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Mary McAlpine: Educator brings her mission to the kitchen table p. 2 Little Fish delivers most everything Martin McDonagh has to give p. 11 Pina’s Mexican Restaurant celebrates its 30th anniversary p. 12

Native Son Hits Home Run College Bound alumnus John Muto discusses lows and triumphs

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

[See Home Run p. 6]

Massive New Quake Threat Revealed in Harbor Area

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“I still read that article,” John Muto told me over waffles, eggs and bacon at the Pacific Diner. John still looks as if he has just graduated from high school with his cherub-like face. It doesn’t even look as if he shaves yet since his skin is so smooth.

Sitting across from him in a well-worn booth, I realized, was the first time I’d seen John — in person, at least — in about five years; he is a young man now. Partly through reconnecting again but also his desire to talk about the cool projects he’s been working on, his demeanor conveyed a sense of brimming excitedness.

These days John divides his time between his work coordinating youth programs for the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and developing the budding nonprofit he co-founded, Heal Los Angeles. Nonetheless, he still lives in San Pedro.

The article to which John was referring was a 2014 profile our former assistant editor, Zamna Avila, wrote for Random Lengths News about graduating high school students who had participated in the College Bound program at the San Pedro Boys and Girls Club.

John was a senior at San Pedro High School who had collected $12,000 in scholarship money. During my interview with him, John told me about a couple of his dreams — one was to work in the community

Magnitude 7.2-7.4 possible

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

A newly-recognized fault could produce earthquakes as strong as magnitude 7 or higher according to research uncovered by Wilmington activist Jesse Marquez and introduced to the State Lands Commission at its Aug. 23 meeting. He was continuing the decade-plus process of seeking protective action to remove the public safety threat of the Rancho LPG facility, which stores more than 25 million gallons of butane and propane gas, with a blast radius of three miles.

“I discovered something new, something very scary,” he told the commissioners. Marquez was recounting the discovery in the aftermath of the recent Ridgecrest quakes. “It will be devastating.”

The research is fully described in a new paper, The Wilmington Blind-

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Coordinator of the L.A. Dodgers Foundation youth program, John Muto, at Leland Park.

Photo by Terelle Jerricks

[See Quake p. 4]

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An Educator Brings her Mission to the Kitchen Table

By Alexa Moreno Perdomo, Editorial Intern

Franki Bellhouse-Garcia never had a plan and had resigned himself to a life working the docks until Mary McAlpine helped him see his potential and change his life. As the Regional Occupational Program culinary arts instructor at Banning High School in Wilmington, McAlpine spends her days teaching teenagers the culinary arts, but more than that, teaching them life skills.

Her classes provide an alternative to traditional education that prepares them for life outside of school. Although she has been teaching for more than two decades, being a teacher had never been in her plans.

dietary manager but quickly realized that perhaps it was not exactly what she wanted.

“Once I started working at UCLA, I knew I didn’t want to do hospital work,” McAlpine said.

“I knew I wanted to be more creative and I didn’t want to be in that little box.”

However, her hospital work did help McAlpine once again focus on the relationship between food and health.

“As a dietary manager, it allowed me to work on a case study that examined patients with diabetes,” McAlpine said. “Seeing how their health was affected by the food they ate really

Instructor Mary McAlpine takes a hands on approach during her students’ final, preferring to help them pass instead of watching them fail. Photo by Steven Guzman

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A Chance Encounter

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McAlpine always had a passion for cooking.

Having grown up in the small town of Forkland, Ala., a part of a South with a history fraught with poverty and racism, McAlpine experienced its inequities and scarcities. Families were left with few options when it came to nutrition. This helped McAlpine understand the relationship between food and health and the ways it can affect a community.“[Residents] were very low-income and there were a lot of illnesses,” McAlpine said.

“They had these illnesses because there were not a lot of healthy food options available that they could afford.”

It was her understanding of this relationship that eventually helped McAlpine determine how she was going to use her passion for cooking to give back to her community.

While she briefly considered a career as a nurse, an allergy to formaldehyde ended that goal quickly. McAlpine was still set on helping her community, but needed another way of doing it.

Although she loved to cook, being a chef was not something she felt was right for her at the time.

After some contemplation, McAlpine shifted her goal and set forth to become a dietician.

“That was my goal and focus,” McAlpine said.

“Even when I was in grad school at Long Beach State, my focus was to be a dietician and to really help my culture because I saw a lot of illnesses and diseases that were attributed to their diets.”

After moving to California in 1981, McAlpine began working at a hospital as a

intrigued me.”

Recognizing her need for creative space, McAlpine left her position at the hospital. She knew she still wanted to be in the culinary world but needed time to figure out how to reach her goals in a way that allowed her to be true to herself. She began working with the Los Angeles Unified School District. She was in charge of managing cafeterias. It was a chance encounter with a Regional Occupation Program (ROP) instructor while working that changed the course of her life.

ROP is an educational program that focuses on teaching students vocational skills. After the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act in 1917, states slowly began to take the initiative of adding programs to their schools. Beginning in the late 1960s, California started incorporating this program into schools statewide. Teachers chosen to teach ROP courses must have over three years of career-based experience. McAlpine’s experience made her the perfect candidate to teach culinary skills in the ROP program. “One day when I was on my job, a gentleman from ROP began talking to me,” said McAlpine. “He told me that just from meeting me and talking to me that maybe I needed to be in ROP. He convinced me to try so I decided to apply. I got the job pretty quickly and I’ve been with them ever since.”

Once she began teaching ROP classes in culinary arts, she quickly realized that teaching [See Kitchen Table p. 18]

Community Announcements:

Harbor Area Parenting in the Digital World

Digital technology is an excellent tool to make and enhance social relationships, however, it can also expose our children to risk. Clayton Cranford is a law enforcement professional and one of the nation’s leading educators. She will speak on social media and behavioral threat assessments.

Time: 8:15 to 10:15 a.m. Sept. 23 Cost: Free Details: 310-832-3056 Venue: Taper Avenue Elementary, 1824 N. Taper Ave., San Pedro

POLB Sponsorship Applications Open

Nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for the Port of Long Beach’s Community Sponsorship Program. Community groups can submit sponsorship funding requests online through 5 p.m. Sept. 30. Applicants are advised to plan well in advance. Events for this funding period must take place on or after Dec. 1, 2019. Funding is expected to be awarded in mid-November.

Applications are judged on how the proposed events and activities can help the port inform the community of its role as an economic engine and job creator.

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Arts Program Strives to Reach All Students

By Melina Paris, Arts and Culture Reporter

For as long as many can remember, educators and parents have complained about school funding and how subjects outside of the three R’s (reading, writing and arithmetic), such as the arts, are discarded. But there’s one nonprofit that has been working to bring the arts into the classroom when school districts can’t — Angels Gate Arts Education Program.

The Angels Gate Arts Education Program is

across several disciplines and critical thinking skills that meet California visual and performing arts standards. It introduces arts vocabulary and demonstrates fine art concepts. The nonprofit’s director of arts education, Colleen Andrews, noted that the artists-in-residence dictate the program and bring their own practice into the classroom to help students understand the creative process.

Teachers share artworks from a range of cultures. One artist-teacher has a curriculum on various cultures’ traditions of weaving, including Egypt and Africa. She talks about the Tongva in Los Angeles and how different cultures used patterns in their weavings. The students can [See Angels Gate, p. 18]

LA Controller is Critical of LAHSA’s Efforts to Help Homeless

POLA Releases Final SEIR for China Shipping

The Port of Los Angeles has released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, SEIR, for the Berths 97-109 (China Shipping) Container Terminal Project. The Los Angeles Harbor Commission will consider certification of the Final SEIR at a special meeting, Oct. 8.

A video and a slide show of the overview can be viewed at the following URLs: www.tinyurl. com/POLAimpactreport and www.tinyurl.com/ finalseirchinashipping The final SEIR includes responses to comments on the recirculated draft SEIR, including changes made to the document.

Time: 9 a.m. Oct. 8 Cost: Free Details: www.portoflosangeles.org/environment/ environmental-documents Venue: Port Administration Building, 425 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro

in its 20th year doing this work. For 12 weeks at a time in the fall and spring semesters, the artist-in-classroom-residency program offers instruction to students in 120 classrooms across 15 schools in Los Angeles County, connecting San Pedro’s elementary and high school students to art in a tangible way.

Through this program, second graders are learning dance, third graders are introduced to visual arts and fifth graders are introduced to creative writing. Through partners like the Grand Vision Foundation in San Pedro, fourth and fifth graders are being introduced to music through the nonprofit’s Meet the Music youth education program.

The program is designed to promote creativity

A student works on a project in Angels Gate Arts Education Program. Photo courtesy of Angels Gate Arts Education Program

By Hunter Chase, Reporter The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority could be doing its job much more effectively, said Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin in a report released on Aug. 28.

The report asserts that LAHSA failed to meet five of seven outreach goals in the City of Los Angeles during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. LAHSA sought to place 20 percent of the city’s 36,165 homeless individuals into bridge housing, but only succeeded with 14 percent. Of the individuals assessed by the LAHSA, only

4 percent were placed in permanent housing, while the goal was 10 percent. LAHSA’s goals also included getting treatment for 25 percent of the people who self-identified a substance abuse disorder, but only 6 percent did. The statistics were even worse for those who self-identified mental health need; LAHSA’s goal was to treat 25 percent of them, but only treated 4 percent.

The final goal LAHSA did not meet was to obtain 95 percent of data for the program, and LAHSA [See LAHSA, p. 10]

Lomita Water Infrastructure Tours

Citizenship Fair I Feria de Ciudadania

September 12 - 25, 2019

This fair offers assistance with Citizenship Application N-400, Immigration attorneys will be on site to answer questions will be offered. If applying for a fee waiver, bring a verification of government benefits or recent tax returns.

Participants are required to bring: drivers license /ID, Permanent Resident Card and Social Security dates and location of travel outside the United States in the past five years, addresses for places of residence, work, and/or school attended in the past five years, name of current spouse, all previous marriages from you and your spouse, names of all your children, date/place of birth and include address and documentation of all arrests and/or court dispositions, even if the charges were dismissed. RSVP. Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 21 Cost: Free Details: 562-612-4180 Venue: Wilmington Senior Center 1371 Eubank Ave., Wilmington

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Lomita will be offering one-hour evening and weekend tours of the Cypress Water Production Facility to focus on addressing common water questions and provide a forum to discuss the city’s water supply and upcoming projects.

The recent detection of benzene at the Cypress Water Production Facility and the announcement of a pollution plume investigation that originates from the city of Torrance have raised questions about the water supply in Lomita. During the tours, water service professionals will discuss these issues and explain how the city’s infrastructure and water supply sources can be leveraged to respond to a dynamic environment.

Details: 310-325-7110 x155; https://www.lomitawater.com/water-tours/

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[Quake from p.1]

Quake Threat Thrust Fault: An Active Concealed Earthquake Source beneath Los Angeles, California. The fault stretches from Torrance to Huntington Beach passing directly under the two local ports.

Its existence has long been known, but it was previously believed to have been inactive for more than two million years, so it’s not included in state-of-the-art earthquake hazard assessments.

But the paper presents compelling new evidence that it’s “a tectonically active fault capable of generating large damaging earthquakes.”

“The data indicates that this fault was active, became inactive for a period of time, and it was reactivated within the last 500,000 years,” the paper’s lead author, Franklin Wolfe told Random Lengths News.

“The startling Wilmington Thrust Fault

information received last night greatly amplifies the vulnerability of the Harbor Area in its entirety,” said San Pedro activist Janet Gunter, representing San Pedro Peninsula Homeowners United before the State Lands Commission.

“Rather than continue to bury this important information, it would behoove this agency, the state, County and the City of Los Angeles to engage in a strategy that begins the process of defusing the massive bomb that currently exists in our region.”

The Nature of the Threat

In thrust faults, opposing walls move upand-down rather than side-to-side, as in strikeslip faults. A blind-thrust fault doesn’t reach the surface, so they’re usually not recognized until after an earthquake—as happened with the 1987 Whittier Narrows or the 1994 Northridge earthquakes.

“If it were to rupture by itself, there could be a 6.3 to 6.4 [magnitude] earthquake,” Franklin

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Regional seismicity, the projected surface trace of the Wilmington blind-thrust fault and surface traces of other active structures in the area. The Wilmington blind-thrust underlies the Wilmington anticline and oil field and is part of the larger Huntington Beach fault system that also includes the Torrance and Huntington Beach segments.

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said, but it could easily be stronger rupturing in tandem with other nearby faults. “What we do in our study is to provide a wide range of possible scenarios of what could possibly happen given the models of the faults that we have mapped.”

With the Torrance and Huntington Beach thrusts both involved as well, the quake magnitude could be 6.8. Beyond that, “If the Compton Thrust and the Newport Inglewood Thrust ruptured in tandem with the system as well, this would be a 7.2 to 7.4,” Wolfe said, though he hastened to say, “The larger the magnitude, the less frequently the event would occur. The more segments [that] are involved, the less frequently it would occur.”

