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Samohi entrepreneurs compete for cash Students learn business skills through Project ECHO competition BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
The creators of a tracking app, a solar technology startup and a cosmetics business are all vying for cash to support their entrepreneurial efforts. And no, they’re not going on “Shark Tank.” The people behind the fledgling companies are Santa Monica High School students, and they’re participating in a competition organized by a local nonprofit organization to promote entrepreneurial skills. The three Samohi teams will be among about 45 finalist groups at Project ECHO’s event Sunday at the UCLA Anderson School of
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Management, where volunteer judges will determine the winners of a combined $6,250 in prize money. The competition is the culmination of a monthslong program through which high school students in five Southern California counties come up with business plans, harnessing their talents while developing skills that could help them in the future. “They’re thinking about what a business is, they’re thinking about who’s going purchase their services or goods and they’re learning how to market to a demographic,” said Diane Quast, Project ECHO’s execSEE ECHO PAGE 7
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The Samohi baseball team crushed Hawthorne 15-2 at home Thursday afternoon, completing a two-game sweep to start Ocean League play. The Vikings, who are 9-6 overall, are scheduled to host Lawndale on Tuesday.
teacher unions have regained the advantage in their fight to keep the state’s tenure system. The victory came in the form of an appeals court decision that reversed a trial judge’s ruling that found tenure deprived some students of a good education. In the reversal Thursday, the 2nd District Court of Appeal said a group of nine students who sued SEE UNIONS PAGE 6
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Cary Williams always took it as a compliment when she was told that she “fights like a boy.” “In a sport where you get hit in the face, you learn the true difference between a man and a woman,” said the former Olympicstyle boxer, a coach and owner of the Santa Monica boxing club The Stables. “We are biologically differSEE WILLIAMS PAGE 8
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Saturday, April 16 Master Gardeners at the Market
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Master Gardeners provide free gardening tips, solutions to gardening problems, seeds and seedlings as well as their technical expertise based on the Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program which provides intense gardening training emphasizing organic gardening and covers vegetables, fruits, flowers, shrubs, trees, soils, composting, pests and harvesting. Virginia Avenue Park, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Volunteer at a beach clean-up and explore the SM Pier Aquarium for free. For more information call 1-800HEAL-BAY or visit www.healthebay.org. 15500 Lifeguard Tower, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Practice Test for the NEW SAT with C2 Education Get a taste of the new SAT with this free proctored test by C2 Education. Limited space; call to pre-register, starting Monday, March 28 at 310458-8621 or come by the Youth Reference Desk. Grades 9 - 11. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Santa Monica Reads Author Talk: An Afternoon with Emily St. John Mandel Author Emily St. John Mandel presents an engaging discussion of Station Eleven, her past work and her future plans. A book sale and signing follows. Seating is first come, first served. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 2 - 4 p.m.
Collage Lab with Amy & Richard Drop by and collage with Amy Bauer and Richard Hecht of Dreameco Crafts. Magazines, paper and glue provided. Register at
Photographer Pamela MayersSchoenberg reveals a world where formal education becomes a sole focus of over-worked, sleep deprived kids burdened by unnecessary expectations. Show opens with a reception at dnj Gallery. 2525 Michigan Ave., 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 17 Free tours begin at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. No reservations needed. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 PCH, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Aqualillies (Intro) Synchronized swimming course. $160 per session (5 classes including parking); $35 per class. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 PCH, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Printmaking Lab with Zeina Baltagi Laboratory for experimenting and printing with our 30”x48” Dickerson Combination motorized printing press. Printmakers with some experience are invited to sign up for printing time; bring your blocks or everything you need to work on the. Cost $20. Register at https://apm.activecommunities.com/santamonicarecreation/Ac tivity_Search?detailskeyword=printmaking or call (310) 458-2239. 1450 Ocean Ave., 12 - 4 p.m.
