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Goodbye Megatoys Lofts, Hello Garey Building

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he 320-unit housing project rising on the site of the former MegaToys headquarters now has an official name. Tom Wulf, of developer Lowe Enterprises, said the two-building project at 905 E. Second St. has been named the Garey Building, in reference to the portion of Garey Street that will become a pedestrian corridor between First and Second streets.

Lowe Enterprises is working on the project with the Woo family, which long owned the property and the MegaToys business. The $60 million development is scheduled to open in October 2015. It will include 15,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space with outdoor dining.

New CEO for DWC

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he Downtown Women’s Center, a Skid Row nonprofit that offers housing, education, healthcare and other services, is seeing a change in leadership. Sylvia Rosenberger has been tapped as the CEO following a months-long national search, the organization announced last week. She was most recently the chief administrative officer of the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles and will step into her new role on Nov. 1. “She brings a wealth of experience, passionate vision, and a depth of local knowledge that will greatly contribute to our mission,” DWC Board President Gloria Teschner said in a prepared statement.

TWITTER: @ DOWNTOWNNEWS Current CEO Lisa Watson, who led the nonprofit for 14 years, announced her departure in April.

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Urban Growth at the Ace

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oliticians and experts on urban growth are coming together for a three-day summit in Downtown Los Angeles this week. While the CityLab conference is an invite-only affair, members of the public can attend a panel discussion on Monday, Sept. 29, at the Ace Hotel dubbed “CityLab: Making L.A.” The 7:30 p.m. event will include Mayor Eric Garcetti, chef Roy Choi, Golden Road Brewery founder Meg Gill, LACMA Executive Director Michael Govan, developer Rick Caruso and Paige Denim, founder of Paige Adams-Geller. Tickets are $50-$150 and are available at acehotel.ticketforce.com.

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Find out at an Emergency Preparedness Fair, taking place at the FIGat7th shopping center on Friday, Sept. 26. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m., visitors will be able to peruse a variety of booths offering tips on how to respond to a natural disaster, what to include in a kit of emergency supplies, how to contact family and friends in the aftermath of an emergency and more. Vendors will be giving away supplies and a raffle will be held for full disaster kits. The fair is being organized by the city, Target and FIGat7th owner Brookfield Properties.

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es. The announcement, which came after a year of work and negotiations, will allow members to simply provide a co-pay for most doctor’s visits, medical procedures or prescriptions. “Adopting an innovative health care model that promotes disease prevention, coordinated care, quality outcomes and most of all allowing patients to be an active participant in their own care at an affordable price is definitely the future of health care,” said Good Samaritan President and CEO Andrew B. Leeka in a prepared statement.

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Dodgers on TV: Too Little, Too Late

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his week, Los Angeles Dodgers fans throughout Southern California will finally have the chance to watch their team on television. That’s because last week, Time Warner Cable announced that it had reached an agreement with independent station KDOC to show the final six games of the regular season. KDOC is available to rabbit-ears users and is carried by all pay-TV providers in the region.

Dodger fans might be tempted to applaud. After all, without the agreement, only about 30% of area households would have the chance to see the team march toward the playoffs. Now everyone who follows the Dodgers has an opportunity to watch the team clinch the division, potentially against the rival San Francisco Giants.

That’s good, right?

Well, it’s better than nothing, but then again, it’s only a little better than nothing. Hold the accolades, because the six games that will be shown on TV come only after the 156 that were available to just a fraction of the team’s faithful.

We look forward to seeing Clayton Kershaw pitch this week, but if Time Warner and the Dodgers organization had done what they should have done months ago, then many people would have seen a lot more of Kershaw’s historic season. If Time Warner and the Dodgers had made a decision to put fans first, then viewers would have been able to witness Josh Beckett’s no-hitter in May and the ups and downs of the dynamic Yasiel Puig. If games had been on TV, then more fans could have enjoyed the resurgence of outfielder Matt Kemp.

The culprit is, depending on how you view it, either greed, a business dispute or both. It all stems from an $8 billion deal the team’s new owners, Guggenheim Baseball Management, inked with Time Warner before the season. That allowed Time Warner to create the network SportsNet L.A. However, Time Warner was never able to reach an agreement with providers such as DirectTV and Dish Network on how much to charge subscribers. Games were on Time Warner’s system, but not on others.

Although many observers expected that negotiations would ease and fans would get to see their team, that never happened.

The more things dragged on, the more fingers were pointed at Time Warner and the Dodgers. It came down to money: The deal

Boom Period Ups and Downs

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his is a good time to be in Downtown Los Angeles, and it is no wonder that so many people, businesses and investors are flocking here. It seems that every week brings the announcement of a new project, whether it’s a residential development or a billion-dollar mixed-use proposal that seeks to mesh some combination of housing, hotels retail and office space.

There is plenty of reason for the excitement.

However, the activity also means increased responsibility and concerns. While local stakeholders and leaders are right to celebrate this boom period and to work to ensure that the momentum continues, they can’t take anything for granted. They should not fail to consider the consequences of all that is happening, both good and bad.

The Central City is seeing its most active development period since before the recession.

Los Angeles Downtown News last week published its Development issue, and the 94 residential, civic, mixed-use, entertainment and other projects our reporters ran down show how much is happening in all corners of the community.

Despite the robust growth, things are actually getting busier. The Development issue included 14 projects that have emerged in the last four months, among them major residential efforts from established national firms.

More housing is coming to the Financial District and the northern reaches of the Figueroa Corridor. We’re also seeing a continuing push for parks.

While this churn of activity bodes well for the future, some current and upcoming problems make it easy to question whether there is a guiding vision.

One problem can be felt by a quick walk or drive through the community. If you go out on foot, particularly in South Park or the southern portion of the Financial District, then, as Downtown News has reported, you’ll be forced to hopscotch in all directions as you deal with the number of sidewalks that are closed because of the rise of new buildings or the renovation of old ones. If you drive, especially at rush hour, then the boom will be manifested in part by construction-abetted gridlock. Try to be patient.

