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opinion ....................................................................3 Guest Opinion ..............................................5

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news ........................................................................7 Cause for Concern Council members and developer want testing for toxins possibly left by weapons research at proposed housing site.

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Driven to Not Text Pasadena police cite hundreds of people in April for distracted driving.

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Spotlight on Science Artists and scientists present Mach 33: the Caltech-Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New ScienceDriven Plays.

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life ......................................................................... 11 Restaurant Review ...................................... 11 Advice ......................................................13

Bulletin .....................................................13

Arts ........................................................................ 14 Into the Night ............................................. 16 Calendar....................................................18

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WEB EXCLUSIVE Wrong Way: Police fire at teens in oncoming vehicle at the end of chase ABOUT THE COVER: Photo of Pasadena City Council members Gene Masuda and Victor Gordo

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It’s the best kept secret in Pasadena. A reserve battalion of Marine Corps infantry is based in Pasadena on city–owned land adjacent to Victory Park. In their civilian life many of them are fi rst responders including police officers, deputy sheriffs and fi refighters. Last year they were called to active duty and during their deployment conducted bilateral and unilateral training exercises that spanned across four countries in the Indo-Pacific Area including Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.

The 2d Battalion 23d Marine Regiment was activated in July 1942 and participated in the World War II campaigns of Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Of the Marines who seized Iwo Jima it was said that “Uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

Since World War II our Pasadena citizen-marines have been mobilized many times: Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm; twice during Operation Enduring Freedom; and twice during Operation Iraqi Freedom during which they participated in the capture of Baghdad. Recently they were recognized as the best battalion in the entire Fourth Marine Division.

Many of them live and work in the local area. They provide their services for color guards, military funeral honors, and participate in the Toys for Tots program over the holidays. In case of a natural disaster or emergency the 2d Battalion 23d Marine Regiment can augment Pasadena’s resources for both planning and response. Six years ago our citizen-marines became the adopted sons and daughters of Pasadena when the City Council, joining a movement that has paired cities with US military units since the 1960s, formally adopted the 2d Battalion

23d Marine Regiment.

In his inaugural address, President Kennedy said: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” In placing service over self our citizen-marines have answered that question and in so doing are an example for all of us and a reminder of our obligations as Americans to our country. The measure of our worth is not fame or fortune but rather what we give back to our nation and our community.

Prepared and professional, they stand ready to answer our nation’s call both at home and abroad.

On May 3, they returned home from their deployment to Pasadena. A welcome home ceremony was held in front of City Hall. But instead of coming home to Pasadena they could have been coming home to March Air Force Base in Riverside. That almost happened 25 years ago.

The Defense Department was closing down bases all over the country and consolidating and merging military units and operations. In Pasadena, the Marine Corps Reserve had based for many years the Fourth Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, a stinger missile battery. The building that housed the battalion was old and dilapidated. Their commanding officer came to City Hall, with orders for the relocation of the battalion to March Air Force Base in hand, to see if the city of Pasadena could do anything to keep his troops in Pasadena. We agreed to accept the mission.

The fi rst thing we did was to order a feasibility study. We determined that it would cost almost $7 million to build a new facility. We also made sure that the design would be of the highest quality and in a style in keeping with Pasadena traditions. We made the fi rst of what would prove to be many trips to Washington, DC to lobby for the funding.

We went to Marine Corps Headquarters and were told that the $7 million represented their entire annual construction budget.

They told us that they had never had a city come to them to lobby to keep a reserve unit in their city. We convinced them to add it to their budget.

Congress was convinced to add the project to the military appropriations bill and it was approved. And then President Clinton in the fi rst exercise of the presidential line item veto removed it. We went back to Congress and got the two-thirds majority needed to override the presidential veto.

Pasadena accomplished the mission. That’s why our citizen-marines are returning to this city. Just as they have remained always faithful to America, Pasadena has remained always faithful to them.

Attorney William Paparian is a former mayor of Pasadena and a Marine Corps veteran.

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BY RENE AMY

WORKING WONDERS

VOLUNTEERS WITH SCHOOL ON WHEELS BRING THE JOY OF EDUCATION TO KIDS LIVING IN SHELTERS ON SKID ROW

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t the age of 9, Emily is a powerhouse of enthusiasm, and a bright button of inquisitiveness, knowledge and brainpower that puts her years ahead of her third-grade peers — even those in the best private schools in the region.

Emily is so smart that she should probably be bumped up a couple of grades, just to keep her from getting bored.

True, she attends an afterschool program, and about once each week gets a session with a tutor who’s focused primarily on her.

Just another private school kid, right? Or a kid with all the right privileges and connections, right?

Wrong.

Emily, brilliant Emily, lives in a homeless shelter on LA’s Skid Row and attends one of LA’s worst-performing public schools.

But Emily does go to an afterschool program, and does get tutoring — right around the corner from the shelter where she lives. She’s in a program for dozens of kids who walk some of the meanest streets in the world to get to where they spend the night.

Hundreds of kids call Skid Row shelters “home,” making their education problematic, to say the least.

Rising to that challenge, School On Wheels operates its Skid Row Learning Center (SRLC) inside a storefront at the epicenter of LA’s human misery. It’s a bright, cheery, and (most importantly) safe space, where kids get a filling snack, then an hour for homework and tutoring, followed by structured free time spent working puzzles, playing video games and reading. Despite the dysfunction in their lives, students often demonstrate unexpected self-control. When an older, larger student takes over a game, a young boy simply lets him, walks away to find something else to do, and explains, “He’s just that way.”

Every weekday afternoon and each Saturday morning the SRLC is open for the kids — then the rollup steel doors that keep it protected are rolled back down and securely locked.

Outside, reality is a continuous-looping post-apocalyptic zombie movie, with drugged-out and mentally-ill people staggering through the streets. What happens on those streets cannot be unseen, and these kids see it every day, sometimes spending years in shelters. It has an impact.

Emily is the stunning exception at the SRLC. It requires continued effort to keep her engaged because she’s so perspicacious. Most kids fall further and further behind in their studies, as life on Skid Row takes its toll on their study time and their ability to simply get a good night’s sleep.

A student at SRLC two grades ahead of Emily struggles to finish an assignment that Emily completed in a few minutes.

Another student, noticeably small for her age, is distracted by even quiet sounds in the room. She knows how to do her math, but loses focus and begins to yawn — likely because she couldn’t sleep through the night. She’s nearly three weeks late turning in the assignment.

That’s typical of student performance on Skid Row. And things get worse, not better, when the holidays roll around.

Spring break for Skid Row kids means less time in the structured environment of school and SRLC and more time being passed around to other family members as their parents work — or try to find work. Ask a shelter kid what they did for spring break and the typical answer isn’t very exciting: “I just missed school and my friends.”

Most kids look forward to spring break. For Skid Row kids, it’s often just another upheaval to endure.

But days off from school aren’t always bad. Recently, a large group of kids from the SRLC took a bus ride to Pasadena on a school holiday and spent several hours enjoying pizza and skating at Pasadena’s Ice Skating Center. Made possible by a grant from the Looker Foundation, the trip was a chance for the kids to see the softer side of city life and experience something few of them ever had.

Most days at the SRLC, there are a few volunteer tutors in addition to the staff members who keep things on track. In an ideal world, there’d be one tutor for each child every day, but that’s not the case. There just aren’t enough folks who take that time out of their day to help the most-at-risk kids in our region.

You can make a significant difference in the lives of these children. Donating money to School On Wheels is a good start. Far better is donating your time to the kids themselves — even just an hour or two each week will work wonders. ■

Longtime education and social activist Rene Amy lives in Altadena. Emily isn’t the student’s real name, but she is quite real. SchoolOnWheels.org welcomes your financial support and volunteer hours.

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HAMPTON BECOMES VICE MAYOR; MASUDA ANNOUNCES BID FOR THIRD TERM

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WEB EXCLUSIVE WRONG WAY

POLICE FIRE AT TEENS IN ONCOMING VEHICLE AT THE END OF CHASE

CAUSE FOR CONCERN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEVELOPER WANT TESTING FOR TOXINS POSSIBLY LEFT BY WEAPONS RESEARCH AT PROPOSED HOUSING SITE

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

PHOTO: Catherine Bauknight

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he developer of a controversial housing project scheduled to be built on property that was once a former naval torpedo testing facility said he would request the site be tested for chemicals used in explosives.

Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) wants to build 500 residential units at 3200 E. Foothill Blvd., in East Pasadena, currently the site of Space Bank, a public storage business. The project would include 69 affordable rental units, proposed subterranean parking and above-ground parking structures, landscaping and nearly 10,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

Caltech used the site for research into jet propulsion in the 1930s and maintained it during World War II. The Navy

purchased the property from Caltech in 1945 and used it for classified projects and torpedo testing.

“Trammell Crow Co. will ask the DTSC (Department of Toxic Substance Control) to include testing for RDX and TNT in the final RAW,” said TCC Senior Managing Director Brad Cox during last Monday’s City Council meeting. RAW is an acronym for removal action work plan. “We will conduct such testing under the oversight of the DTSC and the city’s third-party expert.”

According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Royal Demolition Explosive (RDX) is an explosive that can be combined with other ingredients to make plastic explosives. The Environmental Protection Agency

Authorities plan to release video of a shooting in which police opened fire on a pair of male teenagers, one of whom allegedly drove the car the two were in at investigating officers, said Police Chief John Perez.

“We stand by our officers as this incident is being investigated from the criminal, administrative and civil standpoint,” said Perez. “My officers were courageous in their efforts to protect the public and control a hazardous scene.”

Just after 10 p.m. May 2, police were following the two 17-year-olds around the 1300 block of North Raymond Avenue, near the entrance of Mountain View Mortuary, Cemetery and Crematory, located near the corner of Raymond Avenue and Woodbury Road. The car crashed into a curb near the cemetery gate, stopped and was turned off, according to a statement issued by Lt. Jason Clawson.

By then, up to seven officers were at the scene, their vehicles blocking the car being driven by the teens, said Lt. Jesse Carrillo.

But just as police started to approach, the unidentified driver started the car, now missing its rear passenger side tire, turned the vehicle around and drove at the officers, Carrillo said. One of the officers fired two rounds, bringing the car to a stop and the chase to an end, said Carrillo.

No one was hurt in the incident and two boys from Pasadena and Monrovia were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The owner of the car was not immediately known.

The department is not releasing the names of the suspects due to their ages.

The driver was booked into Juvenile Hall and the passenger was released to a family member. The teenager from Pasadena was driving the vehicle, Clawson said.

The video will include footage from the police officers’ body worn cameras and dashboard footage recorded by police cruisers.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Pasadena police at (626) 744-4241 or Detective Brian Montiglio at (626) 744-4511.

— André Coleman

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HAMPTON BECOMES VICE MAYOR; MASUDA ANNOUNCES BID FOR THIRD TERM

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District 4 Pasadena City Councilman Gene Masuda will be seeking a third term on the Pasadena City Tyrone Hampton Council.

In other City Hall news, District 1 Councilman Tyron Hampton was named vice mayor, replacing Councilman John Kennedy in that position. He will serve as vice mayor until December 2020.

The vice mayor is a rotating position. Unlike the mayor, which is a citywide elected position, the vice mayor is selected by the council. Hampton was unanimously chosen by Mayor Terry Tornek and his fellow council members in December. Before coming to the council in 2015, Hampton served two years as a member of the Pasadena Board of Education.

Masuda, a strong supporter of public education, served as board member of the Pasadena Educational Foundation, which raises millions of dollars for the Pasadena Unified School District.

Masuda first unsuccessfully ran for the City Council in 2007 against incumbent Steve Haderlein. In 2011, he pulled off an upset victory over Jill Fosselman — who was endorsed by every member of the City Council — after Haderlein stepped down.

Masuda ran unopposed in 2015. Since coming to the council, Masuda has successfully advocated for pension reforms and halting mansionization.

In a statement announcing his intentions to run again, Masuda pointed to his record of “working to fight overdevelopment and traffic in order to maintain the character and beauty of residential neighborhoods.”

Masuda and his wife Joanne moved to Pasadena in 1985 with his two sons. His parents, Sam and Alice, were among thousands of Japanese Americans interned and held in separate “relocation centers” shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. The family reunited in Boyle Heights, where Masuda grew up.

Masuda’s district is based in East Pasadena and includes upper and lower Hastings Ranch, Daisy-Willa, Eaton Blanche, Eaton Wash, Eaton Canyon Wash, parts of Orange Grove, Fox Ridge/Canyon Close, Loma Vista, Sierra Madre Villa and Victory Rose. n

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PASADENA POLICE CITE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN APRIL FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING

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Pasadena police officers wrote 639 tickets to people who chose to do other things while driving their Lt. Mark Goodman cars in April, Distracted Driver Month.

“These operations hit especially close to home for the officers who responded to a fatal collision that took place in 2016 that was directly linked to distracted driving,” said Lt. Mark Goodman.

In that incident, a 19-year old man collided with another car while speeding and watching a music video on his cell phone. A 41-year-old mother and her 18-year-old daughter were killed in the crash.

According to Goodman, 363 of the citations were for texting while driving, an additional 89 people were cited for failing to use a hands free device while talking on a phone. According to Goodman, 187 people were cited for unnamed violations.

Drivers are prohibited from having a phone in their hand, and can only use their phone in a hands-free manner. The phones must be mounted on the dashboard, windshield or center console, and can only be touched once with the swipe or tap of a finger to activate or deactivate a function.

According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), 66 people were killed and more than 6,500 injured in 2017 from distracted driving-related crashes.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution in 2010 to recognize April as Distracted Driver Awareness Month.

Shelley Forney began advocating against distracted drivers after her daughter Erica was killed on Nov. 25, 2008 by a driver looking down at a cell phone while driving. Erica was struck in the head while riding her bike from school. She was less than a half-block from her home.

