By Mike Bonin, Los Angeles District 11 Councilman
Alan David Arian, 72, a prominent labor leader, accomplished community organizer, fierce social justice activist, and respected civic leader, died Jan. 2 at his home in San Pedro after a brief and valiant fight against cancer. He was surrounded by family and friends. Known to most everyone as “Dave” or “David,” Arian rose from part-time dockworker and upstart left-wing political organizer to international president of the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and vice president of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. A self-described radical, Arian will be remembered as a passionate, generous, truthtalking organizer who effectively used his influence to promote economic justice, racial equality, peace, and grassroots democracy. Arian’s life revolved around his three loves: his family, his union and a progressive political movement. [See Dave Arian, p. 4]
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By Leslie Belt, Contributing Writer
“My doctor never came right out and said it, but his In the decades since my friend, Betty, injured her back on the job, pain has been her constant companion. message was clear: ‘You have a big problem,’” Betty Never has it left her, not even as she married two confided. “‘I’m washing my hands of it and you.’” It was a hard thing for her to hear husbands, raised four sons and Part one of a series on the because, although she is almost climbed the ladder of success casualties of Trump’s 80, Betty still cares a great deal as a healthcare professional. At about how others see her. But best, the succession of major War on Drugs 2.0 she’s no fool. “Nevermind that back surgeries she underwent over the years provided a fleeting relief. Although I got those pills from him, not some drug dealer on the falling considerably short of their promise to give Betty street or that I took them exactly as prescribed. Now, her life back, the steady supply of FDA-approved, all of a sudden, I am a drug addict? I have never felt high-dose opioid medications she was prescribed so alone or ashamed in my life.” Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control, quelled any thoughts of ending it. That is, until this past September, when Betty was abruptly cut off of all California Department of Health and leading pain [See Addicts, p. 6] pain meds.
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Ports’ Clean Air Progress Clouded by Lack of Transparency
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By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor Just before the holidays, more clouds appeared on the horizon of the ports’ Clean Air Action Plan, raising new questions about the ports’ transparency, honesty in reporting and commitment to stated long-term zero-emission goals, in the continued absence of a community oversight body similar to the Port Community Advisory Committee. On Dec. 18, the ports released a draft feasibility assessment of clean truck technology, which was seriously out of line with the zero emission goals, according to community critics. “The title of the study and scope of study is inappropriate,” the Coalition For A Safe Environment said in a draft of its comments made available to Random Lengths News by Executive Director Jesse Marquez. “It is a fact that zeroemission trucks exist and are commercially available for sale in California now. The Port of Los Angeles is manipulating the title and study to infer that zero-emission trucks do not exist and are not feasible for port freight transportation or project mitigation.” The coalition comments went on to note the study’s failure “to conduct a thorough survey and study of all zero-emission truck manufacturers.” The coalition does monthly updates of its own
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zero-emissions commercial availability survey, which lists nine Class 8 trucks, only one of which is mentioned in POLA’s analysis. Public comments are being accepted through Jan. 23. (See “Community Alerts,” p. 9.) The next day, at the Clean Air Action Plan Advisory Committee meeting, Wendy Gutschow from the USC Keck School of Medicine delivered detailed critical comments prepared by professors Andrea Hricko and Jill Johnston. The written report they submitted ran 24 pages. While Keck applauded the ports for their significant reduction of air pollution emissions between 2005 and 2018 — and for their ongoing efforts, they went on to note that “Both ports have been disingenuous in claiming that this past year’s emission reductions were the ‘greatest ever’ even while cargo loads increased.” In fact, emissions increased at both ports for a majority of categories tracked. There are eight categories of emissions tracked, for five source categories, for a total of 40 categories, 23 of which have gone up from 2016 to 2017 at POLA. These include seven out of eight pollutants for locomotives and all eight pollutants for cargo-handling equipment. Harbor craft were the only emission source
with decreases in all categories, while heavyduty trucks saw increases in five categories and oceangoing vessels saw increases in three. Total emissions of particulate matter, hydrocarbons, sulfur oxide, carbon dioxide and total greenhouse gasses all increased. “The Port of Los Angeles stands by the 2017 emissions inventory,” the port said in statement provided by spokesman Phillip Sanfield. “The headline and first paragraph in the accompanying news release refers to record low nitrogen oxide emissions.” However, after the first paragraph, the press release read, “Overall, the 2017 findings show the port has maintained or exceeded the dramatic clean air progress it has made over the last 12 years.” “Not true,” Keck responded. “It has not maintained its progress since 2016! Sixty percent of pollutant emissions are up since 2016.” Peter Warren, a long-time port activist with Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council said, “It is clear from this latest POLA emissions inventory that port growth still means more yearto-year pollution and that the port has not met the challenge of decreasing air pollution overall as growth increases.” Two other key points were raised regarding POLA. “No mention was made in the emissions inventory for 2017 that cruise ships had not been able to plug into electricity for more than four months at the end of 2016 because the cruise terminal was being remodeled and shore power was not available,” Gutschow said. “And, no mention was made in any of the emission inventories from 2012-2016 that the USS Iowa battleship was using a diesel generator instead of plugging into electricity. For at least some of that time, the generator was not even permitted by the AQMD!” Regarding cruise ships, POLA said: “Our 2017 emissions inventory includes emissions of cruise ships that plugged in to shore power and also those that did not plug in to shore power.” And, regarding the Iowa, POLA said, “We do not include smaller stationary source emissions, such as the portable generator used by the Battleship Iowa.” But this conflicts directly with underlying rationale of the Clean Air Action Plan, which was to develop and implement a comprehensive port-wide approach. It’s unclear how many other emissions are not included.
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Harbor Area CERT Training Course
Following a major disaster, fire and rescue resources may be unable to immediately respond to all those in need. In such a crisis, it will be neighbors assisting neighbors until emergencyresponse personnel can arrive. Community Emergency Response Team training provides residents with the skills and tools necessary to take care of themselves, their families, neighbors, and coworkers in the event of a disaster. The City of Los Angeles, along with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, will host a three-day CERT Course that includes hands-on training. After being CERT trained, participants will have the opportunity to participate in additional trainings and drills hosted by Lomita CERT. Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan.12, 19 and 26 Cost: Free Details: (310) 325-7110 x119; Venue: Lomita City Hall, 24300 Narbonne Ave., Lomita
Panel Discussion on Sea Level Rise
The City of Long Beach is developing its first ever Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. As part of the process, a group of experts have developed local projections for potentially flood-prone areas in Long Beach due to sea-level rise and coastal storms. This information will provide the basis for developing adaptation strategies to protect people and property, and to preserve public services. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 14 Details: www.caapslrpanel.eventbrite.com Venue: Best Western Golden Sails Hotel, 6285 Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach A second event: CAAP Public Open House #2: Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 26 Venue: Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, 5870 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach Details: www.lbds.info/climateactionlb.
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Mayor Robert Garcia will deliver the 2019 State of the City. Plan to arrive early to mingle while you enjoy an array of dining choices from the food trucks parked at the Terrace Theater Plaza. Stay after the address to enjoy games, refreshments, and photos with your friends. Free parking will be available. Translation will be provided Time: 5 p.m. Jan 15 Details: www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-state-ofthe-city Venue: The Terrace Theater, 300 Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
In Memoriam
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Dave Arian was our leader, our President and an uncompromising advocate for the rank-and-file. He devoted his life to the Union, to securing good jobs for the community and fighting for the working class. May he rest in peace and be remembered for his good work and service to humanity. Edwin R. Ferris
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campaign for the presidency of the international union, winning an upset victory to become only the third person in union history to have the job. His election sent shockwaves through the union, prompting the San Francisco Examiner to humanity.” “[Arian was] a revolutionary leader and report that “some union old-timers regard him as organizer, a principled man of the working class, a a left-wing radical.” He was unseated in the next thinker and speaker, a tireless fighter for justice,” election in 1994, but was elected again in 2004 said Luis Rodriguez, former Los Angeles poet as president of Local 13 in Los Angeles. He later laureate, political activist, and friend of Arian’s served as president of the Southern California since the 1960s. “His battles, struggles and District Council of the ILWU. As a labor leader, Arian took a hard line triumphs have helped so many people, in the Harbor Area, but also with employers, but throughout the U.S.” earned a reputation Yesterday’s dockworkers thanked “You could not as a pragmatic Harry Bridges; today’s dockworkers find a better friend or dealmaker. He was will thank Dave Arian. For decades comrade or advocate,” Dave fought for the men and women who are instrumental in said Norm Tuck, the backbone of our ports — and it is because winning dramatic Arian’s best friend and of him that they have the benefits they do increases in pension fellow dockworker for today. I know so many people across the benefits for workers, 50 years. “He had the Harbor Area are mourning his loss tonight. He insisting on more most amazing values. was my friend and I will miss him dearly. stringent workplace He believed everyone Janice Hahn, Los Angeles County Supervisor safety rules, and should have a voice and creating a “one-door there should be justice for everyone. He would policy” for entrance and advancement into the stand up for those values and for people, no union through the hiring hall. He reinvigorated matter what.” the union’s organizing efforts and helped double the size of the ILWU workforce at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Early in his career, Arian was most widely-known as a fiercely he played a key role in changing the ILWU loyal and active member and leader of the registration process to allow women to become ILWU. After working as a casual on the docks union members. lugging bananas for five years, Arian became a “Dave Arian was a treasure,” said Luisa full-fledged member of ILWU Local 13 in 1969, Gratz, president of ILWU Local 26, and the first following in the footsteps of his father, “Honest female trade unionist of any ILWU local, elected Lou” Arian. He joined the union’s district council in 1983. “Some people believe in something and in 1970 and then won election and served two don’t do anything about it. And some people terms as president of Local 13, starting in actually live what they believe — and Dave 1984. In 1991, he ran an aggressive grassroots Arian lived it. Dave and his family lived through
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He integrated the three into a lifelong mission to promote economic and social change, to help others, and to treat everyone with dignity and respect. “The thing that means the most is what you give back,” Arian said in a 2014 interview. “That’s what stays with you. Your family. Your grandkids. The movement. “Those are things that are real in life. It’s a movement of why your life could be different, how you could fulfill your life and not always be ‘It’s about me.’” Hundreds of friends rallied to support Arian since August, when he announced he had been diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare and brutally aggressive form of cancer. The number and range of people attending organizing meetings to support Arian demonstrated the unique and powerful impact he had on so many people—family and friends, progressive activists and elected officials, recovering addicts and business executives, port officials, and waterfront workers. An equally diverse array of people mourned his passage and underscored his impact on Los Angeles. “David Arian embodies what service means for his fellow human being,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “From the docks to the board room, his humor, his intelligence and his commitment to justice built the most successful port in the Americas, while doing right for the workers and the community that are the lifeblood of the Harbor community. Our city and our world are better places because of David Arian’s extraordinary career and because of his deep
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I’m proud and honored to join so many others in celebrating the life of a great American, Dave Arian. We all know about Dave the union leader — a man carrying on in the footsteps of Harry Bridges. We also know Dave the port commissioner — a man who fought for workers as he was laying out a vision for the future. I would like to add Dave the thinker and mentor — who challenged not only me, but many of us, to rethink our positions, learn to defend them, and never give in when we know we are right.
