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n July 8, more than a thousand fans — many of them wearing the red and white checkered jerseys of the Croatian national team — descended upon 9th Street, between Gaffey Street and Grand Avenue to watch the FIFA World Cup projected onto a 20- by 15-foot screen. Sure, fans packed the Dalmatian Hall and the San Pedro Brewing Co. But it was from the streets that fan enthusiasm could really be heard for blocks, rooting for the “Golden Team” playing 6,024 miles away. Fans of the French national team could be found on Western Avenue at Think Prime. However, the Croatians and their friends clearly outnumbered the Francophiles, locally. Random Lengths News photographer, Raphael Richardson captured the game’s highs and lows through the expressions on the faces of soccer fans (see more pictures online at https://tinyurl.com/RLn-GoldenTeam). In the end, the phrase “to come full circle” was appropriate. To come full circle usually signifies the completion of a work, like divine providence returning a prodigal son after he has left home or the completion of a project started in one’s youth that’s only completed later in life. For Peter Hazdovac, the president of San Pedro’s Croatian Hall, the Croatian national team’s second place finish in the FIFA World Cup was one of those completions. Hazdovac, 32, didn’t get to savor the World Cup finals game with the same [See Golden Team, p. 4]
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The Port of Los Angeles finally made good on evicting Ports O’ Call Restaurant from the site it called home for 57 years. Work crews could be seen pulling out restaurant equipment and furniture on the morning of July 17. Ports O’ Call Restaurant proprietor, Jayme Wilson and staff were collecting their personal belongings. They were stunned by the action. They had been directed by the judge to workout an exit plan. The port’s answer was: Get out! Just the previous Friday, on July 13, the bar at Ports O’ Call Restaurant was packed with happy hour visitors and dinner guests drawn by the rumor buzzing around that this was the “last night it was going to be open.” Two
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Ports O’ Call Restaurant Finally Evicted
Carson threatened with voting rights lawsuit p. 5
Hundreds filled the streets as the Croatian team placed second in FIFA World Cup
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Following a stunning display of support for Molina Wu Network taking over as the new operator of the Community Medical Center Long Beach, instead of terminating its emergency room license, MemorialCare suspended it. On June 27, the Long Beach officials confirmed MemorialCare had formally submitted a letter to California Department of Public Health requesting a “suspension” of the hospital license after July 3, and until a new hospital operator obtains all the requisite approvals to re-open the facility. At a recent Long Beach City Council meeting, Field Deputy Herlinda Chico, speaking on behalf of Supervisor Janice Hahn from a prepared statement, underscored what was at stake: • Thirty critical care beds, • The loss of the only sexual assault response team, • And the loss of 28 psychiatric beds. Long Beach Community Hospital wound up on the brink after MemorialCare conducted a study to determine how to make the hospital complaint with Senate Bill 1953, a measure introduced to the California Senate in 1994, requires acute care hospitals to meet seismic regulations by June 30, 2019. Non-acute care facilities are exempt. MemorialCare conducted a peer review to confirm the presence of an active fault. City Building and Safety Bureau commissioned seismic expert to conduct a third party review of the study and confirmed that: There is an active fault zone beneath the medical center and that any new operator must consolidate acute care services in seismically safe building but must move central plant and utilities in order to be in seismic compliance by 2019. At the time of its March announcement, Memorial Care’s CEO John Bishop pointed to the loss of critical staff following their announcement of the presence of the fault line made it impossible to retrofit the hospital and bring it into compliance with the state’s earthquake safety law for hospitals. “We’ve already lost a quarter of our
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employees,” Bishop reportedly said at the time. “We will try to continue the status quo as long as possible. But we will continue to assess the situation and cut back as necessary.” At the peak of operation, Community had about 375 employees, Bishop said. More than 80 have resigned since November. About 100 will be going to other MemorialCare facilities and those staying at Community until the closure will be receiving retention bonuses, Bishop said. “It’s a very sad day,” said Bishop , declaring MemorialCare’s choice to move toward a closure of the 90-year-old hospital was “one we have not taken lightly.” MemorialCare’s announcement, however, spurred Long Beach healthcare scions, the Molina brothers, into action. Dr. Mario Molina recounted the moment he got the news. John Molina, his brother, who headed Molina Healthcare at his side for decades before they were fired from their respective positions, understood the ramification it would have in Long Beach. “It would be terrible for this asset owned by the city to close,” said Mario Molina during public comment. Mario Molina’s group includes John Molina, who heads the commercial investment firm Pacific 6, Dr. Kenneth Sim, a fellow American
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The American Red Cross is calling on Southern California baseball fans to step up and help overcome a summer blood shortage by donating blood at the 20th annual Dodgers and Angels Baseball Fans Blood Drive. The blood drive will take place July 28, at multiple sites. As a thank you, all who come to donate will receive a voucher for two tickets to either an Angels or Dodgers designated home game, while supplies last. Time: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 28 [See Announcements, p. 5]
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daughter one time when she fell and they went to sit on the grass. “He tended to her wounds and kissed her and they stayed there for a while,” Hebert retold. “She just observed that and said she thinks about that (every) time she walks by.” Hebert said Wally told her, ‘I learned it from my mom, because my mom was my mom and dad.’” Wally was compassionate when it came to people who didn’t have anything. “He didn’t have much either,” Hebert said. “He struggled but if he made more than he could eat, he would always take it to the homeless people and he took blankets to cover people.” Wally also was a caring son. “He would always try to meet my needs,” Hebert said. “I didn’t need him to help me but he would always see what I needed. Every road that we went on, we went on together. In his downfalls, I was right beside him and he was beside me when I had medical issues. We were very close.” Hebert received a card from a police officer who said that he didn’t know her son personally. However, whenever he saw Wally, he was picking up trash and he was concerned about things in his community. Hebert was overwhelmed by the number people coming up to her. She didn’t realize Wally knew that many people. Wally’s concern for his community was not always reciprocated. Unfortunately, the community’s efforts for Wally were also cut short. That collection box for Wally that was at Sacred Grounds a few weeks back has since gone missing. But employees said that Wally’s service still happened and they had a celebration of his life afterward. With these kinds of situations sometimes, for whatever reason, it sticks with you. There are unanswered questions about what happened and why and who the victim was. On June 23, Random Lengths News was told the police did not have any leads on who killed Wally. Wally’s mother said they went to court July 10 and a suspect was brought out. The suspect was arrested for a felony on June 28. Hebert said there were “no offers on the table.” They would return to court about one month after Wally died, on July 17. As of July 19, a suspect is in custody with $1.04 million bail with a court date scheduled for Aug. 22.
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“Compassionate,” “kind” and “loving” are some of the terms people in San Pedro have used to describe Walter Crespo. “Wally,” as most people in the Harbor community knew him, was a doting father, an artist and a skilled laborer. The 38-year-old man was killed, June 11, in an alley. He was one of three victims murdered that month in San Pedro. While Los Angeles Police Department officials told this Random Lengths News reporter that they did not have any leads on the murder on June 23, a suspect was arrested June 28. Parts of his life became known in the days after his death. Wally had hurdles but his Facebook page showed a man with a positive attitude. A quick rundown showed that he was a loving, single father. He recently acquired custody of his oldest daughter, he was a work out buff, he had been incarcerated and he came out a born-again Christian. Wally frequently expressed gratitude on his social media page for family, God, and even blueberries. He was a former drug user, who had been sober for four years, and a punk-rock fan. He was also a budding tattoo artist. Some of Wally’s friends remember him as a regular at one of the community’s oldest coffee shops, Sacred Grounds. On a recent visit to Sacred Grounds, I saw a donation box on the counter for Wally’s funeral services. There was something about a man who stood near the counter. He caught my attention. “Did you know this man?” I asked him, jestering to the box. His eyes answered before he did. “Yeah, he was one of my best friends,” he responded. After I introduced myself, he reciprocated. His name is Eddie Baca, a casual longshoreman and former Sacred Grounds employee. It turned out Baca, 59, was like a big brother or uncle figure to Wally. He described Wally as man with struggles, who had reached a good place in life, with more progress to come. He and Wally met through mutual friends when Sacred Grounds was still at the corner of Sixth and Mesa streets, around 2002. Wally had moved here from Norwalk. Baca said Wally had come a long way. He had four years of sobriety. Recently, he gained full custody of his oldest daughter, who is 16 years old. He hadn’t seen her for nine years. The daughter lived with her mother but she eventually ended up in foster care and Wally lost touch with her during the time that he was incarcerated. When he reconnected with her he immediately tried to get full custody. He had his youngest daughter, who is about 11, each weekend. Baca said every weekend he stopped everything he was doing. “His focus was on his daughter from the minute she came over on Friday until she left Sunday night,” Baca said. Now, Wally’s mother, Cindy Hebert and his sister share the responsibility of taking care of the girls. Hebert took time to talk about him. She reflected on a story she was told about Wally when she went to make funeral arrangements. Before she even saw Wally’s picture, the woman at McNerney’s asked, “Does he have a daughter? They walk by here every single day, don’t they?” Hebert recalled. She told Hebert that Wally was with his
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relish as the fans who watched the game outside of Croatian Hall. As the president of Croatian Hall, Hazdovac was too busy troubleshooting problems that are associated with large events. It had been 20 years since there’s been a World Cup viewing party at Croatian Hall as exciting as Sunday’s World Cup final. Back then, a 12-year-old Peter Hazdovac was a fan and a player who actively followed the team’s exploits, including the team’s for the World Cup in 1998. “I was a huge soccer player and fan at that point, so that was the greatest soccer day of my life until Sunday,” Hazdovac explained. “It was their first ever World Cup. So me, as a 12-yearold playing soccer everyday and playing on club teams around here … that was the most prideful soccer day of my life when they won third place.” The 1998 Croatian team was considered “golden” given the unprecedented number of stars playing on that team, including Davor Šuker, the winner of the Golden Boot for scoring six of Croatia’s 11 goals through that tournament. Hazdovac noted that the 1998 team, “had just as many stars as this current team does now.” Indeed, talk of the “second golden team” has emerged since the team’s second place finish July 8. They say in soccer you get these generational teams that come together every 20 to 30 years. That’s what happened now, because in the past 20 years, the Croatian team has been just OK. Hazdovac explained the Croatian national team has placed in the top 15 in the world or so. Actually, they’ve placed in the top 20 range in
Croatian Hall president Peter Hazdovac, right, organized the FIFA World Cup Finals viewing party on July 8. Photo by Raphael Richardson
the years between 1998 and 2003, never breaking into the top 10. Hazdovac has a connection to one of the stars of the current Croatian national team — a starting defender named Dejan Lovren. Ten years ago, right out of Cal Polytechnic College, Hazdovac joined GOŠK Gabela, a soccer team based in Gabela, Čapljina in Bosnia
and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian means Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub. Hazdovac’s soccer club played a preseason game against Lovren’s team at that time — the Građanski Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb. Hazdovac proved to be an effective scorer when he was with GOSK. He ended the season with a minor ankle injury and monumental doubts on whether he could earn a living as a professional soccer player. He returned home and for a year-and-a-half, he played for a minor league soccer team that traveled throughout the
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country to play. “With anybody, you come to the point, where if you’re not making money doing something in order to survive on your own, you start to question whether you’re doing the right thing,” he said, reflecting on his experience. “I always have a little bit of regret that I didn’t stick it out for another six to eight months. You never know who’s going to see you and where your opportunities are going to break.” Hazdovac ultimately joined the family business at Adriatic Travel Inc., a travel booking agency to Croatia his family has run since 1974. He later put his education in real estate to work by opening his own office in San Pedro and joining forces with his friend Mark Harper. They started Harper|Hazdovac Real Estate Team. Though he admits this twinge of regret given the player he was, the man he is now is bit more philosophical about it. “There was obviously a reason why I decided to do that,” he said. “But to see the players you were with make it is exciting.” After San Pedro High School’s soccer coach, Paul Butterfield retired in 2010, Hazdovac took over as head coach of the varsity team. During the 2017-18 school calendar year, Hazdovac’s team won the city section championship. “I grew up playing in San Pedro, so I know all the guys [who] are from San Pedro; I know all the coaches and referees,” Hazdovac said. “My high school team was the No. 1 ranked team in the city, but we lost in the playoffs, so that was always that one thing that kind of ate at me a little bit.” When he returned to San Pedro High School as a coach, the old dream of getting a city championship returned too. “And, we did it this year,” the beaming soccer player-turned-coach said. “It just made my entire soccer career because I played with all my friends here and the people of San Pedro really supported me in college and into the professional leagues in Croatia. So to win in San Pedro kind of gave me the full circle.” In soccer a player that scores three goals during the course of a game is called a “hat trick.” A lot of people live an entire lifetime with stockpile of unfinished business, unfulfilled dreams and wasted potential. At 32, Hazdovac has already performed a couple hat tricks in life: win a city championship for San Pedro High School is one, and bringing fresh blood into the Croatian Hall is the second. It will be interesting to see what hat trick Hazdovac performs next. For now hosting the World Cup playoffs where the Croatian team nearly pulled off the first place win is just another close attempt to a hat trick here in the community by the San Pedro Bay.
