RLn 9-8-18 by Random Lengths News

Homelessness and the Lies We Tell Ourselves p. 3 San Pedro Family of Doctors Write History of Coronary Care p. 3 Dear Mounts a Comeback in Carson p. 4 The Twentieth-Century Way ― Long Beach Playhouse Explores History and Truth p. 9

The Undesirables recalls the 1917 deportation of striking miners at Bisbee, Ariz. By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

Bisbee deportation. “It’s all distressed looking as if it traveled in time,” McKenna explained. “I wanted the paper and the cardboard to comment on messages without pretense. I don’t want to take all the baggage of what fine art is.” In one instance, there’s a message written to Industrial Workers of the World attorney, Fred Moore, copied verbatim in what on its face, sounded like a welcoming letter, except it was a very thinly veiled threat that referenced the earlier lynching of Wobbly Frank Little in Butte, Mont. We are planning a reception for you. Do not delay coming much longer. Be sure to bring Bill Cleary and Embrae with you. If any of the other fellows want to come along, bring them. Lots of fun and amusement for all. — Butte Little On the audio-visual side, there’s a television screen that displays turn-of-phrase sentences in timed sequences while a music [See Undesirables, page 15]

Dana Rohrabacher—

The End of An Error? Which One?

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

hen historian Howard Zinn thought about the relationship between artists and society in times of war, he said he thought of the word “transcendent.” And by transcendent, he meant that “the artist transcends the immediate. Transcends the here and now. Transcends the madness of the world.” Make no mistake, the United States is in a state of war … against itself. Zinn’s meditation on the subject is what comes to mind with Cornelius Projects’ latest exhibition, which opened on Aug. 2. The Undesirables is a mixed-media installation and event by Laurie McKenna. The exhibit recalls the 1917 Bisbee, Ariz. deportation of 1,200 striking miners and supporters 200 miles away to Columbus, N.M. The exhibit features drawings in charcoal on paper, renderings of quotes from significant figures executed plainly in black paint on cardboard. McKenna explained that she didn’t want people looking at the exhibit to be as refined as an oil painting. Instead, she wanted audiences to pay attention to the spirit of the times that inspired the work about the

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

[See Rohrabacher, page 5]

August 9 - 22, 2018

A bearded Dana in the 1980s. File photo

Thirty years ago, Dana Rohrabacher ran for Congress as an outsider pledged to terms limits. An outsider who’d been a Reagan White House speechwriter for eight years. Honest messaging has never been his thing. For example: In April 2001, he tried to negotiate a secret peace deal with the Taliban (contents still unknown), then after 9/11, he attacked the Bill Clinton administration, saying it had ignored his pleas not to negotiate with the Taliban. But this year, voters may finally make an honest man of him, and limit his term by voting him out. Rohrabacher

Laurie McKenna’s (left) mixed-media work entitled, The Undesirables, is hosted by Laurie Steelink of Cornelius Projects. Photo by Terelle Jerricks

Community Announcements:

Harbor Area POLB Harbor Commission Meeting

The Long Beach Harbor Commission will meet to approve administrative appointments, authorize Middle Harbor Redevelopment Program budget amounts, authorize $507,965.76 for the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project and approve more than $19.95 million for the fiscal year 2018 Harbor Revenue Fund to the Tidelands Operating Fund. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 13 Details: (562) 283-7070; www.polb.com/webcast Venue: Harbor Department Interim Administrative Offices, 4801 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach

Senior Citizens Advisory Commission Meeting

The Senior Citizens Advisory Commission will host its regular its monthly second Monday meeting. Time: 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 13 Details: cityofcarsonwebservices@gmail.com Venue: Carson Civic Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson

Community Civic Engagement Board Meeting

The Community Civic Engagement Board will host its monthly second Monday meeting. Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13 Details: cityofcarsonwebservices@gmail.com Venue: Carson Civic Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson

Central SPNC Stakeholder Meeting

The Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council will host its monthly board and stakeholder meeting. The agenda will be posted 72 hours prior to the meeting. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 14 Details: http://sanpedrocity.org/meeting/2018-0814-stakeholders Venue: Port of Los Angeles High School, 250 W. 5th St., San Pedro.

Utility Users’ Tax Citizens Oversight Committee Meeting

The Utility Users’ Tax Citizens Oversight Committee will host its monthly second Tuesday meeting. Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14 Details: cityofcarsonwebservices@gmail.com Venue: Carson Civic Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

Northwest, Central, Coastal SPNCs’ Joint Planning and Land Use Committee Meeting

The Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council, the Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council and the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council will host a joint Planning and Land Use Committee meeting. The agenda will be posted 72 hours prior to the meeting. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 15 Details: http://nwsanpedro.org Venue: San Pedro City Hall, 638 S. Beacon St., Room 452, San Pedro

HCNC Stakeholder Meeting

The Harbor City Neighborhood Council stakeholder meeting will host its monthly meeting. The agenda will be posted 72 hours prior to the meeting. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 15 Details: http://harborcitync.com Venue: Harbor City/Harbor Gateway Library, 24000 S. Western Ave., Harbor City

POLA Harbor Commissioners’ Meeting

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners will host a public hearing to receive comments on the Shell Marine Oil Terminal Project. Time: 8:30 a.m. Aug. 16 Details: http://harborcitync.com Venue: Harbor Administration Building Board Room, 425 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro

August 9 - 22, 2018

Long Beach Branch NAACP

The community is invited to attend a meeting up close with Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, Los Angeles County Tax Assessor, Jeffrey Prang, Long Beach City Prosecutor Doug Haubert, chancellor of the California Community Colleges, Eloy Oakley and Rep. Alan Lowenthal. Time: 3 to 5 p.m. Aug.19 Cost: Free Details: (562) 856-7586; mnaacp@gmail.com Venue: Ernest McBride Sr. Park, 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Long Beach

Committed to Independent Journalism in the Greater LA/LB Harbor Area for More Than 30 Years

Coronary Care was Rooted in San Pedro By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

On Aug. 15, the American Journal of Cardiology published a story entitled, The Evolution of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Eulogy to the Coronary Care Unit. The story was written by San Pedro’s Dr. Milford Wyman and his son, Dr. R. Michael Wyman. It focuses on the evolution of the treatment of heart attacks and the history of the coronary care unit. It highlights in the elder Wyman’s pioneering work in San Pedro. Milford Wyman is the first board certified cardiologist in all of the South Bay and Long Beach. He finished his specialty training in cardiology at the University of Southern California in 1959. At that time, there were no board certified cardiologists in San Pedro, Torrance or Long Beach. Back then, most people who became cardiologists, went into practice in the tony neighborhoods of Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles. Before the advances made from coronary care research in the 1950s, heart attack patients were basically put into a bed and doctors just hoped the patient was alive the next day, Milford Wyman explained.

Pictured together are son and father cardiologists, Dr. Michael Wyman and Dr. Milford Wyman. File photo

heart attack and was looking for someone to take over his practice while he recovered. It wasn’t as if Milford Wyman couldn’t have started a practice on the westside. His brother, Eugene Wyman, was a prominent lawyer and influential figure in Democratic politics in his time and his sister-in-law is the first woman to become a city councilperson in Los Angeles. From 1959 to the present, Milford Wyman actively taught cardiology at USC. He became a full-time professor in 1971. Milford Wyman joined the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital before it was known as Little Company of Mary Hospital or San Pedro Peninsula Hospital. Back then, it was just two buildings built in the 1920s and 30s, respectively, and

was called the San Pedro Hospital. At that time, doctors in San Pedro were only general practitioners with only three internist treating the majority of San Pedro’s residents. There were two general surgeons, a couple of obstetricians, a fairly good pathology department and a good radiology department. Milford Wyman saw an opportunity to not only conduct a really good practice, but an opportunity to conduct really good research. Wyman credits his strong relationship with the administrators of the hospital for the research he was able to conduct. As a result, San Pedro Peninsula hospital became the first to establish a coronary care department — a big step forward in treating people who had suffered a heart attack. “We started that in 1966,” Milford Wyman explained. “And, since I was so involved with the [See Wyman, page 5]

Love of the sea, ethnic diversity and opportunity is ultimately what drew Milford Wyman to San Pedro. Through a friend, Milford Wyman learned of a doctor in San Pedro who had suffered a

Homelessness and the Lies We Tell Ourselves Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

[See Myths, page 17]

We set the scene, you set the date …

FREE SLEEPING ROOM FOR EVENTS BOOKED IN AUGUST 601 S. PALOS VERDES ST. SAN PEDRO, CA 90731

August 9 - 22, 2018

1. Most of the homeless are from out of town. Amber Sheikh-Ginsburg: We have heard repeatedly from LAPD as well as

Impress your guests

The mayor’s office noted in a frequently asked questions sheet, “that homelessness touches every part of Los Angeles and that if we’re going to end homelessness, we need to create solutions in every community.” Angelenos overwhelmingly passed Measure H and Measure HHH, but money isn’t the only thing that is needed to deal with this crisis. Angelenos will have to sacrifice a bit of comfort and their long-held but often false beliefs about homelessness and the homeless. To this end, the mayor’s launched the Bridge Home Working Group to work with the stakeholders of neighborhood councils in locating possible shelter locations in every council district. Random Lengths News reached out Amber Sheikh-Ginsburg and Karen Ceaser, both longtime homeless advocates and supporters of Bridge Home. They respond to commonly held but false beliefs about homelessness and how the A Bridge Home program will affect our communities.

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

Councilman Joe Buscaino’s botched attempt to open a navigation center is still fresh in the minds of many in San Pedro. That initiative was intended to provide mobile showers, homeless parking lots and storage facilities for the belongings of people experiencing homelessness. The navigation centers were also to become places where case-managers could more easily provide services that would eventually provide these folks permanent housing. Lack of transparency and outreach ended Buscaino’s effort in the Los Angeles Harbor Area. But he also wasn’t the only council member to fail to get the navigation centers up and running. After the city and the county of Los Angeles threw hundreds of millions of dollars at what city leaders called, “the greatest moral and humanitarian crisis of our time,” they and the rest of the Southland realized that the fix to this crisis won’t be seen until 10 to 15 years down the line. In response, Mayor Eric Garcetti rolled out this past April an Emergency Temporary Housing initiative during his state of the city address known as: “A Bridge Home. “It was here that the mayor declared put up $20 million and challenged the city council members to find space in each of their districts to place emergency shelters.

Dear Tries Comeback By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter

Despite being recalled in 2016, former Mayor and City Clerk Jim Dear wants back on the Carson City Council come the Nov. 6 election. With Carson now electing its city officials in November of even years, two city council seats, along with the offices of city clerk and treasurer, will be on the ballot. Dear says he’s attempting a comeback because “I’ve been asked by literally hundreds of Carson residents” who he says consider him “a voice of reason.” Eight prospective council candidates,

including Dear and incumbents Elito Santarina and Lula Davis-Holmes, have pulled papers to run as this issue goes to press. None of the potential council candidates have yet qualified. Aug. 9 marks the last day for candidates to file. Dear served 14 stormy years on the council, most of them as mayor, before becoming city clerk for about a year starting in mid-2015. During his civic career he survived multiple recall attempts before one stuck in 2016. Both incumbents played a role in Dear’s downfall, as both voted to censure Dear prior

Better than Chain Store Service

• FREE DELIVERY • SAME CO-PAY • PERSONAL SERVICE • NO WAIT •Specialty Medicines • Professional, Familiar Service • Free Delivery Service • ILWU, Medicare Part D and all major insurances accepted