“Our officers write citations almost daily to people who are texting and driving or failing to use a hands-free device,” Goodman said. “While we may focus resources specifically on distracted driving during the month of April, rest assured that our ongoing focus on traffic safety, including distracted driving, happens throughout the year. Our goal is to make Pasadena a safer place to drive, walk and bike every day.”

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has determined that RDX is a possible human carcinogen based on the presence of liver tumors in mice that were exposed to RDX for one to two years. People who inhaled large amounts of dust containing RDX suffered seizures.

Trinitrotoluene (TNT) can cause birth defects, spleen enlargement and abnormal liver function, according to the EPA. “You’re 100 percent correct. We will be testing for the chemicals as requested,” said Cox after Councilman Victor Gordo, along with Councilman John Kennedy, prodded him for a guarantee at the April 29 meeting of the City Council.

Gordo and Councilman Gene Masuda, whose district includes the property in question, have been the staunchest critics of the project on the City Council and have repeatedly called on Mayor Terry Tornek to bring the project back to the council for further consideration.

Gordo, Masuda and Councilman Tyron Hampton unsuccessfully opposed the project last July.

Gordo took the DTSC to task at the council’s April 29 meeting, citing a February state Senate report that pointed out the department’s shortcomings in “fiscal mismanagement, inconsistent record keeping, insufficient administrative processes and lack of transparency.”

After a meeting in March with more than 100 community members, Gordo and Masuda sent a letter to the DTSC demanding the review date of the RAW be extended by 90 days. Instead, the DTSC agreed to a 21-day extension, pushing the deadline to April 30, prompting Tornek to send a similar letter, which was also denied. However, the city received a break after the DTSC mistakenly began listing the review deadline as May 14, and later agreed to honor that date due to the error, according to City Manager Steve Mermell.

Tornek said a great deal of misinformation has been spread about the project.

“I think there’s a misunderstanding,” Tornek said. “I think what people have been told is that if the work begins that the housing is going to go ahead without the site being cleaned up. That’s not correct. The site must be cleaned up and certified before the housing can proceed. And so that I think is the misinformation, the feeling that if they start to move dirt on the site that means that people are going to be moved onto a toxic site. And that’s not correct. They have to move the dirt to remove the toxic materials, but they won’t be allowed to build the housing until the state has certified that the site has been remediated.”

If the cleanup is not completed properly, the city could take legal steps to force the removal of the toxins.

According to Cox, TCC is only requesting the testing to alleviate concerns of nearby neighbors.

“The DTSC Removal Action Work plan does not currently include testing for RDX and TNT because the site was used for the research and development, and not the manufacturing of delivery systems for torpedoes,” said Cox. “There is no evidence that these substances, which are used in warheads, were used on the site.”

Cox said the group will ask for a clean-up plan if the chemicals are discovered at the site.

“It’s essential that the future Pasadena residents who will reside in this project are living in a safe environment, and their health is protected from any impacts of materials onsite or in the groundwater,” said Councilwoman Margaret McAustin. “The DTSC has jurisdiction over the cleanup, but I think the city’s engagement of a consultant with expertise in this area to provide us with additional assurances as to the adequacy of the DTSC work and fulfillment of the Removal Action Work Plan imposed on the developer will give us an extra level of certainty as to the actions planned and properly undertaken to remediate the site.”

Councilman Andy Wilson said he still supports the project but called for all health concerns to be dealt with.

“Health and safety issues must be fully addressed,” Wilson said. “I understand that some community members feel the plan in this area is insufficient.”

Representatives from Trammell say that the weapons were not manufactured at the site. Critics disagree with that claim and say other weapons could have been manufactured at the site under classified designations, leaving behind dangerous carcinogens and toxins that could create health risks if the state agency does not plan a full cleanup.

Recent environmental tests indicate the presence of hazardous materials in the soil and soil vapor, and potentially in groundwater beneath the property.

Local residents claimed victory after TCC agreed to the tests and credited the city for hiring the consulting company Alta Environmental to monitor the cleanup.

“Even though it was well known that RDX, a neurotoxin, was used in rockets and torpedoes manufactured on the 3200 E. Foothill Blvd site, the Department of Toxic Substances Control failed to require the developer to include it among the Contaminants of Concern (COC) destined for removal,” wrote Gary Smith in an update on a online petition calling for full testing and cleanup of the site.

“This victory took place largely because the city of Pasadena hired an outside consultant, Alta Environmental, to evaluate whether the RAW was adequate to protect the safety of children,” Smith wrote. n

THE COUNT

As of Monday, 4,086 days after the war in Afghanistan ended …

2,245

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.

735

former federal prosecutors from every presidential administration since Eisenhower signed a letter claiming President Trump would have been prosecuted for obstruction of justice if he were not president.

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suspects were arrested in Indonesia on Monday as part of plot to stage a series of bombings to coincide with elections this month, according to Reuters.

44

workers in Baghdad were released on Monday after a 9-member gang kidnapped them and demanded hefty payments from their relatives, according to The Associated Press.

— Compiled by André Coleman

SPOTLIGHT ON ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS PRESENT MACH 33: THE CALTECH-PASADENA PLAYHOUSE FESTIVAL OF NEW SCIENCE-DRIVEN PLAYS

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SCIENCE

ho gets to be a scientist? What does our attitude toward science say about us as a society? What do we do if we possess scientific knowledge but society won’t listen?

Those are some themes addressed in the three plays receiving staged readings this weekend during Mach 33: the Caltech-Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New Science-Driven Plays, part of the Playhouse’s ongoing community outreach efforts. Intended to “energize the conversations about scientific, mathematical, and technological questions,” the readings will be followed by panel discussions with scientists from Caltech and JPL. Interestingly, all three plays are period pieces. James Armstrong’s “Bones of the Sea,” helmed by London-born director/actor Satya Bhabha, concerns 19thcentury British paleontologist Mary Anning and her landmark discoveries despite establishment bias against her because she was not formally schooled, wealthy, an Anglican, or a man. Susan Bernfield’s “Sizzle, Sizzle, Fly,” directed by Rhonda Kohl (who choreographed and assistant directed the Playhouse’s recent production of “Native Gardens”), time travels to the 1960s, when miniskirted “computress” Frances “Poppy” Northcutt became the fi rst woman to join NASA’s Mission Control team.

Award-winning playwright Kristin Idaszak’s “The Surest Poison,” directed by LA-based Randee Trabitz, applies hardboiled noir style to a Prohibition-era mystery that imagines real-life toxicologist Alexander Gettler and flapper reporter Lois “Lipstick” Long teaming to solve a murder.

Taking its title from Ralph Waldo Emerson (“the surest poison is time”), “The Surest Poison” gathers dramatic momentum from Gettler’s mandate to “teach juries how to understand science.” The intersection of science and law was not well traveled in the pre-“Law & Order” 1920s, and civilians and law officers alike needed to be educated about scientific breakthroughs — and processes required for scientific fi ndings to be reliable. (That remains true, as recent discoveries concerning blood spatter patterns have upended courtroom proceedings.)

Like Armstrong and Bernfield, Idaszak, the daughter of chemical engineers, revised her script following input from Caltech’s Dr. Jay Labinger, who offered fruitful observations about how to stay faithful to scientific processes while making experiments onstage “legible” to audiences.

“Because of the narratives that have entered our collective understanding around ‘CSI’ and how sophisticated our technology and science is, it doesn’t always tie up as neatly or translate as perfectly as we see on these [TV] shows. In some ways there is a continuing refi ning of how science and jurisprudence go together.

“I am an expert in neither of these things; my training is fi rmly as a playwright,” notes Idaszak, who is also artistic director of Chicago’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Cloudgate Theatre. “But what I was struck by in researching Gettler was how extremely rigorous he was. … He did immense work across many, many, many toxins and poisons and substances. I focused on two of his major accomplishments: his developing testing for cyanide, [and] his work essentially processing and dealing with the effects of Prohibition.”

Bernfield, who describes herself as a “very rhythmic” writer, says she was drawn to the plosives and interesting sounds in math’s vocabulary while researching “Sizzle, Sizzle, Fly.” She laughs while recalling how validated she felt when her Caltech adviser said she got the numbers and their terminology right.

Then she asked him about thinking.

“Dramatizing thinking onstage is a bit of a conundrum, but I find thinking really fascinating as an activity,” she explains. “He described two different ways of thinking: one is figuring out how to solve a problem, which is ‘looking at blue sky’ thinking; and the other is actually solving the problem using what you figured out.”

It’s pertinent because, while the blonde, twenty-something Poppy Northcutt’s bold fashion sense grabbed eyeballs and press attention, it was her mathematical brilliance that earned her a position alongside career NASA engineers; she subsequently helped design the trajectory for Apollo 8 and also helped land Apollo 13. Making that intellectual process engaging without a fi lmmaker’s cinematic tools, and without fetishizing Northcutt’s femininity, goes to the play’s core.

“The amazing thing I learned about NASA, the reason it worked, was its organizational structure,” Bernfield explains. “These teams were incredibly collaborative, and then they were pitted against each other to see who was gonna come up with stuff first. They had so little time, so if you could do it, you were on the team. … There was a lot of pressure on her, but it wasn’t what we expect. She could do the work and they needed her.”

Recent films like “Hidden Figures” have celebrated the many women involved in early computer research and coding. Later, that cultural condition shifted, and fewer women became engineers. Bernfield, who is also artistic director of a woman-focused theater company (New Georges), wants people to ask why.

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serves. “In the meantime we’ve actually put together more structures that have kept people out. That’s a really interesting lesson.”

Armstrong, Bernfield and Idaszak all touch on science’s value, and questions of privilege. Idaszak hopes audiences will discuss the appropriate role for artists, journalists, policy makers and scientists in advocating for “robust institutional change,” and the varied means by which “vulnerable groups” can be harmed and also helped by science.

“Who is allowed to be considered a scientist?” Armstrong asks rhetorically.

“So frequently our image of the scientist is a balding old white guy in a lab coat.

Nothing against balding old white guys in lab coats — they’re some of my favorite people — but that’s not the only type of person who gets to be a scientist. Mary Anning didn’t fit into images of who a scientist was [in the 1800s], and still doesn’t fit into images of what a scientist is today. Yet she was so influential. … Who are you if you are both the woman who has provided half of the fossils in the British Museum and you’re also the woman who is a small business owner, has this fossil shop down the street, and just hangs out with other working-class folks?”

Anning died in 1847, after discovering fossils along England’s Jurassic coast that helped change prevailing beliefs about prehistoric life. At the time people were slowly coming to grips with anthropological and scientific discoveries, and Christian churches were a powerful presence in civic life. Today, on the other side of the Industrial Revolution and deep in the throes of the Information Age, religion and science are stereotyped as opposing forces. “Bones of the Sea” is logically set in the 19th century — as are several other Armstrong plays, because, he says, “so much of what we are as a society today and who we are today was set up then.

“The way in which we talk about things like science and faith frequently grows out of things that happened in the 19th century. So if you really want to understand where we are now, you often have to see where we’ve come from.” ■ Mach 33: The Caltech-Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New Science-Driven Plays presents “Bones of the Sea” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9; “Sizzle, Sizzle, Fly” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 10; and “The Surest Poison” at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena; $15 ($10 for Playhouse members and students). Tickets/info: (626) 356-7529. armstrongplays.com, susanbernfield. com, kristinidaszak.com, Pasadenaplayhouse.org

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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-year-old 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. We are thankful and appreciate Pasadena.

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.

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pril saw the opening of two must-try new restaurants — Granville and HiroNori Craft Ramen. Both sit between Colorado and Del Mar boulevards on South Lake Avenue and could make for one great day if you spread your visits out because at both places you are going to find a multitude of options.

Granville is one of those uber-hip spots where the wait staff wears gingham dress shirts and the entire place is decorated straight out of a Pottery Barn catalog. You have seen places like Granville before — in any movie or TV show in which two beautiful actresses banter over dinner in a dark, amber lit bar with half-empty martini glasses. That is what Granville feels like. The bar area where I ate was all dark wood tables, leather seats and lit by a natural glow. If I were a single man, Granville CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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would definitely be where I brought Tinder matches — and then when they asked me how I found such a cool place I would just casually mention that I covered it during my travels as a food writer.

Hats off to Granville, they have made themselves available for almost any type of dining experience.

They offer lunch and dinner all week long, and on weekends they have brunch options available until mid-afternoon. The menu options bounce from vegan and gluten-free to comfort food, pasta and seafood. Their menu is expansive, covering enough options to make Cheesecake Factory blush.

Comfortable in different worlds seems to be the theme of Pasadena’s Granville location. The massive three-story restaurant has divided the spaces into separate dining experiences. The downstairs bar has bar-top and large picnic style tables. There is a downstairs dining room with a tree in the center which, if my cursory interior design knowledge is accurate, is the more casual, family dining or fast-lunch space. Then there is the rooftop bar, three stories up overlooking the city and the nearby foothills. There’s lounge-style seating, greenery and bistro lights hanging above. I struggle to find another way to say it, but every bit of this place is just … cool.

The Dessert Sampler ($14) from Granville takes the cake as the most romantic menu item I have ever had. It comes with three of their desserts; the berry patch shortcake, a brulee'd banana brownie, and devil’s advocate flourless chocolate cake. Beautifully plated, and served in reasonably sized portions so that you do not get over-stuffed but large enough to share and actually experience them. I most enjoyed the flourless chocolate cake, surprising as I do not usually seek out gluten-free options, so I did not know what to expect when removing the flour from the recipe. What came was an unstructured, warm chocolate cake — more akin to a bittersweet hot fudge cake topped with a dollop of cream. For best results mix the cream with the cake as the two distinctive flavors need to intermix on your palate rather than be tasted separately. The sampler is worth being ordered in any area, but for more suave points — I would get order it at the rooftop bar with their signature Gran 12 PASADENA WEEKLY | 05.09.19

Fashioned ($12) made with Elijah Craig bourbon, three different types of bitters, molasses and cherry port.

