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[See Taking Care, p. 8]
Above, Crystal Sherman has been collecting gift cards, food and other necessities for fellow Long Beach-San Pedrobased Coast Guard families in need during the federal government shutdown. She said she will continue collecting until another shutdown is no longer eminent. Photo by Jessie Drezner
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By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
With the Donald Trump shutdown finally over—at least for now—Democrats in the House of Representatives moved quickly to start work on their top legislative priority, House Resolution-1, a sweeping package of democratic reforms with broad popular appeal: voting rights protection, campaign finance reform and government ethics, brought together by Rep. John Sarbanes from Maryland. “Our best friend in this debate is the public,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said when Democrats first unveiled the proposal on Nov. 30. The public got its first close-up look on Jan. 29, with the hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. “The broader issue is what kind of country America is, and should be,” Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said in his opening remarks. He called HR-1, “a notable attempt to renew our nation’s commitment to having a government ‘of the people, by the people, for the people.’ The committee heard from a panel of experts, including Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Vanita Gupta, president of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Since their
founding in 1940 and 1950 respectively, both organizations have played a leading role in expanding and securing voting rights. They also heard from two GOPinvited panelists who are prominent promoters of the widespread voter fraud myth that Republicans have used to justify rolling back voting rights, despite the embarrassing lack of evidence. “If we have a long history of voter fraud in this country, we have a longer history of racism and voter disenfranchisement,” Ifill said. “It’s time that we stopped dealing with fantasy and we deal with facts.” “Our democracy works best when everyone, no matter who they are or what their color, can fully participate,” Gupta said. “Right now, it is in crisis.” Both testified to a wide range of voter suppression problems which have proliferated since the Supreme Court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Meanwhile, on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the bill a one-sided power grab [that] may pass the House, but not the Senate. But his baseless, bombastic response only underscored the fundamental problem:
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Just days before President Donald Trump temporarily ended the shutdown, Admiral Karl Schultz, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, and Master Chief Petty Officer Jason Vanderhaden released a video from his Twitter account praising the members of the Coast Guard and their families for enduring the shutdown as it entered its fifth week. Short and to the point, the Commandant’s message was designed to reassure members of the Coast Guard and their families, but it was also a small window into the lives of Coast Guard members impacted by the shutdown — uniformed and non-uniformed alike. “In five plus weeks, the anxiety and stress of this government lapse of your nonpay, you of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden,” Adm. Schultz said. “I remain heartened by the assistance made available to you within the lifeline and by the outpouring of the American people from local communities throughout the nation.” But most of all, he said he found it unacceptable that Coast Guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donations to get through day-to-day life as service members. The Coast Guard members received their paychecks on Feb. 1. Before that, some families faced evictions, but the anxiety remains.
[See HR-1, p. 4]
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UTLA Charter Teachers Strike Settled Board motions to limit non-union charter start-ups By Mark Friedman, Contributor
UTLA’s charter school contingent ended its walkout at the three Accelerated Charter Schools in South Central Los Angeles Jan. 29. The job action had started a day after the general UTLA strike began on Jan. 15 and ended six days after the general strike concluded. More than 100 students and parents joined these teachers on the picket line. Accelerated Charter Schools serve 1,700 students from kindergarten to the 12th grade. Before this strike, UTLA representatives had been negotiating for 21 months on issues related to due process and wages with the Accelerated Schools founder and CEO Johnathan Williams. Among the issues was the teachers high turnover rate, which, according to the schools’ UTLA representatives was averaging 30 to 50 percent annually. “The teachers at The Accelerated Schools were paid on a rating-in schedule,” said Kari Rivera, The Accelerated School K-8 first grade teacher and UTLA bargaining committee member. “It did not function like a salary table (often called a step and column table) that most districts use. “Once hired, a teacher would be placed on the rating-in schedule based on experience and education. Once placed, a teacher’s salary only changed when there was contract bargaining.
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Most recently, the raise was 5 percent a year. A committee was supposed to meet to determine how funds would be used to cover merit pay, but two problems emerged: The funds were never raised and the committee never met.
Their collective bargaining agreement does not include binding arbitration. It only has advisory arbitration. Wallis Annenberg High School teacher and [See Charter Schools, p. 5]
Uproar Greets Pier 400 Automation Plans
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Plans to move toward automation at APM’s Pier 400 terminal were pulled from the Harbor Commission’s Jan. 24 agenda at the last minute, but ILWU representatives showed up in force with dozens of members to speak out against the move, starting with Local 13 President Mark Mendoza. “Automation is not good,” Mendoza said. “It’s not good is for the community; it’s not good for labor, it’s not good for America.” Mendoza referred to Maersk, APM’s corporate parent, as “a foreign company coming in here to displace workers.” To place the blame on the California Air Resources Board and clean air goals was deceptive, he claimed, a theme echoed by others as well. “Echoing Mark, there’s other options out there,” said Joe Gasperov, president of Marine Clerks Local 63. “We understand the environmental concerns and the regulations that
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everybody has to meet in the coming years,” he said. “But there are other options that include keeping people employed to hit those same requirements.” “There’s plenty of equipment out there today they can utilize that can utilize a person to operate that equipment,” said Danny Miranda, president of Foreman’s Local 94. “For the terminal operators to use clean-air action plan that we worked so hard to develop here in both ports as an excuse to eliminate our jobs to me is very bad decision on their part,” he said. “It’s about our livelihood and our jobs.” This attempt to shift the costs of clean air onto labor is nothing new. Port truck drivers shouldered the vast majority of costs of the Clean Truck Program, due to misclassification as “independent owner-operators.” A 2014 report, “The Big Rig Overhaul” found that wage theft resulting from labor law violations amounts to $850 million in California annually, and that trucking companies forcing drivers “to pay for these trucks through leasing programs… underlie most of the liability.” Here, the mechanism would be different, but with the same result: labor would pay the cost of cleaning up the air—a mess it did not create or profit from. To make matters worse, it’s a betrayal of a decades-long partnership, as pointed out by John Fageaux, president of ILWU Local 63 Office Clerical Unit for almost 20 years. “Over those years, I’ve negotiated many contracts with these employers and one of the things that they always talk about in negotiations is this is a partnership, a partnership with labor,” Fageaux said. “I watched the longshoremen, and the clerks and my OCUs [Office Clerical Units] work day in and day out to help build these companies into what they are today,” he recalled. “So to have them now want to introduce this automation and basically throw out the window—this relationship that we built over the years—and have us replaced with the machine is wrong,” he said. “This is a partnership. It needs to be treated like that.” “This is not about productivity,” said Gary Herrera, Vice President of ILWU Local 13. “It was told to us about across the table. We don’t [See Automation, p. 5]
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LONG BEACH — The southern portion of the Metro Blue Line — from the Rosa Parks Station in Compton to the Transit Mall in downtown Long Beach — will remain closed until late May for renovation. Out of service stations are Compton, Artesia, Del Amo Wardlow, Willow Street, Pacific Coast Highway, Anaheim Street, 5th Street, 1st Street, downtown Long Beach and Pacific Avenue. Three free bus lines will be pressed into service to minimize inconvenience for riders.
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LONG BEACH — It was a long time coming and didn’t come cheaply--$9.5 million for about 3 acres—but with the purchase of a ragged plot of land the Long Beach City Council finally began to plan its first permanent homeless shelter. Currently the site of an old liquor store and warehouse, the facility will have 125 beds and provide a center for other related services. Long Beach will pay only $1.5 million of the acquisition costs. Most of the money will come from state and county grants, The shelter is expected to open in 2020.
LB Councilman Out of state Senate Special Election
LONG BEACH — Long Beach District 8 Councilman Al Austin announced that he will not be running in the June 4 special election for the 33rd District of the state senate. “There’s much more to accomplish at the local level and that is where I will continue my focus,” Austin wrote in a press release. Regarding his withdrawal, Austin also wrote that he felt there were enough Democrats in the race for the district to be “well-represented” in Sacramento. The special election will fill the seat left vacant when Ricardo Lara was elected insurance commissioner for California.
