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Jan. 6 Capitol Invasion Secretly Planned In Advance

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

Jay Davis, a San Pedro High School art teacher, poses alongside an octopus painting that he made with his class on a street in San Pedro. Photo by Chris Villanueva

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San Pedro High School art teacher, Jay Davis, was mixing orange paint as he determined how he was going to layer the colors of the emerging octopus design. Passersby (pedestrians, and motorists alike) praised Davis and his work crew, which included his girlfriend Emyline Mascari and her daughter Mari.

“I love your octopus,” a passenger in a passing vehicle said. Then with a raised fist, she said, “Art lives!”

Davis was happy with the positive response the materializing work was receiving.

“That’s really nice ... really amazing to hear and I’m very grateful for that,” Davis said.

The Port of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs via the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District funded a grant that would decorate the storm drain on Mesa between 5th

and 6th streets. Davis and his team of two won the commission. Davis’ application was one of 25 applications submitted to decorate the storm drains and utility boxes around downtown San Pedro. The $1,100 grants covered class materials and supplies.

The sites are scheduled to stay up for the next 10 years. The digital media artist said he hopes to add some color to this space.

Davis explained that due to logistical issues caused

by COVID-19, student involvement in the storm drain artwork has been limited to brainstorming sessions and discussions about San Pedro’s local culture and cultural references to determine the final design.

“I told them, ‘you live in the neighborhood ... you’re going to walk by it. What do you want to see? This is about you,’” Davis said. “I put the word out to paint together, but with a pandemic and in the

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Far from being something unforeseeable that got out of hand, the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion of the United States Capitol was planned in advance as part of the three-pronged strategy to overturn the 2020 election. That was the main thrust of the seventh hearing of the Jan. 6 Committee on July 12. Moreover, Committee Vice-Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) emphasized, it was Donald Trump himself, not crazy outside advisers, who was responsible for what unfolded. “[Former] President Trump is a 76-year-old man. He is not an impressionable child,” Cheney said. “Just like everyone else in our country, he is responsible for his own actions and his own choices.”

In fact, Trump himself set things in motion on Dec. 19, with a tweet summoning his supporters to Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, promising it “Will be wild!” after a marathon sixhour meeting that left him dissatisfied with the options his outside advisers advanced. Rather than follow their advice, he hit on his own three-pronged plan.

That meeting, described as “unhinged,” involved White House attorneys and outside advisers screaming at each other, according to taped testimony. Trump’s sympathies lay with the outsiders encouraging him to keep fighting — he appeared to appoint one of them, Sidney Powell, as a “special prosecutor,” but never followed through with paperwork. Nor did he pursue their proposed plan to seize voting machines from multiple states, which his White House Counsel Pat Cipollone condemned as “a terrible idea for the country,” adding, “There’s no legal authority to do that.”

But their reckless spirit spilled over into Trump’s plan for what committee member Jaime Raskin described as “three rings of interwoven attack” focused on subverting the election on Jan. 6.

The inside ring, Raskin said, focused on “getting Mike Pence to abandon his oath of office … to reject electoral votes,” the middle ring, “members of domestic violent extremist groups created an alliance both online and inperson to coordinate a massive effort to storm, invade, and occupy the Capitol,” and the outer ring, consisted of the “large and angry crowd,” that “with the proper incitement by political leaders and the proper instigation from the extremists … could be led to storm the Capitol, confront the vice president and Congress, and try to overturn the 2020 election results.”

While there isn’t evidence that Trump coordinated directly with the extremist groups, he didn’t need to for his plan to succeed. It was sufficient simply to summon them, which they responded by dramatically shifting their behavior to align with him, as supported by taped testimony. “The former president, for seemingly the first time, was speaking directly to extremist organizations and giving them directives,” a Twitter employee recalled. “We had not seen that sort of direct communication before.” The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers had not worked together before, but now they and other groups began coordinating [See Insurrection, p. 8] 1

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By Hunter Chase, Community News Reporter

On July 11, the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council voted 12-0 with one abstention from John DiMeglio to support two pending state bills, both of which would increase the territory of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC) to include the Dominguez Channel in Carson, and several other watersheds, including those in council district 15.

The two bills are Senate bill 1122, introduced

by Sen. Ben Allen, and Assembly bill 2897, introduced by Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell. Both bills are essentially the same and would add the coastal watersheds of Manhattan Beach to the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Santa Catalina Island to the conservancy’s territory. This is in addition to the Dominguez Channel, which was the site of a foul odor in 2021, caused by chemical contamination from a warehouse fire. These bills would increase the resources and funding available to these areas.

“Even within our northwest San Pedro area we will greatly benefit,” said Gwen Henry, chair of the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council’s Sustainability Committee, when she presented the motion to the board. “It’s a tremendous amount of funding. It will continue the river that has gone from the mountain, all the way through the Los Angeles River area.”

The board’s motion also said that this could revive the Port of Los Angeles, Wilmington Waterfront Park and the West Harbor LA Waterfront,

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The Dominguez Channel in Carson, which was the site of a foul odor in 2021, could benefit from new funding if Senate bill 1112 or Assembly bill 2897 are passed. Photo by Fabiola Esqueda

and provide more educational opportunities to schools.

“Whereas, by including CD15 and the historic coastal wetlands within the Conservancy’s jurisdiction, the State is ensuring that their unique open space and wildlife habitat resources will be preserved and enhanced for present and future generations,” the motion says.

The neighborhood council’s vote came a couple weeks after the Los Angeles City Council

voted on a similar motion, voting 12-0 on June 29 to support the bills, with Mayor Eric Garcetti supporting them on July 5.

The Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council voted 11-0 with one abstention on June 21 to support one of the bills, SB 1122. Board member Lashanda Roz Roberts abstained.

Richard Havenick, chair of the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council’s Environment and Sustainability Committee, said that his neighbor-

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Workshop on Section 8 for Property Owners

Long Beach Councilwoman Suzie Price is hosting a workshop on Section 8 meant for property owners and apartment managers to better understand the process and opportunities.

Councilwoman Price explains that housing continues to be difficult for tenants and for property owners. Many tenants are able to receive a section 8 voucher to cover their monthly rent, however, they may still have difficulty finding a place to rent.

Additionally, many property owners could fill empty units with section 8 tenants.

This workshop is meant to correct some of the misconceptions about Section 8 and provide property owners useful information on the process.

Time: 12 to 2 p.m., Aug. 12 Details: 562-570-6300 Venue: Councilwoman Price’s Field Office located at 340 Nieto Ave., Long Beach

A man was found dead in a bullet-ridden car hours after an unusual shooting in San Pedro, on July 15.

At around 6:49 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers and Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to reports of a gunshot victim at the Little Company of Mary San Pedro Medical Center, where they found a man dead in the passenger seat of a bullet-ridden black Toyota SUV. The victim, a Black man around 35 to 40 years old, was sitting in the Toyota when he was shot at by an unknown gunman, LAPD Media Relations Officer Lee said.

hood council had previously supported the other bill, Assembly bill 2897, in May 2020. However, he said that bill had died in committee, so his council was supporting the Senate bill instead.

“The Senate bill, if approved, will release state funding to ensure restoration and preservation of open space for recreational and educational uses that will enhance our area within CD15 and extending to Catalina Island,” Havenick said.

Henry said that she is surprised that it took the Assembly bill four years to get to this point.

“I guess Patrick [O’Donnell] just didn’t have the clout,” Henry said. “Ben Allen took it up.”

Henry wants her council to really push for the adoption of the bills.

“It’s just one part of changing the entire port area, which used to be so polluted,” Henry said.

“You can have industry, and clean industry, next to re-naturalized areas. And it doesn’t have to be what it’s been, which is just terrible, health-wise.”

Henry said that the conservancy expanding its territory would benefit many Harbor Area bay cities. This includes areas near Gaffey in San Pedro.

Wilmington and Harbor City could greatly benefit from watershed restoration, Henry said.

Banning’s Landing in Wilmington has mudflats that could be used as open space.

Henry said that watersheds begin in the mountains, then go to valleys, and continue into the ocean.

“The most important part of any watershed, the one that’s the richest and the most biodiverse, usually, is along the shoreline,” Henry said.

Henry said that portions of Torrance, Carson, Inglewood and Madrona Marsh all used to be wetlands.

“The state has funded a lot of the upper river watersheds,” Henry said.

She pointed out that Mayor Garcetti awarded $28 million to the Los Angeles River earlier this year.

“I believe that he gave that money because, of course, 2028 Olympics are coming,” Henry said.

“Los Angeles has to look like the city of the future.”

She said there are a lot of things that must be done in LA to have it lead the way for the rest of the country, in terms of alternate energy and restoring waterways.

“It actually is an extreme benefit to have funds to try to restore the waterways,” Henry said.

She said that LA is one of the top 30 cities in the world with the most biodiversity.

“Within the City of Los Angeles, we have everything from mountains to desert, to oceans, wetlands,” Henry said. “And the count of species is pretty tremendous.”

