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IN THIS ISSUE

Election 2022 coverage continues

On the Boulevard

New tenants announced at Mercantile

n Meet the candidates

SUMMER CAMPS and School News.

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Elections for Mayor, Councilmembers and more are nearing with the June 7 primary. Last month we interviewed candidates for the Board of Supervisors, Third District. This month, we profile candidates for City Council District Five starting on Page 2 in Section 2.

Also profiled this month are candidates for City Attorney and City Controller, on pages 4 and 6, respectively, in Section 2.

Next month, read our reportage on candidates running for Council District 13, and we also will discuss Mayoral aspirants.

LPGA returns to Wilshire on April 20 to 24

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The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) will return to the Wilshire Country Club April 20 to 24. The event returns for its fourth year, and it will welcome fans back to the championship — in person — for the first time since 2019.

The tournament will feature 144 of the world’s best female golf professionals competing over 72 holes for a share of the $1.5 million purse.

Tickets are on sale starting at $25 for one-day grounds tickets. Visit la-open.com for more information.

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n Six on board to set up shop on Boulevard

AT THE GARDEN PARTY. Standing, left to right: Judy Zeller, Judy Reidel, Blake Robin, Annie Baker, Myrna Gintel, Lizzie Blatt and Karlene Taylor; Seated, left to right: Anita Schonfield, Cecile Keshishian, Ramona Selby and Lestrita Boardman.

Society serves afternoon tea

By Suzan Filipek Residents sampled finger foods and refreshments on fine china at the Windsor SquareHancock Park Historical Society’s annual Afternoon Tea on Feb. 27. Some 100 guests enjoyed the warm, spring-like afternoon in the backyard of Patty Lombard and Bill Simon’s home in Fremont Place.

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retz and Mitch O’Farrell — whose redrawn districts each include a part of the Chronicle area’s neighborhoods — addressed the crowd. Twist Café on La Brea Avenue and Pondicherry Dry Goods of Brookside provided luncheon fare. The fundraiser supports the Society’s education and beautification efforts in the neighborhood.

Larchmont 2021 survey released n Community Zoom is planned for Thurs., April 14

By Billy Taylor The Larchmont 2021 group recently released its survey results with plans to present the findings at a community conversation later this month on Thurs., April 14.

The survey, which was developed using SurveyMonkey, asked online participants about topics germane to Larchmont,

such as parking, restaurants, dining in the street, serving of alcoholic beverages, trees, sidewalks and trash, to help identify community needs and potential improvements for the Boulevard.

According to its organizers, 1,024 survey results were received, with 881 coming from See Survey, p 27

By Billy Taylor As the Larchmont Mercantile building prepares for its big opening, several more tenants have been confirmed.

Clean beauty product retailer Credo, Los Angeles-based women’s denim brand Hidden Jeans and fragrance shop The Scent Room are among the first six retailers to sign leases at the newly-renovated building, located at 124½ to 148 N. Larchmont Blvd. The three previously-announced tenants include Holey Grail Donuts, Skin Laundry and Boba the Great.

Although an opening date for the building has not yet been released, a representative for Christina Development told the Chronicle last month that more details will be announced soon.

POLA In other news on the Boulevard, there is a new retailer See On the Blvd., p 27

Design for Living

Our annual home and lifestyle section wll be featured in the May issue of the Larchmont Chronicle. Advertising deadline is Mon., April 11. For more information contact Pam Rudy, 323-4622241, ext. 11.

Mayoral candidate series continues at Ebell of Los Angeles n City Attorney is second interviewee in series

The “2022 Mayoral Series: Meet the Candidates” continued last month with Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer at the Ebell of Los Angeles.

The series is being presented in conjunction with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall. Moderator is Dan Schnur, politics professor at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine.

The series continues with U.S Congresswoman Karen Bass on Tues., May 17. To register, visit lawacth.org.

MAYORAL HOPEFUL Mike Feuer, right, talks with moderator Dan Schnur at Ebell of Los Angeles.

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By John Welborne This is your newspaper; thank you Since its founding in 1963, the Larchmont Chronicle has existed to serve its readers and the advertisers who provide services to us readers. “Thank you” to our readers for showing your support and using the reply envelopes that we enclosed in February. And “thank you” to our loyal advertisers.

Spring is here. Enjoy!

Fri., April 1 – April Fools’ Day. Mon., April 4 – Forum with all five candidates for City Council District 13 is at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Visit windsorsquare. org/cd13forum to register.

Wed., April 13 – Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council Board of Directors Meeting via Zoom, 6:30 p.m.

Check greaterwilshire.org for sign-in information.

Fri., April 15 – First night of Passover and Good Friday.

Sun., April 17 – Easter.

Mon., April 18 – Tax deadline.

Thurs., April 28 – Larchmont Chronicle May issue delivered.

That’s the question inquiring photographer Caroline Tracy asked locals along Larchmont Boulevard.

Letters to the Editor Patience with Giorgio

Thanks to Helene Seifer for her perceptive and compassionate reporting on Giorgio [“Giorgio, Village regular, still in need of help,” March 2022].

She nails it when she writes, “It takes a village and a whole lot of patience…” to address chronic homelessness.

Susana de Sola Funsten Hancock Park

Meat Loaf and Mrs. Aday

Thanks to Paula Panich for her fine article about her experience with Meat Loaf’s mother. [“A word or two about Meat Loaf (1947-2022) and his mother, Mrs. Aday,” March 2022.”] It was a dissimilar and wonderfully readable tribute to him and brings home in a unique way the obstacles one must overcome to achieve something in life; things that

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‘What do you think of restaurant seating taking parking spaces on Larchmont?’

are generally unknowable to the public.

Tony Medley Fremont Place

Saving Larchmont

Regarding the March 2022 story where Barry Greenberg writes (on Page 3): “My colleague Mark Robert had bought me a bulletproof vest from a costume shop. I had no idea whether it was real, and we’d also been given last-generation walkie-talkies from the LAPD.” It was a real bulletproof vest.

Mark Robert North Hollywood

“I think it makes Larchmont feel more vibrant; being able to pass neighbors and visitors enjoying themselves outside adds to the community feel.

I do wish they would make it official, because maybe then the spaces could be built out with more effort, adding to the charm of the neighborhood.”

Cara Epstein Larchmont Village

Memories of Larchmont

It was so interesting to read this [“Remembering ‘Chronicle’ historian and his wife and daughter,” Oct. 2021]. My grandmother and cousin both lived in the Hancock [Park] area, Lucerne and Plymouth respectively, from the ’30s to the ’90s, and were very involved with Ebell, being members for many years. Whenever we’d visit them, we’d go shopping on Larchmont or go up to the Farmers Market. My cousin, Dorothy Parish, probably knew Constance Kurtzworth through Ebell. The Larchmont area was my second home. Quite an era.

Bettie Rikansrud Julian, Calif.

“The increased outdoor dining space seems like it’s worth the lost parking spots. I’ve never seen the Boulevard more lively. It’s like Paris. Sort of.”

Jonathan Goldstein Windsor Square

Basketball is back

Thank you for the great article by Jim [Kalin]. We are so happy to be playing. We are fortunate to have the support of families like the Kalins. [“After absence, SBBA and youth basketball are back,” March 2022.]

Abel De Luna St. Brendan Basketball Assn.

Write us at letters@larchmontchronicle.com. Include your name, contact information and where you live. We reserve the right to edit for space and grammar.

“I understand both sides and want to support the restaurants that we know and love, but L.A. is a very car-centric city and finding parking is a hassle. I heard that in New York they are encouraged to occupy the space in bike lanes. Not sure about that, either, but I think they at least made them look nice and more permanent there.”

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Neighborhood activities show signs of a return to normal

By John Welborne, Nona Friedman and Billy Taylor In-person events are coming back. Life is getting closer to “normal.”

For example, Chevalier’s Books hosted — in person, at its Larchmont store on March 7 — some puppets and humans from the Bob Baker Marionette Theater (BBMT). The puppets gave a short performance as part of introducing the new book, “Enchanted Strings: Bob Baker Marionette Theater.”

The book was reviewed in the January 2022 Larchmont Chronicle.

That book event followed another in-store event on March 2 on a decidedly different topic: bartending!

Joining authors Cedd Moses and Erik Cardona to talk about their new book, “Pouring with Heart,” was interviewer Darryl Holter of Hancock Park. Holter is one half of the local duo (with Bert Deixler

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AT CHEVALIER’S BOOKS, Head Puppeteer Alex Evans and BBMT executive Winona Bechtle presented puppets and their new book last month.

“POURING WITH HEART” authors Cedd Moses and Erik Cardona discussed their book at Chevalier’s with co-owner Darryl Holter (left to right).

of Windsor Square) that saved the oldest independent bookstore in Los Angeles by buying it and moving it to its present Boulevard home — its third in its 82-year history on Larchmont — at 133 N. Larchmont Blvd.

The Marionette Theater is having another in-person event on Sat., April 9 at Los Angeles State Historic Park. This event

will feature a carnival, live music, crafts, games and, of course, puppets. The event is free for everyone. Learn more at bobbakerday.com.

Also on March 2, the Wilshire Rotary Club returned to its in-person monthly luncheons at the Ebell Club.

At the luncheon, the club honored Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers

WILSHIRE ROTARY CLUB honored LAPD Reserve Officers from Olympic and Wilshire Divisions at the club’s monthly luncheon in March. Also honored at the event, held at the Ebell of Los Angeles, was Karla Ahmanson (center) of the Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation and police reserve members including her husband, Bill Ahmanson, fifth from the left.

Photo by Janice Prior

from the Olympic and Wilshire divisions as well as the great work of Hancock Park’s Karla Ahmanson and the Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation, of which Karla is co-president.

The LAPD Reserve Corps has a distinguished history of service to the community since 1947. Learn more at laprf.org.

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MOVIE IN THE PARK in Windsor Village was “Encanto.”

THRONE OF REX, King of Carnival at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, is behind Peter Landay and his niece Mary Nelson. Both of Windsor Square, they were in New Orleans in late February for the return of Carnival. They are descendants of the original Rex.

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People are not only getting out of their houses again,

they also are traveling longer distances. Windsor Square denizens Peter and Suz Landay, along with niece Mary Nelson, flew to New Orleans

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Join Us As We Meet the Candidates for City Council District 13

We cordially invite you to a forum with the five candidates running to be our Los Angeles City Councilmember. You may recall that Windsor Square is now part of City Council District 13 due to the recent redistricting. Our upcoming April 4 candidate forum is hosted by: the Larchmont Boulevard Association, the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association, and the Windsor Square Association, all located in the new CD 13.

The forum on April 4, at 7 o’clock, will be a very special evening — our best opportunity to hear from the five different candidates: Albert Corado, Steve Johnson, Mitch O’Farrell (the incumbent), Kate Pynoos, and Hugo Soto-Martinez. Their views often diverge. Attend to learn about them. Much is at stake for our neighborhoods.

We are fortunate to have our own Windsor Square neighbor, Mike Murphy, as the forum moderator. You may have seen Mike on MSNBC, or you may know of his work at USC, where he is Co-Director of the Center for the Political Future. Mike promises to engage the candidates in a lively exploration of the issues that are facing our neighborhoods and the city.

April 4, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

Please register in advance for this meeting: windsorsquare.org/cd13forum After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Windsor Square Association, an all-volunteer group of residents from 1100 households between Beverly and Wilshire and Van Ness and Arden, works to preserve and enhance our beautiful neighborhood. Join with us! Drop us a line at 325 N. Larchmont Blvd., #158, Los Angeles, CA 90004, or visit our website at windsorsquare.org.

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for the return of the annual Mardi Gras parades and balls this year. The year 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the Rex Organization. In 1872, Lewis J. Salomon was the first Rex, King of Carnival.

Anticipating a visit from the royal family of Russia in 1872, and therefore wanting their own royalty to greet the Russians, cotton merchant Salomon and a group of fun-loving prominent citizens including the newspaper owner and various bankers, got together to raise the $5,000 necessary to pay for a parade, parties and a ball. Mardi Gras is now one of the biggest events in the U.S. and, perhaps, the world.

Peter Landay is the great grandson of Lewis Salomon and was so recognized on March 1st at the Rex Ball, where Landay was awarded a ducal medallion similar to that presented to his famous ancestor. You can view four

hours of the 2022 Rex Ball on YouTube at bit.ly/36HObL5 — with Peter’s first appearance at about the one hour, 37-minute mark!

Families in Windsor Village (Wilshire to Olympic, Crenshaw to Lucerne) also are getting out and about. The Windsor Village Association (WVA) hosted its first Movie in the Park event in two years on Sat., March 12, screening the Oscar-nominated movie “Encanto” to an enthusiastic crowd of almost 100 neighbors.

The free event — in Harold A. Henry Park in the center of Windsor Village — was welcomed by children and parents as the return of a well-loved tradition.

The WVA distributed free popcorn and candy, and neighbor Ikuno Kim offered Krispy Kreme donuts to the gathered residents. WVA president Barbara Pflaumer recounted to us: “It was a terrific event

that will be repeated again in the fall.”

In February, members of Las Madrinas gathered in person to present to Bonnie McClure, chair of the Associates and Affiliates of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), a $2.5 million contribution to the hospital on behalf of the Las Madrinas members. The gift — a record for Las Madrinas — resulted from a year in which 56 families were honored in December at a combined 2020-2021 Debutante Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The funds complete the $5 million Las Madrinas Endowment for the Chief of Neurology Chair and the Neurological Institute Epilepsy Program. A portion of the gift also marks the beginning of a new $5 million pledge to the Las Madrinas Diagnostic Innovation Endowment at CHLA. (Please turn to page 6)

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At the luncheon, 11 Las Madrinas members were honored for their extraordinary generosity to the organization and the hospital, including Ann Dobson Barrett, Hilary Esketh Crahan, Diane Trasky Hawley, Alison Shea Knoll, Annabel Darling Montgomery, Jaclyn Allison Hill Quinlan, Alison Lynch Reilly, Anne Milias Ryan, Alison Holland Thompson, Megan Lynch Webber and Shannon Seiter Williamson.

Their names will be added to the Las Madrinas Plaque displayed in the lobby of CHLA. An additional six members were honored with the newly created Las Madrinas Butterfly Plaque, which is designed to recognize existing Plaque Honorees for their continued beneficence. The Las Madrinas Butterfly Honorees are Sarah Keller Cox, the late Michele McGarry Crahan, Megan McLeod Hernandez, Sarah

NEW MEMBERS of Las Madrinas include (left to right) Sujie Ha Min, Mary Catherine Kribs Loureiro and Neville Wallis Anderson. Not pictured is new member Elaine Paul Seidel.

LAS MADRINAS’ newly honored members include, from left to right, Hilary Esketh Crahan, Ann Dobson Barrett, Diane Trasky Hawley, Alison Shea Knoll, Annabel Darling Montgomery, Jaclyn Allison Hill Quinlan, Megan Lynch Webber, Alison Lynch Reilly, Anne Milias Ryan, Alison Holland Thompson and Shannon Seiter Williamson.

Mage Keller, Kathleen Leavey McCarthy and Elayne Griffin Techentin.

The new board of directors

for 2022 was elected, and three new Las Madrinas members — Sujie Ha Min, Mary Catherine Kribs Loureiro and Neville

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The crowds continued to gather in mid-March, albeit outdoors in the case of Big Sunday. The organization’s seventh annual gala welcomed 300 people and honored Larchmont locals Charlie Hess and Aliza Lesser.

The event was held March 13 on the playground of Baldwin Hills Elementary School, where Big Sunday has painted many murals over past years. The Blue Breeze Band performed, and Bludso’s Bar & Que catered. Local

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photographer Joel Lipton directed Big Sunday’s signature “Something in Common” photo project, and local artist Cathy Weiss oversaw her sun mosaic project. The gala had 50 generous sponsors and featured its first online auction.

Kendis Wilbourne and Wells Fargo Bank also were honored.

Many Assistance League of Los Angeles volunteers and beneficiaries were out and about in nearby Hollywood on March 16. “Not one, not two but three dresses!” was just the start of what girls who attended carried away from the 12th annual Prom Day! The happy event took place at the League’s new chapter house after a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19.