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could only pencil out if the TV providers who signed with Time Warner charged their customers — including households that don’t watch baseball — an estimated $5 a month. If the Dodgers and Time Warner hadn’t made such a cash grab, went the argument, then fees would have been reasonable.

In early June, this page called for the Dodgers to scrap the existing deal (we’d let them unravel the legal tangles) and arrange to put games on free TV. That would be the start to making amends with the fan base.

Doing that three months later doesn’t suffice. Yes, six games beamed into local living rooms are better than none, but in baseball parlance, the Dodgers and Time Warner have blown the save.

town is becoming more active. Finally, the sleepy stretches between various districts are being tied together by the arrival of new housing complexes and businesses.

Still, the expansion of the residential base by thousands of people each year heightens the need to ensure that the growth is thought out and coordinated. A particular challenge will be updating the area’s aged infrastructure, including water and other utilities.

Then there are the growing needs of pedestrians and bicyclists. While it is true that the rising number of bike lanes in Downtown is slowing traffic, it looks to be a necessary truth. The removal of vehicular lanes from car-centric corridors such as Broadway and Figueroa Street shows a commitment to the urban realities of the future. Also encouraging for transportation futurists is that some coming housing complexes are including hundreds of spaces of secure bike parking.

This is great news for those who live and work in the area and want to get around without a car, but planners should go further and help those who commute into Downtown.

They make up the bulk of the population in the daytime, and their needs should not be ignored in the name of what will be good in years to come. Planners have made significant

progress and must have the resources to continue the effort to make taking the train or bus convenient and easy. The Regional Connector is a good addition, but it can’t be the only one.

If mass transit is no better or quicker than the car, commuters will drive solo.

Then there’s another, different question: What happens when things dip again? This is important because, in early 2007, no one anticipated that the real estate market could crash so hard and so fast. Downtown, like the rest of the nation, was unprepared for the depth of the recession and suffered when lending markets froze.

Some doubt the same kind of tumble could happen again. However, we know that real estate is cyclical, and for several years Downtown prices have been rising. Some of the apartment projects coming online have rents of more than $3 a square foot, while some condominiums are exceeding $600 per square foot. It is fair to ask if these figures are sustainable.

The problems of a growing population and mobility are good ones to have. Still, the questions they bring need to be asked and adequately answered. Things will change, and some of the changes will be major. It’s better to start planning for them now than to try to play catch-up later.

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Two Playgrounds Coming to Pershing Square

Two new playgrounds will be built on the southern edge of Pershing Square, and a wall facing Sixth Street will be replaced by a fence to improve sight lines. The park has long been criticized for a “fortress-like” design.

Work Is Part of $2 Million Upgrade, With New Organization Formed for Future Changes

By Donna Evans ith the number of families with children in Downtown increasing, city officials last week announced that two playgrounds will be built in Pershing Square.

The playgrounds will be part of a $2 million makeover that also includes improving sight lines from Sixth Street into the park.

The changes were announced on Wednesday, Sept. 17, during a press conference that doubled as an unveiling of an effort to create a long-range plan for transforming the park at 532 S. Olive St. City Councilman José Huizar, whose 14th District includes most of Downtown Los Angeles, announced that $2 million has been secured for the initial makeover, with $1 million each coming from the city Department of Recreation and Parks and MacFarlane Partners, a developer building a large project on the block north of the square. Huizar also revealed the formation of Pershing Square Renew, a nonprofit organization that will work with the city to raise money, conduct community outreach and launch a design competition to reimagine the park in the heart of the Financial District.

The $1 million from Recreation and Parks will go toward short-term upgrades including the playgrounds, said department General Manager Mike Shull. A playground for 2- to 5-year olds will be constructed in the park’s southwest cor-

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ner, at Sixth and Olive streets. The second playground, for kids ages 5-12, will stretch along Sixth Street. Each will include climbing apparatuses and slides.

The initial work will include the removal of a cement wall on Sixth Street. It will be replaced by fencing, enabling passersby to see into the park.

Shull anticipates a groundbreaking on the playgrounds and the fencing in the spring.

Construction is expected to take six months.

The five-acre Pershing Square originally opened in 1866 and has gone through multiple name changes and redesigns. The last major transformation, in 1994, resulted in the current look, which has been criticized for an abundance of hardscape, seemingly out-of-place architectural features such as a purple tower and a lack of green space. Others complain that the interior of the park is difficult to see from surrounding streets.

Shull said he hopes a renovated park will be more inviting to the public. In comments to reporters after the press conference, Huizar echoed the theme.

“I think the way the park was designed is too much concrete,” Huizar said. “It’s designed with an ’80s fortress mentality. It could be created in a way that… welcomes everyone. People would feel more comfortable walking and strolling and doing activities other than trying to find shade.”

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That effort will fall under the purview of Pershing Square Renew. During the press conference, Huizar announced that Eduardo Santana has been hired as the body’s executive director.

Santana, a Southern California native with 15 years of experience in the real estate development field, will oversee fundraising and community outreach. He will also work with the members of a 21-person volunteer task force that was formed last year to come up with plans to improve the park.

No budget or timeline for a full renovation of Pershing Square has been announced.

The work in the park will coincide with MacFarlane Partners’ residential project on the plot north of the square. The company expects to start construction on a seven-story residential building with 315 apartments within a year.

There are also plans for a 24-story housing tower, with another 300 housing units, on the plot, though the timeline for that remains uncertain.

Jeff Berris, a managing director of development for MacFarlane Partners, said now is the

perfect time to improve Pershing Square. He cited the residential and business boom in the area. The company sees the park as “the heart of our Downtown community,” he said.

Some minor park improvements have already been undertaken. In May, five 20-foot tall tipu trees on the Olive Street side of the park were removed to make way for chessboard tables.

The trees had burst through the tubs they were planted in and had begun to strangle the electrical and irrigation systems beneath the soil. Recreation and Parks has added new planters throughout the space and a Park Advisory Board worked with Downtown’s Ur-bin Community Garden Network to plant bougainvillea that will wrap the large columns on the Hill Street side.

