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41st Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

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ast year, everyone joked that 2020 was the longest year on record due to the COVIDpandemic. But it’s been 21 months since we’ve been able to gather and celebrate in a holiday street parade.

Fortunately, the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce was able to pull it together to make this year’s holiday parade happen. In past years, more than 9,000 spectators lined the streets to view the holiday floats, little league teams, classic cars, boy and girl scouts, high school bands, equestrian units, and volunteers through downtown San Pedro.

This year’s theme is a generic holiday theme and the number of participants are fewer than in 2019. But the headliners that made the last parade special are participating in this one, including Timmy, the beloved oversized rubber ducky who first made an appearance at the Tall Ships Festival in 2014, who will be on a float. The parade will carry this inflated creature of cuteness through the streets of San Pedro, starting at 13th and Pacific and ending at 6th and Palos Verdes. Fans can take [See Spirit, p. 4]

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San Pedro City Ballet’s Nutcracker float from the 2018 Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade.

Below, a float from the Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade. File photos

58th Annual LA Harbor Holiday Afloat

Center in Wilmington and takes approximately 90 minutes to cover the entire parade route through the Los Angeles Main Channel. Officials and community leaders will take part in the parade as judges or passengers on approximately 60 participating vessels of all shapes and sizes, from tugboats to tall ships.

Spectators may view the procession from several points along the LA Waterfront, including: • Banning’s Landing Community Center, 100 E. Water St., Wilmington • Cruise Ship Promenade, Harbor Boulevard and Swinford Street, San Pedro • Battleship IOWA, 250 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro • Downtown Harbor, 504 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro • Ports O’ Call Village, 1100 Nagoya Way, San Pedro • 22nd Street Landing, 141 W. 22nd St., San Pedro • SS Lane Victory, 3600 Miner St., San Pedro • Holiday Harbor, Cabrillo Marina, 285 Whalers Walk, San Pedro 1

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The Los Angeles Harbor communities of San Pedro and Wilmington will celebrate the free and festive Annual Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade on Dec. 4 from 4 to 8 p.m., at the Town Square and Promenade along the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles.

Also on tap for the evening will be a host of activities for the entire family: • The “Elf Pet Parade”— Get in the spirit and parade your best-dressed “elf” (aka pet) at the Town Square stage at 7 p.m.

• Holiday Toy Drive — Bring an unwrapped toy to donate to local children in need.

• Free hop-on and offs on the San Pedro rubber-tire trolley, to shuttle people into the event from downtown and the north end parking area of the former Ports O’ Call area.

Sponsored by the Port of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade starts in the East Basin near Banning’s Landing Community

Community Announcements:

Harbor Area Safe Parking LA Program Serves Unhoused Individuals and Families If you’re experiencing homelessness and are sleeping in your vehicle, the Safe Parking Program offers a safe place for you to stay overnight with onsite restrooms and security. This program is available to you even if you are not a DPSS participant.

Details: www.safeparkingla.org/application; 323-210-3375

Attend a Virtual Community Grants Workshop

The Port of Long Beach is hosting two public workshops to help determine the 2022 priorities for the Community Grants Program. This is a landmark effort to lessen the effects of port operations on the surrounding area.

The Community Grants Program was created to help those in the community who are most vulnerable to port-related impacts. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meetings will be virtual.

Register for the Dec. 8 session here: www.polb.us6.list-manage.com/track/dec-8.

Register here for the Dec. 9 session here: www.polb.us6.list-manage.com/track/dec-9 Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 8 and 4 to 5 p.m. Dec. 9 Details: polb.com/grants or grants@polb.com.

Up to $5,000 Available to Property Owners Who Partner with County

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Property owners who have units located in the jurisdictions served by the LACDA, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, or City of Pasadena, are eligible to sign up and receive the following: Up to $5,000 for a one-time reimbursement for new contract inspection repairs; $2,500 signing bonus for each unit leased to an Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) holders.

Details: 626-586-1585 or LACDAincentives@ lacda.org

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Committed to Independent Journalism in the Greater LA/LB Harbor Area for More Than 40 Years

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A Needy Wilmington Continues Being the Heart of the Harbor Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

A Needy Wilmington is committed to helping the heart of the harbor’s most in need by securing and providing food, clothing and basic necessities for them. Outside of those special giveaway events, A Needy Wilmington operates what it calls a “hope closet” that stores emergency toiletries for students in need throughout the year.

Programs beneath the A Needy Wilmington umbrella include Operation Pilot Wheel Adopt a Pilot, which was established in 2016.

These programs incorporate a multi-pronged approach to helping entire families of poor students. A Needy Wilmington collects clothing, food, toiletries, blankets and feminine hygiene products, as well as cash donations in whatever amounts donors are willing to give. Donors have the option of adopting an entire family and providing them with food, clothing and Christmas gifts.

A Needy Wilmington will be celebrating the 6th Annual Operation Pilot Wheel Adopt a Pilot from Dec. 13-17.

Prom Pilot is a program designed to finance prom for students who would not be able to afford it. Through this program, tuxedos,

A Needy Wilmington volunteers gave away 400 grab-and-go turkey meals on Thanksgiving Day, which included potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, drinks, pie and water bottles. Photo courtesy of A Needy Wilmington

dresses, flowers and prom tickets are purchased for students who otherwise would not have been able to go to this teenage milestone.

A Needy Wilmington works very closely with Banning High School to identify students and families in need who aren’t already receiving services elsewhere.

Tony Fernandez, the founder of A Needy Wilmington had pushed and succeeded in expanding the number of schools they serve, including Harry Bridges Span school and Montessori School in Manhattan Beach at which they gave 17 Thanksgiving meal boxes and one week extra food box for their winter break.

Season of Giving

The nonprofit sector brings more to the table than just turkey and trimmings

By Melina Paris, Assistant Editor San Pedro is home to about 156 nonprofits. A big number for a “small town.” As a Harbor Area community, full of diverse people with differing views, residents value local nonprofits and step in to advocate for the environment, politically and for both social justice and well-being among other causes.

Nonprofits embody the best of local communities. They provide ways for people to work together for the common good, transforming shared beliefs and hopes into action.

Causes identified by nonprofits are for societal benefit and human services. This includes 100 Black Men of Long Beach, which serves Black youth in the wake of countless civil rights uprisings by aiming resources toward youth development. Amid an isolating pandemic, Heart of Ida helps older adults maintain independence.

Environmental and wildlife organizations, like Marine Mammal Care Center rescue, rehabilitate marine mammals and birds after recent disastrous oil spills and Long Beach’s Algalita Marine Research connects youth with scientists, experts, politicians and businesses to address plastic consumption.

Education, arts, culture and humanities organizations like San Pedro Waterfront Arts District and Carson’s Precision Dance Company give back to their communities providing respite and inspiration as well as helping youth fulfill their artistic endeavors.

Health organizations, like Torrance’s

Harbor Interfaith volunteers at a Thanksgiving food giveaway event. HIS programs empower homeless and working poor families to achieve self-sufficiency. File photo

Evidence Based California Inc, help transitional aged youth and BIPOC members experiencing homelessness as Los Angeles wrestles with sheltering its population of more than 41,000 unhoused individuals. These and many other local nonprofits play a fundamental role in creating more equitable, connected communities in this region.

