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High-Stakes Havoc on PCH: Three-Vehicle Crash Closes Pacific Coast Highway Two Injured – One Airlifted in Critical Condition – PCH Accidents Continue By Dolores Quintana The day before the city of Malibu took the step of extending the declaration of a local emergency meant to address safety on Pacific Coast Highway, there was another serious accident on PCH at Los Flores Canyon, as reported by a press release on the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station Facebook. Around 8:40 p.m., there was a collision involving three vehicles occurred in front of

Duke’s restaurant on PCH in Malibu Two individuals were injured in the incident. One person, in critical condition with lifethreatening injuries, was airlifted from the scene, while the other individual sustained minor injuries, as reported by ABC 7. Nothing further is known about the injured victims at this time. The accident caused the LASD to close the eastbound lanes of PCH at Las Flores Cyn due to an overturned vehicle around 9:28 p.m. Las Flores Canyon is just to the east of the area of PCH known as “Dead Man’s Curve.” In December, an announcement was made that Cal-Trans would be working on safety improvements on PCH, and at the time, 58 people had lost their lives on PCH in the last decade, including the four Pepperdine sorority members who died last year.

National Popcorn Day Extravaganza: Movie Theaters Nationwide Offer Deals on Your Favorite Film Snack Celebrate January 19th with Cinema Treats – Discounts and Refills Available By Keemia Zhang Movie theaters across the country will celebrate National Popcorn Day on January 19th in efforts spearheaded by The Cinema Foundation and Fandango. According to Box Office Pro, movie theaters across the U.S. will commemorate the day with discounts and deals on popcorn purchases and refills. Thirty thousand screens nationwide will participate in the event, meaning that moviegoers catching Mean Girls, Wonka, The Color Purple, Migration, The Beekeeper, Origin, Night Swim, The Book of Clarence, and I.S.S - as well as rereleases like Oppenheimer, Soul, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, will be able to

enjoy deals on the most popular cinema snack in the country. AMC Theaters will mark the event by offering unlimited popcorn refills of all sizes, while Regal Theaters will offer guests 50% off small popcorn. Local indie favorite Laemmle Theaters will provide moviegoers with free popcorn purchased with any beverage, while Landmark Theaters and the Nuart will give one free popcorn - with free refills - per customer. The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema locations nationwide – and all of them will be filled with FREE popcorn! Alamo Drafthouse will be slinging big bowls of freshly popped kernels and real clarified butter at every screening all day long on National Popcorn Day, January 19th. Just buy a ticket plus any other food or beverage item, and a silver bowl of hot, salty, buttery goodness is all yours. They’re not bottomless like Alamo Drafthouse’s regular popcorn bowls (sorry, everyone), but they are free and delicious. Besides, the only thing better than a movie and popcorn is a movie and FREE popcorn. Browse Drafthouse showtimes and get tickets for National Popcorn Day here. *Only valid 1/19/24 with ticket and $5 minimum food & beverage purchase, one

bowl per tab, refills not included. A Fandango survey conducted on a sample group revealed that 94% of movie fans purchased snacks during their trips to the movies, with 88% ordering popcorn regularly. According to the National Association of Concessionaires, popcorn makes up over 60% of snack food sales at cinemas nationwide, with 4.5 billion quarts of popcorn consumed at entertainment venues annually. “Popcorn at the movies was first introduced 95 years ago, and it’s been an inseparable part of the moviegoing

experience ever since,” stated Bryan Braunlich, executive director of The Cinema Foundation. Bruanchlich noted that “millions of film fans” would come together to watch new movies “while enjoying their favorite theater snacks at discounted prices.” Jerramy Hailine, vice president of Fandango, remarked, “The moviegoing experience is where people connect, emotions flow freely, and on January 19th, fans can experience the magic of the big screen with their favorite movie snacks in hand at a discounted price.”