Carson Threatened With Voting Rights Lawsuit By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter In response to a threat of a voting-rights lawsuit, the Carson City Council, on July 3, declined to change the city’s at-large election system. Instead it voted 3-2 to continue the matter. Kevin Shenkman, the attorney threatening the suit, has a history of forcing cities and school boards to adopt or redraw district election systems to remedy what he argues are violations of the California Voting Rights Act. In May, Carson received a letter from Shenkman which charged “voting within Carson is racially polarized, resulting in minorityvote dilution” and claimed he was representing Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization. Shenkman’s letter concluded, “Given the historical lack of Latino representation on the Carson City Council” that the council either “voluntarily” change its at-large
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The last significant closure associated with the demolition of the northbound 710 connector ramp will begin next July 27, at 9 p.m. It will last all weekend until July 30 at 5 a.m. The closure affects a small portion of Pico Avenue directly under the old ramp and the southbound Pico off-ramp next to it. Motorists traveling west on Ocean Boulevard toward Terminal Island and San Pedro will not be impacted. Motorists traveling east over the bridge will exit on the Pico northbound off-ramp, and then turn left heading north. At 9th Street, they can 1) turn left onto the 710 north on-ramp; 2) turn right, continue onto 10th Street, and take the downtown on-ramp to head into the city; or 3) turn right, remain on 9th Street up to Anaheim Street, turn right, then take the southbound on-ramp onto the 710 to travel to the Queen Mary area. Details: www.newgdbridge.com/ news-and-events/fact-sheets
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elections system or “we will be forced to seek judicial relief.” On July 3, the council also voted 3-2 not to release the results of a voting analysis undertaken in response to the letter. They had previously authorized the city attorney to engage the services of National Demographics Corp. to conduct a “racially polarized voting analysis” of the city’s 2016 Council election at the cost of $4,500. Lula Davis-Holmes, Jawane Hilton, and Cedric Hicks — the three black council members — formed the majority in the two July 3 actions. Albert Robles and Elito Santarina were the dissenting votes. According to the Shenkman letter, the state voting rights act “requires only that a plaintiff show the existence of racially polarized voting” and further, “Carson’s atlarge system dilutes the ability of Latinos (a “protected class”) to elect” candidates. As an example of alleged infringement of Latino voting rights, Shenkman singled out how in 2016 Raul Murga was the “only Latino candidate” for council, and he lost. In another example Shenkman asserts that in June 2015, Jesus-Alex Cainglet lost for council “despite garnering significant support from the local Latino community.” It does not cite any evidence for this assertion. Cainglet is a Filipino-American, so Shenkman is apparently not distinguishing between the Latino and Filipino-American communities. In a third allegation, Shenkman asserts
“geographic diversity” on the council. The mailing included a map which showed the residences of council members Hilton and Hicks, and candidates Tavonia Ekweigh, Charlotte Brimmer, Kenneth Jones and Brandi Murdock. They were all in north Carson. The same mailer attacked Murga as “evicted from Carson.” With Carson’s 2018 election season getting underway, Pimentel recently sent out another mailer, which blared, “Should Carson Switch to District Elections Like Everybody Else?” Pimentel’s most recent mailer charged, “Nearly 40 different people have been elected in Carson, but only two have ever lived in the South of Carson.” It also mentioned “Carson has been threatened with a lawsuit which would cost the city millions unless Districts are created to allow fair representation of all residents.”
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There’s something in the American psyche that fundamentally believes that all new things are good. And, conversely, everything old is passé. It may have something to do with commercial advertising of the latest and greatest or perhaps some older version of manifest destiny, but we’ve definitely suffered from it here in San Pedro by the Bay. Sure, change is inevitable but we shouldn’t have to suffer from the same mistakes and delusions as our predecessors, should we? I am of course talking about tearing down the old to build the new. Ports O’ Call is the perfect example, but then think of everything else around here that doesn’t yet have a historical designation to it. In the 1970s our visionary civic leaders decided that old Beacon Street was so rundown that the only solution was “redevelopment.” And so everything except the 1923 San Pedro City Hall was demolished, along with a lot of history, who some at the time, would rather have had forgotten — the bars, the brothels and the moniker of “being the toughest waterfront on the West Coast.” There was even a celebration the night before the demolition started, but it would be 30 years before the last vacant lot was rebuilt. The town is still waiting for the economic benefits to return on this investment. Similarly, the extension of the 110 Freeway into San Pedro and the building of the Vincent Thomas Bridge were heralded as great advancements for our area only to see the throngs of workers stop walking down Sixth Street to board the ferry to Terminal Island. Instead they got into their cars to commute to their jobs. This basically killed retail business on Sixth Street. Today, there are some 62,000 car trips per day at the entrance to this freeway and since the canneries and shipyards closed in the 1980s, there has been a loss of some 30,000 local jobs. At the time that amounted to about half the local workforce. The majority of those jobs were never replaced. Since this time San Pedro and the surrounding communities have struggled to regain their economic footing with various efforts to revitalize, redevelop and reorganize with some temporary fixes but nothing permanent or substantial. There is, however, always the next “new promise” on
the horizon and hope springs eternal. For a while, it was the new Pacific Corridor redevelopment district, an expansion of the old Beacon Street district, run by the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency. They were really only able to finish what the previous iteration failed to do — complete the final phase of Beacon Street and stop any further destruction of Old Town Pedro and add some historic looking street lights. Still, the retention of jobs was like a revolving door with one aerospace company coming in and then leaving, or the customs office moving in and then leaving for Long Beach. The real knife to the heart was the closing of the San Pedro courthouse and consolidating those courts into the multi-million dollar crystal palace of justice in Long Beach. For a while it seemed like we stemmed the tide of job loss by the opening of Marymount College’s waterfront campus. With the promise of staff and students that would bring a younger demographic into the area. Alas, as of this month Marymount, too, has abandoned the Old Town to regroup back up on The Hill. This combined with the closing of Ports O’ Call Restaurant adds up to a loss of a couple hundred more jobs. The solution, according to Councilman Joe Buscaino, is to build more apartments, which is only part of a solution, because it only enhances the notion of Old Town being a bedroom community and nothing more. It increases traffic on an already tenuous transportation plan — no light rail connection, more congestion heading to the freeway. The only real improvement has been bike lanes, the Silver Line to downtown L.A. and the expansion of the 110 Freeway, which was built to facilitate more container traffic. So, here we are again, some 35 to 45 years after the great “redevelopment” of San Pedro. We’re still facing the same problems, making the same mistakes, hoping that the next “new” thing to come along is what’s going to “save San Pedro.” But we have no understanding of what’s actually been lost and what actually might be done to recover even half of the local jobs, once native to this industrial Port of Los Angeles, for the benefit of those who live here. I previously reported on the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation’s report findings that only three percent of the jobs created by the port benefited the people who live here. A member of the Harbor Commission, Dave Arian challenged me on that number, but let’s just say
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if it were three times that number, the number of jobs created by the port wouldn’t even cause a dent in the amount of traffic leaving town daily heading for parts unknown up the 110 Freeway for jobs not located in our community. My point here is that we can no longer accept or sustain the continued shedding of jobs based on the “future promise of prosperity” without a serious and concerted effort to bring new enterprises to the Harbor Area. We need enterprises that create thousands, rather than
dozens, of quality jobs. Only through these means can we truly create “a rising tide that lifts all boats.” While bringing new enterprises to the Harbor Area we should defend the jobs that are already here, while remembering the mistakes of our past. The cost of diminishing investment in human capital is only now being realized in the growing number of marginalized people who inhabit our sidewalks — many of whom are afflicted by addiction and despair.
