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ON THE COVER: Director Jason Wise’s new documentary ‘The Delicacy’ (available for streaming via SOMM TV) dives into humankind’s obsession with eating sea urchin uni and explores the lives of the brave Santa Barbara divers who harvest them. Photo courtesy of ‘The Delicacy’ & SOMM TV. Design by Arman Olivares

Corona by the Numbers & Local Updates: Westside Deaths Reach 100; ‘Guy in Jetpack’ Spotted Flying at LAX Compiled by Christina Campodonico Reported Cases & Deaths by Neighborhood as of Tuesday, Sept. 1 Culver City: 372 (Deaths 29); Del Rey: 325 (Deaths 9); El Segundo: 122 (Deaths 1); Marina del Rey: 65 (Deaths 1); Mar Vista: 293 (Deaths 5); Playa Vista: 126 (Deaths 0); Playa del Rey: 27 (Deaths 0); Santa Monica: 784 (Deaths 40); Venice: 264 (Deaths 3); Westchester: 388 (Deaths 15) Total Westside Cases: 2,766 Total Westside Deaths: 103 Total Confirmed Cases in LA County: 242,521 Total Deaths in LA County: 5,829 Total New Cases as of Sept. 1: 840 Total New Deaths: 45 Hospitalizations: 1,057 Postivity Rate (7-day average): 5.1% (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health) • County officials are discouraging Angelenos from gathering over the Labor Day holiday weekend, fearing such gatherings could cause a spike in COVID-19 cases and upset the downward trend in cases locally. “Even if they feel safe,” the county is discouraging residents

from throwing or attending baby showers, gender reveal parties, barbecues in the backyard with friends, study groups with school friends, gatherings at the beach and dinner parties for the High Jewish Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur). So you might want to “regretfully decline” such invitations or postpone that party until we can all truly celebrate the end of corona. “These types of gatherings are risky as they bring together people who do not live together and increase the chances of community transmission,” reads a press release from the County. “It is still safest to stay at home and avoid gatherings, even if everyone present is taking precautions,” the release added.

• In another surreal moment to add to this weird year we’re calling 2020, a mysterious man piloting a jet pack was seen flying around LAX on Sunday (Aug. 30). An American Airlines pilot spotted the “guy in a jet pack” soaring at an altitude of approximately 3,000 feet.

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L E T T E R S Frustrating to see parked cars get a new level surface; people get the mountain range.

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threat to public safety and health is real and immediate, and our attempts to advocate for reasonable and practical solutions have been collectively ignored time and time again.

The Venice Chamber of Commerce is comprised of business and non-profit members, a great majority of them are Venice residents as well. Our members volunteer their time and talents to efforts that help our community thrive and prosper. We’ve come to the conclusion that a productive future for Venice - where streets are safe and clean, where beaches are places of relaxation not minefields of health hazards and where commerce and art thrive - is impossible.

The City and County of Los Angeles need to act in partnership with the Venice Chamber of Commerce to reverse the degradation of Venice, support the unhoused individuals in their transition to housing and services, and support the business community to operate in a safe and healthy environment. Visitors also deserve to feel welcome and safe. Venice is a major tourist destination for the City of Los Angeles and the current conditions of unfettered

A Word from the Venice Chamber of Commerce to Venice and Los Angeles Government Officials For nearly 10 years the Venice Chamber of Commerce has dutifully and silently forwarded to elected offices and city officials comments and feedback received from visitors, residents and businesses about the appalling conditions in Venice. We believe that for every one person that actually takes the time and effort to express thoughts on their experience, there are 100 more that are equally disgusted and are feeling helpless at the enormity of the continuing degraded conditions in Venice.

This is not okay by any measure.

The homeless encampments in Venice are a source of frustration for our leadership, agony for the victims trapped within them and fertile ground for the criminal element propagating them and profiting from the continued toleration of their existence. The

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Coeur D’Alene Avenue School Sidewalk’s ‘Mountain Range’ Do me a favor, please. Take a walk, wheel your wheelchair, try using your walker to help you travel on Coeur d’Alene Ave. sidewalk in front of Coeur d’Alene School’s parking lot between Oakwood Ave. and the south end of the school parking lot in Venice.

Did you make it? Could you do it in the dark?

This sidewalk section is like climbing one jagged mountain range after another and another.

For eleven years we have been asking all levels of LAUSD, LA City Services, CD 11, two LA mayors to fix this sidewalk so people can use it safely rather than detouring off the sidewalk into a skinny street and dodging cars and trucks.

For eleven years we have been asking Beutner, Melvoin, Rosendahl, Bonin, Villaraigosa and Garcetti to take responsibility for fixing this sidewalk. How many emails and phone calls have these leaders returned? One, years ago.

Action taken? None.

This summer LAUSD did repave Coeur d’Alene Avenue School’s parking lot on the other side of the fence.

waste and violence is viewed with disdain from people around the globe.

The erosion of Venice comes with a chilling numbness. Our business community can do much if allowed to thrive and presented with some hope that our collective efforts will be allowed to impact these issues.

We have achieved positive impacts by coming together to form a BID, by producing events that animate and activate public space with our Sign Lighting and Art Crawls and by endeavoring to undertake public art and sanitation projects.

But we need help from the city and elected offices, not their indifference.

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Grassroots Westside Groups Commemorate 50th Anniversary of East LA’s Chicano Moratorium PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ

By Holly Jenvey A march and festivities linking communities of all ethnicities commemorated the 50th anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium on Saturday, Aug. 29.

Hosted by the Pico Youth & Family Center and local grassroots social justice groups 4Corners4Justice and Save Venice, the event took place in Santa Monica at Memorial Park and Virginia Avenue Park. A diverse crowd of about 50 people gathered to commemorate the historic anti-Vietnam War protest that took place in East LA in the summer of 1970 and was a key point moment in the Chicano Movement.