Recreation and Parks will also swap out lights in the park and the garage with more environmentally friendly LED fixtures.

A new website, pershingsquarenew.com, has been created to detail the progress and coming changes. donna@downtownnews.com

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The Central City Crime Report

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By Donna Evans n the Central City Crime Report, we survey the recent week in public safety. All information is provided by the LAPD’s Central Division.

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car honked at them. Words were exchanged, a fight ensued and one man yelled, “Knife!” During the fracas one man was stabbed multiple times. Police arrested one person.

Robbery Reboot: A man who bought socks from the Macy’s at 750 W. Seventh St. on Sept. 13 asked for a large bag. When a security guard stopped him from stashing additional, unpaid-for items in that bag, the man punched the guard in the face and fled. For unknown reasons, the suspect returned at closing time at 9 p.m.

Security detained him and he was arrested.

Thwarted Thief: A man who tried to steal a sandwich from the 7-Eleven at Fifth Street and Broadway on Sept. 11 threatened to cut an employee who tried to stop him. LAPD officers on foot patrol heard the 12:30 p.m. ruckus and saw the suspect armed with a knife. He was arrested.

Money Problems: A woman told police she was carrying $16,000 in cash from her employer while walking on Sixth Street between Broadway and Main Street at 8 a.m. on Sept. 11. An unidentified person pushed her to the ground, grabbed the bag and ran off.

Knife Fight: A group of people got out of a car at Eighth Street and Grand Avenue at 4:30 a.m. on Sept.

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Party Foul: A man who arranged through a party website to meet four strangers for a sexual encounter on Sept. 13 followed the group from Pershing Square to Angels Flight at 6 p.m. However, one member of the group beat him up and stole some unspecified items. He fled.

Basement Burglary: On Sept. 7, three people who were stowing items in a basement storage unit in the 700 block of South Spring Street found that someone had cut the lock. Gone were a $7,000 video camera, a snowboard, golf clubs and a headboard.

By Jon Regardie owntowners have been pining for a Trader Joe’s for years. While the Monrovia-based supermarket chain hasn’t yet committed to opening in the Central City, a new location will be pretty close: just down the Figueroa Corridor at USC Village.

Trader Joe’s announced its intentions on Wednesday, Sept. 17, two days after USC held a kickoff event for the $650 million development.

According to Trader Joe’s spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki, the store will be 12,700 square feet, which puts it in line with the average Trader Joe’s, which is 10,000 to 15,000 square feet. The market will be at 3131 S. Hoover St. “We are excited to be part of USC Village and look forward to being a positive addition for the neighborhood for years to come,” said Mochizuki.

The store is scheduled to open in fall 2017, at the same time the rest of the project debuts.

Downtown business leaders have long tried to persuade the retailer to open in the Central City. In the Downtown Center Business Improvement District’s 2013 Downtown Demographic Study, 90% of respondents said they would shop at Trader Joe’s if one were in Downtown.

Trader Joe’s commitment to USC Village comes as the Downtown grocery scene has expanded. In addition to the Ralphs Fresh Fare that opened in South Park in 2007, shoppers now get goods at a City Target at the FIGat7th mall, a Smart and Final Extra in South Park and a WalMart Neighborhood Market near Chinatown. Next year, a 42,000-square-foot Whole Foods will open as part of Carmel Partners’ 700-apartment development at Eighth

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The entire USC Village is a 1.25 million-square-foot mixed-use project, spread across 15 acres on the north side of the University Park Campus, that will include 2,700 units of student housing and a fitness center.

There will be 115,000 square feet of retail space, which in addition to Trader Joe’s will include restaurants and a drugstore. regardie@downtownnews.com

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GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL EXPERTS

Good Samaritan Hospital has great doctors, including the eye experts from Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group.

The following are answers to common eye disease questions from our doctors.

Pouya N. Dayani, M.D., is a boardcertified ophthalmologist specializing in the medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the retina and vitreous, with a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of uveitis. Dr. Dayani received his B.S. in Physiological Science, Summa Cum Laude, at UCLA prior to his medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School. He completed his ophthalmology residency at BarnesJewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

He went on to complete a prestigious two-year vitreoretinal surgical fellowship at Duke University Eye Center. He furthered his fellowship experience with an emphasis in uveitis at the worldrenowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England.

David S. Liao, M.D., Ph.D., is a boardcertified ophthalmologist specializing in the medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the retina and vitreous.

After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in both Electrical Engineering and Biology at the University of Maryland, Dr. Liao obtained his M.D., Ph.D. from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Following an internship at the Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia, he completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the University of Texas / Southwestern Medical Center. He went on to complete a two-year vitreoretinal surgical fellowship at Tufts Medical Center and Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston in Massachusetts.

Richard H. Roe, M.D., is a boardcertified ophthalmologist specializing in the treatment of diseases of the retina and vitreous. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences with honors at the Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Roe went on to receive a Masters of Health Sciences degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He then attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and completed an internship in Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Thereafter, Dr. Roe completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital and New York University. He went on to complete a two year vitreoretinal fellowship at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.

Will I lose my vision as I age?

Pouya N. Dayani, M.D.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), often called macular degeneration, is a leading cause of central vision loss among people age 50 and older. Vision loss is due to damage to the macula, which is the most sensitive part of the retina (located at the back of the eye) responsible for sharp, central vision. When the macula is damaged, the center of your field of view may appear blurry, dark, or distorted.

In some patients, typically those with the “dry” form, the degeneration advances so slowly that vision loss does not occur for a long time. In others, the disease may progress more rapidly, due to bleeding and swelling from abnormal blood vessels under the macula. This more aggressive form is called “wet” macular degeneration and is often responsive to therapy if detected early.

In addition to age, other risk factors for the development of macular degeneration include smoking, family history, and race. Certain lifestyle modifications may reduce the risk of AMD or slow its progression. These include no smoking, regular exercise, maintaining normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and eating a healthy diet rich in green, leafy vegetables and fish.

How does diabetes affect my eyesight?