Magnitude alone doesn’t tell the full story, however. The 1933 Long Beach earthquake was centered offshore on the Newport-Inglewood Fault with a 6.4 magnitude, causing 115 to 120 fatalities and $40 million worth of property damage. But it’s at least possible that could be relatively tame.

“The Long Beach earthquake was a strike slip fault, and so the motion is going to potentially give a swaying effect to the buildings,” Wolfe said.

“Whereas the Wilmington blind thrust is going to be giving an up-and-down motion, directly beneath the harbor, and it’s my understanding that infrastructure is built to withstand the sideto-side motion, and the swaying, it doesn’t tend to do very well in the up-and-down.”

“Given the fault’s location directly beneath the harbor, and the harbor sitting on unconsolidated soft sediment, the geometry of the fault…where all that energy is going to be localized upward… it’s likely that the fault would cause considerable damage to the sensitive infrastructure.”

This applies to refineries and storage facilities, like Rancho LPG, as well as to the ports which lie directly above the fault.

There’s a lot more research to be done, he noted. It’s possible the Wilmington fault is a splay, or branch, of the Compton fault, he said, and “one of the collaborators on this study, James Dolan, showed in some of his research that there’s multiple greater than magnitude 7 earthquakes that have occurred on this fault within the last, let’s say 10,000 years or so.”

The Northridge quake “could be an analog” for what might happen on the Wilmington Blind-

Thrust Fault, Wolfe noted. “It’s a very similar type of fault, it’s located within the sedimentary basin, which may amplify the ground shaking, because soft sediments are easier to deform than the solid bedrock around it.”

How the fault came to light

Typically, faults like the San Andreas are easily identifiable from the air, making them easy to identify and study, Wolfe explained.

“A blind thrust fault is more difficult to study, typically, because the deformation above it is not localized in one place,” he said. “It’s more a distributed folding of the rocks above the fault, because that fault doesn’t actually stick out to the surface.” The Wilmington Blind-Thrust Fault was an exception, identified because of oil companies’ sonic exploration of the area, but it had always been assumed to be inactive, until relatively recently.

Because of where oil can be found, “they were only trying to image from one kilometer down like to four kilometer,” Franklin explained.

“The shallowest-most rock that they were able to observe appeared to be moderately planar, compared to the clear folds that we can see in the deeper rocks.”

“It appeared that the fault had been active to fold the rocks to create the Wilmington anticline [the associated ridge-shaped fold of stratified rocks], but then at some time within the Pliocene [about 2.6 to 5.3 million years ago], the fault shut off and horizontal planar rocks were deposited, on top of that fold.”

But there was more to the story.

“Most recently, the United States Geologic Survey became very interested in trying to define the geometry of the shallowest most rocks that it has never been studied before,” Wolfe said. They used high-resolution seismic imaging, drilled new water wells and analyzed water data in order to understand the groundwater architecture and resources in the Los Angeles region.

The new data revealed signs of folding in the more recent rock layers, which could indicate reactivation of the fault, though other explanations were possible as well. The possibility was first raised about a decade ago, but conclusive evidence has only just now been published.

[See Faults p. 5]

Special Report:

Hawaiian Indigenous Peoples Protest

By Mark Friedman, Reporter

MAUNA KEA VOLCANO, HAWAII — As we go to press, the protests and camp by Hawaiian indigenous people on the Big Island ends its second month.

Several thousand indigenous people and their allies, including indigenous nations’ representatives from around the world have joined in this peaceful/direct action protest against the construction of a massive new telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea volcano. Indigenous people’s view the proposed construction as a desecration of their land.

The indigenous encampment consists of more than 100 tents, a full kitchen, medical center, a commissary with food and clothing for attendees and a functioning university with ongoing workshops.

This reporter had an opportunity to attend a 600-person protest on Aug. 24 and interview several leaders. There were simultaneous protests in six other cities on the Hawaiian Islands.

As one of the leaders, Andre Perez, told Random Lengths News: “We are involved in direct action to uphold justice and protect our sacred mountain Mauna Kea, to take a stand for the future… This is not the first action, in 2015, we held off the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT -group of universities financing the new telescope construction)”. He explained how they exhausted all legal means and were now blocking the road to prevent mountain desecration. (Of course, this land desecration, colonization and colonial treatment of the Hawaiian indigenous peoples has taken place for several hundred

“We have a belief system that is based in nature and our environment.”

There have been no confrontations with police since the occupation. Thousands of supporters on all the islands are flying the Hawaiian flag upside down from their truck beds, houses and front yards.

Like the protests at Standing Rock two years ago, over the Dakota Access Pipeline, the battle over Mauna Kea is part of a larger struggle over indigenous rights and the legacy of colonialism.

Protesters urge people to come visit and stand in solidarity. Follow them on Puuhuluhulu.com and on Facebook at Pu’uhonua o Pu’uhuluhulu Mauna Kea.

The full video of the protest including interviews is available at www. randomlengthsnews.com/2019/11/ hawaiian-protest

Protesters at the Hawaiian indigenous people’s camp near Maunakea Volcano on the Big Island. Photo by Arlene Reiss.

years). “Kapuna, our elders, have taken the lead in setting up a blockade, basically an entire camp…” They created a traditional place of refuge that historically goes back to Hawaiian warriors… a land based sanctuary.”

A central leader of these actions is Kaho’okahi Kanuha, a direct descendent of a great Hawaiian warrior. This mountain has faced severe desecration and mismanagement by the Bureau of Land and Natural Resources and the University of Hawaii.

All 13 telescopes, since the first in 1968, were built without Native Hawaiian input. “We

are now in a time when our people are awakening and rising,” Kanuha said. We now remember our history and culture, the truth of our status as a people and as an illegally occupied kingdom….

We will no longer tolerate the further marginalization of our people… The state and the system has failed us as a people.” Opponents argue that they are not anti-science, but that they don’t want a telescope with the footprint of a Costco on their sacred mountain.

“That is a challenge for most Western people to understand, because we don’t have buildings and churches,” said activist Mr. Wong-Wilson.

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As already noted, there are multiple blind-thrust faults in the L.A. region. The Northridge Blind-Thrust Fault was only discovered because of the 1994 Northridge quake, a 6.7 magnitude quake felt as far away as Las Vegas. The Puente Hills Blind-Thrust Fault was identified in 1999 as a trio of fault segments stretching from Puente Hills near Whittier, through downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium, before turning west toward Beverly Hills. While the 1987 Whittier Narrows quake first indicated its existence, the full extent wasn’t known for another 12 years.

All these faults are products of long-term movements along the San Andreas Fault, where the Pacific and North American tectonic plates meet. As a result of these movements in the Miocene [5.3 to 23 million years ago] “there were normal faults that were forming” in and around the LA Basin, including off-shore, Wolfe said. “They were being stretched and extended, due to the relative motions of these two tectonic plates.”

But during the Pliocene, which followed the Miocene, “the motion on all of these faults seems

to have reversed,” he said. “So within the last four million years or so, it seems like contraction in the L.A. basin has been ongoing,” and as a result of this the change “from extension pulling the crust apart to contraction ... thrust faults started forming during this time, and have been active until the present day.”

This unified picture of the local fault systems helps us better grasp the nature of the threats we face. But there’s one thing more Wolfe pointed out. After the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, he said, “Legislation was put in place to not allow people to build structures right on top of fall traces.” But since then, “the identification of blind thrust faults and their unique hazards in the region” indicates that “a different way of thinking about seismic hazard is required.”

That’s precisely what Jesse Marquez and Janet Gunter were asking for from the State Lands Commission.

Four years after the Puente Hills Blind-Thrust Fault was discovered, seismologist Sue Hough told the Los Angeles Times, “This is the fault that could eat L.A.,” With this new discovery, the Wilmington BlindThrust Fault could do the same to the Harbor Area.

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LABOR Notes Victory for LA Garment Workers

After years of labor exploitation and theft of wages Los Angeles area garment workers will finally have justice; restitution payments come from a state fund of $ 16 million allocated in the California state budget to restore the money of hundreds of people who, for years, were victims of wage theft.

“We have waited for many years and they have also robbed us a lot,” said Sebastian Hernandez, 38.

In the 18 years that he has been working in this industry, Sebastian said he was denied rest and overtime pay at a factory. His case was filed with the California Labor Commission in 2012.

“Sometimes there is no other way out but to endure,” said Hernandez, who said he sometimes met weekly work hours of 79 hours, including Saturdays and Sundays, for which he earned just $ 650. “It’s not easy to find another job.”

Garment workers represent about 45,000 employees in Los Angeles manufacturing. Most of them almost never recover the stolen salary and, due to the closure of the factories, four out of five workers who win their demands for cases of wage theft never end up seeing a penny. Also, most previously unionized shops no longer exist.

The workers, mostly immigrant women, regularly work more than 12 hours per day, roughly 60 to 70 hours per week, while receiving $3 to $4 per hour, well below California’s minimum wage of $12, and without overtime pay.

Dolores Huerta Arrested in Protest for In- Home-Care Workers

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Eighty nine year-old civil rights icon Dolores Huerta was taken away in handcuffs Sept. 3 during a protest in California over pay for workers who care for the elderly and disabled.

More than 500 Service Employees International Union, SEIU members along with veterans, church leaders, seniors stormed the Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting to demand better pay. It’s been more than a decade since many have received a raise, the union said.

Negotiations with supervisors have spanned months, according to the union.

Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers union, was one of six protesters arrested for allegedly failing to disperse after being issued an order to do so.

The six, including Huerta, were released after being issued tickets.

“All of these supervisors make over $100,000 a year, while these people have gone without a wage increase for 11 years, and it’s time. Que es tiempo,” Huerta told reporters.

In-home-care workers earn a $12 minimum wage. Supervisors offered a 10cent raise, but the union said it is pushing for a dollar more.

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Union Officials Urge UFCW Members to Accept Latest Offer

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The union representing 60,000 Southern California Grocery Workers reached a tentative agreement with the owners of Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions, and Albertsons. As we go to press, vote totals have not been released. Officers of the union have recommended a “yes” vote.

The tentative agreement includes a $1.55 wage increase over three years.

Part-time workers with at least 15 years employment will be guaranteed 28 hours/ week and receive a fourth week of vacation.

New hires will pay the price however of not receiving overtime pay for Sunday work.

This continues the decades long concession bargaining pastern of taking wages and benefits from new hires to get current employees to approve the contract.

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Home Run

relations department of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation; another was to give back to the Boys and Girls Club. Could anyone have understood then that John was speaking his future into existence before our very eyes?

As coordinator of the LA Dodgers Foundation youth programs, John holds an umbrella over two programs: one is reviving baseball in inner cities and the other consists of Dodgers Dream Field programs. Through these two programs, he has been able to continue the work of cultivating the love of baseball in younger generations of Angelenos while simultaneously rehabilitating neighborhood parks in disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles. Leland Park in San Pedro was one of the beneficiaries of the Dodgers’ largess.

“Yeah man, we got them a new scoreboard that’s like a mini version of the one at Dodger Stadium, a new dugout and new seats,” John said, and as I watched this 25-year-old gleefully explain how the Dodgers Foundation was servicing 10,500 youths between the ages of 5 and 18 in 85 locations throughout Los Angeles I found his bubbling excitement of doing good deeds was contagious.

John is also in charge of events such as Dodger Days, a carnival-themed health fair to provide free vision screening and glasses to children in participating parks.

John spoke at length about the various ways the Dodger organization has been giving back to the Angelenos and San Pedrans in particular, including giving away free baseball equipment to coaches with 13 children on their teams and giving away free or discounted tickets to Dodgers games.

The Transformation

The interview at the diner was supposed to be for a story about a local boy making good, not to plug the rich and successful organization for which he works. But the truth is that his personal achievements are intrinsically linked to incalculable benefits to others. For myself and editors who have reported his story, John’s unwavering demonstrations of love for family and community was always what made him a stand-out. Eighteen-year-old John spoke at length about how his older brother, Kenny, changed his life trajectory. Seven years older than John, Kenny is autistic and has special needs. At the time, the brothers went to school together. Special needs students can go to high school for five years.

Particularly poignant was John’s recollection of his sophomore year, attending school with his brother made him so self-conscious he rejected his brother — and how that reaction filled John with guilt. Eventually, it was baseball that provided the safe space where John could connect with Kenny, where they could become true brothers.

The lesson he learned from that episode seems to have reverberated throughout his life.

Aware of his family’s financial challenges, John attended Los Angeles Harbor College to complete his general education requirements in its honors program before transferring to a fouryear university — at the time his dream school was UCLA. “It’s my life, I can do whatever I want with it,” he observed. “As a career I want something that I love to do every day, not wake up with, ‘Oh, crap, I’m going to work.’”

When RLn interviewed him last, John was

Left, John Muto in 2014 as a high school senior in the College Bound program at the Boys and Girls Club. Today, as Dodger Foundation coordinator, Muto is in the position to help nonprofits such as the Boys and Girls Club.

interning at the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy in Compton. At the time, he said he believed networking within the organization might help him land the right job in the future.