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SAN PEDRO — The Battleship IOWA Museum is expanding its services and exhibition space to include the National Museum of the Surface Navy. The mission of the museum is to raise awareness of the important role of the Navy Surface Fleet in international relations, free trade, humanitarian assistance, and technological innovation. The museum will be on the second deck of the warship, also known as the “Battleship of the Presidents” signaling the four commanders in chief who have graced her decks. Fundraising for the $19 million expansion is underway and envisioned as a community-based and futureoriented facility to be harbored at the Port of Los Angeles. The work done in three phases, will be completed in 2030. The 15,000-square-foot refurbishment will begin with a proposed move to the anchor location at the newly redeveloped San Pedro Public Market on the LA Waterfront. A veterans’ park and large outdoor amphitheater will be built adjacent to the ship for exhibitions, military services and days of remembrance such as Veterans’ Day and Memorial Day. The exhibit space will be added by removing unneeded berths. Details: surfacenavymuseum.org
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LA County Awards $4.5M for Innovative Housing Solutions
LOS ANGELES — On Feb. 1, the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative announced the winners of the first Housing Innovation Challenge. The call for proposals has awarded $4.5 million in Measure H funding for creative and scalable permanent housing solutions for those experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County. The Housing Innovation Challenge has made four awards at the $1 million level and one at the $500,000 level for faster, costeffective construction or rehabilitation, as well as creative finance models to produce permanent housing for the county’s most vulnerable residents. Each awarded project will result in the production of permanent housing for homeless families or individuals in Los Angeles County. Details: housinginnovationchallenge.com. [See News Briefs, p. 8]
HR-1 for Democracy
The Senate majority he leads is based on just 44.2 percent of the popular vote in the last three Senate elections, while the Democrats’ House majority represents 53.4 percent of the popular vote the past November. While HR-1 wouldn’t change the structure of the Senate to make it more representative, it would significantly reduce other restrictions hampering American democracy, making it easier for more people to vote, giving them more voice in the electoral process, and more confidence in the government they elect. Specifically, regarding voting rights, HR-1 would modernize America’s voter-registration system by bringing automatic voter registration, provide same-day voter registration and online voter registration to voters across the country. It enhances ballot access via 15 days of early voting and makes election day a national holiday. It ends gerrymandering by establishing state-level independent redistricting commissions, restores voting rights to criminals not imprisoned for a felony, and restores the Voting Rights Act. Many states have already implemented some or even most of these ideas, but the national picture is extremely uneven. As for campaign-finance reform, HR-1 provides a voluntary six to one match for federal candidates raising money from small donors. It also requires Super PACs and “dark money” groups to make their donors public, and requires Facebook and Twitter to disclose the sources and amounts of money spent on political ads on their platforms. Regarding ethics, HR-1 would require presidents to disclose their tax returns, prevent congressional members from using taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment cases or buy first-class plane tickets and create a new ethical code for the U.S. Supreme Court. The day after the hearing, McConnell charged that HR-1 was “a package of urgent measures to rewrite the rules of American politics for the exclusive benefit of the Democratic Party.” But most of what’s in it is either commonplace in democracies around the world, popular with voters, or matters of common sense. Election day is a weekend event in the vast majority of countries, and the U.S. is alone in letting politician’s choose their voters by drawing district lines. This past November, a number of states continued the process of popularly adopting parts of HR-1. Colorado, Michigan, Missouri and Utah all voted to put redistricting in non-partisan hands, in different ways — by landslide majorities in all but Utah. Florida re-franchised convicted felons with 65 percent of the vote. Maryland established election-day voter registration with 67 percent. Nevada approved automatic voter registration with 60 percent. Michigan approved both as part of a package passed with 67 percent. In addition, the Voting Rights Act was overwhelmingly reauthorized in 2006: 98-0 in the Senate and 39033 in the House. So the GOP’s recent stiffening of opposition seems largely driven by the sense that they’re losing their grip electorally: Trump lost the popular vote by 3 million votes, while McConnell’s Senate majority rests on a deficit of 25 million votes. McConnell launched a typically dishonest attack on HR-1 the next day, focused on federal workers. It seemed more than a bit tone-deaf on the heels of a month-long government shutdown, which left workers standing in foodlines and worrying about losing their homes. saying, “This is the Democrat plan to restore democracy?”
McConnell asked rhetorically. “A brand-new week of paid vacation for every federal employee who would like to hover around while you cast your ballot? Just what America needs, another paid holiday and a bunch of government workers being paid to go out and work for, I assume ... our colleagues on the other side, on their campaigns.” The reality was quite different: a relatively minor provision, allowing for paid leave (not a vacation) to serve as poll workers and receive
necessary training. Anyone who’s ever voted on election day knows that poll workers don’t work for either side on campaigns — indeed campaigning is legally forbidden in and around polling places. Poll workers are a mom-andapple-pie part of American democracy. The fact that McConnell tried to paint them as sinister conspiracy speaks volumes about the dishonesty of the opposition to HR-1. [See HR-1, p. 15]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a news conference with House Democrats on Feb. 1 to discuss HR-1, a bill that would marginalize money in politics and other measures, including safeguarding voting rights. File photo [Schools, from p. 2]
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UTLA representative, Amber Blackwell, was particularly critical of the high teacher turnover at her school. “We signed on the mission to educate and give students an opportunity to learn,” Blackwell said while on the picket line on Jan. 25. “We are not able to fulfill this goal because of high teacher turnover and not getting quality teachers due to that lack of stability.” “In some classes students go an entire year with a substitute teacher who is not credentialed nor qualified to teach that subject, especially in our K-8 classes. Twenty-five percent of each grade level fails in the transition to high school … Many classes are in the high 30s. This administration does not understand the importance of retaining teachers to improve student learning. There is no nurse and we have one counselor for 1,800 students.” Annenberg High School students picketed alongside their teachers in support. “We are out here because my education is being robbed and I want to help the teachers,” said Marilyn Torres, an Annenberg High School sophomore. “My classes need to be meaningful.” One ACS parent who had been on the picket line daily, Maria Sanchez, had been organizing other parents to come and show support for the teachers. “This is our community school,” Sanchez said. “Teachers don’t have job security and they are intimidated by the principal. So, we are here for better conditions for the teachers and students.” At the rally was Kistra Borden, who brought greetings from the San Diego Education Association. To a cheering crowd, she told participants: “You are making history with the first charter school strike in California history.” Also bringing solidarity was Keith Brown, president of the Oakland Education Association. “Your strike is the coming together of teachers, parents and the community; standing together is an act of true courage. It has sparked a fire to encourage other charter school teachers to
organize a union and fight for students. We are here to support you and to say that in LA and Oakland we are taking a stand that our schools are our priority.” Cecily Myart-Cruz, UTLA Bargaining Committee member and National Education Association vice president, pledged the continued support of the UTLA. She said she is “standing shoulder to shoulder with you … Don’t give up. We have the courage to do what is right. Our soul is not for sale. Our students are not for sale. We will make Accelerated Charter go to their knees and give you what you want. When we strike we win!” The new contract includes improvements aimed at reducing teacher turnover by providing increased job security and improvements to teachers’ healthcare benefits: • Three months severance package (salary and benefits) for teachers not offered a contract from one year to the next. • An improved arbitration process
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• Annual increases in the employer’s share of healthcare costs.
In a related development — as a reaffirmation of the effectiveness of the UTLA six-day strike and the overwhelming parent and public support for educators — in a 5 to 1 vote, the school board passed a resolution calling for a state study and an 8- to 10-month moratorium on new charter schools in the district until the study is complete. The NAACP also backed this proposal. The discussion now heads to Sacramento. Charters have grown exponentially at LAUSD, from 10 in the 2000-01 school year to 277 this year. UTLA stated that: “The California Charter Schools Association bused students to the meeting, leaving a day of instruction behind to attend. CCSA did so under the false pretense that the board was considering a ban of all charter schools. Teary-eyed students talked during public comment, thinking that their school would be closed if the resolution passed.”