She said that breaking down cement channels and re-naturalizing them creates open space, letting greenery grow, and restores ecosystems.

“It filters the water of toxins and nutrients,” Henry said. “It creates places for creatures to grow.”

Henry said there is a population of steelhead trout that is stuck in the Los Angeles River and cannot migrate. However, if the conservancy were to take over and repair inlets, such as at the Dominguez Channel, the trout might begin migrating again.

“This is like one of the hidden secrets of something that could be done, ecologically, that would be just unbelievable,” Henry said.

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My Mother Turned Me Into a Stamp Collector

like to donate, their address is: P.O. Box 64, Old Bethpage, NY 11804. Their website is www. ariefoundation.com.

Some local stamp clubs have offered to evaluate my collection and suggest a proper

disposition, but the collection is too disorganized to show anybody yet. I don’t know how many hours, days, months or years I’d need to put the collection in order, and by that time, I’d be calling myself a stamp collector, too.

By Lyn Jensen, Columnist

“Every stamp, no matter how insignificant it may appear, is of some value and should be saved.” That’s a quote from one of my mother’s stamp albums, which holds pages of stamps from the 19th century to the 1980s. Contrast this with the response I’ve got from several local dealers and clubs, who’ve collectively told me stamps from the late 20th and early 21st centuries have no worth beyond face value. They’ve advised me to just use them for postage.

My childhood memories include how my mother took care of her stamp collection, buying every new issue, tearing and soaking any odd or foreign stamps off envelopes and carefully using little gummed paper stamp hinges to attach the stamps to the album pages.

That ended, though, somewhere in her years of getting a master’s degree and a full-time job and divorcing my father, and she only indulged her collecting habit half-way after that. She kept saving sheets of stamps, and buying guides and albums from direct-mail marketers, but she never again took up organizing and preserving her collection. Her stamp albums, along with hundreds of loose stamps, got stashed in a little Danish-modern entryway table that contains a cabinet measuring about 16 inches cubed. By the time she died, hundreds more loose stamps were all over the house, in jars, boxes, drawers and simply piled on any available surface.

So my mother’s stamp collection is now mine, and there’s at least one upside — I haven’t had to purchase any new stamps for months. I’ve recently noticed, though, many of the stamps from the 1970s and 1980s could be put into the albums, so maybe I should do that.

I’ve thinned some of the collection by donating a few envelopes full of stamps to the ARIE Foundation, a veterans’ group that encourages stamp collecting. If you have any stamps or stamp-collecting paraphernalia you’d

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summer, it kind of interrupts our ability to paint together.”

His students suggested he include the ThreeEyed-Fish. But aware of the mutant fish’s complicated trademark and copyright history he ruled against it. Davis noted that during the time he was engaging his students about the octopus as part of the design, a peer in the art collective to which he belonged, Zapantera Negra, offered some pushback noting that the octopus has historically been associated with negative connotations such as imperialism.

Indeed, the oldest local reference to the octopus is the railroad magnate, Collis Huntington, who fought the Los Angeles free harbor movement in favor of his own privately owned harbor in Santa Monica. Newspaper articles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries frequently referred to Huntington’s Southern Pacific Railroad as the octopus.

The reference was picked up from the Frank Norris novel, The Octopus, which was based on the 1880 Mussel Slough Tragedy, which involved a bloody conflict between ranchers and Deputy U.S. Marshals defending the Southern Pacific Railroad. The octopus’ tentacles became an apt metaphor for the railroad’s powerful tentacles into American life.

Today’s octopus references are relatively Disneyfied and more informed by National Geographic than the harbingers of doom in the deep ocean.

Still, Davis gets that public art must always be visually and physically accessible to the general public even if his particular preference is for art that represents racial and labor solidarity.

The Filipino American artist is a part of the

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Zapatista Art Collective called Zapantera Negra, a progressive art collective. In the early 2000s, the former minister of culture of the Black Panther Party, Emory Douglas, accepted an invitation from the art collective EDELO (En Donde Era la ONU or ‘where the United Nations used to be’) and Rigo 23 to meet with autonomous Indigenous and Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico.

Zapantera Negra, its founders proclaim, “unites the bold aesthetics, revolutionary dreams, and dignified declarations of two leading movements that redefine emancipatory politics in the 20th and 21st centuries.”

Davis went to Chiapas to paint in 2014 and was welcomed into their fold. When he joined, he suggested opening a chapter in Los Angeles (Zapantera Negra is based in Oakland). Davis hoped the collective would be able to get on LA’s Cultural Affairs Department roster, given the illustrious and lengthy resumes of Douglas, Rigo23 and three other founding members of Zapantera Negra. The DCA apparently agreed.

The first mural application the DCA put out was a $115,000 mural commission for the Warner Grand Theatre in 2017. Davis and Zapantera submitted a design featuring a Tongva canoe pulling a cargo ship into the harbor. The mural included locally significant figures in San Pedro and Warner Grand Theatre history, including Japanese American political activist and San Pedro native Yuri Kochiyama, John “Mr. San Pedro” Olguin, Asian American actress Anna Mae Wong, Filipino labor activists and Filipino American labor leader Ernesto Mangaoang, among others.

Mangaoang is a Filipino ILWU leader whom the U.S. government persecuted during the Red Scare and attempted to deport despite Mangaoang’s status as a natural citizen. He was jailed at Terminal Island while the U.S. Supreme

San Pedro High School art teacher Jay Davis works on his painting of an octopus as passersby admire.

Photo by Chris Villanueva

Court ruled on his case. It was an important victory against political persecutions of the era.

But the arts committee tasked with evaluating the proposals (a panel filled with local civic leaders not part of the San Pedro Arts District board), was unreceptive to Zapantera’s entry, if not downright hostile.

Davis recalled hearing one of the panel members musing, whether San Pedro was “ready for this kind of nostalgia.”

“We were trying to uplift marginalized stories. Hollywood does not represent LA’s realities,” Davis explained. “I know that as a school teacher. I know that there are 90 languages spoken in the schools, but we don’t see that in Hollywood. So I tried to use the design as a way to elevate those voices.”

The mural that won the commission is the one we see today on the side of the Warner Grand, The Song She Sings, by multimedia artist Kent Yoshimura of San Pedro. Yoshimura, who grew up in San Pedro and got his start training at Angels Gate Cultural Center, said the design attempts to capture “those beautiful moments of childhood when you listen to a song for the first time or when you see a play or a movie for the

first time and be able to embed that into the wall.”

Davis said that he and his students hope to give the mural a home at the Olguin campus of San Pedro High School.

But if it doesn’t happen there, it will have a home at his alma mater, Narbonne High School, where it would be protected for 25 years.

Though Davis said he submitted the proposal knowing that it would possibly be met with resistance from San Pedro decision makers, he thought it would be beautiful to honor the indigenous and marginalized communities in the Harbor Area. For more than 20 years, motorists have passed by the mural of an indigenous elder on the outside wall of the office of Random Lengths News. And to generations of San Pedrans who have picked up mail at the Beacon Street post office or who have attended Richard Henry Dana Middle School, it’s not a brand new experience encountering such art. But then again, when such art is only seen in the school library or the post office, expressions of social solidarity, multiculturalism and local identity aren’t alien nor should be viewed as nostalgic when viewed in the context of San Pedro’s labor history as Wobbly town.

‘Someone Else’s Ocean’ —

Ports Should Serve the Public, New Report Argues

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

The world’s ocean shipping lines, primarily concentrated into just three shipping alliances, generated about $190 billion in profits last year, mainly due to dramatically higher prices.

But many others involved in global trade — businesses as well as workers, consumers, and communities — haven’t fared so well during the pandemic. Shipping costs have helped fuel inflation, congestion delays have severely damaged some businesses, workers have suffered high rates of COVID-19, and continued pollution exacerbated COVID-19’s health impacts.

A new report from the Economic Roundtable, “Someone Else’s Ocean,” looks beyond the extreme jolt of the pandemic, to the longterm neglect of the broad public interest that’s facilitated those disparities, specifically focused on the San Pedro Bay ports.“The ports are public property, and legally their obligation is to provide benefits for residents of California,” the report’s

Strike Authorized a Week Before the All-Star Game

By Mark Friedman, Labor Reporter

[See Serve, p. 8]

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The union representing concession workers at the ballpark UNITE HERE Local 11 has authorized a strike.

For decades, 24 billionaires, the owners of 30 Major League Baseball teams, have complained about labor costs — particularly the players’ salaries and pensions, but also the stadium workers who park cars, sell hot dogs, beer, peanuts and T-shirts; clean the stadiums, show fans to their seats and provide security.

Mark Walter, the founder and CEO of Guggenheim Partners, an investment company valued at $310 billion in assets, has a personal net worth of $3.7 billion. In 2012, Walter and his partners purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.15 billion in cash — a record cash amount for any sports franchise. The team is now valued at $4.1 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

Meanwhile, Sabrina Macias, a concession worker at Dodger Stadium for 18 years who earns $23 an hour, is wondering if she can work enough hours to keep the health insurance that covers her daughter’s dialysis treatments.

