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Volume 41, Number 14

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Easter in Downtown

The Stragglers of Parker Center More Than Two Years After the Opening of $440 Million LAPD Headquarters, Some 150 Staffers Still Work in Run-down Building

Urban Scrawl on the Magic touch.

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How to explain LAFD response times.

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Not so fast for the LATC ouster.

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photo by Gary Leonard

(l to r) LAPD staffers Thom Brennan, Yvette Burney and Chuck Siegler in front of Parker Center. Most employees left the building in 2009.

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hen the Los Angeles Police Department moved into a gleaming $440 million headquarters building in October 2009, some 1,800 cops were more than happy to ditch Parker Center, their dilapidated, earthquakedamaged former home.

City officials had long labeled the 1955 Los Angeles Street edifice as obsolete, overcrowded and potentially unsafe. After all, there were cracks

in interior load-bearing walls, reminders of temblors past. There were no fire sprinklers, because the building’s bones were too weak to support the water-filled pipes. Vermin sightings were not uncommon.

Not long before vacating it, former chief William Bratton joked that the best thing to do with Parker Center would be sell it to a Hollywood studio so they could blow it up.

Yet, more than two years after the chief of police, the command staff and most of the rest of

the men and women in blue moved a block-anda-half away to the sleek, AECOM-designed Police Administration Building, some 150 LAPD staffers still punch their cards each day at Parker Center.

“We are like a missing child,” joked night shift crime scene photographer Chase Choe, a 23-year department veteran. “The people over there say, ‘Uh-oh, we lost them. We forgot to bring them over.”

When most of the department shifted to the see Parker Center, page 8

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ichard Wang fancied himself a fashion designer, so he took classes to learn the craft. It didn’t last. Today, he works a desk job in the healthcare industry.

“I sucked, so I quit that dream,” Wang said. “I’ll be honest.

I couldn’t sketch for crap.”

Even after dropping out of fashion school, Wang, 31, hasn’t jettisoned his passion for the industry. Last month, with the help of a few silent partners, Wang launched Denmbar, a Downtown custom jeans-selling business.

For $229-$265, denim diehards — or just about anyone tired of searching for the perfect pair — can buy a set of jeans measured, cut and sewn exactly to his or her liking.

Customers even select the buttons, inside pocket patterns and zipper color. see Denim, page 10

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Richard Wang opened Denmbar on Seventh Street in March. The custom jeans maker provides one-sizefits-one denim.

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olk singer Woody Guthrie was born a century ago, and now, part of the street that inspired him will soon bear his name. On Wednesday, March 28, the City Council’s Public Works Committee approved a motion by Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry to name the in­ tersection of Fifth and Main streets “Woody Guthrie Square.” Eventually ceremoni­ al signs will be placed at the intersection, though an exact time and location have not been announced. Guthrie, a rebellious singer born in 1912 and known for giving a voice to the working class with songs such as “This Land Is Your Land,” was a Downtown resident for a time, and penned a song in honor of his favorite street called “Fifth Street Blues.” Also on the Guthrie front, on Saturday, April 7, the Grammy Museum, at 800 W. Olympic Blvd., will present a free lecture by museum Executive Director Bob Santelli. He will discuss the musician’s life and legacy. The program starts at 11 a.m. and is the kickoff for the venue’s “Woody Guthrie Week,” which runs through April 14 and features films, lectures, workshops, education programs and concerts.

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t wasn’t a project announcement or a groundbreaking, but hundreds of Down­ town stakeholders came out last week to cele­ brate the coming $172 million Marriott hotel complex. On Wednesday, March 28, elected officials and business leaders gathered under a tent at the project site, a parking lot at the northwest corner of Olympic Boulevard and Francisco Street, to tout the investment being made in Downtown. Construction is slated to begin this spring on a 174­room Courtyard

by Marriott and a 218­room Residence Inn by Marriott — both will be in the same 23­story high­rise. The effort stands to boost Los Angeles’ place as a convention and tour­ ism destination. Councilwoman Jan Perry referenced a new study by L.A. Inc., the city’s convention and visitors’ bureau, that found that Los Angeles has less than 1,700 hotel rooms within a half­mile of its Convention Center. The average city, according to the study, has 7,300 rooms within that distance.

San Diego boasts nearly 8,200 rooms and Anaheim claims 7,800. “Today is another important milestone in the development of our Downtown,” said Perry. The project be­ ing developed by Portland’s Williams/Dame

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he Bunker Hill trophy tower Two California Plaza has been placed in re­ ceivership, and while that is often bad news

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for a building and its tenants, in this case, upgrades are coming. Property owner MPG Office Trust recently announced that it would relinquish control of the 52­story edifice due to the company’s mountain of debt, and William Howell was appointed as the receiver to over­ see the financial operations of the property.

Now, said Steve Marcussen, executive director of Cushman & Wakefield, which is handling leasing in the tower, CW Capital, the entity see Around Town, page 20

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EDITORIALS Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

Welcome Back Kent Twitchell

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t’s always nice to see a familiar face return to Downtown Los Angeles. It’s even nicer when the return coincides with something of a creative comeback.

That’s the case with Kent Twitchell, the esteemed muralist known for his massive creations and a nasty legal case a few years back.

Los Angeles Downtown News last week reported on the three murals Twitchell is creating for a $45 million renovation of Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. The building at 1816 S. Hope St. is being restored, and when it opens later this year it will once again house the county’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

As part of the upgrades, Twitchell won a 2010 commission to replace three murals originally mounted in 1942.

It seems the county could not have made a better choice with the $285,000 commission. Twitchell, 70, has made a career of large artworks — everyone in Downtown has seen his “Harbor Freeway Overture,” the towering piece on the side of the shopping mall at Seventh and Figueroa streets that depicts members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

Twitchell’s murals in this case are much smaller, just 12-by-15 feet. They will echo the works created seven decades ago by Helen Lundeberg. Those pieces, which depicted historic elements of the country and some basic rights of American citizens (they are titled “The Preamble to the Constitution,” “Free Assembly” and “Free Ballot”) were removed in the 1970s. Then, somehow, they were lost.

The “lost” theme hits home for Twitchell.

One morning in the summer of 2006 his “Ed Ruscha Monument,” a 70-foot-tall piece covering the side of a Hill Street YWCA building, was whitewashed by a work crew. It was sudden and devastating. Twitchell had no advance notice that the piece he spent nearly a decade creating was to be covered up.

The destruction or the 1987 work depicting a major figure in California art was a blow to Twitchell and to Downtown Los Angeles stakeholders. The reaction was fast and furious, and sparked legal proceedings.

