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cans saw Joe Biden’s election as illegitimate, it also found that only 7% of them blamed Trump for the violence on Jan. 6. Instead they blamed the Democratic Party (30%), Capitol Police (24%), antifa (20%) and Joe Biden (8%).

On that day, Trump’s chief of staff obviously knew better. “I’m pushing it hard.

I agree,” he texted back to Don Jr. — not, “Tell that to antifa!” or “Tell that to Nancy Pelosi!” as he would claim later.

One week later, GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy agreed. “The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters,” McCarthy said. “He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.”

Trump’s Inaction Was A Crime

In fact, Trump’s failure to act was itself a crime, as University of Chicago law school professor of criminal law Albert Alschuler [See Insurrection, p. 8]

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tic, too.

“Hey Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home ... this is hurting all of us ... he is destroying his legacy,” Ingraham texted.

Yet, that very same night, she painted a drastically different picture. “The Capitol was under siege by people who can only be described as antithetical to the MAGA movement,” she said, setting the tone for a whole year of gaslighting by the GOP and its media enablers, who’ve sought to bury the truth about a day that will, ultimately, live in infamy even darker than Pearl Harbor Day, 80 years earlier. Ingraham also floated the false report that antifa was responsible for the violence, and that only about three dozen people were involved. Yet the live video showed a much different story.

These and other baseless, sometimes contradictory fantasies took root in the GOP base, as reflected in a late December poll from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Not only did it find that 71% of Republi-

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“There was an attack carried out on Jan. 6, and a hitman sent them,” Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn told Congress on July 27.

“I want you to get to the bottom of that.”

There was never any doubt who the hitman was. Donald Trump had been falsely warning of fraud, calling the election illegitimate for months before the first ballot was cast, if he should lose. And on Dec. 19, he tweeted out his invitation, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” More than 20,000 followers responded. Then, after he told them, “You have to fight like hell!” and urged them on to the Capitol, almost 3,000 broke through police barriers, amidst chants of “Hang Mike Pence!”

“He’s got to condemn this shit Asap,” Trump’s own son, Don, Jr., texted Mark Meadows, Trump’s chief of staff, as Trump’s supporters battled Dunn and his fellow officers. “I’m pushing it hard. I agree,” Meadows texted back.

Fox News hosts Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade and Laura Ingraham were fran-

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One year ago this week the U.S. Capitol was attacked, not by foreign terrorists or an army as in 1814 when President James Madison actually led the U.S. Army in defense of our young republic against the invading British, but by a throng of misguided Americans inspired by the lies and actions of a president who lost an election. The nation was surprised and shocked. The world was in disbelief. Was this a riot or an insurrection? Was this a protest or an attempted political coup d’etat? And if this was the latter, is the expresident legally culpable or perhaps criminally liable for seditious conspiracy to foment an insurrection in an attempt to overthrow our democracy?

These are the questions left up to the Congressional committee investigating the incident of Jan. 6, 2021 and the American people.

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Area Beaches Closed after Sewage Spill of up to 7 Million Gallons

Holiday Feast at Sacred Grounds Coffee House in San Pedro

By Fabiola Esqueda, Carson Reporter

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A Dec. 30 sewage spill that originated in Carson resulted in the closure of all beaches in Los Angeles County. The closure meant the annual polar bear swim at Cabrillo Beach was canceled.

In a released statement, the Los Angeles Department of Public Works said more than 6 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Dominguez Channel as a result of a 48-inch sewer main collapse at the intersection of 212th and Moneta streets, near the 110 Northbound off-ramp.

The County Sanitation Districts said contractors specializing in hazardous waste clean up were deployed to clean up the site. The sewage cleanup was completed before the new year.

County officials announced the affected beaches would remain closed until the water quality is determined safe to swim in. An updated map with the impacted beaches can be found at https://tinyurl.com/closed-beaches.

Officials say that hydrogen sulfide or any other threat to public health was not detected.

In October, the Dominguez Channel made national headlines for releasing high levels of hydrogen sulfide that sent residents of Carson to the emergency room for intense headaches and

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Beachgoers walk along the closed beach after up to 7 million gallons of sewage washed into the ocean.

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nausea. City officials later said the origin of the “rotten-egg” smell came from a warehouse fire containing beauty and wellness products.

On New Year’s Eve, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn shared her frustrations and concerns about the spill.

“A sewage spill of this magnitude is dangerous and unacceptable, and we need to understand what happened,” she said. “The recent storm undoubtedly contributed to the spill, but we need infrastructure that doesn’t fail when it rains.”

All were welcomed on Dec. 23, as hundreds of San Pedrans received a hot Christmas dinner at Sacred Grounds coffee house. The coffee house pastry chef, Ronald Tracey, second from left, known by downtown locals as simply Tracey, is the founder of the annual tradition. Photo by Chris Villanueva

New State Laws That Took Effect Jan. 1

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom highlighted new bills signed into law in 2021 that went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, including historic measures to expand worker protections, tackle the state’s housing crisis, redress historical injustices, increase voter access and more.

“In partnership with the Legislature, we’ve advanced hundreds of new bills this year to make meaningful progress on an array of issues that matter deeply to Californians across the state,” said Gov. Newsom. “I thank Pro Tem Atkins and Speaker Rendon for their leadership in advancing historic measures to improve the lives of Californians, including new tools to boost our housing supply, improve workplace conditions and build a stronger state. As we head into the new year, I look forward to our continued work to expand opportunity for all Californians.”

Among the new laws taking effect Jan. 1 are nation-leading protections for workers and important measures to increase the state’s supply of affordable housing, create a more inclusive state, expand voter access and protect consumers and the environment from harmful chemicals: • AB 701 by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) establishes nationleading transparency measures for companies to disclose warehouse production quota

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Harbor Area Rep. Ted Lieu to Headline TRAA’s Monthly Zoom Meeting

(D-Campbell) requires retail department stores to provide a gender-neutral section for toys and child care items.

• AB 652 by Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) bans the use of toxic PFASs in products for children, such as car seats

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Rep. Ted Lieu’s 33rd Congressional District stretches across much of western Los Angeles County. It is home to South Bay cities where constituents are at high risk from a major accidental release of HF from either the Torrance Refining Company or the Valero Refinery in Wilmington: Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, and part of the city of Torrance.

Lieu has accepted an invitation to open TRAA’s January 2022 monthly zoom meeting with an interview on the seven-year effort to convert from HF. Following his comments, he will be available to answer questions.

To attend the virtual meeting, RSVP with an e-mail request for a Zoom link to TRAA President Steven Goldsmith at info@TRAA.website. If you have a question for Rep. Lieu, include it in your request for a Zoom link. You’ll be able to ask a question during the meeting as well.

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descriptions and prohibits the use of algorithms that disrupt basic worker rights.

• SB 62 by Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) ends the garment industry’s practice of piece-rate compensation and expands fashion brands’ liability for unpaid wages.

• SB 8 by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) extends the provisions of the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 through 2030 to accelerate the approval process for housing projects and curtail local governments’ ability to downzone, among other provisions.

• SB 9 by State Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) facilitates the process for homeowners to build a duplex or split their current residential lot.

• SB 10 by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) creates a voluntary process for local governments to implement streamlined zoning for new multi-unit housing near transit or in urban infill areas.

• SB 2 by Sen. President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) creates a system within the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to investigate and revoke or suspend peace officer certification for serious misconduct.

• SB 16 by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) expands public access to police misconduct records related to unreasonable or excessive use of force, discriminatory or prejudiced behavior and other misconduct.

• AB 338 by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) allows the placement of a monument in Capitol Park honoring Sacramentoarea tribes, replacing the sculpture of missionary Junipero Serra.

• AB 855 by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) removes Columbus Day as a judicial holiday and replaces it with Native American Day in September.

• AB 600 by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) ensures that crimes targeting people due to their immigration status are considered a hate crime.

• AB 37 by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) makes permanent the measure implemented last year to send a vote-by-mail ballot to every active registered voter.

• SB 389 by Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) allows restaurants, bars, breweries and wineries that sell food to continue offering to-go alcoholic beverages with food orders, building on state regulatory relief announced in June.

• AB 1084 by Assemblymember Evan Low

and cribs, and AB 1200 by Assemblymember Philip Ting (D-San Francisco) prohibits their use in disposable food packaging.

In October, Gov. Newsom acted on the final bills of 2021, which advanced his historic California Comeback Plan featuring the most robust small business relief package in the country, unprecedented direct financial and

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COVID-19 Positive or Exposed?

What to Do Next

By Kathleen Doheny, Originally published on WebMd With new cases of COVID-19 skyrocketing to more than 240,000 a day in the U.S., many people are facing the same situation: A family member or friend tests positive or was exposed to someone who did, and the holiday gathering, visit, or return to work is just days or hours away. Now what?

New guidance issued Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortens the recommended isolation and quarantine period for the general population, coming after the agency shortened the isolation period for health care workers.

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If you have tested positive for COVID-19, what do you do next?

“If you have tested positive, you are infected. At the moment, you are [either] symptomatically infected or pre-symptomatically infected,’’ says Paul A. Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center and a professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

At that point, you need to isolate for five days, according to the new CDC guidance. (That period has been shortened from 10 days to five.)

Isolation means separating the infected person from others. Quarantine refers to things you should do if you’re exposed to the virus or you have a close contact infected with COVID-19.

Under the new CDC guidelines, after the

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five-day isolation, if the infected person then has no symptoms, they can leave isolation and then wear a mask for five days.

“Those who test positive also need to tell their close contacts they are positive,” says Amesh Adalja, MD, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

According to the CDC, the change to a shortened quarantine time is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of the illness, generally in the one-to-two days prior to onset of symptoms and the two-to-three days after.

If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, what do you do next?