“Right now,” Macias said, “I don’t know how I’m going to put together enough hours from working at various venues to make sure I qualify for health insurance.”

Macias and 1,500 of her fellow Dodger Stadium employees — including food servers, bartenders, suite attendants, cooks and dishwashers — have voted to strike on the eve of the Major League Baseball All-Star game at the stadium on July 19. While the labor battle is focused on Los Angeles, the outcome of the negotiations will ripple throughout the country.

Like their counterparts at the other 29 Major League ballparks, most of the concession workers at Dodger Stadium are not employed directly by the team but instead by a subcontractor.

co-author Daniel Flaming told Random Lengths News. “And our central findings in the report are that the ports have become instruments of foreign shippers and foreign manufacturers who don’t have a stake in the port communities or the American labor force.”Random Lengths News interviewed Flaming at length (the full interview is available online). He discussed issues like the imbalance of imports and exports, the importance of longshore jobs in the local economy, and the ripple effect costs of automation. If continued, and 50% of longshore work was eliminated, “that would be a loss of about $402 million a year in wages, and then it would destroy another roughly 2,500 non-port jobs,” he warned. “And if 75% of jobs were eliminated, that would be about 11 million hours of dockwork that would disappear, and about $628 million in wages. And that will eliminate the over 3,800 jobs that are supported by dockworkers’ household spending. So it can be very destructive for port communities.”

Most importantly, Flaming provided a summary of the report’s recommendations: One of the things they could do would be to enact an impact fee. For any kind of new development there’s an impact fee — to pay for parks, pay for schools, pay for roads, pay for housing. And so there should be an impact fee on any automation for the cost of unemployed workers. And as we were just saying, we recommend the state should enact a tax on automated terminals meant to generate public revenue comparable to revenue from the jobs it destroyed. And we recom-

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From Gettysburg to Insurrection What some Americans seem to have forgotten

By James Preston Allen, Publisher

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On Feb. 10, 2007, Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. He did it at the old state Capitol building, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House Divided” speech.

The symbolism in the staging of the announcement was intentional. For this is the same place, where Lincoln spoke after signing the legal document emancipating the enslaved while holding together this nation’s broken union — Obama’s announcement positioned him as the heritor of Lincoln’s legacy.

On one side of this political equation, it’s reasonable to believe a person of color could be elected president in this day and age. In what we would call naivete now, he thought he could be the bridge that united America in overcoming racial prejudice the conclusion of the “long arc of justice” and the herald of a “post racial America.” Essentially, Lincoln and Obama were supposed to be historical bookends. This all sounded good but the analogy turned out to be anything but. In retrospect, the historic connection between Lincoln and Obama is stronger and more alike than anyone knew at the time President Obama was inaugurated.

This history of the American Civil War started weeks before President Lincoln’s first inauguration. It wasn’t so much that this Republican won as it was the hostilities between North and South that had been simmering for many years over slavery, buttressed by the debate over “states’ rights.” The Civil War was the most violent expression of these core Southern values based on individual property rights — human bondage included.

Lincoln didn’t come into office to explicitly end slavery. In fact, he said many things that would lead us to believe keeping the union together was more important than emancipating Black people. However, it was his election that precipitated the war. Two bloody years later, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863 to help quickly end the war. Later that year, he delivered his famous speech on the Gettysburg battlefield, which started, “Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” It’s notable that he didn’t say “all white men.” However, that speech was attempting to unify a deeply divided nation on a battlefield where 46,000 to 51,000

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soldiers from both armies were casualties in the three-day battle — the most costly in all of U.S. history.

He ended that speech with this vision for the future, “that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” He would not live to see this happen and in the intervening years between Gettysburg and the surrender at Appomattox, Reconstruction and the Obama presidency this country has struggled with the true meaning of who “the people” actually include.

Racism in America has had a long and enduring legacy that is at the very core of our nation’s consciousness and conflicts — something that post-Civil War immigrants hardly understand. It is why Black civil rights have taken center stage ever since.

It is a well known fact that on the very night of Barack Obama’s inauguration, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell gathered the Republican leaders of Congress to plan to oppose and obstruct this new president and his Democratic party. It did not start off as a plan for the insurrection on the Capitol 12 years later, but it surely led to it by hostile partisanship; all the while Obama attempted to reach across the divide on healthcare, drastic Wall Street and banking reform and ending the unpopular war in Iraq.

The rise of Birtherism, questioning Obama’s birth certificate status to be president, was only a part of the racism lodged against him, supported by none other than Donald J. Trump, a celebrity, reality TV brand who was a well known con artist and racist in New York. That Trump would later replace him as No. 45 shocked both the nation and world. It did, however, set the stage for what was to come with the revival of old racial grievances that the majority of Americans thought were dead and buried history, like the Civil War soldiers at Gettysburg. How can America be racist if we elected a Black man as president?

Trump’s election, in response was like a conjuring up of all the ghosts of America’s past, playing to some of the most base prejudices latent in the collective unconscious, fed by Fox News fear mongering and amplified by social media disinformation. America returned to the age-old conflict of emancipation or subjugation of Black Americans and adding other non-white people. And like many times before, this tyranny was wrapped in

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the flag and carrying the Christian cross.

That the Confederate battle flag, the symbol of the failed Lost Cause of 1860 is flown next to the Trump flags and banners is as self-evident as any branding Trump places on his properties. He and his militia followers are intent on fomenting a second civil war and came damn close to actually pulling it off on Jan. 6, 2021. However, this time, unlike with the aftermath of the Civil War, when Jefferson Davis who led the Confederacy was not prosecuted, the Union has to convict Trump and his co-conspirators and make sure they never, ever

hold power again. It’s unfinished business.

“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work, which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.”

—A. Lincoln, 16th president at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863

Reagan’s Racism Once Saved Lives, Now It’s Killing Children

By Thom Hartmann

On May 2, 1967, the destinies of Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and Ronald Reagan collided.

The day saved untold thousands of lives.

At the time, California was an open-carry state with few gun restrictions. Gov. Reagan was on the steps of the state Capitol to meet and share lunch with a group of visiting 8th graders when Newton, Seale, and nearly 30 other Black Panthers pulled up out front in a small caravan of cars.

Armed with everything from pistols to 12-gauge shotguns, they climbed the half-dozen steps to the area around the front doors of the building. Bobby pulled out a prepared statement, and read to the students and people in front of the capitol: “Black people have begged, prayed, petitioned, demonstrated, and everything else to get the racist power structure of America to right the

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wrongs which have historically been perpetuated against Black people. The time has come for Black people to arm themselves against this terror before it is too late.”

They then walked into the building to confront the state’s police and legislators, fully loaded guns and rifles in their hands.

Reagan was aghast, and the nearly all-white California legislature panicked.

“There’s no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons,” Reagan said later that afternoon.

Within a few weeks Don Mulford (OaklandR), with bipartisan support, introduced into the California Assembly a law (AB-1591) to ban people in California from carrying loaded weapons in public.

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With the limited supply of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is issuing a Health Advisory encouraging residents to take precaution to avoid becoming infected with monkeypox.

Although the risk of monkeypox in the general population remains very low based on the information available, Public Health encourages everyone to assess their own risk for monkeypox by considering the ways in which it can be spread and modifying activities that may put them at risk. While exposure to respiratory secretions can lead to monkeypox infection, most reported cases both locally and nationally have been linked to skin-to-skin contact with someone infected with this virus.

Your risk of being exposed can increase when having intimate contact. Skin-to-skin or face-to-face contact with many people may also increase your risk of exposure.

The monkeypox virus can also spread by touching monkeypox lesions on a person’s skin; touching contaminated objects, fabrics (clothing, bedding, towels), and surfaces that have been in contact with someone with monkeypox; and/or coming in contact with respiratory droplets or secretions from the eyes, nose and mouth from a person with monkeypox.

Details: http://ph.lacounty. gov/media/Monkeypox/

RANDOMLetters Letter of Thanks to Reps. Lowenthal and Barragán for Supporting Port AQ Bill

Dear Congresswoman Barragan and Congressman Lowenthal, Clearly, the Port of LA has been ignoring and stalling the institution of genuine emission controls for far too many years! The judge just ruled on our second lawsuit against them (this time joined by the Attorney General's office, CARB and the AQMD — see links) on the China Shipping EIR. The judge ruled in our favor describing the port's behavior with some very harsh words. However, just as the Port violated our original 2003 Settlement Agreement … there is little confidence that they will perform any differently or really change their behavior on any new EIRs going forward. There is little belief that there will be any real adherence to their legal promises either. Frankly, with these reports taking literal "years" to complete … who will be the watchdogs going forward? It seems to be common policy to simply “out wait” the activists in order to continue unabated. Our weary team is growing older by the day … and just who will fill our shoes in the future? There is a strong Port "will" to find loopholes that allow them to circumvent these emission controls and continue to operate without any obstacles. If there is no one to dispute their deficient and untruthful findings there will be no significant environmental gains to ever be realized.