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the struggle and helped build ILWU. The best way people can honor him is to get involved in the union, be part of the change in this country, and stand for something. That’s what Dave Arian did — heart and soul.” Arian was an advocate for teaching labor and progressive history. In 1992, he founded the Harry Bridges Institute, an education project committed to preserving the history of the union movement and working families. When he retired from the waterfront in 2009, he published the book The Right to Get in the Fight and produced the film Eye of Storm, both recounting the history and significance of the ILWU. Arian used his perch as a labor leader to advance other progressive causes, pushing the ILWU to refuse to handle cargo from apartheidera South Africa, opposing the shipment of nuclear fuel rods through West Coast ports, organizing solidarity marches for striking grocery workers, and corralling labor voters in Nevada to turn out to vote for Barack Obama. He said he felt that the ILWU, as a powerful and progressive union, had an obligation to support other struggles and to make real its slogan, “An Injury to One is an Injury to All.” When he retired in 2009, Arian said the ILWU gave him the opportunity to live true to his ideals. “If it weren’t for the ILWU, I’d be in jail or be dead,” he said. “The ILWU has allowed me to have political views that are not mainstream, and the luxury of expressing those views and making a good living. If I wasn’t in this union, there’s very few jobs I’d be able to keep. My political views and things I’ve fought for would have isolated me in this society.” [See p. 5]
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Dave Arian addresses the rank-and-file at the ILWU Memorial Hall in Wilmington in the early 1990s. File photo. [from p. 4]
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Arian said he learned his pragmatic approach is one he learned on the docks in the 1960s — from a black revolutionary named Nelson Peery, who urged him to use his keen mind to channel his political energy. “He gave me a foundation for me being analytical politically, not just being emotional, and not just being a revolutionary who wants to overthrow the world, but really seeing what you could achieve and what you could not achieve,” he said. “To get things done, you have to be
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Arian’s strong community and labor credentials afforded him access to power that his politics might not have. He became a friend and trusted confidante of mayors Antonio Villaraigosa and Eric Garcetti, County Supervisor Janice Hahn, Reps. Alan Lowenthal and Nanette Barragan, and Los Angeles District 15 Councilman Joe Buscaino. In 2006, Villaraigosa appointed him to serve on the joint Port of Los Angeles-Port of Long Beach Advisory Board for the San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan. In 2010, Villaraigosa appointed him to the powerful Board of Harbor Commissions, and Garcetti reappointed him to the post in 2014. As vice president of the commission, Arian relished the role of bridge-builder, making sure that the port benefitted everyone. “My role on the Port Commission is to ensure a social compact,” he said in 2013. “The port has to continue to produce and make money. The terminals have to do well, the workers have to be protected and the community has to benefit from it.” Arian was proud to serve as vice president of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. During his tenure on the commission, Arian championed projects that benefited the community and protected workers, including the Wilmington Waterfront Park and the new ILWU Hiring Hall. He was a supporter and staunch defender of the port’s waterfront development
efforts. His vision for a workforce training center included not only the “just transition” of longshore labor into a cleaner, more efficient port complex, but also a jobs pipeline for the local community into adjacent cargo-related operations. In response to intensified competition from other trade gateways, Arian supported the port’s continued infrastructure development, including the Main Channel deepening, development of on-dock rail, and terminal modernization. Arian also challenged the port to evolve out of its traditional landlord role and work more closely with its business partners on efficiency measures, like development of a data-sharing portal, peel-off operations and expanded gate hours. When Villaraigosa appointed him to the commission, Arian’s militant labor background concerned some, but he turned them around. Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles and a former shipping executive, said Arian built relationships based on trust and mutual respect and a desire to find common ground. “He had the ability to speak with a dockworker and CEO in much the same way– straightforward and solutions driven,” Seroka said. “He got the most out of people while making them believe in themselves. When bargaining, he wanted to win, but not at all costs. In business, he believed shared success drove long-term partnerships. With people, he stayed involved, kept talking and saw issues through. Many times he would tell me, ‘Stay at the table and things will get done.’”
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A working-class intellectual who read 50 books a year, Arian mastered history and political and economic theory, despite never earning a college degree. His biting analysis of capitalism and economic power formed the backbone of his progressive worldview and of his political organizing. Arian’s activism started early. Born into a politically-active, labor-left family, one of his earliest memories was attending a candlelight vigil for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg with his mother, Rose Arian, a dedicated activist who had been arrested protesting nuclear testing in Nevada. In high school, he attended an NAACP protest in Torrance with his sister Laraine, and in 1965 he was arrested (for the first of many times) at the Wilshire Federal Building during a demonstration in solidarity with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights workers in Selma, Ala. Arian became an outspoken advocate for civil rights and an early, militant opponent of the war in Vietnam. He organized and attended demonstrations throughout the state, traveling with groups of friends in his magenta-colored station wagon or Volkswagen bus, forming coalitions with members of the burgeoning student, Black Power and Chicano movements. In 1966, he opened the Community Action Center in San Pedro, creating a drop-in center where hundreds of young people gathered and learned about political issues, such as civil rights, Vietnam and the Delano grape boycott. The facility was shot at and eventually burned down. The center was where Arian met and fell in love with Roxanne Nielsen, a fellow San Pedro resident. They married in 1968, and Roxanne gave birth to their son Sean in 1969 and their daughter Justine in 1972. The two later amicably divorced, remaining close, lifelong friends. In the late 1960s and 1970s, Arian worked as a grassroots organizer with striking employees in San Francisco and other cities, with former members of Students for a Democratic Society, and with activists with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and the Communist Labor Party. It was during a trip to Michigan in 1976 to campaign for a Communist Labor Party
candidate for the state legislature that Arian met and began an 8-year-long romantic relationship and decades-long political partnership with Diane Middleton. In the late 1990s, he helped found the Diane Middleton Foundation, which provided funding and support for grassroots progressive and labor efforts in Los Angeles. “Dave has made a lasting impact on me and organizers all around Los Angeles, demanding deep commitment and analysis and providing support and mentorship,” said Becky Dennison, who met Arian when she founded the Los Angeles Community Action Network. “Among his so many talents and contributions, I have been most inspired by his integrity, fierceness, humor and love, which he used in unique contribution to demonstrate, demand and advance justice.”
He never went to college, but was the smartest man I knew because at an early age he learned the skill of critical thinking and class analysis. He sat on every committee in the ILWU and through hundreds of meetings learned how to negotiate — a skill that served him well throughout his life. Dave loved fundraising and viewed it as giving people an opportunity to participate. We hosted fundraisers for every cause and every politician imaginable as long as we felt they were going to move forward the progress of our class. The last several months have made us think about the imponderable — a world without Dave’s analysis, enthusiasm and dreams. Because Dave was indeed a dreamer, he never lost faith that a better world was possible if we just came together and fought for it. He truly believed in jobs, peace, and equality. He also was the most loyal friend possible (and a great dancer and bid whist player). I met Dave in 1976. I was an activist lawyer in Detroit representing auto, steel and hospital workers. Dave is the reason I moved to San Pedro. Although his main focus was always the ILWU, over the course of the next four decades we worked together to support innumerable struggles including those of the UFW, Texas farm workers union, anticoncession movement in auto, Hormel workers and Iowa meatpackers, teachers, homeless folks and environmentalists. Leading by example to unite people based on their commonalities as workers was always Dave’s primary goal. He wanted everyone to have a place at the table and was acutely aware of the need to expose all efforts to divide us particularly based on race or gender. He made us believe we were better than we really were and he encouraged us to do more. He only asked, “Which side are you on?” He believed trade unions were the basic defense organization of the working class and devoted his life to making them more fair and democratic. Through the Harry Bridges Institute, we honored hundreds of local labor heroes at the inspiring Cesar Chavez and Working Class Women events. We conceptualized the Friends of Labor (through the Harry Bridges Institute) to allow non-ILWU members to support everything from the striking retail clerks to the Australian dock workers who needed us to force a ship loaded by Australian scabs to turn around! Although as a harbor commissioner he was part of a team setting policy for the largest port in America, he took the time to participate in the Diane Middleton Foundation and award more than $1 million in small grants to more than 300 innovative community groups developing programs that aimed to expose inequality of every sort and empower folks to organize and fight back. He sought to connect labor to larger social movements. His loss is painful. We will honor him by continuing the fight. Diane Middleton 5
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By Adda Bjarnadottir, Registered Nutritionist
Detox diets are generally short-term dietary interventions designed to eliminate toxins from the body. A typical detox diet involves a period of fasting, followed by a strict diet of fruit, vegetables, fruit juices, and water. Sometimes a detox also includes herbs, teas, supplements, and colon cleanses or enemas. The claim is that these detox diets: • Rest the organs by fasting. • Stimulate the liver to get rid of toxins. • Promote toxin elimination through feces, urine and sweat. • Improve circulation.
