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OPINION Letters to the editor ............................................................................ 6 Venice Beach is not a campground ................................................... 9
NEWS L.A. moves to tax and regulate short-term vacation rentals . ........... Venice council rebuffs boardwalk ice rink proposal ......................... Community colleges prepare to offer bachelor’s degrees . .............. Tragedy strikes at Mar Vista Post Office .......................................... MdR Holiday Boat Parade sets participation record ........................
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THIS WEEK Z-boys founder Jeff Ho’s new surfboards . ....................................... CityShakes reboots The Bard’s “Twelfth Night” . .............................. Blue Dolphins: a musical duo who’re also in love ............................ Westside Happenings ..................................................................... Venice Art Crawl hits the Love Shack .............................................. Latin music double-shot at Fisherman’s Village . .............................
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Hollywood renaissance man James Franco teamed up with local artists this weekend to paint a mural on the side of an apartment building at 19th Avenue and Ocean Front Walk on Venice Beach. Franco designed the mural based on cast portraits he created during production of the upcoming action/comedy “The Interview” (about TV reporters sent to assassinate North Korea’s dictator), ICU Arts founder and director Stash Maleski said. ICU (short for In Creative Unity) formerly managed the Venice Beach graffiti walls. ICU artists did background work for the new mural in advance and assisted Franco with painting the faces on Saturday. Contributing artists included, from left: Che Bellman, Carlos Solorzano, Stash Maleski, Emmanuel Mauleon, James Franco (lead artist), Paul Nandee (lead ICU artist), Anna Korris and Tay Wheatley (not pictured).
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LETTERS Cats, not poison Re: “County sends rodents packing,” news, Nov. 26 In addressing the rat infestation in Westchester, I hope the county did not use rat poisons. Those spread throughout the food chain, as has been found with the famous Griffith Park mountain lion. The best way to deal with rodents is to feed feral cats. A feral cat had a litter next to my house, and when the kittens were two months old I got traps from local rescue groups and trapped
ArgonautNews.com them along with mama and three males (the kittens were all female) and had them all fixed. They also had the tips of an ear clipped to identify them as fixed feral cats in accordance with city regulations. Then I let them out and continued feeding them. No more rodents. This is something that was successfully done at food marts and downtown police stations. They brought in feral cats that were going to be euthanized at shelters. Please fix and feed feral
cats. Contrary to some, when the cats are fed they do not hunt birds. I have sparrows eating cat food with cats sleeping close by. This is a humane way to deal with cats and it’s a win-win for both cats and people. In medieval times, people thought that cats were the devil’s animals and killed them. This, of course, was followed by a plague brought on by overpopulation of rats. George E. Turski Venice
Century City by the Sea? Re: “Ecological Missteps in Marina del Rey,” letters, Dec. 4 In response to the letter by William Hicks about the indiscriminate cutting down of our beautiful trees, it hurts to see how that’s happening with all the amazing trees we have on Via Marina and Admiralty Way, to mention but a few streets in Marina del Rey. Our trees give shade and beauty to the walkways of the marina as well as help to clean the already
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Venice Beach is not a campground It’s time for the city and county to end permanent homeless encampments that pose safety risks to residents Photo by Mark Ryavec
By Mark Ryavec Editor’s Note: The author is president of the Venice Stakeholders Association. The murder of Eun Kang five years ago should have taught city officials that allowing transients to permanently occupy residential areas while doing nothing to understand who they are or to help them get off the street will inevitably lead to assaults on residents in those areas. Kang, a 38-year-old expectant mother living on Electric Avenue in Venice, was raped at knife point and then stabbed to death in December 2009. Boneetio Washington, a convicted felon who had earlier been committed to a state mental hospital, was charged with three counts of capital murder, as Kang was expecting twins. Washington had frequently traveled to Venice from Culver City, where he was crashing in a parking lot, for the free feeding program at a local church.
A lawsuit claims that city and county officials have created a public nuisance by failing to enforce an overnight camping ban along Venice Beach
The other lesson Los Angeles city officials should have learned is that providing services to transients will attract more transients. Within the transient population are some lethal individuals, and so it follows that the larger the homeless population, the greater the chance of it containing dangerous individuals.
I think that former Councilman Bill Rosendahl, former City Attorney Carmen Trutanich and former Pacific Division Commander Jon Peters understood this. Their actions, including ramped up enforcement and enforcement of the beach curfew, helped decrease the homeless population in Venice while also helping many into housing
through programs such as St. Joseph Center’s Project 40 and outreach from People Assisting the Homeless (PATH). This cannot be said for their successors. In the past four months, there have been four home invasion robberies in my neighborhood, an area bounded by Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Ocean Front Walk, Venice Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. In each of these incidents, residents — including children in two of the cases and a pregnant woman in another — were at home at the time. One brazen daylight break-in, in which a woman fled to her rooftop, was filmed by a passing neighbor and went viral online. The encampments along Venice Beach and adjacent blocks, on 3rd Avenue and on Venice Boulevard are the incubator for these and many other forms of noxious behavior, from assaults and burglaries to car break-ins, trespassing and vandalism, and
defecation, urination and inebriation on public and private property. The up-allnight meth addicts on the boardwalk also produce a cacophony of shouting, fighting and skateboard riding that deprives residents of sleep night after night. This is why the Venice Stakeholders Association has joined with individual residents to sue the city and the county of Los Angeles for maintaining a dangerous public nuisance at Venice Beach. Under California law, property owners (i.e., the city and county) must abate conditions on their property (the boardwalk, grassy areas, parking lots and sand) that deprive residents of the quiet enjoyment of their homes. This is the same body of law that cities use to seize crack houses and, in reality, the boardwalk has become one long drug emporium.