Twitchell eventually won a $1.1 million settlement from the federal government, the YWCA of Greater los Angeles and other entities. However, the damage was done — the “Ed Ruscha Monument” is lost, and only lives on in photographs that don’t do justice to the grand creation.

Now, Twitchell is back in Downtown. He is finishing the three murals. In a few months he’ll remove them from his studio walls and mount them in the lobby of the stately Main Street building.

What Twitchell endured was abysmal. The present can’t erase the past, but we’re fortunate that the adored artist gets another crack.

Welcome back Kent Twitchell.

Wal-Mart Outfoxes the Council

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n the past month or so, the Wal-Mart proposed for a groundfloor space near Chinatown has ruffled a lot of feathers.

Unions and community groups were cast against business advocates and other community groups. The tiff wasn’t surprising — Wal-Mart’s labor practices and its stores’ impacts on businesses in surrounding neighborhoods have sparked uproars across the country. By this point representatives of the Bentonville, Ark.based retailer know to be prepared for a battle whenever they try to open a store.

Still, the recent turn of events in Los Angeles was unexpected.

Seemingly out of nowhere, the City Council came up with an ordinance that, in practice if not in print, was designed to thwart a single business. It was a faulty and, more importantly, an unfair move. The tactic should never have been attempted.

Ironically, the council ended up getting beaten at its own Spring Street insider game. It had to be an embarrassment for elected officials used to getting their way. In this case, the council got exactly what it deserved.

We are not saying that Wal-Mart the company is good or bad.

We are not saying that any other chain store — be it CVS, Toys ’R Us, Ralphs or anything else — where buy-in-bulk practices allow a national retailer to undercut and potentially imperil independent competitors, is good or bad. What was bad was the local government’s attempt to make up new rules in the middle of an established process. It reflects poorly on the city.

The battle over Wal-Mart has raged before in Los Angeles, including in 2004, when the retailer hoped to build some of its superstores within city limits. That situation ended in something that, today, we think was the right move: Wal-Mart was not prevented from opening, but to do so it, or any other business larger than 100,000 square feet, was required to prepare a report analyzing the proposed outlet’s impact on things such as traffic and job quality. The measure was controversial and the business community protested. Still, it was an appropriate move, and it took important steps to protect mom and pop shops. The ordinance has had an impact, as obviously Los Angeles has not been inundated by new Wal-Mart superstores in the past eight years.

The Chinatown case is completely different.

In this instance, Wal-Mart did what any aspiring supermarket operator would do: It identified a location and negotiated a 33,000-square-foot lease with the owner of Grand Plaza, a 302unit senior housing complex at 701 W. Cesar Chavez Ave. The

site had always been intended for a grocery store, even though the space had been empty since the building’s 1991 opening. The property includes 140 parking slots for the market and loading docks that can handle delivery trucks.

These pre-existing conditions meant that the store, to be known as a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, did not need council approval. The only things required were a few permits.

Wal-Mart was clever in identifying this location. First, there was the opportunity to get into Los Angeles without repeating the 2004 political battle. There is also an ample customer base of people who live and work in Echo Park, Downtown and Angeleno Heights.

Then the council decided to involve itself in the process. Ed Reyes, whose First District includes the area, authored an ordinance that, although it did not reference Wal-Mart by name, clearly targeted the store. Thirteenth District Councilman Eric Garcetti, who is running for mayor, seconded it.

The ordinance aimed to prevent giving building and other permits to businesses in Chinatown — it applied only to Chinatown — that it described as “Formula Retail Uses.” It detailed specifications such as stores that have standardized merchandise, color schemes and facades. Ultimately the measure was amended to impact only businesses larger than 20,000 square feet. The council sought to pass it on Friday, March 23, and, another unusual element, make it effective immediately, without a mayoral signature.

The problem is that elected officials were essentially saying they don’t like a certain retailer, and took steps to keep it out by changing the rules in the middle of the process. Wal-Mart in this instance had done everything right. It deserved the opportunity to move forward.

Targeting a single business because elected officials disagree with its practices is a terrible precedent to set. It is the type of thing that makes business officials nationwide scoff at Los Angeles. How can city leaders expect other employers, and in particular any chains that have clashed with community groups, to consider opening stores if they fear the council might try to stop them?

In this instance, Wal-Mart came out on top. At the council meeting on March 23, the head of the city Department of Building and Safety announced that building permits had been granted to Wal-Mart the previous afternoon. The council voted unanimously in favor of the ordinance but it didn’t matter. Clearly, Wal-Mart had an angel or an ally in City Hall, one who was clearly thinking ahead of the council.

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Where There’s Fire, There’s More Fire Explaining the LAFD’s Confusing Response Times, With Help From the Verisimilitude of the Mobius Strip

by Jon Regardie executive editor

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ood afternoon members of the media, dullards of the City Council, cool Angelenos and fire aficionados alike. My name is Brian ‘The Human Extinguisher’ Cummings, but you can call me Brian Cummings. I’m in charge of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Kind of.

“I’m speaking telepathically to you today because I realize that, over the last several weeks, some individuals in this city THE REGARDIE REPORT

have been a tad confused about the fine work we do each day at the LAFD. It seems that, despite my repeated and crystal clear explanations, some individuals have no sense of why six minute response times to emergencies are the exact same thing as five minute response times. For reasons I can’t begin to fathom, except to guess that most of the city is suffering from collective smoke inhalation, I feel the need to detail why providing computer projections of our response times is even more accurate than detailing actual response times.

“The band U2 once penned a song called ‘Even Better Than the Real Thing.’ Our computer numbers are even better than the real thing. Do you honestly think you know more than Bono? Have you listened lately to Achtung Baby, the album which featured said song? Methinks the fiery answer is no.

“I trust that my point is clear.

“For years the fine men and women of the LAFD, when not hazing rookies, have put out fires as quickly as possible. Our response times were historically meteoric. In 2005, according to data generated by the yeti that lives in my backyard, we responded to 86% of the city’s fires before they even started. I don’t understand why someone would question anything we have done. Ever.

“I know that some members of the political establishment are angry that budget cuts were made based on numbers they were not brilliant enough to comprehend. They’ve been hearing it up the wazoo from some of their flame-retardant con-

stituents. So, once again, in the simplest language possible, something that even a goo-goo-ga-ga still-goes-wee-weein-its-diaper baby could get, I will explain how we calculate response times.