We’re your independent community pharmacy! GIVE US A CALL

310-833-3535

1294 W. 6th St., Ste. 100, San Pedro Across from Little Company of Mary Hospital

www.PeninsulaRx.com

Fax 310-833-9124

HOURS: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

to the 2016 recall. At times Santarina has been Dear’s ally, other times, his foe. Dear and DavisHolmes have long been bitter rivals. Besides the council offices, Donesia Gause, the incumbent city clerk, is running for reelection. So is Monica Cooper, the incumbent treasurer. Both have completed the qualification process, and neither has any challengers as of press time. In addition, Carson residents may or may not be voting on a proposed city charter. The city council was expected, at their July 31 meeting, to place it on the ballot. Instead there were still so many additions proposed that the council continued the item until Aug. 7. During previous votes on the proposal — dating back to May — Santarina, Jawane Hilton and Albert Robles have formed a pro-charter majority. Considering the incumbents, Santarina has been on the council since 2003 and DavisHolmes, since 2007. Santarina is a staunch ally of Robles. Davis-Holmes is usually not. Santarina is heavily supported by the Filipino-American community. Davis-Holmes is heavily supported by the African-American community. Of the remaining five prospective council candidates, at least two have planning commission experience. Ramona “Mona” Pimentel is the chairwoman. Louie Diaz is a former chairman. When Pimentel ran for council in 2016, she sent out a mailer that charged, “All of the candidates running for the City Council live in the same part of the City of Carson—except one!” A map showed her picture in south Carson and six candidates’ pictures in north Carson. Recently she sent out another mailer, “Should Carson Switch to District Elections Like Everybody Else?” It coincided with a threat from lawyer Kevin Shenkman to sue Carson for

alleged voting rights violations, but the threat has yet to be acted on. The field of prospective council candidates also includes Nafis Muhammad, Osmond “Oz” Buendia and Lori Noflin, a blogger who posts irregularly on the website for an organization called Carson Connected Inc. Her posts often criticize Carson council actions. Carson Connected, according to its website, is “an organization of community volunteers from Carson, California, and surrounding areas dedicated to nurturing our communities. Established in September 2010 … We collaborate with government, non-profit and private enterprise sectors to facilitate programs that will apply” Christian ethics. One of Noflin’s posts critical of Carson resulted in legal action. In a Feb. 25 post, Noflin raised legal questions about two appointments involving council member Hilton. One was the post of mayor pro tem on Jan. 23, 2018 and the other was when he first joined the council on June 16, 2015 at a heated, controversial meeting. The Los Angeles district attorney sent Carson a letter regarding that meeting but took no further action. On April 30 Noflin posted a cease-and-desist letter signed by City Attorney Sunny Soltani, dated March 30, 2018, which Noflin stated she received via e-mail. The letter alleged the Feb. 25 post was “libelous” and demanded its removal. Noflin refused to comply. For up-to-date information on candidates for city offices, visit the ci.carson.ca.us site. Pull down the “Electorate” tab, and click on “Nov. 6, 2018 General Municipal Election.” That will take you to a page with a blue button for “Potential Candidates.” Clicking on that opens a pop-up that includes “Proposed Candidate Lists.”

The Shortest Run to Catalina

• 698 slips from 28’ to 130’ • Guest slips available • 375 dry storage spaces up to 45’ with crane launching • Ample courtesy parking • Water & electricity • Restrooms with showers • Ice machines & laundry • Pumpout—public and slip-in

Providing clean facilities and protecting our waterways from pollution

August 9 - 22, 2018

Way M ar illo

a in

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

SERVICES & AMENITIES

Office open 7 days

Marina: (310) 514-4985 • Dry Storage: (310) 521-0200 cabrillowaymarina@westrec.com • www.CabrilloWay.com 2293 Miner St., San Pedro, CA 90731

[Rohrabacher from p. 1]

The End of an Error? Which One?

If voters do correct his record after all these years, it won’t just be the end of an error, but the end of a whole package of errors. OC Weekly’s Matt Corker summarized in what he described to Random Lengths News as “a sort of Dana’s greatest hits I compiled,” up through May 2017. It was titled A Dana Rohrabacher Reader: 21 Years of Articles on OC’s Grossest, Whiniest Congress-Loser, which drew on more than 700 stories OC Weekly had run over the years. They ranged from the simply silly (the role of dinosaur farts in global warming) to the deeply sinister (organizing and consorting with terrorists), with a volume and variety that is simply overwhelming. “I’ve tried to keep up since then with the weekly Dana Watch column,” Corker said, “But it’s been coming so fast and frequently lately that it’s been difficult to chronicle it all.” Rather than try to encompass all the weird variety of things Rohrabacher has done, we’re going to focus on a subset of four categories of error he’s been involved with: ties with Afghanistan terrorists from the 1980s onward, broader ties with international terrorists, criminal and unethical associations, and ties to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. As we’ll see, there are strong connections tying them all together: Afghanistan is just one of several different places where Rohrabacher helped support terrorist groups, as part of a network of activists which included Jack Abramoff, later imprisoned at the center of the most far-reaching lobbying scandal in recent congressional history. And questionable characters lurk all around his multiple Russia connections. Behind all these errors is [Wyman from p. 3]

Wyman

Rohrabacher’s polarizing hot-head mindset, so focused on fighting ill-defined enemies that he’s blind to the glaring flaws of his friends, his allies, himself. The possibility that demon-hunting itself is the problem never enters his mind. There’s also a deeper error that made all this possible: how Orange County’s past as national seedbed of the demon-hunting right was based on deep denial of how profoundly dependent it was on federal government spending. Don’t expect that error to end anytime soon. But if Rohrabacher does lose in November, it will at least have loosened its grip on its modern birthplace.

Rohrabacher’s Ties to 9/11 Terrorists

[See Rohrabacher, page 8]

“Rohrabacher is unapologetic about his interest in foreign affairs, particularly his involvement in Afghanistan, which dates from his years in the Reagan administration,” The Daily Breeze wrote in 2003. “A stable Afghanistan is a prerequisite for a stable central Asia. You have a huge chunk of the world that pivots around Afghanistan,’’ Rohrabacher told The Daily Breeze. But a stable Afghanistan is the last thing you’d expect from the actual record of his long involvement there. The immediate aftermath of 9/11 saw astounding bipartisanship — except for Dana Rohrabacher, as the OC Weekly recalled a year later. “Members of a special House Intelligence subcommittee on international terrorism evacuated the U.S. Capitol and, in hopes of calming public anxiety, called an emergency press conference,” the OC Weekly wrote. Leaders of from both parties presenting a united front, until Rohrabacher — who wasn’t a subcommittee member — demanded to speak: “Let me just tell you, this is not just a day of

infamy; this is a tragedy,” he said. “It’s a day of disgrace.” He excoriating the intelligence community: “Where’s the FBI? Where’s the CIA?” he asked how they would explain their “catastrophic incompetence. “I’ve been begging people to do something about Afghanistan,” he said. “And, I said, if we didn’t do anything about the Taliban, we would pay a dear price.” But the reality was exactly the opposite, as Rohrabacher’s 2002 opponent, long-time Long Beach then-Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske, tried in vain to expose, with little party support and a virtual media blackout. In reality, Rohrabacher himself had been privately negotiating with the Taliban as late as May 2001. And, he had a long history of involvement there before that. He was involved in helping to organize and arm the Mujahideen while working in the Ronald Reagan White House in the 1980s. The total price tag was $3 billion. The policy was not to aid leaders or factions with most popular support — if, as advertised, the goal was to promote democracy — but rather the most hardline extremists, who would never stop fighting. When the Soviets left in 1989 — they didn’t. The Taliban eventually emerged as the most dominant faction, establishing a government in 1996. At the time, Rohrabacher defended them against almost universal condemnation (only three countries recognized its government) in an interview reported in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: The potential rise to power of the Taliban does not alarm Rohrabacher, because the Taliban could provide stability in an area where chaos was creating a real threat to the U.S…. Rohrabacher calls the sensational media reporting of the “harsh” imposition of

Five years later, he was still at it. “Rohrabacher traveled to Qatar and conducted secret, unauthorized negotiations with Osama Bin Laden’s protégé, Taliban Foreign Minister Walid Ahmad Mutawakel in April 2001,” Schipske said in an August 2002 press release. The note went on to state that, “The Arab news media reports that Rohrabacher pressured the Government of Qatar to set up a private meeting between him and the Taliban’s Foreign Minister…. Rohrabacher met with Mutawakel and gave him a document that outlined his own ‘personal peace plan’ and told Mutawakel to take it back to the Taliban…. It is simply outrageous that this rogue Congressman engaged in negotiations with the Taliban. He needs to explain why he tried to cut a deal on his own and what he promised the Taliban during the meeting.” Schipske urged Rohrabacher to release whatever documents he handed to the Taliban leader. There was no major media follow-up, but Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo did some digging of his own. “The story is actually true,” he reported: In April 2001, Rohrabacher travelled to Doha, Qatar to attend a conference on “Free Markets and Democracy.” While there, he met with a Taliban delegation led by Muttawakil. Al Jazeera reported that the two discussed Osama bin Laden, the situation of women and civil liberties. Rohrabacher told Agence France Presse that the conversation was “frank and open.” And he told the Associated Press that Muttawakil’s response to his plan was “thoughtful and inquisitive.”…. It turns out there’s more. The Muttawakil

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

Divorce $159-$289 + Filing Fee Bankruptcy $695 + Filing Fee Living Trust $375 Will $175 • Probate $299 Basic Prices for Simple Cases

August 9 - 22, 2018

whole area of abnormal heart rhythms, this was one of the ways to prevent sudden death from a heart attack. That was to prevent ventricular defibrillation, the arrhythmia that occurs right before you die when you have a heart attack. We were the first in the country, if not the world, to start a program to prevent ventricular defibrillation. “We now have new methods to treat a patient that come in with a heart attack,” Milford Wyman explained. “They don’t go to a coronary care unit, they go straight up to the cauterization lab and the artery that was obstructed is opened up acutely. So the need for a place like a coronary care unit isn’t necessary.” Wyman was on the ground floor in bringing coronary care units into existence. Now, his son is bringing in a new phase as an expert in opening up blocked coronary arteries. He is the head of that area at Torrance Memorial Hospital. “Michael is exceedingly well trained,” the elder Wyman said. “He went to medical school at John Hopkins University … did his cardiology at Harvard and taught two years at the University of Virginia before joining me in 1988.” The father and son duo worked closely on this history of cardiology. A copy of the article will be available at www.http:// tinyurl/.com/wymans-history when it’s released.

Dana Rohrabacher fought alongside the Taliban against the Russians in the 1980s. File photo

strict Islamic behavior, with the underlying implication that this somehow threatens the West, “nonsense.” He says the Taliban are devout traditionalists, not terrorists or revolutionaries, and, in contrast to the Iranians, they do not seem intent on exporting their beliefs….

The San Pedro Telegraph Social media, rumors, fake news and propaganda By James Preston Allen, Publisher

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

Every small town in America — and probably the world — thrives on rumors, small slanders and innuendo. Just look at the most popular small town on the planet — Hollywood. It wouldn’t exist without an industry fueled by rumors. The Hollywood rumor mill has been fine-tuned into an art form that supports all kind of purveyors of the hardly-truefacts about celebrities. Just look at all those celebrity zines in the checkout line at the supermarket. So, it comes as no surprise to me that in any part of our town or any place in the greater Harbor Area that rumor is common traffic. I call it the San Pedro Telegraph. The San Pedro Telegraph is not particularly accurate and often features wildly exaggerated claims based upon some kernel of truth or reaction to something someone once saw. But The San Pedro Telegraph has now exploded with the “democratization of media” with the advent of Facebook and YouTube, the most popular parties in expediting the spread of rumors. Mark Zuckerberg, the young billionaire CEO of Facebook, has had to apologize to Congress and the nation for the failings of his company along these lines recently. But his company is just one actor in the spread of rumors and false information. In all honesty, we are all a party to the spread of rumors and false information, at one time or another. It’s a curious lack of confidence on Wall Street that his company recently lost $19 billion in value in one day. Do investors know something we don’t? Not really. The value of any other social media is only as valuable as it is vulnerable to misuse. Just this week, both YouTube and Facebook made a critical decision to act against content purveyors acting as bad actors by kicking Alex Jones* and others who have made a career of spreading false information, wild conspiracies and outright propaganda off their platforms. Jones, who is most widely known for running InfoWars.com, is a celebrity in America’s alt-right uprising who, alongside white nationalists provocateurs like Richard Spencer, have done more to disrupt civility in this country than perhaps the Russians have accomplished in confusing our elections with propaganda. There should be more done to reign in this kind of disinformation by these social media platforms. And, more should be done to promote media literacy in both our high

schools and colleges. Our young people need to be armed and have some filters to sort out what’s real from what’s fake. Clearly, all of the major digital communication companies like Google, Yahoo, Facebook, YouTube etc. need to be regulated in much the same ways that broadcast and telecom companies are constrained. After all, they use public airwaves and Internet infrastructure to connect to you, the users. Sure free speech matters, but it’s clear that not all information matters. Some is more important than others. There needs to be some basic filters on what content is allowed to be shared on these platforms and that these decisions be made by humans with some knowledge base. I’m not talking censorship, but rather informed judgement. This is kind of like what we do here and in every newsroom around the world — make decisions on what’s relevant and what is not. You, the reader gets to choose ultimately if you like our choices. The benefit to the community that we serve is that we filter out a lot of the noise, wild ranting and the self-promotional propaganda. And once in a while, we expose some unfounded rumors discovering what might be considered the truth. It’s not an exact science nor should it be, but the journalism craft is honed by experience, history and informed curiosity — attributes that are sorely lacking in the San Pedro Telegraph and the incivility of social media. After four decades of publishing RLn, I have witnessed all the characters, personalities and poseurs that have wandered through this town. And, in that time, I have developed a pretty good bullshit detector. I put this detector to use through my column in this paper. Most who read my column either agree or disagree with me. Either way it is an honor to write it. But what I don’t tolerate is the use of a sly kind of slander by our competition and certain disgruntled others against me personally to undermine the value of this newspaper in this community. The stupidity and unsubstantiated rumors about me occasionally gets back to me through the San Pedro Telegraph. The only solace I’ve been able to find is that the very same people usually end up being victims of the same kind of rumors they trafficked in. The circle of karma is often swift, if not just. In the end I take a lot of wisdom from the musings of Benjamin Franklin on this subject. He said, “Believe none of what you hear and half Publisher/Executive Editor James Preston Allen james@randomlengthsnews.com

August 9 - 22, 2018

Assoc. Publisher/Production Coordinator Suzanne Matsumiya

“A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.” —Mark Twain Vol. XXXIX : No. 16 Published every two weeks for the Harbor Area communities of San Pedro, RPV, Lomita, Harbor City, Wilmington, Carson and Long Beach. Distributed at over 350 locations throughout the Harbor Area.

