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Comedian Bobbie Oliver takes on misogynistic comedy scene

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opinion ....................................................................3 Letters ........................................................5

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news ........................................................................7 Chemical Reaction Residents and community leaders speak out against the county’s use of Roundup in Pasadena. — André Coleman

Missing the Beat Rolling Stones concert, Arroyo Music Fest postponed.

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Standing Up When Bobbie Oliver grew tired of the misogynistic comedy scene, she created her own. — Carl Kozloswki

life ......................................................................... 13 Restaurant Review ......................................13 Consider This.............................................15 Bulletin .....................................................16

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Arts ........................................................................23 Into the Night .............................................25 Trax..........................................................26

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WEB EXCLUSIVE Death by Racing: Feinstein and Chu call for suspension of racing at Santa Anita ABOUT THE COVER: Photo of Darian Donner and Dorothy Wong by Catherine Bauknight

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Kevin Uhrich kevinu@pasadenaweekly.com DEPUTY EDITOR

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Patti Carmalt-Vener, Justin Chapman, Peter Dreier, Randy Jurado Ertll, Barry Gordon, John Grula, Aaron Harris, Chip Jacobs, Rebecca Kuzins, Jana J. Monji, Christopher Nyerges, Lionel Rolfe, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Ellen Snortland,

TOP NOTCH I cannot thank you and the rest of the Pasadena Weekly staff enough for providing the great publicity for the library and the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library’s presentation of Emmy Award-winning actor Bill a fan Oberst in his portrayal of Ray Bradbury in “Ray Bradbury Live (forever)” on Friday. Bill’s show was a big hit with our audience. At the end of his show, Bill received a rousing standing ovation from the audience that he well deserved. During the debut of his 90-minute play he never hesitated or paused — except when it was intentional. Carl Kozlowski’s feature article was top notch once again and the front page coverage was unbeatable (“A Fan ‘Forever,’” March 21). We thanked you (PW) and Carl during the event and put out some copies of PW which were snapped up quickly. We really appreciate the time and interest (Carl) spent in interviewing Bill Oberst. His attention to detail really showed, as did his writing skills. We highly appreciate the support your newspaper has generously given us over the years in helping us draw audiences for many of our performances. As you do, we work hard to serve and please the community. Eternal thanks, ~ STEVE FJELDSTED DIRECTOR SOUTH PASADENA PUBLIC LIBRARY 03.21.19 | PASADENAWEEKLY.COM | GREATER PASADENA’S FREE NEWS AND D EEN ENTERTAINMENT NTE TERT R TAI A IN NM MEN ENT WE ENT WEEK WEEKLY EK K LLYY

ACTOR BILL OBERST JR. CHANNELS RAY BRADBURY IN FREE SHOW AT SOUTH PASADENA LIBRARY BY CARL KOZLOWSKI

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TAP THAT WEALTH One of the most disturbing facts about our capitalist nation is the misappropriation of funds directed to the salaries of entertainers. Everyone should agree that the value an athlete, movie star, talk-show host, team owner, etcetera, brings to the average citizen is very small. Granted, they do offer a minuscule of diversion from our daily trials and tribulations, as did the jesters in the king’s court during the Middle Ages. But to allow these entertainers to horde such great amounts of wealth at the expense of more benevolent societal programs is unacceptable. They do not provide a product or a service, so why are they rewarded as such? Our society is also subjected to the “profound wisdom” of these people because it equates wealth with influence. Perhaps a solution to this problem and an alternative to defeated school levies, crumbling infrastructures, as well as all the programs established to help feed, clothe and shelter those

who cannot help themselves would be to tax this undeserved wealth. Entertainers could keep 1 percent of the gross earnings reaped from their endeavor and 99 percent could be deposited into the public coffers. The old ideas of the redistribution of wealth have failed, and it is time to adapt to modern-day preferences. People put their money into entertainment above everything else. Isn’t it time to tap that wealth? Does anyone think this will reduce the quality of entertainment? It seems to me that when entertainers received less income, the quality was much higher. ~ JOE BIALEK CLEVELAND

WASTED TIME Regarding the change in time every six months, let me say this about that: It is obsolete! Daylight Saving Time (DST) was created back in the 19th century to help farmers harvest their crops, with longer hours at harvest time. That need is long gone. There are far fewer farmers now than 100 years ago (90 percent fewer). The need for time changes is long gone. This is the 21st century. We no longer need such an archaic system of time changing. Let’s get rid of it NOW! Move time forward in the spring, one hour, then keep it that way permanently! I wrote to Sen. Dianne Feinstein several times to suggest the permanent change. Ditto for my representative. Results: Negative. Zilch. Nada. Useless effort on my part. Wasted my valuable time writing to them about that idea. ~ JOHN JAY VIA EMAIL

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•HUTCH REPORT• BY EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON

THE BIG WIN

TRUMP HAD MUELLER BEAT BEFORE THE RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE PROBE STARTED

resident Trump did not tweet, rant, or point his fi nger at Special Counsel Robert Mueller when he delivered his report to Attorney General William Barr. Trump, in fact, said nothing. He didn’t have to. He won by relentlessly and ruthlessly ramming into the public consciousness the words “no collusion,” “witch hunt,” and “hoax” about the Mueller investigation. Trump won when his fervid base supporters shouted, screamed, and stomped “lock her up,” the “her” being Hillary Clinton. He won when he fi red Attorney General William Sessions whose only real sin in Trump’s eye was his recusal from the investigation. He won when his acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker made clear that he would be the sole arbiter of what was released or not in the Mueller Report. He won when his permanent Attorney General Barr pretty much hewed to the same line. He won when he dithered, dodged and finally scuttled any notion that he’d do a face-to-face interview with Mueller’s team. He won two decades earlier, during the probe by then-Special Counsel Kenneth Starr into the Clinton-Lewinsky-Whitewater scandals, when the Justice Department did not specify that a special counsel’s finding had to be released to the public. With full knowledge of this, Trump won when he craftily and pithily said, “Let the public see the report.” He didn’t mean it, but he could say it, because he knew that he and Barr would make the final call on what the public and Congress could see. The president had several powerful weapons to further secure his win. One was executive privilege. This gives him the right to label anything in the report that he and Barr consider a grave security danger if made public. And since virtually the entire focus and purpose of the Mueller investigation was to get to the bottom of what Trump did or didn’t do with Russian bots in the 2016 presidential election, that inevitably meant that the pair could claim that release of any information pertaining to this could jeopardize a secret source of intelligence about Russian government activities. In theory, there are limits to this. Courts ruled against Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama in several instances in which they tried to invoke executive privilege to shield documents from public and congressional perusal. And most famously, Nixon lost his battle to scuttle any release of the tapes that caught him red-handed telling lies about his role in the Watergate crimes. However, the courts at the same time did not challenge the right of presidents to invoke executive privilege if they could make the case that release of documents would imperil national security or impede ongoing investigations — criminal or otherwise. Another weapon in Trump’s hide-the-report arsenal was to argue that release of some material could compromise other criminal investigations and possible prosecutions. Then there was the grand jury shield. Mueller relied on grand juries in several cases. Rules bar any public disclosure of grand jury documents and proceedings. While the courts could rule that this information be released to Congress, the chances of that happening are slim to none. And any such ruling would almost quickly be appealed. In fact, almost certainly any of the many maneuvers that House Democrats will use to try and pry the full report out of the White House will be appealed, thus igniting long-winded and long drawn out court battles. Trump even won with the House’s unanimous vote for the full public release of the Mueller report. It was nonbinding. Thus, it was pure symbolism. It has absolutely no legal weight in compelling Barr to make public the full report. Trump’s scored his biggest win, though, not in the pages of the report, or what it says or doesn’t say, or whether or not it can be released. This big win came with his cynical but masterful political ploy of selling the pitch to his loyalists and the GOP that the entire Russia probe was nothing more than a massive vindictive move by Democrats sour over their White House loss to him. He sold this line so well that Democratic leaders have now quickly backpedaled from any talk of impeachment. Trump didn’t need to tweet or take a victory lap after Mueller fi nished his job. He had defeated Mueller before the game even started. ■ Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is the author of “The Russia Probe: What Did Trump Know, And When Did He Know It?” (Middle Passage Press) https://www. amazon.com/dp/B07L46G65X, and a weekly co-host of “The Al Sharpton Show” on Radio One. He is the host of the weekly “Hutchinson Report” on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles and the Pacifica Network. 6 PASADENA WEEKLY | 04.04.19

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ROLLING STONES CONCERT, ARROYO MUSIC FEST POSTPONED

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17 MILLION IN NEED OF AID IN IRAQ AS FIGHTING RAGES ON

WEB EXCLUSIVE CALL FOR A HALT FEINSTEIN AND CHU WANT RACING AT SANTA ANITA SUSPENDED

CHEMICAL REACTION RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE COUNTY’S USE OF ROUNDUP IN PASADENA BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

t a special meeting of the Pasadena City Council on March 27, Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella confirmed that county officials sprayed a controversial weed killer in Hahamongna Watershed Park as part of a sediment removal project, but insisted that it presented no danger to city workers or local residents. “There have been no signs or health indicators that have indicated that glyphosate was a molecule for cancer-causing up to this point,” Pestrella said, speaking of the popular herbicide Roundup, which contains glyphosate. The signature ingredient of the widely used herbicide has been linked to cancer. Currently, hundreds of court cases are wending their way through the judicial system by cancer patients claiming the weed killer caused their illnesses. Hours after Pestrella’s comment at the special meeting, a judge ordered Bayer, makers of Roundup, to pay Edward Hardeman $75 million, after a jury ruled Hardeman contracted

non-Hodgkin lymphoma due to exposure to glyphosate. The 70year old used Roundup for 26 years. In August, a state civil court jury found that Roundup was responsible for a school groundskeeper’s terminal cancer. Dewayne Johnson was spraying the chemical 20 to 30 times a year while working at a school district near San Francisco. According to Pestrella, the county has been using about 3,000 gallons of Roundup mixed with water annually. The revelation came during an 8 a.m. special meeting of the City Council with Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger. Weed Abatement The herbicide was being used to destroy invasive weeds that can kill native plants in the habitat restoration part of the county’s Big Dig project in Hahamongna Watershed Park. The project includes removing 1.7 million cubic yards of sediment

Democratic US Sen. Dianne Feinstein and US Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) on Tuesday called for the suspension of horse racing at Santa Anita Park following the death of another horse, bringing the number of thoroughbreds euthanized to 23. “The death of a single horse is a tragedy, but as a lifelong lover of horses, I’m appalled that almost two dozen horses have died in just four months,” wrote Feinstein in a letter to Chuck Winner, chairman of the California Horse Racing Board. Chu called for a congressional inquiry into the deaths. “We want to have a thorough investigation into what went on and drugs that were being used that same day. I feel we need national standards and a board that would oversee the industry in the United States,” said Chu. The latest fatality occurred Sunday when 5-year-old gelding Arms Runner injured his right front leg and fell during the San Simeon Stakes. The horse was later euthanized, becoming the 23rd racehorse put to death after suffering an accident since Dec. 26. The incident happened two days after the track reopened following extensive tests on the surface to determine its safety. The deaths have baffled track officials. Many people claim that measures to maintain the track after heavy rains during this year’s unusually wet winter have led to the horses’ deaths. The accidents forced track officials to ban several substances and the whipping of horses. Last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office assigned investigators to look into the deaths. A horse’s leg contains 80 of the 205 bones in the animal’s body. Leg bones are so light that instead of fracturing, a horse’s bones tend to shatter, which makes repair almost impossible. The deaths have prompted Care2, an activist website that connects social justice advocates around the world, has collected 83,000 signatures of the 600,000 needed to prompt a ballot initiative to determine whether horse racing should be allowed in California. “While this incident happened during competition on a track that has been deemed by independent experts to be safe, we are working closely with the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to understand if there was anything additional that we could have done to prevent today’s tragedy,” according to the track’s statement. — André Coleman

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ROLLING STONES CONCERT, ARROYO MUSIC FEST POSTPONED BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

Rose Bowl officials said on Monday that the Arroyo Seco Music Festival and a Rolling Stones concert in the iconic stadium have been postponed. Darryl Dunn Officials will not discuss why the music festival, which started in 2017, has been put off, but Rose Bowl General Manager Darryl Dunn did say the event would happen later this year. “It will be sometime in 2019,” Dunn said. The two-day festival has attracted some big names, including Tom Petty, Mumsford and Sons, the Pretenders and Neil Young. The Rose Bowl Operating Co. (RBOC) signed a 10-year contract with promoter Goldenvoice in 2015, but questions began to arise in late February after a lineup was not announced. Last year tickets went on sale on March 9, and the event was held on June 28 and June 29. Music festivals have become financial booms in numerous communities. In 2014, Indio’s Coachella grossed $78.3 million and was attended by 600,000 people. The Outland Festival in San Francisco drew over 200,000 attendees and grossed more than $19 million. The Arroyo Music Festival made $2 million in 2017 and $2.5 million last year, according to Dunn. Attendance both years totaled 25,000, Dunn said. In 2016, Dunn told the Pasadena Weekly that the RBOC was depending on the festival to keep the historic stadium in the black. In 2015, the RBOC voted not to hold negotiations with the NFL that could have allowed a team to play in the stadium while a new facility is being built. Even prior to that vote, the RBOC had been taking on musical events as a viable third long-term tenant in the stadium, alongside the Tournament of Roses and UCLA. Last week, the Rolling Stones announced that they were canceling their tour, including a May 4 appearance in the Rose Bowl after a doctor informed lead singer Mick Jagger that he should not tour. On Tuesday, several news outlets reported that Jagger will undergo surgery on his heart valve this Friday in New York. “We apologize for any inconvenience this causes those who have tickets to shows but wish to reassure fans to hold onto these existing tickets, as they will be valid for rescheduled dates, which will be announced shortly,” the band posted on Twitter. n

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CITY DEPARTMENTS TEAM UP TO TAKE ON CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

In an effort to combat rising homelessness, the Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD) ,in partnership with the Pasadena Fire Department, has launched the Pasadena Outreach Response Team Michael Johnson (PORT). PORT’s goal is to identify individuals who are chronically homeless and, through supportive services and case management, help them get off the streets and into permanent housing. “Homelessness is a public health issue,” Michael Johnson, director of Pasadena’s Public Health Department, said in a prepared statement. “Due to its complex nature and the urgent need to address the health and social disparities faced by the homeless population, innovative approaches are needed to facilitate access to vital services, such as medical care, mental health and behavioral care, and social services,” Johnson said. There has been a significant increase in the number of individuals who are homeless, especially among older adults, according to the city of Pasadena 2018 Homeless Count. At the time of that count, there were 677 homeless people, an 18 percent increase from the count in 2017 (575), and a 28 percent jump from 2016 (530). PORT, a street-based approach that “engages, assesses, serves and provides links to housing opportunities” for the chronically homeless, is a team comprised of a case manager, or social worker, a public health nurse, a firefighter, and an outreach worker from Union Station Homeless Services. Since its inception in late 2018, PORT, according to the statement issued by the city, has enrolled 107 individuals, ranging from ages 20 to 79. PORT street-based services include: · Outreach · Intensive case management · Basic health screenings · Linkage to housing programs · Supportive services The project is supported through a five-year grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). For more information, contact PPHD’s Social and Mental Health Division at (626) 744-6339. n 8 PASADENA WEEKLY | 04.04.19

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over the next three to five years, in part to free up compromised spillways in Devil’s Gate Dam which they say could be blocked by sediment during a major storm. Such blockage could cause the dam to overflow into the Arroyo Seco, which includes the Rose Bowl and Brookside Park. The Pasadena Weekly reported last month that Roundup was being sprayed by county workers at a heliport in Northeast Pasadena. County officials began meeting to evaluate the use of the herbicides and pesticides after the newspaper spoke to several officials. “As a cancer survivor I am hypersensitive to this issue,” Barger said at Wednesday’s meeting. “There are people who have had immune systems compromised, who are more susceptible.” Barger was scheduled to meet with local resident Darian Donner on Monday to discuss the county’s use of the popular herbicide. “They keep doing it until somebody stops them,” said Donner, who told the Pasadena Weekly last month that she saw county workers spraying the weed killer in Northeast Pasadena, Donner’s complaint eventually led to Barger’s county moratorium. “We need to analyze the area to make sure we are protecting it for our future generations,” Donner said. Like Donner, Altadena Town Council member Dorothy Wong also saw county workers spraying Roundup, this time in Hahamongna. “I asked them what they were using and they said Roundup,” Wong said. “This is before it became big news, and they said it’s safe, but I went home and looked it up online and saw the stories. The crew wasn’t wearing any safety equipment. I couldn’t believe it was happening. It’s a watershed. It is definitely not the place to be using herbicides.” Test the Water At that meeting, City Councilman Gene Masuda called on City Manager Steve Mermell to have the city’s water wells tested. “First of all, we are talking about a very dangerous chemical that I understand as being extremely harmful to the environment and to our health,” Masuda told the PW. “This poison can seep into our water system and cause negative health impacts to humans and animals.” Two weeks ago, the county Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion for a 30-day moratorium on the use of Roundup in LA County while several departments study its use. “It’s common knowledge that there have been serious concerns about Roundup, or glyphosate,” City Council member John Kennedy told Pestrella. “A number of juries have made a direct causal connection between that substance and cancer, so you can understand why some residents in the area would be concerned about the whole issue of transparency, given the fact that it took you some time to recognize that this was not a prudent way in which to remove invasive plants.”

