Santa Monica Daily Press, May 30, 2012

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012

Volume 11 Issue 171

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BACK IN TOWN: New police chief Jacqueline Seabrooks speaks during a ceremony to swear her into the new position on Tuesday.

New chief sworn in Seabrooks takes reins of SMPD

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AT YOUR DOORSTEP: A Meals on Wheels West volunteer delivers a meal to one of the nonprofit’s homebound clients.

Seniors face challenges as Meals on Wheels prices increase

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After a nearly five-year absence, former Santa Monica Police Department captain Jacqueline Seabrooks returned to the city where her career took off, this time as chief.

Seabrooks was sworn in as Santa Monica Police Department’s new chief in front of a large crowd at the Civic Auditorium Tuesday morning by Judge Scott Gordon, a former officer with the SMPD who jokingly referred to Seabrooks as one of his smartest trainees.

Seabrooks is the first woman to hold the office. She left Inglewood, Calif., where she had served as chief for four and a half years, to take the position after Tim Jackman offiSEE CHIEF PAGE 11

CITY HALL A nonprofit group that feeds seniors and other homebound individuals may have to cut back on the food it delivers and increase the price of meals if it can’t find a way to cope with rising food and gas prices.

The cost of the food that Meals on Wheels West delivers to its clients in Santa

provider in an attempt to continue providing low-cost meals that guarantee most of a seniors’ calories and nutrients for the day.

“To stay healthy and strong, our clients need balanced nutrition,” Regalbuto said.

The group gets the food from another Meals on Wheels program that operates in Los Angeles, a group that has both a kitchen to prepare the meals and a registered dietiSEE MEALS PAGE 10

Boston mobster’s lawyer pleads for delay in trial DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer

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Monica and the Westside rose 63 percent this year after four years at the same levels, said RoseMary Regalbuto, executive director of Meals on Wheels West.

At the same time, the amount of food was reduced from a hot lunch and a cold supper to a hot lunch and a snack, usually consisting of half a sandwich and a piece of fruit.

The changes have forced Meals on Wheels West to look for another food

ing to prepare in time to defend the former Boston mobster in November has taken a toll on his health.

J.W. Carney Jr. told U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler that it will be “impossible” for him to read hundreds of

thousands of documents turned over by prosecutors by Nov. 5, the scheduled trial date.

Carney said he has been working six or SEE BULGER PAGE 8

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Dems unite Ocean Park Library 2601 Main St., 7 p.m.

The Santa Monica Democratic Club will meet to discuss and possibly endorse Propositions 28 and 29.

The meeting takes place in the library’s Community Room.

Will again Miles Memorial Playhouse 1130 Lincoln Blvd., 8 p.m.

Colonials, an American Shakespeare company, is producing the great playwright’s beloved “Much Ado About Nothing.” For more information, go to theatreforasmallspace.com. Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 at the door.

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Dance the night away Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club 1210 Fourth St., 7 p.m. — 11 p.m.

The club hosts this weekly ballroom dancing event to give people the chance to cut a rug. Cost: $10; $8 students and USA Dance members.

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Samohi’s regional occupational program presents its annual dance showcase. Performances come from popular musicals “Cabaret,” “Legally Blonde,” and “Chicago.”

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Fine wine Ruskin Group Theatre 3000 Airport Ave., 8 p.m. — 10 p.m.

“Sideways the Play,” adapted by Rex Pickett from his own novel, follows two friends — Miles and Jack — on their journey across the Santa Ynez wine country on one last blowout trip before Jack gets married. Along the way, Miles and Jack must face their uncertain futures … just as soon as they figure out how to survive their chaotic present. This performance also runs Saturdays and Sundays through July 22.

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Saturday, June 2, 2012 Call me Asher Mail Library 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 2 p.m.

In the first in a new series of staged readings of classic and contemporary plays, the Santa Monica Rep Theater Company presents Aaron Posner’s “My Name Is Asher Lev,” at the library’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium. “My Name Is Asher Lev” is the story of a young painter, brought up in strict, Hasidic Jewish home, who struggles with issues of faith and tradition versus art and individualism. For more information, call (310) 458-8600.

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Jury to hear No Doubt’s claims against game maker 50th Assembly District candidates ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES No Doubt’s attorneys can argue to a jury that the band was misled by gaming giant Activision Publishing Inc. about how its likeness would be used in the video game “Band Hero,” a judge ruled Tuesday.

The ruling by Superior Court Judge Ramona See rejected a motion by Activision’s lawyers to dismiss several claims from the case, including fraud, violation of publicity rights and breach of contract. See determined there were genuine disputes about evidence that a jury should consider.

No Doubt sued the Santa Monica, Calif.based video game company in November 2009, claiming the band was never told that players would be able to unlock avatars of the band to perform other artists’ music.

The case cited instances in which players could use singer Gwen Stefani to perform suggestive lyrics from the Rolling Stones’ hit “Honky Tonk Women,” or have a virtual version of bassist Tony Kanal sing his band’s hit “Just a Girl,” but with Stefani’s voice.

