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DROP DUD, GORGEOUS I typically avoid conflict to keep from having ugly conversations. I’m in an unhappy relationship, and it’s clearly not fixable. I always rely on the other person to end a relationship, even when it’s making me really miserable. Why do I do this, and how do I change? -- Stuck Girl
and told your boyfriend it’s over. It would feel miserable in the moment, and that misery would have plenty of company as you did all those fun breakup things like sawing the couch in half. But then you’d be out—instead of neck-deep in still miserable for another three months, or as long as it takes for your boyfriend to notice he’s had enough. Note that fighter planes have an Healthy assertiveness starts with “ejection seat” and not a “go down in telling yourself that you have a right a flaming wreck” seat. to try to get your needs met. FeelFighter plane seat design is a helpful ing worthy might take some emotionmodel for relationships that have run al renovation. If so, do get on that, their course. Facts don’t change either on your own or with a therapist. because you refuse to acknowledge However, there’s a secret to asserting their existence. Your approach—which yourself, even as a person who’s long I’ll call “nonfrontational”—is particularly avoided it. You don’t have to feel counterproductive. Clinical psycholoworthy or even comfortable in order gist Randy Paterson calls this a “pasto do it. Admit that it’ll feel scary, sive” style of responding to conflict, totally foreign, and generally like a big driven by a goal of avoiding conflict pile of suck to assert yourself—and “at all costs.” In fact, what you end up then do it anyway. avoiding is not conflict but temporary You might also apply this to other emotional turbulence—the queasyareas of your life, from friendships to fraidyanxiousness—that would come work. When a situation you’re in with taking steps to resolve it. So, by becomes irreparably toxic and awful, avoiding conflict, you end up having there’s a reasonable thing to do, and much more conflict for a much longer it isn’t staying in it and having the cat stretch of time! join you once a week in a small But say you braved up this afternoon private funeral for your enthusiasm.
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I’m a woman in my early 30s. I grew up on a steady diet of romance novels, and I keep longing for the true “soul mate” love from my fictional world. No guy ever seems right, so I never feel that yearning, intense desire and connectivity I’ve been searching for. I feel more of those emotions reading romance novels than I ever did with any boyfriend. Do you believe each person has a “true love?” Am I too much of a romantic? -- Lonely Dreamer
the boot to “less-than-perfect candidates” and to see any conflict as a sign a relationship should be abandoned as “just another distraction in the search for perfection.” (I think he left out the word “endless.”) Back here in reality, all humans are fallible, and being two different people (who are not dead) often means wanting conflicting things. People who understand this have a “growth” or “work-it-out” theory of love. They believe a happy, satisfying relationship doesn’t just happen. It takes work. It’s something two people create through So, going by the romance novel what Knee describes as a paired standard, you’re just looking for that handsome, rapey, billionaire sociopath process of “conquering obstacles and growing closer.” who follows you around like a puppy. Probably the best anyone can do in Unfortunately, a belief in “soul seeking a partner is figure out their mates” is about as realistic. Each of us supposedly has our one and only personal must-haves (physically, emotionally, ethically, and any other perfect romantic match. Naturally, essential “ly”s) and then find somethis person is conveniently located body with enough of them to make it and culturally in lockstep and is worth working to build something never, say, a nomadic desert goattogether. Realistically, maybe your herd who thinks his life will finally be soulmate is that Mr. Wonderful who perfect if only he turns you into wife finds you beautiful while you’re drooling number eight. into your pillow—who you can someA person who believes in soul mates times hear from the next room chewing has a “destiny theory” of love, explains social psychologist C. Raymond Knee. like something that eats hay out of a They think two people are either fated bucket. (All you need is not love but a to be together or they’re not; whether a pillow to smother him with and the wisdom to instead use it to stifle your relationship is good or bad is beyond their control. They can be quick to give screams.)”
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Santa Monica Brew Works created IPAs brewed with Bay Cities Italian Deli & Bakery’s filone bread. behind our limited-release series celebrating iconic Santa Monica establishments. As Santa Monica’s first and only brewery, we have a unique platform to literally raise a toast to our community. We hope this series creates awareness for neighborhood businesses and inspires people to think local.”
