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L e t t e r s ‘Amazed and Disappointed’ Re: “Bonin: It’s Time to Take Action on Homelessness,” News, April 7 I am amazed and disappointed that Councilman Bonin and Supervisor Kuehl want to turn the vacant Metro bus depot on Main Street as well as the parking lot on Pacific Avenue and Venice Boulevard into affordable housing. If we put aside all the different political opinions and just focus on the business aspects of the proposal, it makes no sense. If MTA were to sell the land to the highest bidder who then built apartments, condos and/or single family homes according to the Venice Specific Plan and its height and density limits, the MTA would get top dollar and the units would generate considerable property taxes down the road to fund cops, teachers and county hospitals. However, under Prop 13 any low-income housing on the site operated by a non-profit would be exempt from property taxes under a welfare exemption. If sold to the private sector, the MTA could use the $50 million or more it gets for the land to
purchase several more times the land area in many less expensive areas of Los Angeles County, and build two or three times (or more) as many affordable housing units. I think the question Bonin and Kuehl need to answer is whether they really want to house as many homeless souls as possible with the proceeds from this asset, or are they just looking to make a political point about income diversity in Venice even though it will leave many homeless still homeless. His proposal screams of everything that is wrong in politics today in L.A. and the poor or misguided (or politically motivated) decision-making that we see way too often. Doug Himmel Venice
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Fines May Await Airbnb Hosts L.A.’s plan to tax and regulate short-term rentals has teeth .................................... 6
Slowing the Playa Highway City eyes traffic-calming measures for Culver Boulevard ............................... 9
From Homeless to Hollywood Soon to be a star, ‘Queen Mimi’ lived in a Santa Monica laundromat for nearly 20 years ................................ 14
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THIS WEEK Single-Frame Cinema Movie posters become provocative art in the hands of Playa del Rey’s Art Sims ....... 17
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A Foodie on the Boulevard A tour company tracks the culinary trends . reshaping Venice . ............................. 19
The Night the Fish Go Crazy ‘ Great! Great! Great!’ Mar Vista throws a party to celebrate the late Bill Rosendahl ........................ 10
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Venice Oceanarium hosts its annual Grunion Run Party ................................ 18
WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Dutch King’s Day on Santa Monica Pier ... 30
New Old Songs Jayme Stone revives traditional tunes from scratchy historical records ..................... 32
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Fines May Await Airbnb Hosts L.A.’s plan to tax and regulate short-term rentals would have teeth By Gary Walker A long-awaited plan by Los Angeles city officials to deal with the proliferation of shortterm vacation rentals in an already tight housing market would limit hosts to renting out a single unit for no more than 90 days a year. Vacation rental hosts would also have to register with the city and pay the same 14% transient occupancy tax currently levied on hotels, according to a proposed city ordinance made public last week. Online brokers such as Airbnb, meanwhile, would be responsible for reporting listings and transaction information to the city and face penalties for advertising illegal rentals. Hosts who fail to register and pay the hotel tax would be fined the greater of $200 per day or twice the daily rent charged. For each day over the annual rental limit, hosts would have to pay $2,000. Short-term rental brokers would face fines of $500 per day for advertising illegal listings and $1,000 per day for refusing to provide the city with addresses of unregistered listings. Airbnb has publicly supported the idea of Los Angeles crafting clearer regulations for short-term rentals — they’re technically prohibited in many residential neighborhoods, though these rules are rarely enforced — but was quick to speak out against the proposed fines. “While appreciating this is an important first step, the proposal has a number of specific elements that will hurt middle-class Angelenos who depend on home sharing to make ends meet, like imposing thousands of dollars in fines without first giving residents a chance to comply, which could lead to evictions and foreclosures,” Airbnb spokesman Christopher Nulty told The Argonaut. “In addition, the proposal takes a step backward, putting consumer privacy at great risk by requiring online platforms to give the government unfettered access to confidential user data without any idea of how that information would be used,” Nulty said. PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT April 21, 2016
New city rules would rein in L.A.’s free-for-all vacation rentals market The Los Angeles Department of City Planning drafted the ordinance at the urging of Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents short-term rental hot beds in Venice and Playa del Rey, and City Council President Herb Wesson. Bonin, who says the city only wants Airbnb and its competitors to report what units are being rented and when, feels OK about the proposed fine structure but said he will “listen carefully”
units, in part because there are many of them. “These properties go to market value when a tenant vacates the premises, so you are just hurting a newer resident in [one of these units] if they need the money to pay the high rents in L.A.,” he said. “And what about the person who has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go and do something [for several months in another city] and lives in a rent-controlled apartment?”
Hosts who fail to register and pay the hotel tax would be fined the greater of $200 per day or twice the daily rent charged. to hosts and brokers during public hearings prior to votes by the Planning Commission and City Council. The ordinance would ban home-sharing in city-designated affordable housing and in units that fall under the city’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, which limits annual rent hikes to 3%. Hotel tax proceeds from shortterm rentals would go into an affordable housing trust fund. Bonin, who believes city officials must take action to lower basic housing costs in Los Angeles, called the ban on short-term rentals in affordable and rent-controlled units “absolutely essential.” Robert St. Genis, executive director of the Los Angeles Short Term Rental Alliance, opposes the exclusion of rent-stabilized
Maria Reyes, a Playa del Rey homeowner who self-identifies as being in favor of short-term rentals, described the proposed ordinance as “thoughtful and well done, taking everything into consideration and balancing concerns.” But she’s unclear how the single-property rule would apply to the duplex she lives in with her sister. Playa del Rey homeowner Lucy Han, part of a campaign against the proliferation of short-term rentals in that neighborhood, says the ordinance could be tougher on short-term rental brokers. “I like the high fines for the hosts, but they’re too low for the platforms. Airbnb can afford to pay small fines like these,” Han said. gary@argonautnews.com
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Playa del Rey residents have asked the city to install on Culver. Making pedestrian crossings safer came up several times during a community meeting last August that was hosted by
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There were two fatal crashes last year near the intersection of Culver and Jefferson boulevards — one involving a motorcycle and a car, the other a truck striking a pedestrian. Jessie Holzer, Bonin’s mobility deputy. “We’ve heard that people don’t yield at the crossing of Pershing and Culver, so we could look into enhancing that with newer technology that has higher yielding rates, and we’re also looking at places for additional crossings,” Holzer said. Traffic safety is also a longstanding
city report tallied 37 traffic collisions, seven of them involving pedestrians and three of them fatal, between 2007 and 2011. A 2015 survey of 133 Playa del Rey residents found that safer crossings, discouraging commuters from taking shortcuts through neighborhoods and reducing vehicle speeds along Culver,