Carson in 2018:
Stories of Power, Money and Alleged Wrongdoing By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter
“Power corrupts” is an old saying; “follow through the legal system, former Carson mayor the money” is another. Leaders — in government, Vera Robles DeWitt has replaced him on the in schools and other institutions, and in private Water Replenishment District board. Shortly after Chalfant’s ruling, Robles — industry — either obey the law or risk the consequences of not obeying the law. Just as along with Jawane Hilton and Elito Santarina, two council members who alleged crimes and criminal often voted with Robles — investigations dominated the suddenly got in a big rush to put national and international news a Carson city charter city on the in 2018, alleged crimes and November ballot. Robles had court proceedings dominated attempted to argue he had a right news in and around Carson as to hold incompatible offices well. In a large number of local based on charter city law. The news stories, the workings of judge reminded him Carson was power, the value of money, not a charter city. and the potential for corruption With a charter, a city may showed the need for eternal establish its public officials’ vigilance on the part of the salaries, as opposed to what governed. general law For Carson, the year started Former Carson Mayor and cur- California’s dictates. Carson’s City Attorney with the city’s mayor, Albert rent City Councilman Jim Dear Robles, arguing in Los Angeles Superior Court, Sunny Soltani, who recently was involved in arguing he had the right to hold — and draw making Palm Springs a charter city in a matter salaries from — two incompatible public offices, of months, joined the rush toward a charter. in defiance of state law. Judge James Chalfant A charter committee was hastily assembled, found Robles must give up his seat on the Water which held public hearings, in compliance with Replenishment District, with judgement finalized applicable law, in June and July. Some of the charter committee members later on May 24. While Robles’ appeal works its way
expressed dismay that their work was not part of the final effort presented to voters. Instead a charter was developed with largely generic sections—mostly written by staff copying other cities’ charters--and the council voted in August to place it on the November ballot, despite objections from labor and many residents. It passed. After being in such a hurry to put the charter together, however, the city has still Carson City Councilwoman not certified the Lula Davis-Holmes election as of late December, so the charter is not in effect yet. Former Mayor Jim Dear returned to Carson public office in November. Voters brought him back to the council two years after recalling him as city clerk, an action he and many of his supporters continue to insist was politically motivated. He ran on his opposition to the
charter and to Carson’s controversial Commercial Cannabis Regulatory Program passed in 2017. Dear unseated Santarina, who supported the charter and the cannabis regulatory program. Carson voters also kept Lula Davis-Holmes on the council. Like Dear, she opposed the charter and the city’s cannabis regulation. At the same time, voters approved the charter, indicating that perhaps the majority paid no attention to either the negative campaigning against Dear and DavisHolmes, or the negative campaigning against the charter. With Dear and Davis-Holmes on the council, Robles’ voting bloc with Santarina and Hilton is gone. In 2019 Robles will either have to work with his rivals or find a way around them. In the summer before the election, trash hauler Waste Management hauled Carson into court, alleging the city dumped its longtime collector in favor of rival Waste Resources. The court filings alleged an illegal pay-to-play scheme, one with eerie parallels to an earlier trash-hauling scandal in 2003. In the changeover between trash haulers, many residents complained their trash went uncollected for more than a week. With a court date scheduled for March 26, this promises to be one of Carson’s bigger stories of 2019.
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care if the production goes down.” Rather, “They care about getting rid of labor.” Ray Familathe, who served as International vice president of the ILWU International for nine years, questioned the move from several perspectives. “They’re going to purchase about 130 automated straddle carriers, they’re hybrids,” he said. “But that same Kalmar equipment… can be purchased with a cab on it, it can put longshore operators to work. This type of operation limits the height of the cargo will be stacked. In fact, I think will be stacked about three high, that’s why you need the big footprint of all the acreage.” “What about when cargo continues to increase?” he asked. “It’s a unique footprint. The only place it’s being used at this level now is Brisbane, Australia. If you look at the size and scope of that terminal, it’s very small. We’re concerned about the future growth of the port, and of course, employment opportunities.” “I represent the big bad company,” said John Ochs of APM in a rare moment of honesty, but things went rapidly downhill after that, as he tried to deny the international behemoth he is part of. “Although you may have a perception of AP Moeller as this foreign company, these people in Denmark you’ve never met, APM terminals Los Angeles is a U.S. company, we’re a standalone company,” Ochs said. But they’re still a subsidiary, once removed: APM Terminals is headquartered in the Hague, and is owned by Maersk, in Copenhagen. Things went from bad to worse after that, concluding with an attempt to throw a Harry Bridges quote back in the longshoreman’s faces, only to be cut off for running overtime.
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Classic Trump Half truths, obfuscations and lies, but this is not the end By James Preston Allen, Publisher
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It seems almost incomprehensible that after having shuttered the government for 35 days President Donald Trump could stand before Congress and ask for bipartisanship and compromise. Perhaps it’s just that America has grown accustomed to this particular occupant of the Oval Office lying so frequently that it no longer seems to matter. He says America is now a mass exporter of energy, which is only half true. We still import more oil than we produce. He stood there and spoke against anti-Semitism and yet, with his actions and words, has sparked more racism and hate than any president I can remember. He celebrates World War II veterans and the noble cause of fighting tyranny as they liberated Nazi death camps nearing the end of that war. Yet, this man never served a single day in the military and was exempted from the Vietnam War draft by a bogus doctor’s note. He pronounces he is going to “Make America “Great Again” by returning to the Ronald Reagan era fantasy of “Star Wars” by building ever more advanced armaments, including a laser satellite defense system. What one can only be certain of is that whatever Trump says can’t be trusted. If anyone took the time to deconstruct his one hour and 22-minute prelude to his 2020 campaign, they would find more half-truths, obfuscations and lies than anything but more patriotic bluster. Did any Democrat or any of the women celebrating the women’s suffrage movement by wearing white expect anything different? A few of the only “truths” to emerge from this State of the Union speech is that the House of Representatives is clearly divided and the political scars of the past two years are ones the new majority are unlikely to ever forget. If there is anything that divides Republicans from Democrats more it is the almost religious belief in the fundamental creed that democracy and capitalism are the foundation of our republic. This all sounds good when you are fighting the Cold War, but America has moved on from this tired old dialectic of American exceptionalism versus the evil empires to something more informed about our own abuses of power, empire and corruption. Trump’s vague attacks on calls for socialism didn’t go unnoticed. Clearly, if he understood anything about economics or
the briefing papers he never reads on the U.S. budget, he’d realize that somewhere north of 33 percent of our gross national product is tied to government spending (some years as much as 37 percent). And the Defense Department is by far the largest “socialized” spending item. According to Webster’s Dictionary, socialism is defined as, “any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.” This definition fits not only the U.S. military where housing, food, healthcare and food are delivered to service members and their families by Uncle Sam, but also to many other federal government departments. That includes the billions of dollars in defense contracts and covert programs administered by our government. I mean is there anyone who really wants to privatize the national parks, the work of Homeland Security and Border Patrol? And then there is Social Security, the most popular socialized program of the past 70 years. Just by sheer numbers the government is the largest employer in the nation and has a huge impact. We recently witnessed a 35-day shutdown where just one third of the government workers were furloughed. The economic impact on our “capitalist system” was felt first by workers, then on Wall Street. The shutdown has delayed fourth quarter economic growth projections while the impact on the first quarter of 2019 is still being ascertained, even as Trump continues to insist on money for “the wall.” What is perhaps more important to those of us who live next to the largest port of entry into America is the president’s pronouncement about all the illegal drugs coming across the southern border, which again is untrue. The vast majority of illegal drugs come via smuggling through our ports of entry, including right here at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach where less than 3 percent of the growing number of containers are actually inspected. On the threat of huge caravans of immigrants storming our southern border and sending more troops to defend us from the hoards coming north, the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended from Mexico is at an all-time low. Yet, the number of people flying into our country and overstaying their visas is huge, which is not to mention the Chinese birth-mother tourism group that recently got indicted by the
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Justice Department. The birth tourism schemes as they were described in the indictments are ones in which foreign nationals, mostly from China, lie about the length of their trips and the purpose of their stay when they apply for visitor visas to the United States. They would come to the U.S. for three months to give birth so their children would receive U.S. birthright citizenship. This of course is never mentioned in Trump’s tirades over illegal immigrants and his false claims of the amount of violent crime perpetrated by “illegals.” If, however, you still believe that Donald J.
Trump is going to be impeached, indicted and driven from office before the next election, this speech was just the opening salvo of what we’ve come to expect from our first reality TV president. Which I must add has nothing to with “reality” but everything to do with concocting a narrative that replaces facts and truth. And yet, there’s still one major question that has gone unanswered these past two years: Where are Trump’s tax returns that he says are being audited? One look at those documents would probably do more to get him relieved of duty than anything else!
