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LETTERS..................................... 5 COMMUNITY............................ 6 BUSINESS................................. 10 FOOD & DRINK....................... 11 COVER STORY......................... 12 ARTS & EVENTS....................... 13 ADVICE GODDESS.................. 19

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L E T T E R S City council passes Agenda Item 13-C with rare unanimous 7-0 vote Editor: Agenda Item 13-C, proposed by Councilmembers Davis and Parra, requested approval and budget requests for a trial program to close three of the more restaurant-dense blocks of Santa Monica’s Main Street to vehicular traffic — in effect, an experimental “Open Streets” configuration that will provide street pavement for community use, street space made available by removing thru traffic.

While proposed for only a couple of short Saturday morning to Sunday evening experiments, it promises to learn what the plan would need to make it work and see how Santa Monica could deliver it — and if, indeed, “Open Streets” could work on Main Street.

And aye, there’s the rub. How will our mobility and traffic experts mitigate all the concerns about diverted traffic disturbing so many of the critical balances that make Ocean Park such a special area? (Full disclosure: I bought my nearly 100-year-old converted triplex in 1976 and live there happily with my beautiful wife and cat.)

It looks like real efforts to unravel the Gordian knot that tangles walkaround street conversions have been kickstarted with the Council’s ask to all the Santa Monica expert staff that they work on budgets and the real nitty-gritty details that could make a successful walkaround attraction for our community and businesses to enjoy.

I put in my suggestion that they find some great entertainment director talent to organize some time and space for all the tremendous performance talent that has been COVID bottled for so long. Think what our music and dance high school talent could do if we gave them some stage time. While I’m not suggesting that the experiment be warped into some type of street festival that could obscure the data from the experiment with noise from festive celebration — I do think the experiment needs to attract people if we are to see what happens and whether we can forge a path for other Santa Monica streets.

(Again, full disclosure: My mother was a transportation citizen activist for a couple of decades in the Seattle area, so my bias is that the better we can move people around without sacrificing vital city space and air to private automobiles, the better our lives will be.)

Difficult to see whether this is the hockey game’s face-off or just some warm-up skating around the rink. It’s likely more a warm-up, but I’m personally overjoyed that we’re at least lacing up our skates.

Tim Tunks

Santa Monica

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Corona by the numbers & local updates Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of May 1: Culver City: 2,205 (deaths 107); Del Rey: 2,016 (deaths 32); El Segundo: 720 (deaths 6); Marina del Rey: 382 (deaths 3); Mar Vista: 2,057 (deaths 37); Palms: 2,593 (deaths 62); Playa del Rey: 110 (deaths 1); Playa Vista: 603 (deaths 8); Santa Monica: 4,776 (deaths 183); Venice: 1,694 (deaths 13); Westchester: 2,506 (deaths 48) Total Westside cases: 19,662 Total Westside deaths: 500

Total confirmed cases in LA County: 1,233,488 Total deaths in LA County: 23,918 Total new cases as of May 1: 500 Total new deaths: 29 Hospitalizations: 414 Positivity rate (seven-day daily average): .70% Total number of people tested: 6,488,927 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

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C O M M U N I T Y

Made With Love DWC offers income, job training to women experiencing homelessness COURTESY OF MADE BY DWC

Women are employed through Made by DWC, a purpose-driven social enterprise, and attend skill-development workshops while receiving additional employment support services.

By Kamala Kirk In the heart of Skid Row, a team of baristas make organic coffees and teas and serve light fare in a small café.

What’s deeper inside is special.

The Made by DWC Café is a community gathering place that helps break the cycle of chronic homelessness by providing women the opportunity to earn income while gaining job skills.

Since 1978, the Downtown Women’s Center has been focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless females.

Over the years, DWC has expanded to include many different programs and support services, including permanent supportive housing, health care services, advocacy training and a drop-in day center.

In 2010, the organization created Made by DWC, a purpose-driven social enterprise that now includes three businesses for women.

“Made by DWC was launched 10 years ago with our Home & Gift Collection and our Café & Gift Boutique,” said Zarina Guerrero, Made by DWC’s social enterprise retail and branding manager.

“One year later, we opened our resale boutique. Within our social enterprise, we provide hands-on job training for women transitioning out of homelessness. We believe employment is a life-changing opportunity that empowers women to succeed in all aspects of their lives, both at work and beyond.”

The resale boutique offers a unique shopping experience that includes women’s apparel and accessories with selections of new, gently used, vintage and designer items. The boutique is curated by the women in the job training program who learn retail, merchandising, customer service and online sales skills.

Items are available for sale at the boutique as well as online.

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Made by DWC’s Home & Gift Collection includes handmade self-care products inspired by the beauty and diversity of California.

the Home & Gift Collection are made on-site at DWC’s DTLA location and can be purchased through the website. Women are welcome to apply for roles in any of the three businesses and are placed in a role according to their skillset and to meet the needs of their goals.

“Our Home & Gift Collection is created with love by the women of Made by DWC,” Guerrero said.

“It includes our all-natural soaps, soy candles, bath salts, stationery featuring artwork by women, and our new line of apparel and accessories. Inspired by the beauty and diversity of California, each scent evokes memories of an iconic place in our great state. Our candles, soaps and bath salts create a sensorial experience that will soothe and restore the mind and body.”

All the revenue generated from sales at Made by DWC is reinvested into the organization’s programs, allowing them to

grow, scale their team and provide more job training opportunities. Other ways individuals can contribute is through donations to Made by DWC or directly to DWC. They accept donations of new and gently used designer and vintage women’s apparel and accessories. Monetary donations also help support women through their journey.

“COVID-19 has impacted us tremendously,” Guerrero said.

“Out of an abundance of caution for the women we serve, we’ve remained closed and implemented health and safety protocols through the duration of the pandemic. We did feel it was absolutely necessary to continue to offer our job training service as it allows women to earn income and often provides a safe place to spend the day. We are continuing to provide job training with our Home & Gift Collection and resale boutique by shifting our focus to online sales.”

This year, Made by DWC celebrates 10 years of making an impact in the community and on March 25 it hosted a 10-year impact panel and celebration.

“Over the past 10 years, we have supported 1,154 women through our job-readiness initiatives with a total of more than 165,568 hours of training,” Guerrero said.

“In addition to technical skills, we focused on essential skills where we saw an increase in self-esteem and interpersonal development. Over the past six years, we’ve had a job placement rate of 70% and saw women retaining those jobs at an average rate of 80%. In addition, 10 women from our job training programs moved into job roles here at Made by DWC. We are excited to be celebrating our 10th anniversary and look forward to our upcoming special events throughout the year.”

