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NEWS
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COVER STORY
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Inside Santa Monica A faster, funner way to keep up to speed with local news ....................................... 8
The Magic of Mandovi
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WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS You won’t believe it’s not Zeppelin . .......... 33
ARTS & EVENTS Rolling With It
A Big Year for Bike Share Breeze racks up almost 300,000 rides in its first year . ...................................... 9 How High, Playa del Rey? Bonin wants to limit new buildings to 37 feet . ............................................ 10
OPINION
‘No Right Answer’ Children in Del Rey’s Latino community brace for the worst under Trump ........... 14
Venice rocker Paul Chesne knows how to read a crowd . ...................................... 34
THE ADVICE GODDESS Power to the Booty
NEW YEAR’S EVE DIRECTORY
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Party Like It’s 2017 Where the Westside will be when the ball drops . ........................................... 18
THIS WEEK
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History’s Mysteries
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The Cold War remains open to interpretation at the Wende . ...................................... 19
Baja Ha Ha Means Business Locals set sail for Mexico with a Sunderland on board ............................................. 36 On The Cover: Kids who attend the Mar Vista Family Center’s after-school programs are nervous about the incoming Trump administration’s policies toward immigrant communities. Denisse Hernandez, 13, wants to know what you really think. Photo by Maria Martin. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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J e a n Valj e a n , B o n Vi va n t Santa Monica police recently ran down a young man gripping a bottle of champagne — who immediately apologized and allowed a search of his bulging backpack, where officers discovered another
five bottles, all bearing security sensors and labels from Vons. All in, $617 worth of bubbly. And $1,000 bail. Stealing bread is classic, pragmatic, righteous; stealing champagne is a spirited wink,
a whimsical peccadillo. The gross travesties of our criminal justice system aside, perhaps there should be a get-out-of-jail-free card for repentant holiday champagne thieves.
A B ig B l u e B oost Developers and mobility advocates are already jockeying for position in the $120-billion work schedule funded by the recent half-cent sales tax increase to fund prodigious public transit overhaul throughout L.A. County. While speculation about public-private partnerships orbits massive undertakings like the
Sepulveda Pass (currently slated for 2024), the most immediate effects may be seen in local returns and boosts to existing transit lines: Santa Monica’s financially struggling Big Blue Bus will be getting a cash infusion of nearly $9 million to help fund expanded service around the Expo Line.
The federal government’s Near Zero Engine Incentive Program is also extending an $870,000 reward to upgrade the fleet’s clean fuel engines. And, starting Jan. 1, riders ages 5 to 18 will be able to buy a monthly pass for $19 — thanks to a pilot program approved by the city earlier this month.
E v e n M o r e M ov e m e n t Plans for a new Rapid Transit Bus along Lincoln Boulevard from Santa Monica to LAX — currently slated for the faraway galaxy of 2043 — could be moved up, according to Move
LA Director Denny Zane, who says “Metro staff is pretty focused on finding acceleration strategies.” And at the top of Metro’s Expenditure Plan, the Airport Metro Connect / 96th Street Station (and
future access to the planned Automated People Mover) inches closer to its projected 2018 groundbreaking with the recent approval of a final environmental impact report.
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City Council members have unanimously voted in Councilmember Ted Winterer as Santa Monica’s next mayor, replacing Tony Vasquez, with Councilmember Gleam Davis to serve
as mayor pro tempore. Winterer received a warm welcome from Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce members the following day at their holiday party, held at the tony Jonathan
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N e w Y e a r , N e w Rig h ts The city’s aforementioned focus on quality of life issues arguably also extends to local workers, who can look forward to new rights in 2017 when the city implements requirements for employers to expand paid sick leave from the state minimum of 24 hours to 32 or even 40 hours per year. Employees will accrue one hour for each 30 worked, with sick leave starting to accrue after the first 90 days of employment. For businesses with fewer than 26
employees, it will be 32 hours starting in January and 40 in 2018; for larger operations, 40 hours this January and 72 the following year. The change comes as part of the city’s move to bring minimum wage increases in line with Los Angeles city and county, incrementally, to $15 by the year 2020. The first 50-cent increase, to $10.50, took effect in July. Against pushback from some in the business community, officials said they did their best
to mandate the changes incrementally. “Northern California and Seattle are ahead of us on this, and the sky has not fallen in either of those places,” City Manager Rick Cole said in October. “There is no question it is harder on mom-and-pops, which is why we postponed implementation for [those businesses] for a year, and we will be working with them. But they also have to compete in the labor market.”
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Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share offers 500 bikes in 85 locations utilization rate, which is the number of rides per bike per day. Since there are 500 bicycles in the network, 500 rides (one ride per bike per day) is considered 100% utilization.
Kozar said. “As we move forward, we’ll be thinking about how to balance the seasonality with the number of bikes that are out in the street.” But the need to expand is “not a
“That’s when we start thinking we probably need to add more bikes, because the demand is exceeding the capacity of the system.” — Breeze Bike Share coordinator Kyle Kozar
During the slower winter months, Breeze gets on average 600 to 1,200 trips per day. During spring and summer, the number of daily trips goes up to between 1,000 and 2,000 (as much as 400% utilization). At busier times, finding an available bicycle can be a challenge for Breeze users — especially on those 2,000 ride days. “When it gets that busy, that’s when we start thinking we probably need to add more bikes, because the demand is exceeding the capacity of the system,”
bad problem to have,” said Cynthia Rose, director of the two-wheel transportation advocacy group Santa Monica Spoke. She praised Breeze Bike Share as a major plus toward a healthier, more sustainable city. The next step? Connectivity. Both Rose and Kozar tout plans to integrate Breeze Bike Share with the Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and upcoming UCLA bike share programs so that riders can seamlessly use any of these programs on the Westside.
Metro is Made for New Year’s Going to the Rose Parade or Rose Bowl Game? Make it easy…Go Metro! With numerous bus and rail options available, you can start the New Year with stress-free travel. And if you’re celebrating during the holidays, you can get home safely with free service on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Go Metro to Santa Anita Park Before the bell goes o=, the smart ponies ride with us to the park. It’s a sure bet you’ll skip the tra;c and parking fees, and when you show your TAP card, you’ll save even more once you’re at the track. Visit metro.net/discounts to learn more. Take a Tour of Metro Rail Did you know you can ride directly to popular Southern California destinations, such as downtown Santa Monica, Universal Studios and Grand Central Market on Metro Rail? Learn how to get started with a FREE guided tour of the Metro Expo, Red or Purple Lines. You’ll get useful tips on how to plan your trip, buy a pass, and ride the Metro Rail and bus system. To reserve your spot, visit metro.net/tours.
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By Phoenix Tso On Nov. 12, 2015, the city of Santa Monica launched the first public bike share program in Los Angeles County. One year later, Breeze Bike Share had plenty to celebrate: Nearly 300,000 total trips in its first 12 months. It’s also been a trendsetter, with similar public bike share programs launching in West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Downtown Los Angeles. Breeze Bike Share coordinator Kyle Kozar said he didn’t know what to expect from the program’s first year. General goals had included reducing singleoccupancy vehicle travel, traffic congestion and carbon emissions in Santa Monica, as well as “providing that first/last mile connection” to and from the new Expo Line light rail stations. As it turns out, the network of 500 GPS-equipped grab-andgo bicycles across 85 stations has been much broader than that. Breeze Bike Share counted some 44,000 one-time or recurring subscriptions — among them about 2,400 monthly or annual subscriptions. So who uses Breeze Bike Share? About 18% of Breeze’s initial subscribers are Santa Monica residents, while 36% live elsewhere in L.A. County and 46% have addresses outside the area. But Santa Monica locals accounted for a far greater share of total rides taken — almost half, said Kozar, with L.A. County residents and out-oftowners roughly splitting the difference. A good amount of these rides cover long distances, with Kozar describing people taking the Breeze bikes up the Pacific Coast Highway into Malibu or down to Manhattan Beach. Financial numbers have also been strong. In its first year, Breeze Bike Share operated in the black — in part due to title sponsorship from the Santa Monica-based television streaming service Hulu, and in part due to revenue generated from system users, Kozar said. Breeze Bike Share measures use by calculating a daily
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Playa del Rey residents opposition to a duplex on battling a controversial Pacific Avenue on the mixed-use development grounds that even this buildplanned for Culver ing would be too tall for the Boulevard may have area. gotten an early — albeit Bonin further tells The indirect — Christmas Argonaut that he believes present from L.A. City the city’s Del Rey Lagoon Councilman Mike Bonin, Specific Plan — which limits who recently came out new buildings to a height of Mike Bonin swinging against another no more than 37 feet — multi-story development in the area. should be the guiding blueprint for all Opponents of the Legado 138 development in immediate area. project (formerly Legado Del Mar) at “The project proposed for 6202 138 Culver Blvd. primarily object to the Pacific Ave. is too tall and not the 72-unit apartment complex with right fit for Playa del Rey,” Bonin said. 14,500 square feet of commercial “I stand with the neighbors who are space on the grounds that it’s just too justifiably concerned about the tall in the context of the one- and height of this proposal, and I am two-story buildings that surround it. going to make sure the Planning The Legado Co., meanwhile, is now Department abides by the Del Rey requesting a density bonus waiver Lagoon Specific Plan.” that would add 11 feet to the building Bonin’s office declined to discuss for a total height of 56 feet. Legado 138, but there’s no question At a Dec.15 planning hearing, that fitting a 56-foot building into Bonin sent council office planning a 37-foot height limit may present deputy Ezra Gale to convey public some issues.