It turned out that he went beyond shrewd pragmatism to seize opportunity when he saw it.

John was wrapping up his breakdown of the Dodgers Foundation’s great contributions to disadvantaged communities, when his expression changed and he paused.

“I have a great story to tell about how I got the job with Dodger Foundation,” he said. “I literally got in there on my hands and knees.”

I’m sure the expression on my face indicated he should continue.

At 18 years of age, John said he was not the same person he was before he joined the College Bound Program at the Boys and Girls Club. “He is wiser, more respectful and less selfish. He’s a team player,” Ávila wrote in 2014.

What we didn’t and couldn’t have known at the time was that he still had challenges to overcome.

Tested in the Fire

John recounted the trying period when his father lost his job. Our reporting made the family’s hardship a public matter. But the story was more painful than we knew. While John was completing coursework at Harbor College and preparing to transfer to a university, his father was diagnosed with brain cancer.

John described that period of his life as filled with worry for his father and family’s financial wellbeing and what he could do to alleviate it.

When he graduated from San Pedro High School, John said he planned to maintain close ties to Boys and Girls Club. He kept that promise.

We quoted him saying “I will work my butt off to get money for the Boys and Girls job.”

When he found himself in position at the Dodger’s Foundation to help local nonprofits, the Boys and Girls Club was one of the recipients.

John recounted a pivotal moment that eventually led to his employment with the Dodgers Foundation.

During the middle of the season while he was a high school senior, John went to a Dodgers game with a buddy. They got to the game a little early when he decided to see who could talk to about getting a job with the Dodgers.

John recounted quizzing the ushers about the location of the Dodgers administration offices, whereby he was informed he had to go to level 5. When he got there, he inquired further and was told that the offices were at the end of a long hallway.

“I’m going down and I see that down the hall there are these double glass doors and there are suites and you need tickets to go beyond that point. But we caught a good day, John said. “Because there were a bunch of people in a huge line...these are pretty big doors, it’s not like security, so I went over to the left, got on my hands and knees and just started crawling and continued crawling and sure enough I was clenching my teeth and toes expecting to hear, ‘hey you,’ but I kept crawling and crawling until I finally got up and just started walking. I pretended I was deaf because I was like no one was going to stop me. When you’re on the suite level at level 5, that’s where the offices are and there’s ushers outside.”

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was directed to a middle door. But as one can imagine, the Dodgers executive suites had a lot of security, so John made it a point to duck into the bathrooms ever so often. He did this for about 20 minutes, while keeping an eye out for anyone coming out of that middle door.

“Then finally I saw this tall white gentleman who had just walked out of that middle door,” John said. “I ran up to him said, hi my name is John and I really want to work for the Dodgers and I want to do something community orientated and help out others using the Dodgers brand.’”

“That gentleman turned out to be the foundation’s senior director of programs and

account.

Before learning of Prince Jackson’s pending attendance at the school, John had come to a crossroads. His family’s financial situation hadn’t changed and his father was diagnosed with brain cancer. Home weighed heavy on John’s mind.

He thought of leaving school altogether and just going to work to support his family. Jackson’s attendance at Loyola Marymount turned out to be the encouragement he needed to continue school.

Before long, John spotted Prince on campus on his way to a club meeting one evening.

If you’ve ever been to LMU you know it’s very dark at night with very dim lights,” John said. “Then I hear this kind of loud laugh, and if you know Prince, he has this distinct laugh, and I was like, ‘Oh my god, I think that’s Prince Jackson!’ I was kind of walking along with him,

Leland Park in San Pedro received a new scoreboard from the L.A. Dodgers Foundation’s Reviving Baseball in Inner-cities program. File photo

Noted for his decades of dedication to the community of Wilmington, it is with regret that we inform our Harbor Area residents of the passing of Milton Ford Baldwin, more commonly known as “Skip.”

A consistent friend to Wilmington, Skip was active for decades in numerous efforts to clean, protect and beautify his beloved community.

Along with his dear friend and longtime companion, Lucy Mejia, Baldwin formed the Wilmington Citizens Committee, and was a member of the Port Community Advisory Committee. He remained an active member of the San Pedro Peninsula Homeowners Coalition and often spoke before the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Commission in attempts to reduce the harmful industrial port impacts to local residents.

He passed away in July from cancer. He was 87 years-old.

Skip often referred to himself as the “Ol’ Gringo” and for many of his friends the name stuck. A very private man, it recently became known that Baldwin was a direct descendant of Henry Ford. In a tribute to his heritage, Baldwin spent the past five years restoring an antique 1920s Ford Model T. The proud Ol’ Gringo was seen periodically sporting his traditional broad rim hat and driving that bright shiny red Ford through Wilmington.

Unbeknownst to us all, it represented the significance of his family ties to his cherished classic vehicle.

Skip will be greatly missed by his close friend, Lucy and the many fellow activists who loved him and appreciated his devotion to his community.

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but I’m behind a bush, kind of. I was trying to make sure it was him before I look like a fool and it’s not him.”

John gathered up his courage and introduced himself to Prince, gushing over the late King of Pop’s legacy and the pop star’s impact on his life.

Before concluding his spiel, John told Prince his idea of building a nonprofit intended to carry on Michael’s humanitarian legacy.

Prince’s response was, “Put it in writing.”

John, who by this time had gained some experience in writing proposals, put one together in a matter of several hours, one that was well sourced and researched. John didn’t know when he was going to see Prince again, so he put a copy of the proposal into bound folder and carried it around in his backpack for when that day came. It just so happened that that day was the following day. It was two to three months later that Prince texted John and said, “Let’s do it.”

John’s vision has a multi-year, multi-phase roll-out plan that’s modeled in part after the College Bound program, but he intends for the foundation to reach even deeper into the lives of disadvantaged children of Los Angeles. One of the facets of his vision is that it will teach healthy eating and cooking practices and instill healthy active lifestyles in Los Angeles youth.

After John brought me up to speed on all that he was working on and delivered the good news that his father is cancer-free, I was brimming with excitement for him and rooting just as hard for him now as I was when I first met him in 2014. Back then, he told us, “It’s my life, I can do whatever I want with it.”

Well, just look at him now.

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fundraising,” David Brennan.

Brennan, likely caught off guard, told John about the Dodgers Foundation RBI program, which was slated to launch the following year.

Through all the drama of getting that far up into the executive suites, John forgot to get a business card and lost contact with Brennan, a minor set back it turns out. The next time Brennan saw John was during a Dodgers Foundation interview process a year later when he was sitting across the table from him.

John recounted Brennan looking at him with a “don’t-I-know-you-from-somewhere” expression on his face and John staring right back with a “I-know-you-remember-me,” expression on his face. Needless to say, through luck and by pluck, John got the job.

John lists his mom, Michael Jackson, his Uncle Tom and Mr. Rogers on his Mount Rushmore of people he most admires.

John is a Michael Jackson fan. He loves his music. He loved Michael’s dancing. But most of all, he loved Michael’s humanitarian efforts. John didn’t address the child molestation allegations against the late King of Pop in a recently released documentary and I didn’t ask him. John said he at one time wanted to work for Michael Jackson’s Heal the World Foundation, a nonprofit that once spread millions of dollars around the globe to help children threatened by war and disease. But the foundation closed not long after Jackson’s death.

John kept thinking about the work, wanting something more local than global, something with more immediate impact and closer to home.

Through Twitter he learned that Prince, Michael Jackson’s son was going to attend Loyola Marymount University, the same school he was going to — a rumor that was then confirmed by the Jackson heir himself through his Twitter

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Tale of Two Realities San Pedro on the verge of something

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From Long Beach’s rising Gerald Desmond bridge to the growing skyline of Los Angeles and out to the edge of Venice’s “Silicon Beach” the development cycle is booming with ever increasing intensity. Neighboring cities like Inglewood and Carson don’t want to be left out of the action and the County Assessor’s office is beginning to add up both the values of the new construction and the rise in property values. The 2018 Assessment Roll Forecast reflects both real estate values and new construction increasing by 6 percent with a net local tax roll of a whopping $1.5 trillion. As usual, the eye is on the future (not the past) and the buzzword is gentrification. The buzz-kill of course is the 56,000 homeless neighbors in the county and those being evicted by unregulated rising rents.

But hey, isn’t that just the price of progress?

Here in the “biggest little town” in all of Los Angeles City — San Pedro — the clash between progress and culture is only recently becoming self aware. The demolition of the aging Ports O’ Call Village and restaurant conjured up a visceral reaction. The planning for the replacement of Rancho San Pedro public housing and the rush to build new compact apartments and condos with starting prices two or three hundred thousand above the median prices here are making some shake their heads in wonder. And the clash between the union, the Port of LA and Maersk shipping company over the automation of the waterfront enraged hundreds of ILWU members who protested the threat of job elimination by robotics.

The voices of protest were so strong that the port police brought in a reported three riot squads in case things got out of hand at the Harbor Commission hearings on the matter.

They were advised by the union leadership to “keep them hidden” so as to not antagonize the protestors even further. The port did and nothing violent happened, but the reaction to this kind of “progress” was like a primal scream.

What it showed, however, was the disconnect from the city’s boosterism over new technology and “progress” versus the ardent working class culture of the Los Angeles Harbor Area. Even the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce was afraid to take a position on the automation issue even though many of their member businesses signed petitions and supported the ILWU. This would be unusual in almost any other

chamber of commerce in America — businesses siding with unions.

There is in this kind of disconnect between those promoting a version of the future and those who are resisting it.

Los Angeles believes in reinventing itself every so many years. It is sold on some kind of self-creation myth, promoted by the silver screen, big developments and philanthropic billionaires naming monuments after themselves. Los Angeles as a conceptual place is constantly chasing the chimera of “the new.”

San Pedro by contrast embraces something more “authentic,” tied to history and embraces authenticity. It often questions anyone who shows up with a new bright and shiny object.

A similar symbolic disconnect occurred during Fleet Week this past August with the U.S. Navy sailing into the San Pedro Bay on its annual promotional recruitment cruise­it advertised as a “tourist event” bringing 200,000 or more people to the Port of Los Angeles. On the last Friday of the month, during the same week as Fleet Week, every low-rider in the county showed up for an unsanctioned cruise night. There were more classic Chevys chopped and striped, lowered and chromed causing a bigger traffic jam on South Pacific Avenue than there was for the Navy event.

Back in July, following the blowout over Pier 400 automation, many of the classic car guys boycotted the port’s Cars and Stripes event in solidarity with the union.

Similarly, the local peace group challenged the patriotic-tourism narrative by protesting Fleet Week’s take over of Labor Day weekend, all the while the largest Labor Day event west of the Mississippi gathered in solidarity some 20 unions and close to 10,000 participants in the Los Angeles Harbor Area.

The clash goes even deeper when you talk to the guys in the punk rock scene who emerged from a very local DIY aesthetic towards what’s cool and what isn’t. Mike Watt of Minutemen fame is the best example of what he calls the “econo” do-it-yourself, working class perspective. His latest explanation of this is expressed in the Los Angeles Times article “We eat econo: Mike Watt on pork sandwiches, punk rock and the future of San Pedro.”

His very existence in Pedroville, his music and the rise of a new joint, The Sardine, is the perfect counterbalance to “the new San Pedro Waterfront Marketplace” that is once again

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postponed due to “certain anomalies in the bidding process.” The replacement of Ports O’ Call and the much awaited waterfront promenade is still some three years away and the town’s “visionaries” are still promoting this as the future

of prosperity.

I feel as though I’m watching a group of John Smith’s Mormons pushing carts across the Great Plains of America chasing a religious mirage convinced that it is water.

California’s Not So Golden Past

By Dawn A. Dennis, Ph.D.

Five years ago, while teaching in the City of Orange, my students in a U.S. survey history course told me about the Ku Klux Klan recruitment fliers found in the area. I used this moment to ask my students about their knowledge of white supremacy in history. Many of us, like my students, are taught that white supremacy is an exclusive product of the “Jim Crow” south, a stain on American history that occurred with the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling. However, Kelly Lytle Hernández points out that in 1607, as the settler colonial elite conquered land and people, white supremacist terror ushered in genocide, chattel enslavement, colonialism and imperialism against the indigenous communities, blacks, Latinos, the Chinese, immigrants and people of color.

From its earliest days, California boosters have touted its weather, its bounty of natural resources and better economic opportunities. The state had a reputation for racial tolerance, too, but that was only true when white communities didn’t feel threatened demographically in their communities or with the job market. It’s why the memory of white supremacist terror against

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migrants, immigrants, communities of color and Jews remains almost non-existent.

Who remembers the Bear Flag Revolt? It preceded the 1846 American invasion of Mexico, which resulted in the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty that ceded 52,000 square miles of Mexican territory to the United States — that is, the presentday states of California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Who remembers the hundreds of Mexican and Mexican Americans who were lynched following the California Gold Rush and American land grab?

