The Argonaut Newspaper — September 17, 2020

Dance Al Fresco

Linda Ayentes’ Artistico School of Dance spreads its wings in Westchester

Cover Worthy Homes 4136 Sunnyside Avenue 4 Bed | 4.5 Bath | 3,283 Sq Ft $2,939,000

Stephanie Younger Group 310.499.2020 hello@stephanieyounger.com stephanieyounger.com DRE 01365696

N E W S

ON THE COVER: Linda Ayentes’ Artistico School of Dance in Westchester was two years old when the pandemic hit. Since then, Ayentes has pivoted to teaching classes outdoors in the parking lot behind her studio. Photo by Hector Quintanilla. Design by Arman Olivares.

Local News & Culture

The Westside’s News Source Since 1971 CONTACT US (310) 822-1629 Letters, News, Tips & Event Listings: ccampodonico@timespublications.com EDITORIAL

Corona by the Numbers & Local Updates: Westside reaches over 2,500 cases; LA County positivity rate drops to 3.4% Compiled by Christina Campodonico Reported Cases & Deaths by Neighborhood as of Tuesday, Sept. 15 Culver City: 376 (Deaths 29); Del Rey: 336 (Deaths 10); El Segundo: 128 (Deaths 1); Marina del Rey: 68 (Deaths 1); Mar Vista: 305 (Deaths 6); Playa Vista: 133 (Deaths 0); Playa del Rey: 27 (Deaths 0); Santa Monica: 834 (Deaths 42); Venice:

275 (Deaths 3); Westchester: 403 (Deaths 15) Total Westside Cases: 2,885 Total Westside Deaths: 107 Total Confirmed Cases in LA County: 255,049 Total Deaths in LA County: 6,273 Total New Cases as of Sept. 15: 474 Total New Deaths: 47 Hospitalizations: 772 Postivity Rate (7-day average): 3.4% (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

Managing Editor: Christina Campodonico (310) 574-7654 Contributing Editor: Shanee Edwards Contributing Writers: Amy Alkon, Lisa Beebe, Bliss Bowen, Kellie Chudzinski, Sarah Donahue, Shanee Edwards, Jacqueline Fitzgerald, Amber Hubert, Jason Hill, Danny Karel, Jessica Koslow, Angela Matano, Brian Marks, Colin Newton, Jennifer Pellerito, Matt Rodriguez, Audrey Cleo Yap, Lawrence Yee, Sophie Bress, Anthony Torrise Editorial Interns: Meera Sastry, Amy Watsky, Lydia You, Samuel Aftel, Katherine Brubaker, Julia Escobar, Holly Jenvey, Caden Sullivan, Stepan Sarkisian ART Graphic Designers: Arman Olivares (310) 574-7656 Kate Doll (310) 574-7653 Staff Photographer: Luis Chavez Contributing Photographers: Mia Duncans, Maria Martin, Shilah Montiel, Ashley Randall, Courtnay Robbins, Jason Ryan, Ted Soqui, Zsuzsi Steiner, Gunnar Kuepper

ADVERTISING Display Advertising: Kay Christy (310) 574-7654 Denine Gentilella (310) 574-7651 Classified Advertising: Ann Turrieta (626) 584-8747 aturrietta@timespublications.com BUSINESS Associate Publisher: Rebecca Bermudez (310) 574-7655 rbermudez@timespublications.com WE MOVED! NEWS & SALES OFFICE 161 Pasadena Ave. Suite B, South Pasadena CA 91030 The Argonaut is distributed every Thursday in Del Rey, Marina del Rey, Mar Vista, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Santa Monica, Venice, and Westchester. The Argonaut is available free of charge, limited to one per reader. The Argonaut may be distributed only by authorized distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of The Argonaut, take more than one copy of any issue. The Argonaut is copyrighted 2020 by Times Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form or by any means without prior express written permission by the publisher. An adjudicated Newspaper of General Circulation with a distribution of 30,000.

(Continued on page 8)

VICE PRESIDENT: Michael Hiatt PRESIDENT: Steve Strickbine

EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

Visit us online at ArgonautNews.com

OPENING SOON! New State-of-the Art Boat Slips for Lease

Limited Time Offer: Up to One Month Free Off Your Boat Slip Rental

Call to schedule a tour Dock Office Address: 4655 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey 90292

310-806-6970 info@pier44marina.com

PAGE 2 THE ARGONAUT SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

www.pier44marina.com

BEACH O G TO

EATS

FOOD TRUCKS GRAB DELICIOUS FOOD TO GO THURSDAYS, 5-9PM Now Thru October 29th

Online orders ONLY: bestfoodtrucks.com/beacheatstogo NEW LOCATION: Lot #11 – 14101 Panay Way, Marina del Rey, 90292 REQUIRED: Facial masks & 6-foot physical distance from others.

CONNECT WITH US!

#ilovemdr

lacdbh

For more information: 424.526.7900 or visitmarinadelrey.com/beacheats

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 3

L E T T E R S Re: Letters, Sept. 10, 2020, ‘Councilmember Bonin’s Obstruction of The Venice Place Project’ I’m writing in response to Tony Bill’s misleading letter about the Venice Place Project published in last week’s Argonaut.

Contrary to Mr. Bill’s implication that “the people of Venice who have taken their time to help shape, and then consistently voiced their support for the project” are not the only population of Venice that matters. An important segment of Venice residents has been entirely shut out of the process.

These people live in the Oakwood neighborhood, which will be directly impacted by the development. They are primarily people of color who have historically been ignored by developers and city planners.

Needless to say, a massive 70,000 square foot construction across the street from Westminster Elementary school has this population alarmed. For the record, the developer never reached out to Oakwood residents. As of now, neighborhood sentiment runs nearly 70%

opposed.

Do I need to add that the development-friendly planning department approved the project despite violation of lot consolidation regulations, an outdated traffic study and a flawed environmental impact report while also expressing the absurd opinion that the project will not increase traffic or parking problems in the neighborhood?

The hearing before the area planning commission was similarly suspect when the chairman bullied a reluctant commissioner into a yes vote on the project.

So Mr. Bill needs to wake up and realize that elitists are not the only population that counts in Venice. Pluck up your courage, Mr. Bill, and drive through my neighborhood, dodge the newbie gentrifiers and talk to longtime residents. You might try to set up a meeting with activist Naomi Nightingale and hear how Oakwood has been neglected by the city for generations.

And while the project may seem “tasteful” to Mr. Bill, his upscale circle, and the businesses that expect to profit from the project, it is a hideous insult to Oakwood.

Councilman Bonin’s 245 intervention is not thwarting the will of the people, but rather giving a small voice in the process to a heretofore unheard majority of those most affected by the project. Unfortunately, there’s no guarantee Mr. Bonin will be able to stand up to pressure from the forces of gentrification.

A. Alessi 34-year Resident of Oakwood Venice

Pro-Venice Place Project I write in support of the Venice Place Project.

The Venice Place Project has received four approvals - from the Venice Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee, Venice Neighborhood Council Board, City of Los Angeles Zoning Administrator and West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission. It is completely consistent with the Venice Coastal Land Use Plan, the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan and the Los Angeles Municipal Code. It has been supported by a huge number of community members for years.

There is no reason why a project like this should be suddenly thwarted due to a 245 action, as Councilmember Bonin has recently done. The 245 action is archaic and undemocratic. This is a much-needed project that benefits the Venice community and the city of Los Angeles.

• It allows visitors to Venice to stay overnight in Venice.

• It allows the city to collect hotel tax revenue instead of letting it flitter away to Marina

del Rey or Santa Monica and their hotels.

• It brings economic activity to surrounding businesses that are sure to be struggling post-pandemic.

• Its scale and design are an amazing addition with thoughtful consideration to the surrounding community.

The police, fire department and paramedics get much of their funding from property sales, sales taxes and the hotel occupancy tax. I would hope that the city, given how broke it appears to be, would embrace The Venice Place Project that provides great balance and care to the surrounding community.

Councilman Bonin needs to rethink his use of the 245 action and allow the democratic process to move forward.

Eva Greene Venice

We Want to Hear from You! Being in print is a lot more meaningful than grouching on Facebook.

Send compliments, complaints and

insights about local issues to christinac@argonautnews.com.

Kinecta Cares HELP FIGHT COVID-19.

DO YOUR CENSUS TODAY!

During challenging times, we are here.

Since March 2020, Kinecta has come through for its members with the following financial support: • 1,200 0% APR* interest emergency relief loans** ($1.9 million) • 13,000 auto and personal loan payment deferrals • 1,850 mortgage payment deferrals • 1,000 Paycheck Protection Program loans for local small business owners ($60 million)

More people counted means more funding for hospitals and emergency services to help fight COVID-19 in your community.

