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for Japanese Art will remain as part of major remodel plans.

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Camelia forest, tea blending and more are at Descanso.

of LACMA’s Geffen Galleries gets under way in 2020.

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630 N Las Palmas Ave | Hancock Park | $3,266,388 SOLD. Spectacular 4 + 3.5 Mediterranean renovated w/ ﬁnest materials. Great neighborhood.

833 N Cherokee Ave | Hollywood | $2,999,800 Best Valued New Construction Spanning 4,32 SF Living, 5 Bed 5.25 Bath. Contemporary Pool.

223 N Lucerne Blvd | Hancock Park | 2,798,000 Best value in Larchmont Village @ $778.00 per sq.ft. 5Bd / 3ba, hardwood ﬂrs, pool & Spa.

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177 N Citrus Ave | Hancock Park | $2,025,000 SOLD. Ultra charming 3 bed, 2.5 bath plus GH. Beautiful kitchen & baths. Full of character.

590 N Cahuenga Blvd | Hancock Park | $1,999,999 Looking for a great place to entertain – inside & out? 590NCahuenga.com

316 N Rossmore Ave | Hancock Park | $1,625,000 Exclusive, full-service Country Club Manor. Bright 3+2 Architectural. 316Rossmore.com

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40 million people, one river, and a cell phone… down Rio Colorado Besuited and bow-tied, men from seven Western states met on Nov. 9, 1922 at Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe, N.M., to forge an agreement for the allocation of water from the 1,450-mile-long Colorado River — the lifeblood of the arid West. The Colorado River Compact divides the river basin into two — the Upper (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming), and the Lower (Nevada, Arizona, and California), and the document apportions the amount of river water allowed each state. The Compact is the founding document of the bewildering assemblage of complex compacts, federal laws, court decisions, decrees, contracts, and international treaties collectively known as the Law of the River. Hit the road “New Yorker” contributor David Owen has written a lively and readable account, “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” (2017), which will make you want to weep with pity at the folly of human nature. It might also give you the desire to hit the road for the state of Colorado to see the mouth of this magnificent river for yourself. How does California fit into the Colorado River Basin? In fact, it was booming California a

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century ago that caused the other (sparsely populated) Western states to peer over its borders: Just how much of the Colorado’s water was that golden state soaking up in its exploding cities and spreading agricultural fields? The answer is so complex it can’t be tackled here — even if I had a gift for numbers. The Colorado River serves 40 million people now, and it irrigates 90 percent of the nation’s winter vegetable production. Lifeblood indeed. (Yet the Colorado River Compact allocations were based on river flows that rarely if ever existed again; 1922 was a particularly wet year.) Future in the West Owen’s book is a mix of history, science, travel, sorrow and greed, and the book is an unsparing construct of where our future in the West is headed. But surely some people had fun on the Titanic that last night, and I had moments of amusement reading Owen’s book. It’s easy to trash extravagant water use, especially in Las Vegas, but

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in fact if the water pumped into the air by those huge fountains at the Bellagio hotel and casino were instead sprayed into Lake Mead, the surface of the lake would rise by less than 100th of an inch, Owen writes. “[B]ut worrying that the Bellagio is killing Lake Mead, or even imperiling the natural aquifer underlying Las Vegas, is like believing that unNOVEMBER, 1922, Santa Fe, New Mexico; debating the future allocation of plugging your cell the water of the Colorado River. phone will reverse global warming.” all lose. And we certainly don’t Patricia Mulroy is one of the have time to go to court.” nation’s most influential water But in a “Denver Post” arexperts. Owens quotes her on ticle last August, Bruce Finley the ongoing tussle about wa- reports on efforts afoot to atter use among the Compact’s tempt to modify the pact as the states: “We may be citizens of region’s aridity increases and a community, and a state, and Denver grows exponentially. a country, but we are also citi- “An enshrined legal right of zens of a basin. What happens California and the Lower Bain Denver matters in L.A. What sin states to demand more happens in Phoenix matters of the Colorado River water in Salt Lake. It’s a web, and if could imperil half of Denver’s you cut one strand, the whole water supply,” Finley writes. thing begins to unravel. If you So you see the complications. think there can be a winner in As for me, I am shutting down something like that, you are the cell phone for good. Honest. BOOK shows folly of human nuts. Either we all win, or we Right now. Happy New Year. nature.