Pershing and Manchester Avenue near Pershing are top local priorities. Community activist Julie Ross, who lives in lower Playa del Rey, is interested in seeing measures to slow down traffic on Pershing, more crosswalks on Pershing and on Culver, and better enforcement of existing stop signs. “On Vista Del Mar coming north from the South Bay we would like to see the no right turn signs enforced. People cut through that way up into our neighborhood all the time, then they follow that up without stopping at the very few stop signs we do have,” said Ross, a life-long Playa del Rey resident. Hear and discuss Bonin’s “Safe Streets for Playa del Rey” plan from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the council field office, 7166 W. Manchester Blvd., Westchester. To RSVP for the meeting, call (310) 568-8772 or visit 11thdistrict.com. gary@argonautnews.com
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‘Great! Great! Great! A Celebration of Life’ Mar Vista throws a party in memory of Bill Rosendahl Story by Gary Walker Photos by Mia Duncans Some of those who knew him well said Bill Rosendahl couldn’t have scripted his own goodbye party any better. Saturday’s community tribute to the public affairs broadcaster turned Los Angeles City Council member, who died on March 30 after an extended battle with cancer, was not the kind of somber affair that often marks the end of a person’s life. In Mar Vista Park there was music, food, lots of laughter and even live chickens — a nod to the several chickens Rosendahl raised in the backyard of his nearby Mar Vista home. The Del Rey Community Jazz Band and Del Rey-based Koshin Taiko Drummers opened the ceremony, followed later by the Venice-based Jingle Bell Rockers (because Rosendahl would listen to Christmas songs year-round). In honor of L.A.’s first openly gay councilman’s advocacy on LGBT issues, the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles sang a rendition of David Bowie’s “All the Young Dudes.” It was a party, and that’s how his friend and mentor would have wanted it, said Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, who had been Rosendahl’s chief of staff. “Bill wouldn’t have wanted anyone to be sad today,” Bonin said. Dubbed “Great! Great! Great! A Celebration of Life” after one of Rosendahl’s favorite exclamations, the afternoon event drew hundreds of locals from the Westside communities he represented from 2005 to 2013. Those who spoke publicly about Rosendahl’s legacy included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, actor and activist Mike Farrell, LA Times columnist Patt Morrison, radio host Lila Garrett, community activist Sherri Akers, City Hall gadfly David “Zuma Dogg” Saltzburg and Venice poet Pegarty Long. “Bill was like a cult leader that you
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Aion Velie is in the Stars A father in Venice dies too soon, just like his father before him By Martin L. Jacobs He was having difficulty breathing. It was early on March 30, still dark outside in his quiet Venice neighborhood. Hours later in the hospital, ER doctors determined that he had pneumonia; an infection in the lungs. It had taken hold, and had an ally in its cruel purpose: a congenital heart defect he had battled all his life. Aion Velie was dead by the end of the day. He was 50 years old. Born Douglas Velie, Aion was tall and framed large, with a broad smile and bright friendly eyes. He came to California from Denver with his sister on a classic VW bus road trip. His singular mission was to get into UCLA. Rebuffed, he audited classes and badgered professors until they finally let him in; that’s his stubbornness, his perseverance. He changed his name so other faculty wouldn’t know he was that guy, the one who wouldn’t take no for an answer. He was also a friend of mine. He’d bought a house on Lake Street in Venice a few years ago, just a few blocks from my own. We had worked together many times. His last email to me was dated March 23; a perfunctory note about a job we had just finished. Aion also had a young son, like me. We’d meet at Penmar Park sometimes and watch our kids run around on the grass. Aion’s father had also died young. Aion was just five years old when it happened; his own son’s age. This was tragedy compounded. The circularity was undeniable and distressing. And, his father had succumbed to the same cardiac defect. Was it a biological imperative, destiny, or just the untimely convergence of two ailments whose sum was greater than their parts? It makes one consider whether our efforts have any influence in the matter. It makes one want to pass on the oat bran and just get the cheese danish anyway.
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that work was for The Ford Motor Company, the American brand of brands. The son he loved so dearly is in his first year of elementary school. One can only imagine how profoundly this loss will change his son’s life, but one can also hope he will transcend the loss, as Aion did with the loss of his own father, and become a traveler, a creator, a good human. Childhood specialists call it object permanence; the moment when children realize that things exist even when they are out of view. His father was not permanent. We are not permanent, but we can leave beautiful things behind, like children, and images on film. Aion’s family found a message on his computer that must have been intended for his son. I don’t know if he wrote it himself, but I could find no other source. His end came rudely, with precious little warning, but these words express a preparation for it. It is an appropriate epitaph; unapologetically brash, intimate, and full of the force of love: “And trust that beyond the bullshit afterlife that so many religions preach, I will be there in the wind, in your sense of adventure, the way you look at nature. I have spent enough time with you and we have shared so much that our vision, the way we breathe, the rhythms our bodies have occupied in the same time and space, that I know what you feel at times, and you know that of me as well. I will reach out from beyond and be in the stars, the magical nights where anything seems possible. I will be there in those moments.” Martin L. Jacobs is a sound designer for the film and theme park industries by day and a writer of crime fiction on nights and weekends. Reach him at mljacobs@ scriturra.com.
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Without spoiling too much, Mimi’s story does have a happy ending thanks to fairy godmothers Zellwegger and Mimi has an apartment now, but she still spends her days folding clothes and making friends at Fox Laundry Galifianakis. Galifianakis met Mimi before the “The Mimi is a woman of few words. But woman in the laundromat across the street “Here I am coming to Los Angeles, Hangover” — back when he was just when she does talk, she speaks volumes. from Caffee Luxxe. trying to be an actor, and I find a diaanother guy trying to make it in HollyOne of her favorite sayings — or “For me it was, ‘Who is this amazing mond-in-the-rough across the street from wood who had to do laundry once in a “Mimi-isms,” as her friends call them woman?’ I wanted to get to know her, and me,” says Rokah. “You know, maybe it while. After hitting the box office jackpot, — is “Yesterday’s gone. Tomorrow isn’t I also kind of wanted to capture the magic, takes one outsider to recognize another he rented Mimi a nearby apartment; when here. We live now.” ‘cause I’ve never met anyone like Mimi from across the street.” Zellwegger heard the story, she helped Preoccupied with the present, Mimi is before in my life — someone who just A friendship blossomed, but it was also Mimi furnish it. not one to talk readily about her past with shows up and goes to work seven days a tested throughout the filming process as But Mimi hasn’t let friends in high places strangers (nosy journalists included), week and maintains such a positive Rokah interviewed Mimi about her life or fame from the film, which has been which makes first-time filmmaker Yaniv outlook on life,” he says. before the laundromat. making the indie film festival circuit, get Rokah’s forthcoming documentary about “It was a fresh breath of air. It was really “The challenges were getting Mimi to to her head. her journey from typical American magical, and I didn’t quite know that I talk about the many layers of her past and, “People come into the laundromat where housewife to homelessness to Queen of was making a film. I knew I wanted to get you know, getting her to trust me, I guess. I work and say, ‘Oh, you’re so famous.’ Montana Avenue and friend to the stars all Mimi, to just capture that ‘Mimi-ism.’ It It took time,” Rokah explains. And I’m almost embarrassed. When they the more extraordinary. started with my phone. I wasn’t even a He eventually learned that Mimi had led ask me for my autograph, it just freaks me The film, titled “Queen Mimi,” charts filmmaker back then. I asked her, ‘Mimi, a pretty normal life as a suburban houseout,” Mimi says. Rokah’s five-year journey to assemble the can we do some interviews?’ And she wife in the San Fernando Valley until a Yet even at 90, Mimi still goes to Fox puzzle pieces of Mimi’s mysterious and said, ‘Why not?’” divorce in her 50s left Mimi with a Laundry seven days a week, rolling that hard-knock life — how she became home- For Mimi, it didn’t hurt that Rokah mortgage she couldn’t pay, forcing her to laundry cart in and out to deliver her less and ended up living in a laundromat, brought her coffee and was easy on live in a car, then on the streets, then in fluff-and-fold services to her clients. yet befriended so many people that she the eyes. the laundromat. “I come every day to keep busy,” became a living local legend. “He’s very good looking,” she says of Another curve ball came when Rokah she says. Perhaps Mimi opened up to Rokah her first of impression of him. learned that Mimi, who had never And life keeps rolling on. because he didn’t seek to pry into her life The respect mentioned having children, actually had Bring thisand adadmiration for one was mutual.admission “Queen Mimi” is expected to debut as much as understand it. “It was love at first sight,” Rokah says of two daughters — one who had died, the nationwide later this year. Visit queenRokah, then working as a barista while their first encounter. “So I started bringing other still alive with children of her own. mimifilm.com for updates. trying to make it in Hollywood, was her coffee. It really started over coffee.” At first Mimi didn’t want any mention genuinely intrigued by the omnipresent Both were also, in a way, outsiders. of her daughter in the film — a falling christina@argonautnews.com
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After graduating from art school in Michigan, Sims went straight to Capitol Records, designing sleek album covers for soul singers like the Isley Brothers, Natalie Cole and Minnie Riperton. Then, when Steven Spielberg asked Sims to design the poster art for “The Color Purple” (1985), he swapped music for movies and never looked back. “I just get infatuated with ideas for [film art],” Sims gushes. “Sometimes, I design posters in my sleep. I get caught up in wanting to come up with something special.” With each new movie, he immerses himself in the script, madly sketching poster ideas as he reads each page. For Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “Love & Basketball,” Sims envisioned two athletes in mesh shorts, locked in a kiss. Each stretched one arm towards the sky; together, they held an orange basketball above their heads, like mistletoe. For Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” Sims dreamed up a whimsical take on Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. A young girl doodled cop cars and Kente patterns in pastel sidewalk chalk on the city street, the pavement soaked in a bright blue hue. Next to the girl, Lee — in character as pizza guy Mookie — gazed up at Sims’ deliberately placed bird’s-eyeview camera. Throughout the next two decades, Lee and Sims became creative allies, taking on more and more daring collaborations. To promote “Bamboozled” (2000), an acerbic black comedy about a fictional minstrel TV show, Sims drew a black (Continued on page 33)
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Tim Rudnick has been hosting grunion parties on Venice Beach for 20 years By Stephanie Case It sounds like folklore: One night a year, under the light of a full moon, fish come out of the sea and onto land. In this case, marine biology is stranger than fiction. Thousands of grunion — small, luminescent fish local to the California coast — wriggle onto Venice Beach each spring, inviting crowds of amazed onlookers. As the female fish lay their eggs in the sand, dozens of male grunions eagerly leap on land to fertilize them. Essentially, “the seashore is covered by hundreds of sex-crazed fish,” explains the Venice Oceanarium, an outdoor museum that hosts pop-up marine science events by the pier. The Oceanarium holds its annual grunion party this Saturday night — “a big, carnival get-together” on the beach, says Tim Rudnick, the group’s director. Each year, hundreds of families flock to the Venice Breakwater toting blankets and cameras, waiting for the natural world to go crazy. “These memories are especially vivid for kids,” says Rudnick, once a Venice kid himself.
He still remembers his first grunion run at age four, eyes wide as the sparkly fish twisted and turned in a chaotic frenzy. “It was like the ocean had become a wild place,” he says. “The ruckus of the sea … it was just awesome.” This is Rudnick’s 20th year hosting the event. Each year he studies the fluxing tides, timing the grunions’ big moment to a tee. In two decades, he’s only missed it twice. This year he’ll be hatching pre-collected grunion eggs on shore. Just add saltwater, shake them up and the eggs burst to life like popcorn, he says. The anticipation of a moon-soaked Venice night, crossing your fingers that the grunions will arrive —then, seeing hundreds upon hundreds of fish squiggle out from the waves, glittering across the shore —is nothing short of extraordinary. “It’s absolutely indelible” Rudnick says. “You’ll never feel the same way about L.A., and you will never forget it.” The Grunion Run Party begins at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Venice Beach Breakwater by Windward Avenue. Free. Visit veniceoceanarium.org for info.
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For Avital Ungar, food and curiosity make a perfect pairing. The founder of Avital Tours, which begins offering culinary walking tours of Venice and downtown L.A. this weekend, fell in love with fine cuisine while living in the South of France. “When you’re traveling you have this sort of curious mindset. You look at everything from a new perspective. You try something old, but in a new way,” she says. “When you live in a city you don’t act as a traveler or have that same mindset.” Ungar, 30, began giving food tours of San Francisco five years ago and recently invited The Argonaut to preview one of several possible Venice routes. On a rainy Saturday, she guided me and a small group of food bloggers through rain-soaked
streets and alleys for a fourcourse progressive meal. The tour began outside boardwalk hotspot the Venice Alehouse. “Our story is going to be food as art,” began Ungar who went on to discuss Venice as an enclave for visionaries, artists and innovators, from the days of Abbot Kinney to the beatniks of the 1950s and ‘60s to the CEOs of today’s hot tech startups. Ungar next led us to new-kidon-the-boardwalk Dudley Market, where we were greeted with a deliciously sweet and effervescent German Gilabert Cava from Northeastern Spain and teacups filled with gorgeously green and glistening olives. Then came an appetizer of gnocco fritto — puffs of fried dough with a slice of scallop on top and a red-orange Calabrian chile sauce thinly smeared on the bottom. Celebrated restaurant critic Jonathan Gold recently praised Dudley Market’s gnocco frittos as “pure exhilaration.” I found the scallops’ fishy taste to be too overpowering, and the pastry puff underwhelming — tough to cut and bite into without
anything rewarding on the inside. The dish might have made a zestier statement with a more generous dollop of the Calabrian sauce, but I was a touch disappointed after reading such fanfare. My mind didn’t linger on that for long, however, because I immediately struck up a conversation with my fellow diners. The beauty of a tour like this is that not only do you get to try new dishes in your own backyard, you also meet new people. My taste buds were happier at our second stop — Plant, Food + Wine — with a carrot ginger soup that magically combined curry and cream into one beautiful bowl. A red streak of paprika oil swirled in the thick French curry-based soup, while sesame seeds and candied almond shreds added a nutty and sweet textural element that I enjoyed massaging between my teeth and tongue in between sips of the spicy broth. While the soup began with a kick, it finished smooth, satisfying my stomach’s yearning for something savory on this wet and (Continued on page 20)
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street, passing the soon-to-close legendary Westside gay bar Roosterfish without comment, to pick up our dessert at Blue Star Donuts. A Portland brand by birth, the Abbot Kinney location is known for its Mimosa Donut, a heavenly ring of fried dough coated in a sweet, Champagneflavored glaze with crystallized orange shavings on top. The pastry had a sugary crust that gave way to a wonderfully soft yellow center. Yum! Taking our donuts to-go, we ended our tour next door at the record store Vnyl, where we could peruse the shop’s offerings before catching an Uber home or a shuttle back to the boardwalk — but not before exchanging business cards, emails and following each other on Instagram. Those fond of old Venice may find this tour short on local culinary history, but take it and you’ll have to admit that new Venice is quite tasty. Avital Tours of Venice begin on Sunday, April 24. Tickets start at $88. Visit avitaltours.com for the tour schedule.