Please note that during the pandemic, and during the very worst port congestion we have ever witnessed, the Port of Los Angeles

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our safety. It is obvious just how badly we need both your attention, and your actions, to protect us.

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It was enthusiastically signed into law by Gov. Reagan on July 28, fewer than three months after Seale’s proclamation at the Capitol.

Over the following years, California built on that initial gun control law. After a 1989 school shooting in Stockton, when a young white man wielding a semi-automatic weapon murdered five children and a teacher while injuring over 30 others, California passed a ban on assault weapons that stands to this day.

The state went on to ban private gun sales, closing the notorious “gun show loophole” that pours weapons into other states. California requires all gun dealers to be registered and licensed by the state, mandates backgrounds checks, and even outlawed the manufacture and sale of cheap “Saturday Night Special” handguns in the state.

When California put their version of “Red Flag” laws into place — laws forbidding people flagged at risk for committing gun crimes or mass murders from purchasing guns — the state followed up (it’s one of the few in the country with an agency that studies gun violence) and found them to be nearly 100% effective because of how difficult the state makes obtaining a weapon.

While in Texas a violent criminal on the federal no-fly terrorist watch list is welcome to buy a dozen assault weapons from the back of a car and

go shoot up a school, in California you can’t buy a gun if you’ve been convicted of any violent crime whatsoever, even a misdemeanor like a bar fight.

As a result, according to New York Times correspondent Shawn Hubler, by 2019 (the last year for which we have statistics) California’s gun deaths were around 7 per 100,000 people, one of the lowest in the country.

“So there was a huge differential by 2019,” Hubler told Sabrina Tavernise on the Times’ podcast The Daily. “The chances of dying from gun violence in California were about 70% lower than they were in the rest of the country.”

California still has more gun deaths than any state in the nation except Texas, as the National Rifle Association will quickly point out, but what they won’t highlight is that California, with 40 million people (about the same as Florida and New York combined), has the largest population of any state in America. It’s bigger than 198 of the world’s 235 nations.

But compare California’s 7 per 100,000 gun deaths to states with virtually no gun control like Mississippi (28.6), Louisiana (26.3), Wyoming (25.9), Missouri (23.9) or Alabama (23.6).

If you live in Texas, floating around the national average at 14.2 gun deaths per 100,000, you’re far more likely to die from a bullet than in states with strong gun control laws like Hawaii (3.4), Massachusetts (3.7), New Jersey (5), Rhode Island (5.1), New York (5.3) or Connecticut (6).

is this being rationalized by other government officials? Where is the justice? The magnitude of disaster from this facility and/or its operations will extend for miles. It offers every potential to decimate both ports of LA and Long Beach.

Thank you for your efforts on behalf of your constituents. Please continue to fight for our health and

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unplugged some of its air quality monitors. Some stations now only monitor a few pollutants compared to earlier. New monitors are not due until the City of Los Angeles procurement process is over, which is at earliest in late summer. So monitors will not be installed until at least the fall. Meanwhile, the Port has stated that when it installs new monitors at all four stations, two of the stations will not be measuring “ultrafine particles,"” which the Port measured from 2012-2019. At that time, monitors at two stations broke down ... and the Port has never replaced them!

Ultrafine particles are the “most deadly”particulates to human life!

The “ultra fine” particulates are said to be registering much higher now in the San Pedro community.

Exactly what is going on at the Port of Los Angeles?

As noted in this other article in Splash (see link) ..... the impending rail and truck strikes are expected to, yet again, deliver us MORE ship and rail backlog headaches ... not to mention MORE “pollution!”

Meanwhile, the port's intent is to take the “struthious” approach as to measuring just how lethal those pollution levels will be. It is extremely appropriate to describe the port's policy with the old adage, “ignorance is bliss!” As the victims of these debacles we cannot stand by while this “public”agency continues to bury the truth of their harm. This must stop!

The environmental Professors at USC, Andrea Hricko and Ed Avol, wanted to also express to you their thanks for your bill. Both have been engaged in trying to reduce port emissions for many years and continue in this fight.

We also wish to remind you again of the horrific vulnerability

of the 25 million gallons of highly explosive butane gas at Rancho LPG sitting on the doorsteps of our homes and schools. Another “gift” brought to us by the Port of Los Angeles. The current use of port owned “public trust land” to accommodate this {private} company (that has zero connection to tenancy at the Port) while posing such an extraordinarily high risk to population is completely unjustified. The port is facilitating the practice of “privatizing a company's profits” while “socializing” its associated grave risks on the backs of the innocent public.

Again, another situation where the continued absence of any risk analysis continues to hide the potential of severe harm to the surrounding residents, our schools, and the local communities. Again, the result of an ingrained port policy that embraces the reckless notion “ignorance is bliss.” How

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— as earlier evidence, highlighted by Raskin, had already established.

Prior to that tweet, extremists “were prepared to fight,” but “it was vague,” the employee said.

Afterwards, “It became clear not only were these individuals ready and willing, but the leader of their cause was asking them to join him in this cause and in fighting for this cause in D.C. on Jan. 6.”

What was necessary, however, was the element of surprise: keeping the crowd in the dark until the last moment, along with law enforcement and security officials. And there’s plenty of evidence of this.

One of two live witnesses, Stephen Ayres, a former Trump supporter convicted for his involvement, only came to attend the rally and “didn’t actually plan to go down there” to the Capitol, until Trump riled up the crowd. After the speech, “I’m angry,” he said. “So were most of the people there.” And “I think everybody thought he was going to be coming down” to march with them.

Trump’s intention to storm the Capitol was known to the rally organizers in advance.

In the previous hearing, Cassidy Hutchinson said that her boss, Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had warned her on Jan. 2 that things might get “real, real bad” on Jan. 6. In this hearing, committee member Stephanie Murphy revealed a pattern of specific communications about what was in store.

After a phone call with Meadows, rally organizer Katrina Pierson sent an email to her fellow organizers, saying, “POTUS expectations are to have something intimate at the Ellipse, and call on everyone to march to the Capitol.”

Murphy also shared a Jan. 4 text message from

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A crowd watches Donald Trump’s speech at the Ellipse Jan. 6, prior to storming the capitol. Photo courtesy of Voice of America

a rally organizer to Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO: “This stays between us. We’re having a second stage at the Supreme Court again, after the Ellipse. POTUS is going to have us march there/the Capitol. It cannot get out about the second stage, because people will try and set up another and sabotage it. It can also not get out about the march, because I will be in trouble with the National Park Service and all the agencies. But POTUS is going to just call for it,

quote, unexpectedly.”

The extremists knew what was coming as well — as did anyone following them on social media.

And not a few days in advance.

“When people are shooting each other tomorrow, I will try and rest in the knowledge that we tried,” the anonymous Twitter employee said in a Slack message on Jan. 5.

“For months I had been begging and anticipating and attempting to raise the reality that if nothing — if we made no intervention into what I saw occurring, people were going to die,” they said. “And on Jan. 5, I realized no intervention was coming.”

The eighth Jan. 6 Committee hearing is scheduled for July 21, in primetime, and will focus on the insurrection itself. But the evidence laid out in the July 12 hearing makes it unmistakable who is ultimately responsible for all the carnage of that day.

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mend that the ports eliminate all of the discounts for exporting empty containers, and have a surcharge to offset the under-utilization of California’s export capacity, and that the ports should also provide discounts for containers that export California’s goods. And that the jobs that the port provides, including the truck drivers who have really difficult jobs, should be paid a livable wage, the prevailing wage.

We also recommended that the union, the ILWU, should become more active in reviewing and providing public comment on terminal leases and we also recommend that the port should not pursue any more automation plans unless it’s demonstrated that there will be a net benefit for workers. And finally, we recommend that the port become proactive in reaching out to California export industries, listening to how they can be helpful in supporting them in exporting their products.

In conclusion, Random Lengths highlighted one more problem: the ports’ lack of any built-in institutionalized relationships with countervailing forces to offset the day-to-day influence of shippers. The Port Community Advisory Committee did provide a rudimentary model, but what’s needed, we suggested is something “with a lot broader range of shareholders, representing not just the local community but the whole region — LA County as a whole as well as the Inland Empire — and to some extent the whole state.”

“I think that’s a superb recommendation,” Flaming said. “I think you’re absolutely spot on.”

Festival Highlights

a Soulful Tribute to Stevie Wonder

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with the Inspirational Voices of Free! under the direction of Windy Barnes Farrell — an international performing artist who has toured extensively with Stevie Wonder, Julio Iglesias and Michael Bolton.

Hosting the event is actress and comedian Roz Ryan, who has worked for productions in film, television and Broadway for more than 40 years. Ryan’s first role on Broadway was in Ain’t Misbehavin’, a Fats Waller-influenced musical revue that debuted in 1978.

