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7 Days 10:30AM–10PM 12067 Jefferson Blvd., (at Centinela) Culver City 310-301-4218 • FREE PARKING IN THE BACK W W W. Z E N R E F L E X O L O G Y. C O M PAGE 34 THE ARGONAUT May 2, 2013
NOW OPEN:
The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co., serving New York-style bagels made from Brooklyn water, opened at 8732 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Westchester. (310) 645-2243. Del Rey Deli Co., offering deli-style food, opened at 8501 Pershing Drive, Playa del Rey. (310) 439-2256. TINGA Santa Monica, a Mexican taqueriastyle eatery and bar, opened at 522 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. (310) 451-9341. The Marina del Rey Farmers’ Market, offering fresh, locally grown organic and conventional fruits and vegetables, as well as prepared and packaged foods, hand-crafted products and more, is held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays at the Mothers Beach parking lot #10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 3059545. LAB ART, an art gallery dedicated to street art, opened in a 2,000-square foot space showcasing 100 works by 19 different artists at Fred Segal, 500 Broadway in Santa Monica. (310) 260-1300.
Steak ‘n Shake, a diner-style restaurant chain headquartered in Indianapolis, has signed a 10-year lease on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, hoping to make it a flagship store. A grand opening is planned later this year. www. steaknshake.com. Bristol Farms, a Southern California grocery retailer of gourmet, organic and natural foods, has announced it plans to open a store in mid-summer at 3105 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. www. bristolfarms.com.
MOVING:
Mystic Journey Bookstore, a spiritual and metaphysical bookstore founded upon selfdiscovery, health and wellness, announced it will move from its location at 1319 Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice to an expanded site at 1624 Abbot Kinney Blvd. The reopening is scheduled at noon Friday, May 3. (310) 399-7070.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO:
St. Vincent Medical Center President and CEO Cathy Fickes, a registered nurse and Marina del Rey resident, has been honored by the Los Angeles Business Journal with its 2013 Pedego Electric Bikes, 214 Pier Ave. in Santa Healthcare Leadership Award for her efforts in improving patient satisfaction, effective strategic Monica, will have a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 19, www. planning, improving revenues and building strong pedegoelectricbikes.com. physician relations.
COMING SOON:
Del Rey
Abatement ruling on Del Rey building and others upheld A Los Angeles Superior Court judge kept in place an abatement order that city law enforcement officials had previously secured against Deutsche Bank for ignoring its responsibility to maintain lawful and habitable conditions at their foreclosed and blighted properties, including one in Del Rey. The building, located at 11881 Jefferson Blvd., is one of 166 buildings that the German-owned bank allowed to fall into shabby conditions and facilitated the illegal evictions of hundreds of tenants in 2011, according to city authorities. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich initiated abatement proceedings on the Del Rey property as well as the other blighted buildings through the city’s code enforcement statutes, vacant building ordinance and public nuisance laws. Judge Elihu Berle denied Deutsche attorneys’ motion to dismiss the city’s claim April 25. Trutanich had filed a civil law enforcement action against Deutsche May 4, 2011. “The court’s denial of Deutsche Bank’s motion and rejection of its attempt to avoid responsibility represents a significant win for the city of Los Angeles,” said Trutanich.
“This ruling will now allow our action to move forward to trial and ultimately to holding the bank accountable for its intolerable practice of perpetuating blight.” In its court papers, Deutsche sought to assign blame for the blighted conditions at the foreclosed properties to “third-party service providers,” whom the bank claims had failed to comply with building, health, and safety codes, said Trutanich’s office. The city attorney also sought restitution for current and former tenants for amounts paid in excess of the actual value of their units and unpaid relocation fees, as well as reimbursement to the city for costs of repair, abatement, inspection and investigation and penalties. According to Trutanich’s office, Deutsche Bank owns the loans of over 2,000 properties in the city. Tina Hess, who unsuccessfully ran for the Council District 11 seat of the City Council in March, assisted with the case. Hess is an assistant city attorney in the office’s Safe Neighborhoods and Gangs Division.