Ave. south Exit eastbound to Main Street. to Washington Blvd. That’s a turnout of just 6.87%. ABB But it was enough to determine OT KIN NEY Residents West of Pacific Ave. a winner. BLV D and between Navy Street and In his first-ever political LVD. So. Venice Blvd. will be able to VENICE B campaign, Sebastian RidleyExit or enter across Pacific Ave. Thomas — a Democrat and at these times, with the aid of T son of Los Angeles County E E R T TON S LA DOT officers: Before WASHING Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas 7:00am, betwe en 7:50am and From Abbot Kinney Blvd. — cruised to victory over two 8:45am, and after 9:50am. 6 am to 11 am: Park off underfunded opponents, also Abbot Kinney. Democrats. Exit on streets flowing east The 25-year-old won a seat or west of Abbot Kinney. in the state Legislature with a STREET CLOSURES (SaTURday OnLy) decisive 60% of the vote by 5:00am to 2:00pm amassing a mere 11,182 ballots, • Barnard Way between Ocean Park Blvd. according to county reports. and Neilson Way (Santa Monica) 6:00am to 11:00am Accountant and former • Neilson Way/Pacific Ave. between Ocean Park Blvd and So. Venice Blvd. Culver City Mayor Christopher • So. Venice Blvd. between Ocean Front Walk and Lincoln Blvd. Armenta, 49, followed Ridley• Abbot Kinney Blvd. between So. Venice Blvd. and Washington Blvd. Thomas with 36% of the vote, or • Ocean Front Walk between So. Venice Blvd. and Navy St. 6,706 ballots. • Navy St. between Ocean Front Walk & Pacific Ave. Real estate broker and Olympic If you have any questions, please contact us at [213] 627 8484 Park Neighborhood Council JOIn US FOR THE FUn! Support our Charities. President John Jake, 47, trailed Go to www.christmasrun.com to register and for more information. the pack with 4% of the vote, or CONTACT INFORMATION: City of Los Angeles Street Services, Special Events Section 744 ballots. 1149 S. Broadway, Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Main Phone line: [213] 487 6000 More voters cast votes by mail than at the ballot box. According to the county, 7,487 turned up at the polls and 11,351 voted by mail. State Assembly members Now celebrating its 51st year, represent more than 460,000 MITMK3221_ArgntAdMchFnl.indd 1 10/7/13 5:36 PM residents. As of a month ago, RidleyThomas had raised nearly $600,000 — nearly 10 times more than his opponents largely self-funded campaigns returns to Marina del Rey on Saturday, Dec. 14. combined. He had also garnered endorsements from Gov. Jerry The Argonaut will publish the official Brown and Sens. Dianne Holiday Boat Parade program in our Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Dec.12 issue, including parade photos, The donors list for Ridleyhistory, judges, the grand marshals, Thomas included unions as well where to view the parade and more! as global entertainment, energy and auto companies. The list also included business leasers Austin Beutner, Eli Broad, Steve N COL LIN
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By Joe Piasecki The ceremonial lighting of Windward Avenue’s iconic Venice sign officially becomes tradition on Friday, when residents will once again gather to celebrate the seasonal color change to red and green. Academy Award-winning actress Angelica Huston, a Venice resident, and Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin are set to flip the switch at 8 p.m., Venice Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Donna Lasman said. Event producer Daniel Samakow, owner of the Canal Club and Danny’s Venice, said the event that debuted last December is about much more than a sign. “One hand, it’s our way of saying happy holidays to the world. On the other, it’s a place and time when Venice comes together,” Samakow said. The original Venice sign was put up by Venice patriarch Abbot Kinney in 1906 as a way to show off the day’s hottest new technology — electric lights. But by the 1950s, the sign was removed for unknown reasons and lost to history. In 2007, residents banned together to create a near-exact replica of the original, down it each of its 87 light bulbs. The holiday sign lighting occurs when white bulbs are changed out for ones that are red and
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green. “The Venice sign was the beginning of the revitalization of Windward, the historic center of Venice,” Samakow said. “Last year, the idea came that it could be more than just an historic symbol.” Block party festivities featuring the Venice Symphony Orchestra begin on Windward at 6 p.m., followed by a 7:45 p.m. prelighting ceremony with Huston and Bonin. Event organizers will also be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the annual Muscle Beach Toy Drive, which takes place from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Venice Recreation Center, 1800 Ocean Front Walk. Visitors who bring a toy will receive a wristband good for discounts at various local businesses, Lasman said. “The Venice Sign Lighting represents a spirit of true collaboration within the Venice community, where businesses, community organizations, residents and travelers all join together in celebration,” Lasman said. “We had thousands of people last year, and we expect it to keep getting bigger.” § Joe@argonautnews.com
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attracted her to enrolling in graduate school there and eventually continuing on as faculty. “She is the most humble champion I have ever met,” said Clarence Griffin, who works with Hansen as LMU’s director of strategic partnerships. “She understands the importance of enduring against all odds and transmits that quiet determination to everyone she comes into contact with,” including her students at St. Bernard’s. St. Bernard’s boys runners have qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation state finals, and some of her runners said Hansen has left a lasting mark on them. “She’s really helped us work harder as a team,” said junior Rebecca Mussman, who added that Hansen has imbued the team with a grittier, more tenacious approach. “We’ve also done a lot more speed work with her,” said junior Bryce Bently. Hansen has even inspired Hoepner to train for a halfmarathon, this principal said. Before becoming an advocate off the track, Hansen didn’t think much about leaving a lasting legacy on women’s sports. But as she watches today’s female athletes compete, that’s what seems most important. “I saw something wrong in my world and I tried to fix it,” she said.§ gary@argonautnews.com.
that young female athletes should be aware that not long ago things were very different. “Whenever I’m invited to speak at girls and women’s day sports Her greatest achievement luncheons, I like to tell them not At about the same time that to take for granted what they Hansen began her running career, have because it wasn’t always Congress passed Title IX, a 1972 that way,” she said. act that prohibits discrimination in educational programs and ‘The best worst’ athletic events that receive As a former Boston Marathon federal funds. winner, Hansen was invited to Later as president of the come back as a marathon guest International Runners speaker earlier this year and Helping the next generation Committee, Hansen led a made similar remarks before the Hansen said it was LMU’s campaign that resulted in an social justice mission that historic court victory that forced race. the International Olympic Committee to allow women to compete in Olympic distance running and marathon events. “We weren’t allowed to run beyond 1500 meters before 1984,” she said. While she considers winning the Boston Marathon and setting numerous world records as milestones her career as a runner, Hansen considers her work to include female runners in the Olympics her greatest achievement. “How fitting it was that the first Olympic Marathon was run in Jacqueline’s hometown of Los Angeles,” wrote Joan Benoit Samuelson, who won the inaugural women’s marathon race at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, in the forward to “A Long Time Coming.” She called Hansen “a true pioneer who has lived the history of our sport and helped make it possible all that we runners do today.” Despite the strides that women’s sports have made over the last Coach Hansen talks with one of her cross country runners at St. Bernard High School two decades, Hansen believes book “A Long Time Coming,” those same qualities served her well as an advocate for women in sports.