Hatmakers Lab with Leslie Robinson Join milliner Leslie Robinson as she works on her own hats in this drop-in hatmaking laboratory. A small number of head blocks and sewing equipment provided to share; ribbons, notions, and blank hoods available for pur-
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Santa Monica Public Library presents ‘An Armchair Visit to Monet’s Giverny with Rebecca Bricker’ Santa Monica Public Library invites you on “An Armchair Visit to Monet’s Giverny,” a virtual journey hosted by travel writer Rebecca Bricker on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Library’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Join us as author Rebecca Bricker takes us on a tour of Monet’s France, via the sights and characters depicted in her new book. The Secret of Marie is an art-history mystery set in Giverny, France, where Claude Monet spent the last half of his life. Marie was the favorite model of American Impressionist artist and Monet mentee Theodore Robinson (1852-1896). Marie appeared in a number of Robinson’s paintings, but little is known about her, which has perplexed art historians for years. In her presentation, Rebecca shares vintage and present-day photographs of Giverny,
as well as a significant discovery she made in her role as an art-history detective while doing research for this book. She also provides tips for those interested in traveling to Giverny. Rebecca Bricker is a memoirist, novelist, travel writer and blogger, who lives out of her suitcase but finds herself at home in Florence, Italy, and Pasadena, California. Her other books are a memoir entitled “Tales from Tavanti: An American Woman’s Mid-Life in Italy” and the novel “Not a True Story.” This program is free and all ages are welcome. Space is limited and on a firstarrival basis. This is an event of The Living Room …a place for adults program series. For more information, visit smpl.org or contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600. The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair-accessible. For special disabled services, call Library Administration (310) 458-8606 one week prior to the event. The Main Library is directly served by Big Blue Bus lines 1, 7, R7, 8, and R10. Big Blue Bus lines 2, 3, 3M, 5, and 9 also stop within a short walking distance. Ride your bike. Bicycle parking racks are available at the library. - SUBMITTED BY JUDITH S. GRAHAM, PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN
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Animal Shelter Show & Tail chase. Some hatmaking experience required, but beginners can get started by making a fascinator with Leslie. Cost $20. Register at https://apm.activecommunities.com/santamonicarecreation/A ctivity_Search?detailskeyword=hatmakers or call (310) 458-2239. 1450 Ocean Ave., 1 - 4 p.m.
Santa Monica Public Library hosts ‘The Living Room presents Game On: Board Games and Coloring for Adults’ Head to the library on Wednesday, April 20 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., for “Game On: Board Games and Coloring for Adults” in the Community Room at the Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Adults want to have fun, too. Join in for a regular series of programs designed to inspire adults to get in touch with the big kid inside. Programs include crafts, DIY hands-on projects, vintage television show and movie screenings, and more. Relax and have fun creating, coloring, enjoying refreshments and relaxing to music. This month, play board games and enjoy relaxing while coloring beautiful images. Games available include Monopoly, Life, Scrabble, Clue and more. All materials are supplied; all you need to bring is your game savvy and creativity. This program is free and open to the
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Learn how the Santa Monica Animal Shelter works to help save animals, from dogs to horses to turtles--and maybe even meet an animal friend. Ages 5 & up. [A limited number of tickets are given out on a first-come, first-served basis, 15 minutes before the program, at the Information Desk. A ticket is required to attend.] Montana Avenue Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
A separate study area, basic supplies, and volunteers to assist with homework questions. Grades 1 - 5. Pico Branch Library, 2201 Pico Blvd., 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Arts Commission Meeting Regular meeting of the Santa Monica Arts Commission. Ken Edwards Center, 6:30 p.m.
Movie Screening: ‘The Danish Girl’
public. Seating is limited and on a first arrival basis. Drop-ins are welcome. This event is part of The Living Room…a place for adults program series. For more information, visit smpl.org or contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600. The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair-accessible. For special disabled services, call Library Administration (310) 458-8606 one week prior to the event. The Main Library is directly served by Big Blue Bus lines 1, 7, R7, 8, and R10. Big Blue Bus lines 2, 3, 3M, 5, and 9 also stop within a short walking distance. Ride your bike. Bicycle parking racks are available at the library. - SUBMITTED BY JUDITH S. GRAHAM, PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN
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a painting by his wife Gerday (Alicia Vikander), Danish artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) becomes enamored with his feminine identity and begins living as a woman. Montana Avenue Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Architectural Review Board Meeting The ARB generally meets on the first and third Mondays of each month unless there is a holiday. Meetings are held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall unless otherwise noted. City Hall, 7 p.m.