A resource and advocate for America’s charitable nonprofits, the National Council

of Nonprofits is a link connecting the largest nationwide and sector-wide grassroots network of nonprofit networks. A report by the Council of Nonprofits shows how these organizations impact the Golden State, which, if it were a nation, would rank as the world’s fifth largest economy.

California nonprofits are key contributors to its economy; nonprofit economic activity generates about 15% of California’s Gross State

Product. Nonprofits bring more than $40 billion into California each year from out-of-state sources, including the federal government, outof-state foundations and individual donations from around the world. Despite being exempt from paying corporate income tax, nonprofits pay more than $37 billion in taxes each year at federal, state, and local levels.

Nonprofits rank as the fourth largest employment industry in California. One in every 14 California jobs is at a nonprofit organization, and more than 1.2 million people are employed by nonprofits in the state, accounting for 7% of all employment.

The nonprofit sector’s workforce is more diverse by gender and race/ethnicity compared to the adult civilian workforce. And California volunteers contribute about $16 billion in unpaid labor each year, the equivalent of 331,058 fulltime jobs, most of it in direct work with people, animals and the land.

California nonprofits employ a significantly higher percentage of women and a slightly higher percentage of people of color than the overall civilian workforce. And in leadership positions, nonprofit percentages of women and people of color are more than twice as high as in the overall workforce.

Volunteers bring both economic and intangible value to communities through nonprofits of all sizes and types. They care for people in hospice, raise critical program funds, advocate for clean water, serve as CFOs, museum docents, bus drivers, tax preparers and surgical nurses.

There is a synergy between nonprofits and their communities as the organizations speak out for those they serve. Nonprofits engage in pub[See Nonprofits, p. 13]

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pictures with Timmy the Rubber Duck in front of Crowne Plaza Hotel immediately after the parade.

Other parade highlights include: the award winning San Pedro High School Golden Pirate Regiment, Dana Middle School Band and equestrian units; Charros de Zacatecas, and the Palos Verdes Equestrian Drill Team.

This year’s grand marshals are Pam Costa, Representative Nannette Barragán, California State Senator Steve Bradford, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, Los Angeles mayoral candidates Mike Feuer and Joe Buscaino and Los Angeles 15th District City Council candidate Tim McOsker.

The parade lineup is in alphabetical order and is subject to change before the parade on Dec. 5.

Time: 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 5

41st Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade Cost: Free Details: www.spholidayparade.com; 310-8327272 Venue: Downtown San Pedro

2021 Parade Lineup: Alma de Oro: Folklorico Dancers Bayview Baptist Church Beach Cities Shrine Club Boy Scouts of America Cub Scouts Boys and Girls Club LA Harbor Brave Creations

Bridge Cities Alliance CA State Senator Steven Bradford, 35th District Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Carson High School Marching Blue Thunder Charros De Compton Charros de Zacatecas Commissioner Anthony Pirozzi - Port of Los Angeles Congresswoman Nanette Barragán, 44th District Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council LA City Council Member Joe Buscaino, 15th District Dana Middle School STEM Magnet Dance Tech

A dancer from a Folklórico group in the 2018 Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade. File photo

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The San Pedro High School Golden Pirate Regiment marches in the 2018 Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade. File photo

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DoubleTree by Hilton San Pedro Encore Theater Group Folklórico Las Perlitas Grupo Folk. Misantla Haley Clark Dance Company Harbor Occupational Center Honorary mayor of San Pedro Pam Costa Jesus Movement Christian Coalition Kona Ice of South Carson LA Harbor Dragon Boat Club Los Angeles City Fire Department Los Angeles City Fire Department Historical Society LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn, 4th District Los Angeles Harbor College Los Angeles Maritime Institute Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and

Drums Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Jay Mastick Los Angeles Port Police Mary Star of the Sea Elementary Mike Feuer for mayor Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council Palos Verdes Junior Drill Team Point Fermin Marine Science Magnet Port of Los Angeles - Timmy the Duck Port of Los Angeles High School Prestige Princess Providence Aztec Dancers San Pedro Bay Historical Society San Pedro Cafe San Pedro City Ballet San Pedro CPR Group San Pedro Girl Scouts San Pedro High School Marching Band San Pedro High School Marine Science Magnet San Pedro High School Volleyball San Pedro Lions club South Bay Divas South Bay Young Marines San Pedro High School Squad The Garden Church & Feed and Be Fed The Hitchens Team at Keller Williams Realty Timothy McOsker for City Council Waterfront BNI Willenberg Career & Transition Center

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Give a Banned Book for Christmas

By James Preston Allen, Publisher

stove with the ghost of the lost child as the butter. Such a deeply moving tale laced with magic realism or negro spiritualism could only be told by a woman of color with Morrison’s talents.

I could hardly stop reading it and neither could Winfrey, who made a movie of the novel in 1998 with Danny Glover. You can find it on Netflix if you must, but as usual the book is more rather than less. However, I intend to give a few copies as presents.

So, in recognition of all things banned or censored these days, I suggest that you visit your local independent bookseller this season and check out the top ten most banned books. Banned Books Week 2021 is an annual event sponsored by a coalition of librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas. The theme of this year’s event was “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.” Below is the American Library Association’s Top Ten List of banned books:

1. George by Alex Gino. Challenged, banned,

and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community.”

2. Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You

by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds.

Banned and challenged because of the author’s public statements and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents’’ and does not encompass racism against all people.

3. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Banned and challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism and because it was thought to promote anti police views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now.”

4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint, it was claimed to be biased against male students, and it included rape and profanity.

5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and allegations of sexual misconduct on the part of the author.

6. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin. Challenged for “divisive language” and because it was thought to promote anti-police views.

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One of the few pleasures I’ve found during the pandemic is the time to actually read books —not that I didn’t read them before — it’s just that with fewer distractions and social obligations, I actually had the luxury of time–uninterrupted!

I read two great works on pandemics, one by Laurie Garrett and the other by John M. Barry­, both amazing science writers. Then the wonderful history of Los Angeles in the 1960s by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener was an insightful walk through the history of LA that I lived through or experienced first hand. Then I went on a binge reading through many of the tell-all titles on the fall of Donald Trump, sort of a nightmare before Christmas, the grift that keeps grifting.

However the real showstopper for me was a novel banned by a Virginia school district, Beloved by Toni Morrison (1931-2019). Now I’ve heard of Morrison as a talented writer before, but on closer examination, discovered that she is one of the most celebrated authors of our time. In addition to writing plays and children’s books, her novels have earned her countless prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

As the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Morrison’s work has inspired a generation of writers to follow in her footsteps. So I was surprised that her novel Beloved could possibly be banned. Well, I guess that it places her in good company with some of the best like John Steinbeck and Harper Lee, who by the way are still on the banned list. What this novel provides us today is much like what Uncle Tom’s Cabin by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe did in 1852 as an anti-slavery novel.

