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A TALE OF TWO CITIES III

Study shows Pasadena remains one of state’s most unequal cities

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opinion ....................................................................3 Letters ........................................................5

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news ........................................................................7 Fearing the Worst Government shutdown could force very lowincome tenants out of their homes.

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‘Hope Never Quits’ Tournament of Roses names first Latina president.

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A Tale of Two Cities III In spite of its great prosperity, Pasadena remains one of California’s most unequal cities.

— Peter Dreier and Mark Maier

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Restaurant Review ...................................... 11 Home .......................................................13

Bulletin .....................................................16 Advice ......................................................19

Arts ........................................................................ 21 Into the Night .............................................23 Trax..........................................................24

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A couple of years ago, the Pasadena City Council raised the minimum wage and also set a rather rapid pace for increases. One of the stipulations was that after a few raises they would study the impacts and determine if they should maintain the schedule or slow the process down.

I don’t know what data will be provided to council members but I hope it will answer some critical questions.

For example: 1) The proponents claimed that the raises in the minimum wage would end poverty in Pasadena? Has it or are we all just paying more?

2) The costs to low-wage workers in Seattle outweighed the benefits by a ratio of 3-to-1, according to the study conducted by a group of economists at the University of Washington who were commissioned by the city. The study was published as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research. What does the ratio look like in Pasadena?

3) Most restaurants have cut labor hours out of necessity.

Many by as much as 200 to 300 labor hours a week. What has been the effect in Pasadena? Are workers making up for lost hours by taking on additional jobs? Is this the quality of life the proponents promised with an increased minimum wage?

4) Restaurants used to hire additional entry-level staff. They can no longer afford to do so. Has that had an effect on the employment of young people in our community?

5) The proponents always point to the results of a survey, broken down by City Council districts, showing over 70 percent or more of people supported the raise in minimum wage up to $15.

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I believe this might be misleading and wonder how the question was posed. Most of us would probably answer yes to a straightforward question about wages for our lowest earners. I wonder what the result would be if the question was: Would you be willing to pay an additional $1 to $3 for your favorite menu items so that the person serving you, who is making $40 an hour, can now make $41.50?

Restaurants have cut hours, hired fewer people and raised prices due to the council’s decision to rapidly increase the minimum wage. Unfortunately, the data will not tell us at what point do customers decide that they can no longer afford to dine out as frequently? Most restaurateurs fear we have already reached that point.

It’s time for the council to readjust the timeline for future increases. They could easily adopt the state of California’s timeline and then Pasadena would be in line with neighboring cities, which would make more sense.

Most small business owners are reluctant to speak out

about this issue, as it pits us against the very people that we work side by side with every day. We’re not asking that the wage be reduced or rolled back. Just slow down the process and let everybody adjust.

- BOB HARRISON GREEN STREET RESTAURANT PASADENA

CORRECTIONS: There were a number of errors in two stories appearing in the paper last week. In one, “Teachable Moment,” it was incorrectly reported that the last raise United Teachers of Pasadena members received was in 2014. Local teachers received a 6 percent raise on Jan. 1, 2016. In the other story, “Unanswered Questions,” about the book “A Lie Too Big To Fail” on the assassination of Robert Kennedy by Lisa Pease, due to incorrect information provided by the author, the story incorrectly reported that an unsuccessful CIA lawsuit against her publisher, Feral House, was an attempt to stop the publication of another author’s book. It was not. In addition, Pease clarified that one of the private security guards present on the night of RFK’s assassination worked for CIA contractor Robert Maheu rather than for Howard Hughes’s security company. Finally, Pease noted the improprieties in evidence handling on the RFK investigation were conducted by the LAPD criminalist, rather than the coroner. We regret any inconvenience of confusion these errors and misunderstandings may have caused.

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BY ELLEN SNORTLAND

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RESISTING THE INEVITABLE NEVER WORKS!

ack in 1792, British fi rebrand, philosopher and writer Mary Wollstonecraft shook the English-speaking world with her book, “A Vindication of the Rights of Women,” which was the start of a conversation about the essence of feminine vs. masculine as a social and NOT biological construct. For the most part, it’s been the initiative of women to challenge so-called gender norms; norms that are impossible to live up to and equally impossible to ignore. Finally there’s a public discourse that includes more than simply women’s studies geeks. … Hallelujah!

There are currently massive conversations around “toxic masculinity,” partially because of the cascade effects of #metoo, #timesup, the Kavanaugh hearings and the recent Gillette ad campaign “The Best Men Can Be.” Some men are reacting to all this by whining like little boys: their delicate egos are offended as their “god-like” societal status is fi nally being widely challenged. A fringe of men who value hyper-masculinity does not appreciate being called to account for behaviors that hurt others, while regular men who value relationships, family and the more elegant aspects of life have used this time to reflect.

On the other end of the spectrum is hyper-femininity, which I assert, in its most extreme expression, is also toxic. In my book, “Beauty Bites Beast,” I describe the extremes of masculinity and femininity as “pathological.”

According to the Collins Dictionary, pathological refers to people who behave in extreme and unacceptable ways and have very powerful feelings which they cannot control.

Does anyone really want to be around an out-of-control macho male or a femme fatale? Both extremes are weird, OK? They aren’t good for anyone, including the “practitioners” themselves. For example, the guy who constantly bloviates and only does “manly” things, and the hyper-feminine female whose life is focused almost entirely on her looks, her weight, and her mania for the perfect home. All that fussing leaves very little room for their humanity.

No wonder there’s a growing awareness of gender fluidity. And who judges whom in this circus of feminine and masculine? Who are the arbiters of whether one is “enough,” from a rigid gender scope? I have behaviors that for me are simply human and yet are considered to be masculine, like my right to set and maintain boundaries.

The important men in my life have all been artists of one type or another and didn’t belong to the “Men’s Club,” preferring to actually relate to others as humans. They had enough self-esteem to allow me to shine, like a goddess.

Speaking of that term, I recently redefi ned “goddess” since I’ve been invited to be a “Goddess Guide” at a retreat in Mexico. Me? A goddess? “More like the Goddess of Fat Chance,” I mutter. I, however, accepted the challenge as a call to action. I want women to embrace their birthright and their ancient heritage as expressions of the divine in a thousand aspects, not simply beauty. We need women to step forward and say, “Enough!” and bring their bigger game to the world Say the word “goddess” and many of us experience mostly negative reactions, especially if we fall outside the narrow window of the conventional wisdom of what a goddess is or isn’t. Not white? Not blonde? Not cisgender? Not “feminine” enough? Not commercially or conventionally beautiful? Not young or too young? That leaves out a lot of us! Not surprisingly, even the women who others would call a “goddess” rarely relate to themselves that way, focusing on their deficiencies instead of their divinity.

Thanks to my hubby’s research, he found me the perfect goddess role-model: Elli.

She’s in the Norse pantheon of gods and goddesses, and like most of the goddesses that aren’t pathologically feminine Elli has been hidden from view to most of us.

Elli is the Norse Goddess of Age and Wisdom, two qualities that American women often feel they are supposed to hide! Elli rose to prominence in the Norse myths by — drum roll, please — wrestling Thor to the ground! Yes, Thor was dominated by an older and stronger woman. Let that sink in, then allow yourself to ponder why Elli has been historically invisible for so long.

Elli is the perfect role model for me: as a Norwegian-American, my childhood nickname was Ellie! At this age, I’m supposed to go to pasture by most traditional standards of female power. I genuinely have grappled with gender norms for decades now, and I’m clear that I don’t want to damage or maim men; I do want to wrestle archaic notions of so-called male superiority and unhealthy “maleness” to the ground until they yell “Aunt!” instead of “Uncle!” ■ Ellen Snortland can be reached at beautybitesbeast.com.

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REFURBISHED ROBINSON REC CENTER OPENS SATURDAY

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES NAMES FIRST LATINA PRESIDENT

TERRORIST GROUP LASHES OUT IN SYRIA

WEB EXCLUSIVE IN SEARCH OF JONAS NELSON ALTADENA TEEN MISSING SINCE EARLY JANUARY

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About two-thirds of Pasadena’s Section 8 tenants are seniors, many of them disabled, according to city Housing Director Bill Huang.

HUD also provides the city with about $1 million a month for its housing assistance programs.

“If the shutdown stretches beyond February and landlords do not receive their payments, the landlords will have to make some very difficult decisions,” Huang told the Pasadena Weekly.

There are 1,156 Project-Based Section 8 subsidized apartments in Pasadena, according to affordablehousingonline. com, a website that provides information about housing assistance.

According to Huang, the landlords of those units will have three options once they stop receiving payments. They could

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and family members are searching for a missing teenager.

Jonas Nelson, 19, was last seen by his father Wayne Nelson on Chaney Traill in Altadena at around dusk on Jan. 7.

Jonas Nelson The 6-4,190-pound teen was last seen wearing an orange jacket with silver stripes. Jonas — who, according to his father, has been on that trail many times and likes to hike alone — went around the locked bar blocking the road at the beginning of the mountainous area while his father was putting a leash on the family dog. Jonas was out of sight by the time the elder Nelson got out of his truck and walked to the popular hiking spot.

According to his father, Jonas is suffering from undiagnosed mental illness caused by an undisclosed drug-related incident.

Jonas had stopped taking his medication because it made him sick. Still, his father says Jonas was in complete control of his faculties when they arrived together at the entrance to the trail.

“He said he was going to stop smoking [marijuana] and get back in school. He wanted to play basketball again. We were heading to 24-Hour Fitness after we went to Chaney Trail. He was healing his mind,” said the father.

Wayne came back to his truck after he saw a sheriff’s deputy approaching the vehicle, which was in a no-parking area. He waited there for Jonas, but still was not worried. The father later left to pick up some food on nearby North Lake Avenue, then returned to the area before heading to his mother Irene’s home, located a few blocks away from the popular hiking spot.

“I thought he went there,” Wayne said. “He has done that before. I went back to the trail and called his name and looked for him.”

Wayne said he has called Jonas’s cell phone several times. The son has not been active on any of his social media accounts since he disappeared.

Sheriff’s deputies have checked the area twice with a search and rescue team, and Wayne rushed to McDonald’s on Lincoln Avenue several days ago after someone misidentified a teenager as Jonas.

“I just want to hear something from him,” Wayne said. “If he’s reading this, I want you to text me and give me some kind of sign that you’re OK.” Anyone with information about Jonas’s whereabouts are asked to call (626) 360-9820, (626) 712-4908, (626) 905-9505 or (626) 5841500, ext. 114.

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— André Coleman

FEARING THE WORST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN COULD FORCE VERY LOW-INCOME TENANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES

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hen Kathy — who did not want to use her real name for fear of reprisal — saw the notice on her apartment door, she immediately knew something was wrong.

The property management company running the apartment building where she lives is demanding she pay the full rent in March if her landlord does not receive a payment from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

“I’d have to go to a shelter. I can’t afford to pay the full rent,” said the woman, who is 72. “It’s hard to believe nobody can do anything about this shutdown.”

Under HUD’s Section 8 program, the federal government subsidizes rents for very low-income tenants, allowing them to pay 30 percent of their income.

But payments to the landlords of 1,400 Pasadena tenants on Section 8 will end in March due to the ongoing government

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‘HOPE NEVER QUITS’

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES NAMES FIRST LATINA PRESIDENT

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

The Tournament of Roses Association continues to make history by naming the first Latina — and third woman — to lead the organization in its 125-year Laura Farber history.

Laura Farber will lead the tournament for the 2019-2020 parade season and Rose Bowl college football game.

She replaces Gerald Freeny, the association’s first African-American president.

Freeny’s chosen theme for the 2019 event was “The Melody of Life.” Farber announced the theme for 2020 is “The Power of Hope.”

“With hope — anything, in fact, everything is possible,” said Farber in a prepared statement. “Hope is more than simply the possibility of fulfillment.

Hope is dignity and respect, joy and happiness, aspiration and achievement.

Hope never, ever quits. Through hope, we can aspire to be our best and in turn inspire those around us to reach higher.”

Born in Buenos Aires, Farber’s native language is Spanish. She earned her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, with departmental highest honors, in 1987 from UCLA. She earned her juris doctorate, also cum laude, in 1990 from Georgetown University In related news, the tournament has named Pamela Knapp to the association’s executive committee. Knapp will serve as tournament president in 2027.

Knapp is retired from the banking industry, having served as vice president of First Interstate Bank. Knapp graduated from USC in 1984 with a degree in business administration. ■

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REFURBISHED ROBINSON REC CENTER OPENS SATURDAY

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

The grand reopening of Robinson Park Recreation Center, 1081 N. Fair Oaks Ave., will take place from Brenda Harvey10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with a ceremonial ribbon Williams cutting.

“We are excited to return high-quality recreation programming for all ages and abilities to Robinson Park Recreation Center,” said Human Services and Recreation Director Brenda Harvey-Williams in a prepared statement.

“Recreation programming improves neighborhood quality of life and wellbeing, strengthens public safety and brings people together. We look forward to welcoming the community back to the center and to our programming.”

The recreation center, located in Robinson Park, is named after legendary athletes Jackie and Mack Robinson, who lived nearby on Pepper Street before Mack helped destroy Adolf Hitler’s claims of Aryan superiority by winning the silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, finishing 0.4 seconds behind Jesse Owens.

Jackie would make history when he became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball after he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

The Robinson Park Recreation Center Renovation Project began construction in May 2017.

The old recreation center was demolished and replaced with a 9,000-square-foot multipurpose room, administrative offices, kitchen, open courtyard, restrooms and a conference room, as well as an approximately 4,900-square-foot addition of fitness and dance rooms, storage and common areas.

The building is fully accessible and includes energy efficient lighting, audio-visual technology and security upgrades, as well as drought-tolerant landscaping.

In addition to the recreation center improvements, the 7,300-square-foot gymnasium at Robinson Park underwent renovations that included extensive structural upgrades, aesthetic improvements, and the installation of a new hardwood floor.

The recreation center will host arts and crafts, dance, adult fitness classes, yoga, summer day camp, aquatics, and youth enrichment classes, such as guitar and drawing.

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wait for the payments to Redevelopment Officials resume, evict the tenant, told NBC in a statement or end their participation that many landlords in the program and raise who were forced to dip rents to market value. in to private funds will “The landlords are only have enough cash not going to bear the on hand to last through cost,” said tenants’ rights one month of delayed attorney Philip Koebel. payments from HUD. “This is an earthquake.

“If this goes into Feb. We are talking about 1, landlords will start 1,400 families that could to go berserk,” CEO potentially be displaced.

Adrianne Todman told The city needs to step in NBC. “They, too, have here and negotiate a way bills to pay.” to cover the gap.”

The shutdown began Philip Koebel Huang has reached on December 21 after out to US Rep. Judy Chu President Donald Trump (D-Pasadena) and US Sens. Dianne Feinstein and reneged on an earlier guarantee that he would sign Kamala Harris for assistance, according to City a budget approved by Democrats and Republicans Manager Steve Mermell’s newsletter. and began demanding the bill include $5.7 billion An increase in rent would be a de facto eviction to build a border wall on the country’s southern for most HUD tenants, according to Huang, who border with Mexico. said most landlords use rental properties to pay the Democrats have announced they will not fund mortgage on their own homes so they may not be the wall or make any deals until Trump reopens the able to wait until the shutdown ends to receive the government.

HUD payments.

Trump targeted illegal immigrants and “From the landlord’s perspective, they are not minority groups during his campaign and at one getting two-thirds of their rent,” Huang said. point promised to ban Muslims from entering the HUD programs support more than three million country. households across the country. Making matters Nearly 800,000 noncritical employees of nine worse, it is almost impossible for Section 8 tenants agencies were sent home without pay at the to get any information from HUD. beginning of the shutdown.

“Due to the lapse in Congressional On Jan. 15, the Trump administration called Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019, the US 50,000 of them back to work without pay.

Department of Housing and Urban Development In a nationally televised speech, Trump called (HUD) is closed. HUD websites will not be updated illegal immigration at the southern border, “a crisis until further notice,” the department’s website of the heart and a crisis of the soul.” reads.

Trump claimed that the crisis is responsible “This is categorically the worst thing that for the loss of jobs in minority communities, and could happen to Pasadena housing,” Koebel said. blamed illegal immigration at the southern border “Fourteen-hundred families could be categorically for the opioid crisis, murders by undocumented displaced.” immigrants and human trafficking.

But it’s not just Pasadena. Tenants around the “Women and children are the biggest victims country have started reporting notices of rent by far of our broken system. … This is the tragic increases. reality of uncontrolled migration on our southern According to the Huffi ngton Post, Section 8 border.” tenants in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Mississippi received notices that they will be said there is no crisis and pointed out that Trump’s responsible for the full rent as early as February. All policies have only made things worse at the border. told, notices went out to 758 units in 28 buildings in “The women and children at the border are thoe four states. not a security threat, they are a humanitarian Jereon Brown, a spokesman for HUD, told challenge — a challenge that President Trump’s NBC News that the agency has never experienced own cruel and counterproductive policies have only evictions as the result of a government shutdown. deepened,” said Pelosi.