We take care of our members.

We can take care of you, too.

The census deadline is coming up.

Find out more at kinecta.org.

Take 10 minutes.

Do your census now!

Call 844-330-2020 or go to my2020census.gov How do I get a COVID-19 test?

Call your doctor first. If you don’t have a doctor, call 211.

4.81 4 x 5.85.indd 1 PAGE THE ARGONAUT SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

25003-06/20 COUNTY

Census 2020

Federally insured by NCUA *Annual Percentage Rate **Borrower must be a Kinecta member for a least 90 days. Terms and qualifications are subject to change.

Copyright 07/01/2020

8/25/20 11:36 AM

A R T S

&

E V E N T S

From the Trees to the Seas

Santa Monica College’s Green Screen Series offers a virtual esacpe into nature

By Caden Sullivan Bored of Netflix? Take the opportunity to attend a free online film festival and “escape” to the great outdoors.

Santa Monica College is bringing its fall Green Screen Series online, starting next Monday (Sept. 21). From the trees to the seas, the festival will present a number of different landscapes, ecosystems, characters and environmental conflicts from the real world through the lens of film. Presenting both educational documentaries and compelling narrative films, the festival aims to enlighten audiences on the importance of nature.

It’s not every day that you can stream a film narrated by the rich brogue of Liam Neeson or watch a National Geographic-style film for free, so sign up ahead of time to reserve your virtual spot.

(Pre-registration is required before each showing and is open to the entire community.) Here’s

The Ben Masters film “The River and The Wall” explores the ecological consequences of immigration policies on 1200 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border split by the Rio Grande river the full lineup; all showings begin at 3 p.m. Pacific Time.

Monday, Sept. 21 - “The River and the Wall” Screening and Talk: Join Green Screen Series host Sheila Laffey in viewing and discussing a documentary by Ben Masters that discusses the ecological effects of a U.S.-Mexico border wall through the eyes of a river

guide, conservationist and a NatGeo explorer. This conversation and film uniquely weaves the current direction of antiimmigration laws with their physical consequences on the Rio Grande river.

Monday, Oct. 12 - “Love Thy Nature” Film Screening and Talk: Join award-winning director and nature therapy

expert Sylvie Rokab in a presentation and discussion of her 2014 film narrated by Northern Irish-American actor Liam Neeson. This film provides an artistic spectacle that emphasizes the importance of life and biodiversity.

Monday, Nov. 2 - “Hawai’i Eco Stories: We All Need the Forest and In the Middle of

the Sea” Screenings and Talk: Green Screen Series host Sheila Laffey presents two short films she produced for Hawaiian schoolchildren and discusses them with Cathi Miller, SMC Professor of Early Childhood Education. These simple stories demonstrate the importance of education on environmental awareness.

Monday, Nov. 23 - “The Condor & the Eagle” Screening and Talk: This film and discussion led by Laffey showcases a story of indigineous leaders from North and South America uniting to fight for “climate justice.” This narrative spans from the plains of Canada to the heart of the Amazon and reinforces the unifying aspects of sustainable living as well as the communal nature of saving the planet.

Visit smc.edu/calendar to or call (310) 434-4100 to learn more and register.

Marina Dentistry

FREE CONSULTATION INCLUDING FULL MOUTH X-RAYS & EXAMINATION

ALL DENTAL SPECIALTIES

• Easy Payment Plans/Zero Interest • No Insurance • No Problem • All Insurance Accepted • Nitrous Oxide Available • We Accept All Other Competitors’ Coupons • Se Habla Español

CLEANING SPECIAL

DENTAL IMPLANT

699

$

INVISALIGN STARTS AT

REG $1,999

$2,999

ABUTMENT AND CROWN ARE EXTRA NEW PATIENTS ONLY WITH AD NOW THROUGH 10-31-20

PORCELAIN VENEERS $ 699Each. REG 1,400 COMPLETE $

NEW PATIENTS ONLY WITH THIS AD EXP 10-31-20

DENTURE PORCELAIN CROWN $ $ 399 799 REG 1800 REG 999 $

Dr. Sameer Aljanedi

BUILD UP IF NEEDED IS EXTRA PORCELAIN FUSED TO METAL NEW PATIENTS ONLY WITH THIS AD EXP 10-31-20

MARINA DENTISTRY 4292 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey, CA 90292 (Above Starbucks)

www.marinadentistry.com

NEW PATIENTS ONLY EXP 10-31-20

$

NEW PATIENTS ONLY WITH THIS AD EXP 10-31-20

WITH THIS AD. NOW THROUGH 10-31-20

TEETH WHITENING SPECIAL

89

$

ONLY

00

Regular $749

ONE HOUR IN-OFFICE ZOOM! WHITENING AS SEEN ON ABC’S “EXTREME MAKEOVER” INCLUDES X-RAYS & EXAM

Cannot Be Combined With Any Other Offer

2500

$

Regular $149

X-Rays, Exams, Cleaning, Oral Cancer Screening, TMJ Evaluation, Diagnosis & Treatment Plan

NEW PATIENTS ONLY!

Periodontal Root Planning Not Included • With Coupon Only • Insurance Programs Billed At Regular Fees • Exp. 10-31-20

DEEP CLEANING

SPECIAL

75

$

PER QUAD

REG $499

NEW PATIENTS ONLY WITH THIS AD EXP 10-31-20

310-305-9600 SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 5

N E W S

Venice Place Project Vetoed by City Council

The ‘mixed-use’ hotel project moves back to local planning commission despite ‘significant’ community support

By Kellie Chudzinski The long-awaited and controversial Venice Place Project was vetoed with a 14-0 vote by the Los Angeles City Council in a motion led by Councilmember Mike Bonin on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

Next, the project moves back to the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (WLA APC), with a meeting scheduled for Oct. 21. In his remarks, Bonin said he was prepared to approve the project, though advisement from the LA City Attorney’s office determined that it would not withstand “legal scrutiny.”

Along with the many conditions added onto the project by the WLA APC, Bonin additionally wanted the project to provide funding for affordable housing in the area, protections for the local Oakwood neighborhood and create a local hiring

A rendering of the Venice Place Project planned for a section of Abbot Kinney Boulevard program at the project site, which he said the applicant “readily” agreed to.

“The number of conditions are

extensive and somewhat complicated,” Deputy City Attorney Strefan Fauble said.

“This needs to be out in the

public longer for them to be able to read it and digest it before we act on this.”

On advice from the City

Attorney, the Venice Place Project now moves back to the WLA APC to allow more time for public, opposition and applicant review of the new conditions before moving through the approval process once again.

The WLA APC approved the project with a list of conditions and denied appeals earlier this summer before Bonin asserted the rarely used Sec. 245 of the LA City Charter, allowing councilmembers to assert jurisdiction over the commission.

After Sec. 245 was implemented the project was sent to the City Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee for a special hearing on Sept. 10.

During the Sept. 10 hearing, a WLA APC staffer said the official recommendation was for PLUM and the City Council to deny the appeals,

The Westside has become a top destination for people who love great food.

Now more than ever let hungry Argonaut readers know you’re OPEN! Outdoor dining • Take-out • Delivery Help your eatery stand out from the crowd — because our audience has the means and ability to dine out often, you want them to think of your establishment when hunger calls.

CALL TODAY: 310.574.7655 PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

ArgonautNews.com

and approve the project during the PLUM hearing. But PLUM sent the project to the Los Angeles City Council’s Sept.

15 meeting, with no recommendation, complying with Bonin’s original request.

During Sept. 10’s special hearing, dozens of local residents voiced support for the mixed-use hotel. Calling the project a “wonderful addition” and “benefit for the neighborhood.”

Opposition to the Venice Place Project is being led by UNITE Here Local 11, People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER), and resident Alba Luz Privado.

George Francisco, President of the Venice Chamber of Commerce, spoke at that meeting, calling the organization’s support for the project “longstanding and enthusiastic.”

He added that the project — by bringing more tourists to Venice — would restore tax revenues and help local businesses severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also called on councilmembers to “recognize your duty to the city 4.81 x 5.85 thatArgonaut is in financial meltdown,”

and added, “that putting a hotel in a top tourist destination spot will benefit everyone.”

During his Tuesday remarks to the City Council, Bonin acknowledged that large projects often are controversial in Venice, but the Venice Place Project is unique because of its “significant” community support.

In an official letter to the City Council and at last Thursday’s meeting, UNITE Here Local 11’s union representative took issue with specific city codes relating to the project and with the development being defined as “mixed-use,” which requires a combination of residential and commercial businesses, as well as consideration of impacts on traffic.