LAUSD board members made it official last week: Come September, students aging out of Playa Vista Elementary School will be able to continue their studies at a brand new middle school program on the Manchester Avenue campus of Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets (formerly Westchester High School). The new school is intended to continue Playa Vista Elementary’s popular STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum, closing the gap in a local educational pipeline. “The new pathway comes to complement the other scienceoriented programs serving the Westchester and Del Rey communities: Orville Wright Middle School and Marina Del Rey Middle School,” LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer wrote in a letter to parents. “We fully intend that all middle school pathways will lead to WESM.” Students currently enrolled in Playa
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Science, Technology and Social Justice Is LAUSD abandoning its core values by creating a new school for Playa Vista families? By Karen Wolfe The author is a local public education advocate and the founder of Public Schools Connect (psconnectnow.org). The new Playa Vista Middle School approved last week by the LAUSD board illustrates how school choice can clash with the ideals of public education. Every parent wants what’s best for his or her child. And in this era of education as a competitive marketplace, there is no shortage of products to fulfill the demand. But are we oversaturated? Even the high-performing Palms Middle School enrolled 100 fewer new students this year than previously. Still, the bureaucratic Los Angeles Unified School District is vying with the massively funded charter industry for a bigger share of the school choice market by promising to create even more schools. “One of our priorities has been to increase choice across the district,” LAUSD Supt. Michelle King said at last week’s school board meeting. In the case of Playa Vista Middle School, other LAUSD officials twisted themselves into pretzel shapes trying to explain that this school was a new, different option responding to the demand from Playa Vista Elementary School — a “pathway,” they kept calling it. “If there is a break in that pathway for our community, then that’s where we need to invest our dollars and our ideas in our thinking,” LAUSD Chief Academic Officer Frances Gipson said. “In this particular case, with [support from] LMU, you see a STEM pathway that is different than the STEAM pathway [available at the existing middle school].”
Public education advocate Karen Wolfe Why so convoluted? Are Playa Vista families really so invested in keeping the arts (the A in STEAM) out of their middle school that they need a whole new school to avoid it?
abruptly. “It’s very important that we take a real aggressive stand around that for obvious reasons.” Added board member George McKenna: “If people look for their own best interests, then there is separatism.” He warned that the district needed to do more to prevent that than offer “lip service.” LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer, who represents this area, said he had “absolute hope in the better angels of this community.” But a couple of years ago, he didn’t sound so confident in an interview for the LA School Report. “In reference to issues on L.A.’s west side, Zimmer argues, ‘The parents buying up the houses, who have more resources, have a lot of fear about public schools … and when you give them the opportunity to really engage and create integration
Are Playa Vista families really so invested in keeping the arts (the A in STEAM) out of their middle school that they need a whole new school to avoid it? Of course not. Of course not. Concerns have been raised at public meetings that this is an exclusive school only intended for certain families. LAUSD board member Ref Rodriguez said he was concerned with the emails he received about the school. “So there’s this idea that we want to segregate kids … we don’t want them with the other kids coming from the surrounding — ” he said, stopping
and diversity in their neighborhood public schools, they don’t want to.’ Instead, he says, they exercise their right to start their own charter schools or they send their children to private schools,” reads that May 2014 article. So what makes Zimmer so optimistic about the better angels now? It might be political. Playa Vista Middle School would operate on the Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet campus, and it was only a few years ago that LAUSD
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‘No Right Answer’ Children in Del Rey’s deep-rooted immigrant community brace for a coming storm Story by Gary Walker · Photos by Maria Martin Are my mom and dad going to get deported? Am I going to have to go back to Mexico? Carlos Daniel Jimenez has fielded all manner of difficult questions from young children during his eight years as a volunteer coordinator and afterschool tutor at the nonprofit Mar Vista Family Center, but repeatedly hearing ones like these in the aftermath of the presidential election has left him saddened and perplexed. “There’s no right answer to give them right now,” says Jimenez, 30, a firstgeneration American who goes by Danny. “We have an idea of where things are going, but having these kids — little kids — come to us, crying at times, with their fears and anxieties about their parents or grandparents being deported to Mexico is hard for us all.” Del Rey, the largely residential area south of Mar Vista and west of Culver City, is home to about 32,000 people — 44% of them of Latino (primarily Mexican) heritage, according to 2010 U.S. Census figures. A short distance from the yacht clubs of Marina del Rey and the rapidly gentrifying streets of Venice, it’s a low-key neighborhood where multiple generations of Latino families as well as recent immigrants have formed deep community bonds. The Mar Vista Family Center, which occupies two buildings on Slauson Avenue just west of the 405 Freeway, began in 1977 as a preschool for lowincome families and has since grown into a full-fledge education and community engagement nonprofit. Dozens of kids come here after school to play and do homework. Last Friday local families prepared more than 200 tamales for a Christmas posada. Like East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights and other L.A. neighborhoods with long-established Mexican and Central American populations, Del Rey has deeply — if not as publicly — lamented future uncertainty under a Trump presidency. During the lengthy and
vociferous presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump unflinchingly pledged to chase out or deport the 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, directing his most pointed language at those who came from south of the border. Advocates for immigrant communities and Los Angeles area public officials
What comes across more openly in private, says Jimenez, is fear. “When children who are six or seven years old approach you with their concerns and fears about their families being deported, it’s really tough,” said Jimenez, whose wife grew up in Del Rey. “The most difficult questions usually come from our little children. I’ve been a
“The president-elect has scared our children, and we have to respond.” –LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer
have promised to defend L.A.’s undocumented residents against deportation unless they are gang-affiliated or have a criminal record. Just this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and L.A. City Council set aside a combined $5 million to fund legal assistance for immigrants facing deportation, with as much as $5 million more expected to come through private donations. In the meantime, Westchester-based immigration attorney Mariela Sagastume said her office has been inundated with the same kinds of questions that Jimenez has been hearing at the Mar Vista Family Center. “We’ve had a waiting list here for clients for the last 30 days. There’s a lot of panic going right now,” Sagastume said. Though “rapists,” “criminals” and “bad hombres” may be the new administration’s stated focus, Trump’s hardline message has left a distinct impression on local public school children who openly worry that they and their loved ones may become ensnared in a larger immigration dragnet. If most elementary school kids don’t think much about politics, these kids are the exception. When asked to express their thoughts on paper while being photographed for this story, antagonism toward Trump and his stance on immigration came naturally and without any prompting.
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volunteer tutor here for eight years and these are the hardest questions that I’ve ever had to answer.”
