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Show” and “The Tonight Show” together many times. I have a neighbor on the canals — a beautiful, funny and shy woman named Sally. I had invited her to my 70th birthday party (17 years ago). Didn’t know if she was too shy to

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come. She came and brought a date: George Carlin. She’d met him at a comedy writers workshop. It was their first date. I saw them necking later that night on one of the walking bridges. They became soulmates. He moved in with her. I saw more of him in the last dozen or so years of his life than I had in the previous 35 or 40 … taking out the garbage, walking Sally’s dog. The last time we spoke was the morning of the day he died. He told me a joke: A businessman retires. His wife says, “You’re driving me crazy sitting around the house. You gotta get a hobby.” He tells her he will. Two weeks later she says, “You didn’t get a hobby.” He says, “I did. I’m a beekeeper.” She says, “A beekeeper! Where the hell are the bees?” He opens a cigar box. “Here they are.” She says, “Those bees are dead.” He says, “F…k ‘em. It’s only a hobby.” Orson Bean Venice (Continued on page 28)

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History, One Coat at a Time Restoration of “Chagall Returns to Venice Beach” is part of a citywide mural preservation effort .......................... 6

Three Dead, One Clinging to Life after Car Crash in Marina del Rey . ............. 8

Southern at Heart Hatchet Hall is on the cutting edge of an often neglected culinary tradition . .......... 19

westside Happenings Last-Minute New Year’s Eve Party Guide ....................................... 26 The Marx Brothers in Santa Monica, Bootleg Bombshells in Venice and Bad Mama Jamas in Westchester .... 27

Opinion Marina del ‘Razed’ New Year’s Resolution: Re-sensitize ourselves to the killing of trees . ............................. 10

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This Week Man vs. Matterhorn To earn the right to tell the mountain’s story, I had to try to climb it, fail, and try again .... 12

An Evening with Einstein In Jack Fry’s hands, the man who shook the foundations of physics is a stressedout young divorcé ................................. 17

Arts Mural with a Message The meaning of a Spanish artist’s surreal Playa Vista panorama is in the eye of the beholder . ................................... 28

‘Adventures on the Sea’ Prize-winning Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade entries lit up the night with style and spirit ...................................... 31 On The Cover: Photos (clockwise from left) by Jonathan Coffin, Mia Duncans, Ted Soqui and Kevork Djansezian. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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History, One Coat at a Time Restoration of “Chagall Returns to Venice Beach” is part of a citywide mural preservation effort Photos by Joe Piasecki

By Christina Campodonico When Christina Schlesinger looks at her mural “Chagall Returns to Venice Beach” on the Israel Levin Senior Center’s walls, she doesn’t see years of wear and tear. She sees stories. The formerly L.A.-based painter, now living on the East Coast, recently returned to Venice to restore the iconic mural on the 200 block of Ocean Front Walk. Schlesinger’s effort is part of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs’ CityWide Mural Program, a $750,000 endeavor to restore and preserve historic fine art murals throughout Los Angeles and to fund new murals. “Chagall Returns to Venice Beach” is one of nine murals being restored by the Venice-based Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) under a contract with the city. For Schlesinger, who lived here in the 1970s and cofounded SPARC along with filmmaker Donna Deitch and current artistic director Judy Baca, coming back to Venice really did feel like a homecoming, she says. SPARC, which brought Schlesinger back for a 10-day restoration residency earlier this month, is also excited about the artist’s return. “As a young generation of artists, it’s really incredible to see the origins of SPARC and the mural program in Los Angeles,” SPARC Project Manager and artist Carlos Rogel explains. “We’re seeing multiple generations coming back and being able to connect with Christina and SPARC’s mission — with Christina it’s this added layer of institutional memory.” This is the third time in 24 years that Schlesinger has worked on the mural. The artist first created the mural, originally titled “Chagall Comes to Venice Beach,” in 1991 through SPARC’s Neighborhood Pride mural program. Schlesinger took inspiration from Venice landmarks and fanciful elements from the artwork of famed Russian-Jewish artist Marc Chagall to create a surreal landscape, where Jewish iconography and Venice bohemianism meet. A few fanciful mash-ups include a saxophonist angel floating alongside a glowing menorah and a roller-blading woman with wings crossing paths with a fiddleplaying flying fish. Schlesinger repainted and restored the whimsical mural, renaming it “Chagall Returns to Venice Beach,” in 1996 after damage from the Northridge earthquake and subsequent building repairs forced the Israel Levin Senior Center to destroy the original. For Schlesinger, working on the mural once again is a rare and unique opportunity “to relive something that was so wonderful and that gave joy to so many people,” she says.

Muralist Christina Schlesinger touches up some details on her mural along the Venice boardwalk Like the new coats of paint she applies to the mural, Schlesinger’s memories of the mural are still fresh. A palm tree reminds Schlesinger of the woman who painted it — Sybil Grinnell, a young Brit who came up to Schlesinger one day and asked if she could paint. Schlesinger agreed and Grinnell became a member of her crew.

Dougo suggested that Schlesinger include the beloved seaside amusement park, so she turned over that section of the wall to him to paint. From a ribbon spilling out of a seashell, Schlesinger is reminded of her late friends Rick Barnett and poet Dora Bayrack, whose names are both memorialized on the scroll. Barnett, along with his boy-

“My father said that a country without history is like a person with amnesia — lost and confused. … This is part of the history [of Venice].” — muralist Christina Schlesinger

An angel calls to mind another contributor to the painting — Bill, a homeless vet who came to Schlesinger one day with a very small drawing of an angel and asked her if he could put it up on the wall. Schlesinger welcomed the suggestion, but told Bill he needed to make the angel bigger, so she showed him how to enlarge the drawing through a grid technique. When Schlesinger looks at the huge blue waves crashing on the mural’s depiction of the former Pacific Ocean Park Pier, she thinks of Dougo, another homeless man who worked on the mural during its second restoration in 1996.

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friend Eric Gordon, first proposed that Schlesinger paint the mural on the Israel Levin Senior Center. Bayrack, 95 years old at the time, insisted that Schlesinger include a poem in the mural. “She used to patrol the wall everyday telling me what I was doing right and wrong. I learned a lot about the Yiddish language [and] Yiddish poetry from her,” Schlesinger recalls. Written in Yiddish and English, the poem is titled “Roots” and continues to appear on painted papyrus scrolls above an entrance ramp. All of these stories contribute to the mural’s historic legacy within Venice’s

community, Schlesinger says. “My father said that a country without history is like a person with amnesia — lost and confused,” says Schlesinger. Her late father, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, political advisor and public intellectual. “Without the history, without our history, we’re lost and confused, and this is part of the history [of Venice],” she continues. “You need to know your history. Venice should have history. It’s just turning into a playground for the rich, but you have to have a sense of the history of the past. So this [mural] gives that.” This latest restoration is not only a window into the past, but also a glimpse into the future. SPARC plans to digitize “Chagall Returns to Venice Beach” through a specially developed scanning and camera technique. “We’re creating high-resolution tiles of the mural so they are conserved digitally at scale. If any of these murals were to be damaged beyond repair, we would be able to create a digital reproduction of the mural — so high-resolution, you can see the bristles on the surface of the paint,” Rogel says. Whether in pixels or in paint, it seems “Chagall Returns to Venice” is prepared to stand the test of time. Learn more about SPARC’s efforts at sparcinla.org. christina@argonautnews.com

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Three Teens Die in High-Speed Crash on Via Marina Another is clinging to life after car flipped and struck a tree on sharp curve near water’s edge Photos by Joe Piasecki

By Gary Walker and Joe Piasecki Three teenagers are dead and another remains in critical condition after a high-speed car crash at a sharp curve on Via Marina near the Mariners Village Apartments in Marina del Rey. The silver Honda Accord carrying two men and two women was heading toward the harbor’s main channel at high speed on Monday evening when it struck the center median, flipped in the air and came to rest upside down against a shoreline tree, according to witnesses and investigators. The curve is a nearly 90-degree bend. The driver and passengers were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash, California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Stafford said. Two of the vehicle’s occupants, a young man who died and a young woman who survived, were ejected from the car during the crash. The woman was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries.

