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ON THE COVER: Legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert’s namesake foundation has granted more than $185 million to arts organizations since 1988. The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts has given $8 million to its winners since 1994. Photo by Dewey Nicks. Design by Arman Olivares.

An Open Letter in Support of the Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department To the Honorary Members of the City Council, City Officers, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department, members of the California Heritage Museum, friends and neighbors, It has long been our premise that the soul of our community is its arts. Over the decades, innovative arts organizations have produced art, exceptional music and dance, theater and much more. Artists and arts organizations have gathered here because over the years, the City of Santa Monica has been noted for supporting creativity through grants and intellectual support from the Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department.

It should be emphasized 100 times over that tourists flock to Santa Monica for its beautiful beaches, luxury hotels and yes, its arts programming. Programs that are designed and created here, on the West Coast, before they ever travel to New York and out of town venues. Creativity does not flourish without traditional financial support that we have come to expect from such a colorful and energetic Santa Monica art community. To

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that end, we thank city government for your past support of the Cultural Affairs Department and beg you to reconsider the rush to cut local budgets that may in turn devastate the arts as we know it.

An active arts program scheduled for the upcoming post pandemic months, can only bring a wealth of tourists to our community. Traditionally, our many hotels have pushed these visitors out their doors each morning to [travel] to our local museums to see young experimental work, as well as successful mature work of artists who display their art and inventive projects at venues such as the California Heritage Museum and exciting galleries at Bergamot Station. Additionally, visitors attend lectures, concerts on the pier, and summer surf movies on the Heritage Museum’s expansive lawn. Traditional theater and dance are among the hundreds of programs that are provided by the City of Santa Monica throughout its yearly schedule.

We expect the arts. We visit the arts. The arts have become a part of our soul that we truly cannot live without. Allow the arts to become a significant part of our city’s recovery. This is not a political issue. It is an issue about

the fundamental rights of our community to expect the arts as an essential part of our daily lives. The California Heritage Museum is forwarding this letter to our “Arts” email list which is comprised of more than 8,500 people from this community: your neighbors.

Please do not disappoint us. Support the programming envisioned by our Cultural Affairs Department. Support the arts in our daily lives.

Thank you.

Respectfully yours, Tobi Smith Executive Director The California Heritage Museum, The Heritage Museum Staff, The Heritage Museum Board of Directors, The Heritage Museum Advisory Board, The Heritage Museum Main Street Board of Advisors, The Heritage Museum LGBTQ Advisory Board, and the Museum’s newest support group, the Parent/Teacher Committee of “Young Women in the Arts” Express Yourself: Mr. Potato Head-Style I thought you might be interested in my latest money(Continued on page 4)

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Last Chance for Lincoln Apartments?

Affordable housing project in Venice faces community opposition ahead of LA City Planning Commission presentation

By Kellie Chudzinski Venice residents gathered last May in the St. Mark parish hall for the first public discussion on what would become the Lincoln Apartments project.

Now, a year later, the church community and nearby locals are at odds with the project backers as Venice Community Housing (VCH) prepares for the final approval presentation before the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (CPC) at 8 a.m.

Thursday, May 28.

Those opposed to the project claim it puts the 300 kindergarten through eighth grade students attending St. Mark School at risk.

VCH, partner Safe Place for Youth (SPY), and local supporters, on the other hand, say the development is needed, as the homeless population in Venice nears 1,200, and insist changes have been made to the development’s plans to accommodate concerns.

Created as a partnership by VCH and SPY, the complex would provide 39 apartment units of affordable housing, with 20 apartments set aside for those experiencing chronic homelessness and 19 for youth coming from the foster care or juvenile detention systems facing housing insecurity.

Set to be created at the current location of SPY’s offices on Lincoln Boulevard, next to St. Mark Church, the neighborhood is now divided over the project.

“It just feels incredibly disappointing and frustrating — for many years, we’ve basically been providing a Band-Aid... and now we have an opportunity to offer a real and concrete solution — that this is opposed,” said SPY founder and Executive Director Alison Hurst. “More people, especially young people, are falling into homelessness everyday. And what we need is a solution. And we all need to be part of that solution.”

Many parents who spoke to The Argonaut raised concerns over SPY’s extended hours and seven-day a week availability that will be offered at the new complex, below the apartment units, after previous instances of violence outside of the organization’s offices. SPY, which has been at the site since 2015, currently offers limited hours

The Venice Community Housing-backed Lincoln Apartments project proposes the construction of 39 units — some set aside for youth facing housing insecurity — at the site of Safe Place for Youth’s offices on Lincoln Boulevard and Garfield Avenue Executive Director Becky Dennielementary school children and concerns, “There’s two big three days a week. son and supporters say those are young parishioners,” read the things that we will not agree “In my opinion, the manageissues that have been addressed. letter shared with The Argonaut. to,” including no longer ment hasn’t taken adequate According to Dennison, “the Over 850 emails were also sent building the project and to not steps to upgrade the security to misinformation in there [the van in opposition to the project to the use No Place Like Home a level where they would be der Woerd and Harrington letter] is Funds.

LA CPC by locals, according to protecting the children of St. pretty blatant.”

Fight Back Venice, a site Some parents listed suggesMark from their adults,” said No Place Like Home, also known tions and long lists of potential organizing against the Lincoln parent Eric Donaldson. as Proposition 2, fueled concern issues and concerns with the Apartments.

Hurst said that in the six years among parents. The ballot measure, project. For others, it’s location It’s been assumed many of the SPY has been at the location the passed in 2018, created $2 billion rendered it dead in the water. letters were written by parents worst incident involved a man in bonds to create housing for those “This development should not from St. Mark. But, said Sophia wielding a chain, something with serious mental illness who are be located right next to, and Guel-Valenzuala, a parent of which put the school on homeless, chronically homeless, or share walking paths with, an children attending St. Mark and lockdown and came to be at-risk of being chronically elementary school,” said St. nearby Coeur d’Alene Elemencommonly cited by parents homeless.

Mark Church Parish Counciltary, “It is not the perspective of against the project as a sign of Dennison disagreed that those member and school parent all 300 families,” to be opposed. common violence.