Drawing at least 20,000 people, that demonstration in Laguna Park was the biggest gathering of Mexican American demonstrators to that point in U.S. history. It also marked a pivotal point in the Chicano civil rights

In commemorating the Moratorium, demonstrators also showed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement movement as the peaceful march devolved into chaos when sheriff’s deputies clashed with protesters, resulting in at least three deaths, including that of LA Times journalist Ruben

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While the original protest and a sister protest this weekend took place in East LA, local organizers wanted to show Westside solidarity by amplifying

indigenous voices in the community, which have dissipated as Santa Monica has undergone sweeping gentrification for more than decade.

“We wanted to do our own

thing,” said Mike Bravo, the main coordinator for Save Venice.

However, the speeches of MEChA students from Venice High School demonstrated how

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the future generation can expand indiginous representation.

“It’s so powerful in how we’re giving them that space so they can make... bigger changes,” said Alejandro Arroyo, a co-founder of 4Corners4Justice.

Musical performances by Lady Soul and Zipactli also highlighted the significant role women played in the Chicano Movement, breaking the stereotype that it was mainly dominated by men.

“They’re breaking from stereotypes with their music,” said Alex Aldana, the Executive Director of Pico Youth & Family Center.

Yet, this event also highlighted current racial injustices and tensions happening on the Westside and around the country.

Solidary was shown for the Black Lives Matter movement as gatherers held signs that read “Black and brown unity,” “Raza Unida” and “Chicanos for Black Lives Matter.” The event also put a spotlight on allegations of child abuse by members of the Santa Monica Police Department’s Police Activities League (PAL) with a stop in front of the organization’s offices.

In March, the City of Santa Monica agreed to pay out $42.6 million to settle the abuse claims against PAL volunteers who worked in the predominantly Latino Pico neighborhood of Santa Monica.

“All of our struggles are not separate.

They’re linked,” Arroyo said.

Demonstrators made their voices heard in front of the Police Activities League (PAL) and in local parks

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Westchester Opens a Gem of a Bookstore The Book Jewel is already buzzing with potential to be a community landmark PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ

By Shanee Edwards Remember bookstores? No, I definitely don’t mean virtual bookstores like Amazon.com. I mean the brick and mortar places where a bibliophile or bookworm could get lost in the labyrinthine aisles only to discover the magical worlds that exist uniquely within the pages of books. Those physical places are few and far between these days, but if you’re feeling nostalgic for the smell of paper, staff book suggestions and inviting window displays, I have wonderful news: an independent bookstore called The Book Jewel is now open in Westchester.

The grand opening took place on Saturday, Aug. 29, the same day as Independent Bookstore Day and, despite the pandemic, The Book Jewel was buzzing with excitement.

Seated in one of the store’s comfy, overstuffed leather chairs and despite wearing a facemask,

The Book Jewel’s owner Karen Dial and store manager Sean Moor (left) welcomed the much-anticipated store to Westchester on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony (right). The bookstore has been under construction for four years! it was easy to tell that The Book Jewel co-owner, Karen Dial, was grinning like the Cheshire Cat as she said, “This is a dream come true for me!” Dial owns the store with her brother, Jim Drollinger, both of Drollinger Properties.

“The community has been

waiting,” said Dial, “They’ve been watching for about four years while the construction was taking place. So every time someone drove by, they were like, ‘When is that going to open?’ So there’s been a lot of interesting conversations. But we’ve also been couped up in

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our homes for so many months now. It’s been a delight to hear people say, as they walk through the door, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re finally out of the house! We’ve been reading but we’re sick of ordering on Amazon. We want a real bookstore!’”

Beyond just wanting to create

a local, independent bookstore, Dial also wanted a way to honor her mother, who was both an author and book lover. “My mom,” said Dial, “was an avid reader. When I was feeling that Westchester had a huge void by not having a bookstore here, I thought, ‘I really want to open a

bookstore and name it after my mom.’

Her name is Jewel. That’s why it’s called The Book Jewel.”

The Book Jewel manager, Sean Moor, shares Dial’s enthusiasm for the new venture. “I’ve spent my whole life in bookstores – new bookstores, used bookstores and hybrids. This is the most beautiful store I’ve been in. I’m really, really happy with the whole team we have here. Mountains of books are arriving every day,” Moor said.

For the past 10 years, Moor has owned and operated Gatsby Books in Long Beach, one of the last thriving independent book stores in the Los Angeles area.

“Gatsby Books is a self-sufficient store now, so I’m full-time here with The Book Jewel, basically building the store of Karen’s dreams and fortunately, our dreams are the same,” said Moor.

Part of their dream is for the bookstore to have a life beyond just selling books.

“We want it to be a place for the community but also a destination place,” Moor said.

The stylish, modern space, accented with crimson fan-like lighting fixtures, is designed to magically transform into an event space. The bookcases are on wheels and can be rolled against the walls to create room for guests at a book signing or poetry reading. Both Dial and Moor are looking forward to the day when they can hold an in-person book club.

“Our goal is to find a way to have Oprah

in our store,” Moor said, adding, “If we could have Oprah come to this store, we’d pinch ourselves until we are purple.”

Adjacent to the actual bookstore will be Tomat, a restaurant with its own event space and rooftop deck and garden.

Dial’s daughter Natalie and her fiancé Harry Posner will be helming the restaurant, where all kinds of possibilities exist for chef’s table events and cooking demos. Look for Tomat in 2021.

At a time when a lot of retail businesses are closing due to the pandemic, Moor isn’t worried about the success of The Book Jewel. “I think it’s already working.

In a tricky time like this, it’s really important to remain optimistic, believe in the community, believe in independent businesses to bring people together to bring money and jobs to Westchester,” he said.

Just then, a masked-man gently interrupted our interview to say, “Congratulations! You are a beautiful addition to our block.” Both Moor and Dial blushed.

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A Fresh Take on Al Fresco

dineL.A. spotlights Westside restaurants with outstanding outdoor dining dineL.A. is highlighting al fresco dining, takeout and delivery. Through Sept. 18, consumers can take advantage of budget-conscious offerings from nearly 300 restaurants.

“We are deeply aware of the impact that COVID-19 has had,” says Stacey Sun, Executive Director of dineL.A. “We felt it was critical to reimagine dineL.A. [and] encourage diners to keep enjoying meals together even if it may not be within the structural walls of a restaurant.”