Diabetes is one of the most common health problems facing Angelenos today. In fact, it is a leading cause of moderate vision loss among working people. When diabetes attacks the eye, it usually damages the sensitive inner layers, leading to a condition known as “diabetic retinopathy.” Patients who develop diabetic retinopathy start to develop small areas of bleeding within the eye. At first, there are no symptoms. Later in the disease, larger areas of bleeding and swelling can develop which cause floaters and blurred vision. In severe cases, scar tissue can form in the back of the eye which may lead to blindness if left untreated. Fortunately, ophthalmologists and retina specialists can detect early disease and perform treatments to restore vision and prevent further loss. The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends at least an annual eye exam for patients who have diabetes. If you have diabetes, please work closely with both your primary care physician and eye doctor to take control of your disease in order to maintain healthy vision.

David S. Liao, M.D., Ph.D.

What causes floaters?

“Floaters” are typically described as small, free-floating dark spots, threads, or cobwebs in the vision.

Floaters arise in the vitreous humor, a clear liquid jelly that fills the core of the eye. There are a number of different possible causes for floaters, which can include bleeding and inflammation. However, the most common cause of floaters is simply due to degeneration and breakdown of the vitreous humor from natural aging. This typically occurs in young to middle-aged adults and does not require any treatment. A sudden burst of many floaters, though, particularly in association with peripheral flashing lights, could be a sign of a retinal tear or detachment. In this case, a consultation with a retinal specialist is needed immediately for further evaluation. A retinal tear typically is treated with laser while a retinal detachment could require more extensive intraocular surgery.

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One for the Masses The Arts District Gets Its Biggest Project Ever With the $160 Million One Santa Fe

By Eddie Kim ou couldn’t mistake One Santa Fe for any other Downtown development even if you tried.

The stark white structure stretches a quarter mile across four Arts District blocks. Porthole-like windows create dotted shadows that weave across the building in the light. Bright red lashes of paint wink from balconies.

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one that will instantly change the community on a number of fronts, from the visual to the retail, not to mention the traffic impact. With 438 apartments and more than 78,000 square feet of space for stores and restaurants, the $160 million development is the most prominent example of how quickly the once-sleepy neighborhood is blooming.

While some may fret over One Santa Fe’s size, the developers have taken pains to ensure that the six-story project retains communityand pedestrian-friendly elements. A towering 200-foot-wide opening at Third Street, bridged by a slab of apartments above, serves as the main entry into the complex. From there, a paseo lined with retail spaces and housing on upper floors veers at an angle roughly parallel to Santa Fe Avenue, eventually opening to the sidewalk near Fourth Street.

One Santa Fe is a joint effort between developer McGregor Brown Company, Cowley Real Estate Partners, Polis Builders and Canyon Capital Realty Advisors. By activating a oncedesolate property sandwiched between the Southern California Institute of Architecture and some Metro rail yards, McGregor Brown President Bill McGregor believes the project is infusing the Arts District with new life.

“It’s significantly increasing the value and attractiveness of the Arts District as a whole,” he said. “We intentionally designed a pedestrian environment in a place that was a more indus-

The Arts District’s One Santa Fe features a sleek design inspired by the area’s historic rail infrastructure.

Bill McGregor of development firm McGregor Brown began working on the project nearly a decade ago.

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trial highway environment. I think it’ll be fantastic when everyone moves in.”

Designed by prominent architect Michael Maltzan, whose Downtown Los Angeles projects include Skid Row’s Star Apartments, One Santa Fe pays homage to the long, linear forms of the rail infrastructure that has historically been a feature of the neighborhood. Contrasting creases and colors separate the ground floor from the parking and housing above, giving portions of the building the illusion of suspension. It eschews the jutting glass balconies and gaudy facade articulations common in

many current Downtown projects for a minimalist look set off by large, angular columns.

Maltzan said he fought for the huge “bridge” off Third Street, despite the increased expense of making such a wide opening without structural columns interrupting the span. Opposite of the bridge is another large opening adjacent to the rail yard on the east. Maltzan said the design anticipates any new transit systems that could be built along the Los Angeles River. Metro is exploring having a light rail spur extend into the Arts District.

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Reed Alvarado is one of the new tenants. The $160 million project contains 438 residences and stretches across four city blocks on Santa Fe Avenue. The retail section will include a supermarket, an ice cream shop and other stores and restaurants.

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of that year.

The project includes about 610 parking spaces, with 525 set aside for residents and 85 reserved for patrons of the businesses (around 120 cars could be accommodated with the use of a valet service for retail and restaurant patrons).

In a nod to the community, the project has a space called the Arts District Center for the Arts, which has been leased to a coalition of groups including the Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association, Cornerstone Theater Company and SCI-Arc for $1 per year. It includes room for art exhibitions and a 99-seat theater. Another 35,000 square feet of space on the north end of the development is being used by Metro for a training facility (Metro owns the land but leased it to the developers).

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“I never really thought about One Santa Fe,” Alvarado said. “I was really hesitant because it was a huge building and it seemed antithetical to the feel of the neighborhood.”

His unsuccessful attempt to find housing, however, prompted him to tour One Santa Fe. He was won over by the promise of smaller, local stores and the look and feel of the property.

Alvarado is an early adopter, as only about 65 of the building’s units are filled. The ultimate impact of One Santa Fe may not be felt until the end of the year, when all 438 apartments are open. eddie@downtownnews.com.

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One Santa Fe has garnered its share of skepticism from community members who fear it marks the beginning of a gentrified Arts District. Jonathan Jerald, a LARABA board member, said he appreciates that the developers worked with the group to support an arts component within the building and offer some affordable housing.

“I think the thing that intimidates most people is the sheer scale of the building, and I absolutely understand that feeling,” Jerald said.

“But change is inevitable in the Arts District.

Our strategy is to create opportunities for artists and the community within that change.”

That sense of skepticism was something Reed Alvarado, an actor who graduated from the University of Southern California last year,

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ture infrastructure as the Los Angeles River is redeveloped, so we wanted that point of access,” Maltzan said. “All development in the city should be for today but also for the future.”