DREAMers Awaken to a Nightmare Jimenez, currently working toward a degree in child development, frequently touts the benefits of higher education to the older kids at the center. But teens and young adults receiving state-based financial aid under the California DREAM Act and temporarily shielded from deportation under President Obama’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program face a more immediate challenge. Trump, who has called DACA “one of the most unconstitutional actions ever undertaken by a president,” could not only unravel the program with the stroke of a pen, but those who volunteered information could plausibly see the government use it against them. “The majority of the people we’ve been speaking with are DREAMers and citizens who are young people with adult parents residing here without documentation. They feel that their worst fears are coming true,” Sagastume said. California is home to about 162,000
DACA recipients, according to the Pew Research Center. Jasmine Lopez, a senior at Culver City High School, said she knows of several DACA beneficiaries at the Mar Vista Family Center. “Getting an education is all they want. Most of us are Mexican here, and if we were in Mexico we could not get a good education without paying lot of money for it,” said Lopez, 17. Denisse Hernandez, an eighth-grader at the ICEF Vista Academy charter school on Inglewood Boulevard in Del Rey, said immigrant family members have considered returning to Mexico since the election. “They said if Donald Trump is already taking about deporting so many people, we might as well go back ourselves before he deports us,” said Hernandez, 13. Cindy Gomez, a classmate at ICEF Vista, said she has family members who came to California decades ago without documentation. “The thought of never seeing some of my family again is scary,” she said. Emiliano Ramirez, who attends eighth grade at Ánimo Venice Charter Middle School in Del Rey, said living in multicultural Los Angeles left him and his friends caught off-guard by Trump’s broad appeal in other parts of the country. Not all are taking to the streets in protest, but Lopez has participated in two marches protesting Trump’s election victory, including the highly-publicized Nov. 12 rally in Downtown Los Angeles that drew an estimated crowd of more than 10,000 people. “That whole week I was feeling hopeless. I really believe in social justice, and as a woman and a Latina I was motivated to do something,” she said. “I just didn’t want to sit here and not do anything to help the country, so I got together with some other people from the center and we went downtown.”
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Sanctuary City In the weeks approaching inauguration day, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has doubled down on promoting Los Angeles as a “sanctuary city” for immigrants, and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has renewed the department’s commitment to not enforce federal immigration law.
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A B OVE : Danny Jimenez, left, checks in on a tutoring session B E L O W : Ester, 6, has a message to share
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civics classes have helped him understand that Congress checks and balances the power of the executive branch. “I talked to my mom about it before the election because I wanted to educate her the way that I had been educated: [the president] has to go to Congress and make a bill first,” said García, 14. Sagastume can personally identify with such anxiety. Originally from Guatemala, her family tried to immigrate to the United States as refugees during the country’s “scorched earth” civil war in the 1980s. After being denied refugee status in the U.S., her father obtained residency in Canada but Sagastume, her sister and her mother were unable to join him for several years during the immigration process. “I know how it feels to be separated from a family member. That’s one of the reasons why I became an immigration lawyer, because I know how complicated the immigration process can be,” she said. “It’s so difficult to hear about children having to deal with such adult issues.” gary@argonautnews.com
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New Year’s Eve Party Directory Compiled by Andy Vasoyan and Christina Campodonico
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hether you’re bidding it a fond farewell or good riddance, 2016 has been a whirlwind — even surreal at times. Either way, now’s the time to make sure 2017 gets off to a bang. Westside New Year’s Eve parties run the gamut from glitzy and glamorous affairs to more downto-earth celebrations, or even nautical adventure. Here’s a handy list to help you set the tone for your next trip around the sun.
Santa Monica New Year’s Pub Crawl 2017 @ Circle Bar
If your New Year’s resolution includes exercise, get a jump-start with an unpretentious pub crawl. $4 draft beer deals will keep you hydrated all the way through to the secret afterparty, which lasts until 6 a.m.! Crawl starts at 6 p.m. at Circle Bar, 2926 Main St., Santa Monica. $30+. (323) 604-6030; california-nightlife.com
KCRW’s Black+Gold Soiree @ The Viceroy Hotel
Send out 2016 in lavish style with this black-tie masquerade. KCRW DJs Raul Campos and Travis Holcombe lay down their eclectic beats for a bash sure to be so hip it hurts. Party starts at 9 p.m.; $155+. Viceroy Santa Monica, 1819 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 260-7500; viceroy-hotelsandresorts.com
Masquerade Party @ Hotel Shangri-La
The ONYX rooftop bar plays host to this ritzy combination of food, fun and anonymous flirtation at the masquerade; entry gets you as many hors d’oeuvres as you can swipe from the circling trays, as well as two cocktails and a glass of champagne to wash them (and the final seconds of 2016) down in style. $100+. Hotel Shangri-La, 1301 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 394-2791; shangrila-hotel.com
New Year’s Eve with DJ Jolyon @ The Room New Zealand house music producer DJ Jolyon spins a New Year’s Eve set for this stylish 21+ party, starting at 9 p.m. Pay cash at the door. $30 before 9 p.m.;
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Santa Monica Deejay Party @ V Lounge
Three Santa Monica DJs provide the soundtrack for a night of mingling and champagne popping from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at V Lounge, 2020 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. $30+. Visit ournightlife.com or clubzone.com.
Venice New Year’s @ Chaya Venice
Come hungry and thirsty to this classy cocktail smorgasbord at Chaya Venice’s newly renovated digs. Fill your plate with fresh seafood, market veggies, sushi, tomahawk steak, lamb and caviar, or fill up your glass from the open bar. $250. Chaya Venice, 110 Navy St., Venice. (310) 396-1179; thechaya.com
next morning. $39. Canal Club, 2025 Pacific Ave., Venice. (310) 823-3878; canalclubvenice.com
New Year’s Eve Shangri La @ James’ Beach
Featured in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Californication,” and Open Table’s Most Vibrant Bar Scene roundup, this longtime local destination’s lively atmosphere will leave you amped for the new year. Party starts at 8 p.m., $69+. James’ Beach, 60 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 823-5396; jamesbeach.com
Marina del Rey Fireworks @ Burton Chace Park
Early birds can watch the ball drop live on a big inflatable screen broadcasting CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live from Times Square, NYC at 8:59 p.m. A 10-minute fireworks display follows. Night owls can join Marina del Rey’s New Year’s Eve countdown at 11:59 p.m. and watch another 10-minute fireworks display after. The celebration starts at 7 p.m. at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. Parking is $8 in County lots #77 and #4 at 13650 and 13500 Mindanao Way.
Midnight on the Marina @ SALT
The Marina del Rey Hotel hosts a slick soiree at SALT restaurant, with views of the
harbor during the two L.A. County fireworks displays and delectable hors d’oeuvres galore. DJ Ella spins for dancers until 1 a.m., and hungry early birds can get in on a five-course prix fixe dinner beforehand. Party starts at 8 p.m.; $50 advance, $60 at the door. Marina del Rey Hotel, 13534 Bali Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-1000; marinadelreyhotel. com/midnight.
Dogtown NYE and Surf Party @ Brennan’s Pub
Hang ten at Brennan’s, where there’s free admission, free parking, free t-shirts and free champagne. Classic rock and surf music band Skeeter’s Pool Party provides the tunes and opens up their camper to the public. Drummers of all musical levels can bring their sticks and play “Wipeout,” and guitarists from pro to novice can noodle on “Crossroads” with their own axes. The 21+ party starts at 9 p.m. Cowabunga! Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com
A Jamaican-Style New Year’s @ Jamaica Bay Inn
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This brick-walled building with a Frank Gehry-designed interior comes alive with the usual New Year’s dancing and drinking, only with a twist: HULA! Get in early to sample their hearty fare before the party at 10 p.m., where DJ Sosa will spin until 2 the
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History That’s Not What It Seems Exhibit of Cold War artifacts embraces multiple versions of the truth By Christina Campodonico With the rise of fake news online, the barriers between fact and fiction are becoming shaky. Yet the Wende Museum’s ongoing exhibition “Questionable History” embraces the gray areas between hard fact and historical interpretation. Joes Segal, The Wende’s chief curator, believes that the objects and information we encounter in museums are often presented through one viewpoint, when really a plethora of academic opinions may coexist with each other. “It always struck me as weird when you work in academia and you study certain topics, you’re always confronted with different interpretations and disputes, etc. But when you enter an art historical exhibition you don’t see that,” says Segal. “It’s always a one-way narrative. It’s always one perspective. The text signs explain in a very clear and one-
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explains Segal, showing me around the “One interpretation is that by being exhibition. “They’re all historically inspired by cubism and other modern art accurate, but they approach the work from forms, this was actually an artist breaking different angles and sometimes present a away from the social realist norm and finding his own expression and developing this more or less unofficial art,” explains Segal. “But then the counter interpretation is that after the 1956 uprising in Budapest, the Hungarian government combined political repres— Joes Segal, curator sion with cultural reforms and wanted the artists to be more experimental and more free. In that case, this would be the visitor an experience of these disputes by completely different conclusion.” perfect expression of state-sponsored art, putting up two or three different interpreFor instance, a 1962 painting by artist not unofficial at all.” tations for each artwork?” György Kádár of workers going about Alexei Pavlovich Solodovnikov’s So Segal dug into the Culver City their business in a Jetson-style factory of 1955 painting “The Divorce (Drama museum’s vast collection of Soviet Era sorts could be interpreted as a radical in a Soviet Court)” also offers up similar artwork and artifacts from Eastern Europe piece of protest art or some sneaky ambiguities about Soviet attitudes to find items that could be analyzed and sophistry in the wake of Hungarians’ toward marriage, family and a rural way interpreted from a range of perspectives. unsuccessful rebellion against their of life. In it a dapper looking man, “That is why every item here has two or Soviet-dominated government in 1956. three text labels, and they’re all true,” Or maybe not. (Continued on page 20)
“Every item here has two or three text labels, and they’re all true.”