Annapolis and a Free Press By David Simon, RLn Guest Columnist
Fifteen years as a newspaperman taught me a few select things. One is this: It is the God-given right of every American to resent or even hate his local newspaper. Indeed, it is our birthright to hate any and every news organization, print or broadcast. It is not certain that you will avail yourself of that right, or that you will invoke it consistently if you do, but it is there for you whenever life doesn’t go the way you want. Your hometown newspaper will highlight your most embarrassing utterance at the PTA hearing or detail your company’s bankruptcy, just as it will at some point ignore your daughter’s performance in the school play or miss the zoning hearing at which a porn shop is dropped a block and a half from your son’s middle school. It will herald some political views you abhor and denigrate some politicians you wish to cheer. It will spell your name incorrectly when you are named the Rotarian of the Year and dox you with precision when you are cuffed and processed for
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driving drunk. A good newspaper has no real friends and some fixed and certain enemies — namely those who wish to operate without the critique or attention of others. And these are the givens even in a healthy national culture, with a politically mature leadership and norms of governance that discourage the worst fascist impulses. But now, Trump. If you think that a great mass of Americans aren’t content to cheer the destruction of open speech or the mechanisms of dissent at this very moment, if you think there is still an abiding reservoir of Mill and Voltaire and Jefferson on which we can draw, then suffer the social media commentary in the wake of Annapolis. Between they-had-it-coming sneers and whatdid-they-expect critiques of media performance, the consensus among this president’s supporters has also congealed around the most delicate [See Press, p. 9] Random Lengths News editorial office is located at 1300 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731. Address correspondence regarding news items and tips to Random Lengths News, P.O. Box 731, San Pedro, CA 90733-0731, or email: editor@randomlengthsnews. com. Send Letters to the Editor to james@randomlengthsnews.com. To be considered for publication, letters must be signed with address and phone number (for verification purposes) and be about 250 words. For advertising inquiries or to submit advertising copy, email: rlnsales@randomlengthsnews.com. Annual subscription is $36 for 27 issues. Back issues are available for $3/copy while supplies last. Random Lengths News presents issues from an alternative perspective. We welcome articles and opinions from all people in the Harbor Area. While we may not agree with the opinions of contributing writers, we respect and support their 1st Amendment right. Random Lengths News is a member of Standard Rates and Data Services and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. (ISN #0891-6627). All contents Copyright 2018 Random Lengths News. All rights reserved.
director and board of harbor commissioners as follows:
RANDOMLetters Children Separated at the Border
The separation of children from their asylum seeking parents at the border touched a chord in me. Separating children from their parents can be avoided. Processing parents and their children together has been done before. It can be done again if our elected governmental employees try. Also, caging kids violates the Golden Rule and damages God’s children. The governmental employees say they are enforcing the law, but there are laws against child endangerment and child abuse. Why are they not following those laws? It is unpatriotic for our elected employees to commit felonies to deal with misdemeanors. Moreover, there is no proof that those kids will grow up to be criminals. Prejudging kids shows a below average level of reasoning. Illegal immigrants make up only three percent of the U.S. population, and that percentage is being reduced every year. So, we are not dealing with a flood that can justify such cruelty. Caging kids is conduct unbecoming an employee. We will not tolerate our employees acting like wicked step-moms. [Press from p. 6]
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and ridiculous decouplings of Trump’s fascistic performance from its inevitable outcome:
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The checklist for reunification,
A deadline to complete reunification by the end of August 2018, and
That Stephen Miller be fired. He designed this disaster. #FireStephenMiller
If they respond, excuses are unacceptable. These are first thing first. We can deal with their excuses next. #WhereAreTheChildren John Henrichs San Pedro
On Ports O’ Call Eviction Unlike reporting in the Daily Breeze, the Random Lengths News offers a more complete and “human” picture of what this closing means. Thanks James!!! Mike Stark San Pedro
POLA’s Grant Selection Committee
A letter has been sent to the Port of Los Angeles executive
own grievances and impulses, used the presidential podium to declare bluntly and openly that journalists and the falsehoods they deliver were the greatest peril to the nation. Chronology makes Donald Trump’s demagoguery more complicit in Annapolis, not less so.
Decades of the Port’s Mismanagement
As a shop owner in the struggling old downtown center of San Pedro just a block from this building, I approached the port in the early 1990s collecting $25 donations for Christmas decorations. The port denied the [See Letters, p. 17]
David Judah Simon is an American author, journalist and television writer and producer best known for his work on The Wire. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for 12 years and wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991) and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) with Ed Burns.
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“The gunman was deranged.” No kidding! And every reporter who ever did the job has stood at the newsroom mailbox or opened his emails to discover that a shallow, but permanent sedimentary layer of mental illness, pathological resentment and disordered thinking undercoats the readership or viewership of every news organization. They’re out there. And what they vent and threaten rarely has any grounding in the necessary or ethical parameters of journalism. Hell, it rarely has any grounding in basic sanity. Professional journalists toss the crazed hate mail and dodge the screamers on the phone extensions and continue to report and file. They shrug it off as a matter of weekly routine. What else, after all, can they do, other than hope that the space between someone’s rage and derangement and any resulting gunfire is not
narrowed by political leaders declaring that journalists are the people’s biggest enemy and the greatest threat to the republic? But no such luck. Donald Trump gleefully delivers the same vitriol to the unhinged supporter as to those grounded or discerning. Of course the gunman had his own grudges. Of course, he was deranged. What other cohort embarks time and again on mass murder? Trump’s declarations of who the great national villains are will reach all ears. And only a selfabsorbed fool or an indifferent sociopath would stand behind the presidential seal and tar the press as enemies of the people and not expect an Annapolis, or two, or three, to occur. Trump is not merely one or the other, but clearly, a lethal composite of both.
and the City of Los Angeles Ethics Commission, and office of the City Attorney. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Stephanie Mardesich San Pedro
“The shooter had a longstanding beef with the newspaper.” Yes, he did. For seven years, the man who would shoot up the Annapolis Capital-Gazette’s newsroom bickered over the coverage he had received online and in court. Yet, what is also evidenced is that his escalation to violence came at a point after Donald Trump, lost in his
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It has recently been brought to our attention that the selection committee who make the decision on behalf of the Port of Los Angeles Community Investment Grant Program is comprised of three representatives including one each from San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and Council District 15 (viz. Elise Swanson CEO, Dan Hoffman CEO, and Ryan Ferguson, field deputy, respectively) with no one from POLA on the selection committee, rather only functioning in an administrative capacity. This was verified by a POLA employee. According to the POLA official press release of March 2017, “grant committee comprised of Port, City and community representatives will review and approve all grant applications. Grant recipient recommendations are expected to go to the Board of Harbor Commissioners for approval …” that is not clearly stated in the 2018 release or on the grant application website. Considering the three who are on the selection committee, it presents potential conflict of interest, if not breach of ethics and efficacy, in that many of the grant applicants, and ultimate recipients, are members of the chambers of commerce mentioned, or have close connections and are
many current grant beneficiaries whose projects do not seem to meet the “nexus” as described in the application, which is also questionable with regard to adhering to the criteria for selection. Though POLA claims to fund the grants through private port finances, the port in fact is an adjunct of the City of Los Angeles and there is accountability to the public that seems to be compromised and hardly, in the jargon of the day, “transparent,” It is respectfully requested that these concerns be addressed and investigated within POLA,
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“He was only attacking Fake News.” No, the president of the United States was attacking a host of national media organizations by name — so many and so often over the past year that it was in effect an attack on the mainstream media as a whole. And by declaring the very product of so many institutions to be fraudulent and a great national danger, the president was creating a scenario in which any attempt to strike at the product or its creators could be handily elevated to the mantle of patriotism and heroism by extremists willing to do so.
Stop, close your eyes and imagine your kid locked in a cage sleeping on cement. You can feel better about this and put an end to this atrocity by contacting your elected employees in the Senate and Congress and demand:
well known to these individuals, and similarly many receive grant funding from Council District 15. This does not seem “objective” or non-partisan and could indicate bias with regard to knowledge or judgment with respect to what organizations are chosen. Further to this it is rumored that there is a pre-determination of designated funds for The Boys & Girls Club of the Harbor Area, and the Los Angeles Maritime Institute. That also suggests bias. This bodes of nepotism or worse. It is of great concern to myself and other local tax paying citizens with whom I have spoken are shocked by this potential breach. Even if a committee member were to recuse from the decision about a particular applicant based on some “relationship,” how would that be a fair process when it is conceivable that all three committee members might have to recuse? Would that consequently rule out or eliminate a potential applicant? Who would then make the determination about bestowing grant funding? The application is not an “anonymous process” in that the applicants must present a thorough application (very specifically in triplicate and double-sided or that could be a demerit), including financial details about the proposed project and the organization applying. Further, to this there are
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De León Wins Democratic Party Endorsement Reflects Broad Shift in National Mood By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
On July 14, the California Democratic Party endorsed former State Senate leader Kevin de León in the race for U.S. Senate over 26-year incumbent Diane Feinstein. De Leon outpolled Feinstein almost 10-1, 217 votes to 22, in an endorsement vote by the state party’s executive board. It was the exact inverse of their standing in fundraising: Feinstein had $7 million on hand versus $694,000 for de Leon at the end of the pre-primary reporting period on May 16. That contrast between money and people could not be sharper. But de León is no stranger to this sort of imbalance. His political involvement began with organizing immigrants’ rights marches in the 1990s in opposition to Proposition 187, which passed, but was found unconstitutional, and ultimately put an end to California’s status as a swing state. “Earning the endorsement of so many leaders and activists of the @CA_Dem party isn’t just an honor and a privilege; today’s vote is a clear-eyed rejection of politics as usual in Washington, D.C.,” de León tweeted. “California Democrats are leading the call for a bold agenda in Washington that puts people before politics & focuses on building a future for our state that works for everyone.” The endorsement seemed to reflect a widespread sentiment for change that’s been visible in potential 2020 contenders’ embrace of progressive ideas like Medicare for All, a universal jobs guarantee, and $15 minimum
State Sen. Kevin de León greets Democrats lined up to vote for endorsements at the party’s state convention in San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone
wage, and in elections like Alexandria OcasioCortez defeating the number four House Democrat in a New York primary, and former NAACP Chairman Ben Jealous securing the gubernatorial nomination in Maryland. “Sen. Kevin de León won the endorsement of the California Democratic Party for being an outspoken advocate for our progressive values,” California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman said. “As President pro-Tem of the State Senate, he secured an extraordinary set of achievements on climate justice, gun control and immigration, including the Sanctuary State law.”