Both are set in pre-Civil War America but what Morrison tells in Beloved is the fictionalized version of a true story that made national headlines back in the day of a runaway slave woman who upon being recaptured by a slave posse does the unthinkable. She murders her children rather than have them returned into slavery.

Sethe (played by Oprah Winfrey in the movie version) is a mother of three, haunted by her horrific slavery past and her desperate actions for freedom. As a result, Sethe’s home is haunted by a furious poltergeist, which drives away her two sons.

Morrison is such a compelling and creative storyteller that the mystery of how such a murderous act is revealed comes in layers like biscuits baked in an old wood

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7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience.

8. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes and their negative effect on students.

9. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual

abuse.

10. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Challenged for profanity, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message.

If you are a school teacher, librarian or professor do consider supporting American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom in partnership with the Banned Books Week Coalition. For questions concerning the annual Banned Books Week contact coordinator@bannedbooksweek.org.

The Omicron Syndrome

By Jason Pramas

New COVID-19 variants are inevitable until pharmas are stopped from privatizing public vaccine research and development.

So now we have an Omicron variant. Named for the 15th letter of the 24-letter Greek alphabet.

Meaning we’re going to run out of letters soon at the rate new coronavirus variants are arising. We don’t know much about the new one yet other than that the press is reporting that it arose in South Africa (which isn’t the whole story since scientists first spotted it in Botswana, according to the journal Nature) and it’s thought to be more easily transmissible than other variants. Scientists expect to have Omicron figured out in a few weeks, but it’s already spreading around the world. If a new vaccine is required to blunt the new variant’s impact, it will take months for the huge pharmaceutical corporations that control global vaccine production to release it in wealthy countries like the U.S. and over a year for it to even start to show up in poor countries.

And that’s the biggest problem we’re facing

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in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: Private enterprise is not capable of dealing with a global health crisis. Because big pharmas are built to focus on markets that make the most profit for their investors. Yet only a small fraction of the world’s nations are wealthy enough to be profitable markets even for products as desperately needed as good coronavirus vaccines. So companies like Pfizer, Cambridge’s own Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson compete with each other by developing rival vaccines, then fight for market share in wealthy countries, and ignore the rest of the world other than donating smallish fractions of their total vaccine output to poor countries.

Worse still, these multinationals then refuse to open up their quickly patented vaccine research to the world for free — preventing poor countries from being able to work with the World Health Organization and rich nations to produce enough doses to cover every person on the planet that needs one.

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RANDOMLetters Gop White Supremacy

The censured, failed fascist Republican congressman from Arizona — Paul Gosar — and that other moronic Republican crackpot congresscritter from Georgia - Marjorie Taylor Greene - are the ugly racist faces of the modern day GOP. Abraham Lincoln must be spinning in his grave!

Where’s Union General William Tecumseh Sherman when you need him?

(Sherman’s probably lighting Robert E. Lee on fire in Hell at this moment.)

It’s long past time to send an unmistakable message to these would-be White supremacist insurrectionists.

Not for one minute would I actually believe any of these Trumptarded traitors are superior to anyone or actually capable of learning anything, but by making a cautionary example of these insane idiots we the people can make it clear to future generations that there will be a steep price to pay for treason.

Lock them up! (At the very least.)

Prior to their felonious, antiConstitutional criminal behavior in the Capitol on January 6th and before, pathetic Paul Gosar and promiscuous Marjorie Traitor Greene actually attempted to create a neo-Nazi GOP White supremacy caucus in the people’s House of Representatives called the “America First“ Caucus. Sound familiar?

Yes, that’s right (and extremely right-wing). “America First”, which of course was pro-Hitler Nazi son-ofa-Republican congressman Charles Lindbergh’s infamous conservative political organization advocating an alliance between America and Nazi Germany during World War II. You are of course aware of the treasonous, murderous, anti-Semitic origin of traitor Trump’s favorite fascist political slogan “America First”, aren’t you?

(Perhaps not.)

And as for the chutzpah of these inbred human Picasso paintings…

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Regarding ‘Tis the Season

Wow! Thanks SO much for your article, James!!! You are exactly on point!

Janet Gunter San Pedro

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interest. Starting right here in the U.S. Because the alternative is a perpetual series of pandemics. As the world burns from global warming.

A shorter version of this column appeared in the print edition of DigBoston.Apparent Horizon—an award-winning political column—is syndicated by the MassWire news service of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Jason Pramas is BINJ’s executive director, and executive editor and associate publisher of DigBoston.

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year, it should have been forced to release the final product out of patent in exchange for access to government-sponsored research data and a sweetheart vaccine production deal with the US government (resulting in a cool two-and-a-half billion of federal cash courtesy of the Donald Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed, according to Politifact). As it stands, Fauci and the Joe Biden administration are now fighting Moderna’s July U.S. patent application for its COVID vaccine and demanding that the company share the patent with the National Institutes of Health — the parent agency of the NIAID — according to CBS. But that still allows a private company to hold a patent on a desperately needed vaccine.

And points away from the road we should have travelled. Moderna and all pharmas worldwide should have been enjoined to work together to develop a suite of vaccines that wealthy nations could have paid to produce in sufficient quantities to immediately distribute to the entire global population at speed.

Had we gone the public vaccine production route and made sure vaccines were available everywhere early on, then we would have likely already stopped the coronavirus pandemic in its tracks — even allowing for vaccine “hesitancy” by 20% to 30% of the world’s population.

Instead, according to Our World in Data, as of this writing just “54.1% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.” While “[o]nly 5.7% of people in lowincome countries have received at least one dose.”

Given that most major coronavirus vaccines require two doses to be fully effective, it should be obvious that the majority of people are yet not properly protected from the dominant Delta strain of the coronavirus. And as waves of COVID infection continue to buffet humanity, the virus is going to continue mutating into new variants for years to come before we finally beat the pandemic.

So millions more will die on top of the other millions that already died needlessly since effective vaccines have been developed. All because we’ve allowed rich investors to privatize public health initiatives in their endless quest to fatten their bottom lines.

With the coronavirus pandemic still raging and more pandemics expected in the years to come, societies across the globe need to rethink how we handle public health crises in the public

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In fact, Moderna is playing an even nastier legal game in the very nation currently being blamed for the rise of the Omicron variant. According to the UK’s Evening Standard newspaper, “South Africa recently granted Moderna several far-reaching patents on mRNA technology that could potentially undermine efforts to get a new COVID-19 vaccine off the assembly line”— notably one being developed for use around Africa by the Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg with help from the WHO. Thus not only are pharmaceutical companies hoarding medical knowledge that should be freely available to nations around the world, they’re also trying to game the system to prevent anyone else from being able to duplicate that knowledge in the interest of global public health.

Which certainly bears closer scrutiny from nonprofit watchdogs, government regulators, and news organizations like the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and DigBoston.

But what really needs wider discussion and debate is the idea that private interests should be allowed to profit from responses to global public health crises like the coronavirus pandemic.

When a hero of mine, journalist Edward R. Murrow, asked another hero of mine, Nobel Prizewinning virologist Dr. Jonas Salk, if he had patented his world historic polio vaccine, he said, “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

And so, the deadly and long-dreaded disease polio was basically wiped from the face of the Earth in a few years. Because Salk put people before profits.