Big Shopping The idea for One Santa Fe stretches back nearly a decade, when the Arts District was showing the first signs of new growth, McGregor said. The development team saw potential in the property, formerly a collection of Metro parking lots.

However, like many projects, it ground to a halt during the recession. It took the addition of Canyon Capital in late 2011 to get things moving again. One Santa Fe broke ground in early 2012.

The project features studio to two-bedroom apartments in an assortment of floor plans.

Some units have a conventional single-level layout with open kitchens and balconies. Others are split on two floors, with entrances either into the kitchen/living area or into a bedroom level. Interior finishes such as cabinet colors and flooring differ from unit to unit.

Rents start at around $1,700 for a studio and go up to $4,000 for a townhome-style twobedroom. Eighty-eight residences have been set aside as affordable housing, and some of them are reserved for artists.

Amenities include an outdoor theater with a projection screen. There is also a saltwater pool, spa and gym.

The retail space, dubbed The Yards, will include about 25 shops and restaurants. Although none have opened, the anchor tenant will be the Manhattan Beach-based grocery store Grow. Other leases have been inked with vegan restaurant Cafe Gratitude, apothecary Malin + Goetz and Van Leeuwen Ice Cream. The businesses will start opening in the first quarter of 2015 and will likely all be online by the end

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On the lineup for the fall are (l to r) Hector Tobar, who appears at an Aloud event on Oct. 16; Lonnie G. Bunch III, who speaks at a Town Hall-Los Angeles luncheon on Oct. 22; Nicholas Kristof, who appears at a Live Talks Business Forums breakfast on Oct. 9; and Spanish architect Vicente Guallart, who speaks at SCI-Arc on Sept. 24.

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At the Library Foundation of Los Angeles’ Aloud series, large crowds gather a couple times each week to hear the likes of author T.C. Boyle, singer Patti Smith and Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle. Town Hall-Los Angeles books bigwigs including Mayor Eric Garcetti and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Some of the biggest names in design show up at the lecture series at the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

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The most active programmer is Aloud, which Louise Steinman has run since 1993. During the fall season there are two or three events most weeks in the Central Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium. Steinman’s deep connections with the publishing world allow her to bring in some of the biggest names in literature, and many of the events are fully reserved in advance (though there are usually standby seats at the door). Upcoming speakers include former Los Angeles Times reporter Hector Tobar, who on Oct. 16 will discuss his Deep Down Dark, about the Chilean miners who were trapped for 69 days in 2010. Adam Michnik, an activist jailed by the Polish communist regime for dissident actownNews tivities, and who now among country’s most prominent .Down /L.Athe ok.com Facisebo public figures, shows up on Oct. 21.

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interest is sustainable urbanism. His lecture is titled “How Green Now Playing luncheons in the City Club, on the 51st floor of City National Plaza. Is My City.”

Eric Owen Moss, the director of SCI-Arc, said he looks for “They’ll hear the inside scoop from a unique voice. Not a talking speakers who will challenge the audience, offer different perhead,” McCleary said. “We want them to walk away saying, ‘I didn’t spectives and leave attendees thinking about a range of anknow that. I’m so glad I got a personal insight into the person.’”

Coming to Town Hall on Sept. 22 is Jeffrey Kightlinger, general swers to one posed question. Being an architecture school, urban planning is a popular topic. Still, he said, the intent is to manager of the Metropolitan Water District, who will address draw neighbors and people from all over the city. a topic vital to all Californians: water, and the lack of it. Lonnie “We cover pragmatic issues such as housing and transportaG. Bunch III, founding director of the Smithsonian National Mution policy, technical and construction issues,” Moss said. “But seum of African American History and Culture, will show up on it is also an exchange of ideas: What is architecture? What is a Oct. 22 to discuss the role that black California plays in shaping floor? What is a window?” the nation’s history.

In this news-saturated world, said Steinman from Aloud, event Business, Design and Beyond organizers have to tap today’s greatest thinkers, artists and writAnother unique location is the headquarters of architecture ers to appeal to the learned audience. For people in Los Angeles, firm Gensler, also at City National Plaza (though much closer Starts Sept 12/Sept 19 no subject is off the table, and the appetite for knowledge is imto the ground). That is where Ted Habte-Gabr hosts speakers mense, she said. through his Live Talks Business Forums. Unlike most lectures, donna@downtownnews.com these talks are a morning series. Past speakers in Downtown include Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.

Habte-Gabr holds about 15 events a year at Gensler. This is the series’ fifth year, and he said attendees like the convenience of a thoughtful event that gets them back to their desk by 9:30 a.m.

Upcoming events include an Oct. 9 appearance by Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist who co-authored A Path Apant to know who’s speaking in Downtown? pears. On Oct. 28, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky will discuss Check out the websites of the following entities, his book The Case Against the Supreme Court. who bring bright minds to the Central City each week.

“I’m always working on my speaker list,” said Habte-Gabr. “I’m always listening, always watching for who might be interesting, Aloud at the Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., lfla.org. who’s being written about and what they are saying.”

Most events are free.

Two topics frequently debated by Downtowners will be taken up by Zócalo Public Square during events at the Museum of Town Hall-Los Angeles, 555 S. Flower St., 51st floor, Contemporary Art next month. Oct. 1 holds the conversation townhall-la.org. Most talks are $55 for members, $75 for “Will Young Californians Ever Be Able to Retire?” On Oct. 14, arnon-members. chitect Thom Mayne and restaurateur Bill Chait are among the Starts Sept 19 panelists discussing whether Downtown is becoming the west Live Talks Business Forums, 500 S. Figueroa St., side. business.livetalksla.org. General admission is $20.

Zócalo, a project of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University, brings events to Downtown Los Angeles locaSCI-Arc Lecture Series, 960 E. Third St., sciarc.edu/ tions including MOCA and the Downtown Independent. lectures. Events are free.