“Numerical orchestrations are assembled by collaborating the synaptic endodontic inebriation system with an aneroid barometer wielded by ZigBuck, the vampire who lives in my garage. We then embody a neuropteran conflagration of the star-spangled verisimilitude and put it through a synchrotron that has been multiplied by the inverse proportion of the panoply of the Mobius Strip.

“I trust that my point is clear.

“I would also like to explain some other things that may be miscomprehended or misinterpreted by certain individuals in the city, including those who are using my pain for their gain.

That, by the way, is not nice.

“I know many people have assumed that LAFD fire hoses are manufactured using an industrial process that employs the strongest polymers available to man and elf. This is not true. Instead, our fire hoses are made of wheatgrass and reinforced with recycled printer paper in a factory in the island nation of Tuvalu, which I swear does too exist. These ingredients are generally not a problem. The only time risk arises is when the fire hoses get wet.

“There have been questions about the fire trucks we employ, including where they come from and how they are assembled. Eleanor, the goat who lives in my spare bedroom and is capable of projecting information onto my cerebral cortex, has explained that our trucks are actually Tonka toys that are put in the enlarging machine in the basement of the Alamo. We hit the ‘500 Times Bigger!’ button and after six weeks they come out usable and their sirens make a pretty ‘Whirrrrrrrr! Whirrrrrrrr!’ sound. They can drive at speeds of up to 1 million miles per hour.

“There have also been questions as to why fire trucks in the second largest city in the United States of America do not have GPS systems. In fact, we do have GPS systems, but they

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Six-minute response times to emergencies are the exact same thing as five minute response times. Also, LAFD fire trucks can travel at speeds of up to 1 million miles per hour.

are hidden by Romulan cloaking devices and are only visible to true believers in the LAFD. When nonbelievers come aboard our trucks, submarines or rocket ships, we set our phasers to stun and pretend the devices don’t exist. We use paper maps instead. We’re crafty like that.

“I realize that these are difficult times for some in the city. I recognize that there has been the figurative cry of ‘Fire!’ in the Fire Department. Rest assured that everything is under control and we are working as hard as ever to extinguish all fires before they even start.

“The men and women of the LAFD are here to serve Los Angeles. We will work hand in hand with the mayor, the City Council, the yeti, ZigBuck the vampire and Eleanor the goat. I now turn your brain back to its regularly scheduled program.

“I trust that my point is clear.”

Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.

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Change-Up in LATC Ouster Latino Museum Leaves Spring Street Building; Theater Company Hopes to Reach Agreement With City to Stay

by Ryan VaillancouRt staff wRiteR

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n January, the City Council voted to terminate the lease for the Latino Theater Company and the Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture to occupy the city-owned Los Angeles Theatre Center. The tenants were given until March 15 to vacate the Historic Core facility they have occupied for nearly six years.

More than two weeks after the deadline, only the museum has cleared out. The theater company not only remains in the building, but officials with the nonprofit say they intend to stay for the long-term.

The company recently announced its spring season, which has seven plays scheduled through June. A new show, Bankrupt, opened March 29.

The city has shown no sign that it intends to enforce the theater company’s ouster, which came as a result of long-running litigation between the LATC inhabitants. Instead, theater company officials say they are engaged in discussions with city lawyers to make arrangements for the group to remain in the building.

“We are in conversations to find a way to continue to produce programming in the building and to have all of our creative partners to continue to perform and stage artworks in the building,” said Moctesuma Esparza, chairman of the Latino Theater Company board of directors.

Any new agreement would require City Council approval.

On March 7, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich’s office attained council approval to enter private talks with the theater company. City attorney officials, citing ongoing litigation, refused multiple requests to comment.

The talks come as the seed of the conflict — litigation entangling the city, theater company and museum — appears to be close to resolution. The two cultural organizations won a contract to occupy the building at 514 S. Spring St. in 2006, but three years later the museum sued both the city and theater

company. The theater company counter-sued the museum.

Theater company and museum officials both said the two sides have reached a settlement, and on March 14 the groups filed a request to dismiss the suits. A joint statement describes the museum’s departure as a voluntary move to pursue other “partnership opportunities.” It also indicates the theater company is negotiating a new deal to stay in the LATC. “The Latino Theater is making separate arrangements with the City of Los Angeles and will continue to fulfill its role as a provider of multicultural programming that reflects the rich diversity of Los Angeles,” the statement said.

Despite the resolution between the organizations, the dismissal of the lawsuits is not yet official, as a judge has not signed off on the agreement. A hearing is scheduled for April 20.

With the city’s silence, some key questions remain unanswered, including whether the council can act to cancel its decision to terminate the lease. Or, in negotiating for a new tenant — the theater company or otherwise — will the council again employ some kind of public bidding process?

Historically, the council has put the lease contract for a cityowned facility out to public bid to select an operator.

Question of Funds The museum’s self-described voluntary departure from the 1917 building seems to signal the end of a bitter three-year fight. The conflict stemmed from the museum’s claim that it was denied full access to its share of the property — its lawsuit said that the museum, while expected to pay for 50% of the structure’s operating costs, was relegated to a small basement space.

The Latino Theater Company countered that the museum failed to contribute renovation funds that it had pledged during the 2006 bidding process.

In January, the city Department of General Services found both tenants to be in breach of several lease requirements.

According to the report, the tenants depleted a building maintenance account that was supposed to have $750,000 in deposits.

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The Latino Theater Company and the Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture, which had been in litigation over their shared Los Angeles Theatre Center space, have settled their differences, and the museum has left the Spring Street property. The theater company last week launched its new season.

The theater company argued that, without any financial contributions from the museum, it had to direct all of its ticket and special event revenues back into operations. Further, the theater’s lawyer claimed in a letter to the city that the lease required the maintenance account to be replenished only once renovations are complete — since the work is not yet done, the argument goes, the account does not need to have a $750,000 balance.

The theater company spent $4 million on what it called an “initial phase” of renovations and is currently seeking donations to help pay for remaining upgrades.

Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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Parker Center Continued from page 1 Police Administration Building, several units stayed at Parker Center for what was supposed to be a temporary holdover. Some of the stragglers ultimately found new homes: the Property Division, which manages booked evidence, moved into the Civic Center’s new Metropolitan Detention Center.

Half of the Science Investigation Division, including units working with DNA and forged document analysis, relocated to a facility at Cal State L.A. The only remaining occupants in the “Dragnet” era police building are the other half of SID, including photo operations, fingerprinting and polygraphing. They are slated to vacate Parker Center this fall and move to a facility that is under construction at the Piper Technical Center, a police heliport east of Union Station.