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property. A second outdoor breakfast or cocktail “Serenity Garden” is located off the sunroom with a pergola, brick surface and brick raised fishpond containing built-in waterfall and other features. Beautifully planted with four levels of bright and colorful flowers. Separate two-car garage with automatic door. Potting shed alongside for gardening and pool materials. Located near schools and less than a mile from the plentiful shops and restaurants along Sepulveda Boulevard. Offered at: $959,000.00
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Thursday, April 21 Queen Elizabeth’s 90th Birthday Celebration, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. An afternoon of tea and festivities at Ye Olde King’s Head, 116 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 451-1402; yeoldekingshead.com Line Dancing Workshops, 5 to 8 p.m. Dance your way to fitness each Thursday during any of three line dancing workshops — a 5 to 5:45 p.m. class for beginners, a 6 to 6:45 p.m. intermediate class, and an advanced class from 7 to 8 p.m. Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. $7 suggested donation. (310) 726-4128; beaches.lacounty.gov
p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Church Garden, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. Free. If you want to bake pizza or bread, RSVP to westchestercommunityoven@gmail.com.
“Down Argentine Way,” 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. This 1940 dance party film set in Argentina stars Don Ameche, Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $8 to $10 cash or check. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org
Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free outdoor R&B concert by the band Friends. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com
Stage 11 / Burning Jet Black, 9 p.m. The L.A melodic rock band Stage 11 is on at 9 p.m., followed by the rock group Burning Jet Black’s album release party at 11 p.m. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
Venice Art Crawl Mixer, 6 to 9 p.m. Network with artists and venue hosts at this mixer for the May crawl. Casa Linda, 1025 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. $5 donation. veniceartcrawl.com
Saturday, April 23
“The Mad Reckless,” 9 p.m. Burlesque and high-energy modern dance at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 to $20. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Photo by Joel Rouse/ U.K. Ministry of Defence
Celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday with an afternoon tea. SEE THURSDAY.
Friday, April 22
Boaters Swap Meet, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Marina del Rey Marina hosts a free swap meet featuring new and used boat equipment, dinghies, marina supplies, kayaks fishing gear and more. 13524 Bali Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 822-0316; slips@ marinadelreymarina.com Earth Day with Friends of Ballona Wetlands, 9 a.m. to noon. Help restore coastal wetland habitats and clean up the local creek for Earth Day. Gloves, tools, water and refreshments provided. Bring your own reusable water bottle. Meet behind Gordon’s Market (Alka Water), 303 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 306-5994; ballonafriends.org “Steam Science Saturdays: Plant a Seed Bomb,” 10:30 a.m. Learn how to make seed bombs — clay balls filled with seeds. Ages 3 to 12. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 439-9445; lapl.org/ branches/venice
Tree Hugging Day, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Songs, poetry, and lots of tree hugging with guest speaker Alexandra Paul, the actress and activist who starred in “Baywatch.” Palisades Park, north of the Santa Monica Pier gateway. Free. treehuggingday.com
“Wake up with the Waves,” 10:30 a.m. to noon. The children’s concert series returns for its 10th year, with live music and interactive activities for children ages 1 to 8 each Saturday morning through April 30. This week Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards play New Orleans jazz, zydeco, bebop and swing at the Santa Monica Pier Central Plaza, near Pier Burger. (310) 458-8901; wakeupwiththewaves.com
Jamael Dean Quartet & DJs Jedi and Shiva, 8 p.m. Live jazz by the Jamael Dean Quartet from 8 to 10 p.m., followed by DJ Shiva spinning classic and contemporary soul, funk, blues, hip-hop and rock. DJ Jedi takes over the upstairs bar at 10
Wood-Fired Oven Community Bake, noon. The Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Westchester hosts a community pizza bake with their new outdoor public bread oven. Everyone is encouraged to join in on the feast at Holy Nativity Episcopal
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Free Community Seder, 6 to 8:30 p.m. The annual potluck Seder Dinner at the Church in Ocean Park is open to all ages. Anyone is welcome whether or not they can bring food. 235 Hill St., Santa Monica. RSVP: (310) 399-1631. Desperate Measures, 10 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Grunion Run Party, 10:30 p.m. The Southern California female grunion fish are making their way to the beach to lay their eggs. Marvel at this unique experience as the male grunion come on shore to fertilize the eggs. Venice Beach breakwater near Windward Avenue. veniceoceanarium.org
Sunday, April 24 Dutch King’s Day, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Amsterdam meets Santa Monica with a celebration of Dutch street food, drinks, traditional games, vendors and contemporary music and dance at the Santa Monica Pier. $8.50 to $25. dutchkingsday.com Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free outdoor jazz and funk concert by 2Azz1. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com
Don Heffington with special guest Tom Brosseau, 8 p.m. Drummer/ percussionist Don Heffington shares the stage with guitarist Tom Brosseau at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $12.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Vida featuring DJ Creepy and friends, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance music light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com
Monday, April 25 Seated Breath Meditation with Naam Yoga, 10:15 a.m. Mondays. The focus of the class is on breath, mudras (hand seals) and simple seated-movement to develop balance and rhythm. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 439-9445; lapl.org/ branches/venice Mar Vista Chamber of Commerce Mixer, 5 to 7 p.m. The spring mixer features appetizers and a cash bar. Detour Bistro Bar, 12473 W. Washington Blvd., Culver West. $5 to $10. RSVP: marvistabiz@gmail.com Free Zumba Class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. A combo of Photo by Roee Fung
Eco-Friendly Crafts, 3:45 p.m. Santa Monica Public Library’s Teen Advisory Council presents a sustainable crafts workshop as the first event of a monthly “Something Cool After School” series for kids 7 and up. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8621; smpl.org
“Day on the Ride,” 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cyclists training for the AIDS/ LifeCycle 2016 ride in June ride can join this 75-mile practice ride to sharpen skills and explore adjustments in training, hydration and nutrition. Colorado Center Park, 26th Street and Broadway, Santa Monica. $30 to $35. aidslifecycle.org/socaldayontheride
Slaves No More – Second Night Seder, 5 to 9 p.m. Experience Passover differently, with a night where slaves will be liberated and souls will be renewed as you escape the Pharaoh, cross a sea and wander in the desert. Comfortable footwear recommended. Dinner will be served. The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $38.79 to $208.89. opentemple.org
Psychedelic ‘30s Art Party, 7 p.m. “Let Me Be Los Angeles,” curated by Jerry Fialka and Will Erokan, features live music, dancing, poetry and experimental films on three large projection screens. The event celebrates L.A. and the creative boom of the 1930s. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice. Free. laughtears. com; beyondbaroque.org
Hug a tree with actress and activist Alexandra Paul. SEE FRIDAY. fun and fitness led by Cammie Richardson at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (310) 726-4128; beaches lacounty.gov Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. This weekly standup comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com David Angel Big Band, 8 to 9:30 p.m. A complete package with live jazz music, a full bar and dinner at Typhoon Restaurant at the Santa Monica Airport, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop, Santa Monica. $10. typhoon.biz Philosopher’s Stone Poetry, 9 p.m. A night of music and poetry at Gravlax, 12400 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City. Pspoets@gmail.com; pspoets.weebly.com
Tuesday, April 26 Goodyear Blimps: Flight Path Speaker Series, 10 a.m. The program covers 90 years of history, from the flight of the first Goodyear airship in 1925 to the launch of its most recent Wingfoot One. Flight Path Museum in the LAX Imperial Terminal, 6661 W. Imperial Highway, Westchester. Free. (424) 646-7284; flightpathmuseum.com Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of the city’s best food trucks each gathers each Tuesday. This week’s lineup: Romolo’s Italian Cuisine, Rolln Lobster, Alegria Gourmet, Los Ruizenores and Kakigori Kreamery. Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. Park and enter on 98th Street. gatewaytola.org Playa Vista Teen Coding Club, 4 p.m. A space for people age 12 to 18 to explore interests in technology, computers and coding. Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org/branches/playa-vista
Celebrate Dutch food and culture on the Santa Monica Pier. SEE SUNDAY.