Whereas Granville is a sprawling do-everything dining experience, HiroNori does fewer things — all of them well.

The core of HiroNori is the ramen. They have three different varieties: tonkotsu ($11.30), shoyu ($10.50) and vegan ($12.50). Tonkotsu broth is traditionally made from pork and has a creamy, almost milky consistency. At HiroNori their tonkotsu is boiled for 24 hours. Traditionally, shoyu broth is made from a simmering of soy sauce, bones and vegetables and has more of a salty taste. Their vegan broth is a sesame miso base and has enough non-vegetarians recommending it that I know it must be pretty impressive.

The tonkotsu comes with pork chatsu, green onion, spinach seaweed, bean sprouts, half of a boiled egg and wood ear mushrooms. It can be ordered with traditional thin noodles or the HiroNori thick noodles at no extra charge.

The pork chatsu had enough crispness on the outside and was tender enough to break apart with chopsticks and eat comfortably. The richness of the boiled egg paired well with the broth and the noodles absorbed all of the flavors the broth had been simmering in for the last day.

It was most filling and satisfying bowl of soup I have ever had.

They take their service seriously. I was accompanied by a college friend who moonlights as a ramen blogger, and the service staff took his million questions in absolute stride and, dare I say, enthusiasm while talking about the intricacies of the ramen and even the regions the chefs are from.

I was prepared to leave a generous tip to apologize for my partner's incessant questions but uniquely HoriNori bypasses tipping altogether, replacing it with a 15 percent service charge that is divided up between the wait and kitchen staff.

So next time you head down Lake Avenue, you can watch sunset over the Foothills, or eat a bowl of ramen that was clearly made with care. Get there early though, because both spots are already developing some dedicated followings.

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.

HILL STREET CAFÉ 1004 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge 818-952-1019 hillstreetcafelacanada.com $$ Hill Street Café is celebrating over 25 years of serving the community quality meals made of quality ingridients. we want to thank all of you who stuck with us during the remodeling process and we want to welcome back everyone else. in our recent remodel, we have added an outdoor patio, a bar and more dining area, we have created a relaxed ambience with a touch of modern but still retaining our extensive menu, our friendly service and most important a family atmosphere.

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!

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.

The same quality service that has made us #1.

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.

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!!!!!

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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TWO-WHEELED FUN Bike Week Pasadena returns May 13-18 The 11th annual Bike Week Pasadena takes place May 13-18.

The event is designed for most skill levels and age groups in order to promote bicycling as a safe and sustainable way to access daily errands and favorite activities. Bike Week Pasadena is presented by the biking activist group C.I.C.L.E. and the City of Pasadena.

Participants are asked to bring a working bicycle, lock and nightlights and to be able to ride safely and brake, change gears and balance while stopping and starting. Participants under 18 must wear a helmet and be escorted by a parent or guardian. Children under 8 should be on a tag-a-long, bike trailer, tandem, or other safe child-carrying device to participate in the ride.

The week will feature a “Taste of Pasadena” ride from 6 to 9 p.m.

Monday, while Wednesday night is Women’s Bike Night. Next Thursday, May 16, is Bike to Work Day, with participants invited to leave their cars at home and cycle to work. Next Friday, May 17, will offer Bike-In Movie Night, while the week closes with a Pedal Party to the Rose Pedal on Saturday, May 17. Visit Cicle.org for all meeting times and addresses.

FRESH START Stowell Learning Center opens in Pasadena More than 15 million students and families suffer with learning challenges.

“Sadly, it is a common belief that if you have dyslexia or a learning disability you’re just stuck with it and have to learn to live with it or find ways around it. That is simply not true and not fair,” said Jill Stowell, best-selling author of “At Wit’s End — A Parent’s Guide to Ending the Struggle, Tears and Turmoil of Learning Disabilities,” and founder of Stowell Learning Centers.

On Monday, May 13, Stowell Learning Center opens in Pasadena, providing hope and real solutions for children and adults with learning and attention challenges.

Stowell Learning Center opened in 1984 to help children and adults with dyslexia and other attention and learning challenges become successful, confident, independent learners. Their experience with thousands of students has shown that most learning and attention challenges can be dramatically improved or completely corrected permanently.

Stowell Learning Center is at 572 E. Green St, Suite 200, Pasadena.

To learn more about Stowell Learning Center, visit stowellcenter.com or call (877) 774-0444. Jill Stowell and Irene Lee, the new director of the Pasadena Center, are available by appointment for more information and interviews. Contact Lyn Adelstein at (818) 481-8008.

HELP KIDS BE #SEEN Five Acres seeks help placing children during National Foster Care Awareness Month May is National Foster Care Awareness Month and Pasadena’s premier foster care social service agency Five Acres is seeking to raise awareness of the need to help place Los Angeles County’s 30,000 foster kids in stable homes. The #seen campaign seeks to provide striking visual reminders throughout Pasadena of the efforts to increase the number of foster parents.

Those interested in helping are asked to get a free “Seen” poster to display in their place of work, worship or community. The posters are bright blue, in keeping with the official color of Foster Care Month.

In addition, All Saints Church at 132 N. Euclid Ave. in Pasadena will be lit up blue on May 20. Those who check out the colorful display are asked to share digital media posts with the hashtag #seen and tag photos #fiveacresorg.

Contact Emily Peters at epeters@5acres.org or visit 5acres.org/seen. n

Dear Patti, My husband unexpectedly passed away 10 years ago. He was only 52 and I was 45. We owned a very successful company in the athletics support business — not only was my husband an athlete, but he was also a genius in business. When my husband died, I was devastated. However, I took over the business and over the last decade it’s doubled in profitability and size. I’ve had many suitors whom I’ve enjoyed immensely, but mostly I’ve focused on the firm, creating a legacy in honor of my husband.

In the last 15 months I’ve secretly been seeing someone who is completely inappropriate. Kelvin is a nerdy genius scientist who I met at a fundraiser.

I remember on that evening he explained that his name stands for the unit of measurement for temperature. He’s 32 years old; I’m 55. Kelvin is skinny, pale, a little weird, and overly intellectual — the antithesis of the athletes working for our corporation. Oddly enough, in spite of the ridiculous age difference, the chemistry between us was instantaneous. We became lovers fairly quickly. I was thinking that this fling would soon burn out but it’s becoming deeper and more profound. Kelvin is the first man since my husband that has completely captured my heart.

I’ve never felt so beautiful or alive in a relationship. The sex is incredible. He always makes me laugh. He treats me like I’m classy, beautiful, brilliant and unbelievably special — feelings that are totally new to me. In my world, youth and overt sexuality always win, but with Kelvin it feels like I never have to compete.

I’m not in denial. I know this relationship probably won’t work for the long term and that I’m headed for complete heartbreak. We are very different and while we are wonderful together, we would have a hard time living in each other’s worlds. I know I should I break it off now, so I don’t fall more in love and become even more attached than I already am. But I hate the idea of going back to my old life deadened and empty without him.

— Kaylee Dear Kaylee, There’s always a risk of heartbreak when you lose someone you deeply love. And, yes, there’s a greater possibility of that happening when there’s not only a large age discrepancy, but also different financial and education levels, social statuses, dreams and ambitions, and dissimilar developmental life stages. The hardship of sustaining such a fragile relationship is very high. It’s not my place to tell you whether you should or shouldn’t take a risk. Only you can decide whether you’ll look back in 10 years with regret for being so romantically impulsive or disappointed that you didn’t see it through to its end, whenever that may be.

Sometimes in life, a mentor can arrive in a form you least expect, and it seems like this is the case here. Despite this man’s unusual demeanor and lack of athletic prowess like you’re used to, he’s coaching you to open yourself up to new experiences, open your heart, and connect to undiscovered aspects of yourself. He’s supporting you to value your beauty, sexuality, and intelligence. No matter what happens, Kelvin has given you invaluable lessons; respect him for that.

While he’s very good at inspiring these lovely parts of your personality, realize that a lot of what you feel when you’re with him are actually parts of your personality that can come out whenever you want. It may hurt deeply if and when this relationship ends, but it will hurt less if you take a fuller and more complete self with you. Likewise, you’re teaching him valuable lessons he’ll always remember. After the experience of being accepted and loved by someone he views as classy and brilliant, he might possibly be changed for the better.

Among the many reasons there’s a strong chemistry is the possibility that — even if he doesn’t merit a lifetime commitment — the exchange between you two enhances you both in some fashion. For as long as you stay in the relationship, be respectful of Kelvin, his feelings, and what he has helped awaken in you. If and when the honeymoon aspect starts to wear off, don’t respond to him as a broken person needing to be fixed. Nor should you allow him to do the same to you. Appreciate that you’ve given each other the gift of feeling what it’s like to be cherished and loved, for however long it endures. n 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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The Caltech Chamber Singers, directed by Nancy Sulahian and accompanied by William Schmidt, perform works by Monteverdi, Haydn, Brahms, Bach, Duruflé and others at 8 p.m. Saturday in Caltech’s Dabney Lounge, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena. Free.

Call (626) 395-3295 or visit events.caltech.edu.

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rowing up as the fourth of seven children, it took a lot to get noticed in Johnny Mathis’ household — but everyone took notice whenever he sang in church.

His voice was stunning from his earliest years in small-town Texas and San Francisco, so much so that his father went to incredible lengths to fuel his interest in music.

Clem Mathis had worked briefly as a musician back in Texas playing the piano and singing on stage, and taught his son many songs and routines, starting with “My Blue Heaven” when Johnny was 8. Johnny was the most eager music student in the family, and sang in the church choir, school functions, community events, for visitors in their home, as well as amateur shows in the San Francisco area.

That boyhood devotion has paid off handsomely for Mathis, who has sold 350 million records worldwide, earned five Grammy nominations and been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame during a career that has lasted for more than 60 years since his breakthrough in 1955. He will be performing a rare concert at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium next Thursday, May 16, in a night that will include dozens of the most romantic songs of the pop music era.

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The Crown City Symphony, directed by Dr. Paul Sherman, performs works by Paganini, Handel and Schubert, with featured violinist David Park, starting at 2 p.m. Saturday at Altadena Community Church, 943 E. Altadena Drive, Altadena and 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church, 75 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena. Free. Call (626) 7971994 or visit crowncitysymphony.org.

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Author, actress and columnist Ellen Snortland performs her one-woman play “Now That She’s Gone,” chronicling her often hilarious, irreverent and sometimes torturous relationship with her Norwegian-American mother, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sierra Madre Public Library,440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Free. Visit snortland.com.

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The Glendale Historical Society presents its annual Restoration Expo, featuring numerous vintage home specialists, contractors, landscape and interior design professionals, period and reproduction tile and hardware suppliers and other resources. Owners of vintage homes can receive practical ideas.

The Expo runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale. Free. Visit glendalehistorical.org.

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brothers and sisters to join him, but I was the only one who showed any interest,” recalls Mathis, whose brother Ralph later became a popular singer in the Los Angeles area, with a longtime residency at the popular former nightclub Jax Bar & Grill in Glendale. “He [his father] showed up at this apartment we lived in with a bunch of sticks one night, dragged it all into the little living room and spent hours and hours at night doing something and we woke up the next morning and he had constructed a piano.

“From that time on, I was hooked on singing and listening to my dad who was my best pal, the beginning of a wonderful life not only musically but a connection with my father who is always fresh in my mind,” Mathis adds. “He was a wonderful, wonderful man who with my mom raised seven children in a tiny house. We never wanted for anything, especially music.”

When Johnny was 13, Clem helped his son land one of the best vocal teachers in the Bay Area, Connie Cox, leading to six years of learning vocal scales and exercises, voice production, classical and operatic skills. At the same time, Mathis was also renowned for his remarkable athletic abilities at George Washington High School, where he was a star athlete on the track and field team as a high jumper and hurdler and played on the basketball team.

Enrolling at San Francisco State College (now University) in 1954, Mathis intended to be an English and physical education teacher and set a school record on the high jump. Coaches with the Olympics came calling, and he seemed ready to pursue that opportunity fully when he suddenly was signed by a manager for his singing and she convinced Columbia Records to offer him a contract at the age of 19.

“I think if you ask most kids what they do, they have time to do everything because you have energy when you’re young,” Mathis says, when asked how he managed to excel at both sports and music while engaged in college. “I was also president of my student body. That was what I did, buoyed by the enthusiasm voice teachers and coaches showed on my behalf. They were excited for me to participate and that was the foundation for my learning, especially music. I was a very, very lucky person.”

Mathis, 83, had already fallen in love with the standards sung by jazzy stars like Lena Horne and Nat King Cole during his forays into San Francisco’s nightclubs with his father as a teen. Thus, it wasn’t difficult to slip into the role of romantic crooner at a time when the musical tastes of his teenage peers were quickly shifting to the revved-up energy of rock and roll.

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he could always resume his college studies.

That first album was a collection of jazzoriented renditions of popular stand ards titled “Johnny Mathis: A New Sound In Popular Song.” The album enjoyed only moderate success because jazz vocal albums were not good sellers, but Mathis got a second shot that same year when he was paired with mega-producer Mitch Miller.

Miller favored using Mathis’ voice to sing soft, romantic ballads, and that instinct paid off when the singer recorded smash hits “Wonderful, Wonderful” and “It’s Not For Me to Say.” His first No.1, “Chances Are,” followed shortly afterward.

“Most of the decisions I made about what I would sing were because of the timbre and quality of my voice,” explains Mathis. “I had the capabilities of singing very high and low, loud and soft, because of my voice lessons. We needed songs that would challenge me and the pop songs weren’t, so my voice teacher got me involved in classical music.

“We concentrated on singing songs that taxed my vocal qualities, as opposed to what was on the radio,” he adds. “It wasn’t that I didn’t want to sing pop music, but we wanted to enhance my vocal qualities with opera.

