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Concerts Coming to Grand Central Market

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rand Central Market is in the midst of a transformation that is bringing new eateries to the nearly 100-year-old institution. Now, it’s adding something a little different: music and dance. The Historic Core market’s owners have teamed with nonprofit MusicianCorps for three events. The first show took place on Halloween, and on Saturday, Nov. 9, the market will host samba percussion ensemble Batala LA. There will also be a breakdancing show on Dec. 7. The events are held under the skylight near the market’s Hill Street entrance and take place between 1-2 p.m. Additional information is at grandcentralmarket.com.

Streetcar Meeting On Monday

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he cost of the proposed Los Angeles Streetcar has soared, from the original $125 million to as much as $327.8 million. Now, 14th District City Councilman José Huizar wants to talk about the increasing price and other matters. On Monday, Nov. 4, Huizar, who has spearheaded the project that is key to his Bringing Back Broadway Initiative, will appear at a streetcar meeting at the Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium in the Police Administration Building at 100 W. First St. A discussion will start at 6 p.m. and Huizar will

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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS address the crowd at 6:30. The meeting comes amid questions about whether the streetcar is financially feasible. Last December Downtown residents approved a plan to tax area property owners up to $85 million, which they were told would help cover the $125 million cost. However, a recent city analysis revealed that, taking utility relocation into account, the project could cost up to $327.8 million; moving the utilities alone could cost up to $165.8 million, the report said. Huizar’s office has stated that the price will not be as high as the city estimates, though no new number has been revealed.

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he shopping center FIGat7th has recently lured big-name clothing retailers Zara and H&M — both will open in the spring. Now, the mall is getting a couple additions that are all about the eyes. Officials with property owner Brookfield Office Properties and Milan, Italy-based Luxottica announced last week that LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut will both open Downtown locations. LensCrafters, which sells prescription frames and sunglasses, will open a 3,400-square-foot space on the complex’s courtyard level this month. Sunglass Hut will debut a 1,030-square-foot business on the second floor of the mall next May. The leases are described as “long-term,” though financial details were not revealed. “With the addition of LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut, we have brought both fashion and function to downtown Los Angeles, with retailers that clearly dominate the optical marketplace due to their expansive selection and high-level of custom-

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er service,” said Edward Hogan, national director for retail leasing for Brookfield, in a prepared statement. “These two retailers fill both a need and a desire in this market.” Other current tenants at the mall are City Target and Sport Chalet.

Another City-Huizar Lawsuit

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he woman accusing 14th District City Councilman José Huizar of sexual harassment filed a second lawsuit against the city last week, alleging that Council President Herb Wesson cannot be impartial in the ongoing investigation. Francine Godoy, Huizar’s former dep-

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uty chief of staff, sued Huizar and the city on Oct. 17, claiming the councilman engaged in a “campaign of sexual harassment and retaliation.” Hours after the suit was filed, Huizar acknowledged a relationship with Godoy. In July, Wesson convened a special committee to investigate Godoy’s complaints.

The panel, known as the Special Committee on Investigative Oversight, ultimately will turn any findings over to the council. Godoy’s new lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Oct. 29, alleges that Wesson can be neither fair nor impartial when the findings of the investigation are presented Continued on page 20

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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

A Coffee Community

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e never stop marveling at the unexpected things that happen in Downtown Los Angeles. A decade ago there was a housing burst that forever changed the community. Then came a rush of restaurants that turned Downtown into the most exciting culinary destination in the city. We’ve seen a flurry of bars and, in the past few years, a second residential blitz. A spate of big-name stores have arrived recently and, just last week, this page touched on the surprising number of Halloween options available in the Central City.

Now there is another unlikely but equally welcome development: the rise of coffee culture in the Arts District.

Los Angeles Downtown News last month reported on a trio of companies that have made high-profile investments in the area. While one might question how many upscale cafes the district with only a few thousand residents can support, so far all three look to be holding their own. That’s good, because a fourth business is in the works.

Cafes are welcome for a couple reasons. While the most obvious is that they provide a place to get a good cup of coffee and a bite to eat — something ever more important as people work long hours — another benefit in emerging communities is that they provide a place to come together. That takes on additional importance in the Arts District, where parks and public gathering spaces are few.

This sense of community is apparent at Urth Caffe, which opened in the Arts District in 2008, and in the newer arrivals, Handsome Coffee Roasters and Stumptown. Urth’s sunny patio is almost constantly filled, and Handsome and Stumptown have seen customers flock to their modern, airy interiors. Suddenly, the area that for years had just a few small caffeine outposts now offers numerous places where people can meet up. It’s not only Arts District residents and workers, either — people from across Downtown, and even other communities, are coming to the neighborhood.

Another thing that makes the trend significant is that these are not just cafes. Urth, Handsome and Stumptown all occupy large buildings and have sizable roasting operations. Each company has made a big investment in the Arts District, believing that it is a reliable place to grow a business.

The coffee crush piggybacks on the many other recent investments in the Arts District. A number of high-profile restaurants have opened in the community, and housing complexes that will bring thousands of people to the area are under construction.

Every week, it seems, some local or national media outlet reports on how hip the neighborhood has become. What makes the situation even more exciting is that the growth is probably in the early stage.

We’re pleased to see that the coffee companies are investing in the area. The businesses provide benefits to the residents and create jobs. Plus, it’s good to know that, whenever you want, you can easily find a place for a pick-me-up.

Huizar, Wesson and a Proper Investigation

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ity Councilman José Huizar is under the microscope. As almost everyone in Downtown knows, the Fourteenth District representative has been named in a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former high-ranking staffer. Huizar, who took office in 2005, has denied the allegations but acknowledged a past consensual affair. This is all unfolding as he begins a campaign for a final four-year term. The primary election is in March 2015, just 16 months away.

Right now there are a lot of murky and uncertain elements.

How­ever, at this point a couple of things are clear: First, despite several suggestions to the contrary, this is a public matter, and calls for treating it as a private concern are off base. As challenging and embarrassing as it may be to Huizar and the city, there needs to be a public accounting, explanation and record of what did and did not transpire.

The second thing that is clear is that Council President Herb Wesson should not be out in public championing Huizar, as he did recently at a Downtown event. He has the right to support his colleague on a personal level, but Wesson plays a key role in a panel that is investigating Huizar. It is improper for someone who can influence the investigation to be a public champion of the person accused of boorish behavior, even if there is a presumption of innocence. Wesson’s actions have already complicated the situation, sparking a debate over whether the city can be impartial.

The lawsuit comes from Francine Godoy, who joined Huizar’s office in 2006 as a low-level staffer and rose to the rank of deputy chief of staff before leaving this year. Her initial lawsuit, filed last month (a second suit was filed last week), alleges that Huizar engaged in a “campaign of sexual harassment and retaliation.” Though the suit hinted at a litany of unseemly behavior, it only went into depth in one instance, alleging that Huizar thwarted Godoy’s attempt to run for a seat on the Community College Board of Trustees after she refused to have sex with him. In the wake of her refusal, the suit says, she was told to stay away from the office, and her duties were cut back.

Huizar has strongly denied the allegations of harassment and retaliation, though on the day Godoy filed her suit the councilman, through an attorney, admitted to an “occasional and consensual relationship” with her.

Though it is always hard to square the admission of an extramarital affair by a liked and trusted elected official, many times these do qualify as private matters. However, in this instance the claim to privacy is lost because Huizar was consorting with a city employee who worked for him. He’s not the first and won’t be the last political figure to have a sexual relationship with an underling, but in becoming romantically involved with someone he has the power to promote or fire, he exposed himself and the city to an avoidable risk. This is less about morals than it is about poor decision-making and liability.

The public accounting is required because of the risk the city, and by extension the taxpayers, now face. We expect there will be pressure to keep details under wraps, but those in power should not lock out the public because they fear looking bad.