Prom Day! is a pop-up boutique (organized by the Assistance League’s Operation School Bell) that helps more than 200 at-risk, homeless and foster students of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) each year.

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PROM DAY! shoppers look through one of the many racks of dresses.

EXHILARATED SENIORS with their goods after shopping for prom. From left to right are Ofelia Collazo, Ashley Rosen and Sarah Segura.

Photos by Nona Sue Friedman

ART GALLERY at Helms Design Center was the setting for the art exhibition “The Chance To Paint Each Other Gold,” about artists Inksap and Linda Lack, along with the premiere of the documentary “Ink & Linda.”

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The students receive party attire so they can attend their proms.

All of the items available were brand new, and the quality and quantity of merchandise was impressive.

There were racks of colorful and sequined dresses, shelves filled with shoes and tables covered with jewelry, shawls and hair accessories. A bonus this year was that everyone received a rolling suitcase to fill with jeans, sweatshirts and skin care products. The amount of stuff each girl left with was extraordinary.

Sarah Segura, a senior at Grant High School, said the event was “overwhelming in the best possible way. I feel privileged to have been chosen [to come] and grateful to be here.” Ashley Rosen, another senior at Grant High School, said of the event: “It’s so well organized, with such good,

positive energy. It’s more than I ever imagined.”

Each girl was chosen by her school counselor based upon academic excellence.

All attendees are on track to graduate high school. With thousands of LAUSD students being homeless, the district is especially appreciative of this event. “The school counselors look forward to this event all year. It gets the kids excited for prom,” said Dr. Denise Miranda, Director of Student Support Programs at LAUSD. A further sign of getting back to normal is attendance at artrelated events. The museums and art galleries in and around the Miracle Mile are seeing increased visitation, as are such spaces elsewhere in the city. An outing to the Helms Design Center in Culver City for the March 5 premiere of a new documentary featuring her work with street artist Inksap (Brandon Lam) found Windsor Square’s Linda Lack, Ph.D. greeting friends and

WINDSOR SQUARE dancer / choreographer and healer Linda Lack, Ph.D. is a muse for street artist Inksap (Brandon Lam), here presenting their artistic process performance after the documentary film premiere. Inksap made more than a half-dozen ink paintings of Linda in different poses.

admirers curious about Lack’s recent activities with the young street artist.

Through the documentary “Ink & Linda,” written and directed by Stuart C. Paul, guests learned about the recent years of the two artists’ collaboration. Learn more at inkandlinda.com.

All this activity is proof: there definitely are signs of life getting back to normal.

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Upper, lower desert to the slopes on whirlwind short trip

HORSEBACK RIDING in Murray Canyon in Palm Springs gives a taste of the Old West.

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By Suzan Filipek On a short trip last month, we traveled from Los Angeles to the lower desert in Palm Springs, to the upper desert of Joshua Tree, and, finally, to reach higher elevations at Big Bear — all in four days.

Our adventure began in the Indian Canyons in Palm Springs, where we saddled up at Smoke Tree Stables for a ride up through rocky and steep terrain, through lush palm groves and over ice-cold streams.

Our group’s guide, Ed, told stories of roping cattle, while another wrangler spoke in an East Texas drawl as we trekked across tribal land in Murray Canyon. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has called this area home for, well, a long time.

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RECENT SNOWFALL at Big Bear made for perfect ski conditions.

if the elusive bighorn sheep were on a dry mountain slope just ahead. None today, he said, as he pointed to green tops of palm trees in the distance in Palm Canyon. “It has the largest fan palm oasis in the country,” he said.

Afterward, we treated ourselves to a margarita and guacamole at lively Las Casuelas Terraza in Downtown Palm Springs. For dinner, a European-themed restaurant near our Airbnb satisfied our yen for refined dining before resuming our adventure through the desert outback. (I had the branzino with potato gnocchi and my husband chose the shrimp fra diavolo.)

The next day, we traveled 45 minutes northeast to Joshua Tree National Park, where the twisted branches of the tree that gives the area its name add a Dr. Seuss-like quality to the landscape.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of a former Southern Belle, Minerva Hoyt, the park was preserved in the early 20th century, though its famed Joshua trees are under threat by development and climate change. The rugged boulders and sand-washed rocks against

spiny cactus and baby blue sky give an otherworldly feel.

We visited a friend — whose property at the edge of the park draws roadrunners, rabbits, migratory birds and the occasional coyote — before continuing our journey on Old Woman Springs Road. (If time permits, consider lunch at La Copine in Flamingo Heights.

Reserve ahead, as this is a popular spot even if it seems like it’s in the middle of nowhere.)

Climbing 7,000 feet in the San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear’s lake sparkled ahead. Recent snowfall made ski conditions the next day at Bear Mountain perfect.

Safely far away from snow boarders braving flips on freestyle terrain, I stayed the course on the brilliant white (easy) slopes, while my husband traversed more difficult blue and black diamond trails.

We drove back to Los Angeles on Route 38, the Rim of the World Scenic Byway; its jaw-dropping views (if you can bear to look) live up to its name.

Back on sea level, we felt the rush of 21st-century freeway traffic as our short (maybe too short) journey came to an end.

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Next stop: more subway.

We’re building more subway stations, connecting the Westside and downtown LA. Construction of the Wilshire/La Brea Station is progressing toward completion.

Street decking removal along Wilshire Bl, between La Brea Av and Highland Av, will begin in late April for 10 consecutive weekends.

Connect to the project at metro.net/purple.

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Bert Lane, 95: Helped build a YMCA and a local baseball field

By Suzan Filipek Bert Lane was a familiar face in the neighborhood, from overseeing a popular summertime baseball field on Second Street to helping raise millions of dollars for the Hollywood / Wilshire YMCA. For two decades he joined dignitaries such as Mayor Tom Bradley, Councilman John Ferraro and Chief of Police Tom Reddin at the local Y’s Boosters Dinner, held annually at the Wilshire Country Club. At the popular community event, trips around the world and other high-priced

IN 1957, Bert Lane with sons Rob, Don (on his lap) and Jim.

items were auctioned, and cash prizes were awarded.

“He raised a lot of money. He was very involved,” his wife of 73 years, Ann Reiss Lane, told us last month.

“We had three boys who

In 2016, his three sons are in the same order with dad Bert on his 90th birthday.

were involved with the Y and participated in its summer camps. So it was mutually good for us,” Ann said.

Bert died Feb. 18 of Parkinson’s disease. He was 95.

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In 1956, Ann, Bert and their family settled on June Street, and their home became the go-to spot for everything related to Third Street Elementary School, across the street.

Early years and WWII Bert was born in San Diego, and he moved with his parents to Los Angeles six years later.

After attending Third Street, he enrolled in John Burroughs Junior High and graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1944, where he was an athlete and an officer in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

During World War II he was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and served as a recreation supervisor at military bases; he also worked as a photographer in New York City for the military. Documenting the city “was the highlight of his life,” his son Jim told us.

Woman of his dreams After Bert graduated from UCLA, he married the woman of his dreams in 1949.

Ann Reiss was only 16 when his mother and her aunt arranged a meeting at her family home on Citrus Avenue. He arrived dressed in uniform, Ann remembers. She told her aunt the next day, “He’s very nice, but I’m not going to marry him.”

But Bert was smitten. Ann must have changed her mind, because after she turned 18, the couple would walk down the aisle.

Bert had dreamed of being a teacher, but instead he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather (who arrived in California in 1870) and father in the food service industry.

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BERT LANE with wife Ann Reiss Lane after his name was inscribed in the YMCA Golden Book of Distinguished Service. Since 1934, the award has been the YMCA’s highest honor given to dedicated volunteers.

playing tennis, but he soon found himself back in the food business, this time working with his son Jim. YMCA Bert and his sons went to summer camps at the Y’s facility near Big Bear and joined in other Y activities, from road trips to river rafting down the Grand Canyon.

“But my dad’s greatest contribution to the neighborhood was converting two vacant lots on Second Street at the end of Hudson Place into a baseball field every summer. All the families came,” said Jim, who now lives on Irving Boulevard.

Bert’s foray into Hollywood / Wilshire YMCA fundraising began as a group effort with Dawne Goodwin McCullough, co-founder of the Larchmont Chronicle, and Larchmontbased political publicist Joe Cerrell.

At the time, the Y operated out of a small home on the northwest corner of Larchmont Boulevard and Third Street.

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Summer camp by lake is as awe-inspiring as it was in 1946 Suzan Filipek Skylake Yosemite Camp looks divine — on its website.

It’s probably not so pictureperfect in real life, I thought.

And then I met a camp alumna.

“It is my spiritual homeland.

I’d probably still work there if I could. It’s a spectacular, spectacular place,” said Windsor Square resident Kate Adler.

Adler spent eight blissful summers as a camper at Skylake Camp and three more as a counselor. Her children, Matias, 14, and Eleanor, 12, are following in their mom’s trodden footsteps and they will soon be packing for their fourth visit this June.

Their father, Marcelo Ziperovich, got in on the outdoor action when their children were toddlers on family camp weekends.

Kate is not alone in praising Skylake’s “magic ethos.”

According to the website, many at the camp are taken with what is “an opportunity to feel connected to something bigger than oneself.”

It is set in a dream location — on a lake in the Sierra National Forest, 15 miles from Yosemite National Park and centuries away from cell phones, video games and the internet.

“Nowadays, it’s even more important for kids to unplug,” said Kate, a vice president in the television industry.

Canoeing and archery were Kate’s favorite activities when she was a young camper. But hands down, it was the social bonds and friendships that compelled her to return year after year.

When the camp was cancelled in 2020 because of

CAMPERS canoe on the lake (below), zip-line (above) and climb a wall at Skylake Camp (at right) near Yosemite.

the pandemic, her kids were devastated. “It was the worst thing that ever happened to them,” Kate recalls.

The camp bounced back in 2021. And the 2022 summer sessions are already fully booked.

A family camp affair Skylake co-director Adrienne Portnoy-Durgin also started as a young camper, and later was a counselor before working in the hotel industry for many years.

She returned to what is now her 11th year as co-director at the camp with her sister. Their children are also happy campers, she tells us. Her father is co-owner and theirs is only the second family to own the camp in its 77-year history.

“Camp as a child was like going to my home away from home,” says Adrienne. “My most cherished memories and friendships were made at camp. It was freedom, it was fun, it was about friendships and growing up in a supported environment, separate from our life at home. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it’s these types of experiences that help us grow, build our character

and build grit.”

As the world becomes more overpowered with electronics and social media, “Camp is now more important than ever. But it’s still the same camp that I

experienced as a child. Camp hasn’t changed, but the world sure has,” Adrienne says.

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Looking for a camp? Overnight or day, a Looking for some summer fun? Here is a list of camps that will appeal to any kid. There’s a chance to play sports, surf, sing, create, explore and write this summer. Participants can sleep away from home or just leave for the day.

Most of the camps are in person (yay!), giving kids the much needed opportunity to be outdoors having fun in the sun.

Check each website for more information. If you have a favorite camp that we’ve missed, please contact circulation@ larchmontchronicle.com.

Overnight camps

Boy Scouts of America 2333 Scout Way, 90026 213-413-4400 glaacbsa.org lascouting@scouting.org Catalina Island Camps 707 W. Woodbury Rd., #F Altadena, 91001 626-296-4040 catalinaislandcamps.com Camp Hollywoodland 3200 Canyon Dr., 90068 323-467-7193 laparks.org/camp/camp-hollywoodland camp.hollywoodland@lacity. org Camp JCA Shalom Institute 8955 Gold Creek Rd. Sylmar, 91342 818-889-5500 campjcashalom.com

Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa 38200 Bluff Lake Rd. Big Bear Lake, 92315 323-653-6772 campgilboa.org info@campgilboa.org

Camp Ramah 385 Fairview Rd. Ojai, 93023 310-476-8571 ramah.org

Camp Tawonga 31201 Mather Rd. Goveland, 95321 415-543-2267 camptawonga.org info@tawonga.org Canyon Creek 41600 Lake Hughes Rd. Lake Hughes, 93532 661-724-9184 canyoncreeksummercamp.com campmom@canyoncreek.com

Idyllwild Arts 52500 Temecula Rd., #38 Idyllwild, 92549 951-659-2171 idyllwildarts.org admission@idyllwildarts.org Pali Adventures 330778 Hwy 18 Running Springs, CA 92382 909-867-5743 paliadventures.com

Girls Scouts Lakota Camp 11220 Dorothy Lane Frazier Park, 93225 213-213-0123 girlscoutsla.org/en/camp/ summer-camp.html lakotacamp@girlscoutsla.org

River Way Ranch Camp 6450 Elwood Rd. Sanger, 93657 559-787-2551 riverwayranchcamp.com inquiry@riverwayranchcamp. com

Gold Arrow Camp P.O. Box 155 Lakeshore, 93634 800-554-2267 goldarrowcamp.com mail@goldarrowcamp.com

Skylake Yosemite 37976 Road 222 Wishon, 93669 559-642-3720 • skylake.com jessica@skylake.com

Griffith Park Boys Camp 4730 Crystal Springs Dr., 90027 323-664-0571 laparks.org/camp/griffithpark-boys-camp gp.boyscamp@lacity.org Guided Discoveries 27282 Calle Arroyo San Juan Capistrano, 92675 800-645-1423 guideddiscoveries.org info@gdi.org

Wilshire Blvd. Camps Hess Kramer and Gindling Hilltop 3663 Wilshire Blvd.

213-835-2196 • wbtcamps.org info@wbtcamps.org YMCA Summer Camps Marcil and Camp Whittle P.O. Box 70 Fawnskin, 92333 909-866-3000 ymcala.org/camps/ sleep-away-camp

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Camp Keystone 2854 Triunfo Canyon Rd. Agoura Hills, 91301 818-889-2224 campkeystone.com info@campkeystone.com JCamp at Westside Jewish Community Center 5870 W. Olympic Blvd., 90036 323-938-2531 jcampwestside.org info@westsidejcc.org Monarch Camps Los Angeles Valley College 5800 Fulton Ave., 91401 818-304-3016 ext. 4 Los Angeles City College 855 N. Vermont St., 90029 213-550-5115 monarchcamps.com info@monarchcamps.com Pan Pacific Day Camp 7600 Beverly Blvd., 90036 323-939-8874 laparks.org/reccenter/ pan-pacific Silver Lake Beach Camp 4607 Prospect Ave., 90027 323-445-3790 silverlakecamps.com Silver Lake Recreation Center Day Camp 1850 W. Silver Lake Dr., 90026 323-644-3946 laparks.org/reccenter/silver-lake Summerkids 3697 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Altadena, 91001 626-577-9979 summerkids.net info@summerkids.net

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Tom Sawyer Camps 707 W. Woodbury Rd., #F Altadena, 91001 626-794-1156 tomsawyercamps.com info@tsc.camp Tumbleweed Day Camp 1024 Hanley Ave., 90049 310-472-7474 tumbleweedcamp.com andy@tumbleweedcamp.com UCLA Recreation 2131 John R. Wooden Center, 90095 310-825-3671 recreation.ucla.edu/summercamps-2022

Wizard of Art 1947 Hillhurst Ave., 90027 323-661-0341 thewizardofart.com thewizardofart@gmail.com

Dance camps School of Creative and Performing Arts Occidental College 1600 Campus Rd., 90041 800-718-2787 socapa.org/locations/la-camps info@socapa.org Sophie Dance 5867 W. 3rd. St., 90036 323-395-3050 sophiedance.com info@sophiedance.com Studio B by Sophie Dance 5873 W 3rd St., 90036 213-953-7784 sophiedancestudiob.com info@sophiedance.com

Drama camps

Children’s Arts Institute CCS Campus 14702 Sylvan St. Van Nuys, 91411 Westland Campus 16200 Mulholland Dr., 90049 818-780-6226 ccsteaches.org/cai george@ccsteaches.org Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Summer Arts Conservatory CSULA Bldg. 20 5151 State University Dr. 90032 818-957-1619 summerartsconservatory.com info@summerartsconservatory.com School of Creative and Performing Arts Occidental College 1600 Campus Rd., 90041 800-718-2787 socapa.org/locations/la-camps info@socapa.org Shakespeare Youth Festival at Kenneth Hahn Park 4100 S. La Cienega Blvd.