Geoffrey Forgione.

Father Albert van der Woerd of who qualified for No Place Like “For the most part,” Hurst said, Home funding were guaranteed to “Supportive housing with no “the thousands of youth that have St. Mark parish, and Teresa bring violence. sober living requirement is not walked in our doors have come in Harrington, principal of the “The facts don’t show that,” she a compatible use next to church’s school, sent out a joint and received resources and have said. “But also, it’s a fair housing elementary school children,” email to parents on May 8, been connected to employment violation. People with disabilities Fogione said. providing reasons for why the and connected to housing and obviously have a right to live in Though others disagreed. “We connected to counseling and have school no longer supported the neighborhoods.” as a community need to find a project and encouraged parents gone on to thrive.”

The project was denied by the solution and not push someone to author letters against the Parent Charley Allen was equally concerned about potential project if they felt inclined to do Venice Neighborhood Council May somewhere else,” added 21, and its Land Use and Planning Guel-Valenzuela, who is also a so. dangerous situations relating to Committee on May 14.

VCH board member.

Said Michael Fitz, a former St. SPY clients and apartment The current proposal for Lincoln As for Dennison, she believes Mark school parent, board residents. Speaking as a licensed Apartments features a non-smoking VCH can and will still work member and church parishioner psychotherapist, “My ultimate rooftop deck, a change Dennison with the community to win of 15 years, “I was very surconcern is the exposure of these support for the project. She said prised that we were, as a church, said that was made when the young children to traumatic community voiced concern. To the property “will also have against this.... I feel like I have experiences,” he said. provide privacy to the schoolyard, a children and create commuto be in support and be a voice Concern for the children of the privacy wall and mechanical nity.” And, she said: “Will be a for the voiceless.” Fitz, who is school ultimately topped the list equipment, as well as the addition really positive thing for the also a SPY volunteer, said he of all problems with the project. of tall tress, are planned to limit the neighborhood.” decided to vocalize his support The Archdiocese of Los Angeles space and sight lines. for the “safety of the kids who and the Superintendent of “Measurements were done on the don’t have a voice, the members Visit planning.lacity.org/about/ Catholic Schools sent a letter in patio and every single line was of SPY.” commissions-boards-hearings opposition to the project to the taken care of there,” Dennison said, to learn more about Thursday’s In the letter, van der Woerd and LA CPC. adding gates are also planned for Harrington raised concerns about meeting. Call 1 (669) 900-6833 “The Lincoln Apartments the alley, which leads Garfield, to the project, including its rooftop to offer public comment or supportive housing project protect children in cross traffic. deck and potential sightlines to (213) 621-2489 to listen in. The presents very real dangers to our Dennison said that while VCH the playground, the shared alley meeting ID is 965 8745 5027.

Catholic school and church and funding for the project. VCH remains willing to accommodate community, in particular to our

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A Letter to the Class of 2020 Your grit, determination and resilience will go down in history

By Dr. Ben Drati The author is the superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.

Dear Samohi, Malibu High School and Olympic High School Class of 2020, The year 2020 will go down in history as an unprecedented global pandemic that has upended life for millions of people in the world, including the Class of 2020. We had envisioned seniors going to prom, looking forward to Grad Nites, attending awards banquets, playing spring sports and sending out graduation invitations to friends and family.

Instead, you are stuck at home finishing off your senior year with distance learning and its challenges, the events you were looking forward to cancelled, postponed or re-envisioned. You may be filled with an uneasiness and uncertainty about what the next weeks, months and even years, may hold.

Class of 2020, my heart aches for you. I am so sorry that the final, joyous moments of your preschool-12 experience have been cut short by a worldwide pandemic. When you started your senior year back in August, none of us had any way of knowing that it would end so differently than years past, without the same traditions that all of us have experienced and celebrated. Coronavirus would completely change life as we know it.

Even though the future is still undetermined, it still does not feel real that March 12 could have been your last day of high school, ever. We’ve heard the #OneMoreDay, and understand the desire to be together one more time. Some of you are mourning the loss of your senior year. Many of you feel frustrated and upset and question why this is happening to you. Some of you are just eager to move on and begin the next chapter of your lives.

One thing I know for certain, is that during this difficult time, you have learned lessons that you will carry with you for the

“Never forget that you are stronger for having experienced this moment in history together.” — Dr. Ben Drati rest of your life. In speaking with many of you, you have shared some of the ways these lessons and life skills will serve you well in college, career and beyond.

Adapting to unexpected changes — Your life changed overnight. You had to adapt in so many ways: from the way you do school, to the way you interact with your friends, to the way you maintain your social, physical and emotional health.

Since we know the only constant in life is change, the more you are equipped to deal with it, the better.

Working and learning remotely — Just as you are distance learning from home,

many of your parents are working remotely from home as well. Working and learning remotely will increasingly become the norm in a postcoronavirus world. The independence and ownership that you are displaying will serve you well.

Managing your time — In college and adult life, there are many distractions, just as there are at home currently. How do you decide when to study versus going surfing or shopping with your friends? Sleep in or work out? Do your job and fit in homework, too? Time management is one of the most important life skills you can master as a young adult, and many of you

are receiving a crash course in it right now.

Cherishing moments with your family — This unexpected time at home, for better or for worse, has increased the quality time you are spending with your family and loved ones. Make the most of it. Cherish every moment, as these moments will pass quickly as you grow older.

Learning new life skills — Some of you are taking the opportunity to learn new life skills during your extended time at home: cooking, cleaning, laundry, budgeting, home improvement work, home repairs, etc. As I like to say, some of the best learning can occur outside of the classroom.

Becoming more resilient — Michelle Obama once said, “You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage.

Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.” You are developing grit, resilience and determination as you struggle.

Never forget that you are stronger for having experienced this moment in history together.

Learning the importance of community and giving back — I have heard many uplifting stories about our SMMUSD students making a difference in our communities. Students have been making masks and other protective gear, helping needy families with food and necessities, providing words of encouragement and goodie bags to medical workers and more.

All around us, young people are taking the lead in giving back to those in need. We appreciate your leadership, compassion and generous hearts.