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Resilience and Adaptability The Westside Ballet makes sweets out of pandemic-spoiled plans PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ
By Bridgette M. Redman For 47 years, the Westside Ballet has brought “The Nutcracker” to Santa Monica. This year, they faced challenges like no other with the rising surge in COVID-19 cases laying waste to their well-made, safe plans to bring the holiday tradition to audiences longing for holiday cheer. They had planned to film their advanced dance students on The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College, complete with COVID-19 compliance safety officers and proper protocols. But when the December surge in cases made that impossible, they had another plan in place. Their Plan B brings an abbreviated virtual performance of “The Nutcracker,” a production dubbed “Kingdom of the Sweets” that will feature six dancers in their senior year of high school and their last year in the Westside School of Ballet, along with several younger dancers. “There is no doubt that we have all been challenged throughout 2020,” says Westside Ballet’s artistic director Martine Harley. “Westside Ballet was committed to find a way to continue to share the beauty and joy of dance––and also to provide our graduating high school seniors an opportunity to perform their dream roles. So, until our resilience is rewarded and when we can perform again for audiences... we decided to present an abbreviated version of ‘The Nutcracker’ this year to our community.” Excerpts from “The Nutcracker” were filmed in an open-air “black box” and will be showcased on Vimeo. The dance pieces include the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, her Intrada with her Cavalier, the Dew Drop Fairy, Toy Soldier, the Doll and the Arabian Dance. The video will be available to watch through December 31. It’s a different sort of look with dancers in a carefully controlled environment, wearing masks and choreographed so that they never touch. There are no pas de deux, though there is a reimagined dance with the Cavalier and Sugar Plum Fairy sharing a
(left to Right) Natalia Burns, Zane Tahvildaran-Jesswein and Zoe Singh. stage. Crowd scenes such as the iconic Snow Dance are gone, but beautiful solos are featured showcasing some of the most memorable moments of Tchaikovsky’s score and there is one number with five dancers sharing the stage. The six featured seniors are Maya Zeevi as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Zane Tahvildaran-Jesswein as the Cavalier, Stella Grynberg and Zoe Singh as the Dew Drop Fairy, and Samara Koseff and Natalia Burns as the Arabian. While the seniors might have felt cheated out of getting their shot at performing the coveted roles in front of the usual sell-out audiences, the words that three of the seniors kept using were “adapting” and “gratitude.” Singh, a senior at Marymount High School, joined Westside
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Ballet three years ago after her family moved to the Westside from Pasadena. She had previously danced at the Los Angeles Ballet. She described the beginning of COVID-19 lockdowns as a culture shock where she was suddenly isolated from the highly social community aspect of training to dancing in a room by herself with a teacher on Zoom. “I obviously missed training with all my friends and having a teacher in person to correct me, but it was an eye-opening time to try new things and explore your own artistry and your ability to push yourself,” Singh says. “I think I grew a larger appreciation for the art form. When summer came and we were able to go in person, I came with such a clear mindset of what dance was to me. I came with such a better mental-
ity—with a clear view of dance being therapeutic and the simplistic beauty of it.” She also found herself adapting to the outdoor environment, frequently facing new challenges in being exposed to the elements and “becoming one with the environment around us.” She talked about car alarms going off and adjusting to colder weather and earlier darkness. As someone who has asthma, she’s also found the masks to be a challenge to overcome. “It’s a new barrier to tackle but it’s not life-threatening or anything,” Singh says about dancing outdoors. “In terms of masks, I think we are going to come out of this with lungs of steel. We’re figuring out what kind of masks allow us to breathe through certain things, especially when filming, but I think it is all for the better and
we’re going to come out stronger.” Burns, who commutes an hour from San Juan Capistrano every day, always knew she wanted to dance at Westside Ballet where her mom once danced and trained with the founders. Since the pandemic caused school to switch to Zoom, she now has the time for the commute to Westside Ballet, a company she describes as “legendary.” She also says the pandemic gave her a new perspective. “I was so used to being able to dance in a studio and not wear a mask and then when COVID-19 happened, it was like everything was gone that we had done before,” Burns says. “I’m so grateful for being able to dance, even if it is open air and outside. It gave me such an appreciation for being able to dance on stage. It taught me that I love the art form for myself and for the people around me. It is a group experience that we’re all able to get