The use of Roundup by the city of Pasadena was stopped in 2017 in areas where people recreate and congregate, and discontinued its use altogether last year, said City Manager Steve Mermell. Plugging the Nozzle Communities in 13 states, including California, have placed restrictions or bans on Roundup. In 2017, the city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department stopped spraying the weed killer within 100 feet of children’s play areas, recreation centers and dog parks. Burbank discontinued the use of Roundup in city parks for one year, and the Burbank Unified School District, ceased using the herbicide due to cancer concerns. Carlsbad adopted a policy that makes organic pesticides the preferred method for killing weeds. Nearby beach city Encinitas has banned the use of Roundup and other glyphosate-based weed killers in city parks. Irvine has stopped spraying Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides, and Thousand Oaks has a ban on glyphosate use on public golf courses. Petaluma officials are considering a ban on glyphosate for use in public parks, according to efficientgov.com, and Richmond has banned the use of glyphosate for all weed abatement activities conducted by the city. Roundup can be purchased at most hardware stores, despite calls to ban the product. According to the Department of Agriculture, in 2014, approximately 240 million pounds of glyphosate were sprayed in the US. As a result of widespread spraying, glyphosate has now been found to contaminate air, water and soil across vast expanses of the country. Biomonitoring studies have found glyphosate in the bodies of children and pregnant women in the Midwest. Women who were more heavily exposed to glyphosate during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to premature babies who weighed less than average. In 2018, researchers with the US Geological Survey (USGS) investigated 51 streams in nine Midwestern states, finding glyphosate in 18 of the streams. The high occurrence in the Midwest where crops are grown is not surprising. Glyphosate is regularly applied to genetically modified corn and soybeans in small doses just before harvest as a drying agent. Glyphosate kills the crop, drying it out so it can be harvested earlier than if the plant were allowed to die and dry naturally. According to testing performed last year, glyphosate has been found in popular oat-based cereals and other oat-based food marketed to children, including several cereals and breakfast bars made by General Mills and Quaker Oats. “I am glad the supervisor’s motion stopped it while they study it,” Wong said. “This is really an opportunity for the county to rethink this project and things like Roundup that are harmful to our community.” n

THE COUNT

As of Monday, 4051 days after the war in Afghanistan ended …

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American military service members (0 more than last week) were reported killed in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, according to The Associated Press.

million people are displaced in Iraq, and 11 million need humanitarian assistance, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The crisis is due to the violence between armed groups and government forces.

Iraqi soldiers were wounded Monday in Iraq when a bomb destroyed a military vehicle. According to CNN, no one has taken responsibility for the attack.

guards were killed in Syria on March 26 when gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint, CNN reported. ISIS has taken responsibility for the attack which came days after Syrian forces announced ISIS had been defeated. — Compiled by André Coleman

STANDING UP WHEN BOBBIE OLIVER GREW TIRED OF THE MISOGYNISTIC COMEDY SCENE, SHE CREATED HER OWN

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obbie obbi ob biee Ol bi Oliv Oliver iver iv er h has as b been een ee n pe perf performing rfor rf ormi or min mi ng ccomng om om been edy ed dy for for 30 years, yea ears rs,, as llong ongg as sshe’s on he’s b he’ een ee n married her husband i d tto h h b d and d fellow f ll comic, Chris. The art form and her spouse represent the two great loves of her life, but in 2013 some disturbing trends in the comedy scene motivated her to open the Tao Comedy Studio — a place where she could call the shots and take a stand against a seeming tidal wave of male comics engaging in extremely sexist and misogynistic humor. That decision came after spending nearly a decade teaching standup comedy classes at the Ice House in Pasadena, as well as years before that at Pasadena City College. She and Chris had long-established roots in Eagle Rock as well, but at the same time she opened Tao in Los Angeles, the couple was forced by rising rents to move to Pasadena, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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and she couldn’t be happier with both moves. “I’d been working on the book ‘Tao of Comedy: Embrace the Pause’ for years, and it all came together about the time that I ended up leaving the Ice House,” recalls Oliver. “I wanted to have the freedom to create more things and to not just teach, but also do shows my way. I wanted to create a situation where putting butts in seats was the last thing I worried about, and the quality of comedy came fi rst.” That decision has paid off in spades, as Oliver’s 50-seat venue is packed nightly with comics eager to perform in her shows, open mics or classes. The space is far more intimate than most comedy venues, but standup thrives when the energy between comics and audiences is intensified by intimacy, and Oliver further makes it work by making it clear at the start of every event that this is a place where audiences and comics will truly listen to each act. One other thing she also makes clear is that “rapey” jokes won’t be tolerated. Instead, Tao is a venue that provides a respite from the often-vile material that can be found at most open mics across the LA area, encouraging comics to put some thought into their craft while being a much-needed home for female comics in particular. “What my stage has become is this place for marginalized voices in comedy,” explains Oliver. “It’s female-focused, while most clubs around the world are very male oriented. We will have no less than 50 percent women on any show we do. “We also do a women’s open mic, an LGBT open mic and show, and we give the proceeds from the LGBT show to LA’s LGBT Center and we give the profits from our feminist show to the Downtown Women’s Shelter,” she adds. “We also have a sketch group that has a residency there called Women of Color Anonymous. We do that to make a space and have a voice for women of color.” The comedy scene and those who report on it have taken notice, with Tao winning the title of “Best Place for Women Comics” in one of LA Weekly’s Best of LA issues and “Best Safe Space Mic” and “Best Place to Do Your First Set” from the Open Mic Reviews blog. The impetus for establishing a home for nonsexist comedy came when she was a guest tweeter for a feminist organization and wrote a few tweets about her struggles as a woman in the comedy world. “All these women tweeted me saying they’d given up comedy due to being surrounded by rape jokes,” says Oliver. “I don’t want to stop anyone from doing anything elsewhere, but I want to create a space for people who feel left out. When people complain about racist, homophobic or misogynistic comics, people say, ‘Don’t go to comedy clubs,’ and people do stop going. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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“How is it good for comedy to tell people to stop going to clubs?” she continues. “I want women to know they don’t have to listen to rape jokes or jokes about beating up women. It got so bad. And when I asked the guys to stop doing it and explained that I’d been raped, they did it more. One in four women have been assaulted, so 25 percent in audience have been raped. Jokes about rape culture are OK — jokes calling out how victims are treated, how society treats rape victims — but pro-rape jokes, making light of rape or victim-blaming jokes, are not allowed.” Oliver’s hardline stance helped quickly clean house on the worst offenders, but she was gratified to fi nd that even many male comics thanked her for putting a stop to the vile wing of their ranks. She has also produced a feminist comedy festival for the past five years, a move that came about after she was excited to be chosen for a Las Vegas festival but found that one meet-and-greet session with a club booker was held at a strip club. A Georgia native, Oliver fi rst took the stage at the Punchline club in Atlanta on her 21st birthday and instantly fell in love with the experience. Upon graduating from college, she performed full-time for six years across the Southeast before opting to move to LA in 1997. She and Chris — who’s also an English as a second language teacher at Pasadena City College — have an easygoing partnership, as he helps run shows and open mics while she teaches all the classes. “It took me a couple years to figure out I liked the LA comedy scene, because I had to start all over again and I didn’t know that LA clubs don’t pay comedians much,” says Oliver. “I got a real job and just started doing comedy contests and shows, started working at PCC and it occurred to me that I might have something to offer as a comedy class teacher. At that point I’d been doing comedy for 15 years, and now I’ve been teaching 15 years.” Oliver’s fascination with applying the Chinese philosophy of Taoism to comedy came from the belief system’s focus on “dedication, mindfulness, being in the present moment, and being authentic and organic and not contrived. When I fi rst started teaching at PCC, I had to learn how to teach and I realized I was answering people with what I learned from studying Eastern philosophy. Someone asked what their persona was and I said ‘who’s asking the question?’ To me, the answer is yourself. “For too many people, comedy became a marketing scheme, a means to an end,” says Oliver, who has four comedy albums, including her latest “Rebel Grrrl,“ available on iTunes and other streaming sites. “Thousands of people have studied with me now, at least over 2,000,” she continues. “I do private sessions over Skype with people all over the country and even overseas. I feel I and everybody else forgot I’m a comic fi rst and foremost, but that will always be my fi rst love.” ■ The Tao Comedy Studio is at 131 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles. Visit taocomedystudio.com. 12 PASADENA WEEKLY | 04.04.19

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BONNIE B’S SMOKIN BBQ 1280 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, (626) 794-0132 bonniebssmokin.com $$ From Tulsa Oklahoma to Southern Cal. with a touch of New Orleans soul comes Bonnie B’s Bar B Que Heaven. Our 45-yearold traditional recipes are made with love. Try our new sweet pea’s double Fried burger made with our own sauces, soul bowl and homemade peach cobbler. Voted best BBQ & Soul food in Pasadena for our ribs, collard greens and Slim's Mac & Cheese. We are thankful and appreciate Pasadena.

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ollowing weeks of rain and cold weather (at least by Southern California’s standards) the past few weekends have made it an extremely welcome warm spring. And nothing quite says springtime like a big Sunday breakfast followed by a leisurely stroll around Old Pasadena. While I’ve been to Russell’s Restaurant on Fair Oaks Avenue before, as many people have, I decided to revisit with an eye toward what I’ve liked the most: Breakfast. We arrived around 9:45 a.m., at which point there was already a 40-minute wait, with a crowd both inside and right out front. It was a beautiful day, so we didn’t mind the wait, despite our hunger, and it was nice to watch the city waking up. Within 20 minutes of seeing cars go by, it started getting busier and busier, as employees made their way into neighboring stores to prepare for the day ahead, patrons showed up at surrounding restaurants, and more people continued to line up to snag a seat

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CAMERON’S SEAFOOD 1978 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 793-3474 Camerons4fish.com $$ Since 1984, Cameron’s Seafood has been serving its freshest seafood, and has become a landmark in Pasadena. Cameron’s brings the ocean home with their fresh catch being cooked over mesquite wood grills that burn all day long.Enjoy the very best Seafood, Steaks, Salad & Pasta! Voted Best Seafood in Pasadena Weekly for 27 years! Now you can order on-line: camerons4fish.com.

EL PORTAL 695 E. Green St., Pasadena (626)795-8553 Elportalrestaurant.com $$ Pasadena Weekly readers have been rewarding El Portal with the title of Best Mexican Food in the city for years. This charming little hacienda with brick walls, festive colors, fine art and a California elegant courtyard brings the authentic cuisine of Mexico and the Yucatan region to your table. 04.04.19 | PASADENA WEEKLY 13

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HILL STREET CAFÉ 1004 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge 818-952-1019 hillstreetcafelacanada.com $$ Hill Street Café is celebrating over 25 years of serving the community quality meals made of quality ingridients. we want to thank all of you who stuck with us during the remodeling process and we want to welcome back everyone else. in our recent remodel, we have added an outdoor patio, a bar and more dining area, we have created a relaxed ambience with a touch of modern but still retaining our extensive menu, our friendly service and most important a family atmosphere.

SHANDONG DUMPLINGS 80 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena 626-578-9777 227 W. Valley Blvd, 168 A, San Gabriel 626-308-3777 $ Shandong Dumplings is your Reader Recommended Winner for BEST DUMPLINGS in the 2018 Reader’s Poll! We have been a cornerstone in the greater Pasadena community and are well known for our outstanding cuisine, excellent service and friendly staff. Recognized for our modern interpretation of classic dishes and insistence on using only the highest quality, freshest ingredients. Open for Lunch and Dinner daily and until 2am Wed-Sat.

TOM'S FAMOUS FAMILY RESTAURANT 1130 E. Walnut St. Pasadena 626-577-7717 tomsfamous.com $ Please come and enjoy homemade breakfast lunch and dinner all made from scratch and FRESH. Nothing is ever served or made from a can. We pride ourselves as being the cleanest store with the best quality food and BEST service in town. Thank you PASADENA!!!!!

HIKARI SUSHI 2064 Verdugo Blvd. Montrose 818-957-1800 Hikarisushiglendale.com $$ Hikari Sushi in Montrose is open for business to serve you fresh sushi, with a variety of rolls. We are the first All You Can Eat Sushi Restaurant in the City of Glendale. Please join us! We are looking forward to serving you! KABUKI JAPANESE RESTAURANTS 88 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 568-9310 3539 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 351-8963 kabukirestaurants.com $$ When you walk into a Kabuki you won’t be overwhelmed with Asian decor and music. What you will encounter is a casual atmosphere with today’s hottest music playing, people smiling and our friendly staff welcoming you through the doors. Look for the Red Mask. Come eat, drink and have fun!

MARGARITA’S 155 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-4193 margaritaspasadena.com $$ At Margaritas Mexican Restaurant, our family has been sharing our authentic Mexican dishes with the wonderful people of Pasadena since 1977. Guests enter our warm, inviting space and leave as family -- with plenty of burritos, tortas, tostadas, fajitas, and more to be had in between! Our dishes incorporate and pay homage to the rich flavors of bustling mercados, corner taquerias, and seaside palapas. So visit us, eat to your heart's content at our mouthwatering lunch buffet, sip on a refreshing margarita, and feel at home. 14 PASADENA WEEKLY | 04.04.19

THE MIXX PASADENA 443 E Colorado Blvd. Pasadena (626) 500-0021 themixxpasadena.com $$ The Mixx Pasadena is a modern bar/lounge/ restaurant with live entertainment 5 days a week. Our menu hits the spot whether you’re in the mood for a savory munchie, a full lunch/ dinner, or a decadent dessert. Come to The Mixx to unwind for happy hour or a lively hangout…we’re the perfect spot!! TOPS WALNUT 1792 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 584-0244 topsburger.com $ At TOPS on Walnut & Allen, we maintain the original taste from 60 years ago. My father wanted to create food as close to homemade as possible. Our primary goal and focus is on taste, quality, freshness, cleanliness in our service and experienced staff. Most of our staff have been with us for more than twenty years. We invite you to come to TOPS on the corner of Walnut & Allen and taste the difference! Meet our staff and experience what quality service should be. The same quality service that has made us #1. ZELO GOURMET PIZZAS 328 E. Foothill Blvd.Arcadia 626-358-8298 myzelopizza.info $$ It’s the cornmeal crust that makes this pizzeria stand out from the rest. This locally owned establishment’s signature dish is the fresh, corn, balsamic-marinated, oven-roasted red onion pie. Zelo Pizzeria has expanded the dining room to better serve you, so come in and give Zelo Pizzeria a try.