Then there is the matter of Wesson’s appearance at the Oct. 22 campaign kickoff/fundraiser for Huizar at Downtown’s Exchange L.A. nightclub. As Los Angeles Downtown News reported, Wesson took the stage and, in front of a large audience, stated, “Mr. Huizar is like my brother, my best friend on the council. I trust him with my life. He does the same for me.” He ended his comments with, “We stand with him.”

Perhaps Wesson believes all of those things. However, the problem is that a few months ago, when the first complaint was filed against Huizar with the State Commission on Fair Employment and Housing, Wesson convened a five-member panel to look into the claims.

The panel, the Special Committee on Investigative Oversight, has only been pulled together on a few occasions to explore alleged illicit behavior by elected city officials. Wesson has stated that he will be impartial as the panel goes about its work.

We’d like to think that’s the case, but Wesson’s public comments supporting Huizar raise real questions as to whether the panel can operate freely. Wesson is one of the most powerful figures in Los Angeles, and he should not give the impression that he wants the proceedings to end in a way beneficial to his friend. The panel needs the freedom to do its work and uncover the truth without pressure from above. The public has to feel that this is possible.

The solution is easy: Wesson must refrain from making additional public comments about Huizar until the investigation is resolved. He needs to run the process in a fair and transparent manner and keep his personal thoughts to himself.

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The Readers Talk Back Website Comments on High-Rise Buildings, iPads, the Los Angeles River and More

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very week Los Angeles Downtown News gets online comments to the stories we publish. These are some of the most interesting responses. Additional comments are welcome at ladowntownnews.com.

Regarding the article “Metro Approves Key Concepts for Union Station Master Plan,” published online Oct. 25 Some big changes are proposed for sure, but are they really good changes? How much will moving the bus plaza really help? Unfortunately there aren’t many details about the way this plaza will work (traffic flow for bus routes, etc.) at this point, but it seems to me it won’t bring too many benefits.

—Steve White, Oct. 25, 4:59 p.m.

Regarding the column “iPadcalypse Now,” about the LAUSD plan to give iPads to all students, by Jon Regardie, published Oct. 21 Yes, kids will visit a host of [unsavory] websites — I mean, we do as adults. But I don’t think, based on how successful this method has been abroad, that the small potential for abuse should in any way hinder the possibilities to enhance a sluggish and dying way of teaching.

—Liliana Vasquez-Duran, Oct. 22, 12 p.m.

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iPads are going to save LAUSD more money by reducing the need for textbooks, supplies, reference materials and test materials.

More importantly, they will simplify and enable a student to be on task, aware of his assignments and his grades (along with mom or dad). The communication and collaboration to the homework hub and access to teachers is really crucial.

—Rough Beast, Oct. 23, 6:34 p.m.

Regarding the article “Nine-Story Steeland-Glass Structure Could Rise Next to Vibiana,” by Donna Evans, published online Oct. 18 What an absolutely horrible-looking building design, especially since it is next to Vibiana, which is a beautiful structure. What is this style supposed to be called, anyways?

The architect has been given an amazing opportunity to create a structure that could have the potential to last hundreds of years in one of the most amazing cities in the world, and this is what they come up with?

I think the public should have a say in what design gets approval. After all, we’ll have to live with it every day.

—Horthos Maus, Oct. 18, 2:21 p.m.

Regarding the article “Developer to Buy Park Fifth Site and Build Mid- and HighRise Project,” by Eddie Kim, published online Oct. 17

High-rise density in Downtown is a must.

—Tom Eggebeen, Oct. 17, 6:53 p.m.

I disagree. Density is good — in moderation! No need to overdo it with 40+ stories.

Look at the Historic Core and what can be accomplished with only 10-14 stories. There are beautiful, vibrant streets. Forty-plus story buildings are vertical strip malls. They are ugly, bland and ill-fitting.

—Peter Hofer, Oct. 18, 9:40 a.m.

Regarding the article “The Big River Push,” about the attempt to get a $1 billion L.A. River revitalization project adopted, by Donna Evans, published Oct. 14 These projects will not do anything to revive the river. The only thing they will do is encumber the taxpayers for untold years for something that likely will not work and that few will take advantage of. The city cannot keep its streets and sidewalks in good repair and wants to burden the taxpayers with more debt to do that. How city officials think they can do any of these projects is unbelievable.

—Tony Taylor, Oct. 16, 1:19 a.m.

If we all felt the way Mr. Taylor feels about the river, then Staples Center never would’ve been built! By all means, let’s just all hold hands and do nothing about anything, because it’s a burden on the taxpayer.

—Oscar Uribe, Oct. 16, 2:20 p.m.

LETTERS Incentivize High-Rise Development Dear Editor, We believe City Councilman José Huizar has correctly identified the need to encourage high-rise development in Downtown Los Angeles to bring about much-needed density (“Huizar Motion Would Prohibit Low-Rise Buildings in Parts of Downtown,” Oct. 14, by Eddie Kim). However, rather than place a moratorium on low-rise buildings, we believe Councilman Huizar should be encouraged to pursue the other side of his program, namely, to incentivize high-rise development by removing various regulatory hurdles and arbitrary floor area ratio restrictions. Furthermore, we believe such incentives should be applied to developable land in the Historic Core, as well.

My development team, Downtown Management, is currently in the process of designing a 40-story high-rise in the Historic Core, and we are greatly encouraged by Councilman Huizar’s proactive approach to bring about more high-rise development.

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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

Big Money, Big Data, Big Questions Disappearing Down the Rabbit Hole of the City’s Intriguing but Imperfect Financial Tracker

By Jon Regardie ike most people, I’m generally mystified by how the city handles its money. I don’t mean in the incredulous “What are those clowns in government doing with our taxes?” way, but rather, in the actual spending.

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THE REGARDIE REPORT that we wisely pay each City Council member, I’m hard pressed to say where the money goes. I figure about $2 million a year is spent on staff birthday cakes and pony rides, and there’s a $10 million account labeled “Hush Money” hidden somewhere, but after that I’m lost.

That’s why I was pleased last month when new City Controller Ron Galperin released his ControlPanel, which despite sounding like the title of a Hugh Jackman action film is actually an online accounting (at controllerdata.lacity.org) of what the city brings in and doles out. I had high hopes, considering that Galperin has already done one great thing for Los Angeles — if not for him, right now we’d be experiencing four of the scariest words possible: City Controller Dennis Zine.

Instead, Galperin beat Zine in the May election, and since then he’s morphed into Big Data Ron, which also happens to be his rap name (not true, but it should be). Like Mayor Eric Garcetti, who also released a performance tracking website last month, Galperin is a meister of metrics, a knave of numbers, a devotee of the database (I’ll stop now), operating on the principle that the public deserves measureable information about how government functions. In announcing ControlPanel, Galperin stated, “Knowledge is power — and this initiative is about providing both to the people of Los Angeles.”

The first striking thing about ControlPanel is that it also stars Anne Hathaway as the cute-yet-tough sidekick/love interest. No, actually it’s that the release of all the financial figures, payroll listings and transaction information proves that we have entered a new era in government, leaving behind the time when city officials guarded any revealing number with the fervor of the threeheaded dog Cerberus standing at the gates of Hades. And if I have just compared City Hall to Hell, then I’m sure it was purely coincidental.

The second striking thing is that the Age of Transparency Galperin hopes to usher in is not yet upon us.

It’s a worthy aim, and a few years from now there’s a 53.1% chance the city will get there, with everything likely depending on if the civic watchdogs or Silicon Beach whiz kids create the apps to parse the data and come up with usable information that can be used to propel change. Think of it like Zillow — the information on how much your house, Herb Wesson’s house and his best friend José Huizar’s house is worth has been out there for a long time, but it took a profit-oriented company to harness the data and make it searchable, gawkable and usable.