According to Brown, HUD has historically Since the shutdown started, 95 percent of HUD reimbursed owners following a shutdown and never employees have been sent home without pay, and experienced evictions. the two sides remain in a stalemate.

But this shutdown has gone on longer than any “We are very hopeful it does not extend through other and shows no signs of ending anytime soon.

February. These are unprecedented times,” said The National Association of Housing and Huang. “We are not sure what is going to happen.” ■

THE COUNT

As of Monday, 3,083 days after the war in Afghanistan ended …

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American military service members (0 more than last week) were reported killed in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, according to The Associated Press.

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Americans were among 19 people killed in Syria on Wednesday, Jan. 16, in a suicide bombing that was claimed by ISIS, just weeks after President Trump ordered the withdrawal US forces.

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civilians were killed and 9 others injured Monday in a bomb blast in Syria.

According to CNN, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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car bomb in Syria targeted US troops in Syria on Monday.

No one was injured, according to the US Department of Defense.

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES II III IN SPITE OF ITS GREAT PROSPERITY, PASADENA REMAINS ONE OF CALIFORNIA’S MOST UNEQUAL CITIES

BY PETER DREIER AND MARK MAIER INTRODUCTION asadena has a well-deserved reputation as a “livable” city. But the question must be asked: Livable for whom?

Pasadena has become one of California’s most unequal cities. It welcomes affluent residents, while poor families and even many middle-class households can barely make ends meet. Many families have been pushed out of Pasadena by the combination of insufficient incomes and rising housing prices.

The city is now characterized by a widening income gulf, low wages for many, and high rents. That’s the troublesome reality as documented by the latest US Census figures and other data.

This harsh reality is not simply the result of inevitable economic forces. Decisions made in City Hall — particularly about jobs and housing — contribute to Pasadena’s widening income gap and the hardships encountered by a significant number of families.

Pasadena has a well-deserved reputation for prosperity. Its image is due in large part to the Tournament of Roses Association and the annual Rose Parade, the Rose Bowl (including the annual football game as well as other events held in that iconic structure), its Craftsman bungalow houses, its commitment to historic preservation, and its thriving downtown commercial center. It is home to many world-class institutions, including Art Center College of Design, Pasadena Playhouse, Huntington Library, the Norton Simon Museum, and the California Institute of Technology.

But there’s a big disconnect between the city’s image and its reality. Pasadena is indeed prosperous, but its prosperity is not widely shared. Less than half a mile from where the Rose Parade route begins, near Millionaire’s Row, Pasadena becomes a city of low-wage workers, predominantly Latino and black. In this city of 140,000 people, tens of thousands of workers and families struggle to meet their basic needs.

As tourists spend their money in Pasadena’s hotels, restaurants, stores and rental car agencies, they probably don’t realize that most of the hotel housekeepers, waiters and waitresses, kitchen workers, retail clerks, and janitors don’t earn enough to make ends meet. If they don’t wander off the parade route or travel to the residential areas not far from the Rose Bowl, they won’t see the small homes and apartment buildings that house the other part of Pasadena.

We have reported twice before on Pasadena’s tale of two cities, most recently in 2014. This new report updates the facts in order to inform and guide public discussion and government policy.

Our investigation led to three conclusions: First, Pasadena remains a city characterized by a wide economic divide. Pasadena ranks

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second among California’s 50 largest cities in terms of the concentration of income among the wealthiest residents and the gap between the richest and poorest households. For example, the average income of the richest five percent of Pasadena households ($547,864) is more than 45 times greater than the average income of the poorest 20 percent of households ($12,153).

Second, the economic chasm has widened since we wrote our earlier reports. The percentage of low-income households remains the same, while the percentage of households with incomes over $200,000 increased. This trend results in a hollowed out middle class. The Pasadena City Council’s decision to adopt a municipal minimum wage (currently $13.25 for employees of businesses with 26 or more employees and $12 for employees of other businesses) has helped improve the lives of thousands of Pasadena workers and their families, but it still remains far below what is needed to make ends meet. In February, the Pasadena City Council will vote whether to freeze the minimum wage at its current level or continue, like Los Angeles and Altadena, on the path to $15/hour by July 2020 (for businesses with over 25 employees) and

by July 2021 (for all other businesses).

Third, Pasadena is becoming more and more expensive to live in. City policies are fueling gentrification, making it harder for low-income and middleclass families to live here. Housing costs — for single-family homes, condominiums, and apartments — have skyrocketed. Pasadena is now one of the most expensive cities in California.

INEQUALITY Almost a decade ago, the Occupy Wall Street movement popularized the phrase “the 1 percent vs. the 99 percent” to characterize America’s widening economic divide and the growing influence of Wall Street and big business in our political system. Indeed, the nation’s super-rich have gained a growing share of the nation’s wealth. Recent studies show that the top 10 percent of households garner over 78 percent of the country’s wealth and that the top 1/1000 of households has over 15 percent of the wealth, a higher percentage than in 1983.

In some ways, Pasadena is a prosperous city. In 2017 the city’s average household income was $109,871 — the first highest among California’s 50 largest cities. That means that, on average, Pasadena residents have more money to spend in local stores, restaurants and other businesses than their counterparts in most other cities. Because Pasadena is also a major tourist destination, much of the money spent in the local economy comes from people visiting the city.

The average household income reveals the size of a city’s overall economic pie, but it doesn’t reveal anything about how that pie is divided.

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We have utilized several standard ways to measure inequality in Pasadena.

The first is to look at the concentration of income among the rich — how the economic pie is divided. In 2013-2017, the richest five percent of Pasadena households — those with incomes over $250,000 — had almost one-quarter (24.9 percent) of the income earned by city residents. On this measure, Pasadena ranks second among California’s 50 largest cities, behind Los Angeles (27.1 percent).

The richest 20 percent Pasadena households — those with household incomes above $156,810 — have over half (53.6 percent) of city residents’ total income.

On this measure, too, only Los Angeles has a higher concentration of income among the richest 20 percent.

In contrast, the poorest one-fifth of Pasadena households — those with incomes below $26,059 — combined have only 2.2 percent of all residents’ income. In California only in San Francisco and Lancaster do poor households have a smaller share of citywide income. Another standard way to measure inequality is to consider the gap between the rich and poor. We compared the average income of households at the top (the richest five percent) with the average income of those at the bottom (the poorest 20 percent).

The average income of Pasadena’s richest five percent of households ($547,864) is more than 45 times greater than the average income of the poorest 20 percent of households ($12,153). Only San Francisco has a wider rich-poor gap.

MAKING ENDS MEET Many Pasadena families do not earn enough to make ends meet. The number of Pasadena households surviving on a low income, less than $25,000 per year, stayed the same between 2013 and 2017. (The city’s minimum wage law began on July 1, 2016). About 10,000 Pasadena households, 19 percent of the total, get by on incomes below $25,000. The $25,000 threshold does not adjust for five percent inflation since 2013, so in actual buying power poor households are doing worse.

The story at the top end is quite different. Over the five-year period between 2013 and 2017, the number of households with incomes over $200,000 jumped by nearly 1,000, so that they now comprise one in eight Pasadena households. This is almost double the national rate ( 6.3 percent) of households earning over $200,000.

With the percentage of low-income households staying the same and percentage of affluent households rising, it isn’t surprising that the middle-income group shrank. Between 2013 and 2017 those with incomes between $25,000 and $100,000 per year fell from 45.9 percent to 42.6 percent of Pasadena households. The next highest group, households with incomes of $100,000 to $200,000, increased by 1.5 percent of the total.

A recent report by the California Budget and Policy Center (CBPC) examined the economic challenges facing many Californians by showing the cost of supporting a family or a single individual in different parts of the state. It presented basic family budgets for each of California’s 58 counties for four types of households: a single adult, a single-parent family, a two-parent family with one parent working, and a two-working-parent family. (All family types except single adult are assumed to have one preschool-aged child and one school-aged child). These family budgets estimate the amount of income that households need to cover basic expenses.

In Los Angeles County, a family with two income earners and two children needs an annual household income of $74,679 to make ends meet. A family with two parents, one of whom works, and two children, needs to earn $59,338 a year, a single-parent family with two children needs to earn $65,865 (because child care costs are higher for a single parent than a two-parent family where one parent is not working), and a single adult needs to make $29,217. The report identifies the specific costs of the major items in household budgets — housing and utilities, food, child care, health care, transportation, taxes and miscellaneous.

The budgets calculated by the CBPC for Los Angeles County assumes that households pay $1,545 for housing and utilities. Housing costs in Pasadena are considerably higher. As a result, the cost of living in Pasadena is even higher than in most Los Angeles County cities.

WAGES One-third of Pasadena workers earn less than $15 per hour. That percentage is unchanged since our last report five years ago. Because there are more employees in Pasadena, the number of these low-wage workers increased slightly to 23,117. As in the past, most low-wage earners, 59 percent, work full time and full year, and another 26 percent work part-time full year. The stereotype of a minimum wage worker as a summer employed teenager is entirely misleading.

Low-wage workers are concentrated in a few sectors: food services, accommodations such as motels and hotels, health care, education services (primarily early childhood), retail trade, and construction. Since our last report, the greatest increases in low-wage employment have 10 PASADENA WEEKLY | 01.24.19

occurred in the construction, retail trade and food services sectors.

More than half of the workers in the hotel, motel, food service and retail trade sectors earn low incomes.

Health care and education have large numbers of low-wage workers, although not surprisingly, in those industries a majority earns more than $15 per hour.

These official government data underestimate the number of low-wage workers because they omit some workers in the informal economy, such as day laborers, home care workers and gardeners, who are not completely counted in the US Census Bureau surveys.

Pasadena low-wage workers are concentrated in sectors that cannot easily leave to avoid higher wages.

Unlike clothing factories, for example, hotels, restaurants, retail shops, day care centers, and construction are local businesses that are tied to the Pasadena economy. They cannot easily relocate to Asia, Mexico or Alabama. In fact, the attractiveness of doing business in Pasadena — and taking advantage of its amenities, the concentration of hotels and restaurants, its shopping districts, and other factors — means that most local businesses prefer locating in Pasadena over even adjacent cities and suburbs. This makes it easier for Pasadena to maintain its current minimum wage in line with Los Angeles City and County and for Pasadena businesses to absorb gradual increases in the minimum wage.

In public debate, some restaurant owners have taken the lead in opposing the minimum wage.

Around the country, restaurants experience high turnover, but not because they provide high wages, but because of poor management, changing consumer tastes, competition from other eateries, and rising commercial rents. Indeed, nationwide about 60 percent of restaurants fold within three years of openings — more often than other businesses. As far as Pasadena finances go, restaurants are not one of the city’s major industry sectors. Restaurants account for about 19 percent of total city sales tax revenue, less than the revenue collected from consumer goods purchases and from automobile related purchases.

HOUSING Pasadena is an expensive place to live, primarily because of skyrocketing housing prices and rents. People who have owned their houses for many years have seen dramatic appreciation in the value of their homes, even those who have done little or nothing to improve the physical condition of the house and yard. The median price of a single-family home in Pasadena increased from $680,000 in 2013 to $960,000 in 2018, an increase of 41.2 percent. During that same period, the average price of a single-family home increased from $919,599 to $1,239,966, a 34.8 percent increase, according to CoreLogic.

Pasadenans still aspire to own their own homes, but the cost is out of reach for most of them.

Among households with incomes below $35,000, only 22.5 percent own their homes. Among households with incomes between $35,000 and $99,999, 35.6 percent own their homes. Among households with incomes of $100,000 or more, 65.3 percent own their homes. Many current homeowners who purchased their homes a decade or more ago could not afford to buy the same home today. The median household income of Pasadena renters is $55,752 compared with $115,074 for homeowners.

City policies have exacerbated this situation. Most housing developments approved by the City Council since 2002 are luxury condos and expensive apartments targeted for high-income residents. According to city data, only 18 percent of the 5,311 new housing units are within reach of low-income and moderate-income families.

Pasadena’s housing crisis affects the two Pasadenas differently.

Renters make up a majority — over 56 percent — of Pasadena households, and their plight is particularly insecure. In the past five years, the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment has increased from $2,200 to $2,900, according to Zillow. That amounts to a 31.8 percent increase — much faster than increases in incomes, especially for the bottom one-third of Pasadena households. A family needs to earn $115,750 a year to pay a $2,900 monthly rent without spending over 30 percent of its income.

More than half (52 percent) of all Pasadena renters pay over 30 percent of household incomes just to keep a roof over their heads. More than one-third of Pasadena’s renter households have incomes below $35,000/a year. A whopping 95 percent of those with household incomes under $35,000 spend more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing.

Among renters who earn less than $15 per hour, housing is a tremendous burden. An astonishing 31 percent of renters in this group pay over one-half of their earnings in rent and 62 percent pay more than the recommended 30 percent level. Moreover, 20 percent of families with wage earners earning below $15/hour live in overcrowded conditions, with six percent living in severely overcrowded situations, defined as more than one and one-half people per room.

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ALEXANDER’S STEAKHOUSE 111 North Los Robles Ave. Pasadena, (626) 486-1111 alexanderssteakhouse.com $$$$ Alexander’s Steakhouse welcomes you to experience American steakhouse cuisine with an innovative and elegant global inspiration. Our menu features Certified Angus Beef from the Mid-West, corn-fed and dry-aged for 28 days for unparalleled flavor. We serve the finest and most luxurious ingredients available including authentic Japanese wagyu beef.

BONNIE B’S SMOKIN BBQ 1280 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, (626) 794-0132 bonniebssmokin.com $$ From Tulsa Oklahoma to Southern Cal. with a touch of New Orleans soul comes Bonnie B’s Bar B Que Heaven. Our 45-yearold traditional recipes are made with love. Try our new sweet pea’s double Fried burger made with our own sauces, soul bowl and homemade peach cobbler. Voted best BBQ & Soul food in Pasadena for our ribs, collard greens and Slim's Mac & Cheese.

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BURRITO EXPRESS CONTINUES TO THRIVE AFTER 40 YEARS IN PASADENA

BY EVELYN GARCIA | PHOTOS BY DANNY LIAO pening a restaurant, particularly in Southern California, is no easy task. Seeing the enterprise through the first few years is even more difficult. So when a restaurant thrives well beyond its infancy and remains a constant pleasure among its patrons, something is being done right.

Such is the case with Burrito Express in Pasadena, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

The last time Pasadena Weekly paid a visit was in 2008, shortly after Wil Orozco and his wife Deya had taken over as owners.

Erica Wayne, PW’s longtime restaurant critic, promised readers that not much had changed in the transition, other than the addition of a few new menu items. It’s now more than a decade later and still not much is different. This might not sound like a good thing in an industry that’s always in search of the next new thing, but, as Orozco likes to say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” And he’s right.

Burrito Express was opened in May of 1978 by Vic Cuadra, who now lives in Italy with his wife and their family. In 1999, the Cuadras sold their restaurant to Ranulfo Roses, Orozco’s uncle, who had worked at the restaurant since the day it opened. While Orozco was familiar with Burrito Express when Cuadra owned it, he became intimately knowledgeable about it when his uncle

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took over the business. Even then, Roses knew that nothing on the menu should be changed, Orozco recalled. This was done, or not done, in order to ensure the happiness of their ever-growing base of loyal customers. In less than a decade, Roses wound up selling the restaurant to his nephew.

Orozco had not been in the restaurant business for some time, but was seeking a career change, so he knew it was the right move.

“The opportunity was there, and knowing it's been around so long, I knew that something must be right with it,” Orozco said.

Roses continued to work at the restaurant for five years, which facilitated a smooth ownership transfer for Orozco, as well as the customers. He knew people can get wary of new owners, so having a familiar face introduce him to regular customers was a tremendous boost. This is also why keeping the menu the same remains important to him.

A few of the changes that were made include the addition of carne asada (in my opinion necessary), tortas, and French fries to make asada fries, which are highly requested. During the summer, they also feature shaved ice in the evenings, offering more than 20 flavors and a way for their customers to cool off while they dine on the outdoor patio.

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CAMERON’S SEAFOOD 1978 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 793-3474 Camerons4fish.com $$ Since 1984, Cameron’s Seafood has been serving its freshest seafood, and has become a landmark in Pasadena. Cameron’s brings the ocean home with their fresh catch being cooked over mesquite wood grills that burn all day long.Enjoy the very best Seafood, Steaks, Salad & Pasta! Voted Best Seafood in Pasadena Weekly for 27 years! Now you can order on-line: camerons4fish.com.

EL PORTAL 695 E. Green St., Pasadena (626)795-8553 Elportalrestaurant.com $$ Pasadena Weekly readers have been rewarding El Portal with the title of Best Mexican Food in the city for years.

This charming little hacienda with brick walls, festive colors, fine art and a California elegant courtyard brings the authentic cuisine of Mexico and the Yucatan region to your table.

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HIKARI SUSHI 2064 Verdugo Blvd. Montrose 818-957-1800 Hikarisushiglendale.com $$ Hikari Sushi in Montrose is open for business to serve you fresh sushi, with a variety of rolls.

We are the first All You Can Eat Sushi Restaurant in the City of Glendale. Please join us! We are looking forward to serving you!