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at beloved Russell's. The dining area inside Russell's is quite small, with a counter sharing floor space with cozy red booths and a number of tables. We were seated at one of the largest booths, one in the south corner, although there were only three of us. The interior largely emphasizes their menu, which consists of American classics, with Italian and French fare. For inspiration, Russell's red walls are adorned with images of famous artworks, such as Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” and “The Kiss,” by Gustav Klimt, which was hung just behind us. Chandeliers are hung throughout the narrow restaurant, an exposed brick wall lines the bar area, and bottles of wine are on display in more than one nook. While it took a few minutes for a server to acknowledge us, when we did fi nally order the food was ready to eat rather quickly. I went with the vegetarian breakfast burrito ($11.95) which surprisingly is a couple of dollars more than the regular breakfast burrito, which contains sausage and bacon. The vegetarian has three eggs scrambled with broccoli, zucchini, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, spinach, tomato, avocado, sour cream and cheddar cheese, all wrapped in a flour tortilla and served with hash browns. Listing out its hefty list of ingredients makes the extra $2 seem reasonable, and despite a big mix of assorted vegetables, it was a great and extremely filling dish. I typically order combination plates for breakfast in order to have a bit of everything — so having a side to an already large plate checked off everything I could want. On the other hand, my brother-in-law is known for his incredible appetite, so when he decided to order “The Big One” ($15.25) we weren’t surprised, that is until we saw just how much food this one meal contains. The Big One serves up two pancakes, French toast or Belgian waffle, two eggs, bacon and sausage, hash browns, and a choice of toast, bagel,

or English muffin. He was more than pleased with his breakfast, to say the least, and we were all pleased to know this exists because this can definitely be shared by two who don’t want a large meal of their own, or someone who is extremely indecisive. Despite ordering a burrito for myself, there was no way I could go to Russell’s without having pancakes, so I ordered a stack of the chocolate chip variety ($7.25). They were fluffy without being overwhelming. Honestly, it felt like we were having breakfast dessert, which, lucky for us, tasted as great as it sounds. To drink we had their freshly squeezed orange juice, which tasted so fresh that they might as well have brought over the orange and stuck a straw in it. I don’t detour much from coffee in the morning, but this made me want to be more adventurous with my drink choices on future breakfast outings. But even more adventurous than mere juice are the mimosas, which Russell’s offers on their menu — Raspberry Royale, Kir Royale (blackcurrants) and Blood Orange — for $9. They don’t offer bottomless drinks as some local brunch hotspots do, but Russell’s isn’t really a place for a boozy brunch. Bloody Marys ($7.25) and bellinis ($8) are also on the menu. Other breakfast options that are well worth trying included the Croque Monsieur ($13.25), a French ham and cheese sandwich with grilled sourdough and mornay sauce, topped with gouda cheese, and the Croque Madame ($14.25), which is the same as the Monsieur, only topped with an egg. It’s no wonder Russell’s has won best breakfast more than once in Pasadena Weekly’s Best of Pasadena edition in years past, and was Reader Recommended just last year. Russell’s is itself a Pasadena staple, one which brings together everything its patrons love — great traditional breakfasts, great drinks and great people in a historic part of the city.

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BY ELLEN SNORTLAND

Bear the Torch

THE MORE WOMEN ARE EMPOWERED, THE MORE WE ALL THRIVE any of us are familiar with the quote by Abigail Adams — the second fi rst lady of the US — who admonished her husband, John to “Remember the ladies.” Here’s more of that quote: “Remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” What very few of us know is that none other than Benjamin Franklin enlisted the help of two Iroquois Confederation Chiefs to come to Philadelphia for the drafting of the Constitution because the Iroquois had a working, sustainable and ancient democracy. The fi rst thing the chiefs said upon arrival was, “Where are the women?” Indeed. We need to stand on their shoulders and keep asking, “Where are the women?” Many women, along with me, were at the United Nations in New York City for the last two weeks in March. The annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) provides meetings where as many as 4,000 women from all over the world gather to report and share “best practices” for increasing women and girls’ standing in the world. What an appropriate way to spend time during Women’s History Month! This was the 63rd CSW, which also featured two parallel events at the UN. One conference was the official meeting of UN delegates from the member states, and the other corollary event was the non-governmental organizations’ (NGO) convention. Officially, I was part of the NGO delegation of the United Nations Association: San Diego chapter. As a delegate, I hosted two parallel NGO events of my own. The fi rst was a screening of “Beauty Bites Beast” in the Chapel of the UN Church Center. It was packed! El Halev of Jerusalem was my co-host, and I heard that one of the women from Sweden who attended the screening raved about it during a larger meeting today. Dr. Nina Smart, a professor and chair of Soroptimists International Advocacy, sat next to me at that meeting, identified me, and said, “You’re getting a lot of attention for ‘Beauty Bites Beast.’ People are talking about it… a lot!” She’s now vowed to get BBB spread through the Soroptomist network. My second event was co-hosted by Take the Lead and its CEO, Gloria Feldt. We led “Amplify Women’s Voices,” a workshop for women to speak up and be heard. Emblematic of the dangerous nature of having a loud voice, I had to surrender my megaphone at security as I entered UN property. Having a voice makes lots of people nervous, and we all need to encourage women to speak up, in their families, communities, societies and the world. People often talk about how quickly fear spreads. Bravery is also communicable; ideas are contagious, and the more we can spread the idea of women’s empowerment, the more everyone will thrive. Male domination is not good for anyone, including men. The Iroquois knew that. We seem to be slow on the uptake. I’ll close with two other feminist quotes, the fi rst by George Bernard Shaw, the second by my favorite justice torchbearer, Gloria Steinem. “This is the true joy in life: being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” And fi nally, Steinem said, “People often ask me at this age, ‘Who am I passing the torch to?’ First of all, I’m not giving up my torch, thank you! I’m using my torch to light other people’s torches … If we each have a torch, there’s a lot more light.” ■

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FUNDRAISING FESTIVAL American Ceramic Society of Southern California Clay Festival & Gift Show this weekend The American Ceramic Society of Southern California (ACS So CA) will host its annual “ACS So CA Clay Festival & Gift Show” on Saturday and Sunday at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The festival features unique handcrafted giftware and art work by ceramic artists from the greater Southern California area. Proceeds from this show will benefit the Arboretum Foundation and the ACS-DC Education Fund. The American Ceramic Society of Southern California is the premier ceramic artists’ organization in Southern California. Its membership has included historically important ceramists Vivika Heino, Susan Peterson and Harrison Macintosh. It also includes educators who influence the ceramic culture of the United States and mold future ceramicists. The organization’s mission is providing ceramic education for its members through its newsletters, scholarships, workshops and website. The show will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Admission to Ayres Hall and parking are free, but admission to the Arboretum grounds is $9 for non-member adults, $6 for students with ID and seniors ages 62 and over, and $4 for children ages 5 to 12. Children under 5 are free. For more information about the American Ceramic Society of Southern California, visit acssocal.org. EARTHLY DELIGHTS Creative Arts Group hosts annual garden tour April 14 Garden aficionados can rejoice April 14, when the Creative Arts Group presents the 2019 Art of the Garden Tour. The annual event spotlights five distinctively stunning gardens in the foothill communities of Pasadena, Altadena, Sierra Madre and San Marino that celebrate the exuberance of spring. Two Pasadena gardens will feature a mid-century modern style, while San Marino features a 1920s Spanish-style home with a garden that matches that style. The featured Altadena home has a Mediterranean landscape and it is one with lots of color — lots of flowers and a koi pond, outdoor kitchen and yoga studio. In Sierra Madre, it is more of a tropical landscape with palm trees, banana trees and a “Fantasy Island” vibe. The tour raises funds for Creative Arts Group, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting art education and instruction to all who wish to participate in an enriching art experience. Those who attend the self-guided tour will receive a map that enables them to visit the gardens in any order they wish. The Art of the Garden Tour takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 14. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 day of tour. Visit creativeartsgroup.org or call (626) 355-8350. FILMS, TALKS AND WALKS Pasadena Senior Center hosts busy week of programs The Pasadena Senior Center hosts another week packed with fun and informative events. This week’s free Friday Movie Matinee features the Oscar-winning blockbuster “A Star Is Born” at 1 p.m. Friday. It stars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the story of a musician who helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism sends his own career into a downward spiral. Author and TED Talk speaker Ashton Applewhite discusses her book “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism” in a free talk at 6 p.m. Friday. She will urge listeners to dismantle the dread and mobilize against ageism, which she notes is the last socially acceptable prejudice. The Scenic Walkers Club meets at 9 a.m. Wednesdays through April 24. The new group will meet at the center and take a series of leisurely walks to enjoy the great outdoors and get some exercise. The Pasadena Senior Center is located at 85 E. Holly St. Call (626) 685-6732 or visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org. n

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BY PATTI CARMALT-VENER

MAMA’S BOY?

HONESTY IS THE BEST WAY TO OVERCOME ‘REACTION Dear Patti, I’m 63, divorced, male and live alone with my mother. Recently my two adult children sat me down and confronted me about my relationship with their grandmother. They said that I always put my mother’s needs first, even when they were children. If I had committed to taking them on an outing, I would often cancel at the last minute when my mother demanded I stay and be with her. I always let her pick the restaurants and movies we went to, even if the kids wanted to go somewhere else. Now my mother wants me to sell the family home and move away with her to Palm Springs, and my kids are furious. I understand why. I was often a neglectful father and they want me to be a better grandfather. It’s easy for me to be confi dent and proactive when it comes to business dealings. I’ve attended professional assertiveness training workshops and learned a lot. I’ve always had enormous responsibility in my job and am often faced with major confrontations. These have never been a problem for me because business is business and I just do what I have to do. When it comes to my mother, however, it’s another story. My kids are right: I turn into a wavering wimp. As a child I remember my mother as cold, mean and abusive, but instead of feeling resentful about being controlled and harassed, I would constantly focus on how to make her happy. To this day I still put her needs before everything else. Logically, it makes no sense why I get so anxious when I’m not pleasing her. This subservient conduct is definitely not a behavior I want to continue. The only other person I responded to this way was my father. No matter how hard I tried, I could never please him, and he ended up leaving my mother and me anyway. Could my behavior towards my mother in part be due to trauma that happened to me during my childhood? How do I break this pattern with her? Should I take more assertiveness training? Should I see a therapist? — Gavin Dear Gavin, Since you already have knowledge, training, and skill in assertiveness and are successfully carrying out these teachings at work, additional focus in that direction might be redundant and miss the real psychological root of your problem. In psychoanalytic theory there’s a term called reaction formation. This process occurs when someone has a strong urge to do or say something and then actually does the completely opposite in order to avoid one’s true feelings and desires. For example, a mother who unconsciously has strong feelings about not wanting her child might become overly doting and hovering. Another example might be a woman whose fearfulness of her promiscuous desires might prompt defenses against those sexual feelings by becoming negative and antagonistic toward prostitutes. In your case, Gavin, you may be experiencing intense negative feelings toward your mother when you believe she’s being unfair and demanding, and yet covering up those emotions by conveying excessive concern. You might be unconsciously afraid of feeling guilt or shame when you expose your rage and resentment, but you may also be afraid of what others could think of your aggressiveness. A reaction formation defense mechanism reduces your anxiety about these “bad” feelings. Though your mother’s behavior is definitely the current trigger, your methods of responding likely appeared long ago and are rooted in your feelings toward your father. I don’t recommend going back and exploring painful historic memories unless they’re interfering with your quality of life today. This is a difficult family dynamic for everyone involved, even your mother. Even if she appears to fight it, in the long run, your mother will be better off with honest feeling responses and responsible boundaries that don’t arise from compulsive avoidance. It’s clear that automatically submitting to her orders is no longer an option for you, and the whole family deserves better. ■ Patti Carmalt-Vener, a faculty member with the Southern California Society for Intensive Short Term Psychotherapy, has been a psychotherapist in private practice for 23 years and has an office in Pasadena. Contact her at (626) 584-8582 or email pcarmalt@ aol.com. Visit her website, patticarmalt-vener.com.

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‘THE RHYTHM OF MYSTERY’ BESTSELLING NOVELIST JACQUELINE WINSPEAR DISCUSSES ‘THE AMERICAN AGENT,’ THE NEWEST ADDITION TO HER AWARD-WINNING MAISIE DOBBS SERIES, AT VROMAN’S MONDAY BY BLISS BOWEN

ovelist Jacqueline Winspear’s “The American Agent,” set in 1940 England as nightly attacks by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe all but incinerate London, is the 15th entry in her bestselling Maisie Dobbs series and was partly inspired by family stories the author heard growing up in Kent. The twisty plot challenges the psychologist-detective heroine to puzzle out the kind of meaty, principled questions readers savor — while dodging bombs and driving ambulances with witty BFF Priscilla across London during the Blitz, drawing case maps with streetwise Eastender Billy Beale, and hopping trains to visit her horse-grooming father. Winspear will discuss the book at Vroman’s Monday. Evocatively written, intelligent and frankly addictive, the series began with 2003’s Agatha Award-winning “Maisie Dobbs” — Winspear’s “first-ever fiction” — set in the years before and after World War I, when Maisie matured from impoverished teenage maid to nurse, shellshock victim, and independent investigator. At that time, Winspear found the book “shelved all over the place” in bookstores and libraries, even in political and anti-war fiction. As the page-turning series has since progressed, it has insightfully reflected women’s changing social roles and sexual mores amid shifting tides of war, and explored class differences, ethics in wartime, racism, opioid addiction and other issues with contemporary resonance. But its murder-solving books are generally confined to the mystery section, separate from “literary” fiction.

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Free films screen at 1 p.m. on select Fridays at Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena. Friday’s film is “A Star Is Born” (2018), 2018 Academy Award-winner for “Best Original Song.” Call (626) 795-4331 or visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org.

FIRST GLIMPSE

The Boston Court Pasadena New Play Reading Festival begins with a discussion of the week’s plays and an inside look at the play development process, starting at 4 p.m. Sunday, and continuing with readings April 13 and 14, closing at 4:30 p.m. April 14. Free, but reservations are recommended. Boston Court is at 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 683-6801 or visit bostoncourtpasadena.org.

ILLUMINATING BOOK

The Book Club of California presents author and photographer Tom Zimmerman in an illustrated discussion of his book, “Spectacular Illumination: Neon Los Angeles 1925-1965” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Women’s City Club of Pasadena, 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena. Free, but visit bccbooks.org to RSVP.

JAZZ 411

The music discussion series, “Jazz & Swing from A to Z: The Story of America’s Music,” led by USC Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies Dr. Thom Mason, runs from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesday and continues Wednesdays through May 8 at Crowell Public Library, 1890 Huntington Drive, San Marino. Wednesday’s session is “Women Who Play Jazz and Swing.” Free. Call (626) 300-0777 or visit crowellpubliclibrary.org. 04.04.19 | PASADENA WEEKLY 23

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‘THE RHYTHM OF MYSTERY’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 “Some of the best writing today is being done within what people call the mystery genre,” Winspear declares from the Bay Area, where she now lives. “It’s touching on political matters, social, environmental — all the key things. But it’s got a beginning, a middle, and an end; it’s got a plot. There’s nothing wrong with having a plot. ... “Do I think there is any level of snobbery against mystery fiction? Yes, I do. And I think it is incredibly misplaced because mystery sells very well for a good reason. It is representative of a very traditional form of storytelling, no matter how adventurous or cutting edge it might be. And that goes right back to the myths and legends; they were in a way mysteries because they represent the archetypal journey through chaos and resolution … I think there’s something in the rhythm of mystery that people are drawn to.” It does not seem accidental that mysteries have enjoyed surging creative growth and popularity as the world has grown more politically uncertain. Readers crave more than the hearty “cuppa” tea Maisie’s often “gasping” for. Winspear agrees.

ganda” campaigns that were carried out in real life by the American and British governments, and which lurk at the core of Maisie’s murder investigation. The briskly paced tale is peppered with excerpts from Edward R. Murrow’s legendary London broadcasts during the Blitz, a reminder of the lifeline BBC radio represented for pre-internet audiences and the political skill with which Franklin D. Roosevelt maneuvered around “America First” isolationists. “History is like fashion: it comes around again, it just looks a bit different,” Winspear quips. “There have been several times when I have seen that in stark relief. One of them was when I went to Munich for my ‘Journey to Munich’ research. … “Munich was really the home to German publishing — over 200 publishers. Hitler slowly but surely started closing them all down because he didn’t like what they were saying, especially the newspapers. Dachau was the first concentration camp opened on the site of a WWI munitions factory, and the first people there were not Jews, specifically; they were the editors of newspapers and magazines — [what Nazis considered] ‘fake news.’ People will hate