Another long-running program is the Southern California Institute of Architecture Lecture Series. Founded in 2002, the fall Zócalo Public Square, various locations (often MOCA, calendar at the Arts District campus features 13 events. Upcom250 S. Grand Ave., and Downtown Independent, 251 S. ing highlights include Vicente Guallart, who founded the InMain.), zocalopublicsquare.org. Events are free. stitute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in Barcelona, on Sept. 24. Also coming is Michael Sorkin, whose studio’s special

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Ghosts in the Machine New Downtown Play Ponders Human Relations and Artificial Intelligence

By Donna Evans cience fiction is a reliable draw in film, and movies from The Day the Earth Stood Still to Alien to The Matrix and beyond have generated billions in ticket sales.

The genre is far less common in the theater.

Still, it pops up every so often, whether in plays by the late Ray Bradbury or others.

Science fiction comes back in Marjorie Prime, a world premiere by Jordan Harrison that opened at the Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 21. However, rather than take on an attack by creatures from another planet or some such spectacle, the science fiction question at hand is more personal: Could someone tell if his or her family members were replaced by a computer?

Marjorie Prime, which runs through Oct. 19, is built around an 85-year-old woman in an assisted living facility who is losing her memory. With the urging of the staff and Marjorie’s son-in-law, a mysterious young man visits the elderly woman. The theme of recall — what is remembered, what is past and what is present — is explored throughout the play.

The show is set in a futuristic time when technology may be able to add a new dimension to the hardship of losing loved ones. In a podcast on the Center Theatre Group website, Harrison calls his work “emotional sci-fi.”

The story is inspired by the 1950 Turing Test, in which a person has to figure out whether

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Referencing the unprecedented win for artificial intelligence, Marjorie Prime director Les Waters pointed out that the gap between what humans can do versus what a computer can accomplish is narrowing with each passing year.

However, humans still have a playful quality and can read between the lines of what actually is being said, Waters noted. Artificial intelligence, he added, isn’t aware of irony or subtext.

At least not yet.

Still, the show asks a deeply personal question, Waters said: If technology offered a lesscomplete substitute for a person you deeply miss, would you take it?

“The play asks what would you do to keep someone you love with you? How do you hold families together?” he said.

Waters has worked with Harrison before, directing his Finn in the Underworld in 2005 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Doris to Darlene in New York in 2007. This marks the first time a Harrison play has been mounted in Downtown Los Angeles.

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The world premiere Marjorie Prime centers on an 85-year-old woman who is losing her memory. Lois Smith plays the title character and Frank Wood is her son-in-law, Jonathan. The show is at the Mark Taper Forum through Oct. 19.

Marjorie Prime presented some unique challenges, Waters noted. He had to direct actors to play the authentic character, as well as computer-generated versions of those characters.

The 80-minute show has undergone readings at other theaters. Still, Frank Wood, who plays Marjorie’s son-in-law Jonathan, said there is an excitement to being the first one to take on a part.

“Everyone involved in the first production is in a state of invention and discovery and conversation,” said the 54-year-old actor. “The questions are more far ranging and there’s al-

ways a problem-solving aspect: How do you put a script on its feet?”

The bigger issue may concern getting computers on their feet, and then keeping people one step ahead of them. On the CTG podcast, Harrison noted that computers keep getting better and are doing more things that humans can do. Perhaps, he said, the only move left for human beings is to become better at being human.

Marjorie Prime runs through Oct. 19 at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 6282772 or centertheatregroup.org. donna@downtownnews.com

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MONDay, SEPTEMbER 22 Jeffrey Kightlinger at Town Hall-LA City Club, 555 S. Flower St., (213) 628-8141 or townhall-la.org.

11:30 a.m.: The general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California addresses the water shortage, future water restrictions and our city’s dire need for rain.

WEDNESDay, SEPTEMbER 24 Vicente Guallart at SCI-Arc SCI-Arc, 255 S. Santa Fe Ave., (213) 613-2200 or sciarc.edu.

7 p.m.: Spanish designer and chief architect of the Barcelona City Council (you were just wondering who has that title), Guallart will be lecturing on the “self-sufficient city.”

ThuRSDay, SEPTEMbER 25 Charles M. Blow and Jesmyn Ward at Aloud Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org.

7:15 p.m.: Two creative writers gather to discuss “stories of loss and redemption in the American South.”

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Just over 200 years ago, a young American lawyer from Baltimore was imprisoned on a ship as the invading British bombarded his hometown.

The events of that night inspired young Francis Scott Key to pen “The Star Spangled Banner.” Two centuries later, the Grammy Museum hosts Oh Say You Can Sing, an exhibit dedicated to that song and the numerous incarnations its regal verses have had since Key was moved by the rockets’ red glare. The exhibit is only open until Oct. 14, so head down at dawn’s early light. At 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

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In a far-away land known as Culver City, a group of promoters and players alike have gathered at the Jazz Bakery to obsess over the great American music form. This week, they’ll ride the Expo Line to take in the sights and sounds of the Angel City Jazz Festival as it takes up residence at three Downtown locations. On Monday and Thursday, Sept. 22 and 25, Little Tokyo’s Blue Whale (123 Onizuka St.) hosts a smattering of acts including the Vinny Golia Ensemble (shown here) and Matana Roberts’ Anthem. Friday finds the Cathlene Pineda Quartet and Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio at REDCAT (631 W. Second St.), while Saturday offers Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra and the Anthony Braxton Trio at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall (200 S. Grand Ave.). More info at angelcityjazz.com.

SaTuRDay, SEPTEMbER 27 Confucius Day in Chinatown Chinatown Central Plaza, 943 N. Broadway, (213) 6800243 or chinatownla.com.

5-9:30 p.m.: Global Confucius Day means honoring the great thinker with an acrobat, contortionist, dough sculptor, face painting and the UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble.

Step and Repeat Geffen Contemporary, 152 N. Central Ave., (213) 626-6222 or moca.org.

6 p.m.: MOCA’s Little Tokyo auxiliary delivers the final installment of its series that brings DJs, live music, performance art and lectures into its spacious interior.

Yarn Bombing at Grand Central Market Grand Central Market, 317 S. Broadway, (213) 624-2378 or grandcentralmarket.com.

