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Contents

VOL 45, NO 39

Opinion

Local News & Culture

Food & Drink

Venice Stories

Letters to the Editor . ......................... 5 Lost in the Supermarket Haggen bankruptcy sends local grocery workers to the unemployment line.............. 6

Frank Rios, the last of the Beat poets of Venice, stars in this month’s installment of Jason Hill’s graphic storytelling series .... 11

Aussie Pie Kitchen puts a West Coast spin on a Down Under staple ........................ 16

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS

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Biz Buzz Fashion on the Go

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Uphill Battle From soil nails to concrete pours,

Biohazard Beach Medical waste that washed up at Dockweiler may be a sign of bigger problems during El Niño............................ 8

Challis Macpherson, 1936 – 2015 Venice activist fought against overdevelopment..................................... 9

Body Found in Ballona Creek ....... 10 Playa Vista Gets a Big Blue Bus..... 10

how Santa Monica is rebuilding the California Incline ................................ 12

Arts Abbot’s Dream New mural at Google headquarters celebrates Venice founder . .................... 38

This Week Blaming the Messenger Cartoonist Ted Rall, fired by the L.A. Times over a police recording he didn’t know existed, tells the story of NSA data collection whistleblower Edward Snowden .................................. 15

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L e t t e r s To Be or Not to Be: A Question of Compassion Re: “Cadillac Hotel Owner Charged with Murder in Venice Boardwalk Shooting,” news, Sept. 3 My stomach retches and my heart grieves as I’ve become aware of the murder of young Mr. Jascent Jamal Lee Warren, also known as “Shakespeare.” Homelessness is not community blight in itself; rather, it is what results from a lack of humane and fair treatment of those in the most fragile of circumstances. For Warren to be the fourth homeless man to die violently in Venice since April is a horrific reminder to love those who have less even more. I do believe Venice can be a beautiful community if the actions of its residents and visitors shine. I am impressed with how Venice prides itself on being eclectic and artsy. But perhaps it’s time all communities (mine included) start valuing the merit of being known for love, activism and charity. Will we do the memory of Jascent Jamal Lee Warren and those like him right? In the words of Shakespeare, Mr. Warren’s chosen namesake:

“To be, or not to be, that is the question.” Indeed, that is the question for us all. Lara Monge Northridge

of these families has a loved one (usually in their 20s) struggling with a severe drug addiction. That’s when it’s OK to have these houses around. Rest assured, we currently have drug addicts and alcoholics living in our community. If we are concerned with the safety of our families, we should identify those houses that are currently engaged in the abuse of alcohol and drugs in our neighborhood. We could go door to door and ask people if they are engaged in unhealthy habits, take that poll to our neighborhood council meeting and ask them to close all the houses that are currently fueling this dangerous situation. We could monitor their comings and goings, if and where they drive (especially with children), and maybe set up cameras to get video evidence of the rampant disregard to public safety. But wait, we can’t do that. People have the right to privacy and to live in their home the way they want to. And the funny thing about people’s rights is they apply to everyone. Even the sober people. Jeff C.

FROM THE WEB Re: “Has Mar Vista Become the Rehab Capital of Los Angeles?” news, Sept. 10 The elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge is the staggering level of drug and alcohol problems in our society. It is prevalent in every community regardless of whether it’s a beach community or a valley community. Parents drink and use drugs (lots of prescriptions, so that’s OK), students are ripped on Adderall and Xanax, weed is everywhere — especially in our high schools — and even in junior high the kids have access to it all. Communities need places for those afflicted with these problems to heal. The best place to do that is in a community (house) that does not allow alcohol and drugs. Those communities are increasingly harder to find. I have seen the story change in these neighborhoods when one

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hard,” she says while counting out a customer’s change. “My daughter’s started to stress. She’s like, ‘Do you want me to get a job?” A customer asks how long the store will remain open. “Our last day is the day before Thanksgiving,” she says, “but I’m not sure if we’ll last that long.” “Right before Thanksgiving?” the customer responds, incredulously. While scanning the next person’s potato chips, the cashier tells me “I’m just really upset we’re not getting our vacation pay or anniversary checks. [Haggen] wrote into their bankruptcy that they won’t pay us our sick pay or our vacation pay.” I ask her how much money that means for her and her daughter. “I’ve been trying not to calculate it!” she says gamely. “It’s about five weeks. It’s $450 a week times five, plus sick pay. A couple thousand, I guess.” “When they first did orientation,” the bagger interrupts, “they told us we’d be here three years. ‘If it doesn’t work, we’ll be gone. All the jobs are safe,’ they said. It’s been 150 days and we’re gone.” “Are they going to relocate you guys?” a Even before the Haggen bankruptcy, workers at the ill-fated chain’s customer asks. Santa Monica store saw poorly stocked grocery shelves as a bad omen “To the unemployment line,” the bagger Then things seemed to get a bit “weird,” worker bagging groceries as she tears up, says, rolling her eyes. “The union?” the cashier responds to a says one worker. “There was no grand too. “They’re saying we can get jobs at opening, no TV commercials. … Deliver- Albertsons and Vons. But then we learned question. “I’ve been paying [their] salaries for 26 years and [they’re] not helping us ies weren’t happening. We ran out of that Albertsons and Vons had a job fair toilet paper, paper towels, then bread, last month [and supposedly filled all their now. This is 8,000 families affected! Later, handing a homeless man his change milk. I kept telling people, ‘The delivery positions].” from a small purchase, the cashier tells him didn’t come.’ You don’t want to worry These workers need to secure another to keep visiting before the impending your customers!” union job if they are to maintain their closure. “He is so sweet,” she turns to me and says. “I bring him a turkey dinner every year. I tell my daughter, we have to make something for Mr. White.” “I’m gonna retire,” says my friend Charles. “I don’t have much choice. We’ve been through turnovers, we’ve When the bankruptcy news came, pensions at full value. customers were worried — about the “We don’t want all that time we put in to been taken over, the lock-out. This was the last straw. I worked all my adult life futures of the grocery workers. go for nothing,” says the cashier, who’s doing this, and this is my end result. I “I’m sorry for you guys. We’ll miss you worked for this store for 26 years — first so much,” a male customer says to the for Luckys, then Albertsons. “Our medical don’t even get to go out with a bang. I go out with a push of the broom: This is woman scanning his groceries. is up if we don’t find another union job.” your last check and bye-bye.” Her eyes well with tears. I hand her a She’s a single mother of a 16-year-old Kleenex. Venice High School sophomore who has Kelly Hayes-Raitt, a Santa Monica “It’s just when they’re really sweet, it epilepsy. resident, blogs at LivingLargeInLimbo. makes me cry,” she says. “I was here during the lockout. We had “I’m trying to hold it together,” says the to get out a loan and everything. That was com. She can be reached at KellyArgonautColumn@aol.com. Photo by Kelly Hayes-Raitt

By Kelly Hayes-Raitt I chuckled when I saw the bright orange “DO NOT SELL” grocery stickers pasted over the Haggen logo on grocery store workers’ uniforms in Santa Monica last Friday — the day after Haggen announced it was declaring bankruptcy and shutting roughly 100 newly acquired stores in California, Nevada and Arizona. Some 6,000 workers across the state — including those at this former Albertsons store on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica — will soon lose their jobs. Sure, I chuckled at the stickers, but then I marveled at the grocery workers’ resilience. It wasn’t that long ago that I was honking my support as I drove past their picket lines when Albertsons, their former employer, locked them out of work. Curious about these people I interacted with regularly, I brought them sandwiches and lingered to chat with a few workers. I remember one man whose wife worked at Safeway, a rival chain whose workers were striking. Neither of them was receiving a paycheck during this work stoppage. He didn’t know how he’d feed his kids the following week. That’s when I befriended Charles. Although we’ve struck up a friendship over the years through exchanging stories about our lives and families amid discussions of the evils of plastic bags, he asked that I not use his real full name for this column. Like the other workers I interviewed, he’s concerned about backlash. After all, the day I interviewed him and his co-workers, there was an “LP guy” (loss prevention) wandering the store to make sure employees didn’t pilfer from the remaining groceries. “It’s like losing your family,” Charles said. “We probably won’t see you guys again. It’s a sad day.…” Last year the Bellingham, Wash.-based Haggen regional grocery chain announced its purchase of 146 Albertsons and Vons stores in the southwest. Many of the Albertsons workers had already weathered a corporate change. They’d worked for Luckys until 1998 when Albertsons bought the chain, making itself the nation’s second-largest grocery retailer. Secure in the knowledge that their Santa Monica location proved lucrative to both Luckys and Albertsons, they had few qualms about shifting to the Haggen uniform.

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I, for one, was happy to learn that this was not to be a 32-bed facility and that it will be there to help people who have been the victims of terrible situations. There were many people there with the same response. But was any of that mentioned? No. Only the naysayers, the

cruel, the heartless were highlighted. Only that which would create a sensational headline. I feel like we’ve been terribly misrepresented. There is nothing balanced about this article. It is a smear job. Merri

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Best of the Westside 2015 Hundreds of local business owners and community leaders joined The Argonaut at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica on Sept. 24 to celebrate the publication of our annual Best of the Westside issue.