The lawsuit claimed the feature turns the band “into a virtual karaoke circus act.”

See rejected one of the band’s claims that sought an injunction barring Activision from using band members’ likenesses to perform other artists’ work.

Activision has claimed the idea of “unlocking” unadvertised features of a video game has been around since the early days of the industry and the company did nothing wrong.

Attorneys expect the case will go to trial later this year.

Jeffery McFarland, who represents Activision, said the company has a strong defense and is looking forward to presenting it during trial. During the hearing, he said the company had a video recording of the band being told about the game’s unlockable features.

The band’s attorney Bert Deixler said the ruling “seemed inevitable” and noted No Doubt has repeatedly won the right to pursue the case, in both state and appellate courts.

When voters head to the polls to cast their votes in the June 5 primary, they’ll be looking for candidates who care about protecting the environment, will fund education and transit projects to reduce traffic, ensure people have equal rights and access to healthcare and help create jobs. Those are the issues that concern Santa Monicans the most.

To help, the Daily Press sent a questionnaire to each of the four candidates for the newly-created 50th Assembly District, arguably the most competitive race in the primary. There’s Santa

Monica’s mayor, Richard Bloom; seasoned activist and nonprofit director, Torie Osborn; progressive Log Cabin Republican, Brad Torgan; and an incumbent on the rise, Betsy Butler.

Each was given the same word count and deadline. Here are their responses:

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NAME: Richard Bloom AGE: 58 OCCUPATION: Mayor, City of Santa Monica; attorney CITY/NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU LIVE: Santa Monica (Sunset Park) OWN OR RENT: Own POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? Toyota Prius

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Go electric Editor:

Every year we see articles such as this one complaining about increasing gasoline prices (”Driving season begins, as does griping about gas,” May 28). This article is no different. It does make one comment that is no longer true, however. The article states: “And the biggest frustration, which comes into focus as the numbers spin ever higher at the pump: There is no alternative.”

This used to be true, but is no longer. At the end of 2010, about a dozen electric cars from Nissan and Chevrolet were delivered to eager customers who had ordered them months earlier. Since then, those two companies have been joined by several others including Ford, Mitsubishi, Coda and Tesla. Many more car companies are just months, or a couple of years, from joining the electric car movement.

In the past year and a half, over 25,000 Americans have made the switch to plug-in cars and away from gasoline. Even fleet operators such as UPS, FedX, Coke, Staples and others are switching their trucks over to run on electricity. They look at the 3-5 year operational life of their fleets and given the lower energy and maintenance costs of electrics, they save money over internal combustion.

Once you get an EV, you stop going to gas stations entirely. I bought my first EV in 2002 from Toyota. This was one of those RAV4 EVs you still see driving around Santa Monica operated by the city as part of their fleet.

I’ve driven 105,000 miles since then without once going to a gas station. The new cars are much more sophisticated and useful given the advances in technology in the past decade. My Nissan LEAF, for instance, is exceptionally fast, quiet as a bicycle, and emits zero pollutants.

For those who fret about the pollution from power plants that supply the energy to charge the batteries, they should be happy to know that charging an EV on the SoCal Edison grid is five times cleaner than driving a Prius. Even better, if you have a roof that is viable for solar, that option allows you to eliminate 100 percent of the pollution from driving your car and powering your house.

The price of these new electric cars has been stated to be expensive, but even that is not true. First of all, the cars are exceptional in that they are quieter and smoother than a Rolls Royce, yet after incentives, they cost about $30,000, the average price of a car sold in the U.S. If financed at today’s low interest rates, the monthly cost is less than most cars due to the very low operating cost of an EV. The price of electricity is approximately 20 percent that of gasoline per mile traveled. So, if you spend $200 per month for gasoline, you’ll instead spend $40 for electricity to drive the same distance.

So, instead of commiserating over the price of gas, switch to electricity. You’ll find that it’s a much better energy source for your daily driving needs. It’s cleaner, cheaper, and as a bonus, it’s domestic, so no more fighting expensive deadly wars over oil!

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From a girl to a ‘twoman’

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married would have necessarily turned me into an adult if I weren’t one before walking down the aisle. Maybe it’s actually immature to think that dressing up like a virginal princess in an effort to demand all eyes on me for a day would make me more and not less mature. Regardless, buying a house and a car and giving birth to a couple of kids afterward should have been sound indicators that I am, in fact, a grown-up.

But as it turns out, I didn’t actually realize that I’d fully crossed the threshold from girl to woman until Sunday night. While watching HBO’s new series “Girls,” perhaps for the first time ever it occurred to me that one of these things is not like the other. As in, I am not like these girls who are just a few years out of college. (Yes, the “Girls” girls are fictional, but there are undoubtedly plenty of real equivalents out there.)

Despite the fact that I’ve been out of college for well over a decade, I still feel like I’ve been inexplicably stalled on not a few emotional levels. Sure, I regularly do all sorts of adult things, like work for a living, attend 40th-birthday parties for friends, play mahjong, pick up my older daughter from preschool, nurse my baby daughter and shop for things like nonstick aluminum foil and dental toothpicks at places like Costco, but often I’m looking around to see if it seems like anyone else feels like they’re playing the part of a grown-up, too.