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The sedan was speeding down Via Marina toward the harbor’s main channel (into the frame) when it struck the median and flipped over Firefighters who arrived on scene at about 4:55 p.m. worked to extract the other two victims (a man and a woman) from the overturned car, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Eric Scott said. The L.A. County Coroner’s office has identified the woman who died in the crash as Dim-

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“The car came super-fast, hit the divider and it just flew. When it hit the tree, it was in pieces,” said another woman who was with Serna’s group when the crash happened. Serna said witnesses also included a man who jumped the fenced gate of the apartment complex’s Channel Walk and rushed to the scene to render aid. The CHP’s Stafford said officers are investigating reports that another car may have been traveling close behind the one that crashed. “We can’t confirm anything at this time, but we are investigating that possibility,” he said. On Nov. 17, a car speeding down Pacific Avenue missed the sharp curve onto Via Marina (about a fifth of a mile from the site of Monday’s crash) and plunged through a guardrail into Marina del Rey harbor. The driver was able to exit the vehicle and flee the scene before first responders arrived.

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By William Hicks To borrow a phrase from the late President Ronald Reagan, “Well, there he goes again!” Last December, L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe allowed workers to cut down 650 trees at Oxford Basin Lagoon in order to dredge for flood control purposes and ultimately create a park. This December they’re cutting down 18 more — many of them beautiful mature coral trees (the “official tree” of L.A.) along Via Marina in what has become Marina del “Razed.” Perhaps Mr. Knabe will implement an annual tree cutting ceremony to celebrate the holidays. The L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors announced ahead of time that the 18 trees cut down last week were dead, dying or diseased. When asked for documentation from a certified arborist, Beaches and Harbors Deputy Director Crock Ladewig provided International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) evaluation forms for 11 of the trees. Each was completed by JTL Consultants, a government contractor that is run by certified arborists. As for the other seven, “There are no tree reports for the already dead trees,” Ladewig told me. To be fair, the ISA reports for the seven coral trees, two Italian stone pines and two Monterey pines do list various concerns about the conditions of the trees and take guesses at how risky those conditions could be. One coral tree at Yvonne B. Burke Park, for example, is said to be “in decline with sparse foliage and cracked branches.” Another coral tree along Via Marina is said to have signs of wetwood decay. Other trees were basically just crowding out or being crowded out by other trees. Perhaps that’s why Ballona Institute board president Roy van de Hoek tells me the cross-sections of recently cut trees that he saw showed no evidence of disease. So as to any diseases, I can’t tell

Massacre on Via Marina: One of 18 mature trees cut down last week you at this point what they are or whether other trees might be at risk. As for mitigation options, two words keep showing up on the forms: “remove tree.” No other options. No notes about what could be done to save the trees. Just a “Take’m down, boys,” essentially. Perhaps we need a Department of Beaches & “Arbors,” because after all

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But apparently the ends justified the means, because spears, bows and arrows, catapults, gunpowder, guns and cannons were invented. Fighting in rows was replaced by trench warfare and guerilla warfare. Now we have landmines, missiles, bombs and enough nukes to kill all of us several times over. After the Cold War ended and Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) wasn’t as much of a threat, it was replaced with terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). And now we have drones controlled by people behind desks, who can grab a cup of coffee after killing somebody — people likely raised on “killing people” video games. If my psychology degree taught me anything, it’s that this isn’t healthy. So with all of this killing going on, what’s a few trees? After all, trees are just a commodity, right? Ever since the dawn of man they were just used for burning and keeping warm. Then they were used for creating tools, furniture, homes and paper. The difference is we’re not living in the Stone Age. There are more than 7 billion people living on the planet. My wife and I recently attended an event in Brentwood in which Congressman Ted Lieu said, “Trees are the best way to remove carbon dioxide from the air.” Not to mention they create oxygen and catch rainfall. Trees are vital to our survival, which is why so many people get upset when one gets cut down, let alone 18 or 650 of them. These people aren’t just “tree huggers.” These people care about life on Earth. As we begin the New Year, I propose that we become reacquainted with the value of trees and re-sensitized to the killing of trees. That way more of us will react when there are plans to cut them down.

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Man vs. Matterhorn To earn the right to tell the mountain’s story, I had to try to climb it, fail, and then try again Photo by Neil Satterfield

By Marty Ollstein

MY FIRST ATTEMPT – 1970

My breath came in short bursts. My heart was pounding. Each step was an effort. Wind whipped across the exposed rocky ridge — 13,000 feet above sea level and thousands of feet straight down to the glacier below. We were two-thirds of the way up the Matterhorn, but running out of time. I first learned of the Matterhorn when I went to Disneyland as a kid and became more fascinated by the climbers in lederhosen costumes scaling the mountain than by the roller coaster ride. I decided then and there that I would someday climb the real thing. While studying abroad in France during my sophomore year at Stanford, I traveled to Switzerland and finally saw the real thing. The Matterhorn entranced me at first sight. I had to climb it. I met a young Argentinian priest who shared my Matterhorn dream. We bought a rope, slept in the “hut” (the Hornlihutte) at the base of the mountain, got up before dawn and tried to keep up with the official mountain guides. We soon fell far behind — clobbered by the altitude. By midday we’d arrived at the Solvay Hut, a tiny shelter perched on a cliff more than 1,000 feet below the summit. If we had continued to the top we would have ended up climbing down in darkness, an extremely dangerous situation. I knew we had to turn around. But I vowed to return and complete what I had started. Little did I know that it would be decades before I’d return to make another try.

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“A momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.” — Edward Whymper, first to conquer the Matterhorn

Italy. Legend held that the summit was inhabited by demons. This year marked the 150th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the THE FIRST ASCENT – 1865 Matterhorn. In commemoration, the In the 19th century’s Golden Age of tourism office in Zermatt, Switzerland, Mountaineering, the Matterhorn was the curated a series of jubilee events this last unconquered peak in the Alps. It was considered invincible. Hundreds of people summer. Now a film director and cinematographer died climbing the mountain, which living in Marina del Rey, I attended the straddles the border of Switzerland and

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jubilee while preparing to direct “Exposure,” a feature-length action thriller based on the inspiring and tragic story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn. I plan to shoot the film this summer and am currently assembling producers and arranging financing. The British artist Edward Whymper initially encountered the Matterhorn in 1860. For five years, Whymper made

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Zermatt is celebrating the jubilee all year, but the main events happened on the anniversary week of Whymper’s pioneering climb. A “Day of Reflection” on July 12 involved a communal hike to the Stelisee, a beautiful alpine lake known for its view of the Matterhorn and surrounded by grassy meadows filled with blooming alpine flowers. Music from traditional eight-foot wooden Alpine horns, called Alpenhorns, greeted us at the lake. That afternoon in the mountaineer’s cemetery, clergy dedicated a memorial marker — a large rock in the shape of the Matterhorn — dedicated to the “unknown

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attempts to climb the mountain from the Italian side. Jean-Antoine Carrel, a skilled Italian mountain guide, shared the same goal and had been making his own attempts. In 1865, Carrel set out on a clandestine expedition up the south side of the mountain. Learning that Carrel was on his way up, Whymper desperately threw together a team and led them up a new route he had devised on the north side of the mountain in Switzerland: the Hornli ridge. The race was on — Carrel’s team heading up the Italian south side of the mountain, Whymper’s up the Swiss side to the north. Whymper set out with six other men: three climbers from England (Rev. Charles Hudson, his young friend Douglas Hadow and Lord Francis Douglas), Swiss mountain guides “Old” Peter Taugwalder and his son Peter, and French guide Michel Cros. Whymper’s team won the race to the summit on July 14, but the victory became a tragedy during the descent. One man slipped, a rope broke, and the three English climbers and Cros fell thousands of feet to their deaths on the glacier below.

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climbers” who had perished on a mountain. That evening, Rev. Alan Purser led a commemorative service in the English Church that was dedicated to the first ascent of the Matterhorn and those who died on that day. Members of the British Alpine Club attended, and one read from the writings of Whymper, ending with “… a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.” The next day, jubilee organizers illuminated lights on the Matterhorn that guides had placed all the way up the mountain, following Whymper’s Hornli route. The lights came on one-by-one, starting from the bottom. It was magical. On July 14, the anniversary of the first ascent, there was a moratorium on climbing in honor of those who had died attempting to conquer the Matterhorn. That morning, Zermatt dedicated a beautiful new Hornlihutte with large windows facing the summit and the mountain range to the east. Reachable by a strenuous two-hour hike from Schwarzee, the top station of the gondola, the hut is the take-off point for the climb up the Matterhorn. Like I had done in 1970, climbers spend the night there before rising in the early morning to start their climb. Helicopters gave rides to VIPs who couldn’t make the trek. I hiked it. On the way up, I met Paul Whymper-Williams, the great-grandnephew of Whymper. That afternoon introduced the “Walk of the Climb.” Modeled after Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, plaques honored each of the seven climbers who made the first ascent and two from the competing Italian team. The great-great-grandsons of Whymper, Croz, the Taugwalders and Carrel unveiled the plaques, and I was able to tell each of them about my plans for a film. They all offered their support. There was also a dramatic play about the first ascent staged in a beautiful valley meadow facing the Matterhorn. In most accounts, Whymper is generally considered the hero and the Taugwalders are faulted for using a thin rope that snapped. This play, “The Matterhorn Story,” favored the Taugwalders, raising

The Hörnligrat, the northeast Hornli Ridge of the Matterhorn more controversy about the accident. On July 17, two teams made a double ascent of the Matterhorn — one leaving from Zermatt and the other from the Italian side, with climbers from Italy, France, England and Switzerland taking the places of those from their countries who had made the climb 150 years ago. This time, the teams met at the summit

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for a brief memorial service and descended on opposite sides of the mountain.