“If they are vaccinated and boosted, the guidance says there is no need to quarantine,” Adalja says. But the CDC guidance does recommend these people wear a well-fitting mask at all times when around others for 10 days after exposure.

For everyone else, including the unvaccinated and those who are more than 6 months out from their second Pfizer or Moderna vaccine dose, or more than two months from their J&J dose, the CDC recommends a quarantine for five days — and wearing a mask for the five days after that.

On a practical level, Adalja says he thinks those who are vaccinated but not boosted could also skip the quarantine and wear a mask for 10 days. Offit agrees. Because many people exposed have trouble quarantining, Offit advises those exposed who can’t follow that guidance to be sure to wear a mask for 10 days when indoors.

The CDC guidance also offers that as another strategy — that if a five-day quarantine is not feasible, the exposed person should wear a mask for 10 days when around others.

But if someone who was exposed gets symptoms, they then enter the infected category and follow the guidance, Offit says.

When should the person who has been exposed get tested?

After the exposure, “you should probably wait two-to-three days,” Offit says. “The virus has to reproduce itself.”

Testing should be done by those exposed at least once, Adalja says.

“But there’s data to support daily testing to guide their activities, but this is not CDC guidance. Home tests are sufficient for this purpose.”

At what point can the infected person mingle safely with others?

“Technically, if asymptomatic, 10 days without a mask, five days with a mask,” says Adalja.

“I think this could also be guided with home test negativity being a gauge [as to whether to mingle].”

Did I Have It and Not Know It? Originally published in WebMd

COVID-19 may have been around longer than we originally thought. So people may have had the virus and recovered from it without knowing. Some telltale signs could indicate that you’re one of those people.

A ‘Bad Cold’ It’s not uncommon to get a cold during the winter. But if you had one in late 2019 or early 2020, there’s a chance your cold might have actually been COVID-19. One way to know the difference is that COVID-19 can stick around two weeks or longer, while a cold typically lasts only a few days. And unlike a cold, COVID-19 could have caused a fever and made it hard for you to breathe.

Shortness of Breath This isn’t typically a symptom of a cold or the flu, but feeling like you can’t breathe is common with COVID-19. You may have thought you had bronchitis, which COVID-19 can cause. Or it may have felt like anxiety or a panic attack. But with COVID-19, shortness of breath lasts longer than a panic attack. It also comes with flu-like symptoms.

Persistent Cough If you had a dry cough that took a long time to go away, it could have been a symptom of COVID-19. It would have been different from a cough caused by a cold. It would have started mildly, but then got worse during the next fiveto-seven days.

Red, Watery Eyes Throughout the pandemic, we’ve been told to wash our hands often and avoid touching our face. One reason for this is that COVID-19 can affect your eyes. If you had conjunctivitis (pinkeye), watering eyes, or blurred vision, it might have been caused by the virus.

Heart Palpitations or Chest Pain COVID-19 can affect your heart too. It can

cause it to beat fast or flutter, or pound. You may have had tightness in your chest. All of these things can happen even after the virus clears your body. Episodes like this can be noticeable for up to two weeks in mild cases or for 6 weeks in more serious ones.

Extreme Fatigue Feeling really tired is a common symptom of COVID-19. So if you had that kind of extreme fatigue that didn’t get better with plenty of sleep, it could have been a sign of the virus. The feeling can come back again days and sometimes weeks later.

Loss of Smell or Taste If foods and drinks seemed to taste different than usual (or had no taste), or you weren’t able to pick up on odors for a couple of weeks, you could’ve been infected with the virus. Nearly 80% of people who test positive have this issue, and it’s usually a sign of a mild case.

Need to Know? Get an Antibodies Test Antibodies are proteins your body makes to help fight off an infection. The only way to know for certain if you’ve had COVID-19 is to have your blood tested to see if you have the antibodies that fight the virus. If you do have them, scientists aren’t sure how well they’ll protect you from getting it again. But some studies show that people who have those antibodies are less likely to get COVID-19 again.

Did I Have a Variant?

This change to the virus (called a mutation) doesn’t seem to affect the symptoms it causes or drastically affect the seriousness of the virus. It looks like the only difference is that the mutation is easier to spread from person to person.

The signs of this latest form of COVID-19 are the same as the original. So there’s no easy way to know which strain you had.

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The Los Angeles of Public Health partnered with the Communities for a Safe Environment to distribute nearly 3,000 COVID-19 home testing kits. CFASE passed out 1,300 of the testing kits on Dec. 23 and another 1,600 kits a week later. After receiving a kit, a 28-year-old Wilmington woman tested positive, underscoring the importance of testing.

CFASE founder and executive director, Jesse Marquez, explained that the seeds of the partnership between government and local nonprofit organizations go back to 2018 when CFASE got a grant from the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation to create the Wilmington Emergency Preparedness Plan.

In the process of researching and applying for that grant, Marquez and other community activists recognized the need to engage other types of networks out there.

FEMA, the state of California and Los Angeles County all have emergency call lists to which to distribute information but aren’t very good at outreach to community-based organizations. Due to this circumstance, Emergency Network Los Angeles was founded. ENLA is comprised of 40 plus affiliates with government agencies partnering with them.

Thermal Golden, Angelo Logan and Communities for a Safe Environment founder Jesse Marquez, right. Photo courtesy of CFASE

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Insurrection vs. Democracy The rise of oligarchy in America

By James Preston Allen, Publisher

and anything “liberal” in general. Their ire is not totally without cause as the corporate media has done such a poor job of doing much more than chasing ratings for profits and consolidating monopolistic control. The Democratic Party, until recently, seems to have lost faith in the vision and promise of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

It seems that only members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus remembers this history.

However, what the right-wing mob that assaulted the U.S. Capitol a year ago didn’t get is that it is the Republican Party that is the prime example of oligarchy. An oligarchy, by definition, if you are unclear is a government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small, elite and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes. If that doesn’t define the former president and his cronies and grifters then I don’t know what does. And he is willing to sacrifice 245 years of our republican democratic laws and traditions to grab hold of despotic power. If he wasn’t such a narcissist, he might have actually pulled it off! That’s the danger.

The problem is that over the past 40 years or so, our nation has been drifting toward this kind of oligarchy. Trump is just the extreme example of it. Look at who is funding political campaigns, who sits on the corporate boards of directors, local chambers of commerces or even large charities. It’s mostly wealthy elites — democracy is relegated to small things with little financial political power like neighborhood councils and associations, small cities or parent councils at schools (dark money has even begun invading school board races, most notably in Colorado last year).

American-style democracy has become “a game of money politics” the perversion of one person one vote has resulted in a “rule of the minority elite” except for some progressive political movements and a few politicians with morals.

In the end, the capital insurrectionists were duped, played as fools to do the bidding of rightwing elites desperate to hold on to power at any cost. Yet something fundamental needs to change in America if we plan on actually continuing our democratic norms, like actually practicing it in our daily lives. What would happen if teachers and parent councils got to vote on who was the next principal at their school? What would happen if members of a chamber of commerce voted in their next executive director? Or neighborhood councils given the power to actually ratify the appointments of local police captains?

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Tens of thousands of Trump supporters attended the so called “Save America” rally on Jan. 6, 2021. The National Park Service estimated 30,000 people attended the rally based on the number of people already in the area. So far, only 727 people have been arrested and charged, even though the FBI believes nearly three times that number were involved in the breaching of the U.S. Capitol building. The majority probably were just complicit in trespassing or protesting without a permit, w ­ hich is to say they were used by those who actually conspired to disrupt and illegitimately overturn the last election.

In other words, the majority of the insurrectionists were just pawns in a very desperate game of chess in which the losing side attempted to destroy the board and change the rules subverting the democratic transfer of power. It didn’t work... this time.

The delusional state of mind of the defeated ex-president is well documented in multiple books and articles since his loss to now President Joe Biden in November 2020.

Yet he is still espousing the “big lie” of the stolen election at every opportunity and was intending to do so again on the anniversary of the insurrection, until it became clear that non-rightwing media would not broadcast him live. He is supported in this effort by a whole echochamber of right-wing media disinformation from Fox News, One America Network, and Newsmax down to the thousands of AM talk radio programs. And let’s not forget the evangelical Christians and followers of QAnon — an American far-right cult organized around a conspiracy theory made by the anonymous Mr. Q. This might be looked upon as some kind of farce if the stakes weren’t so high. ­The very survival of our republic seems to hang on whether this mob of the disgruntled rightwing might actually start another civil war or whether there are enough courageous patriots to stand up for freedom, liberty and justice for all to stop them. Do not despair. We as a nation have been here before and survived.

Where we find ourselves today as a nation, is one largely controlled economically by an oligarchy supported by a capitalist social structure that values profits over people.

The growing disparity between rich and poor and the working class has never been greater.

However, the disgruntled mob has been directed at the Democrats, the corporate media

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Can you imagine what a local working democracy looks like in your life?

On a larger scale, getting rid of monopolies in the media, eliminating corporate donations to political campaigns and taxing billionaires would be a good start to saving our nation state.

It might even convince the insurrectionist mob to put down their weapons and let democracy work

its messy course. One can only hope that the right-wing oligarchs have overplayed their hand, that the pandemic may actually teach us solidarity and civility. Hopefully, once people wake up to the truth, they will have the common sense to vote to make our government for the people, and by the people.

Pentagon’s 20-Year Killing Spree Treats Civilians as Expendable

By Norman Solomon

Top U.S. officials want us to believe that the Pentagon carefully spares civilian lives while making war overseas. The notion is pleasant.

And with high-tech killing far from home, the physical and psychological distances have made it even easier to believe recent claims that American warfare has become “humane.”

Such pretenses should be grimly laughable to anyone who has read high-quality journalism from eyewitness reporters like Anand Gopal and Nick Turse. For instance, Gopal’s article for The New Yorker in September, “The Other Afghan Women,” is an in-depth, devastating piece that exposes the slaughter and terror systematically inflicted on rural residents of Afghanistan by the U.S. Air Force.