KABUKI JAPANESE RESTAURANTS 88 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 568-9310 3539 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 351-8963 kabukirestaurants.com $$ When you walk into a Kabuki you won’t be overwhelmed with Asian decor and music. What you will encounter is a casual atmosphere with today’s hottest music playing, people smiling and our friendly staff welcoming you through the doors. Look for the Red Mask. Come eat, drink and have fun!

MARGARITA’S 155 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-4193 margaritaspasadena.com $$ At Margaritas Mexican Restaurant, our family has been sharing our authentic Mexican dishes with the wonderful people of Pasadena since 1977. Guests enter our warm, inviting space and leave as family -- with plenty of burritos, tortas, tostadas, fajitas, and more to be had in between!

Our dishes incorporate and pay homage to the rich flavors of bustling mercados, corner taquerias, and seaside palapas. So visit us, eat to your heart's content at our mouthwatering lunch buffet, sip on a refreshing margarita, and feel at home.

SHANDONG DUMPLINGS 80 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena 626-578-9777 227 W. Valley Blvd, 168 A, San Gabriel 626-308-3777 $ Shandong Dumplings is your Reader Recommended Winner for BEST DUMPLINGS in the 2018 Reader’s Poll! We have been a cornerstone in the greater Pasadena community and are well known for our outstanding cuisine, excellent service and friendly staff. Recognized for our modern interpretation of classic dishes and insistence on using only the highest quality, freshest ingredients. Open for Lunch and Dinner daily and until 2am Wed-Sat. 12 PASADENA WEEKLY | 01.24.19

TOM'S FAMOUS FAMILY RESTAURANT 1130 E. Walnut St. Pasadena 626-577-7717 tomsfamous.com $ Please come and enjoy homemade breakfast lunch and dinner all made from scratch and FRESH. Nothing is ever served or made from a can. We pride ourselves as being the cleanest store with the best quality food and BEST service in town. Thank you PASADENA!!!!!

TOPS WALNUT 1792 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 584-0244 topsburger.com $ At TOPS on Walnut & Allen, we maintain the original taste from 60 years ago. My father wanted to create food as close to homemade as possible. Our primary goal and focus is on taste, quality, freshness, cleanliness in our service and experienced staff. Most of our staff have been with us for more than twenty years. We invite you to come to TOPS on the corner of Walnut & Allen and taste the difference! Meet our staff and experience what quality service should be.

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THE MIXX PASADENA 443 E Colorado Blvd. Pasadena (626) 500-0021 themixxpasadena.com $$ The Mixx Pasadena is a modern bar/lounge/ restaurant with live entertainment 5 days a week. Our menu hits the spot whether you’re in the mood for a savory munchie, a full lunch/ dinner, or a decadent dessert. Come to The Mixx to unwind for happy hour or a lively hangout…we’re the perfect spot!!

WE OLIVE 32 E Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA 91105 626-787-1000 weolive.com/Pasadena $$ We Olive Pasadena features an array of olive oils, vinaigrettes, dips, and other one of a kind flavors and offers complimentary Olive Oil tastings.

We now serve lunch & dinner! Enjoy the summer evenings on our We Olive Patio! Happy Hour M – F 3:30 – 7pm! Enjoy cheese and charcuterie and California small patch wine. Shopping for a gift? Check out our wide selection of customized gourmet gifts. Located in Old Pasadena right next to free 90 minute parking.

ZELO GOURMET PIZZAS 328 E. Foothill Blvd.Arcadia 626-358-8298 myzelopizza.info $$ It’s the cornmeal crust that makes this pizzeria stand out from the rest. This locally owned establishment’s signature dish is the fresh, corn, balsamic-marinated, oven-roasted red onion pie. Zelo Pizzeria has expanded the dining room to better serve you, so come in and give Zelo Pizzeria a try.

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Burrito” ($7.89), which is essentially their take on a California burrito, with added beans, carne asada, cheese, guacamole, onions, cilantro, tomatoes and, of course, French fries. This dish is also highly requested by customers, and let me tell you, it was well worth the price. While it’s packed tight with so many ingredients, no single item overpowers the others. Plus, it’s not overwhelming.

Vic’s Special, named in honor of Vic Cuadra, remains a customer favorite. For an upcharge of $2.25, any burrito on the menu ($4.45-$7.89) can be ordered with spicy or mild sauce layered over melted cheese, and comes with a side salad and chips. The JVC Burrito ($5.69-$7.34), my favorite, comes with a double flour tortilla, meat of choice, rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guac and cheese. Their traditional dishes also remain on the menu, from tostadas and tacos to tortas and enchiladas, as well as various dinner plates that are served with rice, beans, salad and chips.

The subtle addition of potatoes over the years grew the popularity of their breakfast burritos, which are now some of their most ordered items. It’s no wonder that PW readers over the years have voted for them as Best Burrito in the paper’s Best of Pasadena contest. But beyond the food, Burrito Express is a feel-good place to enjoy a meal.

“We like to keep it a family atmosphere. Customers will wave at the cooks because they know who they are,” Orozco said.

Some of the cooks have been with Burrito Express for more than 15 years, which has a lot to do with the authenticity and family feel. Just in the short time that I was there, two customers ordered and the staff responded to them by name. Orozco said the staff not

only knows the names of customers, but what they like to eat.

In a time when people don’t even want to leave their house to dine out (thanks DoorDash), this is a rare and special thing. I get giddy when a barista near my work knows my name and simple coffee order, so I can only imagine how this resonates with customers.

It’s this familiarity with the community that Orozco cites as a reason why he and his wife shop at local businesses and still sell cookies from Patticakes bakery in Altadena.

“We just love serving good food to the community,” Orozco said. “We like keeping our business in Pasadena, we like to shop local.”

Speaking of DoorDash, a food delivery service app, Orozco explained that social media has influenced their business in the 10 years that he and his wife have owned it. For one thing, social media has become one of their main methods of advertising directly to their customers. Food delivery, on the other hand, allows them an opportunity with customers they otherwise might not have been able to reach. Who in 1978 would’ve thought this would be possible? Despite operating out of a small kitchen and dining space, their ability to adapt and grow with their customers also deserves praise.

“I enjoy that people enjoy the food so much. I really like that,” said Orozco. “It wasn’t my menus, and it wasn’t my recipes, and I didn’t bring it up, but the fact that people really seem to enjoy the food so much, that makes me feel really good.”

Orozco’s passion for food, his business, the community, and most importantly his customers explains why, even over the course of ownership changes, Burrito Express has continued to thrive.

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ADDRESS ALHAMBRA 528 North Ethel Ave. 1/10/19 1621 South Sierra Vista Ave. 1/9/19 203 North Curtis Ave. 1/10/19 1616 South Vega Street 1/8/19 712 Westmont Drive 1/10/19 116 South Chapel Ave. #K 1/9/19 2525 La Crescenta Ave. 1/11/19 ALTADENA 2445 Porter Ave. 1/9/19 2011 Minoru Drive 1/9/19 804 New York Drive 1/7/19 3128 North Mount Curve Ave. 1/7/19 390 Figueroa Drive 1/8/19 ARCADIA 515 Danimere Ave. 1/8/19 863 West Foothill Blvd.

1/9/19 1228 South 5th Ave. 1/11/19 409 Genoa Street #9 1/10/19 2869 Doolittle Ave. 1/8/19 EAGLE ROCK 4556 College View Ave. 1/11/19 GLENDALE 929 Calle Del Pacifico 1/9/19 2101 Waltonia Drive 1/11/19 1351 Orange Grove Ave. 1/11/19 1523 East Windsor Road #109c 1/10/19 315 Chester Street #320 1/8/19 PASADENA 510 Michigan Blvd.

1/8/19 61 Painter Street #1 1/8/19 295 Arlington Drive #14 1/8/19 2098 Lambert Drive 1/7/19 154 California Terrace 1/9/19 873 North Holliston Ave. 1/11/19 125 Hurlbut Street #101 1/11/19 385 Sequoia Drive 1/7/19 2893 East Del Mar Blvd.

1/8/19 730 South Marengo Ave. #5 1/8/19 395 South Marengo Ave. #110 1/8/19 484 South Euclid Ave. #110 1/10/19 960 San Pasqual Street #309 1/9/19 1052 Seco Street #203 1/7/19 1883 North Marengo Ave. 1/11/19 SAN MARINO 1360 Bradbury Road 1/8/19 SIERRA MADRE 67 West Highland Ave. #B 1/9/19 683 West Grandview Ave. 1/8/19 263 East Sierra Madre Blvd. #3 1/9/19 SOUTH PASADENA 1504 Bank Street 1/11/19 149 Peterson Ave. 1/8/19

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$775,000 $710,000 $552,000 $430,000 $122,500 $325,000 $475,018

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$1,400,000 $988,000 $975,000 $783,000 $590,000

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$499,000

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$657,500 $375,000

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$762,500

10/4/16

$380,000 $169,500 $462,000

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$1,720,000

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7/13/15

$1,260,000 $1,250,000 $1,210,000 $505,000 $490,000

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2,528 1,709 2,932 1,109 1,010

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$1,230,000 $590,000 $980,000 $468,000

1/9/17 5/10/11 6/26/06 10/13/17

$2,105,000 $1,250,000 $1,110,000 $1,098,000 $1,050,000 $1,005,000 $875,000 $799,000 $710,000 $685,000 $685,000 $647,000 $601,000 $600,000 $530,000

5 3 3 3 5 4

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$1,850,000 $850,000 $524,000 $750,000

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1,528 1,225

1951 1939

2 2 2 2 2

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1887 1982 1964 1983 1911

$260,000

6/27/01

$402,000 $427,000

12/12/13 3/3/14

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2,298 1950

$600,000

10/16/02

$952,000 $875,000 $608,500

5 2 2

2,016 1,266 1,178

1912 1959 1974

$549,000

11/28/16

$1,850,000 $1,250,000

6 4

3506 1928 3,988 1992

$345,000 $585,000

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$35,000, 83.5 percent spend more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing. Among those with household incomes between $35,000 and $49,999, 62.7 percent spend more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Pasadenans justifiably take pride in our world-class institutions. But some of our business, civic and political leaders don’t seem to prioritize the needs of the city’s low-income and workingclass residents who are the backbone of the Pasadena economy.

Many of Pasadena’s businesses, including its hotels and other parts of the tourism economy, are thriving, but that prosperity is not “trickling down” to the city’s low-income and working class residents.

In an astonishing turnaround, cities and states across the country have embraced minimum wages significantly higher than the national $7.25/hour rate. Pasadena was among the first, following the lead of Los Angeles, and then later Los Angeles County, to adopt local laws raising the minimum wage. All three jurisdictions adopted laws intending to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15/hour by 2020 for employers with 26 or more employees and by 2021 for all other employers. However, the Pasadena City Council adopted a unique law that calls for a pause in 2019. The city minimum wage will stay stuck at its current $12/hour (for small businesses) and $13.25/hour (for others) unless the Pasadena City Council votes in February to stay on the same schedule as Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County.

All signs suggest that the economic recovery since the 2008-2009 recession has boosted employment and business prospects. Most importantly it has put dollars in the wallets of lowincome earners, improving their living standards and adding to consumer spending in Pasadena.

The impact is across the region as Pasadena residents gain from the higher minimum wage in neighboring Los Angeles and unincorporated Altadena, which is governed by the county. At the same time, residents in those jurisdictions (especially those who work in Pasadena) spend their higher income in Pasadena.

Thus, it is important that Pasadena stay on the same track to $15/hour as Los Angeles and Altadena. Falling behind our neighbors will not only hurt Pasadena workers but also will lead to confusion if employers have different minimum pay mandates across the Pasadena-LA and Pasadena-Altadena borders.

Enforcement is equally important. Currently, Pasadena has a small contract with the Pasadena Community Job Center to inform businesses and employers about their responsibilities and rights regarding the new minimum wage. This outreach effort has revealed widespread ignorance about pay rules, cases of wage theft through unpaid hours of work, and even kickbacks to employers.

High housing costs have contributed to the decline in enrollment in Pasadena Unified School District schools, as low-income families have been pushed out of Pasadena. Declining enrollment means that PUSD receives less revenue from the state government, which is based on average daily attendance. To make things worse, PUSD has still not recovered from years of state budget 14 PASADENA WEEKLY | 01.24.19

cuts, which means that PUSD has larger class sizes, and more bare-bones arts, music, sports, and other programs, than those who attend public schools in more affluent surrounding districts.

The additional sales tax, approved by Pasadena voters in November, will direct some of the new revenue to PUSD. But it will not come close to closing the spending gap between PUSD and more affluent school districts.

Thanks to the city’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, a few of the new luxury housing projects include a handful of units that are affordable to nurses, school teachers and firefighters, and even some units that secretaries, janitors, security guards and hotel workers can afford. But these affordable units are insufficient to make much of a dent in the city’s housing crisis, as is evident by the long waiting lists for these affordable apartments. Moreover, the city’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance has a huge loophole. Most developers pay the city a small fee in-lieu of creating affordable housing within these developments. City officials then have to figure out how to spend these funds to create housing affordable to low- and moderate-income families — a difficult task in light of Pasadena’s escalating land costs.

All this new residential development has done little if anything to address Pasadena’s worsening housing crisis. These new projects’ expensive rents and condo prices don’t reduce pressure on existing rents. Contrary to those who argue that simply adding more expensive housing relieves market pressures (a theory called “filtering”), it does nothing to help low- and middleincome families. We cannot build our way out of the housing crisis with more luxury housing. We need to dramatically increase new units that are affordable to low-income and middle-income families to meet current and projected population growth. .

We also need to preserve the existing stock of rental housing, which far exceeds the number of new units that can be produced in the next several decades.

What can the city government do on the housing front?

• It can help nonprofit developers purchase existing apartment buildings and preserve them as permanently affordable rental or co-operative housing.

• It can adopt a “just cause” eviction law that prevents landlords from arbitrarily evicting tenants unless there is a valid reason, such as not paying rent, destruction of property, or exhibiting loud or violent behavior.

• It can adopt a version of rent control, which a number of other California cities have done.

Rent control does not freeze rents. It allows landlords to raise rents each year based on increases in costs but limits how much they can increase rents. It allows landlords to make a fair profit, but not to gouge tenants by taking advantage of the severe shortage of affordable housing. Over half (53 percent) of Pasadena voters supported Proposition 10 — which would have changed state law to allow cities more flexibility in adopting rent control policies — despite the fact that the real estate industry statewide spent over $75 million, most of it in misleading media propaganda, to confuse voters • It can adopt laws to restrict the conversion of apartments to condominiums. Condo conversions increase the cost of housing without increasing the supply.

• It can revise its in-lieu fee policy to require developers to build affordable units within the market-rate developers rather than pay a small fee to avoid having to create mixed-income developments.

The city government can also adopt other policies that require local businesses to be more socially responsible. For example: • The city government can increase hotel occupancy tax (paid for by tourists) and/or add a small surcharge on Rose Bowl tickets and direct the additional revenues to help subsidize new affordable housing or reduce class size in PUSD schools.

• The city government can follow the lead of many other cities that extract “community benefit agreements” — including guarantees of decent jobs, affordable housing, park space, and other much-needed priorities — in exchange for public funds and city approvals. One of the biggest new development sites in Pasadena is the campus of the Fuller Theological Seminary, which is gradually moving to Pomona. The city should adopt a “community development agreement” on the entire site so that any developer who wants to purchase and build on that prime real estate site has to incorporate at least one-third of any housing units targeted to teachers, day care workers, secretaries, janitors, cooks and waiters, and other working people.

Until our community starts asking “livable for whom?” and begins addressing the need for affordable housing and good-paying jobs, Pasadena will continue to be a tragic tale of two cities.

For an expanded version of this story, which also includes numerous tables and footnotes, please visit us online at pasadenaweekly.com. Also find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. ■ Dr. Peter Dreier is E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and founding chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. He is coauthor of “Place Matters: Metropolitics for the 21st Century” and “The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City.” Dr. Mark Maier is professor of economics at Glendale Community College and is the coauthor of “Introducing Economics” and “The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics.” Both of them live in Pasadena. Chiaki Ma, an Occidental College student, assisted with research for this report.

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UNCOMMON EVENT The Thomas Paine Society celebrates namesake’s birthday Sunday Thomas Paine was one of the greatest voices for independence during the Revolutionary War, spurring colonial citizens into greater rebellion through a series of inspiring pamphlets, including “Common Sense.” His legacy of free speech and bold thoughts is carried on in Pasadena by the Thomas Paine Society, which stages special events in the historic Castle Green — including an annual birthday debate that will be held this Saturday night.

Built around the theme “Who Writes History and How Much Of It Is True?”, the discussion will feature Thomas Paine (played by Ian Ruskin) and Thomas Jefferson (Dale Reynolds) exchanging ideas, while Pasadena Weekly columnist Ellen Snortland portrays an anonymous visitor from the past with an untold story to tell.

The topic plays off the old adage that “history is written by the victors,” and asks how much of our accepted history is true, what has been left out and how that affects the world today.

Along with rousing conversation staged in a recreation of Thomas Paine’s favorite hangout the White Hart Inn, the evening will also offer appetizers and libations for attendees.