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If we assume an approximate population density of 1.7 people per unit (given the higher than typical bedroom count of these buildings), this represents about an 857-person increase, a 1 percent increase in the City’s current population of 94,000 and is actually a 25 percent increase in the downtown population. This is a steep increase - in less than a year, equal to 33 percent more than L.A. County’s annual average population increase over the last five years. Looking forward, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) anticipates Santa Monica’s population to grow by about 453 people per year till 2040. By that standard we have just approved housing at about twice the projected annual growth rate.
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The DCP expects to add between 155 and 201 units downtown each year over the next 15 years. So in less than a year we have already approved three years worth of new housing.
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4) HOW WILL THESE PROJECTS AFFECT TRAFFIC?
Almost 3/4 of the residents who reside in our downtown commute via single occupancy cars each day. We hypothesize that this tendency is not likely to change soon for two simple reasons: the EXPO line does not provide true connectivity to all the workplaces of our new residents, and the high rents charged for these new units will be primarily only affordable to people who own cars and are inclined to use them. Automobile use will increase as more new residents crowd into downtown. This is an area already projected to have 24 of its 44 studied intersections operating at “fair” to “failure” level within the next 14 years (15 of them are already operating at “fair” to “failure” level). However the good news is that these projects have as many bicycle parking spaces as car parking spaces. So hopefully, increased bicycle use and the opening of the Metro will somewhat mitigate our future traffic woes.
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Ordinance envisions adding dense new housing in the downtown area. We can now see how well that housing goal is being met. What is undoubtedly true is that recent housing approvals have been massive. In the past nine months the Planning Commission has permitted four large downtown mixeduse projects (see table on Page 5). To put these numbers into context, we can now answer some basic questions:
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These buildings will perform much better than comparable buildings built in the last decade because of stringent new energy codes. Particular attention has been given to water conservation, and some buildings will
utilize the street run-off from the City’s stormwater recycling system for landscape irrigation. However, rainwater is only available on a sporadic basis. It is unfortunate that the new residential projects’ photovoltaic roof areas are so small in relation to their large power demands (elevators, lights, airconditioning etc.) that they will generate less than 10 percent of their energy needs. They are also woefully unprepared for the expected surge in electric car recharging demand. Thus the new buildings are nowhere near the California stated goal of being “net-zero buildings” that generate as much power as they use. 6) HOW WILL THESE BUILDINGS AFFECT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
Estimating school population is an inexact science. Currently the downtown population contains very few children. We may expect up to 15 percent of the new residents to be of school age (16 percent of Los Angeles County’s population is school age). With no local elementary school easily accessible within the downtown boundaries, many of these new students will have to be driven to school each day, thereby increasing traffic. According to the Downtown Environmental Impact Report the closest elementary school, Roosevelt, is at capacity, and is unprepared for any expansion. 7) HOW WILL THESE BUILDINGS HELP AFFORDABILITY?
The good news is that about 23 percent of the units are affordably deed-restricted. SCAG would like Santa Monica to build 239 units per year till 2021. In fact, in only nine months, our City has approved two years worth of the SCAG housing targets. It should be noted that the 64 affordable units mandated for the 500 Broadway project are planned for a separate parcel on the eastern edge of the new downtown. These units are still in the approval process. Thus, they are not included in the area and parking data of the chart above. Because of the desirability of Santa Monica, increasing the number of units will not reduce overall housing prices. The wealthy few will always outbid the middle class or poor for any available units that are not deedrestricted. This is not unusual when supply is limited (in our case by being a built-out, very densely populated city) and the demand is effectively infinite. Santa Monica is coveted by the wealthy of the world. We cannot satiate all the demand for beachside housing. Developers salivate at the possibilities of creating new market rate housing, hotels and offices in our town while throwing us a few bones of low cost housing. Yes, there is an affordability crisis in Santa Monica. But we must be clear - we cannot produce enough affordable units for a full spectrum of incomes in our city even if we saturate the city with multiple “Plaza’s At Santa Monica”. 8) IN SUMMARY: WHAT IS THE TAKE-HOME FROM THE LATEST ROUND OF DOWNTOWN APPROVALS?
