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Corona by the Numbers & Local Updates Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and Deaths by Neighborhood as of Monday, Jan. 4: Culver City: 1,332 (Deaths 42); Del Rey: 1,330 (Deaths 10); El Segundo: 400 (Deaths 1); Marina del Rey: 221 (Deaths 0); Mar Vista: 1,191 (Deaths 12); Playa Vista: 354 (Deaths 1); Playa del Rey: 70 (Deaths 0); Santa Monica: 2,873 (Deaths 72); Venice: 1,020 (Deaths 9); Westchester: 1,397 (Deaths 23) Total Westside Cases: 10,188

Total Westside Deaths: 170 Total Confirmed Cases in LA County: 818,639 Total Deaths in LA County: 10,773 Total New Cases as of Jan. 4: 12,488 Total New Deaths: 91 Hospitalizations: 7,544 Postivity Rate (7-day average): 18.4% Total Number of People Tested: 4,787,140 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

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L E T T E R S 1980s-90s redesign of Playa Vista and the repair of the Marina channel flap gates restored the respective flows.

Where construction of the Marina recognized the need for recreational opportunities for LA residents and visitors, the new plan incorporates such opportunities while protecting and restoring the natural environment.

My experience as a Coastal Commissioner and as a City Councilmember has taught me that no matter what the proposal, there will always be someone unhappy and eager to delay action.

But half a century is long enough; it’s time to atone for our past mistakes and get on with correcting them.

Sincerely, s/ Ruth Galanter Chair, South Coast Regional Coastal Commission (1981) Los Angeles City Council (1987-2003) NFC Least The unavoidable fact that one of the NFC East’s four terrible teams is going to make the playoffs this season as a National

Football League division winner is a travesty. The Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and Washington football team have four of the worst win-loss records in the NFL. However, since one of the NFC Least’s four flailing franchises will win their division by default, one of these embarrassingly bad NFC East teams will be playing in the playoffs at home in January, while much more worthy National Football Conference teams from other divisions (such as the LA Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals and Chicago Bears) are forced to fight for wild card playoff spots.

Fans of professional football should demand a rule change in time for next season whereby no NFL division winner with a losing record should ever be allowed into the playoffs again. Instead, an additional wild card team should be chosen to replace any division winner with a losing record in the playoffs.

Sincerely, Jake Pickering Arcata, CA

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Ballona Wetlands Restoration I write in support of the certified EIR and preferred alternative for restoration of the Ballona Wetlands. The wetlands need all the help they can get, and Los Angeles needs the wetlands for all the things wetlands do for us: serve as nurseries for fish and wildlife, protect from floods, allow us to interact (respectfully) with the natural environment, and prepare future human generations to become stewards of the planet. Over 50 years ago, before the nation began to seek balance between human and nonhuman environmental needs, construction of Marina del Rey nearly destroyed the largest wetland then remaining in Southern California.

Since then, we’ve learned to be more careful. State and federal laws protect endangered species such as the Belding’s Savannah Sparrow and the El Segundo Blue Butterfly. And we’ve learned that mistakes can be corrected.

Where 50 years ago, construction cut the remaining wetlands off from both freshwater and saltwater replenishment, the

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A Stroll Through Venice Explore the Venice boardwalk and canals with LA Walking Tours IMAGES COURTESY OF LA WALKING TOURS

By Kamala Kirk If you’re looking to have some fun while learning about local landmarks and neighborhoods, LA Walking Tours offers more than 30 tours throughout Los Angeles, including Culver City and the Venice boardwalk and canals. Formerly DTLA Walking Tours, the company was founded in 2009 by Neel Sodha, a former Union Station volunteer who was always giving directions to people that needed help getting around Downtown.

LA Walking Tours offers private in-person walking tours and virtual tours on Zoom. Currently due to COVID-19, they are only accepting single-household bookings for in-person tours.

Virtual tours are offered weekly and the monthly schedule is listed on the website.

In February 2020, LA Walking Tours offered their first tour of the Venice boardwalk and canals.

The two-mile walk included stops

LA Walking Tours offers more than 30 tours throughout Los Angeles, including the Venice boardwalk and canals. at Muscle Beach, the boardwalk, skate park, murals and the canals.

“A lot of people are familiar with the boardwalk but not the canals,” Sodha said. “Our guests loved walking through the canals while learning more about them.

We recently held a virtual tour of Venice in early January and we plan to host another one in March.”

The Culver City tour covers the city’s architectural highlights, local landmarks such as the

Culver Hotel and Kirk Douglas Theatre, and the history of movie studios in the area.

“When I created the Culver City tour, I thought it would be a great way for more people to become familiar with the area since not everyone knows about its rich and interesting history,” Sodha said. “Both the Venice and Culver City tours provide more detail and depth about the areas.

Whether you’re a resident or a visitor, people will learn lots of

things that will bring out the excitement of those neighborhoods.”

Prior to COVID-19, LA Walking Tours was offering up to eight tours daily. When the pandemic hit, all in-person tours were canceled, so Sodha and his team switched to offering live virtual tours for several months.

The feedback they received was overwhelmingly positive and resulted in people signing up from other states and even around

the world to participate. The virtual tours have also created a new opportunity for seniors and others with limited mobility who are unable to participate in walking tours.