Turse, an incisive author and managing editor at TomDispatch, wrote this fall: “Over the last 20 years, the United States has conducted more than 93,300 air strikes — in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen —

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that killed between 22,679 and 48,308 civilians, according to figures recently released by Airwars, a U.K.-based airstrike monitoring group.

The total number of civilians who have died from direct violence in America’s wars since 9/11 tops out at 364,000 to 387,000, according to Brown University’s Costs of War Project.”

Those deaths have been completely predictable results of U.S. government policies. And in fact, evidence of widespread civilian casualties emerged soon after the “war on terror” started two decades ago. Leaks with extensive documentation began to surface more than 10 years ago, thanks to stark revelations from courageous whistleblowers and the independent media outlet WikiLeaks.

The retribution for their truth-telling has been fierce and unrelenting. WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is in a British prison, facing imminent extradition to the United States, where the

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SP Dem Club Endorsements

Save the date for San Pedro Democratic Club endorsement meetings will be Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 time TBD, via zoom.

Attached is SPDC’s endorsement request form, if you or anyone you know is interested in seeking the SPDC endorsement. Membership must be current to vote during endorsement meeting. Renew here: https://secure.actblue. com/donate/san-pedro-democratic-club-1 Endorsement meetings replace the January membership meeting.

This is an outdoor event but you are asked to mask up in light of the current COVID surge.

The San Pedro Democratic Club is Co-Sponsoring along with other South Bay Democratic Clubs, Stop the Big Lie Rally.

Time: 1 p.m. Jan. 6 Venue: Founders Park, 1 Trump National Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes

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Editor’s note: In the past few weeks, Random Lengths News received a group of Letters to the Editor from the students of San Pedro High School English teacher Michael Kurdyla. Students commented on recent stories published in RLN. Reading through the letters, the students did an admirable job following their teacher’s instruction to read and critique stories that piqued their interest. In the interest of space, we will select a few of the letters for print, while posting the remainder online.

Frustrated With Los Angeles

The reason I am writing to you today is to write about the frustrations I currently have with the city I call home. To start off with, I am one of those people who constantly feels unsafe in this city. For a city known for its glitz and glamor behind those Hollywood, cameras are rampant crime, homeless and poverty. It infuriates me that in a city with the same GDP as Seoul (1 trillion) we are so behind them

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Re: A Veterans Day Story

I read your article about Brian Thomas, the Man on the Bridge and I’d like to discuss what I thought of your article. To me, it did not get into the real story as to why Brian Thomas really was up

The article, ¨The New Normal Is Normalized Censorship¨ by Paul Rosenberg, lacks many things but I would like to focus on the lack of evidence for the claims and the misleading title. There are five sections in this specific article but in the articles, there are statements, claims, and references made from other articles, papers, or people.

There is inconsistent evidence and some paragraphs that don’t have clear sources. For example in the first section, article 1 ¨Prescription Drug Costs set to Become a Lead-

necessary to stop the public from viewing the wrong things.

As a 14-year-old who will see the effects of misinformation, I encourage readers to take note and challenge questionable writing like this article.

Salvador Ramirez San Pedro HS Dear Mr. Ramirez, We appreciate the vigor through which you read Senior Editor Paul Rosenberg’s story.

There appears to be a part of the story you failed to notice--the subhead to the headline: Prescription Drug Costs, Wildcat Strikes, Google’s Union-Busting and Racism in Forced Sterilization Project Censored’s Top 10 Stories Show Old Patterns Alive and Well.

Rosenberg’s story was a summation of recently published book called Project Censored, which documents deserving stories that have received little exposure in the mainstream media. If you’d like a copy of the book is available for purchase at the our office at 1300 S. Pacific Ave. Terelle Jerricks Managing Editor

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Norman Solomon is the national director of Roots Action.org and the author of many books including War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. He was a Bernie Sanders delegate from California to the 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions. Solomon is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.

Re: Normalized Censorship

ing Cause of Death For Elderly Americans¨ talks about a relevant topic but doesn’t have constant support for the claims. Censorship is a large topic that has been a present issue primarily found in coverups and political issues.

The second article talks about threats toward journalists but doesn’t provide evidence about how journalists are threatened.

Also, the author references the ¨Panama Papers in 2016¨ and the ¨FinSen Papers in 2020.” There is no further information providing evidence of these sources being credible or even believable. Without credibility from the author, it makes the message weaker and makes me (as the reader) wary about what I’m being told. There are multiple times where the writer adds ¨We noted¨ which isn’t an unbiased use of evidence because it limits the facts and only shows what that writer decided was important.

I fear that readers are being misled with possibly false information due to the lack of evidence.

Readers should consider the legitimacy of the articles they read. If no one questions the things they read, then censorship will become

cut 10% of the Pentagon budget, support came from only one-fifth of the House, and not one Republican.

In the opposite direction, House support for jacking up the military budget was overwhelming, with a vote of 363-70. Last week, when it was the Senate’s turn to act on the measure, the vote was 88-11.

Overall, military spending accounts for about half of the federal government’s total discretionary spending — while programs for helping instead of killing are on short rations for local, state and national government agencies. It’s a destructive trend of warped priorities that serves the long-term agendas of neoliberalism, aptly defined as policies that “enhance the workings of free market capitalism and attempt to place limits on government spending, government regulation, and public ownership.”

While the two parties on Capitol Hill have major differences on domestic issues, relations are lethally placid beyond the water’s edge.

When the NDAA cleared the Senate last week, the leaders of the Armed Services Committee were both quick to rejoice. “I am pleased that the Senate has voted in an overwhelming, bipartisan fashion to pass this year’s defense bill,” said the committee’s chair, Sen. Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island. The ranking Republican on the panel, Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma, chimed in: “This bill sends a clear message to our allies — that the United States remains a reliable, credible partner — and to our adversaries — that the U.S. military is prepared and fully able to defend our interests around the world.”

The bill also sends a clear message to Pentagon contractors as they drool over a new meal in the ongoing feast of war profiteering.

It’s a long way from their glassed-in office suites to the places where the bombs fall.

on the bridge. For example, in the article, you did not do an in-depth interview about his veteran benefits and what they should be. Another point is that you did not do a good investigative report of what actually happened as to why Brian Thomas was up on the bridge. For example, in the article, you did not further look into Brian Thomas’ claims of what actually happened to him. In the article, you had a little bit of selfishness because it felt to me like you were doing the interview so that the bridge can open and you can get over to long beach.

My final thoughts about the article were that you and Mrs. Cobos were sometimes mocking Brian Thomas in the article because it was mentioned that he just wanted hot wings, Gatorade, and a hotel room but he wanted something much more valuable than that which are his lifelong veteran benefits.

Alex Diller San Pedro HS

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chances of a fair trial are essentially zero. Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning spent seven years in a military prison. Former U.S. Air Force analyst Daniel Hale, who revealed murderous effects of U.S. drone warfare, is currently serving a 45-month prison sentence.

They had the clarity of mind and heart to share vital information with the public, disclosing not just “mistakes” but patterns of war crimes.

Such realities should be kept in mind when considering how the New York Times framed its blockbuster scoop last weekend, drawing on more than 1,300 confidential documents. Under the big headline “Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes,” the Times assessed U.S. bombing in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan — and reported that “since 2014, the American air war has been plagued by deeply flawed intelligence, rushed and imprecise targeting and the deaths of thousands of civilians, many of them children.”

What should not get lost in all the bold-type words like “failure,” “flawed intelligence” and “imprecise targeting” is that virtually none of it was unforeseeable. The killings have resulted from policies that gave very low priority to prevention of civilian deaths.

The gist of those policies continues. And so does the funding that fuels the nation’s nonstop militarism, most recently in the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act that spun through Congress this month and landed on President Joe Biden’s desk.

Dollar figures are apt to look abstract on a screen, but they indicate the extent of the mania. Biden had “only” asked for $12 billion more than President Donald Trump’s last NDAA, but that wasn’t enough for the bipartisan hawkery in the House and Senate, which provided a boost of $37 billion instead.

Actually, factoring in other outlays for socalled “defense,” annual U.S. military spending is in the vicinity of $1 trillion. Efforts at restraint have hit a wall. This fall, in a vote on a bill to

with our quality of life. It infuriates me that unlike Seoul our streets and freeways are cracked and old. It infuriates me that so many homeless are around the city and help is not easily available to these people. For the amount we are paying to live here and the absurd amount of tax paid so many of us have lived here looking over our shoulder constantly. It seems untrue, almost laughable, that we have the same Gdp as Seoul, not to mention that this city is also the third richest in the entire world.

Where does all our money go too?

Why hasn’t the government spent this money for the betterment of our city? So many have left Los Angeles already and until our politicians finally wake up and create change many more will continue to in larger numbers taking our future with them.

Carlos Esparza San Pedro High School

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explained in October at the Just Security website.

“By violating his legal duty to do what he could to end the unlawful occupation of the Capitol, Trump became an accomplice to that crime. He is subject to the same punishment as the rioters who entered the building,” Alschuler wrote. This is because “The Constitution gave Trump a clear legal duty to intervene” (‘[The President] shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed’) and because he alone had two ways to do this: by moving swiftly to deploy troops to defend the Capitol and by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), left, and Rep. Bennie Thompson simply telling his followers to stop (D-Miss.), vice chair and chair of the Jan. 6 Select Committee. File — which he eventually did, only af- photo ter a 3-hours-plus delay. proving such a case.

