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At a congressional hearing, Rep. Nanette Barragán grills DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on her familiarity with asylum law.
“Either you’re lying to this committee or you don’t know what’s happening at the border,” Rep. Nanette Barragán told Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on March 6 at the first oversight hearing held under Democratic control of the House of Representatives. Barragán’s blunt assessment was well-deserved. Nielsen had earlier testified that asylum-seekers were not being turned away at the ports of entry—contrary to widespread media reports — and she had just doubled down on it again. When Barragán asked, “Was that your testimony?” Nielsen replied, “They’re not turned away.” It was an obvious falsehood, underscoring the Donald Trump administration’s signature contempt for honesty and accountability — even to Congress, where false testimony is a crime. “I have been there, first-hand, and I have seen it, twice,” Barragán shot back. “More recently, it just happened on Saturday when I happened to be crossing the border with my mother. I heard a gentleman say, ‘I’m from Honduras, I want to apply for asylum.’ He was already at the turnstiles at the Ped West entry. And the agent said, ‘Sir, unless you
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How the women of Indivisible San Pedro are still organizing locally, sisterhood remains powerful
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ndivisible San Pedro is not what you would call a “woman-led” organization. Like the Indivisible Movement nationwide, it’s more of an “everybody/nobody-led organization. Indivisible San Pedro has, however, been unquestionably women-driven since its inception in the wake of the rope-a-dope slugfest that was the 2016 presidential election. “Don’t get me wrong, this was not the first time I was pissed when my man lost an election,” said Lisa Desmond, who has attended weekly Indivisible San Pedro meetings with her sister, Marcia Simeoni, more-or-less faithfully since January 2017. “Only this time it was my woman [who lost] and she had been robbed right before our eyes by this hideous misogynistic, hate mongering con-man. Worse yet, people voted for this creature. ” No, Desmond hasn’t gotten over it. “At first, I was terrified,” she continued. “But by the time [Donald] Trump delivered his American Carnage inauguration speech, my sister and I were furious. When we found Indivisible, it was on.” “It’s still on,” Simeoni added. Fact is, through action after action, day by day, members of Indivisible San Pedro are remaking our democracy. Desmond and Simeoni call themselves the Resister Sisters. “After participating in 55 phone banks, countless letter writing campaigns and dozens of organized protests I can honestly say that we helped flip the U.S. House of Representatives and worked hard to replace [Vladimir] Putin’s best friend, Orange County Republican Dana Rohrabacher, with Harley Rouda in District 48. Talk about empowering. I feel super proud about that,” Simeoni said. Like the Resister Sisters, Melanie Jones joined Indivisible San Pedro after Trump took office. However, she says her flame was sparked by the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., which she attended with one of her adult daughters. “The day after the election, I felt like I had been hit by a truck — physically struck down,” Jones recalled. “People were kind of wandering around totally dazed asking each other, ‘What can we
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Community undocumented immigrants who Announcements: were protected under President Barack have a visa, you need to leave. You need to go Obama administration away.’” policy. This wasn’t Nielsen’s testimony, Barragán POLA Processes More than 705,000 TEUs “For far too long, noted. “As a matter of fact, I pulled out my phone in February millions of immigrants and started to record. And you know what? I SAN PEDRO — The Port of Los Angeles moved have been forced to live was asked to stop recording. Why? Because they 705,306 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units in February. While it was the third busiest February with the uncertainty don’t want the American people knowing what is at the Port, it represents a 2.7 percent decrease and fear of being torn happening at that southern border.” compared to last year’s record-setting February. away from the country But that was only Barragán’s most recent February 2019 imports dropped 9.1 percent they call home,” to 348,316 TEUs compared to the previous year. experience. Exports decreased 9.5 percent to 142,554 TEUs. Barragán said in a “Do you know that two members of congress Empty containers increased 16.3 percent to statement announcing had to sleep overnight and spend 14 hours in the 214,436 TEUs. the act. “Today’s cold on the concrete at the Otay Mesa port of groundbreaking LB City Council Approves Reopening of entry so a woman would be allowed to present Community Hospital legislation puts forth herself because she was on U.S. soil and legally LONG BEACH — The Long Beach City Council, permanent protections that’s what asylum allows? Did you know that?” March 12, approved an interim lease between the and a pathway to Barragán asked Nielsen. The incident which City of Long Beach and the Molina, Wu, Network, Representatives Jimmy Gomez and Nanette Barragán at the port of entry at citizenship for over LLC which sets the stage to reopen Community involved Nielsen had been widely reported. Mesa in San Diego in January of this year. They were accompanying a Hospital. two million DACA Nielsen tried to evade, but Barragán pressed Otay group of 15 asylum seekers. Next in this process is a requirement of [Deferred Action for her, “Yes or no? Did you know that two members Molina, Wu, Network, LLC to complete their with regard to the Trump administration, which Childhood Arrivals], TPS [Temporary Protected of Congress had to do that?” hospital license application with the California Department of Public Health. Once this occurs, “I know that we have a process,” Nielsen not only ignores the law, but also blatantly lies Status] and DED [Deferred Enforced Departure] Molina, Wu, Network can work toward opening the about it. recipients.” The three programs provide said, evasive again. hospital by the end of 2019. Lastly, Barragán asked about Neilsen’s most protections for immigrants who may have no “Are you familiar with the asylum laws, outrageous claim. memories of countries to which they would Madam Secretary?” Barragán asked. LA Maritime Museum to Close For Renovations “You said that you waited to give direction otherwise be deported. “Yes,” Nielsen replied. SAN PEDRO — Beginning in July, the LA Maritime It was not a radical, untested departure from Barragán followed up, “Where in the asylum on how to implement the zero tolerance policy, Museum will be closed for two years. Programs law does it say… that you can be sent by an agent because you wanted to do it with compassion. past experience, she noted. It was a way to build will be held at alternate sites during the closure. to another port of entry? Is it anywhere in the Do you know how outrageous that sounds?” a more solid foundation for the future. The collections can be accessed online. You can subscribe to the Museum’s YouTube Barragán asked. “You wanted to separate “As someone who represents more than asylum law?” channel where they will post behind the “What we’re trying to do is process,” Neilsen children and families and you wanted to do it 12,000 DACA-eligible youth and approximately scenes videos at, www.youtube.com/channel/ with compassion?” 3,000 TPS holders, I know that when given obfuscated again. UCAZCiPsb-T-c0N4Isgv4xwA There will also be some long-awaited The absurdity was palpable, but utterly a chance to fulfill the American Dream, our “It’s not in there,” Barragán interjected, “I infrastructure improvements to the 78-year-old immigrant communities have excelled,” she know. It’s a yes or no. It’s not in there. Because characteristic of the Trump administration. building, which is on the National Register of Six days later, Barragán joined her L.A. explained. “For decades, immigrants have been what you all are doing is not within the confines Historic Places. area colleague, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, an integral part of our society, our economy of the law.” Diane Middleton Confirmed to the Board of Congressional oversight is supposed to along with two New York representatives, and our workforce by contributing in areas of Harbor Commissioners ensure that government abides by the law, at a Nydia Velazquez and Yvette Clarke to introduce education, public service and business. The SAN PEDRO — A unanimous vote by the minimum. But oversight is clearly inadequate the Dream and Promise Act, in order to protect Dream and Promise Act will finally provide Los Angeles City Council confirmed Diane L. relief for TPS holders and Dreamers and will Middleton’s appointment to the Los Angeles Harbor Commission. She will fulfill the term of the forever change the course of our country.” late Dave Arian. Middleton has served as a Los The Trump administration began rescinding “I was amazed! Angeles Housing Authority commissioner as well these programs in 2017, but court injunctions Sounds I hadn’t as numerous other local boards and agencies, as have partially limited their impacts. 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A Stabbing in San Pedro
Swift justice in brutal, tragic murder of local resident Jason Hodges By Adam R. Thomas, Editorial Intern
Perhaps you’ve seen it over the past week. Driving into San Pedro on the 110 Freeway, a banner fluttering on a fence facing the southbound lanes greeting all who drive into the city. One with a simple message emblazoned on it: “Rest in Peace, Suave.” “Suave” in this case, was the nickname and handle to one Jason Elliot Hodges. Hodges was born, raised and unfortunately saw his life ended in San Pedro last week when he was stabbed to death at the age of 41, in a series of events both tragic and all too common. He was a well-known figure in the San Pedro bar scene, on basketball courts at local parks and among the tagging community as a friendly, outgoing figure, albeit with a recently troubled personal history. “I just … we lost a good friend,” said Arrin Burruss, a close childhood friend of Hodges when asked about his death by Random Lengths News. “Everyone knew him. He was a good guy. He was a basketball star in high school. The person who did this, I hope he spends the rest of his life behind bars.” On March 11, shortly before 10 p.m., Hodges entered a literal back alley gambling parlor at 719 S. Pacific Avenue in the alley behind the Pacific Food and Beverage Museum and
LAPD Harbor Division investigate the scene of Jason Hodges’ stabbing on the night of March 11. Photo by Raphael Richardson.