Mélisse + Citrin offers a romantic outdoor setting for date night

Made in the Shade in Santa Monica At Mélisse + Citrin in Santa Monica (1104 Wilshire Blvd.), chef-owner Josiah Citrin and his team transformed their large parking lot into an outdoor garden lined with AstroTurf and decorated it with rugs, pots of lavender, olive trees and umbrellas.

Says Citrin, a two-star Michelin

chef: “We pushed ourselves to find new ways to re-imagine our restaurants. It’s been great to see the new outdoor area bustling and I’m so thankful for all of the support – both from those dining in and from those who are taking advantage of our takeaway menus.”

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By Jacqueline Fitzgerald Outdoor dining has always held an inherent charm but, in the time of COVID-19, it’s also a boon for restaurant owners looking to meet social distancing requirements and draw diners. While some venues already had patios, others are adapting their spaces.

The City of Los Angeles’ L.A. Al Fresco program, which was launched at the end of May and has been extended through the end of the year, supports restaurants impacted by COVID-19 as they create outdoordining options. Eligible restaurants can apply to expand dining areas and the city provides planters, barricades and umbrellas to use in newly permitted spaces. Similarly, the City of Santa Monica has extended the use of outdoor commercial spaces so that businesses can safely serve the community.

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Call (310) 395-0881 or visit citrinandmelisse.com to learn more.

To be sure, patio dining is practically an art form in Southern California. For example, FIG, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel (101 Wilshire Blvd.), serves seasonal fare in an elegant setting. For dineL.A.,

you might choose to nosh on Kaluga caviar chips and dip, Pacific rockfish with romanesco sauce and, for dessert, coconut panna cotta.

Call (310) 319-3111 or visit figsantamonica.com Another parking-lot transformation took place at Santa Monica’s Rustic Canyon (one Michelin star; 1119 Wilshire Blvd.), which still has three sidewalk tables out front. Huckleberry Bakery & Café (a sister restaurant at 1014 Wilshire Blvd.) added more spaced-out tables on the sidewalk.

Call Rustic Canyon at (310) 393-7050 or learn more at rusticcanyonrestaurant.com Call Huckleberry at (310) 451-2311 or visit huckleberrycafe.com Margo’s Santa Monica (1534 Montana Ave.) also boasts an outdoor patio. Executive Chef Devine “Dino” Johnson, who calls his grandmother his

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Take a Culinary Tour in Culver City’s Urban Outdoors If you have a hankering for well, just about anything, head over to Culver City, where many restaurants have extended their outdoor seating. “It’s the new

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greatest cooking mentor, believes food should be fun and vibrant. A case in point, this combination from the dineL.A. menu: PEI mussels, Grandma Johnson’s grilled Jidori chicken with cilantro rice, brioche bread pudding and one free drink.

Call (310) 829-3990 or visit margossantamonica.com At Fia’s garden (2454 Wilshire Blvd.), some tables were removed, while other elements were added: ivy, olive trees and a statue of St. Fiacre, the patron saint of gardens, for whom Fia is named. The restaurant has pick-up only for dineL.A., but the garden is open for regular reservations. “I love that Mayor Garcetti is encouraging take away and delivery for dineL.A., during these extraordinary times,” says owner Michael Greco.

Call (424) 280-4196 or visit fiarestaurant.com

Fia’s garden is an escape into a beautiful dining experience normal,” said a police officer on and far between, so we’re lucky a recent Tuesday evening as the to have a few in the vicinity. farmers’ market was closing Maple Block Meat Co. (3973 down and eateries were ramping Sepulveda Blvd.), which had a up for dinner. patio before COVID-19 hit, has On Main Street, Ms. Chi Café a hearty special for dineL.A. (3829 Main St., Culver City) is The dinner menu gives you a making use of the front patio. choice of two wood-smoked Dumplings, salt and pepper meats, two sides, plus a smoked shrimp, orange chicken, tea chocolate chip cookie. smoked duck, and mouchi Call (310) 313-6328 or visit doughnuts are among Ms. Chi’s mapleblockmeat.com dineL.A. eats.

Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ Call (424) 361-5225 or visit (6000 Sepulveda Blvd.), where a mschicafe.com fire lane was converted into a In LA, barbecue spots are few seating area with sidewalk

tables, is known for authentic Southern barbecue cooked low and slow, and smoked in-house with hickory wood. And don’t forget Lucille’s onion straws and fried dill pickles!

Call (310) 390-1227 or visit lucillesbbq.com You’ll find more meat plus a lot of fish at Lonzo’s (10804 W. Washington Blvd.), a small spot with a huge menu. The dineL.A. offerings will help whittle down your choices. Try Peruvian paella or lomo saltado (starring filet mignon).

Call (310) 842-7876 or visit lonzosrestaurant.com Family recipes are the focus at Pasta Sisters (3280 Helms Ave.) and tagliatelle with Bolognese sauce is one of the most popular dishes. Because Helms Avenue is a private street, it was natural to spread tables out, so there is plenty of space for a safe, relaxing visit.

Call (424) 603-4503 or visit pastasisters.com Eat Clean or Indulge in Venice, the Playas or Westchester In Venice, Plant Food + Wine (1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) is

part of Matthew Kenney Cuisine, which spotlights minimally processed plant-based cuisine and operates 40 restaurants worldwide. On the recently renovated patio, guests might opt for this dineL.A. dinner combination: sweet corn soup, raw zucchini and carrot spaghetti with pistachio, sundried tomato and macadamia ricotta, followed by banana cream pie.

Call (310) 450-1009 or visit matthewkenneycuisine.com/ plant-food-wine-venice Urban Plates (12746-3 Jefferson Blvd.), purveyors of “wholesome, clean food at an affordable price,” have spacious patios at all 19 locations. “At Playa Vista, the patio has been a huge asset and we’ve also expanded it beyond the original space, adding additional tables,” says Steve Greer, chief marketing officer.