Like, I wonder if other people are also kind of giggling to themselves at how they’re fooling everyone into thinking they’re as together as they appear. It’s not in a bad way. I adore my life and family. But I’m just not sure when my doughy transition from lost college graduate rose and baked into my life as a responsible adult with a specific direction.

As my husband and I sat on the couch playing Scrabble over the weekend, I remarked for no fewer than the seventh time over the course of two days about how much better our backyard looks when the lawn is mowed (which might actually just make me boring if not necessarily an adult). I wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else, with anyone else, doing anything else. Especially, say, at a crowded warehouse party in Brooklyn where people were accidentally smoking crack like in the most recent episode of “Girls” (partly because when I lived in Manhattan and made the occasional

trip out to Brooklyn, I always made sure to tell someone where I was headed in case something sinister happened and I didn’t return).

Part of the appeal of watching certain shows is imagining myself as one of the players. Like, I watch “Bethenny Ever After” and pretend it was, in fact, me who parlayed a watered-down margarita into a custom Tribeca loft. Or that I’m Liz Lemon of “30 Rock” except I command more respect from my staff and am in possession of fewer pairs of grey panties.

I never quite related to the “Sex and the City” ladies, HBO’s “Girls” predecessors, because they always seemed so much sadder and older (or more sophisticated?). And now that I’m around the age they were when the show was first on the air (except for Samantha, who even all these years later is still older than I’ve ever been), I still can’t picture myself in their uncomfortable stilettos.

Watching “Girls” makes me not imagine myself as one of them (although, believe me, there have been eerily familiar moments in each episode), but my daughters instead (even though I’m not nearly old enough to be one of their moms). I cringe and feel my heart break as I think of my daughters acting the parts of the “Girls” girls, barely holding down jobs and eking out rent money while their emotional lives are crazily in need of Krazy Glue.

That tells me something. Like, that I’m putting others before me, which must be a sign of maturity, or at least that I’m not a narcissist (although perhaps assuming that every fictional character has something to do with me means I’m even more of an egomaniac than I ever realized. Either way).

It seems like adulthood happened somewhere between my mid-20s and now without me noticing, and I literally woke to find myself transformed into a full-grown woman (although it’s probably more accurate to call me the tween version of a woman — like, a twoman — because I have yet to start carrying a purse).

Still, being a twoman is not a bad place to be if it means I can really appreciate the sight of a freshly mowed lawn. And as far as I can tell, it’s certainly preferable to hanging out at a certain warehouse in Brooklyn.

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Several new shows star dogs and their owners in need of help. CBS has the lone network show in “Dogs in the City,” starring comic, dog trainer and businessman Justin Silver. It’s joined by documentaries on PBS and HBO and a series in the works for the Disney Channel, among others.

Each Wednesday at 8 p.m., beginning May 30, Silver will try to help hound and human tackle unsettling problems like joint custody after divorce or dealing with significant others who just moved in.

Is man or mutt usually to blame for problems? It’s 50-50, he said, but “a dog’s behavior is shaped by the people in its life.”

Silver says he won’t be the one solving problems, even though he jokes that he speaks dog. Instead he will provide techniques and experiences so owners can fix their own problems.

“It’s that old adage: Give a man a fish and you’ll fill his belly. Teach him how to fish and he’ll never starve. I am teaching you how to fish. But no one learns how to fish perfectly in one hour. It takes constant practice.”

If intervention is needed, he will call on his own pit bulls, Chiquita and Pacino. “I use my dogs as much as possible because the thing that influences dogs most is other balanced dogs,” he said.

“Dogs in the City” seems to have a lot in common with “The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan” on the National Geographic Channel and “It’s Me or the Dog” with Victoria Stilwell on Animal Planet. “Bad Dog!” is another Animal Planet show, although it uses videotape to capture misbehavior in a test of sorts to see how far an owner’s love will stretch.

Documentaries airing in May and June explore the rewards and redemption of shelter dogs. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says between 5 million and 7 million companion animals enter shelters every year and between 3 million and 4 million of them are euthanized.

“Shelter Me,” a PBS documentary, is narrated by actress Katherine Heigl and is sponsored by the pet food company co-owned by Ellen DeGeneres.

It follows an animal control officer, adoption workers, female inmates who train rescue dogs, and vets who acquire former shelter dogs. “’Shelter Me’ is about the lives that are changed when shelter pets are given a second chance,” Heigl said.

Andrew J. Trotto, an Army veteran from Mission Viejo, was teamed up with Teka, a black Lab rescued from a Wyoming shelter

by Freedom Service Dogs in Englewood, Colo.

“If it wasn’t for her, I’d be dead right now,” Trotto says in the film.

“I was an evil person. I hated you or wanted to kill you,” he said, describing the PTSD demons that haunted him. “People say suicide is selfish. But when you are in the zone, you’re not thinking about that. The terror in your head drives you insane. She (Teka) will wake me up out of my night terrors.”