What was true in the 1950s remains true today. If we want to defeat a global threat like the coronavirus pandemic, we need a strong global response focused on vaccinating as many of Earth’s multitudes as we can as fast as we can.

That militates toward banning pharmaceutical corporations from being allowed to patent their vaccine research — which is largely based on publicly-funded basic science research. Public investment thus becomes private profit … with few if any strings attached.

In a better world, when a pharma like Moderna “partnered” with Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop its coronavirus vaccine last

please! As a young child back in the 1970s, I had a pet rock whose IQ was higher than Gosar, Greene & Trump’s combined. These clueless conservative racist troglodytes are prime examples of the fact that so-called racial superiority is a myth and nothing more, much like disgusting Donald Trump’s mythic mail order marriage to sexy Slavic red sparrow Melania Trump. FREE MELANIA! Jake Pickering Arcata, Calif.

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Labor Notes John Deere Workers Win Wage Increases and Bonuses

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By Mark Friedman, Contributor Some 10,000 union workers who produce farm equipment for the John Deere company have voted to ratify a new six-year contract, and will end their month-long strike. 61% of the United Auto Workers members at John Deere voted in favor of the deal, which brings an immediate 10% raise;

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an $8,500 signing bonus; two future 5% raises; and bonuses to workers who meet production targets. Clearly a large number were not happy with the offer and wanted to stay out longer. It is yet unclear what concessions might have been traded away that would especially affect new

hires’ salaries, pensions and insurance costs.

UC-AFT Lecturers Union Reach Tentative Agreement With UC

UC-AFT lecturers union announced it had reached a tentative agreement with UC administration on the terms of a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. The deal includes improvements in crucial areas, including job stability, workload and compensation. It includes a $1,500 signing bonus and thirty percent wage increases over the five-year contract.

“It has taken 20-plus years to get this victory,” added CFT President Jeff Freitas at a rally on Wednesday at UCLA. “It was through the lecturers talking to each other saying we want respect, we want job protections, we want to be treated like professionals. It’s in solidarity that we win.”

Six thousand five hundred lecturers teach one third of classes for full time professors yet have always been treated worse than second class citizens. They are non-tenured and have worked 20 months without a contract.

Lecturers now will get a formal review after their first year and a preference for classes the next year before any new hire. After two years, another review and a continuing appointment. Finally, a third three-year appointment leads to another review, and a permanent appointment. Under the current system lecturers are required to apply for their jobs each year for the first five years of their careers. Now after the first year, all contracts will be multi-year.

It came hours before UC-AFT members were set to walk the picket line on a two-day Unfair Labor Practices strike. The agreement is hailed as one of the best contracts for contingent faculty.

UC-AFT President Mia McIver said, “This victory is owed to the hard work of organizing that our members have done for over two and a half years. Thousands have participated in our campaign, joining our open bargaining sessions or pledging to join us on the picket line. We built the power to win the contract we deserve.”

Kaiser Permanente Nurses Strike in Solidarity with Engineers

Kaiser Permanente nurses conducted a two-day work stoppage Nov. 18 in solidarity with the company’s engineers, Local 39 Operating Engineers, according to the California Nurses Association (CNA).

The Kaiser Permanente medical centers where the workers are striking are in the north of the state.

With this strike, the nurses expressed their solidarity with some 600 engineers from the International Union of Operational Engineers (IOUE), Local 39, who have been on strike since Sept. 18.

“An injury to one of us is an injury to all, so the nurses will stand in solidarity with our fellow engineers as they go on strike,” said CNA President Cathy Kennedy, who works at Kaiser Permanente in Roseville.

Alabama Miners Fight Court Injunction By Warrior Met

“This is a serious attack on the union,” Bryan Butler, a United Mine Workers of America member on strike at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, told the Militant by phone Nov. 16. He was referring to the restraining order, now extended twice, by Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge James Roberts.

The order, first enacted Oct. 27 at the mine operator’s request, and now extended until Dec. 5, bans union activity of any kind, including picketing, within 300 yards of the mines.

The company got the order after organizing a violence-baiting campaign against the union, blaming miners for confronting scabs crossing the picket lines.

The company has been mining coal with scab labor at the No. 7 mine since early in the strike and has now started mining at No. 4, Butler said. Alabama state troopers provide regular escorts for the scabs driving or being bused into the mines.

The strike by 1,100 UMWA members began after Warrior Met refused to reverse massive concessions in wages and benefits made five years earlier, when previous owner Jim Walter Resources went bankrupt.

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Acoustic band Salty Suites will perform at Collage in San Pedro on Dec. 11.

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Check out The Salty Suites at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11.

Cost: $20 Details: https://www.collageartculture.com Venue: Collage, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

Hailes is a highly regarded bass player, schooled in classical and jazz bass playing and techniques. With his background in bluegrass music and degree in upright bass, Hailes sings and plays in a way that is uniquely his own. There’s no word on whether he’s also a child prodigy training up his superpowers.

The bottom line is that the band members of this band are as talented individually as they are collectively and are fun to watch. The crazy part is that the Collage, which has only been open for less than five months, has been putting on quality programming that you won’t find easily elsewhere.

To get a taste of what Collage has to offer, musician Sander Wolff will be performing there tonight at the First Thursday Artwalk, using a combination of synthesizers with lap steel and regular guitars to create slowly evolving soundscapes. His music is largely improvisational, and some are accompanied by projections of his visual art. Come back on Sunday for Charles and Ray Duncan who together are Ranchers for Peace. This father/daughter duo are some folk/rock noisemakers from coastal Central California, weaving outrage and compassion into rhythm and harmony in songs of hope and social justice.

In October, Collage featured Mariachi Quinto Sol — given to experimenting with genrebending performances with exciting results. Think about an upbeat version of a music made famous by Amy Winehouse, but it’s mariachi.

Music by old blue-eyes himself, watch their performance of Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me to the Moon.

The only non music related programming has been culinary historian Richard Foss and his curated series on food and culture. Last month, Foss engaged author, celebrity chef and TV personality George Geary about his new book Made in California on the subject of why California is such a center for culinary creativity.

Foss, who has written for Random Lengths News in years past, has long been curating intriguing events around food and culinary history, including dining in zero gravity to the great and awful moments of aerial dining in history. Foss also has a lot to say about alcohol from the colonial period to Prohibition and cocktails from the period of the Roman Empire to the United States of the 19th century.

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he mission of Collage is to serve both the local and broader community a full menu of adventurous yet accessible programming that takes an expansive view of art from the visual, to the performative, to the culinary and literary worlds. Collage also takes into consideration culture, ethnicity, affinity, ability and emerging ways people are brought together. And since its opening this past July, Collage has become San Pedro’s version of NPR’s Tiny Desk concerts. I don’t know if that was their intention, but a purview of Collage’s youtube videos shows quality programing that is more than just on par given that it’s happening in San Pedro.

This month on Dec. 11, Collage invited the acoustic band Salty Suites to perform. The band is known for its dynamic singer songwriters, their blend of strong vocals and harmonies on a diverse set of material, much of it original and all of it crafted in the Suites’ unique style.