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Last week’s SMart article, described two critical problems faced by our Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD): the declining enrollment and the tendency to inexorably increase the bond debt burden on the City’s businesses and residents. Increasing debt, whether from construction bond debt or from unfunded pension liabilities, is a disease afflicting many cities and school districts, so much so that it is almost considered normal. But it is not normal and certainly not prudent. In SMMUSD’s case, it springs from a failure to learn the lessons of the past and a failure to anticipate the obvious problems of the future. Easy Money SMMUSD has always been successful in getting school bonds passed (over a billion dollar’s worth to date), because of Santa Monica’s voters’ natural predilection to support education. We are a liberal city that values education. This has, unfortunately, created an atmosphere in which the School District felt it could always go back to the citizens for another bond to pay for the mistakes of the past bond(s). For example, the SMASH/John Muir elementary school has been burdened with leaks and mold for about two decades, but only now, with that school closed for at least a year, is the District engaging in a belated multimilliondollar repair effort. Most of the new school buildings are over budget, and another bond is then required to complete them or to complete the projects that were deferred because these initial projects ran over budget. Demolition vs. Preservation This atmosphere in which easy money is always available from generous citizens means that frugality is neither practiced, encouraged, nor rewarded. The High School English Building is a perfect example of this spendthrift attitude toward construction. In the ongoing discussion process of whether to demolish the English Building on the high school campus, the District wants to spend another $300,000 studying its demolition/ rebuild instead of favoring its preservation as envisioned in the 2016 campus plan. That building is the last original building left on campus (besides the landmarked Barnum Hall) and has already received public support for its preservation concept. The State (which governs school construction in various capacities), in its shortsighted wisdom, recommends that if rehabbing a building costs half the cost of building new, then the district should spend the money to build new. What this State recommendation, which the School Board is NOT required to follow, fails to recognize is that preservation is almost always the preferred solution: 1. The greenest building is the one you don’t tear down. Building new requires much more materials and greenhouse gases

to be released, while rehabbing uses much less materials and generates less waste and greenhouse gases. 2. This 2-3 story building could be made into the first high school net zero building. Unfortunately, none of the current new campus buildings are net zero (generating enough power locally to meet their own power needs). 3. While using less material, rehabbing is proportionally more labor intensive; therefore, more of the budget goes to the creation of well-paying construction jobs. 4. Rehabbing is faster and, therefore, less disruptive to the already constructionbesieged campus. 5. Preservation of existing resources, particularly buildings, is a valuable life lesson for students who already face a world of increasing scarcity. 6. Older buildings are often more interesting because they embody different values and past artistic sensibilities. 7. Preserving older buildings preserves the memories embedded in the classrooms and walls, which is of great value to students, staff, and alumni. 8. Preserving the English building will help undo the bad reputation the District has acquired in its recent reckless demolition of the more prominent History Building. Competition for Public Support This English Building is just one building, but these preservation benefits apply to virtually all projects on all campuses. It’s also a canary in the coal mine as a preview of how the District will operate in the future regarding preserving existing buildings and campus open spaces. For example, a preservation-oriented district, at a minimum, would save all the original and as-built plans of all its buildings. This does not appear to be the case for the English Building whose rehabilitation, if approved, still will require very expensive forensic studies to understand its underlying structure and its seismic viability. These expensive studies could have been avoided if the original plans had been preserved. While the failure to maintain buildings, sloppy record-keeping, overreliance on demolition instead of preservation, and a pension shortfall are sins of the past, the future of the District is not particularly promising either. None of the newly built District buildings are net zero. None of the newly built buildings are designed to function as cooling centers in the inevitable event of killer heat waves. In spite of acres of flat roofs, only about 25% of the District’s power load comes from its own photovoltaic rooftop solar collectors. Building net zero buildings to reduce our District’s power bill is one of the few ways that capital funds can be used to reduce our operating cost, thereby freeing more funds for drawing down the District’s pension overhang or for funding other worthy educational goals. The school district will soon be fractured by the loss of students and funding from its upcoming divorce from Malibu. Even if all these problems, past and future, can be resolved, the District’s long-term financial