But Trump can also be charged using language specifically used by GOP Congresswoman Liz Conspiracy to Obstruct Cheney, co-chair of the Jan. 6 Select Committee, That same charge has already been made in a Dec. 13 hearing, “Did Donald Trump, through against 83 defendants, according to a tally by action or inaction, corruptly seek to obstruct or im- the Chicago Project on Security and Threats pede Congress’ official proceeding to count elec- (CPOST) at the University of Chicago. And a toral votes?” That same language has been used to look at how it’s been used against them suggests charge about 240 of the 704 insurgents charged so that there’s already plenty of evidence to charge far, according to a tally by the Daily Beast. the ex-president as well. His failure to call off The only real question that still requires answer- the mob obstructed Congress, and others were ing is if Trump can also be charged with another se- involved in that delay. That’s all that’s required rious crime — the crime of conspiracy to obstruct for a conspiracy conviction. or impede an official proceeding. The Select ComWhile the largest, most high-profile conspirmittee has gone to court seeking Trump’s documents acies involve extremists groups — most notably and communications with others, as well as close the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers — they advisors’ testimony, which might seem essential in represented just a fraction of the crowd. Six out

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of every seven had no such ties, CPOST found, and the only meaningful indicator of where insurgents came from was from parts of the country experiencing a decline in white population. This is consistent with the dominant “alt right” conspiracist myth, the “Great Replacement,” which Random Lengths has written about before — the myth that white Christian populations are being “replaced” with non-whites and non-Christians by Jewish elites and their allies. Nurturing such fears and fantasies has been Trump’s most consistent focus throughout his political career. But there’s still a significant gap between the larger mass of believers and the hard core extremist groups who were key to how Jan. 6 unfolded.

The Oath Keepers and Proud Boys Conspiracies

In a Dec. 8 summary, legal/security blogger Marcy Wheeler provided the following concise overview of the latter: “The government is very close to showing that there was a plan — led at the Capitol by the Proud Boys, but seemingly coordinated closely with some members of the Oath Keepers. The plan entailed initiating a breach, surrounding the Capitol, opening up multiple additional fronts (of which the East appears to be the most important), and inciting the “normies” to do some of the worst [See Investigation, p. 13]

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rent relief for Californians, the largest increase in homeless housing in state history, universal Pre-K and a historic $15 billion climate package to advance California’s nation-leading climate agenda.

Gov. Newsom also signed historic measures that took effect immediately this year, such as SB 796 by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), which authorized Los Angeles County to return Bruce’s Beach property to the Bruce family nearly a century after the land was wrongfully taken from them. Since then, the California Department of Parks and Recreation has amended the property deed, removing restrictions, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to accept the amended property deed, officially allowing the transfer of the property to the Bruce Family.

SB 65, the California Momnibus Act by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) will go into effect in

Aug. 2022, helping tackle racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes by improving research and data collection. And AB 101 by Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) which — upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature — requires high schools to provide ethnic studies starting in academic year 2025-26 and make completion of a one-semester course a high school graduation requirement beginning with students graduating in 2029-2030.

Gov. Newsom additionally signed the following notable bills which will take effect on Jan. 1: • AB 118 by Senator Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) — Department of Social Services: C.R.I.S.E.S. Grant Pilot Program.

• SB 639 by Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) — Minimum wages: persons with disabilities Details: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.

By Greggory Moore, Curtain Call Columnist

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isappointed as I am that the Coen brothers have parted ways as final print?) and some incongruous editing. a filmmaking team, I’m sure they have straightforward enough I suppose I can’t complain about the cast. In case you reasons for doing so. I have far more difficulty, however, imagining don’t already know how good Denzel Washington and why Joel would choose to adapt The Tragedy of Macbeth as his first Ethan-less Frances McDormand are, let’s just say their five Oscars cinematic foray. And after seeing how weak it turned out, I’m all the more don’t tell half the story. But however competent they may puzzled. be here, scriptive shortcomings — weak source material, Admittedly, I’ve got a lower opinion of “the Scottish play” than many. plus cuts that leave the characters’ motivations even less While I’m long past being enamored of Shakespeare, I freely confess his convincing than they were to begin with — neuter their genius and will tout the greatness of several of his plays (particularly Hamlet) efforts. any day of the week. But despite being a powerhouse treatise on ambition and To make matters worse, despite going out of his way containing one truly brilliant speech, Macbeth is by turns contrived, boring to make his Macbeth as dark as possible, a couple of cuts and simply ridiculous.

Coen hasn’t made are to the play’s two bits of comic relief.

So Joel had a long road to hoe with me on this one. But hey, as half of Granted, they are neither particularly funny nor clever in the auteur team behind a few of my all-time favorite works of art (Miller’s the original, but even if they were, to include them in this Crossing, No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man), I was interested to see take on the play is incomprehensibly misguided. whether he could spin silk out of Shakespeare’s sow’s ear.

All told, Joel’s Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is a gray, Instead, Coen has let the Bard drag him to a creative nadir. Start with joyless monument to how sometimes two heads are better the ponderous mise-en-scène. The shadowy black-and-white feels more than one. Thankfully, he and his brother have already done overwrought than organic, an attempt to manufacture mood rather than a lifetime’s worth of great work that we can revisit anytime. earn it. The sound design is just as unsubtle, with drops of blood and But this here ain’t even Shakespeare for Coen brothers fans. water literally pounding as they hit the floor. Set design is equally heavyDon’t believe me? See The Tragedy of Macbeth for yourself handed, the majority of the action unfolding within bizarrely sparse at the Art Theatre of Long Beach and other theaters near you. castles looking like incomplete Escher prints, the overall impression Details: arttheatrelongbeach.com being one of an art director with too small a budget. Exteriors are all Venue: Art Theatre of Long Beach 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach clouds and murk à la Bergman, except he did it better despite giving Coen a 60-year technological head-start.

There are also notable post-production failings — the kind of thing that rarely appears in the Coens’ meticulous oeuvre — including a couple of obvious dialog looping errors (really, how does a character’s speaking without her mouth moving make it into the Real People, Real News, Really Effective

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he smell of fried garlic hit me as soon I opened the door. It is quite possibly the most intoxicating aroma on earth. Alas, I feared it meant Edna had not waited, and that made me sad. I was there to learn how she makes moqueca, a tomato-based seafood stew that’s ubiquitous along the Brazilian coast. The dish varies by region, and Edna’s hometown of Vitoria is widely considered the birthplace of moqueca. That version of the dish, called moqueca Capixaba, is why I was there. At my mom’s house in Boston, that is. I already missed my golden opportunity to go to Vitoria in real life.

When I reached the kitchen I realized, to my intense alegria, that Edna had been waiting for me all along. The amazing garlic aroma that first hit me was from when she had made the rice — which, like most Brazilian recipes, began with fried garlic.

Edna is a Capixaba (cah-pee-shah-bah), which is to say, someone (or something) from the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, of which Vitoria is the capital. I’ve been on several buses that stopped in Vitoria, heading north from Rio to Salvador da Bahia. I have memories and a sense of déjà vu as the bus slowed down to a stop. I remember misty, forested hills on the left, above the city, and gentle coastline to the right. I never did get off the bus, but always wanted to.

And should have.

Worldwide, the most famous moqueca comes from Bahia, one state to the north of Espirito Santo. Salvador, the capital, is where I was always headed when passing through sleepy Vitoria. Bahia has more people of African descent than any place outside of Africa, and Moqueca Baiana contains coconut milk and dendê, a type of palm oil made from imported West African trees. Dendê is very rich, with a heavy aroma and a strong flavor that isn’t for everyone.

Moqueca Capixaba, on the other hand, takes its cues from a different ancestral homeland. As European as Moqueca Baiana is African, Edna’s moqueca contains olive oil instead of dendé and coconut milk. This version is lighter, and just a few olives and capers away from being an Italian cioppino, and worlds away from the moqueca of the north.

But one thing that all Brazilians can agree on, at least, is the garlic. That is where we started when it was finally time to cook dinner.

Edna had everything chopped and prepped, but for my edification she insisted that I cook it. She turned the heat to medium

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Moqueca Capixaba. Photo by Ari LeVaux

under a stew pot, and told me to do the Brazilian thing with the garlic. It made me nervous. The last thing I wanted to do was mess up the garlic, either by burning or undercooking it.

Brazilian garlic-frying reflects a level of brinkmanship that you need to get pretty much

anything done in that place. They take it closer to the edge of burnt than most. Often the garlic is mixed with salt. Sometimes it’s fried in a thin, dented aluminum pan without any oil. As long as the inevitable blackening is thwarted by moisture before it becomes too bitter, the

Moqueca Capixaba If it wasn’t for the cilantro, and a few shakes of Adobo spice mix, this could be a European dish. Serves 6

Rice 1 clove garlic, minced or pressed ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cups white rice. Edna used Goya jasmine Water commensurate with the rice you are using

Stew 3 large cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon adobo powder (a Latino spice mix with garlic powder and other spices.

Try to get it with either paprika or with annatto – or blend your own like I did) 12 ounce jar of Goya sofrito 2 large spoonfuls of Ragù or similar marinara sauce 2 medium tomatoes, chopped 1 medium to large onion, chopped 1 pound swordfish (or another tough fish that you can stew) 1 pound shrimp 1 pound ocean fish of your choice, like rockfish or cod. If using thin filets, roll and toothpick them 2 large bunches fresh cilantro, trimmed and chopped 2 bell peppers, chopped 1 bunch of green onion, white part only, chopped

glorious flavor gets captured by the food. In the case of Moqueca Capixaba, the browned garlic gets deglazed by chopped tomatoes and onions, which release their moisture and stop the burning.

I then added a jar of sofrito, a Caribbean seasoning sauce popular throughout the Iberian diaspora. Edna used Goya brand sofrito, with a tomato base and green pepper, onions, culantro and garlic. Culantro is a wide-leafed plant that tastes like extra-strong cilantro. Native to the Caribbean and Latin America, culantro is now cultivated worldwide. In Southeast Asia it has names along the lines of “sawtooth coriander,” and is considered by many to be indispensable to a good bowl of pho.