In addition to tours that cover different parts of LA, LA Walking Tours offers various themed tours such as Haunted Tales, Hollywood History, and others. Sodha and his team are always creating new tours and have more exciting things in store for 2021.

“We are constantly innovating and developing new content,” Sodha said. “In addition to more virtual events, we also plan to expand our tour offerings to areas like Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Westwood. We have a lot of new things that we can’t wait to share.”

For more information, visit lawalkingtours.com

Paway app launches in LA to make dog walks safer when it is important to practice social distancing. Users create a profile for their dog, which includes information about their age, breed, size, sex and temperament, which they can rate from “friendly” to “caution,” as well as if they are a service dog.

The app allows users to share their pet’s profile with their circle of caregivers so that they can also use the app, and afterwards they can share stories from the walk with family and friends. It also enables them to mark their dog’s favorite neighborhood spots, and it uses real-time crowd-sourced data to provide a variety of routes around other dogs that yours won’t get along with. In addition, Paway alerts users to potential hazards, like coyote sightings, stray dogs and dog fights, as well as attractions such as public water dishes and potty bag dispensers.

“Paway understands the stress of losing your pup, and we wanted to do something about it,” Glenning said. “The Paway app

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By Kamala Kirk Walking your dog can be a stressful experience, especially when you come across other dogs who aren’t always friendly and in some instances are even aggressive. Paway is a new dog walking app that recently debuted for iOS in Los Angeles and is designed to map out your neighborhood route, allowing dog walkers to connect with other dogs and their humans along the way.

“Paway was inspired by professional dog walkers and pet tech experts in LA who recognize the stressors of walking and caring for dogs,” said MK Glenning, a representative for Paway. “New technology can help us better understand our surroundings and leverage community to make every dog walk special.”

Users can turn the app on during their walk and will receive dog-related safety alerts and notifications when other dogs and their walkers are nearby. This feature is especially helpful during the pandemic,

includes a free lost dog feature, which can alert those around you to your situation. Paway will automatically share a photo of the dog and drop a pin marking the locations where the dog went missing. Users can report if they

found a lost dog and the company will help reconnect the dog with the pet parent. We hope your dog never ends up in this situation, but if it does, Paway is there to assist you.”

The app is free to use and is

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Exotic Delights Lavender and Truffles ice cream features custom spices and organic herbs IMAGES COURTESY OF LAVENDER AND TRUFFLES

By Holly Jenvey Lavender and Truffles is an innovative, plant-based ice cream brand that opened a pop-up parlor in Venice on November 19. The non-dairy ice cream is made with five simple ingredients and is inspired by spices and herbs that are traditionally found in the culinary dishes of Asian cultures.

Founder Alicia Liu, a self-taught cook who has over 20 years of experience working with luxury brands, decided that she would start making ice cream on her own during the pandemic.

“It started with my daughter, she eats ice cream pretty much every night,” Liu said. “So during our weekly grocery shopping trips, she would get a half gallon and have a bowl literally every night for as long as I could remember.”

However, once Liu discovered the ingredients that were in store-bought ice cream, she realized there could be a healthier alternative. Liu knew many

Plant-based ice cream brand Lavender and Truffles was founded by Alicia Liu, who wanted to create a healthier alternative to store-bought ice cream. people who were lactose-intolerant, so she started making dairy-free recipes with oat milk.

She also used organic cane sugar, which is healthier than white sugar.

Currently, there are eight flavors to choose from. The most popular flavor is Ginger Turmeric, which also offers antioxidant benefits and has anti-inflammatory effects.

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Art of Recovery The program funds artistic works and creative projects in Santa Monica CREDIT: SANTA MONICA CULTURAL AFFAIRS COURTESY MOLLY ELLIS

Sculptures and painting launched arts program Two examples of projects took place on Main Street and the Santa Monica Pier. On Main Street, several local artists painted vibrant works of art on the k-rail concrete safety dividers lining the al fresco dining and retail area. There are 8 to 10 installations with multiple artists along different blocks and not every k-rail will be painted.

On the Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles-based artist Ricardo Soltero created larger-than-life sculptures of La Catrina to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), which were on display October 31 through November 2. Soltero, who was born in Nayarit, Mexico, has had his Dia de los Muertos work displayed all around the United States and Mexico. He creates with papier-mâché, recycled materials, wood and Styrofoam.

Daut said the art fulfills people’s personal and mental needs, and she watched as people experienced Soltero’s art.

“It was just special to see people taking selfies, dressed up in the

Main Street k-rail murals by local artist Ms. Yellow have transformed plain k-rail concrete safety barriers into a public gallery of diverse art.

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By Bridgette M. Redman Sometimes to go forward it can be inspirational to look back.

It’s what the City of Santa Monica is doing to provide work for artists hard hit by the pandemic. The Cultural Affairs section of the Economic Recovery Task Force is modeling a new program, the Art of Recovery, on the Federal Art Project—a part of the Works Progress Administration, a program that gave work to artists from 1935 to 1943.

This New Deal-like program will fund artistic works and creative projects all around Santa Monica. It is a program that the Cultural Affairs manager for the city believes will help show residents how the arts are a vital part of people’s lives. The projects began rolling out in October 2020 and will continue throughout 2021.