Managing Editor Terelle Jerricks editor@randomlengthsnews.com Senior Editor Paul Rosenberg

of what you see.” In other words, be cautious about accepting something without evidence. This would be a good place to start in promoting media literacy even to some of the old folks who tune into Fox News. *Alex Jones is a far-right American conspiracy theorist and fake news website and media platform

owned by Alex Jones’s Free Speech Systems LLC.[15] It was founded in 1999. Talk shows and other content are created primarily in studios at an undisclosed location in an industrial area outside Austin, Texas. The InfoWars website receives about 10 million monthly visits, making it more visited than some mainstream news websites such as The Economist and Newsweek.

How the Croatian Cultural Center Got Hijacked By Maya Bristow, former executive director of the Croatian Cultural Center It’s been a year and two months since the City of Los Angeles learned that the Croatian Consulate couldn’t relocate its offices to the Croatian Cultural Center. At the time, Consul General Sinisa Grgic claimed that the building standards and security required by the European Union ruled out the move to the center at 510 W. 7th St. in San Pedro. District 15 Councilman Joe Buscaino’s office was supposed to be working on a re-imagining of the center as a more prominent Croatian American venue that could highlight and draw broader cultural interests from throughout the Los Angeles metropolis. Buscaino has been silent on the issue and the Croatian Cultural Center has been empty ever since. It didn’t have to be this way. Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center was ably accomplishing the mission of the center until the nonprofit organization was fired.

What happened?

On April 10, 2017, former 15th District City

Columnists/Reporters Lyn Jensen Reporter Richard Foss Restaurant Reviewer Andrea Serna Arts Writer Melina Paris Culture Writer Send Calendar Items to: 14days@randomlengthsnews.com Photographers Jessie Drezner, Terelle Jerricks, Diana Lejins, Raphael Richardson

Cartoonists Ann Cleaves, Andy Singer, Jan Sorensen, Matt Wuerker Design/Production Suzanne Matsumiya, Brenda Lopez Advertising Representative Justin Shahian Sales1@randomlengthsnews.com

Display advertising (310) 519-1442 Contributors (310) 519-1016 Zamná Àvila, Maya Bristow, Sara Classifieds Fax: (310) 832-1000 Corcoran, Greggory Moore www.randomlengthsnews.com

Councilman Rudy Svorinich Jr., who arranged the city purchase of the 1928 bank building in the 1990s, along with the executive board of the Croatian National Association orchestrated the ouster of Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center (a member organization) with a letter to Buscaino. They claimed that “for too many years, the Croatian Cultural Center has been underutilized, its board of directors non-existent and its original purpose having been compromised” an accusation rebutted in this op-ed. Two weeks later, Buscaino presented a motion to the Los Angeles City Council to execute a lease with the Croatian consulate, execute a Right of Entry permit to the consulate and issue a 45-day notice to the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center to vacate the premises. Svorinich was later quoted in regards to the ouster, saying, “What had happened is it had started to become more of a multicultural center, which the Croatian-American community felt [See Hijacked, 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.

Community Alert

Toyota Terminal Renovation Scheduled for Vote

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners will vote Aug. 13, on a proposal by Toyota Logistics Services to reconfigure its facility at Pier B and build a renewable fuelcell power plant and hydrogen fueling station. The study to be released by the port is called an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. It means that no substantial evidence was found that the project would have a significant effect on the environment. Public comment on the proposal was accepted through July 10 and a final study and Notice of Intent have been issued. The study and Notice of Intent are available at www. polb.com/ceqa. Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 13 Details: www.polb.com/ webcast. Venue: Port Interim Administrative Offices, 4801 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach 90815

RANDOMLetters Peace Week versus Fleet Week

I feel a need to express my feelings about Fleet week and to explain why I instead participate in Peace Week. As a mother and as a teacher I have always felt a strong need to protect our young. Whether war is ever justified is a question that I can’t answer, but it is always a tragedy, and should never be a reason to celebrate. It doesn’t make much difference if the dead are innocent civilians or are a part of the military. Every life has infinite value and every death rips a hole in the families and communities of those victims, military and civilian alike. Peace is a cause that should be celebrated while wars should only be mourned. Last year I went to the USS Iowa where a group of people stood quietly holding candles for Peace near a rock concert where crowds of people screamed and drank and celebrated war. I went to an event at Machine Art Gallery on 6th Street where

[Hijacked from p. 3]

Hijacked

Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/croatian-centerhijacked

situation. We object to the treatment of law-abiding individuals recording and bearing witness to interactions between police and the most vulnerable in our society. We feel bearing witness to the treatment of houseless individuals should become more frequent and welcomed by all branches of our elected and tax supported representatives as we seek a solution to the No. 1 situation facing our society — homelessness! Chris Venn, Bill Roberson Rachel Bruhnke, Julia Scoville Charlie Lamont and Pat Hannah, San Pedro [See Letters, p. 19]

August 9 - 22, 2018

The board of directors for the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center only learned about the Croatian Consulate’s intention to move its offices to the center and Buscaino’s motion to terminate the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center’s Memorandum of Understanding through an April 26, 2017 Daily Breeze article. Los Angeles City Council’s Entertainment and Facilities Committee hosted a public meeting on

Recently a well-known, San Pedro advocate for the rights of the homeless was arrested as a police sweep of a homeless encampment in the Harbor Area took place. She had been alerted of the sweep and was observing and taking pictures. After her arrest, she was taken to a local emergency room to be evaluated for injuries incurred during her arrest, which had been captured and observed by officers’ body cameras. She was then transported and placed in a holding cell at the 77th Street precinct for over four hours. Due to her delicate health this became a life-threatening

Un-notice of Termination

May 9, 2017 — a meeting attended by Svorinich, Consul General Sinisa Grgic and Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center representative Sena Denktas, where they discussed the “expedited” matter, under Buscaino’s “leadership.” Interestingly, Denktas comments were perfectly “indecipherable” in the transcript of this meeting and anything she said regarding the Center was conveniently missing. Grgic said he would “like to support most of [Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center’s] activities and continue to cooperate … [and] keep this cultural component within the cultural center” — not true. Grgic never reached out to the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center and he refused to include the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center in any discussions. The question that has never been answered is why did the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center eviction have to be expedited when the Croatian Consulate never submitted a relocation request to the U.S. State Department? The State Department requires a written request in order for a foreign mission to purchase or lease property in the United States. Time is needed to allow for this approval. Buscaino’s motion was approved, on May 9, 2017, without support by necessary documents. On June 13, 2017, Consul Grgic stated in a formal notice to Buscaino’s office that the consulate was not going to relocate and “ruled out” due to “building standards and security required by the European Union.” The same rules that were intact since the beginning of the relocation for the center. However, the termination of the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center for July 3, 2017 proceeded. Our first attempt for reconsideration came shortly after the Entertainment and Facilities Committee meeting on May 9, 2017, at which a request was hand delivered personally to Laura Hill and mailed to Buscaino’s office on June 21, 2017. With no response, a follow-up with Hill occurred on the June 27, again mailed and handdelivered with hundreds of signatures from the communities in opposition of this motion for reconsideration but again, no response. In the end, the Croatian Cultural Center was shutdown under false pretenses.

Advocate Threatened

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

was a little off the original intent and purpose. Now there’s an opportunity to put the center back on the path for which it was originally intended.” I was amazed by Svorinich’s statement in that he was either locked in a box or completely unaware of the events put on by the center. Since 2009, the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center had been operating the center and hosting high profile events that promoted Croatian culture, while ensuring that the rest of San Pedro could also have use of the space. This approach created a thriving center for culture in accordance with our memorandum of understanding. Some of the events hosted at the center included: Scola Croatica — a children’s school for language and culture of Croatia, Izvor — Croatian singers regularly performed at the center. And host of regular events including film screenings, concerts, art exhibits and book presentations regarding the statehood of Croatia, Croatian Christmas and Croatian Mother’s Day. The center hosted Croatian Consular Days twice a month. Additional achievements included the installation of five sectioned 10-by-60 foot mural, The History of Croatia by Marija Miletic Dail and a window display featuring the history of Croatian settlers in San Pedro. Svorinich accused the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center’s programming of being too multicultural and used that allegation as justification for pushing the Friends of the Croatian Cultural Center out.

young people joined members of Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace, and other peace activists to make art and eat pizza. And I sailed past the USS Iowa on a boat with the Peace Flotilla. This year’s Peace Week activities look to be even better. I have a t-shirt from the pre Iraq war days that says, “The lizard sunning on a rock, the dog howling in the streets, the ancient and priceless artwork, archeological treasures not yet discovered, the infants at their mother’s breast, the children playing, the trees, animals, and even the land itself does not support terrorism.” Despite many people who fought for peace war commenced and as a result so much tragedy has happened. Much of what is happening in the world now is a result of that tragedy. Millions of people are homeless from wars, and even more from the same corporate greed that created those wars. I want to make it clear that I do not in any way mean to disrespect the people who fight in

the military. But as a teacher I have had to try to comfort their children who burst into tears wondering if their mother or father is still alive. San Pedro has been my home for 30 years. I raised my children here. I love this town as I have never loved any of the other places I lived. I try to support the local businesses and the community. Fleet Week was envisioned as a way to bring tourism and money into San Pedro. I support that ideal. Yet there are ways to do so without our town becoming a caricature of a WWII propaganda film. Linda Handwerk San Pedro

[Rohrabacher from p. 5]

taxpayer funds to terrorists in Angola and apply force to Congress to support the contras,” Corker subsequently noted. The Nicaraguan contras, of course, lead to another major scandal. When Congress cut off funding, the Reagan administration engineered arms-for-hostages deals with Iran, which were exposed in 1986. Oliver North, who played a lead role in coordinating things, went on to be Rohrabacher’s most prominent supporter when he first ran for Congress in 1988. So he first entered Congress with the blood of innocent civilians on three continents on his hands — all in the name of “freedom.”

Rohrabacher

meeting was attended by several members of the United States Congress, according to Associated Press and Agence France Presse reports. Who those other members of Congress were is not clear. They don’t seem to be jumping forward. Who are they? I’d like to know.

All this was happening as the CIA was trying to convince the George W. Bush administration to launch a covert military campaign in Afghanistan to end the Al Qaeda threat, according to a 2015 Politico report: By May of 2001, said Cofer Black, then chief of the CIA’s counterterrorism center, “It was very evident that we were going to be struck, we were gonna be struck hard and lots of Americans were going to die. That’s where the CIA was, to answer Rohrabacher’s question on 9/11. They had a far more realistic picture of what was happening in Afghanistan than he ever dreamed of.