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High School in Playa del Rey in addition to teaching health classes and training future teachers in LMU’s School of Education. At 25, Hansen won the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the six World Marathon Majors. “It launched my career as a marathoner,” Hansen said. “It really changed my life.” But Hansen didn’t stop running in Boston. In the 1970s and 1980s, she won several more marathons and set several world records, becoming the first woman to run a marathon in under four hours. Not bad for someone who claims to have “hated” her physical education classes at Granada Hills High School. “I was shortest one, the least talented, and I would take electives to get out of it,” Hansen recalled. Now Hansen, who began coaching in 1987 at Topanga Elementary School and then St. Monica’s High School in Santa Monica before she was hired at St. Bernard last year, is teaching phys-ed. St. Bernard Principal Cynthia Hoepner said Hansen’s professional and activist experiences have enriched the school’s young athletes. “Jacqueline embodies the spirit of hard work, consistency and persistence — lessons for any student athlete to take with them in and out of the classroom,” Hoepner said. As Hansen chronicles in her
“I’ve walked a mile in your shoes, and I wish I was out there now. But just remember, a lot of women before you fought really hard for your right to run,” Hansen recalls telling the runners before firing the starting pistol. But returning to the scene of arguably her greatest athletic accomplishment turned from joy to sadness when the two pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring many others. Hansen had planned to wait at the Boylston Street finish line to greet runner Jeannie García, a runner who she was coaching at the time. García was arriving later than expected at the finish line, so Hansen decided to wait another 10 minutes. That was at 4 p.m. “The bombs went off at 4:09,” Hansen recalled. “I was a half a block away from the finish line when I heard the ‘ka-boom, ka-boom,’ and I was in absolute disbelief.” The world record-holder thinks her friend’s slower performance very likely saved her life or at least prevented her from being one of the many injured. “I told her that was the best worst that she ever ran,” Hansen said. Hansen plans to return again to Boston next year. “It will be very emotional, but we’re hoping for a great turnout,” she said. “Runners are a very resilient crowd.”
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Going loco for localism Venice resident Aileen Martinez rallies Santa Clauses and super heroes to support Venice Symphony Orchestra and the Muscle Beach Toy Drive By Michael Aushenker She has another year to go in graduate school. She hasn’t even created a name for her firm-in-progress. But social impact entrepreneur Aileen Martinez isn’t waiting for a cap and gown before merging her interests in marketing and philanthropy. Instead, she’s deciding whether to dress as a sexy Santa or the Scarlet Witch. Martinez’s latest venture, Venice Beach Pub Crawl, takes flight this Saturday with a Windward Avenue route winding through Hotel Erwin, Bank of Venice, Danny’s and Nikki’s, with a culminating “Rehab” afterparty at Canal Club. This year’s theme:
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Saturday, Dec. 7 ‘Life’ and Death: Woodlawn Cemetery Mausoleum and Mortuary will hold its Tree of Life ceremony and holiday open house event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Woodlawn Cemetery, Mortuary & Mausoleum, 1847 14th St., Santa Monica; facebook. com/woodlawnsm The Art of Shopping: An opportunity to purchase the work of local artist Martin Katon today and Sunday, Dec. 8, from noon to 6 p.m. 324 Sunset Ave., Venice. (310)399-8701 Malibu’s Most Wanted: The Malibu Art Assocation will hold its holiday show, opening with a reception from 3-7 p.m. Runs through Dec. 21. Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 453-5757; Schomburggallery.com ‘A Four-Course Concert’: SMC Chamber Choir director William Belan and chamber choir members offer a tasteful fourcourse performance replete with appetizers, light-course, main course, and dessert from 4-7 p.m. Tickets: $10. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com TAG Team: The latest TAG exhibit throws an opening reception party from 5-8 p.m.
today, to be followed up next weekend with an art talk on Dec. 14, 3-4 p.m. Featuring the work of Shelley Lazarus, Ernie Marjoram and Jane Peterson. TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 8299556; Taggallery.net “El Grande de Coca-Cola”: Crazy, cabaret of a holiday play continues through December 14th and runs 8 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. on Sunday. (If you squint, you’ll spot painter Toulouse Lautrec trying to plant his canvas on an easel that towers over him.) Tickets: $25 ($20 for students, seniors, and guild members). Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica. Free parking is available at the theater. (310) 397-3244; ruskingrouptheatre.com.
Sunday, Dec. 8 Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Sholem Community presents “Amerikaner Shadkhn” i.e. “Matchmaker,” (1940), the third in this series of rarely screened Yiddish-language films. All new prints with English subtitles. A discussion of this American-made movie will follow. Free admission. Coffee, bagels and cream cheese will be served. Doors open 10 a.m., screening begins at 10:15 a.m. Enter from the rear parking lot. Westside Neighborhood School, 5101 Beethoven St., Del Rey. (310) 839-4288; Sholem.org (Continued from page 20)
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Mario inquired about our preferences and poured tastes of his recommendations. We felt honored by his attention. His instincts were right, too: the glasses of Picpoul and Viognier were admirable companions to our salad. We had decided to start with an arugula, gorgonzola, apple and pecan salad that was simply dressed with lemon and a dash of balsamic vinegar. The salad arrived as an impressive mound of greens, but the irregular nature of arugula magnified the size — what looked like a salad for four was a good starter for two. The many gaps in the arugula also led to the nuts and cheese going to the bottom, so I’d have liked this salad better if the arugula had been chopped a bit so that the ingredients could be more easily combined. Our next item was a tart with caramelized onions, Brie, pureed dates and a bit of balsamic vinegar. This wasn’t a tart you’d expect for dessert, or a tarte flambé (an Alsatian version of pizza on a flakey crust), but a dense pastry made with octopus ink so that it’s a dark purple. Think of a savory, thick cracker and you’re close. The base was good by itself, and with the always-winning combination of Brie, cooked onions and a sweet fruit it was delicious. The arrival of the second item started another round of wine tasting, this time of reds that would be appropriate with our pizza. After much consideration we decided on a Chateau Latour Bordeaux and a Montepulciano, with which we were very content. We took the first sips
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‘Tapping’ Time Ends: Last chance to catch the exhibition “Tapping the Third Realm” before it wraps up this weekend. From noon to 4 p.m. today, Amanda Yates Garcia as the City Oracle will answer questions at LMU. At 12:30 p.m., Guru Rugu from the Los Angeles Meditation Center will host a closing ceremony of the exhibit. At 2 p.m., Annie Buckley will offer a brief history and readings from her new project “The People’s Tarot” at OTIS. At The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design and the Laband Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University. Otis.edu/ benmaltzgallery SMC Wind Ensemble: Under the baton of Kevin McKeown, the wind ensemble rejoices with music of the season to bring cheer to all, and features a local middle school student – winner of the annual SMC Wind Ensemble Essay Contest. Begins at 4 p.m. All ages welcome! Tickets: $10. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com Self-Image Convo: The Committee for Racial Justice (CRJ), in conjunction with African American Parent Student, Staff Support Group, Virginia Avenue Park and Church in Ocean Park, will host a community discussion on the importance of self image with Village Nation founder Fluke Fluker. A potluck supper starts at 6 p.m. followed by a program at 6:30 p.m. at Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Building, 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 633-1093. An O’Brien’s O’Party!: Paul Chesne Band, O’Brien Pub’s house band, returns to perform from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. No cover. 21 & over. O’Brien’s Pub, 2941 Main St., Santa Monica. Paulchesne.com
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Community Calendar Wednesday, Dec. 11 Write What You Know : Westchester Life Story Writing Group meets on Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. Donation: $6 a semester. Call Mary at (310) 397-3967. Pulling Some ‘Strings’: SMC Strings Program Concert, under the direction of Dr. Martine Verhoeven, SMC string ensemble students present a light afternoon concert of delightful musical selections. Free admission. Show time is at 2 and 3:30 p.m. Complimentary tickets are available at the SMC Music Office in Room 211 of the Performing Arts Center. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com Give Peace Activist a Chance: Proceeds from Jerry Rubin’s 70th birthday party, from 6 to 11 p.m. at Rusty’s Surf Ranch on the Santa Monica Pier, will go toward saving late editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad’s sculpture at Santa Monica Civic Center, “Chain Reaction.” SaveChainReaction.com
Thursday, Dec. 12 ‘Lyric’-al Tunes: The Lyric Chorus performs on at 11 a.m. in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 4588600; smpl.org. Focal Therapy For Prostate Cancer: Mitchell Kamrava, MD, UCLA radiation oncologist, will discuss the rationale, techniques, clinical progress and controversies regarding treating less than the whole gland for prostate cancer. Runs 7-8:30 p.m. RSVP required. Cancer Support Community – Benjamin Center, 1990 S. Bundy Dr, Ste. 100, West L.A. (800) 516-5323 Let’s Get It Started!: The Filipino-American Creative Music Holiday Party begins tonight at 8 p.m. at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com
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On the patio of his Ocean Park home, Wendell Hamick shuffles through original images used to compose the art for “L.A. Woman.”