For more information, visit madebydwc.org and follow on Instagram: @madebydwc

C O M M U N I T Y

Promoting Literacy Amazon Books store, The Book Foundation host event to provide books to homeless youth COURTESY OF AMAZON

By Kamala Kirk In celebration of World Book Day, the Amazon Books store in Marina del Rey hosted The Book Foundation for an in-store shopping event that donated hundreds of books to local youth experiencing homelessness.

“The Book Foundation is excited to be with our partners at the Marina del Rey Amazon Books store to provide hundreds of books to youth experiencing homelessness at the Pacific Sunset Bridge Home,” said Ruth Stalford, founder and executive director of The Book Foundation. “We believe that literacy is the key to opening doors and creating opportunity, and our mission is to get new books into the hands of children in underserved areas. Fulfilling our mission wouldn’t be possible without donations like this from our friends at Amazon Books in Marina del Rey.” The Book Foundation is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that

Recently, the Amazon Books store in Marina del Rey hosted The Book Foundation for an in-store shopping event to provide hundreds of books for local youth experiencing homelessness in Venice.

The books were donated by the store and will stock the organization’s library installation or ‘Book Nook’, which will be installed at Pacific Sunset Bridge Home, a shelter in Venice Beach.

helps get new books into the hands of children in underserved areas, based in the belief that literacy is the key to opening doors and creating opportunity.

The books will be used to stock the organization’s upcoming library installation or “Book Nook” at the Pacific Sunset Bridge Home in Venice Beach, a local shelter that houses homeless men and women, in

throughout the campaign to The Book Foundation.

“Our store team was honored to partner with our friends at The Book Foundation to shop for hundreds of books to help stock the first library or ‘Book Nook’ for the youth living at the Pacific Sunset Bridge Home in neighboring Venice Beach,” said Irina Bekker, Amazon Books Marina del Rey lead associate. “With the

addition to transitional-age youth.

The World Book Day event was part of a two-week nationwide Amazon Books campaign that ran from April 20 to May 3, where customers could gift new books at checkout to a local nonprofit focused on children’s literacy. All Amazon Books stores in Southern California donated the books collected

increased strain on organizations over this past year, we’re humbled to be able to give back to our local community in this way. I am so glad that my team at Amazon Books Marina del Rey is able to provide these books for youth at The Pacific Sunset Bridge Home. I hope these stories inspire them the way they have always inspired me.”

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C O M M U N I T Y

Wheels in Motion Walk ‘n Rollers continues mission of encouraging kids to be more active PHOTOS COURTESY OF WALK ‘N ROLLERS

By Katie Lulla Walk ‘n Rollers is devoted to encouraging kids to walk and bike to school. During the pandemic, the organization continued to keep kids active and is gearing up for a mobile Repair Hub program for underserved communities.

Eleven years ago, Jim Shanman, founder of Walk ‘n Rollers, joined the Culver City Bikers Coalition when he realized that many parents didn’t walk their kids to school. While discussing plans for bike lanes, he became frustrated with the length of the expected timelines.

“I did more research and thought about what we as parents could do right now,” Shanman said. “What doesn’t cost money and will have some kind of an impact? I learned a lot about Safe Routes to School Programming, walk to school days and things of that nature.”

Shanman started a walk to school day at his daughter’s

Walk ‘n Rollers was founded by Jim Shanman and is devoted to encouraging kids to walk and bike to school. elementary school. It became a monthly event, which eventually grew to 40% of students walking to school once a month. That got Shanman thinking about expanding the program countrywide.

Walk ‘n Rollers has since expanded from Culver City to Orange County, Riverside and the Inland Empire. The organization works with specific elementary

and middle schools and has citywide efforts.

“Our big lesson is, these programs should be three to four years at the minimum so that they can build up, build out and become sustainable,” Shanman said. “These programs help, but over a period of time.”

It takes Walk ‘n Rollers two years to create a relationship with

a school and gain a volunteer base of parents. After that, they grow the program by teaching the parents the importance of letting kids walk and bike to school.

“We know that the programs improve attendance in schools.

We know that it improves [the children’s grades], we know that it saves the districts money. There are all these great benefits that come from it,” Shanman said.

“Our biggest challenge is getting parents to unwind [their] thinking and to understand the value of this.”

Shanman assuages the parents’ worries by having one-on-one talks about safety and childhood development. Over time, he adjusted the walking challenges to a distance that parents were comfortable with. Shanman said that parents are very hesitant to walk more than five blocks, but three blocks seems to be the magic number.

“If I hadn’t gone through that as a parent, I would probably not do

as good of a job as we do because I wouldn’t understand it from a parent’s standpoint,” Shanman said. “It’s about teaching the parent about letting go and the responsibility [the child gains].”

When the pandemic hit, Walk ‘n Rollers could no longer promote walking to school, so they moved to other activities that would promote outside activity. They hosted a bike repair day in Moreno Valley, held neighborhood scavenger hunts, and created an ongoing program called “The Walk Across America Challenge” in Culver City.

“It was a way to engage and include the PE teachers, since there was something they could talk about in their Zoom lessons,” Shanman said. “It really shows what happens when a school embraces a program and gets the kids active.”

The school by school challenge requires students to record their miles walked and biked with a pedometer and an online tracking

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system. The miles are then totaled up and charted across a map of the U.S. to see which school reaches Washington, D.C. first.

One school has been very enthusiastic and already hit 3,000 miles.

“Administrators have had to go to hell and back, we are literally the lowest common denominator and we know that,” Shanman said. “We recreated some programs. The bike distribution program was one of them.”

The bike distribution program was started when Walk ‘n Rollers opened an online form to donate bikes. The bikes were all taken within 24 hours, which encouraged Shanman to start gathering bike donations and matching them to kids that needed them. So far, they have given away 80 bikes.

“Families were trying to adjust to the Safer-at-Home orders.

Getting outdoors and exercising by foot and by bike suddenly became a priority,” Shanman said. “What started as a kind gesture to a few became a needed program for many.”

Walk ‘n Rollers uses the bike distribution program to continue

to maintain its efforts to educate families on the importance of biking and walking.

“In everything that we do there is a strong education component,” said Shanman, who holds a certificate as a League Cycling Instructor. “We make sure that whoever picks up a bike gets safety instruction. We do a quick review of the rules of the road, show safety videos, have helmet fittings and even discuss walking safety.”