“De León got the endorsement because Democratic activists know that he will reliably do the right thing in the Senate,” said David Atkins, one of 21 regional directors. “Many of us have worked with him closely to improve the lives of Californians,” he told Random Lengths News. “Feinstein by contrast has ignored and disrespected the party’s core activists for decades and seems to have lost track of California’s needs.” After realizing she couldn’t win several weeks ago, Feinstein had tried to block the endorsement by lobby hard for a “no endorsement” vote, but
only 94 delegates voted “no endorsement.” De León got 65 percent of the vote, 5 percent more than necessary. “I was really impressed by his campaign,” said Carrie Scoville, who serves on the 3,500-member Central Committee and attended the E-board as an observer. “He really got people out, got his forces out and motivated a lot of young voters, and more progressive voters to come out and vote for him.” But she noted, “He got a lot of the conservative vote as well as the progressive vote, because progressives are not a majority of the board.” Feinstein — who stunned a friendly audience this past August saying Trump “can be a good president”— appears to have adopted a threepronged strategy for her re-election campaign: deprive de León’s campaign of oxygen, move slightly left, to relieve some of the frustration with her, and fuel an avalanche of false narratives that fit media preconceptions. The Democratic Party endorsement for de León was a stinging blow to the first prong. He will appear in party mailers throughout the campaign, and there’s an increased likelihood of gaining donations to get his message out on tv and radio, as well as outside support. (The California Labor Federation, for example, endorsed de León in April, but hasn’t yet committed to significant funding through any independent expenditure.) So, there was an immediate escalation on the third prong. Feinstein’s campaign manager, Jeff Millman, lead the way in damage-control mode. “While 217 delegates expressed their view today, Sen. Feinstein won by 2.1 million votes and earned 70 percent of the Democratic vote in the California primary election,” Millman said. But 70 percent is only a projection. In hard numbers, Feinstein [See de León, p. 16]
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Dayramir González Comes to Alva’s Showroom
ward-winning Cuban pianist and composer, Dayramir González comes to Alva’s Showroom for a two-part concert July 29. The first concert will be a solo show, The Art of the Cuban Piano. It will be followed by, From Havana to San Pedro, Afro Cuban Jazz, for the second set, when González will be joined by his band, Habana Entrance. González’s solo concert showcases the dynamic range of Cuban musical styles from contemporary Afro-Cuban jazz to 19th Century classical to the traditional songbook of Benny More and Bueña Vista Social Club.
González was born in the Havana neighborhood of Cerro, during what is referred to in Cuba as “the special period,” known as one of the toughest economic times in Cuba’s history. The island severely lacked many basic necessities, however, it never stopped support and promotion of musical education. González’s life centered on music and his father, Fabian González an Afro-Cuban jazz trumpet player was an inspiration in his musical development. González began his professional career as a pianist and composer with former Irakere member, Oscar Valdes’ Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble Diákara at the age of 16. He went on to become Berklee College of Music’s first Cuban national “Presidential Scholarship” recipient to headline Carnegie Hall, representing the young generation of Afro-Cuban jazz. The Grand Concourse, González’s latest album, is defined by the journey of a young artist from Havana, whose musical works shines a light on the gems of traditional Cuban sentiments, contemporary Afro-Cuban jazz and the vanguard sounds of New York City. González called The Grand Concourse an ambitious project that presents himself not only as a pianist or improviser, but also as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, and bandleader. “When I first moved to New York, I made the South Bronx my home, and it’s where I created most of the songs included in this album. It was where I struggled to rise above the challenges that came with starting a new life in a city that could swallow me up in no time.” “The Grand Concourse also has a meaning that inspires. It is the broad road that leads to new journeys. It is at the concourse where people connect in an open space and encounter the expected and unexpected.” González will share his musical gifts around Los Angeles with back-to-back concerts this weekend. He will perform at the downtown Los Angeles venue, Grand Performances July 27 before his Sunday concerts at Alva’s.
Curtain Call:
Good Intentions Don’t Make for a Good All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret
[See Curtain Call, p. 15]
July 26 - August 8, 2018
One of the most compelling—and for many, troubling—sociological topics of our time is gender identity. While half of Americans are still wrestling with the idea that maybe homosexuals deserve the same rights and protections as heterosexuals (get over it, people), the vanguard has moved on to challenge the traditional conceptualization that gender comes in only two flavors and is necessarily connected to genitalia. If you’re a libtard West Coast elitist like me, even one old enough to have grown up without ever hearing terms like ‘trans,’ ‘genderqueer,’ or the pronoun ‘they’ used to reference an individual, all of this is much ado about nothing. Everyone is an individual and should be free to self-identify and choose for themselves who and how to love.
By Greggory Moore, Curtain Call Columnist
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Dayramir and Haban enTRANCe — Havana to San Pedro Time: 4 p.m. July 29 Cost: $20 Details: www.alvasshowroom.tix.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
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ENTERTAINMENT July 28
Windy Barnes Farrell Windy Barnes Farrell’s shows are upbeat, personal and even dramatic, designed to tug at the heartstrings with a bit of comedy to free the soul. Performing rhythm and blues and pop songs plus originals. Barnes will also feature a collective of top notch musicians whose talents will certainly wow the audience. Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. July 28 Cost: $25 Details: (310) 833-7538; www.alvasshowroom.tix.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro 23rd Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival Celebrating the legacy of historic Central Avenue in South Los Angeles, this event is one of the last few genuine jazz celebrations left in the Southern California. Festivities will take place along Central Avenue, featuring live jazz on three stages. Time: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 28 and 29 Cost: Free Details: www.centralave jazzfest.com Location: 4301 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles
July 26 - August 8, 2018
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Havana to San Pedro Starting his professional career as a pianist and composer with former Irakeremember, Oscar Valdes’ Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble Diákara at the age of 16, Dayramir has won multiple awards and performed in 15,000-seat stadiums with legends like Chucho and Bebo Valdes. Time: 4 p.m. July 29 Cost: $20 Details: www.alvasshow room.tix.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro Music By The Sea This music event features local bands in a family friendly environment. The event has been celebrated for more than 20 years. Time: 12 to 5 p.m. July 29 Cost: Free Details: www.spmusicby thesea.com Venue: Point Fermin Park, 807 W. Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro
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Karaoke Wednesdays Enjoy a the Live Band Karaoke nights every Wednesday at Broken Drum Bar in Long Beach. Come rock ’n’ roll all night
July 26 - Aug 8 • 2018 long. Check out the song list at casualencounterskaraoke.com/ songs, and see you on stage Time: 9 p.m. Aug 1 Cost: Free Details: www.brokendrumbar. com Venue: The Broke Drum, 91 S. Pine Ave., Long Beach
Aug 2
The New Whalers Five-piece Dixieland Jazz band performs on First Thurday’s Artwalk. Time: 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 2 Cost: Free Details: (310) 832-0363 Venue: The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro
Aug 4
These Handsome Devils These Handsome Devils pay tribute to Morrissey and The Smiths. Time: 9 p.m. Aug 4 Cost: $15 Details: (562) 596-4718; www.ticketweb.com Venue:The Gaslamp Long Beach, 6251 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach
Aug 10
Long Beach Jazz Festival The Long Beach Jazz Festival features a line-up from classic rhythm and blues to hot summer night jazz, staged on a grassy knoll in a Lagoon setting. Long Beach Jazz Festival features some of the top artists of the year and includes VIP seating with a great selection of food, art, health and wellness pavilion. Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 10, and 1 to 10 p.m Aug. 11 and 12 Details: www.longbeachjazz festival.com Venue: Rainbow Lagoon Park, Shoreline Drive, Long Beach
Aug 11
The BackBeats Back by popular demand, Southern California’s best Beatles tribute band will perform. Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 11 Cost: $8 Details: (310) 832-0363 Venue: The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro
Aug 18
Forever Oldies Tour Allstar Concerts presents the Forever Oldies Tour, featuring Barbara Mason, Rose Royce, Malo, The Delfonics, The Originals, The Persuaders and The Masqueraders. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 18 Cost: $35 to $55 Details: www.longbeachcc.com Venue: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach Phogust Phogust is a presentation of an array of cutting edge experimental sound practitioners from the
greater Los Angeles area. Circuit Benders, Instrument Manufacturers and Sonic Explorers will converge on Angels Gate Cultural Center to create a sonic spectacle of rare proportions Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 18 Cost: Free Details: www.phogmasheeen. com Venue: Angels Gate cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
Frida Kahlo Under the Stars
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Hot Pedro Nites Get ready to shake it to some of your favorite rock ’n’ roll classics at this summer’s biggest Pedro concert supporting the non-profit, Clean San Pedro. The Kingsmen will be headlining with hits 60s like Louie, Louie. Also hosting will be one of the biggest Beach Boys Tributes, Surfin’! KRTH 101 Legend, Brian Beirne. Time: 7:30 to 9:30 Aug. 23 Cost: $40 to $125 Details: www.cleansanpedro.net Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
THEATER July 27
Shrek the Musical Come to see this year’s mustsee show for the whole family. Follow Shrek as he rescues the Princess Fiona, and travels to the town of Duloc where all fairy tale characters, like Pinocchio and the three little pigs, come to life. Time: 7:30 p.m. July 27, 28 and 2 p.m. July 28, 29 Cost: $46 Details: www.tickets.vendini.com Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
July 28
The Twentieth Century Way Based on the true story of two actors who hired themselves out to the Long Beach Police Department in 1914 to entrap “social vagrants” in public restrooms, this highly theatrical tour-de-force brings to life a little known episode in Long Beach history and the history of LGBTQ rights Time: 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays July 21 to Aug 18 Cost: $14 to $24 Details: (562) 494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Aug 22
The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is on of the most famous plays of the modern theater. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on Tennessee Williams himself, his histrionic mother and his mentally fragile sister. Time: 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m.