As your superintendent, know that I am incredibly proud of you. We know there’s no substitute for the traditional year-end ceremonies, but we have had discussions with students, staff and parents who are all working hard to plan alternatives that honor you and all that you’ve accomplished.

Class of 2020, this pandemic has given all of us more of an appreciation for life and the simple things we once took for granted. Many of us are longing for that opportunity just to see our friends face-to-face one more time. This experience has bonded all of us together as a stronger school community.

While coronavirus may have taken away several months of your senior year, it can never take away the laughter, friendship and memories that you’ve made with your classmates, teachers and families over the past 13 years in SMMUSD. Please connect with your school administration to learn how we are honoring and celebrating your graduation success.

Stay strong and know that your time at SMMUSD has prepared you for a brighter future. We wish you all the best in health and success in your future.

Your superintendent, Dr. Ben Drati SMMUSD

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Boundless Generosity The Herb Alpert Foundation’s spirit of giving fortifies art makers and organizations against COVID-19

By Christina Campodonico The T.S. Eliot saying goes that “April is the cruelest month,” and this year as COVID-19 put its stamp on almost every aspect of daily life, it rang especially true for artists and arts organizations — preceded by an equally brutal March.

Late that month, downtown LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) laid off 97 part-time workers. The same day, the Hammer Museum in Westwood dismissed 150 of its part-time employees. In April, a survey of 11,000 artists applying for emergency aid from the national arts coalition Artist Relief and co-sponsored by the nonprofit advocacy group Americans for the Arts, found that 67% of California-based respondents were unemployed and 80% of those surveyed did not yet have a plan for recovering from the crisis.

While theaters and galleries from the heart of downtown to Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station sit in limbo under LA County’s ever-shifting stay-at-home order, and a quarter of SoCal galleries surveyed by the LA Times say they are facing permanent closure if the conditions of the pandemic do not improve quickly, there are glimmers of hope.

Earlier this spring, the J. Paul Getty Trust launched a $10-million LA Arts COVID-19 Relief Fund to aid small and mid-sized visual arts organizations, then co-launched a $650,000 relief fund for visual artists in LA County. The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs recently launched a second round of emergency artists relief funding.

Among the organizations aiding artists and arts organizations during the COVID-19 crisis is the Santa Monica-based Herb Alpert Foundation. The brain child of legendary pop trumpeter and A&M Records cofounder Herb Alpert, the musician’s namesake philanthropic organization honored the recipients of the 26th annual

Herb Alpert Award in the Arts on Friday, May 22, during a virtual Zoom ceremony attended by 200 people from across the internet.

For Alpert (who trusts the selection of the winners to a cohort of expert panelists), the question of backing the arts right now during this “crazy time” is a no-brainer.

“The arts are so critical to everyone’s lives,” the 85-year-old Alpert said over the phone.

“Instead of reducing the amount of money that’s going into the arts, we’ve got to think about supporting artists. They’re the second responders. We know we need the first responders for human health, but the second responders are the artists of the world, the painters, the sculptors, the musicians, the dancers. Those are the people that keep us buoyant. … They’re the ones that keep us thinking happy and help to get us through life.”

This year’s winners are choreographer Karen Sherman, filmmaker Sky Hopinka, jazz trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, New York theater maker Phil Soltanoff and fine artist Firelei Báez.

The award — a $75,000 unrestricted gift administered by the California Institute for the Arts and granted to each of five exceptional mid-career artists in the fields of dance, music, film/video, theater, and visual arts after a rigorous selection process — not only serves as a landmark moment of recognition and investment in an artist’s career, but carries special meaning this year as many artists struggle to make ends meet and figure out how to continue making work under strained circumstances such as closed venues and/or canceled or postponed performances.

“I’m overwhelmed,” said Soltanoff, his voice breaking as he accepted his award and spoke of the thematic alignment between his experimental theatrical work on “Star Trek’s” Captain Kirk and that of the Herb

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Since 1988, Tijuana Brass bandleader Herb Alpert has used his fortune to support a spectrum of artistic and philanthropic causes Alpert Awards. “To go where no man has gone before… that spirit is something I believe in, and I feel the Herb Alpert Awards supports…”

“It gives me a vote of confidence in what I’m doing,” Soltanoff said in an earlier phone conversation. “The acknowledgment from my colleagues is fantastic. The money’s fantastic. … It allows me to have the studio and not worry about paying rent on it. It allows me to get a piece of equipment I’ve had my eye on. ... It gives me a chance to dance with my imagination.

“The money becomes really a way to get through the next period of time before touring and residencies and workshops can safely start up again,” he added.

“To be able to focus and have some quietude and be able to reflect is kind of an endangered species when you have to worry about how you’re going to pay rent,” said awards director Irene Borger. “It’s quite wonderful to be able to support artists who are doing deep work. … This is a kind of shelter from the storm.”

For other artists, like Grammynominated Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, receiving the Herb Alpert Award in music was a full circle moment.

“I grew up listening to Mr. Alpert’s music,” said the musician. “It’s a huge part of my musical heart. … To be part of this award just means the most.”

“Some of my fondest memories are of listening with my grandparents around the kitchen table. Mr. Alpert’s Tijuana Brass recordings were a big part of that time for me,” he added in a statement.

“The honor is beyond words. His contribution musically, which obviously was integral in my nourishment as I developed, is boundless. His full commitment to help support, champion and uplift other artists and outliers… shows the grace within and why he is one of the G.O.A.Ts. (Greatest of All Times).”

Yet the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is just the tip of the iceberg for the support that the Herb Alpert Foundation gives financially. Since its founding in 1988, the foundation has granted more than $185 million to arts, music and nonprofit organizations such as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (now the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance) at UCLA, the California Alliance for Arts Education, programs at Santa Monica’s The Broad Stage and 18th Street Arts Center, and P.S. Arts, which operates in Santa Monica public schools. Separately, the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts has given $8 million to individual artists and the handling of the awards since 1994.

“I sometimes think of it as a pyramid,” said Herb Alpert Foundation President Rona Sebastian. “And at the base of the

pyramid is all the young people.