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“I write about times of world war; it doesn’t get more tumultuous than war, plus the mystery. The conflict comes from seeing that there are courses of resilience and endurance, and that people go through all of that and they endured. … You close the book, and you have not only been entertained, but you have been reassured.” The Maisie Dobbs series is a characterdriven exemplar of the historical mystery subgenre, which at its best can illuminate dynamics and roots of contemporary troubles. (Background baddie Oswald Mosley’s speeches read like pro-Brexit screeds.) What makes the series gripping is intuitive Maisie, whose profound empathy is grounded in meditation, and Winspear’s research, which makes the past feel present and her relatable characters’ everyday worries as tangible as broken glass underfoot outside a bomb-blasted shop. Historic specificity gives an electric charge to the tension escalating through the series’ last three books, and intensifies the stakes of “The American Agent”; one storyline arose from recently declassified information about a notorious US politician. The book resurrects the mysterious Mark Scott, whom Maisie first greeted with a revolver to his neck in 2016’s “Journey to Munich”; here, his wisecracking panache prompts comparisons to Clark Gable. “From the time he walked into the story in ‘Journey to Munich,’ I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t think we’ve done with him yet,’” Winspear explains with a laugh. “I think I’ve got a crush on him.” Scott’s return intersects with “soft propa24 PASADENA WEEKLY | 04.04.19

me for saying that, but let us just say that I did not go out to make parallels to today. History does that for me.” Winspear, who’ll be back in town for a Pasadena Literary Alliance Open Book event May 9, calls herself a “master puppeteer … moving characters through time” as they negotiate air raid sirens, barrage balloon shadows, ration cards, romance, and the nexus of personal and professional relations. She says she knows “where Maisie wants to go,” but now she’s busily promoting “The American Agent” and the simultaneously published “What Would Maisie Do? Inspiration From the Pages of Maisie Dobbs,” a collection of 30 of the character’s sage comments, arranged with illustrated pages that invite journaling. “I absolutely respect and am incredibly grateful for their kinship,” Winspear says of her devoted readership. “One of the things that literature can do is to give a sense of community, because we become a part of characters’ lives, especially in a series. We care about them. Especially in these times when people don’t live in the communities that they used to live in, to see people living in community with each other, especially when it gets down to rural areas — there’s a real comfort in that.” n Jacqueline Winspear discusses “The American Agent” at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 8; free admission. Anyone wanting a book signed must purchase a copy in the store. Info: (626) 449-5320. jacquelinewinspear.com, whatwouldmaisiedo. com, vromansbookstore.com

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PASADENA, SOUTH PASADENA & ALTADENA 1881 Bar 1881 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena (626) 314-2077 facebook.com/1881bar Fridays—Live jazz Saturdays—Gypsie jazz Wednesdays—Reggae The Blue Guitar Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena (323) 769-3500 blueguitar.club Thursday—Mark Town Latin Jazz The Boulevard Bar 3199 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena (626) 356-9304 blvdbar.com Fridays—Drag performances hosted by Tia Wanna every Friday Cabrera’s Mexican Cuisine 655 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626) 795-0230 cabreras.com Thursdays—Live jazz Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—Karaoke

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Coffee Gallery Backstage 2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena (626) 798-6236 coffeegallery.com

Friday—I See Hawks in LA w/Ray Bonneville Saturday—Broken Arrow Der Wolfskopf 72 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena (626) 219-6054 derwolfskopf.com Fridays—“Night Court” features Deejay Kind Cromang spinning vinyl soul, funk, disco and boogie Edwin Mills by Equator 22 Mills Place, Pasadena (626) 564-8656 edwinmills.com Friday—Nick Gomez Saturday—Chloe Perrier Wednesday—Donna Deussen & Paul Weitz El Portal Restaurant 695 E. Green St., Pasadena (626) 795-8553 elportalrestaurant.com Fridays—Mariachi México Saturdays—Alanniz Sundays—Mariachi Bella Ice House 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena (626) 577-1894 icehousecomedy.com Thursday—Stand-Up All Stars w/Jamie Bowen and Murray Valeriano; Simply Dope Comedy Friday—Deathsquad; Yassss Comedy Nite w/ Narcizo Gonzalez Saturday—Auditions for Dave McNary’s All-Star Variety Show; Dat Phan; Orny Adams; Sunday—Dave McNary’s All-Star Variety Show; Fritz Coleman Speaks to America Glendale Fire Foundation benefit Wednesday—Ice House Open Mic; Gabriel Iglesias –CONTINUED ON PAGE 26

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or decades, industrial musicals were the little-known savior of many a struggling musician, actor and comedian, providing higher pay than more traditional artistic gigs and thus a means of supporting better respected but less financially dependable creative projects. The sales representatives who comprised their target audience were also fodder for comedy routines during the post-World War II heyday of traveling salesmen and anything-goes corporate allure. Inescapably cheesy despite their Broadway-level production values, industrial musicals enabled many artists to move on to more substantial achievements. Their popularity had declined by the mid-1990s, when “Late Show With David Letterman” comedy writer Steve Young began hunting down industrial musical soundtrack albums in New York. Long relegated to rear bins at used vinyl stores, they were (and remain) prized by crate diggers fond of midcentury kitsch, and spawned a network of aficionados well below the mainstream radar. Thanks to Young those albums, which amount to a secret history of a

forgotten genre, began popping up in sketches on Letterman’s show. When it went off the air, Young dedicated himself to his burgeoning obsession, which is the subject of Dava Whisenant’s big-hearted comedy-music documentary “Bathtubs Over Broadway,” screening this weekend at Laemmle’s Playhouse 7. The film was a nominee in the Music Documentary and Best Music Score categories at December’s International Documentary Association Awards ceremony, and won Best Documentary Screenplay honors at this year’s Writers Guild Awards; it also earned the Best New Documentary Director award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, “Fiddler On the Roof” composer Sheldon Harnick, David Letterman, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, and director Susan Stroman are among those interviewed onscreen and/or seen in vintage clips during the film, which bubbles along to Anthony DiLorenzo’s cheery score between clips of brightly choreographed songs and skits commissioned by and about banks, car companies, department stores, machine manufacturers and more. The music in the

productions themselves ranged from tuneful midcentury melodies and showmanship to ’80s disco dazzle, in shows designed to boost company camaraderie and motivate sales forces at distributor and manufacturer conventions. Souvenir albums of those performances get glamorous close-ups in the film, including “The Bathrooms Are Coming! An Original Musical Presented by American-Standard.” But bathtubs and toilets were not the only causes for celebration. Hospital products inspired “Little Shop of Horrors”-worthy humor, and “The New Wide World of Ford” soundtrack immortalized tunes from a musical about tractors. One man’s kitsch is another’s comedy gold standard; aesthetics aside, the humanity that inspired Young’s quirky passion gives the film its heart. n “Bathtubs Over Broadway” screens at Laemmle Playhouse 7, 673 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday; see listings for ticket info. A Q&A session with director Dava Whisenant and guests TBA will follow each screening. Details: (310) 478-3836. bathtubsoverbroadway.com, laemmle.com/theaters/6

Sounds of a Golden Age

BROKEN ARROW PLAYS THE CLASSICS AT COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE CLASSIC ROCK FANS CAN GET THEIR FILL SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN BROKEN ARROW TAKES THE STAGE AT COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE. The band plays the hits of the 1960s and ’70s that are beloved by several generations of fans. Guests can expect to hear the music of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Cream, The Byrds, The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, Jimi Hendrix and many others. Broken Arrow was formed and is fronted by veteran LA rock artist, guitarist, singer and songwriter Crist Moshos. Moshos keeps busy performing in Broken Arrow as well as solo shows. He was a founding member of Virgin Earth, and has performed with numerous other acts over the years. He’s assembled a talented crew in Broken Arrow, which keeps busy performing around the area. Visit facebook.com/crist.moshos.. — John Sollenberger Music starts at 7 p.m. Saturday at Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena. Tickets are $20. Call (626) 798-6236 or visit coffeegallery.com.

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WEYES BLOOD, Titanic Rising (Sub Pop): HHH½

Peripatetic composer and multi-instrumentalist Natalie Mering’s voice, an intriguing mix of refined Karen Carpenter warmth and Chrissie Hynde toughness, is complemented by the string-loaded prettiness of “Lot’s Gonna Change” and ethereal beauty of “Movies,” but the main attraction’s her songwriting: jaunty pop (“Everyday”), yearning balladry (“Something to Believe”), wistful folk (“Picture Me Better”), instrumental weirdness (the title track), synth rock (the brooding “Mirror Forever”). Like an intricate mystery, it embraces grand arrangements while mulling more intimate concerns swathed in thoughtfully crafted atmosphere and plot twists. At Hollywood Forever Thursday, April 4. weyesblood.com

MOLLY TUTTLE, When You’re Ready (Compass): HHH½

The Northern California native remains rooted in bluegrass while reaching into other genres — Americana, country, electronic, folk, pop — for ideas and textures throughout her statementmaking solo full-length debut, which follows her 2017 EP “Rise.” The 2018 AmericanaFest Instrumentalist of the Year and two-time International Bluegrass Music Association Guitarist of the Year keeps her singing clear and simply phrased, letting her strikingly articulate fretwork do the heavy melodic and emotional lifting. Highlights: the hooky title track, “Million Miles,” the stormy, blues-flecked surprise “Sit Back and Watch It Roll.” mollytuttlemusic.com

MEOWMEOWZ! Retro ‘80s Thrift Shop 2423 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 798-6969 facebook.com/meowmeowz Fridays and Saturdays—Live music every Friday and Saturday; all ages welcome Old Towne Pub 66 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena (626) 577-6583 theoldtownepub.com Live music most nignts of the week Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association 73 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena (626) 799-5689 pasadenaballroomdance.com Saturday—Saturday Swing Dance features Josh Collazo & His Candy Jacket Jazz Band Plate 38 2361 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 793-7100 plate38.com Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select Fridays & Saturdays The Mixx 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 500-0021 themixxpasadena.com Thursday—Jacques Lesure Friday—Jazz Zone Tuesday—Blues Channel The Rose Paseo Colorado 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com Friday—Jon B Saturday—Otown Sunday— Soulful Sunday Brunch; Vince Neil

T. Boyle’s Tavern 37 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena (626) 578-0957 tboylestavern.com Sunday—Action Trivia Tuesday—Action Trivia

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY Arcadia Blues Club 16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia (626) 447-9349 arcadiabluesclub.com Saturday—Artur Menezes The Buccaneer 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre (626) 355-9045 https://www.facebook.com/Buccaneer-847437898642883/ Wednesday—Wednesday Night Platter Party: Bring your fave vinyl to be spun on turntable First Cabin 46 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia (626) 446-2575 Fridays-Saturdays—Pat O’Brien & the Priests of Love exalt the blues and classic rock The Granada 17 S. First St., Alhambra (626) 227-2572 thegranadala.com Thursday—Deejay Zonik; Deejay Marco Friday—Live dance w/Zeke Ruvalcava; Deejay Marco; Deejay Vince; Deejay Miro Saturday—Live music w/Orchesta Son Y Clave; Deejay Martin; Deejay Miro; Deejay Vince J.C. Hyke Songwriter Serenade Matt Denny’s Ale House 145 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia (626) 462-0250 mattdennys.com, jchyke.com Tuesday—Mick Rhodes; Jime Van Booven; Rob Silkensen; Laura Hall Pizza Place California 303 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel

(626) 570-9622 facebook.com/pizzaplaceca Sundays—Open mic the first three Sundays of every month Villa Catrina 251 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia (626) 294-1973 villacatrina.com Thursdays—Comedy open mic every first and third Thursday of the month Wednesdays—Karaoke w/Deejay Zary

WEST OF PASADENA Colombo’s Restaurant 1833 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock (323) 254-9138 colombosrestaurant.com Thursday—Trifecta Friday—Steve Thompson; Blue Soul Saturday—Ernie Draffen; Jeff Dale & the South Woodlawners Sunday—V Tones Monday—Eric Eckstrand Trio Tuesday—Tom Armbruster Wednesday—Karen Hernandez w/James Arnold Days Inn Lounge 450 Pioneer Drive, Glendale (323) 259-5900 tommydodson.com Fridays—Tommy Dodson and friends present Cabaret Fridays The Oak and Vine 117 E. Harvard St., Glendale (818) 507-7011 theoakandvine.com Live music most nights of the week Winchester Room 6522 San Fernando Road, Glendale (818) 241-5475 thewinchesterroom.com Friday—Karaoke Saturday—Karaoke n

QUIANA LYNELL, A Little Love (Concord): HHH

Duke Ellington, Donny Hathaway and Irma Thomas are among the composers represented throughout this elegant debut, which discerningly melds jazz, gospel, soul, and social consciousness. The satin-toned New Orleans chanteuse, winner of the 2017 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, displays impeccable intonation and restraint; a jolly duet with Jamison Ross of George Gershwin’s “They All Laughed” especially shines. But the album’s most alive when her gospel inclinations get freer reign during her conversational take on Hathaway’s “Tryin’ Times,” and a rangeshowcasing medley of Ellington’s “Come Sunday” and the Nina Simone-popularized “I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free).” quianalynell.com

SHAWN JAMES, The Dark & the Light (Parts + Labor): HHH

Having decamped from Arkansas to LA, home of his new label, the hard-touring indie rocker delivers a polished set magnifying the soulfulness of his church-raised, operatically trained baritone. Fans of James’ “dirty delta blues rock” with the Shapeshifters might be wary of the sleeker surfaces but the primal, spiritually minded force of earlier recordings storms through tracks like “Orpheus,” “Burn the Witch” and “Haunted.” More surprising are the horn-ribbed “There It Is” and autobiographical epic “Love Will Find a Way,” both meeting James’ expressed desire to, as Otis Redding and Bill Withers did, lift listeners up during hard times. shawnjamesmusic.com

Folk Stars Shine

JAYME STONE & FOLKLIFE TAKE THE CALTECH STAGE FOLK STARS JAYME STONE & FOLKLIFE, A GROUP THAT EXPLORES THE DEEP ROOTS MUSIC OF NORTH AMERICA, WILL BE PERFORMING SATURDAY IN A FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY SHOW AT CALTECH. A revered Canadian banjo player, Stone is known for performing a diverse range of music. He brings together a group of well-known players, including Moira Smiley, Sumaia Jackson and Joe Phillips in a new show that follows up an earlier album, “The Lomax Project” and the tour that came out of it. The variety of influences melds spirituals, Creole calypsos and stomping Appalachian dance music. Stone and company preserve the essence of songs culled from old recordings found at the Library of Congress, polishing them with contemporary influences. The group was nominated for Canada’s Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys) in the Traditional Roots Album of the Year in 2018. Saturday’s show comes during a national tour, scheduled to play in Carnegie Hall in June. Visit jaymestone.com/projects/folklife.— John Sollenberger Music starts at 8 p.m. Saturday in Caltech’s Beckman Institute Auditorium, 400 S. Wilson Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children. Call (626) 395-4652 or visit pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org.

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Devoted to Doris Day ACTOR-SINGER SCOTT DREIER BRINGS HIS SOLO SHOW ‘DORIS AND ME’ TO SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE BY CARL KOZLOWSKI Growing up, Scott Dreier lived in an ultra-conservative family that limited his pop culture enjoyment to viewings of the “Saturday Afternoon Family Film Festival” in the 1970s and ’80s on KTLA. Amid those weekly features were frequent airings of multitalented Doris Day’s many box-office hits, and Dreier found himself drawn to her as a more joyful mother figure whose indomitable perkiness brightened his days. Years later, the former Monrovia resident embarked on a career as a theatrical actor and in 2007 was working at the Welk Resort Theatre in San Diego when the artistic director convinced him to create a special show paying tribute to his favorite cinematic icon. The result, “Doris and Me,” has played nationwide in the years since then, and he’ll be bringing it to the Sierra Madre Playhouse for four performances this weekend and next. “When you only have one human being serve as your pop culture as a kid, she became my friend or mother figure, an accessible kind of escape or place to go,” says Dreier. “The Welk artistic director called me on my bluff and told me to create the show within four months. The early audiences helped me figure out what they needed and what I needed more or less of.” It’s not hard to understand Dreier’s devotion to 97-year-old Day, who was the biggest star in show business at the height of her career. She starred in 39

films, was the No. 1 female box office star for four years, won three Golden Globes, was nominated for an Oscar and starred for five years in the hit series “The Doris Day Show.” Day also received numerous accolades, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. She recorded 20 albums, the last released in 2011, and many of her recordings are classics of the Great American Songbook. Since 1975, she has famously devoted herself to the cause of animal welfare. Dreier not only tells stories about his life in relation to Day, but also shares intriguing tales about the actress, who moved to Carmel after retiring from acting. In addition, he sings 28 of her songs — including “Que Sera Sera” and “Sentimental Journey” — throughout the show, but notes “some songs were just a minute long back then.” The show also features over 75 curated images and clips from throughout her film and recording career, as Dreier sings with piano and bass accompaniment. “I definitely researched her life for stories and her autobiography is the Holy Grail for that,” explains Dreier. “Most icons felt inaccessible, but she always made you feel you were with her. As I got older I made the real connection that this person is doing

rom coms with James Garner and Rock Hudson, dramatic work with Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart, and even playing Calamity Jane. To me she’s the greatest singer who ever lived, nobody sings like her and it inspired the course of my life as a performer, led me on my path and her animal activism made me an activist today. She did it before everybody, long before it was in vogue and certainly early in Hollywood.” Indeed, Dreier’s heartfelt devotion to the Doris Day Foundation’s work with animals has inspired him to collect donations to the cause after each show since 2012. In just seven years, he has raised more than $250,000 for the cause. He will also help the Pasadena Humane Society feature a rescue dog at each show, in the hopes that they’ll find homes for four dogs by the time his run is over. “When I was in fifth grade I moved to Carlsbad but until then I was in Monrovia,” says Dreier. “I’ve always said I was going to come back because I love it here, and I went to American Academy of Dramatic Arts when it was in Altadena. This run feels special because I feel like I’m bringing the show home.” n “Doris and Me” will be performed at 8 p.m. Fri., Sat. and April 13, and 2:30 p.m. April 14, at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Tickets are $25 to $35. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.