This illustrated lecture by Gregorio Luke presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of Mexico’s most beloved artists, Frida Kahlo. Using more than 300 slides of her paintings and documentary photographs, as well as rare film footage, Luke creates an all-encompassing experience that reveals a multi-faceted Kahlo, whose persona was deeply rooted in Mexican culture and popular art traditions. The lecture is on Aug. 11 at La Plaza del Culturas y Artes in Los Angeles. Details: www.FridaKahloUndertheStars
Sundays, Aug. 22 through Sept. 7 Cost: $42 to $47 Details: www1.ticketmaster.com/ ict-the-glass-menagerie Venue: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Time: 8:30 p.m. July 31 Cost: Free Details: www.alfredosbeachclub. com Venue: Alfredo’s Beach Clubs, 5101 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
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Cars 3 A free movie night on the Los Angeles Waterfront. Enjoy a free outdoor film in Wilmington. Bring a blanket and chair, food and beverages and settle in. Time: 6:30 p.m. Aug 3 Cost: Free Details: (310) 548-5635 Venue: Wilmington Waterfront Park, 1004 C St., Wilmington
My Fair Lady Most people know the story of Eliza Doolittle — a flower seller of limited means with a feisty personality whom Professor Higgins transforms into a Victorian lady who can engage with people of wealth and means without a hint of the once-humble street vendor showing through the façade. Time: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, through Aug. 4 Cost: $14 to $24 Details: (562) 494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach Shakespeare by the Sea If you can’t join them in Point Fermin Park this week, be sure to check out their website for a complete schedule. Time: 8 p.m. through Aug. 8 Cost: Free Details: www.shakespeareby thesea.org/wp/locations Venue: Point Fermin Park, 807 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro
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July 31
Moonlight Movie: Jaws Dinner, snacks and popcorn are available for purchase from the snack bar and food trucks. Movies on the Beach start at dusk.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas: Legacy This short film delves into the work of Abraham Cruzvillegas, a contemporary artist from Mexico. Sergei Eisenstein’s 1932 film ¡Que Viva Mexico! presents a history of Mexico, from its precolonial foundations through the Mexican Revolution. Time: 3 p.m. Aug. 4 Cost: Free Details: onthepress@mixografia. com Venue: Mixographia,1419 E. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles Harold and Maude Grab your bike and fellow film fancier or the entire family and pedal down to Historic Old Pine Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets to enjoy the cult classice Harold and Maude. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 4 Cost: Free Details: www.summerandmusic. com
Location: Pine Ave. and Fourth St., Long Beach
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July 28 Open Studios — Meet the Directors Flatline is an alternative gallery space for artists to further their visual dialogue and concepts. Founded in 2017 by Long Beach artists and co-directors Cynthia Luján and Elizabeth Munzon, they alternate curating exhibitions, which connect Cal State Long Beach students, alumni and local artists to one another and the greater LA arts community. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. July28 Cost: Free Details: www.instagram.com/__ flatline Venue: Flatline, 6023 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach
Aug 2
Perspective Frank Canetti is a lifelong resident of the Harbor Area. His work reflects his passion for the outdoors, the ocean and colorful foods. His photographs are printed on canvas, which creates a unique texture and feel to each image. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 2 Cost: Free Details: (562) 436-0700, www. engagedaging.org. Venue: PacArts Gallery, 303 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro Wood, Paper and Paint Artists Michael Falzone, Michael Stearns and Ron Therrio join for and exhibition characterized by expressive juxtapositions of
material and form. The three artists share their visions of earth and spirit in the Main Upstairs Gallery at the Loft. The group show runs through August. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 2 Cost: Free Details: (562) 400-0544. Venue: The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro 1st Thursday Celebration at The Crowne Plaza Hotel Join San Pedro Art Association artists for another elegant art walk experience. With everything from paintings to jewelry. Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 2 Cost: Free Details: (310) 519-8200 Venue: Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Harbor Hotel, 601 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro
Aug 4
A Stone’s Throw from Water Angels Gate Cultural Center presents an exhibition of visual art and performances by participants of its educational community. The show reflects a breadth of exploration from children’s drawing, painting, and ceramics to personal selections by seasoned faculty working in various media. Time: 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 4 Cost: Free Details: www. angelsgateart.org Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro Arts on the Hill Join the faculty of The Studio School, members of Palos Verdes Art Center Artists and Palos Verdes Performing Arts, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Palos Verdes Library District, Palos Verdes School Gardens, Los Serenos de Point Vincent, and Community Art Machine for Arts on the Hill @ PVAC, for a family celebration of the arts. Time: 11 to 4 p.m. Aug. 4 Cost: Free Details: www.artsonthehill.org Venue: Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes.
Frida Kahlo Under the Stars Acclaimed lecturer and art historian Gregorio Luke presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of Frida Kahlo (1907- 1954). Using more than 300 slides of her paintings,
Alta Sea Open House The event features Ocean Innovation: Platypus, Braid Theory and ECOncrete. Time: 10 a.m. July 28 Cost: Free Details: RSVP@altasea.org Venue: Alta Sea, Berth 58, 2331 Signal St., San Pedro
Delora Bertsch, Raku Vessel Angels Gate Cultural Center presents an exhibition that reflects the breadth of exploration from students’ drawing, painting and ceramics, along with personal selections by seasoned faculty working in various media. The show opens on Aug. 4. and documentary photographs as well as rare film footage, this panoramic lecture reveals a multifaceted Kahlo whose persona was deeply rooted in Mexican culture and popular art traditions. Time: 8 Aug. 11 Cost: $25 Details: www.FridaKahloUnder theStars Venue: LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes, 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles.
COMMUNITY July 27
25th Annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival Savor the flavor of New Orleans as it comes to Southern California. Time: 5 p.m. July 27, and 11 a.m. July 28 and 29 Cost: $13 Details: www.longbeachcrawfish festival.com/tickets Venue: Rainbow Lagoon Park, E. Shoreline Drive, Liveong Beach
July 28
JustLBC 2018 A day of art, music, and social justice for a more just Long Beach. The event includes live music and art performances, community organizations for social justice, art activities and giveaway prizes. Time: 12 to 3 p.m. July 28 Cost: Free
traditional art demos, Chinese acrobats, dance, music and martial arts performances and hip-hop, music and martial arts performances. Time: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 28, and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 29 Cost: Free Details: www.lbdragonboat.com Venue: Long Beach Marine Stadium, 5255 E. Paoli Way, Long Beach
Details: lbforward.org/justlbc Venue: MacArthur Park, 1321 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Aug. 2 Feed & Be Fed
Join Alicia Blue outside on a beautiful August evening in the garden. Fresh vegetables will be available for purchase. Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug 2
Cost: Free Details: (424) 287-7335 Venue: Feed & Be Fed, 429 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Aug 5 Shark Week Special shark crafts and activities featured daily. Learn why sharks are important for our marine ecosystem and how we can help protect them from extinction. Time: 12 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Aug. 5 through 11 Cost: Free Details: (310) 548-7562; www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org. Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro
Aug. 7 Wilmington Certified Farmers Market The Providence Community Health Wellness and Activity Center has an all-new neighborhood farmers
market focused community engagement that is launching on Aug. 7. With close to 20 vendors, its focus is to provide access to locally-grown, fresh fruits and vegetables, hot food prepared by local cooks and services geared towards the local community Time: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, starting Aug.7 Cost: Free Details: www.facebook.com/ WilmingtonCFM/ Location: Providence Community Health Wellness and Activity Center, 470 Hawaiian Ave., Wilmington
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Zines Are Us A free artist-led discussion and zine-making workshop designed to be accessible, family friendly, and inclusive. With a focus on diversity and multiculturalism, the program communicates that zines are for everyone, and anyone can be a zinester. Time:11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 28 Cost: Free Details: Amanda.fruta@csulb. edu Venue: University Art Museum, Horn Center, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach San Pedro Bay Historical Society Annual Wine Tasting Enjoy an afternoon on the scenic Muller House patio, plus hors d’oeuvres and an exciting silent auction. Time: 3 to 6 p.m. July 28 Cost: $25 suggested donation Details: 310-365-8873; www.sanpedrobayhistorical society.org Venue: The Muller House, 1542 S. Beacon St., San Pedro 2018 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival The festival showcases the ancient Chinese sport of dragon boat racing, includes Chinese
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AUG 2 Brought to you by the artists and restaurants of the Downtown San Pedro Waterfront Arts District
Studio Gallery 345
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DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
PERSPECTIVE
Pat Woolley, Ports O’Call, watercolor
Studio 345 presents drawings by Pat Woolley and mixed media work and paintings by Gloria D Lee. Open 5 to 9 p.m. on First Thursday and by appointment. Studio 345, 345 W. 7th St., San Pedro. Details: (310) 545-0832 or (310) 374-8055; artsail@ roadrunner.com or www. patwoolleyart.com.
Frank Cannetti, photoprint on canvas
Frank Canetti is a lifelong resident of the Harbor Area. His interest in photography began in high school and college photography classes. He has traveled extensively, but always returns to his San Pedro roots.
The Loft
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Artists Michael Falzone, Michael Stearns and Ron Therrio join for and exhibition characterized by expressive juxtapositions of material and form. The three artists share their visions of earth and spirit in the Main Upstairs Gallery at the Loft. The group show runs through August. The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro. Details: (562) 400-0544.
His work reflects his passion for the outdoors, the ocean and colorful foods. His photographs are printed on canvas, which creates a unique texture and feel to each image. Perspective opens on First Thursday, Aug. 2, 6 p.m. at PacArts, 303 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro. Details: (562) 436-0700; www.engagedaging.org.
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Pat Woolley, Ports O’Call, drawing
Palos Verdes Art Center ARTS ON THE HILL @ PVAC
July 26 - August 8, 2018
The Mobile Graffiti Wall, a joint project of Community Art Machine, a San Pedro arts nonprofit, and PVAC will be featured at Arts on the Hill.