We do a lot of programs that are really designed to give the arts experience to as many young people as we can. And then as you go up the pyramid you see how we kind of fine-tune and hone in our programmatic support. … And at the tippy top, I would say is really the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts.”

In response to the financial crises facing arts and nonprofit organizations due to the pandemic, the Herb Alpert Foundation has “front-loaded” its aid — giving grants to its partner organizations such as homelessness services nonprofit Chrysalis earlier this year to make up for revenue lost from canceled fundraisers or galas and given even more flexibility to how recipients utilize the funding.

“It’s really a combination of flexibility and immediate response,” said Sebastian. “We’ve always historically had a policy of primarily giving non-restricted giving because we have felt that it’s really the nonprofit organizations and their leadership that know best. ... In response to COVID-19, we see that a lot of foundations who didn’t do that in the past are now pivoting… and [giving] the organizations non-restrictive giving. … We’re actually pleased to see that a lot of other foundations are now following that lead.” christinac@argonautnews.com

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‘Left Out in the Rain’ Westside small businesses struggle with loan programs and rent, ask for more assistance amid pandemic

By Kellie Chudzinski As the novel coronavirus lockdown continues to put a strain on small businesses across the country, local business owners used District 11 Councilman Mike Bonin’s phone town hall on May 14 as a chance to voice their troubles and get some answers.

“I’m just a little guy. And I feel like I’m just left out in the rain,” said Richard Glass, a hair stylist and owner of Glass Hair Design in Venice. He, along with hundreds of thousands of others across the state, applied for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) back in March, though he had not yet heard back at the time.

The feeling of helplessness, struggles with the varied loan programs and repayments, as well as difficulties staying afloat were echoed by other owners from the Westside as they had the chance to engage with Bonin, Terri Billups from SBA, Deputy Mayor of Economic Development Billy Chun and Carolyn Hull of L.A.’s Economic and Workforce Development Department.

As the state of California and Los Angeles allow retail businesses to reopen for in-store shopping this week, the viability and financial uncertainty for some local businesses owners in services such as personal grooming and fitness still looms.

Glass, a born and raised

“I’m just a little guy. And I feel like I’m just left out in the rain. …

I’m just at my wits’ end. I don’t have any clue.”

– Richard Glass, Glass Hair Design, Venice

Councilman Mike Bonin continued his town hall series with a teleconference focused on resources and support for local businesses Venice local, shared that as he waited for loan relief he was struggling not only to pay rent on his business space, but also for his residence.

“My landlords are asking for their rents and I don’t have it,” he said. “I’m just at my wits’ end, I don’t have any clue.”

Seventy-five percent of small business owners are struggling to make rent or lease payments, according to results of a survey conducted by Bonin’s office, though the number of respondents was not noted. The city and county have put moratoriums in place for commercial evictions, but others on the call disclosed fights with landlords over missed payments.

One woman on the call who identified herself as Sandy and the owner of a yoga studio in the Marina Peninsula for 18

years also shared her struggle.

“We really need some help, desperately right now,” she said. “I’ve had my business for nearly 20 years. I’ve never had a problem paying, but right now I’m getting harassed by my landlord, too.”

Offering some support, Chun said due to limits in place on evictions landlords “could raise as much noise as they want, but they really can’t do anything about it.”

Multiple callers voiced trouble contacting banks and getting information on the status of loan applications through SBA’s program and receiving funds, while others were frustrated with loans entirely.

“Where’s the actual aid that comes in the form of grants?”

Audrey Woollen, owner of Urbanic Paper Boutique on

Abbot Kinney, asked. “All [loans] do is make us owe more money. And none of us are going to have it because we’re all losing business for who knows how many months.

We’ve got close to no income...

It puts us in a crippled situation.”

While SBA PPP loans are eligible for forgiveness, if funds are used following terms for payroll and rent percentages, wide scale grants haven’t been available. Los Angeles is also operating its own microloan program for small businesses though Hull said its funds were “almost expired.”

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is expected to introduce new legislation for PPP loans that would give employers more flexibility in using the funds.

Many local businesses would reap the adjustment as, according to the councilman’s survey, 34% have applied for SBA loans and two-thirds have applied for Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance support.

“The only way we’re going to get out of this is we’re going to need massive support from the federal government,” Bonin

said of the various loan programs. “Individuals and cities alike are going to be in deep trouble.”

An April survey by the National Federation of Independent Business found more than 60% of small businesses could fail if the strain lasts past Labor Day. Similarly, Bonin’s survey found 64% believe their businesses will not survive “this economic catastrophe,” as a third have laid off employees while 65% have shut down partially or entirely.

With slow steps being made to reopen businesses, Mario Vollera, owner of Roosterfish and South End in Venice, looked for help in using public space once he is able to reopen to adjust to expected limits on restaurant capacity.

Bonin said he was working on legislation to give businesses use of public spaces including street and sidewalk space for that exact reason. He said: “I think we need to be looking at using some of our public [space] right away to help our small businesses as well.”

“We are struggling. Yes, we all are,” Vollera said. “I think we need to keep a positive attitude.”

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“This newer construction four-bed, four-bath home features an open floorplan with hardwood floors, a first floor family/ media room (fourth bedroom), office nook, a gourmet chefs eat-in kitchen with quartz countertops, custom cabinetry, and stainless-steel appliances, two private balconies, an enclosed yard with custom outdoor BBQ kitchen, perfect for entertaining and the indoor/outdoor California lifestyle. The top floor offers two spacious bedrooms plus a sumptuous master suite with a private balcony and ensuite spa-like bath with dual vanity and walk-in closet. Live in modern comfort with all the benefits that the Playa Vista community has to offer. Amenities include clubhouse, pools, spa, fitness center, playgrounds and dog parks, just to name a few.”

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE Q&A

Home Improvement Projects to Tackle During the Quarantine You’re working from home, which means you’re bored, and you’re looking for stuff to do. If you own your home, that “stuff” probably means home improvement projects. We’ve got tips on what to tackle during the quarantine.

Do an even deeper clean than usual “It’s best to check if your cleaning materials are in the list of approved products released by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),” said the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “While many of these products haven’t been officially tested against the coronavirus, these contain chemicals which were designed to kill similar pathogens.