A window to The Doors... (Continued from cover)
record with Morrison. ‘Waiting for the Sun’ Born in Arkansas in 1939, Hamick was just two months old when his mother died. After bumping around various relatives’ homes, he rejoined his alcoholic father at 16 in West Los Angeles, where he attended Hamilton High. His mechanically inclined father, who had worked as a locksmith and bicycle mechanic, was running a family vending machine company at the time Hamick began losing interest in college. “I got a lot more interested in
the world,” Hamick said. Before dropping out of Cal State Los Angeles, Hamick did take a course that moved him: photography. “I just got hooked right away,” he recalled. “It gave me a reason to be places and to have something to do when I was there.” While working as a social worker in East L.A., the budding photographer moved to Venice, where he would quit his day job after a mutual friend introduced him to photographer and mentor figure Bob Lopez. Lopez, who operated out of his Bel-Air garage, and his assistant Hamick eventually went looking for a studio and found a space at 2411 Main St. in Santa Monica, near where California Heritage
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Museum stands today. Back then, Main Street was not the thriving crush of restaurants and tourists it is today. “There were two bars, everything else was closed [by nightfall],” Hamick recalled. Hamick eventually left Lopez’s fold to work as an assistant to established photographer Tom Tucker, through whom he met graphic artist Carl Cossick. Assisting Tucker, Hamick took shots for albums by bubbling bands, most notably Canned Heat’s record with Johnny Lee Hooker. When Cossick saw the psychedelic effects Hamick had created with the 3-M color key, a light bulb went off. “He thought it’d be perfect for Joe Cocker,” Hamick said. “[Cocker’s] agent said, ‘This is
great, but I don’t know where Joe is. I think he’s in Big Sur, living with the hippies.’” Cossick, the persistent half of the duo, shopped around his and Hamick’s graphic services to various entities. One of the places Cossick visited was The Doors’ office at La Cienega and Santa Monica boulevards. Even though The Doors were an internationally known, charttopping group, anybody could walk up to the door of the small second-floor office. “There was usually some guy out front going, ‘Hey, man! You here to see Jim?’” Hamick remembered. Cossick approached The Doors at a precarious time when a rift had formed between the rock group and Elektra, the only major label they had worked with since their breakout debut album. By decade’s close, Morrison’s alcoholism and antics, including an infamous 1969 Miami concert during which he allegedly exposed himself, had upset Elektra’s executives. However, that tension provided just the luck Cossick and Hamick needed to land their next gig. ‘Break on Through’ The recording of The Doors’ sixth album did not go smoothly. Paul A. Rothchild, the producer of the band’s first five albums, walked out mid-production and was replaced by their engineer, Bruce Botnick. “We’d been dealing completely with The Doors,” Hamick continued. “They made the album on their own and hired us to do the album cover. They were arranging for Carl to
Morrison enjoys a bottle of cognac that Hamick collaborator Carl Cossick had picked up before Hamick's shoot.
oversee the printing. He went to New York.” However, when Elektra heard the music surfacing from The Doors’ latest recording sessions, they renewed their interest to work with the band. Meanwhile, Cossick devised a mockup version of the album’s sparse burgundy sleeve, lining up photos of himself and his friends in a Mount Rushmoreesque sequence. The placeholder album name on Cossick’s mockup read “The Doors – Alive!” “Carl said he and Jim had picked out the burgundy framing the photograph collage of heads superimposed on a pure block of canary yellow,” Hamick said. For the album’s interior, Cossick and Hamick solarized a photo of a naked woman on a cross, based on photos of a nude model Hamick had photographed at his Santa Monica studio. “We talked to [Elektra], we showed them the mockup,” Hamick recalled. “We wanted to do the color key. [The record (Continued on page 24)
Hamick took this group shot of (from left) Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger before shifting his focus to individual portraits.
Hamick frequented Olivia’s Kitchen, a diner then located on Ocean Park Boulevard near Main Street in Santa Monica. So did Jim Morrison, who’s said to have immortalized the restaurant in the 1967 song “Soul Kitchen.” “I ate there practically every day. You could get a bowl of black-eyed peas, corn bread and a soda for 68 cents,” Hamick said. The restaurant’s namesake (pictured left), “was a sweetheart. She would do anything for you,” he said. Olivia’s Kitchen closed in the early 1970s.
Throughout the 1960s, Wendell Hamick would walk the streets of Venice and Santa Monica in the early morning hours, taking photos for fun with his 35mm Nikon Nikkormat. Dawn hangs over decaying remnants of Pacific Ocean Park, which opened in 1958, closed in 1967 and languished on the beach into the mid-1970s.
A street scene with passersby and a police cruiser on Ocean Front Walk.
A man walks the Venice boardwalk at sunrise in this late 1960s shot Hamick later named after Kris Kristofferson’s song “Sunday Morning Coming Down.” December 5, 2013 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 23
Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.
A window to The Doors...