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Preservation anchors construction at La Brea Tar Pits, Academy, LACMA

With the announcement of Weiss / Manfredi as chief architects of the reimagining of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum, a clear and welcome pattern has emerged. In each step of the re-design, expansion and rejuvenation of Hancock Park’s collection of three major museums, preservation of a significant historic structure is a key element. Entitled “La Brea Loops and Lenses: A Journey Through Multiple Epochs,” the dynamic concept from the Weiss / Manfredi firm was the only proposal (of three presented) that preserves Willis Fagan and Thomas Thornton’s original 1977 “Brutalist and Organic Modern” George C. Page building. (Read the Los Angeles Conservancy description: tinyurl.com/sb3dbyj.) The historic Page Museum structure not only informs the design of the museum’s new wing, which also rises above as well as sits below the undulating landscape, it also serves as the linchpin for a constellation of new museum buildings, exhibition spaces, excavation pits, gardens and lawns. In this way, the new design is connected to the Tar Pits’ architectural past, providing continuity and preserving memory.

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Brian Curran Academy Museum A similar dynamic is at play at the nearby Academy Museum of Motion Pictures located at the other end of the park. Here, architects Renzo Piano and Gensler embraced the Streamline Moderne former May Company building that Albert C. Martin Sr. designed in 1939, the year considered the apex of Hollywood’s Golden Age when the “Wizard of Oz” and “Gone With the Wind” were released. With completion of the building’s extraordinary restoration, led by preservation architect John Fidler, and the near-completion of Piano’s futurist floating sphere, it now is clear that the architects have achieved what before seemed inconceivable, an architectural complementarity which celebrates the past while leaping into the future. County Art Museum However, it is at the Los Angeles County Museum of

Art, LACMA — where the museum’s current leaders intend to raze portions of the existing museum to replace them with Peter Zumthor’s amorphous and audacious design — that there has been the most controversy involving art and architecture critics and preservationists alike. For today’s visitors to LACMA, it is difficult to imagine William Pereira’s original and elegant stripped-down modernist LACMA acropolis, which debuted on Wilshire Boulevard in 1965. Within a decade, the fountains and reflecting pools were gone. Then, in 1986, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer’s grandiose post-modern facelift, with its new galleries and Babylonian gateway, all but erased Pereira’s vision. Resistance to Zumthor’s plan includes opposition to the project’s expense and alleged reduction in museum gallery space, while hesitant preservationists have advocated for the reuse of Pereira’s original buildings regardless of their condition. Part of this reuse advocacy is due to some of those same preservationists having fought losing battles to save other parts of the architect’s Los Angeles legacy — the planned de-

PAVILION for Japanese Art at LACMA, designed by Bruce Goff in 1988, will remain as a part of the museum campus.

molition of Pereira’s TimesMirror Square addition, as well as the plans for partial demolition and alteration of the former Metropolitan Water District Headquarters on Sunset Boulevard. But even with the loss of LACMA’s original Pereira structures, the Zumthor plans do call for the preservation of Bruce Goff’s ethereal swan song, the 1988 Pavilion for Japanese Art, which will remain as the idiosyncratic echo of what had been. There was a time in the city’s history when that building, too, would go — a time when the bulldozers would have created a clean slate where a new generation could construct its architectural ambitions

without being hindered by the works of predecessors. Such was the case in 1965 when Henry Hancock’s ranch house was bulldozed for the new LACMA. Today, Hancock Park and its La Brea Tar Pits, according to Christopher Hawthorne, chief design officer for the City of Los Angeles, is a “place of deep emotional connection and nostalgia for Angelenos.” So it is heartening that, in the often fraught and herculean efforts to upgrade the park’s museums and facilities, today’s planners, architects and the public have recognized the value of its historic structures and ensured their preservation and inclusion in the future of the park.

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Construction is poised to start for LACMA’s Geffen Galleries

RENDERING shows David Geffen Galleries, viewed west along Wilshire Blvd.

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By Suzan Filipek The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is thriving, or at least the part of it that is open, while preparations are being made for its new David Geffen Galleries. While the buildings slated for demolition on the museum’s east campus are closed to the public, the west side of the campus is busy with activity, museum officials tell us. Exhibits — including artworks from the permanent collection in the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) and the Resnick Pavilion, together with the outdoor Urban Light and Levitated Mass — complement robust education, music and other programming. Dining? Yes, that too. It’s at Ray’s & Stark Bar and the more casual LACMA Café (in an Airstream trailer) at the Smidt Welcome Plaza. The Boone Children’s Gallery offers family art-making programs in various locations on the west campus; check for locations and hours on the website. LACMA’s “Sundays Live” music programs are being presented just east along Wilshire Blvd., at St. James’ in-the-City, 3903 Wilshire Blvd. Meanwhile, site work is underway in advance of construction of the new single-story David Geffen Galleries that will be raised up above both Hancock Park and Wilshire Blvd. The 347,500-square-foot permanent collection building will span Wilshire Blvd. It replaces four buildings: Ahmanson, Art of the Americas, Bing