From the time I was 13 years old in voice lessons we spent a lot of time singing opera.

I ended up singing the pop songs of the day, but I did get the essence of vocal quality and using your voice to its fullest extent by my singing classical music.”

Mathis really took off when he appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in June 1957, resulting in millions of copies sold for both his albums and singles. The demand for “the velvet voice,” as he came to be known, was so great that he often had four albums at a time on the Billboard charts, and within two years Columbia Records released his first greatest-hits album. The album set a Guinness World Record by appearing for 490 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top Albums chart.

“When you’re young like that, you expect to go to the moon and if you get halfway you’re happy,” he laughs. “Yes, I had a lot of success. When I made my recordings, I was by myself in New York working with my producers, but I didn’t have any success for about a year. My parents sent me money occasionally, but they didn’t have much.

“If I hadn’t had the success with singing records, I would have gone back home to San Francisco and started over again, but I was very, very fortunate,” he adds. “From the first hit, it just went on and on and on. It has been a blessing for me.” n Johnny Mathis will perform at 8 p.m next Thursday, May 16 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Tickets are $59 to $99. Visit ticketmaster.com.

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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—David Arnay Trio The Boulevard Bar 3199 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena (626) 356-9304 blvdbar.com Fridays—Drag performances hosted by Tia Wanna every Friday

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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

Thursday—The Slocan Ramblers Friday—The Macmammals Saturday—Grace Kelly Sunday—Grace Kelly Wednesday—Jim and Ann Curry John Denver tribute 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—Gretje Angell Saturday—Kira Morrison Tuesday—Cassandra G 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/Adam Carolla; The Kym and Ken Show Friday—Hollywood Comes to Pasadena; The Liar’s Club Live; Yaasss Comedy Saturday—Michael Yo and Friends; Ralph Figueroa and Friends;

‘PUNK FOLKSINGER’ ANI DIFRANCO DISCUSSES ‘NO WALLS AND THE RECURRING DREAM’ AT PASADENA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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ni DiFranco’s new memoir “No Walls and the Recurring Dream” is essentially an unconventional journey of discovery — of beliefs, of freedom, of her contradictory self, and above all of music and its ineffable power. From her early childhood, when she instinctively willed herself into self-reliance in a family imploding inside a two-story brick carriage house with virtually no interior walls (“the donut house”), through 2001, when 9/11 and then-husband Andrew “Goat” Gilchrist’s motorcycle crash sparked life-changing revelations, “No Walls” traces DiFranco’s gradual development as a DIY “punk folksinger,” guitarist, songwriter, and thinker.

The book’s slow beginning serves a purpose: seminal childhood episodes seeded her art and politics and contrast revealingly with her career’s relentless momentum later in the book.

DiFranco’s poetry and lyrics mirror her maturation.

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immediately captivated by the idea of making language communicate beyond its borders.”

Adults took notice as she began writing poetry herself, and her infatuation with dance gave way to words and music, which connected her more deeply to the world: “Music was an entry point, like a passport or a key that allows you through an invisible portal into the beating heart of the world.”

At 9, DiFranco met thirtysomething Buffalo musician Michael Meldrum, who schooled her in “folksinger history in the selfadapted, half-madeup way that all history is taught,” and with whom she was soon performing folk and Beatles covers at bars and busking in New York. By 14, she was writing her own songs. At 15, she had a control freak “First Boyfriend” in his 30s, and was living as an emancipated minor even before legal papers were filed. She spent her 16th birthday sleeping in a bus station. At 18, DiFranco strode past anti-choice protestors to get an abortion; she also shaved her head (“an instinctual move on my part to

exit the world of male come-ons and exact credibility and respect as a card carrying member of the American Radical Left”). The next year, 1990, she released her self-titled debut album and created her record label, Righteous Babe Records, with longtime boyfriend/manager Scot Fisher.

“I have always felt like a suspension bridge in the long road of American folk music. …

The culture was moving from ‘folksinger’ to ‘singersongwriter’ and abandoning ties to the radical politics of its forebears. But to me the radical politics were the coolest part, so I was swimming upstream. Elvis Costello’s recording of Nick Lowe’s ‘What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love and Understanding?’ was like my anthem. I became determined to fly the flag of Woody Guthrie in an era when it couldn’t have been less cool.”

It’s surprising to recall how revolutionary DiFranco seemed when early albums like 1995’s “Not a Pretty Girl” and 1998’s “Little Plastic Castle” began attracting national attention, at a time when “chick singers

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DALE FIELDER QUARTET DAZZLES AT THE MIXX THE DALE FIELDER QUARTET TAKES THE STAGE AT THE MIXX IN PASADENA SATURDAY NIGHT. Fielder plays alto, tenor and baritone sax and is well known on the jazz scene for his original compositions, along with a repertoire of rare, obscure jazz classics.

The Pennsylvania native has released 13 CDs on various labels since his first one, “Free Flow” in 1993.

Fielder learned to play in public schools and studied arranging and composition with noted Pittsburgh saxophonist Phillip Celli. He later studied jazz at the University of Pittsburgh.

Fielder eventually settled in LA and studied with sax legend Charles McPherson, after which he became a bandleader, establishing the Dale Fielder Quartet in 1988.

Visit dalefielder.com.. — John Sollenberger Music starts at 6 p.m. Saturday at The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. No cover.

Call (626) 500-0021 or visit themixxclub.com.

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were one thing, a feminist singing was a whole other matter.” DiFranco wasn’t the only musician blazing a DIY path, but she was the rare success who demonstrated the viability — and constraints — of a music career conducted independent of corporate label support. It was simple survival: She didn’t make money from club gigs unless she had albums to sell; she couldn’t sustain a fan base without a mailing list (“my preinternet, direct outreach to each and every person in the world who gave a shit about my art”); and she couldn’t continue to record and perform music without those fans. Streaming and 360 deals had not yet become industry realities.

More importantly, her independence as an artist and label owner reflected her political convictions — a vital distinction. Entrepreneurship was ironically opposite to her goal: “having a career in music without having to associate with businesspeople at all. I came to represent the future of the music industry, but I meant only to avoid it. … Demand before supply. That’s the reality of my supposed entrepreneurial genius.”

Her frank but loving recollections of “teachers” like Prince, sometime collaborator Maceo Parker, and folk forebears Pete Seeger and especially Utah Phillips, with whom she produced and released two albums, make for some of the most compelling passages. Even more poignant are her recollections of how Feminism 101 and poet Sekou Sundiata awakened her mind and spirit at the New School in Manhattan, where she “really learned the art of political engagement.”

The meatiest sections by far lay out DiFranco’s thoughts concerning her anti-corporate stance, voting, civil rights, human diversity, patriarchy, racism, reproductive freedom and women’s rights. She writes with candor of a supposed friend who gives her a place to crash in England then insists she “use [her] body to pay him rent”: “It is hard to know sometimes what constitutes ‘rape.’ Rape is a black dot in the center of a dark smudge in the center of a very big grey cloud that dissipates and pales at the edges. I have found myself in various gradations of powerlessness around that dark center and never quite known what the name is for where I am. I imagine most women have looked down at some point in their life and not been able to see their own hands in the fog.”

Her sociopolitical consciousness develops in tandem with an increasingly chaotic personal life as she explores polyamory and becomes a champion of the indie artist and LGBTQ communities.

Her idealism and work ethic are admirable, but there are times when it would be valuable to hear from partners, friends and bandmates burned by her exploratory zeal.

“The thing that you don’t realize (until you do) is that your self-respect is the foundation that allows you to weather all manner of adversity and struggle. When you lose your self-respect, everything else becomes impassible. My duplicities made me hate myself which made me crumbly and desperate at my core. There was just no one to blame but myself.”

That DiFranco’s stubbornness and reflexive independence seem to have been encoded in her DNA from birth fits her persona. That she also comes off at key points as heedless, blinkered by her own drive, and dangerously, selfishly reckless might surprise some fans; but to her credit she mostly owns the pain she caused others. It is a mark of moral courage, and of someone who remains an artist and student of life. n Vroman’s Bookstore presents Ani DiFranco in conversation with activist Valarie Kaur from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena; $38. Info: (626) 449-5320. Anidifranco.com, anidifranco.bandcamp. com/album/no-walls-mixtape, vromansbookstore.com

•NITELIFE• Wednesday—Preacher Lawson; Wednesday Night Live w/Rudy Moreno Kings Row Gastropub 20 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 793-3010 kingsrowpub.com Live music most nights of the week

Saturday—Yngwie Malmsteen Sunday—Mother’s Day Soulful Sunday Brunch; Hard Day’s Night Beatles tribute T. Boyle’s Tavern 37 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena (626) 578-0957 tboylestavern.com Sunday—Action Trivia Tuesday—Action Trivia

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

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY Arcadia Blues Club 16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia (626) 447-9349 arcadiabluesclub.com Saturday—Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers

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 Rob Dehlinger’s Alpha Rhythm Kings Plate 38 2361 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 793-7100 plate38.com Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select Fridays & Saturdays

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 Mixx 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 500-0021 themixxclub.com Thursday—Lorraina Marro & Jackie Gibson Friday—Dale Fielder Quartet Sunday—Mother’s Day Brunch w/live jazz Tuesday—Elizabeth Hangan Blues Jam

The Granada 17 S. First St., Alhambra (626) 227-2572 thegranadala.com Thursday—Deejay Zonik; Deejay Vince; Top Social Dance Competition Friday—Live music w/La Seleccion; Deejay Moreno; Deejay Vince; Deejay Miro Saturday—Live music w/Don Sonera & Papote Jimenez w/The Granada All Stars; Deejay Zonik; Deejay Miro; Super Deejay Robby

The Rose Paseo Colorado 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com Thursday—Songs & Stories: Art Alexakis of Everclear Friday—Oingo Boingo former members

J.C. Hyke Songwriter Serenade Matt Denny’s Ale House Restaurant 145 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia (626) 462-0250 mattdennys.com, jchyke.com Tuesday—Ric Taylor; Pat Nason; Tim Tedrow; Emanuela Bellezza; Tieg 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; Bluebird Harmony Saturday—Ernie Draffen; Dave Victorino Sunday—Sunny & Cher Monday—Eric Eckstrand Trio Tuesday—Tom Armbruster Wednesday—Karen Hernandez w/Irene Cathaway 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 n

Flying High

ROD PIAZZA AND THE MIGHTY FLYERS TOUCH DOWN AT ARCADIA BLUES CLUB ROD PIAZZA, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOP HARMONICA PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, AND HIS BAND THE MIGHTY FLYERS WILL BE COMING IN FOR LANDING SATURDAY AT ARCADIA BLUES CLUB. Starting his lauded career in 1967, the Southern California native and his band, which he formed in 1980 with his wife Honey Piazza, have been churning out great music like a smooth-running blues machine.

The group’s credentials include numerous W.C. Handy Awards. They also boast countless appearances with blues legends of the past and present, both in recordings and on stage, producing sounds infused with a gritty Chicago style blended with the drive of early R&B and rock.

Visit themightyflyers.com. — John Sollenberger Music starts at 8 p.m. Saturday at Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

Call (626) 447-9349 or visit arcadiabluesclub.com.

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ALAN BRENNERT DISCUSSES AND SIGNS HIS HIT BOOK ‘MOLOKA’I’ AS PART OF ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER DAY SATURDAY AT PASADENA CENTRAL LIBRARY

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI Alan Brennert, an Emmy-winning TV writer who crafted episodes of a diverse array of series including “L.A. Law,” the 1980s version of “The Twilight Zone” and “Star Trek: Enterprise,” fell in love with Hawaii while visiting with his wife in 1980. The island paradise became a yearly vacation favorite for the couple ever since, and wound up providing the inspiration for his novel “Moloka’i,” which has sold a massive 600,000 copies since its release in 2003.

Now Brennert has released a sequel, called “Daughter of Moloka’i,” and he’ll be bringing it to the Pasadena Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium for a discussion and signing at 3 p.m. Saturday .

The author’s appearance is part of a slate of events from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. marking Asian Pacific Islander Day, including an 11 a.m. discussion called “Moving Histories: Japanese Americans After the Wartime Incarceration” with author Naomi Hirahara and documentarian Sharon Yamato, and a 1:30 p.m. performance by a troupe of Hawaiian dancers.

“I never had a bestseller before, but had written a few fantasy novels in addition to my TV work,” recalls Brennert.

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“My wife and I took a trip to Moloka’i and found it a unique island with much natural beauty, not much development.

Not one stoplight on the whole island and that’s how the locals prefer it. I decided to write about the bonds of community because Moloka’i seemed like the kind of place someone could come to lose themselves.

“The more I researched Moloka’I, the more I read about Kalaupapa, a leprosy settlement that was on the island in 1856 and still exists,” he continues.

“I learned that every time one of the diseased patients would have a baby, it would be taken away from them for fear it would be hit with leprosy. That’s the novel’s idea: being sent to a remote place far from your family, defy the odds, grow up, get married have a child and have it taken away from you.”

“Molokai” is a historical novel that follows the story of a young woman named Ruth who arrives at the Kapi’olani Home for Girls in Honolulu, to her adoption by a Japanese couple who raise her on a strawberry and grape farm in California, her marriage and unjust internment at Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II ― and then, after the war, to the lifealtering day when she receives a letter

from a woman who says she is Ruth’s birth mother, Rachel.

“Daughter of Moloka’I” expands upon Ruth and Rachel’s 22-year relationship, only hinted at in “Moloka’i.”

It’s a richly emotional tale of two women — different in some ways, similar in others — who never expected to meet, much less come to love, one another, and provides a look at the beauty and history of both Hawaiian and Japanese cultures.