If you can’t get your hands on sofrito or culantro don’t sweat it. Sofrito is essentially a condensed version of the other vegetables in the moqueca, so just use more of everything else — that is, extra tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and cilantro — and the right flavors will be there.

The combination of cilantro and bell peppers, along with that almost-burnt garlic, is what creates the distinct flavor of moqueca. It’s like an off-key jazz chord that you play until it sounds right, and then build a song around.

The harmonious discord of the moqueca flavor works particularly well with fish, including the swordfish and shrimp that Edna had brought.

I can see why Capixabas consider their moqueca to be the original. Without the distractions of dendê and coconut milk, the flavors of the other ingredients shine through more clearly. Just veggies, fish and olive oil.

And fried garlic, of course.

First, make the rice. Put a medium sized pot on medium heat. Add the oil, garlic and salt.

Stir often, but also leave it alone as much as possible. Let the garlic turn past yellow towards brown. When the aroma smells like it’s getting ready to go from irresistible to a bit questionable, add the rice. Stir it around to coat evenly. Add the water. Cook with the lid cracked on low until done.

For the stew, put a heavy pot on medium heat. Add the olive oil, garlic and salt, and fry the garlic. Add the adobo spices, and stir.

Add the sofrito sauce and marinara sauce, followed by the onions and tomatoes and a bit of water to deglaze the pot, and bring to a simmer.

Taste the sauce and adjust the salt. Add the swordfish, arranging the chunks in the sauce, adding water as necessary to cover. Simmer for 30 minutes – while you clean the kitchen, Edna advised.

Add the shrimp, along with any other similarly fast-cooking seafoods. Whatever fish you use should be tough enough to not fall apart. Cook another ten minutes. Finally, add the chopped bell peppers, cilantro and green onions. Spread it around the top, stirring gingerly, but don’t disturb the fish.

You don’t want to stir the moqueca any more than you want to stir the rice.

After another ten minutes turn off the heat.

Serve with the rice.

There’s a new store in town — The Den — which embodies that cool factor of the ’70s-era den in your home: A cozy spot to gather in or to chill solo, to read, listen to music or maybe watch TV by a fireplace. Mostly, owner Denise Lopez said, it’s a space in which to be curious.

If you’ve frequented the local small businesses, HOUSE 1002 and The Yard, chances are you will soon discover The Den. Lopez, who formerly worked at HOUSE 1002, is the owner of the eclectic new shop. While The Den is independent of HOUSE 1002 and The Yard, Lopez said without a doubt, they are family.

“Working at HOUSE was a great experience with me coming from Chicago and not really knowing anyone,” Lopez said. “It was a great place to land.”

Tradition, variety and fast delivery or takeout—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 are taking all safety precautions to protect our diners and staff.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay updated on new developments. Call for fast delivery or to place a pick up order. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fri.Sun. Big Nicks’ Pizza, 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 310-732-5800, www.bignickspizza.com

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“I think my aesthetic might appeal to a diverse group of people,” Lopez said.

The Den carries many books — primarily on art and architecture, other items include records, games, textiles, accessories, soaps, candles and paper letter writing products. There will be more to come in that area. It’s like walking into a space that houses old and new at once.

It’s intimate yet open and bright and home-like.

Books are prominent, ranging from $5, up to first editions that go up to $150. The Den will also feature art that will rotate in and out.

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Lopez said she really got to know San Pedro and lots of characters and people coming through HOUSE 1002 and loved it. When this opportunity came up, Kathie Goldberg, the owner of HOUSE 1002 told her she had to go for it. Lopez was uncertain, briefly, but her thenboss assured her she’d figure it out.

“She pushed me from behind the whole time along with my husband and of course, the kids were like of course, it makes sense,” Lopez said. “Although it’s totally separate, I feel part of a triangle. It’s the HOUSE, The Yard and The Den. Kathie and Larry are like one of our many adopted families since we moved here from Chicago.

“It’s that space that’s intimate and cozy,” Lopez said. “I wanted it to feel like a den, that place to play or just chillax and it is part of a house.”

The opportunity happened one day while she was working at HOUSE 1002. Lopez said Vicki, (and Dominick Abbatiello) were the previous owners of the space, then called Point Gallery.

Vicki was ready to give up the space and move on to different things.

“We were just chatting, how we do at HOUSE and they asked if we knew anyone who would be interested in the space,” Lopez said.

“Kathie said Denise, and Dom said of course.”

“Lopez said they had specific ideas of how they wanted a new steward to take on this space — which sits next to The Corner Store, just blocks up from Paseo Del Mar — so as not to be

CONRAD’S MEXICAN GRILL

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

Now Conrad’s features Peruvian dishes, as well as an inventive Mexican vegetarian and vegan menu. Dine in, dine al fresco or order online for curbside pick up and delivery.

Hours: Mon.-Sat. 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. S. Conrad’s Mexican Grill, 376. W. 6th St., San Pedro 424-264-5452, www.conradsmexicangrill.com

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Interior views of The Den. Photos courtesy of Denise Lopez

out of sync with the area. The couple has been very helpful and supportive to Lopez throughout the whole process.”

“It’s really about the community but I think that it could also be a draw for people who are visiting the oceanfront,” Lopez said. “As the shop evolves people can pick up a blanket or a book, things to utilize at the oceanfront area.

HAPPY DINER #2

Built on the success of Happy Diner #1, Happy Diner #2 offers American favorites like omelets and burgers, fresh salads, plus pasta and Mexican dishes are served. Order online for delivery or call for pickup.

Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #2, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 310-935-2933, www.happydinersp.com

HAPPY DELI

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 from fresh salads, wraps, buffalo wings, cold and hot sandwiches, burgers and dogs. Order online or call for takeout or delivery.

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

Details: 1124 W. 37th St., San Pedro, 312-286-6262

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. Order your growlers, house drafts and cocktails to go (with food purchase)! Open daily 12 to 8 p.m. for indoor or al fresco dining, takeout and delivery through Grubhub, Postmates and Doordash. San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, 310-831-5663, www.sanpedrobrewing.com

WEST COAST PHILLY’S

Welcome to West Coast Philly’s Cheesesteak and Hoagies where authentic Philly cheesesteaks meet the waterfront in San Pedro. Along with serving the classic cheesesteak, West Coast Philly’s puts its unique twist on its cheesesteaks and hoagies. Also on the menu are subs, burgers, wings and salads. Happy hour from 2 to 6 p.m., Mon.-Thurs. Indoor dining or order online or call for pickup. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. West Coast Philly’s, 1902 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro, 424-264-5322, www.westcoastphillys.com

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The Happy Diner #1 in Downtown San Pedro isn’t your average diner. The selections range from Italian- and Mexicaninfluenced entrées to American Continental. Happy Diner chefs are always creating something new—take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables prepared any way you like. Dine in or al fresco or call for takeout. Hours: Mon.-Wed. 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thurs.Sat. 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #1, 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro, 310-241-0917, www.happydinersp.com

Design, Fashion, Art

Lopez attended The School of Art Institute of Chicago for fine arts and interior design. She always had to supplement art and design work with retail, at stores like Chicago’s Marshall Fields. She’s also been a personal shopper, worked in set design and has been a concierge.

She worked for Kevin Grace Design in Chicago who is also now in downtown Los Angeles.

There, she worked in set design and designed holiday segments on daytime talk shows. She is also a ceramicist and sells some of her work at The Den. Lopez wants The Den to be a reflection of her from her work in hospitality and vintage clothing, and she hopes people are receptive to it. “I want to provide a space that you can feel inspired by but also comfortable in, that has new and old because I like a little bit of everything,” she said. “I don’t want it to be one thing. I want it to evolve. To feel constant but also have a change, a space you can be curious into.”

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

Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and hand-selected fresh ingredients. Now limited dine-in and patio service, takeout and delivery. Hours: Sun.Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Buono’s Pizzeria, 222 W. 6th St., San Pedro, 310-547-0655, www.buonospizza.com

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Stop at The Corner Store for a soda and then get a cool blanket at The Den and pop over and have a little lunch at the ocean.”

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MUSIC Jan. 6

Lafayette Ben Charlatan Lafayette Ben Charlatan and the Charlatones will bring a hefty dose of Louisiana soulfulness to the Harbor in the new year. Their sound has been compared to the great Leon Redbone, but they have a style all their own.

Time: 7:30 p.m., Jan. 6 Cost: Free Details: www.collageartculture. com Venue: Collage, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

Jan. 8

Eva Loona and Alyssandra Nighswonger Eva Loona Smith is a new voice, a poet with a guitar who has a new album called Teach Everyone Art, and Alyssandra Nighswonger is a respected artist who will bring a band to show off new work, including cuts from her recently released Harry Nilsson cover album.

Time: 7:30 p.m., Jan. 8 Cost: $20 Details: www.collageartculture. com Venue: Collage, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro Scott Henderson Trio at Alvas Scott Henderson’s impressive work over the years as co-leader of the group Tribal Tech, leader of his own ground breaking trio, and sideman to some of the best jazz artists of their generation, including the great Joe Zawinul, has elevated him to the front ranks of both jazz and blues.

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

Jan. 9

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Long Beach Symphony: Songs And Stories Of Hope This concert features Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein, founder; Dr. James A. Grymes, author of Violins of Hope; Teresa Buchholz on mezzo; and Niv Ashkenazi on violin.

Time: 3 p.m., Jan. 9 Cost: $40 to $100 Details: tinyurl.com/LBsymphonyhope Venue: Beverly O’Neill Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach Benise – 20th Anniversary Tour Benise takes the audience on a romantic and magical journey celebrating two decades of fiery Spanish guitar and dance, including the Spanish Flamenco, Cuban Salsa, Brazilian Samba, Parisian Waltz, exotic drumming, and more.