“The arts have such a tremendous power to impact our lives and make our lives better,” said Shannon Daut, who is also the spokesperson for the project.

“Through this project, we want to really own as a city the role of arts in our recovery, and moving forward, making sure we are really valuing the contributions of artists.”

Local artist Ginoflo transforms k-rail concrete safety barriers outside of Kafe K on Main Street into vibrant works of art.

Artist Molly Ellis paints k-rails for Main Street.

Dia de los Muertos attire, and taking pictures with the installation and their family,” Daut said.

“People just need moments of joy right now.”

The response has been similar with the downtown k-rail paintings.

“I’ve heard from someone down there that it just used to be these glum, white barriers,” Daut said.

“The difference is night and day.

It’s more of an experience. It will provide more of an experience for when you are dining, which we can’t do right now. The goal is to encourage people to go to restaurants when we can. For now, you can visit the shops and traverse the whole installation because it is an outdoor exhibition.”

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The next project on Main Street featured a holiday theme. As part of the downtown Winter Lit program, artists installed their projects in storefront windows on the promenade. Daut said one of the benefits to this program is that the city can step in and do the administrative work and let artists focus on making art.

“A lot of vacant storefronts are very difficult for artists to initiate exhibitions themselves,” Daut said. “They would have to negotiate with landlords or properties who may not understand the concept of activating vacant space. Downtown Santa Monica was key in securing the space, taking care of the logistical and insurance needs and being the liaison to the businesses so

the artist would be able to just create.”

Art of Recovery addresses three crises The City invited anyone living in LA County to submit letters of intent explaining what their art project would be. When selecting projects, Art of Recovery will focus on three main priorities: • Economic recovery • Community connectedness and restorative justice • Public health and safety Each of those is designed to respond to the three crises that the city and the country finds itself in now: the pandemic, the economic collapse and systemic racism.

“We believe artists have much more compelling ideas than

government bureaucrats would have,” Daut said. “We really wanted to create a program that would give artists the space and support that would envision projects that would address one of these three recovery goals.”

There will be multiple rounds of submissions and the letters of intent were reviewed by a mix of city leaders, arts commissioners, artists and arts administrators.The city has a total budget of $500,000 that is meant to last through June 30, 2021. Their plan is to have programs at different scales with a maximum amount of $20,000 per project. Projects such as the k-rail were given $3,000 while the physical distancing project was granted $6,500.

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La Catrina sculptures by artist Ricardo Soltero. pandemic hit, the arts and artists were severely affected. The city realized it was going to have to step forward to aid in the city’s recovery from the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. They also wanted to address racial injustice.

They identified funds from a private cultural trust fund for the arts and launched the program. In addition to giving artists space and support to create, they are also working at building connections between artists, businesses and community organizations so everyone is in a stronger position when the city comes out of its recovery.

“Embedded historically (in the program) is the idea of connection and matchmaking,” Daut said. “We pair artists with business districts, with community groups, with neighborhood groups to develop relationships across sectors.”

Program continues through June 2021 Early this year, several new projects will be unveiled. “Rose River at Bergamot Station” is a

collaboration between Building Bridges Art Exchange and other Bergamot businesses to present the Rose River Memorial, a collective memorial for those lost to COVID-19. It will include community rose making and an indoor and outdoor exhibition.

Another will be “What’s 6 Feet?” a community resiliency and recovery campaign to honor, show and share experiences of six feet apart and to stop the spread of COVID-19. A third project is “Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic,” which is an extension of artist Suchi Branfman’s five-year choreographic residency within the California Rehabilitation Center.

Currently, the projects in the works focus on visual arts, but they eventually want it to spread to performing arts, something that isn’t very feasible right now because of new COVID-19 restrictions and shutdowns.

“With public art, you can be an observer in a passive way,” Daut said. “Performing arts involves bringing people together. We absolutely want to include the

performing arts, it’s just a trickier one to pull off right now.”

Performing artists submitting for the first round were encouraged to come up with creative ideas that involved roving artists or audiences, but the program disallowed any art that generated a crowd or any type of gathering.

The Federal Art Program that Art of Recovery is based on was a relief measure that employed artists and artisans to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, theater scenic design, and arts and crafts.

Through the program, more than 100 community art centers were opened throughout the country. It gave work to more than 10,000 artists and craft workers during the Great Depression and created a wealth of public art, some of which is still in use today. It is that success that Santa Monica hopes to draw upon while recognizing the cultural importance of arts and artists to the city.

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Creating Space for Growth La Create Sp_ce provides support to local entrepreneurs, businesses and creatives PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ

La Create Sp_ce is a membership-based, co-working community in Inglewood that hopes to inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs and creatives.

By Elizabeth M. Johnson As more and more people have discovered this past year, dining room tables and bedroom corners were never meant to be office spaces. Neither were coffee shops. Yet, for many creatives, entrepreneurs and small business owners in South LA, those were their options—until Terell and Marisa Johnson opened La Create Sp_ce: a modern and vibrant co-working, production and meeting space in Inglewood.

La Create Sp_ce launched in 2018 after the Johnsons, who had moved to LA’s South Bay from San Francisco’s Bay Area, were unable to find any co-working spaces like the ones they were used to. Johnson, a former Cisco and Facebook engineer currently working for Snapchat, and his wife Marisa, a former Apple marketing director and project

manager with her own consulting company, needed a place to work and meet with clients outside their apartment, especially with a baby on the way.