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Skate rink on thin ice Venice leaders clash with chamber over bringing family-friendly attraction to the boardwalk less than five miles away. Currently in is eighth season, ICE at Santa Monica has been very successful. “It has become a beloved community tradition for locals and those who live on the Westside. We had just over 51,000 skaters last year,” said Kevin Herrera, spokesman for Downtown Santa Monica Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps manage services and operations in the downtown area. As to its economic impacts, “anecdotally we have heard from skaters that they do visit stores and restaurants downtown,” Herrera said. Venice neighborhood council member Ira Koslow, who lives a block away from the boardwalk and voted against the ice rink, rejected the notion that bring a skating rink to Venice would attract more families. “I see families coming to our beach all the time. They come in cars and in buses,” said Koslow, who has lived in Venice for 40 years. “I think Venice Beach should stay a More than 51,000 skaters visited ICE at Santa Monica last year beach. It’s the only beach where you will find the diversity of the world,” he said. an environmentally-responsible winter ice council members chose not to reopen “You don’t need to put something [on the discussion. rink near the boardwalk, and I remain boardwalk] to get people to go there. It’s “We are generally in favor of anything very excited about moving forward with the people’s beach.” that will make Venice Beach a cleaner, this project,” Bonin said. Lasman believes fresh offerings can spur safer place for families to come and enjoy. economic growth and attract new visitors. The California Coastal Commission, which must approve changes on the state’s We really saw the skating rink as another “In order to evolve, Venice Beach needs rung in that ladder,” Lasman said after the to attract the type of tourists that we beaches, rejected an ice rink proposal by meeting. Bonin’s office in September but is already have, but also families. The Opponents of the ice rink argue that there chamber believes that we need to be a expected to reconsider the issue next year. Venice Chamber of Commerce Executive is already an 8,000-square-foot outdoor strong, progressive, open-minded voice Director Donna Lasman said her members skating rink at the corner of Arizona for the community,” she said. Avenue and Fifth Street in Santa Monica, were disappointed that neighborhood gary@argonautnews.com Photos courtesy of Downtown Santa Monica Inc.
By Gary Walker Despite an all-hands-on-deck call from the Venice Chamber of Commerce to its supporters, plans to bring a temporary public ice-skating rink to Venice Beach hit a wall on Tuesday. The chamber was pushing the Venice Neighborhood Council to reconsider its November vote opposing the operation of an ice rink along the boardwalk for three months each year. Supporters say the rink would provide a family-friendly activity for residents and tourists alike while also generating revenue that could be used to help clean and maintain the boardwalk. Venice Neighborhood Council members voted 11-6 to oppose the rink last month and deadlocked Tuesday on whether to reconsider that decision — eight votes for bringing the issue back, eight votes against and one abstention. A two-thirds majority is required to reconsider a previous vote. Opposition to the skating rink puts the neighborhood council at odds with not only the chamber, but also L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin. Bonin, reached while traveling on his honeymoon, remains determined to pursue the concept. “Positive, family-friendly programming at Venice Beach would be a boon for local businesses and can help make our neighborhood safer for residents and more welcoming to visitors. I am in the process of considering the input and suggestions from neighborhood stakeholders and the Dept. of Recreation and Parks regarding
Bonin aims to regulate vacation rentals Councilman would embrace the practice but limit impacts on neighborhoods By Gary Walker The proliferation of homes and apartments being sublet to tourists for shortterm vacation rentals is both an opportunity for economic growth and a threat to rental housing affordability in Los Angeles, according to a proposal for the city to tax and regulate such transactions. As the popularity of vacation rentals has increased — particularly in and around Venice Beach, where Internet brokers such as Airbnb and VRBO (Vacation Rentals by owner) list hundreds of offerings at any given time — locals have pushed back with complaints about loss of parking spaces, late-night partying and having fewer permanent housing units on the market, driving up rents. Vacation rental rates in Venice typically range from $100 to $200 per day. “Many people share or rent out their
homes periodically to augment their incomes, or to give tourists the ability to live like locals, and we welcome that. But in some instances, neighborhood character is being threatened. Commercial ventures have purchased large numbers of rental units or even entire apartment buildings and converted them into de facto hotels, reducing and threatening the city’s stock of rental housing and affordable housing, and that is wrong,” wrote L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin and City Council President Herb Wesson in a Dec. 2 motion to regulate short-term vacation rentals. The proposal, pending review by a council committee, calls creation of an ordinance to prevent dense concentrations of vacation rentals and to collect transit occupancy taxes equal to those paid by hotel operators. San Francisco
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and Portland have already adopted similar regulations. Current Los Angeles zoning rules prohibit short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods but are rarely enforced. “I think that there’s a lot of room for common ground on this,” Bonin said, adding that vacation rental brokers have been amenable to regulation. “It’s great to see Los Angeles embrace home-sharing and innovation. L.A. is the creative capital of the world, and Councilman Bonin’s motion is a sensible step toward developing fair, progressive policies. Thousands of Angelenos have been able to pay their bills, stay in their homes and pursue their dreams thanks to Airbnb, and we look forward to working with everyone in L.A. as these rules move forward,” said Marie Aberger, a spokeswoman for Airbnb, the largest of the
vacation rental websites. Aberger said Airbnb is also on board with helping the city collect hotel taxes from users. “We’ve begun collecting and remitting these taxes on behalf of our hosts and guests in Portland and San Francisco and will take the lessons we learn there and move forward,” she said. The Los Angeles Short Term Rental Alliance, which maintains an office on Electric Avenue in Venice, also supports the Bonin-Wesson motion. “We’re very happy to see it,” said Raine Phillips, the alliance’s coordinator. “No one wants to see [the practice] go underground. We want everyone to be out in the open. The more people that we educate about their responsibilities, the more they want to pay their taxes.” gary@argonautnews.com
LETTERS Living next door to a colossus Re: “Trust in the People,” power to speak, Nov. 20 Kudos to DeDe Audet for her column responding to Laurette Healey’s “Anarchy in Paradise.” I agree that the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee plays an important role in keeping our community informed of pending building projects. As mentioned in the article, the handling of development issues
is directly related to the protection of private property rights of the individual. In my experience, Venice needs an active body like the VNC, especially when the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety turns a blind eye and even appears to encourage building abuses (generating more revenue for the city with these mammoth structures). I have witnessed firsthand a McMansion being erected next door to my home here in the Oxford triangle. McMansions are not built by homeowners who
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A large house under construction in the Oxford Triangle towers over Katherine Conway’s home, as seen from her backyard
want to expand or remodel their homes. They are built by speculators who buy smaller houses, bulldoze them, and pass off the new colossus as a remodel/ addition. These builders’ sole objective is to build the maximum house they can sell for maximum profit. In my case, no public notice was posted and our side yard setback was reduced. (After my refusal to give a side yard variance, the builder just took it!) LADBS was made aware of each of these violations, and all of it was ignored.