What about the Foreign Miners’ License law or the Chinese Exclusion Act, which were passed as an effort to maintain white supremacy? When laws failed to minimize economic competition by non-white communities, extrajudicial killings through white mob violence picked up the slack (i.e. the Chinese massacre of 1871). Let’s be clear, this is our history and we own it.

By the turn of the century, Southern California resembled any other bustling region across the nation, perpetuating discrimination, racism, and

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Kudos to Slobodan Dimitrov for his cover story in your special 2019 Labor Day Issue (Aug. 29-Sept.11, 2019). His piece is informative regarding the history of the crucial labor movement in San Pedro and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. A sequel, soon I hope.

And to Paul Rosenberg for yet another concise piece on legislation aimed at leveling the playing field for all workers, AB 5.

I find it disturbing, if not downright appalling, that Fleet Week has appropriated this most important holiday intended to celebrate labor, its struggles and the hard-won accomplishments of labor unions on behalf of all working people. Timing is everything, and this expensive [Golden from p. 9]

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Bukowski Bottoms Up

Paris has Jim Morrison’s grave around which to share a beer, London has Karl Marx’s sepulcher on which to genuflect, and San Pedro? San Pedro ought to have the bust of Chuck Bukowski on which to rub noses or to spill a bit of ale. Welcome German, American, Indigenous Pedroids, misfits and assorted marginals, middle class groupies and filthy rich aristos to enjoy vicarious thrills of decadence and debauchery with their favorite poet, writer and philosopher. We have Whiskey Flats, why not a bust of Buk, too? If Charlie were

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Help Get Justice for Grechario Mack

Grechario Mack was 30 years-old, a loving father of two daughters, and suffering a mental health condition. He was allegedly talking to himself and holding a standard kitchen knife, inside the crowded Crenshaw-Baldwin Hills Mall. Witnesses affirm that he was not attacking or threatening anyone.

It is unclear who called the police. Upon arrival, LAPD officers reportedly bounded up the escalators to the second floor where Mack was standing. Two officers, Ryan Lee, and Martin Robles, began firing upon Grechario. They didn’t clear the crowded mall. Videos, photos, and reports from the scene include strewn baby bottles and strollers; store windows were shot out, as was the glass railing that secured the second floor of the mall.

Then-Chief Charlie Beck acknowledged that the officers should have used “less-lethal” force. Grechario fell to the ground but survived the first shots. As he laid there, officers fired additional rounds at close range into his body, killing him. On March 19, 2019, the Los Angeles Police Commission issued a rare and unanimous “outof-policy” ruling, which opens the way for the police chief to fire the officers. Chief Michel Moore recently made public statements regarding his refusal to fire or discipline the officers because he “[doesn’t] think they did anything wrong.”

Since the ruling, community organizations, including Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles have met with the chief, sent letters, and launched a call campaign demanding that he fire the officers.

Grechario’s family has attended Police Commission meetings and spoken directly to the chief. There have been marches, banner drops, and news stories. Moore has been unresponsive.

Grechario was a black man who was viewed as a threat, not as a man suffering an illness. Black shoppers at the mall were also placed in life-threatening danger due to the reckless conduct of these officers. [Tell] Chief Moore that black lives are not expendable.

Dr. Melina Abdulla.

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Community Alert Public Review and Comment Request of Proposed Citywide Cat Program Draft EIR

LOS ANGELES — The City of Los Angeles has prepared a draft environmental impact report or EIR to evaluate the potential environmental effects of the proposed citywide Cat Program a proposed project addressing free-roaming, feral or stray cats in the city. The city is requesting input on the draft EIR from public agencies, residents, and other interested project stakeholders.

The draft EIR analysis determined that the proposed project would not result in any significant environmental impacts. No mitigation is required.

Public Review Period: The draft EIR public review and comment period began Aug. 29 and ends Oct. 28.

A hard copy may also be viewed at Harbor Animal Services Center, 957 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro. Send comments on the draft EIR to: jan.green. rebstock@lacity.org. or by mail to Dr. Jan Green Rebstock, City of Los Angeles Public Works, Bureau of Engineering Environmental Management Group, 1149 S. Broadway, 6th Floor, Mail Stop 939, Los Angeles, CA 90015-2213 Details: Draft EIR, https:// eng.lacity.org/citywide-catprogram-e1907610 Venue: Ramona Hall Community Center, 4580 N Figueroa St., Los Angeles

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system that would prohibit undocumented immigrants from public services.

We have read the same white supremacist language in the manifestos of white male domestic terrorists, and have heard it at Trump’s political rallies. It’s the same rhetoric grounded in toxic masculinity and fear used to incite violence; the alleged replacement of whites, protection of “white culture,” job insecurity due to immigration, and fear of the “other.”

My point is that many whites ignore the history of racial violence in California.

Let’s be real, our problem is not with the “other,” although law enforcement, manufactured statistics, educators and institutions will have us believing so; our problem is perpetuating the false historical narrative by creating white-victimhood, and failing to recognize that this insidious ideology becomes deadly in praxis.

White supremacy has found its way into the prison system and on the streets of California. There are 83 active hate groups in this state, ranging from neoNazis to racist skinheads, to anti-immigrant and antiMuslim groups. Formed in San Quentin prison in 1964, the Aryan Brotherhood used racial violence in the state prison system. The Aryan Nations began in Lancaster, Calif. as religious leader and white supremacist Richard Girnt Butler took over a large Christian Identity congregation. In 1988, former Aryan Nations guard Buford O’Neal fired more than seventy rounds

Finally got to finish my RL (Aug. 22-Aug. 29, 2019) with some cherry pie last night; noted you brought up Matthew Rhys being a UK citizen. But they imported him all the way from from Brooklyn, NY. He’s been working stateside a couple of decades now, and his son was born here in the US. And probably worth whatever they paid him.

Loved reading about Eric Stanley Gardner, by the way.

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Green Book listed 224 sites within Los Angeles as safe havens for black motorists.

Urban planning contributed to environmental racism as affluent towns are not divided by concrete barriers, like freeways, nor do residents suffer from health hazards, like oil refineries.

We like to think racism, institutional or otherwise, ended after the Reagan administration.

But the battles over affirmative action and the presence of undocumented immigrants in the 1990s shows the embeddedness of racism and white supremacy in California’s political discourse.

The film, American History X, a film I’ve shown to my students in my race and ethnicity course at California State University Los Angeles is illustrative of this.

Set in Venice, the film is one of the most underrated movies of the ‘90s that addresses white backlash and violence to affirmative action, changing neighborhoods, immigrants, Jews, blacks, and the emergence of white supremacist gangs inside and outside of prison.

The film follows Derek Vinyard through his journey to becoming a neo-Nazi. It didn’t happen overnight. It began with his dad’s racially tinged critiques of the books used in Derek’s history class. This film places white supremacy at the dinner table, in the hallways of the school, at the Korean grocery store, in intimate and familial relationships, at the Venice basketball courts and in the prison system.

I asked my students to pay close attention to the language, symbols and the violence of white supremacy. The film’s rhetoric is the same language used in 1994, when the state using the slogan of “Save Our State,” attempted to pass Proposition 187 to create a state-run citizenship screening

Rick, So I just heard today from one of my sources that the inspiration for the Bukowski bronze came out of a report back from the PBID staff who attended a tourism conference earlier this year. And the people in attendance heard from heard from some German tourism specialists that Charles Bukowski is one of the most popular writers there.

“So why not have a statue of him here to attract more tourists?” they supposedly asked.

I’ll just let that sink in a little bit before I go on.

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violence, against immigrants and blacks. By the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was active in Southern California, and spread to cities, like Inglewood, law enforcement and political office; within three years, there was allegedly more than 700 new members initiated into the Klan.

Signs that read “Caucasian Only,” created a climate of fear meant to terrorize immigrants and blacks.

Whites vehemently opposed immigrants and blacks moving into residential areas, and created segregated spaces through racial covenants and used violence to maintain white hegemonic control. In the making of a segregated landscape, whites overtly and covertly reinforced the idea that whites were more important than blacks and immigrants in the building of Southern California.

In the 1920s, Christine Sterling’s emphasis of the white American narrative of Los Angeles in her romanticized rendition of a Mexican marketplace erased the founding history of Los Angeles. As Kelly Lytle Hernández reminds us, black musicians compared Los Angeles suburbs to Mississippi and Texas. Hawthorne was considered a sun-down town, as blacks were required to leave the town by dark. In the 1940s, racial covenants perpetuated residential segregation to thwart the second black migration to Los Angeles and surrounding areas, like Compton. Whites resorted to bombings, burning crosses and firing into the black homes in areas south of Slauson, and white gangs in South Gate and Huntington Park harassed black motorists.

In 1966, the Negro Motorist

military folly is no more than a smokescreen obscuring the real issues affecting workers today.

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alive, he would raise a toast to the bust of Henry Chinaski anytime, anywhere in his adopted port town residence. No need to be stuffy about it. Bottoms up!

Rick Matthews Whiskey Flats, San Pedro

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at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles and killed Filipino-American postal worker, Joseph Santos Ileto.

In 1999, racist skinheads crushed the head of a Mexican immigrant, Ireno Soto Aguilar in Lakewood.

Contemporary white supremacist/ power groups in Southern California, like the Orange County-based Rise Above Movement, have joined with other neo-Confederate, and neo-Nazi groups across the nation. How many of us saw images of white males at the

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University of Virginia, carrying tiki torches and shouting “You will not replace us!” in 2017. Do you not remember the violence and murder of Heather Heyer at the Unite The Right Rally in Charlottesville, Va? White supremacy is as American as apple pie and California represents a slice of that pie. White supremacy isn’t just a relic of history, it’s a real phenomena that this state holds. It’s a vision that claims that this state does not have a strain of fascist and racist thought in its DNA. The fact that a number of Trump’s cabinet and inner circle have come from Southern California should shatter this belief. White supremacy is a home-grown product that maintains an unequal economic, social, and political structure in the state, and is supported by law enforcement, racist educational institutions and our unjust judicial system in which whites have “otherized,” people of color. We need to acknowledge this.

Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council Hindered by Infighting

By Hunter Chase, Reporter

The Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council met on Aug. 27, but for the second time the board failed to reach quorum and was unable to vote on anything.

Two weeks prior, Board President Maria Couch cancelled the meeting which would have been held on Aug. 13. She did this because she thought they would not have a quorum.

Board member Jeff McBurney responded by calling a special meeting on Aug. 13 instead. Shortly after, members of the board planned for the second meeting in August, even though the board normally only meets once a month.

McBurney said Couch emailed the board prior to the Aug. 27 stakeholder meeting a memo stating the next board meeting will be in September, seemingly ignoring the planned Aug. 27 meeting.

At the Aug. 27 meeting, the board members that showed up planned an

agenda setting meeting for the Sept.

10, but then Couch sent an agenda to the board for that stakeholder meeting on Aug. 30, McBurney said.

Couch’s move was highly unusual given that agendas for the council’s meetings are normally only created by an agenda setting committee, secretary of the board Lou Caravella said.

Caravella did not expect members of the board to argue about the legitimacy of the agenda, as he doubted the board had the energy for it.

The agenda was added to the website two days prior to Couch sending it to the board, but it was not easily accessible. It could only be found by going to the site’s calendar, then clicking on the meeting.

The fact that the agenda is on the website is something of a victory in itself, as previous agendas had not been posted to the site. The Mailroom, which is the authorized web administrator and vendor, had been locked out of the site since at least July 12, Caravella said.

The board had hired Moore Business Results to redesign the website for $4,000, but it was only intended to be an aesthetic redesign.

Since locking out The Mailroom, Moore Business Results has not communicated with any member of the board except Couch, Vice President Jane Castillo and Outreach Chair Khixaan Obioma-Sakhu, said Caravella. Because of this, the agendas for several public meetings have not been posted on the site, in possible violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act. This includes the agendas for the Aug. 13 and Aug. 27 meeting.

About an hour before the Aug. 27 meeting began, Thomas Soong, a representative of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, the governing body that oversees neighborhood councils, sent an email cancelling the meeting. His reasons for the cancellation were that the meeting was in violation of the council’s bylaws, which require agendas to be posted on the website. However, Soong mistakenly sent the email to the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council instead of Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council, said Doug Epperhart, president of Coastal.

The Sept. 10 agenda sent by Couch does include an action item written by Caravella, stating that only the website administrator, which is the Mailroom, and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will have access to the website’s backend and the board’s email address.

What was not included was a port pledge designed to prevent a conflict of interest with Maria Couch, who is an employee of the Port of Los Angeles, said board member Frank Anderson.

The pledge would add a standing rule that employees of the port could not vote on issues that involved the port,

or serve as or choose a representative in neighborhood council and Chamber Presidents meetings. Anderson is the chair of the port committee, and previously represented Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council at these meetings, but Couch recently replaced him with Obioma-Sakhu without telling Anderson. Anderson came to the meeting and was not allowed in, but Couch and Obioma-Sakhu were let in as Couch had listed both as the council’s representatives.

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did not report their progress.