“We couldn’t find that in Inglewood; we saw a need for a place for entrepreneurs and small businesses that were underresourced,” Johnson said. “We, and they, needed a place to meet clients, a place to work, to create, to collaborate.”

La Create Sp_ce offers many such places, from individual offices to large conference rooms, all equipped with the latest technology. The idea to include production studios for audio, video and photography was a natural addition, since Johnson was used to friends and colleagues constantly asking to rent his personal production equipment. La Create Sp_ce

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members use the production facilities to record podcasts, host webinars, shoot promotional videos, take product shots for e-commerce websites, and even to produce comedy shows.

Members can reserve the office and meeting spaces and production facilities through the La Create app, which makes it simple to check availability and secure a spot when needed. There are different membership types and tiers available including co-working, creative, business, and now, virtual.

Serving a need in South LA When the two-story, 2,600-square-foot space in Inglewood’s Market Street district opened, it became a hub to help build and empower the entrepreneurs, small business owners, and community mem-

bers of Inglewood and surrounding areas predominately made up of black and brown communities. Where before, these creative professionals had to drive to Hollywood or Burbank to connect with needed resources, now they had a local community with the modern technology and production facilities readily available.

“For Inglewood, this is huge,” said Rashidi Jones, executive director of TEC Leimert, a nonprofit focused on highlighting careers in the digital economy.

“There is a bubbling up of new offerings in Inglewood, but nothing like this exists. It serves a need that’s great. A lot of entrepreneurs aren’t able to afford office space, so having a place to co-work gives a big advantage that as an entrepreneur you’re not usually afforded.”

TEC (Technology Entertainment Convergence) Leimert is in Leimert Park, LA’s epicenter of African American arts and culture. The three-year-old startup has a client base similar to La Create Sp_ce: urban creatives and entrepreneurs. As an entrepreneur himself, Jones was excited to connect with Johnson at a networking event at Vector90, another co-working space. Jones’ wife had visited La Create Sp_ce so he had heard the name, but when he had the opportunity to visit himself, he “fell in love” with the vibe.

“As a creative space, it’s great,” Jones said. “We’ve done podcasts, Instagram Live sessions, group meetings. When we needed to shoot a video for a digital marketing boot camp we are marketing to college and high school students, we shot the

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Left: Facilities include private offices, a conference room, podcast studio and a multipurpose room. Right: La Create Sp_ce was founded by former Cisco and Facebook engineer Terell Johnson and his wife Marisa, previously a marketing director at Apple. video there. We did everything in-house at La Create Sp_ce. I didn’t have to go around, get this, hire this. We brought our own camera crew and La Create Sp_ ce provided the equipment. It was an easy lift, a one-stop shop; they had everything we needed.

“As fellow entrepreneurs, Terell and I have been able to connect on a very positive frequency,” Jones explained. “My intention is to support his endeavors as he supports mine. We understand the principle of rising tides. By adding a service to the community that’s not currently there, La Create Sp_ce is a great model of what community building looks like.”

Pandemic pivot creates new virtual opportunities As 2020 began, La Create Sp_ce was thriving. The space had an active community of members. Johnson noted that the business had started to turn a profit, they had several big events and activities planned, they had added staff, and everything was going strong. Then the pandemic shut everything down.

“Our place was a space where people came together, had meetings and did productions; not being able to come together hit us hard,” Johnson said. “The pandemic stopped us completely for three months. We had to cancel and refund memberships.

It affected us greatly.”

During this time, he and his wife also welcomed a second baby, and Johnson was able to take two months of parental leave. This gave the couple time to take a hard look at their situation, rewrite their business plan and focus on self-development.

“We had to figure out how to get through this,” Johnson explained. “We had to look into

ourselves as creative business owners.”

Working with an entrepreneurial incubator in South LA that empowers black and brown businesses, they were able to find the resources they needed to get back on their feet, and in doing so, help their members get back on their feet as well. Johnson realized that while La Create Sp_ce offered services to help their members succeed, as owners they also needed help.

The pandemic gave them an opportunity to model receiving as well as giving.

“Sometimes we have to ask for help—we are also a small business,” Johnson said. “As we learn, we teach our members. As we figure something out, we tell them. We can be resources, be that hub, take what we learn and spread it to the rest of the city.”

The Johnsons used the expertise they had gained through their careers with Apple, Cisco, Facebook and Snapchat to begin offering digital consulting and helping their members to use social media platforms and virtual resources more effectively. They began presenting virtual training sessions and finding ways to connect members with each other and with outside professional resources.

“Lots of people want to do podcasts, they want to expand to video, or have online events—we help them do that,” Johnson explained. “We can also provide infrastructure for small companies by helping them with marketing campaigns, production services, creating a quote system, even something as simple as ensuring they have a business email.”

Some examples of digital business activities the Johnsons have helped their members with include:

• Helping a local religious author expand her website and develop a way to host a weekly prayer time with her readers • Assisting an NBA athlete to implement online forms (registrations, waivers, sign-up sheets) for his training service for kids • Creating gift cards for a barbecue restaurant, resulting in thousands of dollars in additional revenue “Entry-level and small business sometimes think things are extremely difficult, but they just need someone to show them the possibilities,” Johnson said.