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sporting a suit and tie like a city slicker, awaits the outcome of divorce proceedings, while a scornful woman wearing a babushka looks on. The man’s wife — a young woman — weeps into her palm as her toddler clings to her hand. “[There was] this widespread campaign in the Soviet Union to modernize the countryside. You could argue if you look at this very modern figure with his tie and wristwatch and nice clothing that he represents modernism, that he wants to break away from his rural background, and that’s why he’s leaving behind his wife and daughter and going away,” explains Segal. “But then the other interpretation is that he’s actually more of a degenerate or cosmopolitan figure that denies his background, that he wants to make a career and wants to forget about all the basic human failures.” Like a broken marriage. Other pieces in the show not only delve into sociopolitical debates, but also art-historical mysteries. “As you can see, something strange happened there,” says Segal, pointing to a 1958 painting titled “Speech in the Kremlin.” Regarding the piece, you can make out
Sándor Pinczehelyi’s “Star Coca-Cola” oil on canvas painting is a visual clash between communism and consumerism. R I G H T : “The Divorce (Drama in a Soviet Court)” shows a family tearing itself apart — or torn apart by the Kremlin’s push for industrialization
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she confirmed what we already started to suspect,” recounts Segal. “At first Khrushchev was painted here, then someone else painted the furniture and the background over the figure, and then again still later someone tried to resurrect him by scraping the second layer of paint off.” Why the painting underwent these revisions remains unknown. Perhaps people were open to expressing the past again under the changed political climate during Mikhail Gorbachev’s glasnost
and perestroika, Segal suggests. But “honestly speaking, we just don’t know.” “Questionable History” continues through March 2017 at The Wende Museum, 5741 Buckingham Parkway, Culver City. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, with guided tours at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., before going dark for the holidays until Jan. 2. Visit wendemuseum.org for more information.
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What a Trump presidency means for the housing market What will happen with interest rates?
Like the stock market, interest rates have also shown volatility since the election. Fixed rate mortgage (FRM) rates are inextricably tied to the 10-year Treasury Note (T-Note) rate. Typically, the average 30-year FRM rate moves in tandem with the 10-year T-Note rate at a spread of about 1.5%, which represents the hedge against the higher risk of default present in home mortgages than treasuries. But when bond market investors are uncertain about future economic conditions, they pad their spread against a higher default risk. That’s why the spread between the two rates (bond rate and mortgage rate) has remained elevated throughout 2016, and will likely continue to remain high — which means higher mortgage rates for homebuyers and refinancers, as well as higher lender profits. Trump’s election caused many bond market investors to dump their 10-year T-Notes. When investor demand for T-Notes falls, the interest rate rises which directly results in higher mortgage rates. For example, demand for T-Notes has been high during 2015-2016, as very few safe investments are left in the global economy following nativist shocks like the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” from the European Union and the general economic crises in both Asia and South America. However, that relative safety was threatened by the policy uncertainties of a Trump presidency and investors abandoned the 10-year T-Note
quickly, causing it to rise from 1.83% on November 7, the day before the election, to 2.07% the day after the election, the biggest jump since 2013’s taper tantrum. Since FRM rates are tied to the 10-year T-Note rate, FRM rates also jumped following the election. In California, the average 30-year FRM rate rose from 3.49% at the start of election week to 3.73% by the end of the week (and climbing), according to Bankrate, the largest jump experienced over the past year by far. That jump certainly killed deals contingent on purchaseassist mortgage financing. For perspective, this 0.24 percentage point increase represents a loss of about $11,000 in mortgage principal available to the California homebuyer with an average household income. The loss in buyer purchasing power is even worse across the nation, where average mortgage rates have risen even higher following the election news.This is clearly bad news for buyers, who suddenly find themselves able to qualify for less home, but it’s also bad for sellers who rely on buyer’s access to sufficient mortgage credit to sell. Whatever Republican “hawk” Trump appoints to replace Yellen in 2018 will cause interest rates to increase further.
The future of housing
Trump’s top experience prior to his foray into reality television and politics was as a real estate mogul. However, rather than making him an authority on the housing market, his experience in the luxury real estate market gives him a
narrow view of the nation’s housing needs. His experience falls short of what is needed to cultivate a housing plan for all of our nation’s residents, particularly low- and middle-income households who will need some government assistance to maintain the American Standard of Living we all now understand. For instance, Trump has indicated he will defund or rescind many of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) low-income and fair housing programs, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (part of the way he will pay for his tax breaks to the top one in one thousand (that 0.1%) earners in our society. In California, an economically mature state, expect to see more hesitancy from homebuyers in the coming months. Homebuyers are well aware of the economic uncertainty portrayed by their more progressive news sources. On the other hand, agents working in California’s conservative enclaves (e.g. Orange County) might see more clients willing to buy following the Trump win since they have undying confidence in his economic policies. Trulia suggests the net result of shifting homebuyer confidence will determine home values across the board. For instance, since California’s population has a higher level of education and a willingness to accept change where few adults voted for Trump, California’s net homebuyer confidence is likely to dwindle, following the optimism experienced in the third
quarter (Q3) of 2016. Therefore, we can expect a dip in home prices in the coming months (as had been expected anyway). This dip will be worsened once the sustained interest rate rise occurs. This dip in sentiment may be somewhat counteracted by Trump’s promised spending, which may create more California jobs — if he can secure the funds while simultaneously cutting taxes and renegotiating trade deals. At this point, time will tell whether he will succeed. The takeaway for real estate brokers and agents? Today is the time to save your fees and work extra diligently to find and advise clients, because a slowing California real estate market is now more likely over the next couple of years. Would-be homebuyers will be put off by rising home prices, lower buyer purchasing power and post-election uncertainty. Then, the economy is likely to continue to slow as Trump’s trade policies are enacted, jobs are lost and higher interest rates follow. Patience, and an intellectually close observance of actual congressional activity and the slow evolution of its consequences will be the heart of discerning your future for the next four years. Stay tuned to first tuesday, as the ride will be full of surprises, a la Trump. (Third and final part of the article.)
Carrie Reyes, Editor at firsttuesday Realty Publications, Inc firsttuesday Journal PO Box 5707, Riverside, CA 92517
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Argonaut published: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 2016. 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 2016 285236 The following persons is (are) doing business as: 1) Reidenbaugh Finish Carpentry 932 Palms Blvd Venice, CA. 90291 Andrew Reidenbaugh 932 Palms Blvd Venice, CA. 90291 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/2016 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)) ANDREW REIDENBAUGH Owner This statement was filed with the county on Nov. 10, 2016 Argonaut published: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 2016. 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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patricia Maureen duncan – 1931-2016
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FIcTITIOUS BUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT 2016 291368 The following persons is (are) doing business as: 1) Event Nets 13428 Maxella Ave. #576 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Thomas Martin 13428 Maxella Ave. #576 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 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)) THOMAS MARTIN Owner This statement was filed with the county on Dec. 1, 2016 Argonaut published: Dec. 8, 15, 22 29, 2016. 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
Patricia Maureen Duncan, 85, of Playa del Rey, California, passed away peacefully in her home on December 15, 2016. She was born on January 24, 1931 in Beverly Hills, California, to John Patrick and Beatrice Moriarty, the first of seven children. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Michael, Dennis, Daniel and Terry, and is survived by her brother Timothy and sister Kathleen, as well as by her children, Mark, of Prescott, Arizona and Denise, of Playa del Rey, and numerous nieces and nephews. Patricia never remarried after her divorce, focusing instead on her employment with Dr. Jack Weintraub and her involvement with her church. She retired in 1998. In retirement, she enjoyed the fulfillment of her lifelong dreams to visit her ancestral Ireland and the Holy Land of Israel. She also did volunteer work for the Los Angeles Police Department. Patricia was a quirky, thoughtful, generous and helpful person who devoted herself to her children and her close friends. A memorial service will be held at the Congregational Church of the Messiah, 7300 W. Manchester Ave., on Sunday, January 15, 2017, 1pm.