According to the CDC, it’s best to clean evidently dirty surfaces first with soap and water before disinfecting them. Remember also to wear disposable gloves when you clean. To prevent the spread of viruses and bacteria, clean frequently touched surfaces such as “counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, phones, keyboards, tablets and bedside tables.”

It’s also a good time to change your air filters and opt for a better quality than you typically get. They won’t prevent coronavirus, according to experts. “Your typical HEPA filter is not going to be able to remove coronavirus from the air,” Dr. Erin Sorrell, an assistant professor of microbiology and a member of Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Science and Security, told BuzzFeed News. “The filter itself is .3 microns and the virus itself is roughly .1 microns.”

Clean out your closets “Face it: Even the most organized among us can have a messy closet, and now is the time to make it right,” said Curbed. “Start by taking everything out of the closet, purging what’s no longer used, and cleaning the interior. If it’s a clothes closet, sort your clothes by category and be sure to hang delicate items and stack thicker things like denim. Put your most-used items at the front, while seasonal or rarely used pieces can go up higher or in the back.”

Paint Have some leftover paint around the house?

Touch up those walls and baseboards. If not, home improvement stores are still open if you’re able to get out (and, if you do, be sure to abide by the appropriate social distancing rules and take proper safety precautions).

Walmart also has paint, so you can pick up a couple of cans when you’re getting groceries or other necessities.

Limit the products you need You could run into supply chain issues, backorders, or delivery issues with your renovation, which could delay or derail your project.

Build a garden Not only will it give you something to do, but also something to eat—which can come in handy if the quarantine period goes on for an extended period of time. Fast-growing vegetables likes arugula, lettuce, radishes, spinach, and turnips can “go from seed or

A fresh coat of paint will refresh your space and also make it feel new—which you probably need right about now.

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seedling to harvest size in 40 days or less,” said The Creative Vegetable Gardener.

Stick to projects that are not super labor intensive or that will take a long time Getting projects taken care of in this interesting time is about making smart choices. Someone in the family could get sick, or you could be called back to work sooner than expected. You probably don’t want an unfinished project when it’s time to get back to regular life.

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Bob & Cheryl Herrera, Professional Real Estate Services 310-306-5427 DRE: 00910858 DRE: 01332794

LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE “EXCHANGEABLE PARTS” By YAAKOV BENDAVID and YONI GLATT ACROSS 1 Brings from novel to screen 7 Like some captioning 13 Energy bill letters 16 See 117-Across 19 Victim of Perseus 20 MLB call-up, often 21 “With any luck” 23 Fault a rearrangement of infielders?

25 “Mean Girls” writer and co-star 26 McCann of country 27 Sahara respites 28 Mixer knob 30 Michael who played Juno’s love interest in “Juno” 31 Priest who reared Samuel 32 Swear 33 Like the Sisters in “Macbeth” 34 “__ cryin’ out loud!”

35 Gives surf ratings?

39 Way to one’s heart?

42 “Lucas” co-star 43 Former Arthur Ashe Stadium neighbor 44 Ready, as a range 45 Uber alternative 48 Collection of maps 51 Withdrew 52 Have trouble with Sisyphus?

55 Arranges for party chefs?

58 Friend of Genie in “Aladdin” 59 Dobrev of “The Vampire Diaries” 60 Chaos 61 “__ in!”

65 Celtics star Walker 67 Crafty site?

70 Vision starter 71 Lucy’s sitcom pal 72 Henry James, for much of his life 73 Inside job 75 Big ref. volumes 77 Link letters 78 Masters yoga?

82 Cruising 83 Freud’s homeland 86 __ cords 87 Brutal act of Brutus 89 Equal share, maybe 90 Cupid counterpart 92 “The __ Kid”: 1950s TV Western 96 In need of companionship 97 Ask, “You sure this is diet?”?

102 Some H.S. classes 103 Sushi fillings 104 “__ as good a time ... ” 105 Big name in Marvel Comics history 106 “Toodles” 108 Butler in literature 109 Pursue 111 “Sick” insult 112 Inability to smell 114 Emulate a Jedi?

117 With 16-Across, elaborately designed decoration 118 SoCal locale in a 1987 Cheech Marin title 119 Harm’s way 120 Sounds of disgust 121 NBA’s Cavs, on scoreboards 122 Prepares (oneself), as for a crisis 123 Stable animals DOWN 1 Unhurried bunch 2 Biblical betrayer 3 2015 romantic

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 24 29 32 33 34 36 37 38 39 40 41 44 46 47 49 50 52 53 54 56 57 59

fantasy role for Blake Lively Yellowstone predator “Old Possum” monogram Took a pass Pungent greens Give the slip to Impressed crowd sounds Emulate Olympians Miller and Vonn Statue of Liberty architect Fine point Passed, as bad checks Machinery noise Boo Called the game App buyer “Creations from la cocina” brand What a nervous director may do? __ browns Many profs.

“Woodstock” quartet, initially Plentiful supply Rashida Jones facial feature Iodine source Source of many dramatic quotes: Abbr.

Licks Mars: Pref.

Issa of “Insecure” Since Jan. 1, to CPAs Take from a sale “Criminal Minds” org.

Tin-eared At the drop of __ Golfer Ballesteros Canoeing venue Curly-horned goat Cesspool Author with three 5-letter names Dash alternative, perhaps Seven and

62 63 64 66 68

69 74 76 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 88 91 93 94 95 97 98 99 100 101 103 106 107 108 109 110 111 113 115 116

eleven, in craps Like so Simply First name in jazz Block an access road between hills?

“SNL”-like show that spawned many comedic careers Start of a pirate chant Intermission Once-a-yr. reason for oversleeping? __ pad Bane of Sideshow Bob Wells’ fruit eaters Rose’s Broadway beau Verizon subsidiary Game with Skip cards Lawmaking century Frankfurter’s exclamations Beethoven’s 32 for piano Spare no expense Strong-armed Some operate remotely Montreal’s prov.

Lets loose Patronizes, as a diner Snack Suit fabrics Honorific for Macbeth Bygone recording medium One way to start Dough in Tehran A step down from “Funny!”