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• Provide the body with healthy nutrients. Detox therapies are most commonly recommended because of exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment or diet. These include pollutants, synthetic chemicals, heavy metals, and other harmful compounds. Advocates for these diets claim detoxing helps with various health problems, including obesity, digestive issues, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, allergies, bloating and chronic fatigue. But critics state that research on detox diets is lacking. Detoxes are short-term interventions designed to eliminate toxins from the body. There are many ways to do a detox diet, ranging from total starvation fasts and juicing to simpler food modifications. Most detox diets involve at least one of the following: • Fasting for one to three days. • Drinking fresh fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, water and tea. • Drinking only specific liquids, such as salted water or lemon juice. • Eliminating foods high in heavy metals, contaminants and allergens. • Taking supplements or herbs. • Avoiding all allergenic foods, and then slowly reintroducing them.
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Consider Whether Detox Diets, Cleanses Really Work Detoxification (detox) diets are more popular than ever. These diets claim to clean the blood and eliminate harmful toxins from the body. However, it is not entirely clear how they do this, what they’re supposed to eliminate, and/or if they actually work.
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time seeing themselves as addicts, because they see an addict as someone who uses drugs to get high.” This misconception ignores the physiology of this addiction, as well as what it takes to confront it, Smith asserts continuing. “I try to teach these clients that your body doesn’t know the difference between legal and illegal opiates. And that the program will provide skills and support they need to manage life without opiates.” I’ve had a lot of regrets since my sister died of complications from shooting OxyContin with a dirty needle in 2008. Just one year after the manufacturers of the drug that killed her had quietly settled a suit alleging deceptive sales
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close to one in five said that they are less willing to associate closely with a friend, colleague or neighbor who is addicted to prescription drugs? It’s a powerful stigma, one that is thought to keep 90 percent of substance abuse disorder sufferers from seeking treatment. Some like my friend Betty will face the daunting prospect of opioid withdrawal on their own and triumph. Fear of this stigma is pervasive among those who do seek treatment as well, according to Susan Smith, a nurse at Providence Little Company of Mary’s Recovery Center. “Of the hundreds of patients treated for opiate addiction at the center, at least 25 percent are entering treatment for pain medications prescribed by a physician. They have a difficult
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Detox diets rarely identify the specific toxins they aim to remove or how exactly they eliminate them. In fact, there is little to no evidence that detox diets actually remove any “toxins” from your body. More importantly, there is really no scientific evidence backing up the claim that our bodies are loaded with toxins and need to be cleansed. Your body is actually very capable of cleansing itself, through the liver, feces, urine and sweat. The liver makes toxic substances harmless and then makes sure they’re released from the body. Despite this, there are a few chemicals that may not be as easily removed by these processes, including persistent organic pollutants, phthalates, bisphenol A and heavy metals. These tend to accumulate in fat tissue or blood and can take a very long time, even years, for the body to get rid of. However, generally speaking, these compounds are removed from or limited in
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experts suggest that Betty’s circumstances are far from unique, and she’s not the only one wrestling with shame these days. In fact, 18 million Americans are currently dependent on prescription opioids. Closer to home, fully one percent of those residing within Random Lengths News’ distribution area are thought to be among them. Thanks to the prevalence of Medicare and medical racism and sexism in our nation’s healthcare system, odds are that the majority of these chronic pain sufferers are, like Betty, older, white women with long medical histories, which include some or all of these complex factors: accident trauma, failed back surgeries, fibromyalgia, neuropathy. Do the math and that’s a lot of women who have been coping with a lot of pain with a lot of pills for a lot of years. Therein lies the rub. Despite growing evidence to the contrary, policymakers, insurance companies and a host of other pain police have bought into a misguided and dangerous narrative that blames America’s burgeoning “opioid crisis” on weak patients and the reckless, overprescribing physicians who serve them. Since 2010, when high-dose opioid prescriptions were at their peak, pain doctors have been under mounting pressure to cut prescribing or face a slew of legal threats — ranging from malpractice liability and medical board discipline, to criminal convictions. Not surprisingly, prescriptions have been falling (by more than 40 percent overall, and by nearly a quarter in California) ever since. Older white women whose lives are stable enough to allow them to regularly see their doctors don’t often become addicts. But when refused the medications they have responsibly and beneficially used on a long-term basis, most will share my friend Betty’s shame at having been de facto treated as if she was one. Who can blame them, really, considering that more than 40 percent of participants in a recent study linked opioid addiction to a lack of willpower, and
practices that had downplayed its dangers. I wish I’d asked more questions and had fewer answers. Mostly, I’m just sorry that I tried harder to fix her than I did to understand her. I will never have another chance to judge my sister less and love her more. But you just might. Is there is an older white woman who has had major medical issues in the past two decades and seems to be more agitated or withdrawn of late in your life? If so, she just might be in the fight of her life and need you on her side. I am not saying that your nana is jonesing, just that she might be. But don’t expect her to bring it up on her own. If you are not sure, ask her. She will be grateful for your concern either way. Having just come through the holidays, it can be a sad and lonely time of year for a gal even if she hasn’t been betrayed by western medicine and been forced to go through hell for the past few months. Nonetheless, my friend Betty continues to look on the bright side when it comes to life without opioids. “You want to know what I don’t miss most about prescription pain meds? Having to pee in a cup every 30-days to prove that I am not a drug seeking pill head. Seriously? Nowadays, even the president of the United States wants proof that you are not an addict, or he’ll take your pills away. You know what? He can keep them. I don’t need or want them anymore. I guess that means that I am finally free.”
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Border Wall Farce False metaphors of the wall versus the Statue of Liberty By James Preston Allen, Publisher
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That the national broadcast media gave up prime time television minutes in exchange for a metaphoric shadow boxing match over the border wall is telling in and of itself. After all President Donald Trump is as much a reality TV Frankenstein creation of their own chasing of ratings as he is anything else. That the corporate media actually allowed some short vantage point of “balance” in light of the stalemate on the government shutdown is only telling in that this is what they could do, but usually don’t. Give each side the same amount of time to speak, unfiltered, to the American public at prime time. Usually we get told stories in sound bites with reporters telling us what this or that politician said, rather than letting us hear for ourselves. I find it rather demeaning that some reporters have to “explain” what is being said in plain English — even though Trump needs an interpreter and an editor, as well as a shrink. This Oval Office teleprompter version was so completely scripted that Trump ended up having to breathe through his nose just to get through it, as if he was repressing his usual rage and incivility. If this farce of standoff didn’t have such real life implications for workers, immigrants and the nation as a whole, it would be seen as a Shakespearean satire. Perhaps it really is just that. The standoff continues with Trump insisting upon a barrier, a fence or a wall. At this point, he’d accept anything as long as he could claim Mexico was paying for it, while the Democrats point to inscription on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” At this point, it’s an argument over symbols, like kneeling at an NFL game during the national anthem, neither addressing immigration nor racism. This is what Trumpster is good at — raging against the indignity of the symbolic issue, while failing to address the cause of his imagined crisis. Fact: illegal immigration at our southern border is the lowest it’s been in years. Fact: immigrants cause less crime than American citizens. Reality: more illegal immigrants are now here because they’ve overstayed their visas and arrive through our airports than cross our land borders, the majority of them
coming from Asia. We don’t hear a lot of hyperventilation emanating from the White House over the hordes coming from the Far East, just a trade war with China over steel and pork bellies. Yet, the cyber-crime and hacking of computer servers coming out of Asia and Russia seems to be a greater threat to our digital borders, national security and private information than 5,000 Guatemalans are who are fleeing oppression in their homeland.
A new attitude in Congress
Meanwhile, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer continue to object to “The Wall” on both practical and political grounds, there’s a new set of younger activist democrats who aren’t waiting in line to take shots at Trump. In a much publicized social media clip the newly elected Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan made headlines recently for declaring: “We’re going to go in there and we’re going to impeach the motherfucker!” in reference to Trump. She made the pronouncement at a Washington, D.C. bar, a few days after she made history when she and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota became the first Muslim women sworn into Congress. Whatever she’s drinking let’s send a bottle to every member of Congress. This younger class of first term congresswomen like headline-grabbing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez out of the Bronx 14th District, who is a solidly democratic-socialist à la Bernie Sanders, are not going to be politely silent. The other 110 women (81 Ds, 29 Rs), comprise 20.6 percent of the 535 members; 23 women (23 percent) serve in the U.S. Senate, the rest in the House of Representatives. It appears that the #MeToo movement has now arrived in Washington, D.C. to confront the chauvinism of Beltway politics and will give Trump, the Republicans and the Democratic leadership some opposition. America has been waiting for this generation to arrive since Nixon was driven from office, Roe vs. Wade won women’s right to choose and the Vietnam War ended. Or, has it just been since Donald Trump stole the 2016 election with the help of the Russians? Whichever it is, I endorse this new attitude. This Oval Office nine-minute attentiongrabbing narrative was false in its very premise and I’d like to hear the new members of Congress, if not the media, call him out on it.