One business that has benefited from La Create Sp_ce’s consulting services is Stakely’s Barber Salon located inside the Ladera Center in Ladera Heights. Daria Stakely, who co-owns the barber salon with husband Tyrone, is a La Create Sp_ce member who has used the space to meet with clients for her real estate business. She turned to Johnson when the state of California released new rules governing the reopening of barbershops and salons during the pandemic.

“Our salon had been mostly walk-in business, but when COVID-19 hit, we had to operate by appointment only for the safety of our customers and barbers,” Stakely explained. “La Create Sp_ce helped us transition to an online platform so our customers could book online appointments. Terell was able to point us in the right direction. He made it happen.”

Stakely added that customers were thrilled to have the ability to go online, click on the barber they want, click on a time and schedule their appointment. She notes that the new system is good for the barbers, too, since they know who they will be seeing each day.

“Some of our barbers have been cutting hair for 15 or 20 years, so this is new for everybody, but it’s a good new, it’s fresh,” Stakely said.

Getting ready for the rebound in 2021 While La Create Sp_ce continues to allow members to work in their physical space on a limited, appointment-only basis while observing strict COVID-19 precautions, members like Stakely are looking forward to the day when they can once again mingle, meet and network as they did in the early days.

“I’ve met a lot of new people networking at La Create Sp_ce, it was very good for my business because my business is built on relationships,” Stakely said.

“Marisa and Terell have built a refreshing community at La Create Sp_ce that is vibrant, full of energy, where people are alive and welcoming. I’ve always been able to meet someone new, learn about them and connect.”

Johnson noted that people have been patiently waiting for a return to normalcy, but that may not be happening any time soon, and it’s up to places like La Create Sp_ce to help businesses and entrepreneurs prepare to work in new ways.

“Not only in black and brown communities, but all throughout LA, small businesses are suffering,” he said. “I read that up to 40% of businesses are failing right now. I wonder how many of them are brick and mortar? They are going to need a space to go to.”

He noted that as we move into 2021, there will be more digitalbased business, more telecommuters and those he calls “digital nomads,” people working from home who need somewhere else

to work. La Create Sp_ce can be that space and also teach them how to use all the technical resources available to help them move forward. 2021 is about being comfortable being uncomfortable, Johnson stated.

“Now it’s about executing to the best of your ability,” he said.

“People have had a year to figure out what they want, given the current situation. People have gotten rid of excess baggage, people have decided this is what I want. They are ready to be self-taught and self-resourced, to go out and find what they need to be successful.”

In sports terms, said Johnson, businesses are “getting ready for the rebound” and La Create Sp_ce wants to be on their team.

“We’re empowering people, working with different types of businesses and creatives to help to see them grow,” he said.

“We’re going to be successful with our members, with our community.”

Stakely said that the Johnsons, as a young couple with a black-owned business, are bringing significant value to the Inglewood community through La Create Sp_ce. For Johnson, that value is personal as well as professional.

“La Create Sp_ce is a legacy for my family,” Johnson said. “I want my children to grow up in this community, which is why I invest in this community.”

La Create Sp_ce Address: 401 E. Hillcrest Blvd., Suite I, Inglewood Phone: 424-312-1026 Website: lacreatespace.com Email: info@lacreatespace.com Instagram: @lacreatespace

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COUCHING TIGER I’m a woman in my late 20s in a happy, committed relationship. I had the idea of going to a therapist with my boyfriend so we can learn to communicate better, etc. Friends I’ve told about this see it as a sign of “trouble in paradise.” Is it possible I’m in denial and there’s something wrong between my boyfriend and me?

--Unsettled

broken, it shouldn’t be that way. It can be a tune-up to help a good relationship be even better. For example, when I do relationship mediations for couples, I help them see each other’s sometimes conflicting wants—he wants this/she wants that—not as threats, but as mere facts to manage (with love and respect). You can find your partner’s request unreasonable or even crazy, but if it’s not a big deal for you to come through, maybe you Be glad your friends are not in do it simply because you love them charge of airplane maintenance. It’s and want them to feel good. (If it is a annoying when a nonstop flight big deal, you can at least tell them makes an unscheduled stop—espelovingly why you wish you could but cially when it involves going down in you can’t.) flames in a cornfield.

A relationships researcher I respect, We’re given training in how to read, psychologist John Gottman, gives write and drive, and if you go on weekend workshops for couples that YouTube, somebody will teach you can be attended online (gottman. how to do magic tricks with your blender. Only in our romantic relation- com). Couples on a budget could just get Gottman’s book, “The Seven ships are we expected to be unPrinciples for Making Marriage Work,” trained geniuses. Unfortunately, this expectation pairs poorly with therapist out of the library and read and discuss a section each week. GottAlbert Ellis’ realism on what it means man’s workshop or book would also to be a person (in language he suggested to a client): “I’m a human, be a great wedding present. We find wedding vows romantic, but we tend fallible being who screwed up and not to consider that “till death do us may screw up in the future because part!” would have been a great T-shirt (of) my fallibility.”