SPMF is also introducing something new, showing videos of artists who Windy would have loved to have present. She said either she couldn’t afford them or they passed away. These include Celia Cruz, Pavarotti and James Brown doing a duet together, Prince, Misty Copeland and artist Miguel, who is from San Pedro, and an allfemale Mariachi band.

“We’re trying to spotlight San Pedro talent because there’s a lot of gems here that people aren’t aware of,” Windy said. “People don’t have to go all over the place to find talent. You can find talent right here.”

Another very special part of the festival will be the “Artist Memoriam,” for artists who died between 2020 to 2022. Windy said these videos will be life-sized, with beautiful music behind it featuring the five most iconic artists who have passed away and who have impacted, especially, the African American community: Prince, James Brown, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

“It starts with them,” Windy said. “No matter what year they [died] they just left a hole that was too much.”

Nonprofit and the Heal My Family program

Windy has long had a passion for families impacted by gun violence. She was reared in Chicago’s Southside in the neighborhood of Englewood — also known today as Chicago’s murder capital. Windy’s life was touched by street violence directly and indirectly in her youth by her two older brothers who led double lives as gang leaders out in the streets on the one hand, and meek and obedient sons at home on the other. The line separating the two lives fell apart when the police repeatedly raided the family home in search of weapons and ammunition. Windy said she had at times hid these weapons for her brothers.

“By the time I was about 13, I had lost about six close friends to gun violence,” Windy said. “As a kid it’s overwhelming to learn that your friend is dead. And then [it happens to] another and another.”

She said when she thinks back, she believes she had buried those thoughts associated with gangs.

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he San Pedro Music Festival always honors musicians, Windy Barnes Farrell noted, because they are the key to the state of people’s consciousness.

“Musicians make people feel happy,” she said. “They make people embrace a sad moment or whatever we’re feeling, there’s music that can accompany that feeling. That’s a huge job that we have as musicians, to have that kind of responsibility to bring peace and happiness to the world. We were without it for a while and bad as it was, hopefully it caused people to really think about it. What would the world be like if we just did not have music? It would be bad, right?”

It’s been three years since the last San Pedro Music Festival. Dealt with the pandemic and subsequent shutdown, the event returns July 31 at the Warner Grand Theatre, with a focus to give back to the community.

Windy Barnes Farrell, the woman at its helm, spoke to Random Lengths News about her plans for the festival, including a couple surprises.

Windy has three goals for the music festival, which is now a nonprofit, the first being connecting to people’s consciousness.

The second goal is to bring the community together. Windy said because this community is so diverse, she wants the music to reflect this demographic.

“So we have something that everyone can enjoy,” said Windy. “It’s an eclectic fest because of that. I’m very particular about saying it’s a music fest, which does not mean it’s just jazz. It’s just music, and good music at that.”

However, Windy’s main goal is to help families that have been impacted by gun and gang violence — and their loss, in particular — with funeral costs, food and grief counseling.

The lineup features Windy Barnes and Stevie Wonder’s backing band, Wonderlove, rendering songs

by Stevie Wonder, which Windy was a part of, Resurrection Road, The Habits, Wild Bunch, Sunny Daye, Andre Washington, Heru Yahli, band-leader and conga player Victor Orlando and Fun-JaLa — playing funk, jazz and Latin, Josie Aiello, and trumpeter Tatiana Tate.

The repertoire of these artists range from alternative pop, country, genre-bending bands that blend pop, R&B, hip-hop to funk, jazz and latin big band. This grouping of San Pedro solo artists, bands and singersongwriters, provide “soul music for the soul.” Some have appeared alongside Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West and Faith Evans and have performed

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Windy Barnes Farrell, an international performing artist who is based in San Pedro, poses upstairs at the Warner Grand Theatre. Photo by Arturo Garcia-Ayala

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ummer is upon us and what better way to enjoy the outdoors than to grab a beverage and throw some proteins on the barbie.

But before you invite the neighbors and light up the grill, you have to prepare the meat. No one likes bland tri-tip or flavorless, un-crispy chicken skin so that’s why we learn how to season meat. Now, you can go to the store and buy salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, cayenne, etc. … Or you can grab a premade meat rub and be on your way. There’s no way to know who makes the best seasoning for meat because there are so many to choose from, like good ole Lawry’s seasoned salt to the most complex science experiment of spices. Casa M Spices, based out of Dallas, Texas, took a restaurant favorite of theirs and mixed in other spices to make a plethora of meat rubs whether you’re making a whole hog or a jerked chicken.

Casa M Spice is the brainchild of two men named Manny and Mike Hernandez. Amateur chef Mike has a passion for mixing spices to form new flavors. When he and Manny found the right chili, they knew they had something good that they could roll with, and developed their first seasoning. This original seasoning is called Chain Reaction, paying homage to Mike’s PhD in chemical physics, and every seasoning thereafter seems to be a variation of the chain reaction recipe with additional spices added.

I tried the mini ranch set with seasonings for chicken, beef and pork.

What better way to try out some meat rubs than to break out the smoker and take it low and slow? I am currently smoking meats on the Traeger Tailgater 20. This smaller size Traeger has never given me an issue so don’t let anyone tell you size matters. Until it does matter at least (I’m looking at you, Thanksgiving turkey). It’s a perfectly-sized and affordable pellet grill, though.

I decided on three common cuts of meat: the tritip, the pork loin and a whole chicken.

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the chili, but a similar note as the above with the lack of salt left me wanting something a tad bit more.

My favorite overall was the chicken rub.

This is a meat rub I intend to use in the future.

In the same fashion as the pork, this rub has a forward flavor — brown sugar. I was expecting it to play a big part of the flavor and I was right, and I wasn’t disappointed. The sugar gave a sweetness that at first quickly transitioned to a spicy chili-forward flavor. Not only does sugar bring out good flavor in chicken but the chili did as well, and this took both flavors and balanced them, enhancing the chicken. It was the winner at dinner with everyone who tried it.

Overall, these seasonings did what they are supposed to do. My three cuts of meat were not bland, and they had a good crust of seasoning.

I typically make my own rubs where I know exactly what is in them and can choose my own quantities, but sometimes I am running low on my homemade meat rub and these provide a good amount of flavor without being simply seasoned salt. One thing to note is that I only smoked my meat with these seasonings.

I think these might be even better seasonings for smaller cuts of meat cooked on a skillet or grilled. I believe these meat seasonings will be perfect for this style because you won’t lose any flavor from smoke and you don’t need as much

Above, chicken seasoned with Free Range rub by Casa M Spices then smoked.

Right, three different flavors of Casa M Spices meat rubs. Photos by Seth Meyer

I liberally coated the three pieces of meat in the respective seasonings and set the smoker to 225℉ for the tri-tip and pork, and 375℉ for the chicken. Different smokers might work better at different temperatures or you may like to smoke your tri-tips at 175℉ or 250℉; perfectly okay because it’s all preference. I wish I knew the magic formula for how long to cook every cut of meat but alas, I have found every cut of meat and every cooking method yields different times so I always play it safe and have a temperature probe in all my proteins until I reach a mediumrare (125℉) on the tri-tips and fully cooked pork (145℉) and chicken (165℉).

Let’s start with the tri-tip. A company from Texas led me to predict a high amount of pepper in the seasonings. I was right about the beef seasonings but was surprised when I wasn’t also greeted with a large amount of salt. I felt there needed to be a little more salt in a seasoning like this because salt does more than just provide flavor. It is a natural tenderizer and enhancer to meats due to the nature of animal cells that will lose water in an environment that is more saline. This tenderizes the meat and allows salt to penetrate the meat, enhancing the flavor. Chef Michael mentions in a video that the lack of salt allows for the rest of the flavors to be brought out more and I can see this, and I tasted this,

but I felt it could have used just a tad bit more salt. Aside from the salt, a proper Texas pepper rub was what I got with the addition of some flavor profiles in the form of the chili that was different and welcomed. But if pepper is not your thing, like it’s typically not for me, then you may want to steer clear of the beef seasoning as pepper was the most prominent spice when eating the tri-tip. Granted it did not taste bad, personally, this was my least favorite of the three.

The pork rub was the most neutral spice out of the three but having read the description of the spice beforehand, I knew what flavor I was expecting. The product page on the Casa Spice website points out ginger as being a prominent flavor in this rub. Without knowing that before, I’m not sure it would be something I would recognize. Having known it, it was just faint enough to reach the pallet later in my bite. It provided good flavor to the pork, giving it a sweet and spicy flavor that was an addition to

salt to penetrate the meat. If this is something you do often, I would recommend trying the Casa M Spice meat rubs on your next cut of meat. If you’re not eager for a trip halfway across the country, you can grab Casa M Spice from their website. These rubs are on the pricier side compared to other rubs on the market, at $16.99, when you purchase the stainless steel shaker option. I have to admit, I do like the shaker but if you are content with a plastic shaker like other spice companies come in then the price is very comparable to the others at $11.99.