autobiography “Riders on the Storm,” after Morrison’s rampage, the other Doors (Continued from page 22) decided backstage to stop performing as a company] thought it would be too live act. expensive.” Following the completion of “L.A. Eventually, with their concept approved, Woman,” Morrison took some time off to Cossick and Hamick headed up to a move to Paris and write poetry. Hollywood recording studio off Melrose Released in April 1971, “L.A. Woman” Avenue to meet Morrison and his outfit — went on to sell nearly four million copies keyboardist Ray Manzarek (who died on and win the band back some much-needed May 20 at 74), guitarist Robbie Krieger commercial and critical success. However, and drummer John Densmore. three months after the psychedelic bluesOn the drive up, Cossick hatched the rock album hit store shelves, Morrison idea to purchase a bottle of cognac, was found dead in France from drug and which, during the photo shoot, the alcohol abuse on July 3, 1971. alcoholic Morrison in particular really Hamick, who by the early 1970s had “appreciated.” also shot publicity photos of director Sam “It was The Doors and we were young,” Peckinpah and composer Jerry Goldsmith Hamick said of the shoot. “It was about for Warner Bros., began taking stills on midnight and they wanted to do it at night. the sets of low-budget exploitation films. No one was in the lobby. As we went Hamick was on a movie set in New into the studio, ‘Riders on the Storm’ [the Mexico when he heard that Morrison had last track on ‘L.A. Woman’] was playing died. really loud.” A few months later, the surviving Doors Hamick shot The Doors for about two sought Hamick out for another session. hours. The objective was vague. Manzarek was “talkative and funny, but Hamick recalled Manzarek “seemed like I never really connected with the other the one in charge.” The band members three.” brought in various props, such as a tuba, But he liked the quiet and reserved to pose with at Hamick’s Santa Monica Morrison. studio. “They were tired,” he said of the band. “I truly didn’t know what we were “The group shots weren’t great. Natural doing,” Hamick said. light was really dim. But I got what I In hindsight, Hamick believes the needed.” remaining Doors were bent on continuing Hamick and Cossick wound up composing their cover out of four cut-out without their charismatic leader, a direction that would prove futile. Hamick head shots he had taken of the band. said he didn’t seek to benefit from his experience working on the final Doors ‘When the Music’s Over’ The Doors would only play two concerts, album. both in December 1970, in support of “I never had that instinct or ambition,” their upcoming album. During the second Hamick said. “I never really liked the concert in New Orleans, Morrison had [music industry] people. I thought it was a meltdown. According to Densmore’s demeaning” to hustle for work. PAGE 24 THE ARGONAUT December 5, 2013
After friend Tom Clover hired him to help build a deck, Hamick began making furniture and remodeling houses around West Los Angeles. His photography fell by the wayside. Around 1980 he formed Wendell Hamick Construction, which today has
two full-time employees and a network of subcontractors. He also works as a factotum at P.S. 1 in downtown Santa Monica. When not working, Hamick travels with wife Tish and spends time with their three children. Only recently has he resumed photography — this time for pleasure, and with digital equipment. ‘The End’ Hamick looks back with relative bemusement at the time he worked as a professional rock photographer and, unwittingly, an artist helping to create music history. During an interview at his Ocean Park home, Hamick recalled crossing paths with Morrison one last time after the release of “L.A. Woman” on the staircase at The Doors’ West Hollywood offices. “He was going to France, but he intended to eventually return. … He wanted to work on a portrait book,” said Hamick, who was already a few images into Morrison’s passion project. Hamick was coming up the stairs as Morrison was descending. They chatted briefly on the stairwell before Hamick decided to give Morrison a purple rabbit’s foot roach clip the photographer had often carried around. Hamick pressed it into Morrison’s hand and wished the singer luck on his journey. Replied Morrison, “I don’t believe in luck.”§ Michael@argonautnews.com
Hamick took this portrait of Jim Morrison during a break in the recording of “L.A. Woman”
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less elaborate way to upgrade lighting is to install light switches that can be controlled remotely via an app. Communicator gadgets monitor what’s going on in the house and report the results to your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Devices can be set to measure vibration, orientation, temperature, and moisture, which translates into all kinds of surprisingly practical information like whether the basement has flooded, how many times someone gets into the pantry, or whether your plants need to be watered. There are also special electric sockets that let you control and monitor via your phone whatever you plug into them, allowing you to do things like start the coffee maker, make sure the iron’s off, turn lights on and off, or heat up the toaster oven. Entertainment Anytime, Anywhere: Whole house audio gives each family member access to their entire music library and favorite streaming music apps wherever they are in the house. A Bluetooth-enabled digital-toanalogue converter (DAC) lets you stream music from any digital source as well as old-school analogue sources (even records).
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“This two bedroom, two bath unit in East Tower North has city and mountain views,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Live the five-star resort lifestyle at Marina City Club, where amenities include a 16,000 square-foot gym, free classes, pools, tennis and racquetball courts, restaurant, room service, daytime café, and 24-hour guarded gated security.” The property is offered at $399,000. Information, Eileen McCarthy, Marina Ocean Properties, (310) 822-8910.
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Music can also be synched with preset lighting “scenes” to set various moods, for example, date night, nap time, or dinner party. TVs can now be controlled via apps, pressing the buttons on a remote or – on sets equipped with the same facial recognition technology video game systems use – just walking into the room. If button-pushing becomes too tiresome, voice-activated TVs change channels, record shows, and access all your apps and social media. Plenty of wired homes have DVD libraries, TV, and cable and video streaming services on tap in every room, but fully wired homes
have a “movie” button on their remote that will dim the lights, lower the shades, set the temperature, and start the movie. As home tech gets more advanced, the trend is toward simplification. Instead of a system running the sprinklers and another controlling the lights, new systems put them all under one master control smartphone app that runs the whole show. The trick, then, is just not to lose the phone. This week’s question was answered by Brian Christie, Agents in Action! team, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 910-0120.
Playa del Rey Hill Home
“This gated home is perched on a multi-level landscaped garden,” says agent Jane St. John. “A Saltillo tile staircase or four-person elevator leads from the garage to the extended veranda and gazebo, which in turn leads to the vaulted-ceilinged living room. A huge front window provides mountain views, and there is a gas fireplace. The dining area, with ocean views, easily seats eight, and the eat-in kitchen seats six. The master suite, with sitting area, has two baths and three large closets, and the guest room has an en suite bath. All this, close to beach, dog park, restaurants, and LAX.” The property is offered at $975,900. Information, Jane St. John, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 577-5300, Ext. 301.
Westchester Home
“Contemporary, urban details define this extensively remodeled Westport Heights home,” says agent Kevin Gallaher. “The open kitchen, with breakfast bar, stainless appliances and Caesarstone counters, is open to the dining room, and the separate living room has rich dark floors and a fireplace. There are three bedrooms and 2.5 baths, with the spacious master suite leading out to the patio and private backyard. The other bedrooms open to a shared designer bathroom. New systems include copper plumbing, electrical, and central heat.” The property is offered at $869,000. Information, Kevin & Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs, (310) 410-9777.
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5875 Doverwood Dr. #303 5651 Sumner Way #209
2/2 Condo w/ views on top flr., Spacious, Lots of storage 1/1 Upgraded, large condo, newly remodeled kit. & bath
$399,500 $299,900
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5518 W. 140th St
3/2 Turnkey Holly Glen home, pool w/ entertainers yard
$699,000
Bill Ruane
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504 Penn Street
Duplex, big lot, detached homes
$1,099,000
Bill Ruane
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4344 Alla Rd. 3963 McClung Dr.
2/2 Remodeled + bonus private landscaped yard 3/2 Two story high-end remodel + bonus room
$727,000 $589,000
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13107 Mindanao #5 13209 Fiji Way #C 4808 La Villa Marina #C 4150 Via Dolce #137 13360 Maxella Ave. #1 6 Voyage St. #204
2/2 Beautiful townhome w/ large patio & private garage 2/2.5 Highly upgraded TH in prime greenbelt location 2/2.5 Spacious upgraded TH, own your piece of paradise 2/2 Beautifully remodeled & upgrade, steps to Marina 2/3 Extensively remodeled end unit nearly 1,900sq. ft 2/2 Modern ocean front home, 2 story + den
$645,000 $720,000 $668,000 $724,000 $755,000 $1,489,000
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421 Waterview Street
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10960 Ashton Ave. #307
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Mediterranean Masterpiece
Bridgeway Mills Townhome
“This Westchester home blends quality construction and spacious floor-plan with an estate-sized lot,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The foyer has “This near stand-alone townhome, a sweeping staircase and Saltillo tile, and formal in the quietest part of Playa Vista, archways define the living and dining rooms. The has panoramic views,” says agent great room, with its cathedral ceilings, flows graceErik Flexner. “The two bedroom, fully into a kitchen with custom cabinetry and a three bath plus den home has cabreakfast bar. A wall of windows shows off the expansive backyard with a pool, sprawlthedral ceilings and floor to ceiling ing lawn and covered patio. Upstairs, the master suite has vaulted ceilings, and there are windows. The kitchen has granite three other bedrooms and baths. The 4,000 square feet of living space includes a powand marble counter tops, and the master bedroom opens to a spacious roof deck. The extra-large private patio on the der room and laundry.”The property is offered at $1,649,000. Information, Stephanie first floor is great for get-togethers, and a huge three-car garage with direct access of- Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828. fers exceptional convenience. Enjoy all the amenities Playa Vista has to offer; a fitness center, pool, library, retail area, and only minutes to the beach.” The property is for lease at $4,695 per month. Information, Erik Flexner, The Flexner Group, Coldwell Banker, “This exquisite Marina del Rey home is steps from (310) 422-2278. the beach and restaurants,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “A two-level floor plan has a cook’s kitchen with a big center island, granite countertops and top-of-the-line appliances. A large dining area leads to a canal-facing great room, and French doors open to a custom patio with a built-in fireplace. The huge master bedroom also faces the canal, and has a fireplace, a large bath with spa, dual sinks and a built-in closet. The second level has two additional bedrooms and two baths, a den that could double as a fourth bedroom, and there is a spacious three-car garage.” The property is offered at $2,195,000. Information, Peter and Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties, (310) 821-2900.