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issues are still precarious since the ability to pass bonds, which the District is addicted to, will shrink as fewer and fewer school-age families, who have “skin in the game,” will be around to vote for future school bonds to improve the schools. This willingness to self-tax is also menaced by the College District, which also has the same taste for massive bond funding harvests and will be competing for the same public support. The Future Starts Now As these two districts compete for the same voter’s goodwill, they burden the businesses and residents with increasing bond loads and exhaust the citizens’ ability to raise funds for real and known future crises. We know already the Pier, our iconic flagship, will need massive funding to deal with imminent sea level rise, as will our entire 3-mile coastline. The Civic Center Auditorium, another historic icon, will need substantial seismic and accessibility improvements. Our water conservation infrastructure will need massive upgrades as the Sierra and Colorado basin snowfall wilts while simultaneously Sacramento crams 16 and 20-story buildings into our seaside town. And finally, we know statistically the whole LA basin is at risk for a large earthquake in the next 30 years the nominal life of these possibly new bonds. These are all known expensive future demands, not

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to mention other not yet visible demands on the City’s bonding capacity. All these known risks can be mitigated if the City has a credible bonding reserve “capacity” in its citizens’ and funders’ perceptions. If that bonding reserve “capacity” has already been exhausted by wasteful previous school and college bonds, our City, which already cannot keep its libraries open, will be painted into a self-inflicted financial corner with no good alternatives. The School District has to be part of the City’s pivot to becoming a truly sustainable

City. That necessary pivot will be an expensive and time-consuming journey, and we need both the goodwill, funds, and time to start that journey. But like any journey, it starts with a single step. How about the District start with the simple step of publicly committing to preserving the English Building NOW? It’s a simple step that would signal to the citizenry that the School District has changed its spendthrift ways and understands its responsibility to the future. By Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA

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Officials are currently reviewing footage of the accident A Metro train crashed into a vehicle near the downtown intersection of Colorado Ave. and 11th St. on Friday after an illegal turn was made, according to an L.A. Metro spokesperson. The train was traveling east at around 3:52 p.m. when a gray sedan traveling southbound on 11th illegally made a left turn. After the collision, the vehicle passenger fled the scene for unknown reasons. L.A. Metro officials are currently reviewing footage of the accident, said the

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Realtor, but described as being “just a short distance from popular Los Angeles attractions.” Neither was its new owner revealed. The 30-year-old NBA star was drafted by the Washington Wizards as the third overall pick in 2012. During his time playing in the nation’s capital, Beal acquired a $3.2 million northern Virginia property which included 10-foot ceilings, a library, an exercise room and a separate pool house. He was traded to Phoenix in 2023. For more information and photos, go to https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrityreal-estate/bradley-beal-sells-modernvenice-california-mansion/amp/.

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Metro spokesperson. No further information was provided. This incident is not the first of its kind, as L.A. Metro’s train routes slice through many of the city’s popular roads. A car was overturned in November after crashing with a Metro Blue Line train in the CentralAlameda neighborhood. That collision was preceded by about two months prior at Raymond Ave. and California Blvd. in Pasadena. That accident, involving a Metro A-line train, resulted in a hospitalized woman and damaged infrastructure to the train crossing.

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The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Los Angeles 1725 Main St. Santa Monica, Ca. 90401, Santa Monica Courthouse Orange Countyand Superior Court, 700 Civic Center Dr.orWest, CA 92701 The name, address, telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, plaintiffSanta withoutAna an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado name, address, and telephone number of es): plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección delThe demandante, o del demandante que no tíene abogado, Joshua J. Zokaeem, SBN: 29938B y el número de Esq. teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tíene abogado, es): The CapitalLC, Lawc/o FirmAnthony Cartee, 333 City Blvd. W. 17th Floor, Orange , Ca. 92868 (714) 942-2225 Cartee, 11111 Monica Blvd. Ste. 100,David Los Angeles, Ca. 90025clerk of the court clerk, by (Secretario) A. 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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2023 239563 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 11/06/2023. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as 1. The Original Rinaldi’s Deli and Cafe. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: The Original Rinaldi’s Inc. 323 Main St., El Segundo, Ca. 90245. This business is conducted by A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 05/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed Bill Chen. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on November 06, 2023. 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). SANTA MONICA MIRROR to publish 11/10/2023, 11/17/2023, 11/24/2023, and 12/1/2023