Galperin suggested using a method he labelled a “HomeSTAT” approach, allowing the city and LAHSA to use a performance and data-based approach to better combat homelessness. Galperin’s report argues that employees of the LAHSA should have access to real-time statistics and update them on a regular basis. Galperin said LAHSA should combine this with the rapid deployment of resources to homeless people who need help.

In addition, Galperin claimed that LAHSA’s approach is reactive as opposed to proactive, in cleaning up encampments because of requests by constituents, as well as planned cleanups by the Department of Sanitation and requests by police when there is a disturbance. Galperin suggested reaching out to people in encampments before third parties contact LAHSA. Galperin also suggested giving out more hygiene kits to the homeless during the outreach stage, as outbreaks of typhus and hepatitis A are serious problems. He said that the city should provide mobile showers like those used by Lava Mae, and toilets like those provided by the city’s Mobile Pit Stop program.

Homelessness is an issue in San Pedro. According to LAHSA’s 2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count there are 616 homeless people in San Pedro. This includes 95 individuals who were in shelters on the night of LAHSA’s count. Fifty of these individuals were in an emergency shelter and 45 were in transitional housing.

Of the 521 people not in shelters, more than half lived in vehicles.

LAHSA counted 123 people living in cars, 94 people living in vans, and 62 people living in RVs or campers.

There were 167 people living in makeshift shelters and 71 people on the street.

The 2019 count revealed a large increase in unsheltered people since 2018, when LAHSA reported 378 unsheltered people in San Pedro.

During that year the number of sheltered homeless people decreased from 118 to 95.

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two murders during the last year — not Until recent years, counting Valene’s dog, which bled to death after few who don’t proudly wear By ist n his ears were hacked off. And now this accidental the label “theatre nerd” knew the name Gr eggo olum C ry Moo killing of Connor père by Coleman. Except it wasn’t an “Martin McDonagh.” But since the critical l l a re, Curtain C accident. And the body count is about to rise. and commercial success of the 2017 film, Three Billboards Despite ever-present menace and bursts of bloodshed, McDonagh’s Outside Ebbing, Missouri, McDonagh has become perhaps the second-most plays are mostly talk. That goes double for The Lonesome West. With relatively known (after Quentin Tarantino) exemplar of how vulgar witticism and a little onstage violence, the dialogue does all the heavy lifting, dialogue so violence-as-comedy ethos can make for great art. soaked in brogue and idiom that you expect to find a dialect coach listed among Such popularity cuts both ways if you mount a McDonagh play. the crew. Little Fish may be too little for such a luxury, but you’d never know Although you’ll sell tickets to fans (whether new ones or nerds from way it from this show, because Brown, Wolski, Kane and Eliza Faloona (as alcoholback), they may come with Three Billboards, including its seven Oscar peddling schoolgirl Girleen) completely own every word. Each role runs the nominations and wins for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, on their gamut ­­— pensive monologue, frenetic interaction, laughter and pain —and minds. there isn’t a single moment not perfectly translated from page to stage.

With a quartet of outstanding actors and a director who knows how to A huge share of the credit goes to director Stephanie Coltrin. So often I use them, Little Fish Theatre deftly handles that double-edged sword, slicing find seemingly capable casts cut off from reaching their full potential due to open The Lonesome West to reveal the beating heart of McDonagh’s wicked directors permitting them to make it all the way through the rehearsal process humor. without living their lines, resulting in a play that is basically just serial recitation Battling brothers Coleman (Cylan Brown) and Valene Connor (Bill (actors simply waiting for each other to finish so they can immediately say Wolski) are just back from the cemetery where they laid their father to their lines), with no sign of the characters actually listening and formulating rest. Accompanying them is Father Welsh (Brendan Kane), a young priest [See Curtain Call p. 15] who has turned to drink over the lawlessness in his small parish, including

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n a foggy morning in late summer of 1965, Ralph Woods stopped by the side of the road near the edge of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and looked out to sea. The west end of Catalina was just peeking through the mist. Across the road, an earthmover was sculpting the site of a new center to be called Golden Cove. “This is it” thought Ralph, seeing the potential and beauty of the unique location. He likely said the same thing when the restaurant closed for good last month.

Half a century ago, the intersection of Hawthorne Boulevard. and Palos Verdes Drive South was out in the country. Japanese farmers raised vegetables and strawberries in the fields along the cliffs. Locals rode horseback over the hillsides. Oceanside canyons held secrets of long ago pirates. Wild foxes ran shyly through the underbrush, gray doves cooed in the eucalyptus groves, pelicans cruised the uprising air currents at cliffs’ edge and dolphins gamboled offshore.

Ralph J.Woods was a veteran of World War II, where he’d served under Gen. George S. Patton’s command in Germany. Now he was a restaurateur. He’d gotten started with a chain of restaurants called Woody’s Smorgasburgers, a novel and fun concept far ahead of its time.

The lofty restaurants were decorated in a manner best described as “Tyrollean” -- Alpine flourishes, faux snow and skiing themes, centered around a smorgasbord approach that

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The Passing of the Admiral Risty

By Gretchen Williams, Cuisine and Travel Writer

Admiral Risty owners Jan and Wayne Judah, seated, and their employees took a last photo as the staff of the Admiral Risty. Photo by Kathy Berg

started with a plain but excellent hamburger and allowed customers to add toppings from an amazing array of condiments. Lettuce, tomato and onion slices, of course, but also more exotic options like chopped peanuts or slices of pineapple that lent wonder to the making of the burger. Woody’s was a big hit, especially with children, and the chain was popular for many years. The Redondo Beach location is now home to Rock N Brew.

Woods and his wife, Barbara Ristrom Woods, had been looking for a great location for a more upscale restaurant, and Golden Cove proved to be the gold at the end of the rainbow.

The Admiral Risty opened in 1966 and quickly became a Peninsula favorite. Named for “Risty” Woods, the restaurant reflected her love of the sea. The spectacular ocean view was the focal point, with Japanese glass fish floats and shells and coral providing color and interest around the dining room. The inviting bar was the gathering place for the Peninsula, and launched the careers of many local entertainers. San Pedro’s own Diane Michelle sang and played at the Admiral

Risty in the ‘70s.

At the beginning, the waiters at the Risty were local surfers picking up a few bucks between sets. Waiters were always hired because they were handsome, or maybe it just seemed that way. Professionals took over the jobs but kept the uniform — early Reyn Spooner Aloha shirts, chinos and Topsiders were the original look, preserved to this day.

Waitstaff at the Risty is well known for

longevity. Many of the servers and staff have been at the Risty for decades, and looked at the closing of the restaurant like a death in the family.

Dan Heller has worked as a bartender and host for 42 years. Kathy Berg has done marketing and advertising for the Risty for over 30 years. Wayne Judah is the present owner, taking over after Ralph Wood died in 2015 at age 90. Judah was tending bar at the Risty in 1969, moonlighting while serving as an Army sergeant stationed at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, when the regular manager suffered a heart attack. Judah stepped up and has had his finger on the pulse of the Risty ever since. The Risty even provided Cupid service for Judah; he met his wife, Jan Jay, at the restaurant. Her two sons worked at the restaurant as students.

For Peninsula residents, the closing of the Admiral Risty will leave an emotional void.

For more than 50 years, families have come there to celebrate birthdays, graduations and other special occasions. Just as the décor has not changed, the menu and service has remained solid California —great steaks charred over an open grill, fresh fish and seafood, specialties like the marinated flank steak, massive artichokes steamed and served with melted butter and lemon, fat asparagus spears, mushrooms sautéed with wine, huge green salads with chunks of bleu cheese on chilled salad plates. Saving room for dessert has always been a challenge but the “chocolate burrito” (a crêpe filled with chocolate mousse) could be ordered with two or more forks.

The Admiral Risty closed its doors in August but everyone will remember the gray whale they spotted from the bar, or their first Risty martini, or their graduation celebration, or their anniversary or their birthday, any year.

Smooth sailing and bon voyage to Wayne Judah and the fine crew at the Admiral Risty.

Pina’s Mexican Restaurant Celebrates 30 Years

The sweet notes of mariachi trumpet and guitar rang out on the evening breeze in South Shores. Delicious aromas and a promise of wonderful things to come came from the warm dining room at Pina’s on 25th Street. The 30th anniversary of the cozy restaurant marked Josepina and Martin Magana’s three decades of loving collaboration, welcoming the community and turning out phenomenal Mexican food.

Tears came to Pina’s eyes as she recalled the response of her customers at the 30-year mark.

Many customers have been returning to the restaurant for many years, and have observed the occasion with flowers, cards and visits. She considers the restaurant her life’s work and says “making her people happy’ is her goal every day.

Colorful murals on the east wall depict scenes of Michoacán, near the hometown of

Sahuayo, roots of the Magana family. The cuisine draws from the tropical climate, with avocados, chilies, tomatoes, herbs and tropical fruits adding to the dishes. Precious avocados are put to splendid benefit here, with Pina’s guacamole a must have at the restaurant.

Crunchy tacos are state-of-the-art— perfectly stuffed and fried, then garnished properly with shredded lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese and a last sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese. Beef, chicken or fish is a tough call, but each variety is a perfect foil for Pina’s excellent salsa. The house salsa is fresh and finely chopped, full of nicely hot jalapeños and cilantro. Every day is Taco Tuesday at Pina’s.

Chile verde is a specialty of the house, long cooked pork in green sauce, full of flavor with [See Pina’s p. 13]

the care and skill of an experienced hand.

Enchiladas are dressed with homemade sauces, stuffed with meat or chicken or cheese and gently baked to perfection.

Josepina and Martin have made beautiful music together for over three decades, and the welcoming restaurant is a testament to that

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the subtle tang of tomatillos and green chili. Served with rice and beans and hot tortillas, this dish is the answer to any question.

Well-stuffed burritos come with this terrific guisado also.

Breakfast is always a good thing at Pina’s, with great coffee and chips and salsa first thing, and lovely huevos rancheros to follow. Eggs are cooked to order and sit atop corn tortillas, with rice and beans, then crowned with Pina’s own ranchero sauce.

Heaven in the morning!

Pina’s menu is a treasure of delightful dishes, made with

Josepina and Martin Magana with their family.

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.bignickspizza.com

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THE CHORI-MAN

Fourth-generation artisanal chorizo and meats. Purchase chorizo by the pound or try our burritos and tacos! Menu specials change weekly. Open Wed. and Thurs., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Fri. - Sun., 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For catering email: info@thechoriman.com for catering and special orders.

The Chori-Man, 2309 S. Alma St., San Pedro • 424287-2414

GAFFEY STREET DINER

At the north end of Gaffey Street, where the 110 Fwy. delivers you back to San Pedro, is where you’ll find the Gaffey Street Diner.

Made famous by Guy Fieri’s Food Network show, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives, Gaffey Street is a destination breakfast and lunch spot serving the “Original” John Wayne Breakfast and all of the original menu favorites in generous portions. Extended hours coming soon. Open 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon. - Fri.; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Gaffey Diner, 247 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • 310-548-6964

HAPPY DINER #1

The Happy Diner #1 in Downtown San Pedro isn’t your average diner. The selections range from Italian- and Mexican-influenced entrées to American Continental.

Happy Diner chefs are always creating something new—take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables prepared any way you like. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Catering for any occasion available for your home or office. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #1, 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro • 310-241-0917

HAPPY DINER #2

Built on the success of Happy Diner #1, Happy Diner #2 just expanded its dining room for parties of up to 100 guests and soon to open for dinner service.

American favorites like omelets and burgers, fresh salads, plus pasta and Mexican dishes are served. Happy Diner #2 is casual dining, a place to enjoy a relaxing meal with family and friends. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #2, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • 310-935-2933 The Happy Deli is a small place with a big menu. Food is made-to-order using the freshest ingredients.

Breakfast burritos and breakfast sandwiches include a small coffee.

For lunch or dinner select

LA BUVETTE WINE BISTRO

Welcome to La Buvette Wine Bistro, San Pedro’s French bistro located in the historic waterfront district. La Buvette offers rustic French cuisine featuring the freshest ingredients from valued local purveyors. La Buvette pays tribute to the classic French bistros of various regions of France where good food, good wine and friends come together to create the special joie de vivre. Free, private parking lot in rear Open: Tues.-Sun. 5 p.m., Sat. Coffee & Croissants 9 a.m to 12 p.m., Sunday Brunch Bubbles & Bites, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. La Buvette Wine Bistro, 335 W. 7th St., San Pedro • 424-342-9840 • www.LaBuvetteBistro.com

MARIE CALLENDER’S RESTAURANT & BAKERY

Enjoy all your Marie Callender favorites at their new San Pedro location. From appetizers and salads to classic entrées and famous pies, there’s something for every taste and mood. For quick workday lunches or business meetings, try the Big, Boxed Lunch to go or delivery.