Marisa B. Gravante
auGust 31, 1932 - noveMBer 17, 2016, 84 years old. Marisa passed away quietly at home enjoying a glass of wine, a cigarette and her Italian TV. She was an amazing woman with a heart of gold. Marisa is survived by her nephew and nieces from both California & Italy as well as her loving friends and neighbors. She will be greatly missed. Services will be held at - St. Marks Catholic Church. Venice, CA January 4th 2017 @ 10am. Burial at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. 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 2016 293989 The following persons is (are) doing business as: 1) Evolution Salon Gallery 8 Brooks Ave. Apt 1, Venice, CA. 90291 Nicole Vann 8 Brooks Ave. apt 1 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 01/2016 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)) Nicole Vann Owner This statement was filed with the county on Dec. 5, 2016 Argonaut published: Dec 8, 15, 22 29, 2016. 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 2016 294777 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Venice West Products Inc. 1383 Appleton Way Venice, CA. 90291 Emotional ABCS INC 1383 Appleton Way 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 04/2012. 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)) Emotional ABCS INC President This statement was filed with the county on Dec. 6, 2016 Argonaut published: Dec. 8, 15, 22 29, 2016. 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 2016 288365 The following persons is (are) doing business as: 1) Americaís Best Contacts & Eyeglasses 39224 10th St. W Palmdale, CA. 93551 2) Americaís Best P.O. Box 460 Braselton, GA. 30517. 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. 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)). National Vision Inc. Senior Vice President This statement was filed with the county on Nov. 29, 2016. Argonaut published: Dec. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016. 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 2016 290900 The following persons is (are) doing business as: 1) Jerusalem Prayer Project 635 California Ave. Venice, CA. 90291. 635 California Ave. Venice, CA. 90291. 2) . 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. 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 Stephen L. Fiske Title CEO This statement was filed with the county on Dec. 1, 2016. Argonaut published: Dec. 22, 29, Jan. 5, 12, 2016. 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.
Presiding Judge, Darrell Mavis Superior Court, PUBLISHED: Argonaut 12/15, 12/22, 12/29, 2016. 1/5, 2017 SUPERIOR cOURT OF cALIFORNIA cOUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORdER TO SHOW cAUSE FOR cHANGE OF NAmE case No. NS033178 This statement was filed Dec.. 16, 2016, with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 257 Magnolia Ave. Long Beach, CA. 90802 Petition of Shawntee Cardwelll for Zoe-Jane Bratcher ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: a filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Zoe-Jane Christian Bratcher to Zoe-Jane Nicole Cardwell . 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: 2/3/17. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: room 27 The address of the court is Superior Court of California, 257 MAGNOLIA Ave. Long Beach CA. 90802 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Argonaut Newspaper. Date: Feb. 3, 2017 By Order of the Presiding Judge, PUBLISHED: Argonaut 12/22, 12/29, 2016 1/5 1/12, 2017
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SUPERIOR cOURT OF cALIFORNIA cOUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORdER TO SHOW cAUSE FOR cHANGE OF NAmE case No. ES020233 This statement was filed Sept. 28, 2016 , with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 600 E. Broadway Petition of: Daniel J. Quesada FOR CHANGE OF NAME. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Daniel J. Quesada filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Daniel J. Quesada to Daniel Case. 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: Jan. 18, 2016. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E room 260 The address of the court is Superior Court of California, 600 E. Broadway #279 Glendale, CA. 91206 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Argonaut Newspaper. Date: Sept, 28, 2016 By Order of the
SUPERIOR cOURT OF cALIFORNIA, cOUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SUmmONS cASE NUmbER Sd035304 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Kevin James, an individual, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMONDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Kendall Wilson an individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney
referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The courtís lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): Santa Monica Courthouse 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA. 90401. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): David Pisarra 1305 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405 310-6649969 The Date the Complaint was filed: June 22, 2016. Clerk Issuing Summons: Evyone N. Brown, Deputy, PUBLISH: The Argonaut Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016 SUmmONS (Family Law) cITATION FL-110 NOTIcE TO RESPONdENT (Name) miguel A. Samayoa Pozuelos You have been sued. Read the Information below and on the next page Petitioner’s name is PAMELA RODRIGUEZ Case Number:VD090585 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form- FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court maymake orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. ca.gov/seIfhelp). at the California Legal Services -website (www.lawhelpca.org). or by contacting your -local county bar association. The name and address of the court are: Los Angeles County Superior 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90650. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Pamela Rodriguez 9130 Hornby Ave. Whittier CA. 90603 Sheri R. Carter, Executive Officer Clerk, D Santana Deputy Date: Oct 27, 2016 FL-100 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: USA STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3.transfering, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or
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personal, whether community, quasicommunity, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE-ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506. WARNING – IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division or property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. Argonaut Dec. 15, 22, 29, Jan. 5, 2017.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE (U.C.C. 6101 et seq. and B & P 24074 et seq.)
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Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made. The names and address of the Seller/Licensee are: JOSE MORENO BUNGE, CRISTIAN DONOVAN, AND 1715 PACIFIC AVENUE LLC, 1715 S. PACIFIC AVE, VENICE CA 90291 The business is known as: BARNYARD VENICE The name and address of the Buyer/Transferee are: EDL SANTA MONICA LLC, 8000 W. SUNSET BLVD, STE 201, LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/ Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/ Transferee are: NONE The assets to be sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, MERCHANDISE INVENTORY AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS and are located at: 1715 S. PACIFIC AVE, VENICE CA 90291 The kind of license to be transferred is: Type: ON-SALE BEER AND WINE - EATING PLACE, License Number: 480160 now issued for the premises located at: 1715 S. PACIFIC AVE, VENICE CA 90291 The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is JANUARY 11, 2017 at the office of: CAPITAL TRUST ESCROW, 280 S BEVERLY DR, #300, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, including the estimated inventory, is the sum of $100,000.00, which consists of the following: DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT: CASH $5,000.00; DEMAND NOTE $95,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller/Licensee and the intended Buyer/Transferee, as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. DATED: JUNE 2, 2016 JOSE MORENO BUNGE, CRISTIAN DONOVAN, AND 1715 PACIFIC AVENUE LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Seller/Licensee EDL SANTA MONICA LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Buyer/Transferee LA1744516 ARGONAUT 12/22/16
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Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Thursday, Dec. 22 West Coast Swing, 6:30 p.m. Move your body and free your mind. Celebrate swing with a class or open dance. Intermediate swing dance classes start at 6:30 p.m., beginner and intermediate/advanced classes at 7:30 p.m., followed by open dancing with deejays at 8:30 p.m. $15 includes the class; $10 just to dance. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606-5606; philandmindiadance.com West L.A. Hike, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A community of friendly people gathers each Thursday for one of five West L.A. routes. Check website for weekly location. meetup.com/ los-angeles-hiking-group/events Live Music Showcase, 7 p.m. Music from Audrey McNamara and friends. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Salsa Night at Wokcano, 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Dance teachers Nicole Gil and Charlie Antillon lead a beginner lesson at 8 p.m., an intermediate class at 9 p.m. and social dancing from 10 p.m. until close every Thursday at
Hound Dog Dave & the Mel-Tones, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Playing blues, R&B and early rock ‘n’ roll, Hound Dog Dave & the Mel-Tones perform at Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com
funk, hip-hop, disco, house, indie and electronic at 10 p.m. in The Del Monte, plus DJ Jedi in Townhouse bar at 10 p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Holiday Swim, 6 to 7 p.m. Get fit this holiday season or give the gift of fitness to a loved one with holiday swim workouts each Friday and Monday evening at Culver City Municipal Plunge, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. (310) 390-5700; scaq@swim.net
Led Zepagain, 9:30 p.m. Earning a reputation as one of Southern California’s greatest tribute bands, Led Zepagain is widely regarded as the most authentic representation of Led Zeppelin active in the world today. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 395-1676; santamonica. harvelles.com
Jimmy Brewster, 6:30 p.m. to close. Get the full American steakhouse and classic cocktail bar experience featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tom Jones and The Beatles each Friday night at Dear John’s, 11208 Culver Blvd., Culver City. (310) 397-0276; dearjohns.net Simbang Gabi: A Long-Treasured Filipino Tradition, 7 p.m. A celebration of nine nights of novena masses culminating on Christmas Eve, St. Jerome Church’s Simbang Gabi celebration beings on Dec. 23 with a 7 p.m. mass followed by a reception of Filipino food and delicacies. St.