through this together.” Burns, who plans to be a professional dancer, points out that ballet is already a challenging art form and putting a mask on makes it even harder. Yet, she refers to it as a blessing. “I think it is going to increase our stamina and make us better dancers in the long run,” Burns says. “It will give us perspective when we don’t have to wear a mask anymore—how grateful we’re going to be to be able to dance and I think we’re going to come out better because of this.” Tahvildaran-Jesswein, a senior at Santa Monica High School, is appearing in his eighth “Nutcracker” performance, having danced with Westside Ballet since he was four-and-ahalf years old. The pandemic pushed him into discovering more about his artistry and his love and talent for choreography. He took to the beach with a friend and they worked at the challenge of dancing and jumping on sand with masks on while trying to avoid other people. He says it gave him an adaptive mindset and pushed him to become stronger. “Honestly? I hated it at first. It was super, super gnarly,” Tahvildaran- Jesswein says. “I
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got into the mindset of, ‘I’m going to accept this challenge. I can’t breathe at all and I love it.’ You push yourself as much as you can to build up more stamina and muscle.” Still, he will miss the traditional performance, especially for his first year performing as the Cavalier. “Being able to have a whole crowd, that’s a different energy, I can’t describe it,” TahvildaranJesswein says. “You have to be in it to understand it. It’s like the eye of a storm and I love it. [This year] there is just recording and it’s a little tough and it’s definitely disappointing, but it will be memorable.” Tahvildaran-Jesswein plans to be a professional dancer, though he says that he likes to have as many options and doorways as possible and is open to change. He’s auditioning for scholarships at schools and with companies. This year has taught him a new area of dance he is interested in. “I may do choreography,” Tahvildaran-Jesswein says. “It’s a different mode of expression and a way to express your feelings.” Singh also describes having a myriad of feelings, and recognizing that the hybrid rehearsals they’ve been holding outdoors have offered them the opportunity to dance together when some dancers are still at home learning on Zoom. “Westside is still providing us with the most important aspects, which is being able to dance, as well as connecting with my friends and family on the level that is art,” Singh says. “While I definitely get pangs of nostalgia of our days at The Broad Stage, it has really taught me to appreciate the most important parts of the art form, which is the community and the resilience in all of us.” All three are glad that even though the pandemic has fundamentally changed the way that they rehearse and the type of performance they are bringing to Santa Monica this year, there is still a version of the holiday classic for their audiences. “Westside Ballet has the longest running ‘Nutcracker’ in Santa Monica,” Singh says. “It is such a quintessential part of the holidays for so many people. [Westside] has that adaptive mindset, being able to adjust and offer a little sense of
This year, the Westside Ballet will present an abbreviated virtual production of “The Nutcracker” that can be watched online through December 31. normalcy. It’s really admirable that Westside Ballet has been able to carry on in this time.” While the video is free, Westside Ballet encourages audiences to make a donation to their Crisis Relief Fund, which
is helping the Westside Ballet survive during the pandemic. “One thing is certain: dancers will always find a way to dance,” Harley says. “A dancer’s passion for their craft continues to grow and adapt in
the face of any adversity. This has truly been an extraordinary time, but you cannot quarantine a soul. Our advanced dancers have continued expressing themselves physically and emotionally through their music
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Story by Martin L. Jacobs Photos courtesy UCLA Media Relations The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered to front-line workers at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and many other Southern California hospitals last week, brings with it a longed-for sense of truly turning the corner in this worldwide battle that may prove to be the defining event of this still young century. But for those patiently waiting to exhale sans the P95 mask, the best advice from experts is to keep on keeping on. That is, this vaccine and the Moderna/ NIH version, approved for emergency authorization later in the same week, may serve as the heavy artillery in this battle, but that doesn’t mean the infantry gets to pack up and go home. As Dr. Karin Michels of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology cautions, “The vaccine is a big step forward. However, it will be several months until it will manifest in a real change in numbers.” To relax and ease up now with amplified confidence would be a critical error. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, has signaled repeatedly that January will likely be the most devastating month in the war to date, largely due to the imminent Christmas surge being superimposed on the Thanksgiving surge we are currently contending with.