The event takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Castle Green, 99 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $30 to $35. Visit thomaspainesociety.org.

TATTOO YOU Body art aficionados converge at Golden State Tattoo Expo this weekend in Pasadena Tattoo aficionados and curious first-timers alike can find plenty of body art to explore and admire this weekend, as the Golden State Tattoo Expo hits the Pasadena Convention Center from Friday through Sunday.

Hosted by Carlos Torres and Nikko Hurtado, with MC Richie Bulldog announcing special events throughout the weekend and seminars by Hurtado’s Black Anchor Academy, the vendorpacked event should be a colorful time for all.

Among the star artists showing off their skills will be Paul Booth, Stefano Alcontara, Jess Yen, Michael Hussar and the intriguingly named collectives The Raven and the Wolves and the Last Rites Tattoo Theater. “Inked” magazine will also be spotlighting Ryan Ashley Malarkey, Pony Lawson, Anthony Michaels, Joe Capobianco, BJ Betts, Deano Cook and the collective The Sullen Family, plus many more.

The expo is open from 4 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Tickets are $30 per day or $60 for a weekend pass. Visit goldenstatetattooexpo.com.

THE GREATEST SHOW IN BURBANK Circus Vargas brings family fun to Burbank Friday through Feb. 3 Celebrating 50 years of bringing animal-free circus fun to families nationwide, Circus Vargas will be hitting Burbank Friday through Feb. 3.

Bringing an outrageous assortment of acrobats, daredevils, flying trapeze acts and much more, the show is an homage to the golden era of circuses in America.

Using a genuine big top circus tent, Circus Vargas transports audiences to the magical era of past entertainment glories by featuring calliope music, sawdust, sequins and spangles galore.

They provide two hours of unforgettable action and adventure, preceded by a 30-minute interactive pre-show celebration where kids can learn circus skills such as juggling and balancing, and a meet and mingle with the performers after each show.

Performances are at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, with various show times til Feb. 3.

All performances are held at 777 N. Front St., Burbank. Tickets are $15 to $72. Visit circusvargas.com. ■

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ALLOW YOURSELF TO FULLY EXPRESS YOUR GRIEF Dear Patti, I’m a 43-year-old male who — until about a year ago — always relied on my intellectual and logical ability to sort out life problems. I entered psychotherapy to improve my relationship with my stepson, Oliver (8).

Counseling initially began as a journey regarding parenting issues and communication with my wife. I was extremely surprised to discover I had a lot of feelings about my own parents and how I was treated as a boy. Recently (and inevitably) therapy started focusing on my life growing up, and I’m shocked to find that these childhood situations are extremely sad to me. My body gets warm, my chest gets heavy, my throat gets tight and tears well up, but even though the counselor encourages me to release my feelings, I don’t cry. I haven’t cried in years. I leave therapy feeling tight, emotionally unfinished and unsatisfied. I know I carry a lot of grief inside, yet the tears never come.

I fantasize about breaking down and sobbing in front of my wife or my therapist but, in actuality, I never do. I feel that if I ever did cry it would be easier to do so when alone. It’s not like I was criticized or ridiculed for crying as a child; it’s more that crying feels foreign to me and it may be something I can’t learn. When I feel sad, I immediately go up in my head and think about how I can solve the problem.

— James Robert Dear James Robert, Tightening up, shutting down and focusing on your intellectual capacities in order not to cry is a learned response. Crying is natural as well as a behavior fairly easily relearned.

Every baby is born knowing how to cry—and so did you. Crying is your birthright. It’s not as if we’re trying to teach a sparrow how to swim but, rather, trying to teach a duck that has forgotten how to swim to swim again. Instead of training yourself to cry, it’s more a matter of not using the defense of thinking, tensing or tightening up against your tears and just naturally letting go and allowing your emotions to be experienced.

You also don’t have to face all of your grief or sadness at once. Just because you need protein, for instance, you don’t eat a whole cow at one meal! If you’re afraid to cry because you believe you’ll be sad all the time once you succumb to these feelings and never be able to stop, that’s just not true. I’ve been supporting patients to face their sadness for many years and have never met anyone who cried and never stopped. Actually, the opposite is true; the more you face your grief, the more you generally become a less sad person.

At first, it might be easier to cry alone, and that’s OK. Rigidly willing yourself not to cry in front of a trusted, supportive loved one or therapist, however, can be a sign of a fear of intimacy, a fear of being vulnerable with others, or a fear of exposure due to internalized shame. An insistence on always crying alone can lead to painful feelings of loneliness. Allow yourself the support and closeness of loved ones by letting them see how you truly feel.

If Oliver walked into a room crying and was truly sad, would your wife tell him to stop crying because it’s weak or childish? Would she tell him to go into a closet and cry alone? I doubt it. It’s more likely she’d stop whatever she was doing, ask what’s wrong and then hold him until he was finished crying, felt better and could tell her what was hurting. After Oliver appeared visibly better, you might then suggest doing something else together, such as playing a game or going to the park, but only after he was finished expressing his feelings.

I want you to begin to give yourself this same love and attention no matter how you were treated growing up. Treat your sadness with the same respect and concern. Pay attention to your feelings and allow yourself to fully express your grief until you feel better.

Suppression of feelings—including sadness—can lead to depression and anxiety and is a form of emotional neglect. ■ Patti Carmalt-Vener, a faculty member with the Southern California Society for Intensive Short Term Psychotherapy, has been a psychotherapist in private practice for 23 years and has an office in Pasadena. Contact her at (626) 584-8582 or email pcarmalt@aol.com. Visit her website, patticarmalt-vener.com.

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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY NATIVE AND ‘BREATHE (2 AM)’ SONGWRITER ANNA NALICK BRINGS SONGS OLD AND NEW TO THE ROSE SATURDAY P.23

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FAMILY MATTERS PASADENA-BORN TERRY GAMBLE’S ‘THE EULOGIST’ WITNESSES SLAVERY, WAR, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND POPULISM THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF AN IMMIGRANT IRISH FAMILY

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ho gets to tell the tales? Who assumes the caretaking of family memories? Of history? And how strong are familial and communal bonds without them?

Terry Gamble’s affecting novel “The Eulogist,” published this week by William Morrow, raises those questions between the lines of a story that spills from Cincinnati in the free state of Ohio across the Ohio River — a forceful character in and of itself — into slaveholding Kentucky during the four decades leading up to the Civil War. Immigration, slavery, and myriad injustices are witnessed through the experiences of an Irish-American family in a period of rigidly corseted propriety, burgeoning technological innovation, Jacksonian populism, and the Enlightenment-disputing Protestant evangelism of the Second Great Awakening. Tensions between slaveholders and abolitionists escalate as the story is recounted by Olivia Givens, disenfranchised not by her Irish birth but by her sex, for whom politics becomes violently personal as she is drawn into helping runaway slaves.

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T Pasadena The Community Orchestra, conducted by Bethany Pflueger, performs Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40,” J.S. Bach’s “G Minor Fugue,” Walton’s “Spitfire W Prelude & Fugue” and Liszt’s “Les Preludes,” starting at 8 p.m. Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene, 3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena. Free. Call (626) 445-6708 or visit pcomusic.org.

MOVING HISTORY

J Ann Allen Jo Boyce and Debbie Levy discuss and sign “This Promise of Change” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Vroman’s BookV store, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. It’s the story of Boyce’s experiences following the 1956 integration of a high school in Tennessee, and Boyce was one of the 12 African-American students who were involved. Call (626) 4495320 or visit vromansbookstore.com.

AMERICANA SOUNDS

J Hyke’s J.C. Songwriter Serenade features Waterfall, Mary W Axelrod, John A M., Sue Laws and Che Zuro at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Matt Denny’s Ale House, 145 E. A Huntington Drive, Arcadia. No cover. Visit jchyke.com.

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Free films screen at 1 p.m.

Wednesdays W at Pasadena Public Library’s Central Branch, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena.

Wednesday’s film W is “The Longest Yard” (1974), Y starring Burt Reynolds. Call (626) 744-4066 or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net.

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FAMILY MATTERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 “I once saw a riverboat explode, raining body parts on the Kentucky and Ohio shores. … If you happened to be on the banks of the Ohio in 1819 when we drifted past, you would have seen a father, a mother, and three children with the erect bearing of the privileged. Look more closely and you would have noticed our frayed clothes, my brothers’ pants too short, my dress hanging limply on my ungenerous chest. … We had come to America to pray and to prosper.”

Victimized by circumstance, the impoverished family is soon reduced to Olivia and two brothers: self-denying, practical-minded James, who diligently builds a business empire making candle wicks and lights, and pretty-eyed womanizer Erasmus, who “could talk a housewife out of her rolling pin” and who follows a traveling preacher into the wilderness before emerging as one himself. Proud, solitary Olivia tutors bratty children. (The symbolism of the siblings’ varied paths is impossible to miss.) Too plain to attract wealthy suitors, she impatiently refuses to play the coquette to win a man she does not respect or to affect religious piety she does not feel, but is obliged to spend Sundays with insufferable preacher’s daughter Hatsepha. When she references “needlepoint in my lap like a sleeping cat” on a summer afternoon in 1828, Gamble evokes the oppressive setting with language almost as compact as poetry: “It was the steamiest of days — the kind that dampens the lightest muslin as soon as it touches your skin. Even the river seemed stupid in the heat. Slow flowing and sluggish, it meandered past banks of cicada-infested trees. Cincinnati, Sabbath-silent but for the occasional hymn, had surrendered to its lethargy.”

The raw atmosphere of the multiracial boomtown “teeming with barkers and boatmen … ruffians and feral chickens” contrasts viciously with the pseudo-refinement of its society. Riots erupt between Irish Catholics and free blacks vying for work. The Ohio River is ever present, symbolic and serpentine, defining borders of geography, business, law, and freedom.

In Kentucky, after Olivia secretly observes an oppressed wife displace her rage onto a defenseless slave boy with a switch, she moves to help him — until an older slave gently admonishes, “You didn’t hear nothin’. You should get back to the house.” It’s a revelatory moment that shames her already tweaked conscience into action.

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“I felt as though I were a schoolgirl being shooed from the yard. All those years ago when I’d sat at lectures, listening to Fanny Wright or the students at Lane Seminary talk about the abolition of slavery, it had been an abstraction, repugnant as leprosy, but little to do with me.

It was like the tract on which you wipe off your hands. It was like that body in the river; something you caught out of the corner of your eye.”

Gamble tracks Olivia’s evolution with keen psychological and linguistic sensitivity. Now based in the Bay Area, she has blogged about growing up in Pasadena with “resolutely Victorian parents” and her writing displays familiarity with that era’s social mores and discretion. A rape occurs off the page; a subsequent abortion does not, thereby magnifying the painful consequences of violence without glorifying it, while further delineating the limits of women’s rights and choices in 19th-century America.

With the possible exception of the surprising Hatsepha, other characters are less fully fleshed.

Olivia’s distracted, slyly humorous husband Silas encourages her intellectual independence while refusing to grant physical freedom to beloved slave-turned-assistant Tilly, rescued from his brother’s clutches across the river; when he rasps his last breath economical paragraphs after his first cough, he’s like an unsolved riddle. Eventually he’s explained, but other male characters — the conflicted Erasmus, cherished nephew William — propel the plot more than they reveal their organic selves. Post-Civil War updates tying up loose ends have the truncated feel of entries in the family Bible.

Which, unsatisfying or not, may be the point.

Olivia cites “the begats in the Bible” as she unknots a complicated, disturbing, uniquely American family history that illuminates just how interconnected we all are. “The Eulogist” presents an insistent vision with contemporary resonance: of women imprisoned in business-like marriages, denied personal agency; of revival camp preachers and followers confusing sensuality with spirit; of ancestors lost to potter’s fields, and other family bones dug up and reinterred in a fashionable cemetery designed by Frederick Law Olmsted; of human beings enslaved by chains of metal as well as law and hate, bound to embrace degradation to survive. Questions linger, as they often do in history books and family stories — as does that vision, well after the final page has turned. ■

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Thursday Jan. 26 through Wednesday Feb. 01 PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar submissions is noon. Wednesday of the week before the issue publishes.

PASADENA, SOUTH PASADENA & ALTADENA 1881 Bar 1881 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena (626) 314-2077 facebook.com/1881bar Fridays—Live jazz Saturdays—Gypsie jazz Wednesdays—Reggae The Blue Guitar Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena (323) 769-3500 blueguitar.club Thursday—Kristina Koller The Boulevard Bar 3199 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena (626) 356-9304 blvdbar.com Fridays—Drag performances hosted by Tia Wanna every Friday Cabrera’s Mexican Cuisine 655 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626) 795-0230 cabreras.com Thursdays—Live jazz Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—Karaoke Coffee Gallery Backstage 2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena (626) 798-6236 coffeegallery.com Friday—John York

Saturday—Matinee show w/Emi Sunshine; evening show w/Sligo Rags Sunday—Matinee show w/Brett Perkins; evening show w/Emi Sunshine Monday—Forest Bailey w/special guest Becky Langen Tuesday—Roy Zimmerman Wednesday—A Small Circle of Friends w/Tracy Newman, Art Podell, Fred Rubin, Phil Cody, Emilo Bareli and Mike Green Der Wolfskopf 72 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena (626) 219-6054 derwolfskopf.com Fridays—“Night Court” features Deejay Kind Cromang spinning vinyl soul, funk, disco and boogie Edwin Mills by Equator 22 Mills Place, Pasadena (626) 564-8656 edwinmills.com Friday—Bri Sarikcioglu Saturday—Ana Gazzola Tuesday—Legendary Bingo Fundraiser Wednesday—The Happiness Band El Portal Restaurant 695 E. Green St., Pasadena (626) 795-8553 elportalrestaurant.com Fridays—Mariachi México Saturdays—Alanniz Sundays—Mariachi Bella Ice House 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena (626) 577-1894 icehousecomedy.com Thursday—Stand-Up All-Stars w/Eric Schwartz, Ben Hague, Martin Montana and Eric Blake; The Cooler w/Taylor Beacom –CONTINUED ON PAGE 24

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t’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years since San Gabriel Valley native Anna Nalick signed a label deal with Columbia on the basis of a homemade demo of songs she’d been writing, and postponed college to work on an album that eventually became 2005’s “Wreck of the Day.” Advance single “Breathe (2 AM),” inspired partly by Jeff Buckley and released the year before, remains her signature song, a gripping, thematically linked trio of stories that unspool with the cinematic imagery and character of a fi lm. Later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, it remains an uplifting anthem still heard on “Grey’s Anatomy” reruns and pop radio and is performed by many a singer-songwriter.

The more meaningful achievement is that Nalick, who grew up in Temple City and Glendora and attended school in Arcadia, wrote the album’s songs between the ages of 17 and 19. Delivered in a remarkably self-contained, insightful voice, “Wreck of the Day”

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was one of those albums that struck an enduring chord with girls on the cusp of womanhood as well as young women navigating a world that felt like it was being upended. The title track (“Drivin’ away from a wreck of the day and I’m thinkin’ ’bout callin’ on Jesus/ ’Cause love doesn’t hurt so I know I’m not fallin’ in love I’m just fallin’ to pieces”) became a minor hit, and thanks to “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Breathe (2 AM)” had a second successful run up the charts. Nalick toured heavily for four years.

The 2008 EP “Shine” appeared like a placeholder, with the new title tune augmented by acoustic versions of “Breathe,” “Wreck of the Day” and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Breaking the Girl.” Then … silence, as the industry grappled with corporate contortions and new music platforms and delivery mechanisms appeared and were replaced with disruptive regularity. The metrics that traditionally defi ned career success continually shifted; amidst the chaos, Nalick kept touring

and independently released her next two albums, 2011’s “Broken Doll & Odds & Ends” and 2017’s crowdfunded “At Now.” In between, the notably private artist studied creative writing at UCLA, got a divorce, studied Sanford Meisner’s acting technique for a year, acted in Scott Caan’s two-character play “100 Days of Yesterday,” and started digging into Americana and folk music.

Also daubed with trip-hop and jazz, “At Now” reflects that exploration. Though her releases are few, Nalick says she is a prolific writer, and songs like the lilting “Pegs” (“I wanna feel all right”), the banjo- and fiddle-dancing “Bless My Soul” and piano ballad “All Through the Night” show her recalibrating and rebalancing, her poetic lyrics deepening. It’s an inspiring reset. ■ Anna Nalick headlines and Lauren Waller opens at The Rose at Paseo Colorado, 245 E. Green St., Pasadena, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26; $20/$24/$28. Info: (888) 645-5006. annanalick.com, wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com

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KENNY LATTIMORE DOLES OUT THE SOUL AT THE ROSE

Singer-songwriter Kenny Latimer, hailed by critics as a modern-day soul man, visits The Rose in Pasadena Sunday night.

The Washington, DC native, now based in New York, has produced R&B hits including “Love Me Back” and “Stay On Your Mind,” released on his own SincereSoul Records label. During the course of his journey, he’s received various Grammy Award nominations.

Lattimore was raised on the sounds of gospel music and the soul and R&B music of artists including Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder.

During his freshman year at Howard University, he landed the lead singing spot in the group Maniquin, which produced the hit “I Wanna Ride” on the Epic label.

