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Putin’s Puppet Vladimir Putin’s puppet Donald Trump is a political dead man walking. November 3 is the scheduled date of Trump the Traitor’s political execution, which will be watched live on TV by hundreds of millions of happy people both here at home and around the world. The end of Trump’s tyranny will be the beginning of hope and change for us all.

Don’t miss your chance to vote for the American presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The political demise of demonic Don the Con will no doubt be the highest rated reality TV show of all time, so stay tuned, because the voters are about to tell Trump he’s fired!

It’s all over for Benedict Donald. Russia’s useless idiot Trump the Chump is done. The American choice for president Joe Biden will be elected the 46th President of the United States in an overwhelming electoral college landslide, not to mention by what is sure to become one of the largest popular

vote margins of victory in American presidential election history.

Trump’s deranged death cult (formerly known as the Republican Party) is a national embarrassment. Fortunately, most Americans are good patriotic people who will no longer tolerate Traitor Trump’s psychotic circus of incompetence, corruption and cruelty. This upcoming election is all over but the shouting. Specifically, the shouting will be coming from the world’s whiniest lying loser, Donald Trump, with his usual dimwitted and dishonest refrain of “Hoax!

Fake news!”

The story of the November 3rd election will be America wins, Vladimir Putin loses, and delusional Donald Trump can go inject his lungs with Lysol all he wants. It won’t save his illegitimate, pathological presidency from the wrath of the American people on Election Day. Trump is a loser and an idiot!

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Corona by the Numbers & Local Updates: COVID-19 cases top 200,000; Rager in Marina del Rey Skirts Social Distancing Rules Compiled by Christina Campodonico Reported Data & Cases by Neighborhood as of Tuesday, Aug. 11 Culver City: 344; Del Rey: 287; El Segundo: 104; Marina del Rey: 63; Mar Vista: 261; Playa Vista: 110; Playa del Rey: 21; Santa Monica: 689; Venice: 232; Westchester: 321 Total Confirmed Cases in LA County: 210,808 Current Hospitalizations: 1,524 Testing Postivity Rate: 6.5% Total Deaths: 5,057 • Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced California Senator Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate on Tuesday, (Aug. 11). Prior to the announcement, U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass, who represents Culver City, Mar Vista and parts of West Los Angeles, was on Biden’s short list for VP picks.

• Renters in some parts of Santa Monica and Marina del Rey may be eligible for a rental relief program that will be launched by Los Angeles County next week. Funded by the CARES Act, the $100-million COVID-19 Rental Relief program is designed to financially help low-income renters who have struggled to pay their rent or have fallen

behind on rent due to the pandemic.

Applications open Monday, Aug. 17, and close on Aug. 31. Visit rentrelief.lacda.org for eligibility requirements, prioritized zip codes in the area and frequently asked questions. If you live in the city of Los Angeles, contact MyLA311 by calling 3-1-1 or (213) 473-3231, or visiting lacity.org/ myla311 for available programs.

• A major rager took place in Marina del Rey over the weekend, reportedly in the parking lot of Dock 52. Video obtained by Playa Vista-based TMZ shows partiers grooving mask-free and socializing, but not... er... social distancing. TMZ reports that the revelry continued uninterrupted by police from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday (Aug. 7). Patch.com reports that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s (with a station about six miles away from the location) were aware of the incident, but had no further info.

While the party technically took place in LA County, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti has threatened to cut power to such events in the city proper. The LA County Department of Public Health has also issued a “legally binding health officer order” banning such large-scale gatherings.

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Westside Women’s Clubs Celebrate the Centennial of Suffrage with Back-to-School Community Events This weekend, Silicon Beach Social and the Woman’s Club of Playa del Rey celebrate back-to-school season and a century of women’s suffrage with back-to-back community events.

On Aug. 14, Silicon Beach Social, a recently founded chapter of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), hosts a back-toschool backpack drive, benefiting the Mar Vista Family Center. From 9 a.m. to noon, the group will be giving out 192 pre-packed backpacks filled with school supplies, including COVID-19 essentials such as hand sanitizer and face masks.

Members of José Radio will play music for the families waiting to pick up their backpacks for a fun backto-school “shopping” experience.

“We’re just trying to help relieve some of the pain of back-to-school shopping for parents,” says Alexis Rowley, President of Silicon Beach Social. “We know it’s really stressful right now.”