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Medical waste that washed up at Dockweiler may be a sign of bigger problems to come during El Niño Wetlands, Heal the Bay thinks the Hyperion plant is the likely culprit and will continue monitoring water quality near the emergency pipe. “There’s really no other source that makes sense,” Griffin said. No matter the size of the storm, the amount of waste that ended up at Dockweiler was far greater than it should have been, she said. “There’s no reason this amount of trash should have gotten through the system. It wasn’t something that the treatment plant shouldn’t have been able to cope with,”

situations with a greater risk of overflow,” Reznik said. Local officials must quickly make infrastructure improvements to prevent pipe overflow during heavy rains, said Becky Hayat, an attorney with the Santa Monica-based Natural Resources Defense Council’s Water Program. “What happened at Hyperion last week demonstrates the need for controlling treated wastewater discharges, especially during wet weather conditions. Given the potential for El Niño to bring heavy rainfall this winter, it is especially imperative that we implement these green practices so that Some 200 pounds of bio-waste washed up at Dockweiler last week the health and safety of our communities “There’s no reason are not put at risk again,” Hayat said. The flood of potential biohazards came this amount of trash Niño will continue through the Northern less than a week after Heal the Bay’s should have gotten Hemisphere winter of 2015,” creating a Coastal Cleanup Day efforts removed more than 21,000 pounds of trash and debris through the system.” much wetter than normal Los Angeles winter. from Los Angeles County beaches. — Leslie Griffin, Heal the Bay Los Angeles Waterkeeper Executive “It’s very disappointing. We certainly Director Bruce Reznik views what wish this debris would have been on the happened at Dockweiler as a “good Griffin said. “We don’t want to have this beach during the beach cleanup instead of same issue on our beaches [when El Niño wakeup” for government officials and afterwards,” said Griffin. “The quantity [of arrives], especially since this one was such water quality organizations. debris] was unprecedented and very “With El Niño, we’re probably going to a catastrophe.” troubling. It’s definitely an awakening.” have more of these kinds of issues, so it The National Weather Service predicts could be a few months of some very tense “an approximately 95% chance that El gary@argonautnews.com Photo by Neil Budde

By Gary Walker Local water quality scientists are worried that the mess of tampon applicators, condoms, hypodermic needles and other medical waste that washed up on Dockweiler State Beach last week could be a warning sign of even worse pollution hitting the coastline if or when El Niño storms hit L.A. Cleaning crews collected more than 200 pounds of biohazard debris from the beach in Playa del Rey following a rainstorm that unleased the torrent of refuse, according to the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation. Bureau of Sanitation spokeswoman Tonya Durrell said the agency is still investigating the source of the debris. One culprit could be a backup treated wastewater dispersal pipe at the nearby Hyperion Treatment plant being that’s being used due to the failure of an emergency pipe during the last rain storm. There was no net placed on the backup pipe, called an outfall, which sanitation officials say might have allowed the debris to escape. Heal the Bay water quality data analyst Leslie Griffin said that while there have been reports suggesting that the waste could have washed down from the Ballona

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Challis Macpherson, 1936 – 2015 Venice activist fought overdevelopment, guided local land-use policy By Gary Walker Challis Macpherson, a 40-year Venice resident who was instrumental in developing local policies designed to protect her adopted community from overdevelopment, died recently after an extended bout with melanoma. Honored posthumously with a Spirit of Venice Award on Sunday during the Abbot Kinney Festival, Macpherson was 78 when she died on Aug. 19. Known for her outspoken personality and her fealty to the community’s guiding principle on land-use matters — the Venice Coastal Specific Plan — she is remembered by many as a champion for localized policymaking who was guided by a love of Venice. Venice Neighborhood Council President Emeritus Linda Lucks said Macpherson was her go-to person on development and planning issues and credited Macpherson with leading the fight to preserve the community’s economically and socially diverse landscape against the pressures of gentrification. “Challis was a force of nature who will be sorely missed. Her institutional memory of land-use issues and dedication to Venice was incomparable,” Lucks said. Macpherson initially made her mark as a

The late Venice activist Challis Macpherson and daughter Diahna Fortuna Venice activist in the 1970s and ‘80s while working on the Venice Coastal Specific Plan and serving on the Venice Town Council, a now defunct predecessor of the current neighborhood council. Macpherson later was voted onto the Venice Neighborhood Council, where she served for multiple terms as the chair of its land use and planning committee. Some of Macpherson’s former board mates saw her for the last time when the Venice Neighborhood Council held a video conference with the homebound

Macpherson during its July meeting. “Challis was the queen of land use issues throughout Los Angeles, not just in Venice,” said council parliamentarian Ivan Spiegel. “She was outspoken and when she felt that she was right about something, she wouldn’t give up.” During the meeting, Department of Neighborhood Empowerment LA General Manager Grayce Liu, who oversees the city’s neighborhood council system, thanked Macpherson for her advocacy, which included teaching other neighborhood councils about city planning.

“When Challis believed in you, you believed in yourself.” — Robin Rudisill “You’re a firecracker and are so passionate. You spoke your mind and that’s what I love about you,” Liu said. Macpherson provided advice to subsequent land use and planning chairs in Venice, most recently to Robin Rudisill.

“Challis was a role model and a teacher, a fearless leader, a fighter to the end. When Challis believed in you, you believed in yourself,” Rudisill said. Born in National City, Calif., as Challis Linda Naoma on Sept. 9, 1936, Macpherson attended businesses school in Spokane, Wash., on a full scholarship. She returned to California in 1956 and attended Santa Monica College before earning a B.A. in fine arts from UCLA in 1981. She married Wallace Macpherson on Valentine’s Day in 1969, and in 1974 the couple moved to the Oxford Triangle area of Venice with their daughter in tow. “My mom was an amazing person: passionate, charismatic, creative and practical. She picked her battles wisely, was a go-getter — curious, a lifetime learner, fun and inspirational,” said Macpherson’s daughter, Diahna Fortuna. One of Macpherson’s final political victories came in 2014, when she filed an appeal against how city planning officials interpreted the manner in which developers could purchase large lots within the coastal zone in Venice and subsequently subdivide them into smaller parcels.

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Body Found in Ballona Creek

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L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. homicide investigators are still searching for clues following the grisly Sunday night discovery of a body floating near a rock jetty in Ballona Creek. A lifeguard spotted the still unidentified remains at about 7 p.m. near the 6100 block of the Ballona Creek Bicycle Path, somewhere between the Ballona Creek Bridge and the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center. Detectives haven’t yet publicly

determined whether the dead person may have been murdered or how long the body was in the water. “We have no further updates at this time. Homicide detectives are awaiting the autopsy [results],” Sheriff’s spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said. A coroner’s office investigator said the victim is listed as a “John Doe” and could not confirm the condition of the body.

Playa Vista Gets a Big Blue Bus The fire on Teale Street, as seen from the Westchester bluffs, burned for nearly two hours Los Angeles Fire Dept. arson investigators are looking into the cause of a large fire at a three-story building in Del Rey near the Culver City border. Nearly 100 firefighters responded to 11869 Teale St. just before 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 19 and discovered a fire burning in the building’s top floor. The flames spread rapidly to the attic and the second floor

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In response to the rapid pace of development in Playa Vista, the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus line has extended its Centinela Avenue route to serve the booming neighborhood. With the recent opening of restaurants and retail stores in Runway at Playa Vista, new housing coming online and the increasing tech-industry workforce there, Playa Vista — designed so residents wouldn’t have to rely so much on their cars — was ripe for bus service, Santa Monica Big Blue Bus spokeswoman Suja Lowenthal said. “With Playa Vista filling in business tenants and residential homes and

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Work continues on the California Incline, on target for completion this spring

Uphill Battle: How Santa Monica is Rebuilding the California Incline In short, it’s all about securing the bluff and building a bridge that can stand without it Story by Gary Walker and Joe Piasecki Photos by Ted Soqui High above Pacific Coast Highway just north of the Santa Monica Pier, construction workers grapple with heavy equipment to drill deep but narrow holes into the face of the picturesque bluff that separates Palisades Park from the sea. These tiny shafts run for as long as 75 feet under Palisades Park and contain inch-thick tension-resisting steel rods — at least 10,000 of them — intended to secure the cliff for years to come, said Jeff McDermott, project manager for the effort to rebuild Santa Monica’s iconic California Incline. It’s a technique called soil nailing. In addition to building an entirely new roadway bridge supported independently from the bluff, it is essential to the $20-million seismic stabilization of the 1,400-foot-long connector between Ocean Avenue and PCH. That’s as much as $14,285 per foot of length (about 90% of it paid for through the federal Highway Bridge Program), but this will be busy pavement: As many as 15,000 vehicles per day traveled the California Incline before the previous structure’s demolition in April. The 12- to 13-month project is scheduled for completion in April or May and so far is right on schedule, said McDermott. He and his crew work for MCM Construction, a highway and bridge contractor who won a competitive bid for the job in January. PAGE 12 THE ARGONAUT October 1, 2015

“Although I’m grateful the necessary rebuilding of the incline has resulted in less traffic disruption than many had feared, it remains an indispensable connection between Pacific Coast Highway stretching north and the megalopolis of Los Angeles, for which Santa Monica serves as gateway,” said Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown. The new California Incline will preserve many of the same aesthetic traits as its 1930-built predecessor, but at 52 feet across it will gain five feet and eight inches of width. That’s enough to maintain the pre-existing three lanes of traffic as well as accommodate a wider scenic sidewalk and bicycle lane area that’s separated from vehicular traffic by a concrete barrier. “There’s no doubt that with the new bicycle lanes it will become an attraction for road-hearty cyclists and the average cyclist,” said Cynthia Rose, director of the bicycle advocacy group Santa Monica Spoke. “This will allow people an easy, iconic way to get to the beach without going to the pier.”

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their way down that cliff for more than a century. As early as the 1890s, the incline, known then as Sunset Trail, was simply a walking path cut into the hillside with no external support system. The path was widened in the early 1900s to accommodate early automobile traffic. At the time, railroad tracks ran along the coastline where PCH is today. The California Incline bridge supports that existed until this spring were built in the early 1930s to fill in gaps caused by erosion of the bluff slope, according to city documents. By the time that pre-FDR structure was demolished, some of support footings were exposed and cracked. “It had exposed, rusting rebar. It was built in the 1930s and had outlived its intended lifecycle. We got here just in time to give it a new one,” McDermott said. MCM Construction Crews removed the old structure using a tool called a hoe ram, which functions sort of like a large jackhammer. “We saw-cut the old bridge into manageable, one-inch pieces that could easily be taken away from the roadway and then broken down in the dirt,” McDermott said. Workers are currently in the project’s second of three phases, the one McDermott says is the most complicated.