It’s the same thing with Los Angeles, and rather than being the Age of Transparency, this is the Age of Spewing, which really isn’t meant in a negative way. At this early stage, we’re in a gigantic mud pit of information, the raw data spraying everywhere. Only when the muddy excess is cleared away will the citizenry actually have the knowledge that Galperin touts.

It’s probably better to have the information, cumbersome as it is, than not have it. The important thing is to be like the movie The Grifters and consider the long con, gambling that over time we’ll get those apps, connect the dots between this database and others, and then uncover the truly valuable information.

And if I have just somehow compared what happens in City Hall

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City Controller Ron Galperin, shown here at his inauguration in June, has created ControlPanel, a mega-database tracking spending by the city of L.A.

to the long con, then I’m sure that too was purely coincidental.

Fitting the Pipes Despite the data overload, some interesting nuggets exist in ControlPanel. I dug around in the muck last week, uncovering a handful of facts that won’t make the city better, but do make it more amusing.

For example, a lot of people like to know how much someone working for the city earns. I’m as guilty of six-figure jealousy as the next private-sector employee without an amazing taxpayerabetted pension, but I’m also curious about how little some people make.

That’s why, after looking at Galperin’s rundown of 2012 DWP pay and figuring out that GM Ron Nichols earned $349,000 last Continued on page 9

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To Share, or Not to Share

The Irvine company Bike Nation had been planning to install 125 bike rental stations in Downtown. The proposal stalled due to issues related to permitting and advertising. Now the county is looking to launch a bike share plan.

County Moves Forward on Bike Share Effort, But Issue That Snagged a City Program Still Looms Large

By Eddie Kim ast December, people cheered when the City Council approved a plan to create a bicycle-sharing program in Los Angeles.

Downtowners were particularly excited, looking forward to a day when commuters could take a train to Union Station or a subway stop, then rent a bicycle for a short trip to their office, leaving the two-wheeler at a central rack.

In April, an official with the Irvine-based company Bike Nation, which was chosen to implement the plan, told Los Angeles Downtown News that as many as 10 stations holding three-speed, chainless bikes could be up the following month. The plan called for eventually having 125 stations in Downtown and 400 across Los Angeles. Even better: The program wouldn’t cost the city a dime, with Bike Nation making its money on advertising.

Now, nearly a year after the plan was announced, it looks to be dead, killed by a cumbersome permitting process and complications over the advertising plan. Officials have begun pedaling toward a different bike share program, though when it arrives is unknown.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors last week approved a motion to conduct a review of the bike share industry and find a vendor for Los Angeles County. The results of the study will be presented to the board in January, along with recommendations on how to proceed with the selection process. No date

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for implementation has been announced.

The motion was authored by Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office in conjunction with county supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Don Knabe, among others.

The motion intends to give momentum to a regional bike share network, but the problem that snagged Bike Nation’s plan continues to cloud any future deal: A city contract with JCDecaux and CBS Outdoor gives them exclusive rights until 2021 to advertise on “street furniture,” a term that includes not just bus stops and newsstands, but bike kiosks. This means the 400 racks slated for the city would be off limits; Bike Nation, or any other bike share vendor, could only place ads on the bicycles themselves.

The advertising policy stands in contrast to that of New York City, which this year unveiled its privately owned CitiBike program, and of Washington D.C., which has Capital Bikeshare. Bike Nation Chief Operating Officer Derek Fretheim says the inability to advertise “critically devalues” any bike share operator’s real estate. The company is now focusing on bike share programs in Long Beach and Fullerton, cities that do not have restrictions on street furniture advertising.

“We love Los Angeles and want to install bike share, but we already offered it at no cost to the city. Without advertising, there’s no revenue stream to support it,” Fretheim said.

Look at the Contract The Bike Nation proposal was geared pri-

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marily toward people who need two-wheeled transportation for a relatively short time or trip.

Plans called for charging users $6 to access a bike for 24 hours, with additional fees for any ride longer than 30 minutes. Another option was a $75 annual fee.

Bike Nation racks would have been placed in areas that did not block the public right-of-way.

Tracking systems would have been installed to prevent theft of the two-wheelers.

It remains unclear whether the city can alter the existing contract with CBS/JCDecaux or how it might impact the countywide bike share strategy. Several city departments, including the Bureau of Street Services and the Department of Transportation, were not able to comment.

“We are working with the City of L.A. right now, and the city is working internally to deal with the delay with Bike Nation,” said Metro Director of Active Transportation Laura Cornejo.

“We’re going to be reporting back to the board how to best deal with that situation.”

Fretheim said he has not yet been contacted with any information about a regional approach.

Another potential hurdle is that although the motion refers to a search for a single vendor for

the county, Metro says that the involvement of several municipalities means that multiple bike share operators might be needed. Fretheim said this could be problematic if different operators and cities need to coordinate different technologies.

“What they’re asking for on the surface is that everyone has to buy the same system,” Fretheim said. “And what operators might say to that is that it’s too expensive, we need flexibility, it doesn’t make sense.”

Metro Executive Officer for Transportation and Implementation Diego Cardoso says that his biggest concern is ensuring proper communication between municipalities to ensure there are no long-term conflicts from shortterm decisions.

“We need to have the policy people understand what bike share is, how to successfully implement it, who they have to deal with so that we’re all on the same page,” he said.

As those and other issues are worked out, Downtown commuters have to figure out other ways to get from Union Station or a subway stop to the heart of the community. eddie@downtownnews.com

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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

Why Los Angeles Exists The Things You Didn’t Know About the Founding of the City

By Greg Fischer n the 18th century, the Spanish crown received disturbing news. Foreign vessels had been spotted sailing the coast of Alta California. The British were investigating by coming up from South America and the Russians were sailing down from Alaska. Foreign powers appeared to be considering colonizing the unknown outpost of the Spanish crown.

King Carlos III of Spain took action. He dispatched, through the viceroy at Mexico City, a party to explore Alta California. The soldiers and Franciscan padres arrived in 1769 and began the founding of Alta California with its first mission, San Diego de Alcala.

At the time there were three types of colonial foundations: missions, presidios or forts, and cities. Mission San Diego de Alacala became the first in a series of 28 foundations, with 21 missions, four presidios and two cities. One city was unable to sustain itself and the 27 remaining foundations are the basis for much of today’s California.

Moving north during the summer of 1769, the party discovered a small river. Father Juan Crespi, a Spanish Franciscan, was keeping a diary and noted that the river had water in the summer and that the soil was good with much growth on either side. By The Law of the Indies, Spain’s bible for colonization, a town could be founded here — towns were not to be coastal sites, but inland so as not to have to be defended from the sea. Towns were intended to be agrarian in nature and their purpose was

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to supply food in time of need to the missions and the presidios. Water was a crucial component for this purpose.

Crespi’s site was near the Gabrileno village of Yang-na, roughly translated as “Valley of the Thousand Smokes.” When smoke rose from a fire in the area, it didn’t disperse. Instead, it hung in the sky, trapped by the natural haze that mitigates extremes of temperature. Yes, the precursor of L.A.’s infamous smog was noted more than two centuries ago.

Crespi titled the spot along the river “Nuestra Senora, la Reina de los angeles de Porciuncula,” though there remains some dispute about the name. The river was christened “La Porciuncula.”

The title of the city roughly translates to “Our Lady, the Queen of the angels of Porciuncula.”

Although the title is Spanish, there is an Italian component as well: Porciuncula is a small town in Italy, a sort of suburb of Assisi, where St. Francis of Assisi liked to go and pray in the chapel.

The “Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels” designation came from it being the closest feast on the liturgical calendar to the diary entry.