A) By any rational metric, Santa Monica is exceeding its housing goals. If we were to approve no other housing for the next two or three years, we would still be meeting our fair share of regional housing. SEE SMA.R.T. PAGE 5
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B) Our City government must consider the burden that is shouldered as we provide more than our fair share of new housing in our built-out town. Our downtown is increasingly impacted and our mobility devices (streets, busses, bikes, light rail) have not yet proven to be able to absorb this growth without escalating gridlock. EXPO’s impact is still unknown: it will surely be beneficial over the coming decades but traffic jams in Santa Monica will not magically end on May 20. They may actually increase because of the train’s effect on intersections. The City’s water supplies are not growing as fast as the potential water demand. If our population grows at about 1 percent a year, yet we need to reduce our water consumption 8 percent a year to reach self-sufficiency by 2020, then this growth does not help our water sustainability targets. Likewise, schools and open spaces are not ready for this increased burden. In short, this much growth, if continued, is unsustainable and
should be slowed down to allow our infrastructure (in the broadest sense), parks and schools to catch up. All the costs of this growth are eventually borne directly or indirectly by the city’s taxpayers and by the environment we all live in. In conclusion, there is no housing production shortage in Santa Monica. There are those who are using the myth of an alleged housing shortage as a Trojan horse. They expect to cram an unsustainable amount of building into our town to increase their profits at public expense. These developers and their supporters expect our residents to meekly bear the burden of this ruanaway unsustainable growth. They want us to ignore the sustainability and livability impacts of that burden.
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the state had failed to show California’s hiring and firing rules were unconstitutional. “The court’s job is merely to determine whether the statutes are constitutional, not if they are ‘a good idea,’” presiding Justice Roger Boren wrote in the 3-0 opinion. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge who found evidence to “shock the conscience” had sided with students two years ago who claimed that incompetent teachers were almost impossible to fire because of tenure laws and that schools in poor neighborhoods were dumping grounds for bad teachers. The ruling was stayed pending appeal, so it never went into effect, but if upheld had threatened to shake up public schools that teach more than 6 million students from kindergarten through 12th grade statewide. A lawyer for the plaintiffs said they were disappointed, but called it a “temporary setback” and expected to appeal to the California Supreme Court. “The Court of Appeal’s decision mistakenly blames local school districts for the egregious constitutional violations students are suffering each and every day,” attorney Theodore Boutrous Jr. said in a written statement. “The irrational, arbitrary, and abominable laws at issue in this case shackle school districts and impose severe and irreparable harm on students.” In reversing that decision, the appellate panel said the trial highlighted problems with tenure and layoff statutes and showed the “deleterious impact” of staffing decision on poor and minority students. But it said state law wasn’t to blame. “Some principals rid their schools of highly ineffective teachers by transferring them to other schools, often to low-income schools,” Boren wrote. “This phenomenon is
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extremely troubling and should not be allowed to occur, but it does not inevitably flow from the challenged statutes.” The closely watched case highlighted tensions between teacher unions, school leaders, lawmakers and well-funded education reform groups over whether policies like tenure and firing teachers with the least seniority keep ineffective instructors in the classroom, particularly in already low-performing schools. Teachers have long argued that tenure protects them from being fired on a whim, preserves academic freedom and helps attract talented teachers to a profession that doesn’t pay well. Attorney Michael Rubin, who defended teachers unions in the case, said the court’s decision was “huge.” “It puts to rest — we believe forever — the constitutional attacks on job security for teachers,” Rubin said. The Vergara v. State of California lawsuit, including Beatriz Vergara among the public school student plaintiffs, was backed by Students Matter, a nonprofit group founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch. Attorneys for the state and teachers unions had argued that the case was never about helping students and should be overturned because no evidence was presented showing the disputed statutes were the cause of educational inequalities. The case has inspired others like it. After the trial court ruling in Vergara, a suit was filed in New York contending that teacher tenure and layoffs by seniority deprive students of a sound, basic education as guaranteed under the state constitution. Lawyers for New York’s teachers union have asked for the case to be dismissed. Before the ruling came down, a similar lawsuit was filed in Minnesota by a group of parents and a national education reform group.