Dinner entrées include fresh seasonal selections as well as traditional favorites. Ask about catering for your next event. During June and July, buy one pie at regular price and get the 2nd pie for $4.99. Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

Marie Callenders, 1030 N. Western Ave., San Pedro • 310-832-4559 • www.mariecallenders.com

PINA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT

P i n a ’ s M e x i c a n Restaurant s e r v e s traditonal M e x i c a n food from Michoacan for breakfast t h r o u g h dinner, and is known for specialty enchiladas, burritos, tacos and mariscos served in a comfortable, casual dining atmosphere. Pina’s now has a full bar, so come on by for a real margarita! Catering available for any occasion.

Hours: Saturday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pina’s Mexican Restaurant, 1430 W. 25th St., San Pedro • 310-547-4621 • www. pinasmexicanrestaurant.com

SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY

A micro brewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, BBQ, sandwiches, salads and burgers.

A full bar with madefrom-scratch margaritas and a martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. Live music.

Open daily from 11:30 a.m.. San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, 310-831-5663 www.sanpedrobrewing.com

TAXCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

We are proud to serve our community for almost four decades.

Generous plates of traditional Mexican fare are the draw at this family-friendly restaurant. Visit us at our new location — the Garden Village in San Pedro, where Tony got his start. Catering for every occasion, beer, wine and margaritas to your taste.

Open Sun. and Mon. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Taxco Mexican Restaurant, 28152 S. Western Ave., San Pedro • (310) 547-4554

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, 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, and domestic craft beers on tap. Full bar; free, gated parking lot. Happy hour five days a week. Hours: Mon. 5 to 9 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sat. 1 to 10 p.m., Sun. 1 to 9 p.m. The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro 310-832-0363 • www.whaleandale.com

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HAPPY DELI

from fresh salads, wraps, buffalo wings, cold and hot sandwiches, burgers and dogs. Delivery to your home or office available. Ask about catering your next event. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 am. to 8 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Deli, 530 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro • 424-364-0319 • www.happydelisp.com

Conrad’s menu reflects the cuisine of his native Oaxaca with a fresh focus on local, seasonal ingredients for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

It features classic dishes from Oaxaca and regional Mexico, such as mole sauces, ceviche, empanadas and sopecitos. Sourcing the freshest ingredients, combining them with traditional flavors and rewriting familiar recipes into exceptional cuisine is Conrad’s mission. Ask about Conrad’s vegan

menu. Caterng available. Open Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sun. noon to 8 p.m. Conrad’s Mexican Grill, 376. W. 6th St., San Pedro • 424-264-5452 www.conradsmexicangrill.com

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Family owned and operated since 1965, Buono’s is famous for exceptional award-winning brick oven baked pizza.

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. to 10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Buono’s Pizzeria, 1432 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro • 310-547-0655 • www.buonospizza.com

CONRAD’S MEXICAN GRILL

harmony. The good vibes have also produced a splendid family — from daughters Daisy (29), Marlene (27), Denise (25), son Martin Jr. (23), daughter Celeste (16) and son Christian, (14).

Pina’s Mexican Restaurant, 1430 W. 25th St., San Pedro.

Details: 310-547-4621

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MUSIC Sept. 13

Rip Roarin’ Jazz Band Vaud & the Villains return with a 10-piece “small band” for a night of 1930s hoppin’ tunes.

Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 13 Cost: $22 to $32 Details: www.grandvision.com Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro Johnny Cash Tribute Enjoy a tribute to the legendary musician at Alpine Village.

Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 13 Cost: $15 to $25 Details: 310-323-3954 Venue: Alpine Village, 833 Torrance Blvd., Torrance

Sept. 14

The Richard Sherman Trio The trio present its yearly jazz concert benefiting the outreach of Seaside Community Church.

Time: 7 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: $25 Details: www.seasidecommunity church.org Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance Jazz And Blues at The Grand Prolific jazz guitarist from South Africa, Jonathan Butler will perform songs from his latest album, Close To You.

Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: $75 Details: 323-395-7965; www.brownpapertickets.com Venue: The Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro Como La Flor Band Selena tribute: The Como La Flor Band Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: $15 Details: www.ticketweb.com Venue: Gaslamp, 6251 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach San Pedro Festival of the Arts Join Alvas Showroom for a preview of Festival of the Arts 2019, featuring dance, music and visual arts and crafts booths.

Cost: Free Details: 310-833-7538; www.alvasshowroom.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro Katia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts Kátia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts performs classic samba and choro music from 1917 to 1970. Kátia with her gift as a storyteller, invites the audience to gaze into snippets of life in Brazil.

Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: $20 Details: www.tinyurl.com/Katia Moraes-BrazilianHearts Venue: Casa Arjona, 4515 E. Harvey Way, Long Beach

A Tribute to Amy Winehouse Join an Amy Winehouse birthday tribute show with Cherry Wine.

Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: $10 Details: www.tinyurl.com/ cherrywine-amywinehousetickets Venue: Alex’s Bar 2913 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach The Texas Tenors The tremendous trio is back with a 30-piece orchestra performing favorites and selections from its number one album.

Time: Sept. 14 Cost: $67 to $121.50 Details: www.palosverdes performingarts.com Venue: Norris Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates

Sept. 15

Robert Berry Robert Berry reenvisions his work with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, Jethro Tull, GTR, Genesis, Yes and Ambrosia.

Time: 7 p.m. Sept. 15 Cost: $35 Details: www.alvasshowroom.tix. com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

Sept. 20 Seffarine, From Fez to Jerez Seffarine’s international blend of

sounds features soulful Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and flamenco guitarist and oud player Nat Hulskamp.

Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 20 Cost: $10 to $26 Details: 310-329-5345; www.artstickets@elcamino.edu.

Venue: Marsee Auditorium, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

jazz-pop-soul artist Windy Barnes Farrell sings the music of Whitney Houston.

Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 28 Cost: $25 to $35 Details: https://grandvision. secure.force.com/ticket Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Chuck Alvarez Alvarez, a Los Angeles-based guitarist, singer and songwriter, along with his acoustic trio, will fill the Battery with blues-rock, some light jazz, R & B and Americana.

Time: 7:30pm Sept 20, 21 Cost: $30 Details: http://fortnightconcerts. com Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro

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Sept. 21

Beth Rohde & Vento Sul Hear Brazilian classics made popular by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes, Elis Regina, Astrud Gilberto.

Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 21 Cost: $22 to $32 Details: www.grandvision.com Venue: Grand Annex 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Suffrage! A History in Word and Song

Enjoy an evening of historical protest songs and impassioned pleas for women’s right to vote.

Time: 7 to 10 p.m. Sept 21 Cost: Free Details: 562-436-2256 Venue: First Congregational Church of Long Beach, 241 Cedar Ave., Long Beach

Sept. 22

The Australian Pink Floyd A night of the music and all that you love from Pink Floyd.

Time: 7 p.m. Sept 22 Cost: $50 to $85 Details: 562-916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos

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Evita The Tony-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor illegitimate child to ambitious actress to becoming the wife of military leader-turned-president Juan Perón, and the most powerful woman in Latin America.

Time: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 Cost: $35 Details: www.tinyurl.com/evitaernestborgninetheatre Venue: Ernest Borgnine Theatre, 855 Elm Ave., Long Beach

Sept. 21

The Haunting of Hill House Dr. Montague and his small team of volunteers visit Hill House, an unwelcoming mansion with a history of secrets and tragedies.

Time: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 21 to Oct. 19 Cost: $10 to $24 Details: www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

Sept. 28

La Bohème Be transported to the bustling cafés and hidden corners of 19th-century Paris in Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème. The opera will be transmitted live in highdefinition video from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to a large LED screen in the park. The opera will be subtitled in English and Spanish. RSVP. Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept 28 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/LABOH-ME Venue: Columbia Park, 4045 190th St., Torrance

The Janitor The intersection of good and evil with music, science, poetry and art are explored as the cast deals with temptations, jobs, bosses and some ridiculous advice.

Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 28, 3 p.m.

Sept. 29 Cost: $10 to $21 Details: www.centerforthearts.org Venue: El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

ART

Sept. 12

She Who Paints with Scissors Working primarily from the organizational grid and employing a geometric austerity and deceptive plainness reminiscent of Agnes Martin, Yong Sin works in collage, painting, and mixed media. The exhibition runs through Oct. 26.

Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday Cost: Free Details: 310-732-2150 Venue: TransVagrant at 478, 478 W. 7th St., San Pedro

Sept. 14

Schism Richard Stevens splits his studio in two for Wilfred Sarr and Patti Grau at The Loft. The studio will be open September through October, each Saturday and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.

Time: 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: Free Details: 310-831-5757 Venue: Cannery Row Studio, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro Pandora’s Box Artists were encouraged to create art about their perception of Pandora opening this box during this time of political turmoil.

Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: Free Details: www.galleryazul.com Venue: Gallery Azul, 520 W. 8th St., San Pedro Angels Gate Walkthrough Curator and VOLUME member, Jared Baxter will take visitors through the group exhibition Todo en Ti Fue Naufragio for a more indepth conversation about the art.

Time: 1 to 2 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: Free

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Go to: www.randomlengthsnews.com/calendar to post your event online Details: 310-519-0936 Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro The Lump Show The Lump Show is a realization of the nature of matter. The exhibit runs through Nov. 16.

Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: Free Details: www.corneliusprojects. com Venue: Cornelius Projects, 1417 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro Long Beach Artwalk Walk East Village and Downtown Long Beach through the Artwalk, where artists and art enthusiasts alike can walk seven city blocks with six galleries, 21 murals, and 30 businesses.

Time: 6 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: Free Details: www.artslb.org/lb-artwalk Venue: Downtown Long Beach East Village Arts District

Sept. 19 Generational: Local Latinx LGBTQI Artists Part of the 5th SUR: Biennial co-curated with Arts Council for Long Beach. The exhibition runs through Oct. 12.

Time: 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 19 Cost: Free Details: 562-938-4815; www.surbiennial.com/current.php Venue: Long Beach City College Art Gallery, 4901 E. Carson St., Long Beach

Sept. 21

Material Matters Material Matters in the Main Gallery features works by Cruz Castillo, Elisa Ortega Montilla, Ruben Ochoa and Tessie Salcido Whitmore. In Gallery Two, contemporary artists explore super powered human beings in comic books as metaphors to address societal conditions and cultural problems.

Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Sept 21 Cost: Free Details: www.torranceartmuseum. com Venue: Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance Smithsonian Museum Day at MoLAA Join an afternoon session based on the I Learn America project, which facilitates youth-led storytelling workshops that spark creative “home-grown” community conversations around migration, identity and education.

Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept 21 Cost: Free with registration Details: www.smithsonianmag. com Venue: Museum of Latin American Art, 628 Alamitos Drive.

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Sept. 12 Cambodia Town Film Festival 2019 A four-day film forum introducing new studio and independent features, documentaries, foreign features, short films, animated shorts and re-released classics, plus a variety of special events and panel discussions.

Time: 7 p.m. Sept. 12 to 11 p.m.

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Curtain Call

Metropolis - 1927 Silent Film!

This influential German sciencefiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers.

Time: 7 to 9:40 p.m. Sept. 18 Cost: $9 to $12 Details: www.boxoffice.diamond ticketing.com/arttheatrelb/tickets Venue: Art Theatre Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach

Sept. 20

Big Little Farm Join the Feed and be Fed Summer Film Series screening of Big Little Farm.

Time: 7 p.m. Sept. 20 Cost: Free Details: www.feedandbefed.org Venue: Feed and Be Fed Urban Farm, 429 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Sept. 22

King Lear Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian Mckellen’s extraordinarily moving portrayal of King Lear.

Time: 2 p.m. Sept 22 Cost: $17.50 Details: www.TorranceArts.org Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic center Drive, Torrance

Sept. 29

Mirai Academy Award nominee for best animated film, director Mamoru Hosada’s Mirai is a sumptuous,

makes me crazy. No one thought to snip the head off one and use it here?

These peccadillos, though, are not what you’ll take away from this show.

You’ll remember the savagely funny dialog, funny to start and funnier as it progresses (including history’s drollest use of the short-lived ‘70s TV series Alias Smith and Jones). You’ll be touched by Girleen and Father Welsh at the lakeside by night, contemplative and funny and sad. You’ll be struck by the fluidity of Brown and Wolski’s transition from mutual antagonism to fraternity, by Kane’s disembodied delivery of a letter to the brothers, by Faloona’s minutely trembling hands as she holds a necklace that will never get where it’s meant to go.

And you’ll be surprised at how such an absurdly humorous play leaves you

Sept. 12

Long Beach Poetry Slam A one-night poetry slam invitational where poets from across Southern California gather in the city and compete for cash prizes and a humongous trophy.

Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sept 12 Cost: $10 to $20 Details: www.m.bpt.me Venue: Art Theatre Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach

Sept. 14 John Doe Reading Best known as a lead member of X, John Doe’s new book, Under the Big Black Sun, features stories of triumph, failure, stardom, addiction, recovery and loss as told by the people who were influential in the scene.