This scenario also explains why Los Angeles, which was founded as a town, does not have a mission. Instead, it has the traditional Plaza, which is on Main Street at the top of Olvera Street. It also has a town church on the western side of the plaza across Main Street. That is the Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels.

The parish dates to 1784 and the current building was constructed beginning in 1818. The town plaza with a church facing it is a typical

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The plaza at Olvera Street and the facing Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels heralds the early history of the city. The parish dates to 1784 and the current building was constructed beginning in 1818.

layout in Spain.

At the time of the settlement, all communications were routed from the Spanish crown to the viceroy in Mexico City. It was decided in Spain that the town mentioned in the diary entry should be established. Thus it was granted a royal charter, one of only two given in California. A longhand 18th century Spanish document shows that the town of Los Angeles was intended to be the first in a series of three foundations. The others were two missions close to the Channel Islands, San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara, Virgen y Martyr.

The king offered settlers from Sonora the opportunity to move to Alta California and establish the town. Although it initially appealed to

relatively few people, a critical mass ultimately assembled at Mission San Gabriel, and late in the summer of 1781 they left the mission and walked the nine miles to the site to establish the little town on the river. Los Pobladores, the descendants of these first settlers, gather each Sept. 4 on the city’s birthday to re-create that walk from Mission San Gabriel to the town of Los Angeles.

Thus was Los Angeles founded. It owes its existence to the Law of the Indies, a Spanish guide to colonization, and to a diary entry by a Franciscan priest as a member of the first Spanish exploratory party of Alta California.

Greg Fischer is a Downtown resident and an amateur historian.

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The gal, Dorothy, told Betty that the handsome, hard-working salesman she’d just met in New York, Morrie, was not the marrying kind. Betty better not get her hopes up, the friend advised, that Morrie would find a good job and make a life for the two of them.

Two children, five grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren later, the Downtown Los Angeles residents giggle at that faulty prediction, as they approach their 75th wedding anniversary.

They’ll celebrate it on Monday, Nov. 4, with a lunch at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel. It will be attended by some family, but nothing too fancy, Morrie said.

Morrie, 99, doesn’t do fancy.

In fact, there’s so much hubbub surrounding his 100th birthday celebration in January that the almost-centenarian swats dismissively at the air and says everybody gets older. But, he acknowledged, not many people spend sevenplus decades with the person to whom they said “I do.”

The couple is new to Downtown Los Angeles. They moved to a Bunker Hill condominium complex 18 months ago after 42 years in Silver Lake, at the urging of their daughter, Judith Markoff Hansen (she founded the once popular Downtown cafe Gorky’s), who also lives in the building. Sitting in their sun-splashed living room one morning last week, the Markoffs said they take the bus around town, and walk the pedestrian bridge from their place to the area around the Central Library, by way of the Westin Bo-

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The nonagenarians also love to grub at the Department of Water and Power cafeteria. The meals they eat out echo the ones Betty makes, nutritiously balanced in the way she was taught in high school: a protein, a starch, a vegetable and a salad.

“Nothing fancy, But it’s good. She’s a good cook,” Morrie said, patting her arm.

The couple seem pleased with their one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit. The sixth-floor residence has two balconies, where Morrie reads the newspaper each day and watches construction workers building the art museum The Broad and an adjacent apartment tower. It’s a far cry from his childhood home.

“In the tenement, in East Harlem, there were six of us in three rooms. We shared a toilet with everyone in the hall. And my room looked out to a brick wall. Look at this view!’ he said excitedly, referring to his Downtown home.

“It’s our gilded tenement,” Betty joked, grabbing a plastic comb from the drawer and running it through Morrie’s white hair, windblown from the balcony’s cross breeze.

Wedding, Then a Wedding Betty was born in Toronto and moved to Queens when she was 10. Morrie grew up in hardscrabble East Harlem, where he was out shining shoes for a nickel a pair at the age of 9. Yet, despite their different backgrounds, Morrie and Betty grew up reading the same books and playing the same games, like marbles.

Morrie loves to tell the story of how they met.

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Morrie and Betty Markoff on their first date in New York. They got married Nov. 4, 1938, in Los Angeles and had a small reception after the ceremony at La Casa Golondrina on Olvera Street.

“Betty and I were seated next to each other at her cousin’s wedding. It was 1938,” said Morrie, who speaks with a deliberate cadence. “I had come into town for this wedding. I had Betty on one side, and on the other, this beautiful girl, Rosa.

Her family had money, she was well educated, and everyone asks why was I attracted to Betty and not Rosa?

“Betty ate less,” he said, breaking into laughter, as Betty shook her head.

Ten months, a handful of handwritten letters and a Trailways bus ride later, a rabbi, whom they found in the phonebook, married the Markoffs in Los Angeles. A no-frills reception followed at La Casa Golondrina on Olvera Street.

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November 4, 2013 Morrie, who landed a job in Los Angeles selling vacuum cleaners, eventually founded an air conditioner and appliance company, which he ran for 25 years. Betty stayed home and raised their two children, Judith and Steve Markoff.

In the winter, when there wasn’t much call for air conditioning, Morrie found himself with downtime. Never bored — there’s always another book to read or fact to learn, he said — he often tinkered with machines and machine parts. Cleaning a toilet one day in the early 1960s, he noticed how the tank’s brass float looked like a ballerina’s skirt. He was going to throw it away, but instead took some junk wire and fashioned the materials into a ballet dancer. Now it sits in his window.

“I’m not an artist, but before you knew it, they just came to life,” he said of the 20 or so sculptures he’s made over the years.

Some of those works will be displayed in January at the Red Pipe Gallery in Chinatown. They include sculptures of a softball coach and a guitar player, both nods to his daughter, and a shoeshine boy in the 1920s, a nod to himself. Morrie’s favorite

piece is of a table full of men playing chess, everyone intent on winning except the guy at the end with the cigar who couldn’t care less.

“I’m a lousy chess player, but this scene was painted on my mind,” he said.

Tracy Huston, director of Red Pipe Gallery, met the Markoffs on a bus; Morrie began chatting her up, as he does most strangers. He is excited about showing his pieces, but with the understanding that they are not for sale — all of Morrie’s work will stay in his family.

“The most exciting thing about his work is he’s taken what others would see as castoff materials and created something beautiful, from a moment in his life or past profession, and we’re so happy to celebrate that spirit in the gallery,” Huston said.

Childlike Quality Just because the Markoffs have made it to their diamond anniversary doesn’t mean that life was always easy. Relationships are difficult, Betty said, adding that she thinks people today tend

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Steve Markoff lauds his parents for their grit and tenacity, and is thankful that they enjoyed traveling and carted the family to so many different countries. The journeys are chronicled in Morrie’s photographs; he has shot thousands of images of trips to Asia, Europe, Mexico and other spots around the globe, and created bound albums from the works.

“My parents love talking to people and are interested in everything,” Steve said. “They have this childlike quality to them, like everything is new and they want to know how it came about. They’re both honest to a fault and completely stubborn.

They’ll defend their position to the bitter end.”

They key is to listen, said Betty. Even if she doesn’t agree with her husband, she still has to listen to his side, and he to hers.

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By Donna Evans ne could reasonably assume that memorizing lines and enduring hourslong rehearsals would be nerve-racking for Elzie Alexander. After all, the 55-year-old has never performed in a play before.

Add to that the fact that Alexander is homeless and, two weekends ago, someone stole the tent he sleeps in and the few things he owns. Yet instead of slumping into the corner or blowing off the production, Alexander was not only at rehearsal at the Los Angeles Mission on a recent weekday, he quelled a flare-up between two cast members.

“Just because someone’s talkin’ don’t mean they’re talkin’ ’bout you,” Alexander advised.

Minutes later, the grieved party apologized. It was accepted and everyone got back to work.