Gourmet Food Truck Night, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, diverse tent vendors and gourmet food trucks
ArgonautNews.com take over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. This week’s lineup includes Currywurst Truck, Romolo’s Italian Cuisine, Bollywood Bites, KimBob-Rex, Falasophy, Jenni’s Splendid Ice Creams and Oaxaca on Wheels. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org
Japanese American Memorial Marker (VJAMM) Fundraiser. All proceeds from Hama Sushi’s $20 lunch bento boxes and 10% of proceeds from dinner specials go to VJAMM. Speaker program at 11 a.m., lunch at noon and dinner at 6 p.m. Hama Sushi, 213 Windward Ave., Venice. venicejamm.org
Beginner Class in Making Chain Maile Bracelets, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Participants learn how to form jump rings and weave them into elegant designs. All tools and copper or brass wire are included. The class runs through May 5 at the Santa Monica-Malibu Adult Education Center, 2510 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 664-6222, ext. 76203
Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Acoustic soft rock and island music each Wednesday at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com
Wednesday, April 27 VJAMM at Hama Sushi Fundraiser, 11 a.m. Hama Sushi’s Esther Chaing hosts the 5th annual Venice
“Smart Money Fundamentals,” 6:30 p.m. Learn to better manage your money from three certified financial planners who will also discuss the economic outlook for 2016, including the state of the stock and real estate markets, your retirement options and facts about Social Security and Medicare. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.,
NAMI Family-to-Family Program, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through May 25. Sponsored by National Alliance on Mental Illness, this 12-week course is for adult family members and caregivers to learn important strategies and information about caring for loved ones who live with mental illnesses. Visitation School, 8740 S. Emerson Ave., Westchester. Free. (310) 892-8046; pstans5@aol.com
Thursday, April 28
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The 90-year history of the Goodyear Blimp takes flight at LAX. SEE TUESDAY
“Circa Trilogy,” opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Conceptual artist Mary Kelly’s new project addresses how the events of 1968 shaped history. Through May 28 at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, 6006 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 837-2117; vielmetter.com
Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org
Interfaith Day and Salad Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. The Westchester United Methodist Women present their 41st annual Interfaith Day and Salad Luncheon in the Sanctuary at Westchester United Methodist Church, 8065 Emerson Ave., Westchester. The program features Marsha Wietecha, radio host of “Born to Talk” and a salad buffet luncheon at noon in the Fellowship Hall. $12 donation. (310) 670-3777 Coronary Artery Disease Program, 5 to 6 p.m. UCLA interventional cardiologist Olcay Aksoy discusses coronary artery disease prevention, myths and treatment options. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica Auditorium, 1250 16th St., Santa Monica. RSVP at (800) 516-5323. “LACMA So Far” Book Signing, 7 p.m. Lecture and book signing with Suzanne Muchnic, author of “LACMA So Far: Portrait of a Museum in the Making,” which
Hama Sushi’s Esther Chaing hosts the 5th annual Venice Japanese American Memorial Marker Fundraiser. SEE WEDNESDAY. recounts her experiences as an L.A. Times writer and LACMA’s rise to being the largest general art museum in the Western United States. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org
Galleries & Museums “Back to the Beach,” opening reception 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Marina del Rey-based architect and artist Dan Janotta shares paintings of the Los Angeles coastline, including Marina del Rey, Venice and Santa Monica. Through May 14 at TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station #D3, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. taggallery.net
“Space, Scape and Scope,” opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. Featured works by Anne Troutman, Sheila Pinkel and Bruria Finkel explore the use of digital photography in investigating time, light, space, nature, landscape, and the visible and invisible at the intersections of art, science and technology. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica. (310) 458-8350; beachhouse.smgov.net Katherine Genikov, through April. Genikov mixes oil paintings and a variety of media (including sounds, performance and other time-based art forms) in work featured at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Monica, 1260 18th St., Santa Monica. uusm.org “Preoccupied,” through May 7, noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Seniors from LMU’s Art department show work exploring issues of femininity, family and the body at the Thomas P. Kelly Jr. Art Gallery at LMU, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester. (310) 338-5189 Send event information at least 10 days in advance to calendar@argonautnews.com.
On Stage – The week in local theater c o m p i l e d b y C h r i s t i n a ca m p o d o n i c o
Soliloquies by the Sea: “Second Skin” @ Santa Monica Beach Performed in three monologues on Santa Monica beach, Kristin Idaszak’s award-winning play explores the fraught relationship between Quinn and her es-
Photo by Justin Nicolas courtesy of The Broad Stage
Weird Beckett: “Endgame” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre The end is near for Hamm, Clov, Nagg and Nell, a family of dumpster dwellers wrestling with the repetitious and monotonous nature of life in a post-apocalyptic world. Things couldn’t get any more absurd — or existential — in this classic Beckett play. Previews begin April 24 and continue through April 30 (except April 25) at Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $55. (213) 628-2772; centertheatregroup.org
Australian circus troupe Circa brings an acrobatic mashup of light, bodies and sound to Santa Monica tranged dying mother, the haunting nature of Irish bedtime stories and how one mistake can ripple through generations.