and Hammer. The Geffen Galleries building is expected to open in early 2024, a museum spokesperson said. The project was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in April and the City Council okayed the use of air rights above Wilshire Blvd. in a unanimous 13-0 vote Dec. 3. The building is being designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The site work includes installation of a fence along the northern edge of LACMA’s Hammer and Ahmanson buildings as well as the Cantor Sculpture Garden. The fence will provide for public safety, and the museum also is collaborating with the Natural History Museum to minimize impacts to the surrounding parts of Hancock Park. In addition, new bike parking stations are being built on LACMA’s campus just northeast of the massive rock sculpture Levitated Mass. Visit lacma.org for more information.

Trio, duets at Sundays Live

Pianist Robert Thies is joined by violinist Lucia Micarelli and cellist Eric Byers in a chamber music concert Sun., Jan. 5 from 6 to 7 p.m. at St. James’ in-the-City, 3903 Wilshire Blvd. Pianists Benjamin Pasternack and Neal Stulberg will perform duets Sun., Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. at the same venue. The Sundays Live events are free and sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Past architecture highlighted on walking tour

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SOLD: This home at 208 S. Plymouth Blvd. in Windsor Square was sold in November for $3,650,000.

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201 Lorraine Blvd. Sold Off Market

Stately Mediterranean with lightfilled living spaces. Large gourmet kitchen with breakfast area and adjacent family room opening out to the private gardens. Upstairs are a luxurious master suite with fireplace as well as 3 additional bedrooms, all with private baths. Located on a beautiful tree-lined street in prime Windsor Square.

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LIBRARY CALENDAR LAPL card artist workshop at Fremont library

Planting succulents, art workshops and the science of bubbles are some of the activities this month at the John C. Fremont branch library, 6121 Melrose Ave. Pick up deals on books, CDs and DVDs at the Friends of the Fremont Library book sale Fri., Jan. 3, noon to 4 p.m. and Sat., Jan. 4, from noon to 5 p.m. Bring a favorite pot to create a miniature garden using succulents at a workshop Wed., Jan. 8 at 3:30 p.m. Soil and plants will be provided. Artist Gajin Fujita, who designed the latest library card for the Los Angeles Public Library, will hold a handson workshop exploring spray painting, stenciling and lettering. This event is part of a series of public programs associated with “The Autograph Book of L.A.” Bubbleologist Meet a “bubbleologist” and learn about the science of bubbles at a class for all ages Mon., Jan. 13 at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 323-962-3521.

First Thursday movie, book club, quilting and more at Fairfax branch See a recently released movie the first Thursday of every month, fill your Metro TAP Card, learn quilting, pick up deals on books or take part in a book club and more this month at the Fairfax branch library, 161 S. Gardner St. Eat popcorn and watch “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with fellow moviegoers Thurs., Jan. 2 at 2:30 p.m. Learn about quilting or bring quilt projects to work on with others when the Quilter’s Guild meets Sat., Jan. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Musical career talk at Library

Learn what it would it be like to work at the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Sat., Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. at Central Library, Teen’ Scape, 630 W. Fifth St. Guest speakers from the Learning, Marketing, and Development departments of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hollywood Bowl will share about their careers. Adults and teens are welcome. For more information call 213-228-7290.

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Meet with other book lovers to discuss the book of the month Tues., Jan. 7 at 10:30 a.m. This month’s book is “The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared” by Jonas Jonasson. Shop for books, DVDs and CDs at the used book sale Wednesdays, noon to 4 p.m. Call 323-936-6191.

Astronomy class at Wilshire library

People of all ages can observe the night sky and learn about astronomy this month at the Wilshire branch library, 149 N. St. Andrews Pl., Wed., Jan. 8 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. A representative from the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers will conduct the session. Meet in the library garden. For information, call 323957-4550.

Chess, Scrabble at Memorial library

Chess and other board games will keep visitors busy this month at the Memorial branch library, 4625 W. Olympic Blvd. Join board game fans and play Scrabble, mahjong and more Wednesdays at 12:30p.m. Drop by for a game of checkers, chess or backgammon Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 323-938-2732.