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Woman’s Club of Playa del Rey and Silicon Beach Social team up for a drive-by canned food drive and voter information community event in the lot behind the Woman’s Club of Playa del Rey (8039 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey). Food and monetary donations raised during the event will benefit Food Pantry LAX, a volunteer-based community program that provides groceries to local low- and no-income families and individuals. To keep the event as contact-free as possible, they ask donors to place all canned goods in the car’s trunk, so volunteers can collect goods safely upon arrival.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and to educate voters about the 2020 election, the two women’s clubs will also be giving out voter registration forms and fact-sheets with important voter information. For those who arrive hungry, The Good Pizza will be making custom pizza pies on-site in a portable pizza oven. Visit siliconbeachsocial.org or wcpdr.org to learn more.

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Traditional Westside nightlife may have halted during this pandemic, but beachgoers who live by the phases of the moon have something novel to look forward to — a silvery dance upon the sand performed by oodles of grunion fish!

From Aug. 18 to 21, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) expects nighttime “grunion runs” to take place between 9:30 p.m. and the wee hours of the morning, depending on the day. The sardine-sized critters are expected to wriggle ashore for their moonlit mating dance at Dockweiler and Venice beaches, according to reporting from Patch.com. During this time, anyone age 16 or above with a California sport fishing license can interact with and catch the fish, which are found exclusively on the coasts of Southern California and Northern Baja.

Keep an eye out for fish that are slender, slippery and small, with blue-green backs and silver stomachs. After swimming up the beach slope, the females bury

themselves tails-down into the sand while up to eight males simultaneously deposit milt (or sperm) onto the female to fertilize her eggs. A male grunion can fertilize the eggs of several females during a single run.

Most grunion eggs incubate for ten days in the sand, until the next high tide comes to hatch and carry the baby grunions out to sea. Few grunion live for more than three years, according to CDFW. Flies, sandworms, beetles, birds, larger fish, beach erosion and humans are all threats to the species, but current regulations have kept the grunion population relatively stable.

Per a California state law against fish waste, CDFW asks that grunion catchers take only what they can use, and that mates and their eggs are not unnecessarily disturbed. Observers are welcome to watch without a license but encouraged to maintain social distance.

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Venice Neighborhood Council Votes to Remove Homeless Encampments to Comply with ADA

By Holly Jenvey The Venice Neighborhood Council Homeless Committee held a special meeting via Zoom this past Friday (Aug. 7) to settle on a motion to clear local sidewalks of homeless encampments if they violate the rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The motion, which reads, “Sidewalks to be cleared if found to be in violation of Americans with Disabilities Act,” was submitted

by Eva Greene on Aug. 5. It addressed how disabled community members have not had proper access to neighborhood sidewalks due to homeless encampments blocking pedestrian footpaths. Proponents of the motion cited that encampments violated the ADA’s 3-foot clearance policy for sidewalks.

Even though the motion passed with four members in favor and two opposed, there was still heated debate between board members.

“We’re not trying to run all the homeless out of town, we’re trying to walk down the street.”

— VNC Councilmember Vicki Halliday “There are two separate issues and they are not mutually exclusive,” said Frank Murphy, co-chair of the committee, who voted in favor of the motion.

However, as the homeless would have to move their encampments, Murphy said they would also need to be accommodated.

“A lot of these encampments can be moved three feet and still be in the same place,” said Vicki Halliday, the first council member to vote on the motion.

She drew on the experience of one of her neighbors, who was killed in a wheelchair after having to use the street. After telling this story, she voted in favor of the motion.

“We’re not trying to run all the homeless out of town, we’re trying to walk down the street,” Halliday said.

Councilmembers CJ Cole and Brian Ulf also voted in favor of the motion. Ulf explained how the homeless had lots of rights in Venice and the city at large.

However, he also observed that there is an ADA problem, which also extends to members of the general public.

“We have to have people out there to make sure these sidewalks are clear,” Ulf said.

Though, like Murphy, Ulf said that this motion must work for both the homeless and disabled.

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discussed how this was a complex issue due to the lack of public housing options in Venice. Ulf pointed to “ProjectRoomkey,” an initiative Governor Gavin Newsom started in April to house the homeless in hotels across the state during the pandemic, as an imperfect solution.

“Anyone that’s in Venice can’t be put downtown in a Roomkey,” Ulf said.