Rohrabacher’s Crime Friends And Family

Rohrabacher’s Wider Terrorist Ties

scandal helped set the stage for the Democrats retaking the House of Representatives in 2006, after he pled guilty to influence peddling and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. As Corker explained in 2005, it all started with a 1983 conversation between Rohrabacher and another Youth for Reagan buddy Jack Wheeler, who “mentioned that ‘a spontaneous outbreak of revolts in the Soviet colonies’ was in progress and that nobody had grasped its potential. Properly nurtured, he told Rohrabacher, such revolts could destroy the evil empire’s “very core.” Rohrabacher jumped on the idea, and helped lay the groundwork which lead to a series of meetings in with Reagan officials in which the term “freedom fighters” was born. A couple of wealthy GOP donors formed an organization,

Motivational Speaker

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

Afghanistan was just one of several sites on three continents where Rohrabacher worked with a network of activists in the 1980s to support terrorists fighting Soviet influence. These included several eventually high-profile figures: Grover Norquist, Jack Abramoff and Oliver North among them. “Back in the eighties Norquist and Rohrabacher used to be known for what you might call extreme activism, basically heading out to remote spots in the Third World, mainly in Africa, and hooking up with various right-wing militias,” Marshall wrote, noting that Norquist was also in Doha at the same time as Rohrabacher met with the Taliban. But they didn’t just “hook up,” and there was a whole network of others involved as well, including Jack Abramoff, whose lobbying

Abramoff is a prime example of a host of shady Graphic by Brenda Lopez characters Rohrabacher has Citizens for America, which, among other things, known—and even married. In January, 2017, Coker wrote about the employed Jack Abramoff and organized a 1985 meeting in Angola “to organize international more select group of those who’d actually terrorists from four countries”: Angola, been convicted. First up was Rhonda Carmony Rohrabacher. In 1995, she was Rohrabacher’s Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Laos. The White House point man on the deal campaign manager when she helped recruit a was none other than Dana Rohrabacher, with decoy candidate to split the Democratic vote, so heavy lifting from two young Republicans and that Scott Baugh, a Rohrabacher protégé, could future powerful lobbyists: Grover Norquist and get elected to the California Assembly. (More Jack Abramoff. (The Angolan terrorist leader, recently Baugh turned against Rohrabacher, and Jonas Savimbi, signed a $600,000 contract with challenged him, unsuccessfully, in this year’s Paul Manafort’s lobbying firm that same year, primary.) Charged with two felonies — conspiracy an intriguing precursor to their later shared and fraudulently filing and making nomination papers — Carmony escaped conviction with hung alignment with Putin.) “The [Citizens For America], leaning on such jury, but pleaded guilty rather than face retrial, and wealthy right-wingers as Joseph Coors and Ivan had those felonies reduced to misdemeanors, with Boesky, would go on to steer millions in U.S. [See Rohrabacher, page 16]

Tim S. Marshall

August 9 - 22, 2018

• Award-winning Author • Best Seller’s List • Entrepreneur • Life Coach • TIMSMARSHALL.COM

Kaitlyn Spilberg

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compas- Motivational Speaker sions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. —Lamentations 3:22-23 • Founder Share Hope USA • Play-Doh Drive Creator • SHAREHOPEUSA.COM

SYMOND BOSCHETTO

The Twentieth-Century WAy:

a Compelling Exploration of Historical and Ethical Truths By Greggory Moore, RLn Curtain Call Columnist

In 1914, W.H. Warren and B.C. Brown, two men with no lawenforcement experience, were hired by the Long Beach Police Department as special vice officers. They were charged with ferreting out the city’s “social vagrants” by posing as gay men to infiltrate the community and entrap its members. They personally received $10 for each collar and their 31 arrestees—“shameless men,” according to the Los Angeles Times, which printed all of their names—paid a total of

$5,275 in fines. Ten were jailed for 180 days a piece. “But what a holy city Long Beach is!” wrote the Times in complete earnestness. Only florist Herbert Lowe fought the charges, winning acquittal when the suicide of one of his fellow sting victims apparently soured his jury to the whole sordid business. You can’t make this stuff up. Or I suppose you could, but playwright Tom Jacobson didn’t have to. All of this, which forms the basis for The Twentieth[See Twentieth-Century, page 14]

Noah Wagner as W.H. Warren and Christian Jordan Skinner as B.C. Brown in the true story of two men hired by the Long Beach Police Department as special vice officers charged with ferreting out the city’s “social vagrants” by posing as gay men. Real News, Real People, Really Effective August 9 - 22, 2018

ENTERTAINMENT Aug 10

Long Beach Community Band at Stearns Park The Shoreline Symphonic Winds, also known as the Long Beach Community Band, will be performing before the movie in the park. Time: 6:30 p.m Aug. 10 Cost: Free Details: www.longbeach community band.org Venue: Stearns Champions Park, 4520 E. 23rd St., Long Beach 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

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

Aug 11

Harbor Jazz Ensemble Enjoy the dance floor and cabaret-style seating at People’s Place while listening to Harbor Jazz Ensemble: the little band with a big band sound. The event is family-friendly and you’re welcome to bring your own refreshments. Time: 7 to 9 p.m. Aug 11 Cost: $10 Details: www. peoplesplacesp.com Venue: 365 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Aug 12

2LIT Sundays Day Party DJ Brad Rush will be lighting up the party. Time: 3 p.m. Aug. 12 Cost: $10 to $100 Details: www.solvenue.com Venue: The Sol Venue, 313 E. Carson St., Carson

August 9 - 22, 2018

Aug 18

Los Cerritos Concerts in the Park Bernie Pearl Blues Band performs. Time: 6 p.m. Aug 18 Cost: Free Details: (562) 570-7777 Venue: Los Cerritos Park, 3750 Del Mar Ave., Long Beach 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 Francois de Lima The trombonist François de Lima is praised for the creativity of his improvisations and the swing of his interpretation. De Lima transits between authorial compositions and songs by the most known artists from Brazil, presenting a unique blend of Brazilian ginga and American jazz. Time: 9 to 11 p.m. Aug 18 Cost: $15 Details: www.alvasshowroom.tix. com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro Phogust Phogust is a presentation of an array of cutting edge experimental sound practitioners from the greater Los Angeles area who 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

Aug 19

4 Level Interchange The 4LI meld their influences of funk, post bop, progressive rock, and world music into compositions that serve as a basis for improvisation and group interplay. Time: 4 to 6 p.m. Aug 19 Cost: $10 Details: www.alvasshowroom.tix. com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro Chequered Past ‘80s New Wave Party Doc Martens, Creepers, checkered Vans, thrift store clothes and your favorite band pins — the fun fashion side of the ‘80s included all of these, but it would not have been complete without the great music — the very best in New Wave, Post Punk and Alternative Dance classics. Time: 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Aug. 19 Cost: $10 to $20 Details: www.soundetc.ticketleap. com/chequered-past Venue: Roxanne’s, 115 E. Wardlow Road, Long Beach

Aug 23

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 nonprofit, 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

AUG 9 - 22 • 2018 Details: www.cleansanpedro.net Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Aug 25 14th Annual Light at the Lighthouse Festival The Light at the Lighthouse Festival features four stages of the best headlining Christian Rock Bands, The Edge Stage for rock with a more metal vibe, a youth stage with plenty of children’s entertainment and a worship stage featuring talent from local churches. Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug 25 Cost: Free Details: www.lightatthelighthouse. org Venue: Point Fermin Park 3601 S. Gaffey St,. San Pedro

Aug 25

Popfuji The summer music festival continues and this time it’s Americana Jam Band Night. Come for a night filled with unbelievable performances, delicious food and your favorite Brouwerij West beers. Time: 4:30 p.m. Aug 25 Cost: Free Details: (310) 833-9330 Venue: Brouwerij West, 110 E. 22nd St., Warehouse No. 9, San Pedro

THEATER Aug 11

Twelfth Night Celebration Series Shakespeare’s celebration of life, love and human harmony comes to life with stunning choreography, language and music into a theatrical adventure. Time: 8 to 10:30 p.m. Aug. 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25, and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 26 Cost: $5 to $20 Details: www.twelfthnightatect. brownpapertickets.com Venue: Elysium Conservatory Theatre, 729 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro

Aug 17

Mamma Mia! Packed with unbridled energy and enthusiasm, this Broadway blockbuster tells the story of an independent single mom who is about to marry off the spirited daughter she has raised alone on an idyllic Greek island. Time: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Aug. 17 through 26 Cost: $40 to $85 Details: www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos

Aug 19

Most Happy Fella Based on the play, They Knew What They Wanted, by Sidney Howard, Most Happy Fella is a heart-warming story of a MayDecember romance. The Reiner Staged Readings are presented

concert style, like radio theatre. Time: 7 p.m. Aug. 19 Cost: $40 to $53 Details: (562) 856-1999; www.musical.org Venue: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton, 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. 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

Ongoing The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret No matter where you identify on the vast gender spectrum, chances are you have been stereotyped into one connecting box of behaviors. Find an assortment of folks who are otherwise anything but what they appear to be. Time: 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, through Aug. 11 Cost: $18 to $30 Details: www.thegaragetheatre. org/on-stage-now-1 Venue: The Garage Theatre, 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach 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 through Aug 18 Cost: $14 to $24 Details: (562) 494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach Sea Marks at Little Fish Theatre A fisherman on a remote Irish island falls in love with a woman from Liverpool he meets at a wedding. A long-distance courtship via mail ensues and romance blossoms. Time: 8 p.m. Aug. 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30, and 2 p.m. Aug. 12 and 19 Cost: $23 to $27 Details: www.shakespearebythe sea.secure.force.com Venue: Little Fish Theatre, 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro Uncle Vanya Celebration Series Audiences will go further than ever into the textured tastes of

Anton Checkhov’s most searing work. Artistic director Aaron Ganz blends the fearless artistry and passionate theatricality of this performing arts company into a stunning experience that blurs the lines of possibility in performance. Time: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 12 and 19, and 8 to 10:30 p.m. Aug. 17 and 24 Cost: $5 to $20 Details: www.vanyaatect. brownpapertickets.com Venue: Elysium Conservatory Theatre, 729 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro

FILM

Aug 9

Thor: Ragnarok Movies in the Park begin at dusk. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, picnic style dinner, and family and friends. Time: 8 p.m. Aug. 9 Cost: Free Venue: Orizaba Park, 1435 Orizaba Ave., Long Beach

Aug 10

The Nut Job 2 Movies in the Park begin at dusk. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, picnic style dinner, and family and friends. Time: 7:30 Aug.10 Cost: Free Venue: Stearns Champions Park, 4520 E. 23rd St., Long Beach Mean Girls Beach Screening This summer, be part of the incrowd. The Long Beach QFilm Festival is kicking off with a screening of the LGBTQ cult classic, Mean Girls, at Alfredo’s Beach Club. Join this family (and dog) friendly event. There will be snacks and beverages available and film-inspired photo stations. Time: 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Aug. 10 Cost: Free Details: (562) 477-6820 Venue: Alfredo’s Beach Club, 5100 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

Aug 11 Summer Screenings at Mixographia Mixographia announces a series of film screenings each Saturday in August. The selected films encompass biographical documentaries, artists’ film and video projects and films that examine particular cultural moments around the world. Time: 3 p.m. Aug 11 and 18 Cost: Free Details: www.onthepress@ mixographia.com Venue: Mixographia, 1419 E. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles

Aug 17

Summer Films in the Garden Feed and Be Fed hopes to build and educate the community through screening films, filmmakers discussing their films, and hosting expert presenters in sustainability. Seeds of Permaculture’s speakers Larry and Elijah Santoyo, of the Permaculture Academy, will give lessons on sustainability and

permaculture. Time: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Cost: Free Details: (424) 287-7335; www.feedandbefed.com Venue: Feed and Be Fed, 425 W. 6th St., San Pedro

ARTS

Aug 11 Frida Kahlo Under the Stars with Gregorio Luke This illustrated lecture presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of Frida Kahlo (1907- 1954). Using over 300 slides of her paintings, 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 to 10 p.m. Aug. 11 Cost: $25 Details: www.FridaKahloUnder theStars.com Venue: LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes, 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles Pop Life Art Opening The contemporary interactive popart exhibit will showcase a line-up of large scale canvas pieces of some of the most iconic figures in the history of pop culture; such as Andy Warhol, Keith Hering, Basquiat and Kate Moss. The show runs through Sept. 9. Time: 7 to 10 p.m. Aug 11 Cost: Free Details: (562) 584-6233; www. madebymillworks.com Venue: MADE by Millworks, 240 Pine Ave., Long Beach

Aug 18 Contemporary Filipino and Filipino-American Textile The exhibition features works by Filipino-American contemporary artists Cirilo Domine and Christine Morla and Manila’s Aze Ong all of whom have conceptually, spiritually, or formally inspired to use textiles as a starting point of inquiry. Co-curated by Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza and Joseph Santarromana. Exhibition runs Aug. 18 through Oct. 28. Time: 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, or by appointment Cost: Free Details: (310) 514-9139; www.pintadosgallery.com Venue: Pinta*Dos Philippine Art Gallery, 479 W 6th St., Suite 107, San Pedro August Mural Tour Cruise through Long Beach on your bicycle and see beautiful murals you don’t see on the day to day. Some of them are impossible to stumble onto unless you’re looking. Every month is a new route. We meet in front of MADE by Millworks at 9:45 am and roll out around 10. Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 18 Cost: Free Details: (562) 588-4903 Venue: MADE by Millworks, 240 Pine Ave., Long Beach