That can’t happen soon enough, said Thom Brennan, facilities manager for the department.

“Nobody is happy to be here,” Brennan said.

Brennan has helped devise a sort of patchwork of fire and life safety modifications to keep Parker Center in code compliance. For one, the eight-story building is sealed off above the fourth floor, in part to lighten the load on lower levels.

Still, Brennan said the Department of Building and Safety cleared a certificate of occupancy in January somewhat begrudgingly, and with a clear directive, Brennan said.

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The 57-year-old building is filled with aged, empty rooms and damaged walls and furniture.

“They want us out,” he said.

Meet the Mice Members of the public still wander into Parker Center for a variety of reasons.

Suspects come to take polygraphs. Many people think the old city lockup is still open.

Two uniformed officers staff a lobby desk.

Their job consists mostly of directing people to the new jail, just up the street, or signing them in for an appointment upstairs.

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Avalos recently applied for a transfer to the Safer Cities Initiative to work the streets of Skid Row instead.

“I’m going a little nuts,” said Avalos, who added that sometimes his only on-duty companionship is of the rodent variety. “We’ve got little mice running around keeping us company.”

The building is in various states of disorder. A crumbled ceiling panel sits unattended

on a floor; a wide-open office space used for filing is peppered inexplicably with furniture parts — in the middle of the room a minidesk stands next to an overturned trash can.

The computer hardware that supports the polygraph unit is a riot of haphazardly organized electrical chords. A makeshift workshop for the photo unit looks like a DWP brochure detailing how not to overwhelm a power strip.

Then there are the earthquake cracks.

In the fourth floor photo lab, where computers have replaced enlarger machines, two jagged cracks cut across the white walls. In black marker, someone labeled the cracks “2008” and “2010” for the year of the earthquake that produced them, said Chuck Siegler, director of the SID technology lab.

“Crime scene photographers have a dark sense of humor,” Siegler said. “They have to.”

The Welton Beckett-designed Parker Center is considered by some to be an important relic of Los Angeles Modern architecture. Its future once the remaining LAPD staffers depart, however, remains uncertain.

In 2009, the city allocated $1 million to study five options for the site, with choices including renovating it or tearing it down and building a new structure. The city Bureau of Engineering is conducting the report and expects to complete it this summer, said Eva Kandarpa Behrend, a spokeswoman for Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry.

For now, those still in the building are keeping their fingers crossed that their move isn’t delayed further. Siegler said the staffers are regularly updated on construction progress at the new space. Brennan, the facilities director, is certain that come 2013, Parker Center will finally be empty.

“We will be out of here before the end of this year,” he said.

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During the seder, attendees pledge that they will celebrate the holiday “next year in Jerusalem.”

Jerusalem will have to wait one more year. This year, there will be a major seder in Downtown Los Angeles.

Rabbi Moshe Greenwald, director of the Jewish Community Center-Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles, is holding a community seder on Friday, April 6. The 7 p.m. event takes place in the Seventh Street building that houses his synagogue. He expects to have more than 100 people at the service and meal.

“In Downtown there are a lot of singles and people who don’t have families here,” said Greenwald. “So we extend our family to them. It’s always a beautiful affair.”

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“One time we had 11 languages,” he said.

Greenwald asks for a donation of $50 per person to cover the four-course meal, the wine and the matzoh made in Israel, though he said no one is ever turned away due to a lack of funds. Just as important, he said, is that interested individuals RSVP. “We need to know how much food to make,” he said.

The Downtown JCC’s Passover seder is Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at 219 W. Seventh St. RSVPs required at downtownjcc.com.

Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.

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Denim Continued from page 1 “See, I have a big [butt] and chicken legs, so it’s really hard for me to find jeans that fit in the seat, but aren’t loose and baggy down below,” Wang said. “So I was like, why don’t we just do our own?”

If hawking triple-figure jeans just a block from Skid Row sounds farfetched, consider the Seventh Street shop’s first week in business. The store, just west of Main Street, is currently equipped to make no more than three pairs per day, with one full-time staffer cutting and sewing. In the first five days, Wang said the business took orders for about five pairs per day. He had to outsource some production work to a local designer he met at the March Art Walk (when the shop opened).

The steady stream of customers, who were guided to the shop at least in part by several blogs that rushed to cover Wang’s denim experiment, were likely enticed by a 50% discount offered during the first week. Still, even

after the promotion expired, Wang said he’s had to create a waiting list, at least until the shop can increase its production.

Fashion First Denmbar sits in a small, minimally decorated storefront, with chalk-on-blackboard drawings of jeans and a wall lined with industrial sewing machines. In one corner there are rolls of eight kinds of denim, which vary in color, texture and stretchiness. The four styles — two male, two female — are depicted in a chalk drawing, and samples of each hang from a metal rack.

After selecting their denim and style, customers get measured by Wang or one of his staffers. They then pick from an array of buttons and pocket patterns. There are also choices for the color of the stitching.

The jeans are then cut, sewn and assembled in the store. The turnaround time is a week to 10 days.

The custom jeans concept may be unique Downtown, but it’s also a seemingly natural evolution for the denim industry, which has flocked to the Fashion and Arts district in recent years. Gap moved its denim design studio to a warehouse at Pico Boulevard and

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As a retail outpost, however, Denmbar is more novel. In the Historic Core, many consider retail to be a lagging component of Downtown street life. Whereas many old buildings have been turned into apartments or condominiums, and restaurants and bars have been quick and abundant to follow, soft goods are still in short supply. Even as recent years have brought new shops, including several secondhand garment boutiques, the area falls short as a retail destination.

That retail hole has its advantages, namely cheap rent for entrepreneurs like Wang looking to test a new concept in a neighborhood that has abundant foot traffic.

“They get in first and they get the better rent,” said Blair Besten, executive director of the Historic Downtown Los Angeles Business Improvement District. “Anybody who takes a risk with their business here gets it. They get the potential and they’re getting to take ad-

vantage of the fact that it hasn’t peaked yet in terms of rent.”

Wang and his two business partners first considered bringing Denmbar to Melrose Avenue, where a custom jeans shop may not have seemed so unique. But as they investigated the area, making notes about foot traffic for a week, they weren’t convinced there was enough action to justify the high rent.

Wang, who lives Downtown, opted instead to open the store on Seventh Street.

He knew he would have less foot traffic than in more established retail areas, but he saw enough evidence that the community could support high-end shops like Denmbar. He pointed to Heirloom, a vintage outlet in Little Tokyo that offers a pair of old riding boots for $1,200.