So, though there’s a tendency to see slogan for enemy soldiers trying to therapy (for individuals or couples) as off each other in the Hundred Years’ War. something you do only when you’re

CUJO’S DINER I live in California, where there’s outdoor dining. My husband and I disagree about bringing our dog to restaurants. Our pooch has to sit under the table, and I think it’s really dirty and unkind to put him there. My husband thinks we should bring him.

What do you think?

--Concerned Dogs long to please us, which is why they always give us such wonderful little presents: “Wow, Toto, a headless dead bird? Oh, good, because a diamond tennis bracelet would be super boring.”

By human cleanliness standards, dogs are seriously disgusting. The “Merry Corpsemas!” gifts on the duvet and the love some breeds have for rolling around in the mud (immediately after you spend $75 at the groomer) aren’t the half of it. Dogs live to sniff poo; they’ll snub their water bowl to drink out of the toilet; and they have the lovely habit of using your Persian rug for toilet paper— especially when you’ve got company over for a chi-chi cocktail party.

In other words, any minor foot dirt under a restaurant table is unlikely to be a problem for your dog. All that’s likely to be “really dirty” are the looks you might get from patrons with allergies or dog-in-dinery issues. From

your dog’s perspective, it’ll be simply awesome to be at your feet.

Anthrozoologist John W.S. Bradshaw explains that dogs co-evolved with humans, starting between 15,000 to 25,000 years ago, per archeological estimates. Over all those doggie-human generations ever since, dogs have been bred to find human contact extremely rewarding. Bradshaw and his colleagues discovered that some dogs—Labs and border collies, for example—suffer intense “separation distress” when they’re apart from their human. “They find it difficult to cope without us,” writes Bradshaw. “Since we humans have programmed this vulnerability, it’s our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.”

As I see it, we’re cruel to exclude dogs from so many areas of our lives. Take airline travel. Airlines require dogs over 20 pounds—no matter how well-behaved—to be put in a cage and stowed with the luggage in the hold of the plane. The airlines could easily adopt a more compassionate policy: Instead, give the cage space to that baby who is sure to scream all the way from Dallas to St. Louis, trashing the mental health of everybody from 1A to 32E.

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2020 in review and a forecast for 2021 — Part 1 Good or (mostly) bad, 2020 was a banner year 2020 was a year for the books. Dominating the headlines were a pandemic, a recession and an election year to boot.

These big stories impacted the real estate market in a myriad of ways. Job losses have left millions unable to make housing payments, but eviction and foreclosure moratoriums have put those effects on pause for the moment.

The pandemic prompted social distancing measures, which stalled home sales and construction. However, the recession also prompted the Federal Reserve (the Fed) to drop their benchmark interest rate to zero, causing mortgage interest rates to hit historic lows in 2020. Stimulus payments gave consumers and real estate a brief boost, but ultimately just pushed off the major economic losses to another year.

The majority of firsttuesday readers anticipate a second economic decline in 2021, according to a recent poll. When that happens, what will happen in California’s housing market? Read on for our digest of the major housing stories in 2020, and our forecast for 2021 and beyond.

The pandemic’s economic impact When the recession began officially in February 2020, the country was receiving news of the

coronavirus (COVID-19) beginning to arrive in the U.S., which sent consumers into hiding. But long before the pandemic’s arrival, the recession was already set in motion.

were lost from the December 2019 peak in jobs to the bottom in April 2020. As of November 2020, jobs have rebounded somewhat but are still 1.35 million or 7.6% below the pre-recession peak.

Beginning in mid-2019, the yield spread went negative, forecasting a recession to arrive within the next 12 months. This spread indicates economic conditions as interpreted by bond market investors and Fed economists and is a reliable indicator of future recessions and even recoveries.

The result has been millions of homeowners unable to pay their bills. Nationally, 5.5% of mortgaged homeowners are in a forbearance plan as of mid-December 2020, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). A greater 7.7% of mortgages on one-to-four unit residences are delinquent as of Q3 2020, with 5.2% in a major state of delinquency or behind 90 or more days on their payments.

Therefore, the pandemic served as an additional catalyst for the recession already in play, accelerating and lengthening job losses and lost economic activity.

Business failures have been the catalyst for these jobs lost, as thousands of businesses that closed temporarily at the start of the pandemic have now closed permanently. As of September 2020, the number of businesses to close permanently stood at roughly 100,000 nationwide, with 20% of small businesses estimating they will close by the end of 2020.

Further, the latest data shows personal incomes and consumer spending falling in October and November 2020. This reduced income is both behind the job losses and worsened by the lost jobs, a vicious cycle.

Here in California, 2.7 million jobs — over 15% —

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Renters are even worse off, with 18% behind on their rent nationwide at the beginning of December 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The vast majority of renters behind on their rent consist of low-income households.

The government’s response to the recession Stimulus, in the form of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed at the outset of the pandemic, consisting of: • payments to individuals; • additional unemployment benefits, which expired in July 2020; • forgivable loans to small businesses; and • for homeowners, mortgage forbearance

programs for government-backed mortgages.

The government also passed foreclosure and eviction moratoriums put in place to keep residents in their homes. Further, to keep the housing market moving, appraisal waivers were expanded, particularly to the benefit of refinances.

However, as we head into 2021, the fate of government intervention is still up in the air.

Heading into the new year, Congress reached a deal for a second, more subdued stimulus program. This second stimulus will extend the eviction moratorium another month until the end of January 2021 and offer another round of reduced individual payments.