Malaga Cove Summer Art Show The art show features local artists, jewelry, ceramics and wearable art. Malaga Cove Plaza is at the entrance to the City of Palos Verdes Estates on scenic Palos Verdes Drive West between Via Chico and Via Corta. Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug 18 and 19 Cost: Free Details: www.pvartcenter/ malagacove.com Location: Malaga Cove Plaza, 43 Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates

Ongoing

Block and Line Annie Stromquist, who has been exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe. The exhibit runs through Aug. 31. Time: 12 to 5 p.m. Tues. through Sat. Cost: Free Details: www.michaelstearns studio.com Venue: Michael Stearns Studio @The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro 17th Parkhurst Artists’ Exhibit Come celebrate brand new works from more than 30 local South Bay artists at the 17th Parkhurst Artists’ Exhibit opening reception includes hors d’oeuvres, wine bar and live music. Runs through Aug. 17. Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: Free Details: (310) 547.3158; www.parkhurstgalleries.com Venue: Parkhurst Galleries, 439 W. 6th St.,San Pedro

COMMUNITY Aug 9

Renunion Breakfast San Pedro High School Class of 1945 Reunion Breakfast Time: 9:30 a.m. Aug. 9 Details: (310) 832-1807, (310) 835-2470. Venue: The Grinder, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro Food Tasting The Assistance League San Pedro-South Bay Gift Shop will be hosting a free tasting, featuring great summer dishes for home and entertaining. Recipes will be included. Time:11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9 Cost: Free Details: (310) 832-8355, ext. 221. Venue: Assistance League San Pedro-South Bay,1441 W. 8th St., San Pedro

Aug 11

Celebrate the Eighties Join Councilman Austin for his annual community update and recognition of residents, organizations and businesses. This year’s event will include a concert by an ‘80s cover band, Like Totally Fer Sure.” Time: 3 p.m. Aug. 11 Cost: Free Details: (562) 570-6685; www.district8@longbeach.gov Venue: Bixby Knolls Park, 1101 San Antonio Drive, Long Beach Literary San Pedro Walking Tour Local historian and San Pedro Today columnist, Angela “Romee” Romero, will share the words of local writers and those who found inspiration here as she takes you

to some of the favorite haunts of the literary set. Tickets and space is limited. RSVP. A second tour will be offered Aug. 26. Time: 10 a.m. Aug. 11 Cost: $15 Details: (310) 808-7800 Location: San Pedro Adaptive Swimming Lessons This program is for ages 3 and over with developmental and/or physical disabilities. It focuses on individualized water safety instructions and fundamental swimming skills. Times: 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11a.m. Time: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Aug.11 Cost: $50 Details: (310) 835-0212 Venue: Dominguez Aquatic Center, 21330 Santa Fe Ave., Carson

Aug 12

Explore the Shore Join the “Walk Cabrillo” guided tour of the Cabrillo Beach Coastal Park habitats. This activity includes guided interpretation of inner Cabrillo Beach, saltmarsh, outer wave-swept sandy beach, and the Cabrillo Beach tide pools. Time: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m Aug. 12 Cost: Free Details: (310) 548-7562; www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org. Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro Cacti and Succulents of Mexico Wendell S. (Woody) Minnich has been in the cactus hobby for some 45 years and has become well known for his participation in many of the cactus and succulent clubs. Join Woody, as he shows you many of the new cacti and other succulents of Mexico. Time: 1 p.m. Aug. 12

Cost: Free Details: www.southcoastcss.org Venue: South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula

Aug 16

Stories of Los Angeles Harbor Area The launch and preview of the first Los Angeles County sponsored oral history project, debuting on “Throwback Thursday,” will welcome remarks by Supervisor Janice Hahn and a preview of a few of the 20 interviews conducted, to create 60 stories that will be shown on television screens in the restaurant. RSVP. Time: 6 p.m. Aug.16 Cost: Free Details: (310) 519-0756; stephaniemardesich@yahoo.com Venue: San Pedro Brewing Co., 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Aug 18

Back to School Fair Join Harbor Community Clinic for its largest and most popular event of the year. Free backpacks and school supplies will be given out. There will be entertainment, games and face painting, free haircuts and massages. Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 18 Cost: Free Details: www.eventbrite.com/e/ back-to-school-fair-2018 Venue: Harbor Community Clinic, 593 W 6th St. San Pedro 10th Annual Phineas Banning Birthday Celebration Celebrate the birthday of the “Father of the Los Angeles Harbor,” Phineas Banning. In the spirit of the Rancho-period of the Banning property, guests will be treated to a Western-themed

evening with live music, free line dance instruction, dancing and a barbecue buffet. Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 18 Cost: $10 to $45 Details: (310) 548-7777 Venue: Banning Museum, 401 E. M St., Wilmington Blues at Babouch Moroccan Restaurant Join this charity fundraiser to benefit the Harbor area World Class Youth Foundation Scholarship Fund. Enjoy a six course meal and live music . Time: 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. Aug 18 Cost: $50 Details: www.WorldClassYouth Foundation.com Venue: Babouch Moroccan Restaurant, 810 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro Los Angeles Taco Festival Every year, the LA Taco Festival™ attracts thousands of Angelenos to taste the many different styles that taco vendors have to offer. This year will feature past favorites like Kogi BBQ and Epic Tacos, along with newcomers who may surprise even seasoned taco fans. Time: 12 to 8 p.m. Aug 18 Cost: Free Details: LATacoFestival.com and Facebook.com/LATacoFestival. Venue: Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles Tiki Beach Festival Join Alfredo’s Beach Club for their last big event of the summer. The festival includes Polynesian foods, Tiki dancers, live Hawaiian music, Chef Tama’s “Night of Fire” show and an Island marketplace. Time: 9 p.m. Aug 18 to 6 p.m. Aug. 19 Cost: Free Details: (714) 227-5903; www.Alfredosbeachclub.com

Venue: Granada Beach, Belmont Shore, Long Beach Saturday Night at the Fights Come join a fun night of social hour, dining, boxing, live music and great raffle prizes. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Fabela Chavez Boxing Center. Time: 6 p.m. Aug 18 Cost: $40 Details: (310) 830-8310 Venue: Carson Community Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson

Aug 20

Long Beach Storyteller Finals Season 8 concludes with the top eight storytellers this year in a competition. The audience decides the winner. Each teller shares a true, 6-minute tale that happened to them. Time: 7 to 9:30 Aug 20 Cost: $20 Details: www.brownpaper tickets.com Venue: Malainey’s Grill, 168 Marina Drive, Long Beach

Aug 21

Seashore Science Surprises Preschool children (ages 3-5) are invited to discover the wonders along the shore at Cabrillo Beach with handson exploration, stories, and puppets in the Tales Between the Tides classes. Preregistration is required by Aug. 14. Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Aug 21 through 24 Cost: $26 Details: (310) 548-7562; www.cabrillomarineaquarium. org Venue: 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro

Real News, Real People, Really Effective August 9 - 22, 2018

Two Great

Uncle Fung’s Borneo Eatery is a Family Dinner

obvious: appeal to students from all over the region as well as adventurous outsiders rather than exclusively to Indonesian expats. This obviously works, as on both visits I saw a steady stream of young Asians, many in scrubs that suggest that they’re on a quick break from their By Richard Foss, Culture and Cuisine Writer health care duties. The room was full of a happy chatter in multiple languages as a stream of plates and bowls headed to tables. We decided to start with roti prata, fresh flatbread with curry sauce for dipping, and gado gado, the Indonesian salad that includes both raw and pickled vegetables with fried tofu. Roti is often mistaken for Indian naan bread but is completely different, since naan dough contains yoghurt and is baked, while roti is a layered whole wheat dough that is fried. Good roti comes out of the kitchen buttery and flaky, which makes it wonderful with a dipping sauce. The accompanying curry was thick and yellowish orange, very fragrant but not particularly hot. Roti with curry is a traditional light breakfast across South Asia and the version here shows why. Gado gado is peculiar to Indonesia, a salad made with An Uncle Fungs server who delivered the tofu, bean sprouts, briefly cooked Borneo rice plate. Uncle Fungs rice plate green beans, cabbage, and with a fruit tea. Photo by Richard Foss other vegetables served with a hardboiled egg and topped with a peanut-based dressing. Depending on where you are in Indonesia that dressing can intensely spicy. go from fairly bland to quite spicy, but it always This past September the owners of Borneo includes hints of sweetness from palm sugar and Kalimantan opened Uncle Fung’s Borneo Eatery some garlic and ginger. The version here was in Long Beach. My friend the storyteller and I not at all hot, though it was topped with fried raced over there as soon as we could. He had shallots and crisped garlic granules so there dined with me at the Alhambra restaurant and were layers of flavor and texture. we both expected the experience here to be To continue we had Borneo Hokkian mee similar, if not identical. We looked forward to noodles and Indonesian-spiced fried Cornish the list of arcane dishes on offer and happily hen plate. (Cornish hens aren’t from Cornwall, braced ourselves for the anticipated blast of but are immature chickens that are prized in spice and heat. several Asian cuisines for their mild flavor and Our expectations were confounded the tenderness.) The little bird had been dipped in a moment we got a look at the menu. It was far richly seasoned batter and then fried a bit past Choices for Dining more limited than the one in Alhambra, although the American standard so that the exterior was a our server was quick to point out that the bit like jerky, which is exactly how Indonesians featuring restaurant was new and they planned to expand like it. Once you readjust your expectations you the menu. We were more confused by the fact may decide that you like it too. It’s not going that most of the items were Singaporean, a to replace Maryland-style fried chicken in my cuisine that is related but significantly milder. affections, but is nice on its own merits. With the After considering the location in a shopping rice and salad it’s a nice full meal, and a modestly 1420 W. 25th St. (25th & Western) center across the street from the medical center priced one. It only set me back nine bucks. and Cal State Long Beach, the strategy became San Pedro • (310) 548-4797

$10 Lunch Menu

& Early Bird Specials

Lunch & Dinner—Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. Sat. & Sun. from 4 p.m.

August 9 - 22, 2018

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

had a delightful lunch recently while accompanied by someone who supplements his day job with income as a storyteller and comedian. He put those talents on display when his phone rang while we were waiting for our order to arrive. “Oh, hi! Where am I? I’m having lunch at Uncle Fung’s. Yes, I did say Uncle Fung’s. He’s the one from Borneo. You may not have met him at my parties, he’s the quiet type, but really interesting once you get to know him. I don’t know which of my aunts he’s married to, but I suspect it may be both of them. Every time I ask they blush and change the subject … but how is your day?” Listening to an accomplished liar in creative overdrive is an entrancing experience and I applauded when he ended the call, having brought a surreal moment to the person at the other end. I assume they eventually realized that almost everything said was a hoax, but there was a kernel of truth. We really were at Uncle Fung’s, a little cafe in Long Beach and Uncle Fung is from Borneo. In case you are unclear on where that is, it’s the third largest island in the world and most of it is the Indonesian province of Kalimantan. Borneo was visited by traders from India at least as early as the fifth century and later by Chinese merchants. The island’s cuisine fuses those traditions with native ideas and ingredients. I first experienced the cuisine at a restaurant near San Gabriel that was straightforwardly called “Borneo Kalimantan Cuisine.” I like Indonesian food and this was a variant I had never tried before – heavy on funky, fermented flavors and

Banquet Room up to 50 guests Heated Patio Dining Follow us at Think Cafe San Pedro and Sonny’s Bistro San Pedro @thinkcafesonny @sonnys_bistro

302 W. 5th St., San Pedro (310) 519-3662

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. • Sun. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

[See Uncle Fung’s, page 13]

[Uncle Fung’s from p. 12]

Uncle Fung’s

Hokkien mee is based on house-made curly egg noodles, which Borneans probably adopted from Chinese immigrants. Egg noodles are more springy than standard pasta, fresh ones even more so, so it was a good sign that these had a pleasing elasticity and slight chewiness. They had been fried in a ginger-garlic sauce and then topped with char siu barbecued pork, chunks of chicken, mushrooms, vegetables, and more fried shallots, served with a mild broth on the side. Most people added some of the delicately flavored broth to the noodles, but I enjoyed them as they were and drank the broth separately. With our meals we tried two of the tropical teas, one with chrysanthemum and the other with honey. Both were on the sweet side, which is how Indonesians like their tea, so if you don’t have a sweet tooth it’s best to just stick with water here. Our abundant lunch generated some leftovers and ran about 17 bucks each. I resolved to return once the menu had filled out a little more. I waited a few months, then a few months more, but their menu-free website gave

