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Streetcar study, Union Station’s master plan, and other happenings Around Town. With sidewalks clean, LAPD is ready to enforce laws against street sleeping.
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City Responds to Skid Row Filth Stakeholders Cheer Effort That Includes Sidewalk Cleaning and New Storage Facility
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City crews were out in force on Gladys Avenue last Tuesday morning, the first day of an effort to clean up Skid Row sidewalks. Teams of workers will spend a total of three weeks removing garbage and sanitizing public property. by Ryan Vaillancourt staff writer
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ity officials last week launched a major street and sidewalk cleaning program in Skid Row. Although the effort was widely hailed by area interests frustrated by months of worsening filth, it is uncertain how the city will maintain the newly sanitized conditions. The sweeps, a response to ongoing public health concerns in the poverty-stricken neighborhood, are slated to continue daily for up to two more weeks. Spearheaded by the office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the plan has been in the works since the County Health Department cited the city on
March 21 for health code violations tied to human waste, hypodermic needles and other hazardous materials found in the area, said Villaraigosa spokesman Peter Sanders. After three days of cleaning, crews had collected more than 500 pounds of trash, disposed of 63 syringes (eight of which still had a needle in them), 22 razor blades and two shopping carts, said Michelle E. Vargas, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Sanitation. Officials with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority are canvassing Skid Row, alerting people living on the streets about the ongoing cleanup, LAHSA spokesman Peter Griffith said. Along with
Perry, Huizar Clash Over South Park Sign Plan Flap Involves Project Set to Change Districts Next Week by Ryan Vaillancourt staff writer
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ith new City Council boundaries about to take effect, Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry is trying to secure approval for a key project that, come July 1, will no longer be in her territory. However, 14th District Councilman José Huizar, whose expanded district will soon hold the same project, is
standing in her way. Perry last week invoked a rare legislative maneuver to expedite a council vote on proposed special signage rights for properties within a certain segment of South Park, including a 21-story tower planned by the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Her move to speed the approval of the plan came after a Tuesday, June 19, hearing of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee at which Huizar
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the cleanings, officials have turned a city-owned property at 432 E. Temple St. into a storage facility where crews are taking bulky items left on the streets. “We’re coming out… with the Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services and public health experts and we’re going to identify those items which are clearly public health issues as referenced in the county report,” said Patrick Butler, assistant chief with the Los Angeles Fire Department and acting spokesman for what the city has dubbed Operation Healthy Streets. On Tuesday morning, crews targeted Gladys Avenue between Fifth and Seventh streets, bringing see Cleanup, page 10 successfully pushed to delay consideration of the proposed sign district. Huizar told the panel that he needs more time to study the issue. The city Planning Commission unanimously approved the district, which would extend special sign regulations to properties bounded by Flower, Figueroa and Ninth streets and Olympic Boulevard, in 2009. So did the PLUM Committee. Huizar, who was a member of PLUM in 2009, voted for the district at the time. The proposed district never went to the council for a final vote, however, because the city was mired in separate litigation related to sign policy. The district was shelved until the lawsuit was resolved. The city won that case, and the proposed sign district went back to PLUM on Tuesday. That’s when Huizar asked to delay the vote. Perry’s move could potentially work around see Signs, page 9
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AROUNDTOWN Streetcar Tax Study Begins
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he plan to have area stakeholders pay for a hefty portion of the Los Angeles Streetcar could come up for a public vote by the end of the year. This month, the City Council gave the OK to begin the process of forming what is known as a Mello-Roos Community Facility District — that is the mechanism that would lead to taxing those in the area to pay for a majority of the $106 million endeavor. The city will now hire consultants to prepare the documents necessary for the evaluation and formation of the special district, which would require a two-thirds vote to pass, said 14th District Councilman José Huizar. There are no details yet on how much assessments would be or the exact area in which property owners would have to live, though Huizar said those and other details will be determined shortly and a vote will likely take place by the end of the year. The streetcar is now in the environmental review process, which must be completed for the project to gain federal funding. So far the streetcar has secured about $10 million from the now-defunct Community Redevelopment Agency. Groundbreaking is scheduled for 2014 with a hoped-for opening in early 2016. The route would connect Bunker Hill and South Park with a principal spine on Broadway.
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he Metro Board of Directors this week is expected to vote to award a $4.15 million contract to Los Angeles-based architecture firm Gruen Associates and its project partner
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Grimshaw Architects to design a new master plan for Union Station. The board is scheduled to take up the matter at its Thursday, June 28, meeting at Metro headquarters. The approval would end an almost year-long process of selecting a firm to create a long-term vision for the historic rail hub and approximately 40 surrounding acres; Metro acquired the property in April 2011 for $75 million. The master planning process could take up to two years and will consider commercial development, future parking demands, connectivity to nearby neighborhoods, pedestrian and bicycle access and how the 72-year-old station will accommodate growing transportation needs. The Gruen and Grimshaw team was among six finalists. Free #19 Sandwiches
Krekorian Considering City Attorney Run
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econd District City Councilman Paul Krekorian told a Downtown audience last week that he has no choice but to consider running for City Attorney, especially now that current office holder Carmen Trutanich’s political future is uncertain following his shocking third-place finish in the June 5 District Attorney election. Speaking on Thursday, June 21, at a luncheon hosted by the Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum, Krekorian stated, “There are two lawyers on the city council, so obviously when an opportunity like this presents itself, as one of them, I have to take a look at it and I have to consider it.” The other attorney is 14th District rep José Huizar, who in published reports has said he does not intend to enter the race. Of course, Krekorian was clear to state his affinity for his current job. He was elected to the post in 2009, and
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last year was named the chair of the council’s prestigious Budget & Finance Committee. “I love what I do and especially now that I have this new assignment,” he said. “I’m very, very happy with my current position.” State Assemblyman and former City Councilman Mike Feuer began raising money for the city attorney’s race last year, as did attorney Gregory Smith. Trutanich has yet to file papers for the race. The primary is in March 2013.
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atrons of the King Eddy Saloon this week have another reason — in addition to the drinks — to converge on the drinking establishment on the ground floor of the King Edward Hotel. On Thursday, June 28, the Los Angeles Visionaries Association is or-
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ganizing a screening of Alina Skrzeszewska’s short film Last One Left: The Last Skid Row Bar in Los Angeles and Its Patrons: A Few Brief Life Stories. Owner Dustin Croik, whose grandfather purchased the bar in the 1960s, is selling it to Library Bar proprietors Michael Leko and Will Shamlian, who plan a renovation this year. The bar has a prominent role in fringe L.A. culture. It’s a pilgrimage spot for fans of novelist John Fante, whose protagonist Arturo Bandini visited the King Eddy in Ask the Dust. It’s also where James M. Cain spent time to “soak up the vernacular speech that he adapted into the hardboiled American lingo of his breakout novel The Postman Always Rings Twice,” said LAVA co-founder Richard Schave in a statement. Skrzeszewska will be on hand at the 8 p.m. screening. The King Eddy Saloon is at 131 E. Fifth St. More information at lavatransforms. org/lastoneleft.