The Blue Guitar Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena blueguitar.club The club at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents Mark Town’s Latin Jazz Band at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating, available on the website. Glendale Community College Theatre 1500 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale (818) 551-5161 glendale.edu/theatre The play “How I Learned to Drive” is the story of now-grown Li’l Bit, who reminisces about learning to drive in her formative years in Maryland, in a story with lessons about the darker side of life, and acceptance of those experiences. It opens at 8 p.m. tonight, continuing at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and April 11, 12 and 13, and 2 p.m. Sunday and April 14. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for students and seniors. Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org Huntington Hospital R.N. Kathy Eastwood discusses “Pain, the Universal Disorder” at 10 a.m. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Corky Hale discusses and signs “Corky Hale — Uncorked: A Life of Music, Marriage and Making a Difference” at 7 p.m.

FRIDAY Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock (323) 561-3044 cfaer.org The Center and the Los Angeles Printmaking Society present the juried exhibition “Sweet Earth/Bitter Earth” by a large group of artists, exploring our relationship with planet Earth. It opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m., continuing through April 26. An introduction to sewing class for children 8 and older (with parental accompaniment) covers the basics of using a sewing machine (provided), cutting a pattern and using basic sewing tools. It runs from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, continuing Fridays through May 17. Cost is $230 per parent/child team. Participants must provide their own fabric. Norton Simon Museum 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-6840 nortonsimon.org A guided tour visits highlights of the Norton Simon collection, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., included in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members. Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament Brookside Golf Club 1133 Rosemont Ave., Pasadena (626) 795-3355 pasadena-chamber.org The Chamber’s annual golf tournament starts with registration at 7 a.m., and a light breakfast is served. The shotgun start is at 8 a.m. Golfers of all abilities are welcome. On-course drinks are included in the cost. The event includes a raffle, mulligan packages for purchase, and putting, longest drive and closest to the pin contests. Golfers get a cart, gifts and on-course snacks, and a cocktail reception and awards ceremony follows the tournament. Players can sign up as singles, twosomes, threesomes and foursomes. Cost is $200 per golfer, $800 for foursomes. Cost of just the cocktail reception is $50. Call or visit the website for information and sign-up forms. Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org Free Friday movie matinees start at 1 p.m. on select

Fridays. Friday’s film is “A Star Is Born” (2018). Ashton Applewhite discusses ageism and its destructive impact on individuals, and signs her book, “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto against Ageism” at 6 p.m. Free, but call to register. Sierra Madre Playhouse 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre (626) 355-4318 sierramadreplayhouse.org The musical “Doris and Me: One Man’s Obsession with Doris Day” opens at 8 p.m. The play features Scott Dreier, its co-writer and star, in a heartfelt tribute to the beloved singer and actress. Dreier sings her hits, with piano and bass accompaniment. The production continues at 8 p.m. Saturday and April 13, and 2:30 p.m. April 14. Tickets are $35 general admission, $30 for seniors and $25 for youth. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Christie Aschwanden discusses and signs “Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery” at 7 p.m.

SATURDAY Alex Theatre 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale (818) 243-2539 alextheatre.org The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles presents its 40th anniversary show “Turn Back Time: The Best of GMCLA” at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $20 to $90. Crowell Public Library 1890 Huntington Drive, San Marino (626) 300-0777 crowellpubliclibrary.org Cyber security expert Jeff Martinez discusses ways to prevent identity theft and how to deal with its consequences, starting at 2 p.m. Free. Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge (818) 949-4200 descansogardens.org Descanso’s Night Garden series of after-hours activities continues with “LA Blooms,” celebrating the variety and beauty of spring flowers. Guests are welcome to view the blooms, take a tour of the facilities, listen to live music, learn about nature and enjoy food and beverages from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Admission is $15, or $5 for members. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (626) 405-2100 huntington.org Shakespeare Day features works of the Bard throughout the gardens, including family-friendly performances, living history activities and interactive fun with members of LA Opera, A Noise Within, the Independent Shakespeare Company and the Guild of St. George from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is included in regular Huntington admission of $29 for adults, $24 for seniors, $13 for youth 4 to 11, free for children younger than 4. Norton Simon Museum 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-6840 nortonsimon.org A guided tour visits works of Van Gogh from 1 to 2 p.m., included in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members. Pasadena Festival of Women Authors Hilton Pasadena 168 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena pasadenaliteraryalliance.org/pasadena-festival-ofwomen-authors The annual Pasadena Festival of Women Authors is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event gives women authors a method to share their personal experiences and careers as writers as they inspire avid readers. Speakers include Rebecca Makkai, author of “The Great Believers,” Sigrid Nunez, author of “The Friend,” Ivy Pochoda, who wrote “Wonder Valley,” Nova Jacobs, author of “The Last Equation of Isaac Severy,” Aja Gabel, who wrote “The Ensemble,” and Zinzi Clemmons, author of “What We Lose.” Featured speaker is Paula McLain, with her latest novel, “Love and Ruin.” Tickets are $100. Salastina Music Society –CONTINUED ON PAGE 28

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Pasadena Conservatory of Music 100 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena salastina.org The Society presents its annual salute to composers of Los Angeles. Saturday’s concert features works of Derrick Spiva, Peter Knell, Gabrielle Owens, Juan Pablo Contreras, Emily Webster-Zuber, Kaitlin Webster-Zuber and Sakari Dixon Vanderveer, starting at 8 p.m. The concert includes the world premiere of Spiva’s “Grace Unbound.” Tickets are $32 in advance, $40 at the door and $10 for students. Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena (626) 399-1721 japanesegardenpasadena.com The garden presents “A Taste of Japan,” celebrating the country’s dining and drinking traditions, featuring Japanese treats, libations, music, classical dance by Umekawa Ichinosuke, tours of the En Gallery’s current ceramics and prints and sale of art and gift certificates. It runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost is $60. Register on the website. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Scott Symington discusses and signs “Freedom from Anxious Thoughts and Feelings: A Two-Step Mindfulness Approach for Moving Beyond Fear and Worry” at 3 p.m.

SUNDAY A Musical Soiree St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 2009 S. Garfield Ave., Monterey Park (323) 721-0840 amusicalsoiree.com The concert features Alhambra teacher and pianist Yin Yin Huang, joined by tenor Timothy Gonzales, performing works by Bach, Chopin, Su-Ti Chen, Tyzen Hsiao and de Falla. It starts at 4 p.m. Admission is free; donations are accepted. Boston Court Pasadena 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena (626) 683-6801 bostoncourtpasadena.org Boston Court’s annual New Play Reading Festival begins with a discussion of the week’s plays and an inside look at the play development process, starting at 4 p.m. Sunday, and continues with readings April 13 and 14, closing at 4:30 p.m. April 14. Free, but reservations are recommended. Coleman Chamber Music Concert Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium Michigan Avenue south of Del Mar Boulevard, Pasadena (626) 395-4652 events.caltech.edu Chamber ensemble Quatuor Danel performs works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Weinberg at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $55. Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge (818) 790-0717 flintridgebooks.com The Moonday Poetry Series features award-winning poet Suzanne Lummis reading from her works at 4 p.m. Free. Masters of Taste Rose Bowl Stadium 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena mastersoftastela.com Masters of Taste features food from more than 45 master chefs, hand-crafted cocktails and tastings of the wares of more than 40 beverage providers. In addition, treats from LA’s top sweet masters are included, along with live entertainment. It runs from 4 to 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $105. VIP admission offers early, 3 p.m. admission, access to VIP lounges and seating and other perks, for $165. Norton Simon Museum 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-6840 nortonsimon.org An Afternoon Salon features a museum educator discussing Romanelli’s unique, rarely seen cartoons depicting the story of Queen Dido of Carthage and Trojan hero Aeneas, founder of Rome, from 1 to 2 p.m. included in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members. Ronald McDonald House Walk for Kids Central Park 275 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena walkforkids.org/pasadena The annual walk raises funds and awareness for critically ill children, starting at 8 a.m. Registration cost is $25 for adults 18 and older, free for kids. Register on the website. Soulful Sunday Brunch The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena

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(888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com Enjoy a live Motown-style band, gospel choir and mouthwatering brunch from $29 to $58. The $18.50 general admission does not include brunch. Brunch starts at 10 a.m. and music starts at 11 a.m.

MONDAY Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock (323) 561-3044 cfaer.org A ceramics class for kids age 8 and older runs from 4 to 5:30 p.m., continuing Mondays through May 20. Cost is $160 (all materials provided), or $148 with a family membership. A contemporary painting class for adults 16 and older runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, continuing Mondays through April 29. Cost is $140. Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org The public is welcome to sample classes that will be offered during the Center’s spring class session. The free previews run from 9 a.m. to noon Monday and Tuesday. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Jacqueline Winspear discusses and signs “The American Agent” at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY One Colorado 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena (626) 564-1066, onecolorado.com Trivia Tuesdays start with deejays at 6:30 p.m. followed by trivia contests at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through April. Free. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Austin Kleon discusses and signs “Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad” at 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Book Club of California Discussion Women’s City Club of Pasadena 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena (415) 781-7532, bccbooks.org Author and photographer Tom Zimmerman presents an illustrated discussion of his book, “Spectacular Illumination: Neon Los Angeles 1925—1965” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free, but call to RSVP. Crowell Public Library 1890 Huntington Drive, San Marino (626) 300-0777 crowellpubliclibrary.org The music discussion series, “Jazz & Swing from A to Z: The Story of America’s Music” led by USC Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies Dr. Thom Mason runs from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and continues Wednesdays through May 8. Wednesday’s session is “Women Who Play Jazz and Swing.” Free. Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena (626) 356-7529, pasadenaplayhouse.org The play “Tiny Beautiful Things” is the story of Sugar, an online advice columnist who has thousands of fans because of her wisdom, honesty and offers of hope. She weaves her own life experiences together with the yearnings of and problems of her readers, creating a beloved column about the essence of being human. It opens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, continuing at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through May 5. Tickets are $25 and up. The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com Make your own music with karaoke in the Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday through Saturday night. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com Jeff Siger discusses and signs “The Mykonos Mob” at 7 p.m. Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter Music Series Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena blueguitar.club Brad Colerick’s weekly music series features Rob Laufer and Cindy Scott & Brian Seeger at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating. n

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IPIC THEATERS AT ONE COLORADO PASADENA 42 Miller Alley, (626) 639-2260. Captain MarvelFri.-Sun., 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 p.m.;Mon.Tues., 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 p.m.;Wed. 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 p.m. DumboFri.-Wed., 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 10 p.m. Pet SemataryFri.-Thurs., 2, 4:50, 7:45, 10:35 p.m. Shazam!Fri. 12:45, 1:15, 3:45, 4:15, 7, 7:30, 10:15, 10:45 p.m.;Sat.-Sun., 12:30, 1, 3:45, 4:15, 7, 7:30, 10:15, 10:45 p.m.;Mon.-Wed., 12:45, 1, 3:45, 4:15, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30 p.m.;Thurs. 1, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 p.m. UsFri.-Sat., 1:45, 5, 8, 11 p.m.;Sun. 1:45, 5, 8, 10:50 p.m.;Mon.Wed., 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 p.m.

LAEMMLE’S PLAYHOUSE 7 673 E Colorado Bl, (626) 844-6500. Bathtubs Over BroadwaySat. 10:30 a.m.;Sun. 10:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. The Golden AgeMon. 7:30 p.m.;Tues. 1 p.m. Howl’s Moving Castle — Studio Ghibli Fest 2019Sun. 12:55 p.m.;Mon. 7 p.m. The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteWed. only, 7 p.m.

A Noise Within, 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, stages its production of the Tennessee Williams classic “The Glass Menagerie,” which opened March 2, continuing through April 26. The story revolves around an innocuous visit from a potential suitor that unsettles the Wingfield family matriarch Amanda, who fiercely protects her adult children from the harshness of others, but doesn’t realize that her own eccentricities are the biggest threat to their psychological survival. Tickets are $25 and up. The company also presents “Argonautika” by playwright and director Mary Zimmerman. It’s a fresh retelling of the Greek myth, “The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts,” in a contemporary setting. The production encompasses humor, love and the unimaginable, revealing the humanity in the most monstrous of creatures. Regular performances began March 23, continuing through May 5. Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 356-3121 or visit anoisewithin.org. Glendale Community College Art Gallery, 1500 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale, presents the group exhibition “Puerto Rico: Interior/Exterior,” by a large group of Puerto Rican contemporary artists, examining the cultural, economic and political effects of hurricanes Maria and Irma, on view through May 15, during gallery hours of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The gallery is scheduled to host a community event and reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Call (818) 240-1000 or visit glendale.edu/artgallery. Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, presents an exhibition of paintings representing the odalisque, a Turkish chambermaid and court lady of the Ottoman sultan, which continues through June 17. Works include “Odalisque

with Tambourine” (1916), “The Black Shawl” (1917), an untitled homage to Mademoiselle Catherine Viviano (1936) and “Nude on a Sofa” (1923), all by Henri Matisse, as well as several pieces by Jean-Frédéric Bazille, Achille-Jacques-JeanMarie Devéria and Pablo Picasso. Call (626) 449-6840 or visit nortonsimon.org. Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents its production of the fantasy comedy for children, “Stuart Little,” based on the book by E.B. White, the classic tale of a mouse-sized boy, which continues through April 27. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $15 for youth 21 and younger. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.

ARCLIGHT PASADENA 14 280 E Colorado Bl, (626) 568-8888. The Best of EnemiesFri.-Sun., 11:50 a.m., 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11 p.m. HellboyThurs. only, 7, 9:30, 12 midnight LittleThurs. only, 7:30, 9:45, 12:05 a.m. Missing LinkThurs. only, 4, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 p.m. Pet SemataryFri.-Sat., 11:15 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30, 11:45 p.m.;Sun. 11:15 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 p.m. Shazam!Fri. 11:45 a.m., 5:15, 7, 8 p.m.;Sat. 11:45 a.m., 2:30, 8, 10:45 p.m.;Sun. 11:45 a.m., 5:15, 8 p.m. Shazam! 3DFri. 2, 10:15 p.m.;Sat. 4:50, 7:30 p.m.;Sun. 2, 10:15 p.m.

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PACIFIC GLENDALE 18 The Americana at Brand,322 Americana Way, Glendale (818) 551-0218. The AftermathFri. only, 10:30 a.m., 12:20 p.m. The Beach BumFri. only, 10:10 a.m., 11:15 p.m. The Best of EnemiesFri. only, 10:35 a.m., 1:40, 4:55, 7:20, 10:05 p.m. Captain MarvelFri. only, 11:35 a.m., 2:35, 4:35, 7:10, 10:10 p.m. DumboFri. only, 10 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 12:25, 1:45, 3:05, 4:25, 5:45, 7:05, 8:25, 9:45, 10:45 p.m. Five Feet ApartFri. only, 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:20 p.m.