Saturday, Dec. 24 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 9 to 10:30 a.m. A 12-step program for anyone struggling with their relationship with food. Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Youth Center, 3838 S. Centinela Ave., Mar Vista. Free. Call to confirm holiday schedule. (310) 902-3040; foodaddicts.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a reggae concert by Izmskzm. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com
Sunday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day Jingle & Mingle, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Create everlasting
Hound Dog Dave & the Mel-Tones kick up some sawdust at Hinano Café. SEE FRIDAY, DEC. 23. memories at Whiskey Red’s Christmas Day Champagne Buffet, including wine specials and visits from Santa. Reservations required. Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $49.95 for adults; $21.95 for children ages 5 to 12. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com Killer Café, open 24/7. This local’s favorite is open Christmas Day serving comfort food, seafood or brunch. 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 578-2250; killershrimp.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights — even Christmas — at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
Monday, Dec. 26 Seated Breath Meditation: Naam Yoga, 10:15 a.m. This class aims to calm and clear the mind through controlled breathing, mudras (hand-seals) and simple seated movements that promote balance and rhythm in our emotions, thoughts and physical bodies. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org Nina’s Tango Practica, 6 to 9 p.m. Each Monday night learn the art of tango and enjoy a tapas tasting menu. Grand Casino Bakery & Café, 3826 Main St., Culver City. $12.95. (310) 945-6099; grandcasinobakery.com (Continued on page 34)
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‘Ramble On’ back to when rock was king with Led Zepagain. SEE FRIDAY, DEC. 23. Wokcano, 1413 5th St., Santa Monica. $8. facebook.com/dancesalsala Howl, 9 p.m. A dance party featuring music by LoboMan and guest deejays in The Del Monte. DJ Vinyl Don spins at 10 p.m. in the Townhouse bar. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $5 cover after 10 p.m. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Friday, Dec. 23 Mar Vista Senior Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The club meets each Friday for speakers, bingo, live entertainment, parties, trips and tours for people 50-plus. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. (310) 351-9876 Rotary Club of Santa Monica, noon. The Rotary Club of Santa Monica meets each Friday at Riviera Country Club, 1250 Capri Drive, Pacific Palisades. (310) 917-3313
Jerome Church, 5550 Thornburn St., Westchester. (310) 348-8212; stjeromewestchester.org Friday Night Trivia, 7 p.m. Test your knowledge while having a brew and win prizes. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com The Longest Night Service, 7 to 8 p.m. Sharing scripture, stories, special music, silent reflection and healing prayer, The Church in Ocean Park honors all faiths this holiday season. 235 Hill St., Santa Monica. (310) 399-1631; ciop4justice.org SongWriter Soiree, 7 to 11:30 p.m. (Sign up at 6:30 p.m.) Show up and prove your talent, then stay to support your fellow singers and musicians during the open mic each Friday at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. unurban.com The Afronauts, 8 p.m. Live jazz followed by DJ Shiva spinning soul,
The California Feetwarmers heat up the holidays with Dixieland blues Venice local adds a burst of ragtime energy to the 57th annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration Boogie on down to the Los Angeles Music Center on Saturday for the 57th annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration, showcasing music and dance traditions from around the globe and across that microcosm of the world that we call home. As part of the celebration, Venice local Patrick Morrison leads a performance of the Grammy-nominated ragtime band California Feetwarmers.
Known for their onstage antics, collaboration with blues artist Keb’ Mo’ and mastery of early swing and Dixieland blues, the Feetwarmers will play a mix of holiday favorites. And there’s plenty more on the bill. Hailing from Culver City, the women’s choral ensemble Vox Femina will sing songs celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah. The Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet Company presents folkloric dances from the Tabasco region of Mexico, and dance company Kayamanan Ng Lahi performs festive dances from the Philip-
pines. QVLN (pronounced Q-Violin) combines Brazilian beats with electric violin and Cuba L.A. transforms holiday standards into Latin jazz grooves. The Los Angeles Chamber Choir lends a classical note to the event with the singing of the 16th-century advent hymn “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,” and the Harmonic Handbell Ensemble plays traditional handbell tunes. Can’t make the drive? Watch from home during the broadcast from 3 to 6 p.m. on PBS SoCal KOCE or online at pbssocal.org. The special rebroadcasts from 9 p.m. to midnight on Dec. 24 and again at noon on Christmas Day. — Christina Campodonico
The 57th annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration happens from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, at the Los Angeles Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., Downtown L.A. Tickets are free. The wait line begins at 12:30 p.m. and doors open at 2:30 p.m., so bundle up.
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Rolling with the Punches Soulful and clever rock ‘n’ roller Paul Chesne plays two very different gigs as he plots his next act people. I always say, as long as there’s one person there who’s not in the band, then it’s not rehearsal.” Not unlike Stinson, Chesne has since earned the respect of peers for his performance stamina and songwriting chops. This fall he teamed with fellow Venice resident Matt Ellis for “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To,” an irreverent single he hopes will be the seed of an EP and the beginning of more songwriting collaborations. His cabinets, he says, are stuffed with lyrics: “I have hundreds of songs that are in serious states of decay. I write a lot.” He mentions a new, Trump-inspired song written the night before, which will hopefully appear in one of his sets at the Cinema or Aloft. “It’s called ‘Kiss the Ring.’ How everybody loses their dignity, even the tech giant titans and Romney. Going up the elevator shaft, kiss the ring [of the] impetuous leader.” Can’t say much for the crowd, but two Decembers ago Paul Chesne Like many independent artists, he’s actually did play the Hollywood Bowl weighing the value of albums vs. singles. curation of music photography, Chesne’s dancers demanding songs with a beat and He’s confident his band could record an nights are generally occupied with music diners who prefer the comfort of soul and album in two days, especially since they’re already familiar with his tunes. and writing. country covers. But he would be “totally fine” with On Friday he returns to the Cinema Bar Chesne’s five albums (including last recording and releasing singles as soon with bassist Jason Chesney, Dwight year’s “Heartache & Sin,” produced by as he writes them. Yoakam drummer Mitch Marine, and Sturgill Simpson bassist Dave Roe) “Doing 10 of them at a time is not guitarist Dutch Suoninen; next Wednesprovide the bedrock of material for his day he plays acoustic (either solo or with shows, although he’s just as likely to cover really how my brain works,” he says. “As an artist, I like having something Suoninen) at the Aloft Hotel bar’s happy James Brown, Ray Charles, Eminem, 50 hour. Cent or the Stones. He learned the craft of to sell at shows, but no one has a CD player anymore. … “Sometimes we walk into a place and playing to the room over many nights at “I’m trying to figure out what I’m we’re just like wallpaper,” he acknowlthe Cinema Bar studying former regulars going to do. That’s kinda why I wanted edges with a wry chuckle. The more they Mike Stinson, Randy Weeks, Ramsay to take December easy: to think about play (and Chesne estimates they’ve Midwood and Tony Gilkyson as they the next act in this diabolical scheme played about 75 shows this year), the performed to packed houses. I’m working on.” better they get and the more they’re “Those guys taught me how to play for wound into the fiber of the local commufour hours and do what I do,” he recalls. nity; yet the more they play, the easier it is “Me and Dutch would go there, and some The Paul Chesne Band rocks the Cinema for them to be overlooked by club-hopnights it was so crowded you couldn’t get Bar (3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City; 310-390-1328) at 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. pers hunting for something new. in. Lucinda Williams would show up, Admission is free, but donations into the Chesne takes it in stride and keeps [Sheryl Crow’s pedal steel player] Josh tip jar are encouraged and go directly to making music. “I’ve got a lot of fight in Grange would be up there [on bass or the artists. Chesne also plays acoustic durme,” he acknowledges. “I don’t know guitar], [drummer] Don Heffington. ing happy hour at the Aloft Hotel bar (475 what it is. Drive.” Stinson would be like, ‘Let me introduce N. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo; 424-290Onstage, he and his gig-hardened you to members of the audience.’ bandmates “roll with the punches,” “They gave me inspiration because we’ve 5555) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Visit paulchesne.com for more info. gauging the tricky balance between played shows where there were like six