MY SECOND ATTEMPT — 2014

My steel-spiked crampons bit into the ice sheathing the rock. Wind whipped snow across the ridge. I was back on the Matterhorn.

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This time I had prepared myself by training as a rock climber and alpinist, building my endurance hiking and climbing. I worked out on the walls at Rockreation, the climbing gym in Santa Monica. I took climbing courses at UCLA. I climbed in Joshua Tree National Park, attending the annual Climb Smart convention there. I hiked Mount Baldy, Mount San Gorgonio and Mount San Jacinto — each more than 10,000 feet tall — and once even climbed all three in two days as part of the A16 “Three-peak challenge.” I trained at altitude in the High Sierras; I climbed the Palisades Traverse, which includes scaling five 14,000-foot peaks in four days. I climbed Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States. This time, I was ready. The weather in 2014, however, was the worst in decades. It was still snowing in August. Snow and ice covered the Matterhorn. I spent a week climbing other mountains, including the Breithorn Traverse. I slept in high altitude huts (small chalets run by the Alpine Clubs) to acclimate to the altitude. Finally, on Aug. 17, I attempted the Matterhorn again, leaving from Schwarzsee (two hours below the Hornlihutte) before dawn with American guide Neil Satterfield of Sierra Mountain Guides. Though usually dry in August, the route was covered with snow and ice. For better traction we strapped crampons — metal spikes that dig into ice — on our boots, but climbing with crampons is harder and takes more time. We were alone on the route; the Swiss guides would not climb because of the ice and snow. The risk of falling thousands of feet was real. It was cold. Rest breaks were few and brief — a quick drink, an energy bar, then back to climbing. But finally, at 11:30 a.m., I stepped onto the summit of the Matterhorn. The sky was crystal clear — the snow sparkling in the sun, the Alps unfolding around me. It was worth every bit of effort, and I feel it earned me the right to tell Whymper’s story. Marty Ollstein can be reached at martymatterhorn@gmail.com. Visit exposurethefilm.com to learn more about his preparations for filming “Exposure.”

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The Top 10

LOCAL NEWS STORIES OF 2015 By Joe Piasecki

It’s been a big year for local news. No Top 10 list could cover everything that happened here in 2015, but several stories stand out as defining the yin-yang of triumphs and troubles that made for a roller-coaster 365 days west of the 405.

9.Sea Lions in Crisis

Traditional public schools are feeling the squeeze as charter schools attract more students and move into empty LAUSD classrooms, while specialized programs designed to keep families from leaving the district are encountering resistance from supporters of neighborhood schools. Plans to build a $30-million facility at Mark Twain Middle School to house the popular Chinese dual language immersion program at Broadway Elementary collapsed this year under community pressure.

Police swarmed Venice Boulevard after a shooting in Mar Vista

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It wasn’t that long ago that Westsiders would associate online vacation rental broker Airbnb with holiday travel, but this year the company has for many become synonymous with depleted rental housing inventory here at home. Thousands of short-term rental offerings west of the 405 have prompted Santa Monica to enact new restrictions and has City Councilman Mike Bonin leading the charge to tax and regulate the practice in L.A.

Nary a week or two goes by without a letter to the editor or online comment critical of county plans for growth and development in Marina del Rey — especially environmental concerns. The clear-cutting of 650 trees in the Oxford Basin Lagoon in January to make way for Photo by Jonathan Coffin

When Han Solo crashes a plane, that’s national celebrity news. But for locals,

Measles cases in Santa Monica sparked new vaccination rules

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With warmer coastal water temperatures disrupting ocean feeding patterns, hundreds of malnourished young sea lions showed up on local beaches this year. Peter Wallerstein of Playa del Rey-based Marine Animal Rescue came to the aid of a record 475 ocean mammals — mostly starving sea lion pups, but also imperiled fur seals — between January and November, and he expects to be busy again in 2016.

Ford’s 8.Harrison Plane Crash

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actor Harrison Ford’s “forced landing” of a vintage Ryan PT-22 on a Penmar Golf Course fairway in March reignited the debate about the future of Santa Monica Airport. Santa Monica officials keep pushing to wrest control of SMO away from the FAA, which would likely result in flight restrictions, and that’s an issue not likely to go away soon.

In the first half of the year residents of Westchester, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Del Rey, Mar Vista, Venice, Palms and Manchester Square reported 400 crimes to LAPD — up 47% from the 272 reported during the same six-month period of 2014. Property crimes also spiked, with the number of auto thefts rising from 377 to 482 and thefts from vehicles increasing from 635 to 901. New LAPD Pacific Division Capt. Nicole Alberca has redeployed department resources to bring those numbers back down.

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child care center at SaMo High in February, newly elected state Sen. Ben Allen (formerly on the school board) succeeded in passing legislation to end personal belief exemptions being invoked by parents in record numbers. Allen’s principled stance on the issue wasn’t universally popular in his district, which made it all the more impressive. And for that, Allen is our local lawmaker of the year. Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.

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Birthdays are a big deal, and Marina del Rey’s 50th was no exception. The April celebration included a weekend festival, tall ships docked in the harbor, a cakecutting that involved costumed pirates and a free outdoor concert by Three Dog Night. On a deeper level, the occasion gave us all the chance to reflect on the marina’s history and purpose while contemplating what we want it to become over the next half-century. The wreckage of Harrison Ford’s Penmar Golf Course crash

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Marina del Rey 10.Turns 50

Westchester’s high school shares space with three other schools

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Santa Monica schools had some of the lowest immunization rates in Southern California at the beginning of this year. After a measles outbreak shut down a

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flood control improvements and replant the area as a nature preserve was the first flashpoint this year. More recently, county approvals for a hotel complex and adjacent wetlands park on an undeveloped parcel at Via Marina and Tahiti Way have fanned the flames of controversy.

Vista’s 2. Playa Growth Spurt

The rolling 2015 opening of the $260-million Runway at Playa Vista retail

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Workers put finishing touches on the entrance to Cinemark Playa Vista, which opened in March

Herbert Warren mourned the loss of son Jascent Jamal Warren, 26, who was shot to death in August outside the Cadillac Hotel.

and entertainment complex cemented Playa Vista as a micro-city unto itself — one soon to be populated by as many as 13,000 residents and many of the top companies in tech. Over the past year or so, Google bought 12 acres for $120 million, Yahoo Inc. and Jessica Alba’s The Honest Co. signed lease agreements, IMAX opened a $45-million West Coast headquarters, and rapid housing construction has kept an average of 3,000 workers busy each day.

1.Violence in Venice

shot to death outside the Cadillac Hotel during a confrontation in August, prompting murder charges against the hotel’s owner and a local gang member. With homelessness up 12% this year in L.A. and local housing prices shooting up, socioeconomic turmoil in Venice went from simmer to boil in 2015.

The pressures of rapid gentrification and a growing homeless population in Venice collided this year with violent and often deadly results. On May 5, a 29-year-old homeless man was shot to death by police near Windward and Pacific avenues under highly suspect circumstances, and in July police shot and killed a knife-wielding 41-year-old homeless man on Rose Avenue. A 26-year-old boardwalk musician was

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9. Has Mar Vista Become the Rehab Capital of Los Angeles? (September) Mar Vista residents called for a moratorium on sober living homes and other residential care facilities, saying there are already far too many in the 90066. A new group home for trauma survivors (and some pretty inflammatory misinformation about it) set them off.

7. Undercover Sting Targets Kombucha at Venice Spiritual Center (May) Who knew kombucha was considered booze? The Full Circle spiritual center on Rose Avenue found out after undercover state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents seized several containers of it that were being served during an outside fundraising event there. 6. Khloe Kardashian’s Midnight Fireworks Surprise (August) There are Kardashians, and then there are the rest of us. Khloe K woke up Marina del Rey and beyond with a weeknight fireworks show over the harbor, and no one could do a thing about it because county fire officials had quietly given the OK.