Grand Canal Home
The Argonaut Home Sales
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~ Home Sales Index~
-15.5% +15.2% Culver City
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
Homes Sold MediaN Price
27 $569,156
19 $591,626
Marina Del rey
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
19 $981,000
19 $1,076,400
Palms/Mar Vista
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
Homes Sold MediaN Price
41 $757,500
35 $980,800
Playa del Rey
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
Homes Sold MediaN Price
17 $530,800
11 $960,909
Playa Vista
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
Homes Sold MediaN Price
7 $610,571
13 $588,400
Santa MONICA
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
Homes Sold MediaN Price
59 $1,346,000
43 $1,304,047
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
Homes Sold MediaN Price
25 $1,393,200
21 $1,517,000
Westchester
Nov ‘12
Nov ‘13
Homes Sold MediaN Price
26 $640,600
30 $853,700
Homes Sold MediaN Price
Venice
Total # of sales
221
191
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Spanish Style Home
“Situated in the highly desirable View Park community, this tastefully restored home has stunning city, hillside and mountain views,” says agent Erica Lockhart. “The sun-filled living room has hardwood floors, and the dining room flows into an open eat-in kitchen. There is an office/den and guest bath downstairs, and three bedrooms and a bath upstairs.” The property is offered at $689,000. Information, Erica Lockhart, Keller Williams Pacific Playa, (310) 350-4528.
Santa Monica Townhome
“This light-filled urban retreat features a large open living concept, with beautiful floors, a chef’s kitchen with white quartz counters and breakfast bar, stainless appliances, and lots of storage,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The dual-sided fireplace is perfect for entertaining. Upstairs is a private master suite and two other bedrooms, all well proportioned, with good closet space, and there is a private patio. This home is just a short distance from iconic restaurants, the Third Street Promenade and the beach, in a small intimate five-unit building.”The property is offered at $799,000. Information, Jesse Weinberg, Keller Williams Marina/LA Realty, (800) 804-9132.
Ocean and Catalina Views
“This newly remodeled two bedroom, two bath condo is located on the highest floor with sweeping views,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The kitchen boasts granite counters, stainless appliances and a large island for entertaining. Other features include electric fireplace, hardwood floors and high-quality finishes. Enjoy the Marina City Club's unparalleled amenities: gym, free classes, three swimming pools, six tennis courts, 2 paddle tennis and 3 racquet ball courts, gourmet restaurant, cafe, convenience store, 24-hour gated and guarded security. The beach and many restaurants are within walking distance.” The property is offered at $795,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Charles Lederman & Associates, (310) 821-8980.
Playa del Rey Home
“This elegant split-level northeast corner unit has unobstructed channel and ocean views all the way to Malibu,” says agent Debra Berman. “There is a large entertainment balcony off the living room, and there are water views from the kitchen, dining room and living room. The bedroom on the main level has a copper ceiling, sandblasted shutters, bleached maple floors, crown moldings and surround sound. The master bedroom on the lower level looks out on a lush private patio, and the third bedroom has floor-to-ceiling mirrors.” The property is offered at $1,125,000. Information, Berman Kandel, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 424-5512
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A season for celebration and giving Local hotels feed troops, EmpowerTech toasts success and a Boy Scout uses bicycles to change lives 12 at the Radisson Los Angeles Airport Hotel, at 6225 W. Century Blvd.in Westchester. The event lauds the achievements of EmpowerTech students such as William Lucas, a music producer who lost his sight and most of his hearing in 2005. “My life has been dramatically changed as a result of my training here,” Lucas said. “I used to wonder if training would work for me. There were many days when [it seemed like] a good solution would be to just get up and walk out of the class. Now I can run Windows with complete confidence, and I’ve also learned programs such as Talking Typing Teacher, Outlook, Zoom Tech and how to navigate the Internet.” The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call (310) 338-1597 or email cmathews@ empowertech.org.
By Geoff Maleman Area hotels banded together on Nov. 13 to feed more than 300 military service members deploying across the U.S. and around the world at the Bob Hope USO facilities at Los Angeles International Airport. Chef Chad Krahling of the Hilton Los Angeles Airport coordinated the event that included food and volunteers from the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, The Westin Los Angeles Airport, Radisson Hotel at Los Angeles Airport, Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Airport and the Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel. The USO Thanksgiving dinner fed troops who had just completed their training at Camp Pendleton and were embarking on their first active duty assignments around the globe. “When the troops arrive, they are carrying everything they own in the world,” said Bob Kurkjian, executive director of USO Greater Los Angeles. “This is a great way to show them that no matter where they’re headed next, there are people who support and appreciate what they do.” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Mike Bonin helped serve food to the troops, and L.A. Kings players and even a few Playboy playmates were on hand to take photos with the troops.
Scout’s project puts others in motion A teenage Eagle Scout candidate and competitive bicyclist is giving formerly homeless residents of two supportive housing projects the wheels they need to get to work, job training programs, school, interviews, medical appointments, sobriety meetings and gatherings with loved ones. Diego Binatena of Boy Scout Troop 927 in Westchester learned that the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), a bicycling advocacy group, owned 20 electric pedal-assist bicycles that were sitting unassembled in a warehouse due to the closure of a bicycle company. “A bicycle is a terrible thing to waste,” joked Binatena, a Scout
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old men, and PATH provides intensive supporting housing for 48 residents. “Moving around the city is a tremendous challenge for our residents, and this bike share program will make a real difference,” said Eric Hubbard, development director for Jovenes Inc. Binatena launched his project in September. Beyond the donated bicycles, valued at $1,000 each, he needed bike racks, safety equipment, locks, commuter bags and safe-cycling program materials. With a polished Power Point presentation in hand, Binatena got agenda time at the Westchester/Playa and East Hollywood Neighborhood Councils and the Westchester Rotary Club. He left all three meetings with checks in his pocket. Binatena also got donations from the South Bay and Los Angeles Wheelmen Bicycle Clubs and received bicycle accessories and safety equipment from KHS Bicycles, Collision & Injury Dynamics and Planet Bikes. He recruited
friends to assemble the bicycles and racks. In three months he collected $2,700 in donations and $2,300 worth of bicycle equipment. “I was not prepared for such a positive reaction from everyone,” he said. Hard work and persistence are not new to Binatena. Bicycle racing requires planning, preparation and focus, plus countless hours of training on the bike to compete at a high level, he said. After winning the 2013 California Junior State Road Championships and other elite races, he was recruited by the USA Cycling National Team to race in Europe against the best in the world. When Cycle Forward “BIKESHARE” is rolling at PATH and Jovenes, Binatena will present his service project to the Eagle Board of Review to become an Eagle Scout, the highest rank a Scout can achieve.§
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Speaking up for a silent star Film historian visits the Venice Historical Society to screen a documentary on the tragic life of Hollywood’s first “It Girl” By Michael Aushenker Many film historians consider silent film actress Clara Bow to be Hollywood’s first sex symbol. “She always had sexual roles,” said film historian Elaina Archer. Bow projected an image that “sex was fun — you don’t have to be a vamp, you don’t have to be redeemed, you can just enjoy being a sexual woman.” But there was also a darker side to the story. Bow’s personal struggles and her meteoric rise to stardom will come into greater focus on Tuesday, when Archer will screen and discuss her documentary “Clara Bow: Discovering the ‘It’ Girl” at a gathering of the Venice Historical Society. The star of 46 silent films and 11 talkies, Bow reportedly received mail from more than 45,000 fans during a single month in 1929, the height of her fame. In 1931, the final year of her career, only Joan Crawford out-grossed her at the box office. Bow entered the business in as dramatic a fashion as she would leave it. In early July of 1923, thenteenage Bow abandoned her life in New York, including her father and boyfriend, to head to Los Angeles.