Celebrate MLK’s Opposition to the Vietnam War
By Mark L. Friedman, Contributor On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of his most memorable speeches, condemning the Vietnam War at the Riverside Church in New York. “My conscience leaves me no other choice,” he declared. King described the war’s deleterious effects on both America’s poor and Vietnamese peasants. He insisted that it was a moral imperative for the United States to take radical steps to halt the war through non-violent means. King’s anti-war sentiments emerged publicly for the first time in March 1965. “Millions of dollars can be spent every day to hold troops in South Vietnam and our country cannot protect the rights of Negroes in Selma,”
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he declared on March 9, 1965. In January 1966, at Ebenezer Baptist Church, King voiced his own opposition to the Vietnam War, describing American aggression as a violation of the 1954 Geneva Accord that promised self-determination. At an event sponsored by Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam, King spoke to more than 3,000 people at the Riverside Church. King outlined Vietnam’s devastation at the hands of “deadly Western arrogance.” “We are on the side of the wealthy, and the secure, while we create a hell for the poor,” he noted. To King, the Vietnam War was a pressing
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RANDOMLetters Women Host Vigil to Expose the Real Legacy of Ronald Reagan
Every year at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, there is a celebration of Ronald Reagan on or around his birthday. Reagan supporters and champions have long had an unfettered ability to celebrate his presidency and his ”legacy” — ignoring the countless lives lost to his violent legacy. On Feb. 6 a vigil was held reminding America that American Imperialism is nothing to be celebrated! We say that the legacy of his presidency is chaos in Central America and the emergence of the great economic inequality between the 99 percent and the one percent in the United States. The current situation at the border, and the caravans of refugees coming up through Mexico are a result of the violence and chaos that the Reagan Wars against poor Central American farmers created. We will host a vigil outside of the ceremony with signs to Renounce Reagan, calling for reparations for U.S. war victims
in Central America, and reminding all that the United State’s foreign policy agenda in Central America for the past fifty years has caused a mass exodus from the region.Re: Negotiating a funding resolution that does not endanger the lives of immigrant children Carley Towne CODEPINK Los Angeles Coordinator
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Excerpts from letter sent by the President of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Peter Schey. Dueling bills to end the government shutdown failed in the Senate and on Jan. 25 Democrats and Republicans reached agreement on a temporary end of the shutdown until Feb. 15. Congress and the White House committed to negotiate over the next three weeks border security, relief for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status recipients, and the treatment of immigrant children from Central America. The issue of Central American minors was injected into the shutdown
discussion by President Trump in a Jan. 4, 2019, letter to Congress, and again last week in the Senate’s End the Shutdown and Secure Border Act of 2019 (“2019 Secure Border Act”), that received fifty votes in the Senate. This memorandum briefly reviews key provisions in the 2019 Secure Border Act that dramatically impact the rights of migrant children and explains why these provisions should not be part of any budget resolution negotiated by Congress and the White House. Adopting the Secure Border Act’s provisions on immigrant children would lead to the persecution, torture, and possibly the death of Central American minors who seek asylum in the United States. It would also violate the law of the land. A long-term spending bill should prohibit funds being used to (1) forcibly separate children and their parents, (2) terminate the rights children now possess under the Flores settlement, and (3) deny asylum to children who possess valid claims under U.S. and binding international laws. Minors fleeing persecution usually flee their countries rapidly. They cannot safely wait for several months or years to process applications while their lives are at
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risk. Nor do most minors facing persecution have the funds that will be needed for fees the U.S. will impose to “deter frivolous applications.” Nor do most minors facing persecution have a “qualified parent or guardian [living] in the United States.” These draconian restrictions will encourage minors to attempt entry into the United States without inspection. If successful, these restrictions will result in the abuse, torture, and death of innocent children. We urge the House and Senate negotiators concerned with the humane treatment of children to insure that the spending bill negotiated in the coming weeks prohibits funds being used to (1) forcibly separate children from their parents, (2) terminate the Flores settlement, or (3) deny asylum to any child who possesses a valid claim under U.S. law and the United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. Peter Schey, President, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law Editor’s note: Visit www. randomlengthsnews.com to read the letter in its entirety.
King’s Opposition to War
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What is changing in the United States today is the growing resistance among small but important sections of workers to the consequences of the deepening economic crisis. That is what underlies the outpouring of tens of thousands to condemn the killings of black and Latino youth. It is what fuels workers battling employer cutbacks or lockouts at factories and teachers marching, striking and winning in many states. Workers who are African-American will be in the forefront of these battles, as they have been in every significant struggle in the interests of working people since the Civil War and eradication of slavery on U.S. soil. There has been considerable discussion on whether there was a political convergence between Malcolm X and King in the last months of Malcolm’s life. In truth, there was a divergence on fundamental questions. King was convinced capitalism could be reformed and that the election of one set of capitalist politicians over another could be a step forward, a perspective still advanced today by the Democratic Party and so-called “Democratic Socialists.” Malcolm argued that the capitalist system can’t be reformed, but overturned; the oppressed and exploited must chart our own political course independent of and against the Democratic and Republican parties, courts, police, and government, a struggle that is international. He championed the need for the oppressed, peasants, and workers of all skin colors, continents, and countries to join in struggle against the economic order responsible for racism, violence, the oppression of women, economic exploitation, and war. King was assassinated one year to the day after giving his famous Riverside Church speech.
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symptom of American colonialism worldwide. He claimed that America made “peaceful revolution impossible by refusing to give up the privileges and the pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investments.” Both The Washington Post and New York Times published editorials criticizing the speech, with the Post noting that King’s speech had “diminished his usefulness to his cause, to his country, and to his people” through a simplistic and flawed view of the situation ( A Tragedy, April 6, 1967). Similarly, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People accused King of linking two disparate issues —Vietnam and civil rights. Despite public criticism, King continued to attack the war on both moral and economic grounds. We should champion King’s anti-war opposition when considering U.S. wars abroad today and the destabilizing role of U.S. support for dictatorships and kingdoms resulting in massive destruction and millions of refugees — from Central America and the Middle-East. The Jim Crow system of legal segregation in the United States was brought down by the mass action of a black-led working-class movement in the streets. Workers who were black, many of them veterans of World War II and the Korean War, played an indispensable, if largely unacknowledged, part in those battles. King played a major role as spokesperson for this effort. This powerful mass movement led the U.S. to “see” it was in their interests to incorporate a substantial layer of Americans who were black into the well-remunerated ranks of those who administer their government and it’s oppression and exploitation. That’s where Barack Obama’s election as U.S. president comes in.
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Meetings for Input on Vote Centers Begins LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk has begun the second round of community meetings for the Vote Center Placement Project. Interested community-based organizations who want to partner and facilitate outreach meetings within their communities are encouraged to apply. The purpose of these meetings will be to engage the public on the suggested locations of Vote Centers for 2020 and will educate residents on the future voting experience in Los Angeles County. Details: http://vsap.lavote.net/vcpp-grassrootscommunity-meeting/
LASD to Step Up Traffic Enforcement LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was awarded a $1.9 million grant from the California Office of Traffic and Safety for Traffic Education and Enforcement. According to a press release from LASD, the monies will be directed to increase enforcement activities related to speeding, running red lights and stop signs, warrant servicing for DUI offenders, new DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as traffic safety education and training programs for youth and teens. There will also be a compilation of DUI “hot sheets” to identify repeat DUI offenders.
Newsom Announces Appointment to California Air Resources Board
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SACRAMENTO — On Jan. 28 Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of Nathan Fletcher to the California Air Resources Board. Fletcher, 42, of San Diego, has been a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District since 2019. Fletcher’s qualifications include a professorship in political science at the University of California, San Diego, a senior directorship at Qualcomm and serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Politically, Fletcher, a Democrat, has served on the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2012. He is a board member of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $48,789.