Though their material is all original, their music is Americana and all that that encapsulates, from bluegrass to blues from classic country swing to jam band rock despite their instruments being the mandolin, stand up bass and acoustic guitar.

The Salty Suites are Scott Gates on the mandolin, Chelsea Williams on guitar and Chuck Hailes on bass, all on vocals and high on energy.

The Salty Suites have been performing together for about ten years, and have released four albums thus far, including Fever Vision (2018), We All Go Down Together (2014), Live At Castoro Cellars (2013), and their self-titled debut album, The Salty Suites (2012).

Their debut album literally feels like a throwback to the way back-when of an earlier era of American music — music that Alan Lomax would have collected. The listener is quickly disabused of that notion when they hear their harmonies over their respective finger picking of their stringed instruments.

Listening to them, one would think they were from somewhere in the MidWest or somewhere beyond the Appalachian mountains, near the coal mines of Pennsylvania. But instead, they are from Southern California. At least Chelsea Williams (vocalist and acoustic guitar), has a band leadergrandfather from Columbus, Ohio, it’s understandable where she gets it from. Williams has been writing and playing music since the age of 12.

And Scott Gates, who has been called a product of the California Bluegrass youth movement, has been playing mandolin, guitar and singing hard core bluegrass since the age of ten.

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abocha, also known as Japanese pumpkin, is a versatile and delicious winter squash.

The flavor is starchy and sweet, with a firm body that can handle being cooked many ways, from tempura-fried to roasted to steamed to sweet purees. The seeds are plump. The hard skin is edible. The squash experience is complete.

Once upon a time there was just one kind of kabocha squash. It was dark green, mediumsized and roundish. Nowadays there are myriad varieties of kabocha, including the bright orange sunshine, the striped green Cha-Cha, the ruddy Black Forest, and my favorite, the pale grey Winter Sweet.

According to the Johnny’s seed catalog, “Winter Sweet delivers a winning combination of sweetness, flaky texture, and depth of flavor that has made it a favorite on our research farm.

Not only that, this reliable producer keeps very well and improves with storage.”

We have a farmstand in front of our house, maintained by my kids and supplied by a grumpy farmer south of town. He grew most of the above kabocha varieties I just named,

Japanese Pumpkin Pie

By Ari LeVaux, Flash in the Pan Columnist

plus butternut, delicata and other winter squash varieties. As I have cooked my way through the squash inventory, I have proven again and again that pie is the highest form of winter squash eatery. It’s the one form of squash of which nobody gets sick. And there is an infinite universe of possibility inside every squash pie.

I don’t use any of the pie spices except nutmeg, so its piney, resin-y flavor can stand alone against the squash pie flavors.

I tend to enhance my squash pies with chocolate, which goes so perfectly with squash pie. And the other day, when I was feeling particularly indulgent, I decided to bake a chocolate chip squash pie with a pecan pie on top, the two layers separated from one another by a layer of chocolate. It was as decadent as one might expect. A pie-opening moment, to say the least.

Basic Kabocha Pie

This is my kabocha pie recipe, including two variations: chocolate chip and pecan pieflavored kabocha pies. Serves 6.

2 cups cooked (baked or steamed) winter sweet or similar kabocha squash 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 eggs Pinch or two of nutmeg, preferably freshly ground 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup milk or ½ & ½ 1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust

Preheat the oven to 350° F. Make sure the cooked kabocha is free of seeds, skin, string and any other impurities. Add the squash to a blender, followed by the milk, cream, vanilla, sugar, nutmeg and eggs, and blend until smooth. Pour the filling into a crust and bake for about 45 minutes. When it puffs up like a souffle, remove it from the oven and let it cool on the counter, where it will solidify.

Chocolate Chip Kabocha Pie

Add 6 tablespoons of semisweet chocolate chips to the ingredient list above.

After blending the pie filling, transfer it to a mixing bowl and add four tablespoons of chocolate chips, gently stirring them in with a spoon. Add this chocolate chip filling to the crust. Smooth it out and then scatter the final two tablespoons of chocolate chips on top. Bake at 350° F as above.

Chocolate Pecan Kabocha Pie

1 chocolate chip kabocha pie, ready for baking 2/3 cup corn syrup 3 tablespoons butter 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 additional egg 1 cup pecan halves In a mixing bowl, combine the corn syrup, butter, vanilla, egg and pecans. Carefully pour it over the kabocha pie, so it forms a second layer. Push the pecans around to make them even.

Bake for about an hour at 350° F. It will puff up as it bakes, but will condense as it cools.

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Chocolate chip kabocha pie. Photos by Ari LeVaux

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Decadent chocolate pecan kabocha pie.

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MUSIC Dec. 3

First Fridays at First Presents Mark Herman Mark Herman was named Organist of the Year in 2012 by the American Theater Organ Society and has been featured on American Public Media’s Pipe Dreams programs.

Time: 12:15 p.m. Dec. 3 Cost: Free Details: 310-316-5574; www.palosverdes.com/classicalcrossroads Venue: Online Handel’s Messiah Light up your holidays with Handel’s Messiah, featuring professional soloists and Musica Angelica. An annual tradition for 14 years, this performance is the perfect way to bring family and friends together.

Time: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 Cost: $40 to $65 Details: www.longbeachcameratasingers.org/event/messiah Venue: Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach Dan Delgado Sextet with Natalie Gonzalez In the style of Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra, this fresh-faced high-energy band delivers swing classics and music from greats like Herb Alpert, Chuck Mangione, Louis Armstrong and James Brown. There will be a pre-concert wine tasting at 7 p.m. with sommelier Mona Harrington.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 3 Cost: $28 and up Details: www.www.grandvision. secure.force.com/dan-delgadosextet Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 6

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El Camino College Studio Jazz Band Directed by David Sills, this dynamic ensemble is dedicated to the performance and preservation of classic, straight-ahead jazz big band music. The ensemble performs arrangements from the great composers, arrangers and bandleaders from the jazz tradition in the style of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oliver Nelson, Woody Herman and Gil Evans.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 6 Cost: $10 Details: www.elcaminotickets.universitytickets.com Venue: Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

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Dec. 7

El Camino College Symphony Orchestra El Camino College Music Ensembles is a college and community orchestra dedicated to the rehearsal and performance of the finest traditional and contemporary orchestral literature. Its membership is comprised of musicians from ECC, and community members with a myriad of occupations and ages.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 7 Cost: $10 Details: www.elcaminotickets.universitytickets.com/ symphony Venue: Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

Dec. 10

A Tribute to Britney Spears Burlesque From Baby One More Time to that infamous Madonna kiss, Britney Spears remains iconic for a number of rea-

sons. From her insane costuming to her popular dance moves and overall energy, you can celebrate her style with a high energy blast of Britney. 21+ and has a 2 drink minimum.

Time: 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Dec. 10 Cost: $10 to $125 Details: https://tinyurl.com/Harvelles-Britney-Tribute Venue: Harvelle’s, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach

7:30 p.m. Dec. 18, 1 and 6 p.m.