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To read the remarks of Ms. Healey stating that the VNC has an indifference toward fundamental responsibilities … which will leave the Venice community feeling demoralized is preposterous. A community will quickly feel demoralized dealing with our current City LADBS. I know I have an ally in VNC. When the city fails us, VNC is there to provide support and advice. What a fantastic resource for our community! It is a safe haven composed of committed members all striving to protect the uniqueness of Venice. Katherine Conway Venice Bring back our sidewalk Re: “Bring Back the Bar Harbor Walking Path,” letters, Aug. 7 I heartily agree with Mr. Abe Rosenberg’s letter, wherein he argues for an open pedestrian passage through the construction zone at Bar Harbor Apartments. The blue fence along Via Marina has encroached into the sidewalk and narrowed it to where bicycles, tricycles, baby carriages, skateboarders, hand-inhand lovers and leashed dogs often force us into the street to allow passage. I think it is reasonable to require that the owners/builders create a fenced corridor along the end of “C” Bay and close it off only when necessary for security or safety. A worker putting up the blue eyesore fence told me it might be there for three years. That’s what I was told about the building of Esprit Apartments a few years ago. Will it be that half of Marquesas Way’s sidewalks are totally blocked for six years? Paul Hopkins Marina del Rey Tie down that Christmas tree While driving home at night last year in heavy traffic along Lincoln Boulevard in Marina del Rey I was suddenly confronted by a Christmas tree that had fallen off the roof of a car in front of me. With nowhere to turn to avoid it I was forced to drive over it, sustaining severe and costly damage to my car. I strongly suggest that if you are going to transport a tree on the roof of your car this season, take the time to tie it down securely! A. Tunis Marina del Rey HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE ARGONAUT:
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Get a B.A. at a J.C.? Santa Monica and West L.A. college plan bachelor’s programs fornia campuses. By Gary Walker Lower-division coursework for the bachWest Los Angeles College and Santa elor’s degrees would cost $46 per credit Monica College may each begin offering hour — the same as for other community highly specialized bachelor’s degrees as early as next year, pending approval from college classes — and upper-division units would cost $84 per credit hour. the chancellor and board of governors of the state’s community colleges system. The plans come in response to a new state law that aims to reduce the cost of earning a four-year degree in careerdriven disciplines. Santa Monica College is proposing a — Carmen Dones, West L.A. College bachelor’s degree program in interaction design — “a merger of traditional Resident tuition fees for fulltime students design, behavioral science and computer programming,” SMC Dean of Instruction- currently exceed $6,000 per year at state colleges and $13,000 per year at UC al Services Jennifer Merlic said. West Los Angeles College plans to offer schools. The estimated price tag for a four-year degree from a community cola bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene, already one of the college’s more sought- lege would be about $10,000. The new program, signed into law by after programs. Gov. Jerry Brown in September, “is a The schools are among 36 community game changer for California students,” colleges chosen as finalists for a statereads a statement by California Commuwide pilot program that would allow 15 nity Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris. community college districts (some with “The districts’ strong interest in building multiple schools) to offer traditionally baccalaureate degree programs is heartenfour-year degrees in academic programs ing. They are pioneering a new mission that are not offered at local California for California Community Colleges and State University and University of Cali-
“This would be a dream come true for us and our students.”
opening up pathways for Californians who may not have had a chance to earn a four-year degree,” he said. Harris is expected to announce selected schools by Jan. 21. The programs would have until 2017 to launch but could start as early as next fall. SMC officials believe the interaction design can become a gateway for local students to benefit from the explosive growth of the technology sector in Santa Monica, Venice and Playa Vista. “This is an extension of our efforts to create pathways for our students to exciting careers that will pay them well and a beautiful partnership with the local tech industry,” Merlic said. “We draw students from a number of populations who may have different interests and skill sets, but we also have people who already work in [the technology sector] and may want to update their skills.” West Los Angeles College officials are also optimistic. “It’s very exciting,” added Carmen Dones, director of the college’s dental hygiene program. “This would be a dream come true for us and our students.” gary@argonautnews.com
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Kevin McKeown’s mayoral agenda: 1) more carefully scrutinize construction projects, 2) fund the creation of more affordable housing, and 3) take control of the Santa Monica Airport
Never say never Passed over for 16 years, Kevin McKeown finally becomes mayor of Santa Monica on the strength of a new slow growth majority
“There’s no question that the pendulum has swung back to the more thoughtful slow growth point of view. The trigger for all of this was the Hines project.” — Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown
By Gary Walker It may have taken him 16 years, but city council slow growth stalwart Kevin McKeown is finally mayor of Santa Monica — a personal milestone that also signals a shift in the city’s broader political climate. Despite winning more votes than any other candidate in the city’s last three at-large elections, McKeown saw his council colleagues pass him over time and time again in the biennial mayoral rotation, either in favor of junior members or to give prior mayors second terms. But with the support of a new slow growth majority on the council after the Nov. 4 election of former planning PAGE 14 THE ARGONAUT December 18, 2014
commissioner Sue Himmelrich and the retirement of Bob Holbrook, McKeown won the gavel last Tuesday in a unanimous vote. Under a compromise plan offered by Himmelrich that positions council veteran and McKeown ally Tony Vasquez to become Santa Monica’s first Latino mayor next year, McKeown agreed to serve half the normal two-year mayoral term. McKeown, 66, sees his ascent to mayor as partially the result of voter dissatisfaction with what was perceived as a largely pro-development council — especially in the wake of its 4-3 approval in February of the 765,000-square-foot Hines apartment-office-retail complex, later rescinded by the council after residents collected
ArgonautNews.com enough signatures for a ballot referendum housing. The usual metric is 20%. We need to find some local seed money to block the project. — and that may be through a bond, a local But he hesitates to frame it completely tax or another revenue source — but I am in those terms. “People want to make it an on/off switch committed to continuing this city’s history — it’s either everything or nothing — but of providing affordable housing,” he said. A large part of McKeown’s commitment that’s not the way that it works in Santa to creating lower-cost housing comes Monica. I think we now have a council from personal experience. Growing up majority that will carefully choose in the 1950s and ‘60s in Connecticut projects,” McKeown said. and later New York City, McKeown “A certain amount of momentum grew with time. People acknowledged that there was raised in an impoverished singleparent household. had never been a city council member “I’ve lived that life. I know what it’s like who has served as long as I have without getting to be mayor, and that became more to go to school with holes in the soles of and more evident,” he continued. “It’s true your shoes. I know the that over the struggles that years I have working not been families go willing to go through. We along to get have a along and wonderful have often school disagreed district and with my — Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown I know how colleagues on that can make a difference in a person’s certain issues and found myself in life because it did for me,” the minority. I just didn’t have the votes until this year.” said McKeown, who attended Yale Himmelrich