The tour solidifies Benise as America’s foremost nativeborn ambassador of Spanish guitar.

Time: 7 p.m., Jan. 9 Cost: $55 to $75 Detail: 562-916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos

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Vicente Fernandez An event by LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Vicente Fernández, the king of Mexican music, brought rancheras to some of the largest venues in the world. In his charro outfit and embroidered sombrero, he sang of love, loss and patriotism in a powerful voice, recording hundreds of songs throughout his illustri-

Details: torancearts.org Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance

ous career. Join Gustavo Arellano, Agustín Gurza, and Maricela Martinez as they recount his music, life and legacy as the voice of la gente.

Time: 7 p.m., Jan. 12 Cost: Free Details: Register on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/VicenteFernandez Venue: Online

COMEDY Jan. 7

Jan. 14

Mindful Poetry/Black Carpet Hosted by Miss Poetic and music

by DJ Big Homie Madman, come enjoy live poetry performances at the Main Plaza including Trae the RXmedy, Sean Bruce, CJ Mak, Brinda, DBK, Torrie Bee, Mario and DePoet. There will also be food, wine and free parking.

Time: 7 to 9 p.m., Jan. 14 Cost: $15 Details: IG@mindfulmotives, www.tinyurl.com/mindful-poetryshow Venue: The Main Plaza, 22005 S.Main St., Carson

Jan. 15

Rakim Sean Healy presents Rakim at Gaslamp Long Beach. Age 21 and up.

Time: 9 p.m., Jan. 15 Cost: $ 30 to $50 Details: www.ticketweb.com/ event/rakim-gaslamp-long-beachtickets Venue: Gaslamp, 6251 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

Jan. 16

The 15th Annual Southern California Slack Key Festival and Island Marketplace The Southern California Slack Key Festival takes fans on a Hawaiian musical journey showcasing Grammy-winning slack key guitarists, the best hula dancers in the world, special guest performers and a free to the public Island Marketplace. This year’s line-up includes George Kuo one of the last ‘elders’ from the Hawaiian music community along with his his rare double neck guitar, Jim “Kimo” West, Makana, Jeff Peterson, Kenneth Makuakane, Patrick Landeza & Sons, Ian O’Sullivan, Pomaika’i and Malie Lyman, Alan Akaka and Patrick “Kaipo” Asing.

Time: Free island marketplace 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Concert at 2 p.m., Jan. 16 Cost: $20 to $55 and up Details: 800-595-4849; www.tix.com/ticket-sales/kalakoa Venue: The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd. (at Aviation Blvd.), Redondo Beach Legends: Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono Keola Beamer, dubbed “the quintessential Hawaiian slack-key guitar master,” is an island icon who established himself early as a leader of contemporary Hawaiian music when he wrote his bestselling classic song Honolulu City Lights.

Time: 7 p.m., Jan. 16 Cost: $50 to $70 Detail: 562-916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos Déjà Vu Join a musical retrospective of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Time: 4 p.m., Jan. 16 Cost: $20 Details: alvasshowroom.com/ event/deja-vu-2 Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro Marcus Adams Bursting onto the smooth scene in 2011 with his debut release

Editor’s Note: Due to the current COVID-19 surge in the Los Angeles area, please be advised to check ahead to confirm if events will still be happening before purchasing tickets.

Suddenly, Marcus Adams has increasingly become a household name whenever rising smooth jazz artists are mentioned.

Time: 4 p.m. Jan. 16 Cost: $25 to $30 Details: www.jazzkatent.com/ events Venue: Harvelle’s Long Beach, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach

Jan. 18

Box of Noise Box of Noise is a long term supergroup project under the auspices of MoonJune Music, featuring three distinguished maestros of their own instruments: the legendary fretless bass icon Percy Jones; the innovative guitar visionary Alex Machacek and multigenre drummer extraordinaire Kenny GrohowskiI. Time: 8 p.m., Jan. 18 Cost: $25 Details: 310-833-7538; www.alvasshowroom.com/event/box-ofnoise/?

Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

THEATER Jan. 14

Truth Be Told Truth Be Told is a coming out story but also a story about how the protagonist found his way back to himself. He struggled with disappointment, betrayal, rejection and despair on his journey to selfdiscovery.

Time: 8 p.m., Jan. 14, 15 Cost: $20 Details: lbplayhouse.org/?tribe_ events=truth-be-told Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

Jan. 21

Improv For Warriors 2 Bravo Company is once again partnering with the Wounded Warrior Project to support those who have sacrificed for this country.

Join an evening of improv comedy and fun for all ages. 100% of Bravo Company’s share of ticket sales will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Time: 8 p.m., Jan. 21, 22 Cost: $20 Details: lbplayhouse.org/?tribe_ events=improv-for-warriors-2 Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

ART

Jan. 6

First Thursday Artwalk Organizers are curating food truck placement on the ArtWalk perimeters, but there will not be a Guided Tour until Feb. 3 at 5:30 p.m. gathering in Sirens, 402 W. 7th St. Galleries are welcoming guests, and masks will be required for all indoor locations.

Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 6 Cost: Free Location: Downtown San Pedro

6th and 7th streets

Jan. 8

Art In The Library Peninsula Center Library welcomes art back into the library celebrating the Beauty We See with Kathie Reis and Susan Whiting, an opening reception. The exhibition runs Jan. 7 to Feb. 17.

Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 8 Cost: Free Details: www.pvld.org Venue: Peninsula Center Library Foyer, 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates Dust & Wisps Daniel Porras and Michelle Seo share a world of color and characters that reflect their respective cultures and experience: Porras elusive and ghostly, Seo maximal and detailed. Both Porras and Seo are Angels Gate Cultural Center Studio artists in San Pedro.

Time: 12 to 5 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment through Feb. 26 Cost: Free Details: 310-266-9216; www.corneliusprojects.com Venue: Cornelius Projects, 1417 S. Pacific Ave., Tongva Territory, San Pedro

Jan. 15

Portals Working in tapestry, drawing, neon sculpture, resin, and site-specific installation among other mixed media, the artists explore transformation, with the Port of Los Angeles as a relevant foil. PORTALS is curated by Stephanie Sherwood.

There will be a virtual artist talk on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m.

Time: Jan. 15 to March 2 Cost: Free Details: angelsgateart.org Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro

FILM

Jan. 20

BLUE/S Screening Series January screenings include two documentaries about the blues music: Bluesman by Nikolai Soric (Germany) and The Search by Diego Pani (Italy).

Time: Jan. 20 to Jan. 23 Cost: Free Details: 424-277-1020; esmoa@artlab21.org Esmoa.org Venue: ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo

DANCE Jan. 8

South Bay’s Got Talent An esteemed panel of judges will rate the performances of local dancers on a scale from 1-100.

Judges are asked to base their scores on talent, stage presence, audience reactions and their perception of overall performance.

Time: 7 p.m., Jan. 8 Cost: $20 to $30

Black Friday’z Hustle Yard Media brings talented artists to the stage for you to enjoy a quality show like no other. Comedians Dirty D, Brandon Wiley and Frantz Cassius will be performing with Stacy Taylor as your host.

Time: Jan. 7 Cost: $10-$20 Details: https://tinyurl.com/BlackFridayz Venue: The Main Plaza, 22005 S. Main St., Carson

Jan. 11

DiPiazza’s SOM Open Mic Enjoy a night of live music, comedy and poetry.

Time: 9 p.m., Jan. 11 Cost: Free Details: 562-498-2461; www.dipiazzas.com Venue: DiPiazza’s, 5205 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

Jan. 16

Live Music and Comedy by Chico Harpo Join a night of live music and stand up comedy with Chico Harpo and Korean Milkman providing live music and Evan Warner and Steven Marcus Releford performing stand up comedy before each musical act.

Time: 8 to 10 p.m., Jan. 16 Cost: Free Details: 562-343-5463 Venue: Vine LB, 2142 E. 4th St., Long Beach

COMMUNITY Jan. 6

South Coast Botanic Garden’s GLOW GLOW (or Garden Lights & Ocean Waters) is a nighttime light experience where guests can see the garden’s plant collections in a whole new light. Guests will enjoy even more lights at an all-new show that will have you hanging on the beach, drinking cocktails on the bayou and chasing waterfalls set to a unique musical soundtrack. This year’s exhibit also includes interactive experiences and themed nights.

Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Jan. 6 to 17 Cost: $26 Details: bit.ly/bgardenglow Venue: South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance Anime Los Angeles If you’re an anime otaku, then you’re in luck. From Jan. 6 to 9, the Anime Los Angeles will be at the Long Beach Convention.

Time: 12 p.m., Jan. 6 Cost: $70 to 90 presale, $90 at the door for full event Details: bandsintown.com, animelosangeles.org Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center. 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

Jan. 7

First Friday in ’22 Wood Workshop Grab a friend and join a crafty evening at AR Workshop for a DIY class to make one of many Wood Projects. In the workshop, you will have the opportunity to customize your project with your choice of designer paints and (non-toxic) stain colors.

Time: 6 to 9 p.m., Jan. 7 Cost: Project prices vary $35 to $125 Details: www.arworkshop.com/

event Venue: AR Workshop, 24046 Vista Montana, Torrance

Jan. 9

Kelly Griffin “Oaxaca meanderings in search of succulents, plants, adventure and fun,” according to Kelly Griffin, manager of Succulent Plant Development for Altman Plants, who will take participants on a journey to Oaxaca, Mexico as he describes his most recent trip.

Time: 1 to 3 p.m., Jan. 9 Cost: Free Details: via Zoom, link on Events Page at www.southcoastcss.org Venue: Online

Jan. 11

Tango Learning Lab All levels welcome including total beginners. Practica only is $10.