“Shelter Me” will air across the country in late May and June.

HBO will premiere a documentary called “One Nation Under Dog: Stories of Fear, Loss & Betrayal” on June 18 at 9 p.m.

The film looks at America’s obsession with dogs, how far individuals will go for their pets and what it will take for people across the country to treat all dogs humanely.

The 73-minute documentary looks at the odds stacked against shelter dogs, spay and neuter education, puppy mills, dog bite victims and how some owners respond when their dog attacks.

The Disney Channel also has a new dog show in the works for the fall and while it does involve a rescue dog, that’s where reality ends.

The live-action, multi-camera series called “Dog With A Blog” and revolves around a dog named Stan (who is really a 4year-old named Kuma).

In real life, Kuma is a husky, golden retriever and border collie mix who was rescued from a shelter. In the show, he is adopted to tame a pair of feuding stepbrothers.

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• WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE DISTRICT-WIDE FUNDRAISING MODEL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS? (SMMUSD IN NOVEMBER APPROVED SUCH A MODEL.)

• WILL YOU SUPPORT SANTA MONICANS’ EFFORT TO CREATE A DOG BEACH PILOT PROGRAM? Yes

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• SHOULD SMC AND OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES BE ALLOWED TO OFFER TWO-TIERS OF CLASSES, WITH SOME BEING OFFERED AT FULL COST TO STUDENTS? No

• WHAT THREE AREAS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING ARE UNTOUCHABLE AND WHERE WOULD YOU CUT TO KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS/SERVICES INTACT?

• DO YOU SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY? Yes

Funding for public safety, education and baseline infrastructure must be preserved. There is little left that can be cut elsewhere — critical budgets are being eviscerated. Two examples that are not getting the attention they deserve are dramatic cuts to our courts and to programs for the disabled. Cuts to courts will affect access to the justice system for low- and middle-income Californians. Cuts to programs for the disabled will further isolate and marginalize these individuals. There is much talk about tax measures. But, we cannot tax our way out of our current budget crisis.

California must find ways to foster more economic activity that will lead to greater revenue for programs. That is what is working in places like Santa Monica where our policies bring both progress and prosperity.

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• WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE INITIATIVE PROCESS? SHOULD THERE BE A CHANGE IN HOW MEASURES MAKE IT TO THE BALLOT? AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN A STATE THAT HAS SUCH AN ELEMENT OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY?

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• DO YOU SUPPORT SAME SEX MARRIAGE? Yes • WILL YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF GOV. BROWN’S TAX INCREASES ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT? Undecided • DO YOU SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA FOR THOSE 21 AND OVER? Yes • SHOULD SMOKING TOBACCO BE BANNED WITHIN MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDINGS? Yes • SHOULD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BE ALLOWED TO DICTATE SALARY/BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES OF A PRIVATE BUSINESS?

Under Santa Monica’s best practice development rules, all developers must offer significant benefits to the community if they wish to develop beyond a very limited baseline.

In the context of hotel development, the Santa Monica City Council recently required one such developer to provide living wage requirements for its workers in exchange for the right to develop a hotel project. I supported this outcome.

• SINGLE-USE BANS LIKE THE ONE ON PLASTIC BAGS: WHERE DO YOU STAND?

I helped lead Santa Monica’s widely praised adoption and successful implementation of bans on both plastic bags and polystyrene take-out containers. My work in Santa Monica and on the California Coastal Commission, Santa Monica

I support reform of the initiative process. Poorly conceived initiatives have led to too many instances of “ballot box budgeting” from which the people of the state now suffer the consequences.

The bar for qualifying initiatives is too low and can be paid for by anyone with the resources. That does not serve the interests of our democratic institutions.

• HOW DO YOU PROPOSE KEEPING COLLEGE TUITION DOWN?

Improving the economic success of our state will help

I support the SMMUSD’s plan to make sure that all students benefit from fundraising. I have been a champion for our local schools and have led our efforts to increase school funding ($14.4 million projected for this year) and providing a broad range of programs for our youth.

The status quo at our airport is not acceptable. As a member of the City Council, I have spent 13 years working for reform on the complex issue at the airport. Under my leadership, the city has increased fines and penalties for noise violators and fought with the FAA for runway safety areas. The city lost that battle because the FAA retains enormous power.

We must proceed with caution and intelligence to limit the impact of airport operations on the community. If we cannot achieve reasonable results for our residents than we will have to try closure — in spite of the very significant risks.

Respectfully, your “yes” or “no” questions put a burr under my saddle, since they leave no room for discussion.

EXAMPLES: Banning tobacco smoking from multi-unit apartments needs to consider concerns of tenants who are concerned about evictions and other issues. I favor banning smoking in conjunction with providing tenant protections.

Brown tax measure should be analyzed next to Munger tax measure. Both have strengths and flaws and should be subject to robust debate over the next several months.

Community college funding debate should focus on how we can work together to maintain affordable access that we are in process of losing.