BIG NICK’S PIZZA

Tradition, variety and fast delivery—you get it all at Big Nick’s Pizza. The best selection of Italian specialties include hearty calzones, an array of pastas and our amazing selection of signature pizzas. We offer a wide selection of appetizers, salads, beer and wine. Call for fast delivery. Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Big Nicks’ Pizza, 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 732-5800 www.bignickspizzasp.com

BRITE SPOT MEXICAN RESTAURANT

BUONO’S AUTHENTIC PIZZERIA

Fourth-generation artisanal chorizo and meats. Purchase chorizo by the pound or try our burritos and

martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. Live music. Open from 11:30 a.m., daily. San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, (310) 831-5663, www. sanpedrobrewing.com

CONRAD’S FARM TO TABLE

SONNY’S BISTRO AND THINK CAFE

Conrad’s menu offers cuisine of the Americas, with a fresh focus on local, seasonal selections for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Conrad’s changing menu represents the best of what’s local and in season. Whether it’s shrimp bruschetta and Oaxacan empanadas, omelettes or chilaquiles, fresh seafood to mole poblano, sourcing the freshest ingredients, combining them with traditional flavors and rewriting familiar recipes into exceptional cuisine is our mission and greatest joy. Open Tues. - Sun. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Conrad’s Farm to Table, 1902 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro • (424) 264-5454 www.conradssp.com

HAPPY DINER AND HAPPY DELI

The Happy Diner isn’t your average diner. It’s the idea of fresh creative dishes in two San Pedro locations, and now a third—the Happy Deli. The selections range from Italian- and Mexicaninfluenced entrées to American Continental. Happy Diner chefs are always creating something new—take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables prepared any way you like. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner: Happy Diner #1, 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro • (310) 241-0917 • Happy Diner #2, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 935-2933 • Open for breakfast and lunch: Happy Deli, 530 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, (424) 364-0319

SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY

A micro brewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, BBQ, sandwiches, salads and burgers. A full bar with made-from-scratch margaritas and a

Sonny and Carly Ramirez are the husband and wife team behind Sonny’s Bistro and Think Café. Their handson attention to detail makes the restaurants successful, in both quality and service. Sonny’s Bistro’s lunch and dinner menus feature locally-sourced and hand-selected meats, seafood and seasonal vegetables. Try the $10 lunch menu served Mon.-Fri. Think Café serves breakfast in addition to lunch and dinner with egg dishes, omelettes and griddle cakes. Both restaurants have a selection of fine wines and beers. Sonny’s Bistro, 1420 W. 25th St., San Pedro. Hours: Mon.Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat. and Sun. from 4 p.m. • (310) 548-4797. Think Cafe, 302 W. 5th St., San Pedro. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • (310) 519-3662.

TAXCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

We are proud to serve our community for almost three decades. Generous plates of traditional Mexican fare are the draw at this homey, family-friendly restaurant. For a limited time: Combos #1-12—buy one, get the second for half off (of equal or lesser value, expires 6-3018). Catering for every occasion, beer, wine and margaritas to your taste. Tony and Vini Moreno welcome you. Open Sun. and Mon. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Taxco Mexican Restaurant, 29050 S. Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes • (310) 547-4554 www.taxcorestaurantpv.com

THE WHALE & ALE ENGLISH RESTAURANT & PUB The Victorian oak panels & elegant brass fittings will make you feel like you’ve crossed the Atlantic. Featuring popular pub fare such as Fish & Chips, Shepherd’s Pie & entrées of Choice Steaks, Roast

Prime Rib, Beef Wellington & Roast Rack of Lamb. Seafood selections include Chilean Sea Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Jumbo Tiger Shrimp & Sand Dabs. International draft beers & ales, as well as domestic craft beers on tap. Full bar; free, gated parking lot. Happy hour five days a week. Hours: Mon. 5 to 9 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sat. 1 to 10 p.m., Sun. 1 to 9 p.m. The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro (310) 832-0363, www.whaleandale.com

August 9 - 22, 2018

THE CHORI-MAN

tacos! Menu specials change weekly. Open Thurs., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Fri. - Sun., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For catering email: info@ thechoriman.com for catering and special orders. The ChoriMan, 2309 S. Alma St., San Pedro • (424) 287-2414

are patiently waiting. Uncle Fung’s Borneo Eatery is at 5716 E. 7th St., #A, Long Beach. It is open from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. There is a parking lot and no alcohol is served. Details: (562) 494-3888.

A San Pedro landmark for over 44 years, famous for exceptional award-winning pizza baked in brick ovens. Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and handselected ingredients that are prepared fresh. Dine-in, take-out and catering. There are two locations in Long Beach. Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Buono’s Pizzeria, 1432 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 547-0655 www.buonospizza.com

crispy fried chicken bits, barbecue pork, grilled lup chong Chinese pork sausage and a boiled egg, with the soup broth on the side. There was nothing that would raise a sweat and the hot sauce on the table didn’t have the intense flavor of traditional sambal chili sauce, but I found myself enjoying it anyway. I mentioned my wish for more Bornean food choices to the sympathetic cashier, who said that their planned expansion had been delayed. I’m going to keep hopefully returning, because even if I can’t yet get the thrill ride for my taste buds, I have liked everything I had there. Uncle Fung, if you’re reading this, please know that your nephews, the spice lovers of the Harbor Area,

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

No matter when your day begins, you can always get a hearty breakfast at a great price at Brite Spot. Breakfast is served all day long. We serve freshly prepared, authentic Mexican food. We offer all the family favorites, from tacos to tamales, from caldo to chile, fresh seafood and much more. Brite Spot Mexican Restaurant is your late-night spot for when you want a night out on the town. Hours: 7 a.m. to midnight, daily. Brite Spot, 615 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro • (310) 833-2599 www.britespotsanpedro.com

no information. I finally decided it was time to return, because surely after nine months in business their ambitions would be on display. They have added a few items to the menu, most of them slight variants on what was already there — the fried hen is now available with two different seasonings, and there are a few more noodle dishes. There is also something called the Borneo rice plate, which I ordered because hope springs eternal and I was still hoping for those pungent flavors. When I asked for it to be made spicy, the server suggested that I deploy the hot sauce that is on the table. That made it clear that it wasn’t what I had in mind, but I got it anyway. It was a bed of rice with

[Twentienth-Century from p. 9]

The Twentieth Century Way

August 9 - 22, 2018

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

Century Way, is part of the historical record. Jacobson’s creative conceit is to refract these facts through the lens acting — as both craft and how we move through life — as a means to look for personal and societal truths. It’s a clever, compelling and unflinching search — one that Long Beach Playhouse carries out exceptionally. There are two performers in The TwentiethCentury Way and they have shown up separately to audition for the same movie role. Warren (Noah Wagner) — not his real name, we learn right off — seems to know more about what’s going on here than the man he christens “Brown” (Christian Jordan Skinner). After a bit of verbal jousting about whether the best acting method flows from the outside in or the inside out, Warren suggests a challenge: they wade into a pool of improvisation and whichever is bested will exit the audition hall. Brown accepts and with Warren leading the way the pair is quickly immersed in the story of their historical namesakes and interest the Long Beach Police Department in its scheme. Neither Wagner nor Skinner ever leaves the stage, and without a single scene change there is literally nowhere for the actors to hide. Plus, as Special Vice Officers Warren and Brown

dive ever deeper into their unseemly endeavor, actors Warren and Brown take on a variety of ancillary characters—other police officers, newspapermen, attorneys, victims of the sting— to populate their improvisation, occasionally resurfacing as themselves to visit their reactions to the actions of the vice officers their playing. It seems like exhausting work for Wagner and Skinner, but you’d never know it from their steady, sure, meticulous and often moving performances. Director Reed Flores’s staging helps Wagner and Skinner in all the right ways. The Twentieth-Century Way is talky by design, but Flores devises a variety of subtle shifts to keep it from ever feeling static or redundant. At the same time, he never loses focus on Jacobson’s nuanced and finely detailed dialog. The net result is an economic energy flow, with a perfect regulation of current that is always channeled to where it’s needed. As Warren and Brown submerge into the darkest depths of their roles, they come to confront both the ramifications of their vice officers’ charade and what their performances reveal about themselves as real people, a process that finally questions whether there

Noah Wagner as W.H. Warren and Christian Jordan Skinner as B.C. Brown in The Twentieth-Century Way at the Long Beach Playhouse through Aug. 18.

is a difference—whether there can be a difference, and whether there should have to be a difference—between being and doing. As the many threads of The Twentieth-Century Way are braided back together, Brown avers to Warren (playing Herbert Lowe in this moment) that one can be persecuted only for doing, not simply for being. But he knows before the words leave his lips that Lowe is right to disagree. When he speaks his next line, he speaks for all of us who, a century after this unholy chapter in American history, continue to fight the ghosts of history still haunting us today: “We’ll change the world and make it true.” All of us, improvisational actors in the performance of life, construct the plot as we go. But not always for the better. Not only did Special Vice Officers W.H. Warren and B.C. Brown ruin dozens of lives, but their efforts directly contributed to California’s officially criminalizing sodomy in 1915. “Imagine it,”

Warren marvels, “actors changed the world!” The Twentieth-Century Way is a penetrating study of those changes and a clarion call for authenticity and freedom. In our 21st century, if we live and let live without shame or shaming, we will have learned well from the mistakes of our past. These particular mistakes were made right here in Long Beach, a city that has come further than most in terms of LGBTQ rights. That’s two reasons why Long Beach is the perfect city The Twentieth-Century Way. Long Beach Playhouse’s superb presentation makes it a triumvirate. See this play. The Twentieth-Century Way will be performed at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Aug. 18 Cost: $14 to $24 Details: (562) 494-1014; LBplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

[The Undesirables from p. 1]

Rubbings of a penny from 1917 with the names of the Bisbee deportees and a charcoal drawing from The Undesirables at Cornelius Projects. Photos by Laurie Steelink.

The Undesirables

composed by sound artist John Whiteacre, called Solis Vexation, plays in the background. McKenna explained that the music was influenced by Ragtime music founder Scott Joplin and French composer and pianist, Erik Satie, who is described as being a part of the 20th century Parisian avant-garde.

Bisbee Deportation

Laurie Steelink of Cornelius Projects and artist Laurie McKenna. Photo by Terelle Jerricks

At 11 a.m., the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad brought 23 cattle cars to Bisbee. The posse of deputies forced the remaining 1,286 arrestees at gunpoint to board the cars, many of which had more than three inches of manure on the floor. Although temperatures were in the mid90s, no water had been provided to the men since the arrests began at dawn. Phelps Dodge executives seized control of the telegraph and telephones to prevent news of the arrests and expulsion from being reported. Company executives refused to let Western Union send wires out of town, and stopped Associated Press reporters from filing stories. News of the Bisbee deportation was made known only after IWW attorney Fred Moore, who met the train in Tres Hermanas, issued a press release. With 1,300 penniless men in Tres Hermanas, the Luna County sheriff worriedly wired the governor of New Mexico for instructions. Gov. Washington Ellsworth Lindsey said the men should be treated humanely and fed. Then he contacted President Woodrow Wilson and asked for assistance. Wilson ordered U.S. Army troops to escort the men to Columbus, N.M. The deportees were housed in tents originally intended for use by Mexican refugees, who had fled across the border to the United States to escape the Mexican army’s Pancho Villa expedition. The men were allowed to stay in the camp for two months until Sept. 17, 1917. McKenna’s displaying this exhibit in San Pedro wasn’t on whim nor did it occur out of happenstance. For McKenna, the 2016 general election was a disturbing spectacle in which she saw the scapegoating of racial and religious minorities and immigrants.

“It’s intentional for this to be here today in San Pedro because of some really dark events with labor struggles fighting against a larger power in the 1920s,” McKenna explained. “Before that, the IWW always had a strong presence at the port and shipping industries. Joe Hill, who is a hero in the labor movement, who wrote all the songs, lived here and worked here [in San Pedro]. McKenna said she always wanted this exhibit to travel because it was a way to get people to reflect on what happen before and what is happening now. “You can educate any day of the year about some forgotten piece of history,” she said. “And, the simplicity of people working together made an agreement to go on strike. Somehow the simplicity of solidarity have gotten complicated and has failed. People only see the apparatus of unions, including members. In certain unions, members seem to only tolerate their unions instead of being their unions. It seems like we have to go back to square one because unions have become a bureaucracy.” The biggest and best bulwark against this kind of atrophy in the labor movement is a radical direct democracy and the education of new members of the battles fought and won by their union. McKenna noted that the labor success and the passage of time is probably the biggest threat to the labor movement. The installation is on view through Aug. 12 Details: (310) 266-9216; www.corneliusprojects.com Venue: Cornelius Projects, 1417 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

August 9 - 22, 2018

At 4 a.m., July 12, 1917, the 2,200 deputized posse dispersed

At 7:30 a.m., the 2,000 arrested men were assembled in front of the Bisbee Post Office and marched two miles to Warren Ballpark. … At the baseball field, the arrestees were told that if they denounced the IWW and went back to work, they would be freed. Only men who were not IWW members or organizers were given this choice. About 700 men agreed to these terms, while the rest sang, jeered or shouted profanities.