90008 323-334-0370 shakespeareyouthfestival.com speak@shakespeareyouthfestival.com

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artsy or active, this list is your best guide Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts Los Angeles 8115 W. Third St., 90048 Studio City 12745 Ventura Blvd., 91604 323-655-9232 yada.org/summer-camp-2022 yadakids@gmail.com

Garden camps Summer Exploration Camps Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Dr. La Cañada Flintridge, 91011 818-354-3418 ceconline.org/summer Huntington Explorers Camp 1151 Oxford Rd. San Marino, 91108 626-405-2104 huntington.org/explorers explorers@huntington.org Los Angeles Zoo Camps 5333 Zoo Dr., 90027 323-644-4200 lazoo.org/plan-your-visit/ camps-and-classes/zoo-camp info@lazoo.org

Museum camps

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum 5801 Wilshire Blvd., 90036 213-763-3499 tarpits.org/tar-pits-programs Natural History Museum 900 Exposition Blvd., 90007 213-763-3466 nhmlac.org/adventures-nature Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Blvd., 90036 323-857-6512 lacma.org/programs/ art-classes-camps

Music camps

Burbank Music Academy Rock-n-Roll Camp 4107 W. Burbank Blvd.

Burbank, 91505 818-845-7625 burbankmusicacademy.com info@burbankmusicacademy. com Colburn School 200 S. Grand Ave., 90012 213-621-2200 colburnschool.edu School of Rock 7801 Beverly Blvd., 90036

323-999-1919 schoolofrock.com fairfax@schoolofrock.com

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Los Angeles College of Music Summer Xperience 300 S. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, 91105 626-568-8850 lacm.edu summer@lacm.edu

Harvard Westlake Middle School 700 N. Faring Rd., 90077 310-274-7281 Upper School 3700 Coldwater Canyon Studio City, 91604 818-487-6527 hw.com/summerprograms summer@hw.com

Fitness By the Sea 1541 Palisades Dr. Pacific Palisades, 90272 310-459-2425 fitnessbythesea.com info@fitnessbythesea.com

Los Angeles Opera Camp 135 N. Grand Ave., 90012 213-972-3157 laopera.org/community/geton-stage/opera-camp/ connects@laopera.org Rhodes School of Music 215 N. Larchmont Blvd.

Unit C, 90004 323-522-4888 rhodesschoolofmusic.com info@rhodesschoolofmusic. com

School camps Buckley School 3900 Stansbury Ave. Sherman Oaks, 91423 818-783-1610 buckley.org

Camp TIOH 7300 Hollywood Blvd., 90046 323-876-8330 ext. 400 briskinelementary.org/ community/camp-tioh bbenchana@tioh.org Camp Wildfolk Wildfolk WeHo Larchmont Charter School 1265 N. Fairfax Ave., 90046 424-344-6987 helloweho@campwildfolk.com Wildfolk Valley Adat Ari El 12020 Burbank Blvd.

Valley Village, 91607 818-200-5860 hello818@campwildfolk.com campwildfolk.com Campbell Hall Summer School 4533 Laurel Canyon Blvd.

Studio City, 91607 818-505-2415 campbellhall.org summerprograms@campbellhall.org Center for Early Education 563 N. Alfred St., 90048 323-651-0707 centerforearlyeducation.org/ school-life/summer-at-thecenter summer@cee-school.org Got Game Sports Third Street Elementary 201 S. June St., 90004 Hancock Park Elementary 408 S. Fairfax Ave., 90036 310-975-8524

Immaculate Heart 5515 Franklin Ave., 90028 323-461-3651 immaculateheart.org Iverbe Day and Sports Camp The Willows 8509 Higuera St. Culver City, 90232 310-779-1652 • iverbe.com marc@iverbe.com Loyola High School 1901 Venice Blvd., 90006 213-381-5121 loyolahs.edu/academic/ summer-session info@loyolahs.edu Marlborough Summer School 250 S. Rossmore Ave., 90004 323-964-8401 marlboroughsummer.org summer@marlboroughschool.org Summer at Mayfield 500 Bellefontaine Pasadena, 91105 626-799-9121 mayfieldsenior.org/academics/ summermayfield-for-credit Camp Patriot @ Pilgrim 540 S. Commonwealth Ave. 90020 213-385-7351 camppatriot.weebly.com Prime Time Sports Hollywood Schoolhouse 1233 N. McCadden Pl., 90038 310-838-7872 primetimesportscamp.com staff@primetimesportscamp. com

Sports camps

Blast Sharks Swim Camp Marlborough High School 250 S. Rossmore Ave., 90004 818-445-5188 teamunify.org Campbell Hall Sports Camp 4533 Laurel Canyon Blvd.

Studio City, 91607 818-505-2415 campbellhall.org Enterprise Farms 3919 Rigali Ave., 90039

JAG Gym 8640 Hayden Pl. Culver City, 90232 310-287-9886 jaggym.com/camps/summercamp Los Angeles School of Gymnastics 8450 Higuera St. Culver City, 90232 310-204-1980 lagymnastics.com Learn To Surf 641 Westminster Ave., #5 Venice, 90291 310-663-2479 learntosurfla.com info@learntosurfla.com Marlborough Sports Camp 250 S. Rossmore Ave., 90004 323-964-8401 marlboroughsummers.org summer@marlboroughschool.org Vernon Lee Gym 1828 N. Keystone St. Burbank, 91504 818-558-1177 vernonleegym.com vernonleeburbank@gmail. com Wolverine Sports Harvard Westlake Middle School 700 N. Faring Rd., 90077 Upper School 3700 Coldwater Canyon Studio City, 91604 818-487-6527 hw.com/summerprograms summerprograms@hw.com

Special interest camps California Science Center Hands-On Science Camp 700 Exposition Park Dr. 90037 213-744-7444 californiasciencecenter.org/ programs/summer-camps summersciencecamp@cscmail.org International School of Los Angeles - Ecole du Soleil 4155 Russel Ave., 90027 323-665-4526 ecoledusoleil.com losfeliz@lilaschool.com

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Whether it’s called putt-putt or miniature golf, it’s always fun Whether it’s called puttputt, mini or goofy, miniature golf is always fun.

I grew up in Ohio, and our family summer vacation destination was usually Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The drive was 12 hours from Cleveland, which was much shorter than traveling to Florida. Our priorities when vacationing were palm trees, saltwater, and seafood shacks that served hushpuppies with every meal.

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Jim Kalin Myrtle Beach was the farthest north that palmettos grew, and the congestion of seafood restaurants along the coastal town’s North King’s Highway

is still unrivaled.

So is the number of miniature golf courses. There are more than 50, and Myrtle Beach touts itself “The Miniature Golf Capital of the World.”

Putt-putt primer Kitsch is a must for miniature golf. Themes are always popular, especially when accompanied by outlandish and manufactured landscapes.

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elaborate holes is generally dyed TyD-Bol blue, and most obstacles, whether buildings or creatures, feature moving parts.

Jurassic Mini Golf in Myrtle Beach is dinosaurthemed, and when the gigantic lizards are lit up at night, it’s quite dramatic.

But for audacity, nothing matches Hillbilly Golf in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The course is built into a steep mountainside, and players ride a 300foot vertical tram that travels on rails from hole to hole. There are two 18-hole courses, ZOEY RAVNEL and her dad at Pan Pacific with obstacles like playing the shark hole. outhouses, bathcourse to people’s homes and tubs and moonshine stills.

Miniature golf depends on businesses for private events.

“It’s about nostalgia,” he good weather, which is why the South and California have said.

Olson, who teaches high so many courses. The term school history during the “putt-putt” was copyrighted by Don Clayton in 1954. Clayton week, designs and builds the owned Putt-Putt Fun Center holes in his shop. He’s conin Fayetteville, North Carolina, stantly on the lookout for and the cost to play one round items that can be converted into obstacles and hazards for at the time was 25 cents. his course.

Putt-putt evolution “I’m always scouring Ama“Golf courses and cemeteries are the biggest waste of zon and antique and vintage real estate,” claims Rodney shops for things I can cut up, Dangerfield’s character Al slice and dice,” said Olson.

His favorite obstacle is a Czervik in the golf film classic “Caddyshack.” Exactly, shark he constructed from an and that’s the main reason old mailbox.

Putt-putt events so many Southern California Olson has done some unique putt-putt courses have disappeared. The land they occu- events. He was recently hired by a law firm downtown that pied was too valuable.

Cassidy Olson recalls play- occupied its building’s entire ing at King’s Beach Miniature top floor. The firm requested Golf at Lake Tahoe on family an 18-hole putt-putt course vacations. That, and the dis- laid out in the hallways for a appearance of local courses, happy hour party. inspired him to start LA Pop But Olson’s favorite was Up Mini Golf, a company out an event at Dodger Stadium. of Hermosa Beach that spe- He set up 18 holes along the cializes in bringing a mobile warning track in the outfield, and each had a different Dodger theme. One hole paid homage to Justin Turner.

“I built a small bridge and bought a red beard from a costume shop,” explained Olson.

“The golfers had to putt the ball over the bridge and beard.”

LA Pop Up Golf is the best idea I’ve heard in a long time.

It’s a great addition to birthdays, corporate parties, even wedding receptions.

“Age doesn’t matter,” said Olson. “Everyone can do it.”

If you’re interested in adding a unique twist to an upcoming event, give Olson a PUTT-PUTT: Justin Turner call at 310-892-9988, or email hole at Dodger Stadium event. lapopupminigolf@gmail.com.

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By Chloe Choi 8th Grade

Things have been going well this month for Christ the King School as all students and staff are as bustling and busy as ever. With the added precautions of covid testing and cleaning, our school has been partaking in many activities. Of course, one of the most prominent that recently ended was our school’s chocolate drive! On the first day

New Village Girls gala is April 24 in Little Tokyo

By John Welborne New Village Girls Academy’s annual celebration is Sun., April 24 at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), 100 N. Central Avenue in Little Tokyo. [That happens to be the site of the Larchmont Chronicle publisher’s great grandfather’s Union Hardware & Metal Co. — Ed.] JANM tours will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m., with the gala to commence with cocktails at 5 p.m. Dinner and a program follow from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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of March, our school celebrated Mardi Gras, which is also known as “Fat Tuesday.” We celebrated with a large parade of purple, gold, and green face masks made by each of the students. What a great way to start our lenten journey!

Of course, our students have been doing quite the amount of work and feats. First of all, our kindergarten class had an exciting Dr. Seuss Day! They had a fun opportunity eating green eggs and ham as well as reading various Dr. Seuss books. Moving on, our 5th grade classroom has gone on a virtual field trip to

the Griffith Park Observatory!

This is truly exciting as it was completely immersive and interactive. Our Academic Decathlon team worked hard this year and went on to compete. This year was a little different from the previous years as we are slowly going back to the way it was.

However, three of our students placed in the individuals. Alyssa Apan placed second place in Fine Arts, Nelson Pye III placed third place in English, and Brielle Villegas placed third place in Literature. We congratulate the three students and the Decathlon team for their hard work.

Cub Scout Pack 16 Pinewood Derby results

Local Cub Scout Pack 16 held their annual Pinewood Derby race March 11 at St. Brendan School’s gymnasium.

Dens were combined, so there were two divisions of racing. A specialty contest was also held. The results of the racing and specialty judging are: Tigers and Wolves First place - Aiden Park (Wolf); second place - Jeraldine Miron (Tiger); third place - Hailey Kang (Wolf); fourth place - Willa Klein (Tiger).

Most Creative were Astrid Huybrechs and Jordan De Rosas, and Most Spirited were Amalia Vazquez and Charlie Cooper.

Bears and Webelos First place - Van Liston (Webelo); second place - Jace Kim (Webelo); third place Jamie Cooper (Webelo).

Most Creative were Belinda Vazquez and Matteo Cartagena-Fuentes, and Most Spirited were Phoenix Lay and Lucas Huybrechs.

We are also congratulating the 8th graders for their acceptance letters from high school! Many have been rejoicing over these letters and we are all so proud of what we have managed to accomplish.

We have so much to look forward to! Our track and field will start very soon, and the auditions for our Spring Drama Productions have begun.

This year, we will be putting up Aladdin. With casts being picked and stage crew teaming up, our play will be as lively as the ones held before! Aside from so many fun activities, we have also been focusing on Lent. Eighth graders are leading Stations of the Cross every Friday, and everybody has been extra good trying to keep our lenten promises.

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one of the biggest events at Melrose, in person. The Joga-Thon 2022, (also called the Space Race) is held to raise the necessary funds to sustain all the fabulous arts, science, and technology programs at Melrose. For the first time, there will be two events for the Jog-aThon: on March 30th at Melrose and on April 2nd at Pan Pacific Park with Melrose friends and family.

Spring break will be from April 11th to 15th, a full week off from school.

Because of COVID-19, we had 5th grade culminations online for the past 2 years. But this year, we will be looking forward to an in-person culmination for 5th grade, for the first time in 2 years!

By Bella Cho 5th Grade

On March 14th, the acceptance letters to Melrose Elementary School have been sent out to new families. We have welcomed the incoming parents to school for in-person tours of our school. They came to classrooms to observe how we learn here at Melrose. The deadline for the acceptance or decline for the chosen students at Melrose is April 8th. We are looking forward to meeting all the new students at Melrose next year!

We will have the Jog-a-Thon,

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By Dale Lee 11th Grade

PACK 16 Pinewood Derby champions Aiden Park (left) and Van Liston (right) with their cars.

Merry March!

For this year’s Winter Camp, our 4th-12th grade Huskies adventured to Idyllwild Pines Camp, all the way up in the San Jacinto Mountains. This was a brand new camp for NCA and a new experience for some students with snowy weather and icy ground.

After the long drive up to the camp, students enjoyed the fresh mountain breeze but maybe not icy weather. Hoodies, coats, and warm clothes were a must this

time around with temperatures dropping below freezing overnight. However, that didn’t stop students and teachers from having fun. Camp Games went on strong with indoor activities and even some snowy games.

Although our elementary Huskies couldn’t attend, they had their own fun with a market day where they were able to buy snacks and different treats during lunch time.

St. Patrick’s Day is also coming up and students can wear green to bring spirit to the season. Make sure to bring your own green spirit and maybe win some extra-credit points for some classes. Easter is also coming up so look forward to Easter service and the Easter break that follows!

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By Nikka Gueler 4th Grade

Welcome back Larchmont Chronicle readers! Today we are starting off with something exciting for the parents.

On March 17th a fundraiser was held at the beautiful Carondelet House (venue close to down-

IMMACULATE HEART

By Kellyn Lanza 11th Grade

Happy April from Immaculate Heart! We are now in the fourth quarter of the school year and looking forward to our Spring Break later this month after several especially busy weeks of school activities.

March started off with our annual Spring Luncheon, which brought our school community together in-person for the first time for this event since the pandemic started. Along with a meal, parents and students enjoyed an afternoon at the Glendale Hilton that featured a silent auction and raffle prizes, plus performances by our Genesians drama group highlighting the Spring Musical production of “Mama Mia!”

CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION

By Ren Lisenbery 5th Grade

At the Center for Early Education, we have a beloved tradition, the CEE Olympics. The CEE Olympics take place over two days in May, and all students in grades K through 6th participate. This year’s CEE Olympics is the 40th Olympics. This tradition continued through the pandemic, where we had both a virtual and hybrid event. This year is the first time since the pandemic that it will be completely

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town), which included a silent auction where parents got to bid for homework passes for their children, lunch with a teacher, and other donated items. A fun night was had by parents, teachers, and school administrators!

As of now, LAUSD has relaxed its mask policy for students who no longer need to wear masks outside. Masks are still required inside classrooms. I am pretty sure people are going to take advantage of that during PE. Our always-anticipated tradition known as the Junior Ring Ceremony honored the Class of 2023 on March 8 when families and friends gathered as the juniors received their class rings.