George’s Barbershop. Described as “an illegal internet café” by Detective Jeffrey Tiffin with the Los Angeles Harbor Division Police Department, the parlor operated a series of computers that ran unlicensed gaming activities for patrons. Eyewitnesses told police a man named Joseph Jamall Center, also known as “Black Joe,” had been sitting and waiting for several hours. Center had been in the parlor since it opened around midday, neither drinking nor interacting
with anyone, and was described by observers as behaving “weird” and keeping to himself. When Hodges arrived, witnesses told police that Center approached him from behind, grabbing him with one arm round Hodges’ neck, and then stabbing Hodges repeatedly with a knife in his other hand before fleeing the premises. Witnesses describe a panicked scene that followed, with some of the roughly half a dozen people in the parlor leaving the area, while others
tried to attend to Hodges. The parlor’s proprietor, whose name is withheld at the request of Harbor Division due to potential testimony in any upcoming trial, told police that Center returned to retrieve the knife and had to be chased away. In the panicked minutes that followed, two women attempted to get Hodge’s vehicle while the parlor’s proprietors lifted the 6’5”, 220-pound Hodges up the steps of the basement-based parlor into the alley. It took several minutes for the women to return with Hodge’s vehicle, place Hodges into the back seat, and then drive to Providence Little Company of Mary hospital. At this point, no one had called emergency services. Unfortunately, Hodge’s vehicle stalled out on 6th Street behind Little Company of Mary. According to witness reports told to investigators, the women transporting Hodges to the hospital attempted to get the attention of the hospital employees but could neither bring the vehicle to the emergency entrance, nor would hospital employees leave the property without an official emergency call having been made due to policy. By the time any medical help could reach Hodges in his vehicle, he had bled to death and was pronounced dead at the scene. Center fled not only the scene of the crime, but San Pedro and Los Angeles County entirely. Tiffin said he was tracked to San Diego, where he was arrested on suspicion of murder March 15 by a joint LAPD and FBI task force and
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Cal Maritime Academy Finishes Second in Sailing Competition
SAN PEDRO — California State University Maritime Academy placed second in the 2019 Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup regatta, a collegiate sailing competition. The event included 10 races over three days, from March 8 to March 10. The College of Charleston came in first, placing in the top three in nine races. The object was to get the lowest score possible, and Cal Maritime Academy accumulated only seven points more than Charleston. UC Santa Barbara won the ninth race but tied for fourth place overall with the U.S. Naval Academy. UC Santa Barbara came in second last year. USC finished eighth out of nine competitors. The Harbor Cup regatta, founded in 2008 and sponsored by Cal Maritime, the Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Yacht Club, includes crews of eight, including at least two women.
Public Health Statement Regarding Fire at Carson Refinery
LOS ANGELES — A fire occurred at Phillips 66 Los Angeles refinery’s crude processing unit in Carson March 15 and was extinguished later that night. Officials from Los Angeles County Fire Health Hazmat Division and South Coast Air Quality Management District took air quality readings to determine potential impacts beyond the facility perimeter, and those reading did not detect contamination. Subsequently, samples were also collected by AQMD for further analysis. Results from those samples are pending. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will continue to review the results of monitoring by AQMD as they become available. Details: 310-834-5264 (English) and 310-5437431
LASD Warns Residents about Jury Duty Warrant Scam
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County residents have been receiving phone calls from people claiming to be Los Angeles County sheriff’s personnel. The caller states that the victim must pay a sum of money to clear a warrant in their name. All jury summons for the County of Los Angeles are mailed via the U.S. Postal Service. No government office would ever call a resident. Scammers instruct the victim to make a payment using a prepaid card such as “Green Dot” typically purchased at your local retail store. The scammer then requests the number on the back of the “Great Dot” card so they can steal the funds from the cards. If you receive such a phone call, do not give any personal, credit card, or banking information. If you do become a victim of this scam, contact law enforcement immediately.
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New Model for Serving Sexually Exploited Youth in Detention Unveiled
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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Probation Department and several of its county collaborative agencies, officially rolled-out a new protocol designed to provide specialized services to detained youth who are identified as victims of sex-trafficking. The LA County Detention Interagency Identification and Response Protocol for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and Youth was unveiled at a press conference held at the Kenneth Hahn County Hall of Administration, March 14. The Protocol was developed on a foundation of collaborative partnerships between the Departments of Probation, Children and Family Services, Health Services, Mental Health, Public Health, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and the National [See Briefs, p. 16]
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do?’ For me, the D.C. Women’s March was an amazing start. Everywhere I looked there were people protesting and judging by all the laughter over the hilarious signs, they were having a great time doing it.” Jones recalls with a satisfied gleam in her eye. When she got home, her husband, Peter, had gotten his hands on a copy of the original Indivisible Guide. “We thought, ‘We can do this, it’s small, it’s local,” Jones said. “We made a few calls and the next week, 80 people showed up for the first meeting. At this point there are 30 or so of us who come every week. We keep it short — one hour max — and on point. We talk about what the people who supposedly represent us are doing and what we need to do about it. “All in all, I think Trump has given us a great gift. He activated us and made us see the necessity of paying attention and being engaged.” It’s a lesson the Resister Sisters vow never to forget. “I used to think I was very politically involved,” Simeoni recalled with a chuckle. “I always voted, I listened to NPR, I kept up. But when that human turd got elected I realized that would never be enough for me again. I have a young employee who is a Dreamer and I promised her I would do everything within my power to protect her. It’s a promise I intend to keep.” Dreamers are people brought to the United States illegally by their parents as children but are allowed to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a U.S. work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act. Although Jones has done a lot of marching since she first hit the streets in opposition to the Vietnam War, she shares the Resister Sisters’ alarm about the pace that Trump is ratcheting up his assault on women. “Let’s call it what it is: Trump’s fear-based war against women,” Jones said. “He fears our strengths: our intuition, our compassion, our
Aerial photo of Indivisible San Pedro demonstration at Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes in 2018. Courtesy of Indivisible San Pedro
ability to hang on despite the degradation heaped upon us. Frankly, he doesn’t scare me one bit. There is hope for us without a doubt. But hope is not enough. We’ve got to do the work. I am all in.” Desmond has the same long-haul commitment. “It’s the subjugation of women in this country that keeps me protesting,” she said. “I’ll be honest I don’t see an end to it, either. I’ve been watching these old guys take away women’s reproductive health choices in other states for years. I can’t and I won’t let that happen here. I am an old woman; I don’t actually have any reproductive choices. But if women of my age don’t step up now, I fear young women will have no say over their own bodies in the future. I won’t let that happen.” In addition to this fierce dedication to younger women, Desmond, Simeoni and Jones share something else in common with most of the women in Indivisible San Pedro — they are over 50. Coincidence? Not according to the United States Census Bureau and the North American Menopause Society. They confirm there are more
women older than 50 in America today than at any other point in history. Do the math and throw in a few basic facts about women’s reproductive health (i.e., the average age that menopause shows up is 51) and it’s no mystery why postmenopausal women are a such a dominating force throughout the resistance movement. Periods, politics and being pissed off. All in a woman’s day of work. Regardless of lifestyle or life, chicks are born to ride the menstrual cycle. Thanks in large measure to the trifecta of patriarchy, misogyny and ageism, getting off the dang thing was long seen as a regrettable if not an irreparable fall from grace. Which is total bullshit. Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of Wisdom of Menopause, along with the dozens of postmenopausal women (and those who love them) who have made Indivisible San Pedro a force for years can tell you that menopause is a time of clarity, as well as an increased intolerance for injustice and inequality. Send in the Crones.
What You Should Know About Contacting Indivisible San Pedro Indivisible San Pedro indivisiblesp@gmail.com @indivisible_sp Attending Indivisible San Pedro Weekly Meetings Thursdays to 8 p.m. 3601 S. Gaffey St. Angels Gate Cultural Center, Building H, San Pedro Contact Indivisible (national): https://indivisible.org Women Voters and the takeover of U.S. House of Representative in 2018 midterm elections Election day polls suggest: • A sizable majority of women, 59 percent, compared with a minority of men, 47 percent, reported casting ballots for the Democratic congressional candidate in their district, according to the national exit poll conducted by Edison Research. • This 12 percentage-point difference in the proportions of women and men voting for Democratic House candidates is larger than the 6-point and 10-point gender gaps evident in voting in the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections, respectively. • Women’s preference for Democratic congressional candidates over their Republican opponents were stronger in 2018 than in previous midterm elections. According to Edison Research exit polls, 59 percent of women opted for the Democratic House candidate in 2018, compared with 48 percent of women in 2010 and 51 percent in 2014.
Demographics and the Women’s Vote • Women of color inarguably preferred Democratic congressional candidates — 92 percent of Black women and 73 percent of Latinas voted for Democrats. White college-educated women also strongly supported Democrats, with 59 percent voting for Democratic House candidates (compared with 42 percent of white women without college degrees). In contrast, in the 2016 elections white college-educated women split their votes evenly. • Increasing numbers of collegeeducated white men also voted Democratic;47 percent cast ballots for Democratic House candidates in 2018, up from 38 percent in 2016. But, in contrast to highly-educated women, more white college-educated men, 51 percent, voted for Republican House candidates in 2018 than for Democratic House candidates.