Welcome to Love on San Pedro, the latest production from the Arts District’s Cornerstone Theater Company. The show, which opens Thursday, Nov. 7, and runs through Nov. 24 at the mission, is about two homeless people hungry for love. The play is part of Cornerstone’s six-year Hunger Cycle, a series of works that explore society’s relationship to hunger with topics such as food equity, urban and rural farming, and community gardens. The project is commissioned and developed in partnership with Full Stage USA at New Dramatists, a program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Of the 25 actors in Love, three are Cornerstone ensemble members, and 22 come from Skid Row. Director Shishir Kurup said several people have dropped out, though understudies from the chorus have filled most of those rolls.

Cornerstone is a theater that, over its 27 years, has worked many times with underserved communities, said Kurup, who has been with the company for 20 years. The Hunger Cycle offered a perfect opportunity to dig into myriad aspects of Skid Row, a neighboring community to the theater, he said.

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For Love on San Pedro, Downtown’s Cornerstone Theater Company tapped actors who live on Skid Row. The new play is at the Los Angeles Mission from Nov. 7-24.

James McManus’ script is set in the onesquare-mile community of 55 blocks bounded

by Main, Third, Alameda and Seventh streets.

McManus’ text, culled from about 200 interviews with people living on Skid Row, takes viewers from the benches of San Julian Park to a Single Room Occupancy apartment to a raucous karaoke hall.

Speaking by phone from his home in Raleigh, N.C., McManus said he spent about a year walking the streets of Skid Row and interviewing people, just banking phrases, snippets and scenes. Because the people he spoke with

shared deeply personal stories, often about “horrific parts of their lives,” McManus opted to take notes rather than record his interviews.

He admits being worried about the results.

“You do your best thinking. You have the rhythm of the language, and then you’re terrified no one will laugh at what you thought was funny,” he said. “Or the worst — the community you wrote it for won’t find it recognizable in their lives, like you just totally missed it.”

The feedback, he said, has been “super.”

However, he is more impressed with the actors’ perseverance than his own work. To go

from sleeping on the street or living in a shelter to making it to rehearsal and reciting lines is inspiring.

Elzie Alexander is inspiring, he said.

Not that Alexander sees it that way.

“I’m persevering, you know,” Alexander said during a recent phone call, which he made after borrowing someone’s cell. “When you commit yourself to anything, personal losses and personal problems have to take a back seat to the task at hand. This is important. In the big picture, tents come and go, but who knows when I’ll get a part like this again.”

Alexander has been a “resigned outdoor sleeper,” as he terms it, for four-and-a-half years.

While he never before acted, he sings, as does his character, Cowboy. Alexander also regularly performs stand-up comedy on Monday nights at the Last Bookstore at Fifth and Spring streets in the Historic Core.

Working with people such as Alexander brings a richness to the work, said Kurup, the director. While Cornerstone’s raison-d’être is community theater, he noted that a Skid Row play presents particular challenges. Many of the cast members who live in SROs or other permanent supportive housing projects have curfews. Rehearsal times, which run five hours on weeknights and 12 hours on the weekends, have to accommodate that.

“Most of the cast have been homeless, yet are so resilient despite this threadbare existence,” he said. “That’s a level of challenge you don’t have in most theater companies. They’re new to acting, and had no real sense of what it took to put on a play.”

For Kurup, a key part of Love on San Pedro is erasing the line between “us and them” and realizing that everyone is in it together.

For cast member Cynthianne Cofell, 46, the play has delivered a confidence that she long ago lost. While Cofell’s character, Queen, struggles with addiction, the Detroit native was never bedeviled by drugs. Just life’s obstacles, she said recently at the Spring Street Starbucks.

Sporting pigtails and blue eye shadow that matched her shiny purse, Cofell gushed about Kurup’s seemingly endless patience.

“I know he wanna knock somebody in his head,” she said. “But he don’t. He’s so sincere and supportive and just says, ‘Let’s do it again.”’

Cofell spotted the flyer for auditions at the Downtown Women’s Center last summer. She’s been singing since she was standing, so although she never acted, she thought this could be a way to plunge into the entertainment industry. Regardless of whether or not that happens, Cofell has enjoyed the entire experience, including the hundreds of hours of rehearsals.

Love on San Pedro runs Nov. 7-24 at the Los Angeles Mission, 303 E. Fifth St. Parking is available at the Downtown Women’s Center, 442 S. San Pedro St., with a shuttle and walking guides to escort patrons. Price is pay-what-you-can, with a suggested $20 donation. donna@downtownnews.com

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Restaurant Buzz The Downtown Food Scene Just Keeps Growing

By Eddie Kim inding the Factory: One of the year’s most eagerly awaited restaurant arrivals is here.

Last week, The Factory Kitchen opened in the Arts District. The venture comes from Matteo Ferdinandi, who partnered with Celestino Drago to open Downtown’s Drago Centro, and chef Angelo Auriana, who won plaudits for his cooking at Valentino. The Factory Kitchen takes inspiration from casual Italian trattorias, and Ferdinandi says that the menu is flexible to diners’ whims.

The restaurant, which is currently open just for dinner (lunch will start in a few weeks), began serving on Thursday, Oct. 31. One highlight dish, said Ferdinandi, is the focaccina calda di recco, a cheesy, crisp flatbread with an assortment of toppings. Pasta dishes, such as the fusilli amatriciana with pork jowl and San Marzano tomatoes, come in under $20; heartier entrees, such as the roasted skate wing with capers and zucchini, fall in the mid-$20s range. “We’re just approaching this with humbleness, to portray traditional Italian food for what it is,” Ferdinandi said. “We want to keep things light and make the pricing very comfortable.”

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Hello Deli: Downtown Los Angeles has a lot of great restaurants, but one thing the Central City lacks is a traditional Jewish deli. That should change early next year, as chef Micah Wexler, of the recently closed Mezze near the Beverly Center, is bringing one to Grand Central Market.

He’s partnering with Mezze’s Michael Kassar and Pitfire Pizza owner David Sanfield on the project, which is dubbed Wexler’s Deli and slated for a February 2014 opening. All the products, including favorites such as pastrami, corned beef and smoked salmon, will be made in house by Wexler.

The announcement is the latest in the Grand Central Market eatery boom: Press Brothers Juicery recently opened a cart in the historic locale while Egg Slut is set for an early November opening.

Coming to 317 S. Broadway, (213) 642-2378 or grandcentralmarket.com.

ber of adventurous palates in Downtown, most diners still shy away from cuts such as tendon, tripe, brain and tail. But those cuts, known as offal, make for some of the best eating — something that chef David Bartnes understands. He is teaming with Jun Isogai on a new Little Tokyo restaurant, b.o.s., which will offer “nose-to-tail” dining with heavy doses of Japanese and Korean flavors. The restaurant debuted on Friday, Nov. 1. Bartnes’ menu features à la carte selections as well as a $55-$65 omakase (tasting) menu; there’s also a six-seat counter that offers omakase only.

Regardless of where you sit, expect dishes such as curried calf brain, tendon and edamame risotto, and oxtail ravioli. “I aim to deliver these items in such a way that is appealing to the eye and the palate, with the ultimate goal of changing people’s opinions on eating the lesser-thought-of parts,” Bartnes said in an email.

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continues. A restaurant with the tidy name Q, led by chef Hiroyuki Naruke, is scheduled to open on Nov. 12 on Seventh Street in the Financial District. Q is backed by John Quinn, Shon Morgan and Ryan Goldstein of the Downtown law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

The trio fell in love with Naruke’s six-seat Tokyo restaurant and convinced the chef to start a venture here. Despite crossing the ocean, Naruke is sticking to the ultra-traditional sushi style that he’s trained in for more than 25 years: His omakase menu will typically include 20 courses, highlighted by dishes such as miso-marinated Santa Barbara sea urchin, sake-poached abalone and fresh bonito with green onions.