Dec. 19 Cost: $34 and up Details: www.longbeachballet. com Venue: Long Beach Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

FOOD Dec. 5

Dec. 11

The Salty Suites at Collage The Salty Suites time travel through music, playing bluegrass, swing, classical, and other tunes that cross centuries. The thing that ties this diverse repertoire together is the band’s stellar musicianship and sense of fun.

Time: 7:30p.m. Dec. 11 Cost: $20 Details: https://tinyurl.com/saltysuites-collage Venue: Collage, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

Dec. 12

Keith Mckelley Keith McKelley has had a wide and varied career as a saxophonist and Aerophone musician but also produces and writes his own material with the occasional collaboration with other writers and producers to create music that is at a high level, will last, and that is absolutely heartfelt.

Time: 4 p.m. Dec. 12 Cost: $25 to $30 Details: https://tinyurl.com/jazzkat Venue: Harvelle’s, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach

Dec. 18

Holiday Pops Spectacular 2021 Celebrate the holiday season by joining the Golden State Pops Orchestra, Maestro Steven Allen Fox, and the GSPO Chorale, led

by Maestra Marya Basaraba, for Holiday POPS Spectacular. The concert will be a festive performance of great holiday film music and traditional favorites.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 18 Cost: $27 and up Details: https://tinyurl.com/HolidayPops2021 Venue: Warner Grand Theater, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

THEATER Dec. 3

A Christmas Carol The Long Beach Playhouse celebrates this holiday season with its traditional offering of A Christmas Carol in its mainstage theater. It’s a beloved story of a man transformed by ghostly visions of his past, present and future.

Time: Dec. 3 to 19 Thursday through Sunday Cost: $14 to $20 Details: 562-494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach The Shop Around The Corner Set in a 1930s European perfume shop in Budapest, Hungary, it’s about shop clerks Amalia and Georg, who, more often than not, don’t see eye to eye. After both respond to a “lonely hearts” advertisement in the newspaper (the 1930s equivalent of a dating app), they now live for the love letters that they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remains unknown.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11 and 3 p.m. Dec. 5, 12 Cost: $10 to $15 Details: https://tinyurl.com/tf7tu8cf Venue: El Camino College Center for the Arts, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

Dec. 11

Little Miss Nasty The women of Little Miss Nasty are not just highly trained dancers, they are also bona fide rock stars with international tour dates, songs on your radio dial and a residency show in Las Vegas to boot.

Time: 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., Dec. 11 Cost: $30 to $40 Details: https://tinyurl.com/littlemiss-nasty Venue: Harvelle’s, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Show America’s largest interactive comedy murder mystery dinner show is now playing in Long Beach.

You’ll tackle a challenging crime while you feast on a fantastic dinner.

Time: 6 p.m. Dec. 11 Cost: $124 Venue: Courtyard by Marriott, 500 E. 1st St., Long Beach

ART

Dec. 2

Copacetic Artists Phoebe Barnum and Lowell Nickel open Copacetic, a mixed media artistic investigation into the fashioning of the human footprint as artifact at the Michael Stearns Gallery at the Loft through Dec.18.

The gallery is open each month during San Pedro First Thursday Art Walk or by appointment.

Time: 12 to 6 p.m. Monday thru Saturday Cost: Free Details: 562-400-0544 Venue: Michael Stearns Gallery at the Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro First Thursday Artwalk Join the last Guided ArtWalk Tour of 2021, on Dec. 2. Meet in The Artistry Lounge and Gallery at 6 p.m. and walk to visit Gallery 478, Megan Mickael Photography and a longish walk to the Pac Arts Gallery.

Time: 6 p.m. Dec. 2 Cost: Free Details: To register www.eventbrite.com/e/first-thursday-december-2 Venue: Artistry Lounge and Gallery, 491 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 5

Dancing Shoes: Movement & Memory As an extension of his work in the exhibition Hair-pulling Between Good and Evil, artist Michael Rippens will lead an in-person participatory dance workshop in collaboration with Lisa de Guzman, from Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test required.

Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 5 Cost: Free Details: To reserve a spot, email Michael Rippens at michael@rippens.com Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro

FILM

Dec. 18

The Polar Express When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. Must be vaccinated to attend screenings.

Time: 11 a.m. Dec. 18, 19 Cost: $9 to $10 Details: www.arttheatre.easyware-ticketing.com Venue: Art Theatre Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach

Dec. 19

It’s A Wonderful Life Frank Capra’s holiday classic stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams, in order to help others in his community, and whose suicide attempt on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel.

Time: Dec. 19 Cost: $12 to $15 Details: www.spiffest-wonderfullife.bpt.me Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

DANCE Dec. 10

Fall Advanced Dance Concert This fall favorite features the choreography of dance faculty members from El Camino College and original works from current ECC choreography students. Many genres of dance will be represented, including ballet, modern, contemporary, world, jazz and hip-hop.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 10, 11 Cost: $10 to $15 Details: www.elcaminotickets.universitytickets.com/dance Venue: Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

Dec. 12

San Pedro City Ballet Presents The Nutcracker A timeless holiday classic featuring professionals and young dancers as well as special cameos by some of your favorite community members.

Time: 7 p.m. Dec. 10, 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 11 and 2 p.m. Dec. 12 Cost: $30 to $40 Details: www.sanpedrocityballet. org/upcoming-events/nutcracker Venue: Warner Grand Theater, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 17

Long Beach Ballet The Nutcracker Nutcrackers come and go, but only one is so spectacular, so charming, so heart-warming and memorable that it has become Southern California’s favorite.

Tickets are on sale through TicketMaster and at the Long Beach Convention Center Box Office.

Time: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 preview performance (half price), 2 and

Long Beach International Tamales Festival In collaboration with Roxanne’s Bar & Grill, celebrate Latin American heritage, and join in on a beloved holiday tradition at this all-day holiday inspired fair. A diverse selection of Latin American cuisine, from regional tamales, Latin inspired dishes, drinks, tequila tastings, and even a best homemade tamales contest are featured.

Time: 12 to 8 p.m. Dec. 5 Cost: $20 and up Details: www.lbtamalesfest.com.

Venue: Scottish Rite Events Centre, 855 Elm Ave., Long Beach

Dec. 11

LB Vegan Social Enjoy an afternoon of delicious vegan food, sweets, shopping and drinks. There will be indoor and outdoor seating (bar drinks inside only). This social will feature Avocadamama, Secret Vegan Pizza, Jades Vegan Sushi, Compton Vegan and Masaya.

Time: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. 11 Cost: Free entry Details: https://www.facebook. com/theplantbasela/ Venue: The Hawk Bar, 468 W. Anaheim St., Long Beach

COMEDY Dec. 7

Underground Stand-Up Comedy & Burlesque Each week Harvelle’s brings the top headliners and the industry’s top comedians and burlesque performers. You’ve seen them on TV, cable, YouTube and your favorite podcasts.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28 Cost: $10 Details: https://tinyurl.com/underground-burlesque Venue: Harvelle’s, 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach Trademark Comedy Night Comedy show at Trademark Brewing in Long Beach Sponsored by Adam & Eve. Use code FREE99 at checkout on eventbrite for a free ticket while they are available.

Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 9 Cost: $10 to $12 Details: https://tinyurl.com/trademark-comedy Venue: Trademark Brewing. 233 E Anaheim St., Long Beach

Dec 12

Senior Comedy Afternoons The senior comedy afternoons return for a holiday show at the Los Verdes Golf Course Dec. 12, in the Vista Ballroom. Enjoy a three-course lunch followed by the show. Purchase tickets by Dec. 1.

Time: 12 p.m. lunch, 1:15 p.m. show Dec. 12 Cost: $85 Details: www.seniorcomedyafternoons.com Venue: Los Verdes Golf Course, Vista Ballroom, 7000 West Los Verdes Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes

COMMUNITY Dec. 3

Holiday Open House at Rancho Los Alamitos Bring your family and friends for a festive afternoon at Rancho Los Alamitos. Tour the decorated Ranch House, get creative with

crafts for kids, and enjoy music and light refreshments. Donations are welcome. Reservations for timed-arrival are required. Parking is free for RLA members, $5 for others. For more information email: info@RanchoLosAlamitos. org Time: 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 3 to 5 Cost: Free Details: 562- 431-3541; www.rancholosalamitos.com/events.html Venue: Rancho Los Alamitos, 6400 E. Bixby Rd., Long Beach

Dec. 3

Wilmington Tree Lighting Enjoy a community tree lighting ceremony to kick off the holidays.

Time: 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3 Cost: Free Details: 310-732-4515 Venue: Wilmington Town Square Park, 105 W. I St., Wilmington 35th Annual Candy Cane Lane Enjoy entertainment, shopping, food, fire trucks, cookie decorating, Santa visits and photos, face painting and carnival games.

Time: 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 3 Cost: Free Venue: Weymouth Corners, corner of 8th St. and Weymouth, San Pedro

Dec. 4

Aquarium Holidays Begin On weekends Dec. 4 through 19, including Holiday Treats for the Animals festival, the aquarium will have photo opportunities with Santa and Hanukkah storytelling.

Also during Aquarium Holidays, the aquarium will host a Kwanzaa celebration.

Time: 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Dec. 4 through 23 Cost: $26 to $36 Details: www.aquariumofpacific. org/events/info/aquarium_holidays Venue: Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach LAMI Community Sails Gather friends and family to share in a great afternoon on the water.

LAMI’s monthly community sails support its educational programs for youth in need.

Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 Cost: $25 to $75 Details: 310-833-6055; info@lamitopsail.org Venue: LAMI, Berth 73, Suite 2, San Pedro Guided Nature Walk at George F Canyon with the PV Peninsula Land Conservancy Naturalists will guide you along a trail through the preserve to discover a unique variety of wildlife in their canyon habitat with amazing views of the LA Basin. Meet on the back patio of the Nature Center and come inside to explore after the hike.

Time: 10:30 a.m. Dec. 4 Cost: Free Details: www.pvplc.org Venue: Corner of Palos Verdes Drive North and Palos Verdes Drive East

Dec. 11

Children’s Art Workshops in the Garden Angels Gate Cultural Center and Feed & Be Fed are partnering on this new Art Workshop series for children, ages 5 to 12, on Saturdays. All workshops will take place outdoors in The Church Garden.

Join artist-teacher Jayn Ghormley, and create art inspired by the outdoors. Art supplies will be provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 11 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/ChildrensArtWorkshop Venue: The Garden Church gar-

den, 429 W. 6th St., San Pedro Wabi Sabi Wabi sabi is the Japanese view and philosophy of finding beauty in every aspect of imperfection in nature, in things that are imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. The Redondo Beach Art Group or RBAG invites you to find the beauty in the natural world as you take this journey.

Time: 2 to 5 p.m. opening reception Dec. 11 Cost: Free Details: www.pvld.org/artinourlibrary/calendar Venue: Malaga Cove Library Art Gallery, 2400 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates Nature Walk at Pelican Cove and Tidepools Guided by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, walk along the beautiful seaside bluffs down to the beach and then over boulders to view tidepools. The hike is moderate to strenuous.

Time: 9 a.m. Dec. 11 Cost: Free Details: 310-541-7613; map, www.pvplc.org/event/naturewalk-3-2-6 Venue: Pelican Cove, Rancho Palos Verdes

Dec. 12

Rancho Los Cerritos After Hours Holiday Tours Visitors can stroll through the decorated house and learn about holiday traditions from the 1840s to the 1930s from costumed interpreters. Warm seasonal bever-

ages and live holiday music will complete the festivities. Suggested donation $5.

Time: 4:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 12, 19 Cost: Free Details: www.rancholoscerritos. org Venue: Rancho Los Cerritos, Rancho Los Cerritos, 4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach John Trager, Time for Taiwan John Trager is curator of the Desert Collections at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California where he has worked since 1983. This program will look at some of the botanical and cultural highlights of John’s trip to The Xiamen Botanical Garden in Fujian Province, China and his quick visit to Taiwan.

Time: 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12 Cost: Free Details: southcoastcss.org Venue: Online

Dec. 14

Harbor City Winter Wonderland Join a winter celebration. The pathway will be open and bus transportation will be available.

Time: 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 14 Cost: Free Details: 323-568-2083 Venue: Ken Malloy Regional Park, 25820 Vermont Ave., Harbor City

Dec. 18

Family Nature Club – Trees Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy for the next Virtual Family Nature Club exploring the topic of trees. Learn about local trees on the peninsula and

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Nonprofits

24th Annual ILWU Feed the Community

4th Annual Long Beach Parol Lantern Festival This event highlights the Filipino holiday tradition and history of making parols, a star shaped lantern made of paper and bamboo, that symbolizes hope and finding the light in the dark. The event hopes to share the rich history of Filipino culture through live entertainment, music, dance and cuisine.

Time: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 18 Cost: Free Details: www.tinyurl.com/LBParolFest2021 Venue: Pine Avenue between 4th and 5th dtreets, Long Beach

Ongoing Dec. 2

PVP Land Conservancy Rapid Response Team Work alongside the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy staff around the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve to help protect important wildlife habitat. Help with trail maintenance, fence building, installing signage and more. No experience needed. 15 and up.

Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, ongoing Cost: Free Details: Sign up at https://pvplc. volunteerhub.com/ Venue: Various PVPLC locations

On Nov. 23, ILWU Credit Union employees helped distribute food at the 24th Annual ILWU Feed the Community event at the ILWU Memorial Hall in Wilmington. Volunteers passed out 1,500 Thanksgiving meals to needy families and organizations that serve those in need in the communities around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Harbor Interfaith

The idea for the Los Angeles Maritime Institute or LAMI formed when retired science teacher and Coast Guard licensed Capt. Jim Gladson witnessed the positive effect that the experience of sailing at sea had upon even his most challenged alternative school students, even those with dyslexia.

The TopSail Youth Program mission is to use sail training to provide youth with the real-life challenges that would develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to stay in school and become healthy, productive adults. In its 23 years, more than 60,000 youth from throughout Southern California have directly benefited from participation in hands-on learning experiences through LAMI’s TopSail Youth Program.