AQMD Designates Carson as “Environmental Justice” Community By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter
Carson, Wilmington and West Long Beach have been designated as a single “environmental justice” community by the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board as part of “Year 1 Implementation” of recent amendments to California’s health and safety code. The process that led to this designation, as well as community response — including upcoming public meetings — is on the district’s website. This action results from two bills passed in 2017, AB134 and AB617. The first measure funded community air-quality projects, including clean-vehicle and ports investments. Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) authored AB617, an amendment to the state health and safety code, to reduce air pollution from commercial and industrial sources. Garcia’s measure requires the California Air
Resources Board to develop a uniform statewide system for annually reporting emissions of air pollutants and toxic air contaminants. It also requires the regional air district to deploy monitoring equipment by July 1, 2019 to measure and record air pollutant concentrations in disadvantaged communities. Jo Kay Ghosh, a health-effects officer with the district, said although the title of AB 617 addresses “non-vehicular air pollution,” the district’s efforts will address “mobile and stationary sources,” including diesel emissions. The California Air Resources Board directed the district to focus on three communities during “Year 1 Implementation.” The other two are San Bernardino and East Los Angeles. On Oct. 12 the district hosted a public meeting at the Wilmington Senior Center that provided
information on the implementation of AB 617. The meeting discussed what was termed a “Community Steering Committee” process with the goal of providing input on the development of “Community Air Monitoring Plans” and “Community Emission Reduction Plans” through a series of monthly committee meetings. The work of the committee is to provide input on the development of community airmonitoring plans and community emission reduction plans. Ghosh said the meetings are at an “early stage” but going through the outreach meetings allowed “us to look over technical data” and gather information from the designated communities. There are approximately 30 people on the community steering committee, Ghosh added,
representing a diverse membership including government agencies, school districts, labor, community organizations, chambers of commerce, and residents. On the morning of Jan. 10, the AQMD held one of a series of community steering committee meetings, at Congresswoman Juanita MillenderMcDonald Community Center in Carson, but will not hold another in Carson until August 7. The committee’s next meetings happen April 11 and May 9, at 2001 River Avenue, Long Beach. For a more extensive schedule of 2019 meetings see the AQMD website: www.aqmd.gov/nav/about/ initiatives/environmental-justice/ab617-134
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Not All Information is Equal Crisis in the Age of Automation By James Preston Allen, Publisher
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There seems to be a very good argument going around these days that says, “You can’t stop the advancement of new technology.” The history of civilization seems to bear this out. The examples are too many to list from the beginning of the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, on down to what is now called the “information age.” Along the way, mankind’s intelligence and perhaps creative mistakes, as well as trial and error, have created some of the most useful solutions to our common problems. But this intelligence is not infallible. Think penicillin and gunpowder, stone tools and nuclear weapons. Clearly, the lessons of 20th century warfare should inform us that not all inventions are used with the best of intentions nor the most beneficial results for mankind. Chlorine and mustard gases were the scientific inventions of World War I. Only in the aftermath of horrendous battlefield deaths did the world condemn and outlaw chemical warfare — after the war was over. Even so, they are still used today by certain tyrannical regimes to suppress political uprisings in countries like Syria and Iraq. Not all inventions are inherently good. Over the centuries, communication devices have seen some of the most dramatic innovations that hold a power all their own — the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux, in southern France, still hold as much creative power today as they did 17,000 years ago, yet they don’t have the instantaneous viral impact of the YouTube video of a mass murder at a mosque in Christ Church, New Zealand. Certainly, the inventors of the smart phone and social media never imagined the current uses and abuses that would come from these. So from pictographs to the printing press, the telegraph and the telephone, radio and TV, the internet has consolidated it all and supposedly “democratized ” the information. There have been both good and bad results from this. The defenders of “you can’t stop it” will say that you have to take the good with the bad and let society or government sort it out afterwards. Now some are suggesting protocols on just what should be censored in this democratized media world. In some countries, like China and Iran, the internet is highly censored and monitored, not by the social media companies, but by the government to suppress dissent.
The biotech scientists who are researching DNA editing don’t think all innovations are good and are regularly meeting to set up international standards, protocols and limitations on genome engineering prior to allowing the spread of this innovation. Not so with artificial intelligence and 5G automation technologies heading our way. Calamity was created recently when a video of New Zealand’s mass shooting went viral. All the protocols that Google had in place couldn’t stop the spread of this violent hate-filled communication. Unlike most traditional media the new tech digital companies allow content to be posted “without prior review.” This is the laissez faire ethos of the Silicon Valley technology class that promised to “democratize” information. They later found that not all information is equal, trustworthy or beneficial. Some of these “platforms” have about as much credibility as rumor and gossip at a barbershop. The investigations into Russian interference in the most recent U.S. presidential election using social media disinformation stands out prominently along these lines and we still haven’t seen the final reports. Even so, these digital media corporations should be regulated and held to the same standards as any broadcast media using a public utility like the airwaves, the internet or whatever comes next. And, it must clearly be understood that information sharing is not a neutral enterprise, as can be understood in the cyberwarfare capabilities of both our own country and our adversaries. Notice, if you will, the recent cyber attack on the Venezuelan electrical grid after Donald Trump threatened President Nicolas Maduro and called him a “socialist.” Suspicious to say the least. We can not be surprised that the real border security threats are not from people crossing over our southern border from Mexico but hostile entities who would hack into our computer systems and shut down entire infrastructures. The Port of Los Angeles is a frequent target of many thousands of hits every month. In June 2017, one cyber attack put all the APM-Maersk terminals globally offline for 24 hours causing local longshore workers to track containers using old fashioned handwritten tags. The threat to global trade and our national security are significant concerns as Gene Seroka, the director of the POLA explained recently when asked to
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speak on this subject to the CIA headquarters in Langley Virginia. As it stands now, artificial intelligence is the next driver of automation, as well as 5G technology. The experts who know the most about the advancement of artificial intelligence realize that it is not infallible and its use in driverless cars, trucks and other vehicles around
our ports and as part of the global trade industry should be of huge concern. The drive towards zero emission vehicles, blue tech solutions in our San Pedro Bay area should not come at the cost of good paying jobs and the adoption of AI technology without strategic planning, retraining of the workforce and the regulation of all AI technologies.
Women’s History Month:
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By Melina Paris and Mark Friedman, RLN Reporters Women’s right to access abortion is a class forces have fought relentlessly to impose precondition for women’s emancipation waiting periods, parental consent laws, denial — their right to control their own bodies, of insurance coverage, restrictive time limits, to choose whether to bear children, when, and and other arbitrary regulations. They’ve driven how many. Securing this right is in the interest the abortion procedure out of most hospitals of all workers because it makes it possible for and passed restrictions that shuttered abortion men and women to unite in common struggle clinics, making it more difficult for workingas equals. In 2018, a coalition of anti-abortion class women, especially in rural areas, to get an groups initiated more than 200 actions across the abortion. Many medical plans no longer pay for country that called for the federal government abortions. to end Medicaid reimbursement to Planned Celinda Vazquez, the vice president of Parenthood for birth control, cancer screenings, external affairs for Planned Parenthood Los and other health care. President Donald Trump Angeles, explained how current efforts in has said he would support such a measure. A ban Washington, D.C., have advanced this erosion. on federal funding for nearly all abortions has “The Title X program provides affordable been in place since 1976, renewed every year by birth control and reproductive health care to Congress, whether controlled by Democrats or people with low incomes, including those who Republicans. Even while it is legal, the right to couldn’t otherwise afford health care services abortion is under attack. Since the U.S. Supreme on their own,” Vasquez said. “The program Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, women’s has received bipartisan support from Congress access to abortion has been steadily chipped since its inception — until the Trump-Pence away. Anti-woman, religious, and anti-working[See Rights, p. 7]
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RANDOMLetters Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statement on ending the death Penalty
Today, we took historic action to stop the death penalty in California. We cannot be a moral leader in the world if our government sanctions discriminatory and premeditated executions. It’s ineffective, irreversible, and immoral. This issue strikes at the very values that California stands for. It’s not just the matter of ending another person’s life — the death penalty is more likely to be carried out against people of color, the mentally ill, and those who are unable to pay for adequate legal representation. California has the largest death row in the country with 737 condemned inmates and more than 2/3rds are people of color. Studies [Rights, from p. 6]
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program doing the important work of providing sexual and reproductive health education. “For example ... Black Women for Wellness, wouldn’t have the same type of funding to work with young black teenagers around healthy relationships, reproductive and sexual health care and reducing unintended pregnancies,” Flint said. “Today what we see is not only a systematic effort to limit access to reproductive and sexual health care by changing the rules around the Title X policy and other funding sources but a concerted effort to weaponize the federal government against abortion access to women in every way possible. This includes denying abortions to undocumented women in the custody of ICE, or dictating what words are off limits for federal health employees to use, or not funding or defunding important research around abortion access.”
Public Defender Ricardo Garcia Supports Death Penalty Moratorium
The Los Angeles County Public Defender strongly supports Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in California, a historic step for criminal justice reform in California. The governor’s decision brings California closer to ending the death penalty, a deeply flawed and racially biased system that fails to improve public safety. Only last year, Vincente
Services can be impacted in L.A. by direct services with clinics either closing their doors are limiting services or cutting funding of sexual and reproductive health education in communities and schools. For Black Women for Wellness defending abortion rights means supporting the plantiffs in lawsuits against the federal government’s changes, engaging in public education campaigns. There’s a lawsuit involving Crisis Pregnancy Centers before the Supreme Court that could make it much harder for low-income pregnant women to learn about their options. The centers present themselves as full-service women’s health clinics, but are actually deceptive fronts for anti-choice organizations that mislead, frighten, and pressure women at a vulnerable time. This fight is worldwide — hundreds of thousands are marching in Ireland, Argentina, Poland, Kenya and elsewhere.