The sleek, 26-seat space was designed by Ryan Brown and features clever Japanese accents such as vintage abacuses behind the bar.

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SaTuRDay, NOvEmbER 9 Archer Live Tour Club Nokia, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com.

8 p.m.: The cast of the profanely hilarious FX animated comedy will be on hand for a live read with Q&A. Create: Fixate 12th Anniversary Lot 613, 613 Imperial St. or createfixate.com.

Preview from 4-7 p.m., event from 7 p.m.-2 a.m.: Mixed media collaborations, works from more than 25 visual artists and live DJ sets mark this celebration of art in Downtown.

ROCK, POP & JAZZ Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or Continued on next page

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WEDNESDay, NOvEmbER 6 Sarah Whiting at SCI-Arc SCI-Arc, 960 E. Third St., (213) 613-2200 or sciarc.edu.

7 p.m.: The architecture school’s speakers series brings Sarah Whiting, who will confront urbanism and its manifold impact on urban inhabitants.

For fans of contemporary dance and those not satiated by last month’s South Africa Arts Festival, choreographer/visionary Gregory Maqoma this week brings his latest show, Exit/Exist, to REDCAT. On ThursdaySunday, Nov. 7-10, Maqoma will be joined by fellow South African vocal outfit Complete and the Vuyani Dance Theatre. The ensemble will use dance and song to explore imperialism in colonial Africa through the eyes of a Xhosa tribal warrior in the 1800s. At 631 W. Second St., (213) 2372800 or redcat.org.

On the lighter side of the contemporary dance scene is the Invertigo Dance Company, which this week brings its brand of jubilant motion to Grand Park as part of the new and appropriately titled “Grand Park’s Got Moves” series. Beginning at noon on Thursday, Nov. 7, the Los Angeles-based troupe will deliver what is being billed as a “dance of grandeur,” which means the members will parade in a casual procession from the highest elevation of the park on Grand Avenue to the relative lowlands down

by City Hall. Admission is, as always at Grand Park, free, and participation is heartily encouraged. The series continues on Nov. 14 and 21. At 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 9728080 or grandparkla.org.

On Saturday, Nov. 9, Lot 613 hosts a potpourri of contemporary art so bombastic you’ll forget the anxiety of parking your car in the Arts District. It’s the 12-year anniversary of Create: Fixate’s signature mixed-medium gatherings. To mark a dozen years, more than 25 visual artists will display their wares in the Optical Lounge (Winston Rylee’s “Home” is shown here) while others collaborate on massive murals and DJs pump up the jams in the Audio Lab. The main event runs from 7 p.m.-2 a.m., but for those who need to get home in time for “Jeopardy,” there’ll be a special $5 preview from 4-7 p.m. that also offers free admission for kids under 12. At 613 Imperial St. or createfixate.com.

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TuESDay, NOvEmbER 5 Goli Taraghi at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org.

7:15 p.m.: Exiled Iranian author Goli Taraghi discusses her latest book of short stories, The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons.

She’ll be in conversation with Reza Aslan.

Is Iran About to Become Our New Best Friend?

MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave. or zocalopublicsquare.com.

7:30 p.m.: As Tehran attempts to cozy up to Washington, Occidental College political scientist Hussein Banai, policy expert Suzanne Dimaggio and historian Thaddeus Russell discuss the relationship between the two countries and the prospect for peace in this Zocalo Public Square program.

Natural History Museum 100th Anniversary Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763DINO or nhm.org.

Nov. 5-6: To celebrate their centennial as well as the 100-year anniversary of the Owens Valley Aqueduct, the Natural History Museum will be offering free admission to the people of Los Angeles.

ThuRSDay, NOvEmbER 7 Marnie Weber at MOCA MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-1745 or moca.org.

7 p.m.: Los Angeles’ own Marnie Weber discusses her work Giggle of Clowns. Per always, the Downtown News is sensitive to the needs of its coulrophobic readership. On the Bozo Scale (1-10), this event is a 9. Attend with care. Leave the rubber noses at home.

Ninja Innovators: Riding the Wave of Transition Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave., (213) 6288141 or townhall-la.org.

5 p.m.: Gary Shapiro of the Consumer Electronics Association discusses the guerilla aspects of modern competitive business.

Louise Steinman at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org.

7:15 p.m.: Aloud curator Louise Steinman steps onto the stage to talk about her new book The Crooked Mirror: A Memoir of Polish-Jewish Reconciliation. She’ll speak with religious studies professor Jack Miles on the topic of post-Holocaust Europe and its enduring impact on social fabrics.

Opera and trains don’t usually mix. They do, however, through Nov. 8 at Union Station. This is the final week to catch director Yuval Sharon and composer Christopher Cerrone’s Invisible Cities, an immersive operatic program in which guests are led through the station as singers step out of the crowd to initiate each new scene. The ambient acoustic wash of the train depot and the bustling travellers is nullified thanks to the super-crisp Sennheiser headphones each guest wears, allowing the complete sound mix to come through. The final four performances are Tuesday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 and 10 p.m. At 800 N. Alameda St. or invisiblecitiesopera.com.

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LA Mart Semi-Annual Furniture Sample Sale 1933 S. Broadway, 800-LAMART-4 or lamart.com Save up to 40-70% off participating Design Center Showrooms on floors 1, 10 and 12. Free parking. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9. Admission is $10.

It’s been 100 years since the City of Los Angeles christened William Mulholland’s bold aqueduct from the Owens River Valley. This week, the Natural History Museum gets in on the centennial celebration. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 5-6, the Exposition Park museum will open its doors to the public free of charge to check out its fine curiosities. Also on the docket is the debut of the new exhibit Just Add Water, featuring aqueduct-related art.

While you’re down at the museum, be sure to check out the recent arrival Becoming Los Angeles, a massive exhibition that will further your civic pride. At 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-DINO or nhm.org.

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On the ReznOR’s edge Trent Reznor was an angry kid with a love of dark, industrial yet catchy music when he burst onto the scene in 1989 with the album Pretty Hate Machine. Nearly a quarter century later he seems pretty much the same, except for being older and having an Oscar for scoring The Social Network.

The new record Hesitation Marks is unmistakably Nine Inch Nails, and when Reznor and his band hit Staples Center on Friday, Nov. 8, they’ll find thousands of adoring fans, 99% of whom will be wearing black. Reznor is a ferocious performer, so expect him to attack hits from his back catalogue (think “Head Like a Hole” and “March of the Pigs”) as well as the new material.

At 1201 S. Figueroa St. or livenation.com.

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Nov. 5: Jam Session with Dan Schnelle Group.

Nov. 6: Leah Zeger.

Nov. 7: Scott Jeppesen.

Nov. 8: Brian Haas+Scott Amendola.

Nov. 9: Laurence Hobgood Quintet.

Nov. 10: Jazz for Lyme.

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

Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m.: November’s residents are synth pop outfit Lovelife.

Nov. 5, 8 p.m.: The Lonely Forest, an acoustic pop band with a name that reads like a Zen Buddhist riddle.

Nov. 6, 8 p.m.: If you loved the way Mumford and Sons coopted American folk music into a lukewarm gruel of easily digestible music, you may just enjoy The Melodic, who have added Afro and Latin elements to their stew of accessibility.

Nov. 7, 8 p.m.: If you buy Thelonius Monk Award-winning jazz pianist Kris Bowers’ press materials, his parents played piano music for him in the womb. Imagine how good he’d be if they’d have played Herbie Hancock during conception.

Nov. 8, 8:30 p.m.: Harper Blynn’s Coldplay-esque indie rock is packed with tasteful guitar reverb and lyrics that will help you come to terms with the inevitable banality of the status quo.

Nov. 9, 9 p.m.: Tigran Hamasyan, another former Thelonius Monk Competition winner, will be showing off his chops on the ivory and alluding to his Armenian heritage.