“A book club member at an event I did for the first book asked if I ever thought of telling Ruth’s story,” says Brennert. “I said no, and that I had just written ‘Moloka’I’ and was anxious to move other ways. A year ago, I talked to my literary agent about another novel idea I had. Out of the blue, she said tell Ruth’s story and I said OK and there was a book there. It was written to be read as a standalone novel. You can read either one first. They’re complimentary and form one overarching story.” n Alan Brennert discusses and signs his novels from 3-4 p.m. Sat. at the Donald R. Wright Auditorium inside the Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena. Admission is free. Call (626) 744-4066.

Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org Free Friday movie matinees start at 1 p.m. on select Fridays. Friday’s film is “Mary, Queen of Scots” (2018).

Caltech/Pasadena Playhouse New Play Festival Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena (626) 356-7529 pasadenaplayhouse.org Caltech and the Pasadena Playhouse present “MACH 33: The Caltech/Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New, Science Driven Plays,” staged readings of new, unpublished plays exploring scientific, mathematical and technological questions, at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The performances feature professional actors and include discussions by Caltech/JPL scientists following the performances. Thursday’s performance is “Bones of the Sea,” by James Armstrong. Friday features “Sizzle, Sizzle, Fly”

by Susan Bernstein, and Saturday’s staging is “The Surest Person,” by Kristin Idaszak. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for Playhouse members and students.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Lorene Carey discusses and signs “Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century” at 7 p.m.

Pasadena Literary Alliance Book Series American Legion Post 13 131 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena pasadenaliteraryalliance.org/open-book The Pasadena Literary Alliance hosts its Open Book Series, as author Jacqueline Winspear, in conversation with Barbara Abercrombie, discuss two books in Winspear’s “Masie Dobbs” series, “The American Agent” and “What Would Masie Do?” It runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost is $50 general admission, $35 for students and educators. Beer, wine and appetizers precede the discussion, and dessert, coffee and conversation follow it.

Crown City Symphony Altadena Community Church 943 E. Altadena Drive, Altadena First Baptist Church 75 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena (626) 797-1994 crowncitysymphony.org The orchestra performs works by Paganini, Handel and Schubert, directed by Dr. Paul Sherman, with featured violinist David Park, starting at 2 p.m. Saturday at Altadena Community Church and 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church. Free.

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Dave Nufer of Pasadena Heritage and the LA Conservancy discusses the Asian roots of Arts and Crafts architecture by Greene and Greene and other architects, as well as mid-century modern styles, starting at 7:30 p.m.

Garden Conservancy Open Days Program Private location, Pasadena (888) 842-2442 gardenconservancy.org/open-days Guests are invited to “A Personal Garden Shaped

by Travels,” joining landscape architect Nord Eriksson in his family’s award-winning garden to discuss the influences and experiences, including extensive travel, that have shaped his practice and his home. It starts at 3 p.m. Tickets are $40, or $30 for members. Refreshments are included. Pre-registration is required, and location is provided with ticket purchase.

Pasadena Public Library, Hastings Branch 3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena (626) 744-7262 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Celebrate Mom by making a Mother’s Day craft, at 4 p.m.

Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org Ms. Senior California Rita Purdue presents a discussion, “An Act of Kindness,” promoting awareness for seniors’ well-being and inspiring the senior community to elevated, meaningful heights, starting at 10 a.m. Cultural Thursday presents “Great American Songwriters,” a discussion highlighting Hoagy Carmichael and lyricist Johnny Mercer, starting at 2 p.m.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Jo Giese, in conversation with Chris Erskine, discusses and signs “Never Sit If You Can Dance: Lessons from My Mother” at 7 p.m.

FRIDAY Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles Caltech’s Hameetman Center/Frautschi Music Room 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena (626) 395-3295 events.caltech.edu The ensembles perform works by Telemann, Mozart, Fauré, Shostakovich and Saint Saëns starting at 8 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

Free.

SATURDAY Caltech Chamber Singers Caltech’s Dabney Lounge 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena (626) 395-3295 events.caltech.edu The Caltech Chamber Singers, directed by Nancy Sulahian and accompanied by William Schmidt, perform works by Monteverdi, Haydn, Brahms, Bach, Duruflé and others at 8 p.m. Free. No tickets required.

Norton Simon Museum 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-6840 nortonsimon.org A guided tour visits the exhibition “Woven Tales of Helen and Dido” from 1 to 2 p.m., included in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members.

“Now That She’s Gone” Staged Reading Sierra Madre Public Library 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre snortland.com Author, actress and columnist Ellen Snortland performs her one-woman play “Now That She’s Gone,” chronicling her often hilarious, irreverent and sometimes torturous relationship with her Norwegian-American mother, starting at 1 p.m.

Free.

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Asian Pacific Islander Day features author Naomi Hirahara, documentarian Sharon Yamamoto and author Alan Brennert discussing their work, and Hawaiian dancers, starting at 11 a.m.

Pasadena Public Library, Linda Vista Branch 1281 Bryant St., Pasadena (626) 744-7278 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Adults are invited to create any type of arts and crafts that they wish, with all materials provided, at 11 a.m.

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Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org A smart gardening workshop from 9:30 to 11 a.m. offers tips on improving your lawn and garden and reducing waste in a beginner’s class that providesg hands-on instruction.

Restoration Expo Glendale Civic Auditorium 1401 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale glendalehistorical.org The Glendale Historical Society presents its annual Restoration Expo, featuring numerous specialists, contractors, landscape and interior design professionals, period and reproduction tile and hardware suppliers and other resources. Owners of vintage homes can receive practical ideas on maintaining and restoring the original charm and character of their properties while meeting the needs of modern living. The Expo runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.

The Travel Expo Pasadena Convention Center 300 E. Green St., Pasadena (626) 793-2122 visitpasadena.com/events/travel-expo/ The Travel Expo runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The consumerfocused show showcases cultures, experiences and people from around the world, of interest to those planning a vacation, studying abroad or simply wanting to learn about foreign cultures. Meet travel industry leaders, fellow travelers, tour operators and representatives while sitting in on panel discussions and interactive roundtables. Admission is $15 per person, two for $19 or family passes for three for $24.

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MONDAY Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Thomas Allbaugh, author of the dark humor novel, “Apocalypse TV” and Dahlia Schweitzer, author of “Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses and the End of the World,” present two views, Allbaugh’s fictional one and Schweitzer’s nonfiction effort, of Apocalypse Anxiety in the 21st century, starting at 7 p.m.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com David Russell discusses and signs “Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague” at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY One Colorado 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena (626) 564-1066 onecolorado.com Trivia Tuesdays run from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through May. Free.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com The Pasadena Conservatory of Music and Vroman’s present “The Maestro Plays,” a music and storytelling event about the book, “The Maestro Plays” by Bill Martin, Jr. and Vladimir Radunsky, as a storyteller shares excerpts from the book while conservatory musicians perform and engage children through word play, movement and the five senses, starting at 11 a.m.

Free. Jeri Westerson discusses and signs “Traitor’s Codex” at 4 p.m.

Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com Matthew McGough, in conversation with Michael Connelly and Miles Corwin, discusses and signs “The Lazarus Files: A Cold Case Investigation” at 7 p.m.

SUNDAY

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (626) 405-2100 huntington.org Painting with Nan Rae runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Wednesday. Newcomers are welcome. Cost is $50 per session. Call (818) 842-6489 to register.

All Saints Church 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena (626) 796-1172 allsaints-pas.org Dr. Caroline Heldman, executive director of the Representation Project, an organization involved with gender justice, pushing back against gender stereotypes and sexual objectification, speaks at the Rector’s Forum at 10:15 a.m. She will discuss the practical work individuals and the faith community can do to improve the world through gender justice.

Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Pasadena Presbyterian Church 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 793-4231 lachildrenschorus.org Then chorus, led by Artistic Director Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, performs works including a Spanish language version of “Ave Maria” by Henry Mollicone, Michael Bojesen’s “Gloria” and works by Pergolesi and Mark Hayes. It starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $27 to $46.

Pasadena Senior Center Women’s Basketball League Caltech’s Braun Athletic Center 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena (323) 320-0948 pasadenaseniorcenter.org Women 40 and older of all skill levels are invited to play 3x3 basketball games from 9 to 11:30 a.m., continuing Sundays through June 9. Registration cost is $35 per player. Call or email Oma Soto at omaksoto@hotmail.com to register.

Soulful Sunday Brunch The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.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.

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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 Belle of Amherst” (1976).

The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.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 Mary Lea Carroll discusses and signs “Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints” at 7 p.m.

Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter Music Series South Pasadena Theatre Workshop 1507 El Centro St., South Pasadena blueguitar.club Brad Colerick’s weekly music series features Nathan & Jessie and Pretty Polly at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating. n

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‘Long Shot’ is a Winner SETH ROGEN AND CHARLIZE THERON MAKE ROM-COM MAGIC IN A FILM WITH A SURPRISING AMOUNT TO SAY

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Friday May. 10 to Thursday May. 16 Note: Times are p.m., and daily, unless otherwise indicated. All times are subject to change without notice.

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ACADEMY 6 1003 E Colorado Bl, (626) 229-9400.

Grease Tues. only, 7:30 p.m.

IPIC THEATERS AT ONE COLORADO PASADENA 42 Miller Alley, (626) 639-2260.

Avengers: Endgame Fri. 1:10, 2:05, 5:30, 6:25, 9:50, 10:45 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1:10, 1:40, 5:30, 6, 9:50, 10:20 p.m.; Mon.-Wed., 1:10, 1:55, 5:30, 6:15, 9:50, 10:35 p.m.

The Intruder Fri.-Wed., 1:15, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 p.m.

Long Shot Fri. 1, 4, 7, 10:15 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1, 4, 7, 10 p.m.; Mon. 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 p.m.; Tues.Wed., 1:15, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu Fri. 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11:30 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45 p.m.

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As You Like It Mon. 7:30 p.m.; Tues. 1 p.m.

Go for Broke Fri.-Thurs., 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: Dialogues Des Carmelites Sat. only, 9 a.m.

Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie Thurs. only, 7:30 p.m.

What We Left Behind: Star Trek DS9 Mon. only, 7 p.m.

Wild Strawberries Wed. only, 7 p.m.

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F

inding true love is hard enough for regular folks like us. But imagine how difficult it would be to build a quality relationship if the whole world watched your every move?

That’s the sad dilemma facing Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron). She’s the US Secretary of State.

The president (Bob Odenkirk) assured her that she will receive his endorsement to succeed him in the highest office in the land, meaning the world’s cameras are fixed on her constantly. With constant travel to boot, Charlotte has been unable to find a lasting relationship and she’s likely to face the presidency’s stresses alone.

But one night she runs into a familiar face at a major fundraising gala, that of Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen). Fred had a crush on Charlotte back when she was his babysitter, and their friendship ended in a way that was highly embarrassing for him.

But now, years later, he makes an impression on her when he has a dramatic confrontation at the party with a Rupert Murdoch-style media baron he believes is destroying journalism and, by extension, America.

Charlotte hires Fred to be her new speechwriter when her team tells her that her one weak spot in polls is her sense of humor. As they travel the globe on a 20-country tour to line up support behind Charlotte’s ambitious environmental agenda, the unlikely pair get to know one another in a way that she hasn’t been able to in years, and she falls for him.

But with the world judging her every move, what will they think of her taking up with a nerdy, neurotic Jewish guy with a propensity for profane rants in print and in real life?

Can they find a way to make it all work out?

It might seem that this would be a fairly classic dilemma in the guise of a fresh setting. If that was the case, it would already be a bonus in these ever-predictable movie times. But “Long Shot” has 20 PASADENA WEEKLY | 05.09.19

Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron in Longshot.

one surprise after another in its sharp script, which include a dangerous terrorist attack and a wild night where Fred introduces Charlotte to the drug Ecstasy only to find her high as a kite when a major crisis erupts.

Better yet, “Long Shot” deals with real ethical dilemmas that are intriguing and relatable, as it asks of both Fred’s journalist and Charlotte’s world leader what they’re willing to compromise. Each character has to pick the red lines they won’t cross as both find themselves questioning the standards society offers.

Both Rogen and Theron give fantastic performances in the film. Theron is funnier than she’s ever been before and shows a real feminine warmth and allure that she is often lacking in her frequent killer roles in movies like “Mad Max: Glory Road” and “Atomic Blonde.” Rogen, meanwhile, steps up to the challenge of being a romantic leading man while keeping his scruffy charm intact.

One big scene-stealer is O’Shea Jackson, Jr. , the son of Ice Cube, who made his film acting debut playing his famous rapper father in “Straight Outta Compton.” He's also displayed an impressive comic grace in indie films like “Ingrid Goes West.” As Fred’s best friend, he’s a source of joyfully comic encouragement in his friend’s improbable romantic travails, but in a particularly impressive scene he makes a strong stand for being a Christian and black Republican even as Fred mocks him for it.

The point made in that scene is that Americans need to stop making assumptions about each other and really dialogue with each other if we want to maintain a stable nation and strong relationships. As such, this seemingly simple film actually has a lot to say about life and the world we live in today, and is a sure bet for a great date night and to wind up on my 10 favorites list at the end of the year. n

“LONGSHOT”: A

Clueless Mon. only, 7:30 p.m.

A Dog’s Journey Thurs. only, 6, 8:15, 10:35 p.m.

The Hustle Fri.-Sat., 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 p.m.; Sun. 11:05 a.m., 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Thurs. only, 7, 9:45, 11:45 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu 3D Sat. 5:45, 10:15 p.m.; Sun. 10:15 p.m.

Poms Sat.-Sun., 11:15 a.m., 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.

Tolkien Sat.-Sun., 11:30 a.m., 1, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:35 p.m.

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A Dog’s Journey Thurs. only, 6, 7:15, 8:35, 9:50, 11:10 p.m.

The Hustle Fri. 4:35, 7:35, 9:55 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10:40 a.m., 1:10, 4:35, 7:35, 9:55 p.m.

John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Thurs. only, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 midnight PokÈmon Detective Pikachu Fri.-Sat., 10:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15, 11:45 p.m.; Sun. 10:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu 3D Fri.-Sun., 11:15 a.m., 1:45 p.m.