Opens at 7 p.m. April 24 and continues through May 15 at Santa Monica Beach Lot 8, 810 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. $10 to $20. thewestLA.com
Zoology on Stage: “Carnival of the wAnimals” @ The Broad Stage Australian circus troupe Circa brings a whimsical tale of juggling zebras, somersaulting kangaroos and dancing elephants to life in an acrobatic mashup of light, bodies and sound set to the music of French romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Four performances only: 6 p.m. April 21 and 22; 2 and 7:30 p.m. April 23. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St. Santa Monica. $20 to $55. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com American Tragedy: “A Touch of the Poet” @ Pacific Resident Theatre This rarely produced Eugene O’Neil Play centers on the dispossessed life of Major Cornelius (“Con”) Melody, who puts on lordly airs to relive his glory days while his hardworking wife and daughter struggle to keep their
tavern business alive in 19thcentury Massachusetts. Opens April 26 and continues at 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 8. $15. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com A Not-So-Scary Snow White: “Snow White” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Based on the original fairytale, this musical fantasy follows Snow White as she journeys to find herself, her mother and her destiny with the help of seven silly companions — sans an evil stepmother, villainous poisons or shadowy forests. Now playing at 2 p.m. Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays through June 26 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $12.50 to $15. (310) 3949779 ext. 2; santamonicaplayhouse.com
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An Inspired ‘Collaboratory’ Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project revives traditional tunes from scratchy historical records Photo by Vanessa Heins
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By Bliss Bowen Some artists want a very specific sound and musical feel, and recruit additional players only to service that particular vision; other artists gather respected peers with a “let’s see what happens” mindset. Banjoist Jayme Stone says he trusts his own musical “proclivities and idiosyncrasies,” but he prefers collaborative situations like his Lomax Project, which he brings to the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica on Friday for an acoustic concert featuring singer Moira Smiley, bassist Joe Phillips and fiddler Sumaia Jackson. “I feel like my best work can come when I’m able to harness everybody’s voice,” Stone explains. “This record has my name on it, so ultimately I was the curator. But I really like to invite people to really be part of the creative process and see what we can do together.” “Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project,” released last year by Borealis Records, is a lovingly produced and performed album that draws its traditional material from field recordings made by folklorist/ producer Alan Lomax beginning in the 1930s. Over seven decades Lomax recorded at least 5,000 hours of songs and interviews throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Europe; Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Fred McDowell and Muddy Waters were among the soon-tobe-legendary voices he preserved. (The Lomax-founded Association of Cultural Equity has made the Lomax Archive available in its Global Jukebox at culturalequity.org.) Long interested in field recordings, Stone revisited Lomax’s archive after reading John Szwed’s “astoundingly good” 2011 biography, “Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World.” It guided him to “the more arcane corners of music,” and inspired him to create a “collaboratory”: a hub of musicians from different circles who used Lomax’s recordings as a jumping-off point. Grammy Award-winning bluegrass hero Tim O’Brien immediately signed on when Stone called “out of the blue” to pitch him the project. “The person who’s likely the most well-known voice on the record turned out to be the most enthusiastic participant; every few weeks I’d get an iPhone recording from Tim [with ideas],” Stone marvels. “He has the energy of a young boy and the wisdom of an elder.” Crooked Still fiddler Brittany Haas, cuatro-playing Kobo Town frontman Drew Gonsalves, eclectic jazz guitarist Julian Lage, old-time fiddler Bruce Molsky and Subdudes accordionist John
Singer Moira Smiley and banjoist Jayme Stone drew inspiration from historic “field recordings” to reinvent and record classic Americana and folk for “Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project”
“Collaboratory” founder Jayme Stone believes that songs are “living, breathing cultural artifacts”
Magnie also contributed — along with Moira Smiley and Margaret Glaspy, whose vocals Stone accurately describes as “mesmerizing.” The material is true Americana: work songs, spirituals, sea shanties, narratives that served as oral histories, Celtic and English ballads that migrated to Appalachia. Some songs attracted Stone with their lyrical “timelessness”; others with a catchy title.
and melody bits are cherry-picked from various contributors. “We live in a hyperlinked, super-speedy time, where many of us are sitting around on our laptops or phones and change happens fast,” Stone observes with a laugh. “Back then, maybe somebody would blow through town with a banjo and a song, and a fiddler would catch a couple of verses, and before they’d even learned it the singer would be gone and they’d be left to wrestle with it and make it their own and translate it onto a new instrument. And maybe their neighbor would hear it and come up with a few words of their own, and it all happened slowly and organically. Maybe it’s a similar process spread out through time and a community. “These things are living, breathing cultural artifacts, and you don’t have a song without a singer. There is no platonic ideal of an old folk song. It’s really how it’s being fashioned and remade time and time again. I think that’s what makes the whole thing go around. What some people call the folk process is really a game of broken telephone that we all have with tradition.”
“Margaret Glaspy brought in kind of a rewrite of the verse and recast the whole feeling of the song,” Stone says. “We ended up bringing in Tim to sing the male part, and he made a little bricolage of various verses from different places, and I brought the chorus back in that wasn’t there in Margaret’s first draft, and Greg [Garrison] took the bass line for a good walk. By the time we were done, everybody put their own stamp on one
“‘Hog Went Through the Fence, Yoke and All’ just jumped out at me from an index card in the Library of Congress listening room.” — Jayme Stone
“‘Hog Went Through the Fence, Yoke and All’ just jumped out at me from an index card in the Library of Congress listening room,” he recalls. “Sometimes it was a matter of lending a deeper ear to these scratchy old recordings and hearing some potential in them that I imagined us bringing to light.” Songs like “Shenandoah” and Blind Willie Johnson’s “What is the Soul of Man?,” which have evolved over successive generations, were freshened by individualizing touches. One track that memorably “came alive in the room” when Stone and his cohorts gathered to play was “Goodbye, Old Paint,” a 19th-century Western ballad.
little corner or another.” The vitality of its arrangements is one of the album’s most striking aspects. For example, “Before This Time Another Year” came from the repertoire of Bessie Jones and the Sea Island Singers, recorded by Lomax in 1960; Jones had a terrific cache of songs learned from her grandfather, an ex-slave born in Africa. Stone & Co.’s gospel-y version includes verses written by O’Brien the morning they recorded it. Discussing the process by which Stone invited everyone to try out creative ideas leads to thought-provoking analogies between “the folk process” and modern pop track building in which beats, lyrics
Hear the Jayme Stone Lomax Project at 8 p.m. Friday, April 22, at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, 1260 18th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $20 at the door or $18 in advance at brownpapertickets.com/ event/2534408. Call (310) 829-5436 or visit jaymestone.com.