By month’s end she was at the office of Preferred Pictures head (and soonto-be Paramount Studios mogul) B. P. Schulberg, still wearing her highschool uniform, and soon became a member of the studio’s starlet stable. Her first movie, “Maytime,” hit theaters in 1924. But it would be 1926’s “It,” for which Paramount marketing staff dubbed Bow the original “It Girl,” that Bow became the studio’s biggest actress. A Cinderella yarn about a poor shop girl for whom an uptight department store scion falls in love, the big date scene in the film was shot primarily on the longgone Abbot Kinney Pier. The night scene features the couple enjoying amusement park rides and trying to win stuffed animals. “It’s her first date with her boss, whom she’s falling in love with,” Archer said. “He gets to let his hair down and not be so stuffy and enjoy himself.” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg, who also reviewed movies during the Silent Era, described “It” as “smart, funny and real. [The film] makes a full-sized star of Clara Bow.” But the mechanics of the Hollywood machine quickly took a toll on the actress.
Unlike stars who learned to shrug off critics as they followed in Bow’s footsteps, Bow could be “devastated by the press. She really wanted everyone to love her, and the studios took advantage of that,” said Archer. Bow had checked into a sanatorium in 1925 but was thrust back into work a short time later leading up to “It.” In 1927 alone, she appeared in six Paramount releases — including “Wings,” which won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture. “She was becoming really exhausted,” Archer said of Bow. “She was so tragic and vulnerable. They really used her up.” Throughout her life, Bow was haunted by a broken childhood marked by sexual trauma. Growing up desperately poor, “her mother would entertain men for money while Clara hid in the closet,” Archer said. Late in life, Bow revealed she had also been molested by her father. Bow married actor Rex Hall and retired from Hollywood while still in her 20s — her final movie, “HoopLa,” released in 1933. Bow, who continued to battle mental illness, was 60 when she died from a heart attack in Culver City in 1965. Archer’s documentary, originally aired on Turner Classic Movies,
Clara Bow in 1921 is narrated by rock musician Courtney Love. Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner was executive producer. Nearly 15 years after making the film, Archer remains haunted by Bow’s tragic story. “I still work to try to get her work seen and to get her work restored.
I think she’ll always be a modern icon,” Archer said. The Venice Historical Society screens “Clara Bow: Discovering the ‘It’ Girl” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at S.P.A.R.C., 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. $5. Call (310) 967-5170 or visit venicehistoricalsociety.org. Michael@argonautnews.com
A short run on a long pier Tony-winning actor Paul Sand stages a popup tribute by the sea to ‘Mack the Knife’ composer Kurt Weill Sand, who won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured “Come to the cabaret, my Actor in a Play for his work in “Paul cuttlefish?” Sill’s Story Theatre” on Broadway, That’s what locals might be singing has appeared on numerous TV shows, after veteran actor Paul Sand premiers including “Taxi,” “The X-Files,” and “Kurt Weill at the Cuttlefish Hotel” “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” tomorrow night on the historic Santa According to Sand, Weill would Monica Pier. walk this Pier often with friend and Sand’s recent odyssey began with collaborator Bertolt Brecht, who lived a walk down to the end of the pier, walking distance from the downtown where the Ocean Park resident Santa Monica landmark. Sand discovered a corner in which he could contacted Jim Harris, deputy director pay tribute to one of his favorites: of the Santa Monica Pier Corp., who welcomed the idea enthusiastically. composer Kurt Weill.
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“For years the pier has been trying to expand its programming to include a variety of arts, and the one area that’s been lacking is theater,” said Harris. “Cabaret will work wonderfully in that space.” Beginning tomorrow night, Sand will utilize an enclosed observation deck next to Mariasol Restaurant and transform the space into a thriving, throbbing cabaret in homage to his hero. Weill, a German-Jewish composer who fled Nazi Germany in 1933, was best known for composing
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Go west, young Klezmatics! The Yiddishkeit band performs Saturday at The Broad while on a West Coast Chanukah tour By Michael Aushenker There are many English spellings of Chanukah. Music lovers may choose to spell it with a “K” — for “Klezmatics,” that is. The Grammy-winning sextet, recording and touring since 1986, performs Saturday at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica while on a on a whistle-stop tour of the West Coast. The Klezmatics have recorded and toured behind about 15 albums featuring their special fusion style of klezmer, best known as a type of clarinetgoosed, Eastern European Jewish music. Not just for the holidays, the band plays year-round and all over the world, said founding member Frank London, the group’s keyboardist and trumpetplayer. London promises a fun time at The Broad, where the Klezmatics
will dip into their extensive catalogue and play highlights from their pair of Woody Guthrie Chanukah albums, once of which, “Wonder Wheel,” won the group a Grammy. But the band will also perform new material from an upcoming album they plan to record this coming spring. “We’ve done things we’ve never done before,” London said. “When we started off, we didn’t know what we were doing or where we were heading. All we cared about was to learn the tradition of Yiddish music and play it as well as we could. Now that we’ve done it and have had success with it, the great fun is that we get to keep on growing and pushing ourselves further.” Earlier this year, the Klezmatics collaborated with video artist Peter Forgacs at the Museum of the History of Jews in Poland
(also called the New Jewish Museum), which opened in May in Warsaw, Poland. They recorded five hours of music for an intense video installation titled “Letters to Afar,” which features home movies of Polish Jews in the 1920s and ‘30s that are made all the more poignant by the knowledge of their fate after the rise of Adolf Hitler. “That’s what’s profound about it. You look at these films and these people don’t know what’s about to happen. So it’s joyous, but we all know what’s about to happen,” London said. The collaboration was a challenge for the Klezmatics, whose manic musical energy had to be slowed up and toned down. The Klezmatics also have an upcoming collaboration with practitioners of Cuban-Jewish music called “Havana Nagila.” London said that the best thing
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about being a Klezmatic, other than simultaneously preserving and advancing the tradition of Yiddish music, is that “things happen that you can’t predict.” For instance, the band was together only four years when they toured with their first album just as the Iron Curtain fell. “Here we are playing our Eastern European Jewish music,” he said, “when the Soviet Empire falls and all of these people are looking at their history and
Jewish history in a way that they haven’t been able to for 50 years. A guy in Budapest came up to me and said, ‘This is the first time in my life that being Jewish was simply something that you could feel good about.’” The Klezmatics perform on Saturday at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $69 to $108. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit thebroadstage.com§
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— who for five years worked at Boys & Girls Club of Venice as its director of marketing and development and as founding president of its Venice Young Professional Society — was so overwhelmed with balancing work, college, and family life, she briefly lost the thread on her mission. That is, until a dark event in October 2012 put everything back in sharp relief. It was then that Oscar Duncan, music tech coordinator and a teen mentor at Boys & Girls Club, was murdered outside of his mother’s Venice home. “It was one of the most painful
and heartbreaking experiences of my life,” Martinez said. “The night before he was killed, I remember talking to him before I left work. Hearing the news of his murder the next day was unreal.” From the inside, the Venice resident saw her neighborhood rally in Duncan’s memory. “There was such an outpouring of support from the community that this really was ‘the turning point’ moment for me,” she said. “From then on, I wanted to play a major role in the development of philanthropic giving within our community.” She has since consulted on several benefits — most recently “Rose Reclaimed,” a beautification fundraiser hatched by Big Red Sun’s Selena Souders,