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EDITORIALS PapierMâché Joys
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ne of the nice things about Down town is that the community has its quirks. Unique and downright unusual scenes and people pop up and occasionally play significant roles here. The area can be more hospitable to unexpected occurrences than suburban or longstanding residential neighborhoods where homeowners associations and other groups often prevent the eruption of anything out of the ordinary. Over the past month or so Downtown has gotten another dose of quirk in the form of a batch of papier-mâché artworks created by Calder Greenwood and an accomplice who goes by the pseudonym Wild Life. Los Angeles Downtown News recently reported on the duo who have undertaken several guerrilla installations, among them placing a trio of faux deer on Angels Knoll on Bunker Hill and plopping a fake sunbathing family in the Civic Center pit at First Street and Broadway that is slated, one day, to hold a federal courthouse. Not all of the artwork has lasted. Although the deer survived for a while on their hill overlooking the Historic Core, the mom, dad and child, along with their lounge chair, umbrella and beach ball, were soon removed from their Civic Center spot (but only after generating a wealth of media and blog coverage). A surfboard-riding rendition of Snake Plissken, from the cult film Escape From L.A., was plucked from a platform in the Los Angeles River — apparently the Fire Department responded to the scene thinking a person was in trouble. One quirk to this quirk is that the artists are trespassing. Even if, as Greenwood told Downtown News, they are being careful not to harm the surroundings, the fact is they are going onto off-limits property without permission and making changes. Still, we like the papier-mâché creations and believe they add to the fun and flavor of Downtown Los Angeles. They are harmless. We like the sense of life they inject into some particularly drab “canvases.” This page has railed numerous times against the neglect of the plot at First and Broadway. We see more good than harm from placing a sunbathing family there. Still, this could lead to complexities. If Greenwood and Wild Life’s creations are allowed to remain, other street artists, whether those of the graffiti variety or those producing three-dimensional installations, might believe they too have the right to decorate Downtown with impunity. We can see how city officials could feel the need to erase or eliminate any “fun” art so that they don’t create a situation in which people sue over perceived unfair treatment. (To that we say, “Bah, humbug.”) In this particular case, with these particular artworks, we’re not complaining. Instead, we see them as a natural evolution of the creativity long inherent in Downtown — after all, the residential revolution that began in 2000 followed the creative types who had settled decades before in the Arts District, drawn by large spaces and cheap rents. Not all street art should be tolerated — too many people abuse property that doesn’t belong to them. However, we like the deer and the similar creatures. They’re fun, and Downtown can always use more fun.
Time to Can Liquor Store ‘Single Servings’
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owntown faces numerous challenges. One that does not get a lot of attention is the liquor stores that sell single cans of beer or fortified wine. The majority of purchasers of these offerings are homeless individuals who cannot afford a six-pack or something larger. The line of thought is that the booze is purchased and popped open in the immediate area. All sorts of negative impacts follow, from litter to public drunkenness to aggressive panhandling to people urinating on the streets. Most often this complaint is heard in Skid Row, where a batch of liquor stores that have permits to sell single servings stay in business primarily by catering to the homeless. However, the issue is currently rearing its head in another location — near Chinatown and the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. Los Angeles Downtown News last week reported on the case of Macy Liquor, a store at 111 Cesar Chavez Ave. that has been in conflict with the community since at least 1995. That was when the shop was first labeled a public nuisance by a city Zoning Administrator and its operators were ordered to meet various conditions to stay in business. Zoning officials are now reconsidering the case and one option is to revoke the store’s conditional use permit (different from its liquor license, which is regulated by the state). Public testimony came to a close last week and a ruling is expected soon. For the benefit of the overall community, it is time to severely tighten the conditions under which Macy Liquor operates. Although at this time we hesitate to agree with some area stakeholders who think the shop should have its permit revoked, we emphatically support the suggestion that the store no longer be allowed to sell single servings. We also urge the officials who rule on this matter to meet another condition supported by the local council office and police officials: that the operator be required to have a full-time security guard on site. Additionally, we think Macy should be examined by this office more frequently, maybe ever six months to ensure they are a responsible neighbor, as opposed to waiting years. We also think these conditions should be applied to other Downtown shops that sell single servings of alcohol, including those in Skid Row. More on that below. Macy Liquor has been at loggerheads with the community for
a long time. Some neighbors have urged that the store be closed since the public nuisance declaration 17 years ago, though zoning officials have periodically stated that the shop was meeting most of the conditions. However, additional conditions have been added over time. If zoning officials decide that Macy’s operators have met the conditions placed upon them, then they have earned the right to stay open. However, adhering to the letter of the law does not mean the shop should be exempt from additional conditions that will benefit the community. What is paramount is the overall health, safety and cleanliness of Chinatown and El Pueblo. The office of City Councilman Ed Reyes, whose First District includes the shop, supports a single serving ban. So do local police officials who have to deal with any unruliness tied to alcohol sales. Although a representative of the property owner has indicated that the store could meet this condition, there remains opposition to something else Reyes and the LAPD want — for Macy Liquor to hire a security guard. The representative told Downtown News this would be a financial burden and would put the store out of business. We are sympathetic to complaints about government regulations that infringe on the rights of business owners, but in this case, as mentioned above, the state of the community is the most important matter. If Macy Liquor has such a limited clientele that it cannot support a single security guard, then maybe the store isn’t such a vital part of the neighborhood. The single serving ban, the presence of a security guard and other conditions that benefit a community should not be limited to this situation. Macy Liquor is not the only Chinatown area store that sells single alcohol servings, and if the permit for nearby BJ Market comes up, it too should face scrutiny and the potential loss of its single-serving abilities. The same goes for Skid Row shops doing single-serving sales. As many an LAPD officer will tell you, the ones making these purchases are usually people looking to get drunk cheaply and quickly. This is about the state of the community. The rights of thousands of residents, business people and visitors to have a safe and clean environment trump the right of a shop owner to make a buck by selling to those whose primary goal is to get drunk fast.