Case No. 23SMCP00582 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 1725 Main St. | Santa Monica, CA 90401 Petition of: Gazelle Moinzadeh, by and through Gazelle Moinzadeh for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Gazelle Moinzadeh Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Gazelle Moinzadeh to Giselle Moinzadeh The court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/05/24 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: K A copy of this ORDER to SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: SANTA MONICA MIRROR | Dated: November 17, 2023 Judge Lawrence Cho Published: 11/17/2023, 11/24/24, 12/01/2023, and 12/08/2023

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF VERNA REY ZANDERS

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LAURA MARY NUDD NOTICE TO PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LAURA MARY NUDD

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Robert M Moss, Esq./Law Offices of Rober M Moss Inc. in the Superior To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 23STPB07703 will or estate, or both, of: LAURA MARY NUDD

Petition for Probate that appointed as personal tothe administer AThe Petition for Probate hasrequests been filed byKEITH RobertBROMLY M Moss, be Esq./Law Offices of Roberrepresentative M Moss Inc. in Superior the estate of the decedent. Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 23STPB07703 ThePetition petitionfor requests decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to representative probate. The will and any The Probate the requests that KEITH BROMLY be appointed as personal to administer codicils are availablethe forestate examination in the file kept by the court. of the decedent. Thepetition petitionrequests requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, admitted to probate. Theofwill and any The authority to administer the estate under the be Independent Administration Estates Act. codicils are authority availablewill forbe examination in the kept byperson the court. The independent administration granted unless anfile interested files an objection to the

petition and shows good cause theunder courtthe should not grantAdministration the authority. of Estates Act. The petition requests authority to administer the why estate Independent independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the AThe hearing on the petition will be held in Los Angeles County Superior Court as follows: Date: January 2, 2023, petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. Time: 8:30 am. Dept.: 4 The address of the court: 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

A hearing on the petition will be held in Los Angeles County Superior Court as follows: Date: January 2, 2023, If you object to theam. granting the petition, should at the your CA objections Time: 8:30 Dept.: of 4 The address you of the court:appear 111 North Hillhearing Street,and Losstate Angeles, 90012. or file

written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file Ifwritten you areobjections a creditorwith or athe contingent creditor the deceased, you mustmay file your with courtattorney. and mail court before the of hearing. Your appearance be inclaim person orthe by your

aIf copy to the personal representative appointed bydeceased, the court within the later of either four months frommail the you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the you must file your claim(1) with the court and date of first issuance of representative letters to a general personal representative, section 58(b)months of the California a copy to the personal appointed by the court within as thedefined later ofineither (1) four from the Probate Code, or (2) 60 date of mailingrepresentative, or personal delivery to youinofsection a notice under section 9052 date of first issuance of days lettersfrom to athe general personal as defined 58(b) of the California of the California Probate Code. Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statues and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with

Other California statues and legalanauthority affect your rights as a creditor. attorneymay knowledgeable in California law. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from from the the court court clerk. clerk. available

Petitioner Robert Robert M M Moss. Moss. Esq Esq 401 401 Wilshire Wilshire Blvd. Blvd. 12 12th Floor, Floor, Santa Santa Monica Monica Ca Ca 90701 90701 (310) (310) 260-1654 260-1654 Petitioner th

Published in in the the Santa Santa Monica Monica Mirror, Mirror, 11/24/2023, 11/24/2023, 12/1/2023, 12/1/2023, and and 12/7/2023. 12/7/2023. Published

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NUMBER: 2023 239566 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 11/06/2023. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as 1. The Original Rinaldi’s Italian Deli. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: The Original Rinaldi’s Inc. 323 Main St., El Segundo, Ca. 90245. This business is conducted by A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/2001. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed Bill Chen. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on November 06, 2023. 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). SANTA MONICA MIRROR to publish 11/10/2023, 11/17/2023, 11/24/2023, and 12/1/2023

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