Bonin called the zoning code an “absolutely disgraceful nightmare,” though clarified that hotels are often considered residential buildings within city codes.

Along with 78 boutique hotel rooms, the Venice Place Project would include four dwelling units, retail and restaurant space, and was determined to qualify as mixed-use by the

Zoning Administrator. The development project has been in the works, on the north end of Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Electric Boulevard in Venice, for eight years.

Residents voiced concerns over the proximity of the project to Westminster Elementary School, with one advocating for school children’s safety. Another parent called the project “good for the neighborhood.” The Zoning Administrator determined in March that the project did not negatively impact the safety of the community.

Lawyer and member of Citizens Preserving Venice Amanda Seward argued that the three buildings currently on-site should not be torn down based on historic significance.

A staffer from the WLA APC was the last to speak before the Sept. 10 PLUM vote, and noted that the three “bungalows” at the building location were not classified in the historic district, adding there was no substantial evidence for the opposition’s claims.

The representative went on to address the points brought up

WE ARE OPEN

for Wellness

We’ve adapted how our medical care is delivered to you including offering Telehealth virtual visits as well as in-person visits. Our offices are open and we’ve instituted social distancing, while maintaining the highest infection control standards for safe and effective care. If you need to consult with a doctor for any type of concern, call our office today to book an appointment.

“The number of conditions are extensive and somewhat complicated. … This needs to be out in the public longer for them to be able to read it and digest it before we act on this.”

— Strefan Fauble, Deputy City Attorney by the opposition, saying the project was “fully vetted,” qualifying as a mixed-use hotel, and that the report found the 175 parking spots for guests and staff on-site were “adequate” and that potential impacts on traffic were “less than significant.”

Over eight years in development, the project has gone through over 25 public hearings, received six approvals — including from the Venice Neighborhood Council and Zoning Administrator, which was upheld by the WLA APC in its earlier approval.

“The land use regulations governing this project are

complex, with overlapping codes and coastal regulations that are specific to the Venice community,” wrote Bonin in an Instagram post to constituents after Tuesday’s City Council vote, adding that the “public will be able to voice its opinion” on the project at the next WLA APC meeting, which is slated for next month.

Visit planning.lacity.org/about/ commissions-boards-hearings for updates to the agenda for the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission’s Oct. 21 meeting and for instructions on how to join the meeting via teleconference.

New Orleans “Traditional” Jazz Band

We’re open for all of your medical needs: • Annual Wellness Visits • Addressing Health Concerns

• Symptom Checks • Essential Health Screenings

US ARMY WAR VETERAN

Social Distance Party Band

(323) 733-1023 Call your doctor’s office today or visit Providence.org/SJPP to find a doctor near you.

Play in Front or Back Yard Play leading 2nd line down sidewalk for neighbors and guests

NOJAZZBAND.COM EMAIL: NOJAZZBAND@CA.RR.COM SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 7

O P I N I O N

2nd Pizza Deal

50%OFF

Buy Any Size Pizza & Get 50% Off Your 2nd Pizza of equal or Lesser Value CARRY OUT OR DELIVERY

Coupons not good with 3rd party deliveries.

Not valid with other offers. Expires 9/23/20

Happy Deal

Building an Innovative and Inclusive Community

10%OFF

Your Order CARRY OUT OR DELIVERY

Open for Delivery and Take Out. Order Now!

(424) 289-0003

See our menu at www.GoFatTomato.com

Coupons not good with 3rd party deliveries.

Not valid with other offers. Expires 9/23/20

Fine Hair Styled by

Advertising in The Argonaut’s Professional Directory Works!

No matter what your profession — attract new clients by advertising in The Argonaut’s Professional Directory.

Women and men with Fine hair have unique problems that need to be understood by a hair designer who knows how to handle and give a design line to fine hair.

A personal prescription for your hair and angled weight line hair cuts will make it look thicker and fuller than ever before.

Over 40,000 readers could be reading your ad today!

(310) 210-8767

Call (310) 822-1629

New Location “On Broadway” Downtown Santa Monica, 90401

“PET FLICKS” (9/10/20)

By PAUL COULTER

PAGE 8 THE ARGONAUT SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In addressing Los Angeles’ housing needs, Westchester can be a leader

By Tara Barauskas Tara Barauskas serves as Executive Director at Community Corporation of Santa Monica, a nonprofit organization that builds, restores and manages affordable housing for people of modest means.

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its sixth month, it has become clear to millions of Angelenos that the virus and its associated political, economic and social effects are here to stay. With autumn on the horizon, many in our community are still out of work or facing indefinite furlough.

Students from our LAUSD and private schools, and even LMU, are beginning the fall semester online. Local businesses are unable to open in full, and many remain closed altogether.

The pandemic, though, has revealed something even deeper about Los Angeles, something etched into our city’s founding, growth and accession to global prominence — housing inequity. With countless individuals in our community facing impending eviction, and many more living on the streets in record numbers, Los Angeles needs to rethink housing. While it’s vital we respect the character of our long-established neighborhoods, we must begin to integrate new models into our communities if we wish to address a decades-long affordability crisis that is not only creating pain for people, but also many associated problems for our communities.

The post-COVID future of Los Angeles must be one that uses affordable housing to prioritize diversity, inclusiveness and sustainability — for all. Westchester — long one of LA’s most innovative neighborhoods — can be the model to help get us there.

For more than 80 years, progressive housing policy has been at the forefront of the Westchester ethos. When air travel grew precipitously in the 1930s and 40s, and our very own Los Angeles International Airport quickly became a

Community Corporation of Santa Monica Executive Director Tara Barauskas global center for air travel, Westchester rose to meet the challenge. In just the span of a few years, this sleepy Westside community was transformed into a busy hub deeply integrated into the global economy. Westchester homes were purchased by engineers innovating to create new airplanes and military equipment.

With inventive housing policy, we developed solutions.

Westchester transformed its chaparral plains into singlefamily homes. We zoned new neighborhoods where generations of Angelenos and their children grew up and started families. We housed the pilots, aerospace engineers, defense contractors and corporate managers who helped transform LAX into a portal to the world. Our population expanded, though — due to historically discriminatory practices — Westchester residents were primarily not people of color.

Restrictive housing covenants were placed throughout Westchester, limiting minority

communities’ access to housing and continuing to drive inequality to this day.

These are not the neighborhood values we should be espousing if we want to eradicate homelessness and be a welcoming place for all. It is time to rethink how we house Westchester’s residents – that the single-family home is not the only ideal that can be beautiful and high quality.

While 70 years ago, we turned to single-family zoning to satisfy Westchester’s nascent community’s needs, we now must also allow for affordable, multi-family housing.

Affordable housing keeps our communities diverse, inclusive, and sustainable. It caps rents at 30% of a given tenant’s income, offering working families who have jobs in our neighborhoods newfound levels of financial stability. It allows people to live near their work or schools, taking cars off the road, reducing traffic and limiting carbon emissions.

More importantly, though, affordable housing helps build

“With inventive housing policy, we developed solutions. Westchester transformed its chaparral plains into single-family homes. ... We housed the pilots, aerospace engineers, defense contractors and corporate managers who helped transform LAX into a portal to the world.” more holistically inclusive and dynamic communities. Affordable properties allow people like teachers at schools, grocery store workers, and entrepreneurs at our small businesses — vital pillars of our community traditionally priced out of Westside neighborhoods — to live right here in Westchester.

Multi-family housing offers community-building opportunities – sharing amenities, knowing your neighbors, creating safe environments for kids to play. I personally live in multi-family housing and absolutely love the quality of life it brings for my family. Our neighbors look out for one another, we share recipes and borrow cups of sugar when we need it – instead of ‘me,’ multi-family housing creates real opportunities for ‘we.’

Work is already being done to ensure the post-COVID era is one of housing equity and sustainability. Community Corporation of Santa Monica — a nonprofit that restores, builds and manages affordable housing for people of modest means — has submitted a

proposal to construct a nearly 100-unit, affordable property on a vacant lot off Airport Boulevard. After more than 40 years of operation in Santa Monica, Community Corp. has begun to expand its mission to other Westside communities like Culver City and Mar Vista.

Embracing such new developments are key first steps for Westchester to show that it is ready to be inclusive and innovative in applying a modern housing model — which integrates single and multi-family dwellings — to our Westside communities and ensuring that our local housing institutions can withstand future economic crises.

Westchester has always been a shining example of Los Angeles’ innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. At this critical juncture in our nation’s history, at which we must consider the character we wish the post-COVID version of our city to embody, our community has an obligation to lead the way. Westchester helped Los Angeles blossom into a global city.

Through affordable housing, let’s transform it into an inclusive one.

STAY IN THE LOOP!