Despite some homeless being sheltered, many are still living on the streets and removing them could further the spread of COVID-19, pointed out council member Michael Rapkin.

“This motion deals with the entire city. If you kick them [the homeless] off the sidewalk, they must be placed elsewhere,” Rapkin said.

He also explained that limiting the number of encampments on the street won’t eradicate the problem of homelessness as a plan is needed for where the

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Council member Liz Wright joined Rapkin in voting against the motion.

However, the entire council voted unanimously to remove lines that would pass the motion onto the U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division as the motion couldn’t be passed beyond city limits.

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By Anthony Torrise This summer might not have turned out how we expected, but there are still lots of ways to enjoy the sunshine. At Lanea in Santa Monica, they have the bites to make it all the more enjoyable. Depending on preference, you can get Lanea’s dishes delivered, to-go, or enjoy them outside at divided tables just a few blocks from the ocean.

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LAX launches PPE vending machine program, featuring gloves, sanitizer and N95s

By Dev Jaiswal Next time you go to the airport and see a vending machine, you might walk up to it thinking it will hold your heart’s (or stomach’s) desire for salty snacks or chocolate chip cookies.

Unfortunately, in the age of COVID-19, you would be incorrect. In airports around the country, including our very own LAX, new vending machines are being installed to offer items designed not to let food particles into your mouth, but to keep coronavirus from coming out. In other words, potato chips are out and PPE is in!

“We think that it’s certainly an additional benefit and a convenience for people to have access to that type of personal protective equipment in the airport before they go through security,” said Heath Montgomery, Director of Public Relations at Los Angeles World Airports.

The machines will be outfitted

A traditional vending machine has been transformed to dispense face masks, gloves and hand sanitizer with one-time use masks, cloth barriers have been installed, available for mobile ordering masks and N95 masks in bathrooms have been retrofitted and grab-and-go pickup, but addition to hand sanitizer and to include hands-free faucets, many are still closed due to low gloves. The machines will be and TSA officers will no longer passenger numbers. Montgomrestocked daily, supplies handle passenger documents ery said that LAX traffic is provided by Hudson Group and directly. down about 80% compared to PepsiCo. Many additional safety “We’re really trying to make it last year. Face coverings are measures are in place or are a touch-free experience,” required at LAX and many being tested at the airport as Montgomery said. other airports. Many airlines well. Hundreds of Plexiglass Some airport restaurants are also require face coverings to be

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As hotel properties adjust to operating in the wake of COVID-19, it’s an excellent time for a change of scene while providing a much-needed boost to the community.

“Local businesses need your support now more than ever and booking overnight visits contributes to rebuilding Santa Monica’s economy,” says Misti Kerns, President/CEO of Santa Monica Travel & Tourism. “Every dollar spent will help to propel the economy forward.”

Across the board, properties are

ramping up cleanliness and safety measures. Many of their websites now have a COVID-19 information section, noting that face coverings/social distancing is required in all indoor public areas.

And properties are proactively addressing the challenges of the “new normal.” For example, the Marriott Cleanliness Council, which includes in-house and outside experts in safety, hygiene, infection prevention and hotel operations, is working to redefine cleaning and safety standards. In addition to more frequent cleaning and installing hand-sanitizing stations, Marriott is rolling out new cleaning technology, such as electrostatic sprayers, and is testing the use of ultraviolet light. In more than

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3,200 hotels, your phone can be used to check in, access your room and order room service.

Accor, which operates 5,000 hotels worldwide, called on expert advisers as well as the Bureau Veritas, a Paris-based certification company, to launch its new ALLSAFE label, covering cleaning standards and operational procedures. Hotels must be audited to attain the label.

To be sure, vigilance isn’t limited to major global brands.

The Sea Shore Motel in Santa Monica, owned and run by the Metz family, has stepped up its procedures.

“We are taking sanitation concerns with the utmost attention to detail,” says owner Sonia Metz. “We’ve enhanced

our cleaning service and are sanitizing all common areas three times a day. Rooms are now being kept open at least 24 hours between guests.”

Additionally, properties are enticing guests — especially locals — with great deals. Here we share some highlights of the many offerings. (Note: Offers are typically subject to availability and may have other restrictions as well. Some properties may require proof of California or Santa Monica residency, so be sure to check details before booking.)