Finally, and perhaps most notably for homebuyers and sellers during 2020, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) dropped their benchmark interest rate to zero, in turn impacting all other types of interest rates.

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Dated 12/10/2020 By Direction of Gary Libey, Judge; Jill Whelchel, Clerk PUBLISHED: The Argonaut Newspaper 12/31/20, 01/07/21, 01/14/21 NOTICE OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT ON SISTERSTATE JUDGMENT. Bellagio, LLC; Aria Resort & Casino Holdings, LLC v. Harley Shin aka Harlyey J. Shin aka Harley J. Fhin aka Shin Harley aka Halley J. Shin aka Harley James Shin aka Harvey J. Shin. Filed in Superior Court of California -County of Los Angeles, 111 Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012, case no. 20STCP-01941.

To Judgment Debtor: Harley Shin aka Harlyey J. Shin aka Harley J. Fhin aka Shin Harley aka Halley J. Shin aka Harley James Shin aka Harvey J. Shin. You Are Notified -Upon applica-tion of the judgment creditor, a judgment against you has been entered in this court as follows: (1)Judgment Creditor: Bellagio, LLC; Aria Resort & Casino Holdings, LLC (2) Amount of judgment entered in this court: $37,538.77. This judgment was entered based upon a sister-state judgment previously entered against you as follows: Sister-state Nevada; Sister-state court Eighth District Court, Clark county, NV; Judgment entered in sister-state on

in this court: $37,538.77. This judgment was entered based upon a sister-state judgment previously entered against you as follows: Sister-state Nevada; Sister-state court Eighth District Court, Clark county, NV; Judgment entered in sister-state on December 6, 2019; Title of case and case number -Bellagio, LLC; Aria Resort & Casino Holdings, LLC v. Harley Shin aka Harlyey J. Shin aka Harley J. Fhin aka Shin Harley aka Halley J. Shin aka Harley James Shin aka Harvey J. Shin, case no. A19799549-C. A sister-state judgment has been en-tered against you in a California court. Unless you file a motion to vacate the judgment in this court within 30 DAYS after service of this notice, this judgment will be final.

This court may order that a writ of execution or other enforcement may issue. Your wages, money, and property could be taken without further warning from the court. If enforce-ment procedures have already been issued, the property levied on will not be distributed until 30 days after you are served with this notice.

PUBLISHED: The Argonaut Newspaper 12/24/20, 12/31/20, 01/7/21, 01/14/21

Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020219844 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TYSM, TYSM LA, THANK YOU SO MUCH LA, TYSM LOS ANGELES. 4712 Admirlty Way #385 Marina del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 3857663. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Triangle House Creative, Inc., 4712 Admirlty Way #385 Marina del Rey, CA 90292.

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/ Joshua Lennox. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Triangle House Creative, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 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: 12/31/20, 01/7/21, 01/14/21, 01/21/21

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020220720 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ADVENTURE EXPEDITION COMPANY. 4369 Chase Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201501510009. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Supercharger Creative/Films LLC, 4369 Chase Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066.. 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/ Lonnie Peralta. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Supercharger Creative/Films LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 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: 12/31/20, 01/7/21, 01/14/21, 01/21/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020226439 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRIANGLE WINES. 6235 W. 87th St. Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4569435. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Amaaa Corp, 7833 Croydon Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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/ Andre Belotto. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Amaaa Corp. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 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

ment pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statebe filed before the ment Fic.must Business Name 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: 01/7/21, 01/14/21, 01/21/21, 01/28/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020210411 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GIA JADE; 8726 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite D, #4232 Los Angeles, CA 90045-4082.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Giavanna Foster, 8726 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite D, #4232 Los Angeles, CA 900454082. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 09/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Giavanna Foster. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 9, 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: 12/24/20, 12/31/20, 01/7/21, 01/14/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020225381 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JM LUXURY CONCIERGE TRAVEL; 3416 Beethoven Street Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Julia Mitchell, 3416 Beethoven Street Los Angeles, CA 90066. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Julia Mitchell.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 28, 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.

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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: 01/07/21, 01/14/21, 01/21/21, 01/28/21

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Compiled by Holly Jenvey Launch of Ascent: Learning Platform for Women, 10 to 11 a.m.

Join SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza for the launch of Ascent, the digital online learning platform for female small business owners. The resource is the first of its kind and is designed to help nearly 10 million American women entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses. This event will include success stories from leaders, discussion panels from women entrepreneurs, and how the platform can help with your business’ journey. Topics of discussion include small business solutions to disaster and economic recovery, strategic marketing, business and financial strategies, amongst other topics. Admission is free.

Register at eventbrite.com/e/ launch-of-ascent-digital-learning-platform-for-women-tickets-132835864647 Get Lit!, 3 to 3:30 p.m.

Tune into El Segundo Public Library’s video series of book recommendations presented by the library’s staff members. The series will be live on El Segundo’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

For more information, visit elsegundolibrary.org INTERNATIONAL DANCE: LOS ANGELES, 8 p.m.