2-5 p.m.: Head down, grab some BBQ and coffee and help Yarnbombing Los Angeles adorn the pillars at Grand Central Market with copious quantities of carefully designed yarn.

Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com.

Sept 22: Angel City Jazz Festival presents the Steve Adams Duo, Bobby Bradford Quartet and Vinny Golia Ensemble.

Sept. 23: Mario Castro.

Sept. 24: Joon Lee and Vardan Ovsepian.

Sept. 25: Angel City Jazz Festival presents Slumgum and Matana Roberts’ Anthem.

Sept. 26: The Modern Art Orchestra.

Sept. 27: John Daversa Big Band.

Sept. 28: Leah Zeger Group.

Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org.

Sept. 22, 8 p.m.: Lowell is a shrill synth pop tribute to the queen of New England textile towns.

Sept. 22, 8 p.m.: The L.A. Beer Week Battle of the Beer Bands pits musical ensembles from rival breweries against each other.

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Cicely Tyson plays Carrie Watts, the role she won a Tony Award for last year. Vanessa Williams and Blair Underwood round out the cast every Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

The halls of the Natural History Museum will echo with either pained or delighted “oohs” and “aahs” from now through Jan. 6, 2015, as countless doting boyfriends take their long-term girlfriends to see the justrevealed Blue Moon Diamond. The internally flawless, vivid blue rock will irreparably raise expectations for those shopping for an engagement ring. Visitors with a strict interest in gems will be equally shocked by what is an immaculate specimen of craftsmanship and geology. You can catch a glimpse of this 12-carat wonder with regular admission to the museum. At 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-3466 or nhm.org.

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Rose McGowan has long been a fixture of off-kilter, slightly macabre cinema. This year’s Sundance Film Festival marked the actress’ directorial debut with Dawn, the story of a young girl discovering her sexuality in 1961. The short film screens at the Downtown Independent each night through Thursday, Sept. 25, as a part of the Rose McGowan Dawn Fest. Each night finds a feature film with strong female characters accompanying Dawn. From Thelma & Louise to The Silence of the Lambs to the Meryl Streep/Cher vehicle Silkwood, this exercise in film curation promises to subvert the male-centric Hollywood status quo. At 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com.

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Sept. 23, 8 p.m.: Hemet’s own Denny White headlines this installment of the Blind Date indie band showcase.

Sept. 24, 8 p.m.: Emotive pop from Jaymes Young. Y? Y not?

Sept. 25, 7:30 and 10 p.m.: If you’ve seen the viral videos of a taciturn clown singing minimalist covers of famous pop songs, you’re already primed and ready for Puddles’ Pity Party.

Sept. 26, 8 p.m.: Houston rapper Fat Tony is actually fairly well proportioned.

Sept. 27, 8 p.m.: Mayer Hawthorne’s side-gig Jaded Incorporated joins all-star, anonymous hip-hop collective The Black Opera.

Sept. 28, 8 p.m.: OK, our hat is really off to Kimbra. We thought, “Surely she will get a nice, fat cease and desist order for her Space Jam 4 event.” Apparently Michael Jordan and the Warner Bros. lawyers are on vacation.

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Sept. 23, 8:30 p.m.: Storytelling gang The Moth goes live with Cybele Abbett, Dori Bonner, Roy Choi, Jay Martel and the immortal Duff McKagan.

Sept. 25, 8 p.m.: Korean pop star Lee Juck is enthralled to be playing at a venue close to the newly reconstituted Backdoor Pub. Sept. 26, 8 p.m.: Like Dimmu Borgir with a better press agent, Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation is hitting the road in style.

Escondite 410 Boyd St., (213) 626-1800 or theescondite.com.

Sept. 22, 10 p.m.: Country meets yacht rock with We Are the West.

Sept. 23, 10 p.m.: Ever gregarious Boom Boom Boom follows Trevor Menear.

Sept. 24, 10 p.m.: Skin & Bones and the Sunset Drifters are primed to take down a table full of fried pickles.

Sept. 25, 10 p.m.: The one and only Miya Folick.

Sept. 26, 9 p.m.: The Black Tongued Bells will use their lingual acumen to prep you for Diamond Light.

Sept. 27, 10 p.m.: Nocona, an Americana rock band with a name like a prescription drug.

Sept. 28, 10 p.m.: RT N the 44s give a lesson in 21st century heartland ethics.

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Sept. 26: Sultan Nedshepard.

Sept. 27: Tensnake.

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Sept. 27: Matt Jared.

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Sept. 22, 10 p.m.: TGIM. Sept. 24, 8 p.m.: Actual Disco.

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Sept. 27: The B Sides, The Neumans and Black Mambas.

Sept. 28, 3 p.m.: Scotch Apostles, Sunday Morning Sinners and The Vooduo.

Sept. 28: Shaun Peace.

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Sept. 26, 9 p.m.: If you’re ready to jam like they do in Spartanburg, South Carolina, head on down for Gov’t Mule.

Sept. 27, 8 p.m.: “Popera” tenor Lim Hyung Joo promises a hypnotic evening replete with myriad vocal delights.

Redwood Bar and Grill 316 W. Second St., (213) 652-4444 or theredwoodbar.com.

Sept. 22: Magnolia Fire, Blind Owl, The Absynths and Feal.

Sept. 24: Bob Cantu’s Birthday Bash with Lightnin’ Woodcock, Mountains of the Moon and Zoo Foundation.

Sept. 25: Thursday Night Booty.

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Continued from previous page Sept. 26, 10 p.m.: Jack of All Tracks.

Sept. 27, 10 p.m.: DJ Aaron Castle.

Mayan Theatre 1038 S. Hill St., (213) 746-4287 or clubmayan.com.

Sept. 25, 8 p.m.: Soul singing, Northwest native Allen Stone gives you what you need and not an ounce more.

Nokia Theatre 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6030 or nokiatheatrelalive.com.