Nurse Eunice Lee gives Matthew Dartt, Assistant Director of Respiratory Therapy, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on December 16 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood. administer the new Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine to their counterpart adult ICU nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and other health care professionals who spend their days in harm’s way caring for highly contagious COVID-19 patients. In the hospital’s basement, 10 immunization stations were set up early on the morning of December 16, and the first batch of doses thawed from their frozen state and diluted with saline by the pharmacy department in preparation for use. Health care workers had signed up to receive the first of the two-part vaccines at specific time slots, with about five people getting through every 10 minutes.
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Several hospital administrators and computer technologists were present to manage the logs and streamline the charting data entry. More than 400 vaccinations were administered the first day. For the sake of full disclosure and with some pride, I say that my spouse was among those NICU nurses giving the painless injections. The event was a show of strength, of science and of love. There was palpable excitement in the air and heavy media coverage, leading some to consider: is this the beginning of the end? Emergency physician Medell Briggs-Malonson was the first person at UCLA Medical Center to receive the vaccine.
“I had a couple of butterflies, but then actually coming down and realizing this was going to be the first shot and the first vaccine, and then we can hopefully start to return to normalcy,” she says. “It took all the flutters away…I’m incredibly excited, I’m very optimistic.” There were even occasional moments of levity on both sides of the syringe. One nurse conveyed that she vaccinated a hospital surgeon that showed a surprising shyness for needles. The hospital, as of this writing, is treating 138 COVID-19 patients, more than at any other time during the pandemic. The advanced design of the facility allows, technically,
hundreds more patient rooms in the building to be configured as ICU rooms, provided the specialized equipment can be sourced and ICU personnel are available to man them. Some estimates indicate that a single COVID-19 patient in an ICU can require six hospital staff to provide the 24/7 care required. How do the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines work? Both vaccines use an entirely new technology, and that is in part why they and similar vaccines now in the pipeline can be developed and mass produced on such a compressed timeline. Instead of traditional methods that use weakened or dead virus to stimulate the
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immune system, these vaccines use fragments of messenger RNA (a massive biomolecule, like DNA, whose function is to create, store and encode information) encapsulated in a tiny protective ball of fat. Once injected, the mRNA then “infects” some healthy cells and uses those cells to produce the signature “spike protein” of the coronavirus. These “infected” cells, however, are just stand-ins and are not harmful to us. Their only purpose is to elicit our body’s complex immune system response to the telltale spike proteins, thereby thwarting efforts by the real coronavirus to use its spike proteins to gain access to healthy cells. The vaccine isn’t a no-brainer for some In the months leading up to the vaccine’s emergency use approval on December 11, a survey of nurses and other health care professionals by Dr. Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, indicated that roughly two-thirds of them would opt out of the vaccine or delay getting it. Far apart from the whole anti-vaxxer and aluminum foil headwear crowd, there is genuine concern about a vaccine that made it from a pitch meeting to non-laboratory deltoids in less than a year. But these are not ordinary times, are they? With the infection numbers increasing logarithmically and hospital ICUs nearing capacity, a leap of faith and a faith in science may be required. That’s a hard ask when one considers how science has been undermined, belittled and often entirely bypassed for the last four years by a White House that not only propagates conspiracy theories in lieu of science, but has weaponized them for political leverage. It’s hard to accept the daily reported numbers They become meaningless abstractions—and perhaps that’s healthier. To fully grasp the amount of human suffering and death the world has endured this year could overwhelm the best of us: almost 1.7 million souls have perished thus far. Horrifying, but still a long way from the death toll of the 1918 influenza epidemic that took between 17
and 100 million lives. We have already long surpassed the original, at the time almost unthinkable estimate of 100,000 to 200,000 US deaths that Dr. Fauci made back in March. With over 3,000 new cases in the US reported each day this week, the graph of infection rates from May to December looks more or less like a ski jump. LA County is up to 581,000 cases: that’s a 155% increase over the last 14 days, and many Southern California hospital ICUs are nearing capacity. It’s a math problem and a behavioral problem; the slow, steady progress of vaccinations will be the downward curve to be summed with the opposing upward curve of new infections. The question of how soon that sum equals zero is very dependent on the behavior of all of us Angelenos. Can we maintain the discipline to push the numbers downward? Can we withstand the economic damage? It’s a math problem, but the units are human lives: people we love, our mothers and fathers, our aunts and uncles. And the pesky mythology of freedom isn’t helping; Americans don’t like being told what to do. We see it everywhere and it’s pretty awkward, sometimes even dangerous, to speak up. Every weekend I drive past nearby Penmar Park in Venice to see large baseball games in progress, the bleachers full of families. I see nice cleats, expensive gloves and very few masks. Who is dying? Basking in the bright sun and relative comfort of the Westside of LA, it can all seem far away, someone else’s problem. And in an indirect way, money can buy immunity. Wealth provides better health care. And wealthy people have financial cushions. They don’t have the same urgency to provide basic necessities for their families as do working class or impoverished people. When you have no savings you have to go to work, risk or no risk. It’s not really a choice. According to CDC data, American Indians are four times more likely to be hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection, and 2.6 times more likely to die from that infection (Continued on page 10)
Pharmacist Beman Li holds the first prepared Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Nurse Nicole Chang reacts after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by nurse Eunice Lee. DECEMBER 24, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 9
Nurse Eunice Lee gives the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson.