Before McDermott’s crew could rebuild the California Incline, they had to destroy it without disturbing the environmentally sensitive face of the bluff. The incline itself was already slowly falling apart after 85 years of wear and tear NAILING IT since its last significant upgrade. Using a high-speed boring drill, a Residents and visitors have been making 15-man crew drills the rebar soil nails into

the side of the cliff, and they are grouted with cement to match the color of the bluff face. It can be painstaking work because of the angle of the bluffs, McDermott said. “It’s vertical work, so sometimes it can get tricky. You have to make sure that the nails don’t collapse when you’re drilling them into the bluffs. So far none have, so that means it’s good soil,” he said. There also isn’t much room to work. “We’re working with a very small work area for a very big project,” said McDermott. “It’s like pouring 10 pounds of sand into a five-pound bag.” Curtis Castle, the Santa Monica Public Works Departments incline project manager, said natural surface soil erosion from the bluffs is not considered a significant factor in the project, meaning no aesthetically disruptive soil nets or other shoring mechanisms are planned. “The bluffs have been there for as long as the incline has been there. The project designers felt that there was no need to do anything other than what we’re already doing,” Curtis said.

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Separate from the soil nails is the construction of the bridge itself, which makes up more than half the length of the incline. Construction of the first of three frames for the bridge began last week with about 100 concrete mixer trucks making the first pour of concrete over a stretch of more than 200 feet.

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— Jeff McDermott, project manager drilling hole] foundations for the structure. Before, it was part bridge, part asphaltand-dirt. Now the bridge is going to be an individual unit that is separated from the bluff,” he said. Because the bridge will not be built into the bluff as it had been in the 1930s, in the event of seismic activity “it would have to be a significant earthquake to do any damage” to the new bridge, McDermott said. The final stage of construction, he said, will involve tying the top and bottom of the bridge to Ocean Avenue and PCH by laying asphalt paving to connect everything together.

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Rep. Ted Lieu (D- Torrance) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi held a

“Completing the reconstruction of the incline will not only create better transportation access, but it will also make travel in the region much safer,” Liu said. McKeown, also present during the press conference, says the California Incline is an emblematic Southern California roadway. “My very first visit to Santa Monica, as I was exploring the California coast 44 years ago, took me up the incline and past the iconic neon sign on the pedestrian overpass,” he said. McDermott said that aside from being safer and more seismically sound, the California Incline’s aesthetic value will remain solid. “Once the incline is complete, it’s going to look very good,” he said.

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Political cartoonist and writer Ted Rall can’t expect to make too many friends through his work. It isn’t “Peanuts.” Rall is a provocateur who goes out of his way to poke the powerful in the eye. He targets Democrats. He targets Republicans. He targets the military. He targets patriotism. He targets new taxes, tax cuts and tax dodgers. But most of all he targets authority, which in the Greater Los Angeles area has meant targeting the police. Relentlessly. And it was the police, Rall firmly believes, who finally sent him packing from L.A. In July, the Los Angeles Times fired Rall from a regular freelance cartooning and writing gig after someone with either the LAPD or the L.A. police union accused Rall of fictionalizing a blog post about

being bullied by an officer during a 2001 jaywalking citation in Hollywood — and provided the paper with a 14-year-old audio recording of the arrest. The tape isn’t exactly a high-fidelity recording and many facts of the matter

bolstered by financial ties between the police pension fund and the Times’ parent company. Considering Rall didn’t know the police recording existed until it was used against him, it seems only fitting that Rall’s latest

“If a boring white guy like me can get in this much trouble and be treated this badly over a really ridiculous offense, what does this say about the police state?” — Ted Rall remain elusive. In a series of editor’s notes, the Times asserted that Rall’s story doesn’t add up. Rall contends that he told the truth and accuses the paper’s former publisher of caving into political pressure

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personal journey with explanations of the NSA spying programs he revealed, and ultimately asks the readers to ask themselves whether they would have made the decision to go public. He discusses and signs his book on Sunday in Santa Monica. — Joe Piasecki You must’ve been shocked that an audio recording from a 2001 police encounter existed, let alone that it was preserved 14 years? I think most people were shocked, too. I haven’t heard from anyone who said it’s something they understood to be normal. I think the reason for that is they’re not usually admissible in court and don’t really serve much purpose, I guess, except to get cartoonists fired.

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2510 Main St., Santa Monica (310) 399-0743 aussiepiekitchen.com It’s the fate of every cuisine to become caricature. People associate Italians with spaghetti, Germans with sauerkraut, Mexicans with tacos, and so forth. We Americans are so deeply associated with hamburgers that many foreigners think we eat them every day. (That is correct of some people, unfortunately — not very healthy people, but that’s another article.) Australians get tagged with “shrimp on the barbie,” something you’ll never find on an Australian menu. That’s a coinage from a TV commercial. They eat plenty of grilled seafood Down Under, but any decapods large enough to be cooked that way are called prawns. On the other hand, you’ll find meat pies served all over Australia, and those have a much better claim to being the national snack. If you’d like to try that authentic Australian meal, there’s no better place than Aussie Pie Kitchen in Santa Monica. Authentic is a relative term here; this is a project of a Californian named Joe Youkhan, a veteran chef who brings a modern sensibility to an item that has both a British and Australian heritage. The Australian pie looks like an actual pie rather than a turnover, and when you see them in the glass case they appear small. This is misleading, as they’re filling by themselves — and even more so when used as the centerpiece of a “tiger stack,” in which they’re served over garlic mashed potatoes or dressing and topped with minted peas and creamy thyme gravy. The tiger stack is an invention of a famous food cart in Sydney that started serving pies that way in the 1950s. It defeats the idea of eating the pies as finger food, but then again so does another traditional Australian habit — topping them with liberal amounts of tomato sauce. Of the two, I’ll take the tiger stack. The most popular pie in Australia contains ground beef and onion in a sauce of beef stock with ketchup, Worcestershire and

Aussie Pies may look small, but they’re dense with savory filling and completely satisfying oregano. Upscale versions add wine to the sauce, but it’s pretty simple. Since this is an Aussie pie place in California, there are many variations available (including vegetarian), and the basic pie sauce is made with Shiraz wine and a mirepoix vegetable mix. Among the pie fillings here are chicken in either wine-and-lemon sauce or green curry, lamb with rosemary, and a Greek-style ratatouille. Our vegetarian dining companion seized on the ratatouille, my wife had the chicken, and I decided I wanted the classic. Two starches were available for the “tiger stack” — roasted garlic mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes. We tried both. The pies arrived after a brief wait, mine almost invisible beneath the toppings of potatoes and gravy. The gravy wasn’t vegetarian, so our companion’s ratatouille pie was without it. The sweet potatoes probably were better without the gravy anyway, because they had a simple natural goodness that would be hard to improve upon, while the mashed potatoes were more of a blank canvas. The pies themselves were precisely what one might expect: flaky pastry with simple, wholesome stews inside. The debt to British pub food was least obvious in the vegetarian pie, which was full of warm Mediterranean flavors and had a nice accent from olive tapenade. The lamb and rosemary pie was simpler but no less enjoyable, the beef pie more hearty and with more vegetables, and all three

were encased in a remarkably good crust. The bottom of savory pies is so often soggy, but that wasn’t the case here. We ate every crumb. Then we were at another layer of goodness, the sausage and pecan stuffing beneath — like the best Thanksgiving stuffing your mom never made. We had arrived at Aussie Pie Kitchen near the end of the evening and only a bit of their minted mushy peas were left, but the sample I tried made me reassess mushy peas. These had plenty of fresh flavors of peas, shallots and mint, unlike ones I’ve had in British pubs which are usually badly overcooked and heavy. Beer and wine aren’t served here, but Australian soft drinks by Bundaberg are, as well as coffee in the “flat white” style invented in New Zealand. We were just finishing our drinks and getting ready to depart when our server surprised us with complimentary samples of their croissant bread pudding drizzled with caramel and topped with whipped cream. I am not generally a fan of caramel but found this version very good, slightly smoky and not oversweet. I’d still get it on the side next time, because this crisp, savory dessert was fine just as it came from the oven. The pies cost between $9 and $12, plus $7 for the tiger stack, so our food ran about $20 per person. That’s a remarkable deal for a full meal in this neighborhood, and I’d happily return. This Californian reinvention of Australian food is completely successful and worth a special trip.