which attracted hundreds last month to Souders’ Rose Avenue storefront. “I love working with Aileen. She is a passionate, professional, and hard working,” said photographer Edizen Stowell, who, with Venice Paparazzi partner and husband Alex Stowell, hosted a photo booth at Danny’s Venice in 2011 and will run this year’s pub crawl photo booth at Hotel Erwin. In addition to music training, the Venice Symphony Orchestra is planning “free concerts for local public schools where at-risk youth] can begin to appreciate classical music and interact with musicians,” said business manager George Francisco. Since conductor Wesley Flowers and Venice architect Jason Teague founded Venice
Symphony Orchestra in July 2012, the nonprofit has performed everything from original scores to classical arrangements of contemporary pop songs and genre mash-ups “from Beck to Beethoven,” as Francisco puts it. The organization has staged a Fourth of July concert at Santa Monica’s Edgemar Center for the Arts, and, in Venice, a three-month run of First Friday concerts at Trim Hair Salon on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, September’s Art Crawl fundraiser and October’s Other Venice Film Festival at Love Shack. “Cultural institutions are important mechanisms for binding people into real communities,” said Francisco. Meanwhile, the Venice Beach Pub Crawl’s website promises “more than 200 Santas, super heroes, villains and vixens” converging this weekend on Windward to enjoy drink specials, DJ-driven dancing and
PHOTOS by Edizen Stowell/Venice Paparazzi
In 2011, the Pub Crawl’s theme was “Naughty ‘N’ Nice”
even karaoke and costume play contests. So if you hear cries of “Ho! Ho! Ho!” or “Avengers Assemble!” on Saturday, don’t say we didn’t warn you. Venice Beach Pub Crawl begins 2 p.m. Saturday. Wristbands are $10 to $20. Visit venicebeachpubcrawl.com. The Muscle Beach Toy Drive is collecting unwrapped new toys from between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Dec. 7 and 8 at the Venice Recreation Center, 1800 Ocean Front Walk. Venice Symphony Orchestra will also perform at 6 p.m. tomorrow night at the second annual Venice Holiday Sign Lighting on Windward Circle; on Dec. 14 at Intel Pop-Up, 1421 Abbot Kinney Blvd.; and on Dec. 19 at The Containers, 1410 Main St., during the upcoming “Holidaze” Venice Art Crawl curated by muralist Jules Muck. § Michael@argonautnews.com
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Horton hears the holidays First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica hosts Christmas carols and a tribute to Dr. Seuss. By Michael Aushenker First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica is ringing in the season with an evening of Christmas carols and a tribute to Dr. Seuss. On Sunday, conductor Jim Smith leads the First UMC Chancel Choir, organists Ty Woodward and Wiecheng Zhao, harpist Amy Wilkins and the Mark Twain Ringers in a review of seasonal music featuring Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols.” Proceeds benefit First UMC’s Music Program. On Dec. 13, 14 and 15, First UMC’s Children’s After-School Theater (C.A.S.T.) will take on “Suessical the Musical, Jr.” featuring kids in the first through fourth grades who are enrolled in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Based on the 2000 Broadway production by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the family-friendly musical pays homage to the work of arguably the most famous and prolific of all children’s book authors. It draws inspiration from about a dozen Dr.
Seuss children’s book classics, including “The Cat in the Hat,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” two “Horton” books and “Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories.” Proceeds benefit C.A.S.T. The church’s Christmas Celebration Concert is at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. “Seussical the Musical, Jr.” happens at 7 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 14 and 15. Tickets to both events are $10, or $5 for children and seniors. First UMC is at 1008 11th St., Santa Monica. Call (310) 393-8258 or visit santamonicaumc. org.§ Michael@argonautnews.com
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legal advertising FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2013 224597 The following person is doing business as: Florence Aliese Development Group 4436 W. 58th Place Los Angeles, CA. 90043. Alisa Orduna 4436 W. 58th Place Los Angeles, CA. 90043 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/Name ALISA ORDUNA PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Nov. 12, 2013 Argonaut published: Nov. 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, 2013. 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. 2013 225564 The following person is doing business as: Modern Playwrights 3734 Grand View Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90066-3110. Registered owners Modern Playwrights 3734 Grand View Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 900663110. 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/ Name MODERN PLAYWRIGHTS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Oct
30, 2013 Argonaut published: Nov. 27, Dec. 5, 12, 19, 2013. 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).
Federal, State, or common law (See is true and correct. (A registrant who Section 14411 et seq., Business and declares as true information which Professions Code). he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/ FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS Name: Marta Miller. Title: Managing NAmE STATEmENT member. This statement was filed File No. 2013 231638 with the County Clerk of Los Angeles The following person is doing busi- on 11/12/2013. Argonaut pubness as: Ink Print House 1250 Long lished: 11/27, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, Beach Ave. #128, Los Angeles, CA. 2013. NOTICE-In accordance with 90021. Registered owners: David Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Robinson 1250 Long Beach Ave. Fictitious Name Statement generally #128, Los Angeles, CA. 90021. This expires at the end of five years from business is conducted by an indi- the date on which it was filed in the vidual. The registrant commenced office of the County Clerk, except, to transact business under the fic- as provided in Subdivision (b) of titious business name or names Section 17920, where it expires 40 listed above on n/a. I declare that days after any change in the facts all information in this statement set forth in the statement pursuis true and correct. (A registrant ant to section 17913 other than a who declares as true information change in the residence address of which he or she knows to be false a registered owner. A New Fictitious is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Business Name Statement must be Signature/Name: David Robinson. filed before the expiration. The filing Title: Owner. This statement was of this statement does not of itself filed with the County Clerk of Los authorize the use in this state of a Angeles on 11/07/2013. Argonaut Fictitious Business Name in violapublished: 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26, tion of the rights of another under 2013. NOTICE-In accordance with Federal, State, or common law (See Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Section 14411 et seq., Business and Fictitious Name Statement generally Professions Code). expires at the end of five years from FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS the date on which it was filed in the NAmE STATEmENT office of the County Clerk, except, File No. 2013 233347 as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 The following person is doing busidays after any change in the facts ness as: American Heatlthcare set forth in the statement pursu- Capital 4333 Admiralty Way Marina ant to section 17913 other than a del Rey, CA. 90292 Registered change in the residence address of owner: Jack Eskenazi 4333 Admiralty a registered owner. A New Fictitious Way Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 This Business Name Statement must be business is conducted by an indifiled before the expiration. The filing vidual. The registrant commenced of this statement does not of itself to transact business under the fictiauthorize the use in this state of a tious business name or names listed Fictitious Business Name in viola- above on n/a. I declare that all infortion of the rights of another under mation in this statement is true and Federal, State, or common law (See correct. (A registrant who declares Section 14411 et seq., Business and as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Professions Code). Registrant Signature/Name Jack FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS Eskenazi Owner This statement was NAmE STATEmENT filed with the County Clerk of Los File No. 2013 233143 Angeles on Nov. 12, 2013 Argonaut The following person is doing busi- published: Nov. 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, ness as: 1) Seesaws and Slides 1920 2013. NOTICE-In accordance with Violet St. Unit 200 Los Angeles, CA. Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a 90021. 2) Mini Scrapes & Little Bits Fictitious Name Statement generally 1920 Violet St. Unit 200 Los Angeles, expires at the end of five years from CA. 90021. Registered owners: Left the date on which it was filed in the Production Co., LLC 1920 Violet St. office of the County Clerk, except, Unit 200 Los Angeles, CA. 90021. as provided in Subdivision (b) of This business is conducted by a lim- Section 17920, where it expires 40 ited liability company. The registrant days after any change in the facts commenced to transact business set forth in the statement pursuunder the fictitious business name or ant to section 17913 other than a names listed above on n/a. I declare change in the residence address of that all information in this statement 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. 2013 230235 The following person is doing bsiness as: Downtown Highway Collective 1420 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90021. Registered owners: Cyon Corporation, Inc. 1420 South Alameda, Los Angeles, CA. 90021. 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/ Name: Cyon Corporation, Inc. Title: President/CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Nov. 11, 2013. Argonaut published: Dec. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013. 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