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The Political Elephant in the Room The Curious Road to Making Angelenos ‘Aware’ of Pachyderms by Jon RegaRdie executive editoR
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very so often, a politician stands before the world and takes up a matter so important that it is filed in the archives of history. Abraham Lincoln took on the Civil War in the Gettysburg Address. In his inauguration speech John F. Kennedy explored national pride when he urged THE REGARDIE REPORT
Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” Then there’s Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas. On Tuesday, June 19, the Sixth District rep and likely future Congressman stood before his colleagues and offered his resolution that Aug. 3 be declared… wait for it… Elephant Awareness Day in the city of Los Angeles. No, you’re not reading that wrong. And as far as I know, Cardenas did not come up with the resolution while on an acid trip at Burning Man. Instead, he used the third Tuesday in June to declare that the first Friday in August be the day that Angelenos think about, and good gravy, recognize the important contributions of pachyderms around the world. The full council approved the resolution at 10:32 a.m. And so it is written. At a time of annual budget deficits north of $200 million, the fact that even a dime of city resources is going to make Angelenos aware of elephants is mindboggling. I’m not sure if the price will ultimately rise as high as an elephant’s eye, but the council spent nearly 20 minutes on the matter, including a) recognizing a young animal rights activist, and b) Councilman Mitch Englander reading part of a poem about elephants (sample: “they don’t take more than they can eat/ and always watch where they put their feet”). Someone already earned taxpayer money for writing the resolution. Then there are the unknown costs of raising all this awareness. The matter is, well, bizarre. Does Cardenas think that 18% of Angelenos are unaware of the great animal known as “elephant.” One co-worker and I debated whether Cardenas could have lost a bet with another council member, and that as a result
he had to try to pass the most perplexing resolution possible. Another colleague asked which elephant we should be aware of? Horton, perhaps? Or is it the one who Bill Murray inherits from his circus clown father in the 1996 film Larger Than Life? I also briefly wondered if Cardenas had been kidnapped and replaced by Sasha Baron Cohen and this is all a crazy Borat-type stunt. Consider, the resolution begins with the lines, “Whereas, Throughout history, the elephant has played an important role in human economies, religion, and culture; Whereas, The immense size, strength and stature of this largest living land animal has fascinated people of many cultures for hundreds of thousands of years.” That’s a city document! It concludes with, “The Los Angeles City Council distinguishes August 3rd as Elephant Awareness Day to increase awareness of the inherent self-worth and important contributions of elephants worldwide.” Wait, did that just refer to an elephant’s self-worth? Will someone inform elephants worldwide that the council passed a resolution in their honor? Does Cardenas think that will make African and Asian pachyderms so happy and full of selfworth that they’ll all celebrate by eating peanuts and opening cans of Schlitz? OK, that’s ridiculous. Everyone knows elephants like Newcastle. The Zoo Debate Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been aware of and have done stupid things with elephants for decades. When in an Italian punk rock band I used to tell elephant jokes between songs (sad but true). As a teenager in Washington, D.C., I figured out that, if I held out a handful of grass, one of the National Zoo elephants would extend its trunk over a pit and eat from my hand. I didn’t realize till years later that this was also a great way for an elephant to eat me. My elephant awareness remains strong to this day. On a recent Saturday I took my kids to the L.A. Zoo and, while walking by the awesome $42 million pachyderm display, we were made aware of Jewel, the 48-year-old female, and Billy, the 27-year-old bull with the thrilling tusks. Later we were also
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Are you aware of this animal? She’s Jewel, the 48-year-old elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo. The City Council last week declared Aug. 3 Elephant Awareness Day in Los Angeles, in part to prevent pachyderm abuse, and in part to increase the animals’ self-worth.
made aware of the zoo’s ice cream stand, and for a moment I was sad that it too didn’t get a city council resolution. Elephant affinity is a good thing, and I get what Cardenas is trying to do. The resolution goes on to mention that elephants are endangered species and on Tuesday he and other speakers railed against the mistreatment of the animals in places like zoos and circuses — he hopes Elephant Awareness Day will curb any such injustice. Animal rights play big in Los Angeles, and pachyderm protection is a noble cause, but is Cardenas’ resolution, which was seconded by Fifth District rep Paul Koretz, really what most Angelenos want from their leaders? When unemployment hovers around 12%, should elephants really be a priority? I hate to go all gadfly, but considering our melting city, shouldn’t elected officials focus instead on jobs, neighborhood planning, public safety, transportation and other core matters? Would Cardenas be better off authoring a resolution for L.A. City Council Salary Awareness Day? After all, council members earn nearly $180,000 a year. Cardenas isn’t the first council rep to come up with a motion that seemingly has nothing to do with the city, and he certainly won’t be the last. Nor is this the only time the local legislature has taken up the topic of elephants — a few years back the council rumbled like a pack of fighting beta fish over whether see Elephants, page 6
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n response to the changing economics of the media industry, Los Angeles Downtown News is launching a “Support Local Journalism” campaign. The effort, from Downtown News editor, publisher and founder Sue Laris, begins this week. Readers of the publication, which has been free online and in print since Laris founded it 40 years ago, are being asked to voluntarily contribute at a level of support starting at $5 a month (or make a lump sum payment). An online campaign has begun at ladowntownnews.com/ supportlocaljournalism. The goal, said Laris, is to ensure that Downtown News continues to provide the Downtown-specific news, investigative reports, in-depth analysis, columns and cultural and food coverage for which the publication is known in the community and beyond. “The change in how news is delivered plus the recession has been a double whammy,” said Laris. “We have managed to adjust to and deal with the effects of the recession plus
the changes in the world of newspapers for four very tough years. During that time we have done everything we can to help the community. Now we have to ask for the community’s help in return. “After the recession is over and after the opportunities and challenges of the Internet shake out, there will still be a need for local journalism and community journalism, and we intend to be here to provide it.” Laris said no changes are planned for the editorial department and there will be no staff reductions in the newsroom or other departments of Downtown News. The paper, which has received dozens of local and state awards, prints 47,000 copies each week and has a monthly web readership estimated at 150,000 unique visitors and 600,000 page views. Those who contribute at least $5 a month will have an option to have their picture (or that of their favorite charity) printed in Downtown News and on downtownnews.com, along with a link to that charity. The acceleration of news to the
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Continued from page 5 the L.A. Zoo should even hold the animals. The concept of Elephant Awareness Day raises other issues: Why just elephants? Why didn’t Cardenas sponsor Muskrat Awareness Day? What does he have against koala bears? Should he reject sloths just because they’re slow and their name sounds icky? What does the Narwhal Defense League have to say about being passed over? D.C. Trails Then there are the really curious questions: Why is Elephant Awareness Day right for Los Angeles? Why is this happening in August? Cardenas’ resolution mentions that the Animal Rights National Conference is taking place that month, though the convention is in Washington, D.C., which I’m pretty sure is really far from L.A. It says that the event is organized by the Farm Animal Rights Movement. The resolution describes the organization as “working to end the use of animals for food.” But unless area McDonald’s are selling elephant burgers, I’m flummoxed by the lack of a local tie to Cardenas’ cause. I’m also proud of myself for getting “flummoxed” in a story. Cardenas has a track record of dedication to animal causes — the Valley rep created the city’s Animal Cruelty Task Force and helped write L.A.’s mandatory spay-neuter ordinance. Again, those are admirable accomplishments, and it’s also nice that part of Tuesday’s event involved his recognizing young animal rights activist Juliette West. However, another question is, does Cardenas’ elephant move actually have more to do with Washington, D.C. than Los Angeles? He’s pretty much assured of winning a new Valley Congressional seat created by the state redistricting process. Maybe he has a friend or relative who asked him to do them an elephant-sized favor. Maybe a lobbyist or another connected individual convinced him that creating Elephant Awareness Day would translate to positive relations in his new home and equally positive campaign contributions? Maybe. Or maybe Cardenas just likes the movie Dumbo. Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.