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Thursday, Oct. 1 “Winds of Freedom,” 1 p.m. Screening of a documentary by Pete Allman and Alex Ayzin about war and peace throughout the last century, promoting peace. West L.A. College Cinema Arts Building, 9000 Overland Ave, Culver City. Free. (702) 265-9099; windsof-freedom.org

epic storage facility of gargantuan proportion in an immersive theatrical installation that unpacks our relationship to the stuff we cling to and the objects we leave behind. $25 to $55. Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (213) 628-2772

“The Homecoming,” 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Set in 1960’s North London, Teddy returns home to introduce his wife to the family, but things don’t go exactly as planned. Halftime Happy Hour with DJ Written by Harold Pinter and Flye, 4 to 8 p.m. Music and drink directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos, specials every Thursday at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., this darkly sexual comedy closes out its first L.A. run in over a decade on Westchester. (310) 670-1994; Sunday. Pacific Resident Theatre, barmelodylax.com 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $34. (310) 822-8392; pacificBeach Eats Food Truck Event, residenttheatre.com 5 to 9 p.m. It’s the last day to find gourmet food trucks at Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina “Will,” 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays del Rey. (310) 305-9545; beaches. through Oct. 11. William Arthur lacounty.gov Lumens is a modern art giant with a prolific career that art critics “Flying Into the Future: summarize as genius. However, as Celebrating Two Decades,” he slips into early stages of 5 to 9 p.m. Flight Path celebrates Alzheimer’s he begins to paint 20 years of working with the unfamiliar, new styles of work, aviation community, including which complicate his relationship to efforts to inspire youth to pursue art and family. Bruce Glassman’s careers in aviation and aerospace. play explores the nature of art, the Enjoy an international foods buffet, airport and exhibition tours, and live conflicts between intention and instinct, and the role of family in an entertainment at the Flight Path artist’s legacy. $15 suggested Learning Center and Museum in donation. The Co-op space at Pacific the LAX Imperial Terminal, 6661 W. Imperial Hwy, Westchester. Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-8392; pacificresi$100. (424) 646-7284; flightdenttheatre.com pathmuseum.com Annie Jacobsen Presents “The Pentagon’s Brain,” 7 p.m. Investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen returns to the Santa Monica Public Library with her new book, an exposé of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency from its Cold War beginnings to now. A book sale and signing follows the presentation. Free. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org “The Object Lesson,” 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Actor-illusionist-inventor Geoff Sobelle transforms the space into an

Friday, Oct. 2 Mar Vista Seniors Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The club meets each Friday and activities include trips and tours, speakers, bingo, live entertainment, parties and holiday celebrations for seniors 50 and up. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. For more information, call Byron Stalcup at (310) 351-9876. Marina del Rey Historic Harbor Tours, 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Fridays

Del Rey Farmers Market, 2 to 7 p.m. Food and produce vendors gather weekly, with free musical performances on the first Friday of each month. Glen Alla Park, 4601 Alla Road, Del Rey. delreync.org

“Awake and Sing!,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 29 (Also 8 p.m. Oct. 14 and Nov. 4 and 8 p.m. Oct. 8, 22, 29 and Nov. 12, 19.) Clifford Odet’s play about the hopes and struggles of a lower-middle-class, three-generation Jewish family, living in the Bronx during the Great Depression, continues to resonate 80 years after its 1935 premiere. Director Elina de Santos and lead actress Marilyn Fox return with a 20th anniversary revival of the smash Odyssey Theatre production that ran for nine months in 1994-95. $15 to $34.The Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. (310) 477-2055; odysseytheatre.com

First Fridays at the Triangle, 4 to 9 p.m. Enjoy local merchants, food trucks, art and live entertainment at the 6200 block of 87th St., Westchester. facebook.com/ westchesterfirstfridays

Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band (with Charlie Parr), 8 p.m. Live music at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com

“Scarface,” 7:30 p.m. The 1980s gangster classic follows Al Pacino as Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee rising to drug kingpin of Miami. $11. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 2601528; aerotheatre.com

“When Stars Align,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The play follows a young boy and girl during the start of the Civil War, as unwavering societal and home traditions are challenged. $25 to $30. Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. (323) 960-7738; plays411.net

and 11:30 a.m., 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 29. In honor of Marina del Rey’s 50th anniversary year, the L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors and Marina del Rey Historical Society are sponsoring 45-minute informative tours for just $1. Board at Hornblower Cruises and Events, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com

Hornblower Dinner Cruise, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Enjoy a four-course dinner with dancing and a harbor view. Board at 7:30 p.m. at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $86.95 plus fees. hornblower.com Mariachi and Folkloric Dancing, 7:30, 9:30 and 10:45 p.m. Dinner with traditional Mexican entertainment at Casa Sanchez, 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 397-4444; casa-sanchez.com

“A Picasso,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. In this play set in occupied Paris, 20th-century icon Picasso is arrested and called on to authenticate his works, which the Nazis have confiscated from their Jewish owners to include in a “degenerate art show.” $25 to $30. Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St., Santa Monica. (310) 656-8070; promenadeplayhouse.com

“uCarmen,” 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 10. The internationally-acclaimed South African theatre company Isango Ensemble makes a stop at the Broad Stage on their U.S. tour and sets Bizet’s classic opera in a Cape Town township. $60 to $80. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com

“Ravenscroft,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 17. In the Kentwood Players’ staging of Don Nigro’s mystery-thriller, a detective investigates a murder at an English country estate inhabited by five women and encounters lies, selfish motives and one unpredictable ending. $20. Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org

Rich Shelton, 9 p.m. Live music at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Skeeters Pool Party Band, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Celebrate a “Dogtown Oktoberfest” with Skeeters’ classic rock and surf music. Drummers welcome to line up and play Wipeout on a communal drum (bring sticks). Guitarists also welcome to jam on Crossroads (bring your own guitar). Dancers will receive free ‘70s and ‘80s-style T-shirts. Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. No Cover; 21+. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com.

Saturday, Oct. 3 5k Stand Up Paddleboard Race, 8 a.m. Here’s your chance to walk on water. All proceeds benefit City of Hope. Race begins at 10 a.m. Sign up at paddleguru.com/races/ cityofhoperegata. $35. Del Rey Yacht Club, 13900 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. Contact: Jude Gavin at judegavin@gmail.com. Los Angeles Audubon Society’s Open Wetlands, 9 a.m. to noon. A monthly event at the Ballona Salt Marsh. Borrow a pair of binoculars, take a stroll from the sand dunes to the creek, and explore your neighborhood wetlands. Enter through the gate located in the northeast corner of the parking lot behind Alkawater/Gordon’s Market, in the 300 block of Culver Boulevard in Playa del Rey. No baby strollers. Contact: Cindy Hardin at cindyhardin@ laaudubon.org. Marina del Rey Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find locally grown produce, prepared food, desserts and arts and crafts at the corner of Via Marina and Panay Way (parking lot 11) each Saturday. (310) 305-9545; facebook.com/ MDRFarmersMarket (Continued on page 39)

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Openings

Taking a page from food trucks, four local entrepreneurs hit the streets to make their dreams a reality

LaRocco’s Pizzeria (8806 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester) holds a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Call the LAX Coastal Chamber for info: (310) 645-5151.

Story and photos by Christina Campodonico

Lynn McNeil (aka #sheetlady) sells luxury linens and ecofriendly cleaning products on the go with Freshness Maid Chic

Barrister Executive Suites (233 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 400) holds a ribbon cutting ceremony at 6 p.m. on Nov. 4. Call the Santa Monica Chamber for info: (310) 393-9825. To better care for patients after they leave, Marina Del Rey Hospital recently launched Marina Homecare, a collaboration with 24Hr Homecare to help patients with daily activities after they leave the hospital. Call (310) 823-8911 for more information.

Chamber Events Friends Kelly Kennedy, left, and Drenda Douglas hit the road together to found Necessities and Accessories with Sprinkles

Downtown L.A. Art Walk to the Autry Museum. Douglas and Kennedy even make house calls to private parties and beauty salons. “It gives your customer that VIP service, like ‘My beautician sent the whole boutique here for me!’” says Douglas. Running a mobile fashion truck has given Douglas, especially, a new lease on life. When her workplace wanted to force her on permanent disability leave, Douglas, who suffers from a degenerative bone disease, opted instead to go into business with Kennedy, her friend of almost 20 years. It was the combination of mobile freedom and financial security that made the option so attractive. “‘Cause no matter what, if I don’t walk, we could build a ramp,” says Douglas. “We could still get our store out there. Still be prideful and still make money.” For locations, follow the trucks online and on social media.: Blu Sugar Twitter & Instagram: @blusugarmode blusugarboutique.com Freshness Maid Chic Facebook: facebook.com/freshnessmaidchic Twitter: @freshnessmchic Instagram: @fmctruck freshnessmaidchic.com Necessities & Accessories with Sprinkles Instagram: @na_sprinkles

Thurs., Oct. 15: The Venice Chamber hosts a Venice Art Crawl planning mixer from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Venice Whaler, 10 W. Washington Blvd., Venice. $5. Visit venicechamber.net/events.

Special Events More than 2,000 people helped raise $1 million for Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA during the El Segundo toymaker’s 16th annual Mattel Party on the Pier in Santa Monica on Sept. 27. Photo by Mike Windle / Getty Images for Mattel UCLA Children’s Hospital

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two, whose step van, Freshness Maid Chic, is filled with furniture from her grandmother. “She’s with me everyday rolling on the truck.” McNeil sees her mobile home goods business as not only a reminder of her grandmother, but a true blessing. She found the former Bimbo Bread truck on a dusty, dirt road in South Gate and purchased it for a bargain price of $4,500. According to a national survey by the American Mobile Retail Association (AMRA), trucks can cost anywhere between $5,000 and $10,000. Yet a customized one could cost up to $100,000, according to U.S. News & World Report. “It was the best truck they had on the lot. It was in perfect, perfect condition and the guy even vouched for [it] and said, ‘Yeah, you’re getting a dream there,’” McNeil said. Drenda Douglas and Kelly Kennedy, co-owners of Necessities & Accessories with Sprinkles, also cited the low start-up costs as reasons to enter the mobile fashion business. “It was less expensive to get up and going. And to get going without having to worry about having the consistency of rent — things that we knew would be hard with a new business, not knowing if the business would be successful,” Douglas said. Based on the same 2013 AMRA survey, $25,000 is the average start-up cost for a mobile retail business. So instead of waiting for hypothetical customers to come to their doorstep, Douglas and Kennedy go to their customers. “We go to the traffic. We create the traffic,” says Douglas, who has taken Necessities & Accessories with Sprinkles all over Los Angeles, from the

Wed., Oct. 7: The Venice Chamber of Commerce hosts an exclusive members-only lunch with state Sen. Ben Allen, who will discuss issues facing small businesses, at Danny’s Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. $30; $25 advance. Call (310) 822-5425 or email info@venicechamber.net. Tues., Oct. 13: The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce’s Tech Talk Tuesdays continue at 11:45 a.m. with David Meltzer of Meltzer Consulting Technology Management discussing defenses against cybercrime at the 520 Broadway building in Santa Monica. Call (310) 393-9825 or visit santamonicachamber.com.