Rev Up Your Weekend at the Ritz-Carlton If you’re in need of pampering, the popular “Bed & Breakfast” offer at the Ritz-Carlton in

Marina del Rey might be just the ticket. As an add-on to a package, suite or guestroom, the RitzCarlton can assist guests with reservations for the Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles (porschedriving.com/ los-angeles). The center, one of only two such facilities in the US (the other is in Atlanta), is home to a 53-acre driver development track. Driving enthusiasts can experience different models and different driving conditions, and there’s an onsite restaurant overlooking the track. Want to get out on the water? The Ritz-Carlton partners with Paradise Bound Yacht Charters (paradiseboundyachtcharters. com/Home) to make arrangements for guests who want to charter a yacht in the marina to

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Check out Hotel June’s chic new interiors or take a dip in its luxurious Caravan Swim Club pool (right and opposite)

Sit Back and Relax in Santa Monica June’s even posher sister hotel, The Santa Monica Proper Hotel, featuring Kelly Wearstlerdesigned rooms and suites, is also offering playfully named discount packages, such as the “Proper Retreat” (25% off three nights or more with a $50 daily dining credit), “Work, Play, Save” (15% off weekday stays) and a classic “Staycation” (20% off best available rate) offer to help with your local escape.

700 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, 310-620-9990; proper-

Relax and unwind at the luxurious Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, set on five acres, with the “Take Your Time” offer: 15% off one to two night stays, 20% off three to four night stays and 25% off five or more night stays. Book before December 31, 2020.

Or opt for the “Romance” offer, which includes a bottle of champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries and $100 hotel credit; available until December 30, 2020.

101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, 310-576-7777; fairmont.com/santa-monica/ In mid-city Santa Monica, the Ambrose Hotel boasts Craftsman-style interiors and is a leader in environmentally-friendly practices. The Ambrose’s “Shine a Light” on Summer promotion offers up to 25% off when you stay three or more nights (not including studio suite rooms). Book via the website by Aug. 31; valid for stays through December 2021.

1255 20th St., Santa Monica, 310-315-1555; ambrosehotel. com/specials

$190 (valid for stays through Aug. 31). You’ll have to present your photo I.D. to prove Santa Monica residency, but once you’ve got the keys get ready to start your staycation! If booking online, under Guest Comments, enter SM Resident and the price will be adjusted.

2637 Main St., Santa Monica, 310-392-2787; seashoremotel. com Santa Monica residents are also eligible for a 35% discount and a one-time $50 food and beverage credit (per stay) for a minimum two nights at the Huntley Santa Monica Beach. (Upgrades are available based on availability upon arrival.) The offer is valid for stays through Aug. 31. Not a SM resident? There are several other offers from which to choose.

1111 Second St., Santa Monica, 310-394-5454; thehuntleyhotel. com

Loews Santa Monica Beach is drawing California, Arizona and Nevada residents with 20% off accommodations, complimentary valet parking ($55 daily value) and a waived resort fee ($35 daily value). The offer is valid for stays through September 30, 2020.

1700 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, 310-458-6700; loewshotels.com/santa-monica

Kickback on the Coast with Pacifica Hotels Another source of laidback chic: Pacifica Hotels, which specializes in boutique hotels on the Pacific Coast. The group is running a “Discover California” promotion, which allows you to save 30% on your stay with promo code CARES. It’s a website-exclusive rate and you must book direct through Aug. 31; valid for stays through Dec. 31. Local Pacifica Hotels include: Inn at Venice Beach, The Kinney Venice Beach, Marina del Rey Hotel, Jamaica Bay Inn (Marina del Rey) and The Georgian Hotel (Santa Monica). pacificahotels.com/specials

Get the locals only treatment at The Sea Shore Motel. This deal for Santa Monica residents only features standard rooms for $120 and deluxe or junior suites for

For more ideas and information, visit santamonica.com/ local-hotel-offers for a list of local offerings compiled by Santa Monica Travel & Tourism.

HOTELS

Dive into Summer at Hotel June If you haven’t checked out Hotel June in Westchester, recently launched by Proper Hospitality co-founders Brian De Lowe and Brad Korzen, now is the time.

Housed in a historic building by noted architect Welton Becket, the 250-room hotel’s stylish décor includes light natural woods, native fabrics, handmade tiles and local art. Gaze at June’s pool while dining at the twolevel, outdoor Caravan Swim Club, one of two onsite restaurants helmed by Steve Livigni from award-winning Scopa.