Time: 12 to 2 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: Free Details: 562-433-4996; www.fingerprintsmusic.com Venue: Fingerprints Music, 420 E. 4th St., Long Beach

Sept. 21

Cover Story: Stories Behind the Headlines A conversation with publisher James Preston Allen. Selected Random Lengths News front covers chronicling the beginnings and battles of a progressive independent press. The exhibit runs through Dec. 29.

Time: 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21 Cost: Free Details: 562-588-7075 Venue: Page Against the Machine, 2714 E. 4th St., Long Beach

COMMUNITY Sept. 14

Walk Cabrillo Join a walk guided by Cabrillo

reflecting on forgiveness and the chance we have to strengthen our bonds with each other, so long as we’re willing to persevere in a world that so often feels lonely and pointless

Doggie Paradise Doggie Paradise will feature photo ops, treats and merchandise, workshops, adoption opportunities, meet n’ greets with celebrity Insta pups and fun runs.

Time: Sept. 14 Cost: $25 and up Details: www.queenmary.com Venue: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach Hispanic Heritage Month The City of Carson presents the 5th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration with food and non-stop entertainment on stage, including the Susan Hansen Latin Band and a special appearance by actress, choreographer and novelist Eliana Alexander.

Time: 12 to 5 p.m Sept. 14 Cost: Free Details: 310-835-0212; www.ci.carson.ca.us Venue: Carson Community Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson

Sept. 17 5th Annual Long Beach Hispanic Heritage Month Join Mayor Robert Garcia and Councilman Roberto Uranga for Long Beach’s 5th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration.

Time: 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 17 Cost: Free Venue: Civic Center Plaza, 4211 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

Sept. 19 4th Annual LA Harbor Boat Show The fourth annual LA Harbor InWater Boat Show is back! Come

and cruel. It’s the kind of thing that happens when great writing, great acting and great direction come together.

Times: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday (no

Sept. 21 Billie Jean King Main Library Grand Opening Join the Long Beach Public Library for the grand opening of the all new Billie Jean King Main Library.

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 21 Cost: Free Details: 562-570-7500; www.lbpl.org Venue: Billie Jean King Main Library, 200 W. Broadway Ave., Long Beach Rock and Mineral Show The Long Beach Mineral & Gem Society will host “Gems by the Beach” featuring minerals, rocks, gems, fossils, lapidary items, tools and jewelry vendors.

Time: 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Sept. 21 Cost: Free Details: https://www.facebook. com/LBMGS Venue: EXPO Arts Center, 4321 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach

Sept. 22

Community Art Festival View artwork from local artists plus interactive art for children and San Pedro Festival of the Arts dance and music performances.

Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 22 Cost: Free Details: 310-548-7596 Venue: Anderson Memorial Senior Citizen Center, 828 S. Mesa St., San Pedro

Sept. 22

Garden Swap Every third Sunday of the month gardeners, fruit tree owners and flower growers bring their surplus bounty to share and exchange.

Time: 2 p.m. Sept. 22 Cost: Free Details: www.nudajuiceshop.com Venue: NUDA, 407 W. 6th St., San Pedro

show Sept. 8) through Sept.

15 Cost: $5 to $28 Details: 310-512-6030, littlefishtheatre.org Venue: 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro

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I’m sure somewhere people are doing believable fight scenes onstage, but I can’t find them.

In a play where everything else is dead on, Brown and Wolski’s two bouts of handto-hand combat stand out in all the wrong ways. A few blows land believably enough, but mostly it’s slow and stilted, asking for too much suspension of disbelief.

Coltrin is also guilty of a more venial but equally common sin: showing us something that clearly contradicts the dialogue. The worst of two such errors is when Valene discovers a pot in which his figurines have been melted down. “It’s just the fucking heads bobbing around,” he laments, then scoops up a fully unscathed figurine for all to see. This kind of easily avoidable shit

Sept. 18

LITERATURE

Latinx Games Festival 2019 A Latinx game festival celebrating Latinx developed games.

Time: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: $20 Details: https://latinxgames festival.com/ Venue: Museum of Latin American Art, 628 Alamitos Ave. Long Beach

aboard and compare a large selection of new boats, as well as brokerage vessels.

Time: 12 to 7 p.m. Sept. 19, 20, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 22 Cost: $13 Details: www.LAHarborBoat Show.com Venue: Cabrillo Way Marina, 2845 Miner St., Berth 34, San Pedro

responses the way people do in real life. Little Fish’s The Lonesome West is the exact opposite, with perfect pacing and plenty of room to breathe.

This cast is more than merely capable and Coltrin has helped them fully realize their talent.

This includes generally great blocking, with one notable exception, all of the action takes place in the front room of the Connor home (neatly constructed with some surprising bells and whistles

by Matt White). This runs nearly the entire breadth of Little Fish’s lengthy space.

Coltrin uses all of it, letting the characters move through the room realistically, keeping us interested visually rather than reminding us that these are actors hitting their marks.

The sole failure on this score is fight choreography.

Sept. 15 Cost: $9 to $15 Details: www.cambodiatown filmfestival.com Venue: Art Theatre Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach

Marine Aquarium’s education staff. Visit the native garden, salt marsh, beaches and tidepools.

Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 Cost: Free Details: 310-548-7562 Venue: CMA, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro

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Family Art Workshop Join the Family Art Workshop every third Saturday of the month.

All are welcome to participate in art activities for children and adults.

Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 21

Cost: $5 per family Details: www.angelsgate.org Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro

magical and emotionally soaring adventure about the ties that bring families together.

Time: 2 p.m. Sept 29 Cost: Free Details: 310-781-7171; www.TorranceArts.org Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic center Drive, Torrance

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subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of the registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019222007 The following person is doing business as: (1) Unique Design and Promotional Unlimited, 435 W. 1st Street, San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: David L. Soto, 435 W. 1st 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/. David L. Soto, owner.

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ACROSS

1 “The Liberator of Italy” 10 REO Speedwagon lead guitarist Dave 15 1995 hit for Tripping Daisy 16 “Skip to ___” 17 Final stage, often 18 Apportion 19 Doesn’t lose money or turn a profit 21 Isn’t 100% 22 Greek New Age keyboardist 23 Smart remark 25 “Uncle” of early TV 26 Universal plan in Japan, for short 27 Currency where the “soberano” variety replaced the “fuerte” in 2018 32 Detective, often 34 Simian 35 It followed “and” in the “Gilligan’s Island” theme song, early on 36 Back out 37 Puts up a fight 38 “R.I.P.” singer Rita 39 Editorial writer

42 Indian princess, once 44 “Downsizing” star 49 Team obstacles 50 Unprocessed video 52 Mates of vacas 54 Insufficient 55 Of the kidney 56 Coincidental 57 Northern California town that once had a palindromic bakery 58 A bridge from Philadelphia is named for her

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1 Lead singer Haynes on the 1996 hit “Pepper” 2 Prefix with phobia 3 Dolphins QB Josh nicknamed “The Chosen One” 4 “___ honor” 5 “Perfect Strangers” cousin 6 Long stretch 7 Fireball 8 Villain whose real name is revealed to be Dougie Powers 9 Most sickly 10 Reddit Q&A session 11 Balloon material 12 Close associations

13 Hammer home?

14 Periphery 20 Choice word 24 Dwarf planet named for a Greek goddess 25 Do well on a hole, maybe 27 Collection of air pressure data 28 Mozart fan, perhaps 29 She played Glinda in “The Wiz” 30 Land in a riviere 31 Bounce 33 Former shipping nickname 35 Wooden hideout in more wood 40 Nursery rhyme trio’s place 41 “That’s a ___ on me!”

43 Saturated 44 Ornamental mat 45 Rose petal extract 46 Cibo ___ (trip-hop group that split in 2017) 47 Gazes extremely rudely 48 Requisites 51 World Cup cheers 53 Infamous 1974 bank-robbing gp.

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LEGAL FILINGS NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Long Beach, California, acting by and through the City’s Board of Harbor Commissioners (“City”) will receive, before the Bid Deadline established below, Bids for the following Work: DOUBLE TRACK ACCESS FROM PIER G TO J TCEPSB1L-5108(189) at LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA AS DESCRIBED IN SPECIFICATION NO. HD-S2559 Bid Deadline:

ance endorsement forms, Harbor Development Permit Applications and other Port forms are available at http://www.polb.com/ economics/contractors/ forms_permits/default.asp.

NIB-2 Pre-Bid Questions.

All questions, including requests for interpretation or correction, or comments regarding the Contract Documents, must be submitted no later than October 8, 2019, at 5 p.m. Questions received after the pre-Bid question deadline will not be accepted.

Questions must be submitted electronically through the

Prior to 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.

Bids shall be submitted electronically via the Port of Long Beach PlanetBids (PB) System prior to 2:00 p.m.

Bid Opening:

Contract Documents Available:

Electronic Bid (eBid) results shall be viewable online in the PB System immediately after the Bid Deadline.

Download Contract Documents from the Port of Long Beach PB System Vendor Portal: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/ portal.cfm?CompanyID=19236 1. Register and Log In 2. Click “Bid Opportunities” 3. Double-click on respective bid Project Title 4. Click on Document/Attachments tab 5. Double-Click on Title of Electronic Attachment 6. Click “Download Now” 7. Repeat for each attachment For assistance in downloading these documents please contact Port of Long Beach Plans and Specs Desk at 562-283-7353.

Project Contact Person:

Date/Time: September 24, 2019, at 9:00 a.m.

Location: Port of Long Beach Maintenance Facility 1st Floor Meeting Room 725 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Sunny Zia, sunny.zia@polb.com

Please refer to the Port of Long Beach PB System for the most current information.

Copies of all Port insur-

NIB-5 Contract Time and Liquidated Damages. The Contractor shall achieve Substantial Completion of Work within 549 calendar days and Affidavit of Final Completion of the Project within 639 calendar days as provided in Paragraph SC - 6.1 of the Special Conditions, from a date specified in a written “Notice to Proceed” issued by the City and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.2 of the General Conditions. FAILURE OF THE CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN THE CONTRACT TIME AND OTHER MILESTONES SET

This Contract involves federal funds and, therefore, the Contractor’s Bid will not be invalidated by the failure to be licensed at the time of the Bid Deadline, but the Contractor must be properly licensed at the time of the award of the Contract. Failure to possess such license may render the Bid non-responsive and bar the award of the Contract to that non-responsive Bidder.

NIB-7 Contractor Performed Work. The Contractor shall perform, with its own employees, Contract Work amounting to at least 50% of the Contract Price, except that any designated “Specialty Items” may be performed by subcontract. The amount of any such “Specialty Items” so performed may be deducted from the Contract Price before computing the amount required to be performed by the Contractor with its own employees. “Specialty Items” will be identified by the City on the Schedule of Bid Items. The bid price of any materials or equipment rental costs from vendors who are solely furnishing materials or rental equipment and are not performing Work as a licensed subcontractor on this project shall also be deducted from the Contract Price before computing the amount required to be performed by the Contractor with its own employees.

NIB - 8 DBE. This project is subject to Caltrans Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program based on U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 49 CFR, Part 26 requirements. The DBE participation goal for this project is ten percent (10%).

POLB expects all Bidders to achieve the DBE participation goal. Award of the Contract will be conditioned on the Bidder submitting LAPM Exhibit 15-G, Construction Contract DBE Commitment Form included in the Bid Proposal Package. If the Bidder’s Commitment Plan does not demonstrate intent to meet the goal, the Bidder shall demonstrate that it made an adequate good faith effort to do so, as specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Port’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Liaison Officer (DBELO) is available to provide information on the DBE program requirements.

Please contact the DBELO at (562) 283-7595 or sashi. muralidharan@polb.com.

NIB -9 Prevailing Wage Requirements per Department of Industrial Relations. This Project is a public

This is a federally assisted construction contract. Federal Labor Standards Provisions, including prevailing wage requirements of the DavisBacon and Related Acts will be enforced. The federal wage rate determinations are included in Appendix LL. In the event of a conflict between Federal and State wage rates, the higher of the two shall prevail.

This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

No Contractor or Subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 (with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code Section 1771.1(a)). No Contractor or Subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.

NIB -10 P r o j e c t L a b o r Agreement. This project is subject to the requirements of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA), included as Appendix AA. The Contractor and all tier subcontractors must sign a Letter of Assent before commencement of construction and be bound by each and every provision of the PLA, including, but not limited to: payment of prevailing wages; payment of fringe benefit contributions to union trust funds on behalf of workers; use of union hiring halls as a source for workers; follow alternating referral procedures if employing Core Workers; and Local, Disadvantaged, and Veteran worker utilization goals.

Per the Department of Industrial Relations, projects covered by a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) are exempt from the requirement to submit electronic CPRs directly to the Labor Commissioner’s Office. In lieu, the Contractor and all Subcontractors will be required to submit electronic or hardcopies of CPRs and labor compliance documentation to the Port of Long Beach.

NIB -11 Tr a d e N a m e s and Substitution of Equals.