said McKeown earned trust University on scholarship. “It was by standing against what many describe as only through the intervention of a high school guidance counselor who insisted deep-pocket interests looking to turn Santa Monica into a developer’s paradise. that I take the SATs that allowed me to “Kevin has progressive values that don’t go to Yale.” The Apple computer consultant for falter regardless of the situation. I believe the Santa Monica – Malibu Unified that there are a lot of special-interest School District, McKeown named his pressures on our city that he has been at the forefront of resisting those pressures,” server after that guidance counselor: Elizabeth Clifford. she said. McKeown has won all of his five council The Argonaut: What changed the campaigns without accepting campaign political climate in Santa Monica? contributions from corporations or McKeown: There’s no question that the developers. pendulum has swung back to the more Community activist Mary Marlow thoughtful slow growth point of view. The — whose Santa Monica Transparency trigger for all of this was the Hines Group targeted Councilwoman Pam project. If the Hines project had not been O’Connor’s reelection bid by filing a promoted by the developer and embraced complaint that accused her of taking by the majority of the council, things illegal campaign contributions from might have gone on as they were. But I developers whose projects she supported think that awakened enough members of — believes McKeown, Himmelrich, the community to the fact that growth was Vasquez and Councilman Ted Winterer starting to create traffic and other impacts will usher in a new era of political without giving us the benefit of what we accountability. need in affordable housing. People rose McKeown becoming mayor “was a up, circulated a petition and got the long-awaited day for Santa Monica with the installation of a new resident-friendly council to change its vote. This was the most uncomfortable council majority, each of whom has committed to not taking developer money election that I’ve participated in. The acrimony was such that I was actually in their campaigns, which has had such a accused of corrosive being too influence pro-growth, on our which governis a first, ment and because planning people took decisions,” absolutist said — Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown positions. Marlow, But we now have four members on the whose group shares members with the Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City. council who did not accept contributions from developers, and this shows that Along with great accountability, McKyou can win elections in Santa Monica eown has also pledged to work toward without developer money. creating more affordable housing. “Having lost redevelopment agency You’ll soon be choosing a new city funds, we must find a way to create more manager to replace Rod Gould, who affordable housing. We spent 38% of our was brought in during the fiscal crisis redevelopment budget on affordable
“I’ve lived that life. I know what it’s like to go to school with holes in the soles of your shoes.”
“There’s no question that the FAA is not going to let the airport go without a fight, and we‘re prepared for that.”
of the Great Recession. What are looking for in the next city manager? What I’m committed to is engaging each member of the community to the extent that we can put a job description in writing, and I’m talking with the city attorney about how to do that. We need someone who can help us bring the community back together and who is not seen as always pro-business … someone who fits the city’s needs now and for future years. Considering the defeat of an aviation industry-supported ballot measure to stop the city from suing the Federal Aviation Administration for control over Santa Monica Airport next year, what happens now? There’s no question that the FAA is not going to let the airport go without a fight, and we‘re prepared for that. Based on this election, I’m far more comfortable taking the steps that we have to take in order to keep it [under city control]. The FAA claims because they made some adjustment to the last grant that we received in 1995 that we’re obligated to them until 2023 [instead of 2015]. We completely disagree. We think it’s a specious argument and we plan to fight it, hopefully in federal court. We feel we have a very good case.
Former planning commissioner Sue Himmelrich’s election to the Santa Monica City Council shifted the balance of power on the board, finally giving McKeown enough votes to become mayor
Will it help having Ted Lieu in Congress now? Oh yes. Ted has been a friend and an ally on the airport issue and he really gets the issue. I’m open to the airport not shutting down and reverting to a general aviation airport again. But Santa Monica Airport can’t continue as a jetport, though it gives me pause to go against Han Solo [actor Harrison Ford, who keeps jets at the airport and helped fund the aviationindustry ballot measure]. What do you think about the Expo Line light rail coming to Santa Monica? The Westside is 50 years behind in mass transportation. But we can’t get people out of their cars until there’s an alternative. Until we match the convenience of driving, it’s very hard to get people to change their habits. We do have a lot of younger residents who are very open to other transportation alternatives, like biking and light rail. I’ve seen more bikes on the streets in last year than I’ve ever seen in this city. In order to work well, mass transit has to be frequent, it has to be dependable, and it has to be convenient. Are you optimistic about the transit-oriented redevelopment of the Bergamot Station Arts Center? Accommodating the ongoing success of Bergamot as an arts center while modifying it to become a major transit stop offers significant opportunities along with significant challenges. The council’s recent decision to expand the Bergamot Station Arts Center Advisory Committee gives me confidence that diverse points of view will be represented in the process and we can move forward successfully balancing the various interests. December 18, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 15
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Still riding high Z-boys founder Jeff Ho displays his latest surfboard creations in Mar Vista By Michael Aushenker Jeff Ho is a man in the present. Stacy Peralta’s 2001 documentary “Dogtown and Z-Boys” and the Peraltawritten 2005 Heath Ledger feature “Lords of Dogtown” brought mainstream awareness to the story behind the evolution of extreme skateboarding and the legendary skate/surf team Ho sponsored through his Zephyr Productions, including Tony Alva, Peggy Oki, Peralta and the late Jay Adams. But beyond acknowledging those movies’ success in chronicling Venice’s role in skateboarding history, Ho is not interested in talking about what they got right or wrong. He’s focused on the same agenda he started with in his teens: creating skateboards and surfboards. Eight of Ho’s handcrafted surfboards — descendants of his own “magic board” that Ho considers functional pieces of art — are on display through Tuesday at Christine Nichols’ intimate art and event space on Venice Boulevard in Mar Vista. Since the late 1960s, Ho has fashioned surfboards for a who’s who of profes-
sional surfers, including Usen Gusman, Craig Freebairn, Johnny Fish, Gary Gonzalez and Michael “Badger” Meier. Several of the 10-foot-2-inch single-fin long-boards in the Nichols show are directly derived from “The Board,” a creation of his in the 1990s during a decade-long residency in Hawaii that tapped out in the mid-2000s.There are also 9’1” versions. Ho shaped and painted
Brown’s iconic “The Endless Summer” remains his favorite surfing film of all time, but it was a less obvious movie — 1959’s “Gidget” — that sparked him to join the surf culture. When he saw characters in the movie crafting boards on sawhorses on the beach, “it clicked in my head and I’m running and I’m building surfboards,” said Ho. He later got to know the real-life counterparts to the characters in the fictionalized Sally Field comedy based on Malibu teen Debbie Kohner-Zuckerman. As a youth, Ho trekked out to Venice by bike or bus to surf with friends. His favorite surf spot was the breakheads at P.O.P., a.k.a. Pacific Ocean Park, long before its slow 1970s demise. Food-wise, the main hangout was on Ocean Front Walk between Navy Street and Rose Avenue at what he and his buds called “the German Place” (it was GermanAmerican owned), which served generous breakfasts for 99 cents. Ho thinks On the Waterfront Café stands at the location today, but he’s hazy on that because “the topography has changed so much,” he said.