FOLLOW US

@ArgonautNews for breaking stories and bonus content posted during the week

JOAN OF ARCTIC I’m a 54-year-old woman, married for 21 years to a pretty decent guy. When our now-18-year-old son was little, my husband completely ignored Mother’s Day for maybe six years. Once, I asked him why, and he simply said, “You aren’t my mother.” It hurt me SO MUCH because I busted my butt to be a good mom. I told him why I was so upset, and one year, I laid on our bed and cried, but nothing changed. Six years ago, he began giving me a card and flowers on Mother’s Day. This year, he and our son got me hanging flower baskets, which was wonderful.

The problem is I can’t get over his doing nothing in the past, and it’s affecting my feelings for him and how I treat him.

— Still Hurting If your relationship has a spirit animal, it’s best if it isn’t a dog frozen in time after the volcanic eruption at Pompeii.

The problem between you started with an error in mind-reading. “Mind-reading” sounds like a Vegas magic act, but it’s a mental ability we all have (though it’s actually mind-predicting rather than -reading). Psychologists call this “theory of mind,” referring to our ability to do reasonably well at guessing (“theorizing” about!) the “mental states” of others, meaning the emotions they’re experiencing, their beliefs, their desires, and their intentions.

I give an example of theory of mind in action in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck”: “When you see a man looking deep into a woman’s eyes, smiling tenderly and then getting down on one knee, your understanding and experience of what this usually means helps you guess that he’s about to ask ‘Will you marry me?’ and not ‘Would you mind lending me a pen?’”

Unfortunately, we often do pretty poorly at the everyday swami thing because we tend “to imagine that other minds are much like our own,” observes anthropologist Donald Symons. Making matters worse, we tend to assume others’ minds should work like our own. So, if something isn’t important to us, we assume it isn’t (and shouldn’t be) important to someone else.

Your husband’s view of Mother’s Day — unimportant and only applicable to one’s own mother — led him to conclude it should be unimportant to you and to sneer, “You aren’t my mother!” This sort of assumption leads to strife and maybe even divorce through the resentment that builds

when one partner consistently doesn’t get their needs met (and gets them mocked, to boot).

Happier, lasting relationships are fostered through a different approach: loving acceptance of the crazy. Even when you think your partner’s desire is irrational or unbecoming of someone with an IQ surpassing that of a root vegetable, if you won’t lose a limb, part company with your ethics, or otherwise seriously put yourself out. Why not give them what they want? Again, you don’t have to find it reasonable; you do it because it would make them happy.

Though your husband’s now coming around on Mother’s Day, I would bet my last bra strap he doesn’t care in the slightest about Father’s Day and still might not get why Mother’s Day means so much to you. But you cried and cried, and he eventually got that it was hugely important to you (perhaps through your son’s influence), and he’s come around — this year with the hanging flowers of Babylon.

That’s awesome.

However, you have yet to update your idea of him as mean and selfish, perhaps because, like many people, you see forgiveness as a feeling and wait for it to strike you, lightning on the golf course-style. In fact, forgiveness is a set of actions you choose to take.

Evolutionary social psychologist Michael McCullough explains that forgiveness involves deciding to set aside a grievance against a person, expressed in your “thoughts, emotions, and/or behaviors,” in order to have a continuing relationship with them.

Consider that your husband, though “pretty decent,” might have some continuing limitations in understanding and accepting what you need (even when you tell him). A mediator with a relationships focus would be helpful in facilitating understanding and empathy between you, maybe in a single session. (Find one at http:// mediate.com/) If mediation isn’t an option, there’s still a DIY approach: Explain the science on theory of mind and the notion of doing things simply to make your partner happy (even if you find their desires a bit crackers). This might help your husband be more motivated to come around in ways you need, showing you he’s making an effort, best he can. This, in turn, could help you break with the past and the resentful feelings that went with — releasing them into the wild like Sea World’s orcas into the ocean: “Bye, Shamu! Bye, Bruce! Bye, Carla!”

GOT A PROBLEM? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2020, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter or visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 9

I N

M E M O R I A M :

R A H I M

‘Welcome, My Brother!’

J A V A N

1 9 3 8

–

2 0 2 0

The big and boisterous life of Marina del Rey’s Sports Harbour founder was defined by immigrant grit, wrestling & incredible generosity PHOTO BY SWEET WILLIAM

By Sweet William Rahim Javan’s celebrated Sports Harbour was not only his bar and business – it was his living room. The kitchen is where he ate, as could his patrons, and he slept in the house behind. Nightly he would be surrounded by Santa Monica College football coaches, NBC news broadcasters, young wrestlers from Culver City and sports wannabes, all of them going over the day’s sporting events.

Eventually, Rahim installed a “Captain’s Chair” at the bar’s end, an arm’s length from the cash register, and greeted every newcomer to the bar with a robust, “Welcome, my Brother!”

The greeting would echo through the beloved sports bar, and everyone would acknowledge the newcomer with raised glasses.

Yet Rahim said goodbye to the world, passing on June 26, 2020 at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, due to complications from lymphoma.

“A legend has passed,” declared his college friends, business associates, customers, and employees of thirty-plus years. But in his passing, the “Persian prince” disguised as a wrestler, leaves a clearly defined picture of his accomplishments and life as an honorable man.

Born Feb. 9, 1938 in Rasht, Iran, Rahim, my last best friend, immigrated to Southern California in 1958, became an AllAmerican wrestler at UCLA in 1964, U.S. citizen in 1970, a wrestling coach at Culver City High School and Los Angeles City College, and a fixture on the Westside working in the local bar scene.

I first met Rahim in the spring of 1964 at a secret initiation of the famous KELPS, UCLA’s first all-inclusive men’s group.

Established in 1947, their emphasis on diversity would make the KELPS UCLA’s most desired men’s group on campus for the next 23 years. It was rare for a wrestler to be selected.

Rahim, the first Persian, was the only immigrant of the 500 Bruins chosen to be a member of UCLA’s legendary ‘spirit’ group. Rahim, the wrestler, was

Rahim Javan in his beloved “Captain’s Chair” at the bar known for his suplex (holding your opponent from behind in a bear hug and flipping them backward over your head, so they land on their head first), which produced stunning results.

“Rahim was highly coordinated, like a big cat,” recalled veteran attorney Doug Bagby.

He had been a KELP in 1964 when Rahim pledged the Fiji fraternity, a wild band of brothers who inspired the movie “Animal House,” among others.

Bagby was a bruising 245-pound football player. He bench-pressed 450 pounds.

Rahim was a svelte 167. Bagby explained their match: “He had extraordinary balance; he’d grab my leg, he’d push me back. He was strong and quick. I was no match. He was the first Fiji to ever say, ‘Love you, my brother.’ He’d do anything for you. He feared no one. Only a fool took him on.”

That spring, UCLA coach John Wooden won his first NCAA Basketball Championship with an integrated team led by three KELPS. Rahim and I were there, wildly cheering them on. That

PAGE 10 THE ARGONAUT SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

summer, I went into the Peace Corps for two years, and Rahim and I lost touch.

Fifteen years later, our paths crossed again. UCLA’s KELPS were suddenly ‘born again’ in 1979. My Peace Corps experience living as an immigrant in Peru gave me a new appreciation of America’s immigrants.

Even though Rahim and I were from different parts of the world, our early lives were similar. We grew up during WWII. Daily, we saw the march of war; he watched a steady stream of U.S. military supplies travel through Rasht on its way across the Caspian Sea to Russia, while I lived at Camp Miami Beach in Florida, where one fourth of all U.S. servicemen were trained for the War. We both suffered from WWII childhood food deprivation syndrome, and as youngsters, became addicted to eating toothpaste.

As the 1980s began, along with the KELPS’ re-birth, I began to socialize more with Rahim. One time we double-dated to hear Krishnamurti, the Indian sage, speak in Ojai. In 1981 we

attended the world premiere screening of the film “In Defense of People” by Rafigh Pooya, an Iranian filmmaker and the last owner of Venice’s Fox Movie Theater on Lincoln Boulevard. The two-hour film was made from Iranian newsreel footage that documented Iran’s recent overthrow of The Shah.

Rahim provided a narrative to me as we watched the disturbing events unfold: “That is the Crystal Room, in The Shah’s Palace;” he whispered, “see all the crystals hanging from the ceiling.” Film clips captured almost every American president laying their offering at the foot of The Shah, tightening the ties between America and Iran’s oil. The movie showed warehouses so filled with dead bodies of young Iranian protesters that they couldn’t be buried; instead, they were being stored on huge blocks of ice for later burial. I knew that night that I needed Rahim to understand what was really happening in Iran.