The formal ceremony and liturgy officially recognized the juniors’ transition to the rank of upperclasswomen. Meanwhile, the softball, swim, and track and field teams were celebrated in the final pep rally of the 2021-22 school year. The juniors were awarded the most spirit points through the pep rally’s fun games.

Immaculate Heart also welcomed the new season with a Spring Fling dance in the cafeteria on March 12th. Our seniors also recently embarked on their four-day Kairos retreat. Now students and faculty are busy preparing for our most beloved tradition, Mary’s Day, which will take place April 29th. This year’s theme will be “Rooted in the Heart of Mary.” in person, which we are all very excited about. The CEE Olympics has an opening ceremony and a closing ceremony. Our Olympics has a dance and sports component. The dance portion incorporates dances from all over the world that we are learning right now. The sports portion includes activities such as an obstacle course, races, jump rope, cup stacking, and many more. Each grade is split up into four teams and they are all assigned different countries to represent. The countries that score the highest points win gold, silver, or bronze.

While everyone wants to win, at the end of the day it is just about having fun and working your very best.

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Construction is almost completed after nine months of renovations to drinking fountains, bathrooms, and ramps to make the school ADA (American Disabilities Act) compliant. We are also getting new playground equipment.

TK (transitional kindergarten), dates are expanding from September 1 to February 3rd, so you can register your child for TK if they are turning five years old between these dates.

In other good news, the library reopened on March 14 with a new librarian, and the campus reopened to parents on the same day. Finally, things are getting back to normal.

OAKWOOD SCHOOL

By Scarlett Saldaña 11th Grade

Once students return from a fulfilling Immersion and a restful Spring Break, Oakwood will hold one of our most important events, Diversity Week, which has since been renamed the IDEAS Summit.

Every year, a different theme that relates to our work with diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) is picked, which allows our school to discuss various topics that con-

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nect to understanding ourselves, human rights, and social justice. A few years ago, one of our themes was called, “Intersectionality,” and we learned about respecting each other and the elements of identity that make up who we are. Another theme was “Race Talk 360,” in which we focused on the topics of race and ethnicity, as well as racism within white supremacist culture. This theme helped spark a conversation about retiring the past Gorilla mascot due to the racist tropes that connected to the animal itself, which allowed us to change our mascot to the Owl, displaying how influential these discussions are.

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By Sienna Light 6th Grade

GIRLS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (GALA) is on the eastern edge of Los Angeles High School’s campus, on West Blvd. The photo shows the 2016 opening of the all-girls school.

GALA celebrated five years of fundraising with virtual event

By Billy Taylor Last month, Friends of GALA, the support group for the Girls Academic Leadership Academy (GALA), located at 1067 West Blvd. adjacent to Los Angeles High School, hosted its fifth annual fundraising event for the only all-girls public school in Los Angeles.

The event was a March 18 virtual fundraiser called #LaunchHERfuture. Friends of GALA honored five women leaders who have made transformative contributions to Los Angeles. Honorees included actress Geena Davis; Ruthe Farmer, founder of the Last Mile Education Fund; Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Los Angeles County Public Health; Dr. Soniya Gandhi, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Cedars-Sinai; and Patricia Hain, Executive Director of Nursing at

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“GALA offers a unique learning option for our families and provides a clear pathway to college and STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math] careers for girls in Los Angeles. These girls are the future leaders who will allow our city to achieve its full potential as a leading center of innovation,” said Dr. Elizabeth Hicks, GALA founder and principal. “Launch Her Future is really about inspiring girls to follow their dreams of making impactful contributions to our world, and it’s about communicating the message that an investment in girls’ STEM education is an investment in a bright future for our city.”

In 2021, GALA had a 100 percent college acceptance rate, including from Ivy League universities and all University of California campuses including UC Berkeley and UCLA.

Welcome back!

Many things have already happened this month at HSH, so I will summarize the most important.

Just last Friday, 6th grade students received their acceptance letters from secondary schools! The schools that this year’s 6th grade got accepted to includes Archer, Brentwood School, Buckley, Campbell Hall, ESLA, Harvard Westlake, Immaculate Heart, Marlborough, Oakwood, Pilgrim, and Sierra Canyon. I am congratulating everyone in sixth grade, and I am excited to see how everyone does at their new school.

This past Monday, Hollywood Schoolhouse celebrated our Grandparents and Special Friends Day, and we had a community circle that everyone got to view on Zoom. Part of the sixth grade got to share a special quote that they wrote about their grandparent or special friend. Many presented in the community circle, and everyone caught a glimpse of what HSH life is like for many.

Lastly, a special announcement was made about the Read Across America contest that kindergarten-sixth grade got to compete in. The goal was to read as many books for your grade until the end of February, and the grade with the most books at the end, would get a special prize. In the end, in the lower elementary, the 2nd graders won, and in the upper elementary… first prize went to 6th grade!

LARCHMONT CHARTER

By Hajoon Koo and Luke Magnusen 4th Grade

It’s been some rough times with a war going on. As different students started to talk about the news in line, the teachers started to talk about it in class. In our class at Larchmont Charter School Hollygrove, after watching a video, I asked our teacher when we were going to do something about it. The next day, we had a class vote and agreed to take action. We wrote on posters to brainstorm: What do we want?

What do we want to know?

How do we resolve this? What are our limitations? We decided to join UNICEF USA’s Kid Power program to give food to malnourished kids because we saw that UNICEF was already helping in the Ukraine and we hope we are helping too. It is important that kids and as many people as possible are able to help in as many ways as needed. We are also having a good time when we are donating food bars by doing exercises assigned with our class. We’re also going to write letters to American, Russian, and Ukrainian officials and collect money to be donated directly to Ukrainian relief efforts.

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By Amiely Rodriguez-Lopez 8th Grade Hello everyone; happy spring!

We recently had Panorama pictures and it was a very nice moment that I won’t forget. The entire student body got together to take a school picture, just like old times before Covid-19. It’s nice to be able to appreciate the little things that we had previously taken for granted.

This month we have Spring Break from the 11th through the 15th; all the students are excited!

Easter is coming up on the 17th so before heading into break, we have class parties, egg hunts, and the students get to meet the Easter Bunny!

Earth Day falls on the 22nd this year. Our school does fun activities such as planting vegetables and fruits, as well as talking about different ways to help take care of the Earth. Earth Day is a learning experience for the students but also a fun experience… one of the best days of April!

On the 29th, we have Graduation Pictures for our 8th grade and Junior Kindergarten students. I can’t believe we’re already preparing for graduation!

That means our annual standardized testing is coming up soon, so all Kindergarten through 8th grade students will be busy preparing to get outstanding results!

The Jeffrey Foundation celebrates its 50th on May 4

By Suzan Filipek The Jeffrey Foundation will celebrate its 50th anniversary serving children with special needs and their families on Wed., May 4 at a party from 1 to 3 p.m. on the Foundation patio.

Advanced RSVPs are required to attend the event at 5443 W. Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles.

“The Jeffrey Foundation has successfully navigated the many challenges facing nonprofits to serve children with special needs and their families. However, in 2020, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world faced a challenge like one never experienced before,” said Alyce Morris Winston, CEO and Founder of The Jeffrey Foundation.

“I’m proud to say that we’ve successfully navigated these troubling times and developed additional methods to assist children with special needs and their families. Our new remote online services are a perfect complement to our inperson events and programs.”

Winston opened the doors of the Jeffrey Foundation in 1972 with the desire to give her son, Jeffrey, who had muscular dystrophy, a better life.

After quitting her job as a

model for Max Factor, Winston began to develop a grassroots program to provide children with special needs with activities and outings they could enjoy.

To RSVP for May 4, call 323965-7536. For more information, visit thejeffreyfoundation.org.

Walk for Wishes is April 2 at Coliseum

Walk for Wishes is back, in-person at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 3911 Figueroa St. in Exposition Park, on Sat., April 2 at 9 a.m.

Registration begins at 8 a.m.

The nationwide fundraiser celebrates the more than 500,000 wishes that already have been granted while raising funds for future wishes.

Walk Teams powered by families, companies and others are encouraged. Funds raised support the granting of lifechanging wishes for children with critical illnesses.

The annual Trailblaze Challenge (to tackle a 28-mile trek from Big Bear, along the Pacific Crest Trail) is May 13-15.

For more information on both events visit Make-A-Wish at wish.org/la.

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By Jasper Gough 12th Grade

In late March, the Upper School students went on various retreats, separated by grade, to different places around Los Angeles. The Seniors went to Canyon Creek where, thanks to Fulcrum, we participated in guided bond-

MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL

By Avery Gough 10th Grade

Marlborough Students return from spring break on April 11th. On the 24th, it is the Sports Hall of Fame ceremony.

Our most celebrated athletes will be inducted into our own Hall of Fame, and their photos will be displayed in the hallway outside of the gym. It is incredible to see how many athletes our school has produced. Also, the 22nd is the 50th year Reunion Tea Event.

The following day is Alumna Day. Seeing old friends and how the school has changed is such a rewarding experience.

On the 24th we will celebrate the retirement of our amazing

Aviva to host ‘Art of Giving’ under the stars May 7 Aviva Family and Children’s Services’ annual fundraising event, The Art of Giving, is on Sat., May 7 under the stars from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu.

Food will be prepared by chef (and Windsor Square resident) Nancy Silverton and her restaurant Pizzeria Mozza.

Mixologists will serve up cocktails. A silent and live auction will be held, and live painting and music will be featured at the event.

Billy Harris will host, and honorees include Regina Bette, Aviva outgoing president and CEO (after 11 years), also a Windsor Square resident. Other honorees are Kaiser Permanente and Tiffany Haddish. Founded in 1915, Aviva has grown exponentially and today serves more than 9,000 children, youth and families each year.

Tickets and more information on the May 7 event can be found at aviva.org/artofgiving.

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ing experiences.

I’m extremely thankful for the opportunity to get closer to my classmates before this year is over.

On the 4th of April, the Middle and Upper school students will headmistress who has guided so many young girls through Marlborough and beyond. We are so grateful, yet we are going to miss her dearly, and wish her the best in the future. There is another headmistress lined up that we are excited to welcome in the 20222023 school year.

In exciting news, the Marlborough Comedy troupe WEBCCAM presents You Should Know This

By Now. This is a stand-up comedy performance that will take place on the 26th and 27th. In other performance arts news, the 22nd is the Spring Choral Concert. Lastly, on April 13th, in the South Place is the After Hour Arts (AHA) Improve Presentation of Tiger Eating Leather, An Interactive Improv Show & Carnival. Marlborough students are always so creative and come up with the most interesting events to share.

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By Aki Kapur 5th Grade Happy Women’s History Month from St. James’ Episcopal School! During the month of March, our school is teaching us about women who changed the world through their activism.

The other day, we got to learn about all these women activists who were under 21 and were able to make a difference in their communities and the world. Like Marley Dias who started #1000BlackGirlBooks where she got over 1,000 books to donate to Black students all over the country. I hope that one day, I am able to make a big difference in the world like these women did. We have also been working really hard to take care of our school gardens, which has helped us learn about how to be greener and protect the earth. We just got water bottle filling stations all over school so that we don’t have to have plastic water bottles on campus anymore. I really enjoy learning about all the different ways we can be more green.

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return from Spring Break and resume classes for the last half of our second semester.

The Parents Association will hold an afterschool assembly about internet safety with guest speaker Lori Getz on the 5th to talk about education on the digital front.

On the 8th, the Buckley School will celebrate art students who’ve

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earned awards for painting, photography, and film. The school will display the art along with an explanation by its creator.

After that on April 22nd, the Middle and Upper School Dance Concert will showcase dances from many different cultures.

New students will be inducted into the National Honor Society on the 27th. These students will

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now take on more responsibility and partake in more projects and events both in and outside of school.

Lastly, on the 29th, the Upper School students will elect new representatives for their respective grades. These representatives will be in charge of handling class events like prom, spirit week, sweatshirts, etc.

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Rylance shines as mild-mannered tailor in gang plot The Outfit (9/10): 105 minutes. R. Leonard Burling (Mark Rylance) is a mild-mannered British tailor whose shop is in 1950s Chicago. A gentle man, Leonard finds himself making suits for the Boyle crime gang and they use his office as a drop shop. One night as they prepare for a war, the gang suspects there is a rat in their midst. When the boss’s son, Richie Boyle (Dylan O’Brien), disappears, Leonard and his assistant, Mable (Zooey Deutch, whose comedic performance made 2019’s “Zombietown: Double Tap” a film to see), find themselves in the middle, with their lives in the balance. Rylance, who was so memorable in “Wolf Hall,” shines again.

Shot entirely in Leonard’s tailor shop, it keeps you thinking up until the climax with clever twists and turns.

The Newsreader (9/10): Six-part series. TV-MA. An Australian miniseries set in 1986 captures the newsroom of a TV station with its egotistical anchor, Geoff Walters (Robert Taylor); his co-anchor,

high-strung anxiety-ridden Helen Norvil (Anna Torv); her ambitious lover, Dale Jennings (Sam Reid); their mercurial boss, Lindsay Cunningham (William McInnes) and others thrown into the mix. This is a realistic look into the tensions, romances, politics and personalities of the high-pressure newsroom, and I enjoyed every second. ROKU. Panama (5/10): 91 minutes.

R. Cole Hauser is known for his role as the ranch foreman on the TV series “Yellowstone.”

Here, he plays a similar character, tough but soft-spoken.

Unfortunately, though, this isn’t the quality of his TV series. Hauser is assigned to get a helicopter in return for cash, and a drug deal is involved.

The bad guys are all charming but dangerous. There is a lot of violence and, being Hollywood, it is unexceptional and predictable.

Measure of Revenge (5/10): 86 minutes. Melissa Leo plays Lillian, a Shakespearean actress whose son, Curtis (Jake Weary), dies suddenly and

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mysteriously. She gets together with Taz (Bella Thorne), his drug dealer, to find and exert revenge on his killers after the policeman, Detective Eaton (Michael Potts), rules that the death was accidental. Directed

by Payfa (Peter Wong), it is so convoluted, with Lillian’s hallucinations about characters she has played coming and going, that it is less than satisfying. Particularly obtuse is how she and Taz figure out who killed her son and why. Lacking requisite tension, the ending is particularly ambiguous, leaving one to wonder why the movie was made.

The Invisible Pilot (5/10): Three-part series. NR. Gary Betzner was a crop duster who feigned his own death to become a drug smuggler. This is a fawning story of a moral pariah, with its main purpose apparently to castigate President Reagan for Iran-Contra more than three decades ago.

Betzner says, “I love smuggling more than anything I’ve ever done. I felt like it was a holy thing, a service to mankind. I enjoyed lots of illegal

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Tony Medley drugs. They had to be illegal because they were liberating to the minds and hearts of man.

I just didn’t feel that anybody had the right to interfere with anybody’s right to self-determination. The only way to change a law, a bad law, is to break it.”

He adds, “According to them, I was a law-breaking, low-life smuggler supplying drugs to the youth of America [laughs], a criminal in their eyes, and I should be locked away, exterminated.” Guess what, Gary?

Most would agree. HBO Max. Agent Game (3/10) 92 minutes. R. This is a convoluted, hard-to-follow film that is, appropriately, filmed in such utter darkness that they must have been worried about the cost of electricity to light up the set. Fittingly, the music often obscures the audio, but

when you can discern the audio, you realize that that is a blessing. It’s about Harris (Dermot Mulroney), an interrogator for the CIA at a black site, who is targeted for rendition after a grilling that has gone awry. It’s one of those movies that shows you something and then jumps back to “three weeks before.” The problem is that it jumps back and forth without warning, so you might get dizzy trying to figure out what time zone you are actually in. It closes with yet another idiotic Hollywood Shootout.

Infinite Storm (3/10): 92 minutes. R. “Based on a true story,” Pam Bales (Naomi Watts) is a mountaineering rescue person. She goes out without help in a New Hampshire wilderness and finds a man (Billy Howle) sitting alone on the top of a snow-capped mountain in bad shape. The first hour is her coaxing him down the mountain; the rest is who he is. Bring your parka because the film recreates the extreme cold effectively. But is it worth 90 minutes?