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than White, non-Hispanic persons. African Americans are 3.7 times as likely to be hospitalized, and 2.8 times as likely to die, and Hispanics are 4.1 times as likely to be hospitalized, and 2.8 times as likely to die than their White counterparts. A medical professional I know recently overheard a nurse who works in an LA hospital’s COVID-19 unit lamenting, “It’s all Latinos in there.” A sobering assessment. Why is this so? Pre-existing conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes are part of it, as is education and access to quality health care. But there’s a cultural factor, too. I asked Dr. Michels about this. She points out the social aspects and traditions: “Each ethnic group has their own
lifestyle and culture. Among them the tradition of big families and being together in groups, meeting family and friends on the weekend. They have way more social contacts and the social distancing is much more difficult for them.” In other words, all that bonding and closeness that provides a strong social fabric is now a front-of-the-line pass to the hospital. It all seems far away until it hits close to home, or at home. On December 14, a dear friend of mine, Alan Decker, an accomplished sound mixer at Technicolor Sound, died of COVID-19. I had spoken to him on Thanksgiving just a few weeks before. He felt ill in the days that followed and tested positive on November 30. He seemed to get better, but then got suddenly worse and was admitted to the hospital. He died just
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over a week later. A battle against misinformation In many ways, our current battle against COVID-19 is as much an information war as an immunological one. Where you get your information about COVID-19 and what you believe dictates how you behave, what precautions you take, and what rules you adhere to. Spend the 90 minutes that you aren’t spending at a holiday gathering and watch the mind-blowing Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” to get primed for some big picture thinking. Even with the arrival of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines this month, about half of Americans might not want to get it. A Langer research study released in late November found that only 51% of
Americans said they would opt for a first generation COVID-19 vaccine. The number went up to 66% when the conditions include that it is “proven safe and effective by public health officials…and more than 90% effective.” A National Public Radio story by Shannon Bond, “The Perfect Storm: How Vaccine Misinformation Spread to the Mainstream,” describes how “baseless claims that the virus was planned and that vaccines will be used to track or control people rank among the most mentioned pieces of misinformation this year, according to Zignal Labs, a media analytics company.” Also in the story, Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which tracks online misinformation, concludes that the twin pandemics amplify each other.