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Support LA’s 30,000 Educators Their success is ours, too By Mark Friedman, RLN Correspondent
As a teacher and long-time unionist, I am compelled to respond to two Jan. 6 Daily Breeze anti-worker and anti-public education articles. An opinion piece by Rebecca Friedrichs and a “news” article by Sarah Favot slam teachers for wanting a better education for youth. Wouldn’t we all benefit by having a qualified nurse in all schools? How about well-trained college counselors to assist in college admissions and financial aid? How about a librarian to assist in students’ research, college applications and job searches? Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent is Austin Beutner, a millionaire former investment banker who served in President Bill Clinton’s administration known for his support for charter schools. He claims the district does not have the money for what the teachers are asking. However, there exists an almost $2 billion education fund at the district’s disposal. Let’s use it. “Beutner is using his background as a corporate profiteer and downsizer,” Alex CaputoPearl, United Teachers Los Angeles president said. “He has hired well-known privatizers and anti-union lawyers in an attempt to dismantle the school district as well as the solidarity of our union brothers and sisters. We will fight it every step of the way … public education belongs to the people of Los Angeles, not the super-rich.” Clearly Beutner fears the collective power of educators, parents, students, other unions and the
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community coming together. Our goal: a contract that reinvests in our schools and improves our working and learning conditions. And teachers have responded, winning broad public support. Over the past months, Beutner promoted “business as usual” around any possible strike, promoting information to parents and the community that all students should attend school and that instruction would continue, regardless of a possible strike. He hired 400 non-union substitutes (to replace 30,000 teachers) to keep schools open if teachers strike Jan. 14, which was still on the table as of presstime. “By filing federal court papers to try to prevent special education teachers from striking, LAUSD failed in its attempt to ‘use’ the most vulnerable students as pawns,” UTLA leaders responded. “If Beutner really cared about special education students, he’d have responded to UTLA proposals on special education class-size caps, thus relieving the burden of overcrowded classrooms and overwhelming caseloads” The school workers strikes and mobilizations, which started in West Virginia in February and continued in Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona and Colorado have shone the spotlight on some of the truly deplorable conditions working people face. The fact is the wealthy don’t care if schools are crumbling or that education is mostly worthless. Their children attend private academies and non-
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Attention Green Line Riders
In anticipation of Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX light rail project’s expected completion in 2020, the South Bay segment of the Green Line will undergo a twoweek service interruption until Jan. 20. This interruption will allow Metro to activate and test the new rail connections. During the interruption, rail service will not be available at the Hawthorne/Lennox, Aviation/ LAX, Mariposa, El Segundo, Douglas, and Redondo Beach stations. Free Metro bus shuttles will replace rail service at these stations. Regular Green Line service will remain between the Norwalk and Crenshaw stations, where passengers will transfer to buses to continue their trip.
Deadline for Public Comments on Zero/NearZero-Emmissions Truck Plan
RANDOMLetters On the Value of Truth in an Era of Deceit
I read your latest issue/editorial [“Value of Truth in Era of Deceit” RLn 12/20/18] and your point was well made. It left me wondering about what real truth is anymore and whether or not there is more than just one real truth — and that totally depends on who is doing the believing in the first place. Moreover, separating individual beliefs and truths from individual opinions and facts seems to be more, and more like trying to separate different grains of rice in a global-sized bowl. Damn tough to do. Should we thank or curse technology? Keep up the fight James, we need your voice and views more than ever. Richard Pawlowski Depoe Bay, Ore.
The Port of Los Angeles has released its first-ever “Draft Feasibility Assessment For Drayage Trucks,” and is accepting public comments through Jan. 23. It “examines the current state of technology, operational characteristics, economic considerations, infrastructure availability and commercial readiness relating to cleaner drayage trucks, in line with goals of zero-emissions trucks by 2035.” The draft feasibility assessment can be found online at http://www. cleanairactionplan.org/ documents/draft-drayage-truckfeasibility -assesment.pdf/. Comments can be submitted to: caap@cleanairactionplan.org.
Richard, Thanks for the vote of confidence and skepticism on truth. All I can tell about navigating the truth is that’s it’s a bit like navigating a boat – you can begin with using three points of reference, called triangulation, you can use your North Star and your own moral compass or you can rely on some crazy captain using his own internal radar to wreck the ship. Now some folks don’t seem to have a moral compass, some couldn’t find the North Star in a planetarium and some never learned geometry, but the one thing I’ve learned in business within the past four decades is never follow the guy who says,“Trust me.” James Preston Allen, Publisher
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I wanted you to be one of the first to know: I have officially launched my campaign for the nomination to Los Angeles City Council representing the 10th District. I am sensitive to voters who ask, “Why do politicians keep asking for more money for housing without explaining what happened to the money we gave the government yesterday?”
I am asking you to join me in my campaign to continue to: aggressively advocate constitutional, individual and equal rights; seek an elected Metro board; support increased benefits and training for police, teachers, seniors, and veterans; maintain 100 percent full and meaningful employment; modify the civil court system by adding evening and weekend hours and eliminating filing fees for individuals; and demand greater government accountability for fair housing and housing services for all citizens, not just for the privileged few. G. Juan Johnson Los Angeles
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Let’s look back at what Congressional Republicans and President Trump threw at us in the past 12 months: Relentless attacks on the Affordable Care Act in Congress and the Courts, threatening the healthcare of tens of millions of Americans and patients with preexisting conditions; The cruel family separation policy that ripped thousands of infants and children from their parents at the southern border; A massive rollback of environmental protections and complete disregard for action on climate change (or even admission that it’s real); And a constant and unrelenting assault on the rule of law, law
know that our country will put this dark chapter behind us. Congressman Adam Schiff, CA. 28th District
Late update: The date for a possible strike by UTLA has been moved to Jan. 14. —Editors
Words cannot come close to describing the grief in our hearts. For me, Dave was a great leader and friend. I could write a book. Look around. How many people are like Dave? Few and far between. Dave was supportive of my interview and hiring as assistant to the ILWU Coast Committee, ILWU headquarters in 2001. With my hiring, it was the first time that an LA/Long Beach-born person had held that position, previously only held by San Francisco Bay Area personnel. We worked together on many ILWU Coast subcommittees. As an example, we put on the first ever International Dockworkers Solidarity Conference (uniting ITF and IDC dockworkers worldwide) in 2001, shoring up support prior to our coast contract bargaining in 2002. Dave was all about educating and organizing the rank and file believing whole heartedly in a “bottom up” union led by the will of the members. For many, many years, through his nonprofit Harry Bridges Institute (HBI), he organized annual luncheons to recognize and appreciate the women and men of labor, not just ILWU members, but all unions were welcomed to participate. Who does that? Who will do that in the future? I don’t know anybody at this time. Let’s learn from Dave Arian and do our best to emulate Dave’s leadership and selfless principles and global vision. Dave, as a good friend, you were there at my family’s CPA firm ribbon cutting when we launched our firm in Redondo Beach. What a friend! And, possessing the mark of a good leader, you always listened to anybody approaching you with questions or concerns; you never belittled them. You valued their input, irrespective of whether you agreed or not. I could write a lot more, but space is limited. We will miss you Dave. Thanks for giving many of us vision and a template for leadership. Rest in peace. Robert A. Maynez Director of Contract Administration & Arbitration ILWU Local 63
enforcement and our justice system, all in a feverish zeal to protect Trump at all costs. As you read this, we’re in Day 6 of a government shutdown, as the President desperately tries to obtain $5 billion for his wasteful wall, after two years of Republican control. While the incompetence of this administration is on full display, the scale of corruption is becoming more clear as well. Cabinet secretary after secretary have been forced to resign in the wake of scandals. Dozens of charges have been made against Russians and close Trump associates, and multiple guilty pleas obtained. And all the while, the President decries the Mueller investigation as a “witch hunt!” Looking back, it’s easy to feel angry or dismayed about what we’ve had to fight in 2018. But we can’t forget what we fought for — healthcare for every American, women’s rights, dignity for immigrants, and accountability. And thanks to your hard work to successfully take back the House in November, I know we won’t just resist Trump and the GOP’s harmful agenda in 2019. We will fight for progress, like strengthening voting rights, working towards Medicare for All, and finally doing our job of providing real oversight over this unethical administration. We couldn’t have flipped Congress and resisted the worst impulses of this chaotic President and his party without your support this year. With your support, I
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union charters (set-up to escape school desegregation and teachers’ unions) and Ivy League schools to learn to be rich, to manage the banks and factories. Workers, they’re convinced, don’t need much learning. As a matter of fact, they think literate and cultured workers are dangerous. The organization of the walkouts in West Virginia as a broad social movement won solidarity and cut across attempts to divide and parents from teachers. School workers reached out to involve students, parents and other workers in the fight. Volunteers gathered food for the many students who depend on school meals. Churches, community centers and families opened their doors to students so parents didn’t have to miss work or find child care. Solidarity in action — not mere words. This example is the road forward for LA teachers to victory, for all of us.
Jan. 10 is upon us and now more than ever we need to step up and support our brothers and sisters in the UTLA, our teachers and our students. We need to support their bargaining efforts to preserve and provide quality education to all LA students. The ILWU Southern California District Council is spearheading the ADOPT A SCHOOL program in the cities of San Pedro, Wilmington, Carson, Harbor City and Lomita. ADOPT A SCHOOL means working with the Picket Captains on the strike lines to provide, water, food, bodies to walk the picket line, shuttling folks, etc. Please contact us to ADOPT A SCHOOL or to get information on how you can support this effort. ilwuscdc@gmail.com. If you can’t ADOPT A SCHOOL, of course any support is appreciated so contact me to find out how you can help. Ultimately, supporting UTLA on the picket line is the most important action we can do, so go to any LAUSD school near you and support them starting Jan. 10. In Solidarity Cathy Familathe President, ILWU SCDC
Rest in Peace Brother Dave Arian
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Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears Crown the New King and Queen for 2019
Hundreds started the new year the way thousands of others have over the past 67-plus years, by taking dip in the chilly waters at Cabrillo Beach for the Polar Bear Swim. According to the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears Club, the new year’s day swim was led by members of the Department of Recreation and Parks and/or lifeguards. The King would come ashore in a boat and lead the crowd back into the water at noon each New Year’s Day. This year’s swim followed more contemporary tradition in which the 2018 Polar Bear King Mike Schaadt and Queen Beth Bachet passed the crowns to the 2019 royalty, Malia Wakinekona Carlsen, above left, and Minh Nguyen-Vo, before jumping into the water. Photo by Jessie Drezner.
commercial products today. All that being said, there is little evidence that detox diets actually help remove any of these compounds.
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Some people report feeling more focused and energetic during and after detox diets. However, this improved well-being may simply be due to eliminating processed foods, alcohol, and other unhealthy substances from your diet. You may also be getting vitamins and minerals that were lacking before. On the other hand, many people also report feeling very unwell during the detox period. There is some evidence from animal studies that indicates coriander, an algae called Chlorella, and several types of fruit acids and pectin may help eliminate toxic metals and organic pollutants.