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Metro Board Approves Hahn Proposal to Decriminalize ExpressLanes
LOS ANGELES — The Metro Board of Directors approved a proposal by Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn to test decriminalizing the I-110 and I-10 ExpressLanes. Metro’s ExpressLane model requires every user to have a transponder installed in their vehicle. If they don’t, cameras take photos of the car’s license plate and send the driver a $25 fine in the mail. If a California Highway Patrol officer pulls over a car in the ExpressLane without a transponder, the driver can get a $250 citation. Hahn’s “Pay-As-You-Use” model would allow a driver without a transponder to use the ExpressLane without fear of a fine or ticket. Metro would simply send a bill in the mail to the driver with an additional $4 administrative fee. Metro’s Board of Directors unanimously approved Hahn’s proposal to implement this model as a one-year pilot program. Details: www.metro.net [See News Briefs, p. 15]
Taking Care of Our Own Crystal Sherman, wife of a Coast Guard member at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Coast Guard base, and her family are among those who have been affected by the shutdown. Sherman has been working to alleviate some of the material pain caused by Trump’s shutdown. Other branches of the U.S. military fall under the jurisdiction of the Defense Department, which was already funded, and thus shielded from the government shutdown. The Coast Guard, however, is under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security, the same department as all immigration and border protection services, which puts a bulls-eye on it under Trump. Originally from Orange County, Sherman and her family have only recently moved to the Los Angeles Harbor Area by way of Virginia this past September, just two weeks after her second child was born. Sherman said her family has had to utilize their savings to tide them over. They have stopped contributing to their family’s retirement fund and to her two small children’s education funds to prioritize the needs of the here and now. In circumstances where everyone is financially feeling the pinch, it’s not unusual that attention would be paid most to family and self. Sherman, however, could not ignore the impact the shutdown was having on other Coast Guard families in her neighborhood and the civilians that assist them on Terminal Island. “This is a scary time for these and many other federally-employed people,” Sherman said. “I’m still collecting (donations) because people are still trying to catch up and the government has only been funded for three weeks. There is a good chance that it’s going to shutdown again.” Unlike other government employees, members of the Coast Guard cannot quit their jobs. They cannot collect unemployment, get another job, or call in sick at their job without the risk of being thrown into the brig. They don’t have the option of not working, shutdown or not. But with the temporary government opening, she said the Coast Guard families are only guaranteed one paycheck for back pay and two checks scheduled for Feb. 1 and Feb. 15. The senior staff of the Coast Guard has been preparing members for the worse case scenario if a deal isn’t struck on Feb. 15. In the meantime they are doing the only thing they can, trying to stretch out their funds. Following the example of like-minded spouses in San Francisco, Sherman put a call out for donations — from diapers to gas cards — for furloughed members of the Coast Guard here in the South Bay. The donations are going to the Chief Petty Officers Association, which is run by the Coast Guard Chiefs.
Officially, service members in the Coast Guard cannot ask for donations themselves, but their spouses can. Sherman raised $2,100 in gift cards, as of Jan. 30, with more than 1,000 gift cards donated. They received cars full of diapers, wipes, paper towels and food. While the government partially opened on Jan. 25, confidence is low that a long-term solution to keep federal employees paid will be reached while Trump continues to divide Washington over demands to build his wall. “It’s expensive for what it’s (going to) do,” Sherman said. “I feel like there is more that can be done than the wall. We don’t have a wall on our northern border.” “I don’t think it’s fair that the people who
protect our borders have to do it for free,” Sherman said. “You want a wall to protect our border but then you don’t even pay the people who protect it. The TSA protects our air space, the border patrol protects our borders, and the Coast Guard protects the sea. This is not practical. We have been asked to contact our creditors and to defer our accounts. We worked for this and we can’t just get another job.” Help has arrived in other forms. Sherman said there is a pop-up pantry that was coming later on the day she was interviewed for this story. It supplies items like milk, cheese and eggs. They have also received weekly donations from Imperfect Produce of surplus foods. Sherman said if she could say anything to elected officials, she would tell them to pass House Resolution 367, the Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019, and Senate Bill 21. The items of legislation going through both [See Coast Guard, p. 15]
A form letter from DHS was sent to federal workers to send to their creditors asking for leniency during the shutdown.
Shutdown was but Only a Blip in Employment Figures, For Now By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment figures on Feb. 1, noting that the unemployment rate went upwards slightly in January to 4 percent and the number of unemployed persons rose to 6.5 million. The bureau credited the federal government shutdown for the up tick. The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose by 500,000 to 5.1 million this past January. The bureau said nearly all of the increase occurred in the private sector and may reflect the impact of the partial federal government shutdown. Employment in the federal government was essentially unchanged in January. Federal employees on furlough during the shutdown were counted as employed in the establishment survey because they worked or received pay (or will receive pay) for the pay period that included the 12th of the month. Some federal government agencies were shut down or operated at reduced staffing levels when fund appropriations lapsed from Dec. 22, through Jan. 25, 2019. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, however, was funded during the shutdown period and operated as usual. Data collection for the household and establishment surveys also occurred as scheduled. The bureau’s household survey, January 2019 saw an increase in the number of federal workers who were classified as unemployed on temporary layoff. However, the number of federal workers who were classified as employed but absent from work, increased. The bureau’s analysis of the data indicates that this group included federal workers affected by the shutdown who also should have been classified as unemployed on temporary layoff. The bureau reported that such a misclassification is an example of nonsampling error and can occur when survey respondents misunderstand questions or survey interviewers record answers incorrectly. If the federal workers who were recorded as employed but absent from work had been classified as unemployed on temporary layoff, the overall unemployment rate would have been slightly higher than reported. However, to maintain data integrity, no actions were taken to reassign survey responses.
By Greggory Moore, Curtain Call Columnist
Jamey Hood and David St. Louis in South Coast Repertory’s 2019 production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, music by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Photo by Jordan Kubat/SCR.
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everything around it. Sweeney Todd is written as a big show, and director Kent Nicholson manages to keep it big while shrinking it down to fit the Segerstrom Stage — not crazy small, but a Broadway stage it ain’t — making this about as intimate a Sweeney Todd as you can get while preserving its epic air. It’s so intimate that patrons seated in the first few rows may very well become part of the action. Audience interaction is an example of the playfulness that may be the best thing about SCR’s take. Nicholson mines every ounce of humor that Sondheim embedded in the script, guiding the cast not only to the many explicit jokes and witticisms but also to hidden gems, a few of which Nicholson himself buried (such as a resentful corpse who brings the house down with a single glare).
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weeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is so challenging to perform that the potential for it to be the worst of theatrical experiences is encoded in its DNA. Done right, though, it’s challenging to review, if only because you come out of the theater so awed by its overpowering genius that you fail to recall details of the production, itself. But they’re not paying me to be forgetfully awed, so let’s start by noting that South Coast Repertory’s current production of Stephen Sondheim’s magnum opus clearly falls into the latter category. Despite a few shortcomings, lovers of Sweeney Todd and neophytes alike will come away with the special satisfaction that comes from having imbibed a truly great work of art.
In case you don’t know, we’re in the mid 18th century, Sweeney (David St. Louis) has returned to London to find his wife and daughter, Johanna, and avenge himself for a 15-year old injustice done by Judge Turpin (Robert Mammana). Turpin sent Sweeney up the river in a gambit to get Sweeney’s wife. When Sweeney learns from Mrs. Lovett (Jamey Hood), the proprietor of a shop that makes “the worst pies in London,” that his wife poisoned herself and Turpin is raising Johanna (Juliana Hansen) as his own, his thirst for vengeance grows beyond the bounds of possible slaking (“Not one man, no, nor 10 men, nor a hundred can assuage me”) and yet, paradoxically, this becomes his will to live. Sweeney and Lovett combine their desires and talents to create a grisly going concern, and although Lovett dreams of a happily ever after, vengeance is a dish that ultimately consumes
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San Pedro Fish Market Grille X Three O By Gretchen Williams, Dining and Cuisine Writer
San Pedro Fish Market Grille at the Peninsula Center in Rolling Hills Estates. Photo by Gretchen Williams.
ld Town San Pedro was often foggy and cold, vocal with the sounds of the foghorn and the ships. The fishing slip was full of boats and the coral pink municipal fish dock at the end of the pier was awash with activity. Containers boomed across the Main Channel, loading and discharging a massive verdant vessel. Tugs tooted and locomotives whistled their movements around the harbor. San Pedro Fish Market Grilles have captured that Old San Pedro feel in three new restaurants around the harbor. The original San Pedro Fish Market has maintained the waterfront atmosphere and emphasis on fresh fish while updating both the menu and the moves. Each branch of the San Pedro Fish Market Grille has a dockside ambiance and a familiar Matson logo betrays the wall’s former life as a 40-foot standard dry. Choice is the hard part at a San Pedro Fish Market Grille. The World Famous Shrimp Tray is always an outdoor favorite on the Main Channel and is made to share at the Grille as well. Each variety of fish and seafood is available prepared as a grilled plate, with two side dishes — the
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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
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
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
best deal on the menu. Fish and chips celebrates the U.K. classic in fine style with excellent chips and crispy fish. Try red snapper for the fish or try shrimp as a tender substitute. Salad is a good choice, even as a side: lovely fresh greens, julienned carrots, red onion, tomato, colorful shreds of bell pepper with cotija cheese and cilantro. Just add any fish for a splendid dish. The bowl is based on rice, black beans and roasted corn with bell peppers — grilled salmon would be wonderful. The Latin side of the menu is worth a look — calamari tacos are the next happening, serving crunchy cabbage, onion, tomato and cilantro with the squid and great salsa on fresh grilled corn tortillas. Burritos for the big boys — get ready for a grilled flour tortilla wrapped lovingly around grilled swordfish, potato, chopped onion, cabbage, cilantro and a three cheese blend with salsa. Fabulous secrets of the San Pedro Fish Market Grille are being revealed daily. Servers are willing and helpful at figuring out the menu and how to order. The lobster grilled cheese at
HAPPY DINER AND HAPPY DELI
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. 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 PHILIE B’S PIZZA At Philie B’s we’re all about authenticity. We only use the freshest ingredients in our kitchen and we offer specialty pizzas, calzones, hot and cold sandwiches, delicious salads, desserts, and catering services for your special occasions.Dine-in, take-out and delivery. Hours: Sun. - Thurs. 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., Fri. - Sat. 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Philie B’s Pizza, 347 W. 6th St., San Pedro • (310) 514-2500 • www.philiebs.com.
SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY
A micro brewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, BBQ, sandwiches, salads and burgers. A full bar with madefrom-scratch margaritas and a martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. Live music. Open from 11:30 a.m., daily. San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, (310) 831-5663, www. sanpedrobrewing.com
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
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The Victorian oak panels & elegant brass fittings will make you feel like you’ve crossed the Atlantic. Featuring popular pub fare such as Fish & 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 &
$18.99 seems a bit dear, but delivers big time — luscious and over the top, served with a generous green salad. House-made ceviche is fresh, tart, hot and just the thing to wash down with a beer or michelada. Sides are an amazing and delicious deal, at $3.25 each, from fire-roasted corn, black beans, grilled fajita vegetables, zucchini, grilled potatoes or some of those french fries, and house-made coleslaw or green salad. Garlic bread would be a nice thing to share over some steaming house-made clam chowder. Children are going to be delighted with a $4.99 menu including popcorn shrimp, salmon or tilapia, cheese quesadilla or grilled cheese sandwich. Adults will be similarly thrilled with the market offerings of whole fried fish, shrimp, snow crab clusters, Alaskan king crabs, Maine lobsters and oysters. San Pedro Fish Market Grille 3 Peninsula Center, Rolling Hills Estates 310-265-2260 San Pedro Fish Market Grille 1313 W. Sepulveda Blvd., Harbor City 424-263-5864 San Pedro Fish Market Grille 120 W. “G” St., Wilmington 310-835-6671
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
Cupid and the Brigantine Sunset Sail By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
Gruberin the 1930s, but were not built until long after his death. Passengers who manage to snag a reservation will get to experience the twin brigantines rare elegance, nostalgic of an earlier era. Passengers will get to board the Exy Johnson on Feb. 10 and the Irving Johnson on Feb. 14 for two sails around the harbor. This year’s Sunday, on Feb. 10, excursion
is Sweets for the Sweet Sail, which will feature sweet and savory desserts along with hot chocolate, coffee and tea. If you’re in the mood to inbib Valentine spirits with your significant other, the Sweets for the Sweet Sail excursion is bring your own. Tickets: $75 for adults, $25 for children under 12 (LAMI member discount applies).
Feb. 14 is the Valentine’s Day Adventure Dining Sunset Sail, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., where you and yours can enjoy a magical early evening aboard a tall ship. Price includes a delicious dinner, dessert, beverage and a commemorative gift. Wine is not included, but again, it’s BYO aboard. The tall ships are docked at Berth 84 at the foot of 6th Street near the LA Maritime Museum in San Pedro. It is recommended that you wear closedtoe, soft-soled shoes as well as layered clothing given that the wind tends to kick up on the water.
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Open Mic The Grand Annex opens its stage to musicians, singers, songwriters and poets from the South Bay and beyond. Sign up at 6:30 p.m. All ages are welcome. Time: 7 p.m. Feb. 7 Cost: $5 Details: 310- 833-4813; www.grandvision.org Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Ayer y Hoy Join Sabor de Mexico as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Featuring musicians Los Hermanos Herrera, Mariachi Alas de Angel and Ivan Estrella. Time: 7 p.m. Feb. 9 Cost: $15 to $25 Details: 310-489-3463; www.grandvision.org
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Valentine’s Love and Unity Party Enjoy Valentine’s with Rep Cambodia. A six-course, sit-down Cambodian dinner provided by La Lune Restaurant is included. Attire: Valentine’s theme with bow ties for men recommended and semi-formal. Time: 6:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. Feb. 8 Cost: $45 to $50 Details: www.tinyurl.com/ https-www-eventbrite-com-e-r Venue: La Lune Restaurant, 1458 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach
Feb 10
Stars of Tomorrow The Felix Quartet will perform Mendelssohn’s Early Masterpiece, String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12. Time: 2 p.m. Feb. 10 Cost: Free Details: 310-316-5574 Venue: Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, 26438 Crenshaw Blvd., Rolling Hills Estates
Feb 9
Quiet Storm Sundays JazzKat Entertainment presents a pre-Valentine’s jam session with the industry’s leading musicians and with special guests. Time: 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 10 Cost: $15 to $25 Details: Eventbrite Venue: Harvelle’s Downtown Long Beach, 201 E. Broadway Ave., Long Beach
José Antonio Rodríguez Trio One of Spain’s leading flamenco guitarists, Rodríguez is a remarkable guitarist acclaimed for his powerful and evocative renditions of contemporary flamenco. Time: 8 p.m. Feb. 9 Cost: $30
Miss MuMu LaRue Spend your Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart being serenaded by Miss MuMu LaRue. RSVP Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 14 Cost: Free Details: 310-831-0246 Venue: Babouch Moroccan
Feb 14
Restaurant, 810 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro The Ultimate Anti-Valentine’s Day with Live Band Karaoke To hell with Valentine’s Day. Join the ultimate anti-Valentine’s Day bash with live band karaoke begins at 9:30 p.m. with Casual Encounters. Bring a picture of an ex for a heated darts contest. Time: 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. Feb. 14 Cost: Free Details: 562-269-0832; www.theharborbarlb.com Venue: The Harbor, 130 Pine Ave., Long Beach
Feb 15
Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur recorded the 1973 hit song Midnight at the Oasis, which garnered several Grammy nominations and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere. Time: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, 16 Cost: $33 to $50 Details: 310-781-7171; www.torrancearts.org Venue: George Nakano Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
Feb 16
Romantic Pairings Enjoy a romantic afternoon listening to the sounds of guitarists Aaron Haas and Jaxon Williams, with sopranos Anastasia Malliaras and Laurel Irene. Time: 3 p.m. Feb. 16 Cost: Free Details: 310- 316-5574; www.palosverdes.com/ ClassicalCrossroads/ TheInterludes.htm Venue: First Lutheran Church & School, 2900 W. Carson St., Torrance
Long Beach Symphony POPS! The symphony will present Tango Caliente. Time: 8 p.m. Feb. 16 Cost: $29 to $175 Details: 562-436-3203 Venue: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Saturdays, Feb. 8 to 23, 2 p.m. Saturdays Feb. 16 and 23, 1 p.m. Feb. 17and 27, 6 p.m. Feb. 17. Cost: $20 Details: 562-856-1999; www.musical.org Venue: Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, 6200 E Atherton St, Long Beach
Hammersmyth See Hamersmyth, high-octane heavy metal cover band, perform at the People’s Place. Time: 6 p.m. Feb. 16 Cost: $10 Details: www.peoplesplacesp. com Venue: People’s Place, 365 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Feb 9
El Twanguero Enjoy a mix of Spanish and American roots music for a driving Latin rockabilly twang by guitar virtuoso Diego García. Time: 8 p.m. Feb. 16 Cost: $20 to $30 Details: 310-833- 4813; www.grandvision.org Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Feb 17
4 Level Interchange The 4LI meld their influences of funk, post bop, progressive rock, and world music into compositions that serve as a basis for improvisation and group interplay. Time: 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 17 Cost: $10 Details: www.alvasshowroom.tix. com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 141 E. 8th St., San Pedro
Feb 17 Joanna Medawar Nachef Singers Join an evening with a guest Grammy-nominated American jazz pianist, composer, producer, and director of the Asia America Symphony Orchestra and the Asia America Youth Orchestra. Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Feb. 17 Cost: $15 to $25 Details: 310-781-717; www.torrancepops.com Venue: James R. Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
THEATER Feb 8
Oliver! Lionel Bart’s Award-winning musical Oliver! takes audiences on a journey through Victorian England as an orphan boy embarks on his quest to find love and family. The show runs through Feb. 17. Time: 8 p.m. Thursdays through
The Journals of Osborne P. Anderson Actor, writer, and producer Ted Lange brings his historical, original works to Torrance. John Brown and 19 men stormed Harper’s Ferry in 1859 and all were killed or captured except for one. Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Feb. 9 Cost: $20 Details: 310-781-7171; www.arts.torranceca.gov Venue: George Nakano Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
Feb 14