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• WILL YOU SUPPORT SANTA MONICANS’ EFFORT TO CREATE A DOG BEACH PILOT PROGRAM? Yes. • SHOULD SMC AND OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES BE ALLOWED TO OFFER TWO-TIERS OF CLASSES, WITH SOME BEING OFFERED AT FULL COST TO STUDENTS? No.

• WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE DISTRICT-WIDE FUNDRAISING MODEL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS? (SMMUSD IN NOVEMBER APPROVED SUCH A MODEL.)

land could be a community jewel.

Just as the Serrano decision required a standard amount of funding per pupil across the state, it is important to use a district-wide fundraising model for our public schools that would utilize a portion of all the money raised for individual schools district-wide.

Although I feel very lucky to live in a city with a long history of supporting quality public institutions and promoting social justice, the same is not true for many other communities in our state. I dislike the priorities coming out of Sacramento in each budget cycle — cuts cuts cuts to education and social services and making the lives of regular people more and more difficult. We have great institutions here which have found a different way and promoted different priorities: SMRR, the Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS) and the Education Foundation, for example.

Our city is visionary. I hope to bring our voice for social justice and our proud support for public education to Sacramento and help restore the ability of people to value working together, as I have all my working life. I want to bring the ethic of caring as well as fiscal sanity back to our state, and to show that they are not mutually exclusive.

• SANTA MONICA AIRPORT: WHERE DO YOU STAND? WILL YOU WORK TO CLOSE THE AIRPORT COMPLETELY, LIMIT OPERATIONS (FLIGHTS AND FLIGHT SCHOOLS) OR MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO?

• DO YOU SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY? No. • DO YOU SUPPORT SAME SEX MARRIAGE? YES! • WILL YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF GOV. BROWN’S TAX INCREASES ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT? Yes. • DO YOU SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA FOR THOSE 21 AND OVER? Yes. • SHOULD SMOKING TOBACCO BE BANNED WITHIN MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDINGS? Yes. • SHOULD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BE ALLOWED TO DICTATE SALARY/BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES OF A PRIVATE BUSINESS?

City governments have the authority to set the conditions for business licenses and other business requirements. Cities that value the ability of those working in the city to be adequately paid and to receive fair benefits should be able to require a living wage and/or a fixed level of benefits for all workers in the city, including those who work for a private business.

• SINGLE-USE BANS LIKE THE ONE ON PLASTIC BAGS: WHERE DO YOU STAND?

I am 100 percent in support of Julia Brownley’s bill to ban single-use plastic bags statewide, as we have done in Santa Monica. When we identify the source of a problem, like the damage done to the oceanic eco-system, we must take the kind of actions that would remedy the problem, like the plastic bag ban. In addition, I would encourage commercial entities to give away permanent grocery bags as a form of advertising.

• WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU READ FOR FUN?

Cheryl Strayed, “Wild: Lost and Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.” It’s a gripping tale of an amateur hiker spending weeks in the wild facing down multiple dangers and coming to terms with her mother’s death.

• WHAT THREE AREAS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING ARE UNTOUCHABLE AND WHERE WOULD YOU CUT TO KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS/SERVICES INTACT?

Education, including early childhood, K-12 and higher ed, as well as social services to our poor, elderly, sick, and our children. These areas, which have borne the brunt of draconian budget cuts for so many years, must now become untouchable. Instead, we must close the 12 enormous corporate tax loopholes.

• WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE INITIATIVE PROCESS? SHOULD THERE BE A CHANGE IN HOW MEASURES MAKE IT TO THE BALLOT? AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN A STATE THAT HAS SUCH AN ELEMENT OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY?

I am a believer in direct democracy; however the current initiative system is too often manipulated by moneyed interests. At the very least, those advertising for or against initiatives and those seeking signatures should be required to identify the funding sources accurately and precisely. As for elected officials: elected officials should take a stand, not only on each individual ballot initiative, but also in the reform of the financing and disclosure laws governing initiatives.

• HOW DO YOU PROPOSE KEEPING COLLEGE TUITION DOWN?

Closing the corporate tax giveaways that have proliferated in the last decade and restoring funding to all three levels of higher education in California. It’s time to restore the master plan and bring down the cost of higher education to California students.

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BULGER FROM PAGE 1 seven days a week trying to get ready for trial and his doctor recently noticed the effects of the stress on him.

“The stress on me personally has been enormous,” Carney said.

Bulger, the former leader of the notorious Winter Hill Gang, is accused of participating in 19 murders.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Kelly said many of the documents Carney is referring to have only marginal importance to the case and suggested the complaints are a delay tactic.

“The defendant, Mr. Bulger, is of course trying to avoid trial,” Kelly said, adding that Bulger, now 82, fled Boston in 1995 and was apprehended last year, after 16 years on the run.

Bowler told Carney he should notify the court immediately if he is considering withdrawing from the case.

“I’m not considering withdrawing at this point,” Carney said.

We have you covered Carney said he plans to submit a formal motion within the next two weeks “that will contain all the reasons why the Nov. 5 trial date is so unrealistic.”