Call (424) 256-7274 or visit urbanplates.com In Playa del Rey, Playa Provisions (four restaurant concepts in one 7,000 square foot, beachside location at 119 Culver Blvd.) reconfigured part

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Raise a Glass to Labor Day Weekend Ease into the end of summer with these SoCal-style brews

Firestone Walker is supporting racial justice by brewing Black Is Beautiful and experimenting with hops in Gen-4 (below)

By Anthony Torrise With the arrival of Labor Day weekend, summertime is unfortunately winding down.

While we have a few weeks left of heat, breweries around West LA are brewing creations made especially for the summer sun.

Firestone Walker’s Propagator in Venice is celebrating its fourth year with a fruity and well-balanced double IPA. Santa Monica Brew Works brought back a West Coast-style IPA by popular demand and created a lemony shandy. And Playa Provisions chef Brooke Williamson collaborated with Orange County’s The Bruery to create three beers that are perfect for any kind of food pairing.

A worldwide initiative titled “Black Is Beautiful” is also taking the beer community by storm. Taking part are Firestone and SMBW, who are each brewing the recipe for this stout with their own twists.

So “hop” on down to your local brewery for an ale, an IPA, a stout or any of these different brews that are sure to make the end of summer easier.

Firestone Walker’s Gen-4 IPA & Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Propagator taproom in Venice (3205 Washington Blvd.) has been home to all of their experimental recipes over the last four years. Each year since its opening, Propagator has celebrated with a variation of the Gen-1 IPA, the first beer ever brewed there. This year called for a double IPA with citrusy notes perfect for summer weather dubbed the Gen-4 IPA. The India Pale Ale (or IPA as we know it) has been around since at least the 19th Century, when long voyages from England would often cause the average ale to spoil. By adding more hops to the process, brewers made a beer that could last the full voyage. Centuries later, brewers around the world have been using the IPA to experiment with all kinds of flavors.

Firestone Walker was already well established in the world of IPAs even before they opened The Propagator in Venice. The clear and bitter West Coast-style “Union Jack IPA” has been a fan

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favorite since it was first brewed in 2006. Opposite that is the hazy and fruity Northeast-style “Mind Haze IPA,” another popular selection after its release in 2017.

“Gen-4 is kind of like mixing the two,” says brew manager Sam Tierney, “so if you were to take Union Jack and Mind Haze and blend the character of the two and make it into a double IPA, the alcohol [content] is a little higher.”

Unlike its three predecessors Gen-4 distinguishes itself with notes of peach and pineapple, and because of its alcohol content of 8.3% it packs quite a punch. The release of this double IPA is limited, but the next batch will be available in September.

The Propagator is selling Gen-4 in canned 16-ounce four-packs for $19.99.

Another limited release is the Black Is Beautiful Imperial Stout, a complex blend of rich flavors. In a world-wide effort to support racial equality, more than 1,000 breweries from 20 countries, including Firestone Walker, have joined together to produce this imperial stout. It was originally created by Weathered Souls Brewing Company in San Antonio, Texas but participating breweries have been producing it with their own special twists. For Firestone Walker, that twist is using their signature yeast and partially aging the beer in bourbon barrels.

Like the IPA, the stout emphasizes a special ingredient but it’s not hops. Malt is what gives this beer the rich flavor it’s known for. This particular stout has an alcohol content of 10%, so it’s not to be taken lightly. It’s best to drink it slowly so that the complex flavors can be admired to their fullest. The most notable notes are chocolate, espresso and vanilla, but Tierney personally compares it to a s’more.

“You get some of that graham cracker, some of the chocolate, and then you get that burnt sugar flavor... that you get from just barely torching a marshmallow, and it all comes together. It’s really complex,” he says.

Black Is Beautiful is offered in canned 16-ounce four-packs for $19.99 while supplies last.

Firestone Walker will be donating 100% of the proceeds to the NAACP Legal Defense

and Educational Fund.

Both the Gen-4 and Black is Beautiful are in limited quantity, but those lucky enough to grab a pack or two will come to admire the art on the cans just as much as the flavors inside. The Propagator’s kitchen also boasts a large, mouth-watering menu with an assortment of sweet and salty eats that are perfect for pairing with these brews, whether it’s a pretzel, buffalo wings or fish tacos. Visit firestonebeer.com.

Santa Monica Brew Works’s Rip City Skates IPA, Black Is Beautiful & 310 Stomped Shandy As the first and only independent brewery in Santa Monica, SMBW has kept its beachbrewed philosophy flowing through its brews since 2014.

Their creations often highlight aspects that make the Westside so special. With this in mind, it only makes sense for the city’s first brewery to celebrate its last real and longest operating skate shop — Rip City Skates with an IPA named after the beloved store.

The West Coast-style IPA is

hop-forward with a citrus kick of fruity and tropical notes. Thanks to Idaho 7 hops, it brings fruity flavors such as apricot, orange, red grapefruit and papaya to the forefront.

“Rip City Skates IPA was an instant sensation when we debuted it earlier this year, selling out in less than a month,” says Johnny Wardell, Marketing Director for SMBW. “The skate shop has been the hub of the Santa Monica skateboard scene for more than 40 years — it’s an icon not only in LA but worldwide… Hardly a day went by when we weren’t asked about when [the beer] was coming back.”

The IPA is available in fourpack,16-ounce cans for $24 and is available for pickup from SMBW’s tasting room (1920 Colorado Ave., Suite C, Santa Monica).

Also joining SMBW’s brew lineup and a worldwide brewing initiative is their take on the Black Is Beautiful Imperial Stout to be released on Sept. 16. The folks at SMBW know that anyone who gets this stout will want to go back for more. With this in mind, SMBW’s twist on the recipe takes the average stout

Made with Hot Dog on a Stick’s famous lemonade this ‘stomped’ shandy goes down smooth

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alcohol content from 10% to 7.5%, allowing for a smooth and flavorful brew that can be enjoyed more than once. Expect a roasted character with notes of chocolate and coffee.

And what’s better than the sweetness of an ice cold lemonade with a savory hot dog on a summer’s day? The two go hand in hand, unless that lemonade is swapped out for a beer that’s just as sweet and refreshing. Santa Monica’s own Hot Dog On a Stick and SMBW have teamed up to bring you just that.