Benavides, a man who had spent 25 years on death row in California, was exonerated. Mr. Benavides had always maintained his innocence, and he had no criminal record or history of violence. An innocent man could have been executed. This is only one reason why the moratorium is so important. California leads the way in criminal justice reform from juvenile sentencing to ending the war on drugs. It is time to lead on ending the death penalty. It is time for California to eliminate any chance of executing an innocent person, and it is time we stop spending over $150 million a year on a system that treats people differently based on race and income. We cannot fully address the racial and income bias that plagues criminal justice without addressing the role that the death penalty plays in devaluing the lives of people of color and the poor, and Gov. Newsom is moving in the right
direction by stopping executions. Ricardo Garcia, LA County Public Defender
These actions demonstrate the possibility — and necessity — of organizing a broad public campaign of action, country by country, state by state, to push back the growing array of restrictions on women exercising their fundamental right to control their own bodies. The biggest problem in
defending abortion rights is the failure of women’s groups to mobilize women and men to defend this gain. They tell us to keep quiet, to vote for Democrats who will look out for us, but they also have cut back access. This mistake has emboldened those who are determined to deny women their rights. Working
Archbishop Gomez on Death Penalty Moratorium
For many years now, my brother Catholic bishops and I have been calling for an end to the death penalty, not only in California but throughout the United States. So, this is a good day for California and a good day for our country. There are important public policy reasons for ending the death penalty. It does not deter violent crime and it does not bring true justice or healing to victims of violent crime. And sadly, judicial execution has always been a punishment imposed far more often on African Americans, Hispanics and the poor in our society. But the most important reasons for ending the death penalty are moral.
Every human life is precious and sacred in the eyes of God and every person has a dignity that comes from God. This is true for the innocent and it is true for the guilty. It is true even for those who commit grave evil and are convicted of the most cruel and violent crimes. The death penalty violates the condemned person’s dignity and deprives that person of the chance [See Letters, p. 8]
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Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign swings through Los Angeles for a rally in downtown. Time: 1 p.m. March 23 Location: Grand Park 200 N. Broadway Ave., Los Angeles
people must take the moral high ground and fight for the advancement of all humanity. Defending women’s right to choose abortion is a central part of that fight. This underscores the importance of mobilizing in the streets as opposed to just lobbying or voting.
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administration.” Vasquez noted that the Trump administration has imposed a gag rule that bans doctors across the country in the Title X program from telling women how they can safely and legally access abortion. The new rule makes it impossible for patients to get birth control at places like Planned Parenthood and it prohibits doctors from giving women full information about all of their sexual and reproductive health care options. The rule puts health care at risk for 4 million patients — 41 percent of whom get their care at Planned Parenthood, including at the Los Angeles offices. Planned Parenthood California serves more than 700,000 Title X patients. Vazquez says that as long as the gag rule is in place, Planned Parenthood LA would not participate in the Title X program citing their ethical obligation to their patients. She noted that gag rule would mostly impact communities of color (21 percent identify as black or African American. 33 percent identify as Hispanic or Latino). Nourbese Flint, policy director and manager of Reproductive Justice Programming of Black Women for Wellness echoed these concerns. Flint said there are two ways services in the Los Angeles area can be impacted. The first, clinics limit their services or closing their doors completely; the second way is through funding cuts to the
show those convicted of killing whites are far more likely to be sentenced to death than killers of black or brown people. Executions don’t keep us safe, and it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars. California alone has spent more than $5 billion to place and keep inmates on death row. The National Academy of Sciences has found that 1 in 25 people sentenced to death is likely innocent. And since 1973, there have been 164 people sentenced to death who were later exonerated. In the case of human error, the death penalty will always be final and irreparable. The death penalty runs counter to our fundamental understanding of human rights and values. As governor, I cannot and will not oversee the execution of anyone. But I also want this to be clear: no one on death row is getting out of prison, and no one will avoid
swift and severe punishment from our state for committing violent crimes. In recent years, our state and our nation have wrestled with what we stand for and who we are. We can no longer allow the death penalty to be a part of what defines us. That begins in California. Gavin Newsom, Governor California
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to change his or her heart and be rehabilitated through the mercy of God. With advances in law enforcement and criminal justice, we do not need to execute criminals to keep our society safe or prevent violent offenders from committing further violence. So, ending the death penalty is a step forward. But it is only a first step. We need to continue to address the inequities in our criminal justice system, to improve conditions in our prisons, and to provide alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent crimes. We need to keep looking for new ways to rehabilitate offenders so they can be restored to society and lead productive and dignified lives.
Much more needs to be done in California to address social conditions that give rise to crime and violence in our communities. Today, it is also important to remember the victims of violent crime and their loved ones. We entrust them to the Father of mercies and commit ourselves to helping them to find healing and peace. We should also give thanks for the sacrifice and commitment of police and law enforcement officials who put their lives on the line every day to keep our communities safe. Let us continue to work for the redemption of every person, including those who have committed grave crimes. Let us continue to seek a society where every human life is welcomed and considered sacred, and where people have what they need to lead a life that is worthy of the human person, who is loved by God. Archbishop José H. Gomez, Los Angeles
Pier 400 Automation
In your latest issue, you bemoan the loss of high paying middle class jobs, the rise of artificial intelligence robotics and plans to automate the AP Maersk terminal on Pier 400, while also mentioning that the ports are the region’s largest source of pollution (“In Search of Another Solution: Tourism, automation, and the quest to replace lost jobs,” Random Lengths, March 7 to 20, 2019, p. 6). In raising the spectre of environmentalism, I wonder how the environmental footprint of the humans working at Pier 400 (including their cars, houses, electric and water demands, food needs, recreational needs, etc.) would compare to the environmental footprint of AI robots doing the same jobs? Is that a path you really want to tread? You may end up concluding that your readers should cease to procreate in order to save the planet. Ralph Ortolano San Pedro Dear Ralph, I think you are making this out to be a false division between good jobs versus a clean environment, as it has been proven that we can have both. Over the past two decades the two ports have made some significant strides in cleaning up the pollution of both air and water in the San Pedro Bay, without a significant loss of union jobs. This has been done while increasing the amount of cargo containers transiting through these harbors. To date the automation hasn’t proven itself to be as efficient as human labor running old or newer technology but how much more efficiency would be gained by using cleantech with human hands? Clearly the APM Maersk move is geared to simply reduce labor costs using the veil of clean-tech advances for increasing their bottom line profits. This is the same kind of race to the bottom that we’ve seen before with trickle-down economics and global trade competition. Thanks for writing, James Preston Allen Publisher [Stormwater, from p. 5]
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major issue, but water management has in the past mostly focused on stormwater diversion. On an official level, Carson and Lawndale were incorporated into the Dominguez Channel Watershed Management Group in 2015. Other governing bodies within this group include the city and county of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, and the cities of El Segundo, Hawthorne and Inglewood. On an unofficial level, there’s a Friends/ Amigos of the Dominguez Watershed blog online but the most recent entry is dated 2011. There’s also a Dominguez Channel Facebook page but it, too, has little activity. In 2018, the State Water Resources Board began studying the possibility of cleaning up the Dominguez Channel, clearing it of trash and sediment, and possibly, at some point, incorporating bike paths and undertaking similar projects. Gonzalez says the clean-up studies have just begun and it’s too early to discuss cost or a timeline.
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Details about the grants program and application guidelines will be provided at workshops on April 2 in Wilmington and April 3 in San Pedro. Applications are due by 4 p.m. on May 6. Details: www.portoflosangeles.org/community/ grants Location: April 2 Banning’s Landing Community Center, 100 E Water St., Wilmington and April 3 at the Port of Los Angeles headquarters, 425 S Palos Verdes St., San Pedro
LA Angels Talking Relocation to LB
LONG BEACH — Discussions are still in process between housing developer Frank Suryan Jr., who owns several luxury housing units, restaurants and a unit building on the Angels Stadium VIP Parking Lot and the City of Long Beach. The discussion includes bringing the Los Angeles Angels to Long Beach. If the decision is made to relocate the team, it will include a new stadium in the downtown Long Beach area across the Long Beach Arena. Officials say that the city mentioned the idea in October, but there hasn’t been any decision made at this time because it is still in the early process. The Angels still have a lease through 2020.
Peacemaker of the Year
SAN PEDRO — The San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice present their 12th Annual Peacemaker of the Year event March 24. Proceeds fund scholarships for local high school students to participate in SPNPJ summer peace camps. Time: 4 to 7:30 p.m. March 24 Cost: Free Details: 310-567-3332 Venue: San Pedro United Methodist Church, 580 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Run for Wilmington Neighborhood Council
WILMINGTON — Wilmington Neighborhood Council candidate registration through March 26. The Wilmington Neighborhood Council will hold elections on June 8. You can vote if you live, work, own property, or regularly participate in any community organization in Wilmington. If you are a stakeholder, you may also run for a seat on the neighborhood council. Candidates must be 16 years of age or older. Time: 2 to 8 p.m. through March 26 Venue: Phineas Banning High School, 1527 Lakme Ave., Wilmington Details: https://empowerla.org/wilmington/, www. EmpowerLA.org/elections To register as a candidate: www.EmpowerLA.org/ NCCR
San Pedro Chamber Women’s History Month Honorees
SAN PEDRO — March is National Women’s History Month — celebrated every year in the United States to highlight the contributions of women in our history and contemporary society. This year, the Chamber is recognizing five women. Nominated by Chamber members and the community at large, these women work hard every day to improve our community, and the quality of life for our residents. Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., March 28 Cost: $35 to $40 Details: 310-832-7272; www.sanpedrochamber.com/events Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
N-400 Naturalization Training
LONG BEACH — Centro CHA is looking for volunteers for its upcoming Citizenship Fair. Centro CHA will assist permanent residents with their naturalization (N-400) application. Time: 4:30 to 6 p.m. March 28 Cost: Free Details: 562-612-4180 Venue: Centro Cha, 1633 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach
See It, End It!