Setting of many a “Far Side” comic __-tired Karaoke aid Leeds-to-London dir. “__ chance!”

SMELLS LIKE QUARANTINE SPIRIT I started seeing a guy right before quarantine. In fact, we’ve broken quarantine a lot to be together at his place. I really like him, but I’m worried because our entire relationship has taken place indoors (watching movies, playing video games, sex). We have no experience together in real life, and maybe I don’t know the real him. What if we go to dinner and he’s rude to the wait staff? How can I figure out what kind of person he is when we can’t go to places where we engage with other people?

— Worried You see who people are when they’re tested. That’s why fiction is filled with knights going off on a decades-long perilous quest for the Holy Grail as opposed to briefly looking behind the couch for the Apple TV remote.

However, you don’t have to wait till restaurants reopen to get a sense of whether this dude’s a good guy or some Mr. Complainypants McMantoddler. And frankly, restaurant encounters are a pretty low bar for revealing character.

Most people trying to make a good impression (and especially sociopathic douchesicles) know to contain themselves, genteelly waving their server over rather than yelling across the restaurant,

“Yo, waitslave!”

Because we live in Modernville, our lives are physically easier than at any other time in human history. We go to the gym to get the physical workout we previously would’ve gotten milking the cows and plowing the fields. Hard times that come from both physically and emotionally difficult situations are the gym where character is made and shows itself, where you see whether a person is fragile or “antifragile.” “Antifragile” is a term by risk researcher and former derivatives trader Nassim Taleb to describe how stress and conflict are sources of improvement for living things, strengthening them and making them more able to cope with difficult and unpredictable situations.

In other words, the quarantine can be a good thing for character investigation.

In lieu of dinner dates, you can schedule challenging one-on-one activities that show you what he’s made of. Camping and hiking are two sure character exposers. Or, if you prefer your challenges less wilderness-oriented, you could work together to assemble IKEA furniture.

Consider yourself on the path to happily ever after if you don’t end up with three mysterious pieces of hardware left and/ or murder-suicide each other with an Allen wrench.

TRIAL BY FIREWORKS I seem to need more excitement than most people. After eight months together, my boyfriend and I have fallen into a routine. Simply scheduling regular date nights seems unlikely to improve things. I’m 35, not 5, and I realize an ongoing relationship won’t be as exciting as when it was new, but I’m worried my boredom is a sign I don’t really love him. (And I’m pretty sure I do.)

—Worried Woman Unfortunately, love is not a cure for boredom, so there’s a point in a relationship when it’s tempting to trade a lifetime with Prince Charming for three hours with Prince Random Stranger.

With love and stability comes predictability, the slow, bleak death of excitement.

This is a bummer for anyone in a relationship, but especially hard if you “need more excitement than most people.” That suggests you are a high scorer in a personality trait psychologist Marvin Zuckerman termed “sensation seeking.” It plays out in a jonesing for novel, varied, and intense experiences “and the willingness to take risks for the sake of such experience” (such as risking a relationship for some stranger).

Recognizing that you have this craving could help you meet it in less romantically

destructive ways. You might feed the beast on your own by taking up adrenaline-amping activities like hang gliding or zip lining, or if those are a little out of geographic or budgetary range, jogging through dark alleys in bad parts of town.

To bring more novelty and surprise to your relationship, trade weekly date nights for weekly mystery date nights. Take turns planning them, and keep what you’re planning a secret from the other (save for any necessary information about wardrobe, etc.). Because novelty and surprise are the baby mamas of excitement, even an unexpected date eating hot dogs together on a bench while watching the sun set over a pretty body of water is likely to check the boxes.

But don’t stop at suggesting mystery date nights. Tell your boyfriend why: because you have quite the appetite for excitement. He can’t provide what he hasn’t been told you need, and this breeds resentment. You grow resentful over your unmet needs, and then he grows resentful over your resentment. And because it’s called “making love,” not “confirming hate,” any excitement you two had about sex (with each other) follows general excitement out the door, and “that thing” you do in bed becomes listening through the walls to the neighbors actually having sex.

GOT A PROBLEM? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2020, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter or visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

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Daniel Herbert Franks, Jr., 90, passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at Arbor Terrace of Fairfax in Chantilly, Virginia. He was born in Uniontown, PA on September 12, 1929 son of the late Daniel Herbert and Kathryn (Fowler) Franks. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, Jerry Franks.

Dan graduated from Uniontown High School in 1947, and then studied music at the Dana School of Music at Youngstown College (now Youngstown State University) in Ohio, where he studied Flute performance and Music Education from 1948 to 1952. While attending college he was invited to join the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, where he soon became the first chair (Principal) flutist. He also was mentored for a short time by prominent flutist and teacher William Kincaid before he was drafted into the US Army.

He served his country honorably from 1952 to 1955 during the Korean War. Soon after returning home from Korea he met the love of his life, Ruth Ellen

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If you want to testify, submit a protest, or observe the meeting, p l e a s e v i s i t https://bos.lacounty.gov/BoardMeeting/Board-Agendas or call (213) 974-1411 for updates and instructions on how to participate or provide testimony. Mail written protests/comments to: Los Angeles County Public Works, Sewer Maintenance Division, Re: Protest – Annual Sewer Service Charge Report, P.O. Box 1460, Alhambra, CA 91802-1460. E-mail written protests/comments to Ms. Linh La at lla@pw.lacounty.gov Fax Written protests/comments attention to Ms. Linh La at (626) 300-3365. If you have any questions or would like additional information about the rate increase, please call Ms. Linh La at (626) 300-3340, Monday through Thursday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Individuals requiring reasonable accommodations, interpretation services, and materials in other languages or in an alternate format may contact the Public Works coordinator at (626) 4587901. Requests must be made one week in advance of the scheduled meeting date. Individuals with hearing or speech impairment may use California Relay Service 711. Esta Noticia es para su información solamente, No es una factura. Si no entiende esta noticia o si necesita más información, favor de Ilamar al Departamento de Obras Públicas al (626) 300-3309, de lunes a jueves 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m.