“One being biological and one being social, [they] are working in concert to really undermine our capacity to contain COVID-19.” 2020: the year that sucked on so many levels A common sense caution: faith in science, God or whatever force you believe turns the wheels of our existence on this planet may be necessary in the coming weeks if things get as bad as Dr. Fauci suggests, but we will get past it. We Americans, and Angelenos in particular, are a scrappy lot; adaptable, clever and determined. The day will come when COVID-19 is just a T-shirt, a bumper sticker and a story we tell our grandkids. Writer Martin L. Jacobs can be reached at martin@ scriturra.com
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Christmas Dream for Main Street The busy thoroughfare can safely thrive during the pandemic DIAGRAMS DRAWN BY TIM TUNKS
By Tim Tunks We walked down Ashland Avenue and beheld a wondrous attraction as we turned up Main Street. Festooned with overhead light bulbs, the wide center corridor was an open walkway with plenty of room for a safe, socially distanced stroll. It was mostly families and couples populating the wide path with a few walking their bikes and scooters. The store windows were brightly lit with holiday displays. The legion of cement K-rails had been called away to other duty, although a few of the ones painted with murals were still on display at the cross street intersections to prevent the unobstructed thru traffic from turning onto Main, where all but emergency service vehicles were prohibited. Gentle acoustic music varied from block to block. The singers and players rotated so the seated outdoor diners could enjoy a variety. And what a wonder it was to see all the seated outdoor diners spread out in their intimate groups with their families or other members of their pod. The wide strip of space stretching from storefronts to the emergency access corridor margin facilitates direct service to the larger and safer dining areas. Sidewalk passersby no longer run the gauntlet between the restaurants and their parklets dodging the service personnel crossing and blocking their path—add in the bare-faced, happy hour overflow celebrants to visualize the full hazard. Relocating the walkway to the street’s center was a good deal for everyone. As I’ve lived in Ocean Park since before our country’s 200th birthday, I waved to some of the restaurateurs and shopkeepers I knew, noting their gleeful keying of cash registers and their happy masked nods to me. The stoplight controlled intersections where Ashland, Ocean Park and the other major cross streets meet were open to thru traffic. Each was arrayed with pairs of the recently art adorned K-rails guarding the sides of the Main Street pavement. A movable lightweight barrier section discour-
aged cars from turning onto Main while leaving a space for pedestrians to stroll through and provide ready vehicle access when required. Setting these features a dozen feet back from the intersection created a 60 foot-long loading zone, available on each side of the intersection for parking lot shuttles to load or delivery trucks. The intersections without lights were posted “Stop and Yield for Crossing Pedestrians.” A happy sign announced the street would be open for deliveries each morning from 4 to 7 a.m. to serve the restaurants and other heavy goods pick-ups or deliveries. The “Beautify Earth” artists provided inventive signage to delineate and direct pedestrian walkways and point out the various stores and restaurants whose owners commissioned them. Decorated craft booths erected in the mid-block parking lots with small performance areas where music and other acts entertained provided focus for the widely spaced benches and resting areas. Some of the adjacent restaurants arranged their seating in parking lots to accommodate more outdoor dining/drinking customers for an informal mini-cabaret experience. The City had thoughtfully supplied limited use provisional permits for a wealth-building entertainment attraction to boost revival after the restrictions lifted. Leave it to Santa Monica if you want creative effective solutions to existential problems. We have the brain power and skill sets needed, and we’re ready to collaborate to get the right sort of things done. As an undergraduate at University of California, Santa Barbara in the 1960s when such festival events were common-
These diagrams depict what a safe and thriving Main Street can look like. place, I had joyful memories visit my dream of this Main Street reborn for pandemic safety. Could this scene set the stage for a Santa Monica future we could enjoy when mobility innovations displace the traffic choked streets that certainly cloud our horizon? This couldn’t have happened if all the stakeholders didn’t get together, working out the compromises needed for the common good. The SMFD Fire Marshal opined that a 20-footwide fire lane with a 3-footwide easily cleared margin on each side would provide sufficient access and not reduce response times. Indeed, eliminating thru traffic lanes displaced a whole catalogue of vehicle hazards to public health. Consider potential traffic jams from busy Saturday night parades of visiting vehicles—some displaying their
low-rider hydraulics or semiskilled motorcyclists’ wheelies sometimes going wrong in spectacular carnage. SMPD considered the center fire corridor sufficient access for public safety and emergency response, happy that other motor vehicle antics would not slow their response times. Mass transit interests made a huge compromise diversion. They shifted 0.8 miles of their Main Street bus route to Neilson from Bicknell Avenue to Marine Street. They cleverly configured new turnouts for passenger stops along the way. Owners of property with parking accessed only from Main Street curb cuts got their required alternative access or compensation for the adaptations they made. Merchants considered the loss of a curbside parking space traded for a more prosperous Main Street a good deal.