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each of the boards by hand, including colorful designs, ghost striping and both his graffiti-style “Jeff Ho” emblem and “Zephyr” logo on them, with the fins supplied by his buddy Bill Bane’s Fins Unlimited. One of the biggest surprises to emerge from a conversation with Ho: Sure, Bruce
Cora’s Café in Santa Monica and Tito’s Tacos in Culver City were other mainstays, but these days Ho and fellow surfers convene on Washington Boulevard in Marina del Rey for breakfast at Mercede’s Grille. “That place is the bomb!” he said. Ho divides his time between Venice and the North Shore, where he has opened several surfboard production shops. He misses the islands when he’s not surfing in Wiamea Bay, but he still loves Venice and Dogtown, despite gentrification pains in recent years. “What are you gonna do about it? You’re either gonna cry about it or… I know so many people here in the culture that I have grown up with,” he said. Ho, however, doesn’t perceive a positive cultural contribution from the influx of creatives surfing the web for Silicon Beach. “I haven’t felt it,” he said. “It takes a little while for that stuff to filter down.” The two smallest boards (six footers) featured in “The Board” include the very Ho model Allen Sarlo used earlier this year to weave in and out of the columns (Continued on page 33)
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13352 W. Washington Blvd., Mar Vista (310) 305-7714 tamarastamales.com The modern chef is assumed to be a versatile character, a jack-of-all-trades who moves effortlessly between techniques and tools, roasting, baking and grilling without missing a beat. This is in contrast with a much older tradition of specializing — learning one technique, one element of a cuisine, and doing it spectacularly well. Japanese films like “Tampopo” and “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” have made heroes of specialist chefs who fanatically pursue perfection, but it’s the way business is done worldwide. I have visited a restaurant in Germany that has served only one item — grilled bratwurst — for more than 850 years, and thus has had plenty of time to get it right. On the day that restaurant in Germany opened, the Mayans and Aztecs had been making tamales for thousands of years. Though contemporary methods have made the job a bit easier, it’s still a time-consuming task that is often performed by experts.
Though Westside eateries specializing in tamales are rare, we do have at least one tamaleria of note: Tamara’s Tamales on West Washington Boulevard. The restaurant serves a wide variety of styles, and one of the proprietors here, Alice Tapp, has written two books on the subject. In the corner of a mini-mall, the location is tiny but cheerfully decorated, and a few tables are available for those who want to eat theirs fresh from the kitchen. There are plenty of tamales to choose from — almost 20 counting the items on the specials board — and the fillings range from vegetables, seafood and pork to sweet tamales with pineapple, raisins and anise. On a recent afternoon I took a pair of friends and we each ordered two so that we could enjoy as much variety as possible. We ordered red pork chili, king crab, wild mushroom and green corn tamales that each arrived wrapped in cornhusks, plus a chicken mole and a Nicaraguan variant called a nactamal that arrived in banana leaves. The cornhusks are just wrappers to keep the interior from drying out, but the banana leaves impart a slight but appealing grassy flavor. The banana wrappers also keep things more moist, the cornmeal mix inside almost stewed rather than delicately firm. I recommend that you try
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enough sharpness to keep the vegetable sweetness from being cloying. The departure from Mexican tradition was the king crab tamale with tomato-jalapeno sauce, sour cream, cheddar cheese and chives. The coastal peoples surely ate crabs in antiquity, but the ideas here are modern, subtle and wholly successful. The seafood was fragrant and delicate and very well accented by the cream,
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cheese and slightly smoky tomato. There are other innovative items on Tamara’s menu, including a chicken, cilantro pesto and jack cheese tamale as well as a dessert tamale made like a brownie, which whetted my appetite to return for more experimenting. Though Westside tamale prices are higher than in East L.A., they’re still moderate — lunch for three with nonalcoholic beverages ran $41. That’s a reasonable fee for tamales made
by masters of the craft, led by someone who wrote a book on the subject (it’s on sale by the register). If you want to follow the Mexican tradition of making tamales at Christmas, you can follow the recipe and then come back to Tamara’s to see if yours taste as good as hers. I’m much more likely to avoid all the work and just get them here, a place where the ancient tradition is in good hands. Vegetarian and vegan options available. Menu online.