Poms Fri. 7:20, 9:35 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10:50 a.m.,

1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 9:35 p.m.

Tolkien Fri.-Sun., 11:10 a.m., 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 p.m.

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John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Thurs. only, 7, 10 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu Fri.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu 3D Fri.-Thurs., 1:40 p.m.

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Avengers: Endgame Fri. 10 a.m., 6, 7:45, 10, 11:45 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 2, 6, 7:45, 10, 11:45 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m., 2, 6, 7:45, 10, 11:45 p.m.; Mon. 10:30 a.m., 2:30, 6:30, 10:30 p.m.; Tues. 10:30 a.m., 2:30, 6:30, 7, 10:30 p.m.; Wed. 10:30 a.m., 2:30, 6:30, 10:30 p.m.

Avengers: Endgame — The IMAX 2D Experience Fri. 11 a.m., 2, 3, 7, 11 p.m.; Sat.-Wed., 11 a.m., 3, 7, 11 p.m.; Thurs. 11 a.m., 3 p.m.

Batman & Robin Event Tues. only, 4, 7 p.m.

Batman Forever Event Sun. only, 1, 4 p.m.

The Beach Bum Wed. only, 6:30 p.m.

A Dog’s Journey Thurs. only, 6, 9 p.m.

The Hustle Fri.-Wed., 11:10 a.m., 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 p.m.

John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Thurs. only, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: Dialogues Des Carmelites Sat. only, 9 a.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu Fri.-Sun., 10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:30, 2:15, 4:15, 5, 7, 10 p.m.; Mon.Wed., 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7, 10 p.m.

Poms Fri.-Sun., 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.

Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie Thurs. only, 7:30 p.m.

Tolkien Fri.-Sun., 10:50 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 p.m.

What We Left Behind: Star Trek DS9 Mon. only, 7 p.m.

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Avengers: Endgame Fri. 11 a.m., 3, 7, 10:30 p.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m., 2:30, 6:30, 10:30 p.m.; Sun.-Wed., 11 a.m., 3, 7, 11 p.m.; Thurs. 11 a.m., 3, 6, 7, 11 p.m.

Batman & Robin Event Tues. only, 7 p.m.

Batman Forever Event Sun. only, 1 p.m.

A Dog’s Journey Thurs. only, 6, 8:45 p.m.

The Hustle Fri. 11:05 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 p.m.; Sat.-Thurs., 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 p.m.

John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Thurs. only, 7, 10:15 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: Dialogues Des Carmelites Sat. only, 9 a.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: Dialogues Des Carmelites — Encore Wed. only, 1, 6:30 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu Fri.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 1:45, 7:15, 10 p.m.

PokÈmon Detective Pikachu 3D Fri.-Thurs., 4:30 p.m.

Poms Fri.-Thurs., 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.

Saga of Tanya the Evil — The Movie Thurs. only, 7:30 p.m.

Tolkien Fri. 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 p.m.; Sat.-Thurs., 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 p.m.

What We Left Behind: Star Trek DS9 Mon. only, 7 p.m.

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Public Notices Introduced by: Vice Mayor Hampton ORDINANCE NO. 7344 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 3.24, SECTION 3.24.030 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR FACILITY USE FEE WAIVERS FOR CIVIC OR PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS CHARGING ADMISSION OR COLLECTING DONATIONS The People of the City of Pasadena ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Pasadena Municipal Code, Title 3, Chapter 3.24, Section 3.24.030 (Administrative jurisdiction), subdivision (E) is

amended to read as follows: E. For purposes of this subsection, the directors of the two departments referenced above shall be the responsible administrative officials, unless otherwise designated by the city manager in writing. The responsible administrative official may allow free use of any facility under that person’s jurisdiction where the user is a local civic or patriotic organization. The city may charge any such user any insurance policy charges pertaining to the use of the premises and for city’s expenses in conditioning or reconditioning the facility before or after its use. The city may also charge any user direct city staff costs for opening, closing and/or supervising activities at the facility.

SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause this ordinance to be published as required by the City Charter.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication.

Signed and approved this 6th day of May, 2019.

Terry Tornek Mayor of the City of Pasadena I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of Pasadena at its meeting held this 6th day of May 2019, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Gordo, Madison, Masuda, McAustin, Wilson, Mayor Tornek NOES: Councilmember Kennedy ABSENT: Vice Mayor Hampton ABSTAIN: None Mark Jomsky City Clerk Date Published: May 9, 2019 Pasadena Weekly ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19GDCP00135 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of DANA-LYNE FISHER, for Change of Name.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Dana-Lyne Fisher filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Dana Lynn Fisher to Dana-Lyne Fisher. b.) Danalynn Fisher to Dana-Lyne Fisher. C.) Danaline Fisher to Dana-Lyne Fisher 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: 06/26/2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: D. The address of the court is 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: April 10, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19PSCP00139 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of SHIQI WANG, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Shiqi Wang filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Shiqi Wang to Emily Shiqi Wang 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: 06/27/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: J Room: 418. The address of the court is 400 Civic Center Plaza Pomona, CA 91766. 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: April 11, 2019. Gloria L. White-Brown, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 Notice of Public Hearing to Amend Single-Family Residential Standards (Mansionization) PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project consists of Zoning Code amendments responding to community concerns related to single-family residential development perceived to be out of scale or character with existing neighborhoods.

The proposed amendments would revise existing development standards related to single-family dwellings within the RS-1, RS2, RS-4, and RS-6 zones.

PROJECT LOCATION: Citywide ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The Planning Commission will consider whether adoption of the proposed Zoning Code amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Class 5 ß15305 Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations and Class 8 ß15308 - Actions

by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment. Class 5 consists of minor alterations in land use limitations in areas with an average slope of less than 20%, which do not result in any changes in land use or density. Class 8 consists of action taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state and local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment.

APPROVALS NEEDED: The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed CEQA exemption and code amendments on May 22, 2019.

The Planning Commission will forward its recommendation to the City Council.

The City Council will make a final decision on the CEQA exemption and proposed amendments at a separately-noticed public hearing.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to receive input from the public and provide comments on proposed revisions to Section 17.22 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, pertaining to the RS-1, RS-2, RS-4, and RS-6 single-family residential zones.

Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: City Hall Council Chamber, Room S249 100 North Garfield Avenue PUBLIC INFORMATION: Any interested party or their representative may appear at the meeting and comment on the project.

Written comments should be sent to Martin Potter, Associate Planner, at the address listed below. If you wish to challenge this matter in court you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the hearing body, at or prior to the public hearing.

For more information about the project and the related environmental documentation or to schedule an appointment: Contact Person: Martin Potter, Planner Phone: (626) 744-6710 E-mail: mpotter@cityofpasadena.net Website: www.cityofpasadena.net/planning Mailing Address: Planning & Community Development Department Planning Division, Community Planning Section 175 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101 ADA: In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, listening assistive devices are available with a 24-hour advance notice. Please call (626) 744-4009 or (626) 744-4371 (TDD) to request use of a listening device. Language translation services are available for this meeting by calling (626) 744-4009 at least 48 hours in advance.

Published on: 5/2/19, 5/9/19 Pasadena Weekly

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING, JUVENILE DEPARTMENT IN RE THE DEPENDENCY OF: TIANA DIANE JACKSON DOB: 9/12/2009 SCOTTI JASON ORTIZ II DOB: 10/22/2010 NO: 18-7-03008-9 SEA 18-7-03009-7 SEA NOTICE OF HEARING TO: * Casandra Renee Jackson, Mother, and/or anyone claiming parental/paternal rights or interest in the children and to All Whom It May Concern: On November 9, 2018, a petition for to appoint Title 13.36 RCW Guardian was filed in the above entitled Court, pursuant to RCW 13.34.080 and/or RCW 26.33.310 regarding the above named children, whose parents are * and Richard Scott Merkey, Father of Tiana Jackson; Scotti Jason Oritz, Father of Scotti Ortiz.

[FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL 206-477-2310, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.]

Said Petition will be heard on June 3, 2019, at the hour of 8:00 a.m., at King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Room E-201, Seattle, WA 98104, before a judge of the above entitled court, at which time you are directed to appear and answer the said petition or the petition will be granted and action will be taken by the court such as shall appear to be for the welfare of the said children.

Dated April 24, 2019.

BARBARA MINER KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CLERK BY: AMD, Deputy Clerk 5/2, 5/9, 5/16/19 CNS-3247991# PASADENA WEEKLY ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19LBCP00148 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of ABRAHAM CABRERA ENCINAS, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Abraham Cabrera Encinas filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.)

Abraham Cabrera Encinas to Abraham Encinas Cabrera 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: 06/04/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: S-26 Room: 5500. The address of the court is 275 Magnolia Ave. Long Beach, CA 90802. 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: April 19, 2019. Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19GDCP00161 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of KAMOROOZ PARCHAM AZAD, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Kamrooz Parcham Azad filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Kamrooz Parcham Azad to Kamrooz Kommy Parchamazad 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: 07/01/19. Time: 8:30 AM.

Dept.: E. The address of the court is 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: April 26, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR TWO WHITE THREE QUARTER TON PICKUP TRUCKS WITH SERVICE BODY Bids will be received electronically through Planet Bids (www.planetbids.com). A bid received after the time set for the bid opening shall not be considered. Bidders are required to submit (upload) all items listed in the BIDDER’S CHECKLIST including acknowledgement of all addendums. Bids will be received prior to 3:00 PM May 21, 2019, and will be opened online at that time. The bids shall be clearly titled: TWO WHITE THREE QUARTER TON PICKUP TRUCKS WITH SERVICE BODY Copies of the Specifications may be obtained by mail or in person from the Purchasing Division, 100 N. Garfield Ave., Room S-349, 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.

Steve Mermell City Manager DATED: MAY 9, 2019 PUBLISH: MAY 9, 2019 Pasadena Weekly NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR WILDLAND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) Bids will be received electronically through Planet Bids (www.planetbids.com). A bid received after the time set for the bid opening shall not be considered. Bidders are required to submit (upload) all items listed in the BIDDER’S CHECKLIST including acknowledgement of all addendums. Bids will be received prior to 3:00P.M. May 28, 2019, and will be opened online at that time. The bids shall be clearly titled: WILDLAND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) Copies of the Specifications may be obtained by mail or in person from the Purchasing Division, 100 N. Garfield Ave., Room S-349, 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.

Steve Mermell City Manager DATED: MAY 9, 2019 PUBLISH: MAY 9, 2019 Pasadena Weekly NOTICE INVITING BIDS for Traffic Signal Indications Safety Improvements In the City of Pasadena, California Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., June 5, 2019, by the City Clerk of Pasadena, 100 N. Garfield Ave. 2nd Floor Room 228, Pasadena, for Traffic Signal Indications Safety Improvements, in the City of Pasadena, California.

Plans and Specifications are available on the City website at: https://www.planetbids. com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=14770.

The Pasadena Supplements and Modifications to the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (ìGreenbookî) is available, if needed, online at: h t t p s : // w w 5 . c i t y o f p a s a d e n a . n e t / public-works/ wp- content /uploads/ sites/52/2016/10/Supplements-and-Modifications-to-the-Green-Book-2006-Edition.pdf From time to time, the City finds it necessary to issue addendum(a) to bid specifications after those bid specifications have been released. Only those parties that have registered with the City as a plan holder on a particular project will receive the addendum(a) for that project. The City is not responsible for notifications to those parties who do not directly register as a plan holder on the City’s database. It is the responsibility of all perspective bidders to register on the City’s database to ensure receipt of any addendum(a) prior to bid submittals. Additionally, information on any addendum(a)

issued for any bid specifications for any project will be available on the City website at: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/ portal.cfm?CompanyID=14770 The City reserves the right to reject as nonresponsive any bid that fails to include the information required by any addendum(a) posted on the City website.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for May 22, 2019 at 8:00a.m. in the Public Works Grand Conference Room, Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave, Basement Floor S038 Pasadena, California. This meeting is to answer any questions regarding the project plans and specifications.

ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY Each Bidder must hold an active Class A License (in addition, if a Bidder intends to perform electrical work with its own work forces, it must hold an active C-10 License) at the time of bid submission, except as to joint venture Bidders, who shall be licensed as provided in Business and Professions Code ßß 7029.1 and 7028.15(c). Electrical subcontractors shall hold an active Class C-10 License. Workers of Class C-10 contractors shall have the appropriate special certification.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 to 1782 of the California Labor Code, the California Department of Industrial Relations has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which work is to be done. A copy of the general prevailing rate of wages is on file with the City Engineer and is available for inspection and reference during regular business hours.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of this public works project unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of Labor Code Section 1771.1 for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

The Contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation (See e.g. 8 Cal. Code Reg. Section 16451(d).

Contractors and Subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the California Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement).

All bids must be accompanied by bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid price, in the form of cash, cashier’s check, money order, or surety bond.

Bids are to be signed and submitted in DUPLICATE. Bidder must submit bids with one ORIGINAL and one COPY, marked as such.

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

STEVE MERMELL City Manager Dated: April 18, 2019 (Authorized by City Attorney) Publish: May 9, 2019, May 16, 2019 Pasadena Weekly

set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Pasadena Weekly. Original filed: April 16, 2019. Ralph C. Hofer, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19GDCP00117 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of ANATOLY DUNAEVSKIY, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Anatoly Dunaevskiy filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Anatoly Dunaevskiy to Antonio Alcazar Moreno 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: 7/3/2019.

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: D. The address of the court is, 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

Bulk Sales Notices

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No.19GDCP00112 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of ALMA DELIA CORTEZ GONZALES, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Alma Delia Cortez Gonzales filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.)