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FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2013 233348 The following person is doing business as: First Wave 4022 Beethoven Street Los Angeles, CA. 90066 Cherie J. Riggins 4022 Beethoven Street 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/Name CHERIE J. RIGGINS Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Nov. 12, 2013 Argonaut published: Nov. 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, 2013. 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. 2013 233351 The following persons are doing business as 1)The Perfect Piece 1216 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291 2) The PerfectPieceVintage.com P.O. Box 11493 Marina del Rey, CA. 90295 3) ThePerfectPieceVintage. com 4) Theperfectpiecevintage 5) Perfectpiecevintage Registered owners Ron Rosenthal 927 Indiana Avenue 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Registrant Signature/ Name Ron Rosenthal Owner was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Nov. 12, 2013. Argonaut published: Nov. 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, 2013 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. 2013 240093 The following person is doing business as: RMA Wealth Advisors 5777 W. Century Blvd. Ste 1580 Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Richard W. Moon 8001 Denrock Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 7/1/2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/Name: Richard W. Moon. Title: Owner.This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 11/20/2013 Argonaut published: 11/27, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 2013. 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. 2013 240100 The following person is doing business as: Excuse My French 449 San Vicente Blvd Apt. A Santa Monica, CA. 90402. Registered owners: Marie-Antoinette, LLC 449 San Vicente Blvd Apt. A Santa Monica, CA. 90402. 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/ Name: Marie-Antoinette, LLC. Title: LLC Name/Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 11/20/13. Argonaut published: 11/27, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 2013. 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. 2013 240102 The following person is doing business as: Richard The Thread Empire Tape 10405 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA. 90232. Registered owner: Herbert Braha 6204 Vista Del Mar Playa Del Rey, CA. 90293. 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/Name: Herbert Braha. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 11/20/13. Argonaut published: 11/27, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 2013. 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. 2013 241980 The following person is doing business as: Accurate & Certified Live Scan Services 4859 West Slauson Ave. Ste. 353. Registered owners: 1) Sammy Davis Hancock 417 East Tamarack Ave. Unit 38 Inglewood, CA. 90301. 2) Shyreen Tammy Martin 417 East Tamarack Ave. Unit 38 Inglewood, CA. 90301. This business is conducted by copartners. 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 information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Registrant Signature/ Name: Sammy Davis Hancock. Title: Co-Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 11/22/13 Argonaut published: 11/27, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 2013. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Public notices $50,000 REWARD NOTICE The City of Los Angeles offers a reward payable at the discretion of the City Council to one or more persons in the sum or sums up to an aggregate maximum total sum of $50,000 for information leading to the identification and apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the act of murder against, GUILLERMO CARMONA-PEREZ, in the City of Los Angeles. On Monday, November 18, 2013, at approximately 12:15 a.m., officers from LAPD Pacific Division were flagged down by a citizen at Washington Boulevard and Pacific Avenue in Venice. Officers observed a male victim lying in the street with an apparent stab wound. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the location and transported the victim to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries. West Bureau Homicide detectives were notified and responded to the scene to begin the investigation. The victim was identified as Guillermo CarmonaPerez, 24-years of age and a resident of Venice. Detectives have not received any leads and hope a reward will motivate witnesses to come forward. The person or persons responsible for this crime represent an ongoing threat to the safety of the people of Los Angeles. Unless withdrawn or paid by City Council action, this offer of reward shall terminate on, and have no effect after, JUNE 1, 2014. The provisions of payment and all other considerations shall be governed by Chapter 12 of Division 19 of the LAAC Code, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 158157 and 166666. This offer shall be given upon the condition that all claimants provide continued cooperation within the criminal justice system relative to this case and is not available to public officers or employees of the City, their families, persons in law enforcement or persons whose misconduct prompted this reward. If you have any information regarding this case, please call the Los Angeles Police Department at 1-877-LAWFULL, 24 hours. C. F. No. 13-0010-s38 12/5/13 CNS-2563519# THE ARGONAUT
PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Date of Filing Application: NOVEMBER 22, 2013 To Whom it may concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/ are: MECHE LLC. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 427 LINCOLN BLVD VENICE, CA 90291-2843. Type of License(s) Applied for: 41 - ON-SALE BEER AND WINE EATING PLACE. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control 888 S. FIGUEROA ST, STE 320, LOS ANGELES, CA 90017 (213) 833-6043. LA1362892 THE ARGONAUT 12/5/13 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF GOODS TO SATISFY LIEN AUCTION LOCATION: 4291 Campbell Dr., Los Angeles,90066 In accordance with the provisions of the California Commercial Code, Sections 7201-7210, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at the hour of 10:00am of said date, at 4291 Campbell Dr. in the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of CA the undersigned will sell at public auction for cash, in lawful money of the United States, the articles hereinafter described, belonging to, or deposited with, the undersigned by the persons hereinafter named at Elephant Moving & Storage, located at 8727 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. Said goods are being held on the accounts of: J. Tucker Elm, All other goods are described as household goods, furniture, antiques, appliances, tools, misc goods, office furniture, items of art, rugs, office and/or business equipment, electronics, sealed cartons and the unknown. The auction will be made for the purpose of satisfying the lien of the undersigned on said personal property to the extent of the sum owed, together with the cost of the sale. For information contact Elephant Moving and Storage at 310 815-8304. Terms: cash only, payment and removal day of sale, 10% buyerís premium, inspection the morning of sale 9:30am to sale time. For additional information contact American Auctioneers LLC at (800) 838-7653, or www. americanauctioneers.com. Bond #FS863-20-14. NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that under and pursuant to Section 1988 of the California Civil Code the Property listed believed to be abandoned by Paraneh Showrai. Whose address was 155 Entrada Drive, Apt 9, Los Angeles, California 90402 Will be sold at public auction at 155 Entrada Drive, Los Angeles, California 90402 On Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 10 AM. Description of Property: Dining room table, white sofa, two wooden arm chairs, womenís clothes, Dishes, silverware, pictures, and other personal items. Dated: December 3, 2013 Signed: David Wilkinson This form is to be published on two consecutive weeks 2nd week must be five days prior to sale of property.
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