Spago to present Passover seder dinner April 17 After a pandemic-era absence, Spago Restaurant is excited to announce the return of its popular Passover Seder Dinner, a tradition started by restaurant coowner Barbara Lazaroff 38 years ago.

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With the coincidence of holidays, this year’s dinner takes place on Easter Sunday, April 17. Lazaroff says that the menu is traditional and the service meaningful, but the attendees always have been ecumenical.

She once said of the dinner: “Guests are more than 40 percent non-Jewish. Many people experienced their first

seder at Spago, where they get a sophisticated introduction to Jewish cuisine. I feel if you open your traditions and celebrations to all, no matter your religion, background or customs, it fosters tolerance, greater harmony and closer understanding among all people.”

The dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. Attendance is limited, and those interested in attending the $255 (plus 20 percent service charge) benefit dinner should inquire as soon as possible. Call Spago at 310-3850880 or purchase or donate at sevenrooms.com/experience/ spagobh.

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Helene Seifer triguing combinations. Many places serve hamachi, but the $22 version here bursts with the punch of serrano chili, white soy and wakame seaweed. Steak tartare, a staple at French bistros, presents top quality, perfectly cubed brilliantly red beef with chopped chili, scallions, tamari, turnip slices and a raw egg yolk to mix in. The $23 dish is served with aioli and excellent sliced Bub & Grandma’s bread.

Shishito peppers, a very popular vegetable for restaurateurs and home cooks alike, is wonderful at HLAY. Blistered from grilling, the $15 peppers rest on creamy tonnato,

a tuna-flavored mayonnaise, and are liberally dusted with ground red-orange huamei (Chinese preserved plums).

We couldn’t stop eating them.

When is the last time you ordered frog’s legs? HLAY serves a generous bowl of them for $24. The tender legs are tossed with scallions, lime juice and a flavorful salsa negra, a Mexican black salsa with a deep, spicy chili, cumin and roasted tomato kick. Served with a vinegary dipping sauce, this dish made me very, very happy.

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I love Koreatown. Searing strips of galbi on the grill, slurping tofu soup, crunching on seafood pancakes — Koreatown is filled with amazing tastes. However, the most spectacular dishes in that neighborhood are arguably found at the newly reopened Here’s Looking At You, whose menu reflects Japanese, Mexican, Peruvian and French flavors. It’s not the only restaurant in Ktown that’s not Korean, but it’s by far the most exciting. If $17 uni panna cotta with ikura (salmon caviar), $17 burrata with yuzu kosho (fermented chili paste) and shingiku (chrysanthemum greens) and $130 cowboy ribeye with sarsaparilla jus and fermented radish butter pique your interest, read on.

Here’s Looking At You, affectionately nicknamed HLAY, struggled when the pandemic hit. There wasn’t room to set up outdoor space and a take-out program failed. It closed as bills mounted. Owners Lien Ta and Chef Jonathan Whitener almost sold the restaurant, but an offer fell through, and they decided it was worth a second try — and so did all the restaurant’s fans. Nearly $85,000 was raised through a GoFundMe page, which helped pay back bills.

Seventeen months after closing, HLAY was buzzing again.

For those familiar with the restaurant from the before times, nothing appears changed. Diners are still greeted by Ta at the hostess stand, the walls display the same stuffed oryx heads and blowfish, the zebrawood bar has been preserved and the music still blares two or three notches below instant deafness.

The menu is eclectic, eccentric and electrifying, starting with the extensive cocktail and wine list. The list of 11 playful cocktails, $17 each, presents a resurrection of popular drinks from the previous iteration of HLAY. There are some interesting concoctions on offer. The Singing Cowboy is made with such oddities as thyme-infused whiskey, pepper and pale ale syrup and pineapple vinegar.

Their version of an Old-Fashioned, the Bettencourt, mixes sweet potato liqueur, stout and toasted marshmallow alongside the bourbon. I thoroughly enjoyed my Folk Hero made with persimmon leaf-infused tequila, winter citrus, yuzu, honey and Swiss Violette.

My husband loves mezcal so he ordered the somewhat sweet, but delicious, Arturo’s Case, featuring mezcal alongside lime, hibiscus tea-pineapple wine syrup and Gancia Aperitivo, an aperitif flavored with a cornucopia of ingredients, including woodworm, oranges, nutmeg and china bark.

There is also a separate menu of four tiki drinks.

The food also features in-

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Fairy tale retold in London’s Blitz harkens modern war

A goose. Orange jumpsuits. Mirrors and whips. A shroud and cross. Images signify meaning, but context can often change how signs are read. Let me start with the goose.

Rapunzel Alone is a reworking of the Grimm Brothers’ tale. Opening at the 24th Street Theatre, the play moved to the Wallis for a brief

run, and it is back at 24th Street. Written by British playwright Mike Kenny, the story, set in London during the Blitz, opens with firstrate documentary visuals of British children sent away to escape Nazi bombing.

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We are deeply saddened to announce that Ann Ronus, beloved wife of Robert Ronus, died suddenly on February 20, 2022.

Ann was extremely devoted to her family and was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was caring, thoughtful, and selfless, and she took great pride in creating a happy home. She was particularly close to her granddaughters Emma and Lucy, with whom she shared much innocent mischief and laughter. They greatly admired her and were just as proud to be her granddaughters as she was proud of them. Above all, Ann loved and admired her husband Robert.

Married for more than 53 years, they truly complemented one another, and their respect and affection never waned.

Ann left an indelible imprint on our lives and the world of classical music in Los Angeles, most notably as a board member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and of the Colburn School. She was also an enthusiastic supporter of the choir , of St. James in-the-City Episcopal Church. She served on the Vestry of the Church and also as a trustee of St. James’ Episcopal School. Her generosity was boundless — and very discreet — so only a few will ever know the true impact she has made.

Ann was born in Adelaide, Australia, where her love of classical music developed at an early age.

Her mother was a concert pianist, and many others in her family were professional musicians. Even though she never pursued it as a career, Ann became an accomplished pianist and possessed a remarkable ear.

She was not only devoted to music, but she was also fiercely supportive of the musicians, artists, and staff who make it happen. Ann lived in England and in Switzerland before moving with her family to Los Angeles in 1983. In the last part of her life, she suffered from chronic medical problems which greatly impacted her quality of life. Nonetheless, she never complained and will always be remembered for her tremendous courage and resilience.

Along with Robert, Ann is survived by her son Christopher, daughter Caroline, son-inlaw Andrew, and granddaughters Emma and Lucy, her half-siblings Felix and Wendy, and extended family in Australia and England. She is mourned by friends across the world who remember her elegance, kindness and wicked sense of humour. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested donations to the Los Angeles Adv. Philharmonic Association.

have foreseen this horror.

The play, which focuses on a mixed-race girl sent to an isolated English farm, tells of the relationship between the girl (Tara Alise Cox) and the lonely farm owner (Marie-Françoise Theodore), also from the Caribbean. William Leon plays the village boy who turns out to be the play’s narrator. It’s a tender tale, tenderly told, but somehow I wanted more. Not the production’s fault, but the world’s. Context.

Oh, the goose? A life-size puppet (handled by Matt Curtin) who terrorizes the farm and steals the show, singlemindedly protecting her defenseless chicks, which the Londoners did then and which we all must do now.

24th Street Theatre, 1117 W. 24th Street; ends Sun., May 1.

••• The orange jumpsuits are from Detained, recently at the Fountain Theater. A quality ensemble tells the story of immigrants here illegally (though they have served in the army, earned degrees, held jobs, raised families, etc.), who are arrested and held

by ICE. The performances can’t make up for the didacticism of France-Luce Benson’s script, which preaches to a sympathetic audience despite the fact that, since the start of the Biden Administration, ICE arrests and deportations have fallen to their lowest levels in the agency’s history (“Washington Post”, 3/11/22).

Context, again.

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••• Then come the mirrors and whips, the icons of Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play at the Taper. The cast is heroic in its emotional, physical and psychological commitment to the play’s roller coaster ride of sexual and racial dynamics, but I was left underwhelmed.

The mirrored walls of the production (which has served as a barometer for race relations in America over the past two years) reflect the complicity of the audience in systemic racism, I suppose, and the whip-cracking acts to light up the thrill of domination, or being dominated, in some. Apart from the interracial makeup of the three couples on stage (and the two analysts conducting the antebellum role-play experiment), the hang-ups that spur the gay and straight pairs to therapy feel like clichés from old Jules Feiffer cartoons. The flaw in Mr. Harris’ script is that he takes for granted the very normalness of such interracial love today. Most of us reflected

in the stage’s mirrors accept racially-mixed couples, gay or straight, without hesitation.

But, within my lifetime, miscegenation and sodomy were crimes in America. Context.

That there are those who want to drag us back from the admittedly halting progress we have made is the issue, not that some couples, no matter their color or identity, have problems hearing and seeing each other. Ended March 13.

••• The shroud and cross are signs, of course, of Christ’s crucifixion. One of its greatest settings is Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, written in 1725, and presented by the Los Angeles Opera in a revival (whose last performance was March 27) of John Neumeier’s 1981 Hamburg Ballet version. Under James Conlon’s baton, the L.A. Opera mustered a world-class reading of the oratorio. Some of Bach’s antiphony was lost to the bowels of the Chandler stage, as the chorus was pushed back behind a scrim and the soloists stuck in the pit to give the dancers the stage. Some might argue (and I might be among them) that any ballet distracts from the power of Bach’s music, but Neumeier’s choreography, especially in the chorales, has a compelling power of its own. Context.

In 1981, the first cases of AIDS were reported, and U.S. inflation was at 8.9 percent. In 1725, a small band of Armenian freedom fighters drove the massive Ottoman army from its homeland. The Bach evening began with a rendition of the Ukrainian National Anthem that brought the Music Center audience to its feet.

No context was needed. We all understood.

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JFLA’s ‘Wonder Women’ is May 1

The Jewish Free Loan Association will honor three leading women at the Wonder Women Gala on Sun., May 1 at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel, 11461 Sunset Blvd.

The event will honor Jacky Dilfer, Deborah Kallick and Jessica Kronstadt. Sen. Sydney Kamlager, 30th District, is a special guest. Gala cochairs are Sam Yebri and Adeena Bleich. Cocktails will be served at 5 p.m., and dinner follows at 6 p.m. For tickets and more information, visit jfla.org, write sara@jfla. org or call 323-761-8837.

Also, mark your calendar for the JFLA gala to support the Feit 4 Kidz Fertility Loan Fund to be held Thurs., June 2 at 6 p.m.

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Jane McNealy is back with her songbook, 50 years on album to date, McNealy tells us. Her advancing years and a stage-four cancer diagnosis prompted her to collect her all-time favorites for the new album from her songbook of jazz, pop, soul and folk tunes and theater and film scores.

There were plenty of tunes to choose from. McNealy has recorded more than 300 songs since the 1960s. Legendary songstress Sarah Vaughan performed some of the songs — including the jazzy “Running Around” — in concert.

Unfortunately Vaughan died

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and premium seating. In addition, pay-what-you-can tickets will be available for just the concert. For tickets and more information, visit info@AYSymphony.org.

MUSE/IQUE will perform a festival of Los Angeles music with the stories and songs of Laurel Canyon at concerts to be held at two venues this month.

Led by Artistic Director Rachael Worby, “Laurel Canyon” is a musical journey into one of rock-n-roll’s most mythical neighborhoods. The performances take place Wed., April 6 and Thurs., April 7, at 7:30 p.m. at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, in San Marino.

The festival returns on Sun., April 10 at 7:30 p.m. to the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.

Joining musicians in the performance will be singersongwriter Nikka Costa and tenor Ashley Faatoalia.

Laurel Canyon, in the Hollywood Hills area, was home to The Byrds; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Carole King; Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, all of whom shaped a generation with their timeless music. For tickets and more information, visit muse-ique.com.

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Opening the concert is John Adams’ “Short Ride on a Fast Machine,” setting the tone for the festive night.

The orchestra also will perform the world premiere of “Zephyr,” by AYS Creative Fellow and composer, Alexander Mansour. The concert will conclude with an audience favorite, Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.

Gala events in support of the youth orchestra founded by the late Mehli Mehta (who conducted until age 90) include a pre-concert reception with cocktails, hors d’oeuvre

in 1990 before she could record them. It had been her next project, McNealy tells us.

That song is among the seven recordings on the new album, released on McNealy’s record label Lo-Flo Records, which she debuted in 2020 during the pandemic.

Another of her songs, which is not on the album, “Turn Away from Darkness,” is a gospel tribute McNealy wrote and composed with her mentor New Orleans’ Harold Battiste, Jr. in 1969. Joyce Dunn is the vocalist on the updated track, available on McNealy’s website, which is accompanied by a video featuring black-and-white photos taken

by McNealy in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and photos by others from the more recent Black Lives Matter protests.

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By Suzan Filipek Proving it’s never too late to begin again, 70-something songwriter, composer and librettist Jane McNealy is poised to release her new album April 1.

McNealy recorded the jazz vocal album “Marsha Bartenetti sings McNealy and Kuhns” at Capitol Records on Vine Street while she did most of her writing due south — at her Rossmore Avenue home / studio — with her longtime collaborator Alice Kuhns.

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HPHOA sponsors forum for three CD5 candidates

By Billy Taylor The Hancock Park Homeowners Association (HPHOA) hosted last month a virtual City Council District 5 candidate forum as an opportunity for residents to learn more about three of the four candidates on the CD5 ballot and what their plans would

be for the neighborhood.

More than 120 residents joined the March 21 Zoom webinar to hear from Jimmy Biblarz, Katy Yaroslavsky and Sam Yebri.

HPHOA President Cindy Chvatal-Keane opened the event and welcomed the three candidates, allowing

each to make opening statements before a series of questions was posed. Each candidate was given one minute to respond.

In their opening statements, Biblarz told residents that Hancock Park is one of his favorite neighborhoods, Yaroslavsky said that she is run-

ning because she is frustrated with the current state of the city and Yebri said that he feels like the city that he loves is broken.

Each candidate was then asked about pressing issues for the neighborhood such as constituent services, public safety, housing and transportation, among other things.

When pushed on the topic of public safety — perhaps one of the biggest issues for residents, according to Chvatal-Keane — the candidates each offered a different approach: Biblarz said that he would “think broadly” about the various services deployed to address safety.

Yaroslavsky said that she supports a citywide “audit” to identify the needs of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Yebri was clear that he would “get more officers on the street.”

When asked directly, all three candidates said that they did not support the recall of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón.

Candidate controversy The fourth candidate on the ballot, Scott Epstein, who served on the Mid City West Neighborhood Council from 2012 to 2021, and who was that council’s chair for most of those years, said he was not invited to the event.

In a series of posts on his Twitter account (@scottforla), Epstein questioned the motives for not including him in the forum.

COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 CANDIDATES (top to bottom): Jimmy Biblarz, Scott Epstein, Katy Yaroslavsky and Sam Yebri.

Jeanette Hagopian Dippell AUGUST 25, 1928 – JANUARY 31, 2022

Jeanette Hagopian Dippell passed away peacefully on January 31st. She was 93 years old. Jeanette graduated from Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles. Her combined interest in athletics and education led her to the University of Southern California, where she graduated with a B.A. in Physical Education and started a lifelong love affair with that storied institution.

In 1953 Jeanette married Cutler Dippell. Together they shared a deep love of travel and curiosity for other cultures, and raised their three children to appreciate both, as well.

Over the years, Jeanette volunteered for many organizations, including the Camp Fire Girls, The Assistance League of Southern California and The American Cancer Society. She parlayed a volunteer position at the ACS into a paying job as an event planner and development officer. When a position as staff event planner became available at

USC, Jeanette jumped at the chance to serve her beloved alma mater. Within months, she was promoted to Director of University and Alumni Events, a position that was the culmination of all her skills as a manager and event planner extraordinaire.