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ports fans in Los Angeles are the most underrated in the country. You read that right. Underrated. I am tired of hearing the clichés about how local fans show up late and leave early. We do, but there’s a darn good reason for it: Traffic. Traffic in this area is not an excuse, it’s a plague. So what? Fans here are as passionate and smart, and often just as dumb, as fans in other towns. That doesn’t mean the fan base of every Los Angeles team is created equal. Thus, I thought I’d break down which Downtown team really has the best fans. I did 1-10 rankings in four categories: Loyalty, Loudness, Smarts and Sheer Numbers. The maximum score is 40. I ranked the Dodgers, Clippers, USC Trojans Football, Kings, Sparks and Lakers. I skipped USC basketball because, really, who cares about USC basketball? Dodgers Loyalty: 9. Every game, Dodger fans pour through the Chavez Ravine turnstiles come shine or shine. No matter how average this franchise has been, they show up, the last McCourt year excepted. Loudness: 8. Ask Barry Bonds if Dodger fans know how to use their voices. Smarts: 5. Not exactly a MENSA meeting going on at Dodger games, especially in the parking lot. Enough said. Sheer Numbers: 10. Dodger Blue faithful are everywhere and they support their team. They also have more fans with team tattoos than any other local squad. Total: 32 points Clippers Loyalty: 7. There are a lot more “on the bandwagon, off the bandwagon” fans then you would think with this franchise. Can’t blame ’em, given the trials and tribulations. Loudness: 7. They get loud for Blake Griffin monster dunks and DeAndre Jordan made free throws, the most spectacular and rarest events in the NBA, respectively. Smarts: 7. Clipper fans know the game well enough to know that Vinny Del Negro isn’t the guy to coach a team to a title. So does my cat Happy. Unfortunately, owner Donald Sterling hasn’t figured this out yet. Sheer Numbers: 7. The Clippers might have the third most fans in the NBA. And the fourth most fans in Downtown L.A. Total: 28 points USC Trojans Football Loyalty: 10. You can’t beat rooting for your alma mater. Loudness: 7. I understand it’s hard to get too loud in the fourth quarter after you’ve run up 60 on Washington State. Smarts: 8. They know their team, the recruiting and where to park so they don’t drop $120 on game day. Sheer Numbers: 8. The fan base will continue to grow unless new UCLA coach Jim Mora can stem the tide. It’s OK to laugh. Total: 33 points Kings Loyalty: 9. The fans today were there way before Jonathan Quick, Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown even strapped on skates. And way before that shiny Stanley Cup. Loudness: 8. Most of the time they raise their voices to cheer for the players on the ice. You think the skaters didn’t hear it during the playoffs and finals? Oh, they knew. Smarts: 10. No one knows their sport like Kings hockey fans. Or the best place in town to sit and enjoy a Labatt’s Blue, eh. Sheer Numbers: 4. Almost every last Kings fan shows up to every home game. Total: 31 points Sparks Loyalty: 7. My wife says Sparks fans are true and diehard. Good enough for me, dear. Loudness: 8. My buddy Roger says Sparks fans are loud and passionate. Good enough for me, dude. Smarts: 7. Smart enough to not pay Lakers prices to watch hoops at Staples Center. Good enough for me, Sparks season ticket holders. Sheer Numbers: 2. The team will average around 10,000 a game this season. Not bad, but even Chivas USA claims bigger crowds. Oh, you have never heard of Chivas USA? You are not alone. Total: 24 points Lakers Loyalty: 9. This team has not won a title in two years! Kobe Bryant hasn’t hit a game-winning playoff shot in six. Still, they show up and wear the jerseys. Loudness: 8. For years Lakers games could be very quiet. But the fans raise their voices at the right times, and not only when free tacos are on the line.
Smarts: 7. Too many Lakers fans don’t know their bench rotation from a tire rotation. Then again, apparently neither does coach Mike Brown. Sheer Numbers: 10. Just go to one of their parades after a title and tell me otherwise. Total: 34 points So, the fan bases wind up in this order: Lakers, USC Football, Dodgers, Kings, Clippers and Sparks. The order really does make sense based on winning alone. And they say L.A. fans don’t know anything about sports? Dave Denholm loves walking to championship parades, talking hockey with my buddy Terry and living Downtown.
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ramp. Schaar is 12. Were he to win a gold medal, he’d break Ryan Sheckler’s record of being the youngest person to win X Games gold. Sheckler did it in the Skate Street competition when he was 13.
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winning gold in consecutive years. This year, said X Games spokesman Danny Chi, “Jamie Bestwick, who is probably the most dominant BMX rider in history, is going for a six-peat.” In the BMX Freestyle Street category, which has bikers pulling tricks on a course designed to mimic real public space, Garrett Reynolds is looking for a five-peat. The event is 4 years old, and Reynolds has won it every year.
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top of the famed Big Air ramp. Skateboarders and BMX bikers will zip down the nearly 70-foot drop-in and speed off a giant launch ramp. When they land on the other side, they rocket off a 27-foot quarter-pipe, sailing another 20 feet in the air. The Big Air competitions, which take place on June 28-29 and July 1 along Chick Hearn Court, are probably the most awe-inspiring spectacle of the entire weekend. Pete and Repeat: As in all professional sports, some X Game winners prize the “repeat” —
Street Racers: Rallycross is back! This is year two for the race in which drivers zip around in souped-up sedans, speeding on a course that takes over a portion of Figueroa Street and the road around Gilbert Lindsay Plaza. The 3,221foot route includes gravel, dirt and obstacles, among them an optional ramp that sends cars flying through the air. The ramp makes for a shortcut that shrinks the course by about 800 feet. Chi said the sport is gaining in popularity, thanks in part to growing support from the auto industry, which has upped sponsorships. “These are factory cars, basically cars you would see on the street, but on ’roids, with like 500 to 700 horsepower dropped into them,” Chi said. “But they’re like Ford Fiestas and Subaru WRXs. There’s bumping, there is paint being traded. It’s true racing.” Pint-Sized Star: The contestants in the skateboard Big Air competition include some experienced veterans in their mid-30s. Then there’s Tom Schaar, who this year became the first skater to land a 1080 in a competition (that’s three full rotations) on a Big Air
All Grown Up: The X Games turn 18 this year, and in some ways, they’re all grown up. After launching in 1995 in Rhode Island, the games traveled around the country in search of their true calling, incorporating an array of fringe sports, from skysurfing to rollerblading. These days, the event is rooted in Downtown (X Games owner ESPN has a long-term lease with L.A. Live owner Anschutz Entertainment Group), and it features only four sports: Skateboarding, BMX and Moto X, plus Rallycross. There are numerous sub-competitions in each sport, putting contestants on an array of courses, from street-style parks to the old-school vert ramp. The skateboarding, BMX and Moto X sports all have Best Trick contests too. Skate Like a Girl: If it seems like extreme sports are dominated by men, that’s pretty much accurate. But don’t tell that to Elissa Steamer, Marissa Dal Santo or Leticia Bufoni. These women skaters are among a field of shredders competing for the gold in Skateboard Street this year. Ladies also have their own throw-down in Enduro-X, a bump-filled dirt bike race that goes down in Staples Center. Meet a BMX Legend: To get the party started, X Games is throwing a kick-off bash on Wednesday night. BMX legend Matt Hoffman will be signing autographs at the event, which doubles as a fundraiser for the Staples Center Foundation and The V Foundation for Cancer
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Research. Tickets are $110 for adults and $60 for those under 21. More info at ticketmaster. com/xgames. Skate Check: Skateboards, ironically, are not allowed inside spectator areas of the games. But that doesn’t mean you can’t skate to the competition. If you do, a skateboard check is available between 8:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. at the northwest corner of Nokia Plaza. X Fest Marks Its Spot: While all of the competitions require tickets, the fan friendly X Fest — a free area with vendor booths, interactive displays and athlete demos — will be set up along Chick Hearn Court. It is open all four days. X Games is Thursday-Sunday, June 28-July 1, at L.A. Live. Tickets, full schedule and information at xgames.com. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.