After relocating to New York City, he was signed to Columbia Records in 1995, releasing several hits and helping to usher in an R&B resurgence. Among his various honors, Lattimore has received Soul Train and Stellar Awards, as well as the NAACP Image Award.

Visit kennylattimore.com. — John Sollenberger Doors open at 6 p.m. and Lattimore performs at 9 p.m. Sunday at The Rose, 245 E. Green St., Pasadena. Tickets are $38 to $68. Call (888) 645-5006 or visit wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com.

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JACOB BANKS, Village (Darkroom/ Interscope): ★★★½

After several indie EPs, the Nigeria-born, UK-raised soul belter’s major label debut plays to mainstream ears with tougher, leaner production and a couple of tame missteps. Romance, truth and freedom are recurring themes, punched forth by Banks’ urgent, gutsy baritone over handsome arrangements of piano, acoustic guitar, trap drums, and a moodshifting array of African, Jamaican, chain-gang and R&B rhythms. Standouts include the dramatic “Chainsmoking,” resurrected from 2017’s “The Boy Who Cried Freedom”; emotionally naked ballads “Slow Up” (“Love is just a decision/ The choice is yours”) and “Peace of Mind”; and pleading Seinabo Sey duet “Be Good to Me.” RIYL John Legend and Foy Vance. At the Fonda in Hollywood on Jan. 29. mrjacobbanks.com

ROSIE TURTON, Rosie’s 5ive (Jazz Re:Freshed): ★★★

The 26-year-old London trombonist and composer’s addition to Jazz Re:Freshed’s 5ive series is a set of thoughtful jazz conversations in which Turton is a contributing voice, not a dominating diva. Luke Newman’s spoken vocal on the raga-based “Stolen Ribs” provides a poetic, Eden-referencing breather before an exploratory cover of Herbie Hancock’s sinuous “Butterfly” in which violinist Johanna Burnheart, pianist Maria Chiara Argirò and drummer Jake Long shadow and answer Turton’s robust solos with expressive grace. rosieturton.bandcamp. com

Friday— Hollywood Comes to Pasadena w/ Suli McCullough, Eric Hague, Jamie Bowen and mystery guests; Rebels of Comedy; Rene Vaca and Friends Saturday—Cool Beans Comedy Improv Class; Jeff Hodge taping Sunday—Dave McNary’s All-Star Variety Show; Hypnotist Mark Sweet Tuesday—Alfred Robles Wednesday—Ice House Open Mic; Wednesday Night Live w/Rudy Moreno Kings Row Gastropub 20 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 793-3010 kingsrowpub.com Thursday—Thirsty Thursday w/Liela Avila Friday—Manuel the Band Saturday—Room 203 Sunday—Reggae Sunday w/My Reggae Band; Shake Up Sundays w/Liela Avila MEOWMEOWZ! Retro ‘80s Thrift Shop 2423 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 798-6969 facebook.com/meowmeowz Fridays and Saturdays—Live music every Friday and Saturday; all ages welcome Old Towne Pub 66 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, (626) 577-6583 theoldtownepub.com Live music most nignts of the week Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association 73 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena (626) 799-5689 pasadenaballroomdance.com Saturday—Saturday Swing Dance features Chester Whitmore & His Opus One Swing Orchestra Plate 38 2361 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 793-7100 plate38.com Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select Fridays & Saturdays The Mixx 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 500-0021 themixxpasadena.com Thursday—Peter Kavanaugh Quartet

Tuesday—Glen Doll & The Deep Blue The Rose Paseo Colorado 245 E. Green St., Pasadena, (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com Friday—Shanghai Circus Saturday—Anna Nalick Sunday— Soulful Sunday Brunch; Kenny Lattimore T. Boyle’s Tavern 37 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena, (626) 578-0957 tboylestavern.com Sunday—Geeks Who Drink Trivia Tuesday—Geeks Who Drink Trivia

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY Arcadia Blues Club 16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia (626) 447-9349 arcadiabluesclub.com Friday—Artur Menezes Saturday—Rod Piazza The Buccaneer 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre (626) 355-9045 https://www.facebook.com/Buccaneer-847437898642883/ Wednesday—Wednesday Night Platter Party: Bring your fave vinyl to be spun on turntable First Cabin 46 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, (626) 446-2575 Fridays-Saturdays—Pat O’Brien & the Priests of Love exalt the blues and classic rock The Granada 17 S. First St., Alhambra, (626) 227-2572 thegranadala.com Thursday—Deejay Zonik; Deejay Willy Gee; Deejay Marco Friday—Live music w/La Amazona Del Sabor; Deejay Magico; Deejay Vince; Deejay Miro Saturday—Live music w/Orquesta Bonko; Super Deejay Robby;; Deejay Marco; Deejay Miro J.C. Hyke Songwriter Serenade Matt Denny’s Ale House 145 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia (626) 462-0250

mattdennys.com, jchyke.com Tuesday—Waterfall; John M; Sue Laws; Che Zuro; Marty Axelrod Pizza Place California 303 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel (626) 570-9622 facebook.com/pizzaplaceca Sundays—Open mic the first three Sundays of every month Villa Catrina 251 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia (626) 294-1973 villacatrina.com Thursdays—Comedy open mic every first and third Thursday of the month Wednesdays—Karaoke w/Deejay Zary

WEST OF PASADENA Colombo’s Restaurant 1833 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock (323) 254-9138 colombosrestaurant.com Thursday—Trifecta Friday—Steve Thompson; Blue Bird Harmony Saturday—Ernie Draffen; Marve Robinson w/ Karen Hernandez Sunday—Sasaki & Giles Monday—Eric Ekstrand Trio Tuesday—Tom Armbruster Wednesday—Jimmy Spencer & Karen Hernandez Days Inn Lounge 450 Pioneer Drive, Glendale (323) 259-5900 tommydodson.com Fridays—Tommy Dodson and friends present Cabaret Fridays The Oak and Vine 117 E. Harvard St., Glendale (818) 507-7011 theoakandvine.com Live music most nights of the week Winchester Room 6522 San Fernando Road, Glendale (818) 241-5475 thewinchesterroom.com Friday—Karaoke Saturday—Karaoke ■

JOE JACKSON, Fool (earMUSIC): ★★★★

Known for his eclecticism and uncompromising intensity, the restlessly prolific British composer and musician has few peers (Elvis Costello, Randy Newman) when it comes to distinctive arrangements and melodies. His 20th studio album presents a suavely textured weave of pop, jazz and R&B threads, and positions him on an elevated plateau from which he waxes ruefully romantic (“32 Kisses”), excoriates “Fabulously Absolute” political tribalism (“Like I’m a fascist or a fool/ Who didn’t go to snooty school/ I get it wrong on the remote/ And even wronger when I vote”), and pitches the enduring virtues of friendship with a catchy ditty (“Friend Better”) on par with his “Night and Day” heyday. Bravo. joejackson.com

Blues and Barbecue JAMES ARMSTRONG BRINGS THE BLUES TO BIG MAMA’S

KRISTINA MURRAY, Southern Ambrosia (Loud Magnolia): ★★★

The Georgia native’s lightly grained vocals and taste for melodic story songs are reminiscent of “Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town”-era Emmylou Harris, an impression reinforced throughout her unassuming sophomore album by stylistic shifts between conscientious Americana (“Made in America,” the drowsy “Potter’s Field”), roadhouse rock (“The Ballad of Angel & Donnie”), ’90s-style country (“Slow Kill”), and soul-swaying balladry (“Tell Me”). If not a groundbreaker, it is an earpleasing showcase for Murray’s affecting voice and songwriting. kristinamurray.net

Guitarist and singer-songwriter James Armstrong, who will be performing at Big Mama’s Rib Shack in Pasadena Saturday, was born into a musical family in LA. His mother was a blues singer and his father was a jazz guitarist. The younger Armstrong started his first band in junior high school and by age 17 was touring the country.

He started making his presence felt on the California blues circuit when he was in his 20s, joining the Smokey Wilson Band. In the 1980s, he was a founding member of Mama Roo, when he also got his first recording contract. In the early 1990s, he parlayed his musical influences from Albert Collins and Sam Taylor into a recording contract with High Tone Records.

Soon after that, he was about to tour in support of his debut album, “Sleeping with a Stranger,” when hardship struck.

He temporarily lost the use of his left hand and arm during a robbery attempt at his home. His career could’ve ended there, but with support of his fans and friends, he persevered. After two years of rehabilitation, he was back, and his newly honed songwriting, vocal and slide guitar skills led to the release of his album, “Got It Goin’ On.” That disc earned him to two Blues Music Award nominations. Since then, he has toured the world, and performed with acts including Coco Montoya, Shemekia Copeland and other heavyweights.

Visit jarmblues.com. — John Sollenberger Music starts at 8 p.m. Saturday at Big Mama’s Rib Shack, 1453 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $12 to $50. Visit pasadenablues.com.

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Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Michael Conant discusses and signs “Mother’s Child” at 7 p.m.

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SATURDAY

The Blue Guitar Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena blueguitar.club The club at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents Kristina Koller and other artists TBA at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, $15 for table seating, available on the website.

Arcadia Performing Arts Center 188 Campus Drive, Arcadia (626) 821-1781 arcadiapaf.org The center’s free-admission Chinese New Year Festival, celebrating the Year of the Pig features food, games, and fun from 3 to 5 p.m.

A ticketed Lunar New Year show, featuring Chinese cultural artists, runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for the show are $18.88 to $88.88.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (626) 405-2100 huntington.org Tom Carruth, Curator of the Rose Collections at the Huntington presents a rose pruning workshop from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Cost is $45, or $35 for members. Visit huntington.org/ calendar to register.

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Senior Housing Specialist and Gerontologist Alexandria Levitt discusses senior co-housing at 7 p.m., offering those 50 and older ideas on designing their own small communities, as they retire and attempt to downsize to a more community-oriented, environmentally friendly lifestyle. For information, call Christine Reeder at (626) 744-7076 or email creeder@ cityofpasadena.net.

Conscientious Jester JEFF RAZ SHOWS THE DEEPER SIDE OF THE WORLD’S SILLIEST PROFESSION IN HIS NEW MEMOIR SATURDAY

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI Whether they’re taking a pie in the face or tumbling out of an overstuffed car, clowns don’t often earn much respect from the world at large. Jeff Raz is on a mission to show that there’s much more to the art form than meets the eye, sharing his adventures in such farflung outposts as Alaska and Nebraska in his new book “The Snow Clown: Cartwheels on Borders from Alaska to Nebraska.”

Raz will be discussing and reading from the tome Saturday at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, recalling his 10 years spent flying tiny planes out to Eskimo villages in the dead of winter to create shows with kids who have never seen a circus. As a prolific playwright in addition to his clown career, he flips the script to recount his stint as an artist-in-residence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, performing a solo comedy act about the Holocaust and his father’s suicide.

“It’s definitely an adventure story, and in this case the adventurer is an artist,” says the 61-year-old Raz. “Alaska sounds more exotic, but for a kid from Berkeley, Nebraska is pretty exotic too. Circus skills come very easily for

Eskimo kids, and they had a lot of joy realizing they could do this exotic thing of juggling,” he adds. “In Nebraska, talking about tough subjects in a theatrical context is easier than a confrontational setting. There’s a theme about how American artists can approach other cultures with humility. We don’t always do it, but it’s always crucial.”

As the epitome of a “stranger in a strange land,” Raz reveals how art can connect people across cultural boundaries and finds love, torn ligaments, circus prodigies, hellish saunas and rancid seal oil. “The Snow Clown” also uses monologues from Raz’s critically acclaimed play, “Fatherland” (written with Jael Weisman), as well as sections based on scripts that he wrote with University of Nebraska-Lincoln students.

The experience in Lincoln does not go well, as he writes controversial plays with his students that blow the lid off of the Midwestern state’s “Nebraska Nice” and eventually get him run out of town.

But he was prepared for that culture clash by helping the traditional Yup’ik culture fight off American TV culture and missionary teachers, and by the fact that while growing up in1960s Berkeley

he was trained to think of clowning as a way to make a political point.

“I grew up in Berkeley, and learned to juggle at the Northern Renaissance Fair,” recalls Raz, who wrote a prior book about his decade of experiences with Cirque du Soleil. “I fell in love with it, and it was pretty easy to start street performing in those days, in the early ’70s. It was a rich scene with lots of workshops going on, and there was a community to jump into in those days, where I was invited because of juggling.

“Clowning wasn’t that natural for me, because as a teenager I didn’t find clowning that cool,” Raz continues. “I was around really brilliant performers as I came up through juggling and acrobatics, and got a job with a small circus. Over the years, I worked in what was then called New Vaudevillle, which was hot from the ’70s to the early ’90s.

Putting it all together, it’s been a lot of fun and I hope it never stops.” ■ Jeff Raz will discuss and sign “The Snow Clown: Cartwheels on Borders from Alaska to Nebraska” at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena.

Call (626) 449-5320.

Pasadena Public Library, La Pintoresca Branch 1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena (626) 744-7268 pasadenapubliclibrary.net A Neighborhood Scientist event invites guests to explore our local environment, using scientific tools and techniques, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org Learn how to resolve conflicts through mediation and dispute resolution techniques, from 10 to 11:45 a.m. Call for appointments. Vitas Innovative Hospice Care presents a workshop on advance directives, describing what kind of care they want in the event of a serious illness, starting at 10 a.m. Learn how Guide Dogs of America trains dogs to pair with people who have lost their sight, including a demonstration, starting at 12:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Circus Vargas 777 N. Front St., Burbank circusvargas.com The circus presents “The Greatest of Ease,” featuring acrobats, daredevils and trapeze artists in celebration of its 50th anniversary, in homage to the golden era of circus in America.

Performances are at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, continuing through Feb. 3. Times vary. Tickets are $15 to $72, available on the website.

Pasadena Community Orchestra Concert First Church of the Nazarene 3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena (626) 445-6708 pcomusic.org The orchestra, conducted by Bethany Pflueger, performs Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40,” J.S. Bach’s “G Minor Fugue,” Walton’s “Spitfire Prelude & Fugue” and Liszt’s “Les Preludes,” starting at 8 p.m. Free.

Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena japanesegardenpasadena.com Leslie Buck discusses her new book “Cutting Back” at 7 p.m. Admission is included in regular garden admission of $7.50 in advance, online or $10 at the gate.

Armory Center for the Arts 145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena (626) 792-5101 armoryarts.org Opening receptions for two exhibitions run from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. “Sandra de la Loza: Mi Casa Es Su Casa” features photos of her own Mexican-American family, addressing issues of power, memory and history. The other, “Sara Kathryn Arledge: Serene for the Moment” features mid-20th century paintings by the late Arledge, which use abstraction to explore daily encounters highlighting abundance, loss and transcendence. Both exhibitions continue through May 12.

Brand Library & Art Center 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale (818) 548-2051 brandlibrary.org The exhibition “Valley Girl Redefined” features works of a large group of artists, seeking to look past the myopic lens of popular culture that created the concept of the valley girl, and delve into the true identities and diversities of women of the San Fernando Valley. An opening reception runs from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibition runs through March 22.

Caltech Chamber Ensembles Concerts Caltech’s Dabney Lounge 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena (626) 395-3295 pva.caltech.edu Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles, directed

by Maia Jasper White present their Winter Concert Series, featuring works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Telemann, Piazzolla, Debussy, Brahms and others, starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m. Feb. 1 and 3:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Free; no reservations required.

Jazz ‘n Paz Fundraiser Private residence, Pasadena (626) 482-8648 jazznpaz.com/brunch The first annual “Toast & Jam” Champagne Brunch, to raise funds for the bi-annual Jazz ‘n Paz concert series, features a live jam session featuring Jamie Perez on vocals, Nick Mancini on vibes, John Tegmeyer, clarinet, Cooper Appelt, bass and Chad Edwards, piano, plus a sumptuous Champagne brunch, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is a suggested donation of $50.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Alex Theatre 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale (213) 622-7001 laco.org The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performs at 8 p.m., as guest conductor Peter Oundjian of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Scotland’s Royal National Orchestra conducts a program of Beethoven and Mozart, as well as a world premiere of a LACO-commissioned work by Sarah Gibson. Tickets start at $28.

“Moschen in Motion” Juggling Show Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium Michigan Avenue south of Del Mar Boulevard, Pasadena (626) 395-4652 events.caltech.edu Juggler and MacArthur Fellow Michael Moschen incorporates art, science, physics and mathematics in a performance of manipulation and illusion, starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $43.

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•CALENDAR• –CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25 Norton Simon Museum 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-6840 nortonsimon.org A guided tour visits works depicting meditation from 1 to 2 p.m. Family Day invites guests to view Titian’s “Lady in White” and then create a Renaissance flag fan like the one depicted there, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Both are included in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members.

Pasadena Public Library, Hastings Branch 3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena (626) 744-7262 pasadenapubliclibrary.net In a STEAM activity for teens and adults, guests are invited to a sewing class for beginners from 2 to 5 p.m. Attendees should bring their own sewing machines. Call to sign up.