Currently, Walk ‘n Rollers is fundraising for a new program that will teach kids in underserved communities a range of vocation skills by learning from and running pop-up bike co-ops.

The organization has opened a GoFundMe to raise $10,000 for a freight container, tools, parts and other supplies.

“One of our advantages is the reach because we can touch on so many communities, but it’s also kind of a disadvantage because we work in so many areas that we’re not specific to any one of them,” Shanman said.

The bike co-ops will be mobile and will allow Walk ‘n Rollers to more effectively reach commu-

nities outside of LA County.

“With the way that we’re structuring this, each one of those containers would serve as a local bike co-op,” Shanman said. “Our goal is to use them as learning centers. To teach the kids how to be those volunteer helpers and teach them how to be bike mechanics, safety instructors [and] run these hubs like a business center.”

While the younger kids will learn basic bike maintenance, teenagers will manage the co-op.

In addition to teaching their community, they will have to figure out how many bikes to sell and how many to donate in order to keep the co-op running.

Even as Walk ‘n Rollers expands programs and services, it remains true to its founding mission.

“Our focus has always been and will continue to be getting kids to be more active primarily through walking and biking to school more often,” Shanman said. “Our goal is to get more people more active primarily through walking and biking as well.” walkmorebikemore.org

Walk ‘n Rollers’ bike distribution program gathers bike donations and matches them to kids that need them.

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Organic Beauty Champïone by Mileva brings tree resins and their benefits to the U.S. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHAMPÏONE

By Srianthi Perera Champïone by Mileva’s Salve It All Beauty Balm assails the senses with its compound of organic tree resins enhanced with violet and rose extracts.

Fragrance is one of the biggest selling points of the line with walk-in customers to the store.

“Because the botanical cosmetic business is heavily reliant on the sensory experience, the online sales process seemed challenging,” said Champïone founder Violet Mileva.

Mileva, creator of the now California-based beauty products derived mainly from tree resins, learned about online marketing in a hurry to keep her business afloat.

She moved from Florida to California in 2019 and set up shop at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Mileva had barely unpacked her inventory when COVID-19 upended her California dream.

“The pandemic hit strong in April 2020 and the city closed the entire strip,” Mileva said. “I was never prepared to be full-time online. How could I? I was used to traditional brickand-mortar-type retail shopping.

With in-person shopping, I knew I would see 10 to 20 people per minute walking past my shop.”

Mileva didn’t panic; she gathered experienced people and strategized on expanding in the online marketplace. Terms such as Social Engine Optimization, Facebook advertising and user experience research

Violet Mileva is the founder of Champïone, a vegan beauty company that brings tree resins and their benefits to the U.S.

During the pandemic, Mileva implemented numerous digital and online marketing strategies to grow her business.

A/B testing became part of her daily vocabulary.

“Now things are starting to pivot,” Mileva said.

The first-generation immigrant from Bulgaria, who has been in the U.S. for 15 years, wanted to create a line of beauty products that would draw on her heritage and was safe, effective and science based. Eastern European cultures link beauty treatments with tree resins, roots and botanicals. Botany, harvesting and nature’s resources are

Panacea Potion, which became her top sellers.

“Research began back in 2012, and we are still improving ourselves every single day,” Mileva said. “Back in university, I was able to use the lab space at my school to start and had assistance from my professors and other students. We were able to test and do case studies. Ultimately, to see the results of my hard work pay off was, and still is, an extremely satisfying feeling.”

According to Mileva, Champïone is the first company to bring tree resins and their benefits to the American consumer. The resins and saps are sourced from Siberia, Russia and Bulgaria using Good Manufacturing Practices, and they are cold-pressed, sustainable and transported in an eco-friendly manner.

“Resins are nature’s healing mechanism for the tree,” Mileva pointed out. “That is why it works so well to help people’s skin. If you think about it, the different layers of our skin and a tree are very similar.”

Mileva wants people to pause and meditate on trees. There are 400 billion trees on the planet, which are one of the most

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“Western medicine is just discovering the power of tree resins and the numerous scientific and medical journals, such as PubMed, are backing up these findings,” Mileva said.

“People from my country and other parts of the world have been using it for centuries.”

Mileva was particularly alerted to harmful ingredients in cosmetics when she volunteered during a summer with terminally ill children.

“I was tired of seeing kids that were sick using products that could potentially make them sicker,” Mileva said. “I noticed the makeup that was provided to me had harmful ingredients that are banned in many countries, which are out of alignment with my core beliefs. So I asked myself as I looked in this child’s eyes, ‘How can I put something on them that might hurt them even more? Like an explosion in my heart, the idea for my company, Champïone, was born.”

Armed with a master’s degree in human science and a diploma in organic skincare formulation, Mileva set to work in a lab. She created the Skin Saver and

resilient creations on earth.

“Have you ever stopped and asked yourself how these trees can benefit us?” Mileva said.

“Other than being a fundamental source of our breath, which equals life, they also are revolutionary for our health and health of our organs, such as our largest organ: the skin. But how do they help us, you may ask?

They have been around since the beginning of time. They can be injured, struck by lightning, go through the worst weather conditions yet still have the power to heal themselves.”

The same can be said of Mileva. Her marketing strategies have resulted in an 86% increase in website visitors, sales and visibility since the pandemic started, causing her to close her pop-up store last March.

Champïone products are available in Santa Monica at Number One Beauty Center, and Luna Body and Mind Acupuncture.

“Getting discovered and gaining trust from online consumers was the hardest to overcome,” Mileva said. “But now, our online business is rivaling what we used to do in our retail store.” championebymileva.com

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Celebrating Mom From brunches to curated gift boxes, check out these Mother’s Day offerings.

By Kamala Kirk • Mother’s Day Premier Brunch Cruise.

Sweep Mom off her feet with a brunch or dinner cruise in Marina del Rey complete with flowers, onboard entertainment and more. Enjoy a delicious meal together while taking in unmatched waterfront and skyline views. Experiences have been adapted to ensure heightened cleanliness and to maintain social distance onboard. cityexperiences.com • Curated Gift Boxes from Destroyer.

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Take Mom on a brunch or dinner cruise in Marina del Rey with flowers, onboard entertainment and more.