“I figured if they can sell $1,200 boots here, I can do custom jeans for $250,” he said.

Denmbar is at 111 W. Seventh St., #R3. Open noon-7 p.m., Wed.-Fri. and noon-6 p.m. on Saturday. Sunday and Monday by appointment. More information at info@denmbar.com.

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The holiday arrives Sunday, April 8, and all across Downtown Los Angeles people will be celebrating, though in many different ways.

There will be religious observations, families and friends getting together for meals, and of course, little kids hunting for treats stuffed in eggs. These are some of the Central City opportunities.

Festivals The Great Hunt: What’s Easter without an egg hunt? If you’re under 12, the answer is, excruciating. Fortunately, the New City Church of L.A., City Light Church and Sovereign Grace Church are holding their fourth annual Easter Fest. The event, which runs from noon-3 p.m. at Grand Hope Park on Easter Sunday, starts with an egg hunt, and organizers will hide more than 1,000 eggs in the green space adjacent to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. For

those not interested, there will be a bounce house, face painting, bubbles, piñatas, and arts and crafts. There will also be some complimentary food and beverages. The event is free and more than 1,000 people attended last year.

At 919 S. Grand Ave., (213) 471-2415 or newcitychurchla.com.

Those Amazing Animals: One of Downtown’s most charming events returns the day before Easter. The 82nd annual Blessing of the Animals takes place at Olvera Street on Saturday, April 7, from noon-5 p.m. The happening, hosted by the Olvera Street Merchants Association, is an opportunity for people to express their appreciation to the animal kingdom for all they do to help humankind. Archbishop Jose Gomez from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels will bless all creatures great and small and sprinkle them with Holy Water when the procession begins at 2 p.m. Folks will have dogs on leashes and cats in carriers, but also expect the unexpected, including fish, birds, iguanas and possibly even an

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Bunny in the Plaza: Years ago, some predicted that L.A. Live would become Downtown’s Times Square. That didn’t happen and that’s a good thing — we don’t need to copy New York. However, L.A. Live has developed into a prime spot for community events. Last month it hosted a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, and on April 8, an Easter festival will unfold in Nokia Plaza. The highlight is the free egg hunt, which runs from noon-2:30 p.m. It is intended for children 6 and under and Easter baskets will be provided so they won’t have to juggle the eggs they find.

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Food Easter? Mais Oui: Families love to get together for an Easter brunch. At Kendall’s Brasserie and Bar they can do just that, but with a French twist. The restaurant at the Music Center Plaza is offering a $35, three-course meal, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., comprised of recipes from Napoleon’s country. Entrée choices on the prix-fixe menu include cod brandade and lamb Nayarin. Dessert options are even better, with chocolate eggs or something called Strawberry Fields. The sweet with The Beatles reference is a strawberry, lemon and basil cake with raspberry sorbet and strawberry mint sauce. Children under 12 eat for $16. If you’re coming from the Blessing of the Animals, dogs are welcome on the restaurant’s patio. If you’re not, then consider following your meal with tickets to the 6:30 p.m. performance of the punk musical American Idiot at the nearby Ahmanson Theatre. Nothing says Easter like see Easter, page 12

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Options include filet mignon benedict, New Orleans-style French toast, prime rib and Fleming’s own take on frittatas. The bar also gets in on the fun, with a Blood Orange Fizz cocktail. Children under 12 munch for $16.95 and, as with most Downtown restaurants on April 8, reservations are recommended.

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A Bunny on Bunker Hill: Also getting in on the brunch fun on April 8 is the Grand Café in the Omni Hotel on Bunker Hill. Chef Peter Dean is overseeing a buffet from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The arrangement includes a carving station of roast beef and maple glazed ham, a waffle and omelet station, smoked salmon, pastries and a children’s “small-bites” table with mini hot dogs and chicken tenders. The meal is $45 for adults and the under-12 set eats for $15. The Easter Bunny (or someone dressed in an Easter Bunny costume) will be on hand to pass out balloons to the kids.

At 251 S. Olive St., (213) 356-4155 or omnihotels.com.

Fusion and Function: One never knows quite what the folks at Chaya Downtown will concoct. The Japanese fusion joint in City National Plaza is one of the most inventive and unpredictable options in the Central City, and the trend continues on Easter Sunday. Chef Atsushi Kenjo is overseeing a $35 brunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Menu options include grapefruit and shaved fennel salad garnished with avocado, albacore carpaccio with yuzu-pepper sauce, grilled New York steak and Japanese squash and ricotta cheese gnocchi. C’mon, what says Easter more than something with yuzu-pepper sauce? The kid’s menu, which Chaya labels a “Young Adult Menu,” is $15.

At 525 S. Flower St., (213) 236-9577 or thechaya.com.

Eggs, and Maybe Some Steak: Easter means eggs, and what goes better with eggs than steak? That’s the meaty question asked, and answered, by Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar. On Easter Sunday the L.A. Live establishment is serving a $34.95 brunch.

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One of Downtown’s most charming events is the Blessing of the Animals, where Cardinal Roger Mahony (shown here) presided for years. On April 7 at Olvera Street, hundreds of dogs, cats, birds, reptiles and other creatures will be blessed by Archbishop Jose Gomez.

of Downtown hotels will serve up, yes, a traditional brunch from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Easter Sunday. Executive Chef Ryan Thomas has several stations planned, including stops for omelets, seafood, slow-roasted rib eye steak, crispy duck and a chocolate fountain. Other treats will be a cheese station, shrimp and crab legs. The meal is $58 for adults and $25 for children. Smeraldi’s will be seating until 1:45 p.m. and the buffet will stay open until 3 p.m.

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The Garden of Easter Delights: Al fresco dining continues to be something of a rarity in Downtown Los Angeles. That’s part of what makes Café Pinot so appealing. The restaurant adjacent to the Central Library has glass walls and a gorgeous patio. Its April 8 meal is a three-course prix fixe menu with choices such as watercress soup with leeks, Yukon gold potatoes and brioche French toast with vanilla maple syrup. The dessert options are extensive. The meal is served from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Kids under 12 eat for $12.

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Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant on the 24th floor of the Convention Center hotel tricks out the traditional Easter meal with a familystyle dim sum dinner from 4-9 p.m. Point of disclosure: Dim sum is served every Sunday for dinner at the restaurant, but on April 8 it gets additions such as Singapore-style chili prawns, stir-fried Kobe beef and black cod.

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Part of Sixth Street will be closed to make room for folding tables, chairs and a stage.