Hava Monet’s Blu Sugar truck — “Blu” for cool, “sugar” for sweet — delivers boho, chic and vintage clothes Pull up to The Coffee Co. in Westchester this weekend and you might just get a side of some sweet fashion along with your pancakes. Three fashion trucks, selling everything from stylish accessories to sumptuous sheets, park outside the restaurant on the corner La Tijera and Sepulveda boulevards Sunday mornings. Hava Monet’s Blu Sugar is one of them. Whether stationed in Westchester or roaming around Venice, the royal blue truck makes shopping — even on the run — a luxurious experience. A Tiffany blue staircase unfurls like an elegant invitation to come inside. Smooth mannequin arms extend their wares from the walls, like sophisticated hand models. A crystalline chandelier illuminates the interior with a warm glow, while dark hard wood floors and cotton area rugs make the inside feel like a breezy, beachside living room. For Monet, this truck, filled with boho, chic and vintage clothes, is an expression of her style: “Blu” for cool, “sugar” for sweet, she says. But mobile boutiques like Monet’s are more than just fashion statements. For the four women who park their trucks at The Triangle on Sundays, these pop-up shops are a meaningful source of income, entrepreneurial experimentation and personal pride. Take Lynn McNeil, better known as the #sheetlady on social media. After her grandmother died from brain cancer in 2013, McNeil decided to take her side business, selling luxury linens and eco-friendly cleaning products, on the road. “A couple of months later God gave me a vision to go bigger and I looked for a truck … and created it all myself,” says the single mother of

Tues., Oct. 6: The LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce hosts a “Struggle Breakfast,” meant to give participants strength to push through business challenges and the busy workweek, from 8:45 to 10 a.m. at The Coffee Co., 8751 La Tijera Blvd., Westchester. Pay only for what you order. Call (424) 290-8745; laxcoastal.com

Actors Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mark-Paul Gosselaar helped Mattel raise $1 million for UCLA Children’s Hospital during the Sept. 27 Mattel Party on the Pier The city of Santa Monica and Santa Monica Chamber are holding a “Hack the Beach” contest series to reward Santa Monica tech professionals for building solutions around the areas of community, citizen engagement and mobility. Learn more during the kickoff event at 1 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Expert Dojo, 395 Santa Monica Place, Ste. 308, Santa Monica or by calling (310) 458-8381.

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Tony Palermo, Ty Pennington, to be honored at annual Rotary Cultural Dinner This year’s theme is “Return to Italy”

On Thursday, October 15, 2015, the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation will hold its annual Cultural Dinner. This year’s theme is “Return to Italy” celebrating Rotary Italian style. The club’s first dinner was nine years ago and was Italian themed and the club decided this year to return to that beautiful warm country. The food will be catered by one of the top Italian Restaurants in the community, Cantalini’s, and there will be some very special entertainment. The dinner event is the largest fundraiser of the year which helps fund the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Foundation projects such as Teacher MiniGrants, Teacher Eddy Awards, Holiday AdoptA-Family program, the Santa Tour, Airport Marina Counseling Service, feeding the homeless, 4th of July Parade, Christmas party and toy giveaway for the McBride School for handicapped children, high school scholarships, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, support of local area firefighters, and clean water projects in third world countries, to name a few. Each year at the Cultural Dinner the club presents the Sunrise Community Service Award, to a person who has made a difference in the lives of

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Welcome! Dear fellow community members, We of the Rotary Club of Playa Venice Sunrise are part of 1,250,ooo Rotarians worldwide. We represent the 2010 merger of Playa Sunrise and the Venice Rotary Club. Since that time we have grown our ranks to over sixty members and climbing. Rotary directs its efforts in Avenues of Service, specifically Community Service, Youth Service, International Service and Vocational Service. Programs are developed and promoted to help those who are less fortunate.

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others, gives back to the community and lives their life by the Rotary 4-Way test. The recipient of this year’s Sunrise Community Service Award is Tony Palermo, owner of Tony P’s Dockside Grill and a Westchester resident. Tony has been a supporter of many, many organizations throughout the community and has generously given to our local schools with time, talents and donations. He has been very active with the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce and played a major role in the 4th of July Parade for many years. The club will also recognize longtime Venice resident Ty Pennington, who transformed the lives of hundreds of deserving families on the hit ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Ty inspired tens of thousands of volunteers across the country,

Adopt a Family during the holiday season (community service,) the Santa Tour (youth service,) donating an ambulance to Ajajic Mexico (international service,) and teacher mini grants (vocational service,) these are just a few samples of our efforts We also fund donations to eradicate polio (only present in Afghanistan and Pakistan,) treat youngsters with cancer at St. Jude and give back to veterans through the Wounded Warrior project. It takes thousands of dollars to support the good works of Playa Venice. We have created a 501c3

as well as millions of television viewers worldwide, to give back to their communities… a cornerstone of the Rotary mission. The charismatic home-design guru first won national attention as the creative carpenter on the home improvement series Trading Spaces. But it has been his work as leader of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition phenomenon and his expanded community efforts with programs like the Sears American Dream campaign that have caused Ty to be recognized as a leader in the field of volunteerism. This very special event will be held at the Playa Vista CenterPointe Club beginning at 6:00 p.m. on October 15, 2015. The cost of an individual ticket is $85 which includes appetizers, dinner, hosted bar and entertainment. For information, please call ◆ (310) 306-8525.

Thank you to the following sponsors of our 2015 Cultural Dinner: William Hannon Foundation Cantalini’s Restaurant Gail Goldstein & Rob Bird Marina del Rey Hospital LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce Loyola Marymount University Playa Vista

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non-profit which supports our programs. Donations to fund raisers are tax deductable because of our charitable non-profit status. In the fall we have our cultural dinner, this year on October 15th it is Return to Italy. It will be a fun filled evening of good food and entertainment and great fellowship. We will honor community stalwart Tony Palermo of Tony P’s Dockside grill. In the spring we put on Luck O the Irish BingoFest. 2016 may see our expansion into the world of bocce ball. Playa Venice Rotarian are living examples of the Rotary motto of Service above Self. Let us know if you would like to learn more about what we do. ◆ Sincerely, Tony Ciancimino, President OCTOBER 1, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 19

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Jet to Jetty Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary is a sponsor and supporter of Airport Counseling Services’ annual Jet to Jetty 5K/10K event. The club joined forces this year with Cantalini’s Restaurant and had the largest team in the race, 40-persons strong. Those Rotarians that didn’t walk or run covered the Rotary booth and passed out “Rotary” trail mix to all the participants. The club even had some representation in the young people’s Fun Run with Addison and Gabe O’Donoghue running in the kids’ ◆ event.

Subject: Who knows what a Rotarian does? Rotarians have two legs and big hearts so they run a lot. They run fundraisers to help local and international charities. They run charitable projects in Third World counties and run a major a push to eradicate polio from the face of the Earth. Rotarians give their time, knowledge, energy and financial support to improve our

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The Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club will be gearing up very soon for its traditional holiday activities with their Family Adoption program, Christmas Party at the McBride School for handicapped children, Santa Tour and a special visit from the world famous Mark Twain Bell Ringers. The Bell Ringers will visit the club at its regular meeting at Whiskey Red’s Restaurant on December 16, 2015.

world. Just about every country in the world has Rotary Clubs and Rotarians are recognized and honored when traveling for living up to the motto of “Service Above Self”. And they have fun while doing all this good stuff because they enjoy being with people who share the same sense of giving. The Playa Venice Rotary Club welcomes visitors who want to check us out. We meet every Wednesday morning, 7:15 a.m. at Whiskey Red’s Restaurant, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Feel free to visit our website: ◆ playasunrise.org. The club will once again adopt 5 or 6 very needy local area families to bring a special holiday celebration to their home, set up a special visit from Santa to the McBride School and join forces with LAPD and LAFD for the annual Santa Tour around the Westchester, Playa del Rey and Playa Vista neighborhoods. The Rotarian elves are busily planning to make the 2015 holiday season a special time for ◆ those in need.

The club meets every Wednesday morning at 7:15 a.m. at Whiskey Red’s Restaurant, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. We look forward to serving the community with you. For more information about Rotary or how you can help support a local project, please visit our website, www.playasunrise.org, contact our Director of Membership John Marcato (310) 740-6469 or visit us at a weekly breakfast meeting.

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Feeding the Homeless on Skid Row Rotarians Triple Scholarship The Rotary Club of Playa Venice Sunrise is committed to feeding the homeAwards in 2015 less at the Midnight Mission on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. The club makes three or four trips a year to the Mission to feed the homeless and bring food and much needed supplies including water, toiletries, clothing and shoes. The Mission was founded in 1914 and celebrating 100 years! They have many programs including emergency services, alcohol and addiction recovery and transition and training for jobs including a simple thing such as providing mail service for the homeless who send out resumes and need a place to receive responses. One of the club members noticed there was never any dessert provided at the meal servings and when the Mission was asked, they said they must concentrate on basic food and they would be happy to serve dessert if someone donated it. The next trip the volunteers from Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club showed up with 3,000 cookies in hand. Family members of Playa Venice club members have joined in this worthwhile project to feed, serve and clean up for the homeless and handicapped who depend on the Mission to survive their life on the Rotarians at Midnight Mission (front left) Peter Smyth, Kristen Hemanes, ◆ streets. second row left: Gail Goldstein, Jean Davis, Joe Chehade, Michael

Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club has always been committed to providing scholarship opportunities in the community. However in May of this year, the Club was thrilled to triple the number of scholarships offered and fill nine scholarships to deserving high school graduates. Following the review (left) Sevia Lemus with daughter and scholarship recipient Arline Lemus of Westchester High School, Rotarians Gwen Vuchsas and Gail of over 75 scholarGoldstein ship applications, Memorial Scholarship and Sibyl Rotarians presented Buchanan Honorary Scholarship. nine $1,000 Rotary scholarships to The scholarships were presented at amazing students from local area a special Rotary Breakfast Meeting high schools: Venice, Animo Venice for the recipients and their parents. Charter, Westchester, Culver City The winning students shared their and St. Bernard. The scholarships future plans with the club members included an Interact Scholarship, whether a university, community colLeadership Scholarship, Exceptional lege or trade school. The Rotary Achievement Scholarship, “Service Club believes all students are desAbove Self” Scholarship, Tony tined for continued success and that Steinhart Scholarship for a deservthe Rotary Club has played a role in ing LAPD cadet, Carol Goldstein supporting their efforts. It has been a Memorial Scholarship, Trudy Bird very rewarding scholarship program! Memorial Scholarship, Don Culton

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SISTER CITY CLUB – AJIJIC, MEXICO

turnouts, helmets and boots valued at approximately $50,000. The assistance did not stop there and again with the help of the Los Angeles Fire Department Station No. 5 and the Rotary Club of Historic Filipinotown, Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club secured a much needed ambulance for the Ajijic/Lake With sister club in Ajijic, Mexico, Rotary Club of Playa Venice Sunrise Chapala region. The secures an ambulance club repaired and certified the ambulance, Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club furnished it with medical supplies under the leadership of Rotarian Jim through the efforts of member Marina Vuchsas initiated a project this past del Rey Hospital. In a joint effort with year to renovate and refurbish the Fire LAFD, a press conference was held Department of Ajijic/Chapala in the this past spring at which time the Mexican State of Jalisco. They have stocked ambulance was turned over sixteen (16) firefighters who get paid to to Fire Chief Lorenzo Salazar who minimal wages, have limited training proudly drove it back to Mexico. and no budget for equipment. The This was a great International projRotary Club of Ajijic is the sister club ect as it demonstrated the power of of Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club. people working together and accomThe club successfully recruited plishing a project that will provide “Los Bomberos”, a Latin Club of Los emergency services to Angeles firefighters, to assist in this a community of approximately 44,000 mission. Los Angeles firefighter and people who do not have President of Los Bomberos, Roger the resources to provide such Rubio traveled to Mexico with Playa ◆ services. Venice Sunrise Rotarian and presented

$18,000 awarded in Teacher Mini-Grants The Teacher Mini-Grant Program is one of the largest and most successful programs of the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation. The program is in its 20th year and has grown from a first year distribution of $1800 in funding to $18,000 last year. The purpose of the program is to fund creative and innovative projects for the classroom teacher. The grants range from $75 to $400 and are awarded annually for teachers in all grades for both public and private schools in the local community. Over the years the projects have ranged from planting and growing vegetable gardens, making book bags, computer software, special literacy programs to outdoor education and basic simple needs

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such as a classroom whiteboard. The teachers very often pay for these types of projects or basic needs out of their own pockets and can now apply for funding through the Rotary Teacher Mini-Grants program. Each year over 150 grant applications are received and approximately 50% of them are funded through the program with the partnership and donations from other organizations such as the Playa Vista, the Jim Bunch Charity Fund, Los Angeles Commercial Realtors Association (LACRA), LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce, Rainbow Acres on Washington Boulevard and private donations from individuals and businesses in the local community. ◆

School Supply Prgram Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation created a new program several years ago through the generous donation of LACRA members. The local area schools are asked to submit “Wish Lists” and the items are purchased through the funding from LACRA and distributed to the schools at the Teacher Mini-Grant Awards Breakfast, to be held on January 13, 2016. Education is a priority of the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club. In addition to the thousands of dollars given to teachers for these worthwhile projects through these grants, the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club proudly supports education through a book donation program, as well as a sponsor of the Chamber’s very successful Teacher Eddy Awards and awarding of numerous ◆ high school scholarships.

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ROTARY CLUB OF PLAYA VENICE SUNRISE

Rotary Career Day The club held a very successful Career Day under the direction of Rotarian Dr. Sharma Henderson, President/ CEO of CO-OP, a Community Outreach & Opportunity Program. Approximately 40 students from local area high schools spent a Saturday morning and afternoon with Playa Venice Sunrise Rotarians to learn and discuss possible career choices and options. It was a very rewarding day for the Rotarians who participated to meet so many bright, interesting and motivated students who want to make a dif◆ ference with their lives.

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One of the unique projects of the Playa Venice Rotary Club is the Charity Build-ABear event. Once a year the club members meet at a local Build-A-Bear facility and build bears for the children of USC County Hospital. There are usually 25 bears built covering a wide range of children’s favorites, princesses, police officers, Lakers, Dodgers, football players, bunnies, monkeys, etc. The members write personal notes to go with each bear and the bears are delivered to the hospital for distribution to the sick children as needed. Charity Build-ABear is a club favorite and an activity that Rotarian families can join in on.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015234420 The following person is doing business as: American Balancecare 8726 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite D-221 Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owners: Spirited Balance, LLC 8726 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite D-221 Los Angeles, CA. 90045. 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: Linda Cantrill. Title: CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 10, 2015. Argonaut published: October 1, 8, 15, and 24, 2015. 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).

rect. (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: Lynda Cox. Title: CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on September 10, 2015. Argonaut published: September 17, 24, October 1, and 8, 2015. 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).

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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. 2015212996 The following person is doing business as: Signmation 2329 Pershing Drive Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Jo Ann Rita Dean 329 Pershing Drive 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 thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Jo Ann Rite Dean. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 17, 2015. Argonaut published: September 17, 24, October 1, and 8, 2015. 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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Historic Abbot Kinney Home in venice Just 2 minutes from Abbot Kinney Blvd., named the “Coolest Street” by GQ magazine, is the house Abbot Kinney, the visionary developer of the Venice canals, himself built in 1906. Legend has it, albino twins Dot & Thelma, from Kinney’s Circus once lived there, too! Venice architect, Michael Hricak, designed a new wing and completely renovated in 2006 keeping the historic details while adding top quality, modern amenities. Today, you enter past the picturesque, vintage sun room into an open living room flowing into the family room and gourmet kitchen. Entertaining is a given with its huge front yard and rear patio with built-in bbq . Ocean breezes sweep through 2 master bedroom suites with sitting area, walk-in closet and spa baths. Tucked away, is a 4th bedroom or office. The spectacular, ocean view roof deck is not to be missed. New, approved architectural plans by jeff soler for a 3 bedroom, 3bath guest house on this large lot, just 1 building to the sand. Parking for 7 cars, even abbot would approve!

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“Be the first to live in this four-bedroom two-bath home,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia.“Hardwood floors welcome you to the open floor plan. The cook’s kitchen features w o o d c a b i n e t s , s u b w a y t i l e a n d g r a n i t e c o u n t e r , w i t h b a r s e a t i n g . French doors in the living room open to the inviting backyard. The master bedroom’s en-suite bathroom is highlighted by a claw-foot bathtub and separate shower. This is a truly impressive home, o f f e r i n g g r e a t s t y l e , t o p q u a l i t y , a n d s p e c i a l a p p e a l . ”

“Situated on a small knoll, this house is beautifully proportioned f o r e n t e r t a i n i n g , ” s a y s a g e n t S t e p h a n i e Y o u n g e r . “ P r e p a r e m e a l s in the spacious chef’s kitchen. The dining area opens to the family room, which features oversized windows, and picturesque views of the garden. The backyard is a terraced garden, inspired by Japanese aesthetics, including a jetted outdoor spa and a pagoda i n s p i r e d t e a h o u s e . T h e m a s t e r b e d r o o m f e a t u r e s a l a r g e c l o s e t , separate master bath, and backyard views. Two more bedrooms and a hallway bathroom complete the ﬂoor plan. This house includes an attached two-car garage.”

Offered at $1,195,000 Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia, Coldwell Banker 310-337-9225 and 310-913-8112

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“Wonderful curb appeal introduces you to this two-story, three bedroom, two-and-a-half bath home,” says agent Kevin Gallaher. “The kitchen includes granite counters and custom cabinetry. A sunlit living room, with granite-framed ﬁreplace, leads to two b e d r o o m s t h a t s h a r e a c e n t r a l l y l o c a t e d f u l l b a t h r o o m . D o w n t h e hall, access a half-bathroom and adjacent laundry room. Outside, enjoy a dazzling pool. Upstairs, the master retreat has a walk-in closet, separate bathroom, and balcony. This ﬁne home is within walking distance to shops, neighborhood dining, and great public s c h o o l s . ”

“ T h i s i s a c h a r m i n g C a p e C o d s t y l e h o m e i s s i t u a t e d i n a p r i m e N o r t h K e n t w o o d l o c a t i o n , ” s a y a g e n t s K i m W i l l i a m s o n a n d N i c o l e P a g a n . “ T h i s h o m e , f e a t u r i n g t h r e e b e d r o o m s a n d t w o b a t h r o o m s , e x c e e d s 1 8 0 0 s q u a r e f e e t . C a l l u s f o r m o r e information; this is a terriﬁc off market opportunity.” Kim Williamson and Nicole Pagan, RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-678-6650

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This two-story penthouse offers marina, city, and mountain views,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The open floor plan of the first story presents a kitchen with Bosch appliances, as well as a dining and living room that lead to a patio overlooking the cityscape. Adjacent to these is a guest retreat, featuring a Murphy bed and en-suite bathroom. Upstairs, the master suite contains a walk-in closet and a two-phase master bath. An additional upstairs bedroom has an adjoining bathroom, and a patio overlooking the Marina Harbor. Features include travertine and white oak floors, a surround sound system, an eco-smart fireplace, and solar window treatments.”