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA SOBRE EL INFORME ANUAL DE CARGOS POR SERVICIOS DE DRENAJES 23 DE JUNIO 2020, 9:30 A.M. SALA DE AUDIENCIAS DEL CONSEJO DE SUPERVISORES, SALÓN 381B KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION 500 WEST TEMPLE STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012 (en la esquina de Temple Street y Grand Avenue) El CONDADO DE LOS ANGELES OBRAS PÚBLICAS, EL DISTRITO CONSOLIDADO DE MANTENIMIENTO DE DRENAJES, Y EL DISTRITO DE MANTENIMIENTO DE DRENAJES DE LA MARINA, EN CUMPLIMIENTO CON ARTICLE XIIID OF THE CALIFORNI A STATE CONSTITUTION Y LA PROPUESTA 218 OMNIBUS IMPLEMENTATION ACT, NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE A TODOS LOS PROPIETARIOS AFECTADOS DE LO SIGUIENTE: El Condado de Los Angeles Obras Públicas propondrá un aumento en el cargo anual por servicio de alcantarillado para las siguientes zonas del Distrito Consolidado de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado. La Zona: ANETA Aumento Propuesto: $170. Actual: $10. Nueva tasa actual para 2020-21: Año fiscal 2020-21: $180. Causa: Para compensar el aumento de los costos de tratamiento y eliminación de aguas residuales a la ciudad de Los Angeles.

La Zona: LAKE HUGHES. Aumento Propuesto: Tres aumentos del 15% anual a partir del año fiscal 2021-22. Actual: $773. Nueva tasa actual para 2020-21: Año fiscal 2021-22: $889; Año fiscal 2022-23: $1,022; Año fiscal 2023-24: $1,176.

Causa: Compensar el aumento de los costos de operación y mantenimiento y cumplir con los requisitos de las agencias reguladoras.

La Zona: TRANCASAumento Propuesto: Tres aumentos del 15% anual a partir del año fiscal 2021-22. Actual: $2,111. Nueva tasa actual para 2020-21: Año fiscal 2021-22: $2,428; Año fiscal 2022-23: $2,792; Año fiscal 202324: $3,211. Causa: Compensar el aumento de los costos de operación y mantenimiento y cumplir con los requisitos de las agencias reguladoras. A partir del 1 de julio de 2021, hasta el 1 de julio de 2026, en la zona de Aneta y del 1 de julio de 2024, hasta el 1 de julio de 2026, en las zonas de Lake Hughes y Trancas, el monto de cada tarifa puede ajustarse por el menor de: (1 ) el aumento, si lo hay, en el Índice de Precios al Consumidor (IPC) para todos los consumidores urbanos en las áreas de Los Ángeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, según lo publicado por la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales del Gobierno de EE.UU., desde marzo del año calendario anterior hasta marzo del año calendario actual, o (2) el aumento, si lo hubiera, en el costo de proporcionar el servicio por el cual se cobra la tarifa, según lo confirma el Auditor-Contralor; la tarifa ajustada se redondeará al dólar más cercano; sin embargo, a pesar de lo anterior, ninguna tarifa excederá el costo de proporcionar el servicio por el cual se cobra la tarifa. El cargo anual por servicio de alcantarillado para el Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Consolidado y el Fondo de Pago de Capital Acumulado, el Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Marina, y las seis zonas restantes del Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantaril-

PROPUESTA 218 OMNIBUS IMPLEMENTATION ACT, NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE A TODOS LOS PROPIETARIOS AFECTADOS DE LO SIGUIENTE: El Condado de Los Angeles Obras Públicas propondrá un aumento en el cargo anual por servicio de alcantarillado para las siguientes zonas del Distrito Consolidado de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado. La Zona: ANETA Aumento Propuesto: $170. Actual: $10. Nueva tasa actual para 2020-21: Año fiscal 2020-21: $180. Causa: Para compensar el aumento de los costos de tratamiento y eliminación de aguas residuales a la ciudad de Los Angeles.

La Zona: LAKE HUGHES. Aumento Propuesto: Tres aumentos del 15% anual a partir del año fiscal 2021-22. Actual: $773. Nueva tasa actual para 2020-21: Año fiscal 2021-22: $889; Año fiscal 2022-23: $1,022; Año fiscal 2023-24: $1,176.

Causa: Compensar el aumento de los costos de operación y mantenimiento y cumplir con los requisitos de las agencias reguladoras.

La Zona: TRANCASAumento Propuesto: Tres aumentos del 15% anual a partir del año fiscal 2021-22. Actual: $2,111. Nueva tasa actual para 2020-21: Año fiscal 2021-22: $2,428; Año fiscal 2022-23: $2,792; Año fiscal 202324: $3,211. Causa: Compensar el aumento de los costos de operación y mantenimiento y cumplir con los requisitos de las agencias reguladoras. A partir del 1 de julio de 2021, hasta el 1 de julio de 2026, en la zona de Aneta y del 1 de julio de 2024, hasta el 1 de julio de 2026, en las zonas de Lake Hughes y Trancas, el monto de cada tarifa puede ajustarse por el menor de: (1 ) el aumento, si lo hay, en el Índice de Precios al Consumidor (IPC) para todos los consumidores urbanos en las áreas de Los Ángeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, según lo publicado por la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales del Gobierno de EE.UU., desde marzo del año calendario anterior hasta marzo del año calendario actual, o (2) el aumento, si lo hubiera, en el costo de proporcionar el servicio por el cual se cobra la tarifa, según lo confirma el Auditor-Contralor; la tarifa ajustada se redondeará al dólar más cercano; sin embargo, a pesar de lo anterior, ninguna tarifa excederá el costo de proporcionar el servicio por el cual se cobra la tarifa. El cargo anual por servicio de alcantarillado para el Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Consolidado y el Fondo de Pago de Capital Acumulado, el Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Marina, y las seis zonas restantes del Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Consolidado permanecerán en su Año Fiscal Niveles 2019-20.