Rahim’s congeniality, physical strength and bouncer abilities led him to Stan Lee, a WWII Air

Force veteran who owned a series of bars in Venice and Culver City. Like many, Lee was attracted to the ambitious, outgoing wrestling coach; together, they went into business. Rahim turned Stan’s shuttered Cozy Harbor into the Sports Harbour, possibly LA’s first sports-TV-only bar.

I helped decorate the interior.

We covered the walls with sports posters, Rahim’s AllAmerican Award on green velvet, a large photo of him as a young man performing a suplex, several signed sports lithographs, and boat models.

Dozens of football helmets covered the exposed trusses of the old wooden ceiling. Opening Day — August 2, 1987 — we were ready to roll. I next presented to Rahim the costs of advertising in the local newspapers. He looked at me and said, “Ahhh, I’m not interested in ads.”

His way of building his business was to call out to everyone new who walked in, “Welcome, My Brother.” More than likely, Rahim would offer them a “shooter.” LAPD’s Pacific Division awarded Rahim an extra-large badge trophy, which he proudly displayed above the shuffleboard table that read, “Welcome, My Brother.” It felt like a philosophical statement. Here was a place where everyone was included.

His acceptance of all people made him all the more worldly.

Customers jockeyed to sit next to the gregarious Iranian.

Municipal Judge Hugo Hill of Compton finally won that competition when he announced the “co-pilot chair” was his. For years the two men were a great tag team. When Hugo passed, Rahim installed a brass plate naming “Judge Hugo Hill’s place” at the bar forever next to him.

Closest to Rahim for the past 39 years has been his companion Rhonda McMahan, who was there in 1981 when we listened to Krishnamurti. She shakes her head in disbelief as she tries to explain Rahim’s generosity: “The people Rahim helped financially were never entered into a ledger. He did not chase

ArgonautNews.com

someone to repay their loan; he didn’t want to dishonor them.

Having to remind them was not his responsibility. After he passed so many people have come up to me saying, ‘He saved my house’...‘he saved my business’...‘he saved my life.’

These are people I never heard of.”

Rahim was not so much Old School as he was Old World, where a man’s word was his currency; the reliability of one’s word determined his value. Rahim stood first and foremost for honesty. He believed a man’s honor was what defined him; money did not.

Rahim engendered loyalty in his employees through his generosity of spirit and his substantive support of their lives. Take Miguel Garcia. For 25 years he worked for Rahim’s Sports Harbour. He was hired in 1990 to oversee the emerging kitchen operation. Barely CaptRick_Postcard.pdf

1

7/19/20

20 years old, Miguel was a new arrival. He spoke good English, but he felt unsafe going home to West LA late at night without a car. When he told Rahim he couldn’t do the job, the Persian prince took him to his apartment in Santa Monica at 14th and Wilshire and gave him the keys to a white 1968 Pontiac Firebird convertible. “The hot 400 HP version,” Miguel remembered. “I told him I couldn’t accept it. It had too much value.”

Rahim replied, “Right now, the car has no value. If you use it, it will have value.”

Miguel told him, “No one has ever given me anything in my life.”

Thus began a lifelong friendship of mentoring the young man into the savvy manager of Rahim’s thriving Sports Harbour in Marina del Rey. This transference of authority started during the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs with the LA Kings.

PHOTO BY CHERYL LEACH

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR

Rahim with the author

Rahim greeting bar patrons - ‘Welcome, My Sisters!’ day to eat. Miguel added, “Even one’s hero, Vin Scully, 12 feet Miguel recalled the change, “I though he was part owner he tall. started teaching myself how the always left a generous tip for the Rhonda recalls her favorite sports satellites operated. Every kitchen staff.” times with Rahim were their Sunday Rahim came in early to Some fear we’ll never again trips to Baja.

Every year, for line up the TVs. When I took hear, “Welcome, My Brother.” I about five years, they took a that over he got to sleep in on three-week vacation driving his believe we will. It has a happy Sundays, which after a riotous ring to it, like it could stay in VW van, which he called “The Saturday night, he much vogue forever.

White House,” the length of appreciated. While I took over Baja to La Paz, taking the night many decisions, because it was Sweet William’s ‘JFK & RFK ferry to Puerto Vallarta, and a cash business, he was always Made Me Do It: 1960-1968’ will driving back up through involved.” soon be published by Peace Mexico.

“He was such a man,” Miguel was not the first to get Corps Writers.

Rhonda laughed. “[He] helped a car from Rahim. Sculptor and (c) 2020 by Sweet William. people, total strangers. LanMalibu High School art teacher Constitutional Capers, Venice guage was never a barrier.

Thor Evensen recalled, “In CA. Wherever we went, Colorado, 1988 Rahim gave me my first Canada, Mexico, someone art commission. He wanted a would come up out of the blue ceramic wrestler’s head for the INTERMENT: Greenhill Memorial Park, and greet us, ‘Hey, Raheeem.’ bar and in return he gave me a Palos Verdes, California It was an honor to have lived 1965 red VW bug, my first car. with him.”

I drove it to Santa Rosa JC and FAMILY: Rahim Javan is survived by Miguel Garcia now operates back. What a man’s man.”

Rhonda McMahan, his lifelong Sports Harbour - South Bay in companion, and her daughter Rahim supported artists from Torrance at 5150 W. 190th St., a Dana; his nephew Nadar; his former beginning to end. To celebrate joint venture Rahim helped to wife Nazanine and grandsons Reza Sports Harbour’s 30th anniver& Kian; and his siblings: Hassan, create for Miguel as his twentysary, Rahim granted Venice Monir, Esmaeel, Vida & Karim. year lease was coming to a muralist Gustavo Zermeño, Jr. a close.

Rahim stopped by every wall on which to paint every-

11:05 AM

Lenzini’s Pizza

C

M

Gluten Free • Vegan Cheese Salads • Sandwiches • Desserts

Y

CM

M o n d ay S P e c i a L

MY

3 Large Cheese Pizzas for $2199 after 4pm

CY

CMY

K

additional toppings $150 each For any other order mention Argonaut and receive 10% off.

RADIO SHOW AM870

Open 7 Days Lunch & Dinner 12740 Culver Blvd, Ste. B, LA 90066

(310) 305-0305 Lenzinis.com SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11

C O V E R

S T O R Y PHOTOS BY HECTOR QUINTANILLA

You Can’t Stop the Beat

A lifetime of adapting to different dance styles has prepared Artistico School of Dance’s Linda Ayentes to pivot in the face of COVID-19

By Katherine Brubaker Linda Ayentes has been a performer her whole life. She started her journey in the spotlight as a rhythmic gymnast in Canada. Today, she owns Artistico School of Dance with her husband in Westchester, which converted to outdoor dance classes earlier this summer and will be continuing outdoor lessons into the fall.

Ayentes’ career has been nothing short of fascinating. She seems to have done it all — fearlessly taking on the multi-faceted world of dance as a competitor, artist and teacher.

Ayentes was born in Slovakia but moved to Canada at age four.

She started training as a rhythmic gymnast in elementary school, going to practice five days a week before attending school. Though an intense schedule for a child, Ayentes wouldn’t have had it any other way.

“I loved what I was doing so it was just what I did,” she said, “I trained in the morning in elementary school, so I would wake up at 4 a.m. in the morning and then get ready and train from 6 to 8 a.m. in the morning,

Artistico School of Dance founder Linda Ayentes believes that dance is a tool for life

PAGE 12 THE ARGONAUT SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

and then I would have to go to school after.” Once she reached high school, she entered a sports program that allowed her to go to school from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and exempted her from taking electives, giving her more time to train.

Ayentes also trained in ballet for rhythmic gymnastics. “Once we hit high school, we would have a Russian master come in, and he would teach us,” she said, “they told me I should take ballet outside because it would help me a lot. I didn’t really like ballet, but it really did help the elegance, the poise, the precision. There is a lot that it gave me in my rhythmic gymnastics.”

After years of traveling, training and competing, at age 15, Ayentes achieved the title of Western Canadian Champion and attended the Canadian Winter Games, where she won a bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics. “This was kind of like the Canadian version of the Olympics with all the different sports,” she said, “we had an athletes village and opening ceremonies where our Prime Minister came out. It was cool feeling, like you were at the

Olympic games.”

With a light chuckle, Ayentes explained that at 15, she was ready to retire. “I said, ‘Ok, I am done with this.’” She made this decision in part due to the physical demands of the sport.

“It was a lot of pressure on my body and body image. At fifteen I noticed my body changing, and I didn’t feel comfortable anymore. It was becoming harder maintaining that stick figure image. That sort of thing changes the direction of your life sometimes, and that’s what it did for me,” said Ayentes.