City is offering an assortment of gift box ideas for Mother’s Day. Choose from a selection of premade baskets ranging from breakfast in bed to kitchen essentials or build a customized version. Offerings include a Beignet Box, Mother’s Day Breakfast Kit, Kitchen Kit with cooking essentials and more. destroyerla.store • Brunch by the Beach. Treat Mom to a delectable beachside brunch or dinner at Terrazza Restaurant at Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica with specialty menus and oceanfront views. An enticing

three-course prix-fixe menu will be offered for brunch and dinner. Highlights include fresh oysters, crab cake eggs benedict, coconut panna cotta and more.

A children’s menu is also available. hotelcasadelmar.com • Champagne Brunch & Dinner. Wine and dine Mom while enjoying ocean breezes, refreshing mimosas, decadent desserts and friendly service during a champagne brunch or dinner at Cantalini’s Salerno Beach Restaurant in Playa del Rey. salernobeach.com

• Sun & Sea Collective. Come shop local at The Point in El Segundo on May 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as Sun & Sea Collective hosts a family-friendly pop-up with 25 vendors at this curated outdoor market. Shop everything from apparel and jewelry to plants and sweet treats, in addition to fun activities such as DIY bouquet building, Mommy & Me photo opportunities, balloon arches, and more. Must RSVP for the free event, which has limited spots and hourly time slots. sunandseacollective.com COURTESY OF SUN & SEA COLLECTIVE

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Budding Business

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Toby Kassoy had a rough 2020 with her Santa Monica boutique floral and event styling firm Lilla Bello.

She was contracted to decorate rooms with lilacs, tulips, roses, lilies and other beauties, but the virus was preparing to annihilate 16 years of hard work.

“The bulk of our business was weddings and events,” she said.

“Within two weeks of COVID, the whole year was canceled.

That was really hard on us. I had a moment where I thought, ‘Oh my God. What’s going to happen?’”

A longtime Santa Monica resident, Kassoy gathered herself and pivoted the firm, which is based in ArtStation.

She teamed up with friends who own farms and created Bloom Boxes. Delivery in Los Angeles is available on Wednesdays or as a single gift.

“When COVID hit, we were paralyzed for a couple weeks,” she said. “In that two weeks, we heard about local farms who, at that time of year, were at the height of spring cuts. The local farmers were dumping their crops. They couldn’t get products to consumers. It was a disaster.”

Farms, she explained, stagger their cuts throughout the year in a “massive” timing effort.

“It was a domino effect that has on the farming community,” Kassoy said. “We started reaching out to the local farmers and tried to figure out ways to get their products directly to us.

“That’s what inspired Bloom Boxes. The whole theory was to get fresh flowers back into the homes of people and give flowers to people again.”

The boxes include instructions for conditioning the flowers and link to an instructional video for arranging flowers. The prices start at $72.25 per week at Lilla Bello, which means “beautiful lilac” in Italian.

Soon, Kassoy had to expand to floral farms throughout the

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Lilla Bello’s Bloom Boxes are a big hit

Lilla Bello’s Bloom Boxes with fresh flowers are available for delivery in Los Angeles and make great gifts. world so she could meet her customers’ needs. Peonies are only available throughout the East Coast and Oregon, while others are imported from Holland and Israel.

Bloom Box flowers aren’t perfect, she added. The flowers aren’t cleaned or trimmed.

Kassoy called the service an at-home project that everybody can do. Add-on services include clean stems.

“If they don’t want to get their hands dirty or it’s not their jam, we’ll do it for them,” Kassoy said.

“Very few people want us to do that. They’re super into it. They want to see dirt and peel the leaves off. We also have, in our store, an introductory tool kit for our budding floral designers.”

Most people, she added, do not realize that when she receives flowers from farms, they’re dirty, rubber banded together and poorly hydrated.

“Tulips, for example, look half

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dead,” she added. “Each flower is different, but we cut the stems and lower-level stems off. Lilacs have branchy, woody stems.

There’s a technique to conditioning those. You cut the stems at the bottom at an angle and up the stems. They hydrate and draw water into these beautiful blooms.”

These flowers provide an emotional self-care response.

For a half hour to an hour, consumers open the box of flowers, watch videos and unwind.

“They’re a massive stress relief for people,” Kassoy said. “Even now, as the pandemic effects lessen, it’s a wonderful concept.

“We’re definitely becoming more mindful. I think what happens naturally, during any crisis or pandemic, people become more award of one another. People wear masks and make eye contact to say hello.

We’re more conscious about connecting with people around

us. I actually wave my hand or say hello louder than I would have normally.”

With events slowing emerging, Kassoy is planning to keep

Bloom Boxes beyond the pandemic. She said they make the perfect gift for Mother’s Day because consumers have really connected with them.

Lilla Bello is a boutique florist in Santa Monica that was founded by Toby Kassoy.

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Stella’s Story Young author raising funds to publish book about foster dog in Venice IMAGES COURTESY OF ANASTASIA KHROMOVA

Anastasia Khromova was inspired to write a children’s book about Stella, the young husky her family fostered, who was diagnosed with Swimmer Puppy Syndrome.

By Haley Beyer In June 2016, a friend of Anastasia Khromova’s brought a puppy to her sister’s nonprofit dog rescue, “Be a Voice. Adopt a Dog” in Los Angeles.

The puppy had been rescued from an animal shelter that had plans to euthanize her after she was diagnosed with Swimmer Puppy Syndrome. This rendered her limbs useless so she could only lay on her tummy with her legs straight out like a starfish.

Khromova and her family took it upon themselves to do anything and everything possible to help Stella overcome the disability. They decided to foster her and put her through physical therapy.

Most dogs with this rare deformity do not get the chance to fight it. It is especially hard for bigger dogs to learn to walk with Swimmer Puppy Syndrome, but that didn’t stop Stella.

Because she is a husky, Stella’s motivation and energy levels were up from the day Khromova brought her home.

After coming up with a brace/ splint for Stella to wear, she took her first steps in just five days. As Stella learned how to walk and strengthened the necessary muscles, she needed the brace less and less.

At two months, Stella couldn’t move on her own, but at four to five months, she could walk and play just like any other dog.

She still has the tendency to spread her legs to the side when she sleeps or lies down, but she doesn’t need any help to move around now.

Khromova’s family ended up keeping Stella, who just had her fifth birthday and is living life to the fullest. She is loveable, sweet, sassy, playful and everything a husky should be.

She is very vocal, loves sleeping on her back and people

Funds are currently being raised to publish the book on Kickstarter and Khromova plans to donate half of the profits to Wags and Walks, a local dog rescue in LA. watching, and copies everything the other two dogs in the family do.