With the exception of any sole source determination that may be identified in this paragraph, Bidders wishing to obtain City’s authorization for substitution of equivalent material, product, or equipment, are required to submit a written request for an Or Equal Substitution using the form included in Appendix A together with data substantiating Bidder’s representation that the non-specified item is of equal quality to the item specified, no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after City’s issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP). Authorization of a substitution is solely within the discretion of the City.

NIB -12 Prequalification of Contractors. Prime Contractors eligible to bid on this project have been prequalified. Bids will only be accepted from the following prequalified Prime Contractors: • Kiewit Infrastructure West Company • Railworks Track Services, Inc. • Veolia Transportation Maintenance & Infrastructure, Inc. (VTMI) • Herzog Contracting Corporation NIB -13 B i d S e c u r i t y, Signed Contract, Insurance and Bonds. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a satisfactory Bidder’s Bond or other acceptable Bid Security in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid as a guarantee that the Bidder will, if Conditionally Awarded a Contract by the Board, within thirty (30) calendar days after the Contract is conditionally awarded to the Contractor by the City, execute and deliver such Contract to the Chief Harbor Engineer together with all required documents including insurance forms, a Payment Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. All Bonds shall be on forms provided by the City.

NIB -14 C o n d i t i o n a l Award of Contract and

Reservation of Rights. The Board, acting through the Executive Director, reserves the right at any time before the execution of the Contract by the City, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informality or irregularity.

The Conditional Award of the Contract, if any, will be to the responsible Bidder submitting the lowest responsive and responsible Bid. If the lowest responsive responsible Bidder fails to submit the required documents including insurance forms, bonds and signed Contract within thirty (30) calendar days after Conditional Award of Contract, the Board reserves the right to rescind the Conditional Award and Conditionally Award the Contract to the next lowest responsive and responsible Bidder.

NIB -15 Period of Bid Irrevocability. Bids shall remain open and valid and Bidder’s Bonds and other acceptable Bid Security shall be guaranteed and valid for ninety (90) calendar days after the Bid Deadline or until the Executive Director executes a Contract, whichever occurs first.

NIB -16 Substitution of Securities. Substitution of Securities for retainage is permitted in accordance with Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code.

NIB -17 Iran Contracting Act of 2010. In accordance with Public Contract Code sections 2200-2208, every person who submits a bid or proposal for entering into or renewing contracts with the City for goods or services estimated at $1,000,000 or more are required to complete, sign, and submit the “Iran Contracting Act of 2010 Compliance Affidavit.”

Issued at Long Beach, California, this 9th day of September, 2019.

Mario Cordero, Executive Director of the Harbor Department, City of Long Beach, California Note: For project updates after Bid Opening, please contact plans. specs@polb.com.

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For the link to the Port of Long Beach PB System and for information on this Project and other upcoming Port projects, you may view the Port website at http://www.polb. com/economics/contractors/ default.asp.

PB System. Emails, phone calls, and faxes will not be accepted. Questions submitted to City staff will not be addressed and Bidder will be directed to the PB System.

NIB-3 Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting and Site Visit. The engineering staff of the City’s Harbor Department will conduct a pre-bid meeting at 9:00 a.m., on September 24, 2019, in the 1st Floor Meeting Room, of the Port of Long Beach Maintenance Facility, 725 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, CA 90802. Attendance is mandatory for the Contractors. It is not mandatory for Subcontractors but highly recommended.

Each Bidder shall attend the mandatory Pre-bid meeting and the mandatory Site Visit, inspect and examine the

NIB-4 Summary Description of the Work. The Work required by this Contract includes, but is not limited to, the following: construction of a mainline track and yard tracks adjacent to and within the Pier G, ITS Marine Terminal, eastern area, including: demolition of existing improvements and recycling of asphalt concrete pavement, crushed miscellaneous base, and Portland cement concrete pavement; erosion control; earthwork and grading of the site; disposal of NonRCRA California Hazardous Waste soil; construction of water, sewer, storm drain, electrical, communication, and Train in Motion systems; construction of yard lighting; construction of asphalt concrete pavement systems; installation of fencing, gate, and K-rail, including temporary fencing and K-rail; construction of railroad track with ties and ballast; construction of railroad special trackwork (turnouts and crossover); and construction of railroad miscellaneous items (bumping posts and derail).

NIB-6 Contractor ’s License. The Bidder shall hold a current and valid Class “A” California Contractor’s License to construct this project.

work Contract as defined in Labor Code Section 1720.

The Contractor receiving award of the Contract and Subcontractors of any tier shall pay not less than the prevailing wage rates to all workers employed in execution of the Contract. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California has determined the general prevailing rates of wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed. The rate schedules are available on the internet at http://www. dir.ca.gov/dlsr/DPreWageDetermination.htm and on file at the City, available upon request. Bidders are directed to Article 15 of the General Conditions for requirements concerning payment of prevailing wages, payroll records, hours of work and employment of apprentices.

NIB-1 Contract Documents.

Contract Documents may be downloaded, at no cost, from the Port of Long Beach PB System Vendor Portal website. Bidders must first register as a vendor on the Port of Long Beach PB System website in order to view and download the Contract Documents, to be added to the prospective bidders list, and to receive addendum notifications when issued.

Bidders are encouraged to RSVP for the Pre-Bid Meeting through the PB System; located under the “RSVP” tab of the Prospective Bidder Detail. Following the meeting a list of Pre-Bid Meeting signed-in attendees will be available on the PB System.

FORTH IN THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE ENGINEER’S APPROVAL OF AFFIDAVIT OF FINAL COMPLETION, WILL RESULT IN ASSESSMENT OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN THE AMOUNTS ESTABLISHED IN THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

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Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting:

Project Site and perform any observations and measurements to further document existing conditions and may use photography and/or video to aid in preparation of Bid Documents. The City makes no guarantee that existing construction and site conditions matches construction depicted on record reference documents. It shall be the Bidder’s responsibility to identify existing conditions during the Site Visit. Each Bidder must have a valid picture identification card (driver’s license or TWIC card), hard hat, steel-toed boots, and safety traffic vest to attend the Site Visit. Should a Bidder elect not to attend the pre-bid meeting, the Bidder shall not be relieved of its sole responsibility to inform itself of all conditions at the Project Site and the content of the Contract Documents. EACH BIDDER MUST ATTEND THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING. FAILURE TO ATTEND THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING SHALL DISQUALIFY YOUR BID.

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helps every single one even if they do not want to do something with cooking, she will find them something. She’s very smart.”

McAlpine understood that what he needed was someone to support him and inspire him to believe in himself.

“I didn’t have any passions [before discovering cooking],” Bellhouse-Garcia said. “I thought I was just going to end up working at the docks. There were times where I needed practice and didn’t have a stove at home so she gave me a micro oven so that I could stay on top of it. Even when we were done with competitions, she let me keep using it so I could cook at home.”

Not only are McAlpine’s culinary skills influencing her students, but her passion for community is too. The Banning High alumnus plans to use his education to open a noodle restaurant in Wilmington where he can help promote students from Banning High.

“I want to give back to the community just like they gave to me,” Bellhouse-Garcia said.

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and getting to connect with students came naturally. She was given an option of where to teach. McAlpine chose to teach at Banning.

“I wanted to be a little closer to where I lived. I wanted to help students with the socioeconomic status that I had as a child and I thought I could best accomplish this at Banning,” McAlpine said.

In addition to being part of ROP, McAlpine is part of Banning High School’s Maritime, Agriculture, Tourism, Cuisine, and Hospitality Academy. The program provides career technical education for students to prepare them for entrylevel jobs or post-secondary education in those fields. Students in her classes also have the opportunity to be involved with two culinarybased programs that McAlpine participates in: the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program and the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America program. Both programs have competitions in everything from food art to baking skills that allow students to demonstrate their culinary skills for scholarships.

Connecting to her students is essential to teaching.

“I’m very involved,” McAlpine said. “I develop a relationship with the families because students who want to go through and compete spend a lot of time with me, so the families have to really trust me and know me. Whatever barrier I have to break through, be it a language barrier or cultural barrier, I break through for my students.”

Since she began teaching at Banning, McAlpine’s students have placed or taken part in these competitions; however, her successes with her students does not blind her to the reality that some parents are hesitant to have their children involved in culinary arts.

“A lot of times what families or your support system will do is say “you have this high GPA,” McAlpine said. “Why don’t you go become a doctor or a lawyer or some other profession?

They look at being a chef as a low position, but we know today when we turn on the TV we are looking at celebrity chefs who are making a lot of money.”

In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California has one of the highest employment levels for food prep and serving related fields. The Los Angeles-Long Beach metro area, in particular, has one of the highest employment levels in the state. With

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Mary McAlpine alongside two of her scholarship winning students and surrounded by various awards she and her program have received. Photo by Steven Guzman

an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in the Long Beach area, teaching culinary skills could greatly benefit them when they seek employment.

However, while there are many positions available for those with culinary experience, the beginning salary is definitely not at the level that these celebrity television chefs make. McAlpine still believes it’s a worthwhile profession.

“Choosing not to go into the culinary world in favor of getting a degree does not guarantee a better salary because getting a degree no longer guarantees that you will get a job,” McAlpine said. “What matters more is where you go with your skills. What you know, what you do with it, and your motivation. If you are selfmotivated, then you can succeed no matter the circumstances.”

While many would be hesitant to deal with teenagers, McAlpine credits them with the success of the program.

“Teenagers can be nice,” McAlpine said.

“They listen. They want structure. Most of the students that are here want to be here, which is what makes [the program] so good.”

A Shining Example

McAlpine’s aptitude at teaching and connecting with students has resulted in many successful cases of students attaining their goals.

Perhaps her biggest success story is Franki Bellhouse-Garcia.

The class of 2018 graduate was part of

McAlpine’s culinary arts program and competed in many competitions with her. During his senior year, Bellhouse-Garcia used the skills he learned from McAlpine and entered the C-Cap cooking competitions where Bellhouse-Garcia prepared classic French dishes. Bellhouse-Garcia won the top prize, a $130,000 scholarship to attend the acclaimed culinary arts program at Johnson and Wales University in North Miami, Fla. “When I first met her, I was scared,” Bellhouse-Garcia said. “She was very intimidating, very upfront. I actually had this fear that kept me from talking to people. Ms. Mac was my living nightmare, so I was [often] quiet in her class. But as I joined her competition, I got to know her more and realized that she is the nicest and kindest woman I’ve ever met. There is nothing she won’t do for her students. She [Angels Gate from p. 3]

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understand how that tradition goes back in time in many cultures.

“We have a new teacher who is bringing hiphop to the second grade,” Andrews said. “He talks about the history of hip hop in LA. The children learn about the different traditions as they perform the art form.”

Andrews said the program is great because there’s that feeling of creativity and education in a different way throughout the school, not just in certain classrooms. The weekly Arts Education program is an hour long and teachers are encouraged to bring projects that last multiple weeks.

“It teaches students about editing and being very thoughtful about the process of learning as opposed to just sit down and this is right or wrong then you move onto the next lesson,” Andrews said. “That structure is different for [students] and it’s exciting.”

The California Arts Council have gathered statistics showing that creativity is the number one attribute sought by today’s employers; and that a student involved in the arts is four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement; that arts engagement results in higher attendance and lower dropout rates; and low-income students with high arts engagement are more than twice as likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education.

The Arts Education program at Angels Gate mostly receives funding from foundations or

A Beacon of Light

While winning competitions and recognition is important, McAlpine’s main focus remains her students. Time and time again, McAlpine is able to use her skills to help her students find their way.

“It’s because of my roots that I am able to do what I am doing now,” McAlpine said. “I have very strong convictions about education. I love children and I like to see my children succeed.”

As she approaches another year of educating, McAlpine’s passion has never wavered.

“Her passion for teaching students has not changed at all,” said Banning High School principal Rudy Mendoza. “There is nothing that will stop her drive to give these kids what she thinks they deserve. She has compassion and love for kids. It’s unbelievable. She’s a magnet for these kids.”

Former Assistant Editor Zamná Ávila contributed to the article.

grants to bring these programs into schools at no cost but there’s always more that can be done.

Angels Gate has been considering a pathway from Kindergarten through 12th grade to ensure that children, no matter what grade level, get those art experiences.

“For example, if our [students] leave fifth grade and have been through dance, visual arts, music and creative writing, then they go to middle school … are there opportunities for electives in middle school and where they can continue learning in one of those art forms?”

Andrews posited. “Unfortunately, we know that’s not always the case.”

This year, for the first time Angels Gate will have foundation funding to bring the program into a middle school in San Pedro. They look forward to expanding their programming but also to expand those experiences for the children once they leave elementary school, making sure that they can continue that learning.

Andrews said they are thrilled to have that funding this year. Though plans aren’t entirely set yet, Angels Gate is working toward bringing the program to Dana Middle School.

The need to reach out to the parents to ensure they know just what the cultural center provides to their children gave birth to the Family Workshop for all ages at Angels Gate, which happens on the third Saturday of every month. At $5 for the whole family, they are expanding outreach to the whole community and going beyond just the classroom making these experiences available to everybody.

Details: www.angelsgateart.org/arts-education

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