In addition to the food, there will be live blues performed by Barry G. Baked ham with pineapple glaze and roasted chicken will be served. Instead of an Easter basket, guests will receive a bag stuffed with food, clothing and toiletries. As of press time, the mission was still accepting volunteers to staff the event.

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Beth Lapides has resurrected her popular comedy show Un-Cabaret in Club Fedora, a shoebox space inside the Bunker Hill restaurant First & Hope.

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“These people coming on the stage tonight are doing this just for you, just tonight, just this once, and that is why it’s so [expletive] crowded,” Lapides told the crowd.

Different Material Lapides created Un-Cabaret 22 years ago in the effort to give comedians a place to perform beyond the standard Westside comedy club. The acts were instructed to be authentic and deliver story-based material that they hadn’t performed anywhere else.

The first show took place in Downtown at the now-defunct Woman’s Building, a venue on Spring Street near Chinatown that focused on feminist art. It later moved to Luna Park in West Hollywood, where it ran for seven years, and then to the Knitting Factory. The show was also featured on Comedy Central.

Comedians such as Janeane Garofalo, Kathy Griffin, David Cross and even Judd Apatow were regulars at the original Un-Cabaret. Despite the attention, a not-so-final curtain fell at M-Bar about five years ago.

Lapides for years resisted the urge and entreaties to bring back the popular event.

“As an artist you hate to repeat yourself,” she said.

Ultimately, she said, three things convinced her to revive Un-Cabaret. She missed working with the comics and she wanted to try something new by adding music. Also, she fell in love with Fedora.

“The space is so [expletive] great,” she said. “It’s such a perfect fit.”

Jeremy Ingram, one of the owners of First & Hope, said that Un-Cabaret has quickly become the most popular night of the week for Fedora. It has also helped the restaurant promote other events, such as the recent introduction of a month-long Friday night residency by mercurial comedian Andy Dick.

Un-Cabaret has lined up comedians until early May, but Lapides said the show has no ending date and could go on indefinitely.

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Every table in the 70-seat lounge-inside-a-restaurant was full. Despite the sardine conditions, waiters were snaking through the chatty crowd, holding chairs over their heads and scanning the room for a place to seat the dozen other people who had made reservations. When a host asked two men sitting on a bench along a wall if the space between them was free, they said it was occupied, and moved to protect the coveted spot.

It was just after 8 p.m., and Un-Cabaret, the recently resurrected alternative comedy show, was about to start. A roster of big names were slated to take the tiny stage. The crowd was ready for a night of “non-jokey” comedy, raw personal material and even a little music.

A petite woman with black curls, and a short black dress over black tights, stepped onto the stage.

“Welcome to the Un-Cabaret,” said Beth Lapides, the show’s co-producer. “It’s a big experiment in uncertainty. We don’t know how it’s ever going to go.”

Lapides created Un-Cabaret in 1990 and, in January, she and co-producer Mitch Kaplan brought it back. It runs every Sunday night in the lounge at First & Hope and sells out nearly every week.

A who’s who of comedians and performers show up.

Margaret Cho, Patton Oswald and Sandra Bernhard have appeared on the Downtown stage. During the oversold March 25 event, participants included Bob Odenkirk, a veteran comedian and co-creator of the HBO sketch comedy series “Mr. Show,” Rain Pryor, the daughter of Richard Pryor, and drag-queen comedian Pandora Boxx. Roseanne Barr closed the nearly two-hour long show.

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Comics Come Back Many of the original comedians, including Cho and Odenkirk, have come Downtown for the new version. They are happy to see it back and say it still has the spirit of the early Un-Cabaret.

“It’s a very different vibe from most stand-up shows, which are usually about jokes only,” said Odenkirk after his set.

Odenkirk’s Un-Cabaret material included bits about the fears he has as a father, about never having a father around himself, and even a sex talk he had with one of his children that unexpectedly went from the birds and the bees to more graphic explanations of certain acts.

“Here I would talk about my personal life, my real feelings on something,” he said. “I always try to take it to some place funny, but I always start from reality.”

After Odenkirk’s set, Rain Pryor surprised the audience by singing a blues song with the help of the live band on stage.

A slimmed-down Roseanne Barr, dressed in black sweats and a turtleneck sweater, delivered a profanity-laced story about how hard it is for her to get along with people, especially Hollywood people.

“The thrill of the Un-Cabaret is watching really talented comedians on a high-wire act,” Lapides noted.

Barr really did go out on a limb to close her set — she sang a song. Although Time magazine once called Barr’s famous desecration of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at a San Diego Padres game in 1990 the worst national anthem rendition of all time, in this instance the crowd cheered.

As Barr belted out the words to Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power,” the adoring Downtown audience members lifted their hands in the air and sang along to the chorus. When the song ended, they gave her a standing ovation.

Barr walked off stage and returned to her table in the corner of the lounge.

Bar Fedora is inside First & Hope at 701 W. First St., (213) 617-8555 or firstandhope.com. Tickets at barfedora.tunestub.com.

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s I take a close look at the upcoming season for our Los Angeles Dodgers, I am searching for reasons why the Blue will surprise. How will they get great starting pitching and beautiful bullpen work? How will the lineup score hundreds more runs than the meager 644 they plated last season?

Sadly, I’m 0 for 2. Just like most of the Dodger hitters after their first couple trips to the plate. Unfortunately, new owner Magic Johnson can’t swing a bat.

With the season starting Thursday, April 5, in San Diego (the home opener is April 10), I wish I could be writing about how the newest Dodger, Albert Pujols, will transform the team into World Series contenders. Instead I have to convince myself that Juan Uribe will actually hit his weight this year. (By the way, when I saw Uribe listed at 240 pounds on Dodgers.com, I immediately went on a diet. No way I should be within 15 pounds of Juan. Unacceptable.)

Then it hit me. It’s spring. Every baseball fan should be optimistic in spring. If not now, when?

So, I am slipping on my Dodger Bluecolored glasses and offering nine reasons why this year’s team will shock the sports world.

1) No more Frank and Jamie: The McCourt era was like a bad stage act that you couldn’t stop watching, in case one of them dropped a chainsaw. The Magic Johnson/Stan Kasten/Guggenheim Moneybags partnership heralds, literally, a new era. It won’t lead to immediate on-field changes, but it may bring back fans who had

been boycotting the stadium for as long as the McCourts were in charge. Ding Dong, the wicked witches are dead.

2) Don Mattingly: The second year manager is coming into his own as a skipper.

Donnie Baseball gets it and it will all click for him on the bench this season. C’mon, he’s got the word “baseball” in his nickname.