5. Suspicious Package Prompts Bomb Scare at Whole Foods Playa Vista (August) It turned out to be nothing, thank goodness, but a suspicious package left in a Playa Vista parking lot caused evacuations, a partial closure of Jefferson Boulevard and a lockdown at Animo Westside Charter Middle School. A need-to-know story at a need-to-know moment. 4. Ripped from the Headlines (November) After we broke news of the Venice kombucha raid (see No. 7), the Internet took the story and ran with it. Some websites claimed teen heartthrob turned Full Circle founder Andrew Keegan had been arrested, but he wasn’t even there at the time — prompting defamation lawsuits. 3. Evolution and Reconstruction (July) The story of how former Civil Wars vocalist Joy Williams found a truer personal voice after moving to Venice resonated with both her web-savvy legion of fans and the local creative community.

2. The Short Goodbye (August) Venice lost a piece of its soul with the eviction of artist William Attaway from his Sunset Avenue art studio of the past 35 years, and he isn’t the only one feeling the culture-disrupting squeeze of higher commercial and residential property values in Venice. 1. The Keeper of Dogtown (May) Former pro skateboarder Jesse Martinez has cleaned the Venice Skate Park at sunrise nearly every day for the past five years — all without pay. His story shows that sometimes one determined individual can do more for a cause than the entirety of a city government.

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10. Remembering Santa Monica’s Black Beach (May) In the Jim Crow Era, the Inkwell — a strip of beach in Ocean Park where African-Americans could enjoy fun in the sun without racially motivated harassment — was both a slur and a badge of pride that strengthened bonds among the city’s early black community.

8. Coaching Boys into Men (August) Though no charges were filed, allegations in March that as many as 14 boys had repeatedly sexually assaulted two girls at Venice High School hit the community hard. The school’s athletic programs responded by making respect for women part of the sports curriculum.

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11. Pier 44 Rebuild would bring in Trader Joe’s (March) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The move to replace Marina del Rey’s Pier 44 boating center with a 13-acre retail and recreation complex has both triggered anxieties about overdevelopment and wetted appetites for jars of cookie butter.

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2015 IN PICTURES

On Dec. 23, Lyft became the first rideshare service authorized to make pickups at LAX.

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After 30 years on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Hal’s Bar and Grill partners Don Novack and Hal Frederick (pictured) closed the iconic nightspot with plans to reopen in Playa Vista in 2016.

Legendary car customizer George Barris, who died in November, presided over the annual Culver City Car Show in May. PHOTO BY TED SOQUI

Debbie Talbot, who re-shaped county outreach efforts to boaters in Marina del Rey, died this fall at age 55.

The Andrew Weiss Gallery at Bergamot Station launched an exhibit of rare vintage photos of Marilyn Monroe.

Santa Monica officials demolished the aging California Incline in April for a $20-million seismic safety rebuild.

Westchester teen Amanda Gordon served as the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles.

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As police clashes with black men stoked a national dialogue about race, Santa Monica resident Justin Palmer sued SMPD after he was arrested and thrown to the ground while trying to charge his electric car at Virginia Avenue Park.

The Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club, Marina Del Rey Hospital and L.A. firefighters gifted an ambulance to a city in Mexico during an April ceremony in Westchester.

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Corey Gowan mourned friend Brendon Glenn, 29, an unarmed homeless man was shot by police on May 5 near Windward and Pacific avenues.

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Santa Monica launched Breeze, the first public bike share service in Los Angeles County, to great fanfare in November.

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Vice President Joe Biden dropped by West Los Angeles College in January to celebrate the school’s new bachelor’s degree program in nursing.

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Actor and playwright Jack Fry plays a young Albert Einstein struggling to overcome personal challenges while working out his General Theory of Relativity

An Evening with Einstein In Jack Fry’s hands, the man who shook the foundation of physics is a stressed-out 35-year-old divorcé By Christina Campodonico When you hear the name Einstein, a few images may instantly come to mind — an aloof professor philosophizing over grand theorems in his study, a mad scientist frantically scribbling formulas on a chalkboard, or even an old white guy with disheveled hair who’s sticking out his tongue at a camera. (You know the picture I’m talking about.) Actor and playwright Jack Fry wants to wipe away such oversimplified notions by getting under the skin of the man who shook the foundations of physics and whose name is now synonymous with almost any mindboggling stroke of genius.

“His critics would say,‘Oh, he’s just a brain, with no sort of intellectual compassion.’ But that was not the case at all. This is the personal drama that really led into our modern technological age.” — Actor and playwright Jack Fry

In his one-man show “Einstein!” — playing on Monday at the Santa Monica Playhouse — Fry not only takes on the role of Einstein, he challenges the stereotypes associated with his intellect and “crazy hair.”

“I wanted to show an Einstein that people never really knew existed, or very few people did,” says Fry, who wrote the play based on 15,000 of Einstein’s personal documents released by Hebrew University in 2007. The collection of

letters, notebooks and personal files had not been publicly available since Einstein’s death in 1955 and revealed a treasure trove of new information. “This is really the story that made his hair crazy,” says Fry, who lives in Santa Monica. Set in 1914 Berlin, the play examines the early years of Einstein’s career. The story finds him at age 35 as he deals with a messy divorce from his first wife, scrutiny from the scientific establishment and rampant anti-Semitism, all while struggling to emotionally connect with his nine-year-old son. (Continued on page 18)

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Fry chose to focus the play on this part of Einstein’s life — the “pre-crazy hair” days, as he calls them — because these tumultuous years reveal the human side of this great intellectual figure as well as the struggles that led to some of Einstein’s biggest scientific achievements, including his General Theory of Relativity. “His critics would say, ‘Oh, he’s just a brain, with no sort of intellectual compassion.’ But that was not the case at all,” says Fry. “This is the personal drama that really led into our modern technological age.” As for getting into character, Fry doesn’t mind having Einstein on his brain often. A schoolteacher by day, Fry is best known for his award-winning one-man show “They Call Me Mister Fry,” about his experiences teaching 5th grade in South Central L.A. He squeezes in rehearsals during recess or while driving to and from work, and continues to read and research about the life of Einstein as more information is released and uncovered. “I find it takes a lifetime to study a lifetime, so I’m still learning about this man,” says Fry, who was named best actor at the 2014 London Fringe Festival in Ontario, Canada, by the London Free Press.

Jack Fry’s one-man show “Einstein!” is about “the story that made his hair crazy,” Fry says Fry has worked on the show for the past three years, taken it on tour through Canada, presented the play at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood and reprises his role at the Santa Monica Playhouse whenever he’s about to hit the road again. With 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s General Theory of

Relativity, it’s been a busy year and he expects a heavy performance schedule to continue throughout 2016. For Fry, Einstein is no longer a mythical figure or another part to play. He’s become a familiar alter ego. “Right now, he’s just sort of embedded in my DNA,” says Fry. “He lives within me.”

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Southern at Heart Hatchet Hall is on the cutting edge of an often neglected culinary tradition Photo by Richard Foss

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12517 W. Washington Blvd., Mar Vista (310) 391-4222 hatchethallla.com I am married to an expat from a chunk of Virginia that is as about as far north as you can go and be in the South, but still a place where the fine points of barbecue, fried oysters and long-simmered greens are understood. She is occasionally wistful about feasts gone by, and I try to feed her craving whenever I can. Those regional delicacies are occasionally available at California restaurants, albeit made with varying amounts of fidelity and competence, and I’ve managed to master a few favorites myself. When I saw the $32 ham tasting plate at Hatchet Hall, I knew we had to go there. Real country ham is completely unlike the preservative-packed, water-injected, mass-market items that are often glazed with sweet stuff to disguise that they don’t taste of anything but salt and fat. The traditional method requires four or five times the effort of mass production, but it delivers a flavor that would be instantly recognizable to someone present for our country’s birth. The word “Southern” isn’t in Hatchet Hall’s mission statement

— which describes the restaurant as “a wood fire cookery with an emphasis on ingredients and old American techniques” — but Chef Brian Dunsmoor hails from Georgia and studied cooking in Charleston, the culinary capital of the Old South. Dunsmoor cooked with top chefs before opening the critically acclaimed but shortlived restaurants The Hart and

see the differences. They ranged in color from delicate pink to bright red, and as we were to discover there was a wide range of flavors. The Broadbent’s Kentucky ham is unsmoked, like Spanish Serrano, tasting of concentrated porkiness. The meat was soft and rich, almost buttery, like the Kobe beef of the ham world. This was a marked contrast with