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DENNIS KEELEY: A SURVEY OF THE QUOTIDIAN LANDSCAPE

THE COLORS OF LIFE — MICHAEL STEARNS

With our experience of the freeway, there is a perception of traffic, motion, direction, congestion and maddening intervals of waiting.

There is also evidence of a poetic environmental setting that invites questions about a more paradoxical and meditative consideration of time and space.

Keeley’s photographs were made through the window of his car, commuting from home to work and back. The size of these images evokes the frame of the car window. Over time Keeley noticed destination was almost secondary to the experience of the journey. The work becomes an invitation to be more conscious of the changing vistas and temporal moments at 80mph. These images find meaning in new spaces, while discovering new places, but more than just places, they feel more like ways of being.

Michael Stearns is a colorist. To Stearns, color is like music, it connects with us in ways we do not even realize. Stearn’s work connects viscerally as well as intellectually with viewers. As an example Stearns uses chromosome mapping to raise the questions regarding science and ethics, yet approach the work through the primal side with color and shapes.

Colors of Life runs through Aug. 27.

Primal Pond #4, acrylic on canvas, 48x48

Details: www.michaelstearnsstudio.com Venue: Michael Stearns Studio@The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro.

The Gallery @ the Loft THE FIGURE AT THE GATE

Figure drawings and paintings from Angels Gate Cultural Center life drawing workshops will be on view at The Gallery @ The Loft (third floor). Exhibit will be open on First Thursday, Aug. 4 from 6 to 9 pm. and by appointment.

Opening reception for the artists Aug, 6, 3 to 6 p.m.

The exhibit runs through Sept. 4.

Details: 310-683-3115 or 310-245-0517 Venue: The Gallery @ The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro.

The exhibition runs July 23 to Aug. 27.

Opening reception July 29, 7 to 9 p.m.

Details: 310-541-2479; www.pvartcenter.org Venue: Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education, 5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes

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1,000 frame samples to choose from or custom build your own with our help. Come check out some local art and understand the important details behind framing and your investment.

Details: 310-600-8881 Venue: 343 W. 7th St. San Pedro

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Time: 5:30 p.m., July 28 Cost: Free Details: http://sanpedrowaterfrontartsdistrict.com/ Venue: Zoom

July 30

Awake in Color Public Closing Reception Join the closing reception of Awake In Color in recognizing the contributions artists at the center have made to the San Pedro community. The event showcases a stunning collection of installations and work by 70-plus artists to explore and purchase.

Time: 3 to 5 p.m., July 30 Cost: Free Details: www.angelsgateart.org/ gallery/gathering-of-angels-2022 Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro

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.

MUSIC July 21

Summer Concerts on the LA Waterfront Enjoy a water show followed by a free two-hour concert, featuring different bands and genres of music each week ranging from local favorites like 110 South to The Smokin’ Cobras, a country and rockabilly group playing hits from the ’50s to the ’80s.

Time: 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday evenings through Sept. 8 Cost: Free Venue: Gateway Plaza Fanfare Fountain on Harbor Boulevard, south of Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro Sounds of Summer Enjoy live musical performances from an eclectic mix of Southern California artists and genres on the grand staircase.

Time: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesdays through Aug. 30 Cost: Free Details: 2ndandpch.com Venue: 2nd and PCH, 6400 Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

July 22

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Basil Poledouris: The Music and the Movies Basil Poledouris was one of film music’s most beloved figures over the 35 years of his career. This concert will present a celebration of his work. Director John Milius will join to celebrate the 49th anniversary of Conan: The Barbarian. Poledouris also composed the original scores for The Blue Lagoon, RoboCop, The Hunt for Red October and others.

Time: Pre-concert chat 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m., July 22 Cost: $50 and up Details: www.lafilmorchestra. com Venue: The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles

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Ali Sethi + Discostan Pakistan Arts Council, LA & Aga Khan Museum present global artist Ali Sethi. Also performing is Discostan, a diasporic discotheque.

Time: 6 to 10 p.m., July 23 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/ Ali-Sethi Venue: Grand Performances, 350 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles Front Porch Concerts Join the Long Beach Camerata Singers as they continue the summer fun with their Front Porch concert series.

Tickets are free but must be reserved online.

Time: 4:30 p.m., July 23, 24, 30 and 31, Aug. 6 and 7

Cost: Free Details: longbeachcameratasingers.org/front-porch-concert/ Venue: Locations vary Work, Play, Food, Love: A Journey Through The Blues Enjoy a concert by George Van Wagner, a veteran touring musician who is also a historian of the blues, backed by notables in the LA blues scene.

Time: 7:30 p.m. July 23 Cost: $12 to $,20 — live or live streamed Details: https://tinyurl.com/ycysupf9 Venue: Collage, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

July 24

Scott Henderson Jazz/blues guitar player, Scott Henderson has been 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.

Time: 4 p.m., July 24 Cost: $35 Details: https://tinyurl.com/bdrs4sa5 Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

July 29

SuperFunkyVeryLucky Band The members of SuperFunkyVeryLucky Band are some of LA’s top touring and studio musicians. The music draws inspiration from Brazilian jazz, funk bands and classic groove-oriented bands like Tower of Power.

Time: 8 p.m., July 29 Cost: $25 Details: www.alvasshowroom. com/event/superfunkyveryluckyband Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

July 31

San Pedro Music Festival Hosted by Roz Ryan, the San Pedro Musical Festival invites the community to a free concert at the Warner Grand. This event pays tribute to Stevie Wonder, featuring artists such as Wonderlove, Windy Barnes, Resurrection Road and many more.

Time: 4 to 9 p.m., July 31 Cost: Free Details: sanpedromusicfestival. com Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Aug. 13

Flannel Nation Join a celebration of the music of the 1990s.

Time: 11 a.m., Aug. 13 Cost: $25 and up Details: https://tinyurl.com/ y852a8xc Venue: Port of Los Angeles, 3011 Miner St., San Pedro

THEATER July 21

Stephen Sondheim’s Company With a record-setting 14 Tony nominations, Company by Stephen Sondheim, focuses on Robert, a confirmed bachelor living in New York City, who is celebrating his 35th birthday with a collection of his married friends.

Time: 8 p.m. Friday, and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. July 21 to Aug. 6 Cost: $14 to $24 Details: www.lbplayhouse.org; 562-494-1014 Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach Mercury Fur Mercury Fur is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where gang violence and drugs — in the form of hallucinogenic butterflies — terrorize the community. The protagonists are a gang of youths surviving by their wits. Their main source of income is holding parties for wealthy clients in which their wildest, most amoral fantasies are brought to life.

Time: 8 p.m., July 21 to July 23 Cost: $18 to $30 Details: www.thegaragetheatre. org Venue: The Garage Theatre, 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach

July 23

The Cripple of Inishmaan Set in 1934, a ray of hope spreads over Inishmaan when a Hollywood director sets up shop on a neighboring island to film his latest project. Inishmaan is abuzz with anticipation, but no one is more excited than cripple Billy Claven, an unloved boy. His dream of getting away from the island seems to come true when he gets the chance to audition.

Time: 8 p.m. Friday, and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 23 to Aug. 20 Cost: $14 to $24 Details: 562-494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

Aug. 5

Romeo & Juliet Love will definitely be in the air as this classic play tells a tale of romance.

Time: 8 p.m., Aug. 5 Cost: Free Details: www.shakespearebythesea.org Venue: Point Fermin Park, 807 W. Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro

ART

July 28

Armchair ArtWalk Tour Join the San Pedro Waterfront’s virtual Armchair ArtWalk Tour featuring Renee O’Connor, Rachel Levey and Chadwick Bishop.

Aug. 4

First Thursday ArtWalk Join the First Thursday ArtWalk. A tour of arts spaces will feature the artists of 7th Street and a couple surprises along the way: Menduina Schneider Art Gallery, 366 West 7th St., Cherry Wood at the Back Door Studios, 368-378 W. 7th St., Megan Mickeal Photography, 347 W. 7th St. Time: 5:30 to 9 p.m., Aug. 4 Cost: Free Details: www.sanpedrowaterfrontartsdistrict.com Venue: Downtown San Pedro 6th and 7th streets, San Pedro

Ongoing

Abstract Art Beyond the Frame All of the works in this exhibition are geometric abstractions. They make no reference to particular cultural values, symbols, stories or personal feelings. While this may make them seem forbidding at first, in reality the impulse behind them is utopian. Going beyond the frame, therefore, is an exciting journey.

Time: MOLAA hours 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday Cost: Free Details: 562-437-1689; https://molaa.org/2022-abstractart-beyond-the-frame Venue: Museum of Latin American Art, 628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach Insights 2022: Annual School of Art Student Exhibition Select works from Insights 2022 will be on exhibit through July 29.

Undergraduate and graduate students were invited to submit up to three works for consideration, and the exhibition was juried by School of Art alumni from their respective program area.