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HellboyThurs. only, 7, 9:45 p.m. Hotel MumbaiFri. only, 11:45 a.m., 2:55, 5:35, 8:15, 11:05 p.m. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldFri. only, 10:05 a.m., 3:10 p.m. LittleThurs. only, 7:05, 9:40 p.m. Missing LinkThurs. only, 4, 5:05, 6:15, 7:20, 9:35 p.m. The MustangFri. only, 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 5:25, 8:25, 11:05 p.m. Pet SemataryFri. 10:40 a.m., 12:35, 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 8, 8:45, 9:45, 11:10, 12:25 a.m.;Sat. 2:15 p.m. The PublicFri. only, 10:55 a.m., 1:35, 4:20, 7:50, 10:40 p.m. Shazam!Fri. 10 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12 noon, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9, 9:30, 10, 10:30, 11, 11:30, 12 midnight, 12:30 a.m.;Sat.-Sun., 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 p.m. Shazam! 3DFri. only, 5:45 p.m. UsFri. only, 10:50 a.m., 1:05, 2:50, 5:35, 8:35, 10:25, 12:15 a.m. Wonder ParkFri. only, 10:15 a.m., 1 p.m.

UA LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE 1919 Verdugo Bl, (818) 952-1940. HellboyThurs. only, 7, 10:20 p.m. Howl’s Moving CastleSun. 12:55 p.m.;Wed. 7 p.m. Howl’s Moving CastleMon. only, 7 p.m. LittleThurs. only, 7 p.m. The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteWed. only, 7 p.m. Pet SemataryFri. 11:20 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 p.m.;Sat.-Thurs., 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 p.m. Shazam!Fri.-Thurs., 12 noon, 7, 10:10 p.m. Shazam! 3DFri.-Thurs., 3:30 p.m.

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AMC SANTA ANITA 16 Westfield Shoppingtown Mall,400 Baldwin Ave, (888) 262-4386. HellboyThurs. only, 7, 10 p.m. Howl’s Moving Castle — Studio Ghibli Fest 2019Sun. 12:55 p.m.;Mon. 7 p.m.;Wed. 7 p.m. LittleThurs. only, 7, 9:45 p.m. The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteWed. only, 7 p.m. Missing LinkThurs. only, 4, 6:30, 9 p.m. NoahTues. 2:30, 6:30 p.m.;Thurs. 6:30 p.m. Shazam!Fri.-Sun., 10:15 a.m., 1:30, 4:45, 8, 11:15 p.m.;Tues. 7 p.m.

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EDWARDS ALHAMBRA RENAISSANCE STADIUM 14 & IMAX 1 E. Main Street, (626) 300-0107. The Best of EnemiesFri.-Thurs., 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:20 p.m. HellboyThurs. only, 7, 10 p.m. Howl’s Moving CastleSun. 12:55 p.m.;Wed. 7 p.m. Howl’s Moving CastleMon. only, 7 p.m. LittleThurs. only, 7, 9:45 p.m. The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteWed. only, 7 p.m. Missing LinkThurs. only, 4, 6:30, 9 p.m. Missing Link 3DThurs. only, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 p.m. NoahTues. 2:30, 6:30 p.m.;Thurs. 6:30 p.m. Palau the MovieSat. only, 12:55 p.m. Pet SemataryFri.-Thurs., 11:15 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 p.m. Shazam!Fri.-Thurs., 11:30 a.m., 6, 9:15 p.m. Shazam! 3DFri.-Thurs., 2:45 p.m. Shazam!: The IMAX 2D ExperienceFri.-Thurs., 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15 p.m. n

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SHAZAM!

Stars: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong Length: 132 minutes Directed by: David F. Sandberg Rating: PG13 Shazam has always been a second-tier superhero, but Sandberg has created a top-notch action-comedy extravaganza that mixes the best elements of classics “Big,” “Ghostbusters” and the original Christopher Reeve “Superman.” The story of a 14-year-old boy who magically acquires the ability to be an adult superhero is guaranteed to make star Zach Levi a superstar. Likely to be my favorite movie of the year. Grade: A

DUMBO

Stars: Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton Length: 112 minutes Directed by: Tim Burton Rating: PG This take on the 1941 animated classic continues Disney’s inspired trend of making live-action versions of their best cartoons, and achieves soaring results. It’s a delight to see DeVito back on the big screen in a big way, while Keaton is a fun villain. Burton’s best in years. Grade: A

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t’s easy to assume that the modern-day obsession with celebrity scandals has arisen only in the 25 years since the OJ Simpson freeway chase and trial. But the new Netflix film “The Highwaymen” serves as a bracing reminder that Americans were losing their collective minds over notorious figures in the news decades before the infamous football player captured the nation’s attention. Starring the dream team of Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, respectively, the film presents an in-depth look at the men who brought the notoriously violent criminal couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow down in 1934. In essence, it serves as the flipside to the 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde.” And while it doesn’t quite match up to that film’s classic status, it’s got plenty of terrific attributes of its own. Directed by longtime Pasadenan John Lee Hancock (“The Blind Side,” “The Founder,” “Saving Mr. Banks”) from a script by John Fusco of “Young Guns” fame, “The Highwaymen” takes a slow-burning, psychological approach to much of its storytelling. As Bonnie and Clyde embark on a murderous bank-robbing spree across the South and Midwest during the Great Depression, they are quickly regarded as Robin Hood-style heroes by the general public because they are cleaning out banks. The top-level federal agents assigned to stop the criminal couple keep failing their assignment, leading Texas Gov. Ma Ferguson (Kathy Bates) to hire Hamer and Gault against her wishes. Everyone regards them and their old-school approach to crime-solving outdated, but soon these rangers are proving everyone wrong by drawing ever closer to the evildoers using old-fashioned sleuthing, excellent interview skills and good old intuition. Costner and Harrelson make an excellent team both in the story and in terms of their chemistry and performances. Harrelson’s Gault is a haunted alcoholic trying to regain his dignity but still

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provides the usual, slyly wicked comic relief the actor is famous for. Costner, meanwhile, is also haunted by violent encounters in his past cases. In the film’s best-acted scene, he faces off against veteran character actor William Sadler (who plays Clyde’s dad, Henry) as they trade sad stories and realize that Clyde could have easily steered his life in a better direction. There are a couple of fun foot and car chases, and a shootout that’s effectively intense, along the way. The period details, costumes and settings are all superbly done, which makes this another in a growing list of examples of Netflix’s determination to become a source of A-list films well beyond its recent Best Picture nominee “Roma.” I’ve been resentful of the streaming giant’s attempts to change the filmmaking experience and drive film viewing to home couches rather than proper cinemas. I normally regard the theatergoing experience as sacrosanct, wanting to see movie stars and great stories projected on giant screens with the sense of communal storytelling that has been a staple of mankind from its earliest days. But this handsomely mounted production, combined with other recent winners including the Ben Affleck action film “Triple Frontier” and Sandra Bullock’s riveting thriller “Bird Box,” has made me realize that sometimes watching a movie at home is just fine after all. If the story’s great and the project is well-made, maybe it doesn’t matter and hopefully the two forms of viewing — Netflix and its competition at home, and the full-on theater experience — can manage to co-exist effectively. All in all, this is a solid and moving historical piece that’s shot with an impressive attention to detail. Best of all, you don’t have to hit the LA highways to see it. n

Stars: Julianne Moore, John Turturro Length: 102 minutes Directed by: Sebastian Lelio Rating: R Oscar-winning actress Moore delivers another award-worthy performance in this slice-of-life dramedy about a lonely 50-year-old divorcee who spends aimless nights clubbing until she meets a seemingly charming guy. What happens from there is unexpected, but at times slow. Grade: B

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Stars: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer Length: 123 minutes Directed by: Anthony Maras Rating: R This recreation of the devastating 2008 Muslim terror attack on the luxurious Taj Hotel in Mumbai expertly weaves stories of heroism and escape across three social classes with “Die Hard”-quality action. But the fact this was real and horrific takes any fun away.. Grade: C

Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke Length: 116 minutes Directed by: Jordan Peele Rating: R Peele’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Get Out” serves up more scares and some solid laughs in its first two-thirds, but falls apart in the final stretch by becoming redundant and having a conclusion that literally makes no sense. Nyong’o is great, though. Grade: C

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#4 - Vintage Gold/F Swank Cufflinks - $4.99 3rd Generation #5 - 14K Diamond Ring Buy*Sell*Trade Vintage Jewelry & Collectibles Free Verbal $99.99 Appraisals. Two locations. 1325 Huntington #6 - Silver Earrings - $6.99 #7 - Vintage Hummel Dr., South Pasadena and 56 S. De Lacey, Figurine - $69.99 Old Pasadena. #8 - Silver Spoon - $3.99 (626) 844-0471 (323) 254-2505 #9 - Vintage Seiko Watch www.thirdgenerationco.com (hers) - $9.99 #10 - Vintage Turquoise Ring CLOTHING/ACCESSORIES (his) - $9.99 #11 - Older Pearl Broche -$9.99 Custom-made Adorable Baby Clothes #12 - Vintage Cuckoo Clock Featuring the Lovbugz Characters Black Forest - $199.99 Buy at: www.zazzle.com/lovbugz #13 - Vintage Broche (beautiful) - $4.99 ESTATE JEWELRY #14 - Vintage German Travel JEWELRY (VINTAGE) Clock - $49.99 Miscellaneous Items ASK FOR TOMAS #1 - String of Pearls - $24.99 #323-254-2505 #2 - Silver Bracelet - $12.99 12-4PM TUES-SAT #3 - Vintage German Miniature (ceramic) - $9.99

PUBLIC NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19GDCP00083

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of TIFFANY KA-WAI CHAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Tiffany Ka-Wai Chan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Tiffany Ka-Wai Chan to Tiffany Ka-Wai Hsing 2.) 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 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: 5/15/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: D. The address of the court is 600 East Broadway Glendale, CA 91206. 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: Pasadena Weekly. Original filed: March 23, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19GDCP00032

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of BENJAMIN LEVI JONES-NORMAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Benjamin Levi Jones-Norman filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Benjamin Levi Jones-Norman to Benjamin Levi Lin 2.) 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 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: 4/10/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E. The address of the court is 600 East Broadway Glendale,

CA 91206. 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: Pasadena Weekly. Original filed: January 28, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

NOTICE INVITING BIDS for ON-CALL ARTWORK INSTALLATION & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES In the City of Pasadena, California

Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., April 23, 2019, by the City Clerk of Pasadena, 100 N. Garfield Ave. 2nd Floor Room 228, Pasadena, for ONCALL ARTWORK INSTALLATION & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, in the City of Pasadena, California. A copy of the RFP is available on the City website at: https://www.planetbids.com/ portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=14770. The Pasadena Supplements and Modifications to the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (ìGreenbookî) is available, if needed, online at: ht tps: // w w 5.cit yof pa s adena.net / public-works/wp-content/uploads/ sites/52/2016/10/Supplements-andModifications-to-the-Green-Book2006-Edition.pdf From time to time, the City finds it necessary to issue addendum(a) to bid specifications after those bid specifications have been released. Only those parties that have registered with the City as a plan holder on a particular project will receive the addendum(a) for that project. The City is not responsible for notifications to those parties who do not directly register as a plan holder on the Cityís database. It is the responsibility of all perspective bidders to register on the Cityís database to ensure receipt of any addendum(a) prior to bid submittals. Additionally, information on any addendum(a) issued for any bid specifications for any project will be available on the City website at: https:// www.planetbids.com/portal/portal. cfm?CompanyID=14770 The City reserves the right to reject as nonresponsive any bid that fails to include the information required by any addendum(a) posted on the City website. There will be no pre-bid meeting for this RFP. Each Bidder must hold an active Class A or B License at the time of bid submission, except as to joint venture Bidders, who shall be licensed as provided in Business and Professions Code ßß 7029.1 and 7028.15(c). Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 to 1782 of the California Labor Code, the California Department of Industrial Relations has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which work is to be done. A

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copy of the general prevailing rate of wages is on file with the City Engineer and is available for inspection and reference during regular business hours. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of this public works project unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of Labor Code Section 1771.1 for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The Contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation (See e.g. 8 Cal. Code Reg. Section 16451(d). Contractors and Subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the California Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement). All bids must be accompanied by bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid price, in the form of cash, cashier’s check, money order, or surety bond. Bids are to be signed and submitted in DUPLICATE. Bidder must submit bids with one ORIGINAL and one COPY, marked as such. Refer to the Specifications for complete details and bid requirements. Specifications and this notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereto. STEVE MERMELL City Manager Dated: March 19, 2019 (Authorized by City Attorney) Publish: March 28, 2019 & April 4, 2019 Pasadena Weekly

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Zoning Code Amendments to Update Inclusionary Housing Requirements for Multi-Family Residential Projects and Establish an Affordable Housing Concession Menu for Density Bonus Projects PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Planning and Community Development Department is proposing a Zoning Code Amendment to make various changes to the Cityís inclusionary housing requirements, including changes to the percentage of inclusionary units required, the inclusionary in-lieu fee, and trade downs of affordable inclusionary units. Additionally, the Department is proposing a Zoning Code Amendment to the Cityís density bonus provisions establishing a menu of affordable housing concessions that would qualify for streamlined review for density bonus projects that meet certain criteria. PROJECT LOCATION: All properties on which multi-family residential or mixeduse projects are an allowed use throughout the City of Pasadena. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The Planning Commission will consider whether the proposed Zoning Code Amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Section 15305 (Class 5 ñ Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations) and whether there are no features that distinguish this project from others in the exempt class; therefore, there are no unusual circumstances. APPROVALS NEEDED: The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed Zoning Code Amendments on April 10, 2019. The Planning Commission will forward its recommendation to the City Council. The City Council will make a final decision on the proposed Zoning Code Amendments at a separately-noticed public hearing.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to receive input from the public and provide comments on the proposed Zoning Code Amendments to update the Cityís inclusionary housing requirements and establish an affordable housing concession menu for density bonus projects. Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: City Hall Council Chamber, Room S249 100 North Garfield Avenue PUBLIC INFORMATION: Any interested party or their representative may appear at the meeting and comment on the project. Written comments should be sent to Andre Sahakian, Senior Planner, at the address listed below. If you wish to challenge this matter in court you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the hearing body, at or prior to the public hearing. For more information about the project and the related environmental documentation or to schedule an appointment: Contact Person: Andre Sahakian, Senior Planner Phone: (626) 744-6916 E-mail: asahakian@cityofpasadena.net Website: cityofpasadena.net/planning Mailing Address: Planning & Community Development Department Planning Division, Community Planning Section 175 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101 ADA: In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, listening assistive devices are available with a 24-hour advance notice. Please call (626) 744-4009 or (626) 744-4371 (TDD) to request use of a listening device. Language translation services are available for this meeting by calling (626) 744-4009 at least 48 hours in advance. Published on: 4/4/19 Pasadena Weekly

NOTICE INVITING BIDS FURNISH LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be received prior to 3:00PM April 24, 2019 by the City Clerk, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Rm S228, Pasadena, CA 91109, and will be opened at that time and place. The bids shall be clearly titled: LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE The bids shall be clearly titled. Copies of the Specifications may be obtained by mail or in person from the Purchasing Division, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Rm 348, Pasadena, CA 91109, Telephone No. (626) 744-6755. Refer to the specifications for complete details and bidding requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at which time each bidder will have the opportunity to clarify and ask questions regarding the Specifications. The pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00AM April 11, 2019 at 233 West Mountain Street, 2nd Floor Training Room, Pasadena, CA 91103 Bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid price in the form of cash, a certified or cashierís check, money order, or surety bond must accompany the proposal. The Contractor must have a C-27 License and three professional references Refer to the Specifications for complete details and bid requirements. The Specifications and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereto. STEVE MERMELL CITY MANAGER DATED: APRIL 4, 2019 PUBLISH: APRIL 4, 2019 Pasadena Weekly

NOTICE INVITING BIDS for GYM FLOOR REPLACEMENT AT VILLA PARKE & VICTORY PARK In the City of Pasadena, California

Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., April 24, 2019, by the City Clerk of Pasadena, 100 N. Garfield Ave. 2nd Floor Room 228, Pasadena, for GYM FLOOR REPLACEMENT AT VILLA PARKE & VICTORY PARK, in the City of Pasadena, California. A copy of the RFP is available on the City website at: https://www.planetbids.com/ portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=14770. The Pasadena Supplements and Modifications to the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (ìGreenbookî) is available, if needed, online at: ht tps: // w w 5.cit yof pa s adena.net / public-works/wp-content/uploads/ sites/52/2016/10/Supplements-andModifications-to-the-Green-Book2006-Edition.pdf From time to time, the City finds it necessary to issue addendum(a) to bid specifications after those bid specifications have been released. Only those parties that have registered with the City as a plan holder on a particular project will receive the addendum(a) for that project. The City is not responsible for notifications to those parties who do not directly register as a plan holder on the Cityís database. It is the responsibility of all perspective bidders to register on the Cityís database to ensure receipt of any addendum(a) prior to bid submittals. Additionally, information on any addendum(a) issued for any bid specifications for any project will be available on the City website at: https:// www.planetbids.com/portal/portal. cfm?CompanyID=14770 The City reserves the right to reject as nonresponsive any bid that fails to include the information required by any addendum(a) posted on the City website. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for April 11, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Villa Parke Community Center located at 363 E. Villa Street, Pasadena, California. This meeting is to answer any questions regarding the project plans and specifications. ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY If Prospective Bidders do not attend the mandatory meeting and/or sign-in on the attendance sheet, their bid package will not be accepted and will be deemed un-responsive at the time of bid opening. Submitted package will be verified by the attendance sheet. Each Bidder must hold an active Class A or B or C15 License at the time of bid submission, except as to joint venture Bidders, who shall be licensed as provided in Business and Professions Code ßß 7029.1 and 7028.15(c). Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 to 1782 of the California Labor Code, the California Department of Industrial Relations has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which work is to be done. A copy of the general prevailing rate of wages is on file with the City Engineer and is available for inspection and reference during regular business hours. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of this public works project unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of Labor Code Section 1771.1 for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The Contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation (See e.g. 8 Cal.