A similar notice was posted throughout the town on fence posts, telephone poles and walls:

At 6:30 a.m., the deputies moved through town and arrested every man on their list and any man who refused to work in the mines. Two men died …

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

Bisbee, with its population of 8,000 citizens in 1917, had the all the trappings of a company town except for the name. Phelps Dodge, the largest of three mining outfits there at the time, owned the town’s largest hotel and the town’s only hospital, department store, library and newspaper, the Bisbee Daily Review. By this time, the Wobblies — officially known as the Industrial Workers of the World — had gotten the reputation of being a radical movement of the unwashed, transient, uneducated and foreign born mob. The Wobblies’ practiced a meat-andpotatoes kind of unionism. Theirs was an activism that fought private employment agencies that were taking advantage of the unemployed. They also fought free speech battles in the face of local government attempts to censor their speech. Local governments, the chambers of commerce, religious institutions, and employer-operated dispatch halls were the forces against the union. Anti-vagrancy and anti-syndicalism were the laws arrayed against them. Trumping up and manufacturing charges was another tool. If that didn’t work, police allowed or encouraged vigilante attacks on Wobblies. Phelps Dodge orchestrated the deportation by providing lists of workers and others to be arrested to the Cochise County sheriff, Harry C. Wheeler. These workers were arrested and herded into a local baseball park before being loaded into cattle cars and sent to Tres Hermanas, N.M. The 16-hour journey was through desert without food or water. Once unloaded, the deportees, most without money or transportation, were warned against returning to Bisbee. The morning of July 12, the Bisbee Daily Review carried the notice: ... a Sheriff’s posse of 1,200 men in Bisbee and 1,000 men in Douglas, all loyal Americans, [had formed] for the purpose of arresting on the charges of vagrancy, treason, and of being disturbers of the peace of Cochise County all those strange men who have congregated here from other parts and sections for the purpose of harassing and intimidating all men who desire to pursue their daily toil.

through the town of Bisbee and took up their planned positions.

[Rohrabacher from p. 8]

Rohrabacher

August 9 - 22, 2018

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

just three years probation, 300 hours of community service and a $2,800 fine. By that time, she and Rohrabacher had married. Abramoff was second on Coker’s list. As he had reported a decade earlier, lawmakers allowed to dine for free at Abramoff’s high-end restaurant, Signatures, were designated “FOO Comp,” Friend Of Owner, and Rohrabacher was one of them. These fell under the friendship exemption in House rules, he argued. “Just because you are a member of Congress doesn’t mean you have to give up your friendships,” he told the New York Times. “It was dinner with a friend and I didn’t think of it as a gift.” Both men seemed to have a similarly “fluid” sense of right and wrong. Interestingly, Coker noted: Despite coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, major dailies in Texas, wire services around the country and all over the world wide web, a recent database search turned up zero-zippo-nada hits for Register or LA Times stories

that mention Rohrabacher and Abramoff in the same article.

So their decades-long friendship never caused Rohrabacher an ounce of political pain in his district. The most prominent others included: · Rohrabacher aide Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, who pleaded guilty to child molestation of middle school boys in March 2008. · Orange County sheriff Mike Carona (who Rohrabacher staunchly supported when he was under attack), who pleaded guilty to felony witness tampering in 2013. · Joseph Medawar (who paid Rohrabacher $23,000 for a 30-year-old screenplay), who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and income tax evasion in 2006, and was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and ordered to pay $2.6 million in restitution, and to perform 3,000 hours of community service. What these show, collectively, is a rather lax attitude with regard to the law—to put it mildly. If you’re a friend or an ally, whatever you

do is just fine. Rohrabacher is not going to question you very hard, if at all. Another criminal on Coker’s list embezzled a small fortune while working for him. And when Abramoff was convicted, Rohrabacher called him, “a good person who’s done bad things and has to be punished for doing bad things,” but that was the worst he ever said. “Jack is a very idealistic person and I will say he’s a patriot,” he told Politico in 2015, and Abramoff reciprocated. “Dana remains a friend, as he has been for years,” he said.

Rohrabacher and Russia

As lore would have it, Rohrabacher’s current friendliness toward Russia dates at least back to the mid1990s, when he welcomed a visiting group of young Russian political leaders, which included Putin, who then worked for the mayor of St. Petersburg. Putin and Rohrabacher ended up armwrestling in a pub, “And he beat me just like that,” Rohrabacher told the AP, on one occasion. In 2012, the FBI warned him that Russia considered him an intelligence source worthy of a Kremlin code name. But it’s only since then that his proRussian actions—defending

their annexation of Crimea, objecting to sanctions, meeting with a widening circle of Putin agents and allies etc. — have drawn serious attention. His push-back line is simple, the AP reported, “Instead of fighting another Cold War, Russia and the United States should focus on defeating Islamic extremism.” It went on to quote John E. Herbst, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. “He has been a consistent voice in Congress for weak policies towards an aggressive Kremlin,” Herbst told them. “I have no reason to question his integrity; I have lots of reason to question his judgment.” It’s a plausible view, given how badly distorted Rohrabacher’s judgment has been over the years. But even his fellow Republicans in Congress have their doubts. “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, in a 2016 conversation, which he labelled “a joke” after it leaked. However, the conversation occurred after a meeting with the Ukrainian prime minister discussing Kremlin’s efforts to finance politicians opposing democracies in Eastern Europe — the same sorts of people Paul Manafort has represented. Both men liked Savimbi back

in 1985, both like Putin today. Their motivations may have differed: Money was certainly foremost in Manafort’s mind, while Rohrabacher seems more driven by sharing a common enemy. Indeed, this could be the simplest explanation for a large number of his errors over the years. Much like Trump, Rohrabacher seems to think first about who’s against him. With that in mind, he’ll grab onto anyone as an ally—though it must be said, the more rabid, the better. Such was the thinking behind backing the Mujahadeen, as well as all the other terrorists groups he supported. The idea that it might someday come back to bite us simply never seems to have occurred to him.

The Error of Enmity?

Being blinded by enmity isn’t just Rohrabacher’s problem, however. In her 2001 book, Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right, Harvard historian Lisa McGirr described Orange County as a microcosm of the historical transformations that took conservative activism from the conspiracyobsessed fringes of the John Birch Society to the election of Ronald Reagan, first as

governor of California and then as president. Reviewing it for Publishers Weekly, I wrote: McGirr paints a complex picture exploring the apparent contradiction of powerfully anti-modern social, political and religious philosophies thriving in a modern, technological environment and translating into sustained political activity. Federal spending, beginning in WWII and continuing with massive Cold War defense contracts and military bases, was the driving force behind Orange County’s booming economy. A frontier-era mythos of rugged individualism, nurtured on hatred of eastern elites who funded western growth before Uncle Sam conveniently hid this dependency. The local dominance of unfettered private development chaotically disorganized in the county’s northwest, corporately planned elsewhere [particularly Irvine] destroyed existing communities, producing an impoverished public sphere, a vacuum conservative churches and political activism helped fill. Migrants primarily from nonindustrial regions became more conservative in reaction to the stresses of suburban modernity, while selectively assimilating benefits. Racial and class homogeneity nurtured a comforting conformity consciously defended against outside threats. United by enemies, libertarian and social conservatives rarely confronted their differences. Against this complex, contradictory background, McGirr charts the evolution of a movement culture through various stages, issues and forms of organizing. Incisive yet fair, this represents an important landmark in advancing a nuanced understanding of how anti-modernist ideologies continue to thrive. This describes the same sort of tunnel vision Rohrabacher exhibits, blurring everything except for the enemies it’s focused on — enemies which could be, in the end, little more than a Jungian shadow projection of rejected aspects of the subject’s self.

[Myths from p. 3]

Debunking Myths local service providers that at least 70 percent of the homeless individuals living locally are from here, work here, or have families here. Karen Ceaser agreed, saying that statistics done by many outreach agencies find that the majority of homeless live within a 5-mile radius of where they’ve lived, when housed (born or reared).

2. The reason why the homeless are so visible is because the city refuses to crackdown on sidewalk camping and quality of life issues. ASG: The reason why the homeless are so visible is because there are many of them and not enough housing units or shelter beds for them. Simple math.

3. The homeless are homeless because of poor choices they’ve made. ASG: When I worked in homeless services, the client stories I heard usually involved a compounding set of life events that brought them to the situation they were in. Most struggled against it with all their might. We’ve all made poor choices in our lives, but if you understand the level of trauma, instability and danger — especially for women experiencing life on the streets — you would see that this is truly their last option and not a desirable choice. 4. Ticketing and jailing on quality of life issues is the more appropriate way to deal with homelessness. ASG: Sure, but those are also far more expensive from a economical standpoint. If you look at the numbers, incarcerating individuals is far more expensive than housing and supporting them. 5. There’s an abundance of social service programs for the homeless to lift themselves out poverty. They just don’t want to make the effort. ASG: Sure, there are services. Some great ones. But, until a person finds a home, they are homeless. We do not have enough shelter beds

and/or supportive housing units in Los Angeles to house our homeless. Ceaser concurred with Ginsberg’s assessment, explaining that outreach workers from various agencies i.e. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the Department of Mental Health, Harbor Interfaith Services have made and continue to follow up with the majority of the homeless. Most have been interviewed and their information has been entered into the Coordinated Entry System. The system shows their needs and categorizes them based on age, medical or mental needs, length of time homeless, etc. Most homeless, once interviewed, do make every effort to follow through with outreach worker(s) assigned to them. The process for housing, as the end result can take up to one year. Once a person is approved for housing the real difficulty starts. Sec. 8 and/or permanent supportive housing is extremely limited. 6. Providing any sort of service or temporary shelter only enables homeless people’s bad behavior and unwillingness to work. ASG: “Bad behavior” will not be allowed at these sites. Those that are found to posses or sell drugs, engage in solicitation, or commit other crimes will be evicted. Ceaser noted that many of the homeless want to work, but how do you interview for any job when you haven’t had access to a shower? Statistics show that services provided to homeless help them gain back self-esteem, dignity, and especially in the case of “bad behavior,” can help them significantly improve their behavior. Substance abuse and/or mental health treatment is usually a part of an outreach workers’ or case managers’ job.

— and costly — bandaid. We are trying to look at sustainable solutions that will alleviate the burden on our current economy — and future economies. Institutionalization and incarceration are solutions that simply shift the compounding burdens on generations to come. It’s like we have stumbled across an epidemic, know the cure, and refuse to implement it because we’re scared. We know it works. 8. Any solution that involves sheltering the homeless, means the building of a permanent magnet for the homeless. ASG: Once we shelter the homeless, they will no longer be homeless. They will be residents.

9. Most of the homeless living out of their cars are addicts of some sort and running prostitution rings. ASG: The homeless count data does not indicate that most homeless are addicts. That number is 11 to 15 percent. 10. Tax monies going towards helping the homeless would be better spent beautifying San Pedro. ASG: As a resident, and mother of two little ones, I would love us to spend tax money on beautifying our city (and enhancing our schools), but I cannot see our city moving forward while we have hundreds sleeping on the streets each night. It’s … out of touch with reality to think that we can ignore this issue, move people elsewhere, or solve this any other way. Yes, housing costs money, but cycling people in and out of emergency rooms, jails and streets costs much, much more and doesn’t solve anything. 11. Addressing the mental health crisis of the

homeless population should be a priority in addressing the homeless crisis. ASG: Yes! We must address the issues that cause some people to become homeless, by providing housing and support services, we can help stabilize individuals, enabling them to get and stay on a healing path. Ceaser notes that mental health crisis continues to be prevalent in the homeless population. The Department of Mental Health works daily with homeless people struggling with mental illness. Until laws are changed, it is difficult to sometimes get an individual the help they desperately need. It must be a voluntary choice by the individual. The County of LA Supervisors are working diligently to address these issues. 12. The homeless aren’t one of us. The taxpaying residents and their families should take priority over anyone else. ASG: They are part of our communities. Individuals facing homelessness were likely once tax paying citizens, and with the help of the right social supports, programs and housing, will once again contribute to our community in very meaningful ways. 13. Buscaino’s promises of 24/7 cleanup cannot to be trusted. ASG: Twenty-four/seven cleanups do not work! People are uprooted from place to place, causing horrible outcomes. The majority of the cleanups involve all of people’s possessions, including tents, blankets, important paperwork loaded in the back of a sanitation truck and destroyed or discarded. Very rarely are the homeless in the Harbor Area given a receipt for items that will be stored.