Her work was her joy and her passion. Not only did she enjoy the challenge of overseeing all the university’s major events, she also cherished her role as a mentor to her younger staff and the hundreds of students who worked in her office. She had an open-door policy and all who worked with her were welcomed to share her wisdom, her boundless energy, her good humor and warmth and her deep love for the University.

Upon her retirement in 1995 at the age of 67, she and Cutler embarked on a new adventure when they moved to Carmel Valley on the Central Coast of California.

Here Jeanette was able to share in the lives of her three grandchildren while exploring the area and all that it offered with her husband. After Cutler’s passing in 2012, Jeannette devoted much of her time to the study of genealogy, researching her father’s family and recording the journey they made from Armenia to the US. She continued gardening and sewing and making every holiday a special event for her friends and her family. A stroke in 2018 left her with some physical limitations, but she met them with characteristic

humor, grace and more than a little dash of defiance. She may have been slowed down physically, but her spirit was intact and in good form to the end.

Jeanette is survived by her three loving children: Ginger Ward of Carmel Valley, CA; Paul Dippell of Plano, TX; and Rebecca Rinot of Prunedale, CA. She also leaves behind her three beloved grandchildren — Christopher Ward, Maggie Ward Kelly and Dana Ward — and her great-granddaughter, Poppy May Kelly.

Those of us whom she left behind find ourselves wishing her a peaceful entrance to the pearly gates of heaven and an easy passage beyond, but we know that it is more likely that, upon entering those gates, she will instead grab the nearest walkie talkie, contact whoever is running catering and audio/visual, and let them know that she is ready to help. Heaven’s special events will shine a little brighter with her star in ascendance.

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(Continued from page 12) other sport activities were held at nearby parks. Later, property was found on Oxford Avenue just north of Third, but the facility there was underfunded and lacked a pool.

Not having a pool “was the biggest regret of that property,” Jim recalled.

“Dawne, Joe and my dad looked for a way to create money on an annual basis, and they created the Booster Dinner” (originally a stag dinner). Bert served as logistics coordinator and also stepped in between executive director terms. As the money rolled in, a fully-equipped Y was built with the much-desired pool.

(Today, it is called the Anderson Munger Family YMCA.) When Bert did officially re-

the city’s fashion style and the people that live here.

The store’s owner, Regan Robbins, a recent Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising graduate, opened the store to complement her online sales efforts. You can find her as @polosangeles on Instagram. tire in 2010, besides spending time with his family (including his granddaughters), he and Ann traveled the globe, visiting more than 60 countries.

He built a family retreat in the mountains, and he planted a flourishing garden in Montecito, as well as fished, played more tennis, raced thoroughbred horses and loved desserts — preferably with vanilla or lemon.

“He had a long life. He was lucky,” Ann said.

Besides his wife Ann and son Jim (Jill Ruesch-Lane), he is survived by sons Rob and Don (Mary Howe), five grandchildren and one great grandchild.

In honor of Bert, his family asks readers to “Please have yourself a cookie!” and also consider a donation to the Parkinson’s Foundation.

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Larchmont Boulevard from First Street to Melrose Avenue. LBA president John Winther asked LBA board member Patty Lombard to chair the committee. Pandemic-related changes to Larchmont, such as outdoor table installations replacing former metered parking spaces, were in full use at the time, and the LBA concluded that it would be a good moment to generate discussion about possible improvements to the Boulevard. The group conducted three Zoom conversations in an effort to understand the challenges facing Larchmont Boulevard, and

a committee-drafted survey was released online.

Community conversation Lombard and the other three organizers (John Kaliski, Gary Gilbert and Heather Boylston) have reviewed the survey and have produced five key “takeaways” that will be presented to the community on Thurs., April 14. They include: dining in the street (called by some “parklettes”), sit-down restaurants, alcoholic mixed drinks, trees and trash. Readers may visit larchmont2021.com for more information and to register for the Zoom presentation.

Celebrate Hollywood Bowl’s 100th with music, fireworks on June 3 In celebration of the Hollywood Bowl’s 100th year, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will team up with Gwen Stefani at the Fri., June 3 season opening, which will begin at 8 p.m.

The evening includes a world premiere by composer John Williams, written to

commemorate the centennial. Jazz musician Branford Marsalis, dancers and others including the UCLA Bruin and USC Trojan marching bands plus fireworks will mark the occasion. For tickets and more information on the summer lineup, visit hollywoodbowl.com.

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See butterflies take flight in Natural History Museum’s colorful Pavilion.

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Certified Local City and County Election Candidates in 2022 Mayor Karen Bass Joe Buscaino Rick Caruso

Kevin de León Michael “Mike” Feuer Craig Greiwe

John “JSamuel” Jackson Andrew Kim Gina Viola Peake

Alex Gruenenfelder Smith Ramit Varma Mel Wilson

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Molly Basler Jimmy Biblarz Scott Epstein Kristina Irwin Katy Young Yaroslavsky Sam Yebri

Albert Corado Carlos H. Flowers Steve Johnson Mitch O’Farrell Kate Pynoos Hugo Soto-Martinez

Sherri Onica Valle Cole Faisal Gill Kevin James Teddy Kapur Richard Y. Kim Hydee Feldstein Soto Marina Torres

Craig A. Brill Jeffi Girgenti Bob Hertzberg Roxanne Beckford Hoge Lindsey P. Horvath Henry Stern

Stephanie Clements Paul Koretz Reid Lidow Kenneth Mejia James O’Gabhann David T. Vahedi Robert “Rob” Wilcox

2022 city candidate fields are final

By John Welborne The chart above lists the names of the only people certified by the Los Angeles City Clerk to be on the June 7 ballot (plus the Board of Supervisors Third District candidates as of press time). There are 55 certified candidates for 11 city offices. If runoffs are needed after the June 7 primary election, the general election will be on Nov. 8.

In the Los Angeles mayor’s race, there were 38 people who initially told the Ethics Commission that they wanted

to run, but the final number on the ballot for mayor will be 12 candidates.

In the Larchmont Chronicle March issue, with respect to the Third Supervisorial District candidates, we presented short profiles of all four candidates who had qualified at press time.

Two additional people were approved for the ballot in that contest after we went to press last month. They are Craig Brill and Roxanne Beckford Hoge.

They join Jeffi Girgenti, Bob Hertzberg, Lindsey Horvath and Henry Stern as candidates.

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With term limits ending the tenure of current representative Paul Koretz (now running to be the next City Controller), his seat around the City Council horseshoe table in the John Ferraro Council Chamber is “open.” Also, portions of our community that recently were part of CD4 (some for 70-plus years) now are the eastern edge of the new CD5.

This includes the neighborhoods west of Western Avenue between Wilshire and Olympic boulevards and everything

west of Rossmore Avenue between Olympic Boulevard and Melrose Avenue.

Meet the four candidates on the June ballot for CD5, in their own words.

Jimmy Biblarz Born and raised in West Los Angeles, Jimmy is an educator, policy expert, and housing advocate. Shaped by his own experience with housing insecurity and eviction, Jimmy centers empathy and compassion in his approach to the homelessness and housing

crisis. He is running for Los Angeles City Council District Five to get to the heart of these issues — no more shortterm fixes for lasting problems. His top priorities when elected are working to build a more inclusive and rational housing system, methodically tackling our homelessness crisis with investments in housing, long-term mental health care, and substance use services, and reimagining several Westside streets (Please turn to page 3)

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to make them more walkable, environmentally sustainable, and safe and enjoyable to live and work on.

Jimmy was at Harvard for college, graduate school, and law school. There, he was a National Science Foundation Fellow and an inaugural Stone Fellow, a set of social science graduate students and professors dedicated to studying the rise of income and wealth inequality. While at Harvard, Jimmy worked at the LA Public Defender’s Office, Protect Democracy, and on the Biden voter protection team. Inspired by the progressive wins in Los Angeles in 2020, Jimmy decided to take on the fight himself.

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Jimmy is a renter, unionmember (UC-AFT), and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. He lives with his partner Harry, in Beverly Grove. He works as a faculty member at UCLA Law School and is a K-12 LAUSD alum, all schools in the district.

If elected, he would be the youngest member of the LA City Council, and the first LGBTQ+ member to represent District 5.

Scott Epstein Scott Epstein is a public policy professional and seasoned community leader who served as the chair of the Mid City West Neighborhood Council from 2014 to 2021.

Under Scott’s leadership, the council brought millions of dollars into the community for traffic calming, revitalized public spaces, and recruited hundreds of volunteers to assist in efforts related to homelessness, transportation, urban greening and racial justice.

Scott is also the Founder of the Midtown LA Homeless Coalition, a nonprofit that connects people experiencing homelessness with basic needs, services, and housing.

Scott serves as an elected delegate to the California Democratic Party and a board member of the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance.

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Katy Yaroslavsky

Scott is running for city council to make LA work for all of us, and will bring leadership to city hall that is grounded in community, guided by compassion, and focused on results.

Scott’s top priorities would be addressing homelessness, building an affordable city, supporting small businesses, reimagining public safety, reforming city hall to root out corruption, and tackling our climate crisis.

Scott is running to take bold action on these issues and has the skills in policy analysis, community engagement, and coalition-building to get the job done.

Katy Yaroslavsky Katy is an experienced environmental attorney, policy maker, and mom to three young kids. She’s running

to make our neighborhoods healthier and safer, and our city an easier place to live.

Katy was born and raised in LA, attended entirely public schools, including UC Berkeley and UCLA Law School.

She served as the general counsel of a climate change non-profit, and most recently, she’s enacted policies and created programs on behalf of LA County’s 10 million people as a senior policy advisor to LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, where she created LA County’s first sustainability office and led the development and negotiation of 2018’s Measure W, which is making LA more climate resilient through building new parks and stormwater infrastructure, while creating thousands of good-paying local union jobs.

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Katy understands that the biggest issues we’re facing — homelessness and poverty, public health and safety, environmental sustainability, and our economy — are intersectional and regional and will require collaborative, proven leadership, working in partnership with community and the private sector, to solve.

Endorsers include Congresswoman Bass; State Senators Kamlager and Allen; LA County Supervisor Kuehl; the LA County Federation of Labor; Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters, and hundreds of community members.

Sam Yebri Sam Yebri is a longtime community and non-profit leader, attorney, small business owner, immigrant, and husband and father of four young children who will fight tirelessly for the residents of the 5th District of the City of Los Angeles by tackling our homelessness crisis with urgency and compassion, prioritizing public safety, and ensuring we have the worldclass city services we deserve.

His journey towards public service began when he was a year old, when he and his parents arrived in Los Angeles as refugees from Iran. After attending public schools in (Please turn to page 4)

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the 5th District, Sam went on to earn degrees from Yale and USC Law School and returned home to build a successful law firm in Century City, where he has used his expertise to advise startups and small businesses and litigate on behalf of workers.

Committed to public service and championing the promise of Los Angeles, Sam formerly served as a Commissioner on the Los Angeles Civil Service Commission and as a member of the City Attorney’s Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and currently serves as a board member of the Friends of Westwood Library. He has also served on numerous non-profit boards, including Bet Tzedek Legal Services, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community Foundation, and ETTA, which provides services and housing for developmentally disabled adults, and engaged thousands of immigrants and first-generation Americans in civic life by co-founding 30 Years After in 2007.

Seven candidates are in the running to replace City Attorney Mike Feuer in November.

Feuer is a long-time local resident, living just west of Fairfax Avenue. Two candidates seeking to succeed him are neighbors, too. Heidi Feldstein Soto lives in the Carthay area; Teddy Kapur lives in Windsor Square.

We asked all of the seven to tell us briefly about themselves and what qualifies them to be the best person for the job of the city’s top prosecutor and head attorney. Three of the candidates are women seeking a post that only has been held by men since the position was created in 1850.

Here, from them or their campaigns, shortened as necessary to meet the requested word count, are their responses.

Sherri “Onica” Valle Cole From 2002 through 2018, Sherri “Onica” Valle Cole, was a career criminal prosecutor with the Los Sherri “Onica” Valle Cole Angeles City A t t o r n e y ’s Office, specializing in Consumer Fraud and Workplace Protection.

As a criminal prosecutor, she walked the halls of the county courthouses regularly and has negotiated hundreds of cases with bench officers and defense counsel. Onica’s trial experience as a criminal prosecutor has included cases that involved domestic vio-

lence, animal cruelty, assault with a deadly weapon, battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, possession of a concealed weapon, brandishing a deadly weapon, prostitution, narcotic offenses, hit and run offenses and other serious criminal offenses.

Onica spent her childhood living in Tijuana, Mexico, commuting across the border daily to attend school in San Diego.

Onica enjoys hiking and traveling with the Sierra Club and working in her parish.

Onica most recently joined the Parish Life Committee for the Holy Family Catholic Church in South Pasadena.

Onica is married to Brent Honoré, a 33-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, and together they have two young children, Merit (10) and Leonicio (7).

In December of 2016, Leonicio was diagnosed with autism. Onica has become a strong advocate for special needs children and the larger differently-abled community.

Faisal Gill My name is Faisal Gill. I’m an immigrant, a civil rights attorney, a veteran and a father, and I’m running Faisal Gill for Los Angeles City Attorney. I’m committed to delivering a fairer, safer and more just Los Angeles.

Throughout my work as a civil rights attorney, I have

been determined to help those who have faced discrimination from the government, immigration enforcement and police departments.

I’ve even taken on the LAPD firsthand, holding officers accountable for abuses of power like racial bias and excessive force.

I will bring a new, progressive approach to the City Attorney’s office. I will restore fairness and accountability to both the LAPD and the broader criminal justice system by holding the police accountable for all misconduct to prevent future transgressions from occurring. Further, I will no longer allow the law to be weaponized against our unhoused communities, prioritizing a housing-first model that includes supportive services like mental healthcare. I also have extensive plans to end the abuse of the misdemeanor system.

I hope to bring my perspective as a civil rights attorney to the City Attorney’s Office and push for progressive and pragmatic reforms, take on corruption wherever it exists, and restore trust to the office.

Kevin James K e v i n James has been a litigation attorney in Los Angeles since 1988 at some of Los Ange- Kevin James les’ most respected firms. In 2013, Kevin was appointed to the Board

of Public Works by Mayor Garcetti and was confirmed by the City Council. Kevin served as president of Public Works for seven years. He was the director of the Mayor’s Office of Film and Television Production, and he was the city’s liaison to the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission for the city’s bids for sporting events, including the NBA All-Star Game and Super Bowl. Kevin also served as chief of Legislative Affairs.

Kevin is on the Board of Directors of Operation Progress LA, as well as the First-in Fire Foundation, based in the Larchmont area. Throughout the 1990s, he served in leadership at AIDS Project Los Angeles during some of the most critical years of the AIDS epidemic. Kevin is an avid sports fan, and he loves pets.

Kevin’s top three priorities include: (a) creating a regional solution to homelessness by using the courts to ensure that our neighboring cities step up and by ending the constant stream of legal settlements that affect our public right-of-way; (b) ensuring that our neighborhoods are safe and clean; and (c) restoring public trust in City Hall.

Teddy Kapur I am a Larchmont resident, the son of immigrants, married with two young children, and an accomplished attorney who has experience delivering solutions to the crises facing our city.

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(Continued from page 4) sue, and it requires a compassionate and urgent response.

I have spent 20 years volunteering to Teddy Kapur address this tragedy. I am the board chair of Imagine LA, a nonprofit that has helped hundreds of families exit poverty through clinical case management and mentorship.

As a partner at the law firm Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, I have worked to save jobs when a business falls on hard times. I also teach a job skills class at LA City College.

I was a vice president at the nation’s leading affordable housing company. I understand the financing and legal challenges we need to overcome in order to increase housing opportunities while preserving existing neighborhoods.

These experiences provide me unique skills to get our city back on track. As City Attorney, I will deliver scalable solutions to the homelessness crisis, fight the culture of corruption in City Hall, make our

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neighborhoods safer, protect workers and the elderly from unsafe conditions, safeguard our environment, and support small business owners.

Richard Kim Richard Kim is the only sitting career prosecutor running for City A t t o r n e y.