Author talks to book clubs this month at Chevalier’s Books

Discuss books and meet authors at Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd. Hear about politically conscious music with Brad Schreiber and his book, “Music is Power” Thurs., Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Alice Hill talks on climate change and her book, “Building a Resilient Tomorrow” Tues., Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Laugh over stories about bad dates with Lance Rubin, author of “Crying, Laughing” Wed., Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. Alison Rose Jefferson speaks on “Living the California Dream” and African Americans in Southern California during

the Jim Crow era Thurs., Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. Joe Ide speaks on his newest IQ mystery book “Hi Five,” Tues., Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. Eric Nuzum speaks on his book “Make Noise” Wed., Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. Kids ages 9 to 11 talk about “The Strangers” by Margaret Peterson Haddix Sun., Jan. 12 at 5 p.m. Non-fiction readers discuss “Empire of the Summer Moon” by S.C. Gwynne Mon., Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. “Wilder Girls” by Rory Power is the title at the young adult book club Sun., Jan. 26 at 5 p.m. Visit chevaliersbooks.com.

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Academy Museum gets temporary occupancy okays at city The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has received Temporary Certificate of Occupanies (TCO) for the Saban Building in November and the Sphere Building last month. The six-floor Saban Building, in the former May Company Building (1939) at Fairfax Ave. and Wilshire Blvd., is connected to the Sphere Building via glass bridges. The city Dept. of Building and Safety certificate allows the museum’s administrative staff members to move into their new offices. In addition, construction fences were removed from the Wilshire and Fairfax sides, while fencing will remain around the Sphere Building until the museum’s opening later this year. Landscaping will soon be completed on the Fairfax side.

Testing and commissioning of mechanical and other critical systems is ongoing. Simultaneous with the Academy Museum’s construction, Metro continues work on the forthcoming Purple Line Extension. New director Also news at the Academy Museum is the arrival of its new director, Bill Kramer, who took his post Jan. 1. “The board unanimously welcomes Bill Kramer as the Academy Museum’s new director,” said Ron Meyer, chair of the Academy Museum Board ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES Saban Building — a former May Company store — is to the (Please turn to right of the new Sphere Building. Petersen Automotive Museum is at far right. page 10)

Frieze Projects returns to Paramount

Frieze Projects returns to Paramount Pictures’ iconic back lot, 5515 Melrose Ave., with a series of immersive art installations, site-specific works, performances and videos Fri., Feb. 14 through Sun., Feb. 16. The event, co-curated by Rita Gonzalez (the Terri and

Michael Smooke curator and department head of Contemporary Art, LACMA) and Pilar Tompkins Rivas (director at the Vincent Price Art Museum), is an anchor program of Frieze Los Angeles. For more information, visit frieze.com.

New Craft Contemporary exhibit to open Jan. 25

A group exhibition of 21 artists is featured in a second clay-focused exhibition titled “The Body, The Object, The Other,” opening Sat., Jan. 25 at the Craft Contemporary, 5814 Wilshire Blvd. Sculptural objects, site-specific installations and perfor-

mative works will be included in the show, which will feature pieces created over the past decade. The artists use the human body as their starting point to challenge traditional notions of representation, often going beyond the bounds of a recogniz-

able figure, according to exhibition co-curators Holly Jerger and Andres Payan Estrada. “Clay is a distinctly malleable material and thus a medium particularly suited to broaden ideas of representation, whether physical, psy(Please turn to page 10)

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Left: THERE IS PROGRESS in adaptively reusing the former Farmers Insurance headquarters at Rimpau and Wilshire boulevards. Reneé Schillaci, spokesperson for owners CIM Group, said last month that the developer is “moving forward on its Wilshire Mullen Project in the Wilshire Corridor and will meet with the Park Mile Design Review Board on Thurs., Jan. 16. The project team will continue to work with neighbors and the community as they move through the city’s planning process.” The 87-unit residential project includes converting an eight-story, 1937 office building at 4680 Wilshire to 63 condominiums. The project also includes building townhomes and small-lot single-family homes in an existing parking lot.

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(Continued from page 9) of Trustees and Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal. Kramer, who served as managing director of development and external relations for the Academy Museum from 2012 to 2016, will guide the museum’s artistic and cultural vision and oversee the final phase of its completion. The museum is planned to

open this year at the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire Blvd. in the iconic former May Company Building, noted for its cylindrical gold-leaf corner feature. Besides exhibits and premieres, the new museum will house movie costumes and memorabilia. Recent acquisitions include Bela Lugosi’s cape from 1931’s “Dracula.”