Nov. 10, 7 p.m.: Clara-Nova, aka Sydney Wayser, will be back each Sunday this month.

Casey’s 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or 213nightlife.com.

Nov.8, 10 p.m.: The Abigails had us at “satanic outlaw country.”

Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com Nov. 7, 8 p.m.: If you ever wondered what happened to Sisqo, catch Dru Hill and Immature at L.A. Live and you may just find out.

Nov. 8, 9 p.m.: Zoé is Mexico’s answer to Fastball.

Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.: We’ll just give you the full event title here: “KPOP United Presents The Milky Way Los Angeles VIXX 1st Global Showcase.” For those not in the know, VIXX is an acronym for

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

Nov. 4, 9 p.m.: The highly esteemed Yonatan and his Monster Mondays get things going after Brian Walker.

Nov. 5, 10 p.m.: Boom Boom Boom and Bunny West fill the void with melodic aplomb.

Nov. 6, 10 p.m.: Tonight a tag team of names that just sound good on the Escondite stage: Smooth Hound Smith and Orion Walsh.

Nov. 7, 10 p.m.: This Thursday Trip Rezac hosts an evacuation drill for the impending horror that is next week’s Artwalk.

Nov. 8, 11 p.m.: Trevor Menear, the blues guitar man you don’t take home to mama. You take mama to Trevor and get her nice and liquored up.

Nov. 9, 10 p.m.: The only people allowed to put Charlie Chan & the SOB’s in a corner are the Escondite’s booking staff.

Nov. 10, 9 p.m.: RT & the 44s will be manning their customary position atop the Honky Tonk Sundays bill.

Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com.

Nov. 8, 9 p.m.: Pop electro artist Jochen Miller looks like a weird amalgam of Tom Cruise and Richard D. James.

Nov. 9, 10 p.m.: How appropriate that tonight’s artist, Mark Knight, also founded Toolroom Records.

Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

Nov. 5, 8 p.m.: Author and former L.A. Times scribe Robert Hilburn chats about his recent biography of the man in black, Johnny Cash: The Life.

Nov. 6, 8 p.m.: If you really, truly identified with the song “Ironman,” you would force your way into tonight’s evening with Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler.

Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m.: Tonight’s Drop program features a sneak peak at the new Divided & United album, a tribute by modern musicians to the songs of the American Civil War. Ham and Eggs 433 W. Eighth St. or hamandeggstavern.com.

Nov. 8, 9 p.m.: Yi and Shark Toys.

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

Nov. 8, 8 p.m.: You know the 2013 Infinite 1st World Tour is legit because it’s hitting up the four hot spots of American culture: Los Angeles, San Jose, New York and Fairfax, Virginia.

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Nov. 9, 8 p.m.: Hot 92.3’s old school reunion show features Biz Markie, Color Me Badd and recent Matty B collaborator Vanilla Ice. One-Eyed Gypsy 901 E. First St., (626) 340-3529 or one-eyedgypsy.com.

Nov. 10, 10 p.m.: Lil Death.

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

Nov. 4: Ranch Ghost, Red Cloud and Whispering Pines.

Nov. 5: Friends of Cesar Romero, Naronic Distress and Gentlemen Prefer Blood.

Nov. 7: Thursday Night Booty.

Nov. 8: The Bloodtypes, Surprise Vacation and Murderland.

Nov. 9: The Woggles, Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders and Adam Bones.

Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la.

Nov. 4: Handfuls of Hammond organ with the Chuck Boogie Trio.

Nov. 5: The Makers will be getting into the Thanksgiving spirit a little early this year with free tutorials on making turkey drawings using only your hand and a box of crayons. That and improvised jazz. Lots of improvised jazz.

Nov. 6: In case you didn’t get enough of Rick Taub’s Midnight Blues Review, they’ll be around this Wednesday as well.

Staples Center 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7326 or staplescenter.com.

Nov. 8, 8 p.m.: Nine Inch Nails are back in spectacular polychromatic fashion to remind you about all the dirty little places in your filthy, broken down, see-through soul.

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Nov. 6: Solar Wimp, Les Rhinoceros and Xiu Xiu. Nov. 8: The Telescopes, LSD and the Search For God, Cosmonauts and Froth.

Nov. 9: In Tents, ParallaxScroll, She-Khan and Hex Horizontal.

FILM Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com.

Nov. 4, 3 and 10:45 p.m., Nov. 5, 3 and 7:15 p.m., Nov. 6, 4 and 10:45 p.m. and Nov. 7, 10:50 p.m.: Sharknado director Anthony C. Ferrante is back with Attila, starring UFC hero Cheick Kongo. God help us all.

Nov. 4, 5, 7 and 10:30 p.m., Nov. 5, 5 and 7 p.m., Nov. 6, 6 and 10:30 p.m. and Nov. 7, 5 and 7 p.m.: I Am Divine chronicles bullied Baltimore native Harris Glenn Milstead in his transformation to celebrity drag queen Divine.

Nov. 8, 9:30 p.m. (With director Q&A), Nov. 9, 7 p.m. and Nov. 10, 8 p.m.: This AsianAmerican journey comedy takes its name from the drink of divine satisfaction: Sake-Bomb.

Nov. 8, 7 p.m., Nov. 9, 12 p.m., Nov. 10, 12:15 and 8:30 p.m.: Speciesism takes audiences on a pointed yet irreverent journey into the heart of Western society’s food production system. The picture ain’t a pretty one.

IMAX California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org.

Explore the remnants and wisdom of an ancient empire in Mysteries of Egypt.

Ice and polar bear enthusiasts will likely dig To the Arctic 3D. Experience the gripping story full of hope, crushing disappointment and triumph in Hubble 3D. REDCAT REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

Nov. 4, 8:30 p.m.: Avant-garde filmmaker Bruce Baillie’s film Quick Billy and others will screen in a tribute to the artist’s collection of 16 mm films.

Regal Cinemas 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 763-6070 or lalive.com/movies.

Through November 7: Thor: The Dark World 3D (8 and 11:30 p.m.); Ender’s Game (11:20 a.m., 1:20, 2:10, 4:20, 5, 7:20 and 10:20 p.m.); Free Birds (1:20, 4, 6:40 and 9:10 p.m.); Free Birds in 3D (11:30 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:20 and 9:50 p.m.); Last Vegas (11:50 a.m., 1, 2:30, 4:10, 5:10, 7:10, 7:50, 10 and 10:40 p.m.); The Counselor (1:10, 4:30, 7:40 and 10:50 p.m.); Bad Grandpa (11:40 a.m., 1:30, 2:20, 4:10, 4:50, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30 and 10:10 p.m.); Carrie (12:20 p.m.); Escape Plan (12:40, 3:50, 7:10 and 10:10 p.m.); Twelve Years a Slave (12:10, 3:20, 6:30 and 9:40 p.m.); Captain Phillips (12:30, 3:40, 6:50 and 9:50 p.m.); Gravity (2:20, 4:40, 7 and 9:20 p.m.); Gravity 3D (2:20, 4:40, 7 and 9:20 p.m.).

THEATER, OPERA & DANCE Exit/Exist REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

Nov. 7-9, 8:30 p.m. and Nov. 10, 7 p.m.: Contemporary dance phenom Gregory Maqoma joins forces with the Vuyami Dance Theatre and South African vocal group Complete to explore the story of one 19th century Xhosa warrior.

Falstaff Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7219 or laopera.com.

7:30 p.m.: To celebrate Verdi’s 200th birthday, James Conlon and baritone Roberto Frontali take on the maestro’s comic opera of romance and tomfoolery.

The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St., (213) 489-0994 or thelatc.org.