Theatre Raymond Kabbaz and Dance Camera West have rolled out an exclusive set of international dance films in January that allow you to travel abroad without, well, traveling anywhere. Enjoy new work from

filmmakers and choreographers from France, Australia, Canada, Portugal, Spain, and more, all wrapped in an artistically minded three-day festival. International Dance: Los Angles is scheduled to run online from January 7-9, 2021 with a total of 19 international short dance films and kicks off the monthlong DCW 2021, which runs from January 7 to 30, 2021. Tickets are $10 for each night of the festival or $25 for all three nights (19 movies total), and can be purchased on the festival’s page.

For more information, visit trkdcwlaidf.eventive.org/welcome

Friday, January 8 INTERNATIONAL DANCE: LOS ANGELES, 8 p.m.

See previous event listing.

Saturday, January 9 Playa Vista Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Every Saturday morning, browse and shop a curated selection of fresh, locally grown produce and an array of local artisan vendors. Located on Millennium Drive between Village Drive and McConnell.

For more information, visit runwayplayavista.com Vistamar High School’s Virtual Admissions Open House, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Exploring high schools? Want small classes, challenging academics, individualized attention, a four-year college planning process and less than 24:1 student to college counselor ratio? Students, faculty and staff will share info about COURTESY EL SEGUNDO PUBLIC LIBRARY

For Get Lit!, the El Segundo Public Library’s staff members share book recommendations live on social media.

COURTESY DOWNBEAT 720

Thursday, January 7

Downbeat 720 offers Santa Monica High School students the opportunity to participate in a virtual open-mic night. student life, academics, college acceptances, athletics, extracurricular activities and more at Vistamar High School’s Virtual Admissions Open House.

Vistamar is a private independent high school in the South Bay. For more information and to register, visit vistamarschool. org/admissions/admissionsevents INTERNATIONAL DANCE: LOS ANGELES, 8 p.m.

See previous event listing.

Sunday, January 10 Main Street Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Head over to Main Street for some fresh produce in Santa Monica. Get a taste from local vendors as well as from around the state of California. Participating vendors include Bistro Laurent, Z Garden, Honey Pacifica, amongst others.

Children’s events and live music will return once social distancing guidelines are eased.

Located at 240 Main Street, Santa Monica.

For more information, visit santamonica.com

Monday, January 11 Building Blocks for Kindergarteners with Santa Monica Public Library, 1 to 1:15 p.m.

Get your children ready for kindergarten through a short series of videos. Children will be able to watch English and Spanish segments, which will teach them the skills needed for kindergarten through reading and other activities. You can track your child’s progress by the virtual platform Beanstack.

For more information, visit santamonica.gov/events/2021/ 01/11/building-blocks-forkindergarten-with-smpl

Tuesday, January 12 Venice Chamber of Commerce Coffee Connection with Blue Star Donuts, 9 a.m.

Join the Chamber on Zoom by showing off your favorite mugs!

Indulge in some coffee or tea while talking with members of the community and networking.

Topics of discussion are prevalent to today’s circumstances as it revolves around navigating business and life from home. You can stop by Blue Star Donuts on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice to pick up some treats and coffee before attending the meeting.

The event is free; however, space is limited and a $10 donation is encouraged to support chamber programs.

To sign up, visit: business. venicechamber.net/events/ details/vcc-coffee-connectionwith-blue-star-donuts-secondtuesday-30254 Downbeat 720, 7 to 9 p.m.

Santa Monica’s longest open-mic for high school performers is returning for the 19th year—this time in a virtual format. Students can perform different kinds of artistry including poetry, comedy or art for other participating students and professional artist mentors.

Performers will receive positive constructive feedback to help strengthen their performances.

Downbeat 720 provides a safe, structured environment to try out new material, gain confidence and perform in front of an audience of your peers. All Santa Monica High School students are invited to join this event. Participants can join the event at 7 p.m. for a virtual meet-and-greet and the official program starts at 7:20 p.m.

Participants must register in advance with Allison Ostrovsky by calling 310-458-8350.

Thursday, January 14 18th Street Arts Complex: Come a Little Closer, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Students from University of Southern California’s Roski School of Art and Design are putting on virtual performances of what artists’ lives are like amid the pandemic. The evening of performance artworks explores what connecting with others is like through a screen and what it means to be present. The artists are rejecting the practice of voyeurism and are instead taking the practice of witnessing each other’s performances as they discover the topics of gender, religion, colonialism and memories. The types of artistry that will be presented include escapology, embodiment, music and virtual reality, which are all themes of how performances are being produced amid a growing digital age. The performances feature students with backgrounds from around the world, all from Suzanne Lacy’s class at USC. For more information and to register, visit: 18thstreet.org/ event/come-a-little-closer/

Tuesday, January 19 Brandeis Men’s Group-“Reel to Real Justice – Truth and Trickery in Courtroom Movies” 10 to 11 a.m.

How would you like to share fellowship with like-minded senior men who support Brandeis University? Usually, the group meets monthly for their famous lox and cream cheese on a bagel breakfasts.

But now, their meetings are by Zoom. In the next meeting on January 19 at 10:00 a.m., Paul Bergman, UCLA Law School Professor Emeritus, University Distinguished Teacher and Dickson Awardee, will discuss his new book, “Real to Reel Justice - Truth and Trickery in Courtroom Movies.”

For the Zoom link invitation, visit bncla.org

Send event information at least 10 days in advance to kkirk@ timespublications.com