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utive director. “They’re learning how to research where they want their business to be and how to run a social media campaign. “For that kid who’s a quirky doodler who didn’t know what they could do with their drawings, now they’re the person behind the marketing platform and creating a logo. The girl who was a math genius, she’s now the CFO. Whatever their skill is, they know what they can do with that skill when they graduate from high school.” Santa Monica has played a major role in the growth of Project ECHO, an acronym for Entrepreneurial Concepts Hands On. Samohi was one of the first area high schools to partner with the organization, which was launched 20 years ago. With the help of the nonprofit, which was originally created to help high school students start on-campus businesses, Santa Monica High students launched a flower shop, a catering company and a valet service. A former Samohi teacher, Terry Jones, later helped Project ECHO develop the curriculum that it now offers to high school throughout the region. Starting each school year, students attend business boot camps and mentor days. The
aspiring entrepreneurs form groups, develop formal business plans and figure out how they would sell their products and services. About 75 teams attended the semifinals March 13 at Loyola Marymount University. The remaining finalists are now vying for top-three recognition in three separate categories: technology, retail and food/beverage. At Samohi, Amy Matsushima, Emily Flavin and Leslie Vasquez devised software called Attendachip that would digitally track school attendance. Coby Sayyah and Mike Choi conceived Solartron, which would harness solar energy to control vehicle temperatures. And Madison Ambriz and Emily Dorsey came up with Healthy Skin Cosmetics, which includes an aloe-infused moisturizer for sensitive skin and a concealer that features tee tree oil. Samohi teacher Mariam Shafiey serves as their advisor. Evan Milnor, an MBA candidate at UCLA, has been available as a mentor. Real-world business leaders will serve as judges at the upcoming contest, assessing the students’ written proposals and oral presentations to decide which projects they would be most likely to fund. “A lot of coaching and mentoring goes on between the leaders and the students,” Quast said. “It’s a phenomenal networking opportunity.”
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ent and also different in many other ways. Thank goodness!â€? But along with the compliments she would receive, she would also get comments that she didn’t find so complimentary. “As a fighter, I was told often that I was too pretty to be a boxer,â€? she said. “Which really meant in their mind, that I was not capable ‌ fast forward five years and it dawned on me that I was not the only girl/woman experiencing these comments. There were business owners, surfers, managers, racecar drivers, writers, bodybuilders and the list goes on.â€? And so, due to her experiences with this kind of response to her boxing, Williams created the Too Pretty brand in late 2015 with a few lines of T-shirts and halter tops. “They were a hit. No pun intended,â€? Williams said. Williams has since taken her brand to social media. “I feel like in order to keep the brand authentic and create a community and culture around it, social media must be one of the main avenues,â€? Williams said. “With social media you can engage with those who follow you and that is what should be happening. The #tooprettymovement launched April 1 and has really taken off. Our social media platforms started to grow and the #tooprettymovement began.â€? Williams that that, currently her movement is in full effect with an Instagram project. “Girls and women are posting a black and white photo of them holding a cardboard sign on which they have written what they are ‘Never Too Pretty’ to do. They use hash tags #nevertoopretty, #tooprettymovement and #thebeautyinstrength and explain what it means to them. We then ask them to send us the pics and text and post [them] on our profile.â€? Amanda McGrew, a P.E. teacher and basketball coach at the Willows Community School in Culver City, got involved with the Too Pretty brand after taking an introductory lesson at William’s boxing club. “She could tell I was an athlete of some sort, and she reached out to me and asked if