The heritage grits were feather light and tasted delicately of corn — worlds away from the mushy, dull stuff that passes for grits in Los Angeles. the Hunter and the Ladies Gunboat Society, and at both he merged his Southern roots and modern sense of style and presentation. These elements are certainly present here, and someone has done a nice job of creating an environment that fits the mood, which echoes a rustic yet sophisticated hunting lodge. We were at Hatchet Hall for weekend brunch and momentarily considered the pastry basket or candied orange rolls as a starter before concluding that, while those might be wonderful, the ham tasting plate would be quite filling. The plate included thinly shaved cured pork from Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina, and when it arrived at the table we could immediately

the Johnston Smithfield ham from North Carolina, which was chewy and had such a strong flavor of smoke and salt that it might be best as a flavor in a soup or stew. The ham by Edwards of Virginia had the best balance of meat, smoke and spice, but we appreciated all of them. Though the ham tasting plate was a great idea, the presentation left a bit to be desired. The hams were unlabeled and the plate delivered without explanation until we asked — surely someone who was paying this much to taste different hams would care which was which. Washable markers could label the plate itself or there could be a card delivered with it, but something should be done. The plate was (Continued on page 20)

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also delivered without bread or any other palate cleanser; we ordered a piece of toast for an extra $2. It was necessary and should have been included. We did like the “ham wine” that was offered for an extra $10 — not a wine made from pork products, but a Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo dark rosé that was a superb complement to the meaty, salty flavors. We took about half of the ham home so we’d have room for something else, because even

D r i n k people who love cured pork can appreciate the need for a balanced diet. I decided on a fried oyster omelet. After dithering over the grilled trout or buttermilk-fried quail, my wife opted for shrimp and antebellum grits with bacon, mushrooms and scallions. The heritage grits were feather light and tasted delicately of corn — worlds away from the mushy, dull stuff that passes for grits in Los Angeles. They were topped with plump gulf prawns in a savory but not spicy sauce that

was like a Carolina gumbo, which is less about chili heat than simmered spices, seafood stock and mushrooms. A lemon wedge was provided but not needed, as we couldn’t imagine how it could improve on the way the dish came from the kitchen. Oysters and bacon have been cooked together for centuries, but combining them with eggs is an invention of Gold Rush California and is called a Hangtown Fry. The original is not a nuanced dish, but the gribiche sauce that tops it here adds another dimension of flavor.

Gribiche is a mayonnaise with chopped pickles and capers and fresh dill or chervil and tarragon, and the creamy, tart herbal sauce complemented the rich flavors of oysters, mushrooms and bacon perfectly. The portions of both plates were filling without being overwhelming, and we had already enjoyed a pot of French press coffee and two cocktails: a Ramos gin fizz and a house concoction called an “Ease into It.” That mix of Italian bitters with soda and grapefruit zest was a great eye-opener, full

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“This home is a terrific combination of traditional character and superior improvements,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “Freshly painted walls and exquisite tiled and hardwood floors accentuate the floor plan. The living room boasts a fireplace and picture windows. An adjacent dining room leads to an open kitchen that overlooks the family room. A roomy master suite features a soaking tub and separate shower, while the two additional bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom. The home features a centrally located laundry room. A detached two-car garage and a private backyard complete the home.”

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“Enjoy panoramic wraparound views from Malibu to the Hollywood sign, and beyond,” say agents Peter and Ty Bergman. “Every level of this six bedroom, seven bathroom, home boasts incredible views from this custom built hillside home, and make use of the three-stop elevator. The kitchen includes two ovens and a six-burner gas stove, and opens to the family room. The master suite features a fireplace, sauna and soaking tub. The second master suite offers bamboo flooring, high ceilings, and four fireplaces. The serene patio offers a barbeque area and a 10-person spa with a waterfall. This listing is not in the MLS.”

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the property depend on when the home was purchased and property does not always appreciate at the rate the homeowner assumes. This can leave the owner with little or no profit when selling. These disadvantages may mean renting is a better option depending on your current situation. Sometimes your financial position and current lifestyle may make renting the better choice for you. Renting can be cheaper than buying even when comparing similar properties. When renting you have the flexibility when it comes to many areas of your life. If you are uncertain about a career, income, and on where you would like to live, renting is probably a better option for you. Leases allow for short term flexibility when compared to investing in a home, which can be very expensive to exchange on a short term basis. Additionally, when renting the landlord is responsible for nearly all

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Le Cellier Wine Bar

You’ve got to love a party that has a special “welcome drink.” This year’s champagne cocktail with lychee sounds particularly tantalizing, as does a menu that includes duck, lobster and a profiterole with melted chocolate ganache for dessert. Oui, oui! $98, call to RSVP. 417 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. (424) 228-5491; le-cellier-winebar.com

Melody Bar & Grill

Usher in the New Year with DJ Creepy and Friends at Westchester’s most relaxed bar. No cover. 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com

Mercedes Grille

Tunes from Good Cop Bad Cop, with hors-d’oeuvres and bubbly from 9 p.m. on. $65. 14 W. Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. (310) 827-6209; mercedesgrille.com

Old Town Music Hall

Ring in 2016 with the Mighty Wurlitzer, a surprise feature film, classic short films, musical performances and light refreshments during one of the silent movie theater’s most popular events of the year. $20 (cash or check). 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org

Playa Provisions and The Tripel

Whether it’s waiting in line or going online, getting into a cool event is generally not very fun. But to get a wristband for the NYE party and Playa Provisions, you need only drink at The Tripel beforehand. Chefs Brooke Williamson and Nick Roberts run both places and will make sure you’re socially lubricated with the finest craft beer. 119 and 333 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 683-5019; playaprovisions.com

Last-Minute New Year’s Eve Party Guide If you haven’t made plans for New Year’s Eve yet, you better get on that.

These party spots will keep you local. Each venue was still taking comers at press time, but you better call ahead to be sure — 2015 is quickly coming to a close. Make a New Year’s resolution to have more fun and get started tonight, but be safe out there too. We wish you a happy and healthy 2016! Basement Tavern

With three floors of live music, beautiful décor, classic cocktails and a large outdoor space to unwind, Basement Tavern’s NYE Masquerade Ball has become legendary. The party starts at 8 p.m. $53.99. 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-4956; basementnye.nightout.com

Burton Chace Park

The party in the park starts at 7 p.m. with a live outdoor broadcast of CNN’s New Year’s Eve special from Times Square, with a 10-minute fireworks show starting right as the ball drops at 9 p.m. Pacific Time. Free. 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; marinadelrey.lacounty.gov

Café del Rey

Every item on the New Year’s Eve four-course menu sounds mouthwateringly delicious. If you’re the kind of person who has a hard time choosing between sautéed squid or venison loin with spiced pear puree, then you may want to start looking over the menu now. $95 in advance. 4451 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-6395; cafedelreymarina.com

Canal Club

Start early and stay late at the tiki-themed “Island of Earthly Delights” NYE Party, which runs from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Deejays will be spinning and the grill will be cooking. No cover. 2025 Pacific Ave., Venice; canalclubvenice.com

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Cantalini’s Salerno Beach

Salerno Beach is inviting patrons to beat the crowds by coming in between 4 and 6 p.m. for all-inclusive “twilight specials.” Then the party heats up with fine wine, champagne, chef specials and party favors. It’s a classy way to send off 2015, starting at 7 p.m. 193 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 821-0018; salernobeach.com

Casa Sanchez

Raul Sanchez and Mariachi Voces de Mexico are joined by the Ritmo Caliente Latin Band for an authentic mariachi dinner show and dancing from 9 to 1:30 a.m., featuring a three-course meal, party favors and champagne toast. $50 to $100 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 397-9999; casa-sanchez. com

Harvelle’s Santa Monica

The big-time energy and rockin’ blues style of Guitar Shorty starts the party at 9 p.m. and welcomes in the New Year with party favors and free champagne at midnight. $25. 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Hinano Café

Head into the New Year with ‘50s to ‘70s rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and blues from the lively bar band Sonny & The Mis-B-Havers. The party runs from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., with champagne served at midnight. No cover. 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com

James’ Beach

Come early for a prix fixe dinner or just show up for the annual Escape to Venice Island party for drinking and dancing to music by Venice Beats deejays BU$R1D3R and Mr. Numberonederful . Dinner and party, $69; party only $25. 60 N. Venice Blvd, Venice. (310) 823-5396; jamesbeach.com

The Rose Room

Dancing, music, full bar, bottle service and Brazilian DJ Claudio spins all night long at the Venice Ale House’s VIP event space. $25 advance, $40 at the door. 6 Rose Ave., Venice. santamonicanightlife.com

The Shack

April is serving sparkling wine Jello shots and Liz is running the karaoke action at this lively neighborhood bar. No cover. 185 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-6222; facebook.com/ theshackpdr