But, I guess I was dreaming a “subjective truth”—my comforting optimism subduing the stubborn “objective truth” that those with the political power can’t seem to muster the political will, skill and courage to admit past errors and make corrections for the future. Tonight I’ll try for a jolly dream about winning the battle against climate change. Power to Speak is The Argonaut’s guest opinion column for community members to voice their views on local matters and does not represent an editorial position or endorsement by The Argonaut. The opinions, experiences, research and data analysis expressed in this article are the author’s own. Have a unique point of view on a neighborhood matter or a national issue with a local twist? Email kkirk@ timespublications.com.
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Fannie Mae, optimistic, forecasts an improving housing market Fannie Mae’s Economic Strategic Group (ESR) recently updated their forecast for the housing market. Their new forecast sees housing and the broader economy continuing to improve as year-end 2020 reports come in. Further, the group expects the recovery to continue in 2021, though at a more moderate pace than was seen in the housing rebound of the third quarter (Q3) of 2020. In contrast, according to a recent firsttuesday poll, the majority of readers believe we are heading into a second decline in 2021 rather than a sustainable recovery. Fannie Mae’s reasoning for their more positive forecast is that, as virus concerns fade, consumer spending is rising. Also called virus fatigue, many individuals are tiring of the cautious limiting of in-person activities. Now, even though the virus continues to surge across the U.S., people continue to eat at restaurants and shop — for goods and for houses. However, Fannie Mae cautions that further lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will harm the economy in the near-term. Even then, they believe most
households are in a strong enough financial position to weather any brief economic slowdowns in 2021. Fannie Mae’s housing forecast also remains strong, mostly due to the relief brought by historically low interest rates. Their pricing forecast for the next two years continues to be positive, though they expect growth will slow in 2021 and further slow in 2022. At the same time, Fannie Mae anticipates home sales volume to gradually increase through 2022. A more realistic forecast for 2021-2023 Fannie Mae’s optimism warms the heart, but there’s not any real kindling to keep it going. Some of the negative factors Fannie Mae has glossed over include: • the expirations of the federal eviction and foreclosure moratoriums at the end of 2020; • the lack of confidence in a second round of government stimulus, very much needed as millions of Americans still remain jobless, including 1.4 million
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who are without a job here in California compared to a year ago, as of October 2020; and • increasing rates of 90+ day mortgage delinquencies — including 5% of all residential mortgages and 11% of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)insured mortgages in Q3 2020, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Housing has outperformed expectations in 2020 mostly due to the significant home price bump, despite the economic recession. Here in California, home prices are 9% higher than a year earlier as of September 2020. The price bump is due to both 2020’s consistently falling interest rates and decreased multiple listing service (MLS) inventory. However, neither of these factors will continue in 2021. First, the end of the foreclosure moratorium will slash home prices, scheduled for December 31, 2020. In the weeks that follow, the majority of homes with serious delinquencies will begin the foreclosure process and the inventory will be flooded with distressed sales, at which time real estate speculators will return in
large numbers. Further, while mortgage interest rates have helped support the mortgage market as well as boost home prices, the impact of record-low interest rates is gradually fading. That’s because interest rates will not go much, if any, further than their current lows, causing buyer purchasing power to flatten. Without the enticement of ever-falling rates, homeowners and homebuyers will simply get used to and even come to expect the benefits of today’s low rates. When interest rates do rise consistently, the effect will be a cut to buyer purchasing power and a downward force on home prices. The Fed anticipates inducing interest rates to increase around 2023.