I would be interested in discussing the brand and what it stands for,� McGrew said. “Being so involved in youth physical education and athletics, I thought it was an incredible message for young kids, females especially.� McGrew said that the brand is important because it gives young girls a new perspective. “It allows them to be comfortable in their own skin, and reminds them that they can be whatever they want to be and should be proud of it. The power of social media has done wonders for the Too Pretty Brand movement. It allows young girls all over the world to see other women of all ages, demographics, and backgrounds who are proud to be who they are. “The other women involved with the Too Pretty Brand are amazing role models for females who might struggle fighting against a stereotype or a stigma that they can’t seem to get away from. I have honored and proud to be part of such an incredible brand, with a message that makes me want to keep working hard and connecting with my students and athletes. Williams hope for Too Pretty is that it touches those girls and women who are in or thinking about getting involved in something that is not traditionally “for gals.� “To empower them so that they know they are ‘never too pretty’ to do anything! Financially my hope is to grow large enough that I can support girls and women out there who are starting something. It could be a business, an art project, a sport, etc. Overall the goal is to support all of my sisters out there of any age.� Williams is launching a Kickstarter campaign for the brand May 1. The rewards that will be available are all new to the brand, including a new youth t-shirt, women’s sleevless flowy shirt, women’s slouchy long sleeved shirt, men’s long sleeved hoody tshirt, Too Pretty designed boxing gloves and hand wraps as well as a training day with Williams. All of the items will have unique gold designs and the slouchy long sleeved shirt will have a one-of-a-kind design created by artist Kyra Kendall. For more information, go to https://tooprettybrand.com. jennifer@smdp.com
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★★★ Once more, others follow your lead. You call the shots, whether you know it or not. Do stop and check in with an older friend or relative. Your time might be precious, but you have no idea how much your attention is appreciated. Tonight: Paint the town red.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ Make an effort to explain yourself to someone who frequently expresses at least surprise at your behavior and actions. Sometimes this person might be shocked. Tonight: Entertain at home.
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important or serious. You will find the end result surprising and not what you’d anticipated. Even if you doubt it, in the long run you will see how much better off you are with the unexpected finale. News from a distance could easily provoke some travel. Tonight: Treat a loved one to dinner at a special place.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★ Make it OK to vanish during the daylight hours. You don’t need to confess what your plans are. You might just want to snooze or visit with an old friend. Tonight: Take on a challenge.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★ Go into the office if you have to complete a project. You will feel good with the sense of accomplishment you gain. In fact, you might quickly finish up more than one pending must-do. Later today, sort through invitations; decide who, where and when. Tonight: You are not allowed to be alone.
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DBAS Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name Document Record # 2015266414 Current File No.# 2016059352 State of California, County of Los Angeles The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious Business name: SIGNAWORX, 10041 MARCUS AVE, TUJUNGA, CA, 91042 The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on 10/19/2015 in the county of LOS ANGELES. Registered owners: ARA TAROYANS. 10041 MARCUS AVE, TUJUNGA, CA, 91042. This business is conducted by: An INDIVIDUAL /s/ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 03/11/2016 Published: SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS: 04/09/16, 04/16/16, 04/23/16, 04/30/16 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2016058775 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 03/10/2016 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GENERAL LIVING SOLUTIONS. 4256 MICHAEL AVE. , LOS ANGELES, CA 90066. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: JOHN ERNST 4256 MICHAEL AVE. LOS ANGELES, CA 90066. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:JOHN ERNST. JOHN ERNST. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 03/10/2016. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 04/09/2016, 04/16/2016, 04/23/2016, 04/30/2016.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2016059353 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 03/11/2016 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PACIFIC NETWORX. 10041 MARCUS AVE , TUJUNGA, CA 91042. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: ARA TAROYANS 10041 MARCUS AVE TUJUNGA, CA 91042. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:ARA TAROYANS. ARA TAROYANS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 03/11/2016. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 04/09/2016, 04/16/2016, 04/23/2016, 04/30/2016.
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