Craft Contemporary Museum (Continued from page 9) chological, or political,” says co-curator Jerger. The artists draw from postcolonial, feminist, queer, and craft theories for their works. The inaugural exhibit opened in 2018. An opening reception will take place on Sat., Feb. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit ends May 10. Family workshop Ceramic Beads: A CraftLab

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Inverted minors suggests starting point to play the system, variations follow

Bidding: West North East South P 1C P ? You have 12 High Card Points (HCP), so you could bid 3C, a limit raise. Or you could bid 2N, showing 11-12 HCP. Both of these are pretty deficient, however, because opener could pass both and you think you should be in game. There is a bid for this hand and, as you might have guessed, it’s called “inverted minors.” Basically what this bid does is switch what would normally be a limit raise, a jump to 3C, with what would normally be a weak response, supporting the suit at the two level with a bid of 2C. This is 100 percent forcing for one round, and it is asking partner if she has a stopper in the majors. If she has a stopper in both majors (and a stopper can be as little as Kx), she bids 2NT. If she has a stopper in only one major, she bids that suit at the two level. If she does not have a stopper in either major and is not interested in no trump, she

rebids 3C. Of course, all this also applies with an opening of 1D and clubs is the unbid minor. The point of this bid is to find a game in 3NT instead of five of the minor suit, or to explore for a minor suit slam while keeping the bidding at a lower level to facilitate communication.

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By Julie Stromberg Visitors to Harold A. Henry Park may notice some fencedoff areas throughout the park, but the fences should be no cause for concern. Instead, great new beginnings are ahead for our beloved park. The fences are protecting new plantings put in by the City of Los Angeles’ Dept. of Recreation and Parks (RAP). Last renovated in 2015, Harold A. Henry Park, in Windsor Village at Ninth and Plymouth, unveiled its latest transformation with new landscaping that represents a shift in the RAP approach to landscape design as it moves away from the traditional European pastoral landscape design to a more water-wise approach that also values California native flora. After some wear and tear at the park, Friends of Harold A. Henry Park joined forces to install several new trees and other plant material last year,

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NEW PLANTINGS herald the New Year at Harold Henry Park.

Payne garden tour set March 28, 29

Tickets are on sale for the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 17th annual home garden tour, which takes place at more than 30 public and private spaces in the greater Los Angeles area Sat., March 28 and Sun., March 29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be an after party Sat., March 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. Home gardens on the tour

have at least 50 percent California native flora, and include plants that nurture pollinators, such as native birds and insects, and save water. Homeowners, landscape designers and docents will be on hand at each location to answer questions about the native plant landscapes. For more information, visit nativeplantgardentour.org.

At its annual meeting, Windsor Village Association President Barbara Pflaumer reviewed the group’s accomplishments the past year, which included the bi-annual Block Party and two movie screenings in Harold Henry Park. A community meeting was also held in June with representatives from Councilman David Ryu’s office and LAPD Wilshire Station Capt. Tim Nordquist. In addition, dog waste bag dispensers were installed in

the park, Pflaumer said at the meeting held at Diane Dicksteen’s home Dec. 8. Residents Jeff Estow and Maggie Clancy, both of Victoria Ave., and Chris Turner of Lucerne Blvd. were newly elected board members, and Virginia

(Ginger) Tanner and Julie Kim were re-elected to the board. Election An election for new positions on the board will be held at the next meeting on Mon., Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m., 835 S. Lucerne Blvd., #107.

Robinson Gardens tour announced The Friends of Robinson Gardens has announced the date for its 2020 garden tour and showcase house extravaganza at Virginia Robinson Gardens, 1008 Elden Way.

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The Los Angeles Art Show, the most comprehensive international modern and contemporary art show in the U.S., will be at the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St., Wed., Feb. 5 to Sun., Feb. 9. As Los Angeles’s largest and longest-running art fair, this year marks a milestone as the Los Angeles Art Show celebrates its 25th anniversary. It will also be the largest lineup of art and cultural programming in the city’s history and the third edition of DIVERSEartLA, which show-

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Camellia plant show, tea blending at Descanso Gardens Walk through the Camellia Forest and sample tea at a tea blending workshop this month at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge. View camellia trees, see them in crafts and on display at the “Cool Camellia Celebration,” which also includes the Pacific Camellia annual show and sale, Sat., Jan. 11 and Sun., Jan. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sample teas and learn to blend your own at a tea blending workshop Sat., Jan. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. Peace tree ceremony Two persimmon trees, called

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