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Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20NWCP00264 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of FLOYD THOMAS KEARNEY, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Floyd Thomas Kearney filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Floyd Thomas Kearney to Thomas Floyd Kearney 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: 01/08/21. Time: 10:30 AM. Dept.: C Room: 312. The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650-Norwalk Courthouse. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: November 10, 2020. Judge Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 12/17/20, 12/24/20, 12/31/20, 01/07/21
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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 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. 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. 2020189895 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AFTER SUNSET. 8020 W. Manchester Ave. Playa del Rey, CA 90254. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 202022010654. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Serein Dreams LLC, 3400 Cottage Way Ste. G2 #3156 S a c r a m e n t o , C A 9 5 8 2 5. 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: 08/2020. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Jana Montalbano. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Serein Dreams LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 17, 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: 12/03/20, 12/10/20, 12/17/20, 12/24/20
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020190109 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HRH MORTGAGE; 1990 Westwood Blvd., Suite 100 Los Angeles, CA 90025. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hillary Heyl, 4227 Tivoli Avenue 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/: Hillary Heyl. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 17, 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: 12/3/20, 12/10/20, 12/17/20, 12/24/20
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020198552 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VERYNICE; 530 S. Hewitt St., Unit 434 Los Angeles, CA 90013. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Matthew Manos, 530 S. Hewitt St., Unit 434 Los Angeles, CA 90013. 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/: Matthew Manos. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 25, 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: 12/3/20, 12/10/20, 12/17/20, 12/24/20
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Compiled by Holly Jenvey 61st Annual LA County Holiday Celebration, 3 & 7 p.m. A Los Angeles holiday tradition presented in conjunction with The Music Center since 1959, the 61st Annual LA County Holiday Celebration takes on a vibrant new format for 2020. Filmed on location at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Jerry Moss Plaza and at sites around LA County, the beloved threehour showcase of 22 LA-based artists will air on PBS SoCal starting at 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve and simultaneously stream online. An encore presentation will air at 7 p.m. Stream on pbssocal.org, kcet. org and holidaycelebration.org Animal Farm: Conversations about theater and politics with Steven Leigh Morris and guests, weekly Award-winning playwright, novelist and theater critic Steven Leigh Morris is hosting weekly conversations with new guests each week on current events and ideas around the world’s politics and how it impacts theater. All episodes are posted by the City Garage Theatre and are free to watch. To tune into this week’s episode or watch previous ones, visit citygarage.org/animalfarm Urban and Tribal Dances, through Dec. 31 Louise Reichlin & Dancers, a
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offered weekly and invites both beginner and seasoned poets to participate. Attendees are encouraged to share one poem when they attend the session, which will be facilitated by poet James Maverick. Workshops are conducted via Zoom and registration should be done at least 24 hours in advance. For more information, visit venicechamber.chambermaster. com
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Shop fresh produce and artisan vendors every Saturday at the Playa Vista Farmers Market. performing company of Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers, will be streaming three reimagined sections of her critically acclaimed 1990-1992 work “Urban and Tribal Dances” at the Ivy Substation in Culver City, plus a new filmic version of “Alone 2020.” Although live audiences are not allowed, these four will be shown free on the company’s channel: vimeo.com/showcase/ urbanandtribaldances. Besides the four dances, a section of conversations with the artists about the pieces are also part of the showing.
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Sandy Brushes: Beginning Drawing and Watercolor Art Zoom Class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. It’s never too late to take up a new skill! Cammie Richardson is hosting free art classes every Tuesday on Zoom. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis and students must be 14 years or older to participate. To register and receive the Zoom link, email: chacepark@ bh.lacounty.gov Beyond Baroque: Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop, 8 p.m. Beyond Baroque is the West Coast’s longest-running free poetry workshop, which is
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Find out more by visiting lachoreographersanddancers.org Winterlit Santa Monica, through Jan. 3 Experience the Third Street Promenade decorated with bright holiday lights and a new holiday-themed augmented reality mobile app that allows guests to experience the open-air entertainment district in a whole new light. Find out more by visiting downtownsm.com/winterlit
Santa Monica Playhouse New Year’s Eve Musical Revue, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Ranked as one of the best New Year’s Eve events in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Playhouse will be ringing in 2021 virtually with full force. With two livestream shows, families can enjoy the RudieDeCarlo musical revue with alumni from the Playhouse performing six decades of audience-favorite Playhouse productions. The Playhouse is putting on two shows for family enjoyment. Tickets cost $20 per livestream. To purchase tickets, visit santamonicaplayhouse.com
Sunday, Dec. 27 Santa Monica Airport Antique Market, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shop and browse for antiques outdoors at one of the top 10 flea markets in the country, located at the Santa Monica Airport! From art, jewelry, holiday decor and more, you can safely purchase gifts for loved ones and yourself. Admission $5. Free onsite parking. Pets are welcome on a leash. Held on the first and fourth Sunday every month, never on the fifth Sunday. For more information, visit santamonicaairportantiquemarket.com
Ring in the New Year virtually with the Santa Monica Playhouse’s New Year’s Eve Musical Revue.