Included in Oxygen’s unlimited monthly pass. Proof of vaccination will be checked at the door, or send it in ahead of time to connect@oxygentango.com. Bring a water bottle. Plenty of street parking.

Time: 8 p.m. beginners welcome and 9 to 11 p.m.: Open Practica with DJ bea$tMode Cost: Class is $20 and includes practica.

Details: Register at oxygentango. com/tuesday and oxygentango. com Venue: Oxygen Tango, 1323 El Prado Ave., Torrance

Jan. 12

SCBG x Theodore Payne Foundation Pop-Up Come learn from the experts about native flora, how to grow them, and how to get your garden water-wise and fire-safe. The Theodore Payne Foundation will also be selling a curated selection of plants ideal for the local climate.

Time: 3 to 5 p.m. and also during GLOW from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 1 Cost: $15 to $35 Details: www.southcoastbotanicgarden/tickets Venue: South Coast Botanic Gardens, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

Jan. 15

Martin Luther King Jr. Parade and Celebration The City of Long Beach in partnership with the Sixth Council District is hosting the 34th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade and Celebration Jan. 15. The festivities will begin with the parade kickoff at 10 a.m., followed by the park celebration at 12 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, located at 1950 Lemon Ave. Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jan. 15 Cost: Free Details: www.longbeach.gov/mlkparade Venue: Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 1950 Lemon Ave., Long Beach

Jan. 16

Docent Guided Nature Walk Enjoy a guided tour of Abalone Cove led by the Los Serenos Docents. Hike past the native flora and fauna and explore the tide pools teeming with marine life.

The hiking difficulty is moderate to strenuous. Rain cancels a hike.

Time: 1 p.m., Jan. 16 Cost: Free Details: 310-544-5366; www.losserenos.org Venue: Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, 5970 Palos Verdes Drive South, Rancho Palos Verdes

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INSURRECTION

nothing to protect those who stormed the Capitol on his behalf, disillusion spread. A comment from Proud Boy leader Ethan Nordean, 30, of Auburn, WA, was typical. “I’ve followed this guy for four years and given everything and lost it all,” Nordean wrote in an online chat. “Trump, you left us on the battlefield bloody and alone.”

Nordean was part From left to right, U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, DC Metro Police officer Michael Fanone, DC Metro Police officer Daniel and U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn at the congressional hearings held for the Jan. 6 insurrection. Photo courtesy of of the aforementioned Hodges, C-SPAN “leadership conspiracy,” A single cooperative witness won’t be enough them to act, acting out their fantasies enabled scheduled for trial in February. But on Dec. 22, Matthew Greene pleaded guilty, “Providing first- to unravel the whole conspiracy, especially be- others to do the same.

One of them was Daniel Rodriguez, 39, of hand evidence on the ‘Front Door’ conspiracy” cause of how compartmentalized the Proud Boys and “Tying the Front Door cell to the Leader were. But it could virtually ensure convictions, Fontana, Calif. who was responsible for one of conspiracy,” as Wheeler explained the next day, which in turn makes other plea agreements more the most notorious assaults on Jan. 6: the tasing noting that it would also confirm key government likely. That, in turn, could unravel everything of officer Michael Fanone, who testified to the about the Proud Boys crucial involvement. And Select Committee in July. contentions that: Fanone was dragged from the line of officers • “The goal that day was to intimidate Mike Trump clearly fears what a similar dynamic defending the lower west terrace tunnel at around Pence and members of Congress to get them to could do to expose his role as well.

3:18 p.m.. “As I was swarmed by a violent mob, help Trump’s cause.” they ripped off my badge. They grabbed and • “Trespassing was one way to serve that goal The Tasing of Officer Fanone While the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers stripped me of my radio,” he testified. “I heard of obstruction because it was more intimidating.”

• “The damage to the Capitol was a foresee- were key to breaking into the Capitol, their num- chanting from some in the crowd, ‘Get his gun able consequence of the plan to obstruct the vote bers were dwarfed by the larger crowd. Just as and kill him with his own gun.’ I was aware Trump’s fantasy of holding onto power enabled [See Investigation, p. 14] count.”

The California Face of Insurrection Compiled by Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

The following are brief synopsis of the federal charges against some of the 50 Californians out of 727 who are currently charged who participated in the mob attack against the Capitol building 12 months ago. Some operated as individuals in concert with a mob while others worked in organized groups with the intent to disrupt the certification of the 2020 elections.

Christian Secor

Evan Neumann

Kevin Galetto

Kevin Louis Galetto, 61, of Westminster was charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, obstruction of justice, entering a restricted building or grounds, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

An affidavit from FBI Special Agent David DiMarco alleges that video first showed Galetto at the Capitol about 2:40 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Lower West Terrace tunnel entrance.

Body-worn camera footage from police shows Galetto “with his arms extended and pressed up against (Metropolitan Police Department) officer shields,” DiMarco wrote.

The body-worn cameras also show him in a “scuffle” with one officer, who was injured, DiMarco said. The officer was “knocked to the ground,” and

Mark Simon, a Capitol rioter from Huntington Beach, who pled guilty to a misdemeanor in August, is pleading with a federal judge for mercy since he was inebriated at the time of the uprising.

The crime of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol” carries a possible prison sentence of up to six months.

According to NBC News investigative reporter Scott MacFarlane, Simon is seeking probation.

When Simon took part in the insurgency, he broke his probation from a previous California felony. He was sentenced to 90 days in prison earlier this year as a result of his actions. However, he claims to have been sober since being taken into detention on Feb. 25.

Kevin Francisco Cordon and Sean Cordon Brothers Kevin Francisco Cordon and Sean Cordon, pictured, from Los Angeles and Alhambra, respectively, were charged with taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6.

FBI agents raided their homes this past August and took them into custody without incident. Both appeared in U.S. District Court in Downtown LA the same day and were charged with breaking into the Capitol and attempting to impede an official proceeding. The brothers were released on $50,000 bail and under conditions by a judge.

[See California, p. 14]

January 6 - 19, 2022

Evan Neumann of Mill Valley, who fled to Belarus in order to escape criminal charges for his part in the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, has given an exclusive interview to Russia’s state media outlet RT.

In his previous appearance, which was on Belarusian state TV, Neumann implied that Russia was his preferred destination and Belarus simply happened to be closer. Now this man — on the run from the American justice system — seems to be courting refuge from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Neumann is wanted in the U.S. on six criminal charges related to the Capitol riot, including two felonies for assaulting an officer and participating in civil disorder. The U.S. fugitive’s comments to the notorious state media outlet seem like an attempt to ingratiate himself with the Kremlin and perhaps to land in Moscow at some point in the future.

Mark Simon

Christian Secor, a 22-year-old UCLA student, had gained school notoriety before the Jan. 6 insurrection.

His classmates say that he attacked women and racial minorities on Twitter and had embraced the ideology of a far-right extremist. On-campus, he pushed a student Republicans group toward extreme positions against all immigration. And on the video streaming site DLive, Secor took on the handle “Scuffed Elliot Rodger” — an apparent reference to the misogynist gunman who killed six people in Isla Vista in 2014.

The Department of Justice alleges that Secor stormed the chamber of the U.S. Senate and sat in the chair occupied just hours earlier by former Vice President Mike Pence. Secor is now facing multiple federal criminal charges — including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers — in connection with the violence at the Capitol.

the defendant can be seen pushing on the officer’s shield, DiMarco said.

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violence and destruction, making the Capitol uninhabitable during the hours when Congress was supposed to be making Joe Biden President. Until about 4 p.m. — when cops began to secure the Capitol and DOD moved closer to sending in the National Guard — the plan met with enormous success (though I wouldn’t be surprised if the conspirators hoped that a normie might attack a member of Congress, giving Trump cause to invoke harsher measures).”

Indeed, ever since election day there had been chatter about the possibility of Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, of going into battle against antifa, being called on by Trump to assist, etc. — all elements of rightwing fantasy that have circulated for decades as distant possibilities.

What’s more, in late December, Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix argued that similar thoughts may have been responsible for the delayed deployment of the National Guard. “Evidence is mounting that the most senior defense officials [particularly General Mark Milley] did not want to send troops to the Capitol because they harbored concerns that President Donald Trump might utilize the forces’ presence in an attempt to hold onto power,” they wrote.

So far, four Oath Keepers have struck plea deals, which have reportedly shaken, but not splintered the organization. The Oath Keepers founder, Stewart Rhodes, hasn’t been charged, he’s merely identified as “Person One” in the indictment, which makes clear that he was involved in planning. But he claims that those who entered the Capitol “went totally off mission,” though that mission appears to be imaginary. At least since a Nov. 9, 2020 online meeting, Rhodes had nurtured the hope of Trump providing cover to act out his violent fantasies. “We’re going to defend the president, the duly elected president, and we call on him to do what needs to be done to save our country,” Rhodes said, “Because if you guys weren’t going to be in a bloody, bloody civil war.” Rhodes was counting on exactly what General Milley was determined to avoid.

The Proud Boys are more tightly organized — into chapters as an organization, and into cells for their involvement in Jan. 6. There are multiple conspiracies charged against them as a result, the two most significant of which involve a group of four leaders (the “leader conspiracy” as Wheeler calls it) and three individuals who led the assault to break into the Capitol (the “front door conspiracy”): Dominic Pezzola, 43, Rochester, NY; Matthew Greene, 30, Syracuse, NY; and William Pepe, 31, Beacon, NY. They were amongst the first to be charged, based on their high visibility in videos of the day. Their indictment charged them with dismantling metal barriers protecting the Capitol, storming past them and breaking into the Capitol by damaging its windows at the west plaza entrance. Pezzola ripped away an officer’s riot shield, and at about 2:13, he used the shield to break a window, allowing rioters to enter the building and open an adjacent door. He entered the building seconds later.