Khromova, who graduated from Chapman University in 2018, has been working as a social campaign manager at MuteSix, a marketing agency in Westchester. When she graduated, she was gifted an iPad, which she began using to work on some illustrations of Stella.

In just two weeks, she had illustrated and journaled Stella’s story.

“The illustrations were easy for me because they were based off real photos of Stella,” Khromova said. “The actual writing and making it into a book were the hard part.”

She then decided to make the illustrations into a children’s book and spent the next two years perfecting it.

“I never intended to make any money or write a book, I just wanted to share Stella’s story,”

Khromova explained.

The book was meant to inspire and brighten the day of anyone that reads it. It took a combination of things for Stella to be successful, but neither her nor the family caring for her ever gave up.

“I hope readers take away three main lessons from this book: the beauty of giving, the power of strength and the importance of persistence,” Khromova said.

To help make a difference for other dogs in need, Khromova is working with Kickstarter to get her book published. Half of the profits generated from this campaign will be donated to Wags and Walks, a dog rescue in LA. “I chose Wags and Walks because they have the resources to make a big impact. I’ve had multiple friends adopt from there and there is an overall positive experience within their

organization,” Khromova said.

Kickstarter even granted the campaign the “Project We Love” badge, meaning it was highlighted for its creativity and featured across the entire website. The money raised will go toward publishing, printing and shipping 250 hard copies of the book.

The campaign has less then a week left, ending on May 9 at 8:31 a.m. PDT. The project is “All or Nothing”, so if the pledge of $6,500 is not reached, the book will not be published and all the money will be returned to the donors. At the time of this story, the campaign has currently raised $4,852.

Keep up with Stella’s adventures by following on Instagram: @stella.is.life and @anastasiakhromova. If you are interested in donating to the campaign, visit kickstarter.com/ projects/anastasiakhromova/ stella for more information.

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Judgment-Free Ballet Professional ballerinas offer virtual and outdoor ballet for all levels PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ

By Bridgette M. Redman For all the people that have been too intimidated to take a beginning ballet class as adults, Eliza Tollett has options — both online and outdoors at Dorothy Green Park in Santa Monica.

Tollett moved to Santa Monica just before the pandemic, bringing with her a ballet class model that fixed everything she found troublesome about the classes she taught in New York.

She creates a judgment-free zone with classes that welcome people of all experience levels, abilities and ages.

“I was dancing professionally in New York and teaching to supplement my dancing career,” Tollett said. “I discovered I loved teaching adults, but in general there were a couple of things I felt were not exactly how they should be with adult ballet. There was a lot of judgment — people judging themselves or other people, judging themselves for not being perfect or not being up to the level of the class.”

Tollett, who is certified as a personal trainer and a ballet teacher, created a cardio ballet workout taught by professional dancers that emphasized the grace of ballet while truly making it a comfortable zone for all dancers.

When the pandemic hit, she quickly pivoted to online classes called “The Ballet Spot” that were taught by ballerinas in New York and Los Angeles.

“I’m 68 years old and had never taken a ballet class before,” said Karen Atkins, one of Tollett’s students. “I never would have stepped into a ballet studio, but The Ballet Spot gave me a chance to try ballet in a safe and supportive place. I now have been taking classes for about a year and it’s such fun.”

Getting started

When Tollett was unable to sell New York studios on her ideas of how to fix adult ballet, she decided to do it on her own and began renting a studio.

“I really wanted it to be enjoyable for someone who has never done ballet before and also interesting for someone more advanced,” Tollett said. “People take it and get a workout, but they also step in and by the end of the studio class, they are dancing.”

The class was designed so

Eliza Tollett is a professional ballet dancer, teacher and founder of The Ballet Spot. people could wear whatever they wanted and was a half hour shorter than the usual 90-minute regimen.

“One of the greatest things a client has ever said to me was that she felt like everyone in the class was at the same level,” Tollett said. “That’s amazing.

You’re not, but that I was able to make her feel that way was

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really great.”

Tollett’s husband got a job offer in Santa Monica that they couldn’t refuse, so she set up professional ballerinas to keep teaching her classes in New York and moved across the country.

She left behind five professionals to teach and manage the New York studio rentals and teach the six classes a week that were

ongoing.

Settling into Santa Monica, Tollett decided that LA might be a good place to continue to develop a fitness routine class.

She rented space in two Santa Monica locations and began to teach using her model.

Changing everything

For the first two months of

2020, Tollett’s classes were full, her sales were high, interest was growing and their second location in New York was catching on. Then March arrived and attendance began to drop.

Her instructors were being laid off from their professional dancing jobs and they were scared.

“I wouldn’t be able to make up

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The Ballet Spot offers virtual and outdoor classes at Dorothy Green Park in Santa Monica on Fridays at 7:30 a.m. for their lost income in other ways,” Tollett said, “But I didn’t want to be a part of their losses.”

On March 13 they stopped offering in-person classes. In Santa Monica, the two studios she rented space from would eventually close permanently. On March 15, Tollett launched her first Zoom class and they had more than double the normal amount that they had in live classes.

“No one did Zoom at that time,” Tollett said. “When I taught the first Zoom class, I had no idea what I was doing.”

She told her instructors she could guarantee the amount of classes in Zoom while hoping to add more.

Only a few days passed before they began adding classes. People were joining from around the world including Canada, Australia, England and Germany.

Within a few months, Tollett had hired more teachers, fulfilling a dream she had always had of offering work to underemployed dancers. Now they are teaching more than 100 classes a week, reaching thousands of students between the ages of 8 to 80.

Tollett made sure that the teachers fit in with her philosophy, training each instructor how to format the classes. For more and more people, it made ballet accessible in a way it never had been before.

“The Ballet Spot’s virtual classes have given me the opportunity to try ballet for the first time without the intimidation of walking into a studio and dancing alongside experienced dancers,” said Susan Winter, another student.

“The instructors at the Ballet Spot have inspired a new love and appreciation of ballet for me. I love the workout and the sense of accomplishment I feel after class. At 40, I can check ‘dance in a ballet’ (virtually) off my bucket list.”

Several students reported that they found community at a time of isolation and formed relationships and connections with the instructors and other students. They also experienced physical benefits.

Kathleen McNally described

herself as an uncoordinated, 50-something woman and cited how helpful the real-time attention was that each instructor paid to student form.