“This 11th floor condo boasts floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic views,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “The single bedroom and bathroom have been beautifully remodeled. This home features top-of-the-line appliances, recessed lighting, an upgraded kitchen, and a custom-designed office. Enjoy easy a c c e s s t o a l l t h e w o n d e r f u l a m e n i t i e s o f M a r i n a C i t y C l u b : p o o l s , six tennis courts, gym, a full restaurant and bar, 24-hour gated s e c u r i t y , a n d m u c h m o r e . ” Offered for lease at $3,700 per month Eileen McCarthy, Marina Ocean Properties 310-822-8910

Offered at $1,459,000 Charles Lederman, Charles Lederman and Associates 310-821-8980

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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

How Does One Assess the Real Cost of a Fixer-Upper? When you buy a fixer-upper house, you can save a ton of money, or get yourself in a financial fix. Trying to decide whether to buy a fixer-upper house? Follow these seven steps, and you’ll know how much you can afford, how much to offer, and whether a fixer-upper house is right for you. Decide what you can do yourself. TV remodeling shows make home improvement work look like a snap. In the real world, attempting a difficult remodeling job that you don’t know how to do will take longer than you think and can lead to less-than-professional results that won’t increase the value of your fixer-upper house. Do you really have the skills to do it? Some tasks, like stripping wallpaper and painting, are relatively easy. Others, like electrical work, can be dangerous when done by amateurs. Do you really have the time and desire to do it? Can you take time off work to renovate your fixer-upper house? If not, will you be stressed out by living in a work zone for months while you complete projects on the weekends? Price the cost of repairs and remodeling before you make an offer. Get your contractor into the house to do a walk-through, so he can give you a written cost estimate on the tasks he’s going to do. If you’re doing the work yourself, price the supplies. Either way, tack on 10% to 20% to cover unforeseen problems that often arise with a fixer-upper house. Check permit costs. Ask local officials if the work you’re going to do requires a permit and how much that permit costs. Doing work without a permit may save money, but it’ll cause problems when you resell your home. Decide if you want to get the permits yourself or have the contractor arrange for them. Getting permits can be time-consuming and frustrating. Inspectors may force you to do additional work, or change the way you want to do a project, before they give you the permit. Factor the time and aggravation of permits into your plans. Double-check pricing on structural work. If your fixer-upper home needs major structural work, hire a structural engineer for $500 to $700 to inspect the home before you put in an offer so you can be confident you’ve uncovered and conservatively budgeted for the full extent of the problems. Get written estimates for repairs before you commit to buying a home with structural issues. Don’t purchase a home that needs major structural work unless you’re getting it at a steep discount, you’re sure you’ve uncovered the extent of the problem, you know the problem can be fixed, and you have a binding written estimate for the repairs Check the cost of financing. Be sure you have enough money for a down payment, closing costs, and repairs without draining your savings. If you’re planning to fund the repairs with a home equity or home improvement loan, get yourself pre-approved for both loans before you make an offer. Make the deal contingent on getting both the purchase money loan and the renovation money loan, so you’re not forced to close the sale when you have no loan to fix the house.

Consider the Federal Housing Administration’s Section 203(k) program, which is designed to help home owners who are purchasing or refinancing a home that needs rehabilitation. The program wraps the purchase/refinance and rehabilitation costs into a single mortgage. To qualify for the loan, the total value of the property must fall within the FHA mortgage limit for your area, as with other FHA loans. A streamlined 203(k) program provides an additional amount for rehabilitation, up to $35,000, on top of an existing mortgage. It’s a simpler process than obtaining the standard 203(k). Calculate your fair purchase offer. Take the fair market value of the property (what it would be worth if it were in good condition and remodeled to current tastes) and subtract the upgrade and repair costs. For example: Your target fixer-upper house has a 1960s kitchen, metallic wallpaper, shag carpet, and high levels of radon in the basement. Your comparison house, in the same subdivision, sold last month for $200,000. That house had a newer kitchen, no wallpaper, was recently recarpeted, and has a radon mitigation system in its basement. The cost to remodel the kitchen, remove the wallpaper, carpet the house, and put in a radon mitigation system is $40,000. Your bid for the house should be $160,000. Ask your real estate agent if it’s a good idea to share your cost estimates with the sellers, to prove your offer is fair. Include inspection contingencies in your offer. Don’t rely on your friends or your contractor to eyeball your fixer-upper house. Hire pros to do common inspections like home inspection. This is key in a fixer-upper assessment. The home inspector will uncover hidden issues in need of replacement or repair. You may know you want to replace those 1970s kitchen cabinets, but the home inspector has a meter that will detect the water leak behind them. Hire people to check for radon, mold, lead-based paint, pests, and to check the sewer and the well. Most home inspection contingencies let you go back to the sellers and ask them to do the repairs, or give you cash at closing to pay for the repairs. The seller can also opt to simply back out of the deal, as can you, if the inspection turns up something you don’t want to deal with. If that happens, this isn’t the right fixer-upper house for you. Go back to the top of this list and start again.

This week’s quesTion is answered by Brian Christie, Agents in Action! team, The Real Estate Consultants, (319) 910-0120.

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Googling Abbot Kinney’s Dreams Muralist Patrick Marston taps the founding father of Venice for his mural inside Google headquarters By Christina Campodonico

What’s going on inside Google headquarters in Venice? If Patrick Marston’s new mural inside the Frank Gehry-designed “Binoculars Building” on Main Street is any indication, it really is the stuff of dreams. When Google put out the call for local artists to come up with a mural design for a corridor just off the main lobby of their Venice office, Patrick Marston looked to the imagined reveries of Venice’s founding father, Abbot Kinney, for inspiration. For the two-sides of the narrow hallway that contains his mural “Abbot’s Dream,” unveiled during a private party on Sept. 18, Marston said he sought to combine the “dreams of [Kinney’s] time with the dreams that Venice has become.” Venice, of course, has long been the stuff of dreams. Kinney famously transformed the area’s marshes into canals fit for gondoliers and his boardwalk still attracts artists and dreamers of every stripe. In Marston’s hands, Venice’s dreams are psychedelic — a colorful clash between beachy subcultures and the advent of turn-of-the-century technologies. Pencil-drawn beachgoers from yesteryear celebrate Mardi Gras in papier-mâché masks across from slanted typewriter keys and a canal bridge cradled on an old rotary telephone. In his research for the project, Marston found that these items were sort of like the smartphones and tablets of Kinney’s day, inventions that changed the way the real estate developer and his contemporaries lived and gave the era its optimistic zeitgeist.

Abbot Kinney sleeps in a corridor deep inside Google headquarters, dreaming of Venice past, present and future It’s something that Marston sees in the Venice of today, where startups and tech companies are taking up residence alongside artists like himself.

Old meets new in even more fantastical ways on Google’s walls. A mustachioed (hipster?) whale with a Magritte-esque pipe slid under his lip rides a

These weird and wacky designs are of pure fancy, but that’s exactly what Marston wanted. “Joy and eye candy. Whimsical, playful and makes you breathe twice,” Marston says of his goals for the mural, which took about 270 hours over a span of seven weeks to create. To meet his completion deadline, Marston, husband Michael Brunt — Patrick Marston and their dog spent many long nights in the building — not only Victorian-style bicycle, a disem- painting but also sampling some of “The place where I live had bodied hand serves the famed this crazy idea, inspired by the tech company’s famous perks, Venice Beach Hostel on a dinner such as hot chocolate machines potential,” says Marston, who’s plate, and a fish flops on a soaring and late-night movies. lived in Venice for 15 years. skateboard — all while Abbot “That’s Venice. Anything goes Yet for something that screams Kinney snoozes in a gondola. — a land of potentiality.” for attention, the mural itself

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Used Book Sale, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pick up a few books at bargain prices. Mar Vista Branch Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 390-3454 Hot Wheels Garage, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A family event benefiting Sandpipers, a women’s organization that creates community-based programing. Don’t miss the life-size custom Hot Wheels cars and tracks, face painting, ice cream sundaes and more. $5 to $10, kids under 10 free. Automobile Driving Museum, 610 Lairport St., El Segundo. (310) 909-0950; automobiledrivingmuseum.org Blend2Day Educational Brunch, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join the Blend2Day El Segundo Chapter for an educational brunch on Social Security, medical supplements, living benefits, annuities and retirement planning with guest speakers from Financial Concepts of America, Humana and Blend2Day. Ticket includes continental breakfast and one raffle ticket. $20. (310) 780-1393; blend2day.com Community Orchestra Instrumentalists and Singers Auditions, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Silicon Beach Philharmonic & Chorale is auditioning experienced players for its upcoming Mozart and John Philip Souza concert as well and opera dinners. Rehearsals take place at Marina Del Rey Hospital, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. Free parking with validation. All rehearsals are open to the public. (310) 999-3626; meetup.com/SBPhil/ The Los Angeles Printers Fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The “celebration of letterpress, book arts, printing and paper” returns for its 7th year, showing that “printing is certainly not dead.” Enjoy activities and demonstrations with more than 80 vendors and exhibitors, including a 3-D printing of a working model of Johannes Gutenberg’s 1450 printing press. $10 or $5 for kids under 12. International Printing Museum, 315 W. Torrance Blvd. (310) 515-7166; printmuseum.org/printersfair “Aladdin: An Interactive Play,” noon Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 26. Music, magic and creative movement combine to tell the classic story of Aladdin. $15. 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. (310) 622-4482; blackboxtheater.org Max Diamond Yoga, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. (also Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.). The benefits of yoga can increase strength, flexibility, balance and endurance, promote spinal safety, and reduce stress. All levels welcome to this weekly, donation-based active yoga flow class at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 9228879; mtolivelutheranchurch.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with R&B from Gary Gibson and Friends. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900

Poets Marsha de la O and Suzanne Lummis, 4 p.m. Marsha de la O reads from her award-winning book “Antidote For Night” and Suzanna Lummis from her “Open 24 Hours.” Beyond Baroque, 681. N. Venice Blvd., Venice. $6 to $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Crab Feast and Auction, 4:30 p.m. Bid on once-in-a-lifetime events and trips and enjoy all the crab you can eat at this 15th annual event benefiting City of Hope. Del Rey Yacht Club, 13900 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. $100. (626) 218-6563; cityofhope.org “Climax,” 8 p.m. Saturdays (also 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 1). A Malibu restaurant owner entangles himself in an affair after his wife’s fertility treatments are unsuccessful, leading to hurt and danger. $29.50. Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com Dennis Jones Band, 9 p.m. The rockin’ blues guitarist and soulful vocalist returns to Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 3951676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Sunday, Oct. 4 Hope Floats Weekend-Regatta for Hope, 9 a.m. Enjoy an opportunity to crew aboard a racing sailboat and speed through Santa Monica Bay. If speed isn’t your calling, watch the races on a luxury observation boat. $35 per skipper and crew member, or $45 per seat on the observation boats. Proceeds benefit City of Hope. Del Rey Yacht Club, 13900 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. Register boats at regattanetwork.com/event/10531 and save your seats by calling (626) 218-6563.