Time: Through July 29 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/insights-2022 Venue: Cal State Long Beach, 1250 N. Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach Raphaele Cohen-Bacry Painter and mixed media artist Cohen-Bacry studied painting and printmaking at l’Ecole de la Rue Blanche in Paris. Cohen-Bacry works with different media, with a focus on art magazines, wallpaper and recently, playing cards.

Also, Raphaele’s exhibit is open for viewing during regular library hours, from July 21 to Aug. 29.

Time: 2 to 4 p.m. through Aug. 29 Cost: Free Details: Registration required, www.pvld.org/artinourlibrary or 310-377-9584 x551 Venue: Malaga Cove Library Gallery, 2400 via Campesino, Palos Verdes Estates

FILM

COMMUNITY

PCH Movies & Moonlight The six-week summer series continues through Aug. 19. Disney’s Brave will screen at sunset.

Self-seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets.

Time: July 29, sunset Cost: Free Details: 2ndandpch.com Venue: 2nd and PCH, 6400 Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

Summertime Explorers An interactive weekly kids club features entertainment, storytimes, crafts and activities encouraging kids to learn and explore weekly, with a custom weeklythemed photo backdrop available to capture memories.

Time: Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m, through Aug. 31 Details: 2andpch.com Venue: 2nd and PCH, 6400 Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

July 29

LITERATURE July 23

Uprooted Identities: Where is Home?

The Philippine Expressions Bookshop presents Lutie Orteza Lee, author of Uprooted Identities: Where is Home? and Benjamin Long, author of Hyphen-Me: Evolution of an Expat for its July Book Talk: Uprooted Identities: Where is Home? They will impart their views and share wisdom based on their own experiences and struggles as immigrants and parents, assimilating to American culture.

Time: 3 to 6 p.m., July 23 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl. com/5n6k9ptf Venue: Philippine Expressions Bookshop, 479 W. 6th St. Suite 105, San Pedro

FOOD July 28

The Wonderful World of Herbs Horticultural therapists Karen Haney and Arleen Ferrara will take you deep into the world of herbs and show you why herbs are some of the most beloved plants for horticultural therapy. Patrons will pot up basil plants and make lavender sachets to take home. Please register to secure your spot and supplies, space is limited.

Time: 10 to 11 a.m., July 28 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl. com/3r7d4z73 Venue: Miraleste Library, 29089 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes

COMEDY July 24

ALO-HA-HA! Tropical Paradise Lunch And Comedy Show Headliner Monica Piper is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedy writer with a Showtime special. Enjoy other comics and a three-course lunch. The show includes hula dancers, a ukulele player and a mini-senior expo.

Time: 12 p.m. July 24. Lunch at 12:30, showtime 1:30 p.m.

Cost: $85 Details: 714-914-2565; www.seniorcomedyafternoons. com Venue: Los Verdes Golf Course, Vista Ballroom, 7000 W. Los Verdes Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes

July 26

Underground Stand-Up Comedy and Burlesque Enjoy comedy and burlesque at Harvelle’s Underground, the most exclusive speakeasy Long Beach has to offer. Every Tuesday night see top headliners and the industry’s top comedians and Burlesque performers and experience the best comedy around.

Time: 8 p.m., July 26 Cost: $10 Details: 310 426 8205; https://tinyurl.com/Harvelles-burlesque Venue: Harvelle’s Long Beach 201 E. Broadway Long Beach

July 21

July 23

Outdoor Volunteer Day at Alta Vicente Reserve Come help restore habitat on the 22-acre restoration site to create a home for rare cactus wrens and gnatcatchers with beautiful views of Catalina Island.

Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., July 23 Cost: Free Details: https://pvplc.volunteerhub.com/ Venue: Alta Vicente Reserve, 30940 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes City of Carson “Heroes’ Day” Thanks Frontliners The inaugural Heroes’ Day is an event dedicated to thanking and recognizing Carson’s very own frontliners for their resilience and service during the pandemic.

Entertainment includes actor, vocal stylist, song/designer Manee Valentine, plus on-air mixer and entertainer who plays old school to new music Reggaeton on CALI 93.9, DJ Lui Jay. The family friendly event also features food trucks.

Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 23 Cost: Free Details: 310-835-0212 Venue: Carson Event Center, East Parking Lot 801 E. Carson St., Carson Love Long Beach Festival 2022 Love Long Beach Festival 2022 is a celebration of magic that is Long Beach. With more than 50 world class DJs and live musicians across multiple stages, enjoy yoga, massage, healers, sound healing, community, arts and crafts, enlightening talks and chill out areas. Children 15 and younger are free and must be accompanied by an adult.

Time: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m July 23, 24 Cost: $25 to $100 Detail: www.lovelongbeachfestival.com Venue: Shoreline Aquatic Park, 200 Aquarium Way, Long Beach California Native Plant Society Talk Learn about local California native plants with an expert from the South Coast chapter of the California Native Plant Society.

Time: 3 p.m., July 23 Cost: Free Details: Call 310-323-7200 Venue: North Torrance Library, 3604 Artesia Blvd., Torrance

July 24

Torrance Antique Street Faire More than 180 sellers transform the streets of downtown Torrance into an eclectic open-air antiques flea market. The street faire includes an antique appraisal booth – only $3 per item.

Time: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 24 Cost: Free Details: 310-328-6107 Location: 1317 Sartori Ave., Torrance

July 27

Librarian For a Day For any youth wondering about the exciting life of a librarian — the

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[from p. 12] Miraleste Library has you covered.

Drop in from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to participate in crafts, activities and earn an honorary librarian diploma.

Time: 1 to 3 p.m., July 27 Cost: Free Details: tinyurl.com/PVLDlibrarian-for-a-day Venue: Miraleste Library, Main Floor, 29089 Palos Verdes Dr East, Rancho Palos Verdes

July 30

Guided Hike at George F. Canyon Nature Preserve Join a special nature club guided hike at George F Canyon Nature Preserve. Explore the canyon habitat, including all the critters and plants that call it home. Meet on the back deck of the George F Canyon Nature Center and come inside to explore after the hike.

Time: 9 a.m., July 30 Cost: Free Details: 310-541-7613 Venue: George F Canyon Nature Center, 27305 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rolling Hills Estates Outdoor Volunteer Day at White Point Get outdoors and make a difference by helping to remove invasive grasses to enable rare coastal sage scrub habitat to thrive as a home of local native plants and wildlife.

Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., July 30 Cost: Free Details: https://pvplc.volunteerhub.com/ Venue: White Point Nature Preserve, 1600 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro HKM Fest Calling all car fanatics — HKM fest is proud to introduce this year’s hot rod kustom car and music festival. Bands will include The Vargas Bros, The Quaranteds, The Daffys and more.

Time: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., July 30 Cost: $25 Details: hkmfest.com Venue: 3600 Miner St., San Pedro

Harbor Boat Tours The Port of Los Angeles invites the community to experience the magic of a scenic boat tour exploring the harbor. Departing every 30 minutes from the Maritime Museum, each tour lasts 60 minutes and is boarded on a first-come first-serve basis. Select dogfriendly tours are also available.

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 30 Cost: Free Details: tinyurl.com/polaboattour2022 Venue: Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro

Glasper, Justin-Lee Schultz, Ledisi, AWB, Gerald Albright, Jonathan Butler, BK Jackson, Sergio Mendez, Damion Escobar, Eric Darius, Kandace Springs and Al Williams Jazz Society featuring a salute to Barbara Morrison.

The festival includes VIP seating, a wide selection of food and art.

Time: 6 to 10 p.m., Aug. 12 Cost: $85 and up Details: www.showpass.com/o/ rainbow-promotions Venue: Rainbow Lagoon Park, 400 E Shoreline Dr., Long Beach

AltaSea Open House Dr. Anthony Michaels, nationally recognized leader in sustainability, innovation and environmental science will discuss the benefits of aquaculture for food security, human health, biofuels, renewable materials and more.

Time: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., July 30 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl. com/2p947zvj Venue: AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, 2451 Signal St., Berth 58 San Pedro

Ernesto Sandoval: Feeding Succulents Sandoval, who describes himself as a “Jose of All Plants, Master of None,” will summarize why you want your plants to receive slightly acidic water, the importance of “soils” and container media, and the details of how you can maximize the root potential for your plants.

Time: 1 p.m., Aug. 14 Cost: Free for SCCSS members; $5 to $9 for public park admission Details: southcoastcss.org.

Venue: South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula

Getty 25 Celebrates Wilmington Join Getty and Avalon Arts and Cultural Alliance for this all-ages celebration at historic Banning Park. Participate in interactive workshops, dance along to live music, shop local vendors, connect with community organizations, step inside an immersive digital experience of Getty collections, and enjoy photo booths, prizes, and giveaways.

Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., July 30 Cost: Free Details: https://www.getty.edu/ visit/cal/events/ev_3482.html Venue: Banning Park, 1331 Eubank Ave., Wilmington

Aug.12

33rd Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival Come celebrate the Long Beach Jazz Festival featuring Robert

Aug. 14

Aug. 20

Professor Emeritus Nicholas Lovrich Hear native San Pedran, historian, Stanford University and UCLA grad speak about patterns of civic engagement and political culture found among San Pedro’s immigrant Italians and Croatians among the first and second generations of these ethnic groups.

The event is sponsored by the San Pedro Bay Historical Society.

Time: 1:30 p.m., Aug. 20 Cost: Free Details: 310-548-7618 Venue: Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Brass Room, 600 Sampson Way, Berth 84, at the foot of 6th St., San Pedro

[Music, from p. 9]

Music Festival

“You hear the word gang, you know what a gun is and what murder is way too early.

That still bothers me to this day.”

Windy founded Windy City Entertainment Incorporated with the intention of financing youth programs in Chicago — designed to instill a sense of identity and purpose, including trips to Africa to counter the violence and the killing taking place in her hometown. Her thoughts soon turned to the question of what resources and relationships could she pull together to address the issue and see a direct impact?

The answer caused her to turn her attention to where she lives now and collaborating with leaders working on the issue in her own neighborhood: Justice for Murdered Children and Parents of Murdered Children.

“I know that once I [get] involved, there’s no turning back,” she said. “It’s a heavy thing to do and I’m very sensitive. When I see things, it’s overwhelming sometimes. I’ve been preparing for this family [I’m] going to meet.”

Justice For Murdered Children acts as advocates in court for murdered children.

The organization speaks to office holders to change policy and to acquire monetary awards for the victim’s families. The organization connects Windy’s nonprofit with families of homicide victims to further help them in areas around grief counseling and more. Parents of Murdered Children Inc. offers ongoing emotional support, education, awareness and advocacy to all survivors of homicide victims.

It does not give money. Through collaboration with Windy’s nonprofit, this is where her “Heal My Family” program comes in to provide financial assistance.

Additionally, Windy just received

two proclamations; one from Sen. Stephen Bradford for Windy City Entertainment and one from Supervisor Janice Hahn for Windy’s participation in the Juneteenth celebration at the Korean Bell, which she noted was the first time the Korean Bell had rung for Juneteenth.

She said being a part of that initial program was epic, from having her nonprofit recognized and being associated with that Juneteenth celebration.

“Music touches people,” Windy said.

“This is just what I want to do so much for this community. It’s a special gift from Supervisor Hahn and myself. There will be something for the kids to see. It’s for all ages. There are so many layers to this. I’m really excited about the whole thing.”

The event also includes vendors, music sales, tee shirts commemorating the second annual festival and possible live stream of parts of the festival. The San Pedro Legends Car Club will present their cars in front of the theater so people can take pictures while they’re not on the purple — not red — carpet. There will be a food truck or two during intermission so people can meet and mingle and stretch out, as it’s a five-hour event.

San Pedro Music Festival will have a VIP reception from 3 to 4 p.m. for a $50 entry fee, which includes entertainment with a singer and pianist, food and signature wines (Windy’s own label), a silent auction featuring works unseen by anybody from Windy’s granddaughter Jaylynn. VIPs have balcony seating, perfect for stretching out and the whole event will be set up for social distancing.

Masks are strongly encouraged and bring your vaccination cards.

San Pedro Music Festival Time: 4 to 9 p.m., July 31 Cost: Free Details: sanpedromusicfestival.com Venue: Warner Grand Theater, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

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20. Olympic bike event since 2008 21. “Science Guy” Bill 22. Actress Tierney of “American Rust” 23. Grinding tooth 26. Sinclair Lewis preacher Elmer 27. “Thrilla in Manila” boxer 28. Accepts, as a challenge 32. Some tech grads, for short 33. Motto of the Really Long Word Club?

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2022159384 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MOTORYACHTS MAURETANIA, 210 WHALERS WALK, San Pedro, Ca 90731 County of LOS ANGELES Registered owner(s): MYM MANAGEMENT, 210 WHALERS WALK, San Pedro, Ca 90731. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant(s) started doing business on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). S/ JOHN BOYT Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 07/18/2022.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2022140216 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AHHHHH SUKI SUKI 31034 RUE LANGLOIS RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90275 County of LOS ANGELES Registered owner(s): SUSAN FRANTZ 31034 RUE LANGLOIS, RANCHO PALOS VERDES CA 90275. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant(s) started doing business on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). S/ SUSAN FRANTZ OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 06/24/2022.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 9/2/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2022154757 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. PEDRO CHIRO 2. PEDROCHIRO 3. PEDRO-

CHIRO 4. PEDRO_CHIRO 5. PEDRO.CHIRO 6. PEDRO/CHIRO 1609 W. 25TH ST. SAN PEDRO CA 90732 County of LOS ANGELES Registered owner(s): DANIEL BAUNE 1609 W. 25TH ST., SAN PEDRO CA 90732 This business is conducted by: an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 04/2022 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

S/ DANIEL BAUNE OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 07/13/2022 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 9/2/22 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22CMCP00104 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of: Dylan E. Martinez; Venizio T. Martinez, minors by and through Mother, Azalea Fauthfor Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Dylan Elijah Martinez and Venizio Tomas Martinez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Dylan Elijah Martinez to Dylan Elijah Fauth Venizio Tomas Martinez to Venizio Tomas Fauth The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name

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Notice of Hearing: Date: 08/25/2022, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: A, Room: 904 The address of the court is 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Journal Date: June 16, 2022

Thomas D. Long Judge of the Superior Court 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22/22 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22LBCP00215 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of: STEVEN RICHARD MARCKS for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner STEVEN RICHARD MARCKS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: STEVEN RICHARD MARKCKS to Steven richard marcks The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above

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Guns and Fear

When your gun-nut brother-in-law starts babbling about gun deaths in Chicago (Illinois, with reasonable gun control laws, is 14.1 gun deaths per 100,000 people), you may want to point out that nearly 60% of guns seized in Chicago came from out-of-state, with most coming from next-door Indiana (17.3 gun deaths per 100,000) where gun stores dot the Indiana side of the Indiana-Illinois border.

National gun control would put a quick end to that.

In the 1932 New State Ice v. Liebmann decision, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously called the states “laboratories of democracy”: “It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may,” he wrote, “if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.”

He could have been speaking of California, Hawaii, or Connecticut. Gun control works, and we have the proof right here in the United States.

Ironically, while it was Reagan’s racism that first produced significant gun control in America’s largest state, it’s racist white supremacy in America that is today the single largest force fighting against gun control.

With very few exceptions, the entire Second Amendment movement is made up of white people, many of them associated with white supremacy militias and

must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing: Date: 7/29/22, Time: 8:30 am, Dept.: 27 The address of the court is 275 Magnolia Long Beach 90802 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Journal Date: June 18, 2022 Mark C. Kim Judge of the Superior Court 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20/22

politicians from former confederate states.

The NRA is greatly diminished, both in power and budget, but racism continues to drive the gun control debate, this time in the opposite direction from the days Reagan was governor of California.

Today we see a knee-jerk fear of nonwhite people in the ongoing explosion of gun purchases in rural and suburban white communities across the country. When America elected our first Black president in 2008, gun stores across America were so overwhelmed by white people buying guns that it was referred to as a “frenzy” and “the great gun and ammunition shortage.”

Scratch the surface of the most fervent “gun rights” members of Congress and you’ll find unrepentant white supremacist Republican politicians who reflexively villainize the Black Lives Matter movement and hype the Antifa straw-man at every opportunity.

On the “gun control” side, now that the Panthers are mostly just a memory on the national stage, fear of armed Black people has been replaced by fear of white children being slaughtered in public schools.

And it’s providing us with a shocking glimpse into the minds of these Republican legislators: White freak-out about Black people having weapons back in the 1960s was a stronger motivator for them than today’s slaughter of innocent children of all races.

At least so far.

Thom Hartmann is a talk-show host and author of more than 25 books in print. His work is also crossposted with permission from Common Dreams.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2022148938 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: REDUX ANTIQUE THRIFT AND GIFT, 1906A Marshallfield Lane Redondo Beach CA 90278, County of LOS ANGELES. Registered owner(s): GABRIEL FILKOSKY, 1906A MARSHALLFIELD LANE, REDONDO BEACH CA 90278. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant(s) started doing business on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

S/ GABRIEL FILKOSKY, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los An-

07/21/22, 08/04/22

2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). 7/21, 8/4,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2022116546 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VALESKA’S INSURANCE SERVICES, 548 E SEPULVEDA BLVD STE A CARSON CA 90745 County of LOS ANGELES Registered owner(s): MARIA VALESKA VALDIVIA 586 W 2ND ST, SAN PEDRO CA 90731 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant(s) started doing business on 06/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). S/ MARIA VALESKA VALDIVIA OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 05/31/2022.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Original filing: 7/7, 7/21, 08/04,

geles County on 05/31/2022.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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