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Join the faculty of The Studio School, members of Palos Verdes Art Center artists for a free family celebration of the arts at PVAC on Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free art activities for kids, artists demos, arts and crafts for sale, plus music, food trucks and more. Art for sale will be presented by members of The Artists’ Studio, Artists Open Group, Paleteers and Pacific Arts Group, as well as The Shop @PVAC. Live music will feature Dax & Salem, JJ Barry fro Alinea and Steppe Bison. Three exhibitions will be on view at PVAC during the event: The Summer Show, featuring PVACA artists, Joshua Ross: New Works, 2018 Alpay Scholarship Award Exhibition, and Inhabit: The Olmsted Brothers at Palos Verdes Peninsula. PVAC, 5504 W. Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes. Details: (310) 541-2479; www.pvartcenter.org
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[Curtain Call from p. 9]
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But Donald Trump is president, and intolerance and persecution remain rampant, so clearly libtard West Coast elitists don’t rule the world yet. Presumably, this is a big reason for the existence of The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret, a play by Mariah MacCarthy that codirectors Ashley Elizabeth Allen and Charlie Nelson say “is part of a groundbreaking movement to properly depict queer and trans identities, do them justice and allow them to live on in the minds of the viewers past their ephemeral time on the stage.” It’s a noble aim. Unfortunately, good intentions don’t automatically engender good art. In trying very, very hard to make statements of universal truth, MacCarthy has almost completely neglected to develop her characters as individuals. Meanwhile, there is not nearly enough production value in the Garage Theatre’s staging to keep the audience engaged for a show that clocks over two-and-a-half hours of stage time. Although The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret isn’t a cabaret in any sense, we do have an emcee. That’s Taylor (Alyssa Garcia), who alternates between commentary, spot narration and being a character in his own right who has at least brief interactions with all the others. His own right? Her own right? Their own right? Don’t worry, Taylor tell us, they get that a lot. Or do worry, because gender-b(i)ased linguistics are a core part of the problem. Sometimes that’s the point of these interactions. But sometimes Taylor meets a character seemingly only because MacCarthy couldn’t come up with an organic way to get a character to talk about what’s on their mind, such as the unconvincingly solicited revelations Taylor receives during a training session with Allegra (Holly Baltazar) or a hair appointment with DJ (Richard Martinez). The one genuine relationship Taylor has with another character is Kate (Lottie Frick), a man-phobic female, who to this point in her life has self-identified as heterosexual, but finds herself wildly attracted to Taylor despite being unclear about what Taylor’s got “down there.” This is cause for a good deal of angst on her part, but she’s also kind of turned on by the nebulousness. One of the show’s best moments comes after a rainbow-themed dance sequence that represents her fantasy of Taylor’s genderqueerness. “That’s what you see when you look at me?” Taylor asks. “Something like that,” Kate replies. (It doesn’t read funny, but it is.) Curiously, Taylor and Kate’s is the only relationship that isn’t firmly heterosexual. There isn’t a lesbian to be found, and although DJ may be gay, we only see him work as a hairdresser and beat up a guy who is harassing him (for a cigarette, not about being gay). For a play purportedly aiming to open minds about gender preconceptions, the action is surprisingly heteronormative—and not without several stereotypes. That stereotyping is a big weakness in the writing. No one—not even Taylor, the most fleshed-out of the nine characters—comes off as an idiosyncratic individual. Rather, everyone is a type or amalgam of types. Dick (Joseph Bonofiglio) is the lunkhead whose macho pose masks his insecurity. Benji (Will Ardelean) is the straight guy everyone assumes is gay because of his “effeminate” nature. Devon (Gaelyn Wilkie) is the sad girl who thinks
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t’s easy to take garlic for granted, given how easy it is to find fresh all year. By “fresh,” we mean not preserved in any way, but simply still alive, despite being harvested last summer. Year-old garlic, which is what you will find today in the grocery store, is not to be confused with new garlic, which is very special and only available for a few weeks each summer — if you can find it at all. Unless you shop where local produce is sold, or know a grower, you aren’t going to find new garlic right now, which is a shame. Imagine it being tomato season and not being able to find a fresh, local tomato. That’s how it is for garlic lovers right now, who are eating year-old garlic that was more than likely grown in China. Garlic ages the same way many other species do, by shrinking, turning soft and yellow; the decline begins with a new organism growing in its core. Before the new germ appears, typically in late winter, the garlic in a state of suspended animation called cured. Properly cured garlic is great. Storing fresh produce for year-round use is great. But, to bring up the tomato analogy again, there are things can be done with fresh tomatoes that simply can’t be done with frozen, canned or sun-dried. From the moment you dig into a head of fresh garlic you can feel the difference. It’s more rounded and plump, as opposed to the gaunt, bony heads we’ve gotten used to in recent months. Peeling a new garlic clove is more like peeling an orange than a cured garlic clove; the peel isn’t made out of paper, but thick, spunky flesh. The brilliant white flesh is firm and crispy, and the cloves are notably juicy. The flavor of fresh garlic is more vivid and caustic when raw, and more sweet and mild when cooked, with
By Ari Leveaux, Guest Contibutor
The flavor, texture and versatility make toum an absolute force in the kitchen.
no bitterness. It can be added, and added, and added again to a dish with no consequence. As the garlic dries and cures, it will no longer be so bright and glowing. So, garlic should be savored while still new. There are many ways to do so. One way is to give it more of a leading role. Garlic as vegetable, rather than spice. Since new garlic cloves look like sea scallops, I’ve cooked them the way I like to cook those glorious mollusk muscles, in butter, bacon and olive oil with lemon and maybe oyster sauce. With something green wilted in there, I call it a meal.
You can tell how new a head of garlic is by examining the point where the stem was cut off the bulb. That point of stem that separates plant from bulb is an umbilical cord of sorts and it can tell us how recently it was birthed from the ground. Does the cut stem look sharp, with concentric circles of tissue, or does it more resemble a shriveled belly button? Is there any green left in the stem? Better yet, is the green stem, along with its attached plant, still connected to the bulb? There is, however, no better way to appreciate garlic than in a heavenly substance known as toum, also known as Lebanese garlic sauce. There are few recipes as life-changing as this one. It is a type of mayonnaise made with
[See Garlic, page 15]
Fresh garlic cloves are plump and tender. File photo
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garlic as the emulsifier instead of egg yolk. It’s as fluffy and creamy as mayonnaise, with oil and lemon juice bonded in a stable embrace with the help of garlic. Toum is traditionally used as a marinade, dipping sauce, or spread. But I find that when I have toum, I find many ways to use it. A splat in the pan, or stirred into a plate of hot noodles, or tossed into a salad as a pre-dressing. Toum can be used as a base for the creation of advanced sauces and condiments. Spices like chile powder, or spice mixes like harissa, fresh herbs, or even other condiments like mayo, mustard or sour cream, can be mixed with toum. The flavor, texture, versatility and ease of use make toum an absolute force in the kitchen. Like many great sauces, toum will expand a chef’s powers, allowing more delicious and creative things to happen more quickly. For example, my latest creation: the toum-burger. It’s just hamburger meat mixed with toum, and cooked like burger. And it’s a total showstopper. Many of the recipes I give are loosy-goosy, with quantities that are negotiable, substitutable, omittable, or otherwise malleable. Not so with toum. This one must be followed with the precision of a chemist. After you’ve successfully made the stuff, then you can feel free to experiment, adding flavors creating variations and making your friends play Name that Toum until they have heartburn.
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon water 2 ounces blanco tequila or white rum 1 ounce fresh lime juice 6 dashes Cholula or Tabasco hot sauce Ice Pinch of cayenne pepper Lime wedge
Directions: 1. In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the honey and water, and cook until the honey dissolves, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat. 2. Add the honey syrup, tequila, lime juice, Cholula or Tabasco and cayenne to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and pour over fresh ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a dusting of cayenne pepper and a lime wedge, then serve.
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Garlic Toum
Loss of Ports O’ Call Felt Throughout Community of the Wilson brothers, Wyatt and Winter, were working feverishly behind the bar helping the regular bartender keep pace with the drink orders coming in at record clip from the patio while serving the others sitting along bar. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn was sitting at the captain’s table in the corner with Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Susan Brooks, and some of Hahn’s staff and loyal supporters. She sipped a Grey Goose martini and said, “Can you imagine where all of these people are going to go if this place shuts down?” She looked around and commented, “I think I know half of the people here tonight.” Friday night was the usual night Andy Hill and Renée Safier performed at Ports O’ Call. On this Friday night, however, Andy and Renée were booked at a private residence in Rolling Hills Estates. The music at Ports O’ Call Restaurant was still loud and still jumping, and the crowd was buzzing and buzzed. Lesser venues struggle to attract this many customers in a week and on this night, it seemed like everyone was there to make a statement before the whisper campaign of closing came true. If this is what going out of business looks like, then they should go out of business every week. In the back office Jayme Wilson, the patriarch of the family business, was more subdued about it and said, “We’re just going to do what the judge asked us to do, work something out with the port.” Ports O’ Call Restaurant management released a statement in anticipation of the events on July 17, before they knew the eviction was going to
Restaurant Not the Only Casualty of Eviction The port’s single-minded push to evict this last tenant from the village has caused much hostility towards both the developers and the Port of Los Angeles leadership from many parts of the community. With the constant promise of “future jobs and prosperity,” Councilman Joe Buscaino and the port leadership never realized the true human cost of changing the phasing of the development plan from the original 2009 environemental impact report. Why it changed is still a mystery that the port and Jerico Development have not divulged, but it comes with the loss of 150 good-paying jobs now and on the day before, with the eviction imminent, the suicide of the 35-year general manager Jim Ryan. One former employee who preferred not to be named called Ryan, “one of the most dedicated and loyal employees ever.” And it is true, Ports O’ Call Restaurant was his life; he often worked six days a week and held it all together — running the back office, filling in at the front desk and constantly moving through the dining areas to oversee the staff. Ryan reportedly went home not feeling well Saturday and last talked with a member of the Wilson family on Sunday saying “he felt better.” By Monday he couldn’t be reached by phone and only later was found dead at home. His death is tragic and senseless, as there were alternatives to the forced eviction of POC that were never considered once a decision by the port was made a year ago. And, nothing that the community said seemed to make a difference, but his death does somehow seem symbolic of the battle between the port and the community and the closed iconic restaurant. There are no plans for a memorial service as the shock slowly sinks in as to the true human cost of the port’s callus actions.
COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO PORT’S EVICTION - SEE LETTERS PAGE 7 be carried out this day: In the spirit of cooperation and the judge’s suggestion of a transition to closing, we submitted to the Port a phased closing plan that would have us close on September 30. This date will allow all the weddings, quinceañeras and other special family
celebrations that we were unable to relocate to celebrate. Various buildings would closed starting in two weeks. We would celebrate the 57-year traditions of the restaurant and community awards we have received. We look forward to opening in the new development.
We are hoping the Harbor Commission approves at the special meeting on Tuesday. We plan to have a big community celebration on September 30th.
Obviously, by the actions of the POLA on this very same day, they weren’t in any mood to negotiate or comply with a judge’s directive, as the lockout started well before the Harbor Commission meeting at 8:30 a.m. Sheriff’s officers even threatened this reporter with removal from the yetunfenced property stating that the eviction process and work was “in progress.” Clearly Officer Taylor and his squad were just following orders and were hesitant about arresting a journalist. All of this happened even before the Harbor Commission was briefed on items 8-14 in closed session specifically related to City of Los Angeles vs. San Pedro Waterfront LLC dba Ports O’ Call Restaurant et al. Even still, it’s not entirely clear whether the Port of Los Angeles and the JericoRatkovich development team are actually going to be on schedule to build the “new San Pedro Public Market.” All that can be said now is that the port is hell bent on delivering the project site to the developers as per the contract by the revised phasing demolition plan by deadline of early next year. Whether anything will actually be built is still a question everyone is asking since the developers still have not secured the funding or found an anchor tenant, even though both the San Pedro Fish Market and Ports O’ Call Restaurant have proven track records of success. Though the Fish Market
[Curtain Call, from p. 13]
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although The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret may be motivated by the sort of spirit that can change this rigid status quo, good intentions and thinking outside the box is not enough to make for impactful and well-executed art. Not nearly enough.