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This Week A Rivers runs through it Nascent Santa Monica theater company CityShakes finds an ally in Weezer’s frontman as it continues to shake up Shakespeare Photos Courtesy of Allison Volk
By Michael Aushenker In a brief two years, Santa Monica-based theater troupe CityShakes has already built a dedicated following — at least one rock star among them — with their contemporary stagings of Shakespeare classics. The latest production: The Bard’s comedy “Twelfth Night,” which runs through Sunday at the CityShakes Studio on Lincoln Boulevard. In Shakespeare’s 1601 play, Viola disguises herself as a man after twin brother Sebastian is believed lost in a shipwreck, and under the name Cesario falls under the employ of Duke Orsino. Orsino entangles Cesario as an intermediary to court his love interest Olivia, who promptly crushes on Cesario, unaware he is really a she. In Shakespearean fashion, more complications ensue. In the CityShakes’ re-contextualized production, Viola is shipwrecked in 1980s suburbia and dresses as a man to work for the wealthiest guy in town, which seems like a good idea until her not-so-dead twin makes an appearance. In keeping with that milieu, there are some sex and drug references that led the troupe to add a parental discretion warning for audiences. As with previous CityShakes productions, “Twelfth Night” director Brooke Bishop and writer/ actress Allison Volk (co-founders of CityShakes) have given Shakespeare’s text a streamlining edit. However, “all the dialogue is as Shakespeare wrote it. We never
add words. We can remove or accentuate certain aspects of the text,” said CityShakes technical director and actor Colin Martin, who plays Olivia’s uncle Sir Toby Belch in “Twelfth Night.” “Modern audiences don’t have the same patience to stand around. [In Shakespeare’s times], they would stand for five hours. People would go to the theater and that would be the whole day,” Martin continued. Bishop planted the seed for CityShakes doing Shakespeare on the Quad at Amherst College. After moving to Los Angeles and meeting Volk, the pair would work out at The Bar Method in Marina del Rey while commiserating over a lack of interest in theater among actors eyeing Hollywood. They went on to launch the troupe with “Shrew” (based on “The Taming of the Shrew”) at a James Gray Gallery opening in Bergamot Station. “People weren’t going into this black box theater world. We were trying to bring theater out,” Bishop said. “As You Like It” followed in Rustic Canyon Park in Santa Monica Canyon. It was after a staging of this second production that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo introduced himself to Bishop. “Rivers is one of my favorite artists. You can imagine how it must have felt when he walked up to me after ‘As You Like It’ and told me he liked what I was doing and wanted to be a part of it. I nearly fell over,” Bishop said.
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Left: Colin Martin as Sir Toby and Ben Horowitz as Sir Andrew battle Mallory Wedding as Viola and Deborah Jensen as Maria; Right: Mallory Wedding as Viola; Below: Megan Ruble as Antonia, Nathaniel Meek as Sebastian and Allison Volk as Olivia
The company went on to stage productions of “The Merchant of Venice,” “Macbeth” and, in April, “Romeo & Juliet.” Rolling Stone magazine erroneously reported that CityShakes players in “Romeo & Juliet” sang background on Weezer’s recently released album “Everything Will Be Alright in the End.” In fact, said Martin, Cuomo enlisted the actors to appear in a series of enigmatic web videos promoting the album’s pending release. These Weezer teasers — shot in West L.A. this summer — contained a time-travel story subtext referring to Cuomo’s father issues (which he has been documenting in song since 1994’s “Say It Ain’t So”). Martin played a character who was a surrogate for Cuomo’s father, while Martin’s son portrayed Cuomo as a boy.
“He has very good instincts,” Martin said of working with Cuomo. Since catching “As You Like It,” Cuomo has become a CityShakes supporter and has also helped bring in audiences through his social media fan base. “He supports Shakespeare that he can bike to,” Bishop said of Cuomo, a local who in January taped a set for Japanese TV at TRiP. Not since the quasi-humorous “Shrew” has CityShakes tackled comic Shakespearean material. Compared to “Hamlet” and “Macbeth,” “Twelfth Night” “is like reading a different language,” said Martin, one of the troupe’s 20 players and the third person on board after Bishop and Volk. A seasoned actor who has performed in many an unabridged
Shakespeare production, Martin finds delivering CityShakes’ truncated prose more challenging. “I don’t think memorizing Shakespeare is difficult, because the detail with which he paints his pictures verbally is striking when you see the whole thing,” Martin said. CityShakes performances tend to fill their modest 75-seat space, and Bishop said the troupe is evaluating how to grow. Bishop and Volk also recently shot an independent film drawing from “Macbeth” that is due out in 2015. In the meantime, they’re calling it a “Night” this weekend, when the play wraps up its run. “I’m watching all these crazy people, laughing at them but also with them,” Bishop said of “Twelfth Night.” “We could’ve set it anywhere and it would’ve been just as fun.” “Twelfth Night” plays at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at CityShakes Studio (behind ModShop), 1454 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $20 to $34.99. cityshakes.org michael@argonautnews.com
Westside Happenings Thursday, Dec. 18
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Bell ringers, 4 to 8 p.m. Ring in the holiday season at Waterside Mall, 4700 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (818) 637-8921; shopwaterside.com
Girl Scouts Gift Wrapping, 9:30 a.m. (Continues through Dec. 24.) Girl Scout Troops of the Westchester-Del Rey area offer holiday gift wrapping at the lower-level entrance. Wrapping services are free but donations are appreciated. Sports Chalet, 13455 Maxella Ave., Marina del Rey. For more information, call Sue Skaggs at (310) 210-1362.