Sunny Spot

The theme of this NYE celebration is “bottomless.” That includes draft beer, house wines, frozen pina colada and rum punch. You do have to wear pants, though. $55, or $10 without “bottomless” drink purchase. 822 Washington Blvd., Venice. (310) 448-8884; sunnyspotvenice.com

Tony P’s Dockside Grill

Everyone knows the marina is the place to be for fireworks, and Tony P’s is setting their whole party up around the display. Putting their spin on the age-old office joke, “I’ll see ya next year,” they say if you get dinner after 9 p.m., the table is yours until 2016. $10 cover, or free with dinner purchase. 4445 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4534; tonyps.com

Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy

While everyone else is forging ahead into 2016, the Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy is making a hard turn back in time for a special NYE edition of its Throwback Thursday event. Mr. Choc and DJ Vinyl Don will keep command of the party from their usual positions behind the turntable, and the champagne will be flowing freely as midnight approaches. 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $20. (310) 392-4040; townhousenye.nightout.com (Continued on page 30)

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News Year’s Eve Fireworks Show, 7 to 9 p.m. Watch a live outdoor broadcast of CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live” from Times Square in New York, followed by a 10-minute fireworks show over Marina del Rey harbor’s main channel. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 305-9545; marinadelrey.lacounty.gov (Procrastinators: See page 26 for our last-minute New Year’s Eve party listings.)

Friday, Jan. 1 ICE at Santa Monica, 10 a.m. to midnight. The 8,000-square-foot outdoor ice-skating rink in Downtown Santa Monica is open New Year’s Day at the corner of 5th Street and Arizona Avenue. $15. downtownsm.com/ice

declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of the wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. In “Cocoanuts,” The Marx Brothers’ first film, Groucho tries to save his sinking-fast Florida hotel with the aid of Chico and Harpo, two unhelpful helpers. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $9 to $11. (310) 260-1528; americancinematheque.com Abbot Kinney First Fridays, 6 to 10 p.m. Local food trucks, boutiques and artists kickoff the first Friday of 2016 with food, drinks and entertainment along Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice. facebook.com/abbotkinneyfirstfridays Jairus Mozee with special guests, 9 p.m. This jazz guitarist, music producer and singer-songwriter has worked with Prince and other big names in the industry, but he has a sound all his own. See him perform live at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

in Playa del Rey. No baby strollers. Contact Cindy Hardin at cindyhardin@laaudubon.org with any questions. Saturday Champagne Cruise, noon and 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a brunch or dinner cruise with scenic views of the marina, free-flowing champagne and cider, private tables and entertainment. Boarding begins at 11:30 a.m. or 7 p.m. $40.17 to $89.95. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (800) 668-4322; hornblower.com “Midnight” / “Remember the Night,” 7:30 p.m. This double feature of director Mitchell Leisen films includes “Midnight,” in which a showgirl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife’s affair, and “Remember the Night,” in which a woman is arrested for shoplifting during the holiday season and falls in love with the district attorney prosecuting her. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $9 to $11. (310) 260-1528; americancinematheque.com Bad Mama Jamas with DJ Harlow, 10 to 11:45 p.m. Dance music lights up the Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com Mission IMPROVable, 10 p.m. Each Saturday brings an unpredictable evening of high-energy improve comedy with audience interaction at M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica. 21 and over; $12. (310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com

Sunday, Jan. 3 ICE at Santa Monica is open for skating on New Year’s Day (SEE FRIDAY) New Year’s Day Champagne Cruise, 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Why should New Year’s fun end on the first day of the New Year? Choose either a brunch or evening cruise with a boarding glass of champagne, unlimited soda bar and complimentary coffee, dinner, dancing and scenic harbor views. $40.17 to $86, plus fees. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (800) 668-4322; hornblower.com Penguin Club Ocean Swim, noon. Southern California Aquatics welcomes swimmers of all levels to participate in a New Year’s Day swim along Venice beach. Choose from two courses: 400 yards for professionals and 100 yards for amateurs. Free with complimentary refreshments. Signups begin at 11 a.m. where Venice Boulevard meets the ocean. The swim begins at noon. Commemorative T-shirts are $10. RSVP to scaq@ swim.net. “Duck Soup” / “Cocoanuts,” 5 p.m. Enjoy an evening of screwball comedy celebrating The Marx Brothers. In “Duck Soup,” Groucho is named prime minister of a bankrupt Freedonia and swiftly

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Mar Vista Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. Score fresh produce and delicious treats, hear live music and hang with Mar Vista locals at the corner of Venice and Grand View boulevards in Mar Vista. marvistafarmersmarket.org

The Penguin Club invites all swimmers for a very cold New Year’s Day swim at Venice Beach (SEE FRIDAY) Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fresh produce, entertainment, cooking demos and educational activities for kids each Sunday at Heritage Square, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. smgov.net U.S. 99, 4 to 10 p.m. The country and rock ‘n’ roll performers take over the back corner of Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com “The Thin Man” / “Libeled Lady,” 7:30 p.m. A double feature of screwball comedy classics from directors W.S. Van Dyke and Jack Conway. In “The Thin Man,” an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, a carefree and playful couple investigates the disappearance of a close friend’s father. In “Libeled Lady,” a newspaper editor, his fiancée and his lawyer scheme to turn a false news story about a high-society woman into the truth before she can sue for libel. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $9 to $11. (310) 260-1528; americancinematheque.com Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. A cabaret show held on Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Shore Fishing Class, 9 to 10:30 a.m. The L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors offers a free introductory class in shore fishing, with fishing poles and bait provided at no cost. All ages are welcome. Anyone over 16 must present a valid state fishing license to participate. Fishing Licenses can be purchased locally at: Marina del Rey Sportfishing (13759 Fiji Way), West Marine (13555 Fiji Way) or online at wildlife.ca.gov. Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. RSVP required. (310) 726-4128 “Open Wetlands,” 9 a.m. to noon. The Los Angeles Audubon Society hosts its monthly “Open Wetlands” event at the Ballona Salt Marsh. Borrow a pair of binoculars from the group and take a stroll through the sand dunes and creek to explore your neighborhood wetlands. Enter through the gate located in the northeast corner of the parking lot behind Alkawater/Gordon’s Market in the 300 block of Culver Boulevard

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Vida featuring DJ Creepy, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance music light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com

Monday, Jan. 4 “Duck Soup” and “Cocoanuts” make for a Marx Brothers screwball comedy double feature at the Aero Theatre (SEE FRIDAY)

Seated Breath Meditation with Naam Yoga, 10:15 a.m. Mondays. The focus of the class is on breath, mudras (hand-seals) and simple seated-movement to develop balance and rhythm. Venice–Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd. (310) 439-9445; lapl. org/branches/venice

Storytelling and Reading For Kids, 11a.m. to noon and 3:30 to 5 p.m. The library’s readers make storytelling and reading enjoyable for kids in one-on-one and small group settings. Kids earn a free book after three visits. The class also happens at 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 11 a.m. Wednesdays, and 4 p.m. Thursdays at the Venice–Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd. (310) 439-9445; lapl. org/branches/venice Free Zumba Class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. A combo of fun and fitness led by Cammie Richardson at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (310) 726-4128; beaches. lacounty.gov Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. This weekly stand-up comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Jack Daniel’s Comedy Classic, 9 p.m. Each Monday, specials on Jack Daniel’s and local stand-up comics take the stage at Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com Dirty Birdy / Foxtrax, 9 p.m. The Venice-based rock and blues group Dirty Birdy is on at 9 p.m., followed at 10 p.m. by the indie rock trio Foxtrax. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $5 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica. harvelles.com

Tuesday, Jan. 5 Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Join others in a light walk while enjoying the beautiful view of the Marina del Rey harbor. Burton Chace Park, 13640 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free, but RSVP by calling (310) 305-9595; beaches. lacounty.gov