Pasadena Public Library, Linda Vista Branch 1281 Bryant St., Pasadena (626) 744-7278 pasadenapubliclibrary.net The LV Teen Book Club invites kids to discuss “The Monster on the Road is Me” by J.P. Romney at 3 p.m.

Pasadena Symphony Ambassador Auditorium 131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena (626) 793-7172 pasadenasymphony-pops.org The Pasadena Symphony’s concert season continues with “Baroque Masters,” as guest conductor Nicholas McGegan leads the orchestra.

The program includes Bach’s “Concertos for Two Violins” and “Brandenburg Concerto No. 6,” Vivaldi’s “Concerto for Cello” and “Concerto for Bassoon” and Handel’s “Water Music Suite No.1.”

Featured performers are Rose Corrigan, bassoon, Aimée Kreston, violin, Sara Parkins, violin, Andrew Picken, viola and George Kim Scholes, cello. Concert times are 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 and up.

Soul Force World Music Concert First United Methodist Church 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (323) 899-0704 soulforceproject.com The concert features South Asian ragas, jazz, Latin music and other diverse world rhythms, including string quartet Quartetto Fantastico, the Arohi ensemble and various other artists, starting at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $25, and admission is free for students. Soul Force is an organization celebrating world music as a vehicle for nonviolent change. The concert is a fundraiser for the Soul Force Festival, scheduled for April at the church.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Jeff Raz discusses and signs “The Snow Clown: Cartwheels on Borders from Alaska to Nebraska” at 11:30 a.m.

SUNDAY All Saints Church 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena (626) 796-1172 allsaints-pas.org Rev. Tracey Lind, author, activist and former dean of the Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland, preaches at the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services and leads the Rector’s Forum at 10:15 a.m. Her ministry has recently expanded to include the spiritual insights and lessons she has gained from complications of her own dementia.

1757 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626) 539-7085 muse-ique.com.

MUSE/IQUE continues its “Uncorked” concert series, exploring the roles of songs in our lives, from love ballads and anthems of healing to the songs we sing in our cars. This month’s offering is “Acapella/Awakening,” highlighting the idea that songs are universal vehicles of personal discovery. The evening begins with mingling and a wine reception at 6 p.m. and the performance starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $70.

San Gabriel Mission Playhouse 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel (626) 308-2865 missionplayhouse.org Silent Sundays at the Playhouse presents the 1926 silent film “Ella Cinders” starring Colleen Moore, starting at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and up.

Soulful Sunday Brunch The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 roseconcerts.com Enjoy a live Motown-style band, gospel choir and mouthwatering brunch from $29 to $58.

The $18.50 general admission does not include brunch. Brunch starts at 10 a.m. and music starts at 11 a.m.

Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena japanesegardenpasadena.com A Lunar New Year Festival features music, poetry and art of Japan, China and Korea from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is included in regular Garden admission of $7.50 in advance, $10 at the gate.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Local Author Day features Judy Choi, author of “The Cloud that Fell from the Sky,” and John T.L. Lu, author of “The Unlikely Yank,” discussing and signing their books at 4 p.m.

MONDAY Cancer Support Community 76 E. Del Mar Blvd., Ste. 215, Pasadena (626) 96-1083 cscpasadena.net Dr. Cristina Gomez offers advice on the process of being a caregiver to cancer patients, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free, but call for reservations.

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net In a STEAM activity for teens and adults, guests are invited to make a personalized puzzle using machines in the Innovation Lab, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net/steam to sign up.

Sierra Madre Playhouse 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre (626) 355-4318 sierramadreplayhouse.org A free, Off the Page Series staged reading, “Father of the Bride” is the story of a man that learns a young man occasionally around the house is about to become his son-in-law, and trouble ensues when the wedding guest list is not as small as originally thought. It starts at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY

Coleman Chamber Music Concert Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium Michigan Avenue south of Del Mar Boulevard, Pasadena (626) 395-4652 events.caltech.edu The concert features the Prazak Quartet, performing together with the Zemlinsky Quartet in a program of works by Gade, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn, starting at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $55.

Alex Theatre 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale (818) 243-2539 alextheatre.org The Theatrical Education Group presents “Shakespearience,” performances of the Bard’s finest works and a play-within-a-play, a production that follows the adventures of an acting troupe recreating Shakespeare’s plays. Performances are suitable for all ages. It starts at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. and noon Wednesday, and 9:30 a.m. Jan. 31. Tickets are $20 to $50 general admission, $10 to $14 for school groups.

MUSE/IQUE Concert Westminster Presbyterian Church

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(626) 96-1083 cscpasadena.net Carmela Tunzi of Mindflow Hypnosis discusses Hawaiian meditation for cancer patients, in an interactive presentation from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Free, but call for reservations.

MUSE/IQUE PRESENTS ‘ACAPELLA/AWAKENING’ SUNDAY AT WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (626) 405-2100 huntington.org Violinist Martin Chalifour and friends from the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform works of the 18th century, including selections by Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel, starting at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $60, $50 for members. Visit huntington.org/calendar for tickets.

Pasadena Museum of History 470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena pasadenahistory.org Author, award-winning screenwriter and play producer April Dammann discusses “Earl Stendahl: Champion of Female Artists at the Stendahl Gallery of Los Angeles.” Galleries open at 5 p.m. and the lecture runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for members. Call (800) 838-3006 or visit https://earlstendahl.bpt. me for tickets.

Pasadena Public Library, Santa Catalina Branch 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena (626) 744-7272 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Tweens ages 9 to 12 are invited to build Rokenbok Battle Bots for a battle of the bots from 4 to 5 p.m.

Call to sign up.

Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena, (626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org The winter term of the Masters Series with the theme, “Exploring Motion Pictures” continues from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through March 5.

Tuesday’s discussion, “Movie Palaces” by Edward Kelsey, president and founder of Historic Building Services, Inc. examines the history and future of Los Angeles movie theaters that boasted beautiful architecture. Cost is $15 per session.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy discuss and sign “This Promise of Change” at 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Free films screen at 1 p.m. Wednesdays. Wednesday’s film is “The Longest Yard” (1974).

Pasadena Public Library, Santa Catalina Branch 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena (626) 744-7272 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Musician Angie Donkin invites kids to join in a morning of music, dance and stories at 10:30 a.m.

The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena, (888) 645-5006 roseconcerts.com Make your own music with karaoke in the Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday through Saturday night.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Thomas Perry discusses and signs “The Burglar” at 7 p.m.

Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter Music Series Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena blueguitar.club Brad Colerick’s weekly singer-songwriter series features Antje Duvekot and Jesse Valenzuela, with special guest Igor Bulanov at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating, available on the website. ■

The MUSE/IQUE orchestra has shaken up the sleepy local music scene over the past several years by presenting innovative shows that blend the worlds of multiple musical genres, dance and multimedia entertainment to evoke stirring themes. On Sunday, they’ll be back with their latest show, “Acapella/Awakening,” which will feature over 100 a capella singers showcasing the transcendent power of the human voice.

The 70-minute sonic extravaganza will showcase MUSE/IQUE founder and artistic director Rachael Worby leading the Los Angeles Children’s Choir Young Men’s Ensemble, the Pasadena Master Chorale, Urban Voices Project, Ember Vocals, DC6 Singers, and the T-Sisters, all amid the outstanding acoustics of Pasadena’s Westminster Presbyterian Church.

The selected songs will include Tutti singing excerpts from the “Hallelujah Chorus” of Handel’s “Messiah,” the Los Angeles Children’s Choir Young Men’s Ensemble performing “Sing Your Way Home” by Joseph M. Martin, and the Pasadena Master Chorale singing Paul Simon’s “America.” In addition, the Urban Voices Project will sing the original song “Walk With Me/Come On, Sing” by Maggie Wheeler/UVP, Ember Vocals will take on “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins’s “I Put a Spell on You” and Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke,” the DC6 Singers will present “The Best Is Yet to Come”

by Donald Lawrence, and the T Sisters will sing Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” and Paul Simon’s “American Tune.”

“The word ‘voice’ has two richly different meanings,” says Worby. “Most of the time we think of it as the sound produced by our vocal cords and larynxes and lungs.

We use it every day, and despite the magic of it — we often take it for granted.

“With ‘Acapella/Awakening,’ the first meaning of the word ‘voice’ is our vessel, and the second meaning is our destination,” she adds. “We chose the theme because we want people to spend a little time with their own true hearts. We want the audience to feel the songs inside themselves, and to walk away feeling great about their own humanity.” ■ MUSE/IQUE will perform “Acapella/Awakening” at 7 p.m. Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1757 N Lake Ave, Pasadena. Doors open at 6 p.m. for a “mingling and noshing hour.”

Tickets are $70 for nonmembers, while admission to all MUSE/IQUE events is free to members. Call (626)539-7085 or visit muse-ique.org.

ONGOING Circus Vargas, 777 N. Front St., Burbank presents “The Greatest of Ease,” featuring acrobats, daredevils and trapeze artists in celebration of its 50th anniversary, in homage to the golden era of circus in America. Performances began Jan. 18, continuing through Feb. 3. Times vary.

Tickets are $15 to $72, available at circusvargas.com.

Forest Lawn Museum, 1712 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale, presents the exhibition “Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment,” featuring works by 11 inspiring female photojournalists, underscoring the momentous work they have done in bringing narratives from all over the world to the pages of National Geographic. It opened Dec. 11 and remains on view through April 7. Call (323) 340-4545 or visit forestlawn.com.

Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, presents the exhibition “Once Upon

a Tapestry: Woven Tales of Helen and Dido.” It features exquisite tapestries and rare cartoons illustrating two iconic love stories found in the classical epic poems from the “Iliad” and the “Aenid.” It went on view Dec. 7, continuing through May 27. The museum presents an installation of Titian’s “Lady in White,” c. 1561, on loan from the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. The identity of the subject of the painting has eluded scholars for centuries, and has been a highlight of Dresden’s art collection for more than 250 years. It opened Dec. 19 and remains on view through March 25. Call (626) 449-6840 or visit nortonsimon.org.

S[p]ace Gallery, 39 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, presents the exhibition, “The Universe is in Us,” curated by Mark Todd and featuring works of eight artists exploring a mixed media approach, including collage, sculpture, painting and drawing. It opened Dec. 8 and continues through March 31. Visit space.ayzenberg.com.

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Stars: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman Length: 126 minutes Directed by: Neil Burger Rating: PG13 This incredibly inspiring dramedy kicks the new movie year off right, as Kevin Hart plays a struggling man whose life changes when he becomes the caretaker for a paralyzed millionaire with a death wish - and winds up restoring his will to live. Terrific performances, and filled with laughs and (no pun intended) heart.

Grade: A

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Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch Length: 107 minutes Directed by: Jeffrey Nachmaninoff Rating: PG-13 This abominably boring sci-fi wanna-be thriller follows a laughably wooden Reeves as a scientist in charge of a cloning project who decides to clone his own family after a car accident kills them all. What might have been an intriguing premise fails on every level of competence. Grade: F

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Chris Pine (right) in ‘I Am the Night’

‘Night’ is Calling SHADOWS OF THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER SHROUD ‘I AM THE NIGHT’

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eorge Hodel Jr. was a shining star when he graduated from South Pasadena High in 1923. Already known as a musical prodigy, he had grown up on a Monterey Road estate in South Pasadena and was only 15 when he entered Caltech. Hodel became a gynecologist — respected, affluent, but also followed by whispers of scandal.

Hodel was a suspect in the 1945 murder of his secretary Ruth Spaulding, and that of Elizabeth Short, the famous Black Dahlia, in 1947. In 1949, his own daughter, Tamar, accused him of sexual abuse.

TNT’s limited series, “I Am the Night” offers a sideways glance at Hodel, as seen through the eyes of a young girl, Tamar, imagining a noirish atmosphere of decadence in some of LA’s most famous places: LA’s Sowden House, Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills and San Marino’s Huntington Library.

Based on the memoirs of Fauna Hodel, George’s granddaughter (played here by India Eisley), “I Am the Night” follows Fauna as she leaves her home in Reno, Nevada and searches for her biological family in the 1960s, crossing paths with reporter Jay Singletary, played by Chris Pine.

Eisley was drawn to the series because she wanted to work with director Patty Jenkins (“Wonder Woman”). A fan of unsolved mysteries, forensics and cold cases, Eisley soon realized who Hodel was. When she got the part she said she immediately ordered Fauna's book, "One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel.”

To play George Hodel, Jefferson Mays also turned to a book, written by Steve Hodel, one of the three sons George Hodel had with his third wife. Pasadenans might be familiar with the retired LAPD homicide detective who claims his father killed Short and numerous other women before and after her. In 2015, Steve Hodel spoke at the South Pasadena Library about his book, “Most Evil II: Presenting the Follow-up Investigation and Decryption of the 1970 Zodiac Cipher in which the San Francisco Serial Killer Reveals His True Identity.”

Mays said he was familiar with the Black Dahlia murder in “a cursory fashion,” recalling that at what was likely a too tender age he saw “those black and white lurid photographs of the transected body of Elizabeth Short alongside that road in a vacant lot in Los Angeles.”

The Tony Award-winning Mays says “I Am the Night” is not a retelling of the Black Dahlia murder, “but it looms menacingly in the shadows” throughout the mini-series, he says. “You’re always aware of it and it is pivotal in some ways, but it’s never thoroughly explored.”

Through the magic of cinematography, the interiors of Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills become the “interior” of Huntington Library. Greystone was the site of a real murder in 1929, but George never lived in those mansions. He did, however, live briefly in Sowden House in LA. Mays is curious to hear what Steve Hodel thinks of the series. He was consulted for the series and did not want to comment until he had seen the whole series.

“I don't think it treads on his territory,” Mays noted. “The great strengths of this piece is that it honors the mystery of it. It doesn’t try to wrap things up in a neat parcel at the end.” Instead, the series allows one to “dwell on this sick and twisted world and the mythic journey” Fauna takes to fi nd out who she is. Mays found this to be “a fresh and reinvented world” with recognized tropes from the noir traditions of Mickey Spillane and Raymond Chandler to which writer Sam Sheridan and director Patty Jenkins, along with two other directors (Victoria Mahoney and Carl Franklin) have given a distinctive twist.

This deliciously evocative dive into the racial divide and decadent glamor of LA’s past reminds us that #MeToo and Black Lives Matter aren’t addressing new problems. For many, America wasn’t so great in those times either.

“I Am the Night" premiered its fi rst episode at AFI Fest last year.

TNT begins airing “I Am the Night” on Monday, Jan 28. ■

Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell Length: 132 minutes Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Rating: R Bale is utterly amazing in this off-the-wall biopic of Dick Cheney, who manipulated his way into having more power than any Vice President in history. Writer-director McKay brought the 2008 financial meltdown to vibrant Oscar-winning life in "The Big Short" and makes this nearly as engaging.

Grade: B

MARY POPPINS RETURNS Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda Length: 130 minutes Directed by: Rob Marshall Rating: PG Blunt and Miranda do an excellent job filling the shoes of screen legends Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in this sequel to the 1964 children's classic. Technological advances make this film more stunning than the original, while retaining the heart and spirit of the best perfectly. Grade: A

THE MULE

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest Length: 116 minutes Directed by: Clint Eastwood Rating: R Clint Eastwood comes out of acting retirement yet again to play a 90-yearold failure who suddenly gets a chance to redeem himself through insane riches when he unwittingly becomes a mule for a Mexican drug cartel. Cooper is the agent who tries to bring him down, yet has a grudging respect for the man's passion. A thoughtful thriller that's a solid companion to "Gran Torino."

Grade: A

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Glass Fri.-Wed., 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15 p.m.

Shakespeare in Love Tues. only, 7:15 p.m.

LAEMMLE’S PLAYHOUSE 7 673 E Colorado Bl, (626) 844-6500.

Anna Karenina Musical Thurs. only, 7 p.m.

National Theatre Live: The Madness of King George III Mon. 7:30 p.m.; Tues. 1 p.m.

A Silent Voice: The Movie Mon. 7 p.m.;

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Thurs. 7 p.m.

The Wizard of Oz Tues. only, 7 p.m.

ARCLIGHT PASADENA 14 280 E Colorado Bl, (626) 568-8888.

Miss Bala Thurs. only, 7, 9:15, 11:30 p.m.

GLENDALE

PACIFIC GLENDALE 18 The Americana at Brand,322 Americana Way, Glendale (818) 551-0218.

Miss Bala Thurs. only, 7, 9:30, 12 midnight UA LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE 1919 Verdugo Bl, (818) 952-1940.

BTS World Tour Love Yourself in Seoul Sat. only, 11 a.m., 2 p.m.

The Kid Who Would Be King Fri.-Thurs., 12:30, 3:50, 7, 10 p.m.

Miss Bala Thurs. only, 7 p.m.

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AMC SANTA ANITA 16 Westfield Shoppingtown Mall,400 Baldwin Ave, (888) 262-4386.

BTS World Tour Love Yourself in Seoul Sat. only, 11 a.m., 2, 5 p.m.

The Kid Who Would Be King Fri.-Sun., 10:35 a.m., 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 p.m.

The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story Thurs. only, 7 p.m.

Miss Bala Thurs. only, 7, 7, 9:45, 10 p.m.