Alma Delia Cortez Gonzales to Alma Delia Cortez Gonzalez 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: 6/5/2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: D. The address of the court is, 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: March 22, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME AMENDED Case No.19GDCP00036 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of FERMAN SUAREZ lll, for Change of Name.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Ferman Suarez lll filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Ferman Suarez lll to Frank Jordan Suarez 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: 06/06/2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E. The address of the court is, 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: April 2, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 NOTICE OF SALE ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the California Self Storage Act. Items will be sold at www. storagetreasures.com by competitive bidding ending on May 14, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Property has been stored and is located at A-1 Self Storage, 2300 Poplar Blvd., Alhambra, CA 91801 Sale subject to cancellation up to the time of sale, company reserves the right to refuse any online bids.

Property to be sold as follows: misc. household goods, computers, electronics, tools, personal items, furniture, clothing, office furniture & equipment, sporting goods, etc.; belonging to the following: Victor Ruffo Rebecca Gonzalez Auction by StorageTreasures.com 800-213-4183 Pasadena Weekly 5/2/19, 5/9/19 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of Ca-

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lif. Business & Professions Code SPACE BANK MINI STORAGE will sell at public auction 10:00am on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 3202 Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA the following personal property: Armijo, F (C-55) Clothes, record albums, suitcases JJ Property (I-5) Vehicle lift parts Kelly, B (R-110) Audio equipment cases, shelves, speakers Kelly, B (R-121) Shelves, guitar case, misc Mozoomdar, I (L-42) Furniture, misc household All sales are subject to prior cancellation.

Sale terms, rules & regulations available at time of sale.

Pasadena Weekly 5/2/19, 5/9/19 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, ALLEN AVENUE SELF STORAGE PASADENA, 234 N. ALLEN AVE PASADENA CA 91106, County Of Los Angeles, State Of California, Above Address Will Sell, To Satisfy Lien Of The Owner, At Public Sale. Auction To Be Conducted Through Online Auction Services of WWW.LOCKERFOX.COM, with bids opening On Or After May 16th, 2019 And Ending On Or After May 23rd, 2019 12:00pm.

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 ETCÖ 324 Vincent Carpenter 515 Miriam Molina Purchases Must Be Made in Cash and Paid at the time of Sale. All Goods are Sold as is and must be Removed within 72 Hours of the time of Purchase. Allen Ave Self Storage-Pasadena Reserves the Right to Retract Bids. Sale is Subject to Adjournment.

Pasadena Weekly 5/9/19, 5/16/19

Summons SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (N˙mero del Caso): EC069445 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ELIZABETH PORTELA YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO EST¡ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): JOSEPH ABE. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program.

You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DÕAS DE CALENDARIO despuÈs de que le entreguen esta citaciÛn y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefÛnica no lo protegen.

Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y m·s informaciÛn en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede m·s cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentaciÛn, pida al secretario de la corte que le dÈ un formulario de exenciÛn de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podr· quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin m·s advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisiÛn a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o

poniÈndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California, county of Los Angeles, Burbank Courthouse, 300 East Olive Avenue Burbank, CA 91502.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la direcciÛn y el n˙mero de telÈfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Patricia Rodriguez, 1492 W. Colorado Blvd., Suite 120 Pasadena, CA 91105; Tel: 626.888.5206 DATE (Fecha): October 2, 2018; Sherri R. Carter, Clerk (Secretario), by H. Hankins, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19

Probate Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JUNE MARGARET CROSS Case No. 19STPB00283 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JUNE MARGARET CROSS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by Steven Jon Cross and Frazer Andrew Cross in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Steven Jon Cross and Frazer Andrew Cross 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 June 6, 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 the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: MEGAN L JONES ESQ SBN 181082 CLARK & TREVITHICK 800 WILSHIRE BLVD 12TH FL LOS ANGELES CA 90017 CN959086 CROSS Apr 25, May 2,9, 2019 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF BARBARA LORAINE BASSETT CASE NO. 19STPB03921 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of BARBARA LORAINE BASSETT. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by Sally Lorraine Goldstein in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Sally Lorraine Goldstein 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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 28, 2019, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 11, Location: 111

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North Hill Street 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: Michael A. Yeager.

SBN 289871 44901-B 10th Street West Lancaster, California 93534 (661) 471-2177 PASADENA WEEKLY 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF NORMAN IRWIN SIEGEL (AMENDED) CASE NO.19STPB03963 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of NORMAN IRWIN SIEGEL. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by Santoso Judo in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Santoso Judo 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 in this court as follows: Date: May 31, 2019, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 4. Location: 111 North Hill Street 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: Jonette M. Montgomery SBN 231145 502 West Grangeville Boulevard Hanford, California 93230 (559) 585-7330 PASADENA WEEKLY 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SAM MOORE WINSTON II CASE NO. 19STPB03927 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SAM MOORE WINSTON II. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by GREGORY R. RYAN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that GREGORY R. RYAN 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: 06/03/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 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 BAHIJ J. JOSEPH - SBN 297224; ANDREI ARMAS - SBN 299703 ARMAS & JOSEPH 800 WEST SIXTH ST. SUITE 320 LOS ANGELES CA 90017 5/9, 5/16, 5/23/19 CNS-3251031# PASADENA WEEKLY NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ANGELINA G. BARAJAS CASE NO. 19STPB04131 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ANGELINA G. BARAJAS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by Michelle Zavala in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Michelle Zavala 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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 4, 2019, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 79 Location: 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.

In Pro-Per: Michelle Zavala 1542 N. Navarro Ave. Pasadena, California 91103 (626) 590-3583 PASADENA WEEKLY 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19

Trustee Sales T.S. No.: 181102323 Notice Of Trustee’s Sale Loan No.: 175 Painter Order No. 95520901 APN: 5725-012-010 You Are In Default Under A Deed Of Trust Dated 7/7/2017.

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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s 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: Besorat Investments Inc., a California corporation Duly Appointed Trustee: Total Lender Solutions, Inc. Recorded 7/13/2017 as Instrument No. 20170784413 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 5/16/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $650,000.00 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 175 Painter Street Pasadena, CA 91103 A.P.N.: 5725-012-010 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 (877) 440-4460 or visit this Internet Web site www.mkconsultantsinc.com, using the file number assigned to this case 181102323.

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: 4/16/2019 Total Lender Solutions, Inc. 10951 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 2F San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 866-535-3736 Sale Line: (877) 440-4460 By: /s/ Chelcey Romeril, Trustee Sale Officer Pasadena Weekly 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 T.S. No. 18-52435 APN: 5730011-037 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/18/2004. 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 bid-

der 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: JULIETTE MARSH WILLIAMS, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 5/27/2004, as Instrument No. 04 1358025, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 6/6/2019 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $436,913.84 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.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 5 0 0 EAST JACKSON STREET PASADENA, California 91104-3621 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust.

A.P.N #.: 5730-011-037 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 (800) 2802832 or visit this Internet Web site www. auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 18-52435. 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: 4/25/2019 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: (800) 280-2832 www.auction.com Michael Busby, Trustee Sale Officer This office is enforcing a security interest of your creditor. To the extent that your obligation has been discharged by a bankruptcy court or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy, this notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a demand for payment or any attempt to collect such obligation EPP 28792 Pub Dates

05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2019 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-17-798434-JB Order No.:170445405-CA-VOO YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/24/2008. 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 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 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): HAGOP J. AIVAZIAN AND ANOUSH AIVAZIAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 2/1/2008 as Instrument No. 20080197286 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 9/13/2011 as Instrument No. 20111242975 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 6/6/2019 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, in the Vineyard Ballroom Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $619,693.78 The purported property address is: 1257 NORTH OXFORD AVENUE, PASADENA, CA 91104 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 5742002-030 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 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www. qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-17-798434-JB. 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. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio

South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17-798434-JB IDSPub #0152714 5/9/2019 5/16/2019 5/23/2019 T.S. No.: 2017-00367-CA A.P.N.:5836-020-028 Property Address: 1944 El Sereno Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103 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 TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

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

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/13/2005.

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: Alejandro M. Palacio, A Married Man as his sole and separate property Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 12/30/2005 as Instrument No. 05 3231205 in book —-, page—- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 06/18/2019 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: $ 854,088.33 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S 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: 1944 El Sereno Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103 A.P.N.: 5836-020-028 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: $ 854,088.33.

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 bidder’s 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 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 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)-9608299 or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/ DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices. aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2017-00367-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: April 22, 2019 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 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19

Fict. Business Names STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO:2019098366 FILE NO: 2016-161172 DATE FILED: 06/27/2016. Name of Business(es) IDEAL TYPE, EMBARK EDITORIAL AGENCY, 790 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 900 #693 Pasadena, CA 91101. REGISTERED OWNER(S): Ideal Type, LLC, 790 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 900 #693 Pasadena, CA 91101. Business was conducted by a Limited Liability Company. 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) Lorna Barbara Partington Walsh TITLE: Managing Member. 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: April 12, 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: Walter Williams, Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019098503 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SPARKLES AND VINTAGE; 8939 Woodman Ave., #8 Arleta, CA 91331, 13740 Oxnard St., Apt. 2 Van Nuys, CA 91401. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Blaire Kimball, 13740 Oxnard St., Apt. 2 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: 1/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Blaire Kimball. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12, 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: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019078508 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ECO CYWINSKI DESIGN STUDIO, ECO’S BEAD BOX; 209 Rosemont Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91775, 2090 PO Box San Gabriel, CA 91778. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Eiko Kubota-Cywinski, 209 Rosemont Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91775. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Eiko Kubota-Cywinski. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 27, 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: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019098722 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NICKSON COMMUNICATIONS; 1355 N. Mentor Avenue #41531 Pasadena, CA 91104.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pamela C. Nickson, 1355 N. Mentor Avenue #41531 Pasadena, CA 91104. 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/: Pamela C. Nickson. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12, 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: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019098798 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CORE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. 745 W. Chester Rd. Covina, CA 91722. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201907710668.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Imvestments LLC, 745 W. Chester Rd. Covina, CA 91722.

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/ Joseph Im. TITLE: Managing Member Corp or LLC Name: Imvestment LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019094144 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PACIFIC PRODUCTIONS. 137 W. Pomona

Ave., Unit E Monrovia, CA 91016. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4236715. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Stone Throw, 137 W. Pomona Ave., Unit E Monrovia, CA 91016.

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/ Anthony Avola.

TITLE: Treasurer. Corp or LLC Name: Stone Throw. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019094697 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FRANCO AMERICAN TEXTILES, OPS COMPANY, DME DISTRIBUTION, FRANCO AMERICAN COMPANY. 1051 Monterey Pass Road Monterey Park, CA 91754. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Max Asie (USA), 1051 Monterey Pass Road Monterey Park, CA 91754. 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: 7/2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Roland Jones. TITLE: President. Corp or LLC Name: Max Asie (USA). This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019094411 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FIREFLY COUNSELING; 130 S. Euclid Ave., Suite 8 Pasadena, CA 91101, PO Box 90771 Pasadena, CA 91109. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Katrin Lynn Koutassevitch, 655 N. Marengo Ave. 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: 2/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Katrin Lynn Koutassevitch. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019095018 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KNEAD 2 TRAVEL; 21678 Wo He Lo Trail Chatsworth, CA 91311, PO Box 7371 Northridge, CA 91327. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Collease McDougal, 21678 Wo He Lo Trail Chatsworth, CA 91311. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business un-

der the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 2/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Collease McDougal. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019094785 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE FAT PO’BOYZ, FAT PO’BOYZ, FAT POBOYS, FAT PO’BOYS, FAT POBOYZ, THE FAT POBOYS, THE FAT PO’BOYS, THE FAT POBOYZ; 2547 Via Campo #4242 Montebello, CA 90640. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Harout Hadjinian, 2547 Via Campo #4242 Montebello, CA 90640. Hagop Hadjinian, 2547 Via Campo #4242 Montebello, CA 90640. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. 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/: Harout Hadjinian.

TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019092027 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BRENDAN COSGROVE DESIGN COMPANY; 1040 San Rafael Ave., Apt. 107 Glendale, CA 91202. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Brendan Cosgrove, 1040 San Rafael Ave., Apt. 107 Glendale, CA 91202. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 8/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Brendan Cosgrove. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 5, 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: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019091937 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: APERTURE VIEW PRODUCTIONS; 2391 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Edward Chan, 8833 Arcadia Ave. San Gabriel, CA 91775. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Edward Chan. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 5, 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: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019096806 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VOXFIRE; 1118 Sheraton Drive La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011, PO Box 34 La Canada Flintridge, CA 91012. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Samela Beasom, 1118 Sheraton Drive La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011, Susan C. Judy, 175 S. Mansfield Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 5/1996. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Samela Beasom. TITLE: General Partner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019095849 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUSTAINERGY, SUSTAINERGY ADVISORS; 87 Auburn Ave. Sierra Madre, CA 91024.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Victor R. Aguilar, 87 Auburn Ave. Sierra Madre, CA 91024. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Victor R. Aguilar. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019073844 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRAM’S STUDIO; 655 W. Arrow Hwy., Ste. #4 San Dimas, CA 91773. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Tram Pham-Hong, 655 W. Arrow Hwy., Ste. #4 San Dimas, CA 91773THIS 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/: Tram Pham-Hong. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 21, 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 pro-

fessions code). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019094419 Type of Filing: Original. 1730 El Vista Circle Arcadia, CA 91006 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SOUL POWER PRODUCTIONS; 1730 El Vista Circle Arcadia, CA 91006. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Stephen James Licata IV, 1730 El Vista Circle Arcadia, CA 91006, Anthony Emilio Licata, 1730 El Vista Circle Arcadia, CA 91006. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. 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/: Stephen James Licata IV. TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 4/18/19, 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019102551 MINI BEAUTY EYELASH. 3571 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Mini Beauty Inc., 3571 E. Colorado Blvd.