“My flexibility and posture have improved to a remarkable degree after having taken classes with the attentive instructors at The Ballet Spot,” McNally said. “I feel so fortunate to be instructed by real ballerinas! I was never coordinated or disciplined enough to dance for a living (or even as a hobby), but I live vicariously through the professionals at TBS who share the ‘inside’ moves that make them so graceful and professional. I can think of no other platform where a middleaged non-dancer would have such non-judgmental — yet professional — access to such trained professionals.”

In addition to the hourly workout, students also get to participate in virtual performances such as “Giselle” or Twyla Tharp’s “In the Upper Room.”

Moving outdoors

As the weather warms up,

Tollett is planning outdoor classes where people can gather at Dorothy Green Park in Santa Monica on Fridays at 7:30 a.m.

It’s open to the public and costs $10 per class.

Tollett started doing outdoor classes last summer, but she was so focused on launching the virtual classes in California and New York that she wasn’t able to promote them. Now, she said, she feels like she has more bandwidth and can focus on LA. “We do them on the grass by the beach,” Tollett said. “We don’t use a bar, we’re just on the grass and most people do it barefoot, but sneakers are fine. I simultaneously livestream it.”

Students face the ocean while they dance and she faces them with the iPad in between them recording her.

“We have some music and it is morning, so it is quiet, but it gets warm and sunny,” Tollett said.

Being between the beach and the mountains is one of the things that Tollett loves about LA, especially during the pandemic where she could easily

get out and be in nature, things she incorporates into her outdoor classes.

She pointed out that for those who don’t want to do ballet, there are also ballet-based movement classes such as bar classes and Pilates classes.

“You may not learn to dance, but they are based on the principals of ballet,” Tollett said.

She encourages people of all levels—whether they have never done ballet or if they are move advanced. Everyone, she said, will find it a challenging but fun workout.

“It’s a judgment-free zone,” Tollett said. “We’re there to have fun and dance, and it really is a workout.”

What: Cardio Ballet at The Ballet Spot Where: Virtually and outdoors at Dorothy Green Park in Santa Monica When: See schedule at theballetspot.com Cost: $10 per class

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DEAR IN HEADLIGHTS I’m a girl in my 20s. I recently started dating a guy I’m falling in love with. He invited me to a party to meet his friends, and I’m nervous.

He’s “objectively” more attractive than I am (6-foot-2, brawny and incredibly handsome) and very successful. I’m attractive, but I see the looks women give him, and I can’t help but feel his friends will question why he’s interested in me.

I’m thinking of backing out of the party, but maybe I should back out of dating him entirely, given the pressure.

— Freaking The other guests are going to a party; as you see it, you’re on trial and they’re the jury. The invite: “Drinks, tunes, and executing the borderline attractive girl at dawn.”

Tell somebody you might end it with this guy because you’re afraid his friends will be all, “Ew, why’s he with her?” and they’re sure to scold you that you shouldn’t care what other people think of you. They mean well, but this is ridiculous advice – akin to telling you not to get hungry. We evolved to be people who care what other people think. That’s built into our psychology, same as the urge that drives us to nab a burrito, which keeps us from passing out, dying and being eaten by raccoons.

Successfully handling other people’s appraisals of you starts with throwing out everything most of us believe about self-esteem. I explain in “Unf*ckology” that this “I like me!” state we’ve been told to strive for “makes little functional sense. Psychology researchers and therapists far and wide failed to ask the ‘Why?’ question that evolutionary psychology demands: Why would it be evolutionarily advantageous for you to like yourself – for you to sit around saying, ‘I’m fabulous! Kiss the royal hand!’?”

What would’ve helped our ancestors survive and mate is other people liking them: respecting them, wanting to get it on with them, and sneaking them seconds on the bison frittatas.

Accordingly, psychologist Mark Leary explains that we developed an internal monitoring system that tracks “the degree to which other people accept versus reject” us. Our resulting feelgood or feelbad (erroneously called “self-esteem”) is actually part of a three-part process: 1. Our perception of what other people think of us, which leads to 2. Feelings in us (from happy to fearful), which motivate us to 3. Maintain our social position or try to repair it.

So, “self-esteem” is really “what other

people think of us”-esteem – a measurement of our social standing – triggering emotions that drive us to preserve or fix it. In light of that, advice to “raise” your self-esteem makes no sense, because how you feel about yourself isn’t the problem, and changing that fixes nothing. (It’s like trying to feel better about your overheating car instead of putting water in the radiator.)

While being popular has many benefits, panicking at potentially being rejected made more sense when our survival in a harsh ancestral environment depended on our maintaining our social cred with a small, consistent band of people. We now live in vast cities teeming with strangers. If somebody in our social circle decides we’ve got adult cooties, we can pretty easily slide into a whole new social circle simply by hanging out at different bars.

So, your terror about meeting his friends – “LIFE OR DEATH, GIRLIE!” – is driven by psychology that’s seriously outdated: mismatched with our modern environment. Recognizing this can help you put your yearning to be liked into a more modern perspective: Great when it happens but merely a major bummer, not a death sentence, if it doesn’t.

Lowering the stakes like this should be helpful because pressure to excel could cause you to overfocus on your performance. This can lead to clutching anxiety that impairs your ability to perform (“choking under pressure”). Amazingly, research by Harvard Business School’s Alison Wood Brooks suggests a way to prevent choking is “reappraising” the pounding heart of anxiety as the pounding heart of excitement. Say to yourself repeatedly, “I’m so excited to go to this party and meet his friends!”

It should also help to approach the evening with a relaxed set of goals: 1. Having fun. 2. Getting to know his friends. Because you’re with him, they’ll probably assume you’re special – which is surely why he’s with you. (A handsome, high-status guy doesn’t get involved with a woman he finds physically and otherwise meh.) At the party, instead of trying really hard to be liked – a surefire way to be instantly unlikeable – ask people about themselves, and listen with genuine interest. They’ll warm to you, probably without knowing why. Sure, some hearts might remain hardened, but it’s the rare person who’ll cut themselves off, mid-“me, me, me!” to pelt you with canapes and chase you out of the party with a broom.

GOT A PROBLEM? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2021, 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.