Continued from page 1 the delay. The motion she filed will trigger a council vote on Tuesday, June 26, on whether to take up the signage plan. If a majority of the council agrees to sidestep the committee, the proposal can then be considered for final approval. Huizar, whose district will encompass nearly all of Downtown come July 1 if the new redistricting plan is formalized by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, said he needs more time to study the special sign rules. “A lot has changed in Downtown in three years,” Huizar spokesman Rick Coca said in a prepared statement. “We just want to be sure that this is still the direction we should be going in at this point. As council offices change for Downtown, we want the opportunity to fully vet this proposal and see if it makes sense going forward. It very well might, we just want the opportunity to look at it more closely.” Backers of the proposed sign district, including a Perry staffer, offered to answer any questions at last week’s hearing. None were posed. The committee instead honored Huizar’s request and voted to continue the item until its next meeting, on July 31. Perry said her move to rush the vote stems from a desire to finish a project she has worked on for eight years and to eliminate any chance of Huizar asking for new conditions. “It makes a difference when you change elected officials because incoming elected officials may have a totally different perspective,” she said. “He may want something different or new requirements. It changes the whole scenario.”
Perry called Huizar’s decision to delay a vote “business hostile” because it further postpones consideration of a plan that’s been pending for more than three years. Since then, the affected property owners, including FIDM and the developers of housing complexes 717 Olympic and Apex, have already taken down 18,573 square feet of permitted signage, according to city records. The new sign district photos by Gary Leonard would allow a total of 16,761 Jan Perry wants to approve a South Park plan before most of square feet of signage, rep- Downtown transfers from her Ninth District to José Huizar’s 14th. resenting a net reduction of signs in the area. frequently than every eight seconds, accordVideo Imagery ing to the City Attorney’s office. The proposed sign district has taken on FIDM attorney Amy Forbes described one key wrinkle since it gained tentative the proposed video display as “integrating approval in 2009, when a “digital anima- the educational mission into the building.” tion” sign was OK’d for a proposed FIDM Perry said she would ask the council to development. support the video display for the FIDM The fashion school plans to build a project — that is, if her motion to consider 21-story tower with classrooms and offices the proposal is approved on Tuesday. on the first six levels and student housing The conflict between Perry and Huizar is above. Designs call for a 429-square-foot the latest in a string of redistricting related digital sign that would be embedded in flaps that have had the two officials at odds the skin of the building. The sign would for months. Jostling for control over develbe permitted to show fashion videos and opment projects is common during times display student work. of political transition, said Fernando Guerra, Since approving the sign in 2009, howev- director of the Center for the Study of Los er, the Planning Department has changed Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. its position on video displays. The city now “It’s not unusual and they both are right,” prohibits so-called “unrestricted anima- Guerra said. “If I’m Jan Perry I want to finish tion” on digital signs. what I started. If I’m José Huizar, and this is Going forward, the council will have the going to be my district for likely the next six option to approve the original sign district years, I want to make sure it conforms to my proposal — keeping the animated display vision of what should be occurring.” rights — or a version of the plan that would Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at only allow static images that change no more ryan@downtownnews.com.
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Twitter/DowntownNews Skid Row-area social service providers, businesses and property owners who have been complaining about public health concerns long before county officials formally documented them. “I don’t think any one of us can say we’re satisfied until we see what the results are, but I can say that we’re delighted at the response from the mayor’s office,” said Estela Lopez, executive director of the Central City East Association, which represents area property owners. Conditions have deteriorated in Skid Row since June 2011, when U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez issued a temporary injunction barring the city from seizing and destroying apparently abandoned items from area sidewalks. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless individuals who, after going inside to access services such as showers and meals, returned to find that personal belongings left on the sidewalk had been seized and destroyed by a city cleaning crew. While the injunction allows the city to remove items posing health or safety risks, authorities have operated cautiously. Some crit-
Cleanup Continued from page 1 out pressure-washers and treating the sidewalks with disinfectant solution and removing contaminants from vermin dens to clothing piles that could be harboring disease, Butler said. Other areas cleaned last week were Towne and Stanford avenues, between Fifth and Seventh streets. Plans call for tackling one- to two-block segments every day until the entire neighborhood has been cleaned. The Operation Healthy Streets team has not yet finalized plans for how to maintain the cleaned sidewalks and roads. As the work is completed, officials intend to chart the costs and submit the numbers to City Administrative Office Miguel Santana, Vargas said. Crews are also revisiting streets that have been cleaned to assess how quickly conditions deteriorate. Those factors will ultimately guide the team’s maintenance strategy, she said. Results of a Ruling The cleanup is long overdue in the eyes of
ics of the city’s response, including homeless advocacy group the Los Angeles Community Action Network, which helped orchestrate the lawsuit that prompted the injunction, say authorities have neglected their obligation to maintain public health standards. City officials had defended their unwillingness to remove bulky items and sidewalk pileups partly on grounds that they had nowhere to store them. The injunction mandates that all seized items (except those that pose health or safety risks) be stored for 90 days. Now, the city has a storage solution. The Temple Street warehouse will hold all bulky items left on sidewalks during the planned cleanings, Sanders said. Downtown-based nonprofit Chrysalis will operate the facility. The city also plans to reimburse the CCEA for costs associated with doubling the capacity of its voluntary storage warehouse on Seventh Street, Lopez said. Homeless individuals have kept personal belongings there for years, but until now the facility has operated at capacity, Lopez said. Additional funds, which will come from LAHSA, will help cover the personnel needed to staff the expanded warehouse.
In the first few days of the cleanups, Lopez said 28 additional people had signed up to store items. A hazardous materials expert contracted by the Department of Public Works is accompanying city crews during the daily cleanings. The consultant will identify items that pose public health concerns so they can be trashed, Butler said. All other belongings will go to the Temple Street warehouse, where they will be held for 90 days. By Thursday afternoon, only four items had been taken to that facility, she said. All other items found on the sidewalk were deemed health hazards and destroyed, she said. The LAHSA outreach team is informing people living on the streets about the warehouse and directing them to the CCEA’s facility, Griffith said. The LAHSA group is also trying to steer people to homeless services. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has appealed the Gutierrez injunction. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has yet to rule on the matter. A decision is expected this summer. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.