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By Bliss Bowen “We are providing good music as a service,” Paul Chesne says groggily. “It is a constantly shifting crowd; oftentimes there are frat kids and models and all different types of people, all kinds. I never know what I’m walking into.” It’s noon, and Chesne sounds a little drunk, or hungover, or both. A few hours earlier the amiable musician had poured himself a glass of wine and cooked dinner after awakening from a nap, only to realize night had passed and it was daylight out. “#bachelorlife,” he tweeted. Chesne has a quick wit, a showman’s instincts and a hard-earned reputation for putting on fun, rocking shows. He’s also one of those guys who can get taken for granted because it seems like he’s always been around. Born in Inglewood, raised in Brentwood, he settled in Venice in 2002, a couple of years before making his first album, 2005’s “Wet Dog Man.” The creative community’s boho vibe suits his soulful rock ‘n’ roller persona. The wickedly insightful humor sharpening songs like “Offshore Bank Accounts,” “Taking Pills with George Jones” and “I Would Prefer to Focus on Your Flaws” enamors audiences while keeping them just far enough away that he can size them up from behind the microphone. The bar band veteran has honed that talent for reading a room over more than a decade playing local watering holes like the Basement, the Townhouse, the Cinema Bar and O’Brien’s, as well as more unconventional spaces such as Big Red Sun on Rose Avenue and the late, great Stronghold. “One of my favorite memories [of the Stronghold] is of waking up onstage there at like 7 in the morning,” he recalls with a laugh. “There were like 75 people listening to me playing, and I was like, ‘Whoa, whoa.’” As loyal fans can attest, that’s not an atypical episode in Chesne’s career. Working by day at Getty Images, where he works with the archival and
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Monica. Free. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Karaoke at Melody Bar & Grill, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Six-dollar mai tai cocktails loosen up vocal chords and inhibitions on Monday nights at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com
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Tuesday, Dec. 27 Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of some of the city’s best food trucks gathers each Tuesday at the Sky View Parking Lot, 6101 W. 98th St., Westchester. gatewaytola.org Read with a STAR!, 3 to 5 p.m. Share books with STAR volunteer reader Judy. Kids can discover great
stories and learn how to earn a free book to keep. Parents should call to confirm/RSVP. Westchester Loyola Village Branch Library, 7114 W. Manchester Ave., Westchester. (310) 348-1096; lapl.org Gourmet Food Truck Night, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday a diverse array of tent vendors and gourmet food trucks take over the California
Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org Go Club Beginners and Open Mic Komedy, 7 to 10 p.m. Learn to play Go with Santa Monica Go Club who meet here every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Open Mic Komedy begins at 9 p.m. (Continued on page 36)
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The Power of Two Pretty Polly gives new life to traditional ballads at Casa Del Mar By Bliss Bowen Since migrating from the British Isles to Appalachia, “Pretty Polly” has pretty much set the gold standard for murder ballads and been recorded by everyone from Dock Boggs to Aoife O’Donovan. With its instant evocation of Americana roots, it was a smart choice for a band name when Jessie Payo and Leeann Skoda started playing together two years ago. Aside from rootsy melodies and acoustic instruments, the defining element of Pretty Polly’s sound is the vocal chemistry between Payo and Skoda. Both strong independent artists who juggle various projects, their dynamic harmonies achieve a dramatic tension that suits their material, whether they’re performing their originals or interpreting traditionals popularized by Bill Monroe, the Everly Brothers and the Grateful Dead (“The One I Love is Gone,” “Down in the Willow Garden,” “Cold Rain & Snow”) or Gillian Welch’s “Caleb Meyer” (a worthy twist on the “Pretty Polly” tradition of murder ballads). Those songs can be heard in their live sets and on the lo-fi album they released last year, “One Day,” so named
because that’s how long it took them to make it. The diminutive Payo is a savvy show biz veteran who started belting out blues and funky rock in clubs across the Southland with her dad while still a kid; in 2013, she released a Kickstarterfunded country album on her Payote label. Skoda, an Arizona native who last year released her first EP, “Didn’t We All,” is familiar to Irish Times audiences in West L.A.; her light, sultry tones form the smoke to Payo’s gutsy fire. In the 1960s and ’70s, Alice Gerrard and the late, great Hazel Dickens took traditional songs once considered the province of male artists only and made them sound new and relevant again as the pioneering folk/bluegrass duo Hazel & Alice. It’s heartening to hear two independent women similarly reviving old songs and claiming them as their own. Pretty Polly harmonizes at Casa del Mar (1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica) at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. Call (310) 581-5533 for venue info and preview “One Day” at prettypollymusic.bandcamp.com
Jessie Payo (left) and Leeann Skoda, accomplished artists in their own right, can really slay a murder ballad together
Rump for Joy I am a curvy girl with a big butt. I hate it. I have a small waist and it makes my butt look even bigger. I don’t care that the Kardashians have made big butts cool. I’d like to lose weight in that area. However, my boyfriend LOVES my butt and told me there’s research that says girls with bigger butts are smarter and healthier. Is that true? That can’t be true. — Tushy Galore Welcome to the scienceinspired catcall: “Woooo, girl … you look like a nuclear physicist in them hot pants!” Yes, there seems to be a cognitive edge in being a woman with a big caboose, provided you have a low “waist-to-hip ratio.” That’s professor-speak for women who have small waists relative to their hips — an “hourglass figure” like yours, as opposed to a body that’s more No. 2 pencil-esque or beerguttylicious. Epidemiologist William Lassek and anthropologist Steven Gaulin find that being voluptuous in the way you are is associated with both being a bit smarter and having smarter children. To understand why starts with understanding “parent-offspring conflict,” evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers’ term for how it’s in each child’s genetic interest to suck as much in the way of resources out of their parent as they can. This battle for resources starts early, which is to say a fetus is a little hog. It hoovers up its share of nutrients and then may go after some of its mother’s share, too — not so much that it kills her but maybe, “Hey, Ma, enjoy the gestational diabetes!” Lassek and Gaulin note that this competition for resources is especially rough on teen mommies, whose own brains are still developing. Both the
teen mother-to-be and her child are prone to having their cognitive development “impaired” — irreversibly diminished from what it could be — when she’s forced to compete for a limited supply of nutrients with the fast-growing fetusmonster. However, Lassek and Gaulin find that women with bodies like yours seem to be cushioned — or, you could say, “seat-cushioned” — against this cognitive impairment, apparently because the butt and hip area serves as a supplemental food storage locker for the developing fetus. There’s a special kind of fat that gets deposited in this area: gluteofemoral fat. This booty fat is different from and healthier than belly fat. It’s loaded with omega-3 fatty acids — especially DHA, docosahexaenoic acid — which we can only get from things we ingest, like seafood, walnuts, cooked spinach and krill oil supplements. DHA is essential for day-to-day cognitive functioning in all people. And, Gaulin emphasized to me, it’s “the most important brain-building resource” for little fetus people. He and Lassek controlled for things like parents’ income and education and the number of dollars spent per student and found mothers’ higher DHA to be the strongest predictor of kids scoring significantly higher on tests in math, reading and science. You’re packing more DHA than a woman who carries her fat Santa-style, but any woman can increase her DHA through diet, especially by eating fish. As for your desire to shave off some of Mount Buttmore, bad news: Gluteofemoral fat is extremely resistant to weight loss (as that basically would amount to throwing away some of your brain’s lunch).
But to lose weight overall —while feeding your brain and protecting it from cognitive decline — consider this from Lassek and Gaulin’s book, “Why Women Need Fat”: “The single dietary factor most strongly related to women’s weight gain was the amount of omega-6 linoleic acid in their diet.” A major source of omega-6 is factory Frankenstein oils: polyunsaturated, heat-processed seed oils like soybean, sunflower, corn and canola. (Extra-virgin olive oil is healthy — an omega-3 source.) And, surprise! Eating fish cooked in these omega-6-packed Franken-oils makes us “unlikely to retain the valuable omega-3 present in the fish.” Getting back to your backend, it seems you owe it an apology. Maybe you were swayed in what you find attractive by the cadaverishly thin women that gay male designers send out to faint on the catwalk. Consider that you may be confusing body weight and booty shape in how self-conscious you feel about your behindquarters. Now, whether men prefer heavier or slimmer women varies by culture. However, the late evolutionary psychologist Devendra Singh found that men across cultures overwhelmingly are hotter for the smarter-baby-producing hourglass bod that you have — though without any conscious understanding of why this preference evolved. (No, their penises didn’t put on reading glasses and pore over Gaulin and Lassek’s research.) Instead of longing for a body type that men don’t find as sexy, maybe resolve to start appreciating what you have — including your own special version of the trickiest no-win question a woman can ask a man: “Baby, does our future Einstein look fat in these pants?”