Loves Me/Loves Me Not The Little Fish Theatre members have put together a special Valentine’s Day treat – a reading of short plays centered around love. Time: 8 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15 Cost: $20 Details: 310-512-6030; www.littlefishtheatre.org Venue: Little Fish Theatre, 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro
Feb 15
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder This four-time Tony award-winning musical centers on Monty Navarro, a lowborn young Englishman and distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to elevate his social standing by speeding up the line of succession. Time: 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday Feb. 15 to March 1, and 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday Feb. 17 to March 3. Cost: $45 to $85 Details: 562-916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
Feb 20
Life Could Be a Dream Take a trip with Denny and the Dreamers, a fledgling doo-wop singing group preparing to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest to realize their dreams of making it to the big time. Time: 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 24 to March 10 Cost: $35 to $55 Details: www.ictlongbeach.org
Venue: International City Theatre, 330 E. Seaside Way, Long Beach
ARTS Feb 7
Tales of the Heart Miranda Villanueva specializes in Mexican and Native stylized pieces, both on canvas and murals. Time: 6 p.m. Feb. 7 Cost: Free Details: www.communityart machine.com and @blissful_ nana Venue: Machine Studio, 446 W. 6th St., San Pedro SMUDGE: Inmate Portraits by Tom Bolema Tom Bolema is an artist, musician and educator with a long history of championing the underdog socially, politically, and culturally. The exhibit runs through March 30. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment. Time: 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 9 Cost: Free Details: 310-600-4873 Venue: Gallery 478, 478 W. 7th St., San Pedro
Feb 8
Come Out and Play The United Cambodian Community of Long Beach is hosting an inaugural art show in Cam town featuring local artists including those from the Living Arts Collective. Time: 5 to 7 p.m., Feb. 8 Cost: Free Details: 562-433-2490; www.ucclb.org Venue: Cam Town Art Gallery, 2201 E. Anaheim St., Suite 200, Long Beach Fine Art Fridays Every Friday afternoon, a stilllife setting will be provided for free. Bring your own supplies to draw, sketch or paint. Time: 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 8, 15, 22 Cost: Free Details: www.communityart machine.com Venue: Community Art Machine, 446 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Feb 10
Intangible in Paint Talk Renowned curator, writer and critic Betty Brown will moderate a lively panel discussion with Sonja Schenk, Gloriane Harris, May Sun, Catherine Ruane, and Megan Frances on their work in our show Intangible in Paint. Time: 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 10 Cost: Free
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Details: 310-957-7037; www.veniceica.org Venue: Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro
Feb 15
Noble Places Thornton Ladd and John Kelsey designed several notable SoCal buildings over a 30-year period, including the Norton Simon Museum, Aviva High School, and the California Institute of the Arts. The exhibition runs Feb. 8 through May 26. Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 15 Cost: Free Details: www.pvartcenter.org Venue: Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 W. Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes
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Feb 14
Colette Colette is a film about a woman pushed by her husband to write novels under his name, but upon their success, fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms. Time: 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Feb. 14 Cost: Free Details: 310-377-9584, lknights@pvld.org Venue: Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates
Feb 16
Albatross Albatross is a journey to the Midway Island in the heart of the Pacific where these beautiful birds come to mate and breed. The event comprises the films, including two short films, dance performances and a Q&A Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 16 Cost: Free Details: www.dance4oceans@ gmail.com Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
Swing Peedro Swing dance party will feature a live, 16-piece orchestra, the Fabulous Esquires big band. Time: 8 to 11 p.m. Feb. 9 Cost: $20 Details: www.tinyurl.com/ yd6sngpz Venue: People’s Place, 365 W. 6th St., San Pedro
FOOD Feb 9
Deep Roots and Winter Greens Enjoy a culinary show-andtell, cooking demo and tasting featuring examples of winter’s bounty. Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9 Cost: Free Details: 657-204-2748; Venue: Pacific Food & Beverage Museum, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
Feb 10 Second Sundays at the Miraleste Library Pramilla Dugal will conduct a demonstration and tasting of Nepali cooking from her cookbook Nepali Cooking for Your Health. Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 10 Cost: Free Details: www.pvld.org Venue: Miraleste Library, 29089 Palos Verdes Drive E., Rancho Palos Verdes
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Dr. Angela Y. Davis Dr. Angela Y. Davis, noted activist, feminist scholar and Black Panther Party member is giving a talk. Time: 4 to 6 p.m., Feb. 11 Cost: Free Details: 562-433-7025; www.tinyurl.com/y937amom Venue: CSU Dominguez Hills Gymnasium, 1000 E. Victoria St. Carson
Feb 15
Zine Workshop Get hands-on practice and submit your work through midMarch for inclusion in a Women’s History Month zine publication. Time: 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 15 Cost: Free Details: 310-377-9584 ext. 215, lishizaka@pvld.org Venue: Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estate Friday Local Artist Mixer Fabulous Friday is a great way to network with other local artists. Through sharing ideas you will learn from those just like yourself. Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 15 Cost: Free Details: Eventbrite Venue: Machine Studio, 446 W. 6th St., San Pedro
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Run to Fight Childhood Obesity There is a complimentary breakfast for the first 100 runners. Registered participants will receive a finisher medal and T-shirt. Time: 8:30 a.m. Feb. 16 Cost: Free Details: www.friendship5krun walk.com Venue: Wilmington Waterfront Park, 1004 W. St., Wilmington
Goat Yoga at Brouwerij West Downward Grog will be joined by a couple of goats at Brouwerij West in San Pedro for a premium goat yoga experience. Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 10 Cost: $40 Details: www.downwardgrog.com Venue: Brouwerij West, 110 E. 22nd St., San Pedro
Women’s Health Fair Make your appointment today to be able to receive a free mammogram. Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 12 Cost: Free Details: 310-547-0202 ext. 109 Venue: Harbor Community Clinic, 593 W. 6th St., San Pedro
COMMUNITY Feb 9
Long Beach Comic-Con The annual Long Beach comic book convention features cosplayers, panels with comic book industry creators and exhibition halls. Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 16 and 17 Cost: Free to $399 Details: www.longbeachcomic expo.com Venue: Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Feb 17
Abalone Cove Walk Hike past the unique native flora and fauna and explore the tide pools teeming with fascinating marine life. The hiking difficulty is moderate to strenuous. This is a kid friendly hike. Rain cancels a hike. Time: 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 17 Cost: Free Details: 310-544-5366; www.losserenos.org Venue: Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, 5970 Palos Verdes Dr. South, Rancho Palos Verdes
Tickets are non-refundable and in the event you are unable to sail, your ticket will be considered a tax-deductible donation to the TopSail Youth Program. Details: https://www.lamitopsail.org
Harbor Area Places to Celebrate Valentine’s Day:
Blu Restaurant and Lounge Upscale, yet casual, Blu Restaurant and lounge at San Pedro’s Crowne Plaza Hotel is the spot for great food and live jazz. Dress up, or not, a romantic moment is impossible to miss. Details: 310-521-8080 Venue: Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Harbor Hotel, 601 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro The Whale & Ale The Whale & Ale offers a choice of special entrees from sauteed Alaskan sand dabs to Chilean sea bass. Live entertainment also is part the experience at this venerable pub. Details: 310-832-0363; www.whaleandale.com Venue: Whale and Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro Sebastian’s Mediterranean Cuisine Brand new on 7th St., Sebastian’s is offering a Valentine’s Day special three-course dinner for two with your choices of entrées. Details: 424-342-9062 Venue: Sebastian’s Mediterranean Cuisine, 309 W. 7th St., San Pedro
Roland Rusinek in South Coast Repertory’s 2019 production of S weeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Photo by J ordan Kubat/SCR.