A Silent Voice: The Movie Mon. 7 p.m.; Thurs. 12:55 p.m.

The Wizard of Oz 80th Anniversary (1939) Presented by TCM Sun. 2, 5 p.m.; Tues.-Wed., 7 p.m.

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EDWARDS ALHAMBRA RENAISSANCE STADIUM 14 & IMAX 1 E. Main Street, (626) 300-0107.

BTS World Tour Love Yourself in Seoul Sat. only, 11 a.m., 2 p.m.

The Kid Who Would Be King Fri.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35 p.m.

Miss Bala Mon. 7 p.m.; Thurs. 7, 9:45 p.m.

Serenity Fri.-Thurs., 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 p.m.

A Silent Voice: The Movie Mon. only, 7 p.m.

A Silent Voice: The Movie Thurs. only, 7 p.m.

The Wizard of Oz 80th Anniversary (1939) Presented by TCM Sun. 2 p.m.; Tues.-Wed., 7 p.m. n

Business Directory Help Wanted Advertising Consultant Southland Publishing, one of the largest locallyowned media companies in Southern California, has an opening for an experienced advertising sales professional to sell print and digital products for LA Downtown News from our downtown office. You will have the opportunity to also sell into our media properties throughout Southern California, including the Pasadena Weekly, Arroyo Monthly, The Argonaut, Arroyo Monthly, Playa Vista Direct, San Diego CityBeat as well as their respective digital platforms.

Duties include selling and servicing clients, creating campaigns, pursuing leads and presenting to local businesses and advertising agencies.

We are looking for a professional with a minimum of two years of media sales experience, a track record of achievement and a desire to be part of one of the most exciting markets on the West Coast Downtown Los Angeles!

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If your skills are a good match please contact us for an interview. Southland Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Come be a part of our growing team!

Please send an email introducing yourself and why you are a perfect fit for the position along with your resume to Lake Trout at Lake@DowntownNews.com Verbal Appraisals. Two locations. 1325 Huntington Dr., South Pasadena and 56 S. De Lacey, Old Pasadena.

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EMPLOYMENT DATA WAREHOUSE ENGINEER sought by Green Dot Corporation in Pasadena, CA. Create, support and maintain existing and new ETL/ELT and data management tools and processes.

Send resume to: Ashley Jackson, Green Dot Corporation, 3465 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107

SR. QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER sought by Green Dot Corp. in Pasadena, CA. Translate business requirements into effective test cases, test planning, test automation and test execution. Send resume to: Ashley Jackson, Green Dot Corp., 3465 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107

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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 18BBCP00106 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of RAFFI SARKIS JABOURIAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Raffi Sarkis Jabourian filed a petition with this court

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for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Raffi Sarkis Jabourian to Raffi Sarkis Djabourian 2.) 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: 02/15/2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: A. The address of the court is 300 East Olive Burbank, CA 91502. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each 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: Pasadena Weekly. Original filed: December 21, 2018. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 18GDCP00083 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of CLAUDIA BOGEN-FROESE AND KENNETH MARK FROESE, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Claudia BogenFroese and Kenneth Mark Froese filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Blossom Bogen Froese to Blossom BogenFroese 2.) 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: 03-13-19.

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E. The address of the court is Glendale Courthouse, 600 East Broadway Glendale, CA 91206. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each 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: Pasadena Weekly. Original filed: December 28, 2018. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME AMENDED Case No. 18BBCP00101 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JUANITA MARIE ALVAREZ, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Juanita Marie Alvarez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Juanita Marie Alvarez to MJ Alvarez Keay 2.) 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: February 15, 2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: NCB-A. The address of the court is Burbank Courthouse, 300 East Olive Avenue Burbank, CA 91502. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each 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: Pasadena Weekly. Original filed: January 11, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court.

PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

NOTICE INVITING BIDS FURNISH LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE FENCE AT THE GLENARM FOUNTAIN Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be received prior to 11:00 A.M., February 26, 2019 by the City Clerk, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Rm S228, Pasadena, CA 91109, and will be opened at that time and place.

The bids shall be clearly titled: REPLACEMENT OF THE FENCE AT THE GLENARM FOUNTAIN Copies of the Specifications may be obtained by mail or in person from the Purchasing Division, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Rm 348, Pasadena, CA 91109, Telephone No. (626) 744-6755.

Refer to the specifications for complete details and bidding requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder.

The mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at which time each bidder will have the opportunity to clarify and ask questions regarding the Specifications.

The pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 A.M., February 13, 2019 at the 85 East State Street, Pasadena, CA 91105.

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Refer to the Specifications for complete details and bid requirements. The Specifications and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereto.

STEVE MERMELL CITY MANAGER DATED: JANUARY 24, 2019 PUBLISH: JANUARY 24, 2019 Pasadena Weekly

NOTICE INVITING BIDS FURNISH LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR SPLICING AND TESTING OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be received prior to 3:00PM February 6, 2019 by the City Clerk, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Rm S228, Pasadena, CA 91109, and will be opened at that time and place.

The bids shall be clearly titled: SPLICING AND TESTING OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE The bids shall be clearly titled. Copies of the Specifications may be obtained by mail or in person from the Purchasing Division, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Rm 348, Pasadena, CA 91109, Telephone No. (626) 744-6755.

Refer to the specifications for complete details and bidding requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder.

Bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid price in the form of cash, a certified or cashierís check, money order, or surety bond must accompany the proposal.

The Contractor must have a C-7 or C-10 license to bid on this specification.

Refer to the Specifications for complete details and bid requirements. The Specifications and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereto.

STEVE MERMELL CITY MANAGER DATED: JANUARY 24, 2019 PUBLISH: JANUARY 24, 2019 Pasadena Weekly

BULK SALES NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PROPERTY Notice Is Hereby Given That Pursuant To Sections 21700-21716 Of The Business And Professions Code, Section

2328 Of The UCC, Section 535 Of The Penal Code And Provisions Of The Civil Code, PSA SELF STORAGE 8000 ARTSON ST. ROSEMEAD 91770, County Of Los Angeles, State Of California Will Sell By Competitive Bidding The Following Units. Auction to Be Conducted through Online Auction Services of WWW.LOCKERFOX.COM, with bids opening on or after 3:00pm, JANUARY 18TH 2019 and closing on or after 3:00pm, JANUARY 28th 2019.

The Personal Goods Stored Therein by the Following May Include, but are not limited to: MISC. HOUSEHOLD GOODS, PERSONAL ITEMS, FURNITURE, CLOTHING AND/OR BUSINESS ITEMS/FIXTURES. Veronica Perez Archie Baranoff-Lesnovski, Rudy Mendoza Purchases Must Be Made in Cash and Paid at the time of Sale. All Goods are Sold as is and must be Removed within 24 Hours of the time of Purchase. PSA Self Storage-Rosemead Reserves the Right to Retract Bids. Sale is Subject to Adjournment.

Pasadena Weekly 1/17/19, 1/24/19

PROBATE NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RUTH HASMIG BAKER AKA HASMIG RUTH BAKER CASE NO. 19STPB00030 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of RUTH HASMIG BAKER AKA HASMIG RUTH BAKER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DARLENE ANN BAKER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DARLENE ANN BAKER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/01/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California 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 statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. 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 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 available from

the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner JOHN B. PALLEY - SBN 173469 MEISSNER, JOSEPH & PALLEY 1555 RIVER PARK DRIVE, SUITE 108 SACRAMENTO CA 95815 1/10, 1/17, 1/24/19 CNS-3209899# PASADENA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TOULONNE A. WILLIAMS Case No. 19STPB00026 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of TOULONNE A. WILLIAMS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Zacharie DeJohnette in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Zacharie DeJohnette be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Feb. 1, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California 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 statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. 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 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 available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: LISA MACCARLEY ESQ SBN 164458 700 N BRAND BLVD STE 240 GLENDALE CA 91203 CN956546 WILLIAMS Jan 10,17,24, 2019

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE EAST WEST BANK VS EURO CUCINA INC CASE NO: GC046714 R Under a writ of Sale issued on 10/31/18.

Out of the L.A SUPERIOR COURT, PASADENA, of the NORTHEAST DISTRICT, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on a judgment entered on 11/22/11.

The described property is sold subject to the right of redemption. The amount of the secured indebtedness with inter-

est and costs is $ 78,849.91 (Amount subject to revision) In favor of EAST WEST BANK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, AS ASSIGNEE OF THE FDIC, AS RECEIVER OF UNITED COMMMERCIAL BANK and against LEE, EVELYN Y AKA EVELYN YU-WEN LEE AKA EVELYN LEE AN INDIVIDUAL I have levied upon all the right, title and interest of said judgment debtor(s) in the property in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows: A CONDOMINIUM COMPRISED OF: PARCEL 1: AN UNDIVIDED 1/15 INTEREST IN AND TO LOT 1 OF TRACT NO. 46694, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGLELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1186, PAGES 55-56 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM UNITS 1 THROUGH 15 INCLUSIVE, AS SHOWN UPON THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN RECORDED AUGUST 12, 1992, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 92-1500385, OFFICIAL RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. PARCEL 2: UNIT 3 AS SHOWN UPON THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN REFERRED TO IN PARCEL 1 ABOVE. Commonly known as: 2453 ONEIDA STREET #A, PASADENA, CA 91107 Public notice is hereby given that I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States all the right, title and interest of the debtor(s) in the above described property or so much as will be sufficient to satisfy said writ or warrant with interest and all costs on 02/13/19, 10:00 AM at the following location.

STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE 111 N. HILL STREET, ROOM 125B LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 ( X ) This sale is subject to a minimum bid in the amount of $0.00 (Subject to revision) Prospective bidders should refer to sections 701.510 to 701.680, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure for provisions governing the terms, conditions and effect of the sale and the liability of defaulting bidders.

Creditor’s Attorney BUCHALTER, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1000 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 1500 LOS ANGELES, CA 90017 Dated: 01/08/19 Branch: Los Angeles ALEX VILLANUEVA, Sheriff By: LISA MOJARRO, Deputy Operator Id: E229646 Para obtener esta informacion-traduccion en Espanol llame a este numero: (213) 972-3950 NOTE: IT IS A MISDEMEANOR TO TAKE DOWN OR DEFACE A POSTED NOTICE BEFORE THE DATE OF SALE. ( Penal Code section 616) CN956714 GC046714 R Jan 17,24,31, 2019

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MITSUKO KAWAHARA Case No. 17STPB01014 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MITSUKO KAWAHARA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Paul Kawahara in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Paul Kawahara be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to

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administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Feb. 21, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California 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 statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. 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 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 available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: ABRAHAM APRAKU ESQ SBN 263656 LAW OFFICE OF ABRAHAM APRAKU 119 SOUTH ATLANTIC BL STE 307 MONTEREY PARK CA 91754 CN956745 KAWAHARA Jan 17,24,31, 2019

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ELIZABETH LEE HARRIS TAYLOR AKA ELIZABETH H. TAYLOR AKA LEE TAYLOR AKA ELIZABETH HARRIS TAYLOR AKA LEE HARRIS AKA ELIZABETH C. HARRIS AKA ELIZABETH COWLES HARRIS CASE NO. 19STPB00151 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ELIZABETH LEE HARRIS TAYLOR AKA ELIZABETH H. TAYLOR AKA LEE TAYLOR AKA ELIZABETH HARRIS TAYLOR AKA LEE HARRIS AKA ELIZABETH C. HARRIS AKA ELIZABETH COWLES HARRIS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JENNIFER HOVEY HARRIS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JENNIFER H. HARRIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/07/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California 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 statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. 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 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 available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner KARLA C. BERENTSEN, ESQ. - SBN 227667 HAHN & HAHN LLP 301 E COLORADO BLVD., 9TH FLOOR PASADENA CA 91101 1/17, 1/24, 1/31/19 CNS-3210424# PASADENA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARY R. KEITEL aka MARY REBECCA KEITEL Case No. 18STPB03689 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MARY R. KEITEL aka MARY REBECCA KEITEL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Calvin Sun and John N. Keitel in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Calvin Sun and John N. Keitel be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Feb. 14, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California 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 statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. 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 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 available from

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the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: KAREN L HEFFEL ESQ SBN 263819 STONE DOYLE & HEFFEL 225 S LAKE AVE STE 300 PASADENA CA 91101 CN956863 KEITEL Jan 24,31, Feb 7, 2019

tion Agreement recorded as Instrument 20121683071 and recorded on 11/06/2012., of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California,

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BEATRIZ RAMONA VANGELI CASE NO. 18STPB11355

Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $399,005.30

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of BEATRIZ RAMONA VANGELI. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ADRIAN VANGELI in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ADRIAN VANGELI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/19/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California 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 statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. 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 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 available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner ROBERT CIPRIANO - SBN 92554 LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT CIPRIANO 37 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD. SIERRA MADRE CA 91024 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/19 CNS-3214509# PASADENA WEEKLY

TRUSTEE SALES T.S. No.18-53738 APN: 5835-011-013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/15/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: RONALD L. ADAMS, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 12/3/2007, as Instrument No. 20072642816, The subject Deed of Trust was modified by Loan Modifica-

TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

Date of Sale: 2/7/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2548 LA FIESTA AVENUE (ALTADENA AREA) LOS ANGELES, CA 91001-5010 Described as follows: As more fully described in the Deed of Trust A.P.N #.: 5835-011-013 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub.com, using the file number assigned to this case 1853738. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 12/26/2018 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 www.elitepostandpub.com Andrew Buckelew, Trustee Sale Assistant THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 27637 Pub Dates 01/10, 01/17, 01/24/2019 T.S. No. :2013-01454-CA A.P.N.:5760-012-021 Property Address: 1700 OLD GROVE ROAD, PASADENA, CA 91107 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE ß 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/14/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: SELAH JOI CHAVET, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 12/21/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2841512 in book —-, page—- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 02/13/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 1,232,833.97 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIERíS CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1700 OLD GROVE ROAD, PASADENA, CA 91107 A.P.N.: 5760-012-021 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 1,232,833.97.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidderís sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorderís office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2013-01454-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: December 23, 2018 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Pasadena Weekly 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19 T.S. No.: 18-00022 Title Order: 8744949 Loan No.: HM20170821000 APN: 5827-004-038 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/24/2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 2/14/2019 at 10:00 AM, Real Property Trustee, Inc., as duly appointed or substituted Trustee, under that certain Deed of Trust executed by DENNIS N PEREZ, UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor, to secure obligations in favor of ANATOLY SHAMISOV, as Beneficiary, recorded on 9/1/2017 as Instrument No. 20170999518 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records of the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state), Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under and pursuant to said Deed of Trust in and to the following described real property situated in the aforesaid County and State, to wit: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The property heretofore described is being sold ìas is.î The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described herein is purported to be: 487

CROSBY STREET, ALTADENA, California 91001. A.P.N.: 5827-004-038. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to wit: $143,375.55 estimated, accrued interest and additional advances, fees, charges and expenses, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned Trustee, or predecessor Trustee, has caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 18-00022. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT if the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidderís sole and exclusive remedy shall be return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Further, if the foreclosure sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid and shall have no further recourse or remedy against the Mortgagor, Mortgagee, or Trustee herein. If you have previously been discharged in bankruptcy, you may have been release of personal liability for this loan in which case this notice is intended to exercise the note holderís rights against the real property only. As required by law, you are notified that a negative credit reporting may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligation. For Trusteeís Sale dates, bid and postponement information, please call (916) 939-0772 or visit www.nationwideposting.com For any other inquiries, including litigation or bankruptcy matters, please call or fax to (877) 7702132. Date: 1/14/2019 Real Property Trustee, Inc., as successor trustee P. O. Box 17064 Beverly Hills, California 90209 Mike Kemel, Trustee Sale Officer NPP0347243 To: PASADENA WEEKLY 01/24/2019, 01/31/2019, 02/07/2019

FICT. BUSINESS NAMES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018313183 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FLORES COUNSELING; 127 N. Madison Ave., Suite 21 Pasadena, CA 91101, PO Box 562 Glendale, CA 91205.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Marlene Flores, 2662 Carleton Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90065.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Marlene Flores. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 17, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018321492 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: $1 DRINK. 20747 Amar Road Suite #8C Walnut, CA 91789. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201827110448.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) P & L Union LLC, 20747 Amar Road Suite #8C Walnut, CA 91789. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Hua Peng . TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: P & L Union LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 27, 2018. 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018318338 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TIVAILLE; 319 Ohio St., Apt. 1 Pasadena, CA 91106. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Tiffany Ma, 319 Ohio St., Apt. 1 Pasadena, CA 91106.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Tiffany Ma. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 21, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018314247 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MARANATHA CARE SERVICES; 3845 Rosemead Blvd., #17 Rosemead,

CA 91770. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Daniel Steve De Pedro, 3845 Rosemead Blvd., #17 Rosemead, CA 91770, Liwayway De Pedro, 3845 Rosemead Blvd., #17 Rosemead, CA 91770. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Daniel Steve De Pedro. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018312729 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GRACEFUL BEAR DIGITAL. 1280 S. Barrington Ave., Apt. 16 Los Angeles, CA 90025. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201815210720. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Shallow Brook Drive LLC, 1280 S. Barrington Ave., Apt. 16 Los Angeles, CA 90025. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Sara Hartman. TITLE: Owner, Corp or LLC Name: Shallow Brook Drive LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 17, 2018.