3) Andre Ethier: The right fielder is ready to mature off the field and be a true professional. Ethier’s 2011 numbers — a .292 average. 11 HRs, 62 RBIs — would be two good months for a real hitter. Ethier has to play past the nagging injuries and perform for 162 games for L.A. to have any chance.

I gotta be honest, that doesn’t seem likely.

Wait. Spring optimism! Ethier will hit .306 with 28 HRs and 91 RBIs. I believe. I believe.

I believe.

4) The aforementioned Uribe: The Dodgers’ biggest disappointment of 2011 (and that’s saying something) will raise his batting average from .204 to a Major League-like .284. He will play like he cares this season and will win a Gold Glove at third base. No wait, even I don’t believe that.

5) The number two through five starting pitchers: Chad Billingsley, Ted Lilly, Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano will all have career years. Especially Billings… ah, forget it. These guys are piecemeal at best for a big league staff. Everything will have to go perfectly for the Dodgers’ starting rotation to even think about challenging in 2012.

6) James Loney: The frustrating first baseman will hit this year like he did last August and September. In 52 games, Loney

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Clayton Kershaw (right) was dominant last season, compiling a 21-5 record and winning the Cy Young Award, and Matt Kemp just might be the best position player in baseball. However, the two will need a lot of help if the Dodgers are to contend in 2012.

batted .357 with 8 homers and 32 RBIs. He also had an OPS over 1.000. Whatever OPS is. I think it stands for “Oh, please swing like that all year long, James.”

7) Dee Gordon: The speedy shortstop will electrify Chavez Ravine in the field and on the base paths. Gordon can carry this team some nights with his speed and desire. But he must start taking pitches. Gordon only walked seven times in 224 at-bats last season. If Mattingly can help the kid be more patient and if Gordon can score 115 runs, good things will happen.

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Thursday, April 5: It’s the monthly Full Moon Party. The lights are off, and only the moonlight shines down. GhettoBlaster is DJing so the dance floor will be packed. Well drinks for $5, and Blue Moon bottles are $3.

saTurday, april 7 Blessing of the Animals Olvera St., 125 Paseo de la Plaza or (213) 625-7074.

2 p.m.: An annual tradition since 1930, the Blessing of the Animals welcomes pet owners to come down and have their dogs, cats, birds, iguanas, fish, pythons and more blessed and sprinkled with Holy Water. Archbishop Jose Gomez presides.

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

April 3: Dialogue with Nick Mancini.

April 4: Anthony Wilson.

April 5: Hadrien Feraud Group.

April 6: Straight from New York, it’s the Sara Serpa Quintet.

April 7: Josh Nelson Quartet.

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

April 2, 8 p.m.: Every Monday this month it’s the vulnerable but rangy vocal stylings of the wonderful Grace Woodroofe.

April 4, 8 p.m.: SanguinDrake, the duo whose sultry songs embrace the sensual and forbidden in a gumbo of decadent demise.

April 5, 8 p.m.: Beards to go around when Megafaun, the ZZ Top of indie, comes to town.

April 6, 8 p.m.: Ironically Rubblebucket’s music lends the same plasticine comforts and purposeful, time consuming engagement that kept bringing me back to Mr. Bucket as a child.

April 8, 7 p.m.: Pop, folk and punk. Do we have your attention yet? No? Go see Moses Campbell anyways.

Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la.

April 5, 10 p.m.: HM Soundsystem, Downtown electro stalwarts, return for another installment of Broader Than Broadway.

Cana 714 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-7090 or canarumbar.com.

April 3, 10:30 p.m.: Salt Petal presents their sonic baby, a love child of rock and South American folk.

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in late 2011, singer Kelly Clarkson made waves by endorsing Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul via twitter. it’s no small wonder that the pop-minded texan embraces libertarian politics — she earned her flourishing career in music the old fashioned, pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps way: winning “american idol.” Clarkson has now released five full-length albums, and on monday, april 2, she’ll drop by downtown for an electric show at Nokia Theatre. expect a mix of hits and new songs as she fills the hall with election year excitement. at 777 Chick hearn Court, (213) 763-6000 or nokiatheatrelalive.com.

what if george washington had crossed the delaware while george Clinton and Parliament played live? what if the Boston tea Party had been carefully choreographed by Bob Fosse? get a taste of alternative history on thursday-sunday, april 5-8, at REDCAT. there, dayna hanson presents Gloria’s Cause, a contemporary reimagining of the american Revolution complete with live rock and a dash of dance. get a twist on the spirit of 1776, but don’t expect a glimpse through rose-colored glasses: Gloria’s Cause takes aim at history and myth with an eye for the absurd and a taste for the bitterly comic. at 631 w. second st., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

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since 1930, olvera street has hosted the Blessing of the Animals. on saturday, april 7, from noon-5 p.m. you too can take your furry domesticized friend to El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument for a sprinkle of holy water. the event, presided over by archbishop of los angeles Jose gomez, will not assist in house breaking your pet and is in no way a substitute for obedience class, but it is a nice gesture of gratitude to your four-legged or two-winged companion. the procession kicks off at 2 p.m. sharp. Pet-challenged angelenos can still enjoy the celebration, which will include a petting zoo so you can feel the vicarious pleasures of animal companionship without the costly vet bills. at 125 Paseo de la Plaza or (213) 625-7074.

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Composer John adams won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2003 composition On the Transmigration of Souls, a tribute to 9/11 that cast an image of tragedy with a haunting minimalism. the award was almost a cursory recognition for a career steeped in reflection. adams’ expansions on minimal composition have experimented with tonality, acoustic and synthetic instrumentation and the larger movements of contemporary history. his influence on classical music has made the genre as relevant today as ever before. on thursday-saturday, april 5-7, adams returns to los angeles to conduct the l.a. Philharmonic in works by Phillip glass, arvo Part and some of his own material. the 8 p.m. performances are at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 s. grand ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com.

For anyone who has ever vacationed in mexico and had everything go wrong, there is Phantoms Go Down. the dark comedy by ariel shepherdoppenheim, which recently opened at the Bootleg Theatre, captures one family’s voyage to Cabo, where they hope to spread their mother’s ashes. things go awry when the youngest sibling, Rosalind, played by “the l word” actress Clementine Ford, snorts her mother’s ashes and becomes possessed by the departed matriarch’s spirit. it’s no Bob Baker marionette theatre show, but this macabre vignette, with references to Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, will warm your heart. it is on stage sunday, april 8, at 6:30 p.m. and every sunday this april. at 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org.