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Times: 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, through Aug. 11 Cost: $18 to $25 (Thursday Tix Are 2-for-1), through Aug. 11 Details: (562) 433-8337; www.thegaragetheatre.org Venue: The Garage Theatre, 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach
she doesn’t like sex until she finds the right man, while Gwen (Yazmin Praslin) is the sad girl who constantly acts out sexually. We never get any real sense of why these people are like this, and MacCarthy does everything she can to amp up the typical aspects, rather than rendering them with nuance. Perhaps because there’s so little character depth on the page, the cast’s presentation only serves to augment the surface generality. I had a straight friend in high school who, like Benji, was presumed to be gay because of his affect, but his every syllable did not sound like gay character in a ‘70s sitcom, you know? I also knew plenty of macho poseurs, but they did occasionally go five seconds without trying to come off tough.
The show’s other aspects are similarly underdeveloped. None of the four or five dance numbers is nearly vigorous or graceful enough to work (clearly the cast has very little movement background), and two are little more than a short sequence of moves repeated ad nauseam. The lighting design rarely helps the mood of any scene or transition. The shadow puppetry is a nice idea, but its execution is clumsy. The play also suffers from MacCarthy’s desperate desire to be topical. Populated with a potpourri of pop-culture references (Bill Cosby, #metoo, Kim Kardashian, Hillary Clinton’s run for president, how much we miss Obama), what unfolds on stage feels dated even though it explicitly takes place in 2018. Somewhere along the line Taylor pronounces an important—and changeable—truth about our socalled Land of the Free: “America doesn’t like to think outside of this fucked-up binary.” Right on. But
was promised “a spot” in the new project, it will only occupy 25 percent of its current size. The Fish Market has subsequently chosen to open five other locations around the Harbor Area in anticipation of this change. Of the other eight businesses still operating on the site only Ports O’ Call Restaurant has a letter of intent from the developers. At this point, this only means they will have to close for up to three years, the time by which the San Pedro Public Market will be completed. The port, which has denied culpability in the reordering of the development phasing, has made it inevitable that this historic restaurant will not survive as it is, where it is. What may be a cause for the reason to shift the project is the toxic soil hot spots in the project area. A 2013 toxic soils report, citing the location of the San Pedro Fish Market as a hotspot for soil remediation due to the fact that the old Union Oil fuel dock was near there has played an unseen hand in the reordered phasing. A port official not authorized to speak on the matter, said, “We did not recommend a sequencing” related to the toxic soils, but it may have been a consideration with the engineering department or real estate divisions. Mike Galvin, the head of the port’s real estate division said that “there were many factors that went into the [re]phasing of the project, that was only one of many.” Time will tell if the Harbor Commission will approve a new plan that came out of a bankruptcy hearing filed by Ports O’ Call Restaurant a few weeks ago. Wilson was initially prepared to appeal any decision to close the restaurant all the way to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. But time has finally run out. When Mike Galvin was asked directly about the eviction taking place, he responded, “It’s still under litigation” and walked into closed session. Obviously, the order had already been given before he even showed up to the meeting.
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Ingredients: 1 cup garlic cloves, peeled and trimmed 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 cup fresh lime or lemon juice. 4 cups olive oil. Some recipes call for canola, but, gross! A lighter oil will make a brighter toum, but whatever. I love the flavor of olive oil. Directions: Make sure all utensils are dry, and don’t let any water touch any of the ingredients. Ever. Add the salt and garlic to a dry food processor and pulse four times, about five seconds per pulse. Scrape down the garlic with a spatula. Now, turn the processor to on and leave it there. Add a 1/2 cup of oil, slowly, in a very thin stream. Then add 2 teaspoons lemon juice, and another half cup, slowly, also in a thin stream. Then 2 more teaspoons lemon juice, and another 1/2 cup oil, and another 2 teaspoons lemon juice, etc. Continue this cycle until the oil and lemon juice are done, speeding up your pouring incrementally with each pour of oil. The toum will get increasingly fluffy and beautiful, until the processor is almost full of this fabulous substance. Transfer the toum to a storage container and let it cool in the fridge, covered with a paper towel to avoid condensation dripping down into the toum, which would cause it to separate. After it’s cool, cover it. It will last a month or longer in the fridge. But good luck keeping it that long.
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won just 44 percent of the vote — a strong showing for a first-time candidate (Kamala Harris won 40 percent in her primary victory in 2016), but a poor showing for a quartercentury incumbent with almost universal name recognition, compared to 12 percent for de León, who had never run statewide before. Feinstein has run 13 times statewide, in primary and general elections, since running unsuccessfully for governor in 1990, with hundreds of millions of dollars making her a household name. “Few politicians in the state have her level of name recognition among voters and certainly not de León,” the Los Angeles Times wrote in late May. “I’m hearing a lot of rage against @CA_Dem e-board decision,” RL Miller, chairwoman of the party’s Environmental Caucus tweeted the day after the vote. “Most media/observers don’t seem to understand much about the party dynamics at play.” “Who is the e-board? it’s the MIDDLE of the party,” she tweeted. “Not the ‘crazy Berniecrats’ elected at the bottom. Also, not the PLEOs —
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party leaders and delegates they control — at the top. Instead, it’s the people who do the work: salt of the earth, backbone of the Dem party. County party chairs, county party insiders. The people who arrive at 5 for a 7 p.m. meeting to brew the coffee, and stay an hour afterward to clean up the paper mess.” “My own estimate of the people who voted at e-board is that 80 to 90 of them (out of 333 votes cast) were selfdescribed Berniecrats,” Miller told Random Lengths News, via email. “DiFi’s media machine is very good in trying to paint this as purely a party machine event, and most journos really haven’t stepped back and taken a look at the bigger picture even as they’re also writing ‘AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) is the direction of the Dem Party OMG!’ pieces.” The most recent e-board election was in January 2017, when a wave of new Sanders supporters did win seats in the Central Committee, but weren’t aware there was separate concurrent e-board election, Scoville pointed out. “It also has a lot of county committee people on it, and that election for county committee seats was in June 2016,” she noted. All 58 counties are represented. “I’m really angry at the way the Feinstein camp has
Carrie Scoville, a member of the state Democratic Central Committee, was an E-board observer. File photo
tried to de-legitimize the party vote,” Miller said. “We’ve been painted as crazy Berniecrats, out of touch elitists, Sacramento insiders,” all convenient media narratives, which don’t actually match the reality of what the e-board is, as she explained in detail on Twitter. “Most journos haven’t really tried to connect the dots among (a) the Dem party e-board moving to the left, (b) the broader national Dem base moving to the left, and (c) the missing piece — California Dem voters as a whole,” she said. “Because either Cal voters are NOT moving to the left, and that’s why Feinstein won 70 percent of Dem voters and all that ... or Cal voters simply don’t yet know who he is, but are inclined to support him once they find out more about him. And she’s scared that people
may learn more about him.” What’s more, Miller said, “KDL is drawing support from millennials, labor, Latinx, really everyone in the party, and he’s uniting people who hated each other in 2016. But this isn’t just about the party; it’s taking a step back and looking at the Dem party base as a whole. And that base is far more inclined to align with him than her.” Feinstein’s disconnect from the base is long-standing. “I’ve been fighting against Dianne Feinstein since I was in the antiwar movement in San Francisco,” said Chris Robson, president of the Yes We Can Democratic Club, covering Long Beach/Signal Hill, San Pedro and Catalina. “She was head of the Board of Supervisors, and we had political battles then, and they
continued over the years.” In 1992, when feminist groups flocked to support Barbara Boxer, no one in Northern California, who knew her well, endorsed her at first. She finally got an endorsement from LA NOW, under new leadership, who didn’t really know her reputation with activists. Fighting with the base has actually been part of her brand, as a way of appealing to independents and Republicans. Her support for the death penalt, which she abandoned this year, was prime example of that. “Feinstein is voting defensively ever since the de León challenge. She even just recanted her support for the death penalty after using it for decades to burnish her centrist credentials,” Atkins said. “[New York Gov. Andrew] Cuomo is clearly doing the same thing in response to [actor/activist Cynthia] Nixon’s challenge. It’s an indicator that centrist Democrats realize that they are out of step with their constituents, but feel free to do the bidding of corporate interests until and unless they get a primary challenge. If you want to know what the Democratic electorate wants from its leaders, just look at the strongly progressive stances of the major presidential hopefuls.”
The media circulates arguments that don’t necessarily reflect how party activists think. For example, “The de León endorsement isn’t about moving the party farther to the left,” Atkins said. “It’s about having a senator we can count on to do the right thing and about having a leader we can consistently count on to defend our values.” Of course, that would constitute a “move to the left” in one sense—or a “move to the center” in another. “We shouldn’t have to wonder if our senator will kowtow to special interest lobbyists, or beg her not to support the next war, tax cut for the rich or Trump nominee,” Atkins continued. “We deserve someone who will advocate fiercely and effectively for popular initiatives like Medicare for All, rather than insist they can never be achieved.” In fact, the practical orientation of most party activists could hurt de Leon, simply by focusing them elsewhere. “All of us who are Democratic Party activists are working towards flipping the house in 2018,” Robson said, meaning that most Harbor Area activists will be focused on flipping four Orange County House seats. That doesn’t really jibe with stories about an ideological jihad. The bottom line is that the left and the right in American politics simply aren’t mirror images of one another, despite deeply-entrenched media assumptions that they must be. As explained in 2016 book, Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats, there is no ideological coherence among Democrats remotely similar to Republicans. Their politics [are] far more concerned with “a relatively pragmatic, results-oriented style of politics.” But, understandably in the age of Trump, people’s ideas of what’s pragmatic are in flux, to say the least. Win or lose, de León’s campaign will improve California politics, Atkins argued. “Even if Feinstein wins, the contest, and the party’s endorsement in particular, have put all of our legislators on notice that if they don’t support the needs of Californians, we will not hesitate to try to replace them with leaders who will,” he said. On the other hand, “A de León win would be a California earthquake in the political establishment, showing that people aren’t content with business as usual and demand bold leadership for change.”
[Hospital, from p. 2]
Barragán Introduces LPG Relocation Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-San Pedro) introduced the Safe LPG Storage Act on July 24. The act would authorize a federal grant program to fund up to half of the cost of relocating Liquified Petroleum Gas storage facilities away from homes, schools and other sensitive locations. The Safe LPG Storage Act would provide $500 million for the relocation of qualifying LPG storage facilities. To be eligible under the program, the facility must be located within five miles of a populated area, home, or school. Potential recipients include state, local or tribal governments, special purpose districts/ authorities, “including a port authority,” a combination of such groups, or ”an owner or operator of a qualifying LPG storage facility.”