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Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21STCP01121 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of MARCO ANGEL VELASCOBARRAGAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: MARCO ANGEL VELASCO-BARRAGAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Marco Angel Velasco-Barragan to Angel Ari Velasco 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: June 7, 2021. Time: 10:00 AM. Dept.: 74. The address of the court is 111 N. Hill St. Los Angeles, CA 90012. 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: March 14, 2021.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PATRICIA DOLORES DOMINGUEZ CASE NO. 21STPB03466 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of PATRICIA DOLORES DOMINGUEZ. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Natalie J. Dona in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Natalie J. Dona be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 14, 2021, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 29, Location: 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE granting of the petition, you FOR CHANGE OF NAME should appear at the hearing Case No. 21SMCP00153 and state your objections or SUPERIOR COURT OF file written objections with the CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF court before the hearing.

LOS ANGELES. Petition of HEIDI ELIZABETH SMELKYour appearance may be in ER, for Change of Name. TO person or by your attorney.

ALL INTERESTED PERIF YOU ARE A CREDITOR SONS: 1.) Petitioner: Heidi or a contingent creditor of the Elizabeth Smelker filed a pedecedent, you must file your tition with this court for a declaim with the court and mail cree changing names as fola copy to the personal replows: a.) Heidi Elizabeth resentative appointed by the Smelker to Heidi Smelker court within the later of either Johnson 2.) THE COURT (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a ORDERS that all persons ingeneral personal representatterested in this matter apive, as defined in section pear before this court at the 58(b) of the California Prohearing indicated below to bate Code, or (2) 60 days show cause, if any, why the from the date of mailing or petition for change of name personal delivery to you of a should not be granted. Any notice under section 9052 of person objecting to the name the California Probate Code. changes described above Other California statutes and must file a written objection legal authority may affect that includes the reasons for your rights as a creditor. You the objection at least two may want to consult with an court days before the matter attorney knowledgeable in is scheduled to be heard and California law. must appear at the hearing to YOU MAY EXAMINE the file show cause why the petition kept by the court. If you are a should not be granted. If no person interested in the eswritten objection is timely tate, you may file with the filed, the court may grant the court a Request for Special petition without a hearing.

Notice (form DE-154) of the NOTICE OF HEARING: filing of an inventory and apDate: June 18, 2021. Time: praisal of estate assets or of 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. The adany petition or account as dress of the court is 1725 provided in Probate Code Main Street Santa Monica, Section 1250. A Request for CA 90401. A copy of this OrSpecial Notice form is availder to Show Cause shall be able from the court clerk. at least once each PAGE 20 THE ARGONAUTpublished MAY 6, 2021 Petitioner: week for four successive Natalie J. Dona weeks prior to the date set 11558 Ostrom Ave., for hearing on the petition in

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COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hands In Clay L.A. LLC, 1027 ½ Euclid St., Santa Monica, CA 90403. 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/ Donna Hasselberger.

TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Hands In Clay L.A. LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 6, 2021. 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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COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 202108511329 REGISTERED OWNER(S) Dachtler Studio LLC, 2037 South Santa Fe Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90021. 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/ Galaxias D. Dachtler TITLE: CFO, Corp or LLC Name: Dachtler Studio LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 22, 2021. 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: 05/06/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21, 05/27/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021060880 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VOLTA PRODUCTIONS. 1319 Sutherland Street Los Angeles, CA 90026. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Possible Futures LLC, 1319 Sutherland Street Los Angeles, CA 90026. 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/ Alejandro De La Hidalga TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Possible Futures LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 6, 2021. 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

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COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Justin Leeds, 3838 Overland Ave., #5 Culver City, CA 90232. 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/: Justin Leeds. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 15, 2021. 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: 04/29/21, 05/06/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021079683 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HOUSE OF ZEN PILATES & WELLNESS; 4136 Del Rey Avenue Suite 635 Marina del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Donna J. Slatton, 4136 Del Rey Avenue Suite 635 Marina del Rey, CA 90292. 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/: Donna J. Slatton. TITLE: Owner.

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Compiled by Kamala Kirk California Heritage Museum Flea Market Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The California Heritage Museum is pleased to present its annual Flea Market Sale through May 30. Starting immediately, the museum will be open Thursday through Sunday. Find reasonably priced art and unique items in a friendly, safe environment! All proceeds from this sale will go towards maintaining the community art programs of the California Heritage Museum.

For more information, email Tobi Smith at calmuseum@ earthlink.net 2612 Main St., Santa Monica Art + Materiality, noon Venice Family Clinic is hosting its annual Venice Art Walk online from April 28 to May 11.

They are hosting a series of virtual art talks featuring notable Los Angeles art critics and some of their auction artists on May 5 and 11. Join Lindsay Preston Zappas, artist, writer, founder and editor-in-chief of Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla), in discussion with artists Andrea Chung, Alex Olson and Analia Saban. They will discuss materiality, surface and the ways in which mark-making translates into meaning in their works across painting, collage and sculpture. facebook.com/ events/1276003326129681

Friday, May 7 Binocular and Small Scope Highlights of the Spring Sky, 8 p.m.

With the constellations of

COURTESY OF OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

Thursday, May 6

On May 7 at 7 p.m., Otis College is inviting the public to the first-ever virtual fashion show to celebrate the creative work of the fashion design classes of 2020 and 2021, and to help fundraise to support students. winter giving way to those of spring, small telescope and binocular users have new, seasonal Deep Sky targets available. The show will present some of the best, with close-ups and low-power views to simulate how they look in small telescopes and binoculars. Then, the show will switch to the freeware desktop planetarium program Stellarium and “locate” those targets in a virtual star party.

Guests are invited to ask about locating a galaxy, cluster or nebula they believe to be in the sky and bright enough for small instruments. This free presentation will be offered on Zoom. smc.edu/planetarium

Saturday, May 8 Marina del Rey Farmers Market, 8 to 9 a.m. (seniors), 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (general public) COURTESY OF 18TH STREET ARTS CENTER

On May 8 at 11 a.m., learn the delicate and mindful craft of traditional paper flower-making with artisan Carmela Morales, presented by 18th Street Arts Center & WE RISE.

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Learn the delicate and mindful craft of traditional paper flower-making with artisan Carmela Morales, presented by 18th Street Arts Center & WE

RISE. This workshop will introduce participants to the eco-friendly practice of using recyclable materials and traditional art skills to create beautiful flowers that can be gifted to your favorite person or used to decorate your home. Discover how you can take care of your mental health through this meditative task and make new friendships along the way.

Concerned by all the plastic waste found in the environment, Morales wants to revive the traditional practice of using recyclable paper to create décor.

As you take care of yourself, you’ll be taking care of your environment through this cultural practice.

18thstreet.org Otis Virtually Cool Fashion Show & Benefit, 7 p.m.

Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to announce Virtually Cool, an online fashion show and benefit. For the first time in its history, Otis College is inviting the public to the first-ever virtual fashion show in order to celebrate the creative work of the Fashion Design classes of 2020 and 2021, and help fundraise to support Otis College students.

Register for free at give.otis. edu/benefit2021

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you catch it on the right week, a cooking demonstration featuring local produce.

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Located at 12198 Venice Blvd., Grand View at Venice Boulevard.

For more information, visit marvistafarmersmarket.org Venice Electric Light Parade, 6 p.m.

Marcus Gladney created the Venice Electric Light Parade to bring together bike enthusiasts who love to light up their bikes and set out into the night along the beautiful Venice Beach boardwalk. The group meets every Sunday at sunset, at Windward Plaza on the boardwalk, down from the worldfamous Venice sign. Must have safety lights and wheel lights (not required to ride) will be available for purchase. As many as 100 people show up each Sunday night for a chance to join the community for a few hours of fun. Everyone welcome, all ages, all bikes.

For more information, visit facebook.com/ veniceelectriclightparade

Wednesday, May 12 Art + Education, noon Venice Family Clinic is hosting its annual Venice Art Walk online from April 28 to May 11. They are hosting a series of virtual art talks featuring notable Los Angeles art critics and some of their auction artists on May 5 and 11. Join Terry R. Myers, arts writer, curator and educator, who hosts a dialogue with artists Kim Fisher, Jennifer Moon and Mario Ybarra Jr. As former students of his who have gone on to international careers as artists while also being important arts educators, they will join him for a lively discussion about their work as well as the relationships between art, teaching and community. facebook.com/ events/197468925239214

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■ JACKPOT: Imagine finding the 1970-D Silver JFK shown below worth the highest collector value on record in one of these unsearched Bank Rolls. At left, workers scramble to keep up with orders.

There are never any guarantees, but California residents who get their hands on these State Restricted Bank Rolls will be the really lucky ones because many Silver JFK’s have nearly doubled in collector value in the last several years. Coin values always fluctuate but there can never be any more of these Silver JFKs minted between 1965 and 1970 and there’s no telling what they will someday be worth.

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California residents get first dibs on last remaining Bank Rolls loaded with U.S. Gov’t issued Silver JFK’s dating back to the mid 1900’s some worth up to 60 times their face value for just the $19 minimum set for state residents - all other state residents must pay $57 per coin if any remain after 2-day deadline STATE DISTRIBUTION: A strict limit of 6 State Restricted Bank Rolls per CA resident has been imposed

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“I recently spoke with a retired Treasurer of the United States of America who said, ‘In all my years as Treasurer I’ve only ever seen a handful of these rarely seen Silver JFK’s issued by the U.S. Gov’t over 50 years ago. But to actually find them sealed away in State Restricted Bank Rolls still in pristine condition is like finding buried treasure.

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And here’s the best part. If you are a resident of the state of California you cover only the $19 per coin state minimum set by the National Mint and Treasury, that’s twenty rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Silver clad JFK half dollars worth up to 60 times their face value for just $380 which is a real steal because non state residents must pay $57 per coin which totals $1,140 if any coins reR1031R-1

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“Rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued silver coins like these are highly sought after, but we’ve never seen anything like this before. According to The Official Red Book, a Guide Book of United States Coins many Silver JFK Half Dollars have nearly doubled in collector value in just the last several years,” Lynne said.

“So just imagine how much these last remaining, unsearched State of California Restricted Bank Rolls could be worth someday. Remember, these are not ordinary coins – these rarely seen coins are at least 50 years old. In fact, these coins have been forever retired by the U.S. Gov’t, and you can’t get them rolled this way anywhere because these are the only State Restricted Bank Rolls known to exist,” said Lynne.

“We’re guessing thousands of California residents will be taking the maximum limit of 6 Bank Rolls because they make such amazing gifts for any occasion for children, parents, grandparents, friends and loved ones,” Lynne continued.

“We know the phones will be ringing off the hook. That’s why hundreds of Hotline

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We’ll do our best to answer them all,” Lynne said.

“That’s why the National Mint and Treasury set up the National Toll-Free Hotlines in order to make sure California residents get the State Restricted Bank Rolls before they’re all gone,” she said.

The only thing readers of today’s newspaper publication need to do is make sure they are a resident of the state of California and call the National Toll-Free Hotlines before the 2-day deadline ends midnight tomorrow. ■

What you need to know about the last State Restricted JFK Silver Bank Rolls If you are a California State Resident call the State Toll-Free Hotline at 8:30 am : 1-800-958-0006 EXT: RJN1045 Are these silver JFKs better than other JFKs: Yes. These Silver JFKs were minted over 50 years ago and they are among the first JFKs to be produced by the U.S. Gov’t. The vast majority of current JFKs have no silver content at all and these Silver clad JFKs have 5 of the top 8 collector values of any JFKs ever minted, so there is no telling how much their collector value could be someday.

How much are State Restricted JFK Silver Bank Rolls worth: It’s impossible to say, but the collector value of many of these Silver clad JFKs has nearly doubled in the past few years and there are 20 in each Bank Roll. It’s important to remember that collector values always fluctuate and there are never any guarantees. But we do know they are the only California State Silver Bank Rolls known to exist and JFK was a President beloved by people of all walks of life so anyone lucky enough to get their hands on these Silver Bank Rolls should hold onto them because there’s no telling what the actual collector value could one day be worth.

Why are so many California residents claiming them: Because they are the only State Restricted JFK Silver Bank Rolls known to exist and everyone wants their share. Each Bank Roll contains a whopping 20 Silver JFKs dating back to the mid 1900’s. Best of all California residents are guaranteed to get them for the State Minimum set by the National Mint and Treasury of just $19 per Silver JFK for the next two days.

How do I get the State Restricted JFK Silver Bank Rolls: California residents are claiming the limit of 6 State Restricted JFK Silver Bank Rolls by calling the State Toll Free Hotline at 1-800958-0006 Ext. RJN1045 starting at precisely 8:30 this morning. When they do they are getting the only State Restricted JFK Silver Bank Rolls known to exist. That’s a full Bank Roll containing 20 Silver JFKs from over 50 years ago with some of the highest collector values on record, but it’s essential that they call immediately. Non state residents are not permitted to call before 5 pm tomorrow and must pay $1,140 for each California State Restricted JFK Silver Bank Roll if any remain.

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