is the production’s weakest link. Sometimes the rococo vocal lines do not feel 100 percent dialed in. Hansen can be a bit sharp, while St. Louis’s tone and diction is sometimes muddy. But when delivering some of Sweeney’s more drawn-out melodies, St. Louis manages some of the show’s best singing, particularly in combination with Archer. Rhythmically, the singers are generally spot-on, which is no small task. Under the musical direction of David O, the 10-piece orchestra ably handles a scaled-down version of a score written for more than twice as many players. The rest of the mise en scène is similarly seamless. Simple yet effective scenery and lighting set us firmly in Sweeney’s dark world, which Melanie Watnick’s costumery dresses up beautifully. Perhaps the most unsung of heroes is sound designer Cricket Myers. There’s a lot going on acoustically, but Myers and company get all of it across with balance and clarity. South Coast Repertory has not brought us a perfect Sweeney Todd, but its flaws are not fatal and its charms are obvious. This might not be the cast recording you would take home, but it’s a show worth seeing, clearly displaying what makes Sweeney Todd a permanent part of the musical theatre pantheon. Times: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The show runs through Feb. 16. Cost: $26 to $91 Details: 714-708.5555; www.scr.org Venue: South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa
Baramee Thai Restaurant This quiet romantic gem of a restaurant in downtown San Pedro is warm, cozy and intimate. It has great food at an affordable price. Make sure you RSVP early. Details: 310-521-9400; www.barameethairestaurant.com Venue: Baramee Thai Restaurant, 354 W. 6th St., San Pedro Think Prime Think Prime is the last great steakhouse in San Pedro, offering every cut of beef you could want. Think Prime also has a piano bar. Details: 310-221-0415; http://thinkprimesteakhouse.com Venue: Think Prime Steakhouse, 29601 Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes
February 7 - 20, 2019
Dismantling Racism This is a performance lecture that will discuss issues of race and social justice that features spirituals, art, songs and literary works, as well as a panel discussion hosted by the Long Beach Opera. Time: 2 to 4 p.m., Feb. 9 Cost: Free Details: 562-470-7464; www.longbeachopera.org Venue: Michelle Obama Library, 5870 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach
The acting is fine throughout. Among many highlights is Hood’s performance of By the Sea, which she drolly carries by sheer force of personality, with only a parasol for support. Hood and St. Louis also excel in A Little Priest, the show’s most extended stretch of lightness. Among the supporting players, Roland Rusinek is a fantastic Pirelli, every bit as bigger than life as his character aspires to be. Conlan Ledwith sings a good Toby, although the role would be more emotionally impactful played by a lad who hasn’t come out the other side of adolescence. Although Devin Archer (playing Johanna’s suitor, Anthony) is consistently strong (his last note on the Johanna” redux — wow!), Rusinek is a model of perfection, the chorus strong for its compact size, overall the singing
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Audre Lorde: Catalyst for Change In celebration of Black HERstory Month, join Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez in partnership with Out Loud for Audre Lorde: A Catalyst for Change. This event will feature a film screening by Jennifer Abod called, The Edge of Each Other’s Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde. Time: 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 16 Cost: Free Details: audrelorde.eventbrite. com Venue: Cesar E. Chavez Park, 401 Golden Ave., Long Beach
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SPIFFest: Oscar-Nominated Shorts San Pedro International Film Festival presents three evenings of live-action, animated and documentary short films all vying for the 2019 Academy Award on March 24. Time: 7 p.m. Feb. 16 Cost: $10 to $12 Details: www.spiffest.org Venue: Warner Grand Theatre; 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
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Guillermo Rivera Rivera has been dedicated to organizing and guiding botanical, birding and natural history tours for the last 15 years throughout the Southern Hemisphere. Time: 1 p.m. Feb. 10 Cost: Free with park entrance fee of $10 Details: 310-544-1948; www.southcoastcss.org Venue: South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula
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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019020976 The following person is doing business as:(1) ANCHOR BIORESEARCH, 505 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners:Ocean Marketing Corp, 1431 Ocean Ave. Ste. 807, Santa Monica, CA 90401. This Business is conducted by a corporation. 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/. Eugene Stavtsev, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 24, 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: 02/07/19, 02/21/19,
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: 02/07/19, 02/21/19, 03/07/19, 03/21/19
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019015948 The following person is doing business as:(1) Vital Health Wellness Center, (2) A Vital Health Wellness Center, 660 W. 7th St., San Pedro, CA 90731 Mailing Address: 1621 W. 25th Street Ste# 670. Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Royal Palms Consulting Inc., 3425 S. Patton Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731. This Business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 01/2017.
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/. Rebecca Melzer, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 23, 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: 02/07/19, 02/21/19, 03/07/19, 03/21/19
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
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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019019032 The following person is doing business as:(1) Peninsula Homes Construction Company, 106 Western Ave., Ste # 305, San Pedro, CA 90732, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: James Charles Schoch, 106 Western Ave. Ste # 305, San Pedro, CA 90732. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 04/2007. 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/. James Charles Schoch, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 23, 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
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DBA & LEGAL FILINGS Coast Guard common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 01/10/2019, 01/24/2019, 02/07/2019
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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
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Voting Solutions for All People Initiative Approved
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced the County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve two plans to move the Voting Solutions for All People initiative toward its next phase of testing and certification. Logan will now execute a memorandum of understanding with the California Secretary of State to engage a state-approved testing agency to conduct the testing and certification for the entire initiative, which includes a ballot marking device, and an independent tally system. Prior to full implementation in 2020, the county’s new voting equipment must pass state testing and certification. The board also authorized the county clerk to submit a plan by Feb. 5 to conduct a pilot program for the Nov. 5, 2019 municipal election.
East West Bank Branch Manager Sentenced to Federal Prison for Money Laundering Scheme
[HR-1, from p. 4]
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Because HR-1 is so multifaceted, and the press is so willing to uncritically repeat McConnell’s lies, the Senate may well ignore it, as McConnell has promised. But Democrats have a potential response: passing individual parts as standalone bills, whose popular appeal is much more straightforward. Senate Republicans resisting them all could play an important role in getting rid of their majority in 2020. One key provision that could be singled out this way is Sarbanes’ signature proposal, a voluntary 6-1 match for candidates for federal office. This could profoundly shift the balance of power between large and small donors, said Lee Drutman, author of The Business of America is Lobbying. “Anything that takes members of Congress away from the gamut of lobbyist-sponsored fundraisers and coldcalling wealthy people and puts them in the living rooms of more representative groups of constituents would be a major game changer for the kinds of concerns that filter up to lawmakers as top priorities,” Drutman wrote at Vox. “This could significantly alter the premium parties now put on big-donor fundraising prowess in their candidate recruitment strategies. It could also pave the way for a new winning politics of economic fairness.” Small donors fueled Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign, which helped advance a whole set of related economic fairness issues — raising the minimum wage, Medicare for All, free public college, etc. This was done without a 6-1 matching fund. Imagine what would be possible with it. That’s what got McConnell really scared. And, he should be.
LOS ANGELES — Vivian Tat, 54, of Hacienda Heights, an East West Bank branch manager conspired to launder over $25,000 in cash by converting the currency into cashier’s checks. Tat was sentenced Feb. 4, to 24 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II. Tat was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. Tat and a co-defendant were found guilty by a federal jury in September of conspiring to commit money laundering. Tat was also convicted of two counts of causing a false statement in a bank record. The co-defendant — Ruimin Zhao, 48, of Temple City, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 11. The sentencing was a result of a scheme in which Tat, Zhao and Zhao’s husband — Raymond Tan, 62, of Temple City — laundered cash through East West Bank’s San Gabriel branch. Court documents and evidence presented at trial, showed that Tat, Zhao and Tan led an informant into the bank’s conference room. The informant provided $25,500 in cash that was then laundered into three “clean” cashier’s checks issued through the account of a bank client. Tat facilitated false entries to be made in East West Bank’s records, making it appear that this transaction was legitimate. Tan previously pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and money laundering in this case and in two other cases. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 18. Real News, Real People, Really Effective
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,
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
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
the House and the Senate would end the current pain of the shutdown by continuing appropriations to the Coast Guard for any period during the 2019 fiscal year if Trump shuts down the government again. The monies provided to the Coast Guard would provide for: • the pay and allowances for members of the Coast Guard, civilian employees and contractors; • the payment of a death gratuity, funeral travel, and the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty; and • retirement pay. The bill would also compensates the Coast Guard’s civilian staff who have been furloughed as a result of the shutdown. Both bills were introduced after Christmas and Sherman said they need more backers. Details: https://tinyurl.com/CoastGuardWives
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