The 310 Stomped Shandy is a crisp mix of HDOaS’s classic and refreshing lemonade with SMBW’s 310 Blonde Ale. This “hand stomped” hard lemonade comes in at 4% ABV, so be careful to not go through it all in one sitting. If you’re looking for a thirst quencher then you’ve found your drink.

You won’t have to wait for long since it will be released this Saturday (Sept. 5). The price is TBD, but you can pick up a fourpack of 16-ounce cans and grab an original hot dog on a stick from the food truck in SMBW’s tasting room parking lot. The truck will be there on Sept. 5, 11,

12 and 13, so stop by for a food pairing like no other. Visit santamonicabrewworks.com.

Playa Provisions x The Bruery In a special collaboration with Orange County’s The Bruery, Playa Provisions’s chef Brooke Williamson helped create three special brews — The Spice, The Vine and The Berry.

This is the second collaboration between Williamson and The Bruery since 2018. This time around, Williamson aimed to make each beer stand out from the others and pairable with practically any food. It took about seven months for these beers to fully age, but they are now ready to create the perfect pairings.

“The flexibility that beer has, especially beer that’s so original and esoteric as these three beers are, can be used in so many different ways when pairing with food,” says Williamson. “And what I find interesting and exciting is when people use styles of beers like these and sort of surprise themselves or other people with how they can be paired in so many different

Santa Monica Brew Works’ Rip City Skates IPA honors a neighborhood fixture of the skateboard scene facets.”

The flavor of The Spice is rich from cacao nibs, mildly sweet

from vanilla beans and lightly sharp from Williamson’s own garden-grown thyme. The last

touch comes from aging the beer in bourbon barrels, which gives a little more richness to the end product.

Beer and wine are not often pictured together in the same glass, but that is exactly the taste you get with The Vine, an oak barrel-aged ale. Ganache blanc and viognier grapes from Andrew Murray Vineyards create a beer/wine hybrid, leading to a crisp, tart and refreshing beer. Thanks to Williamson’s extensive history with wine, this sour ale brings together two different flavors to create something that’s deliciously unusual.

Williamson says her favorite beer is the Belgian tripel ale and that her favorite berry is the huckleberry. By taking these two flavor profiles, The Berry was created. Unlike the other two beers in this collaboration, the berry is full of sweet, red fruit flavors that aren’t too overpowering and leave a delightful huckleberry aftertaste with little tartness or bitterness.

All three of these beers are available at Playa Provisions and sold online through The Bruery’s website. Visit thebruery.com.

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A Taste of the Sea Nature documentary ‘The Delicacy’ dives into humankind’s obsession with sea urchin uni

By Dev Jaiswal and Christina Campodonico Have you ever gone to a sushi restaurant and wondered what is “uni”? Via Instagram shots, Snapchat stories, TV shows or otherwise, you may have heard of this strange epicurean delight.

More commonly (and somewhat misleadingly) marketed as edible sea urchin eggs, uni is the Japanese word for a sea urchin’s reproductive organs. It’s a common dish in East Asia. The sea urchins are cracked open, their custard-y, delicate, yelloworange gonads are taken out and then served in sushi or increasingly on some sort of whimsical platter. This “uni” has a briny umami taste.

Civilizations as ancient as Rome have indulged in these gourmet gonads, but despite modern technologies, fishing for sea urchins remains far from easy or automated. Jason Wise, founder of the online streaming service SOMM TV, documents the lives of hardworking Santa Barbara sea urchin hunters in his new film “The Delicacy,” which premiered in May. Wise was also honored during a virtual gala hosted by the Westchester-based Bay Foundation on Sept. 1.

“I happen to love eating sea urchins, but I have a background in biology, and I started my career as an underwater photographer,” Wise told The Argonaut at the end of May. “I thought ‘Nobody had ever made a film that showed this type of fishing, which is putting on a wetsuit, going underwater in a very dangerous place and collecting a food item.’”

Several factors make sea urchin fishing dangerous, foremost the fact that the creatures are covered in spines. Touching or stepping on a sea urchin is painful, but ultimately harmless, except in some species that are capable of injecting venom. The job is also

Whether paired with caviar or not, golden-orange sea urchin uni has become a gourmet dish in its own right entirely physical, and the Santa Barbara seas teem with great white sharks.

“There’s not many professions where you go to work, and you pack a lunch, and you could encounter a great white shark at noon,” said Wise.

As Wise documents in the film, many of today’s sea urchin divers got their start in the industry through surfing and fishing for abalone, a type of sea snail, which made dishes like ab burgers a staple of California coastal summers. Abalone reproduce very slowly, and after a rush on the species after World War II, a scarcity resulted, forcing abalone fishers to pivot their jobs to harvesting sea urchin. The film follows a group of these fisherpeople, mainly seasoned watermen who got their start young (one of whom still has a collection of abalone shells sitting around his house), and one woman, Stephanie Mutz, a marine biologist turned commercial fisherwoman who’s also the only female sea urchin diver in the area.

Wise explained how he chose this group of individuals to showcase in the film.

“It was a very tight-knit but competitive community,” Wise said. “Anytime you have people who know and love each other

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Santa Barbara sea urchin divers have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world but also compete obsessively with each other, you have interesting story potential.”

Wise got his start underwater while working for a PBS travel show. He’s been to many islands, including the Galapagos and Fiji.

Despite his experience, however, Wise remains assertive that nature has its own mind. While making this documentary, he once got stuck underwater inside a kelp tangle while attempting to resurface.

“I walked into this film relatively cocky, that I was really experienced, that I had dove with lots of sharks and done all these things,” Wise said. “I had a pretty scary scuba diving accident in this movie ... Many things went wrong... All of the kelp, hundreds and hundreds of pounds of it, came back and surrounded me, and I got tangled a couple hundred feet from the boat. It ripped my regulator out of my

mouth, and I was being pulled underwater. It was really bad.”

Despite a near-death experience trying to capture the essence of uni on film, Wise described the seafood delicacy as having “kaleidoscopes” of flavor. In the documentary, the divers all use different phrases and emotions to describe the taste, but brininess seems to be a commonality. (“Like kissing a mermaid,” is how one food critic in the film describes it.)