He told reporters after the hearing that Bulger is not trying to avoid trial.

“I meet with Jim regularly, and he is very intelligent, very well-read, has an excellent memory and is looking forward to the trial,” Carney said.

U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns will decide whether the trial will be postponed.

Bulger and his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, were captured in Santa Monica in June.

Carney is also asking the court to lift a protective order on discovery material turned over to the defense by prosecutors.

He said in a motion filed in court that the order limits him to talking about the material only to other lawyers on the defense team and to potential witnesses. He argued that all of the material has been in the public eye already because of several high-profile trials of Bulger’s former co-horts.

A hearing on that motion was scheduled for June 19.

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Those are amenities that Meals on Wheels West cannot afford, and so the group has been paying between $25,000 and $30,000 a year for catering services from the larger Los Angeles branch.

Meals on Wheels West has worked with the same food provider since the kitchen at Saint John’s Health Center sustained damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake and had to shut down.

Regalbuto had to find a new kitchen in a single afternoon to make sure that her clientele continued to get regular food deliveries.

Now, with the price of both food and gas going up, meals with a base cost of $4.07 will now be $6.50. That means Meals on Wheels West would charge up to $8 for clients who can afford the full amount.

Only one-third of the clients are currently paying $6 for a full two meals right now, Regalbuto said. The remaining 66 percent pay what they can, be that $2 a day or 50 cents a week.

“They’re hitting us with a total change,” Regalbuto said. “There’s a 63 percent increase in the cost of meals and that’s part of the problem, but that’s not the really bad thing.”

The base cost of $6.50 would pay for a hot lunch and a cold snack, rather than two full meals. The caterer would charge around $9 for a full two meals.

That’s the wrong direction, Regalbuto said.

“To me, it’s disintegrating our program, especially at a time when I’ve been trying to fortify and get ready for how we’re going to need to change the program in the future when the (baby boomers) are ready to come in,” Regalbuto said.

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“We’re keeping them healthy and we’re their eyes and ears to the outside world,” Regalbuto said.

Now is a time of transition for the local Meals on Wheels program.

It relies on enrollment and a mixture of charitable and grant funding sources to keep its clients fed, but at the same time prices of food are going up, the number of seniors using the program locally is going down, and those that remain on the lists are on fixed income and largely can’t handle a price increase.

The program used to serve 116,000 meals a year and is now down to between 80,000 and 85,0000 as the elderly pass on and the new generation of clients — the baby boomers — are not yet ready to take advantage of the service.

Declining enrollment is atypical of other Meals on Wheels programs, but the monetary problems are the same, said Enid Borden, president and CEO of Meals on Wheels Association of America.

“We’re not just serving food, we’re serving meals,” Borden said. “They have to meet the guidelines. We give them a meal that’s wholesome, nutritious and hopefully tasty.

It’s more expensive than going to the food bank.”

Programs across the nation are turning to alternative funding sources like bake sales to raise enough to keep their clients fed.

It’s hard, but the fact is that 8.3 million seniors go to bed without enough to eat, a phenomenon that Borden calls “the hidden hungry.”

“We’re getting older. I believe that there’s a solution. I believe it’s a beautiful solution,” Borden said.

What it is, however, no one knows.

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She will receive a salary of $238,752, and will manage a department with a budget of over $70 million and 443 employees, including 215 sworn officers spread across four divisions.

Deputy Chief Al Venegas stepped in as interim between Jackman’s retirement and Seabrooks’ arrival.

In many ways, Tuesday morning represented a homecoming for Seabrooks, who spent 25 years with the department before leaving for Inglewood.

In that time, she blazed a trail for women in the department, becoming the first woman to be promoted to the rank of sergeant and later lieutenant and then police captain.

She also led the gang violence response program Operation Safe Streets, and became a big supporter of the Police Activities League, or PAL. “I feel truly privileged to be afforded the opportunity to serve the city of Santa Monica and the fine men and women in the police department once more,” Seabrooks said. “For this reason, it’s truly an amazing experience both personally and professionally.”

Seabrooks forged her administrative abilities in a trial by fire.

She took over the Inglewood Police Department at a time when the organization was under investigation by the Department of Justice and civilian distrust of the police department was high.

“Seabrooks took the helm,” said City Manager Rod Gould. “She cleaned house, she set professional standards, and with the help of the able officers of that department and the community behind her, she took the crime rate in Inglewood to levels seen in the 1970s.”

She managed that at a time when

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Inglewood was experiencing budget cuts and furloughs.

The circumstances in the Santa Monica Police Department are quite different, Seabrooks acknowledged.

She referred to the department as sophisticated and “a well-oiled machine,” a far cry from the turmoil over which she presided in her previous job.

As such, Seabrooks committed to focusing on crime reduction, mitigating traffic and continue engaging the community in police efforts.

City officials expressed their delight at Seabrooks’ return to Santa Monica, but reinforced that their selection was never a fait acompli.