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Thursday, april 5 Engagement Party Art Talks at MOCA 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 626-6222 or moca.org.

7 p.m.: For the first of three Engagement Party Art Talks on performance and social practice, Shannon Jackson, director of the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley, will discuss the theater and art gallery as venues that are redefining each other. Ooooooh, artspeak.

Joseph Lelyveld at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org.

7 p.m.: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Joseph Lelyveld discusses his work Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India. He’ll be speaking with the L.A. Times’ Nicholas Goldberg.

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Tuesday, april 3 Jonah Lehrer at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org.

7 p.m.: The author of How We Decide has now penned a book that looks at the new science of creativity. He’ll talk about Imagine: How Creativity Works, with USC biology professor Michael Quick.

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Continued from previous page cal release of Titanic 3D, the Makers will continue Casey’s Irish Pub to play their improvisational jazz even as the proud 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. ship of your dignity collides with a Sazerac iceberg April 6, 10 p.m.: Downtown/Union will bombard and sinks slowly into a chilly sea of inebriation. you with a blast of pure Los Angeles rock and or roll. The Smell April 7, 10 p.m.: Overdrive and minor keys? Rock 247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main with a little bite, just like they used to make it, from streets, thesmell.org. space/shoegaze outfit Modern Time Machine.

April 2: Chain and the Gang, Crazy Band, Barry Club Nokia Johnston and Neonates.

800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.

April 5: Gothic Tropic, 3 ½ Bangs and Britches, com. All shows at 8 p.m.

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April 5: Prom for Hope features Semi Precious April 6: Malaikat dan Singa, Amps for Christ, Weapons, Black Cards, Kevin Baird, Penguin Prison Let’s Paint TV and Skrill Meadow. and DJ Reflex. No actual prom gear required.

April 7: Flybatsu, Albert Alexander and Irrelevant.

April 6: Lalah Hathaway, the first daughter of soul.

The Varnish Nokia Theater 118 E. Sixth St., (213) 622-9999 or thevarnishbar.com.

777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6020 or April 3, 9 p.m.: Jamie Elman tickles the keys. nokiatheatrelalive.com.

April 4, 8:30 p.m.: Somewhere deep in a Downtown April 3, 8 p.m.: That’s right, Kelly Clarkson’s still back room Mark Bosserman will play you a song. making music. And it’s Idol-riffic.

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

600 S. Drive, Exposition Park, (213) 744-7432 or April 2: Frank Fairfield roots and all.

April 3: The Gypz, Inazuma, Utah-styled punk caamuseum.org.

April 2, 7 p.m.: Bad Fever is a story of one man’s with The Mormons and Unk. broken American dream and his longing to find April 4: Rich Shea and The Black Tongued Bells.

Los Angeles Downtown News April 5: Champagne Velvet, the throwback beauty someone, anyone, who understands or even pre1264 W. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 tends to understand. Hmmm, could this possibly be of The Blasters and The Flytraps. phone: 213-481-1448 • fax: 213-250-4617 April 6: Best band name of the week goes to Trotsky an example of what we call independent film? web: DowntownNews.com • email: realpeople@downtownnews.com April 3, 7 p.m. and April 4-5 9 p.m.: Jiro Dreams Icepick. They’ll be playing with the Keith Walsh Expefacebook: rience, Human Wands and Secret Alphabet. twitter: of Sushi is the story of 85-year-old Jiro Ono, considDowntown News DowntownNews April L.A. 7: Holly Vincent, the Dagons, Swords of ered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef.

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Soar over primordial earth in Flying Monsters 3D. Grammy Museum Some 220 million years ago dinosaurs were begin- L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or ning their domination of Earth. But another group grammymuseum.org.

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The name, address and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado es): MATTHEW SIROLLY (SBN 239984), THE WAGE JUSTICE CENTER, 3435 Wilshire Blvd. Ste 470, Los Angeles, CA. 90010, Tel. (213) 273-8400.

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AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

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Dodgers Continued from page 14 but baseball’s best player plays in L.A. Kemp was the NL MVP in 2011, no matter what Ryan Braun did or did not put in his bloodstream. Kemp slugged his way last year to career bests of .324 with 39 HRs and 126 RBIs. He also stole 40 bases and was intentionally walked 24 times. If you are walked intentionally 24 times, amidst last year’s terribly weak lineup, then you are a world class hitter. You also deserve the eight-year, $160 million contract you signed. The numbers could be even better in 2012 if Gordon gets on base more often and Ethier decides to be a pro for a full season. Kemp is truly a player to be excited about.

Denholm’s Prediction: Is it possible for the Dodgers to shock the world this season? I just listed nine good reasons why they could. In fact, I even convinced myself that L.A. will be much better than I originally thought.

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Play ball!

Dave Denholm loves the Pad Thai at Soi 7, seeing the Dodger Stadium lights from his rooftop and living Downtown.

Around Town Continued from page 2 managing the debt on the building, plans to invest in the property and hold on to it. Upgrades will take place in the common areas, he said. “It’s in wonderful shape right now but MPG Office Trust was constrained,” Marcussen said. “They didn’t have a lot of capital in the asset to do big tenant improvements and to capture new tenants.” Two California Plaza, at 350 S. Grand Ave., is currently about 80% occupied, with some 250,000 square feet of space available for lease, Marcussen said. MPG defaulted on its $470 million loan for the building last year.

Cleantech Site Could Still Go to Trammell Crow

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hen the state Supreme Court ruled in December to eliminate redevelopment agencies, the move also nullified all recent actions of the Los Angeles Community

Redevelopment Agency. As a result, the agency’s November deal to sell a 20-acre site to Trammell Crow for the development of a clean technology manufacturing facility was canceled. The site appeared on its way back to lender East West Bank, because the agency had a Feb. 1 deadline to repay a $13.1 million loan. The bank, however, has extended the loan at least through May 1, as the successor agency to the CRA has kept the deal alive.

On March 29, the successor agency board considered four options for dealing with the site, but only one — executing the sale to Trammell Crow — seems to clear the entity of new debts, a requirement under the state law that eliminated CRAs. The agency is responsible for about $1.7 million in environmental remediation, and the sale would generate enough income to pay for the work, after paying off the loan, according to the report. Trammell Crow still hopes to get the land. “We still have a high level of interest pursuant to terms of the November purchase agreement,” said Brad Cox, senior managing director of the firm, which envisions a 350,000-square-foot, $40 million manufacturing complex on the site. The successor agency board reviewed the matter in closed session and is expected to make a decision on how to proceed on Thursday, April 5.

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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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