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Detox Diets and Weight Loss
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There are a few aspects of detox diets that may have health benefits. These include: • Avoiding heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants. • Eliminating “toxins” from body fat by losing excessive fat. • Exercising and sweating regularly. • Eating whole, nutritious and healthy foods. • Avoiding processed foods. • Drinking water and green tea. • Limiting stress and getting good sleep. Following these guidelines is generally linked with improved health, no matter whether they involve a detox or not. Before doing any sort of “detox,” it is important to consider possible side effects.
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Very few scientific studies have investigated the effectiveness of detox diets for losing weight. While some people may lose a lot of weight quickly, this seems to be due to loss of fluid and carb stores, rather than fat. This weight is therefore usually regained quickly once you start eating normally again. The weight loss effects of one detox diet, called the “lemon detox diet,” was studied recently in overweight Korean women. It involves consuming only a mixture of organic maple or palm syrups and lemon juice for seven days. This diet significantly reduced body weight, body mass index, body fat percentage, waist to hip ratio and waist circumference, in addition to reducing markers of inflammation in the body. The results also indicate a beneficial effect on hormones by reducing insulin resistance and circulating leptin levels. If a detox diet involves severe calorie restriction, then it will most certainly cause weight loss and improvements in metabolic health. However, this type of “crash”
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People encounter toxic substances all the time. Most of the time, your body does a perfectly good job of removing them without any additional help. If doing a detox diet makes you start eating and feeling better, then it is a great thing. But this probably has nothing to do with eliminating toxins, but simply the fact that you’re putting less junk in your body. A much smarter approach is to avoid putting toxic things (junk food, cigarette smoke, etc) in your body in the first place. If you don’t “tox” then there’s no need to detox. Originally published HealthLine. Adda Bjarnadottir has a bachelor of science and a master’s degree in human nutrition and is a registered nutritionist in Iceland. She started out as a writer Healthline in 2017. She now manages medical review of all nutrition content.
Setting the Standard with a Blues Holler
By Melina Paris, Music Columnist
January 10 - 23, 2019
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I’ve been preoccupied by two thoughts in regard to music these past few months. First: Thank God we have “standard repertoires of music.” Standard repertoires are identified by having been performed or recorded by a variety of musical acts, often with different arrangements. Standard repertoires are extensively quoted by other works and commonly serve as the basis for musical improvisation. Second: Ethnomusicologists seem to struggle mightily when explaining how the human voice, irrespective of the words coming out of a person’s mouth, can evoke very specific and very powerful emotions in those within earshot. Music scientists describe with detail the feelings a sound evokes. Music scientists even recount the history of a sound pattern from when it was first heard. But until you actually experience it, you don’t know what it truly is. That’s what I thought when I first heard Connie Rouse sing. Rouse’s small stature hides a powerful voice. I saw her sing at the Music for the Soul concert put on by Namaste Church in Long Beach back in September. She got me hooked when she delivered a bona fide holler that made me catch my breath before singing an old standard. All those months ago, Rouse opened with Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes), by Dinah Washington, and sang standards that were hits by Carole King, Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin. Franklin had died only a week before and the grief was still raw. Rouse performed (You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman and Think with grace and power that were at once emotional and healing. In my newfound fandom, I wanted to peek into the well from which Rouse’s voice came. Originally from Chicago, Rouse has lived in Long Beach since 1988. Her singing voice is big, but she speaks softly. She began singing at six years old, doing talent shows and some tap dancing. She sang with the choir in high school, did some musical theater there and in college, and was a member of the South Coast Chorale Rouse started singing professionally at 25. She has enjoyed performing on several prominent Southern California stages– the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Carpenter Center, Disney Hotel and Orange County Performing Arts Center, as well as Long Beach venues. Locally, she has performed at The Sky Room, Red Barrel and The Paradise. She landed performances at these venues by auditioning. “When he left the South Coast Choral, that final concert was where I performed, I Will Always Love You with an orchestra,” Singer Connie Rouse
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t’s the time of year that I look back at the year just passed — at its joys, trials and the big pile of restaurant receipts I need to do my taxes. As I dig into that job, I re-experience meals long digested and find myself looking through my photo archive to see whether that sushi was really presented as exquisitely as I recall, whether the goodness of that steak was discernible just by looking at it and whether that plate of pasta really was the size of a manhole cover? There are other memories, too, of wilted greens, salty sauces, and meals I began trying to forget as I was eating them, but I’m happy to leave those behind. I was able to come up with five noteworthy experiences of 2018 that I hadn’t written about in this publication. Two are inexpensive, two moderately priced, and one costs as much as all the others put together, but they were all delightful.
2018’s Five Great Meals in the Harbor Area By Richard Foss, Culture and Cuisine Writer
Left, Canadian ham, mushroom and basil pizza from Burattino Brick Oven Pizza. Photo by Richard Foss. Above, paella is served at La Española Meats. File photo
1. Snacks and Wine at Off The Vine
The food menu at Off The Vine is minimal, mostly cold snacks and salads with a few flatbreads and desserts. When I visited with some close friends it was for a glass of wine and a charcuterie board before dinner at a nearby restaurant. Later, I found myself wishing we’d just stayed at Off The Vine and kept ordering small plates, because the experience was delightful. The space is cozy without being cramped, decorated with simple charm, with a staff of people who all know and love wine and are happy to make recommendations. The cheese and charcuterie board was nothing spectacular, but abundant hospitality makes good, honest food taste better. I left with a bottle
of an interesting wine from a small producer and a determination to return and stay longer. Off the Vine is at 491 W. 6th St., #103, San Pedro. Details: (310) 831-1551, offthevinewines.com.
2. Pizza at Burattino Brick Oven It’s rare to have a thoroughly delightful time at a place that is having an off night, but that’s what happened at Burattino Brick Oven Pizza. The challenge of operating short-staffed was made worse by trouble with the register,
and I heard the cashier dealing with a take-out order that had accidentally been delivered to the wrong address. There was much running around to fix things and in the process our salad was forgotten. None of that mattered when I had my first bite of what was probably the best pizza of the year. The thin crust had the lightness and rise that you only get from very fresh dough. The balance of toppings and sauce was just right — there was plenty of flavor but the whole thing didn’t turn to mush. If Burattino Brick Oven is like this on a bad day, I can’t wait to return for a meal when the place is firing on all cylinders. Burattino Brick Oven Pizza is at 19701 S. Western Ave., RPV. Details: (310) 832-1200, burattinopizza.com.
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Hatch Chile roasts at Panxa Cocina and became so absorbed in that topic that I didn’t get around to mentioning the regular menu. This is the only restaurant in greater Los Angeles that puts New Mexican cuisine front and center, making it a place of pilgrimage for those who enjoy the spicy, smoky flavors of Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The things you know from Mexican cuisine are made a bit differently here – the enchiladas are stacked like a layer cake instead of being rolled and the tamales are more the size of dumplings than the fat version we’re used to. There’s a playful inventiveness in the presentations and details, so don’t expect a meal here to exactly duplicate anything you’ve had elsewhere, but the flavor profile is spot on. Panxa Cocina is at 3937 E. Broadway, Long Beach. Details: (562) 433-7999, panxacocina. com.
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menu because I’m extremely unlikely to make it at home. The recipe is complex, requiring both time and practice, and I’m happy to leave it to a pro. Also, it’s usually expensive. But once a week in the small deli at La Espanola Meats, primarily an importer and manufacturer of Spanish foods,the Saturday paella lunch is served for about $12 a plate. The plates are
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BUONO’S AUTHENTIC PIZZERIA
A San Pedro landmark for over 44 years, famous for exceptional award-winning pizza baked in brick ovens. Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and handselected ingredients that are prepared fresh. Dine-in, take-out and catering. There are two locations in Long Beach. Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Buono’s Pizzeria, 1432 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 547-0655 www.buonospizza.com
THE CHORI-MAN
The Happy Diner isn’t your average diner. It’s the idea of fresh creative dishes in two San Pedro locations, and now a third—the Happy Deli. The selections range from Italianand Mexican-influenced entrées to American Continental. Happy Diner chefs are always creating something new—take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables prepared any way you like. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner: Happy Diner #1, 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro • (310) 241-0917 • Happy Diner #2, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 935-2933 • Open for breakfast and lunch: Happy Deli, 530 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, (424) 364-0319
LA PANZANO GOURMET
No matter what the occasion, we will plan and deliver an event to remember. We offer complete party planning, including tents, seating, entertainment, food, and drinks. Planning a bar or bat mitzvah, quinceañera, anniversary or graduation party? We’ve got you covered. elegant or casual, whatever style you like. Work with our seasoned event designers to plan the perfect party. Hours: Mon. - Fri., 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. La Panzano Gourmet, 362 W. 6th St., San Pedro • (424) 536-3299 • www.lapanzano.com
SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY
San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, (310) 831-5663, www.sanpedrobrewing.com
SONNY’S BISTRO AND THINK CAFE
Sonny and Carly Ramirez are the husband and wife team behind Sonny’s Bistro and Think Café. Their hands-on attention to detail makes the restaurants successful, in both quality and service. Sonny’s Bistro’s lunch and dinner menus feature locally-sourced and handselected meats, seafood and seasonal vegetables. Try the $10 lunch menu served Mon.-Fri. Think Café serves breakfast in addition to lunch and dinner with egg dishes, omelettes and griddle cakes. Both restaurants have a selection of fine wines and beers. Sonny’s Bistro, 1420 W. 25th St., San Pedro. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat. and Sun. from 4 p.m. • (310) 548-4797. Think Cafe, 302 W. 5th St., San Pedro. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • (310) 519-3662.
TAXCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT
We are proud to serve our community for almost three decades. Generous plates of traditional Mexican fare are the draw at this homey, family-friendly restaurant. For a limited time: Combos #1-12—buy one, get the second for half off (of equal or lesser value, expires 10-31-18). Catering for every occasion, beer, wine and margaritas to your taste. Tony and Vini Moreno welcome you. Open Sun. and Mon. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Taxco Mexican Restaurant, 29050 S. Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes • (310) 547-4554 www.taxcorestaurantpv.com
THE WHALE & ALE ENGLISH RESTAURANT & PUB The Victorian oak panels & elegant brass fittings will make you feel like you’ve crossed the Atlantic. Featuring popular pub fare such as Fish &
thoughtful advice about food and wine pairings. If that sounds like having a private chef and sommelier at a dinner party, you have the exact feel of the evening. You’ll enjoy, learn, relax and spend some time in the most serene environment in a wide radius. It will be pricey — expect to pay about $220 per person — but your palate and brain will feel like they’ve enjoyed a vacation afterward. Mar’Sel at Terranea is at 100 Terranea Way, RPV. Details: (310) 494-7891, terranea.com/events.
Chips, Shepherd’s Pie & entrées of Choice Steaks, Roast Prime Rib, Beef Wellington & Roast Rack of Lamb. Seafood selections include Chilean Sea Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Jumbo Tiger Shrimp & Sand Dabs. International draft beers & ales, as well as domestic craft beers on tap. Full bar; free, gated parking lot. Happy hour five days a week. Hours: Mon. 5 to 9 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sat. 1 to 10 p.m., Sun. 1 to 9 p.m. The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro • 310) 832-0363, www.whaleandale.com
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A micro brewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted awardwinning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, BBQ, sandwiches, salads and burgers. A full bar with made-from-scratch margaritas and a martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. Live music. Open from 11:30 a.m., daily.
Every once in a while you decide you deserve a meal that really takes you to another plane, a long, leisurely experience to savor and inspire. If you are in the mood for such an evening, perhaps for some special celebration, the best thing to do is see whether Mar’Sel at Terranea has a wine dinner scheduled. Their events are intimate — the one I attended was for only about a dozen guests — and Chef Andrew Vaughan and the guest winemaker come out to talk with diners, explain the dishes, and give
Fourth-generation artisanal chorizo and meats. Purchase chorizo by the pound or try our burritos and tacos! Menu specials change weekly. Open Thurs., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Fri. - Sun., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For catering email: info@thechoriman.com for catering and special orders. The Chori-Man, 2309 S. Alma St., San Pedro (424) 287-2414
HAPPY DINER AND HAPPY DELI
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Tradition, variety and fast delivery—you get it all at Big Nick’s Pizza. The best selection of Italian specialties include hearty calzones, an array of pastas and our amazing selection of signature pizzas. We offer a wide selection of appetizers, salads, beer and wine. Call for fast delivery. Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Big Nicks’ Pizza, 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 732-5800 www.bignickspizzasp.com
paper and the paella is eaten at long wooden tables on a patio that never lets you forget you’re in an industrial area of Harbor City, But the flavors are pure Spain. A tip from a local: place your order in advance or show up early, because they often sell out. La Española is at 25020 Doble Ave., Harbor City. Details: (310) 539-0455, laespanolameats.com.
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Connie Rouse: Music for the Soul
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Rouse said. “After that, he helped me put together the concert at the Carpenter Center. It was cabaret style and it was done on the back stage in an intimate setting with about 250 people. It was sold out.” She released her first album in 2006, A Love Like This. Then she moved away from singing and began working in the field of human resources. After performing as a guest vocalist at Namaste (her church home), the music director of Namaste invited her back to join Namaste’s music team. If she could make an album of any material she wanted, she would choose Four Women,
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written by Nina Simone. It has more recently been performed live in a recording session called Sing the Truth, Jazz in Vienna, 2009 by Simone’s daughter, Lisa Simone, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo. It would also include something by Caro Emerald, a Dutch pop and jazz singer and the arrangement that Whitney Houston did of I Will Always Love You, which Rouse performed that at the Carpenter Center. About that big holler that she entered the Namaste church concert with, Rouse said. “I just have a big voice. It’s a blessing. It took me a while to learn to like my voice, although I love to sing because I find music very healing. I would compare my voice to other voices so it took me a while to come into liking my own.” To Rouse, music is healing and she feels blessed to have the voice that she does. Her goal is to not just sing but to share music. “I know if I can hear a song that truly moves me, then I hope to do the same thing for someone else,” Rouse said. “Music really impacts people. A woman I perform with, she and I go to some of the elderly homes and perform for them and you just see them light up. The music helps them and it’s so needed. It’s a way to be of service.” You can find her on iTunes, YouTube and CD Baby. Namaste Center for Spiritual Living is at 129 W. 5th St., Long Beach Details: www.namastecsl.org
JAN 10 - 23 • 2019 ENTERTAINMENT Jan 10
MBT at Wine Bar LB Join for a night of funky jazz by Majic Bullet Theory at their Thursday residency. Time: 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 10 Cost: Free Details: www.lbwinebar.com Venue: The Wine Bar, 250 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Jan 11
The Paul Gormley Trio See bassist Paul Gormley with his trio perform a variety of songs made popular by Frank Sinatra, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, and Brazilian music by Antonio Carlos Jobim. They perform every Friday at The Whale & Ale. Time: 7 p.m. Jan. 11 Cost: Free Details: (310) 832-0363 Venue: The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro Backtrack These five vocalists will astound with their precision, harmony, and rich sound, ranging from the Beatles to Justin Timberlake. Time: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 Cost: $25 to $40 Details: (310) 544-0403; www.palosverdesperforming arts.com Venue: Palos Verdes Performing Arts, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates The Temptations The Grammy-winning quintet performs its classic hits including, My Girl, Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) and Papa Was a Rolling Stone. Time: 8 p.m. Jan. 11 Cost: $70 to $90 Details: www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
Jan 12
Trio Eclectic While rooted in jazz, Trio Eclectic is augmented by loops and effects and takes the listener on a sonic journey fusing different genres of music. Time: 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 12 Cost: $20 Details: www.alvasshowroom. tix.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
Jan 13
Steven Vanhauwaert The concert series presents pianist Steven Vanhauwaert, hailed for his clarity, sense of structure and monster technique. He is the grandprize winner of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition Time: 2 p.m. Jan. 13 Cost: Free Details: (310) 316-5574 Venue: Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, 26438 Crenshaw Blvd., Rolling Hills Estates
Chamber Orchestra of South Bay Experience Salieri’s Overture to La Scuola de’ Gelosi, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, Handel’s Concerto Grosso in C Major, HMV 318 Alexander’s Feast and Schnittke’s Suite in the Old Style Time: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 Cost: $58 Details: (310) 544-0403; www.palosverdesperformingarts. com Venue: Palos Verdes Performing Arts, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates
Jan 16
Kat Edmonson Kick off the New Year with critically acclaimed vintage pop singer-songwriter as part of Carpenter Center Cabaret Series. Edmonson brings both the songs and sensibility of the Great American Songbook into the 21st century. Time: 7 p.m. Jan. 16,17 Cost: : $45 Details: (562) 985-7000; www.carpenterarts.org Venue: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach
Jan 18
It’s Comedy Tonight In Old San Pedro Join the first show of 2019 in an evening of adult humor with host Mike Muratore and performing comedians, JRock, Franchie San Pedro and Jordan Perry Time: 7 to 10:30 p.m. Jan. 18 Cost: $5 Details: https://tinyurl.com/wwwm-bpt-me Venue: Machine Studio, 446 W. 6th St., San Pedro The Pink Floyd Wall Experience A full theatrical production of Pink Floyd’s concept album and touring show featuring a live band recreating the album, note for note, with state of the art sound, cutting edge lighting, lasers and video. Time: 8 p.m. Jan. 18 and 19 Cost: $50 to $85 Details: www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
Jan 19
Artimus Pyle Band More than just a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd, it’s a celebration of the legendary band, led by Artimus Pyle, Skynyrd’s wild-man drummer, from the height of their success. Time: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: $55 to $95 Details: (310) 544-0403; palosverdesperformingarts.com Venue: Palos Verdes Performing Arts, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates The Rhythm Method Join a fun night full of rock n roll. Bring all your friends and boogie on the dance floor. Time: 9 to 11 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: Free Details: (310) 547-4766;
www.ironcitytavern.net Venue: Iron City Tavern, 589 W. 9th St., San Pedro Sung Chang, Esther Lee The Los Angeles Ensemble, along with its pianist Sung Chang and his duo-piano partner Esther Lee, swept multiple categories of the Beverly Hills National Auditions, and all will be on full display in this concert extravaganza. Time: 3 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: Free Details: (310) 316-5574; http://www.palosverdes. com/ClassicalCrossroads/ TheInterludes.htm Venue: First Lutheran Church & School, 2900 W. Carson St., Torrance Ally Venable Band Texas born Ally is not only above her years as rock ’n’ blues style guitar player. She has a powerful soulful voice. Time: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: $12 Details: www.longbeach. harvelles.com Venue: Harvelle’s Downtown Long Beach, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach Judy Wexler Trio Jazz vocalist Judy Wexler returns with her outstanding trio. Time: 8 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: $20 Details: (310) 519-1314; www.bit.ly/2SEC3xW Venue: Alva’s Showroom 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
Jan 20
Titan Hot Seven Cabaret Jazz Dinner Club Enjoy a true, up-close cabaretstyle experience with all of the glamour of an elegant supper club including table seating, gourmet dinner, cocktails and dancing. Time: 5 p.m. Jan. 20 Cost: $92 Details: (310) 544-0403; palosverdesperformingarts.com Venue: Norris Pavilion, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates Douyé Album Release Quatro is a deluxe album that celebrates the sounds of bossa nova with an embrace and infusion of African rhythm as well as Cuban and Latin jazz sounds. Time: 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 20 Cost: $20 Details: https://tinyurl.com/wwweventbrite-com-e-douye-alb Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
Jan 23
Mordy Ferber Trio Mordy Ferber is a must see guitarist, raw and in your face with an inventive expression rarely seen in most guitarists these days. Time: 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 23 Cost: $15 Details: www.alvasshowroom. tix.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
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THEATER Jan 10
Pick of the Vine After months of searching, reading, and voting on over 800 plays submitted from across the country, the enormously popular Pick of the Vine returns for its 17th year. Time: 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 10 to Feb. 3 and Sat. Feb. 2 only Cost: $24 to $45 Details: www.littlefishtheatre. org Venue: Little Fish Theatre, 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro
Jan 11
Aladdin Jr. Fantasia Family Music returns with one of Disney’s favorite musicals for a young audience. Time: 7 p.m. Jan. 11, and 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 Cost: $15 to $30 Details: (310)792-1122; www.fantasiafamilymusic.org Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
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power of simple and beautiful things along with themes of feminism, activism, and living a peaceful and joyful life. Time: 7 to 10 p.m. Jan. 12 Cost: Free Details: (562) 584-6233; www.madebymillworks.com Venue: MADE by Millworks, 240 Pine Ave., Long Beach
Graffiti Battle Hosted by Sketch One, Graffiti Battle starts on paper and ends on the wall Time: 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 13 Cost: Free Details: (323) 644-8200; www.communityartmachine.com Venue: Machine Art Studio, 446 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Ongoing
A series of paintings that strive to translate the construction of
Shaggy Dog Stories and Other Tales This group exhibition includes recent work and collaborative projects by Kate Berlant and Natalie Labriola, Josh Callaghan, Wynne Greenwood and K8 Hardy, Alake Shilling, Roni Shneior, The Smudge, and Barak Zemer. Guest curated by Audrey Moyer and Paulina Samborska. Through March 23. Time: Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 12 to 5 p.m. Cost: Free Details: www.angelsgateart.org Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
Jan 13
El Cabaret Flamenco
Join an exciting afternoon of Flamenco presented by Esencia Flamenca Dance Company. Live musicians accompany passionate flamenco dancers on stage. Time: 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 13 Cost: $25 to $140 Details: https://tinyurl.com/wwweventbrite-com-e-el-cabaret Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Jan 17
Keith Johnson Dancers Johnson and company celebrate their 20th anniversary with new work and a pre-show gallery of the company’s history in an evening of abstract storytelling and atmosphere. Time: 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 17 Cost: $15 to $20 Details: www-brownpaperticketscom-john Venue: Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach
FOOD Jan 12
Food and Culture in Latino Los Angeles Los Angeles is often referred to as the second largest city in Mexico. Sarah Portnoy discusses Latino cuisine history in LA and how the contemporary Latino food scene sharply contrasts with urban Latino neighborhoods, where access to affordable, healthy food is a struggle. Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Jan.12 Cost: Free Details: www.pacificfood.org Venue: Pacific Food & Beverage
Museum, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
Jan 19
Open Faced A world sandwich tour and book signing with Karen Kaplan. The sandwich, in fact, in one form or another, is a global culinary phenomenon. Kaplan will lead a world tour of the sandwich, demonstrate two classic expressions from Spain — Catalan tomato toasts and Mallorcan tomato atoasts. Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: Free Details: www.pacificfood.org Venue: Pacific Food & Beverage Museum, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
WELLNESS Jan 13
Meditation and Book Study Join an open meditation and book study of the Dalai Lama’s The Middle Way: Faith Grounded in Reason held every other Sunday. Participate in guided shamatha or Prajna Paramita practice each week. Suggested donation: $5 Time: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sundays Cost: Free Details: www.tinyurl.com/httpswww-meetup-com-Tara-Ma Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
Jan 18
Sound Healing Explorations This long-running monthly event brings the community together for an activating, cleansing and relaxing experience through Sacred Sound and Meditation. Suggested donation $25 to $30 Time: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 18
Jan 13
Discovering Plant Taxonomy Laurel Woodley’s talk will demystify the process on how plants get their names and provide basic information on how they’re classified in the botanical world. Time: 1 p.m. Jan. 13 Cost: Free with park entry fee Details: www.southcoastcss.org. Venue: South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula
Jan 17
Viet Nguyen, Luis Alberto Urrea in Conversation Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and Lannan Literary Award winner Luis Alberto Urrea both write about the immigrant experience, giving fresh voice to characters who have long been stereotyped and provide insightful perspective on the society we all share as Americans. Time: 8 p.m. Jan. 17 Cost: $29 to $59 Details: (310) 825-2101; www.cap.ucla.edu Venue: Royce Hall, UCLA, 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles Live After 5ive DTLB Every third Thursday of the month the free, family and petfriendly event rotates through the downtown districts, bringing live music, art activations, entertainment and opportunities for community engagement throughout. Time: 5 p.m. Jan. 17 and every third Thursday Cost: Free Details: www.theloopdtlb.com Venue: The Loop, 100 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
3rd Annual Women’s March Los Angeles March for truth to power. Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: Free Details: https://www. facebook.com/events Venue: Pershing Square, 532 S. Olive St., Los Angeles
Jan 20
Slack Key Fest One of the most acclaimed Hawaiian concerts to ever leave the islands takes fans on a Hawaiian musical journey that showcases Grammy-winning slack key guitarists, the best hula dancers in the world, special guest performers and a free to the public Island Marketplace. Time: 2 p.m. Jan. 20 Cost: $20 to $135 Details: www.slackkeyfest. com Venue: The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach Peter and Adenike Harris Red Stories is pleased to announce this month’s feature: the dynamic father and daughter team of Peter J. Harris and Adenike Harris. The evening will be complemented by the first super blood wolf moon of 2019. RSVP to confirm your attendance Time: 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 20 Cost: $10 Details: https://redstorieslbc. eventbrite.com Venue: Cirivello’s, 4115 N. Viking Way, Long Beach
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Everyday Magic Art Opening Recent mixed media art by Stacy Russo celebrates the
the dynamics that occupy human consciousness expressed through pain, joy, anxiety, and awe. In other words, LOVE. Artist’s reception, Sat. Feb. 9, 2 to 6 p.m. The show runs through Feb. 23. Time: Tuesday through Saturday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. Cost: Free Details: (562) 400-0544 Venue: Michael Steans Studio @ The Lofts, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro
DANCE
Abalone Cove Shoreline Park Guided Walk Hike past the unique native flora and fauna and explore tide pools teeming with fascinating marine life. The trail to and from the tidepools is approximately a mile and is a child-friendly hike. No dogs are allowed on the beach. Rain cancels a hike. Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: Free Details: (310) 544-5366; www.lossorrenos.org Location: Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, 5970 Palos Verdes Dr. South, RPV 3 Bands & a Beer Come support AltaSea with great music and celebration before renovation begins. Presenting Mike Watt + The Missingmen, Clown Sounds, Farefax. Reserve by Jan. 16 at 5 p.m. Suggested donation of $30. No Host bar Time: 8 to 11 p.m. Jan. 19 Cost: Free Details: www.3bandsand abeer.splashthat.com Venue: AltaSea, 2331 Signal St., San Pedro
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The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy presents a national tour of 13 nature films in two hours. The festival brings an exciting selection of adventurous and inspirational films about nature, providing an encouraging look at conservation efforts worldwide. Can We Save the Frog Prince? looks at the global extinction crisis facing frogs. The series screens Jan. 13 at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro and again on Jan. 27 at West Torrance High School. Details: www.pvplc.org
Long Beachland A live comedy slideshow performance celebrating the epic city by the sea. Ambassador of Americana, Charles Phoenix, takes you on a then and now time travel slideshow adventure exploring Long Beach’s landmarks and lore. Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 12 Cost: $35 to $45 Details: www.tinyurl.com/wwwhslb-org-product-long-beach Venue: Long Beach Petroleum Club, 3636 Linden Ave., Long Beach
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The Wizard of Oz Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion and Tinman. Time: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, and 2 p.m. Jan. 13 Cost: $46 to $60 Details: www.encoresouthbay. org Venue: Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach
ARTS
Jan 12
Dream Mask Workshop Lynne Okon Scholnick is a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who honors dreamwork. For this day-long workshop, participants are invited to bring a dream — recent or from the past — from which to create a dream-mask. All materials provided. Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 12 Cost: $35 to $45 Details: (562) 437-1689; www.molaa.org Venue: Museum of Latin American Art, 628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach
Jan 13
Intangible in Paint The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA) presents Intangible in Paint, a show featuring all new works by 10 artists from Southern California. Artist/curator talks and tours will be announced early in the new year. The exhibit runs through Feb. 28. Time: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and by appointment Cost: Free Details: (310) 957-7037 Venue: The Lofts, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro
What Makes It Great? Rob Kapilow and the Viano String Quartet dissect and examine the complexities, influences, and prominence of Dvořák. Time: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 Cost: $55 Details: (562) 916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
COMMUNITY
The Art of Seeing Enjoy The Art of Seeing, a lecture by Marek Dzida and presentation of Fiber Art by Monique Lehman Chmielewski. Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Jan.12 Cost: Free Details: (562) 435-5232; www.hellada.us Venue: Hellada Gallery, 117 Linden Ave., Long Beach
Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web Clarissa finds her normally entertaining and unflappable self in the middle of a drawing room murder. Not wanting to embarrass her husband, she is desperate to dispose of the body. The show runs Jan. 12 through Feb. 9. Time: 8 p.m. Friday, and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Cost: $14 to $24 Details: (562) 494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Jan 23
Can We Save the Frog Prince?
Cost: Free Details: www.sacredfrequencies@ gmail.com and www.playbeautifulsounds.com Venue: Sacred Roots Holistic Healing, 2841 E. Broadwa, Long Beach
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His Legacy Lives on the Waterfront I first met Dave in 2003, subsequent to my appointment by thenLong Beach Mayor Beverly O’Neill, to the Port of Long Beach Harbor Commission. Dave introduced me to the Harry Bridges Institute, an organization he founded. The Harry Bridges Institute is based on principles not only held by Dave, but held in common by free trade unions the world over. I was impressed not only with his passion for the working class, but his knowledge of port operations. The Port of Long Beach became a proud sponsor of the Harry Bridges Institute and Dave was most appreciative of the support. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to listen to many speeches Dave would make to further the interests of international solidarity, social justice and equality, union democracy and the right of workers to organize in free trade unions. While Dave may no longer be with us, his spirit and legacy will remain in the port complex. As respective stakeholders, we must collaborate for the greater good for both the working class and business enterprises. Mario Cordero, Executive Director POLB
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objective, and that means being realistic about what is possible in that point in history.” Arian and Norm Tuck were best friends, ILWU colleagues, and partners working on the docks. “David was a firebrand and could stand up to anyone, and his intellect gave him the ability to look at a situation, get to the real heart of the matter,” said Tuck, who was part of ILWU leadership and negotiating teams with Arian. “He knew what the end of the conversation needed to be and how to get there.”