Opportunity programs for volunteers include: Virtual Voyage, Summer Camp, Topsail STEM Program, Youth Crew Program, Topsail Youth Program and Explore the Coast.

LAMI’s at-sea operations require a lot of dockside support, and it always needs help.

There is constant demand in areas including: general boat maintenance; canvas/sail repair; carpentry; marine diesel and electrical systems maintenance; grant writing; web design and retail/sales.

To volunteer, attend an orientation, held on a Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. Check LAMI’s calendar to confirm and email the volunteer coordinator at volunteercrewleader@lamitopsail.org.

The mission of Harbor Interfaith Services or HIS is to empower the homeless and working poor to achieve self-sufficiency by providing support services including shelter, transitional housing, food, job placement, advocacy, childcare, education and life-skills training.

Each year, the nonprofit’s 90-day emergency shelter and 18-month transitional housing program provide residence and support, including childcare to about 450 people. The Family Resource Center extends aid in all areas: free groceries, clothing and hygiene items; rental/utility assistance; case management and individualized referrals; access to medical and dental services; and enrollment in 14 benefit programs. Last year, 31,000 services were provided to 10,400 people.

Projects in need of funds: The Family Shelter offers residence that provides up to 90 days of crisis housing to homeless families. It accommodates 20 families at a time.

The Children’s Center fills the educational gap for children and gives parents the peace of mind to focus on school or finding a job. Without the program, parents would not have the opportunity to enroll in school or to secure employment.

Despite the precautions that dealing with COVID-19 has placed on people, Harbor Interfaith will still distribute holiday food baskets to households and toys to the children for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Christmas Drive Thru Food & Toy Distribution Time: 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 20, 21 HIS accepts donations: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 670 W. 9th St. San Pedro.

This year, HIS will not hold the annual holiday block party where donors give gifts to adopt-

Los Angeles Maritime Institute

International Bird Rescue Celebrates 50 Years

On Jan. 18, 1971, two Standard Oil tankers collided near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, resulting in a spill that let loose 2,700 cubic tons of crude oil.

Retired nurse Alice Berkner came up with the concept of International Bird Rescue or IBR while trying to help the more than 7,000 birds that filled warehouses around the Bay Area during the oil spill. By April 1971, International Bird Rescue Research Center was incorporated as a nonprofit organization.

IBR’s wildlife clinics are open year-round to provide critical care to seabirds beyond treating oiled wildlife. In 2019, rehabilitation teams admitted over 3,500 birds, brought in by the public and affiliated wildlife groups, between its two California clinic locations. IBR’s focus has been to act toward balance with the natural world by rescuing waterbirds in crisis — since 1971 it has admitted over 125,000 birds and the count continues.

Since 1971, IBR has responded to 225 worldwide oil spills. It has provided oiled wildlife collection, rehabilitation and documentation services on an assured basis for companies that transport or hold petroleum products. IBR works with local state and federal biologists to look at what animals are in the area at the time of a spill and try to determine what species and how many of them may be exposed to oil.

Scientists are now documenting how this surge of plastic trash leaves a wake of death and disease that directly affects seabirds. In many places around the world, birds feed on plastic floating on the water, mistaking it for food, many times this ingestion leads to their death and that of their young.

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Yet, the nonprofit sector is in a state of uncertainty and flux in the wake of the pandemic and economic instability. For example, nonprofits led by people of color — which tend to be smaller, less resourced, and community-based — face a more challenging set of circumstances. Their survival, and the communities who rely on them, is at stake. However, POC-led nonprofits are leading and participating in advocacy and organizing efforts for equity and justice.

Council of Nonprofits reports that organizations led by people of color are preparing for multiple crises in the immediate future due to unmet survival needs, a resurgence of COVID-19, and policies that criminalize communities of color. Many leaders of color expect that unmet survival needs related to food insecurity, jobs, housing, more COVID-19 illnesses and deaths, and harsh economic consequences will significantly increase over the next year.

This is only a microcosm of a particular set of issues. In the larger picture, Council of Nonprofits posits that these challenges can be overcome through working together rather than by operating separately. The strength of nonprofits is in their collective numbers. They exist in every community, are closest to the problems and understand the issues. For those reasons the council says nonprofits should be sharing their insights with policymakers to help them make informed decisions. Policymakers need to hear the voices of their nonprofit constituents. Nonprofits can’t endorse or oppose candidates running for office,

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35 Chain that merged with AMC Theatres 36 Got progressively more confusing 40 When National Deaf History Month ends (it’s actually a 34day period) 41 Post ___ (afterward, in Latin) 42 Flight board fig.

43 Office drudge 47 Something ___ entirely 48 Exit the tub (but not literally,

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DBA FILINGS [continued from p. 14] names listed above: 01/2021.

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)). S/. Shurhonda Olawuyi, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 27, 2021.. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920.

A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to 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.Effectively January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 11/11/2021, 11/23/2021, 12/02/2021, 12/09/2021

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2021231132 The following person is doing business as: SOLAR SIGMA SYSTEMS, 1828 Amelia St., San Pedro, Ca 90731. Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Kaine Nicholas,1828 Amelia St., San Pedro, Ca 90731.This Business is con-

ducted by an individual. The registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 01/2021. 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)). S/. Kaine Nicholas, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 22, 2021.. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to 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.Effectively January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 11/11/2021, 11/23/2021, 12/02/2021, 12/09/2021

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2021250026 The following person is doing business as: ALSOP’S LOCK AND KEY, 849 W. Pacific Coast Highway #114, Wilmington, CA 90744 County of Los Angeles. Registered owners: Frank Carl Fisher, 849 W. Pacific Coast Highway #114, Wilmington, CA 90744.

This Business is conducted by an individual. The registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 10/2021. 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)). S/.

Frank Carl Fisher, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 2021.. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920.

A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to 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.

Effectively January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

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The driver was delivering packages near the end of his shift, when he was robbed at gunpoint by two suspects in an alleyway on the 800 block of W. 12th St. at around 5:30 p.m., Los Angeles LAPD officers investigate an abandoned Amazon delivery van afPolice Department ter it was stolen at gunpoint from a delivery driver. officer Chavez said.

One of the suspects got into the delivery van and fled the scene, leaving the driver. He was not injured during the robbery.

The van was found abandoned in an alley on the 1100 block of W. 14th St. around an hour later. Police searched the van and found that the remaining three packages were stolen and have not been recovered.

“We’re committed to the safety of drivers who deliver our packages,” Amazon spokesperson Alisa Carroll said in a statement regarding the robbery. “We’re looking into the incident and supporting law enforcement with their investigation.”

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2021245974 The following person is doing business as: ZUZU’S PETALS, ZUZU’S PETALS CAFE, 801 E. 3rd Street, Long Beach, Ca 90802. Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Jesse Franco, 1446 Sepulveda Street, San Pedro, CA 90732. Evangelos Papadakis, 1446 Sepulveda Street, San Pedro, CA 90732.

This Business is conducted by partners. The registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 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)). S/ Jesse Franco, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on October 27, 2021.. Notice--In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920. were to 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.Effectively January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

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