7. In addressing the homeless coping with mental health issues, government effort would be better spent in reopening state institutions. ASG: Institutionalizing individuals facing mental illness is not a solution. It is a dangerous

ALIGNMENT SPECIAL

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

Unsheltered/Sheltered San Pedro Homeless

TWO WHEELS

5995 $ 7995

PAll domestic and foreign cars PExpert mechanics PAll diagnostic repairs PWheel alignment & tires

(562) 249-7110

1406 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro Open Mon. - Fri. 8 to 6 • Sat. 8 to 4

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

OIL CHANGE* 95 BASIC Bring your car in between 8 and 10 a.m.

With coupon. Not valid with other discounts. *Includes standard oil filter, up to 5 qts. 5W30 conventional or synthetic oil for most cars and light trucks.

August 9 - 22, 2018

Graphic by Brenda Lopez

COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR

FOUR WHEELS

CLASSIFIED ADS JOB OPPS RLN SEEKING SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR Responsibilities include: • Advertising sales— print and digital • Selling event sponsorships • Developing and maintaining social media Requirements: • 2-plus years of advertising or marketing experience • Online marketing experience • Reliable transportation RLn offers: • Unlimited earning potential • Great work environment • Creative thinking Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. Random Lengths News is an equal opportunity employer. Send resumé to james@ randomlengthsnews.com or drop by the office at 1300 S. Pacific Ave. in San Pedro.

ment assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800725-1563 (AAN CAN)

MUSIC LESSONS First lesson FREE. VIOLIN LESSONS in your home with Jim Sitterly, concertmaster of Alias, Lost and Fringe. All levels. 310-548-1659. www.JimSitterly.com.

VEHICLES CASH FOR CARS: Any Car/ Truck 2000-2015, Running or Not! Top Dollar For Used/ Damaged. Free Nationwide Towing! Call Now: 1-888-4203808 (AAN CAN)

PETS PEDRO PET PALS is the only group that raises funds for the City Animal Shelter and FREE vaccines and spay or neuter for our community. (310) 991-0012

CAREER TRAINING

HEALTH

AIRLINE CAREERS begin here – Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job place-

Lung Cancer? And Age 60+? You And Your Family May Be Entitled To Significant Cash Award. Call 844-898-7142 for Information. No Risk. No

Bulletin Board

Money Out Of Pocket. (AAN CAN)

HEAR AGAIN! Try our hearing aid for just $75 down and $50 per month! Call 866-7873141 and mention 88271 for a risk free trial! FREE SHIPPING! (AAN CAN)

FOR SALE HughesNet Satellite Internet - 25mbps starting at $49.99/ mo! FAST download speeds. WiFi built in! FREE Standard Installation for lease customers! Limited Time, Call 1-800490-4140 (AAN CAN) Poetry Book — Shadow Lands: Reflection on some people I’ve known. 12 original poems by RLn Publisher James Preston Allen. $10+$1.50 s/h Beacon Light Press, P.O. Box 731, San Pedro, CA 90733. DISH TV $59.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Call Now: 1-800-373-6508 (AAN) CAN)

CHEAP AIRLINE FLIGHTS! We get deals like no other agency. Call today to learn more 800-767-0217 (AAN CAN)

DBA Filing & Publishing $

135

Save time. Save money. Save stress. Just Relax Tax Service

870 W. 9th St., Ste. 100A, San Pedro Call for appt. today 310.221.0034 • www.justrelaxtax.com

The animals at the Harbor Animal Shelter have ongoing need for used blankets, comforters, pet beds.* Drop off at Harbor Animal Shelter 957 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro 888-452-7381, x 143 PLEASE SPAY/NEUTER YOUR PET! *In any condition. We will wash and mend.

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

• Payroll • Income Tax • Notary Service

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

[continued on p. 19]

“Free To Say It”— a freestyle puzzle with something to say.

Livelinks - Chat Lines. Flirt, chat and date! Talk to sexy real singles in your area. Call now! 1-844-359-5773 (AAN CAN)

MISC. Need a roommate? Roommates.com will help you find your Perfect Match™ today! (AAN CAN)

ROSY SCENARIO

Wed.-Sun., noon to five Brown Bros. Building 461 W. 6th St., Suite 106, San Pedro

Worry-Free Tax & Accounting Service

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,

DATING

Don Marshall, MBA, CPA

www.donmarshallcpa.com

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

Don’t like computer dating. Successful woman, retired, attractive, financially secure, enjoys holding hands, comedy, dogs & more. Looking for second chance in love w/kind, financially secure gentleman, age 65-75. (310) 684-1448.

q Vintage-Collectibles r

Specializing in small businesses CPA quality service at very reasonable rates

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/.

GOOD STUFF • GREAT PRICES

August 9 - 22, 2018

PERSONALS

(310) 833-8977

PLEASE HELP!

REAL ESTATE INVESTOR seeks to purchase commercial or multi-unit residential properties in San Pedro. No Agents please. 310-241-6827

DBA & LEGAL FILINGS

Don Marshall CPA, Inc.

310-519-1442

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

REACH 63,000 HARBOR AREA READERS

ACROSS

1 Game with eagles and albatrosses 5 Lag from a satellite broadcast, e.g. 14 Kind of history or hygiene 15 2014 hashtag campaign against gun violence 16 “99 Luftballons” singer 17 They’re said verbatim 18 It’s sometimes used in making feta cheese 20 Overflow 21 “Everything’s being handled” 22 Tubular pasta 23 Last Oldsmobile model produced 26 Signs of healing 28 Train stop (abbr.) 29 Western watering hole 31 Delphic prophet 33 Indicate 35 Wallet ID 39 Just ___ (a little under) 41 Grammy winner Twain 42 Barker succeeded by Carey 45 Islands, in Italian 47 Latin phrase usually abbreviated 48 Go for ___ (do some nature

walking) 50 Camera brand that merged with Minolta 52 Erato’s instrument 53 Feature of some roller coasters 57 1980s “Lovergirl” singer 60 Ride before ride-sharing 61 2007 Stephen Colbert bestseller subtitled “(And So Can You!)” 62 Bakery fixture 63 Singer/actress Kristin with the memoir “A Little Bit Wicked” 64 Basmati, e.g.

DOWN

1 Chuck Barris’s prop 2 Cookie with a “Thins” version 3 Singer Del Rey 4 Old pressing tools 5 Targets of pseudoscientific “cleanses” 6 Type used for emphasis 7 It looks like it contains alcohol, but doesn’t 8 Treebeard, for one 9 PepsiCo product, slangily 10 Act theatrically 11 Sophia and family 12 Vehement 13 Sycophants 15 Dory helped find him

19 Drink that needs a blender 22 They’ve already seen it coming 23 Cleopatra’s nemesis 24 Chinese philosopher ___-tzu 25 Inventor Whitney 27 Baseball stats 30 Some Congressional votes 32 One who might get top billing 34 Exercised caution 36 Dir. from Providence to Boston 37 “Pretty sneaky, ___” (Connect Four ad line) 38 Take in 40 Step on the gas 42 Sea west of Estonia 43 Kool-Aid Man’s catchphrase 44 Two-tiered rowing vessel 46 Add vitamins to 49 Thompson of “SNL” 51 Big-box store with a meandering path 54 Sitarist Shankar 55 Business bigwig 56 Drink with legs 58 “I love,” in Spanish 59 Pet sound? 55 Robotic factory piece ©2018 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) For answers go to: www.randomlengthsnews.com

RANDOMLetters [Letters from p. 7]

Walk a Mile in Bare Feet of Homeless

Our “ability to imagine ourselves in the shoes of others,” as stated by President Barack Obama in your June 28 issue is relevant. Indeed, can we imagine a California where immigrants will suffer housing discrimination gentrification — “voter approved” measure JJJ — and suffer impediments to employment because new apartment developments restrict parking to

one half stall per tenant. I agree with your editorial May 31 “Homeless Once Again”: “this is not by accident, but it is a result of structural racism that persists still.” In Mayor Eric Garcetti’s webpage Quarterly Report Latest Status Report - July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2017: “resolved 19,019 tenant complaints, resolved 10,078 illegal eviction complaint cases, secured $23.2 million in relocation assistance for 1,859 families, and restored 31,854 rental units to safe

living conditions.” Wow! I live in an 18-unit building where some tenants have been skipped over for housing maintenance and tandem parking — for years — damaged at over $350 per month, yet Garcetti’s $100,000 code enforcement/ rent control employees refuse to address racial inequities, also a criminal matter. Garcetti and Robert Galardi, writing in 2017, said tenants never received the THP application, and repairs proceeded without the THP. With no THP, landlords were prohibited from raising rents on new tenants, but landlords raised rents anyway.

If a tenants paid an “illegal rent” overcharge of $600 per month, tenants would be owed $600 per 36 months or double or $43,000. As the Random Lengths May 31 apropos editorial cartoon appraised this catastrophe, “Abandon all your rights ye who enter here.” G. Juan Johnson Los Angeles

Children and the Bible

Nothing ever has, and never will justify kidnapping innocent children, and then caging, terrorizing, and traumatizing them. If any of your Christians

readers have any doubts about this, they need to look no further than Matthew 7:12, which teaches, “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” And, if they are still confused about the immoral and unconscionable treatment of God’s innocent children, I would respectfully request that they no longer call themselves Christians. Causing or supporting the suffering of innocent children for political gains shows an immoral depravity and a complete disdain for, and abandonment of God. P.M.D. McCollum San Pedro

Send Letters to the Editor to: letters @randomlengthsnews.com. To be considered for publication, all Letters to the Editor must include your name with address and phone number included (these will not be published, but are for verification only) and be kept to about 250 words.

DBA & LEGAL FILINGS [continued from p. 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. 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

08/23/18, 09/06/18

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018187887 The following person is doing business as: Tinkerbell Cleaners, 1808 E Carson Street, Carson, CA 90745, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Mark J. Doddy, 1110 W. 9th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Mark J. Doddy, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 31, 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: 08/09/18, 08/23/18, 09/06/18, 09/20/2018

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018190097 The following person is doing business as: HR General Welding Repairs, 644 W. 27th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1951, San Pedro, Ca 90733. Registered owners: Hector Rivera, 644 W. 27th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Hector Rivera, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Aug. 1, 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: 08/09/18, 08/23/18,

the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: 8-29-18, Time 8:30 a.m. Dept. S26, Room: 5500 The address of the court is 275 Magnolia Ave, Long Beach CA 90802 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following news paper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles Sentinel and Random Lengths News Date: July 18, 2018 Michael P. Vicencia Judge of the Superior Court 8/2, 8/9, 8/16,8/23/18 CNS-3159467# Los Angeles Sentinel

INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE BERTHS 118-119 [Kinder Morgan] WHARF REPAIR PROJECT The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) has prepared an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) to address potential environmental impacts from Kinder Morgan (Berth 118-119) wharf repair project. The project includes sites identified on the State of California Hazardous Waste and Substances List (Cortese List) compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. The IS/MND 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/MND. The 30-day public review period starts on August 13, 2018 and ends on September 11, 2018. A copy of the document is available for public review on the Port of Los Angeles website at: http://www.portoflosangeles.org; the Harbor Department’s 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/MND should be submitted in writing prior to the end of the 30-day public review period and must be postmarked by September 11, 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 and should include the project title in the subject line. For additional information, please contact Erin Sheehy with the Environmental Management Division at (310) 7327693. CN951953 BERTHS 118-119 Aug 16, 2018

09/06/18, 09/20/2018

Order to Show Cause for Change of Name Case No. NS034510 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of Herlinda Marie Perez for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Herlinda marie Perez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Junior Pacheco to Erik Junior Pacheco The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at

August 9 - 22, 2018

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,

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,

Real News, Real People, Really Effective

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,

The community would like to thank the workers and management of Ports Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Call Restaurant for 57 years of service to the greater Los Angeles Harbor Area. Thank you for making the milestone events in so many lives special and memorable.

August 9 - 22, 2018

Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant

We look forward to your speedy return to our waterfront and the timely resolution of issues that have caused so much disruption to the lives of so many.

v o e , L San Ped h t i ro W