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Does the Hand Give or Take? The meaning of the mural outside Whole Foods Playa Vista is up to you By Christina Campodonico It isn’t often that you’re arrested by the image of a giant, rainbow-colored hand, but if you’ve visited the Whole Foods inside The Runway at Playa Vista you’ll know what I’m talking about. The psychedelic appendage studded with celestial objects reaches down from above to either plant or pull up a tree, while a black-and-white cityscape swirls distortedly in the background. On the neighboring wall, a little palm tree sticks out from the center of a ring of blue houses that’s inside a circle of red buildings surrounded by a loop of yellow skyscrapers. At lunchtime on a sunny afternoon, the image begs the question: Who made that? Several calls and emails later, I tracked down Dourone (pronounced however you would like, according to him), the Spanish street artist turned muralist who painted the giant work across from the dining patios of Whole Foods and Hopdoddy Burger Bar. Dourone (aka Fabio López Gonzalo) is not a man of many words, but his images speak volumes. From Playa Vista to Hollywood to Paris, Dourone has created whimsical worlds that are big and bold. Pouty ingénues with pursed lips and yearning eyes, sliced up like skin on a plastic surgeon’s table, peer out at you (or is it the camera?) in Hollywood. Freeways snake and skyscrapers spike through cracked open craniums in Downtown L.A. A removed human mask reveals an owl-eyed infinity sign in Filipino Town. Wherever he goes, Dourone makes his mark. He calls his style “sentipensante,”which is a contraction of the Spanish words for feeling and thinking, first coined by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. Similarly, seeing Dourone’s work is like a one-two punch — a hit of color to the eye and a seizure of possible meanings to the head. It was Dourone’s strong aesthetic that attracted Runway developers Lincoln Property Company to commission another

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On one side of Dourone’s mural, a lone tree is crowded by buildings (left); on the other, a hand either adds or removes another tree work by the artist, who has populated their Kodak Campus in Hollywood with those aforementioned camera-ready starlets. They also commissioned additional artists from Dourone’s Do Art Foundation to create murals for other wall spaces around Runway. “All of the artists that came over to Runway, they added the final textural

paint and has been up since March 2015. More surprising than the speed of Dourone’s execution is the freedom with which he was able to make the mural. Lincoln Property Co. indicated some of their preferences after Dourone showed them samples of his work, but they really did let Dourone have free reign. “Here’s your canvas; do what you want,”

“And this is the game I see with this mural — that you can see the hand removing trees to build, but you can also think that it’s planting trees to color the city.” — Dourone

playful reaction to some people’s concerns that Playa Vista itself represented too much development? As the name of the mural said, to me the interpretation of this design is extinction: We are moving all the trees for building. I do not see it as a critique of Playa Vista, but a general criticism of what is happening worldwide. But [“Extinction”] can have the meaning you want it to have depending on how positive or negative you are, because the hand [in the mural] may set or remove [the tree]. And this is the game I see with this mural — that you can see the hand removing trees to build, but you can also think that it’s planting trees to color the city. How did you come up with the name “Dourone?” In English, “dour” means “relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.” Initially it means nothing. I have chosen the letters based on their shape and not based on their meaning. Once I decided that I liked “dour” I looked into a dictionary and saw what the word meant, but it was chance. The “one” was put in at a time in my life that I was doing graffiti and it was the way to say I was the first to paint “dour.”

On your website you have the motto “Art for the People.” How does that philosophy reflect your work? It reflects my work because the people I meet and my experience with them inspires me a lot. When people are happy with my artwork it makes me eager to element to the project,” says Lincoln Binswanger recalls of handing over the work. I think that when you work in the Property Co. Senior Executive Vice aesthetic keys to Dourone. street, whether you like it or not, you do President David Binswanger. From the look of it, Dourone didn’t it for the people. You are working in a “Their creativity mixed with their hold back. execution surprised all of us,” Binswanger — Christina Campodonico place where people live and generally in high-traffic areas. There are many parts said, adding that Dourone’s mural in of my work where people influence particular “brought life to that edge of the “Extinction” could be interpreted as a me. That’s why I think my work is project,” which would otherwise be a gray statement about the value of green for the people. concrete corner. space and the consequences of overdeThe mural — called “Extinción,” or velopment. Could it be construed as a christina@argonautnews.com “Extinction” in English — took 17 days to comment on Playa Vista itself, or a

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the exterior and adding new lunch benches does not make a school better. Upgrade the Re: “Still in the Fight,” Cover school’s technology and its Story, Dec. 10 materials. You can’t make I’m an early ‘90s alumnus of what’s now Westchester Enriched something better in the future if Sciences Magnets and returned a you keep it stuck in the past. Shay couple of years ago for a visit. Except for the paint job, nothing Please tell the students who are really had changed. The library had the same books on the same part of this experiment that the “foundations” for a better school shelving as it had when I’d left 20-plus years before. If you don’t have been laid by LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer … as fund the school with the books they need (textbooks and library they fail English and math. They should be proud to go to a school materials), how can you expect where they wear grey pants and test scores to improve? Painting

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polo shirts, because someday in the distant future it might be getting better — but not for them. Pathetic. Stop selling snake oil. Good schools are based on good teachers, good leaders and support from the entire community. Good schools educate the students who are in the schools today, not five to 10 years from now. C’mon already, Zimmer. This was a bad move. It’s not working. Give some real support to this school and all our local schools. Stop talking and start doing. Kelly

Re: “Plugged Storm Drains resident and the city did the right Cause Flooding in Playa del thing [by enacting short-term Rey,” News, Dec. 24 rental restrictions]. The headline should include the James word “again.” It’s been a problem, and it’s sad that the counterHAVE YOUR SAY measures were inadequate. I IN THE ARGONAUT: guess the taxpayers have to fork We encourage readers to share thoughts on local issues over holiday pay and overtime and reactions to stories in The for what should have been done Argonaut through our Letters to the Editor page. You right in the first place. too can have a voice in the Rob Klyver community. Letters should Re: “Airbnb is Good for Santa Monica,” Opinion, Dec. 17 What is this, a paid advertisement? I am a Santa Monica

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Gateway To Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of the city’s best food trucks each Tuesday. This week choose from Tainamite, Let’s Roll It, B&R’s Burgers, Richeeze and Kakigori Kreamery. Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. Park and enter on 98th Street. gatewaytola.org

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Taco Tuesdays with the Hot Sauce Committee & DJ Harlow, 5 to 11:45 p.m. Enjoy $2 tacos with an eclectic music soundtrack. Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com

The Mystical Donatella MeLies emcees an evening with the Bootleg Bombshells (SEE WEDNESDAY) Karaoke with Kiki, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sing ‘til you can sing no more at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com

Venice-based rockers Dirty Birdy brave Lincoln Boulevard traffic to play a gig in Santa Monica (SEE MONDAY) Gourmet Food Truck Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, diverse tent vendors and gourmet food truck cuisine take over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. This week the lineup includes: India Jones Chow Truck, KimBob-Rex, SANOOK SOI 38,

Mindful Meditation, 5 to 7 p.m. Reduce stress and improve your wellbeing at this workshop led by Henry Schipper, a graduate of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center. VeniceAbbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, Westchester Life Story Writing 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 439-9445; lapl.org/branches/venice

Wednesday, Jan. 6

Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. Donation: $10 per semester. (310) 397-3967 Toastmasters “Speakers by the Sea” Club, 11 a.m. to noon. Learn to overcome your public presentation nerves at this weekly meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, Room 230A, 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131 Adult Yoga, 12:30 p.m. Bring a mat and be ready to breathe and stretch. All levels welcome. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 439-9445; lapl.org/branches/venice Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. The local duo plays Jimmy Buffet-style beach tunes each Wednesday evening at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Venice Underground Comedy & the Bootleg Bombshells, 9 p.m. Each Wednesday, L.A. comedy club regulars and big-names perform at 9 p.m. followed by burlesque dancing by the Bootleg Bombshells at 11. No cover. Townhouse, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com House of Vibe All-Stars, 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays. House of Vibe journeys (Continued on page 30)

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legal advertising FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015265515 The following person is doing business as: Regency Boats 13466 Beach Ave. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Daniel Paul McComb 13468 Beach Ave. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Daniel Paul McComb. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 16, 2015. Argonaut published: December 24, 31, 2015, January 7, and 14, 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 File No. 2015280788 The following person is doing business as: KSP Systems 2306 Palos Verdes Dr. W #102 and 435 S. Curson Ave. #9D. Registered owners: Balazs Herr 435 S. Curson Ave. #9D Los NAgeles, CA. 90036, Aleksander Smolyanskiy 10240 Camarillo St. Apt. 301 Toluca Lake Ca. 91602 and Eugene Ladyzhenskiy 2306 Palos Verdes Dr. W #102 Palos Verdes Estates, CA. 90274. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Balazs Herr. Title: General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 3, 2015. Argonaut published: November 26, December 3, 10, and 17, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015289464 The following person is doing business as: Inline Consultants 2356 Holliston Avenue Altadena, CA. 91001. Registered owners: Daniel Thomas Joyce 2356 Holliston Avenue Altadena, CA. 91001. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Daniel Thomas Joyce. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 13, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does

not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015297222 The following person is doing business as: Body Language Physical Therapy 211 Culver Blvd. Suite K Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Lauren Goodell 318 Pershing Dr. #3 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Lauren Goodell. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 23, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015305300 The following person is doing business as: Phoenix Motorsports 12144 Clearglen Avenue Whittier, CA. 90604. Registered owners: Stefani Kamnski-Albright 12144 Clearglen Ave. Whittier, CA. 90604. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Stefani Kamnski-Albright. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 3, 2015. Argonaut published: December 24, 31, 2015 January 7, and 14, 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 File No. 2015305658 The following person is doing business as: Marlene Veltre 25 Navy Street #12 Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Marlene Nudo 25 Navy Street #12 Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Marlene Nudo. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 3, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015302467 The following person is doing business as: I Love Success 3221 Carter Ave. Apt #472 Marina del Ray, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Peter Jumrukovski 3221 Carter Ave. Apt #472 Marina del Ray, 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)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Peter Jumrukovski. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 1, 2015. Argonaut published: December 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015302894 The following person is doing business as: Overnight Closets 14829 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 104, Lawndale, CA. 90260. Registered owners: Geraghty Properties LLC 14829 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 104 Lawndale, CA. 90260. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Brendan Geraghty. Title: Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 1, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a