“I truly believe from a biological standpoint this is the strangest thing Western society eats,” Wise said. “When you look at the people I’ve found, who are truly obsessed with sea urchin, they are truly obsessed. You’re not half in; you’re all in.”

Kelp forests, like the one that ensnared Wise, are important parts of the ocean ecosystem and culture of uni consumption because sea urchins primarily eat

kelp. For there to be an adequate population of sea urchins for humans to fish, there needs to be an adequate kelp forest too, explains Tom Ford, Chief Executive Officer of The Bay Foundation, who adds his expertise as an interviewee to the film. (Since 2013, The Bay Foundation has restored a little over 50 acres of kelp forest off the coast of Palos Verdes.) But too many urchins can be a problem as well.

“Kelp forests are naturally very... dynamic,” says Ford. “They’re big boom and bust systems. …

And the urchins are very well adapted to this very flashy system.

So when the times are good, the urchins go crazy. They eat till they burst and they reproduce like mad. … When times are tough, they have this fantastic ability to kind of hunker down and get by for decades if necessary on nearly nothing. So that’s the story of the

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red sea urchin. … The purple sea urchins that live off our coast are not as patient. When times get bad, they don’t just hunker down and say, ‘Okay, we’re just going to wait this out.’ They start marauding around the reef, and they will eat everything; they will mow it all down.

“For the kelp forest, if there’s these overly numerous urchins that have cleared out the kelp forest, it does not readily want to switch back to a kelp forest,” Ford continues. “And that is a bunch of the work that we do at The Bay Foundation with our partners, which is clearing out those excess urchins actually, you know, taking them off the reef, smashing them with hammers, leaving a few of them behind everywhere we go, and then letting the kelp forest come back to life.”

In other words, there needs to be a balance. (And don’t feel too bad about the smashed urchin; they’re not going to waste. According to Ford, “they don’t have large well-colored, well-toned gonads that would be of interest, not just to human beings for uni, but for even any of the existing predators in the area because they’re

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essentially empty eggshells on the ocean floor.”)

“It’s just an unbelievably spectacular place,” says Ford of the kelp forests. “If you get underneath there and you’re diving or snorkeling through it, you get to see what I consider to be one of the most beautiful places on the planet. The shafts of light come cutting down through the kelp canopy at the surface, and it looks like you’re in a grand cathedral. And there can be thousands of fish swimming around, a variety of algaes, red, green, brown, gold, growing off the bottom.”

As for the sea urchin hunters, “they’re fairly neutral” in the grand ecological scheme of things, says Ford, but do operate like a keystone predator species, restoring balance to the kelp forests.

“For us, the fisherman [are] not functioning as fisherman but doing the restoration work for us.

And in that case, they’ve been absolutely positive,” says Ford, adding that The Bay Foundation hopes to begin kelp forest restoration work off the coast of San Miguel Island, a sea urchin harvesting spot that features

prominently in the film. “At this point, we’re just trying to galvanize the political will and to find the financial support we need to go out there and conserve and preserve these places, not just so that the kelp forest survives, but so that these small businesses and these communities of people and these cultural traditions can continue.”

Although his main intention was to entertain through this film, Wise has a message behind his depiction of man’s eccentric obsession with these strange and tasty deep-sea, spike-guarded gonads.

“I wanted to show that humans assign a lot of odd values to things,” Wise said. “I still think about this film as a nature documentary about people. The reason sea urchin was the catalyst for the film is [that] I wanted to show how strange humans are as animals. Look at what we do.

Honest to God, look at this! Why the hell do we do this?”

Wise’s next film will focus on humans’ diverse meat-eating practices of whole animals.

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE Q&A Homebuilding is key to the next recovery

Even as the impacts of COVID-19 continue to weigh down the economy and the 2020 recession settles in, we look ahead to the recovery. With the elongated recovery from the 2008 recession still fresh in our minds, will the coming rebound be anything like the last?

home, according to a 2018 study from UC Berkeley.

for Housing Studies of Harvard University, construction typically makes up a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP) growth Development fees are set by each city, thus Worse, California’s level of homelessness during an economic recovery, exceeding 25% they vary wildly. Further, the systems used to has risen to a flashpoint, concentrated in in the recovery from the 2001 recession and determine each new development’s impact expensive coastal cities.

18% following the 1990-1991 recession. In fee are not always standardized, and thus the Enter today’s triple whammy of recession, contrast, construction during the recovery final amount is unpredictable.

The recovery from the 2008 recession was financial crash and COVID-19. What was already from the 2008 recession equaled just 6% of long and drawn out, sliding into depression With high development fees per unit, builders a tenuous and unacceptable situation for housing GDP growth. territory. During the recovery, housing tend to profit more when they construct fewer, has now become a full-blown emergency. construction occurred in California at a However, unlike in 2008, the housing market larger (high tier) units rather than a greater Moreover, already low construction numbers sluggish pace. going into the 2020 recession is experiencing number of smaller units, with each unit having have fallen back further in 2020 in response to historically low vacancy rates and supply, fees attached. This naturally reduces the Further, the majority of the housing units social-distancing-induced construction delays, meaning high demand is present for more number of low- and mid-tier units being built started over the past decade have been in and tightening lines of credit. housing. Therefore, as in the recoveries from across California’s cities. the high tier, leading to a high-tier housing Multiple types of assistance are available prior recessions, housing is primed to provide inventory surplus and a dearth of housing As an alternative, SPUR recommends to keep renters housed during the state of an economic boost to the economy in the in the low and mid tier. This has squeezed California restructure how impact fees are emergency. But when the state of emergency years following 2020. not just the low- and mid-tier inventory, but calculated, instituting some state-level is over and the recession turns to recovery, wallets. When too much of a household’s standards while allowing cities some flexibility what will happen to the scores of households California’s lawmakers are already well income goes toward paying housing expenses, to charge necessary fees. aware of the need for more housing, and the unable to cover their missed rents? there is none leftover to participate in the local potential it has for improving quality of life.