Ayentes later auditioned for a summer intensive at The National Ballet of Canada. She was accepted and trained there for the summer. “This is where I noticed that the body for rhythmic and ballet were very similar in terms of body image issues,” she said. “You had to reaudition every year to get back in. So every year it’s like the summers were really hard for the girls that have already been there for a year because they were also auditioning. I would see them struggling and not eating anything. It was heartbreaking — you never felt

ArgonautNews.com

Ayentes demonstrates stretching exercises to students outdoors safe.”

Instructors told Ayentes she was a beautiful dancer, but that she was “better made” for other styles such as jazz or hip-hop. “I was fine, because I didn’t love it like a ballerina should,” said Ayentes. After the summer program, she went home and delved into jazz and hip-hop.

Ayentes went on to work with many stars, including Halle Berry, Sarah Jessica Parker, Benjamin Bratt, and Sharon Stone. She enjoyed these opportunities, and found that each star “has their own way about them, so you have to be very respectful of what their requests are,” she said. “It was cool having idols that you saw growing up and then you are on set working with them. That was a really amazing experience.

Like Sarah Jessica Parker — I loved her as a kid, and then I got to dance with her on set.”

Ayentes later competed on the reality TV show “Making it Big.” “It was a show where different artists came on and you had to run an audition and pretend to put on a show,” she said, “so you had to work with these people that came on and choreograph a dance right there on the spot, and the client would tell you what they wanted. They would keep throwing things at you too — like one of the dancers would stop dancing or get injured and you would have to deal with that.” With a smile, Ayentes recalled that she had won the competition. “I think I ended up winning that one… yeah.”

After winning “Making it Big,” Ayentes was flown to New York City and met Jamie King, a choreographer working with

Madonna at the time. On set one day, Madonna showed up to see King. “I said to myself, ‘Ok, there’s Madonna right there and I’m going to pretend I’m not seeing this right now,’” said Ayentes.

When Ayentes was 15, she found out that her father was South American. She had been born in Slovakia and grew up speaking Slovak, so she believed that she was completely European. “For some reason I was always drawn to the Latin side of dance and Latinx culture.

And then, I found out I was part Latina, so I started dancing salsa,” said Ayentes.

She fell in love with the style immediately and started social dancing. “Once you start social dancing you’re hooked. It’s just

so much fun,” said Ayentes, who also got into Bachata, a social dance style from the Dominican Republic, during her late 20s.

Ayentes took a break from dancing at around 23, got married, had her daughter, and then went back to dancing and competing. In 2011, she won the title of World Latin Cup Salsa Champion in Las Vegas, Nevada. “In Bachata we came in fourth, and in salsa we won that year. That was pretty amazing,” said Ayentes.

Ayentes now faces a whole new frontier of dance: running a nascent dance studio during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This is only our second year of having the studio, so it was pretty devastating emotionally because we were building. Then

January came and we were finally seeing a lot of people have interest, and business was growing, and we were like ‘Oh my gosh we finally have got two solid feet on the ground,’” said Ayentes. She and her husband had just finished their second winter show when the pandemic shut everything down.

At first, Ayentes was running her studio on a virtual platform, which she found more difficult than teaching in-person. For the studio’s online classes, Ayentes and her husband held Zoom classes and then filmed and posted them seven days a week.

The work was physically and emotionally exhausting, but Ayentes threw herself into it even as “emails from people saying that they are dropping, or

saying that they are going to take a break” poured in. Seeing that client base dwindle was “heartbreaking” for Ayentes.

But in the summer, Ayentes moved her studio completely outside for outdoor dance camps.

The outdoor space in a parking lot behind the studio consists of flooring, tents and the backdrop of an iconic Westchester mural.

Courses will continue being held outside in the fall until health guidelines change. In this way, Ayentes has been able to make the most of a difficult situation.

Ayentes’ favorite part of teaching is seeing her students improve and take what they learn in the studio and apply it to their lives.

“When they are going through life, they have instances where dance helps them, or things that they have learned in class whether it be discipline or passion or dedication or perseverance, that they take with them,” said Ayentes. “That’s my passion: to not just give them the dance steps and teach them how to dance, but to give them the whole package, how it all kinda works together and makes you a stronger person.”

Ayentes’ journey and success as a dancer are a testament to her versatility and love of the art form. Though faced with the challenge of being a dance studio owner during the pandemic, Ayentes remains optimistic for the future.

Artistico School of Dance is located at 8939 South Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. Visit artisticodance.com to learn more.

As a rhythmic gymnastics and ballroom champion, Ayentes has achieved excellence in a variety of dance styles SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 13

WOODSON AT PLAYA VISTA “Located on a quiet walk street, this Woodson home overlooks a private courtyard in one of Playa Vista’s most sought after neighborhoods,” says agent Kris Zacuto. “This single family detached home offers three bedrooms, office and four baths, over approx 2,184 sq.ft. The interior design showcases contemporary touches with oak engineered hardwood flooring, limestone and Caesarstone counters throughout, as well as tech upgrades including solar panel and fully wired-in ceiling speakers. The second floor offers a beautiful kitchen and great room along with a second floor bedroom. The top floor includes two additional bedrooms including the master suite. Additionally the home is equipped with a professionally designed and landscaped private outdoor space, Hunter Douglas shades, built-in office cabinets and two-car private garage.”

PAGE 14 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Offered at $1,799,000 I N F O R M AT I O N :

KRIS ZACUTO HILTON & HYLAND 310.702.6299 kriszacuto.com

Visit Us Virtually

Visit our website for videos and 3D tours of all our listings

6333 Esplanade, Playa Del Rey 4 bed | 2 bath | $2,195,000 Architectural Tour De Force

7619 Truxton Ave, Westchestrer 4 bed | 3.5 bath | $1,899,000 Beautifully Renovated

7401 Midfield Ave, Westchester 4 bed | 3 bath | $1,495,000 Timeless Luxury

4136 Sunnyside Ave, Mar Vista 4 bed | 4.5 bath | $2,939,000 State-of-the-Art Home

517 W 57th St, South Los Angeles Duplex | $569,000 Investment Opportunity

924 Camber Lane, El Segundo 4 bed | 3.75 bath | $1,995,000 Tastefully Updated

3412 Palm Ave, Manhattan Beach 6 bed | 6.5 bath | $5,995,000 Cutting-Edge Contemporary

7822 Boeing Ave, Westchester 4 bed | 2 bath | $1,299,000 Resort Style Living

12477 Sanford St, Playa Vista 4 bed | 3 bath | $1,495,000 Conveniently Located

8022 Vicksburg Ave, Westchester 5 bed | 4 bath | $1,699,000 Sweeping Views

8308 Kenyon Ave, Westchester 3 bed | 2 bath | $1,099,000 Phenomenal Value

6549 W 77th St, Westchester 3 bed | 2 bath | $1,499,000 Family Friendly Floor Plan

7919 El Manor Ave, Westchester 4 bed | 3 bath | $1,799,000 Exquisite North Kentwood Home

7900 Hulbert Ave, Playa del Rey 4 bed | 3 bath | $1,799,000 Serene Coastal Living

13024 Maxella Ave, Marina del Rey

2 bed | 3 bath | $899,000 Remodeled Townhome

5429 Selmaraine Dr, Culver City 4 bed | 2 bath Coming Soon

FIND YOUR PLACE The Stephanie Younger Group 310.499.2020 | DRE 01365696 stephanieyounger.com | @stephanieyoungergroup Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified.

Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate. If your property is currently listed for sale this is not a solicitation.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION PAGE 15

Enjoy the Real Estate Experience You Deserve!

Era Matilla rEalty 225 CulvEr Blvd.

Playa dEl rEy

Manager BrE#1323411

Broker assoc.

BrE#01439943

THE ARGONAUT PRESS RELEASES VENICE OASIS

LATITUDE 33

CAMDEN IN PLAYA VISTA

CONTEMPORARY POOL HOME

“Treat yourself to this beautiful three-level, three-bed, threebath townhome,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “This newer construction contemporary home offers modern and beach living at its finest. The main level offers a light and bright living room with tons of windows, fireplace, motorized projection screen, and a gorgeous chefs kitchen with Caesarstone countertops, Thermador/Bosch appliances, breakfast bar, and adjacent dining area. The primary suite with walk-in closet, a second bedroom, and laundry room make up the top floor. First level offers a bedroom, full bath or potential office. ” Offered at $1,599,000 Jesse Weinberg Jesse Weinberg & Associates 800-804-9132

“This garden contemporary home offers three bedrooms, two baths,” says agent Winston Cenac. “Sited on a tree-lined block, in a great neighborhood, the open plan home offers abundant light, some ocean breezes, a modern but cozy architectural feel. Fixtures and finishes are exceptional with oak plank floors, carrera counters, and stainless steel kitchen.