Code Reg. Section 16451(d). Contractors and Subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the California Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement). All bids must be accompanied by bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid price, in the form of cash, cashier’s check, money order, or surety bond. Bids are to be signed and submitted in DUPLICATE. Bidder must submit bids with one ORIGINAL and one COPY, marked as such. Refer to the Specifications for complete details and bid requirements. Specifications and this notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereto. STEVE MERMELL City Manager Dated: October 31, 2018 (Authorized by City Attorney) Publish: April 4, 2019 & April 11, 2019 Pasadena Weekly

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19CHCP00116

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JOSE RICARDO SALAZAR, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Jose Ricardo Salazar filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Jose Ricardo Salazar to Richard Castillo Salazar 2.) 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 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: 6/4/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: F49. The address of the court is 9425 Penfield Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311. 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: Pasadena Weekly. Original filed: November 28, 2017. David B Gelfound, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

BULK SALES NOTICES NOTICE

Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property. To satisfy the owner’s lien pursuant to California Self-Storage Facility Act (B&P Code 21700 ET SEQ), the Undersigned will sell personal property stored by the persons or businesses listed below including, but not limited to, items described below stored at SoCal Self Storage-Colorado Boulevard 2581 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91107; (626) 229-9999. The sale will be held by public auction (online) at www. storagetreasures.com on April 11th, 2019. Auction Ending Time is 11:30 AM PST. Bids submitted within the last 5 minutes of the Auction Ending Time may extend the bidding process in 5-minute increments. THE FOLLOWING IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: Storage Unit #/Name: Theodore A. Martin-mattress, boxes, patio chairs, bike, hamper, clothes, rug, luggage; Theodore A. Martin-file cabinet, boxes, step ladder, chairs, chair, bags, luggage, vacuum. CN958821 04-11-19 Mar 28, Apr 4, 2019

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PROPERTY

Notice Is Hereby Given That Pursuant To

Sections 21700-21716 Of The Business And Professions Code, Section 2328 Of The UCC, Section 535 Of The Penal Code And Provisions Of The Civil Code, PSA SELF STORAGE 8000 ARTSON ST. ROSEMEAD 91770 & PSA SELF STORAGE 600 SOUTH GARFIELD AVE. ALHAMBRA 91801 County Of Los Angeles, State Of California Will Sell By Competitive Bidding The Following Units at the two sites listed below: Auction to Be Conducted through Online Auction Services of WWW.LOCKERFOX.COM, with bids opening on or after 12:00pm, APRIL 5TH 2019 and closing on or after 12:00pm, APRIL 12th 2019. The Personal Goods Stored Therein by the Following May Include, but are not limited to: MISC. HOUSEHOLD GOODS, PERSONAL ITEMS, FURNITURE, CLOTHING AND/OR BUSINESS ITEMS/ FIXTURES. PSA ROSEMEAD, 8000 ARTSON ST. ROSEMEAD, CA 91770 CHARLOTTE SPADARO TRACEY VIERA PAULA CORTES MADELINE ARMOUR SHANNON GREEN GEORGE DIAZ PSA ALHAMBRA, 600 SOUTH GARFIELD AVE. ALHAMBRA, CA 91801 ARTHER ESTEVEZ Purchases Must Be Made in Cash and Paid at the time of Sale. All Goods are Sold as is and must be Removed within 24 Hours of the time of Purchase. PSA Self Storage-Rosemead Reserves the Right to Retract Bids. Sale is Subject to Adjournment. Pasadena Weekly 4/4/19, 4/11/19

NOTICE OF SALE ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the California Self Storage Act. Items will be sold at www.storagetreasures. com by competitive bidding ending on April 16, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Property has been stored and is located at A-1 Self Storage, 2300 Poplar Blvd., Alhambra, CA 91801 Sale subject to cancellation up to the time of sale, company reserves the right to refuse any online bids. Property to be sold as follows: misc. household goods, computers, electronics, tools, personal items, furniture, clothing, office furniture & equipment, sporting goods, etc.; belonging to the following: Kris Suthayabhorn Auction by StorageTreasures.com 800-213-4183 Pasadena Weekly 4/4/19, 4/11/19

SUMMONS STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LEA FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT No.: D-506-DM-2018-00585 DENISE TOLAND, Petitioner, v. JOHN MILTON TOLAND, Respondent SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF SUIT PENDING TO: John Milton Toland You and each of you are hereby notified that there has been filed in the District Court of Lea County, New Mexico, a certain cause of action wherein, Denise Toland is the Petitioner, and you and each of you are the Respondent, the same being Cause No.: D-506-DM-2018-00585 on the Docket. The general object of said action is a Dissolution of Marriage.

You and each of you are further notified that unless you enter your appearance or plead herein within 30 days after the date of the last publication of this Summon and Notice of Suit Pending, Petitioner will make application to the Court for Judgment by default, and judgment by default will be rendered against you, and each of you, as prayed for in said Complaint. The name of the attorneys for Petitioner is Sanders, Bruin, Coll & Worley, P.A., (John Sullivan Hightower) 701 West County Club Road, Roswell, New Mexico 88201. WITNESS my hand and seal of the District Court of Lea, State of New Mexico. District Court Clerk By: Nelda Cuellar Clerk/Deputy Published: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19 Pasadena Weekly

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (N˙mero del Caso): 30-2018-01030747 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): James Anthony Rojas dba ATLANTIC FUNDING YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO EST¡ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Dinesh Shah, Suniti Shah. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Tiene 30 DÕAS DE CALENDARIO despuÈs de que le entreguen esta citaciÛn y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefÛnica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y m·s informaciÛn en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede m·s cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentaciÛn, pida al secretario de la corte que le dÈ un formulario de exenciÛn de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podr· quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin m·s advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisiÛn a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniÈndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange, Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92701. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la direcciÛn y el n˙mero de telÈfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Stacy Joel Safion Esq., State Bar No. 167481, 30011 Ivy Glen Drive Suite 121 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677; Tel: 949.347.0300. DATE (Fecha): March 26, 2019; David H. Yamasaki, Clerk (Secretario) PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la direcciÛn y el n˙mero de telÈfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Stacy Joel Safion Esq., State Bar No. 167481, 30011 Ivy Glen Drive Suite 121 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677; Tel: 949.347.0300. DATE (Fecha): March 26, 2019; David H. Yamasaki, Clerk (Secretario) PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

Stacy Joel Safion Esq., State Bar No. 167481, 30011 Ivy Glen Drive Suite 121 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677; Tel: 949.347.0300. DATE (Fecha): March 26, 2019; David H. Yamasaki, Clerk (Secretario) PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (N˙mero del Caso): 30-2018-01030747

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): James Anthony Rojas dba ZION FUNDING

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (N˙mero del Caso): 30-2018-01030747

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): James Anthony Rojas dba TRISTAR RECONVEYANCE

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): James Anthony Rojas dba GLOBAL FUNDING YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO EST¡ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Dinesh Shah, Suniti Shah. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Tiene 30 DÕAS DE CALENDARIO despuÈs de que le entreguen esta citaciÛn y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefÛnica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y m·s informaciÛn en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede m·s cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentaciÛn, pida al secretario de la corte que le dÈ un formulario de exenciÛn de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podr· quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin m·s advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisiÛn a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniÈndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange, Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92701.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO EST¡ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Dinesh Shah, Suniti Shah. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Tiene 30 DÕAS DE CALENDARIO despuÈs de que le entreguen esta citaciÛn y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefÛnica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y m·s informaciÛn en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede m·s cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentaciÛn, pida al secretario de la corte que le dÈ un formulario de exenciÛn de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podr· quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin m·s advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisiÛn a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniÈndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange, Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92701. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la direcciÛn y el n˙mero de telÈfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es):

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (N˙mero del Caso): 30-2018-01030747

PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

PROBATE NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN B. VOSKIAN AKA JOHN BAPTIST VOSKIAN AKA JOHN VOSKIAN CASE NO. 19STPB02466

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOHN B. VOSKIAN AKA JOHN BAPTIST VOSKIAN AKA JOHN VOSKIAN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MICHAEL J. VOSKIAN AND KATHERINE A. VOSKIAN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MICHAEL J. VOSKIAN AND KATHERINE A. VOSKIAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/15/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner ELIOT S. NAHIGIAN - SBN 089913 COLEMAN & HOROWITT, LLP 499 W. SHAW AVENUE, SUITE 116 FRESNO CA 93704 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 CNS-3233780# PASADENA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROMAN REQUENA CASE NO. 18STPB10911

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ROMAN REQUENA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CRYSTAL GAIL-WILSON CANON in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CRYSTAL GAIL-WILSON CANON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal

representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/26/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 2D located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner SILVIO NARDONI - SBN 048395 LAW OFFICE OF SILVIO NARDONI 130 S. JACKSON STREET GLENDALE CA 91205 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/19 CNS-3237683# PASADENA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EDNA M. MCNEIL CASE NO. 19STPB02936

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of EDNA M. MCNEIL. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JANICE CARTER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JANICE CARTER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/29/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Re-

quest for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner JENNIFER N. SAWDAY - SBN 228320 TREDWAY, LUMSDAINE & DOYLE, LLP 3900 KILROY AIRPORT WAY, STE. 240 LONG BEACH CA 90806 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/19 CNS-3238217# PASADENA WEEKLY

TRUSTEE SALES T.S. No.: 2018-01557-CA A.P.N.:5863-027-029 Property Address: 629 Hartwell Court, Altadena, CA 91001 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE ß 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACI”N DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03/18/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: Melissa Lee Segovia, Trustee of the Diane Carole Lee Living Trust dated December 20, 2008 Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 03/28/2005 as Instrument No. 05 0700834 in book —-, page—- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, and further modified by the assumption of liability agreement executed on 10/11/2016 by Melissa Lee Segovia, Trustee of the Diane Carole Lee Living Trust dated December 20, 2008, who has agreed to assume the liability, pay the indebtedness by that certain Grant Deed recorded on 12/29/2008, as Instrument No. 20082262451 of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California Date of Sale: 04/23/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 562,354.82 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIERíS CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 629 Hartwell Court, Altadena, CA 91001 A.P.N.: 5863-027-029

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The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 562,354.82. Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidderís sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

Title No.: 18-231272 APN: 5746-010-069 T.S. No.: 18-18087 Reference: SA-PO-4 [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE ß 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT LIEN YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 7/27/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 4/11/2019 at 10:30 AM, Best Alliance Foreclosure and Lien Services Corp. as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Delinquent Assessment Lien, recorded on 8/6/2018 as Document No. 20180787799, of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, property owned by: Rubio Punzalan

The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorderís office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www. altisource.com/MortgageServices/ DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices. aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2018-01557-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: March 12, 2019 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Pasadena Weekly 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business In this state.) At: THE FRONT STEPS OF BUILDING LOCATED AT 17305 GILMORE STREET, VAN NUYS, CA 91406 all right, title and interest under said Delinquent Assessment Lien in the property situated in said County, describing the land therein: As more fully described on the referenced Assessment Lien The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 107 N. Oak Avenue, Unit 4 Pasadena, CA 91107 Title No.:18-231272 T.S. No.:18-18087 Reference No.: SA-PO-4 AP No. 5746-010-069 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, If any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, “AS-IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS” and that no representations or warranties are made as to the legal title, possession, legal condition, location, dimensions of land, boundary lines, legality of boundary line adjustments, compliance with or violations of the subdivision map act, or any other law, rules or regulations concerning the legality of the property or as described, or encumbrances existing or regarding the physical condition of the property, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Voluntary Lien for Delinquent Assessments, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee, to-wit: $24,347.46 Estimated Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidderís sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This sale shall be subject to a right of redemption. The redemption period within which this property interest may be redeemed ends 90 days after the date of the sale. The claimant under said Delinquent Assessment Lien heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded In the county where the real property Is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation.

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Best Alliance Foreclosure and Lien Services, as Trustee or Agent to Trustee is a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information received will be used for that purpose. DATE: 3/12/2019 Pasadena Oaks Homeowners Association, as Trustee By: Cindy Sandoval Best Alliance Foreclosure and Lien Services 16133 Ventura Blvd., Suite 700 Encino, CA 91436 (888) 785-9721 For Sales Information go to www.elitepostandpub.com OFFICE VISITS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, NO WALK INS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED. PLEASE CALL FIRST. EPP 28433 Pub Dates 03/21, 03/28, 04/04/2019 TSG No.: 8745596 TS No.: CA1800284348 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 5836-006-021 Property Address: 1771 NAVARRO AVENUE PASADENA, CA 91103 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/18/2016. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 04/25/2019 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 05/24/2016, as Instrument No. 20160589208, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: VERA B HALL AS TRUSTEE OF THE VERA B HALL FAMILY TRUST DATED MAY 21, 1990, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 5836-006-021 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1771 NAVARRO AVENUE, PASADENA, CA 91103 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $ 349,152.61. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You

are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorderís office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search. nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1800284348 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeís attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 NPP0350175 To: PASADENA WEEKLY 03/28/2019, 04/04/2019, 04/11/2019 T.S. No.: 2016-02853-CA A.P.N.:5731-009-068 Property Address: 780 North El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91104 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE ß 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACI”N DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03/22/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: Jesus Ortis, A Single Man Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 03/31/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0690884 in book —-, page—- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 05/01/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 832,316.49 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIERíS CHECK DRAWN ON

A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 780 North El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91104 A.P.N.: 5731-009-068 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 832,316.49. Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidderís sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorderís office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www. altisource.com/MortgageServices/ DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices. aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2016-02853-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately

be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: March 15, 2019 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Pasadena Weekly 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Recording requested by: TS No. CA-18-845157-NJ Order No.: 180557982-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/1/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the accrued principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): GLORIA SIMS, A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded: 12/8/2008 as Instrument No. 20082154150 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 4/30/2019 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of accrued balance and other charges: $307,280.81 The purported property address is: 544 PEPPER STREET, PASADENA, CA 91103 Assessor’s Parcel No. : 5727-007-008 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file

number assigned to this foreclosure by the trustee: CA-18-845157-NJ. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee, or the mortgagee’s attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-18-845157-NJ IDSPub #0151483 3/28/2019 4/4/2019 4/11/2019

FICT. BUSINESS NAMES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019049244

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DT SERVICES, DT REALTY. 449 West Foothill Blvd., #185 Glendora, CA 91741. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4091307. REGISTERED OWNER(S) DT Realty and Property Management Inc., 449 West Foothill Blvd., #185 Glendora, CA 91741. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Daniel Bringhurst. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: DT Realty and Property Management Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 27, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019061245

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SOCIAL PARADOX. 1983 El Sereno Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201905311327. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Social Paradox LLC, 1983 El Sereno Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/

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Kevin Patrick Crone. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Social Paradox LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 8, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019043490

Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GORDITAS MEXICAN FOOD. 4651 Gage Ave., Ste. F Bell, CA 90201. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 831218523. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Gorditas Mexican Food, Inc., 4651 Gage Ave., Ste. F Bell, CA 90201. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Maria Del Carmen Maldonado. TITLE: Secretary, Corp or LLC Name: Gorditas Mexican Food, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 20, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019049575

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CONSTRUCTIV MISSSION CRITICAL. 3601 Paseo Del Campo Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274, 2386 E. Walnut Ave. Fullerton, CA 92831. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: C3496213. REGISTERED OWNER(S) MC Constructors, Inc., 3601 Paseo Del Campo Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Daniel Mcnary. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: MC Constructors, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 27, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019060673

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HANDCAR TECHNOLOGIES, HANDCAR TOURS. 17926 Maplehurst Pl. Canyon Country, CA 91387. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201906510284. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Museum of Handcar Technology LLC, 17926 Maplehurst Pl. Canyon Country, CA 91387. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Todd Clark. TITLE: Member, Corp or LLC Name: Museum of Handcar Technology LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 8, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019057070

Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CINCH HOME LOANS. 16830 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 360 Los Angeles, CA 91436. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Cinch Home Loan, Inc, 16830 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 360 Los Angeles, CA 91436. State of Incorporation or LLC: Utah. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 2/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Troy Evans. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Cinch Home Loan, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 6, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019059069

Type of Filing: Refile. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN #12984. 311 S. Rosemead Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107, 601 E. Glenoaks Blvd., #108 Glendale, CA 91207. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) PLK NV INC, 601 E. Glenoaks Blvd., #108 Glendale, CA 91207. State of Incorporation or LLC: NV. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Ramela Asaturyan. TITLE: Secretary, Corp or LLC Name: PLK NV INC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 7, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019057316

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PASADENA ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE, ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE, PASADENA SOCCER. 967 East Colorado Blvd.,

#61063 Pasadena, CA 91106, PO Box 61063 Pasadena, CA 91116. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: C3242124. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Adult Sports Management, 967 East Colorado Blvd., #61063 Pasadena, CA 91106. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Sherisse Elaine Tuck. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Adult Sports Management. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 6, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.201057141

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NEBULA CO; 1424 Balboa St. Pomona, CA 91767. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Yonglei Yin, 1424 Balboa St. Pomona, CA 91767. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Yonglei Yin. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 6, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019056144

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JASLIN STUDIO; 22914 E. Colombard Ln., Unit #4 Diamond Bar, CA 91765.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Cheng-Ying Lin, 22914 E. Colombard Ln., Unit #4 Diamond Bar, CA 91765. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Cheng-Ying Lin. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 5, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019056293

Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EAST LOS STREETSCAPERS; 1220 S. Gerhart Ave. Commerce, CA 90022, POB 31460 Los Angeles, CA 90031. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Roberto Wayne Healy, 1220 Gerhart Ave. Commerce, CA 90022. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Wayne Healy. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 5, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019061016

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JPS CONSTRUCTION; 1838 E. Ave. Q12 Palmdale, CA 93550. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Jose Pedro Soriano Baires, 1838 E. Ave. Q12 Palmdale, CA 93550. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The

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registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Jose Pedro Soriano Baires. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 8, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019043602

commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 11/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Lakia Marie Pearson. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 5, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019063911

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HOLTZ DEZINE; 6532 Leland Way Los Angeles, CA 90028. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Leo Holtz, 6532 Leland Way Los Angeles, CA 90028. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 2/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Leo Holtz. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 21, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SALUD AND WELLNESS; 350 N. Dodsworth Ave. Covina, CA 91724. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hans Teuvo Benjamins, 350 N. Dodsworth Ave. Covina, CA 91724. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Hans Teuvo Benjamins. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 12, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019058787

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019040309

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GEORGE GOMEZ STUDIOS; 5848 Colfax Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91601. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Jorge Alberto Gomez, 5848 Colfax Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91601. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Jorge Alberto Gomez. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 6, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019055693

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1133 CANDLES; 19919 Rossford Ave. Lakewood, CA 90715. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lakia Marie Pearson, 19919 Rossford Ave. Lakewood, CA 90715. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BLISSFUL STATES, BEAUTIFULL THINGS TRADING CO., 1653 7TH Street Unit 416 Santa Monica, CA 90406. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ina Thorner, 2401 Virginia Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Ina Thorner. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 15, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019040552

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GROUND UP DESIGN. 3699 Roseview Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90065. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ground Up Investments LLC, 3699 Roseview Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90065. State

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of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Ju Wang, CEO. TITLE: Member, Corp or LLC Name: Ground Up Investments LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 19, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/14/19, 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019065321

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE NINI BLANKET. 11428 Dona Pegita Drive Studio City, CA 91604. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Planaw, LLC, 11428 Dona Pegita Drive Studio City, CA 91604. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Leah L. Warson. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Planaw, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 13, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019054760

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: UNISON SUPPLY. 15715 E. Valley Blvd. Industry, CA 91744. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Unison Supply, Inc., 15715 E. Valley Blvd. Industry, CA 91744. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Vanessa R. Acosta Kalta. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Unison Supply, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 4, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019064058

Type of Filing: Original The following

person(s) is (are) doing business as: LOVE LILLY LOU; 118 S. Avenue 50 Unit #501 Los Angeles, CA 90042. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lillian Louisa Russell, 118 S. Avenue 50 Unit #501 Los Angeles, CA 90042. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Lillian Louisa Russell. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 12, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019067137

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GB NOTARY; 1317 North Brand Blvd. 7 Glendale, CA 91202. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Galina Babadzhanyan, 1317 North Brand Blvd. Unit 7 Glendale, CA 91202. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Galina Babadzhanyan. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 14, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019053156

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WHOLE SELF SYSTEMS; 301 N. Sycamore Ave., #11 Los Angeles, CA 90036. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Melissa Center, 301 N. Sycamore Ave., #11 Los Angeles, CA 90036, Rutdow Jiraprapasuke, 4114 Lauderdale Ave. La Crescenta, CA 91214. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Melissa Center. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 1, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.201902583

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CHIRON SOLUTIONS; 841 E. Mountain St. Pasadena, CA 91104. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Alexander Angel Buitron, 841 E. Mountain St. Pasadena, CA 91104THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Alexander Angel Buitron. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 11, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019065897

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MDB EVENTS; 11130 Otsego St., Apt. 401 North Hollywood, CA 91601. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lamonica Burns, 11130 Otsego St., Apt. 401 North Hollywood, CA 91601. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Lamonica Burns. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 14, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019065037

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE ART OF ROOM DESIGN; 831 Foothill Blvd. La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Maria M. Videla, 831 Foothill Blvd. La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 8/2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Maria M. Videla. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 13, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasa-

dena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019049720

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: QUALITY PAINTERS; 403 West Ave., J8 Lancaster, CA 93534. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Luis Eduardo Fraga, 403 West Ave., J8 Lancaster, CA 93534. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 1/1999. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Luis Eduardo Fraga. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 27, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019054597

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MARTI CHOCOLATT, MARTI; 561 East Green Street Pasadena, CA 91101. PO Box 1222 South Pasadena, CA 91030. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Maria Hegina R. Tibay, 718 N. Monterey St., #204 Alhambra, CA 91801. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Maria Hegina R. Tibay. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 4, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019062990

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FAITH KEEPERS, FAITH KEEPERS CARE GIVING; 1107 Fair Oaks Avenue #323 South Pasadena, CA 91030, PO Box 1448 Sierra Madre, CA 91025. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Catherine A Baca, 1107 Fair Oaks Avenue #323 South Pasadena, CA 91030. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Catherine A Baca. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 11, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/21/19, 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019072321

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MONKEY CLAPPING MEDIA. 1404 Prospect Ave., #F San Gabriel, CA 91776, 119 S. California St., #27 San Gabriel, CA 91776. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: C4232904. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Monkey Clapping Media Inc., 119 S. California St., #27 San Gabriel, CA 91776. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Xian Cao. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Monkey Clapping Media Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 20, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019071049

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INGRIDWDESIGNS; 1232 Vista Court Glendale, CA 91205. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ingrid Wilcox, 1232 Vista Court Glendale, CA 91205. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 08/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Ingrid Wilcox. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 19, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019062843

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PORCH AND PLACE; 620 Blake Street Pasadena, CA 91103. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Joycelynn Al Ling Tan, 620 Blake Street Pasadena, CA 91103. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Joycelynn Al Ling Tan. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 11, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019071132

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DOODLEBUG; 4937 Lynn Street Los Angeles, CA 90042, 613 Cabrillo Villas Los Angeles, CA 90042. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Jonathan Rinella, 904 N. First Street D Alhambra, CA 91801. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Jonathan Rinella. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 19, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019066863

Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LARRY THORNTON & ASSOCIATES, THORNTON & ASSOCIATES; 741 W. Woodbury Road Altadena, CA 91001. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Larry Thornton, 741 W. Woodbury Road Altadena, CA 91001. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Larry Thornton. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 14, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019067605

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PASCA; 1739 Locust Street Pasadena, CA 91106. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ka Yaw Tan, 1739 Locust Street Pasadena, CA 91106. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Ka Yaw Tan. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 15, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019066970

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ALWAYS BLOOMING; 315 South Catalina Avenue Unit #2 Pasadena, CA 91106. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Alexandra Sabrina Gervasi, 315 South Catalina Avenue Unit #2 Pasadena, CA 91106. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Alexandra Sabrina Gervasi. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 14, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019073999

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARROYO SECO FILMS; 418 Bamboo Ln. Los Angeles, CA 90012, 1062 W. Edgeware Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90026. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pablo Miralles, 1062 W. Edgeware Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90026. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 1/2009. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Alexandra Pablo Miralles. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 21, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019073067

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SOMA ACUPUNCTURE AND WELLNESS; 1800 Fair Oaks Ave., Suite A South Pasadena, CA 91030. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sarika C. Quach, 120 E. Chevy Chase Glendale, CA 91205. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Sarika C. Quach. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 20, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019069295

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BACKSTREETBEATS; 1706 Wagner Street Pasadena, CA 91106, PO Box 90243 Pasadena, CA 91106. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Bryan Warren Riley, 1706 Wagner Street Pasadena, CA 91106. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Bryan Warren Riley. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 18, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019073650

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GLENDALE URGENCY CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC; 319 South Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA 91204. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED O3346 Stephens Circle Glendale, CA 91208. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/1994. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Samir F. Daher. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 21, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019076699

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NCL & ASSOCIATES LLC, NCL PROPERTIES, CAREER HUNTERS, COLLECTABLE DREAMS, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, LITTLE SEA STARS, NCL AQUACULTURE, NCL CUBED, NCL LIMO AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, NCL TALENT. 2222 Foothill Blvd., Suite E554 La Canada, CA 91011. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 200119110080. REGISTERED OWNER(S) NCL & Associates LLC, 2222 Foothill Blvd., Suite E554 La Canada, CA 91011. State of Incorporation or LLC: Cal-

ifornia. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/2001. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Marco C. Latino. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: NCL & Associates LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 26, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019077050

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KATEDECOR; 2487 Highland Ave. Altadena, CA 91001. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Kate Sullivan, 2487 Highland Ave. Altadena, CA 91001. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Kate Sullivan. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 26, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 3/28/19, 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019070782

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HAPPY LAMB HOT POT. 45 S. Fair Oaks, Pasadena CA 91105. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) New Pot Pasadena LLC, 45 S. Fair Oaks, Pasadena CA 91105. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Jiang Chen. TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: New Pot Pasadena LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 19, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019083409

Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HESEN & HASLAM, THE RETIREMENT

INCOME SPECIALISTS. 21031 Ventura Blvd., Ste 424 Woodland Hills, CA 91364. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hesen & Haslam, LLC, 21031 Ventura Blvd., Ste 424 Woodland Hills, CA 91364. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Mitchell Hesen. TITLE: Partner-CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Hesen & Haslam, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 28, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019070313

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019082922

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FLEX MOBILE NOTARY; 43733 7th St. E Lancaster, CA 93535. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Mikia Wiyann Lucien, 43733 7th St. E Lancaster, CA 93535. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Mikia Wiyann Lucien. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 28, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EDDIE RAY PAINTING; 1211 W. Alameda Ave. Burbank, CA 91506. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Edward Raymond Bushey, 1211 W. Alameda Ave. Burbank, CA 91506. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Edward Raymond Bushey. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 29, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019061335

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019076965

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EMA GROUP; 4940 Long Beach Blvd., Suite B Long Beach, CA 90805. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Matthew Amezcua, 4940 Long Beach Blvd., Suite B Long Beach, CA 90805. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Matthew Amezcua. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 19, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AVILA RECYCLING; 5631 Leeds St. South Gate, CA 90280. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Iquibalan Avila, 3107 Cudhay St. Huntington Park, CA 90255. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Iquibalan Avila. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 8, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019074167

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019078393

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DABBLE DESIGNS, BOW AND ARROWS COLLECTIONS; 1902 Delford Avenue Duarte, CA 91010, PO Box 905 Duarte, CA 91009. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Kathleen Fisher, 1902 Delford Avenue Duarte, CA 91010. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 2/2008. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Kathleen Fisher. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 21, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019084706

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INVINCIBILITY UNLIMITED; 568 N. Billow Dr. San Dimas, CA 91773, PO Box 141 San Dimas, CA 91773. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Vicente S. Hernandez, 568 N. Billow Dr. San Dimas, CA 91773. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Vicente S. Hernandez. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 27, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FAR EAST MASSAGE; 187 N. Hill Avenue Pasadena, CA 91106, 843 E. Leslie Drive San Gabriel, CA 91775. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) John Grote, 843 E. Leslie Drive San Gabriel, CA 91775, Gaoyan Deng, 843 E. Leslie Drive San Gabriel, CA 91775. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 10/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Gaoyan Deng. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 26, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019076960

Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DREAM SPA MASSAGE; 2044 E. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 3 Pasadena, CA 91107, 843 E. Leslie Drive San Gabriel, CA 91775. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Gaoyan Deng, 843 E. Leslie Drive San Gabriel, CA 91775, John Grote, 843 E. Leslie Drive San Gabriel, CA 91775. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 2/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Gaoyan Deng. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 26, 2019. NOTICE ñ 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. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/4/19, 4/11/19, 4/18/19, 4/25/19

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Glendale Community College Theatre, 1500 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale, presents “How I Learned to Drive,” the story of now-grown Li’l Bit, who reminisces about learning to drive in her formative years in Maryland, in a story with lessons about the darker side of life, opening at 8 p.m., continuing through April 14. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for students and seniors. Call (818) 551-5161 or visit glendale.edu/theatre.

FRIDAY 04.05.19 Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents the musical “Doris and Me: One Man’s Obsession with Doris Day,” opening at 8 p.m. The show features Scott Dreier, its co-writer and star, in a tribute to the beloved singer and actress. Dreier sings her hits, with accompaniment. The production continues at 8 p.m. Saturday and April 13, and 2:30 p.m. April 14. Tickets are $25 to $35. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.

SATURDAY 04.06.19 The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles presents its 40th anniversary show, “Turn Back Time: The Best of GMCLA” at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tickets are $20 to $90. Call (818) 243-2539 or visit alextheatre.org.

SUNDAY 04.07.19 Masters of Taste features food from more than 45 master chefs, hand-crafted cocktails and tastings of the wares of more than 40 beverage providers, along with live entertainment. It runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Rose Bowl, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena. General admission tickets are $105. VIP admission is $165. Visit mastersoftastela.com.

MONDAY 04.08.19 Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, presents a contemporary painting class for adults 16 and older from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, continuing Mondays through April 29. Cost is $140. Call (323) 561-3044 or visit cfaer.org.

TUESDAY 04.09.19 The Action Trivia contest invites guests to put on their thinking caps, enjoy food and drinks and play for prizes from 8 to 10 p.m. at T. Boyle’s Tavern, 37 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena. Free. Call (626) 578-0957 or visit tboylestavern.com.

WEDNESDAY 04.10.19 Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, presents “Tiny Beautiful Things,” the story of Sugar, an online advice columnist who has thousands of fans because of her wisdom, honesty and offers of hope. She weaves her own life experiences together with the yearnings of and problems of her readers, creating a beloved column. It opens at 8 p.m. Wednesday and continues through May 5. Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org.

THURSDAY 04.11.19 The Blue Guitar, at Arroyo Seco Golf Course, 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena, presents jazz with AltaMusica, featuring Rob Kyle and Chad Edwards at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating. Visit blueguitar.club.

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CHOICE EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF 04.04–04.11

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER

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