Film and Arts Festival Takes on Human Trafficking By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
A film and art festival that explores human trafficking will premiere March 29 and 30 at the Warner Grand Theatre. Called the See It, End It! Human Trafficking Film and Arts Festival, the two-day event is intended to be an educational, preventative and awareness-building event. Opening night features the critically acclaimed Skin in the Game, which follows a former prostitute’s quest to find her 15-year-old daughter, Dani, who was abducted off a suburban American sidewalk and entrapped by the human trafficking world. The second day of the festival will feature Unbridled and Love, Sonia, a talk led by comedian Marti MacGibbon and a number of short films including Modern Slave. Unbridled tells the true story of trafficking survivors healing as they care for abused horses. The festival is the site of the North American premiere of Love, Sonia, a film that follows the path of a
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CUATRO@CABRILLO: ARTS ADVENTURES FOR THE CULTURALLY CURIOUS CELEBRATING THE ARTS OF MEXICO
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BIRDMAN
Join us as Gregorio Luke gives insight and perspective on this Oscar winning film:
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trafficked child from India to Hong Kong to Los Angeles where she finds freedom with the help of the Los Angeles-based Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Human Trafficking. The award-winning short film, Modern Slave, is one of 10 short films that will be featured Saturday. It delves into the hooks that keep exploiting trafficking victims. Cyber safety films and activities will also be presented for children in both Spanish and English. Organizations and vendors will provide products and resources for prevention, awareness, assistance for victims of human trafficking, and information on taking action. Proceeds will go to expanding outreach and awareness of human trafficking, and providing support for programs of the YWCA Harbor Area and South Bay in human trafficking prevention. The festival’s founder, Patrick Erlandson said his fight against human trafficking began when he worked for the United Nation’s Refugee Agency in the 1990s. He recalled reading reports of children in Egypt, Somalia and Sudan escaping war and famine to Israel only to be tricked by people connected to the sale of human organs sold on the black market. It was the betrayal of children, the most innocent and vulnerable among us that got Erlandson fired up. He noted there are many similarities and dissimilarities in how victims are trafficked around the world. “Human trafficking is affecting far too many families to be allowed to continue being seen as the problem of others, that someone else will deal with. Each of us as artists, business people and soccer moms have a part to play in ending this.”
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isiting Evelyn McDonnell at her quiet home nestled close to Cabrillo Beach, one may be surprised to find a trailblazer in San Pedro with a comprehensive publishing career recognizing women recording artists. She is the editor of Women Who Rock, a pivotal book of essays and striking illustrations, by women, of more than 100 female musicians who have made a sonic imprint on our lives. McDonnell, who also is director of the Loyola Marymount University journalism program, has devoted her career to the topic of women musicians. This release isn’t the McDonnell’s first foray in documenting musical greatness. She released Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways, a book that posed the question of why the Runaways didn’t become one of the greatest bands of all time. McDonnell has been published works in Rolling Stone, Ms., Spin, Vibe, Interview, Black Book, Us, Billboard and Option. McDonnell was once the pop culture writer at The Miami Herald, senior editor at The Village Voice and associate editor at SF Weekly. She has also written the books Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids and Rock ’n’ Roll, and Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible Bjork.
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San Pedro eateries have veggie secrets, delicious dishes hidden in the menu, created to delight the vegetarian and omnivore alike. The Whale & Ale Pub is well known for beef and lamb, and yet their vegetable curry is a spectacular dish seasoned to perfection. You can have it spicy if you like, served with basmati rice and Major Grey’s chutney. The portobello mushroom burger is amazing, with
Women Who Rock:
Portraits of Courageous Heroines By Melina Paris, Music Columnist
McDonnell noted that when she first started talking about Women Who Rock it looked like we were about to have our first woman president. She said there was a feeling that women’s voices were being celebrated. But that changed before she even had her contract in hand. McDonnell reflected on the timing of the book idea at that pivotal moment. “It went from being timely to being necessary,” she said. It’s a different climate now. Trump was elected president and legislative efforts to control women’s bodies was stepped up several notches soon after. Women Who Rock was released the same week as Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault hearings ahead of his fight for confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. McDonnell has had a perpetual interest
Women of Ischia dinner at Michael's Tuscany Room on March 14. Photo by Gretchen Williams
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in women musicians and issues surrounding gender and creating art, making noise, and being heard. Between McDonnell, her publisher and agent, they recognized a contemporary trend in publishing portraits of courageous heroines, like the Rebel Girls series. Realizing there weren’t heroine stories focused on music and there was a need for an update on books from the past, this project was timely.
always wonderful. Nazalie’s on Pacific and 20th is a splendid answer to the veggie question — the tabbouli is terrific, full of fresh parsley, tomatoes and the
Women Who Rock is served up in shocking pink. The book covers a long chronological span that includes several genres, and unexpectedly, some obscure artists. Even if you’ve heard of someone in the book, you may not have heard their music. “I knew as I was editing it that I was working with all these gifted writers and illustrators, that it was a very special experience,” McDonnell said. McDonnell was pleased that Women Who Rock has illustrations in ink, paint, pencil and digital color rather than photos, making the book unique. It captures the idea that both the essays and the art are portraits. They are the writers’ and the artist’s interpretations of the [See Women, p. 13]
traditional bulgur wheat. The falafel is also a classic, with great texture, crunchy and savory with excellent garlic sauce and homemade pickled turnips for accent. Nazalie’s is a San Pedro favorite. The Chori Man is known for chorizo but his special secret is the soyrizo chile relleno burrito — full of flavor, fabulous salsas. The Chori Man is becoming a destination for hipsters from Los Angeles but San Pedro is getting hip to this great little place on Alma Street. Sirinat Thai has many vegetable entrees, noodles and rice dishes packed with goodness. The garlic eggplant is splendid, served with brown rice if you like. The green papaya salad is the secret of the menu, crisp and brimming with fresh vegetables — order it without the shrimp for a real veggie experience. The sauce is bright with citrus and spices.
Women of Ischia “All you see, I owe to pasta,” Sophia Loren
once said. Carmela DiMeglio Zuanich was a vision, the beautiful manifestation of Italian womanhood, her nip waist and full skirted frock embroidered with blossoms. It was as though the legendary Italian actress herself had come to San Pedro on March 14. Stunning notes of opera rang in the rafters of Michael’s Tuscany Room as over 230 women, from infancy to 93, celebrated the history of their heritage. The Women of Ischia was organized by Carmela Zuanich to bring women together, countering a similar dinner organized by the men each year. Bruscetta, pasta and red wine brought the women together, and the pleasures of the table were shared, as well as the stories of the families brought from the Old Country. Many tales of hardship and sacrifice were told, daughters and granddaughters recounting the stories of their Ischian forebears. Several women remembered the families made from “Ischian kids” and the “Pedro kids,” born before and after the trip to America. “They loved Ischia, and yet they left, because they loved us more” said a granddaughter of Ischia.
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Highlighting women artists, Pinta*Dos Art Gallery is bringing Norma Belleza, Chone Bernardo, Ofelia Gelvezin-Tequi, Maryrose C. Mendoza, Lyn Pacificar, Eve Pericich and Gloria Sanchez together to celebrate Women’s History Month. Exhibit runs through April 15. Pinta*Dos Art Gallery, 479 W. 6th St., Suite 108, San Pedro. Time: 3 to 8 p.m. First Thursday, April 4. Wednesdays through Fridays 3 to 6 p.m. Details: 310-548-8148
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Assemblages by James Preston Allen are selected from a 40-plus-year career of making art. A fascination with found materials and the use of the container are a recurring element. The functionality and banality of the found objects are reinterpreted on intuitive and metaphorical levels — like the images one remembers from a dream that can’t be explained. Basement Gallery, 520 W. 8th St., San Pedro. Open on First Thursday, special events and by appointment.
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Artist Connie DK Lane presents a live performance titled, Virtue of Respect in conjunction with her exhibit Linear Amplitude. This performance is based on a traditional Chinese memorial paying respect and honoring the deceased. Artist reception March 23, 2 to 5 p.m. with the performance by Lane at 3 p.m. The show runs through April 29. Michael Stearns Studio@The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro. Enter the Loft at the loading dock on 4th St.