For nearly 20 years he’s Richard Kim been a deputy city attorney working to protect us from unscrupulous slumlords, rogue developers, con artists who’ve ripped off seniors, and degenerates who abuse animals.

Richard is a blue-collar lawyer. His office has been in the criminal courts building, not a fancy high-rise law office.

Richard is an immigrant. His family was poor.

He worked to pay his way through community college and law school. While getting his law degree, Richard got an internship at the City Attorney’s Office — and there he found his mission in life: to use his legal skills to protect the interests of the residents and taxpayers of his adopted city.

Richard will restore integrity to the troubled City At-

torney’s office and make the office more efficient so taxpayers get a bigger bang for their bucks.

As City Attorney, Richard will take the unprecedented step of establishing an independent anti-corruption czar to root out City Hall corruption — wherever it is found.

Corruption is out of control at City Hall — but it wouldn’t be that way if someone had been minding the store. That’s why we desperately need an anticorruption watchdog.

Hydee Feldstein Soto H y d e e was born and raised in Puerto Rico and, at 17, moved to attend Swarthmore College and Hydee C o l u m b i a Feldstein Soto Law. She then moved to Los Angeles, which she has proudly called home for 40 years.

Hydee spent her career overcoming institutional hurdles to become one of the country’s most respected attorneys, known for her no-nonsense and can-do approach to finding innovative solutions to difficult problems. As a community leader, Hydee has spent years inform-

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ing and protecting our residents and neighborhoods.

As City Attorney, Hydee will focus on utilizing every resource in the city’s legal tool belt to combat homelessness, protect vulnerable communities and root out corruption.

Her candidacy is built on independence, competency and a singular focus on this office, without past political allegiances or future political aspirations. She emphasizes that she is an accidental politician running to be our City Attorney, not running for a steppingstone in politics.

Hydee will lead from day one with her decades of experience managing other attorneys, facilitating multibillion-dollar transactions (larger than the annual budget of Los Angeles) and solving complex legal issues. She will bring those skills to bear, focusing on problem solving — not politics — to make the City work.

Marina Torres As a federal corruption prosecutor and first-generation Latina who worked for President Obama, Marina Torres represents the American Dream. Growing up with incarcerated family members, her personal and professional experiences have given her a greater understanding

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of the justice system.

For the past several years, Marina has been a federal prosecutor going after Marina Torres corruption, tackling money laundering and taking down international drug cartels in Los Angeles. Before that, she worked for President Obama as a political appointee on immigration policy and helped design and implement the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. She also spent a life-changing year as an AmeriCorps Fellow in Chicago, where she provided litigation aid to migrant farm workers throughout the state who were victimized by recruiters and employers.

She is a proud graduate of Stanford Law School and UC Berkeley, and proud daughter of formerly undocumented immigrants from Michoacan and Jalisco, Mexico.

Marina’s top priorities if elected are ending the homelessness crisis, improving public safety in Los Angeles (not decreasing police), and putting an end to corruption at city hall.

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Seven candidates vie for Los Angeles City Controller There are seven candidates who want to become the next City Controller for Los Angeles. It is the elected paymaster and chief accounting officer for the city. The position also has the power to conduct audits of city departments. The City Controller has been an elected office in Los Angeles since 1889.

The Chronicle asked each candidate to send us a short biography with qualifications and aspirations for the office.

Below are their responses, edited in some cases to fit the length allowed.

Stephanie Helene Clements Assistant Director, Public Works. Chief Financial Officer, Bureau of Street Services / StreetsLA. Stephanie Clements, a third-generation Angeleno, is a fiscal expert and anti-corruption crusader promoting transparency in government,

cost savings, and resource optimization. She has worked for the city for more than 25 years, including as Stephanie CFO at both Clements the Bureau of Street Services and the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions Dept. overseeing a $1.2B budget. Clements understands what it takes to lead in a challenging political environment, responsibly managing large complex budgets and streamlining wasteful programs.

As Controller, her top priorities are: (1) Stop corruption in Los Angeles. Clements will be a fearless crusader against the corrupting influence of money in politics through real-world initiatives. (2) Eliminate the Ongoing Structural Budget

Deficit. Clements will serve as a true independent fiscal watchdog strongly advocating for ending the ongoing pattern of over-spending that results in city service cuts.

(3) Improve city services to reduce government waste and inefficiencies. Clements will push for greater strategic technology investments, and civil service system / contracting reform.

Clements holds a master’s degree in public administration from USC and a bachelor of arts degree in business economics and political science from UC Santa Barbara. She is the proud mom of two fourthgeneration LAUSD graduates and has been a strong advocate for work-life balance.

Paul Koretz Paul Koretz was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in July 2009. He served on the Budget and Finance Com-

mittee for more than ten years, chaired the Audits and Government Efficiency Committee, Paul Koretz and currently chairs the Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare Committee (the committee that hears and advances the Controller’s audits). He has advocated for many efficiencies as a councilmember, saving the city millions of dollars.

As a member of the Los Angeles City Council, Koretz is dedicated to solving our city’s long-time homelessness problem, supporting and reforming law enforcement, improving fire safety, battling climate change and protecting our natural resources, maintaining human scale in devel-

opment, fighting Sacramento to keep local control of the planning and land-use process, and protecting animals from cruel practices. Councilmember Koretz has worked hard to ensure our streets are paved, our trees are trimmed, and our parks are maintained.

He also created the Administrative Citation Enforcement (ACE) program for better enforcement of quality of life issues.

Koretz helped to found the City of West Hollywood in the 1980s, and he served for 12 years on the West Hollywood City Council. He also served six years in the State Assembly.

Reid Lidow I am running for City Controller because your money matters, and I won’t let it be wasted. My campaign is about Los Angeles’s comeback: deliv(Please turn to page 7)

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e r i n g homes for the homeless, jobs for the jobless, fighting the climate crisis, and i n c r e a s i n g Reid Lidow transparency and accountability. Anything less is a waste of your tax dollars.

I have advised a mayor and prime minister, shaped and implemented policies in city departments, and committed myself to improving the lives of others. Rising through the ranks at City Hall, first as a speechwriter and then as a deputy press secretary, I was selected to serve as Mayor Garcetti’s executive officer. In this role, I provided strategic counsel to the mayor and ensured the execution of his goals. Throughout the pandemic, I led the writing team behind the mayor’s nightly briefings turning data into actionable insights for how Angelenos could stay safe.

As Controller, I would step into the role with firsthand experience with the budget and policymaking process.

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to use the office’s bully pulpit to speak truth to power, and I would.

I want to ensure taxpayers get even more for their money. It’s time for Los Angeles’s comeback.

Kenneth Mejia Kenneth Mejia was born and raised in Los Angeles by his single immigrant m o t h e r who is also Kenneth Mejia a registered nurse. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) with 11 years of accounting and auditing experience, and he is the only CPA running in the City Controller race. He got his public accounting experience as an auditor at Ernst & Young. He is also a community organizer for tenants and the unhoused.

Kenneth’s priority items: Homelessness: Account and audit homelessness funds and programs. Identify vacant land and property to be used for housing. Create maps and tools to help unhoused people connect to services.

Housing: Create a database of all housing units in the City of Los Angeles with current vacancy information, pricing, and ways for renters

to apply. Identify apartments with expiring affordable housing covenants to protect tenants from eviction and displacement. Audit how effective the Housing Dept. is at handling tenant complaints and the time it takes to resolve tenant-landlord disputes.

Environment: Account and audit funds and programs that address climate change (currently no transparency on how the city is addressing climate change). Audit Mayor Garcetti’s Green New Deal (GND) and hold city departments accountable in meeting the goals of the GND. James O’Gabhann I encourage you to vote for me as City Controller if you believe City Hall has become Ta m m a n y James Hall West of O’Gabhann the twentieth first century. The amount of corruption in the last two years among the City Council and the Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power is disgusting and outrageous but we have only ourselves to blame. The City government has become far too removed from local neighborhoods, and we have placed a premium on rais-

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ing funds and deal making to win city races. The first skill a local politician needs is to raise funds and plenty of it.

The City Charter is an early twentieth century document that is an artifact of the past, and is designed for city government NOT to work.

I propose a major Charter Reform movement led by the neighborhood councils and staffed by the new City Controller’s office. Once the new Charter is drafted it would be brought to the people for approval. It would provide accountability to city officials on their actions. For example, the City Controller sounds like a financial officer but the office is merely a recommending office on audits and organization studies. The office is funded by the City Council where Council districts serve as fiefdoms for the City. To use a political science term, it is a weak Mayor and strong City Council structure. …

I will under promise and over perform but I will promise if there is not Charter Reform in my first term in office than there is no need for me to run for a second term because the City Controller can be easily merged with the Treasurer’s position if the City Council does not listen to the performance reviews and audits of

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David Vahedi I would be the first Controller with an advanced degree in accounting.

I have conducted over 350 civil David Vahedi and criminal audits. I was the first California state auditor drafted by a law enforcement task force to investigate organized criminal groups that stole over $500 million in tax revenue. I am also an experienced attorney with over 20 years of litigation experience.

Corruption has reached deep into City Hall. Three council members have been indicted, as have the former general managers of the Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power, Los Angeles Dept. of Building and Safety, and head of litigation of the City Attorney’s office. My number one goal is to root out corruption and to put in policies that make corruption easier to detect at its inception. My second goal is to audit homeless programs before the money is spent to make sure we are getting people off the streets and returning our neighborhoods to the residents.

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Rob Wilcox Los Angeles is a city in crisis.

I was born and raised here. I love this city.

But some- Rob Wilcox times I don’t even recognize it. That’s why I’m running to be your City Controller.

The Controller is one of the most consequential offices in the city. The Controller is the truth teller, the inspector general and the taxpayers’ watchdog. Asking and answering the questions: How are we doing? How can we do better?

I know about the possibili-

ties and power of the Controller’s office because for over seven years I served as Deputy to City Controller Laura Chick.

Recently, I joined the ranks of the growing number of Angelenos who have become a victim of violent crime. I was attacked in broad daylight, near City Hall, by someone who was clearly mentally disturbed and appeared to be homeless.

Our elected leaders have failed us on so many fronts, especially on homelessness.

The city has no plan. As Controller I will provide one.

Los Angeles is on the ballot this election. This is the most important city election in nearly 50 years. Excuses and time have both run out.

We must act now, and get it right.

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moving people into what will be transitional housing. Those services will extend throughout the period of residency, said Richard Loring, vice president of development at ESI Ventures.

One of the nonprofits, Peace4Kids, serves young people in foster care and young adults who have aged out of the foster care system.

The other, Tiny Town CA, provides shelter and assistance programs to young single mothers with one or two children.

“410 Rossmore LLC is committed to working with these organizations and public entities to make our contribution to reducing the number of people unsheltered or living in situations where they are experiencing housing insecurity,” Loring wrote in a letter to the 15 existing tenants who remain in the 78-unit

building.

“I intend to welcome these folks into our building with open arms and hope everyone else feels the same way I do,” Loring added in his letter.

The two nonprofits will pay 410 Rossmore LLC a “nominal licensing fee” of $300 per unit for utilities and other costs.

Loring said he is working with Council Districts 4 and 5 on the project, which will utilize 20 or more of the existing units for the next six months or longer, pending approval of the new construction permits by the Los Angeles Dept. of Building and Safety.

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Colburn School unveils Gehry design for chamber music, dance

By John Welborne A long-held dream is closer to realization. Long sought by many music-loving Angelenos, a 1,000-seat concert hall appropriate for chamber music players — from quartets to something the size of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra — now is moving toward construction.

Warner Henry There was no local music lover who pushed harder to create such a chamber music hall than the late Warner Wheeler Henry, who grew up in Windsor Square. The new hall will be a part of our town’s renowned school for music and dance, the Colburn

School — an institution on whose board of directors Warner Henry served for many years.

Gehry Partners The astonishing new hall is the product of the design skills of Gehry Partners, and it will incorporate many of the acoustic features of its nearneighbor, Walt Disney Concert Hall, also designed by Gehry Partners. The main feature of the new facility, denominated the Colburn Center at the Colburn School, is the concert hall. The hall has been named in honor of Terri and Jerry Kohl to recognize the couple’s generous leadership gift.

At the project announcement on March 16, Colburn School president Sel Kardan spoke of the “great joy and excitement” of reaching this point in the years-long effort to create the new center.

He said that the campaign overseen by Colburn board IN-THE-ROUND seating for the audience chair emeritus envelops performers on the stage of the new Carol Colburn Terri and Jerry Kohl Hall to be built on Olive Grigor already Street, just east of the existing Colburn School. had raised $270

COLBURN CENTER, in a rendering of the view from Hill Street, is the backdrop for a conversation between Colburn School president Sel Kardan, at left, and the new facility’s architect, Frank Gehry.

million of the campaign’s $350 million goal.

Terri and Jerry Kohl Hall The new concert hall is designed specifically for chamber music. As with the setting for a string quartet in the living room of a private home, the new hall is

designed for an in-the-round experience.

Audience seating comes right down to the floor level of the musicians’ circular stage.

The balconies actually seem to float away from the walls; they were designed that way to enhance acoustics.

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Crafty COVID crochet projects and adventures in Etsy selling

By Rachel Olivier If anyone had told me that I might end up selling handmade products online, I would not have believed that person.

Yet, here I am in my Larchmont home, selling a variety of hand-crocheted items on Etsy — and enjoying it.

Crocheting was a craft my grandma taught me as a child. I was left-handed and couldn’t seem to pick up knitting. I liked handiwork because of my love of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louisa May Alcott and L.M. Montgomery (i.e., “Little House on the Prairie,” “Little Women,” “Anne of Green Gables”). I wasn’t especially skilled at it, but I loved the braiding and texture of the yarn. It was a skill I would exercise occasionally over the years.

Fast forward to the summer of 2020. Pandemic numbers were on the rise, and I was looking for something both creative and productive to do while “sheltering in place.”

My regular creative activity had been writing fiction and poetry, but while clearing out craft and sewing supplies, I rediscovered my old crochet hooks.

ETSY SITE displays crochet wares for sale. The online marketplace specializes in handmade crafts, vintage items and jewelry.

Getting into fiber art At first, I was crocheting with a sense of playing around with fiber, texture and colorways. (Many yarn hanks are dyed in a variety of colors, called colorways.) Soon, I was immersed in learning about natural fibers — like cotton, linen, silk and merino wool — to create projects such as infinity scarves, blankets, baskets and simple handbags.

I set myself tasks to create new items and learn new stitches. I also added touches such as personalized labels,

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By the holiday season of 2020, I had crafted enough items to donate two totes of crocheted items to Alexandria House, as well as make gifts for family and friends.

I had friends who kept ask-

ing if I would sell my crafty goods. I wasn’t sure I wanted to do that. I enjoyed my crocheting as a meditative practice and a way to work with texture and color. Not only had I worked in retail in the past, but my father had owned and operated a handbag repair shop in San Francisco. I had worked for him and seen what it was like firsthand.

Setting up an Etsy shop Eventually, I realized I needed to fund my fiber art practice. So, I decided to look into setting up an Etsy shop.

Etsy.com is a marketplace specifically for unique, handmade and vintage goods and materials. I knew that in such a marketplace, I could set my own rules, craft my items and sell what I wanted to sell.

Setting up an Etsy shop is simple. There is a template for establishing a store name and banner, in my case “Raebob’s

Crafty Goods.” After uploading photos (they don’t need to be fancy) and filling in the description, the seller sets a price and decides on shipping. There is a fee for listing items and when items are sold. There is also help with shipping labels, calculating shipping costs both domestically and globally, sales tax, establishing handling costs and even tax forms. My Etsy shop was easy to set up and has been easy to operate.

Ultimately, however, it is the old-fashioned and mindful craft of crochet that I enjoy.

To see my items for sale, visit http://etsy.com/shop/RaebobsCraftyGoods

Temporarily gone to ground

Home Ground columnist Paula Panich is on hiatus this month. She will be back in the May issue.