“LADY: The Art of Fashion,” 6 to 10 p.m. Artist Marlena McClain curates an art show and bazaar featuring hand-crafted clothing, jewelry and other fashion accessories. Part of the Venice Art Crawl. See veniceartcrawl.com for more VAC events. Venice Love Shack, 2121 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. theveniceloveshack.com Creative Shakra Spa Holiday Party, 7 p.m. to midnight. An art installation, deejay sets, naughty Santa costume contest and the awards for the third annual Marina del Rey Film Festival take place during the Venice Art Crawl. Bring a toy for the Great Venice Toy Drive. 3401 Pacific Ave., Marina del Rey. (310) 823-9378; creativechakra.com SHINE, 7:30 p.m. “A Time to Forgive?” is the holiday-minded theme of the latest SHINE storytelling event. YWCA Santa Monica/Westside, 2019 14th St., Santa Monica. Free. Storiesbloom.com
4th Annual Venice Canals Holiday Lights Tour, 2 to 5:30 p.m. Jonathan Kaplan hosts this tour through Jan. 4. For more information, visit zerve.com/ VeniceWalks/Holiday “It’s a Wonderful Life,” 7:30 p.m. Also Sunday. Director Frank Capra’s most famous film captures the Christmas spirit with this uplifting tale of suicidal George Bailey (James Stewart, in his most iconic role), who is shown by angel Clarence (Henry Travers) the positive effect his existence has had on the world. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com “Twelfth Night,” 8 p.m. Also Sat. and Sun. at 4 p.m. Last weekend to catch this rousing, raucous production of the
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William Shakespeare comedy. CityShakes Studio (behind ModShop), 1454 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. Tickets: $20 to $34.99; Parental discretion advised. cityshakes.org Tocadisco featuring DJ Creepy, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance vibes light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com
and a book donated by Friends of the Venice Library. Santa Claus will be available for photos and there will also be an arts and crafts area and moon bounce. Food provided. The event is sponsored by Venice Neighborhood Council and held at the Oakwood Recreation Center, 767 California Ave., Venice. thegreatvenicetoydrive@ gmail.com
Meet Me at the Pub, 10:45 p.m. Local Venice band serves up the ska and funk. WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com
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21st annual Venice Surf-A-Thon, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds from this day-long surfing event help support MLD Elementary School in Mindanao, Philippines. Meets at the Venice Breakwater. Registration: $25. mldschool.com; facebook.com/ surfathon Venice Toy Give Away and Party, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fun-filled day where children up to age 16 accompanied by a parent or guardian can select a toy
“Elf,” 7:30 p.m. Jon Favreau’s 2003 Yuletide comedy stars Will Ferrell as an overgrown elf named Buddy and Ed Asner as Santa Claus and features an action-packed cameo by “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Michael Rothenberg and Friends, 8 p.m. Shabda Press publisher and editor Teresa Mei Chuc hosts
ArgonautNews.com a celebration of the publication of Rothenberg’s latest collection of poems, “Indefinite Detention: A Dog Story.” Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $5 donation. (310) 822-3006; beyond-baroque.com Jacnique, 9 p.m. Smooth Jazz artist Jacnique (pronounced Zha’nique) performs “Is It Ever?” and other tunes at The Warehouse Restaurant, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com The Blue Dolphins, 10:45 p.m. Duo Victoria Scott and Alfonso Rodenas combine American and European influences, cowboy and surf guitar in a pop package. WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com
Sunday, Dec. 21 “SOULstice” Dance Party & Potluck,” 11:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Beginning with the ringing of the Justice Bell (which has not been rung in more than 20 years), this lunchtime event includes Derek Bordeaux Band performing lively R&B music while Kimya’s “Thriving Heart” affirmation (Continued on page 32)
Getting Along Swimmingly How a British woman met a Spaniard in Los Angeles and formed the band Blue Dolphins By Michael Aushenker It’ll be a mix of firsts and lasts when the Blue Dolphins play WitZend on Saturday: the first time the singer-songwriter duo plays the Venice venue, their first time performing an electric set, and the last act to play WitZend in 2014. Formed in 2008, The Blue Dolphins are Victoria Scott and Alfonso Rodenas, a couple residing in the Santa Monica Mountains who were united by music. Originally from London, Scott had been singing Nina Simone, Carol King and Astrud Gilberto since she was little, eventually fronting a psychedelic rock band at 17. Rodenas, who hails from Valencia, Spain, is a sought-after sound engineer who won two Grammy Awards for a pair of 2008 albums by Los Tigres del Norte — “Raíces” and “Tu Noche Con... Los Tigres del Norte.” So it’s kind of unexpected that these two Europeans would find each other in Los Angeles after Rodenas moved here eleven years ago. “I never would imagine that!” said Rodenas, who had grown
Alfonso Redenas and Victoria Scott take the Blue Dolphins electric at WitZend up with visions of California girls thanks to West Coast artists such as Crosby, Stills and Nash and, much later, the
Red Hot Chili Peppers. Scott had already come to America with older sister Zoe back in 1997.
Rodenas, who sang and played bass in a band in his 20s, had given up on performing, resigned to a career at the soundboards. But when he met Scott, she pushed him to collaborate. “He’s just such a brilliant musician,” Scott said of Rodenas. “He really believed in me and saw my potential. We started writing songs together as soon as we met but we didn’t start recording till 2008.” Tomorrow night, lead guitarist Fran Iturbe, bassist Steve Seifert and drummer Paul Allen join the Blue Dolphins on stage to add sonic heft to songs such as the cowboy guitar-tinged “Wide and Blue Horizons.” “I’m getting out of the city/ gonna clear up my mind/ Seemed to have lost my perspective/ in the battle of the grind,” go the getting-awayfrom-it-all lyrics. Both Scott and Rodenas have a special fondness for their composition “Peace in the World,” which Rodenas said “has a very deep message. We are in a situation that we need
peace, we need love, we have to get ourselves out of this mess we’ve created right now.” Scott’s most personal song is “Afraid of Moving On,” a musically upbeat number with bummer lyrics. There’s also the beach-y “Walking in the Sun,” for which the duo filmed a video using three iPhones. “‘Walking in the Sun’ is just so fun to play live,” Scott said of the surf guitar-kissed tune. While it might be hard for two individuals in a relationship to be vulnerable when collaborating on songs, Scott insists they have an equal partnership in music and words because “we really give each other some space.” “When I found Victoria, I was not into making music anymore. I was a frustrated man,” Rodenas said. “Victoria pushed me very hard. She brought me out of the darkness.” The Blue Dolphins perform at 10:45 p.m. Saturday at WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; thebluedolphins.net michael@argonautnews.com
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Sunday Jazz Suppers, 7 p.m. Local bands create a lounge atmosphere on the patio of Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com
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including outdoor art projections and a special visit from Santa. For a complete listing, visit veniceartcrawl.com. For each crawl, Marlena McClain (a.k.a. Marlena Elise) curates art happenings under different themes. This one features artists McClain, Kurisutein Lopusnak, Sunny Bak, Francesca Quintano, Davia King and Terry Marks Tarlow as well as five vendors selling hand-crafted fashion accessories. “Any business owned or partnered by a woman,” McClain explained. “The
motto is ‘created by women, enjoyed by all.’” Founded in 2009, Love Shack launched after owner Udi Levy received a 10,000-square-foot complex from the owner of the storefront’s previous occupant, A Bed For You. “He didn’t sell it to me; he kind of just gave it to me,” Levy said. LADY: The Art of Fashion runs from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight at the Venice Love Shack, 2121 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. (310) 306-6742; theveniceloveshack.com
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Ho’s newest work, modeled after his own “magic” board, is on display at the C. Nichols Project in Mar Vista