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Lack of money is the root of many arguments. So, sure, the same couple is likely to be happier if the island they can afford to “winter” on is one in the middle of the South Pacific, as opposed to one in the middle of a four-lane highway. Still, it’s a little premature to gear up for a bitter battle to divide the Top Ramen and takeout “silverware” packets. Before I explain why, in case any readers pay bills out of a coffee can buried in the backyard, your credit score is a numerical ranking (up to 800) that uses your credit repayment history to predict your credit repayment future (like whether you’re more likely to pay what you owe or, say, fake your own death). In the study you’re referring to, economist Jane Dokko and her colleagues looked at nearly 16 years’ worth of credit scores of 12 million randomly selected U.S. consumers. They found that two people who come into a relationship with high credit scores — and scores that are relatively similar —are more likely to stay together. People who have high credit scores tend to be conscientious sorts with a habit of meeting their obligations. But there are also sociopaths with high credit scores, perhaps because they have lucrative jobs and plenty of
dough to pay the electric bill (and recognize that it’s easier to scam people if they don’t have to do their plotting by candlelight). Conversely, somebody with a lower score may have been through something catastrophic (a medical bankruptcy as opposed to a moral one). You might also keep in mind that a study isn’t a crystal ball airing the TV show of your future; it’s merely a guess of what could happen to you based on how things went for a lot of people. Also, the key thing to note about this particular study is that credit scores are being used as a measure of trustworthiness. And, not surprisingly, a mismatch in a couple’s ethical makeup — specifically, in how trustworthy each partner is — can prove problematic for the happily-ever-after-ness of their relationship. However, even if your most recent rejection letter from a credit card company starts “Nice try, butthead” (a refreshing change from their usual “You’ve gotta be freakin’ kidding”), all is not bleak. Though research finds that money actually can “buy happiness,” social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn explains in a 2011 paper that “it buys less than most people think.” In fact, she deems “the correlation between income and happiness” to be “modest” and “surprisingly weak.” Dunn notes that where we go wrong is in what we think will make us happy versus what actually does. One thing we don’t anticipate is “adaptation” — how we quickly get acclimated to things we buy or are given, which means they soon stop
giving us the buzz they did at first. And because our big happiness burst is right when we get something (or take the first sip or bite), Dunn writes that “frequent, small pleasures — double lattes … and high thread-count socks” — make us happier than occasional big ones (like new floors, a new car or a new chin). And in even better news for you two, Dunn explains that experiences seem to make us happier than things. Because experiences live on in our heads as stories, they don’t succumb to adaptation the way objects do. We get renewed enjoyment remembering and talking about them — in a way we don’t by verbally bludgeoning people with the fabulousness of our $5,000 espresso machineslash-massage chair. And — fascinatingly — bad experiences may lead to more long-term happiness than good ones. By bad experiences, Dunn doesn’t mean screaming matches in the middle of the framing store. She’s talking about the kind you look back on and laugh about, like breaking down in some terrifying part of town, thanks to how your car is held together by duct tape, tree sap and hope. This brings us to what Dunn reports is “our greatest source of happiness”: other people. And it’s here that you’ve got something over the more moneyed couples. They rarely experience the cooperative creativity and loving dedication that go into even the most mundane activities when you’re poor, like holding the antenna of your Salvation Army TV at a 47.8-degree angle for your boo: “Okay, honey … there! Don’t move! Only 18 more minutes till this episode is over!”
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‘Optimism through Poetry’ The Philosopher’s Stone Poets foster literary community one meetup — and book — at a time By Michael Reyes The mythical Philosopher’s Stone turns base metals into gold and revitalizes the human spirit. The Philosopher’s Stone Poets meetup provides opportunities for writers to grow into the best version of themselves. Founded by three Santa Monica College students, the group took up a monthly residency last year at Gravlax restaurant on Washington Boulevard, beginning as a small monthly reading series for volunteers of all ability levels and genres. Now an eclectic community of writers, the PS Poets has expanded its reading series to multiple locations, began offering weekly writing workshops at SMC and recently published an eponymous book of works by its community of writers (including me). The group, which returns to Gravlax on Monday and also holds events at Café 212 Pier in Santa Monica, is currently seeking submissions for a second volume. Sergio Cacciotti and Chase Maser (also an Argonaut contributor), who co-manage the group with Amanda Ortiz, spoke recently about the group’s transformative aspirations.
How is the group’s purpose manifested in your events? Maser: Our readings have always had a feeling of community. We wanted to create a place where artists can feel welcomed and supported in their craft. Cacciotti: We’re trying to promote positivity and optimism through poetry, and the name is emblematic of our book and our mission. How did the book happen? Maser: We started a writing club at Santa Monica College and began holding writing workshops every week on campus. Once we built up a strong foundation, we wrote a proposal for a small budget. What does being in a book mean for members of your writing community? Cacciotti: We’ve brought together artists and given them an outlet. We’ve been able to create a bond through that. Being a part of a community is extremely important; being detached or excluded is a lonely thing. Maser: The book is to honor that.
Cacciotti: I’ve had no bigger influence in my life than my mother. I felt like it was appropriate to dedicate it to her because without her, I would have never made it to where I am today. I put my mother through hell, and I just feel like she deserves the commemoration. This book is one of my biggest accomplishments, and that’s all because of her.
Sergio Cacciotti, Amanda Ortiz and Chase Maser Why is this book dedicated to mothers? Maser: My mother, Yun Kyong Yi, gave me everything. She was always the first person to support my creativity and my potential; even when I was lost and wandering in my 20s, she always tried to give me direction. My mother battled with colon cancer and died in November 2014. I want to say that if it were not for the strength and courage of my mom, I would have never found my path as a writer.
What can we expect from the new book? Cacciotti: You can expect the same kind of creative expression, for sure. And you can expect another compilation of great writing. Amanda will be doing another awesome cover design, and we plan on expanding the books into other markets, such as Amazon and ebooks — any way to spread the word about these talented writers. PS poets meet at 9 p.m. Monday, April 25, at Gravlax, 12400 W. Washington Blvd., Culver West. Visit pspoets.weebly. com or email pspoets@gmail.com for more information about the group and how to submit a poem or story for publication.
A Good Place to Hatch an Idea Industrial designer Gregg Emmel’s Egg LA studio holds an Earth Day Open House By Christina Campodonico If you can dream it, industrial designer Gregg Emmel can probably build it. The founder of Egg LA in Culver City has designed everything from a motorized tie rack to a cryogenic tissue freezer. He’s created hundreds of products and secured nearly 50 patents or trademarks during a 30-year career of figuring out how to make things work and look good while doing it. Emmel, 53, opens up his studio design guild to the public on Friday in celebration of Earth Day and to showcase his Knotz Massage Tools, a line of products he designed to help him deal with crippling back pain following a car accident and aid the environment. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Emmel’s Turtle Knotz will benefit the non-profit environmental protection group Save the Turtles. “I had a herniated back and I actually had this wood knot that I was just laying on, and I conceived of something that would go up my spine,” Emmel says of conceptualizing the Knotz massage tool. A paperweight-size piece of resin, wood, granite or marble with a bell-curved
Gregg Emmel and a few of his Knotz shaped lump on it, the Knotz can be used for self-massage either by lying on the tool or rubbing it against one’s body. “It probably took me less than an hour to sculpt it out and actually lay on it and
start working it. It’s one of those things where you’re around something, brainstorming, and you have these epiphanies.” Epiphanies and pure gumption have long inspired Emmel’s career, which started in his early twenties when he was offered a job working for the Stansbury Company, a design firm based in Beverly Hills at the time. “I basically called [every design firm] from San Diego to Seattle and I had two interviews. The guy in San Francisco said I didn’t have enough machine shop experience, and the guy in L.A. hired me because I had machine shop experience,” remembers Emmel, who started doing metal and woodworking in high school shop and studied these trades in college. His career took off in L.A. as Emmel, encouraged by his boss at Stansbury, started his own company at age 22. That company and a few business partners later morphed over the years into Egg LA, which has designed advertising sets and props for brands such as Toyota, Lexus, Infinity, Bush Beans and Old Navy. You might think that the “Egg” in Egg LA comes from the “egg” in Gregg, but the guild’s name, much like Emmel’s
Knotz, comes from a Eureka moment that the designer had with his former business partner. “We were kicking names around and his wife said, ‘What about Egg?’ We looked at each other — ‘that’s it!’” Finding inspiration is not always so instantaneous for Emmel, who usually derives his designs from the wants and needs of his clients’ projects, but there’s one design element that keeps him intrigued: asymmetry. “I’m kind of an asymmetrical person,” says Emmel. “I’m inspired by the off-center, the unusual — things that aren’t just, you know, mundane. I don’t like square boxes. If I’m ever in purgatory or hell it will be in a dry-walled white room. Square. No flavor. Gah!” Knowing Emmel’s disdain for symmetry, plainness and order, it should be a treat to see what’s happening inside his studio. Egg LA’s Earth Day Open House is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, at 11505 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City. Knotz Massage Tools start at $29.95. Call (310) 313-1489 or visit knotzmessagetools.com. April 21, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 35
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legal advertising Association 5301 Beethoven St. #265 Los Angeles, CA. 90066 . This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Cynthia Shabes. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: March 24, 2016. Argonaut published: March 31, April 7, 14 and 21, 2016. NOTICEIn 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). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016075916 The following person is doing business as: Golden Coast Wellness 1038 Elkgrove Ave. #1 Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Margaret Parus 1038 Elkgrove Ave. #1 Venice, CA. 90291. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Margaret Parus. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: March 29, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016078497 The following person is doing business as: J And H Enterprises 20501 Avalon Blvd. Carson, CA. 90746. Registered owners: Gerald Norman Friedman 20501 Avalon, Blvd. Carson, CA. 90746. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Gerald Norman Friedman. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: March 31, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016080312 The following person is doing business as: Joy Automotive 1325 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405. Registered owners: More Joy Automotive Inc. 1325 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jason Romero. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 1, 2016. Argonaut published: April 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2016. 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). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016082410 The following person is doing business as: Robosmartz, Robosmarts, and Nikkiís Uniques 121 Outrigger Mall Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Funsten Asset Management Company 121 Outrigger Mall Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Kenneth B. Funsten. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 5, 2016. Argonaut published: April 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2016. 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).
FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016082430 The following person is doing business as: Sarco Paradisi Design 3504 Rosewood Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Alyssa Maria Moffitt 354 Rosewood Ave. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Alyssa Maria Moffitt. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 5, 2016. Argonaut published: April 7, 14, 2 and 28, 2016. 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).
sand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Herman Pass. Title: Self. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 6, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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).
Classified advertising law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016087055 The following person is doing business as: Dariush Diba Design 17340 Burbank Blvd. 106 Encino, CA. 91316. Registered owners: Seyed Fariborz Ahmadi 13636 Ventura Blvd. 153 Sherman Oaks, CA. 91423. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Seyed Fariborz Ahmadi. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 11, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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).
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FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016082444 The following person is doing business as: Reliant Health Consulting 4712 Admiralty Way Suite 471 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Katherine Conway 3109 TYale Ave. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Katherine Conway. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 5, 2016. Argonaut published: April 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2016. 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). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016082993 The following person is doing business as: Pass Properties 8055 W. Manchester Ave. #715 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Herman Pass 8055 W. Manchester Ave. #715 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thou-
FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016086034 The following person is doing business as: CLIMB 12811 Matteson Avenue Suite 8 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: California Life is Mountain And Beaches LLC 12811 Matteson Avenue Suite 8 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Kathi Calef. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 8, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016087020 The following person is doing business as: HKM Publisher Services 12725 Milton St. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Henry Kornman 12725 Milton St. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Henry Kornman. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 11, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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
FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016096141 The following person is doing business as: Babylon Enterprises 5015 Kester Ave. #8 Sherman Oaks, CA. 91403. Registered owners: Eric Diaz 5015 Kester Ave. #8 Sherman Oaks, CA. 91403. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Eric Diaz. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 20, 2016. Argonaut published: April 20, 2016. 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).
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legal advertising Summons Case Number 072964 NOTiCE TO RESPONDENT: James C. Duff. Petitioner’s name is: Brigitte R. Duff You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a RESPONSE (form FL-130) at court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE ñ RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are (el nombre y direccion de la corte son): Civil and Family Law Court House 3055 Cleveland Avenue Snata Rosa, CA. 95403. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, direccion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Brigitte R. Duff 8371 Windmill Farms Drive Cotati, CA. 94931, 707-291-0591 STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE-ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California.
Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506. WARNING ñ IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division or property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. Published: The Argonaut 04/14/16, 04/21/16, 04/28/16, 05/05/16
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. SS028639 SUPERiOR COURT OF CAliFORNiA, COUNTY OF lOS ANGElES. Petition of Luiza-Jo Vanda, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Luiza-Jo Vanda filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Luiza-Jo Vanda to Jody Vanda 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: 05/27/16. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K Room: A203. The address of the court is 1725 main Street Santa Monica, CA. 90401. 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: The Argonaut. Original filed: March 29, 2016. Gerald Rosenberg, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 04/07/16, 04/14/2016, 04/21/2016, 04/28/2016
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SUMMONS (Family law) CiTATiON Fl-110 NOTiCE TO RESPONDENT (Name) Ricky Payne: You have been sued. Read the Information below and on the next page Petitioner’s name is : Catherine Ann Patterson. Case Number: YD066342. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form- FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may-make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courts.ca.gov/seIfhelp). at the California Legal Services -website (www.lawhelpca. org). or by contacting your -local county bar association. The name and address of the court are: Los Angeles County Superior Court 825 Maple Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90503. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Lovette T. Mioni, Esq. 4640 Admiralty Way Suite 500 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Sheri R. Carter, Executive Officer Clerk, Y. Husen, Deputy Date: March 6, 2016. FL-100 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: Barbara Stokes 3416 Chesapeake Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90016 USA STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3.transfering, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the
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change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE-ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506. WARNING ñ IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division or property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016067830 The following person is doing business as: Kinetic Studio 3701 W. 54th St. Los Angeles, CA. 90043 and 6118 S. Mansfield Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90043. Registered owners: LUV2BFITNHEALTHY, LLC . This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: LaNiecia Vicknair. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: March 21, 2016. Argonaut published: March 31, April 7, 14 and 21, 2016. 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).
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. MS011977 SUPERiOR COURT OF CAliFORNiA, COUNTY OF lOS ANGElES. Petition of Sharon Elizabeth Romero, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Sharon Elizabeth Romero filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Sharon Elizabeth Romero to Sharaih ñOnaiis Elizabeth Molyneux to 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: May 2, 2016. Time: 8:30AM. Dept.: A-11 Room: n/a. The address of the court is 42011 4th Street West Lancaster, CA. 93534 . 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: The Argonaut. Original filed: March 2, 2016. Lisa M. Chung, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 04/07/16, 04/14/16, 04/21/16 and 04/28/16
FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016086307 The following person is doing business as: grout Work LA 3972 Minerva Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: 3972 Minerva Ave. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Julio Andres Pereira. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 8, 2016. Argonaut published: April 21, 28, May 5, and 12, 2016. 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). FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016077458 The following person is doing business as: HP Stationers 1223 Wilshire Blvd. #871 Santa Monica, Ca. 90403-5400. Registered owners: Andras Petrovics 427 Montana Ave. #10 Santa Monica, CA. 90403. 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Andras Petrovics. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: March 30, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28, 2016. 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).
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