Si se opone al aumento de la tarifa, puede presentar una protesta formal por escrito que incluya el nombre del propietario y la dirección de la propiedad y firmada por el propietario. La protesta puede presentarse por correo, fax o correo electrónico. La protesta también se puede presentar en persona en la Audiencia Pública a menos que, como se estipula a continuación, la Junta realice una reunión virtual en respuesta a COVID-19. *Nota importante: debido a COVID-19, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado puede realizar una reunión virtual utilizando medios electrónicos y telefónicos, para preservar el distanciamiento social y cumplir con las órdenes ejecutivas del gobernador. Si desea testificar, presentar una protesta u observar la r e u n i ó n , v i s i t e https://bos.lacounty.gov/BoardMeeting/Board-Agendas o llame al (213) 974-1411 para obtener actualizaciones e instrucciones sobre cómo participar o dar testimonio.

Por correo por escrito protestas/comentarios a: Los Angeles County Public Works, Sewer Maintenance Division, Re: Protesta – Informe anual de cargos por servicio de alcantarillado, P.O. Box 1460, Alhambra, CA 91802-1460. Si tiene alguna pregunta o desea información adicional sobre el aumento de tarifa, llame a Norma Valdez al (626) 300-3309, de lunes a jueves, de 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m. Las personas que requieran adaptaciones razonables, servicios de interpretación y materiales en otros idiomas o en un formato alternativo pueden comunicarse con el coordinador de Obras Públicas al (626) 458-7901. Las solicitudes deben hacerse con una semana antes de la fecha programada de la reunión. Las personas con discapacidad auditiva o del habla p ueden usa r el Servi cio de Retransmisión de California 711.

Esta Noticia es para su información solamente, No es una factura. Si no entiende esta noticia o si necesita más información, favor de Ilamar al Departamento de Obras Públicas al (626) 3003309, de lunes a jueves 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m.

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a pesar de lo anterior, ninguna tarifa excederá el costo de proporcionar el servicio por el cual se cobra la tarifa. El cargo anual por servicio de alcantarillado para el Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Consolidado y el Fondo de Pago de Capital Acumulado, el Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Marina, y las seis zonas restantes del Distrito de Mantenimiento de Alcantarillado Consolidado permanecerán en su Año Fiscal Niveles 2019-20.

Si se opone al aumento de la tarifa, puede presentar una protesta formal por escrito que incluya el nombre del propietario y la dirección de la propiedad y firmada por el propietario. La protesta puede presentarse por correo, fax o correo electrónico. La protesta también se puede presentar en persona en la Audiencia Pública a menos que, como se estipula a continuación, la Junta realice una reunión virtual en respuesta a COVID-19. *Nota importante: debido a COVID-19, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado puede realizar una reunión virtual utilizando medios electrónicos y telefónicos, para preservar el distanciamiento social y cumplir con las órdenes ejecutivas del gobernador. Si desea testificar, presentar una protesta u observar la r e u n i ó n , v i s i t e https://bos.lacounty.gov/BoardMeeting/Board-Agendas o llame al (213) 974-1411 para obtener actualizaciones e instrucciones sobre cómo participar o dar testimonio.

Por correo por escrito protestas/comentarios a: Los Angeles County Public Works, Sewer Maintenance Division, Re: Protesta – Informe anual de cargos por servicio de alcantarillado, P.O. Box 1460, Alhambra, CA 91802-1460. Si tiene alguna pregunta o desea información adicional sobre el aumento de tarifa, llame a Norma Valdez al (626) 300-3309, de lunes a jueves, de 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m. Las personas que requieran adaptaciones razonables, servicios de interpretación y materiales en otros idiomas o en un formato alternativo pueden comunicarse con el coordinador de Obras Públicas al (626) 458-7901. Las solicitudes deben hacerse con una semana antes de la fecha programada de la reunión. Las personas con discapacidad auditiva o del habla pue den usar el Servi ci o de Retransmisión de California 711.

Esta Noticia es para su información solamente, No es una factura. Si no entiende esta noticia o si necesita más información, favor de Ilamar al Departamento de Obras Públicas al (626) 3003309, de lunes a jueves 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m.

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antes de la fecha programada de la reunión. Las personas con discapacidad auditiva o del habla pu ed e n u sa r e l Se rvi ci o de Retransmisión de California 711.

Esta Noticia es para su información solamente, No es una factura. Si no entiende esta noticia o si necesita más información, favor de Ilamar al Departamento de Obras Públicas al (626) 3003309, de lunes a jueves 7 a.m. a 5:45 p.m.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020075748 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MRS. FISH, MRS FISH, MISSES FISH, MISSIS FISH, MISSUS FISH. 448 South Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90013. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hill Corner LLC, 448 South Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90013. 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/ Jeffrey Fish. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Hill Corner LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 4, 2020. 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 violacream aficionado, a fun-loving Grand- tion of the rights of another under federal, state, or compa, an excellent whistler, and above allmon law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Profesa devout Christian with an unwaveringsions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: faith in God, which he didn’t hesitate to 5/21/20, 5/28/20, 6/4/20, share with those around him.

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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: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 5/21/20, 5/28/20, 6/4/20, 6/11/20

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DANIEL HERBERT FRANKS, JR. September 12, 1929 — May 6, 2020

Feuster. They decided to move to Los Angeles, California, where they got married on August 10, 1956, and went on to have two children, Darlene and Cheryl.

Dan provided for his family by working at Hughes Aircraft from 1956 to 1989 in security and communications and parttime at Time Inc. (Time magazine) from 1958 to 1989 in telex and other communications. When he wasn’t at work, Dan enjoyed working on photography and video projects, and served in various capacities at Covenant Presbyterian Church of Westchester, California, including deacon, elder, Bible study leader, flute performer, and singing in the choir. Throughout the years he also took the family on many cross-country road trips to Pennsylvania for vacation.

After retiring Dan continued his active involvement in the church, and he and Ruth spent some time traveling and visiting friends and family.

In addition to being a devoted husband and father, and an accomplished musician, Dan was known as the ice

Dan is survived by his wife Ruth (Feuster) Franks; daughters, Darlene (Joe) Sanger, and Cheryl (Jeff) Price; brother, Charles (Carol) Franks; seven grandchildren; one great grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.

Our special gratitude to “William” one of Dan’s personal caregivers for the last 2 ½ years, who went above and beyond in his loving assistance to and treatment of Dan, and became like a family member to us all.

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