Got a problem? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave., Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. Alkon’s latest book is “Good Manners for Nice People who Sometimes Say F*ck.” She blogs at advicegoddess.com and podcasts at blogtalkradio.com. December 22, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 35
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Baja Ha Ha is Serious Business Locals brave stormy seas with a Sunderland while setting sail for a piece of paradise Photo by Paul M.J. Suchecki
By Paul M.J. Suchecki On Oct. 28, four intrepid sailors left Marina del Rey on a beautiful Beneteau 423 to join the 23rd Baja Ha Ha cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. The journey is about 750 nautical miles, but those aboard the De Vrijheid — owner/skipper Johan Feldbusch, his wife/ first mate Barbara Baumann, Laurence Sunderland and Diane Hubner — didn’t stop there. They sailed around the tip of Baja California to La Paz, in the Sea of Cortez. In short, Baja Ha Ha is “a West Coast rally of boats heading south after hurricane season,” said Baumann, a longtime local event producer, who went on to recount the backstory. “Latitude 38, a West Coast boating magazine, began it when they realized that at the end of October a lot of boats started heading south, so they thought, ‘Why not make it a fun group effort?’ [This year] 182 boats signed up.” Now, about the De Vrijheid. That’s an unusual name for a boat. In Dutch, the name translates to “The Freedom,” but inspiration also came from an adventure comic that Feldbusch read while growing up in Amsterdam: “The Adventures of Captain Rob and his Sailing Vessel, De Vrijheid, with his dog Skip.” Feldbusch and Baumann have been living on a Venice walk street since 1998 in a home he built. But this year they felt it was time for a change of scenery, so they recruited friends Sunderland and Hubner, Marina del Rey resident and massage therapist, to join their escape plan. Any boater should recognize the Sunderland name. Laurence is a shipwright, sailor and a USCG-certified captain. He’s also the father of Zac Sunderland, the youngest American to circumnavigate the globe by himself in a sailboat, and Abby Sunderland, the youngest person to ever sail solo around Cape Horn. “Often people have asked me what I think about the ocean, and I tell them ‘to be quite frank it terrifies me.’ When it stops doing that I’ll be dangerous. I’ll be
Diane Hubner, Barbara Baumann, Johan Feldbusch and Laurence Sunderland were all smiles before setting sail to the Sea of Cortez overconfident. Yet I’ve had some of my best times on the ocean and in remote around places the world that you only get
“By mid-afternoon they picked up again, and it blew all day and night — crazy wild winds of 20 to 40 knots.” — Barbara Baumann
to through sailing,” Sunderland said. “The biggest advice I gave Zach and Abigail was to not grow complacent, which is easy to do after you’ve been out for a couple of days. The ocean doesn’t care if
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you’ve been up for three days and nights without sleep.” Hubner agrees. “I’ve been sailing for
about 18 years, and I consider myself a rank beginner. I always look at what I can learn, what I can do differently,” she said. Although their voyage began with so little wind they had to motor, by Nov. 1
the crew of De Vrijheid faced 20-knot winds and rough seas with large swells. “It was all hands on deck. As the crazy winds developed, we put up the whisker pole for downwind sailing. However, the pin broke and therefore no pole,” Baumann said. “The winds and seas settled down for part of the day. By mid-afternoon they picked up again, and it blew all day and night — crazy wild winds of 20 to 40 knots.” While monitoring the radio, they learned of many fellow boaters facing numerous problems including rudders, boom vangs and auto pilots breaking, sails ripping, losing power and communications, and even rogue waves battering boats. “Everyone was sharing advice, parts, labor, whatever one could do; we were all in this together and helped where and when we could. Mother Nature is very powerful. And it was cold,” Baumann recalled. One sailboat wrecked on the rocks. Another lost its engine. But Feldbusch and Sunderland managed to fix the whisker pole the very next day. On Nov.9, they made it to Cabo San Lucas, reeling in a 15-pound tuna as they arrived. The next day they said farewell to Sunderland as they put him on a plane. When the last of the boats arrived, it was time to celebrate —“a rowdy event at Squid Roe in downtown Cabo; everyone singing, dancing and really partying,” Baumann said. After a few days of recuperating, De Vrijheid left for La Paz. On Nov. 18, three weeks after leaving Marina del Rey, they faced yet another rough day of sailing. “The wind was on the nose at 20 knots, making for a very bashing day. It was very rocky with large swells,” Baumann said. But then they arrived in La Paz, where they’re drinking desalinated water in a solar-powered slip — and staying at least until June. A longtime sailor, Suchecki is a member of Fairwind Yacht Club and Single Mariners of Marina del Rey.
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W E S T S I D E Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea Club, 11 a.m. to noon. In this workshop to develop better presentation skills, experienced Toastmasters present the fundamentals of public speaking in the relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere of a Toastmasters meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, 12000 Vista del Mar, Conf. Room 230A, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131; toastmastersspeakers-bythesea@gmail.com Guided Meditation for Mindful Relaxation, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Current research recognizes meditation can help the body, mind and spirit. Join Doug Frankel, who guides participants through the journey of meditation, demonstrating the most natural and effective techniques. New or advanced meditators welcome. Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Dr., Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org Grand View Market Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. Every Wednesday night, Grand View Market serves up a side of entertainment to go with its juice bar, made-to-order deli sandwiches and Area 1 craft beer bar. Anyone can sign up to do a four-minute comedy set or perform two songs. There is an open mic strictly for musicians on Friday nights. Grand View Market, 12210 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 390-7800 Rusty’s Rhythm Club, 7:30 to 11 p.m. Andy Cowan & The Nina Beck Trio play swing-era tunes and big band hits in varying tempos, plus some Sinatra and Big Band hits. A half-hour beginner swing dance class with a DJ starts at 7:30 p.m., followed by two sets of live music from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and 10 to 11 p.m. $15 includes the class; $10 just to dance. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606-5606; rustyfrank.com TRiPTease, 10 p.m. Enjoy a different show each week featuring burlesque dancers from all over Los Angeles, singers, comedians, magicians and more. Live music begins at 8:30 p.m. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $5. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Venice Underground Comedy and Bootleg Bombshells Burlesque Show, 9 and 11:30 p.m. Start the night with some of L.A.’s best comics, and
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Thursday, Dec. 29 We Stand with Standing Rock Fundraiser, 9 p.m. Harvelle’s hosts a fundraiser for the most important cause of a generation. The night includes performances by musical guests Princess Frank, Father Bear, Herbert Bail Orchestra, Too Tight, Lantz Lazwell & The Vibe Tribe featuring
Joe Con, Oh Diggz and a DJ spinning between acts. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
Galleries & Museums “100 Years of National Parks: The West,” through Saturday, Dec. 24. This is the fourth and final installment of a yearlong series celebrating the centennial of the National Park Service. The show highlights the 11 western states of the continental United States representing the vast diversity of geography, climate and beauty of the American West. The G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 452-2842; theg2gallery.com Hilary Taub: “Recent Work,” through Saturday, Dec. 24. Approaching the figure from an abstract painter’s perspective, Hilary Taub works and
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Start 2017 in style with a special occasion gourmet menu, a deejay spinning for dancers after 8:30 p.m. and a complimentary midnight toast. $95. Café del Rey, 4451 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-6395; cafedelreymarina.com
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Turn “Auld Lang Syne” into a sea shanty with a classy nautical celebration on the marina. With A New Year’s Eve Feast both a cocktail-and-dessert and a @ Whiskey Red’s full-blown dinner gala option, your Like your New Year’s Eve with a side of decadence? Look no further inner sailor can ring in the new
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Salsa or sway to the musical stylings of Casa Sanchez’s house band Mariachi Voces de Mexico de Raúl Sanchez and the everpopular Yari Moré Latin Band at this evening celebration from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., which offers a cocktail bar, champagne toast, non-alcoholic drink options, a three-course meal and party favors. $50 to $100. Casa Sanchez, 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 397-9999; casa-sanchez.com
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Eat, Drink & Be Merry @ Playa Provisions
Champagne toast? Check. Beachside locale? Check. Ice cream shop, whisky bar, restaurant and delistyle counter all under one roof? Check! Eat, drink and be ice cream-merry at “Top Chef” alum Brooke Williamson’s four-way hybrid eatery. Party starts at 10, last seating at 9:45. $20 at the door. Playa Provisions, 119 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 683-5019; playaprovisions.com
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Playa del Rey’s old-school Italian favorite closes out 2016 with three-course Twilight Dining specials from 4 to 6 p.m. followed by live music, champagne and party favors from 7 to midnight. $50+. Cantalini’s Salerno Beach, 193 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 821-0018; salernobeach.com
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Those in search of a relaxed vibe for 2017 after the whirlwind that was 2016 should look no further than Melody, which will have a traditional champagne toast, a deejay and a welcome-all-attitude. Party starts at 9:30 p.m., no cover. Melody Bar & Grill 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com
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