Afterwards, the trio celebrated, according to the indictment, “For example, Pezzola posted a video on social media that depicted him smoking a cigar inside the Capitol and proclaiming, ‘I knew we could take this motherf***er over if we just tried hard enough. Proud of your motherf***ing boy.’”

In sharp contrast to this juvenile self-congratulation, a very different assessment soon arose.

As Trump left office two weeks later, doing

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enough to recognize I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm. I was electrocuted again and again and again with a taser.” Rodriguez, in a tearful confession to the FBI, amazingly claimed he was trying to help Fanone.

“I don’t know if I tasered him to protect him, but maybe just to, like — so he wouldn’t struggle and get hurt, maybe,” Rodriguez said, early in the interview. “If they’re going to beat him up or injure him or, like — I don’t know if they’re going to — I don’t know what was going to happen to him.”

Although Rodriguez acted alone in tasing Fanone — who suffered a heart attack, a concussion, traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder — he wasn’t charged alone.

He was charged with conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding along with Edward Badalian, 26, of North Hills, and a third person, whose identity remains sealed. Also involved, but not charged, was Beverly Hills beautician Gina Bisignano [identified as “PERSON ONE” in the indictment], who struck a separate plea deal in July.

Like Rodriguez — and like Trump — Bisignano has expressed a bewildering barrage of contradictory explanations and self-reports of what she had done and why. Most notably, she and Badalian went on the conspiracist Infowars program War Room with Owen Shroyer two days after the insurrection, blaming “antifa” for heightening the violence and breaking windows, which they tried to support with video Bisignano had taken.

“Badalian told Schroyer that the people smashing windows in the Capitol made him angry because ‘that’s like a symbol of America to me,’” militia/ conspiracy expert David Neiwert reported at Daily Kos. At the end, “She [Bisignano] concluded: ‘We were clearly there for a peaceful march. And a lot of the people that infiltrated that crowd obviously were not there for that.’”

But, Neiwert notes, “The reality of the trio’s vitriolic violence on Jan. 6, however, is laid bare in their respective indictments.” Bisignano “played a leading role in whipping the mob into a frenzy,” evident both in texts she sent, and in videotaped bullhorn exhortations to the crowd that led to her identification within days. As for Badalian, on the march to the Capitol he texted, “We don’t want to fight antifa lol we want to arrest traitors.” The day before, Rodriguez posted, “There will be blood. Welcome to the revolution.”

A Very OC Conspiracy

January 6 - 19, 2022

These are just three of the 704 people charged as of Dec. 28. Orange County and LA County accounted for more than anyplace else — 15 and 10 respectively. But that’s only because they’re so populous. Still, Orange County shares 14 the characteristic of increasing ra-

cial diversity identified by CPOST as a driving factor in participation, which surely played a role in one last conspiracy worth considering: the only conspiracy charge brought against another far-flung extremist group, the Three Percenters (named for the false belief that only 3% of American colonialists supported the American Revolution.)

In fact, it was actually a lastminute combination of two groups — a more privileged group of newly radicalized figures who may only have adopted some of the lingo, and an established group of self-identified Three Percenters, who had trained logistically together. If the latter had more in common with the Oath Keepers, with a similar military/logistical orientation, the former exemplified the demographically-driven backlash dynamics cited by CPOST. The leading figure in this group was Alan Hostetter, 56, of San Clemente, a cop turned yoga instructor after a midlife crisis, who self-radicalized in opposition to pandemic restrictions.

He launched the American Phoenix Project as a nonprofit in May 2020, which Russell Taylor, 40, of Ladera Ranch, later joined as a director, as described in a March LA Times story, “Suburban radicals: Inside the resurgence of right-wing extremism in Orange County.” The story also included descriptions of two other directors who were not charged. It also cited Chapman University sociologist Peter Simi echoing CPOST’s findings about the radicalizing impact of Orange County’s increasing demographic diversity, while presenting evidence of a potpourri of different extremist beliefs in response to diverse perceived bogeymen.

“When Obama was elected, it was an opportunity for these folks to start to get organized,” Simi told the Times.

“And when Trump came along, it was another opportunity for somebody on their side who was emboldening.”

Hostetter and his associates were particularly motivated in reaction to pandemic public health policies. “Hostetter’s social media accounts promoted weekly rallies and street marches against “tyrants” issuing health orders for a pandemic he claimed was not real,” the Times reported. And he joined forces with a seasoned antivax crusader, Leigh Dundas, 48, who made a habit of depicting her political enemies as Adolf Hitler: first Orange County’s health officer, then Governor Gavin Newsom. Despite their best efforts to demonize Newsom, he expanded his Orange County margin of victory from 3,096 votes in 2018 to 38,772 last September.

(Dundas went to DC on Jan. 6, but wasn’t indicted, although she did join both Hostetter and Taylor as a speaker at a “Stop the Steal” rally held at Freedom Plaza the day before. Other speakers included Roger Stone, Alex Jones, and Ali Alexander, and Ameri-

can Phoenix Project was listed as a fiscal sponsor of the event, where numerous incendiary threats were made.)

On Jan. 1, Taylor began a Telegram thread joined by more than 30 others called “California Patriots-DC Brigade” to organize “a group of fighters,” according to the indictment handed down in June. This included four men — Erik Scott Warner, 45, of Menifee; Ronald Mele, 51, of Temecula; Felipe Antonio “Tony” Martinez, 47, and Derek Kinnison, 39, both of Lake Elsinore — whom Kinnison identified being “3 percent so cal” in his introductory post. That same day, Taylor asked Kinnison to “take point lead on Comms’’ for the group, and Kinnison responded, “No problem.” That’s how the two groups came together.

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California Faces

The FBI said footage from the day showed both brothers wearing a gas mask, entering the building through a broken window. Kevin Cordon confirmed what happened in the interview. He said he saw other rioters “scuffling with the cops” and was bloodied when he was hit in the forehead with “a projectile, not sure what it was.”

Lois McNicoll

Lois McNicoll works for Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Social Services and was outed by coworkers who saw her on television amongst the rabble breaking into the capitol building. In the weeks following the insurrection, investigators confirmed tips on McNicoll via CCTV camera footage at the nation’s capital.

According to the federal criminal complaint, the 69-year-old social worker was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

McNicoll was identified in a screenshot posted on social media showing a female wearing a white hat emblazoned with the name “Trump.”

According to the Justice Department complaint, the screenshot was taken from TV news footage and provided to law enforcement by a fellow DPSS employee.

Ricky Willden

R i c k y Willden was charged with causing civil disorder; assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building

The individual crimes alleged — beyond conspiracy and interfering with an official proceeding — aren’t earth-shattering. They entered a restricted area (the Capitol grounds, but not the building itself) while Taylor carried a knife, and they destroyed evidence afterwards. What they did more than anything was agitate, motivate and inspire others to act together to derail the normal transfer of power.

“The people have taken back their house!” Hostetter said on the Upper West Terrace. “Hundreds of thousands of patriots showed up today to take back their government!” he said, according to the indictment, as Taylor yelled, “Inside!” In reality, they were seditious traitors, trying to block the will of the people, and their numbers

were only a tenth of what Hostetter claimed.

They would later claim they were unjustly being picked on. “I never went into the Capitol, no violence no damage to property. All this for waving a flag and singing the national anthem!” Taylor complained in a Facebook post, after a visit from the FBI. Or perhaps the FBI was just paying attention.

“This was the ‘shot heard round the world!’... the 2021 version of 1776.”

Hotstetter posted to his Instagram account while still in DC. “That war lasted 8 years. We are just getting started.”

The Jan. 6 Select Committee is preparing to hold public hearings soon with a full report on their findings later this year.

act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings; parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

The 39-year-old Oakhurst resident had been charged with federal assault, resisting officers, and physical violence crimes.

Sean McHugh

A Justice Department complaint alleges that Sean McHugh heckled police officers for “protecting pedophiles.” Interestingly enough, McHugh previously served jail time after being convicted in the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl.

Justice Department documents say that McHugh fought with police as they fended off the massive mob outside the Capitol on Jan. 6. During the scuffle, McHugh was recorded by police bodyworn cameras heckling the officers with a megaphone.

Kevin Strong Kevin Strong, a Federal Aviation Administration employee and QAnon follower had been on the FBI’s radar and is facing federal charges after he confessed to taking part in the siege of the U.S. Capitol.

Strong, 44, faces three charges: violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, entering or remaining in a restricted area, and being disorderly or disruptive in a restricted area.

Strong works for the FAA in San Bernardino, and the FBI began investigating him on Dec. 30, 2021, a week before a violent mob stormed the Capitol.

The investigation began after someone told the agency that Strong “had been showing signs of behavioral changes over the last few months including stockpiling items and telling others to get ready for martial law, rioting, and protesting,” the FBI affidavit said.

Strong “adheres strongly to QAnon ideology, admitting to having ‘Q Clearance,’ and said he believed that “a new one-party system” called “the Patriot Party” was coming, the affidavit said.

Jeffrey Alexander Smith Coronado resident Jeffrey Alexander Smith was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and entering a restricted building. The 33-year-old Smith is a decorated Army

capitol for 30 minutes.

war veteran.

According to the criminal complaint, Smith was interviewed by the FBI, and admits he went inside the

Jorge Riley

Jorge Riley resigned from leadership positions in the GOP activist group California Re p u b l i c a n Assembly in January 2021 after multiple posts to his personal Facebook page and a video posted to Reddit appeared to show him bragging about breaking into the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Riley can be seen in a video claiming that none of the officers were hurt during the riots. He praised the officers as being “very nice,” even though he said that he “got pepper-sprayed three times,” while adding that the rioters and police embraced each other after leaving the building.

Simone Gold

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