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March 22
The Paul Gormley Trio Bassist Paul Gormley brings his trio to The Whale & Ale. Time: 7 to 9 p.m. March 22 Cost: Free Details: www.whaleandale. com Venue: Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro Don McLean Celebrated for his perennial 1971 No. 1 classic hit American Pie, Don McLean rose to fame through the Folks clubs of New York City during the ’60s. Time: 8 p.m. March 22 Cost: $40 to $85 Details: 562-916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
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Candi Sosa and Cristina Rebull Cristina Rebull is a Cuban powerhouse singer, actor, award winning writer, and professor of theatre. Cuban born, singer, songwriter, Candi Sosa sings in Spanish and English, with authentic idioms,has been a part of the local LA scene for decades. Time: 8 to 10 p.m. March 23 Cost: $30 Details: www.alvasshow room.tix.com Venue: Alvas showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
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The Classical Side of Cuban Music Cuban pianist, Daniel Amat, accompanied by some of LA’s most sought after studio musicians, pays tribute to prolific cuban composers. Time: 8 p.m. March 23 Cost: $25 to $35 Details: www.torrancearts. org Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance Chicago Experience Led by Kenny Cetera, the brother of former Chicago frontman Peter Cetera, this tribute celebrates more than 50 years of music excellence including, Saturday in the Park and Just You and Me. Time: 7:30 p.m. March 23 Cost: $40 to $80 Details: 310-544-0403 Venue: Norris Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates Collectif9 Known for energized, innovative arrangements of classical repertoire, Collectif9 heralds a new age in genre-bending classical performance. Time: 8 p.m. March 23 Cost: $10 to $28 Details: www.tinyurl.com/ collectif9 Venue: Marsee Auditorium, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd.,Torrance
Rewind: Music of the Eighties Get ready for an explosion of mega-hits by Wham!, U2, The Cure, Kool & the Gang, Billy Joel and Journey. Join Long Beach Symphony for this totally rad concert celebrating the music of the ‘80s. Time: 8 to 10 p.m. March 23 Cost: $29 and up Details: www.longbeachsyphony. org Venue: Long Beach Arena, 300 Ocean Blvd., Long Beach The Stories Music Tell South Bay Music Association presents the El Segundo Concert Band. The Stories Music Tell will present a selection of programmatic music that was written specifically to tell a story, portray an event, or express a feeling. Time: 7 p.m. March 23 Cost: Free Details: 424-242-3722; www.sbmusic.org Venue: El Segundo Performing Arts Center, 640 S. Main St., El Segundo
March 24
Jazz In Pink Emerging as one of the most prominent and popular all-female, ensembles, each performance delivers a mixed genre of jazz, soul, R&B, symphonic, rock, funk and hip- hop. Time: 3 to 6 p.m. March 24 Cost: $20 to $30 Details: www.eventbrite.com Venue: Harvelle’s Long Beach, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach Born Ugly-Still Ugly Tour Grammy nominated Brand X is pretty with hairy legs. Percy Jones, John Goodsall, Chris Clark, and Kenny Grohowski. Time: 7 to 9 p.m. March 24 Cost: $45 to $55 Details: www.alvasshowroom.tix. com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
March 30
Julie Kelly Kelly will perform with the Theo Saunders Trio plus special guest, saxophonist Bob Sheppard. Time: 8 p.m. March 30 Cost: $20 Details: 310-833-7538; www.alvasshowroom.com/event/ julie-kelly-quartet Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro Palos Verdes Regional Symphony Orchestra This annual spring performance includes more than 100 members from South Bay communities, conducted by Elmer Su. Time: 7:30 p.m. March 30 Cost: TBD Details: 310-733-6111 Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance Pope Paul & The Illegals The band brings their hard-hitting mix of rock ‘n’ roll, swing, country, surf rock, punk and rockabilly originals and covers as they tour their brand new vinyl LP, When The Stars Come Hurtling Down. Time: 10 p.m. March 30 Cost: $1 Details: 310-831-5663;
www.sanpedrobrewingcompany. com Venue: San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro New Jack City Jam Tour 2019 The New Jack City Jam Tour 2019, features Bobby Brown, Al B Sure, Chubb Rock, Hi- Five, Michel’le, Wrecx-n-effect and Troop. Time: 8 p.m. March 30 Cost: $35 to $97 Details: Ticketmaster Venue: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach Nano Stern Political, outspoken and passionate, Chilean singersongwriter and activist Nano Stern creates his the youthful exuberance of folk music mixed with years of classical and jazz training against the powerful force of traditional Chilean revolutionary songs. Time: 8 p.m. March 30 Cost: $29 to $59 Details: 310-825-2101; www.cap.ucla.edu Venue: CAP UCLA at The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA, 929 S. Broadway, Los Angeles Duo Piano Recital ECC faculty Polli ChambersSalazar and Lois Roberts present a duo piano recital which will include: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens; Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev and new works by ECC faculty member Patrick Schulz. Time: 5 p.m. March 30 Cost: $10 to $21 Details: www.tinyurl.com/ybkxrnlr Venue: Marsee Auditorium, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd.,Torrance
THEATER March 22
The Crucible Written by Arthur Miller and directed by Amanda Zarr, The Crucible tells the fictional tale of the Salem Witch Trials and a group of Puritan girls who go dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m. March 22, 23 and 2 to 4:30 p.m. March 24 Cost: $10 to $17 Details: www.web.ovationtix.com Venue: Long Beach City College, 4901 E. Carson St., Long Beach
March 23
Historical Women’s Stories Simon brings to life Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Eleanor Roosevelt and Bella Abzug, among others, employing humor and pathos in equal measure. Time: 7:30 p.m. March 23 Cost: $25 to $35 Details: www.rancholoscerritos. org/sheshistory Venue: Rancho Los Cerritos, 46oo Virginia Road, Long Beach
March 24
Love Letters Acting veterans Barbara Eden and Hal Linden pay tribute to friendship, love, and the lost art of letter-writing in Love Letters. Time: 3 p.m. March 24 Cost: $40 to $65 Details: 562-916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
March 29
LBP New Works Festival 2019 The New Works Literary Committee chooses two top plays to receive a staged reading with critical feedback from professional theatre critics and audience talk back. This year’s winning shows: Shruti Gupta Can Totally Deal by J. Stephen Brantley and The Dying Declaration of Madge Oberhotzer by Raegan Payne Time: 8 to 11 p.m. March 29, 30 Cost: $10 Details: www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach Page Turner Adventures This show combines story, circus and steampunk in supersized productions that redefine the experience of audience participation. Time: 2 and 5 p.m. March 29 Cost: $15 to $25 Details: www.pageturner adventures.com Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
March 31
Catch Me If You Can Based on the hit film and the incredible true story, Catch Me If You Can is about chasing your dreams and not getting caught. Time: 8 p.m. Fridays through Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays, March 31 to April 14 Cost: $20 to $72 Details: www.tinyurl.com/ catchmeifyoucan-mtw Venue: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach
April 4
The Country House Gathering in their Berkshire home during the Williamstown summer theater season, a family of actors wrestle with fame, art and, as always, each other. Time: 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays, April 14 to April 28 Cost: $28 to $45 Details: (310) 512-6030; www.tinyurl.com/shakespeare bythesea Venue: Little Fish Theater, 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro
FILM
March 22
The Secret Garden Bring in the Spring with a free presentation of The Secret Garden (1993) by Agnieszka Holland. Seating is limited to 50. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. March 22 Cost: Free Details: pvld.org Venue: Malaga Cove Library, 2400 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams Decadent rock star, ’70s survivor, gypsy songbird, white-winged dove, Stevie Nicks has entranced millions of fans worldwide with her poetic lyrics, sultry singing and leather-and-lace style. Documentarian Stewart and diva Nicks reveal their collaborative creative process. Time: 11 a.m. March 22, 23, 24 Cost: $9 to $12 Details: www.72268.formovie tickets.com Venue: Art Theatre Long Beach 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach
March 24
Cuatro@Cabrillo The San Pedro Waterfront Arts District screens Birdman by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu. Perhaps the best film expression of magical realism, a literary movement that defined Latin American literature. Time: 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. March 24 Cost: $15 to $35 Details: cuatrocabrillo.eventbrite. com or SanPedroWaterfrontArts District.com/events. Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro
March 28
RBG The movie selection for the event, RBG, is about the exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Time: 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. March 28 Cost: Free Details: (310) 377-9584 ext. 214, lknights@pvld.org Venue: Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates
March 29
See It End It This is a two-day education and awareness event, through film and the arts highlighting the dangers of human trafficking, while bringing stories of hope and freedom to end this human rights nightmare. Time: 6 to 9 p.m. March 29 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 30 Cost: $20 Details: www.seeitendit.com Venue: Warner Grand Theatre 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
ART
March 21
Douglas Kirkland An exhibition of works by Hollywood’s legendary photographer includes more than 60 photographs spanning Kirkland’s career. The exhibition runs through April 21 Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday Cost: Free Details: www.pvartcenter.org Venue: Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 W. Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes
March 22
The Big HeArt Art Show The Rose Park Neighborhood Association presents workshops to paint mosaic skateboards as well as an art show and auction. Time: 4 to 7 p.m. March 22 Cost: Free Details: rpna.org Venue: LB Skate, 3142 E. 7th St. and 7th Street Church, 668 N. Obispo, Long Beach Linear Amplitude Connie DK Lane presents a live performance titled, Virtue of Respect in conjunction with her exhibit Linear Amplitude. The show runs through April 29. Time: 2 p.m. March 23 Cost: Free Details: 562-400-0544 Venue: Michael Stearns Studio@ The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro
DANCE
March 22
Where We Stand This multimedia dance performance culminates a six-month community project researching indigenous, cultural and historical relationships between Filipinos and Pacific Islanders upon the native Tongva lands of the South Bay. Time: 8 p.m. March 22 Cost: $18 to $20 Details: www.astageofourown. com Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance
March 23
San Pedro City Ballet The SoCal Dance Invitational, presented by South Coast Dance Arts Alliance, features 50 performers in the festival from Los Angeles County and Orange County. . Time: 8 p.m. March 23 Cost: $20 to $25 Details: www.brownpaper tickets.com/event/4097528 Venue: Martha B Knoebel Dance Theater, CSULB, 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach
March 29
Imperial Dance Gala Night Professional ballet and ballroom dancers will inspire with their amazing talent. Dancers and soloists from the Los Angeles Ballet Co., ballroom professionals and world and USA bronze medalists will perform. Time: 8 p.m. March 29 Cost: $39 to $59 Details: 310-781-7171; www.laimperialdance.com Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
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March 23
Food GPS Learn how food journalist Josh Lurie, founder of Food GPS, goes about navigating the regional restaurant landscape. Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m. March 23 Cost: Free Details: www.natfab.org Venue: Pacific Food & Beverage Museum, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
March 30
A Communal Table Author Nancy Buchanan explores the influences of world cultures on Mexican cuisine. RSVP. Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m., March 30 Cost: Free Details: www.natfab.org Venue: Pacific Food and Beverage Museum, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
LITERATURE March 23
Casey the Container Author Kristina Bowden and illustrator Marcia Verkaik in celebrate the launch of Casey the Container: And Her First Day in Port with a reading and booksigning for the whole family. Time: 10 a.m to 12 p.m. March 23