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fter months of overlooking a pair of regulations that prohibit blocking public sidewalks, the Los Angeles Police Department is now hardening its stance on the rules. Police officers in Central Division are being directed to enforce a city law against sitting or sleeping on sidewalks during the day, and another law that forbids people from leaving their property on sidewalks, said Central Area Capt. Horace Frank. The move is an attempt by Central officials to capitalize on newly sanitized Skid Row streets, Frank said. City crews began a major neighborhood cleaning operation, called Operation Healthy Streets, on Tuesday, power-washing and disinfecting the sidewalks where hundreds bed down every night. On the evening after the first day of cleaning, on Gladys Avenue, three patrol cars were seen parked in the middle of the newly sterilized street. Officers told people not to camp out on the sidewalks before 9 p.m. Under the terms of a 2007
settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union, street sleeping is permitted between that time and 6 a.m. Authorities have generally overlooked Los Angeles Municipal Code 41.18(d), the street sitting and sleeping ban, and LAMC 56.11, which forbids leaving property on sidewalks, since June 2011, when a federal judge ordered the city to stop seizing and destroying apparently abandoned property. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez’s injunction was intended to protect the belongings of the homeless when they went inside to access social services. “For some time we were very reticent to enforce those two codes because of the injunction,” Frank said. “But the injunction does not allow people to accumulate stuff or store it. It says that if you’re going to take someone’s property, you can’t destroy it.” As part of its ongoing cleanup, the city opened a new storage facility at Temple and Alameda streets where officials can haul items taken from sidewalks. The injunction requires the city to store such property for 90 days. The city is also funding
a doubling in capacity at the Central City East Association’s voluntary storage warehouse for the homeless in Skid Row. Estela Lopez, executive director of the CCEA, welcomed news that the department plans to step up enforcement of sidewalk laws. Without the move, she said, the city risks allowing the newly cleaned streets to return to their cluttered, contaminated conditions. Frank’s push, however, does not have the full blessing of city lawyers, who are still fighting the Gutierrez injunction. Jane Usher, a special assistant to City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, said she urged the Central brass to maintain a soft stance on LAMC 56.11 — the sidewalk property rule. “We need to establish a relationship of trust with the residents of Skid Row,” Usher said. “With regard to 56.11, I said, ‘Let’s let Operation Healthy Streets complete and evaluate the public safety situation once we’re done.’ But enforcement on these code sections is always within the discretion of the LAPD. We simply give advice.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.
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HEALTH The Weight-ing Game What Age Is Appropriate for Pumping Iron? by Ginny Frizzi
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t can be a weighty decision for parents. Should their children be allowed to work out with weights? If so, at what age? What are the pros and cons? The place to begin any discussion is to learn about the growth plate, an important part of the anatomy of children and teens. According to the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the growth plate — also known as the epiphyseal plate or physis — is the area of growing tissue near the ends of the long bones in children and adolescents. Each long bone has at least two growth plates (one at each end) that determine the future length and shape of the mature bone. When growth is complete during ado-
lescence, the growth plates close and are replaced by solid bone. The growth plates are the weakest part of the growing skeleton and are vulnerable to injuries, including fractures. According to the NIH, one-third of growth plate injuries are the result of sports such as football, gymnastics or basketball. Another 20% are caused by recreational activities such as skateboarding, sledding or skiing. An injury that would cause a sprain in an adult can cause serious injury in a child. It is important that a child not do exercises or workouts that can damage the growth plate. Len Saunders, who wrote his master’s thesis on the subject, believes that children and teens can benefit from using weights. “In my experience, you can use weights at almost any age. I’ve seen them start as early as
7 or 8. It shouldn’t be controversial as long as they are used in a controlled manner,” he says. Weight training has a special appeal for young athletes. Saunders, the author of Keeping Kids Fit, notes that some young people get interested in working out with weights when they see others using them. “For example, the freshmen on a high school football team may look at the seniors who work out with weights,” he said. “They figure, ‘If they can do it, so can I,’ but don’t realize the older guys have been doing it for quite a while.” Marc Sickel, founder of Fitness for Health, recommends that kids not use weights until about seventh grade because their bodies are still changing and maturing. Experts agree that weight training must be done properly under the supervision of a qualified trainer. Weight machines are now being specially designed and made for children. Even if they are too young to lift weights, children can do other workouts that will help them develop physically. Sickel recommends younger children use their own body weight, performing isometric exercises like squats and pushups or using bands that leverage the child’s own flexibility. “I’m all for kids starting early, especially as the childhood obesity rate rises in this computer/video game age. Proper exercise at a young age can help build the foundation for
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It failed, but a new version of the bill was brought Check Our Website for Full Movie Listings LADowntownNews.com by RichaRd Guzmán to Uganda’s Parliament this past city editoR February. hen Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine read about Mwine said Missionary Position focuses an anti-homosexuality bill the Ugandan governon the increasing resistance to the state’s oppresment was considering in 2009, he took it as a call to acsion of homosexuality. His message is honed by Emily tion. After all, some acts were punishable by death. Hoffman, who co-directs the play along with Mwine. As a Ugandan American with dual citizenship, Mwine recognized something “I was very interested in exploring these voices of resistance that could affect his Ugandan friends and family — under the proposed legislaand what inspires bravery in people,” said Hoffman. News be considered a crime. tion, even not reporting someone.A whoowisnto gay wncould Documentary Approach .com/L .D k o o b ce Fa StartsMissionary June 8 Position involves numerous documentary-style eleAmong the many interesting elements of Mwine’s activism is that he is not gay. As a self-described “straight ally” of the homosexual community, and as an artist, he felt ments. In addition to the characters, there is the text — much of it a responsibility to respond to the rabid homophobia gripping his country. is taken directly from the words spoken to Mwine in the interviews. The result is A Missionary Position, a multimedia one-man show that will have One character who comes up in the show is David Kato, its world premiere at REDCAT June 28-July 1. a Ugandan gay rights activist who was killed in 2011 after a The production incorporates video, photography and interviews by Mwine, newspaper printed his picture and identified him as a gay man. who spent months in Uganda documenting various figures involved with the Under his photo ran the words “Hang Them.” Check Our Website for Full Movie Listings LADowntownNews.com issue. “The priest monologue ends with the death of the activist The video and photography will be mixed with Mwine’s live portraits of four David Kato,” Hoffman said. “The next monologue begins at characters: a Ugandan government official, a transgender sex worker, a gay the funeral of David Kato, so they speak to each other but also priest