Front yard play for the kids, back yard vegetable garden for everyone. Just a bike ride to the beach and Abbot Kinney shopping and dining.”

Offered at $1,925,000 Winston Cenac Bulldog Realtors 310-452-5004

“This is a remarkable 'smart home' in Playa Vista with an unbeatable price in a prime location,” say agents Dennis Hsii and Kofi Nartey. “Updated, single-level home offers power shades, voice-activated switches, smart locks. Bonus: comes with a large private 2-car garage with available 220V electric car charger. An open-concept floorplan showcases the modern kitchen, dining area and living room. Lots of windows and natural light. Hardwood floors throughout the home (including all 3 bedrooms). Pre-wired for surround sound.”

Offered at $1,575,000 Dennis Hsii & Kofi Nartey Playa Vista Partners (844) 99-PLAYA

“Discover this gorgeous modern four-bedroom home,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “A formal entryway, sunset views, and floating fireplace will allure you into a beautifully updated home with a Palm Springs aesthetic, offering an elevated master suite with deck, endless picture windows throughout, and claw-foot soaking tub. One of the many appealing upgrades include a second work from home office with ensuite bathroom, built-in desk with cabinetry, and French door access to the grassy backyard and pool deck.”

Offered at $1,750,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020

THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE Q&A

What are the real estate propositions in this November’s ballot? (Part 1) While debating presidential and congressional races, many don’t get around to looking at propositions they will be voting on until the day of elections. This column is first in a series providing you with some basic information on the three real estate related propositions we will be voting on in November — those will be Propositions 15, 19 & 21. If you have been reading my column for a while, some of these propositions will seem familiar as versions of them have previously been on the ballot. Two of the three propositions are related to California’s existing Prop 13.

This week, we are going to talk about one of those — Proposition 19.

As background, “Prop 13” is the beloved California tax break for homeowners, allowing you to keep your property taxes low, based on the value at time of purchase, only rising up to 2% per year, regardless of dramatic increases in value. There are some exceptions to this, including reassessments for remodel, partial transfers, and ballot measures that add to your property tax bill. However, with a generally stable property tax bill, you don’t have to worry about your home’s appreciation causing tax increases that prevent affording your own home. For senior citizens who purchased their homes for a fraction of todays’ values, this benefit

cannot be overstated. The reassessment of the property tax based on current market values occurs only upon sale of the property. Great for the homeowner staying in place, but what about when the homeowner is trapped in place?

Many seniors can’t afford the “moving penalty” they incur in the form of increased property taxes incurred when even downsizing results in purchasing a home at todays’ high prices and the higher property taxes those prices bring. CalChamber Advocacy reports that this anticipated “moving penalty” is the cause of almost 75% of homeowners over the age of 55 having not moved since the year 2000.

These homes, often bought long ago at much lower prices, are not re-entering the housing market, and are not available for the many new buyers who hope to acquire their first home. Homes are simply not turning over, and the shortage in inventory creates a spike in prices and rents, making the American dream of homeownership even harder to attain.

Proposition 19 expands on existing laws meant to protect seniors from property tax shock and unaffordable increases in living costs. Propositions 60 and 90 were the prior steps in this process. Prop 60 allows a senior citizen, once in their lifetime only, to replace their existing property with one

PAGE 16 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

of equal or lesser value within the same county and retain their Prop 13 property tax basis. Proposition 90 extended that protection to properties bought and sold in participating counties. However, only Alameda, San Diego, El Dorado, Riverside, San Mateo, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Tuolomne and Orange Counties participate.

Proposition 19, if passed, would permit seniors and disabled homeowners to transfer their existing Prop 13 assessed values to new homes anywhere within the state of California, with up to three transfers permitted. It also provides blended assessments, allowing for the possibility of buying either a more expensive home than the one being sold.

When a home benefitting from Prop 13 is transferred via inheritance, the home will continue to be exempt from transfer reassessment as long as the new owner uses the property as their primary residence. Inherited property used as rentals will not be permitted to maintain this protection against market value property taxes. As further incentive to voters, all revenue and/or savings that California reaps due to this new measure will be used solely for wildfire protections.

This Proposition is important, not just to

seniors who would be finally given the financial freedom to choose whether to stay in place or move, but to potential new homebuyers desperate for relief from the low housing inventory and high prices in the current market. Its passing is anticipated to have the effect of not only increasing the quality of life for senior homeowners, but positively impacting California’s economy and real estate markets.

Those against Proposition 19 argue that there will be a major loss in tax collections without those increases caused by moves. However, when you take into account the increase in property taxes collectible by allowing all of those seniors’ homes to be sold and taxed at todays’ prices, it seems like a win for everyone. Take a look for yourself at the proposal, it’s pros and cons, and whichever side you favor, show up to vote!

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION WAS ANSWERED BY

LISA PHILLIPS, ESQ Lotus Estate Properties

Lisa Phillips is an active Realtor in the Los Angeles area, with more than twenty years as a practicing real estate broker and attorney. Lisa is also a member of the National Association of Realtors “Green Resource Council”, and achieved its “GREEN” Designation. www.LisaPhillipsRealEstate.com.

Buying or selling beach-front real estate?

The Argonaut has you covered.

MDR

cavanaughrealtors.com

310.837.7161

TOWNHOME BEAUTY 3

BD

1.5 BA

1,465 SQ FT

$1.5M LIST PRICE

25 HURRICANE ST. #1

DRE 01235179

Advertise to an Exclusive Consumer Audience

October/November Ad Space deadline Monday, Sept. 28

AUGUST 2020

D I R E C T

THE WOMEN IN BUSINESS ISSU E Celebrating

the Female-Owned Resilience of Businesses PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Pasadena, CA Permit #422

Playa Vista Direct is the best way to reach people who live and work in Playa Vista.

Our reach, shelf life and targeted circulation are exceptional — just like our readers.

*****ECRWSSEDDM ***** POSTAL CUSTOM ER

Call Kay Christy at 310-600-7923

Only 50 yards from the sand! Lovely unit faces the street and has an ocean view.

Primary bedroom, living room opens to a patio overlooking lawn and trees with views of the ocean. Lower 2 bedrooms are separated by modern frosted glass sliding glass doors which can open into a large bedroom or home-office. Hardwood floors. Parking for 3 cars. Rooftop access with views of the Santa Monica Bay.

For more information, please call 310.574.7655 SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION PAGE 17

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Classifieds / Legals

DEADLINE: Monday at 11am for Thursdays CALL ANN: 626-584-8747 or EMAIL: ann@argonautnews.com

Probate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DORIS C. M. BULLEN CASE NO. 20STPB01468 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DORIS C. M. BULLEN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Nicola Fergusson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Nicola Fergusson 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: Date: 01/27/21, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 67 Location: 111 No. Hill St. Los Angeles, CA 90021 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.

Self Represented: Nicola Fergusson 2441 Beverly Ave., Apt. #16 Santa Monica, California 90405 (310) 266-1550 The Argonaut Newspaper 9/17/20, 9/24/20, 10/01/20

Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20TRCP00178 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of MAVARIK MILA MOURINO MCGRATH through guardian Ad Litem Maeve Catherine McGrath and Martin Adolfo 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 10/9/20. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: M Room: 350.

The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401, Santa Monica Courthouse. 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: Los Angeles. Original filed: August 21, 2020. Deirdre Hill, Judge of the Superior Court.

PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 9/3/20, 9/10/20, 9/17/20, 9/24/20

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20GDCP00266 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of RYAN JEAN-JACQUES FIRPO and MAREN FIRPO, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: RYAN JEANJACQUES FIRPO and MAREN FIRPO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) WALLACE ROLAND FIRPO to HANNO ROLAND FIRPO 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: 10/29/20. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E. The address of The Argonaut the court is 600 E. Broadway Classifieds Glendale, CA 91206. A copy (626) 584-8747 of this Order to Show Cause Ann@argonautnews.com shall be published at least once each week for four sucweeks prior to the PAGE 18 THE ARGONAUTcessive SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation,

Look Here For

the court is 600 E. 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 Los Angeles: Original filed: September 1, 2020. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper. 9/17/20, 9/24/20, 10/1/20, 10/8/20

Summons Summons (Domestic Violence Restraining Order) Citación (Orden de restricción de violencia en el hogar) Case Number: 20SMRO00150 1) Person asking for protection: La persona que solicita protección: Corey West 2) Notice to (name of person to be restrained): Aviso a (nombre de la persona a ser restringida): Megan Nelson 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.

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

Para entender lo que pide la

above and on page 1. The request for restraining order will be on form DV-100, Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order.

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?

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?