“There might be some that think this was a simple process of welcoming back a highly-respected police leader into our community, and they could not be more incorrect,” Gould said.

City officials hired consultants from the International City County Management Association (ICMA) and the International Public Management Association for Human Services (IPMA-HR) to create a profile of a hypothetical candidate that would best suit the needs of the SMPD. Consultants read through thousands of pages of documents relating to the budget, complaints against the department and officers and any newspaper articles about the organization.

In January, that work resulted in a report that was used to cull through the 66 applications that came in from law enforcement officials across the nation in response to the job posting.

Seven made it through the initial screening to an all-day interview on March 27.

Seabrooks came out as the clear winner from that process, Gould said.

“Congratulations, Chief Seabrooks, you won it,” Gould concluded. “Welcome home.”

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“Mr. McNamee had mentioned that Mr. Clemens was one of the athletes that was getting positive results from” HGH, said Anthony Corso, recalling a conversation from around 2002.

McNamee, Clemens’ former strength and conditioning coach, has testified that he injected Clemens with HGH in 2000, and steroids in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is accused of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. A key piece of evidence in the trial is medical waste from an alleged 2001 steroids injection of Clemens that McNamee said he saved in a beer can and FedEx box.

Corso, a large, blunt-spoken New Yorker who works as a managing partner in a consulting firm, was one of McNamee’s private workout clients in the 2000s. Corso recalled asking McNamee around 2005 about a newspaper story concerning performanceenhancing drugs. “’I’m not going to get thrown under the bus because I’ve taken care of it,” Corso remembered McNamee saying. “He said he had saved some syringes and thrown them in a beer can, and thrown them in a FedEx box.”

Both conversations took place before 2007, when McNamee, under pressure from federal investigators, said he had injected Clemens with performance-enhancing

drugs. Defense lawyers have suggested that McNamee fabricated the claims and evidence to stay out of legal trouble himself.

Prosecutors hope to rebut that with the earlier conversations.

Corso said McNamee convinced him to use HGH himself, and that McNamee mentioned the positive benefits that ballplayers had received from the drug.

But Corso said that McNamee never told him about giving steroids to players. When the 2007 Mitchell Report on performanceenhancing drugs in baseball revealed McNamee’s role in steroids, Corso asked why the coach hadn’t mentioned steroids to him.

“He said it was none of my business,” Corso recalled.

Under cross-examination, Corso said that McNamee described a relationship with Clemens that was “deteriorating” over issues such as compensation and lack of sensitivity to McNamee’s family’s needs. The defense wants to paint a picture of an angry McNamee who would have had a motivation to take down Clemens.

Corso complicated things for the government when, responding to a question from one of the jurors, he said that Clemens’ name did not come up in connection with the syringes McNamee had saved. After Corso had been excused as a witness, prosecutor Steven Durham convinced U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton to bring him back.

Durham told Corso that in his grand jury testimony, he had quoted McNamee as saying, “I saved two syringes that I used on Roger.” When Hardin then asked Corso what his memory today is of whether Clemens’ name was mentioned, the witness said he didn’t recall.

Earlier Tuesday, Walton excused a third juror, leaving just one alternate as the trial entered its seventh week.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

★★★ You come from a very solid and stoic place, but your fuse is a lot shorter than you realize. A partner might be controlling. By now, you know how to deal with it. Let it roll over you like water. Tonight: At home.

★★★★ At the last minute, it seems that others need you to do various jobs for them. Walk in someone else's shoes before you decide to toss it all in his or her face. You seem more and more unpredictable. Tonight: In the limelight.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

★★★★ Not that you need help getting

★★★★ Pull back if you become triggered, but still honor a long-term desire. You have pushed far beyond the norm to work with someone.

Remain calm if a situation blows up in your face. Flex with unpredictability. Tonight: Take off to see a favorite person.

energized, but there is a lot going on. A child or new love interest could trigger changes and feelings you never expected.

Reorganize your plans accordingly. You might not be sure what to do. Tonight: Hang out with a pal.

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By Mick and Mason Mastroianni

By Jim Davis

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ Tune into yourself more often and question what is going on within. You could be very tired because of a certain situation.

Instead of using sarcasm, claim your power and act on it. Tonight: Your treat.

Happy birthday

★★★★ A partner appreciates your extra attention. Sometimes you wonder why you do what you do. Despite sarcasm and pressure, the bond between the two of you is warm. A friendship seems to be changing as your desires change, too. Tonight: Make it intimate.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average

This year you become more active than in many years. If you have an ounce of creativity, it will manifest itself without effort. If you are single, that creativity could double, allowing a romantic bond to form that reflects your energy and needs. Married folk will rediscover the fun that exists between two people in love. Your biggest issue will be power plays and control games. You will not win, so don't play. LIBRA always knows what to say and do.

The Meaning of Lila

By John Forgetta & L.A. Rose

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012

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DAILY LOTTERY Draw Date: 5/25

Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).