Pasadena, CA 91107. 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: 3/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Songfeng Wu. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Mini Beauty Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019098682 PILLAR TO POST HOME INSPECTORS SOCAL. 1020 S. Marengo Ave., Unit 5 Pasadena, CA 91106, 281 E. Colorado Blvd., #2157 Pasadena, CA 91101. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Velez Business Enterprise LLC, 1020 S. Marengo Ave., Unit 5 Pasadena, CA 91106. 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/ Spencer J. Velez. TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: Velez Business Enterprise LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12, 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: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019097500 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: K15 SERVICES; 804 S. Orange Grove Blvd.

Pasadena, CA 91105. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Kath-

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Pasadena, CA 91105. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Katherine Nuetzel. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019101853 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VIDADESARAH; 6086 La Prada St., #5 Los Angeles, CA 90042. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sarah Jazmin Cortes, 6086 La Prada St., #5 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: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Sarah Jazmin Cortes. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019101783 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DREAMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES; 23753 Cabezo Ct. Valencia, CA 91355.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Daniel Reams, 23753 Cabezo Ct. Valencia, CA 91355. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Daniel Reams. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019090546 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VILLANEDA HEATING & AIR; 6150 Carmelita Ave. Huntington Park, CA 90255. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Nicolas Villaneda, 6150 Carmelita Ave. Huntington Park, CA 90255. 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/: Nicolas Villaneda. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 4, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section

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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: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019099676 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SOUTH SEA INVESTMENT; 767 N. Hill Street Suite 304 Los Angeles, CA 90012.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Elaine Dotlin Leung, 767 N. Hill Street Suite 304 Los Angeles, CA 90012.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 3/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Elaine Dotlin Leung. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019100050 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:

AWKN BIZ LA, AWAKENN BIZ LA; 12840 Moorpark Street Suite 307 Studio City, CA 91604. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christina M. Lemon, 12840 Moorpark Street Suite 307 Studio City, CA 91604. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Christina M. Lemon. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019088557 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ALLAMERICAN GLOW; 2940 N. Verdugo Rd., Unit 307 Glendale, CA 91208. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sharleen Padua, 2940 N. Verdugo Rd., Unit 307 Glendale, CA 91208. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Sharleen Padua. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 4/25/19, 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019110624 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PLOTFIX; 993 E. Poppyfields Dr. Altadena, CA 91001. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Chelsee Glover-Odom, 993 E. Poppyfields Dr. 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: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Chelsee Glover-Odom. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 26, 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019100011 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: YH’S SOURDOUGH; 1103 Winifred Avenue Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Young Hee Bain and Jeffrey Bain, 1103 Winifred Avenue Pasadena, CA 91107. 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/: Young Hee Bain. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019102086 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ATAIPOUR COUNSELING CENTER; 9777 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 707 Beverly Hills, CA 90212. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Mahtab Ataipour, 10747 Wilshire Blvd., Unit 1302 Los Angeles, CA 90024. 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/: Mahtab Ataipour. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019096412 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PLANIT LA; 6200 Canoga Ave., Suite 360 Woodland Hills, CA 91367. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hasmig Jasmine Boyajian, 20051 Ingomar Street Canoga Park, 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: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Hasmig Jasmine Boyajian TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019110690 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BBQ HOUSE CAUCASIA; 23120 Lyons Ave., #9 Newhall, CA 91321. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ara Aroutyounian, 23120 Lyons Ave., #8 Newhall, CA 91321. 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/: Ara Aroutyounian TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 26, 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019102371 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WISDOM, WISDOM DISTRIBUTION, FIRST IMPRESSION LIVE SCAN AND SERVICES,

RUTH SALUD, WISDOM COLLECTIONS, WISDOM DEVELOPERS, WISDOM INVESTMENTS, WISDOM MANAGEMENT. 24406 Marbella Avenue Carson, CA 90745, 24325 Crenshaw Blvd., #401 Torrance, CA 90505. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Jemms Foundation LLC, 24406 Marbella Avenue Carson, CA 90745. 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: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Mary Ruth Salud. TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: Jemms Foundation LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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). Publish: Pasadena Weekly.

Dates: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019108982 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TMJ MODELS; 11684 Ventura Blvd., #253 Studio City, CA 91604. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Terita Marie Jackson, 11684 Ventura Blvd., #253 Studio City, CA 91604. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 6/2012. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Terita Marie Jackson. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 24, 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019098702 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ANIMAL MEDICAL HOSPITAL. 2116 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pet Care Providers A Veterinary Corporation, 2116 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107. 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: 5/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Andrea Hsu. TITLE: Vice President, Corp or LLC Name: Pet Care Providers A Veterinary Corporation. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12, 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019104724 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE KARMIC COUGAR’S COZYPAWZ ART STUDIO AND WORKSHOP; 725 E. Santa Anita Ave., Apt. #A Burbank, CA 91501. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lynn Whipple-Dodson, 725 E. Santa Anita Ave., Apt. #A Burbank, CA 91501. 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/: Lynn Whipple-Dodson. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 19, 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019092050 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 22 RED, 22 RED LA; 810 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Department M LLC, 810 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101. 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: 02/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Amy Sulahian. TITLE: Treasurer. Corp or LLC Name: Department M LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 5, 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019089362 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MODERN AUTO BODY; 2202 E. Rosecrans Ave Compton, CA 90221. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) George Desatoff, 1327 Arrow Wood Dr. Brea, CA 92821. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 1/1975. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: George Desatoff. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 5/2/19, 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019112363 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: IMPACT DIGITAL CONSULTING, I AM NET WORTHY, I AM NETWORTHY. 170 E. Walnut St., Apt 115 Pasadena, CA 91103. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Awesome Financial Future, LLC, 170 E. Walnut

St., Apt 115 Pasadena, CA 91103. 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/ Chris Smith. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Awesome Financial Future, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 29, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019117100 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FURTASTIC. 168 W. Green St., Suite 107 Pasadena, CA 91105, 1905 Glen Avenue Pasadena, CA 91103. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Kitahara LLC, 1905 Glen Avenue Pasadena, CA 91103. 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/ Sari Kitahara. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Kitahara LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019110525 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SENIOR H.O.M.E., SENIOR HOME OPTIONS MADE EASY. 9548 Hayvenhurst Ave., Northridge, CA 91343, 19300 Rinaldi St., #7789 Porter Ranch, CA 91326. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Coin CO. Holdings, LLC, 19300 Rinaldi St., #7789 Porter Ranch, CA 91326. 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: 04/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Shawna Priscila Dungo.

TITLE: CFO, Corp or LLC Name: Coin CO. Holdings, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 26, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019099267 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BROADWAY DENTAL OFFICE. 727 E. Broadway Glendale, CA 91205. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) J. Dang Dental, A Professional Corporation, 727 E. Broadway Glendale, CA 91205. 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: 04/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Jimmy Dang. TITLE: Presi-

dent, Corp or LLC Name: J. Dang Dental, A Professional Corporation. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019117463 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WHO WHAT WEAR. 750 N. San Vicente Blvd., Ste. 800 E West Hollywood, CA 90069. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Clique Brands, Inc., 750 N. San Vicente Blvd., Ste. 800 E West Hollywood, CA 90069. 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: 03/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Brianna Schultz. TITLE: CFO, Corp or LLC Name: Clique Brands, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019116063 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JOSE LUIS ESPINOZA PAINTING AND DECORATING. 904 East Mountain View Terrace Alhambra, CA 91801, PO Box 6899 Alhambra, CA 91802. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) JLE Painting, 904 East Mountain View Terrace Alhambra, CA 91801. 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/ Jose Luis Espinoza Jr. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: JLE Painting. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 2, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019095433 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DOWN THE STREET DESIGNS; 5619 N. Figueroa St., #203 Los Angeles, CA 90042. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Paul Zappia, 845 Sanborn Ave., Unit 23 Los Angeles, CA 90029, Colin Ozawa, 375 E. 2nd St., #402 Los Angeles, CA 90012, Remo Bangayan, 1248 Âş New Hampshire Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90029. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 04/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Colin Ozawa. TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 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).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019114433 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CARRIER SHELL CURRICULUM; 935 N. Oakland Ave. Pasadena, CA 91104, PO Box 40831 Pasadena, CA 91114. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christine Echeverri, 935 N. Oakland Ave. Pasadena, CA 91104. 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 Echeverri.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 1, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019115003 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LILIUM LITERARY; 3579 E. Foothill Blvd., 219 Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Keisha Hellon, 3579 E. Foothill Blvd., 219 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/: Keisha Hellon. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 1, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019107435 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE TONK HONKYS, TONK HONKYS COLLECTIVE; 1436 Alpha Ave. Pasadena, CA 91104.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) George Ritter, 1436 Alpha Ave Pasadena, CA 91104, Benjamin T. Morehead, 815 N. Fuller Ave., 8 Los Angeles, CA 90046, Brian Christopher Allen, 4834 Lincoln Ave Los Angeles, CA 90042, Charles Brack Bradley lll, 2103 Quail Run Jasper, AL 35504. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: George Ritter. TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 23, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019107525 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SYNCATRACK; 10520 Burbank Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601, 1436 Alpha Ave. Pasadena, CA 91104. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) George Ritter, 1436 Alpha Ave Pasadena, CA 91104, Bert Selen Inc., 5510 Beck Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91601. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 05/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: George Ritter. TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 23, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019110885 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SLAY INVESTMENTS; 1118 E. 88th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90002, PO Box 90415 Los Angeles, CA 90009. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Silas Youngblood, 1118 E. 88th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90002, Linda Youngblood, 1118 E. 88th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90002. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 03/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Linda Youngblood. TITLE: Wife. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 26, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019112837 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VIRAL MARKETING MEXICALI; 16370 East Chella Drive Hacienda Heights, CA 91745. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Marie Hazel Llamado-Lee, 16370 East Chella Drive Hacienda Heights, CA 91745.

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/: Marie Hazel Llamado-Lee. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 30, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019118401 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: APPLIANCE GENERAL; 2953 Crooked Creek Dr. Diamond Bar, CA 91765. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Yolanda Theresa Taranto, 2953 Crooked Creek Dr.

Diamond Bar, CA 91765. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 11/2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Yolanda Theresa Taranto. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 6, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019098779 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LOVELY INTENTIONS; 1254 W. 103rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90044, PO Box 26032 Anaheim, CA 92825. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sandra Perez, 103rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90044. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 04/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Sandra Perez. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019111194 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ALL OUT MANAGEMENT; 4605 Sylmar Ave., Apt. 301 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Kevin Cossette, 4605 Sylmar Ave., Apt. 301 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. 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/: Kevin Cossette. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 26, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019108008 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RAVENA CONSULTING; 4324 Gundry Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ana Gomez Lemmen Meyer, 4324 Gundry Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 4/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Ana Gomez Lemmen Meyer. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 24, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019110997 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SERENITY THERAPY; 3827 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Adrine Davtyan, 3827 East Colorado Blvd., 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/: Adrine Davtyan. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 26, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019113960 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARK ATM; 1444 Corson St. Pasadena, CA 91106.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Alex Gamboa, 1444 Corson St. Pasadena, CA 91106, Dominic Foley, 3035 Treefern Dr. Duarte, CA 91010, Anthony Luis Espana, 483 Atchison St. Pasadena, CA 91104 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 04/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Alex Gamboa. TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 1, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019112336 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BOTTOMLINE MANAGEMENT & ASSOCIATES, BOTTOMLINE MANAGEMENT, BOTTOMLINE MANAGEMENT GROUP; 2500 East Foothill Blvd., Unit 410 Pasadena, Ca 91107.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) John Louis Russell, 2500 East Foothill Blvd., Unit 410 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/: John Louis Russell.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 29, 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: 5/9/19, 5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19

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THURSDAY 05.09.19 Caltech and the Pasadena Playhouse present “MACH 33: The Caltech/Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New, Science Driven Plays,” staged readings of new, unpublished plays exploring scientific, mathematical and technological questions, at 7 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena.

Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for Playhouse members and students. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org.

FRIDAY 05.10.19 Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles perform works by Telemann, Mozart, Fauré, Shostakovich and Saint Saëns starting at 8 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Caltech’s Hameetman Center/Frautschi Music Room, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena. Free. Call (626) 395-3295 or visit events.caltech.edu.

SATURDAY 05.11.19 The Travel Expo, a consumer-focused show showcasing cultures, experiences and people from around the world, runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Admission is $15 per person, two for $19 or family passes for three for $24. Call (626) 793-2122 or visit visitpasadena.com/events/travel-expo/.

SUNDAY 05.12.19 The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, led by Artistic Director Fernando MalvarRuiz, performs a Spanish language version of “Ave Mari” by Henry Mollicone, Michael Bojesen’s “Gloria,” and works by Pergolesi and Mark Hayes. It starts at 7 p.m. at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Tickets are $27 to $46. Call (626) 793-4231 or visit lachildrenschorus.org.

MONDAY 05.13.19 Thomas Allbaugh, author of the dark humor novel “Apocalypse TV,” and Dahlia Schweitzer, author of “Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses and the End of the World,” present two views of apocalypse anxiety in the 21st century starting at 7 p.m. at the Pasadena Public Library’s Central Branch, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena. Free. Call (626) 744-4066 or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net.

TUESDAY 05.14.19 J.C. Hyke’s Songwriter Serenade features Ric Taylor, Pat Nason, Tim Tedrow, Emanuela Bellezza and Tieg at 7 p.m. at Matt Denny’s Ale House Restaurant, 145 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. No cover. Visit jchyke.com.

WEDNESDAY 05.15.19 Painting with Nan Rae runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Wednesday at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Newcomers are welcome. Cost is $50 per session. Call (818) 842-6489 to register and visit huntington.org for information.

THURSDAY 05.16.19 R&B artist King James Brown performs his dynamic James Brown tribute show at The Rose, 245 E. Green St., Pasadena. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music starts at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $25. Call (888) 645-5006 or visit wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com.

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CHOICE EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF 05.09–05.16

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER

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