Stately Tudor on Showcase House tour

By Suzan Filipek A stately 1905 English Tudor house called Oaklawn Manor will be featured on the 57th annual Showcase House tour in Pasadena. Tours will run from Sun., April 24 to Sun., May 22.

Anchoring an historic neighborhood of century-old homes planned by architects Greene & Greene, the house features baronial-sized rooms with wood interiors, ornate beamed ceilings and floor-toceiling travertine fireplaces.

The home was built for Harry Hawgood, an English civil engineer who designed railways and waterways on multiple continents.

Guests will tour more than 20 interior and landscape design spaces at the home that were re-envisioned by this year’s slate of designers.

Boutique and craft merchants will be onsite at the Shops at Showcase, and restaurants will also be represented onsite. The 2021 Showcase House was not held due to the global pandemic.

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Mountain lions, SB 9 and The Rise of The Resistance

Maybe the homeowners of Silver Lake should have seen it as an auspicious sign when the 123 lb. “Brad Pitt “of mountain lions known as P-22 left his usual haunt around the Hollywood sign to have a roam down Silver Lake Boulevard. Their neighborhood had officially become part of P-22’s range. Anyone following the state’s housing predicament and the saga of Senate Bill 9 would have immediately thought of the town of Woodside, Calif., which made headlines in February by attempting to exempt itself from the new housing law by declaring it’s municipality a mountain lion habitat. While Woodside, home to not only mountain lions but tech billionaires, was certainly the most audacious of municipalities pushing back against SB 9, it is not alone. A growing number of municipalities up and down the state have begun to resist what they consider a usurpation of their land-use authority by the state.

The passage of SB 9 (and SB 10) late last year in the face of fierce opposition was cause for great celebration among the YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) and housing density advocates by putting the final nail in the coffin of single-family zoning

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in California. Political stars had aligned to make this victory possible: the failed recall of Gov. Newsom, the need for Sacramento to show some sign of dealing with the housing crisis and the strategic alignment of Big Tech, construction and development interests, Wall Street investors and Bay Area advocates frustrated with the spiraling costs of housing.

Since the law took effect on January 1, stories in a number of Bay Area and Northern California publications have covered new applications for lot splits. However, the number remains small, but is predicted to grow. There has been little reporting in Southern California by way of comparison. But what is growing at a strong clip is a stream of developers, land-use consultants and lawyers claiming to be SB 9 experts aiming to cash in on what they see as a lucrative market in potential SB 9 lotsplit developments. However

… uncertainty, the ponderous language of the law, and glacial adaptation and implementation of the law statewide have created a seeming calm before the storm.

Following the passage of the law late last year, reaction was swift. A number of cities, including Pasadena and Beverly Hills, passed temporary ordinances with restrictions on new SB 9 projects, while the cities worked on crafting permanent rules. Some opponents went even further — such as Mayor Bill Brand of Redondo Beach — who launched the “Our Neighborhood Voices (Ballot) Initiative” to repeal the law. However, the proposed measure failed to get enough signatures to qualify this year.

San Francisco, ever adept at foiling the best-laid plans of YIMBYs, is considering upzoning all single-family neighborhoods to allow duplexes.

By doing so, the city would exempt itself from SB 9, which only applies to neighborhoods zoned for single-family, but the city also would preserve local review and control over any new projects.

Los Angeles, ever slow off the mark, failed to pass an ordinance presented in December by Councilmembers Paul Koretz and Bob Blumenfeld,

MOUNTAIN LION P-22 was photographed strolling along a SilPhoto by Chris Blim ver Lake sidewalk.

seconded by Councilmember Nithya Raman. It finally passed in early February and proposed some common-sense restrictions such as objective design standards, a maximum of four units on two lots (no ADUs), parking requirements, setbacks, and residency requirements. It also reiterated the exemptions for Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZs), historic districts, historic-cultural monuments and possibly-identified historic resources. The City Planning Department was directed, at the same time, to craft a new comprehensive ordinance by this summer.

Which brings me back to mountain lions and Silver

Lake. Koretz’s motion also instructed the City Planning Department to clarify exemptions and to grant authorization for the city to deny a project in areas where SB 9 would have an unavoidable adverse impact, such as in habitats of protected species. So, as P-22 has decided to trade in his Hollywood digs for the hip streets of the east side, perhaps Silver Lake could attempt to exempt itself from SB 9 by being redesignated a “mountain lion habitat.” Why not? At this stage in the resistance to SB 9, communities up and down the state are proving that there is more than one way to skin a cat! (No offense, P-22!)

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Yoube features art works to support homeless youth

By Billy Taylor The recently opened Larchmont location for Yoube, a modern coworking space located at 5570 Melrose Ave., unveiled last month an art program to support Covenant House California (CHC). The program offers a dedicated wall for young artists who are overcoming homelessness to showcase and sell their artwork.

The first showcase features eight custom paintings from former CHC resident Molly, which includes QR codes for viewers to purchase the works of art, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Molly.

The exhibit is the first in a series which will feature different young artists. Yoube also maintains, at its Larchmont and West Adams locations, other walls in support of local artists who can also sell

RIBBON-CUTTING ceremony includes, from left, Stephan Agerman, Jenny Berglund, Anthony Conley and Babak Kheshti.

their varied works, from paintings to photography, as part of Yoube’s local arts program.

Yoube’s three co-owners, Stephan Agerman, Jenny Berglund and Babak Kheshti, were looking for ways to sup-

port the local community when they heard about the good work done by CHC to provide sanctuary and support to homeless youth in the area.

“Homelessness is such a big issue in Los Angeles, and we

were trying to think about any way that, as a small startup business, we could make an impact, however small,” Yoube co-owner Jenny Berglund told the Chronicle last month. “After learning about the art program at Covenant House California, we thought dedicating a wall to showcase the art work at our new Larchmont Village location was one way we could do that.”

According to the CHC’s director of support services, Anthony Conley, the nonprofit youth shelter encourages and supports young residents who are interested in art through an onsite art program. The program teaches residents to express their emotions through art. Molly’s art, he says, reflects her feelings of darkness into light.

“This is a great opportunity for residents like Molly to

not only express themselves through art, but to also display the art in public,” said Conley.

CHC provides sanctuary and support for trafficked youth and youth experiencing homelessness, ages 18 to 24. Now serving over 4,700 youth each year, CHC provides a full continuum of services to meet the physical, emotional, educational, vocational and spiritual well-being of young people, in order to provide them with the best chance for success and independence.

Founded in 2021, Yoube offers an accessible option for those looking for a comfortable and affordable office environment in a modern coworking space with flexible access, hourly rates and no membership fees.

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The planned remodel includes increasing the building height from five stories to l2 and increases the number of units from 78 to 87.

Originally planned as a coliving development, that plan was scrapped because of parking concerns, Loring said.

He added that, under the planned remodel, “Parking will be completely code compliant. All units will have their own assigned spaces.”

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Make animal yarn paintings at a family workshop on Sun., April 3 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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The spring and summertime exhibition features hundreds of butterflies, colorful native plants and natural light to help see these creatures shimmer.

With lots of flight space and a variety of resting spots, visitors will have some of the best views in Los Angeles to see these amazing insects.

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GenSpace — a place to engage older adults — opens this month

By Suzan Filipek In the dramatic new building fronting Wilshire and Harvard boulevards in what has become known as “Koreatown,” on the historic campus of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, there soon will be another opening and another resource for the community.

The Annenberg Foundation will celebrate the new Wallis Annenberg GenSpace Thurs., April 21, and the facility will open for public use on April 25. The innovative community space for older adults is the vision of philanthropist and founder Wallis Annenberg.

GenSpace seeks to enrich and expand the lives of older adults through classes, partnerships, events and intergenerational opportunities.

“If I were alone in my home with absolutely no support system around me, GenSpace is exactly what I would like to find: a place where I could

PROGRAMS AND CLASSES will be available to seniors in the new facilities created to reflect the vision of founder Wallis Annenberg. Photos by Jason O’Rear

go and see other people in my age range, a place where I could make connections to the world,” said Wallis Annenberg, chairman, CEO and president of the Annenberg Foundation. “So many older people are prisoners of isolation and loneliness. GenSpace will provide the opposite of

that feeling, because the opposite of loneliness is connection and engagement.”

GenSpace will serve as a pioneer resource for understanding and providing what diverse older populations want and need, center officials said.

Older people who participate in senior center activities have been proven to have higher levels of health, social interaction and life satisfaction when compared with their peers, according to studies. However, just 10 to 20 percent of older adults attend senior centers at least once a year.

By 2034, the United States is expected to enter a demographic shift where adults age 65-plus outnumber children in population — for the first time ever — according to the U.S. Census in 2018.

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Stay alert! Violent crime continues to be an issue WILSHIRE DIVISION ROBBERIES: A woman parked her car on the 200 block of N. Larchmont Blvd. on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. when two suspects approached her car from behind. The first suspect stood next to the driver’s window, while the second suspect got into the vehicle’s passenger seat. Both suspects told the victim they had guns and demanded her property, including a mobile phone and computer equipment, and then stole her car, a white 2021 Audi.

A victim was driving his BMW eastbound on Bever-

ly Boulevard near Highland Avenue on March 9 at 1:30 a.m. when a suspect’s vehicle blocked the victim’s car. One of the suspects approached the victim’s car and forced his way inside and demanded the victim’s watch while the other suspect served as a lookout.

BURGLARIES: A suspect smashed a rear door window at a home on the 200 block of S. Lucerne Boulevard and ransacked the interior, stealing luggage and a bag on March 9 between 6:20 and 8:45 p.m.

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OLYMPIC DIVISION ROBBERY: A dispute among a group of men on Oakwood Avenue between Wilton Place and Western Avenue ended with a victim being beaten and

robbed of his wallet on March 9 at 6:35 p.m.

BURGLARIES: Three suspects used an object to break a rear sliding glass door to gain access to a home on the 400 block of N. Beachwood Drive and stole unknown property

on March 7 at 11:20 p.m.

Money and gold were stolen from inside a home on the 800 block of Fifth Avenue after a suspect used a tool to open a locked door on March 4 between 9 and 11 a.m.

A suspect removed a kitchen window screen and ransacked the interior of a home on the 500 block of N. Beachwood Drive, stealing unknown property, on March 2 between 6:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

GRAND THEFT AUTO: A 2007 black Audi A6 was stolen while parked on the 600 block of N. Bronson Avenue on March 15 at 9:25 p.m.

Some crimes solved, resolved, La Brea to Melrose and beyond

By Suzan Filipek There recently have been resolutions reported for several notorious crimes that occurred locally, or close to our readership areas.

Burglars in custody Four suspects have been arrested for allegedly committing a series of auto burglaries between Feb. 24 and 28.

Four of the burglaries were in the Los Angeles Police Dept.

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The suspects came from Richmond in the Bay Area specifically to commit the vehicle burglaries. They were affiliated with gangs, according to police.

The suspects were charged with 13 auto burglaries and weapons violations and were being held in custody pending court proceedings on March 15.

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Attackers sentenced Two men were sentenced to federal prison terms on March 7 for their involvement in an assault on five members of a family that operates a restaurant in Beverly Hills.

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outside the restaurant. Shortly upon arrival, the defendants entered the restaurant and threw chairs, smashed glassware and overturned tables, and they threatened and injured the victims.

The attacks were over tensions between the Turkish and Armenian communities, according to Beverly Hills police, which investigated the incident with the FBI. The defendants each pleaded guilty in October to one count of conspiracy and one count of committing a hate crime, they were both ordered to pay $21,200 in restitution to the victims.

Defendant William Stepanyan, 23, of Glendale, was sentenced to five years in prison, and Harutyun Harry Chalikyan, 24, of Tujunga, was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Alleged murderer charged In the tragic local murder of 24-year-old UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer, who was stabbed to death in a La Brea Avenue furniture store just north of Beverly Boulevard on Jan. 13, police detectives quickly identified a suspect, and he was captured in Pasadena five days later. Shawn Laval Smith, 31, has been charged with murder and is in jail awaiting trial.

Another murder arrest A more recent murder that took place in the 400 south block of Gramercy Place, between Fourth and Fifth streets, also has resulted in an arrest. The suspect is 18-yearold Wilser Virula.

The police describe this homicide as gang-related.

Allegedly, Virula — who police say knew the 32-year-old victim, Josua Oliva — shot Oliva inside Oliva’s Gramercy Avenue apartment in the early afternoon on March 16.

Now in jail, defendant Virula has a court hearing coming up on April 21.

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Low-limit games require skills to compensate for betting limit Most well-skilled players seek out the higher-limit games where they can make lots of money. Most recreational players — the majority of us — prefer to stick with the lower-limit games as we seek to develop our skills while sustaining smaller losses. (Eventually, some will move up to the higher limits.)

The Dilemma Low-limit games severely limit the amount a player can bet or raise. Say it’s a $4- to $8-limit game — a favorite among us recreational players — and Hero has flopped a monster hand. An early-position bets out — $4 (the limit on the flop). Two opponents call; that’s four chips from each added to the pot. Now, in a late position, Hero decides to raise to build the pot. All three of his opponents call the raise. Net result, Hero has increased the size of the pot (he expects to win). But the most he can raise is another $4; so he got an extra $24 (3 x $8). Imagine

how much more that could have been if it were a no-limit game!

There is a second case where the betting limit severely deters Hero. Say he connects on the turn to four-to-the-nut flush.

He was dealt Ah-10h, and then flopped Jh-7h-5d. He needs one more heart on the turn or the river to complete his big hand.

So, he decides to semi-bluff on the turn. An early-position opens the betting — $8 — and is called by a loose player. From a late position, Hero makes his raise — a semi-bluff. If both opponents fold, Hero wins the pot. If one calls his raise, he can still connect on the river or bluff out the remaining opponent. But, once again, in this $4- to $8-limit game, the relatively small amount ($8) of his bluff bet (compared to a high-limit or no-limit game) has much less muscle in forcing his opponent to muck his cards.

More skill In both cases, the $4-$8 limit puts severe restrictions

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George Epstein on pot size when you catch a monster hand or when you bluff or semi-bluff. That could easily make the difference as to whether you go home a winner or a loser. Obviously, low-limit players need more / better skills to compensate for the betting limit. How about avoiding more losing hands?

Here are two good examples: The Two-Step Anxious to get into the action, players often start with mediocre, even poor, hands.

You must consider: the value

of your hole cards — rank, pairs, connectors, suited; your betting position; number of raises, if any; number of opponents staying in; their playing traits; and texture of the game. The Hold’em algorithm makes it easy. That’s the first step.

Next, the flop must improve your hand. As a result, you may find yourself folding many hands before or after the flop — avoiding hands that likely would be losers.

The 4-2 Rule Use probability law to decide if you have a hand that offers a reward higher than the risk.

After the flop, with two cards to come (the turn and the river), count your outs (the number of cards remaining in the deck that will complete your hand) and multiply it

by four to estimate your card odds (against connecting); then compare these odds to the pot odds (number of chips in the pot compared to how much you must bet to see the next card).

If you do not connect, you still have the river to come.

Estimate the implied pot odds (assuming that you will again bet out, how many more chips will callers add to the pot?) compared to your card odds after multiplying your outs by two. (Note: There are easy-toread charts available.)

Life/poker quote of the month “Poker is a ruthlessly realistic game.”

Dr. Alan N. Schoonmaker, author of “The Psychology of Poker” and other poker books

Immersive, fun art exhibit is at MOCA

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By Nona Friedman The current exhibit at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, “Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor,” is a wonderful immersive art experience.

Walk through multiple rooms where you sit, lie, walk and watch video and light transform each area. In one section, all of the furniture is oversized, and one area has a dining table to sit at while col- SITTING ON A GIANT SOFA orful video changes the decor. watching television in the exhibit.

Photo by Paul LaZebnick Another room contains hanging resin orbs that glow and change color. Walking adults and kids. through this room feels like A free teen night is on Sat., you are floating through the April 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. stars. with live performances and art It’s a fun experience for both activities. RSVP required.

The exhibit continues through Mon., June 6 at 152 N. Central Ave. UPHOLSTERY For tickets and more information, visit moca.org. & DRAPERY

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