The obstacles continue Despite today’s record-low interest rates, economy. housing affordability has declined across the Due to the low number of housing units Obstacles to building U.S. According to the National Association constructed during the past decade, there is THIS WEEK’S QUESTION WAS ANSWERED BY Cities in California charge impact or currently not enough housing to accommodate of Home Builders (NAHB), the nation’s least Carrie B. Reyes is Market development fees for new homes at an affordable housing markets are all found in Watch editor and project editor of our ever-expanding population. This has led average rate of three times that of other the Real Estate Economics and California metro areas. to rapidly increasing home prices and rents, Economic Trends in California Real states, ranging from 6%-18% of the area’s especially for low- and mid-tier units. As a More building will be necessary Estate books. median home price. For an extreme example, result, households have been forced to: first tuesday Journal While housing didn’t propel the economy cities like Fremont and Irvine collect fees P.O. Box 5707 out of the last recession, this was actually • move in with roommates; Riverside, CA 92517 amounting to $150,000 or more per new against the trend. As noted by the Joint Center • spend more of their income on housing; PAGE 20 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

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REAL HOUSEKNIVES I was dismayed at how off-base you were when I read your response to a woman wanting to give her female friend advice to stop her from dating and hooking up so much after her breakup. It’s common knowledge that it’s men who go off on women for being promiscuous and tell them to not dress sexy. It’s one more form of patriarchal control. Why blame women for this?

— Angry Woman Living In The Real World When men at construction sites catcall women, it generally isn’t with remarks like, “If you had more self-respect, you’d wear a nice, classy long skirt.”

There is a widely held belief that it’s mainly men who try to curtail women’s sexual expression — particularly that of single women raging at them for engaging in hookup-athons or wearing skirts the size of an airmail stamp. There are men who do this, especially in repressive cultures, and even in our own.

But if you give this notion some thought, with an eye to our evolved psychology, it really doesn’t make sense.

Men and women evolved to have different mating strategies based on their physical differences, like how women can get pregnant from sex and left with a howling child to feed and care for. This probably worked out better — meaning an ancestral woman was more likely to leave surviving descendants to pass on her genes — if she didn’t end up a single mom digging for grubs on the African savanna.

There’s a good deal of evidence that female emotions evolved to push women to seek commitment and feel bad when it doesn’t seem to be there, even when they hook up with a guy they know they want nothing more to do with. Though many men want (or eventually want) long-term relationships, a man can choose to dad up for a baby that results from sex...or choose to be all “‘Bye forever!” and still have a good shot at passing on his genes.

(Thanks, single lady grub-digging on the savanna!)

This means that casual sex is a mating strategy that tends to be optimal for men in a way it isn’t for women. Or, as evolutionary psychologist David Schmitt puts it, “Men tend to desire easy sexual access” to “large numbers of sex partners”; in other words, they tend to be up for casual sex with a slew of hot women (or a slew of women with a pulse).

Getting back to your notion that it’s men who tamp down women’s sexual expressiveness, sure, if a man’s married

to a woman, he might ask her to close up a few buttons on her blouse before they go to some pervy neighbor’s party.

But say the woman in the cleavage-aboo blouse is not the man’s wife. Even if the man is married and faithful, his mind — his evolved psychology — probably leads him to read her as a potential sex partner and consciously or subconsciously store her in memory as a “backup mate,” a sort of sexual fold-up pocket umbrella (just in case!).

In other words, when a man isn’t in a relationship with a particular woman, why would it possibly be in his self-interest to pressure her to dress a little more, um, Amish-casual, and to keep her legs crossed until she’s Mrs. Somebody?

Research supports this view. Social psychologists Roy Baumeister and Jean Twenge reviewed research on the “cultural” (meaning “societal”) suppression of female sexuality, which they define as “a pattern of cultural influence by which girls and women are induced to avoid feeling sexual desire and to refrain from sexual behavior.”

They report that “the view that men suppress female sexuality” (like, for example, by punishing women who make sex too available to men) “received hardly any support and is flatly contradicted by some findings.

Instead, the evidence favors the view that women have worked to stifle each other’s sexuality because sex is a limited resource that women use to negotiate with men, and scarcity gives women an advantage.” (Women doing this are typically unaware of this underlying motive.)

Especially recently, people get outraged when scientific findings don’t conform with the ideology they hold dear. This is unfortunate because only by finding out the sometimes counterintuitive, counterproductive, and surprising ways we actually think and behave can we choose to act more productively.

Personally, knowing how pernicious, sneaky, and underhanded female intrasexual competition (women competing with other women) can be makes me careful to be assertive in healthy ways and, in social situations, make sure other women feel included and not left out. And really, if you look logically at who benefits from getting hot women to de-hotify, well, lemme know when you find a strip club with dozens of men clamoring for the women there to cover up their enormous breasts and, for God’s sake, put on a pair of pants.

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olfo Mourino , for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: MAVARIK MILA MOURINO MCGRATH through guardian Ad Litem Maeve Catherine McGrath and Martin Adolfo Mourino filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Mavarik Mila Mourino McGrath to Mila Maverick Mourino 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.

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COURT ORDERS that all La persona en 1) esta persons interested in this pidiendo una orden de matter appear before this restricción de violencia en el court at the hearing indichogar contra usted. Lea la ated below to show cause, if pagina 2 para mas any, why the petition for información. change of name should not The court will complete the be granted. Any person obrest of this formjecting to the name changes El tribunal llellarti el resto de described above must file a esteformulario written objection that includes the reasons for the 3) You have a court date objection at least two court Tiene una audiencia en la days before the matter is corte scheduled to be heard and Date Fecha: October 27, must appear at the hearing to 2020 show cause why the petition Time Hora: 8:30am should not be granted. If no Dept. Depto.: F written objection is timely Room Sala: 115 filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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If you do not go to your court The address of the court is date, the judge can grant a 1725 Main Street Santa Monrestraining order that limits ica, CA 90401, Santa Monyour contact with the person ica Courthouse. A copy of in 1). If you have a child with this Order to Show Cause the person in 1), the court shall be published at least could make orders that limit once each week for four sucyour time with your child. cessive weeks prior to the Having a restraining order date set for hearing on the against you may impact your petition in the following newslife in other ways, including paper of general circulation, preventing you from having printed in this county: Los guns and ammunition. If you Angeles. Original filed: Audo not go to your court date, gust 21, 2020. Deirdre Hill, the judge could grant PAGEof22 ARGONAUT SEPTEMBER 2020 in Judge the THE Superior Court. everything that the3,person PUBLISH: The Argonaut 1) asked the judge to order.