9 15 21 40 54 Meganumber: 11 Jackpot: $32M Draw Date: 5/26

11 17 40 44 45 Meganumber: 23 Jackpot: $23M Draw Date: 5/28

1 6 15 27 30 Draw Date: 5/29

MIDDAY: 0 8 9 EVENING: Draw Date: 5/28

1st: 09 Winning Spirit 2nd: 07 Eureka 3rd: 02 Lucky Star RACE TIME: 1:46.50 Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site at http://www.calottery.com

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GETTING STARTED

SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE

There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing.

Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

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■ The late Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha was a Capitol Hill powerhouse, and among his legacies is the federally funded airport in his district that largely served him and the local companies heading to Washington, D.C., to lobby for government contracts. (By contrast, the Pittsburgh airport is nearly 60 miles away.) Murtha died in 2010, but the airport (which cost $150 million in earmarked funds to build, upgrade and maintain) still, according to an April Yahoo News dispatch, handles only three flights a day, all from Washington, D.C., and about $100 of every passenger's ticket is subsidized by the federal government.

■ Officials in Burnsville, Minn., have brought the full force of the law to bear upon Mitch Faber (who was arrested, forced to pay a high bail, and released under electronic monitoring and only on condition of drug testing), whom they have charged with the crime of not putting proper siding on his house. According to a March report on KSTP-TV, Faber said he started re-siding, but when the economy turned bad in 2008, he stopped, assuming that the worst he could eventually suffer would be a fine.

TODAY IN HISTORY – Arithmo Crossmath – Reclaim Your Brain • Insert the given numbers in the empty squares so when they are calculated in threes from left to right and top to bottom they satisfy the demands in the shaded boxes both horizontally and vertically.

• Each empty square dictates the math operation that must be performed to meet the demands.

• Remember to multiply or divide before you add or subtract.

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– Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

– The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Lord Cobham.

– Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)04/13/2002. /s/: ELIZABETH LEE. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/26/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)04/17/2012. /s/: DAVID B. WILLIAMS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012074674 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/24/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as STARLITE INDUSTRIAL PARK. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: HAROUT BROUTIAN 12301 BRANFORD ST. SUN VALLEY, CA 91352, MICHAEL AVAKIAN 12301 BRANFORD ST. SUN VALLEY, CA 91352. This Business is being conducted by: Copartners. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)01/01/2012. /s/: HAROUT BROUTIAN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/24/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012074673 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/24/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as IN DEBRAS HANDS. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: DEBRA MILLER 16403 HAAS AVENUE TORRANCE, CA 90504. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:DEBRA MILLER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/24/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073177 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as A BEST SERVICES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: SCHOLTEN INC. 10535 FELSON STREET BELLFLOWER, CA 90706.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073173 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TONY BARRA SALES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: TONY BARRA 127 EAST 9TH ST., SUITE 507 LOS ANGELES, CA 90015, KRISTEN BARRA 127 EAST 9TH ST., SUITE 507 LOS ANGELES, CA 90015. This Business is being conducted by: Husband and Wife. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)01/01/1995. /s/: TONY BARRA. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012079209 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/27/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 800 PUREAIR. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: MARC KLONER 14115 MOORPARK STREET #208 SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91423. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:MARC KLONER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/27/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073171 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as WHITE HOUSE PROPERTIES OF NORTHRIDGE. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: LISA MAREE RICHLIN 19523 BALLINGER ST. NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:LISA MAREE RICHLIN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073174 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SOUTH BAY COMPUTING. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: DAVID HAYNES 3724 SPENCER ST. #126 TORRANCE, CA 90503. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)01/01/2011. /s/: DAVID

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073170 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ADVENTURE BAIL BONDS. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: NURI MARCH 28451 HAWKS RIDGE DR. CANYON COUNTRY, CA 91351. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:NURI MARCH. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073169 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as COMMUNITY SHOWROOM. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: LORI THRUN 5019 MERIDIAN ST. LOS ANGELES,CA 90042. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:LORI THRUN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073178 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KING FOOD MASTER THE ART OF HEALTHY EATING. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: MEREDITH GOLD 141 N. KENWOOD ST. #25 GLENDALE, CA 91206. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)04/18/2012. /s/: MEREDITH GOLD. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073176 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as VOLECTRO. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: DAVID B. WILLIAMS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073175 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LYON REALTY. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: LINDA LYON 2070 OUTPOST DR. LOS ANGELES, CA 90068. This Business is being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)2002. /s/: LINDA LYON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012077287 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/26/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as UNIVERSITY FERTILITY CENTER. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: UNIVERSITY FERTILITY LABORATORY INC. 23550 HAWTHORNE BLVD. #210 TORRANCE, CA 90505.

This Business is being conducted by: a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)08/29/2005. /s/: OMID KHORRAM. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/26/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 05/23/2012, 05/30/2012, 06/06/2012, 06/13/2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2012073177 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES on 04/23/2012 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LAUNCH A FLIX. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: LAUNCH STRATEGIES LLC 1351 N. ORANGE DR. #108 LOS ANGELES, CA 90028-7534. This Business is being conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. The registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above. /s/:STEPHANIE HOUSER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 04/23/2012. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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