and a lesbian activist. All were inspired by his interviews. stand alone as monologues.” “I discovered there is a really vibrant community and people who One obvious question is why a show that focuses on isare doing incredible work. There are so many incredible voices and sues in a country 10,000 miles away is being presented in Los we needed to hear these voices,” he said. “But I didn’t want to do Angeles. For Mwine and Hoffman, it’s a mission to spread a documentary. I wanted to meld some of the video footage I shot the word about injustice and, hopefully, force action, whethStarts June 15action starts abroad or in the United States. or and some of the [photographs] I shot while I was there with these er that s.com ew nN ow nt w Do at er rn co r right hand llist voices and create a performance piece.” “One thing that is really important for us as Americans in the uppe /forms/mai -NEWS Look for this symbowl w.ladowntownnews.com E Mwine is an actor whose credits include roles in films such to realize is the role that American evangelical pastors have w P U N IG S as 2006’s Blood Diamond and the TV shows “Treme,” “Heroes” had in going to Uganda and fanning this flame of hoand “CSI.” He is also an adjunct professor at the USC School mophobia,” Hoffman said. “We’re actually quite culpable of Theatre. He has been rehearsing for the Downtown Los directly, or some of our countrymen are.” Angeles show in one of the school’s classrooms. Local gay rights activists see Missionary Position as an He is also experienced at documenting issues affecting important work for everyone interested in equal rights. his country and turning them into art. One of those championing the show is Christopher His first work as a playwright, Biro, came in 2003. It Gable, a gay activist and member of St. Thomas of Check Our Website for Full Movie Listings LADowntownNews.com was also a multimedia solo performance piece, with a the Apostle, an Episcopal church in Hollywood, plot concerning an HIV-positive Ugandan who comes “I don’t think this is just a theater piece,” said to the United States illegally to seek treatment. It preGable, who is an acquaintance of Mwine. “I miered at Uganda’s National Theatre and was later think it’s a call to action and we all need to be staged in New York at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre. called. It’s a very dire situation for these peoIt was a New York Times critic’s pick. ple. This is a life and death issue for them.” Voices of the Oppressed Although Mwine is presenting the show Mwine said that the intent of Missionary Position is in Los Angeles, he said there could be to give a voice to those who are in theowshadows ofs their repercussions abroad. He noted that if wnNew /L.A.D nto m o .c k o o b oppressors. the government passes the proposed Face “There are times when you see conflict or social issues bill, he could be subject to a five-year that come up and you’re either on the sidelines and part of prison sentence when he returns to Starts June 22 the problem, or you lend your skills to further the effort,” Uganda just for performing a piece he said. “With this I felt like I couldn’t just sit on the sideabout homosexuality. lines.” A Missionary Position runs June 28While it was never accepted, Mwine said that homoJuly 1 at REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., sexuality in Uganda had long been treated as a secret not to be (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org. 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his is the fifth year of the Psomas Paper Yacht Challenge. I’m not really surprised by how it has done. I think the people who attend, as silly as it sounds, really enjoy the experience and they wind up telling friends and business associates. I think it’s successful for the reasons that we created the event: a) it’s fun, and b) it’s a way of acknowledging a local charity and making a contribution. “Every year it grows a little, but the vision I have is really long term. I want City National Plaza, where the event takes place, to have a circus atmosphere with 800 people. “A lot of people early on thought it was a nutty idea, and it is a nutty idea. That’s what makes it fun. You come out to the boat races and there are a lot of smiles. It’s a silly event, and for stiff, starched-shirt workers and professionals, it’s a great way to let their hair down and have a drink on the plaza and race boats. “Over the years we started adding things. We got a DJ and then added food and beverages and entertainment. We’ve had magicians and taiko drummers. This year we have a tarot card reader, the drummer again and the DJ. “For the challenge, the yachts race across the ‘Double Ascension’ sculpture in the plaza. It’s surprising to see how much time people spend on making their boats. They either think they are good at it — and probably are — or they enjoy doing it. “The one thing I think has worked out
pretty well for those making boats who want to win is trying to avoid a lot of angles, because they can get hung up on the floaties that we use for lane dividers. I think the ones that have rounded edges fare a little better. “But it’s unpredictable, because the boats are dependent on the wind, and that is either generated by the fans we have on the side of the fountain or the natural wind, and the wind can shift in the plaza. Boats can take off full speed and then halfway down the lane the wind shifts and the boats go backward. “A couple years ago someone built something in the shape of a geodesic dome. I thought it would catch the wind and it would roll all the way down the line. It didn’t do very well. That’s why the whole thing is unpredictable: You can stay up all night trying to come up with a design you think will win and it won’t necessarily happen. “We do this for a charity and every year it’s different. What I’ve been doing is working with the council person of the district. We have had a lot of good support from [Ninth District councilwoman] Jan Perry over the years. Last year we raised $9,500 for the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House. “This year the beneficiary is Para Los Niños. They’re a nonprofit providing educa-
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tion and after-school programs for needy children and they have a Downtown facility. I’d like to get past $10,000 this year. “There’s also a big silent auction. We have close to 40 items. There are things like a Dodgers VIP package, which is valued at $1,000 and includes tickets and parking and all-you-can-eat food. The starting bid is $300. “There are also a lot of experiences with local elected officials, like a harbor boat ride with Councilman Joe Buscaino and lunch with Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. I’ve asked all of the elected officials to step up and some of them are very supportive and gracious by allowing themselves to be auctioned. “A lot of people early on were skeptical that this would be successful. I’m not in the
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Thursday, June 28 X Games L.A. Live, 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6020 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. June 28-July 1: Gather around L.A. Live for the annual bonanza of extreme sports. The event takes over Staples Center, Nokia Theatre and surrounding parking lots. Cowabunga. Dana Spiotta and Janet Fitch at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org. 7 p.m.: The struggles of an artist’s life are examined through a modern urban lens by two critically acclaimed novelists, Dana Spiotta and Janet Fitch. Robert Barry at MOCA 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 626-6222 or moca.org. 7 p.m.: Artist Robert Barry discusses of his work featured in MOCA’s Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974. Expect a California focus.
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et a good stretch in and watch “Benny Lava” a couple dozen times to get ready for this week’s installment of Dance Downtown. Bollywood and Bhangra are the dances du jour for the celebrated education/ personal empowerment series on Friday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m. Vast cinematic epics and popular styles from the Indian sub-continent will keep you moving until the music stops at 10 p.m. Best of all, the al fresco event on the Music Center Plaza is free and includes dance instruction for all. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 9727211 or musiccenter.org.