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supporting the Venice Pier during swells generated by Hurricane Marie on Aug. 27, a.k.a. “Big Wednesday 2014.” For Ho, it’s his trusty single-fin long-board that’s proved magical. “This one has been good to me for the past 15 years,” he said, stroking his original — the one board on display that’s not for sale. Going long or short with a board is a personal choice, he adds. “Each person has a different set of circumstances: their weight, their height. Everyone has to find their own thing. Everyone who surfs can identify with that,” Ho said. In some ways, time has not budged for Ho, who pretty much does the same things he did as a teen. When he’s not making boards (unlike in the ‘60s, he paints them with non-lead pigments now), Ho still surfs up and down California, from Venice to Malibu to an Oxnard location he took an oath among the locals not to divulge. “I thought my mindset would change. I thought I
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Wednesday, Dec. 24 Speakers by the Sea Toastmasters Club, 11 a.m. to noon. Improve your skills for public speaking. 12000 Vista del Mar, Conference Room 230A, Playa del Rey. (310) 559-2834 Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Every Wednesday, Steve Stafford and Casey Jones play their local tropical music, creating island music on guitar,
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Monica. $5. (310) 395-1676; harvelles. com; houseofvibe.com Burlesque Night, 10 p.m. Weekly striptease show … or, as it’s known here, the TripTease. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $5. (213) 300-8107; tripsantamonica.com
Thursday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day Buffet Cruise, 3 p.m. The Hornblower yacht sets sail featuring a dinner with all the
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Marlene Capell, through Saturday. Last chance to see Capell’s large and colorful oil and collage canvases at FIG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Ste. G6, Santa Monica. (310) 829-0345; figgallery.com
“Beautiful Times,” Through Sunday. Last summer, artists Amanda Marie and X-O embarked on a U.S. tour creating signature murals, stencils and installations to create awareness for the Morgan Adams Foundation
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014311053 The following person is doing business as: Venice Whaler Bar & Grill 2-10 Washington Blvd. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 and 578 Washington Blvd. #757. Registered owners: Whaler LLC 4303 Roma Court Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Michael Dobson. Title: CEO/Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 30, 2014. Argonaut published: November 27, December 4, 11, and 18, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014320880 The following person is doing business as: Makersome 12737 Cullen St. Whittier, CA. 90602. Registered owners: Brenden Robert Macias 127373 Cullen St. Whittier, CA. 90602, Russell Thomas Macias 25671 Le Parc #69 Lake Forest, CA. 92630 and Robert Grant Macias 3374 Conquista Ave. Long Beach, CA. 90808. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Brenden Robert Macias. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 10, 2014. Argonaut published: December 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of
Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014325916 The following person is doing business as: Mathnasium The Math Learning Center 13315 South Street Cerritos, CA. 90703 and 5120 W. Goodleaf Circle Suite 300 Los Angeels, CA. 90056. Registered owners: MCC Cerritos Learning, LLC 5120 W. Goldleaf Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA. 90056. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: David Peddie. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 14, 2014. Argonaut published: December 11, 18, 25 and January 1, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014335682 The following person is doing business as: West La Studios 2033 Pontius Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90025. Registered owners: Eric Richard Eckstein 24210 Caris St. Woodland Hills, CA. 91367. This business is conducted by a individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Eric Richard Eckstein. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 25, 2014. Argonaut published: December 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014335925 The following person is doing business as: Wearable Wishes 2334 Clark Ave. Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Kaline Schultz 2334 Clark Ave. Venice, CA. 90291 and Sarah Sherman Samuel 4237 Tivoli Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Kaline Schultz. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 25, 2014. Argonaut published: December 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014337835 The following person is doing business as: Burro 1409 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Hello Firefly Inc. 1409 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Erynn Berkson. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 1, 2014. Argonaut published: December 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014341016 The following person is doing business as: Forklift Americas 803 Virginia St. El Segundo , CA.90245. Registered owners: Peter Harrison 803 Virginia St. El Segundo, CA. 90245 and Rebecca Harrison 803 Virginia St. El Segundo, CA. 90245. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Peter Harrison. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 3, 2014. Argonaut published: December 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014347248 The following person is doing business as: Escape Charters 13900 Marquesas Way C707 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Mark Louis Kranz 13900 Marquesas Way C707 Marina del Rey, CA. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that
LEGAL ADVERTISING the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Mark Louis Kranz. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2014. Argonaut published: December 11, 18, 25, 2014 and January 1, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014347254 The following person is doing business as: Harpco Music 15430 Brownwood Place Los Angeles, CA. 90077. Registered owners: Jessica Harper 15430 Brownwood Place Los Angeles, CA. 90077. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jessica Harper. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 9, 2014. Argonaut published: December 11, 18, 25, 2014 and January 1, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. LS026145 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Petition of Michael Joseph Galvez, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Michael Joseph Galvez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Michael Joseph Galvez to Michael Caden 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that
all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/22/2015 Time:8:30AM. Dept.: Q Room: N/A. The address of the court. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: December 5, 2014. Richard H. Kirschner, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 12/11/2014, 12/18/2014, 12/25/2014, and 01/01/2015
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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2014335917 Current File No.: 20091642886 Date Filed: December 1, 2009 The following person(s) has abandoned use of: Basic Cupcake 4201 Via Marina #A115, Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 Registered Owner(s): Kathlene Shimizu Business was conducted by: An Individual . 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.) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on November 25, 2014. STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2014336909 Current File No.: 2012071841 Date Filed: April 19, 2012 The following person(s) has abandoned use of: Elephant & Castle 3739 McLaughlin Ave. #5 Los Angeles, CA. 90066 Registered Owner(s): Kate Weybret Business was conducted by: An Individual 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.) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on November 26, 2014
PUBLIC NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES PETITION FOR PROBATE ESTATE OF Mary Elizabeth Shea, DECEDENT. CASE NO. BP158075 Michael OíShea has filed a PETITION FOR: Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary. HEARING DATE: JANUARY 7, 2014 at 8:30AM, in Dept. 9, in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 N. Hill Street Los Angeles, CA. 90012 Publication will be in: (specify name of newspaper): ARGONAUT. Petitioner: MICHAEL OíSHEA requests that decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. Petitioner requests that Michael Oíshea be appointed executer Decedent died on: July 27, 2014 at: Los Angeles, County, California, a resident of the county named above. Street address, city, and county of decedentís residence at time of death: 1235 Edris Dr. Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles County
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