LA County Launches Online Portal to Address Homelessness
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative and Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority launched the Los Angeles Homeless Outreach Portal, or LA-HOP. LA-HOP (la-hop.org) is a new tool to get services to vulnerable residents living on the street. It makes it easier and more efficient for the public to request help and have it dispatched to connect homeless persons with outreach workers. An outreach coordinator in each region serves as the “air traffic controller” for requests and deploys the most appropriate outreach team, with the goal of reducing response times to those in need. Details: homeless.lacounty.gov, www.lahsa.org
POLA Moves 723,141 TEUs in June
SAN PEDRO — The Port of Los Angeles processed 723,141 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, in June, with a dip of 1.1 percent from June 2017. It is the second fiscal year period the port has surpassed the 9.1 million TEU mark, marking 24 months of record-breaking cargo movement. June 2018 imports increased 2.9 percent to 382,964 TEUs compared to the previous year. Exports increased 1.4 percent to 147,563 TEUs while empty containers fell 9.7 percent to 192,613 TEUs. Combined, June overall volumes were 723,141 TEUs. LONG BEACH — Container cargo volumes reached record heights at the Port of Long Beach in June, passing the previous mark and distinguishing June 2018 as the port’s best month ever. Trade increased 14.2 percent in June, compared to the same month in 2017. The port’s terminals moved 752,188 20-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, 4.4 percent higher than the previous “best month” record set in July 2017. Through June, the port has handled almost 4 million TEUs. June also capped the port’s best second quarter. Dockworkers processed almost 2.1 million TEUs, 10 percent more than the corresponding quarter a year ago.
the County Emergency Medical Services Agency conducting a public hearing: • City staff testified to State Health Committee to support Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell’s Assembly Bill 2591 to delay state seismic compliance at the hospital. • Weekly tours of community hospital with potential operators conducted. • City contracted with architect Perkins and Will and met with state regulatory agency to prepare seismic compliance plans. • County Board of Supervisors adopted impact Evaluation Report from County Emergency Medical Services Agency for the closure of Community Hospital. Over a period of six months, city staff worked
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contribution stating that they were severely limited in what they could spend money on. In the mid-1990s, our merchants were trying to stimulate tourism business from the cruise ships calling at the port. The port was unwilling have any conversation with us. In frustration, we conducted a survey with all of the cruise line operators to “grade” the Port of LA as a point of embarkation or disembarkation for their passengers. The results were published in 1997 by the Daily Breeze with cruise lines rating the Port of LA as the “worst” port in the nation. In 2001, our homeowners group brought forward the major deficiencies in the port’s China Shipping environmental impact report. That report failed to identify the negative effects of that expansion upon our communities. The EIR ignored the major increases in air pollution that would impact resident’s health. Response by this Harbor Commission was … “Sue us.” We did. We won a $60 million dollar judgment in 2003 that confirmed our accusations and demanded mitigation. A few years ago, it was discovered that the Port of
with Cal State Long Beach School of Gerontology and School of Nursing. The Molina-led network also proposes to reconfigure those portions of the hospital that meet seismic standards to maintain and acute care hospital with emergency department and 30 to 40 inpatient beds, as well as the capability to receive advanced life support paramedic ambulances. The Molina-led network proposed adding complementary components to the hospital such as independent and assisted living services, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services program for all inclusive care for the elderly, medical education in conjunction with CSULB’s outpatient medical and surgical services. The MUW also planned to request that the city explore financial participation in the immediate transition and seismic retrofit of the city (cost yet to be determined and terms to be negotiated and brought back to public meeting of the city council).
LA had breached that legal settlement agreement … and the community has yet to receive any resolution of the port’s violations. Extremely hazardous facilities were identified to the port years ago demanding their removal. One, Westway Chemical, located on the area just south of Ports O’ Call, storing and transporting highly volatile vinyl acetate monomer. Vinyl acetate is a highly explosive liquid that is also deadly to breathe causing damage to the heart, nervous system and liver. The other is the Amerigas/Rancho LPG facility storing a massive volume of the most highly explosive commodities. The Harbor Commission was nonresponsive to these complaints. However, in the mid2000’s, the port was soliciting Disney to build a cruise terminal south of the Westway site. At that point, the port engaged and “bought out” the Westway facility. Westway was allowed to escape their obligation to “remediate their toxic soil” leaving it behind. Disney was never recruited. This is now the location for the AltaSea project, a “private institution” waving the port’s obligation to fully remediate the toxic soils. The Rancho LPG facility remains to this day a ticking time bomb capable of producing a catastrophe
of biblical proportions. The port refuses to eliminate that high risk. Today, after decades of the port’s mismanagement, the reason for Ports O’ Call’s failure … you are … yet again … ignoring what is meaningful to the locals. After choosing the least qualified developers, the port is now forcing the last and most cherished establishment there out of business. Why? Good question. I understand that the financing for the new development is not secured due to its lack of any serious draw or anchor tenant. I have also heard that the developer is soliciting other developers to take the project. The port knows that the “schedule” here is not tight and the development not likely to see construction soon. However, the history revealed by these previous statements affirm that this port is not concerned or interested in doing anything that has meaning to the locals. The port just does what it wants … no matter! Sue us! Looks like we will. All of you really need to step up and into this to finally do something that is “Right!” Janet Gunter San Pedro [See Letters, page 19]
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closely with the office, Perkins and Will, and the State Geological Survey to establish plans for providing acute care services in seismically safe building on the site. Molina’s group aims to operate a smaller, fully-licensed 40-bed hospital nearby, but would need a 40-year lease at $1 a year. AHMC Healthcare, a for-profit privately held hospital corporation based in the Greater San Gabriel Valley that was founded by Wu, will operate the hospital. Molina Wu Network will managed care contracts. Construction could be completed by 2022 but needs an extension for seismic compliance from the state. The city needs to complete feasibility study that demonstrates the sustainability of an acute care facility and cost estimate and schematic drawings for construction of the site. Construction level drawings cost $1 million. As part of any operational agreement, Molina Wu Network plans to engage in a joint venture
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INITIAL STUDY/NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION RENOVATION PROJECT AT 801 SOUTH FRIES AVENUE, PORT OF LOS ANGELES The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) has prepared an Initial Study/Negative Declaration (IS/ND) to address the environmental effects of the Construction and Maintenance Division Renovation Project. This project includes renovating and upgrading the site as well as building demolitions. The IS/ND is being circulated for a period of 30 days for public review and comment. The public has an opportunity to provide written comments on the information contained within the IS/ND. The 30-day public review period starts on July 23, 2018, and ends on August 21, 2018. A copy of the document is available for public review on the Port of Los Angeles’ website at: http://www.portoflosangeles. org; the LAHD Environmental Management Division located at 222 West 6th Street, 9th Floor, San Pedro; the Los Angeles City Library San Pedro Branch at 931 S. Gaffey Street; and at the Los Angeles City Library Wilmington Branch at 1300 North Avalon, Wilmington. Comments on the IS/ND should be submitted in writing prior to the end of the 30-day public review period and must be postmarked by August 21, 2018. Please submit written comments to: Christopher Cannon, Director City of Los Angeles Harbor Department Environmental Management Division, 425 S. Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 Written comments may also be sent via email to ceqacomments@portla.org. Comments sent via email should include the project title in the subject line. For additional information, please contact Nicole Enciso with the LAHD Environmental Management Division at (310) 732-3615. CN951022 801 S FRIES Jul 26, 2018 Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018150408 The following person is doing business as: Regal Roofing, 1503 S. Centre Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Bryan Michael Hibon, 11920 Inglewood Ave., Hawthorne, CA 90250. 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/. Bryan Michael Hibdon, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 20, 2018. Notice-In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five
years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, were to expires 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: 06/27/2018, 07/12/2018, 07/26/2018, 08/09/2018
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018153929 The following person is doing business as: Hakalau Handmade Furniture, 2311 Pepperwood Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Crystal Cordelia McKay, 2311 Pepperwood Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: June 2018. 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/. Crystal Cordelia McKay, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 22, 2018. Notice-In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business
name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 07/26/18, 08/09/18, 08/23/18, 09/06/18
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018158829 The following person is doing business as: Fiberine, 1633 E. Sandison, Wilmington, CA 90744, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: G.V.M.R. Inc, 1633 E. Sandison, Wilmington, CA 90744. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: January 1981. 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/. Gonzalo Rico Jr., Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 28, 2018. Notice-In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 07/26/18, 08/09/18, 08/23/18, 09/06/18
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018146893 The following person is doing business as: Allie M Assad General Contractor, 944 W Basin Street, Wilmington, CA 90744, Los Angeles County.
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Registered owners: Allie M Assad, 944 W Basin Street, Wilmington, CA 90744. This Business is conducted by a corporation. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: January 2008. 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/. Allie M Assad, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on June 15, 2018. Notice-In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 07/26/18, 08/09/18, 08/23/18, 09/06/18
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018172348 The following person is doing
business as: JM Salon, 355 W 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Melinda Figueroa, 1085 W 24th 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: August 2010. 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/. Melinda Figueroa, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 19, 2018. Notice--In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 07/26/18, 08/09/18,
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Letters from our Elected Officials Putin is Not Our Friend
Just days after attacking some of our most powerful allies, President Trump reached a new low. And this one was lower than I ever thought he would go. President Trump sided with Putin, a man who has repeatedly tried to endanger our great democracy — and he attacked our own intelligence community. He basically gave a
giant thumbs up to a hostile dictator who has invaded a sovereign state, bombed Syrian civilians, poisoned British citizens with a nerve agent, and interfered with our elections. And with Trump on his side, who knows what Putin will do next. Putin is not our friend. Russia is not our ally. Right now, Congress needs to come together to protect our country from Russia’s attacks — because, as scary as it is to say, the President clearly won’t. Rep. Alan Lowenthal Long Beach
We Must Get to the Bottom of Trump’s Corruption and Crimes
Earlier this year, my colleague Kathleen Rice and I called for the FBI to investigate the large payment that came from disgraced Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to silence ex-Trump mistress Karen McDougal. As former prosecutors, we believe that payment was a felony campaign finance violation. Today, the New York Times reported that there is a recording of Donald Trump discussing this payment with Cohen. This is evidence that Donald Trump was directly
involved in this potentially illegal payment, despite what the White House has spent months trying to deny. We need to get to the bottom of Trump’s corruption and crimes. But only a Democrat-controlled Congress will do anything to hold him accountable. Rep. Ted Lieu, Torrance
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