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Cost: Free Details: lamaritimemuseum.org Venue: Los Angeles Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro Feminist Book Swap Bring your fiction, classic, personal essays, historical fiction, historical novel as long as it’s authored by a woman to exchange. Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 23 Cost: Free Details: www.workevolution. com Venue: Work Evolution Laboratories, 235 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Long Beach
March 29
Dear Her Meet authors and some amazing contributors as they speak about the journey of letters and doing some movement and meditation. Time: 5 to 8 p.m. March 29 Cost: Free to $13 Details: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/dear-her-book-releaseparty-tickets Venue: San Pedro and Peninsula YMCA, 301 S. Bandini St., San Pedro
March 31
Women Who Rock Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium hosts a reading and book signing with author and editor Evelyn McDonnell. Time: 4 p.m. March 31 Cost: Free Details: 310-548-7593; www.cmaqua.org Location: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro
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Grunion Fishtival Come in style to the grunion Fishtival. Wear a grunion themed hat to greet the grunion and shield yourself from the cosmic moon rays. Time: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. March 22 Cost: $5 Details: www.cabrillomarine aquarium.org Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro
March 23 17th Annual Long Beach Shaves for Kids A fundraiser and hair-shaving event for Children’s Cancer research and wigs put on by the St. Baldrick Foundation. Lunch provided for all shavees by the Long Beach Firefighters Association. Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 23 Cost: Free to attend, fundraiser Details: 562-715-9445; w w w. s t b a l d r i c k s . o r g / e v e n t s / LongBeach2019 Venue: Long Beach Firefighters 372 Union Hall, 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach Forrestal Preserve Docent Guided Walk Join a hike through the characteristic coastal sage scrub habitat of Palos Verdes. Docents will talk about the basic geology which makes up the Peninsula. Time: 10 am. March 23 Cost: Free Details: 310-544-5375; www.atwww.losserenos.org; www.facebook.com/LosSerenos Venue: Ladera Linda Community Center, 32201 Forrestal Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes
March 24
Salt Marsh Open House Join CMA Educators to learn about the Salinas de San Pedro wetlands habitat at Cabrillo Beach by using binoculars and microscopes to observe live
March 25 Neil Degrasse Tyson: Cosmic Collisions Expand your universe, as a highly popular and influential science advocate, Neil deGrasse Tyson captures audiences with his sometimes humorous and always informative insights into modern physics. Time: 7:30 p.m. March 25 Cost: $45 Details: www.longbeachcc.com/ events/neil-degrasse-tysoncosmic-collisions Venue: Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
March 27
Collected Treasures Join The Circle and The Associates for the Collected Treasures opening party that includes the first chance to shop this year's estate treasures. Time: 4 to 7 p.m. March 27 Cost: $20 Details: 310-541-2479 Venue: Verdes Art Center, 5504 W. Crestridge Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes
March 29
Palos Verdes Homes Tour Join a tour of two Palos Verdes Estates homes. Included in the tour are an Art Center luncheon, a performance by Grammynominated Trio Ellas, shuttle transportation to the homes, the popular Collected Treasures shop and artist and designer boutiques. Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29 and 30 Cost: $85 Details: 310-541-2479; www.pvhomestour.org Venue: PVAC, 5504 W. Crestridge Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes
March 30 Native American Festival at Shoreline Village 2019 This celebration highlights live Native American dancing, drumming, singing, story telling, arts and crafts demonstrations, lodging displays and free activities for children. Time: 12 to 5 p.m. March 30 Cost: Free Details: www.shorelinevillage. com Venue: 401-435 Shoreline Village Drive, Long Beach
Illustrations from Women Who Rock: from left, Nina Simone by Lindsey Bailey; Amy Winehouse and Debbie Harry by Winnie T. Frick.
in this extremely provocative way.” There is the sense upon seeing the book that it has finally arrived. There are so many women artists now. Women Who Rock is an honest appreciation of them and all of their highs and lows — what made them who they are from Bessie Smith to Patti Smith and Joni Mitchell to Pussy Riot to Lauryn Hill. The compendium contains more than 100 essays, all written by female journalists, musicians, DJs and poets, capturing each artist and placing her in the context of her genre and the musical world at large. McDonnell said there was a need to connect them to the women that came before them. “Hopefully, we don’t have to keep reinventing the wheel, in terms of problems women have [experienced] in music or of them thinking that they are the first person to do this,” McDonnell said. As McDonnell wrote in her introduction, the women in these pages have persisted against all odds, rape, bad contracts, sexual exploitation, addiction, anorexia, corrupt managers, suicide, domestic violence, prison and murder. These are recurring motifs. “We can learn from the women who have come before us and pioneered,” McDonnell said. “Because there is a tendency to try to turn powerful women, creative women into lone wolf figures.” She thinks of it as a tactic of the patriarchy, giving the example of the recent remake film, A Star Is Born. McDonnell was struck by Lady Gaga being the only woman in the entire film. “It’s unbelievable … as if she just sprang out … she doesn’t even have a mother,” McDonnell said. “Her girlfriends are drag queens, they’re men. She’s this singular creation, literally made by the man, Adam’s Rib… it’s so biblical.” She is not discrediting the individual efforts of women and their singularity but, McDonnell noted, they’re part of a community, and history and a lineage and most women recognize that. Since Women Who Rock was published, a political action group has been formed. McDonnell never thought that this was going to be one of the results. It’s called Turn It Up.
the panel asserted unanimously, is tied together. Even though women still must fight to be heard, the take away was that progress is happening, gatekeepers are evolving (bookers and promoters), many of the millenials will not frequent clubs that don’t book female bands, and there is more inclusion for everyone, including non binary artists. There are new paths forward for women, which McDonnell further elaborated on. It was never in her mind to create this activist group and community but it is beyond her expectations, which were to just turn people onto a bunch of artists and music that they didn’t necessarily know. McDonnell believes women are increasingly going to control their own music. They will be mistresses of their own destinies, not just be the singers or producers but that they will handle all the aspects of their music making or that when they work with men, they will work as collaborators, not the “quintessential Svengali relationship.” “Or, it can go the totally opposite way, where we’re just going to have these idealized hologram pop stars that don’t actually exist in our pure projections of, someone, mostly male fantasy,” she said. “It might be the two extremes. In Japan there’s already pop stars who actually do not exist. It’s like a pure fantasy creation.” It won’t be the male musician having to rescue and turn the female singer into the star. McDonnell said women will have their own agency. She referred to A Star is Born again, saying she actually did like the movie but if she thinks about it abstractly, the entire message is wrong. “Shouldn’t that storyline progress?” McDonnell said. The Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is hosting a book signing March 31 at 4 p.m. to celebrate the release of Women Who Rock. Details: www.populismblog.wordpress. com
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Anifest Celebrate the beauty and fandom that is all things Anime where attendees can interact with exhibitors, artists, talent industry members and have the opportunity to create content. Time: 10 a.m. March 23 Cost: $15 to $20 Details: www.anifest.org Venue: Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance
By Women, For Women: South Bay Explore the history and architecture of the Julia Morgandesigned YWCA Harbor Area and South Bay. This tour includes a special presentation on the role of women in wartime. Time: 11 to 1:30 March 24 Cost: $10 to $20 Details: www.laconservancy. com Venue: YWCA Harbor Area and South Bay, 437 W. 9th St., San Pedro
Meditation and Book Study Join an open meditation and book study of the Dalai Lama's The Middle Way: Faith Grounded in Reason. Participants will do guided shamatha or Prajna Paramita practice each week. Suggested donation $5. Time: 9 to 10:30 a.m. March 24 Cost: Free Details: www.meetup.com/ Tara-Mandala-Greater-LosAngeles-Satellite-Sangha Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
Asthma and Stress Management Workshop Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma along with Cal State Long Beach students will host a workshop to educate parents about children’s asthma, along with techniques on managing stress. Time: 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3 p.m. on March 27 Cost: Free Details: 562-933 - 5650 Venue: Hudson K-8 School, 2335 Webster Ave., Long Beach
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Santa Monica Review A reading celebration of the spring 2019 issue featuring contributors to the literary arts journal. Welcome by David Kipen, with readings Erik Kongshaug, Kareem Tayyar, Marilyn Manolakas and Suzanne Greenberg. Time: 5 to 7 p.m. March 31 Cost: $10 Details: www.brownpaper tickets.com; smc.edu/sm_ review Venue: The Edye, SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica
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musicians. Under that shocking pink, the book’s illustrations are pictured on the hardcover. They have gotten some criticism on the velvety, embossed pink book cover. McDonnell noted it’s particularly from older women as opposed to the younger women, who are “raised with that consciousness—acceptance of femininity and acceptance of the pink.” “I have seen that generational divide over the pink,” McDonnell said. “It’s “pynk” as Janelle Monáe did in her song, Pynk. That song captures the whole thing of celebrating women
It’s a Times Up, Me Too, 50/50 by 2020 (50/50 male/female at every level across organizations and pay parity by 2020) political-action group of women, or female-identified, musicians and DJs, journalists, scholars, and engineers. The goal is to raise awareness of women who work in the music industry and to gain parity for them. The group will have workshops and events, such as letter-writing campaigns that point out to local media companies how they could involve more women. McDonnell and four Women Who Rock collaborators held a panel discussion March 5, at Loyola Marymount University. They discussed the role of politics in music, which
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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
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1 Bodily pouches (and not something like what Santa carries, unfortunately) 5 Airline to Adelaide 11 Adversary 14 How some sit by 15 Lacking the resources 16 Hedwig, for one 17 Midday song by The Moody Blues, out of order? 19 Cup edge 20 Blissful 21 Jots down 23 Throat problem, briefly 24 “Forgot About ___” (2000 single) 26 Frigid 27 Oscar winner 29 Stylish, to some 32 “We try harder” rental company 35 “Forever Mine” singer Day 37 Ray of sunshine 38 “Good Will Hunting” campus 39 Comedian Black who was Anger in “Inside Out” 40 GOP fundraising org. 41 It’s red, white, and blue for a bunch of countries 43 “Love Story” author Segal 44 “The Duchess of Alba” painter 45 Croquet need
47 “Far out!” 49 “Smallville” villain Luthor 50 “Moonrise Kingdom” director Anderson 51 Addis ___ (Ethiopia’s capital) 55 Breed of chicken once known as Indian Game 58 Vexation 59 Kimono sash 60 Punny Stephan Pastis comic strip, out of order? 63 Guitar master Paul 64 “Honor Thy Father” author Gay 65 River from Lake Victoria 66 Turn purple? 67 Like some tomatoes 68 Boat bottom
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1 Building locations 2 Mature 3 Disperse 4 “All ___ go!” 5 College square 6 “... join in ___ reindeer games” 7 Photographer Goldin 8 Short loin cut 9 ___ gobi (Indian potato dish) 10 Mailed, as a contest entry, way back when 11 Temperature where the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales meet, out of order?