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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018323020 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LA MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION, LA MEDIA PRODUCTION, LA MEDIA PRO; 20243 Leadwell St. Winnetka, CA 91306, PO Box 2202 Winnetka, CA 91396. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Liza Allen, 20243 Leadwell St. Winnetka, CA 91306. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Liza Allen. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 31, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018300649 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TACTICAL SOLUTIONS ENT; 655 N. Brand Blvd., Ste. 1700 Glendale, CA 91203, 509 Alameda St. Altadena, CA 91001. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christopher Andrew Ballew, 509 Alameda St. Altadena, CA 91001. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Christopher Andrew Ballew. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 3, 2018. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of fi ve years from the date on which it was filed in the offi ce 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 12/27/18, 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018312365 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ADMIRAL SEEDS. 975 E. Green St. Pasadena, CA 91106, 115 W. California Blvd., Ste. 197 Pasadena, CA 91105. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 2029921. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lark Seeds International, 975 E. Green St. Pasadena, CA 91106.

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Vassilios Aivazis.

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Lark Seeds International. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 17, 2018. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of fi ve years from the date on which it was filed in the offi ce 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 fi ctitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018313768 FILE NO: 2018-290028 DATE FILED: 11/19/2018. Name of Business(es) SPLASH AND DASH LA VERNE, 1485 Foothill Boulevard, La Verne, CA 91705. REGISTERED OWNER(S): Sadie Corp, 32 Foxtail Court Azusa, CA 91702. Business was conducted by a Corporation. 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.)

REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/LLC (PRINT) Beverlie Dunbar TITLE: President. If corporation, also print corporate title of offi cer. If LLC, also print tile of offi cer or manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on the date indicated by the filed stamp in the upper right corner: December 18, 2018. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLERK by: Lilia Murguia, Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018317771 FILE NO: 2014-169692 DATE FILED: 06/23/2014. Name of Business(es) BLUE JAY CREATIVE SERVICES, 839 Nowita Place Venice, CA 90291. REGISTERED OWNER(S): William Edward Johnson, 839 Nowita Place Venice, CA 90291. Business was conducted by an Individual. 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.) REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/LLC (PRINT) William Edward Johnson TITLE: owner.

If corporation, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print tile of officer or manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on the date indicated by the filed stamp in the upper right corner: December 21, 2018. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLERK by: C. Maffitt, Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018312769 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FISH MASTER; 30623 Arlington Street Castaic, CA 91384. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Julio Llamas, 30623 Arlington St. Castaic, CA 91384. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Julio Llamas.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 17, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018315327 Type of Filing: Amended The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: APRINTCO, NEXT DAY BANNER; 4901 Patata St., Unit 104 Cudahy, CA 90201. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Fernando Espinoza, 4901 Patata St., Unit 104 Cudahy, CA 90201, Carmen Adriana Espinosa, 8270 Boyson St. Downey, CA 90242.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Fernando Espinoza.

TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 19, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20183120687 Type of Filing: Amended The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LOR INTERIORS; 3121 Foothill Blvd., Apt. #4 La Crescenta, CA 91214-2632.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Loretta Sargsyan, 3121

Foothill Blvd., Apt. #4 La Crescenta, CA 91214-2632. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 08/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Loretta Sargsyan. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 27, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019004653 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MEDINA THREAD COMPANY; 1025 W 8th ST., Apt. 4 San Pedro, CA 90731.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Victor O Medina-Padilla, 1025 W 8th ST., Apt. 4 San Pedro, CA 90731. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Victor O MedinaPadilla, TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 7, 2019. 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019003969 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LAZIMI LOCKSMITH AND SECURITY, PALOS VERDES LOCK AND KEY; 4259 Pacific Coast Highway Torrance, CA 90505. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) David Michael Patton, 2901 West Coast Highway 200 Newport Beach, CA 92663. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: David Michael Patton, TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 7, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018317504 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MIKE’S-MESH; 16439 Jersey St. Granada Hills, CA 91344. COUNTY:

Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Michael Salinas, 16439 Jersey St. Granada Hills, CA 91344. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Michael Salinas, TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 21, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

Ludmila Lembke, TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 7, 2019. 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018317663

FILE NO: 2018-248369 DATE FILED: 09/28/2018. Name of Business(es) TAGGED SHIRTS, 639 N. Broadway Unit 609, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

REGISTERED OWNER(S): Christopher Najmi, 639 N. Broadway Unit 609, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Business was conducted by a an Individual. 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.) REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/ LLC (PRINT) Christopher Najmi TITLE: Owner. If corporation, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print tile of officer or manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on the date indicated by the filed stamp in the upper right corner: January 8, 2019. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLERK by: Demetria Atkins, Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JOHNNY K STUDIO; 2222 N. Buena Vista Burbank, CA 91504, PO Box 70614 Pasadena, CA 91117. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Johnny Kouzouyan, 2222 N. Buena Vista Burbank, CA 91504. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Johnny Kouzouyan, TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 21, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018313322

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018312835

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BEAUTIFICATION SOLUTIONS; 6255 Saylin Ln. Los Angeles, CA 90042.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Katie Vonderheide, 6255 Saylin Ln. Los Angeles, CA 90042.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Katie Vonderheide, TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LAWFUL APPAREL; 313 N. La Brea Ave. Inglewood, CA 90302. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Rasheeda Dove, 84 E. Palm St. Altadena, CA 91001, Rajaee Jackson, 313 N. La Brea Ave. Inglewood, CA 90302.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 10/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Rasheeda Dove, TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 17, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019006201

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019004728 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FASHIONCHALKBOARD, ENERGYSTAS; 793 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ludmila Lembke, 793 N. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/:

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019002786 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OURMILY, ABA FORMS. 15315 Magnolia Blvd., Suite 428 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4177414. REGISTERED OWNER(S) ABA Ethics, 15315 Magnolia Blvd., Suite 428 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact

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another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019009719

business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Avishai Zacharia. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: ABA Ethics. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 4, 2019. 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019005870 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INDEPENDENT BASEBALL RANGERS; 2117 Norwalk Ave. Eagle Rock, CA 90041. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Daniel P. Law, 2117 Norwalk Ave. Eagle Rock, CA 90041. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Daniel P. Law. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018320701 Type of Filing: Amended The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE SONI LAW FIRM; 116 South Euclid Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Surjit P. Soni, 116 South Euclid Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Surjit P. Soni. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 27, 2018. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of fi ve years from the date on which it was filed in the offi ce 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018313753 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HOUSE OF DEVON H.O.D.; 333 Washington Blvd., #40 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Devon Steigerwald, 333 Washington Blvd., #40 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Devon Steigerwald. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018316519 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LAYERS PROJECT; 214 S. Electric Avenue Monterey Park, CA 91754.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Alejandro Contreras, 214 S. Electric Avenue Monterey Park, CA 91754. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under

the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Alejandro Contreras.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 20, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018314364 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUNRISE HEALTHCARE ADVISORS; 8126 Enramada Ave. Whittier, CA 90605. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Monica Alfaro Welling, 8126 Enramada Ave. Whittier, CA 90605. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Monica Alfaro Welling.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019005309 FILE NO: 2018-147895 DATE FILED: 06/15/2018. Name of Business(es) 4 WELLNESS 3771 Glenfeliz Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039. REGISTERED OWNER(S): Beatrice Caspari, 3771 Glenfeliz Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039, Diana Osberg, 13529 Leadwell Street #6 Van Nuys, CA 91405. Business was conducted by Copartners. 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.)

REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/LLC (PRINT) Diana Osberg TITLE: Partner.

If corporation, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print tile of officer or manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on the date indicated by the filed stamp in the upper right corner: January 8, 2019. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLERK by: C. Maffitt, Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018313303 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: POVERTY PRESS, POVERTY THREADS; 3521 Vineland Ave. Baldwin Park, CA 91706. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S)

Paul Andres Orozco, 3521 Vineland Ave. Baldwin Park, CA 91706. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Paul Andres Orozco. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 2018.

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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019007308 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EVENT CONTROL TEAM SECURITY. 5150 Candlewood Street Suite #16B Lakewood, CA 90712. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) EC Team Services Inc., 5150 Candlewood Street Suite #16B Lakewood, CA 90712.

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Robert Semaan. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: EC Team Services Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 9, 2019. 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

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: QUIN MACHINING OPERATIONS; 1447 ½ Virginia Avenue Baldwin Park, CA 91706. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Fernando Quintana Ramirez, 620 Rama Drive La Puente, CA 91746. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Fernando Quintana Ramirez. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 11, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019011954 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OPLEX ENTERTAINMENT; 1113 N. Avenue 64 Los Angeles, CA 90042.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Gil V Satrain and Ophelia P Sison, 1113 N. Avenue 64 Los Angeles, CA 90042. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Gil V Satrain. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 15, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019012852 Type of Filing: Original. The following

person(s) is (are) doing business as: STONEMAN APARTMENTS. 767 N. Hill Street 304 Los Angeles, CA 90012.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Golden Stoneman LLC, 767 N. Hill Street 304 Los Angeles, CA 90012. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Elaine Leung. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Golden Stoneman LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 15, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code).

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Rd. Walnut, CA 91789. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) All Season Travel & Tour Inc., 15433 Fairfield Ranch Rd., Chino Hills, CA 91709. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Shian Zhao. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: All Season Travel & Tour Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 7, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019012854

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COATES FRIED CHICKEN AND BURGERS. 353 W. Bonita Avenue Claremont, CA 91711, 310 N. Indian Hill Blvd., #733 Claremont, CA 91711. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Grizzlyís Biscuits and Donuts Claremont LLC, 310 N. Indian Hill Blvd., #733 Claremont, CA 91711. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Matt Fong. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Grizzlyís Biscuits and Donuts Claremont LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MADISON APARTMENTS. 767 N. Hill Street 304 Los Angeles, CA 90012.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Golden 180 Madison LLC, 767 N. Hill Street 304 Los Angeles, CA 90012. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Elaine Leung. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Golden 180 Madison LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 15, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019015648 FILE NO: 2017-039391 DATE FILED: 02/15/2017. Name of Business(es) VIRTUAL EYES, 780 Earlham St., Apt. 9 Pasadena, CA 91101. REGISTERED OWNER(S): Christopher Najmi, 780 Earlham St., Apt. 9 Pasadena, CA 91101. Business was conducted by an Individual. 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.) REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/LLC (PRINT) Christopher Najmi TITLE: Owner. If corporation, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print tile of officer or manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on the date indicated by the filed stamp in the upper right corner: January 17, 2019. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLERK by: Maxine Carrasco, Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019003727 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SEVEN-STAR US. 2043 Shaded Wood

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019005694

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019005476 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GEORGE CHEUNG DESIGN. 437 La Terraza St. South Pasadena, CA 91030.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Cheung Skelton Group, LLC, 437 La Terraza St. South Pasadena, CA 91030. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Richard Skelton. TITLE: Member, Corp or LLC Name: Cheung Skelton Group, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the

rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code).

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rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019012673

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019009178

Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ERIN DOROTHY PHOTOS; 530 S. Lake Ave. 816 Pasadena, CA 91101.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Erin Dorthy Kaller, 77 S. Grand Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Erin Dorothy Kaller.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 15, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

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Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: H & A CLEANING SERVICES; 5911 Reseda Blvd., #23 Tarzana, CA 91356.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Heidi Karina Anaya Hernandez, 5911 Reseda Blvd., #23 Tarzana, CA 91356. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Heidi Karina Anaya Hernandez. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 10, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019016186 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE PAINTED LADY POTTERY; 757 W. 1ST Claremont, CA 91711. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Katie Sandridge, 757 W. 1ST Claremont, CA 91711. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Katie Sandridge. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 18, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018318985 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BOGAEV MEDIA; 3947 Franklin St. La Crescenta, CA 91214. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Barbara Bogaev, 3947 Franklin St. La Crescenta, CA 91214. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Barbara Bogaev. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 24, 2018. 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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019015221 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RICE & BEANS CAKES; 5577 Pioneer Blvd., #12 Whittier, CA 90601.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Meena Chung, 5577 Pioneer Blvd., #12 Whittier, CA 90601.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Meena Chung. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 17, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019006961 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JMA MANAGEMENT; 120 South Mentor Avenue Unit 101 Pasadena, CA 91106. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) James Manabu Abe, 120 South Mentor Avenue Unit 101 Pasadena, CA 91106. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: James Manabu Abe. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 9, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The

filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019009673 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LDHPLUS, FRIDAY 4PM; 116 N. 4th St., #A Alhambra, CA 91801. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Chloe Yoon, 120 South Mentor Avenue Unit 101 Pasadena, CA 91106. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Chloe Yoon. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 11, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019002129 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MOMENT. 936 S. Olive Street #203 Los Angeles, CA 90015. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) MMNT LLC, 936 S. Olive Street #203 Los Angeles, CA 90015. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Han Chang. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: MMNT INC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 3, 2019. 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019017610 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE LAW OFFICES OF PATRICK M. KENNEDY; 211 S. Barrington Ave., Ste. 4 Los Angeles, CA 90049. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Patrick McNeely Kennedy, 211 S. Barrington Ave., Ste. 4 Los Angeles, CA 90049. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 1/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Patrick McNeely Kennedy. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 22, 2019. 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019011797 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PERSONAL TOUCH LEGAL DOCUMENT SERVICE; 145 Harkness Ave., Apt. E Pasadena, CA 91106. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Dustyn Lamont Benedict, 145 Harkness Ave., Apt. E Pasadena, CA 91106THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Dustyn Lamont Benedict. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 15, 2019.

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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019005643 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LUCKYBUG; 3679 Grayburn Rd. Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Simona Cianciulli, 3679 Grayburn Rd. Pasadena, CA 91107. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Simona Cianciulli, TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019006123 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VIVIA PRINT. 65 W. Del Mar Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Vivia Studios LLC, 65 W. Del Mar Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Ehsan Momenienjad.

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Vivia Studios. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019016772 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GIRLIEWORLD; 1006 Del Rey Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christine Frances Karas-Gough, 1006 Del Rey Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Christine Frances KarasGough. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 18, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019010658 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DESIGN WITH SKILL. 1441 Huntington Dr., #192 South Pasadena, CA 91030. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4215159.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hill Architects, PC, 1441 Huntington Dr., #192 South Pasadena, CA 91030. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Samantha Hill. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Hill Architects, PC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 14, 2019. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018322140 Type of Filing: Refile The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SAFEWAY DELIVERY; 6530 Nagle Ave. Van Nuys, CA 91401. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Armenak Javoorian, 6530 Nagle Ave. Van Nuys, CA 91401. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Armenak Javoorian.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 28, 2018. 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19

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8 DAYS THURSDAY 01.24.19

Liela Avila (soundcloud.com/lielamusic) and her band perform Motown, Top 40 and R&B covers at 8:30 p.m. at Kings Row Gastropub, 20 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. No cover. Call (626) 7933010 or visit kingsrowpub.com.

FRIDAY 01.25.19 Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena presents Leslie Buck discussing her new book “Cutting Back” at 7 p.m. Admission is included in regular garden admission of $7.50 in advance, online or $10 at the gate. Visit japanesegardenpasadena.com

SATURDAY 01.26.19 The Pasadena Symphony’s “Baroque Masters” concert includes works by Bach, Vivaldi and Handel at 2 and 8 p.m. at Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena. Featured performers are Rose Corrigan, bassoon, Aimée Kreston, violin, Sara Parkins, violin, Andrew Picken, viola and George Kim Scholes, cello. Tickets are $35 and up. Call (626) 793-7172 or visit pasadenasymphony-pops.org

SUNDAY 01.27.19 MUSE/IQUE’s Uncorked concert series, exploring the roles of songs in our lives, presents “Acapella/Awakening,” highlighting the idea that songs are universal vehicles of personal discovery. A wine reception starts at 6 p.m. and the performance starts at 7 p.m.at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1757 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $70. Call (626) 539-7085 or visit muse-ique.com.

MONDAY 01.28.19 A free Sierra Madre Playhouse Off the Page Series staged reading, “Father of the Bride” is the story of a man that learns a young man occasionally around the house is about to become his son-in-law. It starts at 7 p.m. at 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.

TUESDAY 01.29.19 Violinist Martin Chalifour and friends from the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform works of the 18th century, including selections by Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Cost is $60, $50 for members. Visit huntington.org/calendar for tickets.

WEDNESDAY 01.30.19 Brad Colerick’s Wine & Song singer-songwriter series features Antje Duvekot and Jesse Valenzuela, with special guest Igor Bulanov at 7 p.m. at Arroyo Seco Golf Course, 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating, available at blueguitar.club.

THURSDAY 01.31.19 Barry “Big B” Brenner (bigbbrenner.com) plays acoustic country blues from 7 to 11 p.m. at Griffins of Kinsale, 1007 Mission St., South Pasadena. No cover. Call (626) 799-0926 or visit griffinsofkinsale.com.

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CHOICE EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF 01.24–01.31

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER

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