Puede obtener informaci6n legal gratis en el centro de ayuda de su carte. Vea https://www.courts.ca.gov/ s e l f h e l p selfhelpcenters.htrn?rdeLocaleAttr=es para encontrar el centro de ayuda en su condado.

Do I need a lawyer?

You are not required to have a lawyer, but you may want legal advice before your court hearing. For help finding a lawyer, you can visit www.lawhelpca.org or contact your local bar association.

Necesito un abogado?

No es obligatorio tener un abogado, pero es posible que quiera consejos legales antes de la audiencia en la carte. Para ayuda a encontrar un abogado, visite https://www.lawhelpca.org/es /homepage o contacte al Colegio de Abogados local.

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. 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

sion (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

Employment - PT VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) A Non-Profit Organization serving California Veterans. Needs dedicated Volunteer Drivers to transport Veterans to the West Los Angeles V.A. Hospital Vehicle and Gas is provided For more information please contact Blas Barragán at (310) 268-3344 We are hiring caregivers who would love to help other seniors. Flexible hours! Ideal candidates are compassionate people who want to make a difference! Must be local and willing to drive. Please apply by visiting the Careers page of our website www.inhomecarela.com or by calling our office at (310) 878-2045.

PART TIME CLEANERS WNTD Must have Exp., Own car, Spk Esp/Eng, Days/Nts, $14+ P.H., Cont: 310 494 2402

AUTO SERVICE

LIFETIME WARRANTY ON BRAKES,SHOCKS & STRUTS

15% OFF PARTS WITH AD

310-305-7929 Marina

310-652-3040 Beverly Hills

REAL ESTATE -Businesses for Sale High Demand Retail Space for Lease 6239 W. 87th Street – Westchester Triangle 920sf, $2,300 per month – Triple Net for information, call 760-989-1968

SAL’S PLUMBING & ROOTER 24/7 SERVICE

• Fast Honest & Reliable • Price Match Guarantee • Gas Leaks & Gas Repairs • All Types of Drains • Repairs & Remodels • Senior Discounts • Family Owned and Operated since 1979 • Lic# 537357 • WWW.SALSPLUMBING.COM

310-782-1978 Handyman

Apartments for Rent

***PALMS*** 2 BD + 2 BA

Plumbing Services

$2295.00 / MO

3 BD + 3 BA

$3195.00 / MO

3614 FARIS DR. ON-SITE MANAGER (310) 558-8098

4 BD & LOFT + 3 BA $4395.00 / MO 3640 WESTWOOD BLVD.

***MAR VISTA*** 2 BD + 2 BA $2295.00 / MO

12741 MITCHELL AVE.

3 BD + 3 BA

$3195.00 / MO

12741 MITCHELL AVE. 12736 CASWELL AVE. Gated garage, Intercom entry, Alarm, FP Central air, Dishwasher, Stove/Oven

www.westsideplaces.com

Autos/Parts

Business/Prof.

Services

310.391.1076

Midas 4 Wheel Alignment Special $89.99 Most vehicles Lifetime warranty on Brakes,Shocks & Struts 310-305-7929 Marina 310-652-3040 Beverly

Over 30 Years experience

Service & repair • StoppageS Floor & Wall Heat SpecialiSt 10% OFF with ad

310-876-1577 Wanted WANTED We buy Classic Cars Running or not We are local.

Foreign/Domestic Porsche/Mercedes/ Chevy etc...

We Come to you.

1(800) 432-7204

Your newspaper.

Your community.

Your planet.

Please recycle me.

Find What You Are Looking For? The Argonaut Classifieds (626) 584-8747 ann@argonautnews.com

PROFESSIONAL

DIRECTORY AT TO RNE YS

Personal Injury

Law Offices Of Baker & Oring, LLP

Our Legal Staff Includes a Law Professor and Experienced Attorneys with A Proven Record of Success

310.822.3377 DaviD P. Baker

Recipient of Awards for 37 Years of Community Service to Marina del Rey

13915 Panay Way, Marina del rey Pacific Mariners Yacht club building

www.marinadelreylawyers.com

LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE “MISTAKEN IDENTITY” By MIKE PELUSO ACROSS 1 It often involves a password 7 Really wet spot 12 Lucy’s neighbor of old TV 17 Narrow, roadwise 18 Town square art 19 Aced 21 Abrasions 22 Banking convenience with the wrong comic magician?

24 Prince Valiant’s love 25 Appear suddenly 27 Prepare for cooking, as beans 28 Org. once led by Bush 41 29 Hereditary unit 30 Les États-__ 31 DEA agent 32 Editor’s “On second thought” decision 33 That, in Santiago 34 Builder with the wrong surveyor?

38 “The Age of Reason” writer 39 Gives sparingly 41 CPR pro 42 Hosp. triage specialists 43 Refuses to concede 44 Small file folders, e.g.

47 San Antonio-toDallas dir.

48 Big Apple paper, for short 49 Wanderers 50 Feeling blue with the wrong publisher?

53 Seed cover 54 Sean of “Stranger Things” 55 Miami suburb with a Seminolederived name 59 Timbuktu’s land 60 Type of card or watch

61 “My Cousin Vinny” Oscar winner 63 Dom Pérignon maker, familiarly 64 Narcissism 66 Underworld 67 Part of 41-Acr. 68 Metalworker with the wrong gun manufacturer?

71 Like rough seas 73 Sty wallower 76 Chicago-based grocery franchise 77 Amend 78 Saturn, to Greeks 79 Serious searches 81 “Smell Ready” deodorant brand 82 Rent again 83 In __: unborn 84 Cheap knockout with the wrong puppet?

89 Corner key that may get you out of a corner 92 Pallid 93 First baseman Wally most famous for being replaced by Lou Gehrig 95 “Was __ harsh?”

96 Mex. miss 97 Intl. commerce group 98 “¿Quién __?”

99 Liable to sing?

101 Tracking device 102 African currency with the wrong mapmaker?

105 “You didn’t start yet, did you?”

107 Watergate judge John 108 Enter 109 Tea prep vessels 110 Exams for sophs and jrs.

111 Hindu life lesson 112 Influenced DOWN 1 Reunion arrivals 2 Louvre sculpture

of the wrong sister?

3 Really tickle 4 __ Nui: Easter Island 5 Having four sharps 6 Ancestry.com datum: Abbr.

7 Exasperating, like a car that won’t start 8 ’60s dance craze 9 Sitting on 10 Silent 11 Type of blouse 12 ’40s-’50s “Giant Brain” 13 Stable supplies 14 Cool 15 Formal choice 16 Judge’s choice 17 Missouri tributary 18 River to Lyon 20 Modern crimesolving aid 23 Blue Jays, in crawls 26 Vie for office 31 Chinese menu assurance 32 Blue 34 Arrived in a cloud of dust, maybe 35 Golfer’s pocketful 36 CIA predecessor 37 TV warrior princess 38 Green shampoo 40 Where it’s risky to be out 42 China’s Zhou __ 43 Biker’s headgear, perhaps 44 Kind of vb.

45 “I Am __”: Jenner reality show 46 Dominate 47 Barbers trim them 49 Identify 50 Crooner Chris 51 Certain club restriction 52 “Can __ help me?”

54 Genoa gal pal 56 Intel product with

the wrong toon rodent?

57 Hangs on to 58 “Give it __!”

60 Hosiery headaches 61 Subdue with a shock 62 Telltale warning, maybe 65 Gorsuch colleague 66 Marshall Plan pres.

69 Dental office simulation 70 Power co. output 71 Street __ 72 Like some orders 73 Gripes 74 Exceed 75 Time for night owls 78 Wine label word 80 Texter’s “My bad” 81 Ways of looking at an issue 85 Impressive, as a deal 86 Latin catchall 87 One-named Swedish singer with the 1997 hit “Show Me Love” 88 __ fair 90 Specified 91 Shows concern 93 Law office helpers 94 “Big Blue” 96 Language description derived from sailors’ chatter 98 Breakaway group 99 John was one: Abbr.

100 Himalayan denizens 101 “Lovely” citation issuer of song 103 Actress Scala 104 Manhattan sch.

106 Contribution from the kitty

In California, with Medi-Cal, NO ONE should go Bankrupt or lose their home due to medical costs, if you have your affairs in order.

FREE CONSULTATION

• Medi-Cal Planning • estate Planning JOSEPH C. GIRARD, ATTORNEY AT LAW (310) 823-3943 • www.LAElderLaw.com ADVERTISING IN THE ARGONAUT’S PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY WORKS! No matter what your profession — attract new clients by advertising in The Argonaut’s Professional Directory.

Over 40,000 readers could be reading your ad today!

Call (310) 822-1629 SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 19