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2) Notice to (name of person to be restrained): Aviso a (nombre de la persona a ser restringida): Megan Nelson

How do I find out what the person in 1) is asking for?

To find out what the person in 1) is asking the judge to order, go to the courthouse listed at the top of page 1. Ask the court clerk to let you see your case file. You will need to give the court clerk your case number, which is listed above and on page 1. The request for restraining order will be on form DV-100, Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order.

The person in 1) is asking for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order against you.

La persona en 1) esta pidiendo una orden de restricción de violencia en el hogar contra usted. Lea la pagina 2 para mas información.

The court will complete the rest of this formEl tribunal llellarti el resto de esteformulario 3) You have a court date Tiene una audiencia en la corte Date Fecha: October 27, 2020 Time Hora: 8:30am Dept. Depto.: F Room Sala: 115 What if I don't go to my court date?

If you do not go to your court date, the judge can grant a restraining order that limits your contact with the person in 1). If you have a child with the person in 1), the court could make orders that limit your time with your child.

Having a restraining order against you may impact your life in other ways, including preventing you from having guns and ammunition. If you do not go to your court date, the judge could grant everything that the person in 1) asked the judge to order.

Que pasa si no voy a la audiencia?

Si no va a la audiencia, el juez puede dictar una orden de restricción que limita su contacto con la persona en 1). Si tiene un hijo con la persona en 1), la corte puede dictar órdenes que limitan su tiempo con su hijo. Una orden de restricción en su contra puede tener otras consecuencias, como prohibirle tener armas de fuego y municiones. Si no va a la audiencia, el juez puede ordenar todo lo que pide la persona en 1) .

How do I find out what the person in 1) is asking for?

To find out what the person in 1) is asking the judge to order, go to the courthouse listed at the top of page 1. Ask the court clerk to let you see your case file. You will need to give the court clerk your case number, which is listed above and on page 1. The request for restraining order will be on form DV-100, Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order.

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Para entender lo que pide la persona en(1) , vaya al tribunal en la direcci6n indicada en la parte superior de la pagina 1. Pida al secretario de la carte permiso para ver el expediente de su caso. Tendra que darle al secretario el nurnero de su caso, que aparece arriba y en la pagina 1. La solicitud de una orden de restricci6n se hace en el formulario DV100, Solicitud de orden de restricción de violencia en el hogar.

Where can I get help?

Free legal information is available at your local court's self-help center. Go to www.courts.ca.gov/ selfhelp to find your local center.

Donde puedo obtener ayuda?

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Cómo puedo entender lo que pide la persona en(1)?

Para entender lo que pide la persona en(1) , vaya al tribunal en la direcci6n indicada en la parte superior de la pagina 1. Pida al secretario de la carte permiso para ver el expediente de su caso. Tendra que darle al secretario el nurnero de su caso, que aparece arriba y en la pagina 1. La solicitud de una orden de restricci6n se hace en el formulario DV100, Solicitud de orden de restricción de violencia en el hogar.

Where can I get help?

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Donde puedo obtener ayuda?

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Do I need a lawyer?

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Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles West District-Santa Monica 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 Filed: August 28, 2020 Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk by Wendy Carr, Deputy Published: The Argonaut Newspaper 9/3/20, 9/10/20, 9/17/20, 9/24/20

Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020113770 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LOUNGE OF BEAUTY MEDICAL SPA, 780 Atlantic Ave., Ste., #200 Long Beach, CA 90813.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4537875.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ellianna Aesthetics, Inc., 780 Atlantic Ave., Ste., #200 Long Beach, CA 90813.

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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/ Solomon Laktineh. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Ellianna Aesthetics, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 29, 2020. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

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: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020116767 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE PAPERCUTS LIBRARY. 2567 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) The Papercuts Library LLC, 2567 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064. 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/ William Sellers. TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: The Papercuts Library LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 3, 2020. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

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: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20, 9/17/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020113339 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SANTA MONICA MOTEL. 2102 Lincoln Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pacificside, Inc., 479 Homewood Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90049. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant com-

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“Our goal is to give people the same quality dining experience that they would get inside,” says chef and co-ower Brooke Williamson.

An added enticement: Williamson has teamed up for the second time with The Bruery (a craft brewery in Orange County) to produce a trio of beers that pair well with food: the Vine (a beer-wine hybrid), the Berry, and the Spice, a thyme-spiced imperial stout. (See page 13 for more details.)

Those under 21 (and kids at heart), can also enjoy a rotating selection of sweet treats at Provisions’ ice cream counter, Small Batch. Pop in for a frozen Choco Taco treat, a unicorn-inspired “Unicone” (an inverted waffle cone filled with ice cream, dipped in white chocolate, and ringed with colorful sprinkles and stars) or a Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Pop. The variety is wide and full of surprises.

Call (310) 683-5019 or visit playaprovisions.com For a side order of nostalgia, you won’t go wrong at Westchester’s Melody Bar & Grill (9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd.), which opened in 1952 and has reinvented itself a few times since. Most recently,

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Mosey on down to Melody for outdoor dining in Westchester the parking lot has been turned into a patio with a redwood gate, lattice dividers, sun shades, café lights and plants. “We’ve had a great response from the community and they feel safe,” says chef and co-owner Christian Warren.

This is Melody’s first time participating in dineL.A. Entrée choices include: a steak burger, barbecue pork sandwich, baby back ribs, skirt steak, chicken piccata, fish & chips, plus salads and two vegan options. One beer or glass of wine is included as well.

Call (310) 670-1994 or visit melodaylax. com Argonaut Managing Editor Christina Campodonico contributed to this story.

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