Family Man
By far, Arian’s proudest achievement was his large and tight-knit family and circle of friends, for whom he was patriarch, wise man, voice of common sense and source of encouragement. At large family functions, he could be found playing with the grandchildren, tending to the barbecue grill, or in a long conversation with someone needing guidance. His son Sean and daughter Justine recall a devoted father who coached youth sports, attended countless school functions, drove them on long cross-country trips in his Dodge van, and visited them in foreign locales. Arian was, they said, an indefatigable champion of their interests, their talents and their careers, and the nucleus of frequent family trips to Lake Tahoe, Hawaii and Desert Hot Springs. In retirement, Arian became a particularly engaged grandfather, babysitting, attending soccer games, school recitals and swimming lessons — and walking with his grandchildren in the annual Wilmington Labor Day Parade or
Dave Arian was featured on the cover of Random Lengths News when he was elected president of ILWU Local 13 for the second time. Photo by Robin Doyno.
teaching his grandson The Internationale. A few months before his death, Arian said “one of the highlights of social activism in this family” was seeing both of his children and all five of his grandchildren attend the Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles in January 2017. For Arian, family was not limited to blood relations. He embraced and welcomed others, offering a bed, a job, a second chance and often a home to anyone who needed it. The “Dave Arian’s Wellness Journey” page on Facebook is full of moving testimonials from people Arian helped and
influenced. One friend noted: “You will always exemplify for me what Che meant in that famous quote about true revolutionaries being guided by great love.” Mary Gimenez-Caulder, a San Pedro resident who has known generations of Arians, said the family is known for displaying an abundance of “friendship, honesty, trust, generosity, and most of all love and acceptance of all people. Dave embodied all of those traits and more.” Arian was born Dec. 4, 1946. He grew up on 8th [See p. 17]
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Street in San Pedro, attended Cabrillo Elementary School and Dana Junior High School, graduated from San Pedro High School in 1965, and attended classes at Los Angeles Harbor College. He devoted himself to supporting community causes and organizations, including Toberman Settlement House, Harbor Interfaith Shelter, Beacon House Association and San Pedro Boys & Girls Club, where he played as a child. He was a tremendous booster of the San Pedro High School Pirates football team, attending games regularly. When Arian was not working, attending meetings, organizing, or babysitting, he enjoyed reading, swimming, practicing bikram yoga, rooting for his beloved Lakers and Dodgers, and traveling, particularly with family. Arian is survived by: his son Sean and husband Mike Bonin of Los Angeles, and their son Jacob; his daughter Justine Arian-Edwards and husband Ethan of Huntington Beach, and their children, Jadyn, Destan, Aneka and Keira; his sister, Laraine Arian, of San Pedro; his exwife and close friend, Roxanne Arian, of San Pedro; and dozens of nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and extended family members. He is predeceased by his brother Arthur, who died in 2006. This story was originally published at Medium.com. It is reprinted with permission of the author. A memorial service for Dave Arian will take place on Sunday, Jan. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ILWU Local 13 Dispatch Hall, 1500 E. Anaheim St., Wilmington. The family asks that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Harry Bridges Institute for the Dave Arian Memorial Project, 350 W. 5th St., Suite 209, San Pedro, CA 90731.
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DBA & LEGAL FILINGS Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018287814 The following person is doing business as: (1) Rosy Scenario, 461 W. 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Rose McGillivray, 461 W. 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Rose McGillivray, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 2018. Notice-In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 12/06/2018, 12/13/2018, 12/20/2018, 01/10/2019
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018295698 The following person is doing business as:(1) LA Kayak, 1257 W. O’Farrell Street, San Pedro, CA 90732, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Paul Bruce Thomas, 1257 W. O’Farrell Street, San Pedro, CA 90732. Guadalupe Martinez, 1961 Floyd Street, La Habra, Ca 90631. This Business is conducted by an Joint Venture. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Paul Bruce Thomas, partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Nov. 27, 2018. Notice-In accordance with subdivi sion (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 12/13/2018, 12/20/2018, 01/10/2018, 01/24/2018
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018308777 The following person is doing business as:(1) Wurzburg Express, 20412 Pioneer Blvd., Lakewood, CA 90715, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Rafael Reyes, 20412 Pioneer Blvd., Lakewood, CA 90715. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Rafael Reyes, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2018. Notice-In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 12/20/2018,
Order to Show Cause for Change of Name Case No. 18LBCP00098 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of Galina Sarah Crosby Jr. for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Galina Sarah Crosby Jr. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Galina Sarah Crosby Jr. to Galina Sarah Mckenzie Jr. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter
is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: 2-6-19, Time 8:30 a.m. Dept. 26, Room: 5500 The address of the court is 275 Magnolia Ave, Long Beach CA 90802 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following news paper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Journal and Random Lengths News Date: Dec. 26, 2018 Michael P. Vicencia Judge of the Superior Court 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31/19
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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019003423 The following person is doing business as: Got It Right Entertainment, 3745 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Michael B. Stribling Jr., 3745 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro, CA 90731. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Michael B. Stribling Jr, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 4, 2019. Notice--In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 01/10/2019, 01/24/2019, 02/07/2019
ACROSS 1 Little drinks 5 TV monitoring gp. 8 Waits 13 Muscle problem 14 Jazz legend Fitzgerald 15 Fail to be 16 Lubricant used at the front and rear of an automobile drivetrain 18 Cuba ___ (rum drink) 19 Artistic interpretation of one’s feelings, maybe 21 Alfonso Ribeiro-hosted show featuring viewer submissions, for short 22 Ward of “Gone Girl” 23 “Claws” network 24 “Matilda the Musical” songwriter Minchin 27 Lover 29 “___ Believer” (Monkees song) 31 It may be half-baked 33 Cedar alternative 36 Bisected 40 It contains numerators and denominators within numerators and denominators 43 Skier’s spot 44 Clean up some topiary 45 ___ gin fizz 46 Lamentable 48 Family member, briefly 50 PGA VIP Ernie 51 Place to chill out 54 Lemon zest source 57 “Death ___ Funeral” (2007 or 2010 film) 59 Snarky social media response to an undeserved boast (and this puzzle’s theme) 64 Heart chambers 65 Eddie Murphy’s role in “Beverly Hills Cop” 67 Adrien of “The Pianist” 68 Adjust, as banjo strings 69 Dory helped find him 70 Heavy items dropped in cartoons 71 ___-Pekka Salonen
(conductor soon to lead the San Francisco Symphony) 72 Cable channel since 1979 DOWN 1 Rocksteady precursor 2 “Never Tear Us Apart” band 3 Global extremity 4 Ancient stone slab (anagram of TESLA) 5 State of change 6 Snippets, like those shown on 21-Across 7 Core group 8 Vinegar variety 9 Spring bloom 10 Credit counterpart 11 “The Smartest Guys in the Room” company 12 Cardiologist’s dilator 14 Heighten 17 Excruciatingly loud, in sheet music 20 Roth of “Inglourious Basterds” 24 Nervous spasms 25 “Rebel Yell” singer Billy 26 Inbox item 28 “thank u, ___” (Ariana Grande song) 30 Farm residents? 32 Venmo and Hinge, e.g. 34 Egypt’s cont. 35 Kardashian matriarch 37 Scrabble piece 38 Sheared stuff 39 They’re “on” in binary 41 They’re always in February 42 Good-natured 47 “___ Poetry Jam” 49 Double ___ (Oreo variety) 51 Q-Tip ends 52 Ancient city in Jordan 53 With an ___ distinction 55 Bring delight to 56 High-end Toyota 58 Make good (for) 60 Six Flags attraction 61 TV “Warrior Princess” played by Lucy Lawless 62 Acapulco accolades 63 1996 veep candidate 66 Hither and ___
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It is with a heavy heart that the family of Los Angeles Harbor Area International Longshore and Warehouse Union Locals report the passing of ILWU Pensioner, Brother David Arian (Local 13-Retired), on January 2, 2019. Labor has lost a true hero who stood for and promoted the education of the rank-and-file, Labor organizing, Labor solidarity, the principle of “Maintenance of Benefits,” the critical importance of Longshore Division jurisdiction, and equal rights for all. Dave was a long time Labor leader, serving as ILWU International President, Local 13 President, Founder and President of the Harry Bridges Institute, Vice President of the LA Harbor Commission, and a long list of union leadership positions including ILWU Convention/ Caucus delegate, Longshore Contract Bargaining Committee member, and member of ILWU Coast subcommittees, such as the Pension and
Welfare Committee, Education Committee, and Public Relations, just to name a few. When he retired from the waterfront in 2009, he published the book The Right to Get in the Fight and produced the film Eye of the Storm, both recounting the history and struggle of the Labor movement in general, and the ILWU in particular. Brother Dave Arian will be sorely missed and will never be forgotten. On behalf of the Officers and Staff of ILWU Locals 13, 26, 63, 94, Office Clerical Unit (OCU), Southern California Pensioners, Southern California District Council and the Inland Boatmen’s Union Marine Division, we give our condolences to the family of Brother Dave Arian, especially to the active and retired members of our own family: his daughter, Sister Justine Arian (Local 63) and his sister, Sister Laraine Arian (Local 63-Retired).
Brother Arian’s Memorial will be held on Sunday, Jan. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ILWU Local 13 Dispatch Hall, 1500 E. Anaheim St., Wilmington. Donations can be made to the Harry Bridges Institute for the Dave Arian Memorial Project, 350 W. 5th St., Suite 209, San Pedro, CA 90731.