ArgonautNews.com Join neighborhood locals for a fourpart workshop series on growing organic foods in the time of water restrictions and droughts. At this workshop learn how to prepare your garden beds for planting. Emerson Avenue Community Garden, 6550 W. 80th St., Westchester. $55 for the four-class series or $15 per class. Register at eacgc.org. First Sunday Open Reading, 5 p.m. The monthly open mic returns with feature Gabrielle Zeitlin. Sign-ups begin at 4:45. Free. Beyond Baroque, 681. N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Mariachi and Folkloric Dancing, 5, 7 and 8:45 p.m. Dinner comes with a side of traditional Mexican entertainment at Casa Sanchez, 4500 S. Centinela Ave., Del Rey. (310) 397-4444; casa-sanchez.com Community Police Issues Workshop, 6 to 8:30 p.m. The Committee for Racial Justice presents a free workshop with a potluck supper at 6 and program at 6:30 p.m. Hear the Coalition for Police Reform’s community action plan based on extensive reviews of research and best practices, and Dr. Robert Gordh’s insight into the book “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander. Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Building, 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 422-5431 Olivia Chaney (with Mia Doi Todd), 8 p.m. Live music at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $15. (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. A cabaret show held on 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, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance vibes light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com

Monday, Oct. 5 Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Club meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892 Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. Weekly stand-up 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

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6 to Oct. 11. More than 100 Division 1 collegiate women tennis players from over 50 colleges and universities will play at the Riviera Country Club. Free. 1250 Capri Drive, Pacific Palisades. waatc.org Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Join others in a light walk while enjoying the beautiful view of the Marina del Rey harbor. Burton Chace Park, 13640 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free, but RSVP by calling (310) 305-9595; beaches.lacounty.gov Max Diamond Yoga, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. The benefits of yoga can increase strength, flexibility, balance and endurance, promote spinal safety and reduce stress. All levels welcome to this weekly, donationbased restorative yoga class at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 922-8879; mtolivelutheranchurch.org Finnegans Wake Reading Club, 6 to 8 p.m. The first Tuesday of each month, review two pages of James Joyce’s “Finnegans Wake.” Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. venicewake.wordpress.com Karaoke with Kiki, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sing your heart out at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com

Women’s All-American Tennis Championship, various times Oct.

LAX Plane Pull Tug-of-war with a 737 to help send a foster kid on the trip of a lifetime Gates open for the Plane Pull at 9 a.m. at the United Airlines West Hangar, 7300 World Way West, Westchester. To register a team, visit laxplanepull.com. RSVP required.

Mar Vista Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fresh produce and baked foods vendors line the intersection of Venice and Grandview boulevards. marvistafarmersmarket.org Fastfriends’ Greyhound Show and Tell, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet and learn how you can adopt affectionate and intelligent retired racing dogs, also referred to as “45-mile an hour couch potatoes.” PetCo, 8801 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. fastfriends.org Free OULA-LA Dancemania Class, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. A free one-time only, high-energy dance class for people of all abilities. LA Arts Collective, 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #105, Westchester. (310) 670-4316; oulalosangeles.com Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. The free waterside concerts at Fisherman’s Village continue with R&B/ dance music from Shades. Free two-hour parking with validation. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900 Grow LA Victory Garden Workshop, 1 to 4 p.m. through Oct.

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Teams attempt to pull a jet down the runway with nothing more than muscle and rope Ready to pull your weight? At the LAX Plane Pull on Saturday you better be. Teams of 20 will attempt to tow a 110,000-pound Boeing 737 a distance of 12 feet as quickly as possible. Up to 1,000 people are expected to participate in this show of speed and force, but this isn’t just a display of brute strength. The Plane Pull benefits United Airlines’ LAX Fantasy Flight, which flies more than 150 children in the L.A. County foster care system on a holiday-themed journey to the “North Pole,” for a day of fun, interactive activities and en-

tertainment in a hub city. Mr. and Mrs. Claus even make an appearance. “Each child leaves with a big smile, a goodie bag filled with toys and memories they will cherish for a lifetime,” says Fantasy Flight Director of Special Events Samuel McDonnell. For the first time at LAX, The Plane Pull is not only a chance for non-airport employees to take to the airport grounds for a friendly competition between man and machine, but an opportunity to spread a little holiday cheer, too. — Christina Campodonico October 1, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 39

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Blaming The Messenger (Continued from page 15) perceptions of cops can be so different. It might make a good graphic novel. Most of my interactions with cops have been negative. When do you come into contact with cops? Usually when they’re pulling you over to give you a ticket. When do you see them protecting and serving you? Not very often. They’re there to scare you and raise revenue for the state and to intimidate you. I got my first speeding ticket at 16, and I wasn’t psyched. I’ve never really been happy with the way cops have handled me. Occasionally you get a nice one. Occasionally. But I’ve actually talked to a cartoonist who said he’s never had anything other than a very friendly interaction with a police officer. I don’t even know what world he’s living in. Obviously there’s a difference in perception there.

Would you make any comparison between the existence of that recording and the kind of federal data collection that Snowden exposed? A writer for The Guardian has made that comparison: It is state surveillance. I’ve had a lot of time to think about it, obviously. Where it’s germane is in response to the argument that if you aren’t doing anything wrong, state surveillance can’t hurt you. I really wasn’t doing anything wrong. I told the truth about that encounter, but they spun and doctored the evidence to make it look as though I had done and said something wrong. It’s an example of how state surveillance can be used against you even when you are perfectly innocent. There’s nothing on that tape that belies anything I’ve said. There’s no sound of me saying ‘Here I am not being handcuffed’ or ‘It’s so nice of him not to have thrown my license in the gutter.’ With the NSA, they’re not just tracking phone calls but voice over Internet protocol, Netflix streaming. They’re sucking up and storing every communication and can use it against you. How does your book tell Snowden’s story in ways that it hasn’t previously been told? Nobody has written a biography of Snowden. This tries to be comprehensive about everything we know about his life. He didn’t allow me to interview him, but fortunately he and his lawyer provided corrections and edits after the proof was finished — matters of fact, like dates. It also tries to lay out in a much simpler format, page by page, what each NSA program revealed by Snowden does, why it matters and why we should care. And there’s a little bit of philosophy. Snowden faced an existential dilemma between two competing promises: to keep classified information secret for his employer and to protect and defend the Constitution of the United Stated of America. He obviously couldn’t do both because these NSA programs are illegal, almost every single one of them if not all of them, under the Fourth Amendment. Their defenders don’t really argue they’re legal; they argue that they’re necessary. So it’s trying to put yourself in his shoes, and it’s also kind of a rumination on ethics and morality. How is it that over a million people who had access to much of the same information were not compelled to step forward in some way? Only him. What’s wrong with the rest of us? Do you think Snowden will ever return to the United States? Ever is a long time. He’s a relatively young guy, so sure. At some point the political atmosphere will move in favor of privacy rights or to the left or just letting bygones be bygones. I think he would like a trial if he could get one where the issue itself would be on trial, but there’s no evidence that would happen. They’d throw the book at him. Like what they did to Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange. Do you remain convinced that leadership of the Los Angeles Times was PAGE 40 THE ARGONAUT October 1, 2015

Ted Rall frequently targeted Pasadena police in his Left Coast editorial cartoon series for the Pasadena Weekly, a sister paper of The Argonaut bowing to pressure from the LAPD and the police union to find a reason to get rid of you? They didn’t need any excuse to get rid of me, and they didn’t dislike me. I was a freelancer. They could have gotten rid of me [without stating cause] with just a

chickenshit ticket that shouldn’t even be a crime. The absurdity of getting into deep trouble over something so minor, even if you were guilty, is what makes it interesting. If a boring white guy like me can get in this much trouble and be treated this badly over a really ridiculous

“Anybody who has a public voice has a moral obligation to confront authority that’s wrongheaded, illegal or just bad — which is true of much of the authority in the United States today.” — Ted Rall simple email, and it’s not like I could have made a stink about it either. Clearly this was about the Los Angeles Police Protective League or the LAPD and their political pressure. The LA Times’ follow-up investigation states that details in your published accounts of the incident have varied over time. What during that encounter are you absolutely certain about, and what are the points that you were trying to make that prompted you to keep writing about it? The thing that prompted me to keep writing about it was I thought it was outrageous but also typical police behavior. A false arrest in order to, I assume, fill a ticket quota. It’s abuse of a citizen who is not resisting arrest or being troublesome in the least. And jaywalking is also a

offense, what does this say about the police state? It pissed me off politically, and it pissed me off personally. In terms of the details that have changed over the years, let’s get real. For the sake of argument, if every detail had changed in every account, the Times’ business is what I wrote for them. And did I lie in what I wrote for them? No. Aside from that, details change in stories, and the details that changed were trivial. In one account I wrote he had thrown my wallet down instead of thrown my license down. They’re nitpicking. You wrote in a 2009 column: ‘I admit it. I don’t like cops.’ Was this 2001 encounter the beginning of that? Since this whole thing started, it’s been so interesting how different people’s

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