Nov. 7-9, 8 p.m. and Nov. 10, 3 p.m.: Violence, Native Americans, oppression, families and more come together in an LATC world premiere by Marcus Gradley.

CLASSICAL MUSIC Friday, November 8 Shostakovich Fifth Disney Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or musiccenter.org.

Nov. 8-9, 8 p.m. and Nov. 10, 2 p.m.: Conductor Bramwell Tovey leads the L.A. Phil in Shostakovich’s Fifth.

Saturday, November 9 Colburn Chamber Orchestra Concert Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu.

4 p.m.: The student group masterfully navigates Mendelssohn’s “Sinfonia No. 7 in D Major” and Grief’s “Norwegian Dances, Op. 35.”

Colburn Youth Orchestra Concert Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu.

7:30 p.m.: The whippersnappers drive through pieces by Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel, Berlioz and Rossini.

Toyota Symphonies For Youth Disney Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or musiccenter.org.

11 a.m.: Gather up the youngsters for this kids-oriented performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Wing on Wing.

SuNday, November 10 Colburn Chamber Music Society Concert Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu.

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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS Continued from previous page 3 p.m.: An elite bunch of players featuring Clive Greensmith on cello tackle Mozart, Mendelssohn and Brahms.

Organ Recital: Ullrich Bohme Disney Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or musiccenter.org.

7:30 p.m.: The celebrated organist plays a bevy of pieces from Bach, Liszt, Weinlig, Wagner and Krebs.

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Inside the keyhole-shaped door, tough-as-nails Derby Dolls vie for elbowroom with crusty old bar guys and a steady stream of Old Bank District inhabitants. Velvet señoritas, deer heads with sunglasses, a wooden Indian and Schlitz paraphernalia plaster the red walls. There’s no shortage of entertainment, with the funky dance room, great DJs and the occasional rock band. In the photo booth, you can capture your mug in oldfashioned black and white. Open from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week.

Editor & PublishEr: Sue Laris GENErAl MANAGEr: Dawn Eastin The Association Big Wang’s 610 S. Main St., (213) 627-7385.

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ExEcutivE Editor: Jon Regardie Carved out of the area that used to belong to Cole’s, the bar in stAFF Wings, beer and sports:Evans, That’s the winning writErs: Donna Eddie Kimrecipe at this sports Los Angeles Downtown News front, the Association is a dimly-lit, swank little alcove with some coNtributiNG bar. The Downtown outpost, the third for the Hollywood-based Editor: Kathryn Maese 1264 W. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 writErs: Jeff Favre, have, Gregplus Fischer, serious mixologists behind the bar. Look for a heavy door, a brass coNtributiNG bar, has everything the other locations a comfortable phone: 213-481-1448 • fax: 213-250-4617 Kristin Friedrich, Kylie Jane Wakefield knocker and a long line. patio with outdoor flat screens. web: DowntownNews.com • email: realpeople@downtownnews.com

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Civil sUmmons LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. BC490580 PLAINTIff: 1840 HIGHLANd PARTNERS, LLC vS dEfENdANTS: GENNARO J. MONTININO, JOEY fRANk MONTININO, dAvId WILLIAM MORRISON, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 50, INCLUSIVE NOTICE! You have

been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form, if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you

may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbritation award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Los Angeles County Superior Court Central District 111 N. Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-3014 Case Number: BC490580 Dated: August 17, 2012 John A. Clarke, Clerk Christina Grijalva, Deputy The name, address, telephone number, and fax number of Plaintiff’s attorney is: John G. Burgee/Burgee & Abramoff 20501 Ventura Blvd.

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Lamp Community is requesting bids for the conversion of 2,825 s.f. of office space to a 25 bed dormitory in Los Angeles CA. Work will be bound by all relevant regulations to satisfy California Department of Housing and Community Development funding requirements as well as all requirements of governing agencies.

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Bids will be received until 3 p. m on the 11th day of November, 2013 in Lamp Community office located at 1920 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, California, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

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255 South Grand Avenue Leasing Information 213 229 9777 Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Concierge ~ Pool / Spa / Saunas ~ Fitness Center ~ Gas BBQ Grills ~ Recreation Room

Apartment Amenities: ~ Refrigerator, Stove, Microwave & Dishwasher (most units) ~ Central Air Conditioning & Heating ~ Balconies (most units)

On-site: ~ Dry Cleaners / Dental Office / Restaurants

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123 South Figueroa Street Leasing Information 213 617 3777 Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Pool / Saunas ~ Fitness Center ~ Covered Parking

Apartment Amenities: ~ Refrigerator, Stove & Dishwasher ~ Central Air & Heating ~ Solariums and/or Balconies

The Central City Crime Report A Rundown on Downtown Incidents, Trends and Criminal Oddities.

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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The Yolk’s on Him: A man told police he was standing on the corner of 18th and Main streets at about 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 when someone started chucking eggs at him from a Toyota Sienna. The man ducked, dropped his cell phone and tried to chase the car, but the person in the Sienna passenger seat kept pelting him. A suspect hopped out of the car and grabbed the man’s cell phone.

Caught in the Act: Two brothers who returned to their locked bikes at a parking lot at Fifth Street and Central Avenue on Oct. 26 found a couple of men trying to wheel away the goods. The brothers confronted the thieves during the 10:30 p.m. incident; the would-be thieves then threatened the siblings with bolt cutters and a handgun. Police ultimately arrested the men on suspicion of robbery.

Now You See It, Now You Don’t: A 19-year-old woman told police she put her purse down on the sidewalk at Second Street and Central Avenue for 30 minutes at 4 p.m. on Oct. 20. When she returned it was, amazingly, missing.

Ducati Gone: A man told police he parked his 2012 Ducati motorcycle inside the parking garage of his apartment complex at 550 N. Figueroa St. on Oct. 22, but when he returned at 1 a.m. it was missing.

Getting the Scoop and the Suspect: A Los Angeles Times employee saw a man breaking into his car in the garage at Second and Spring streets on Oct. 20. He confronted the thief, who had the man’s sunglasses in his pocket. David Williams was arrested on suspicion of burglary from a motor vehicle.

Assault and Arrest: A man allegedly punched another man in the head at Fourth and Flower streets at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 in an effort to steal his $20 gift card. The victim sustained swelling to his forehead. Terrion Deft Brown was arrested on suspicion of robbery.

On-Site: ~ Convenience Store / Coffee House / Yogurt Shop / Beauty Salon

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225 South Olive Street Leasing Information 213 626 1500 Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Concierge ~ Pool / Spa / Saunas ~ Fitness Center ~ Gas BBQ Grills ~ Recreation Room

Apartment Amenities: ~ Refrigerator, Stove, Microwave & Dish washer (most units) ~ Central Air & Heating ~ Balconies (most units)

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AROUND TOWN, 2 to the council, as he expressed“unabashed and enthusiastic support” for Huizar at his Downtown re-election kickoff fundraiser on Oct. 22. At that event Wesson took the stage and stated, “Mr. Huizar is like my brother, my best friend on the council.” Wesson said he does not control the committee and has no role in the investigation.

Gay Wedding Expo at Athletic Club

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ike many brides-to-be, Amy Walmann, 29, has been scoping out Los Angeles looking for those perfect flowers and cake topper. Trouble is, nearly five months after the Supreme Court ruled that legally married samesex couples are entitled to the same rights as other married couples, she’s still having difficulty finding a doublebride cake decoration. Walmann will have no such issues this week in Downtown. On Sunday, Nov. 10, from noon6 p.m., the Los Angeles Athletic Club will host the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Wedding Expo. David Stern, president of Frontiers Media, which is hosting the event, said that until recently, gays have been excluded from the wedding industry. “Couples want to work with people who they know are gay-friendly and supportive of marriage equality,” he said in a prepared statement. The event will include panel discussions and a variety of exhibits.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $25 for VIP. Additional information is at lagayweddingguide.com.