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This statement was filed with Dean Logan, County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 11, 2014. noTiCe—This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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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county of los angeles Department of the treasurer and tax collector notice of Divided Publication Pursuant to Sections 3702, 3381, and 3382, Revenue and Taxation Code, the Notice of Sale of Tax Defaulted Property Subject to the Power of Sale in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California has been divided and distributed to various newspapers of general circulation published in said County for publication of a portion thereof, in each of the said newspapers.

Public auction notice (R&tc 3702) of sale of tax-Defaulted Property subject to the Power of sale (sale no. 2014a) Whereas, on June 17, 2014, I, MARK J. SALADino, Treasurer and Tax Collector, was directed by the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, State of California, to sell at public auction

certain tax-defaulted properties which are Subject to the Power of Sale. Public notice is hereby given that unless said properties are redeemed prior thereto, I will, on Monday, October 20, 2014, and Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at the Fairplex Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, 1101 W. McKinley Avenue, Building 5, Pomona, California, offer for sale and sell said properties at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check in lawful money of the United States for not less than the minimum bid. If no bids are received on a parcel, it will be re-offered at the end of the public auction at a reduced minimum price.

The minimum bid for each parcel is the total amount necessary to redeem, plus costs, as required

by Section 3698.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

Following the public auction, unless redeemed prior thereto, I will re-offer for sale and sell unimproved properties that remain unsold at the end of the public auction beginning Monday, November 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. (PT) and will run continuously until Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. (PT) at online auction at www.bid4assets.com/ losangeles.

Prospective bidders should obtain detailed information of this sale from the County Treasurer and Tax Collector.

Pre-registration and a $5,000 deposit in the form of cash, cashier’s check or bank issued money order is required at the time of registration. No personal checks, two-party checks or business checks will be accepted for registration. Registration will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., beginning Monday, September 15, 2014, at the Treasurer and Tax Collector’s Office located at 225 north hill Street, Room 130, Los Angeles, California, and will end Friday, October 3, 2014, at 5:00 p.m.

If the property is sold, parties of interest, as defined by Section

4675 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, have a right to file a claim with the County for any proceeds from the sale, which are in excess of the liens and costs required to be paid from the proceeds. If excess proceeds result from the sale, notice will be given to parties of interest, pursuant to law.

All information concerning redemption, provided the right to redeem has not previously been terminated, will upon request be furnished by MARK J. SALADino, Treasurer and Tax Collector.

According to law, if redemption of the property is not made by the close of business on the last business day prior to the first day of auction, Friday October 17, 2014, at 5:00 p.m., the property will be offered for sale. If the property is not sold at the public auction, the right of redemption will revive and remain until Friday, November 14, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. If the property is not redeemed by Friday, November 14, 2014, at 5:00 p.m., it will be scheduled for the follow-up online auction as indicated above.

The Assessor’s Identification Number (AIN) in this publication refers to the Assessor’s Map Book, the Map Page, and the individual Parcel Number on the Map Page. If a change in the AIN occurred, both prior and current AINs are shown. An explanation of the parcel numbering system

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed at Los Angeles, California, on August 26, 2014.

MARK J. SALADino Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector State of California The real property that is subject to this notice is situated in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and is described as follows: PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALe oF TAX-DeFAULTeD PRoPeRTy SUBJeCT To The POWER OF SALE(SALE NO. 2014A) 3165 AIN 5151-016-124 TONG,WILLIAM P LOCATION CoUnTy oF LoS AnGeLeS $7,335.00

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September 22, 2014

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Downtown Jewish Community Center Finds a Larger Home for the Holidays

By Jon Regardie ast year around this time, Rabbi Moshe Greenwald had a problem. It was a good problem to have, but it was a problem nonetheless.

The issue was the large crowds that came to celebrate the High Holy Days in the synagogue of his Jewish Community Center-Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles. Greenwald opened the facility in 2007, and as Downtown’s Jewish community expanded, more and more people wanted to attend services for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, and eight days later, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

“Last year, at the beginning and end of Yom Kippur, it was way too tight. People were standing,” said Greenwald.

This year that won’t be a problem.

Greenwald said that thanks to Izek Shomof, a Downtown developer and longtime supporter of the temple, the High Holy Days will be celebratphoto by Gary Leonard ed in the ballroom of Rabbi Moshe Greenwald will blow the shofar this the Alexandria Hotel. week to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Services for the Shomof bought the Jewish new year will take place in the ballroom of building at 501 S. the Alexandria Hotel.

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The Alexandria, said Greenwald, can hold 250-300 people. The crowds will come out for Rosh Hashanah, which starts on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 24, and runs through Friday. Highlights will include an 8 p.m. dinner on Wednesday, and the blowing of the shofar, a ram’s horn, at noon on Thursday.

Thursday also brings a tashlich service. Greenwald said people will meet in front of the temple at 219 W. Seventh St. at 4:30 p.m. and walk about 40 minutes to the southeast corner of MacArthur Park at Seventh and Alvarado streets. Others can meet at the park for the 5:15 p.m. service.

“We recite prayers and symbolically cast our sins in the water and start our year with a clean slate,” he said.

Yom Kippur, a day on which observant Jews fast, starts with a sundown service on Oct. 3. Services will also take place the following day, including another shofar blowing and the breaking of the fast at 7:10 p.m.

Greenwald doesn’t charge for services, though he does ask for donations. The only mandatory fee is $36 per person for the Rosh Hashanah dinner. RSVPs, which can be made through the JCC website, are requested for the services and required for the dinner.

During his sermons, Greenwald said he will explore the idea of people helping each other.

“In Downtown many people are hurting. Not just the homeless, but they are the greatest example,” he said. “People sometimes need a friend, they need a helping hand. That’s what community is. Not just to have a dinner and have a great time, but when someone is down and out or struggling financially, we need to be there for each other.”

The Downtown-JCC is not the only local place to celebrate the High Holy Days. West Hollywood’s Kol Ami congregation will host Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah services at Little Tokyo’s Japanese American Cultural & Community Center.

Information and a schedule for the Downtown-JCC services are at downtownjcc.com. Information on the Kol Ami services is at kolami.org. regardie@downtownnews.com