12 Boo-boo 13 They give shade 18 ___-Provera (birth control injection) 22 “But she’s calling ___” (“Mr. Brightside”) 24 Off-the-highway eatery 25 It pairs with steak 28 Parking person 29 Malia’s sister 30 Buffoonish 31 1970s song whose first two words denote the first two letters 32 Letters on a boom box 33 ‘80s “This Old House” host Bob 34 Persevere, out of order? 36 Some side dishes 42 Country singer Campbell 44 Fail to bring up a memory 46 Is 48 Cassette contents 50 During 52 Eagle’s perch 53 Disney “princess” fond of reading 54 Adams who photographed Yosemite 55 Target of some over-thecounter medicine 56 Toe the line 57 Go after flies 58 Went 40 in a 20 zone, e.g. 61 Mint-condition 62 Ending for Nepal
DBA & LEGAL FILINGS [From p. 22] 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 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
02/07/19, 02/21/19,
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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019030327 The following person is doing business as:(1) Elite Window Fashions (2) Elite Blinds, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Richard Corlett, 2219 S. Mesa St., 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: 06/2017. 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/. Richard Corlett, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 2016. 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: 02/21/19, 03/07/19, 03/21/19, 04/04/19
03/21/19, 04/04/19
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019034631 The following person is doing business as: Amadeus Heating & Air, 428 W. 13th St., Unit #8, San Pedro, Ca 90731 County of Los Angeles. Registered owner(s): Steven Javier Garcia-Garcia, 428 W. 13th St., Unit #8, 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: 02/2019. 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/. Steven Javier Garcia-Garcia., owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 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: 02/21/19, 03/07/19, 03/21/19, 04/04/19
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019028044 The following person is doing business as: (1) Harbor Foot and Ankle Podiatric Group, 1360 W. 6th Street, #150W., San Pedro, CA 90732. Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Bruce D. Levine, 1360 W. 6th Street, #150W. This
04/04/19, 04/18/2019
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019051612 The following person is doing business as: (1) Imagine Glass Designs, (2) Imagine Glass, 7708 Chimineas Avenue, Reseda CA, 91335, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Steven Lenchner, 7708 Chimineas Ave., Reseda CA, 91335. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Steven Lenchner, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 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: 03/07/19, 03/21/19, 04/04/19, 04/18/2019
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019048107 The following person is doing business as:(1) Subterranean Hair, 263 W. 7th Street, San Pedro, Ca 90731, County Of Los Angeles. Registered owners: MIROXY, 263 W. 7th Street, San Pedro, Ca 90731. This Business is conducted by a corporation. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 01/2019. 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.) MIROXY S/. Mitchell Lee Wilson II, president. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 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 the 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: 03/21/19, 04/04/19, 04/18/19, 05/02/19
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019055514 The following person is doing business as:(1) Donna Jason Designs, 1205 S. Alma Street, San Pedro, Ca 90731, County Of Los Angeles. Registered owners: Jennifer Lynn Smith, 1205 S. Alma Street, San Pedro, Ca 90731. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Jennifer Lynn Smith, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 5, 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 the 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: 03/21/19, 04/04/19, 04/18/19, 05/02/19
March 21 - April 3, 2019
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019003423 The following person is doing business as: Got It Right Entertainment, 3745 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro, Ca 90731 County of Los Angeles. Registered owner(s): 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: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Michael B. Stribling Jr., owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 4, 2019. Notice--In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 02/21/19, 03/07/19,
Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Bruce D. Levine, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 01, 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: 03/07/19, 03/21/19,
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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).
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brought to the Harbor Division police station to be interviewed. Tiffin told Random Lengths News that he couldn’t speak to what was learned during the interview due to its relevance in upcoming court proceedings, though he did indicate that it seemed “out of proportion” with whatever
offense Hodges might have given Center. “The only thing I will say is that it was due to an ongoing dispute,” said Tiffin. “We interviewed him. I can’t go into specific details about that, but even by then, by interviewing witnesses we had enough [to file charges]. Between the two there was no drugs or stuff involved, no prison beef, anything like that.” On March 18, Center was charged for the murder of Jason Hodges and potentially faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility
2018 at the Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail facility. Despite something of a checkered past, nearly all those interviewed about Hodges spoke highly of him, saying he was a friendly and outgoing person and well liked amongst the community. Hodges’ social media feed on Facebook is filled with generally upbeat, positive video messages addressed to “‘Dro City” residents about making it through the week and working hard to enjoy life as much as you can. “This whole thing with Jason is all so shocking and horrible, horrible, horrible,” said Elke Freeman, who works for the Local 1309 Laborer’s Union, and grew up with Hodges. “I Friends decorated an impromptu memorial to Jason Hodges in don’t know if this is going to trial, but the alley between 7th and 8th streets off of Pacific Avenue, I plan on being at every court date. It where the stabbing took place. Photo by Adam R. Thomas takes from your life as well. Because for parole if convicted. Center’s next date in he was a part of your life.” court is March 27 at Long Beach Superior Court. There is a memorial for Jason Hodges Friends of Hodges couldn’t contain their planned for March 30 at 11 a.m. at Bethany grief over Hodge’s death. Christian Fellowship Church at 792 W. 10th St., “He was dearly loved and will always be in San Pedro. Burruss, his family and Freeman are our hearts,” said Yesenia Aguilar, the College working with the church to arrange the service Bound director at the Boys and Girls Club, and ask that any donations made in Hodge’s who said she grew up attending the club with name be directed to the church. Hodges. “He was like family. It hurts. You never “We need to look out for each other better understand why someone was murdered in the in San Pedro,” Burruss said, speaking about both town they grew up in.” his friend and the rising crime rate in San Pedro. Others interviewed indicated that Hodges had “That’s my third close friend that was murdered. been suffering from drugs and alcohol addiction Regardless of what color you are, we all went issues, especially since his mother and last living to the same elementary schools, the same junior direct relative, Judy, died this past year. Hodges highs and the same high schools. San Pedro is a shortly thereafter was convicted of a felony for good town and we need to look out for each other fleeing the scene of a crime, and spent much of better than this.”
March 21 - April 3, 2019
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Center for Youth Law. It builds upon previous efforts by outlining the roles and responsibilities of agencies serving youth detained in probation juvenile facilities.
EPA and Customs Continue Operations at POLA and POLB
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced March 12, enforcement actions involving $530,199 in fines and over 10,000 engines and vehicles imported into the United States. These actions are the result of ongoing joint operations between EPA and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to identify foreign-made engines and vehicles that lack proper emission controls, including ATVs, motorcycles, and construction equipment. The EPA found companies imported engines and vehicles without certification or proper emissions controls. Engines operating without adequate controls emit excess carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides, which can cause respiratory illnesses, aggravate asthma, and lead to the formation of ground level ozone. The Clean Air Act prohibits the importation or sale of any new engines or vehicles unless they are certified by the EPA to meet federal emission standards. Details: http://epa.gov/otaq/imports/index.htm
POLAHS Receives Commission Grant
California
Coastal
SAN PEDRO — Port of Los Angeles High School was awarded a California Coastal Commission Whale Tail grant, selected for its Sustainable Aquaculture program, alongside 23 organizations throughout California.
Whale Tail grants support projects that teach Californians to value and take action to improve the health of the state’s marine and coastal resources. Funding for WHALE TAIL grants comes from sales and renewals of the California WHALE TAIL License Plate, and voluntary contributions to the “Protect Our Coast and Oceans Fund” on the state tax return form. When filing your taxes now through April 15, you can simply check the “Protect Our Coast & Oceans” fund (#424) in the voluntary contributions section Details: Checkthecoast.org and www.ecoplates.com
Buscaino Honors Amber Sheikh Ginsberg
LOS ANGELES — This year, Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino honored Amber Sheikh Ginsberg as Council District 15 Pioneer Woman of the Year for her work and commitment to support solutions to end homelessness. In 2018, Ginsberg led the formation of a council district-wide, publicprivate coalition to support ending and alleviating homelessness in Council District 15. In addition to serving on Mayor Garcetti’s Harbor Area Homelessness Organizing Committee and as the vice-chair of the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council Homelessness Committee, Ginsberg provides strategic counsel and assistance to a range of nonprofit clients as a managing senior associate for a Los Angeles-based consulting firm.
U.S Coast Guard Looking for Suspect Who Made False Alerts
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a suspect who has made several false alerts to Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach. Officials said that the suspect calls in Digital Selective Calling through VHF-FM radio possibly from the Lynwood area. It is illegal to make false calls. If you have any information on the suspect contact the Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach at 310-521-3801.