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June 30: Flamenco night with Fanny Ara and Manuel Gutierrez. Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. June 25, 8 p.m.: June residency features local rockers The Colourist and Blondfire with Kitten and Monokino. July 26, 8 p.m.: Scott Lucas & The Married Men celebrate their new collection of stringy, expansive rock. June 27, 7:30 p.m.: On point a capella with an eye for the contemporary, Sonos proves that there’s no synth quite like the human vocal box. The Human Beatbox proved that long ago. June 28, 8 p.m.: The Heavy are a buzzing, frenetic mix tape of genres and grooves. Embrace the mad checkered frenzy. June 30, 8 p.m.: Punchy garage rock from The Soft Pack, Abe Vigoda and Dunes. July 1, 6:30 p.m.: Brendan Hines with a little rock for your Sunday evening. Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la. June 28, 10 p.m.: HM Soundsystem’s electronica variety show Broader Than Broadway. Casey’s Irish Pub 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. June 29, 10 p.m.: The Terrapin revives hard rock. Watch the musicians come out of their shells. June 30, 10 p.m.: Rock by committee with Planets. Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com. June 25, 7:30 p.m.: The search for the next Freddie Mercury is on. Hard shoes to fill, yes, but vaunted entertainment for all as the Queen Experience takes the stage. Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com. June 28, 9 p.m.: Thriller with Starkillers and mad DJ mastermind Swedish Egil. Grand Performances California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., (213) 687-2159 or grandperformances.org. July 1, 8 p.m.: Experience treasures from the George Gershwin songbook. The program “From Broadway to Catfish Row” brings pianists Alan Chapman and Victoria Kirsch; sopranos Karen Benjamin and Shana Blake Hill; tenor Haqumai Waring Sharpe; and bass-baritone Cedric Berry. Nola’s 734 E. Third St., (213) 680-3003 or nolasla.com. June 25: Aalon. June 26: Sharon Ridley on piano and vocals. June 27: Aalon again. June 29: Rick Olson Group. June 30: Tease Band. One-Eyed Gypsy 901 East First St., (626) 340-3529 or one-eyedgypsy.com.
Giants (June 25-27). Then they come home to face the New York Mets. Los Angeles Sparks Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 929-1300 or wnba.com/sparks. The Sparks are off to a strong start this year, rattling off nine wins against only three losses at press time. That’s thanks in no small part to a healthy Candace Parker who, surprise, is leading the team in scoring with 19.8 points per game. This year, Parker’s got help from standout rookie Nneka Ogwumike, who is chipping in 15 points per game. This week, Parker, Ogwumike and the rest of your Los Angeles Sparrrrrrrrrrrks are on the road, with games in Tulsa (June 26) and then San Antonio (June 28). —Ryan Vaillancourt
Regal Cinemas LA Live 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 835-5734 or lalive.com. Through June 28: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and 10 p.m.); Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D (12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8 and 11 p.m.); Brave (1:10, 4:10, 7 and 9:50 p.m.); Brave 3D (12, 2:30, 5, 7:50 and 10:40 p.m.); Rock of Ages (12:10, 3:20, 6:30 and 9:40 p.m.); That’s My Boy (1:40, 4:40, 7:40 and 10:30 p.m.); Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (1, 3:50, 6:30 and 9:10 p.m.); Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 3D (12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:20 and 9:50 p.m.); Prometheus (12:30, 3:40, 6:50 and 10 p.m.); Prometheus 3D (1:20, 4:30, 7:40 and 10:50 p.m.); Snow White and the Huntsman (12:50, 4, 7;10 and 10:20 p.m.); Men in Black III (1:30, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:40 p.m.); Marvel’s The Avengers (12, 3:10, 6:40 and 10:10 p.m.).
June 27, 10 p.m.: RT and the 44s. June 29, 10 p.m.: Shoot it up with AK and her Kalashnikovs. June 30, 10 p.m.: JT Ross. Orpheum 842 S. Broadway, (877) 677-4386 or laorpheum.com. June 29, 8 p.m.: If you like bubbly rock or bands that rhyme with wean, check out Keane. Redwood Bar and Grill 316 W. Second St., (213) 652-4444 or theredwoodbar.com. June 25: Frank Fairfield’s distinctive Americana. June 26: Dirty Ed Tuesday. June 29: Jeff Hershey & The Heartbeats with Adam Bones, Images and the Bellhaunts. June 30: Fangs on Fur, Igor Spectre and Bloodpenny. Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la. June 26: Audiences at Seven Grand declare “Go ahead, make my day,” because the Makers’ improvisational jazz is hard like Dirty Harry, not soft like Clint Eastwood’s new reality show or deeply bigoted (in a secretly sentimental way) like Gran Torino. The Smell 247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org. June 26: The Men, Destruction Unit, Tropical Popsicle and Zig Zags. June 29: Brown and Blue, Run-On Sunshine, Hug Of War, Brodie Foster Hubbard. Summer on the Plaza FIGat7th, 735, S. Figueroa St. or artsbrookfield.com. June 27, 12:30 p.m.: Bluegrass for a new generation with the Andy Rau Band.
THEATER, OPERA & DANCE A Missionary Position REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org. June 28-June 30, 8:30 p.m.; July 1, 7 p.m.: A Missionary Position is a multimedia solo work written and performed by Ugandan American artist Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine. It’s his response to the rampant homophobia now gripping Uganda. See story p. 16. Closer Loft Ensemble, 929 E. Second St., (213) 680-0392 or loftensemble.org. June 30, 8 p.m. and July 1, 7 p.m.: In Closer, four lives intertwine over the course of four and a half years in a densely plotted look at modern love and betrayal. Why is modern love always followed by betrayal? Through July 29. Fiesta The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 1345 W. First St., (213) 250-9995 or bobbakermarionettes.com. June 30-July 1, 2:30 p.m.: Fiesta is a south of the border marionette extravaganza featuring everything from skating sombreros to dancing cacti. It was first presented at the theater in 1964 and the production still resonates with children of all ages. Call for reservations. Los Otros Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 9727231 or centertheatregroup.com. June 28-30, 8 p.m. and July 1, 1 and 6:30 p.m.: The unique Southern California experience is celebrated in Los Otros, the candid, intimate song cycles of a Mexican-American man growing up in Carlsbad and a San Diego native reminiscing about her encounters with the Mexican community. Through July 1. War Horse Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-
FILM Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. June 25, 9 p.m.: Short film premieres galore at another installation of “Salute Your Shorts.” IMAX Theater California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 7442019 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, bravery and triumph in Hubble 3D, the seventh awe-inspiring film from the awardwinning IMAX Space Team. Last Remaining Seats Million Dollar Theater, 307 S. Broadway, (213) 6232489 or laconservancy.org. June 27, 8 p.m.: Douglas Fairbanks embodies the great bandit Robin Hood at the Orpheum.
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MUSEUMS California Science Center 700 State Drive, (323) 724-3623 or californiasciencecenter.org. Through December 31: The only West Coast appearance of Cleopatra: The Exhibition at the California Science Center. The 13,000-square-foot exhibit features the largest collection of Cleopatra-era artifacts from Egypt ever assembled in the U.S. From the producers of the King Tut exhibition. Ongoing: Science in Toyland presents physics through favorite kids toys. This hands on exhibit engages museum visitors with Dominos, Sails and Roller Coasters in a fun, but informational primer on friction, momentum and chain reactions. Ongoing: The Science Center’s permanent exhibits are usually interactive and focus on human innovations and inventions as well as the life processes of living things. The lobby Science Court stays busy with the High Wire Bicycle, a Motion-Based Simulator, the Ecology Cliff Climb and Forty Years of Space Photography. The human body is another big focus: The Life Tunnel aims to show the connections between all life forms, from the single-celled amoeba to the 100-trillion-celled human being. The new Ecosystems exhibit explores how life on Earth is shaped by geophysical and biological processes.
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