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FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015305320 The following person is doing business as: Temple Beth Zion 5555 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90036. Registered owners: Wilshire-La Brea Synagogue-Center 5555 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90036. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Stuart Z. Noah. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 3, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24, 31, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015305641 The following person is doing business as: Mobile Car Care & Details 5645 West 78th Street los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Kimberley Farrise 5645 West 78th Street Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Kimberley Farrise. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 3, 2015. Argonaut published: . NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015306719 The following person is doing business as: KM Strategy Consultants 14016 Bora Bora Way Apt. G137 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Knut Meyer 14016 Bora Bora Way Apt. G137 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)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Knut Meyer. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 4, 2015. Argonaut published: December 17, 24, 31, 2015 and January 7, 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 File No. 2015308966 The following person is doing business as: Insurance Services Network 16 18th Ave. Suite C Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Scot Adams 26 18th Ave. Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Scot Adams. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 8, 2015. Argonaut published: December 17, 24, 31, 2015 and January 7, 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 File No. 2015311790

The following person is doing business as: Kathy Brown Events 1101 15th St. Santa Monica, CA. 90403. Registered owners: Kathy Brown 1101 15th ST. Santa Monica, CA. 90403. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Kathy Brown. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 10, 2015. Argonaut published: December 17, 24, 31, 2015 and January 7, 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 File No. 2015314851 The following person is doing business as: Health Progress Management 13428 Maxella Ave. #537 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Margaret Borbon 13428 maxella Ave. #537 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)). Registrant Signature/Name: Margaret Borbon. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 15, 2015. Argonaut published: December 17, 24, 31, 2015 and January 7, 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 File No. 2015316238 The following person is doing business as: arkjems 450 N. Greencraig Rd Los Angeles, CA. 90049. Registered owners: Ark And Arrows LLC 450 N. Greencraig Rd Los Angeles, CA. 90049. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Ann Rosen. Title: Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 16, 2015. Argonaut published: December 24, 21, 2015 January 7, and 14, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT File No. 2015318740 The following person is doing business as:

Upgrade LA 11845 W. Olympic Blvd. STE. 645 Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Registered owners: Kerman Maddox 229 N. Gower Street Los Angeles, CA. 90004 and Nicole Clark Reed 9106 S. Van Ness Avenue Los Angeles, CA. 90047. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Nicole Clark Reed. Title: Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 18, 2015. Argonaut published: December 24, 31, 2015, January 7, and 14, 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 File No. 2015324603 The following person is doing business as: Apostrophe Flowers 1818 Parnell Ave. #10 Los Angeles, CA. 90025. Registered owners: Danielle Darnault 1818 Parnell Ave. #10 Los Angeles, CA. 90025. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Danielle Darnault. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 29, 2015. Argonaut published: December 31, January 7, 14, and 21, 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 File No. 2901522965 The following person is doing business as: Pacific One Enterprises LLC 1024 Palms Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Pacific One Enterprises LLC 1024 Palms Blvd. Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Monique Thompson. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 17, 2015. Argonaut published: December 17, 24, 31, 2015 and January 1, 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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legal advertising Summons case Number 15K02379 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: Jose De Jesus M. Rivera, Vanessa Martinez Does 1 to 10; YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: Pacific Bell Telephone Company. 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 want the court to hear your case. There may 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 and 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 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 court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de Las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago da cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar

estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles, Central District Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90012. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: J. Sal Munoz 43405 Corte Almeria, Temecula, CA. 92592 Phone No.: 360-866-0298. DATE: FEB 24, 2015. Clerk: Sheri R. Carter. Deputy: Anabella Figueroa. THE ARGONAUT: 12/17/2015, 12/24/15, 12/31/2015, and 01/07/2016 SUmmONS (Family Law) cITATION FL-110 NOTIce TO reSPONdeNT (Name) ricky Payne: You have been sued. Read the Information below and on the next page Petitioner’s name is : Barbara Stokes. Case Number: BD625298. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (formFL-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 may-make 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 Court 110 N. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA. 90012. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Barbara Stokes 3416 Chesapeake Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90016. Sheri R. Carter, Executive Officer Clerk, Primrose Desantiago, Deputy Date: August 10, 2015. FL-100 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: Barbara Stokes 3416 Chesapeake Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90016 USA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Los Angeles MARRIAGE OF PETITIONER: Barbara Stokes RESPONDENT: Rickey Payne PETITION FOR Dissolution of Marriage 1. LEGAL RELATIONSHIP We are married. 2. RESIDENCE (Dissolution only) Petitioner has been a resident of this state for at least six months and of this county for at least three months immediately preceding the filing of this Petition of Dissolution of Marriage. 3. STATISTICAL FACTS a. Date of Marriage: 01/23/1999 b. Date of separation: 01/01/2010 c. Time from date of marriage to date of separation (specify): Years: 11 years Months: 0 4. DECLARATION REGARDING MINOR CHILDREN (include children of this rela-

tionship born prior to or during the marriage or adopted during the marriage): a. there are no minor children 5. LEGAL GROUNDS Petitioner requests a. dissolution of the marriage based on (1.) irreconcilable differences (Fam. Code, 2200 – 2210, 2310-2312) 6. SPOUSAL OR DOMESTIC PARTNER SUPPORT Terminate (end) the court’s ability to award support to Petitioner, Respondent 7. SEPARATE PROPERTY There are no such assets or debts that I know of to be confirmed by the court 8. COMMUNITY AND QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY There are no such assets or debts I know of to be divided by the court 9. OTHER REQUESTS Petitioners former name be restored to (specify): Barbara Stokes10. I HAVE READ THE RESTRAINING ORDERS ON THE BACK OF THE SUMMONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY APPLY TO ME WHEN THIS PETITION IS FILED. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Date 08/05/2015 Barbara Stokes. PUBLISHED: THE ARGONAUT 12/03/15, 12/10/15, 12/17/15, AND 12/24/15 LOS ANGeLeS cOUNTY dePArTmeNT OF reGIONAL PLANNING NOTIce OF PUbLIc HeArING The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider the project described below. You will have an opportunity to testify, or you can submit written comments to the planner below or at the public hearing. If the final decision on this proposal is challenged in court, testimony may be limited to issues raised before or at the public hearing. Hearing Date and Time: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Hearing Location: 320 West Temple St., Hall of Records, Rm. 150, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Project & Permit(s): R2015-02417-(4), Coastal Development Permit No. 201500091 Project Location: 4701 Admiralty Way within the Playa del Rey Zoned District CEQA Categorical Exemption: Class 1, Existing Facilities Project Description: The applicant requests a coastal development permit to renovate the existing Marina del Rey Visitors Center including the enclosure of two existing covered patios to create approximately 300 square feet of additional lobby and meeting space, the realignment of existing walking paths leading from the parking lot to the building’s main entrance, the installation of new signage, and façade and interior improvements pursuant to section(s) 22.46.1550 of the Los Angeles County Code. For more information regarding this application, contact Kevin Finkel, AICP, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning (DRP), 320 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Telephone: (213) 974-4854, Fax: (213) 626-0434, E-mail: kfinkel@planning. lacounty.gov. Case materials are available online at http://planning.lacounty.gov/case or at Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. All correspondence received by DRP shall be considered a public record. If you need reasonable accommodations or auxiliary aids, contact the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator at (213) 974-6488 (Voice) or (213) 6172292 (TDD) with at least 3 business days’ notice. Si necesita más información por favor llame al (213) 974-6466. 12/31/15 CNS-2829311# THE ARGONAUT

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