Hotel June has several incentives, including a grand opening offer (20% off best available rate) and the “June All-In:” stay three or more nights and get up to 25% off, plus a room upgrade upon availability and guaranteed late checkout. Book reservations directly at (888) 435-5070 or through the Hotel June website.

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Venice Family Clinic’s Health + Justice series tackles housing, homelessness, race and incarceration

By Meera Sastry The COVID-19 pandemic has cast new light on the need for a caring and comprehensive response to the homelessness crisis, especially in Los Angeles and on the Westside. On July 30, Venice Family Clinic hosted a conversation concerning this intersection of health, housing and justice, the first in a series of online events to honor its 50th anniversary.

The event featured three community leaders: Elizabeth Benson Forer, CEO of the Venice Family Clinic, John Maceri of The People Concern, and Chancela Al-Mansour of the Housing Rights Center.

Carla Hall, a member of the LA Times editorial board, moderated.

The featured panelists primarily discussed LA County’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it concerns homelessness. They praised some of the government’s efforts — chief among them its treatment of the situation as a real crisis.

“They’ve pulled out all the stops to get things moving and to provide housing,”

Community leaders Elizabeth Benson Forer, Chancela Al-Mansour and John Maceri discussed the need for more affordable housing post-pandemic; CBS’s Gayle King moderates VFC’s next talk on incarceration Forer said. “They have provided housing multiple chronic diseases... can get Black homelessness rate. There is a link through quarantine and isolation for [housing].” between when grandmother dies, and a people who have symptoms of COVID “Project Roomkey” is a branch of the family has to sell that home, and nobody and are waiting for testing, and for people county and state’s work, executed in can afford to buy each other out, and so who have tested positive and are homeconjunction with Maceri and The People forth. There’s not that village; there’s not less. They have created ‘Project RoomConcern. Over 4000 homeless people that home; there’s not that place for key’ sites using hotel rooms, so that have been sheltered in otherwise unoccueverybody to go back to in LA anymore.” people who are viewed as the most pied hotel rooms.

Despite these concerns, the talk ended vulnerable — people over 65, or with However, the temporary nature of this on a positive note, as the speakers project and other solutions offered answered questions and advised local prompted these leaders to express concern citizens on how they could make a about the long-term vision of Los difference with regard to the crisis.

Angeles’ response to homelessness.

Noting that a prominent obstacle to Although securing housing for the long-term aid for homeless people is unhoused is certainly a positive endeavor, misguided neighborhood resistance, they all agreed that it is imperative to ensure placed special emphasis on the need for that none of these individuals are forced Westside homeowners not to fight against to return to the streets as hotels reopen for supportive housing in their neighborregular service. hoods. They encouraged homeowners to “Everything is going to have to be instead focus on how the community streamlined, from identifying sites to could be strengthened through unity and actual construction costs to how we mutual aid. finance deals,” Maceri said. “If we can do “There’s quite a bit of public property all of those things, I think we have a good in Venice that could become housing,” chance at rehousing the people that we Al-Mansour said, “if people would just have in ‘Project Roomkey.’ Beyond that, recognize that they could still have a of course, there are going to be thousands wonderful life if they’d allow those more people that are going to need to be areas to be developed, and that really housed, but the same principles can be nothing will change in terms of their In this very unusual year, you can help quality of life. Instead, they will know applied.” that they have created a system of The talk also focused on how the bring much-needed attention and support affordable housing. And then I think COVID-19 pandemic could worsen you’d see us flourish.” housing issues by forcing the evictions of to your favorite local restaurants, shops, The next conversation in Venice Family countless people suffering from the recent Clinic’s Health + Justice series will take economic downturn.

Al-Mansour spoke schools, pet stores, professional services, place on Friday, Aug. 14, at 11 a.m. “CBS on how such evictions would hurt Black and community organizations by voting This Morning” co-host Gayle King will and Latinx communities and how any future housing creation would have to moderate a conversation with Forer and them One of the Best! Winners will be Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of take these neighborhoods and their Life Reentry Project, which helps histories into account. announced on October 22. formerly incarcerated women rebuild “When I look at the type of housing their lives. The talk will focus on “the [provided for people experiencing trauma of incarceration.” homelessness], I first make sure that if there is zoning, that it’s applied equally RSVP at venicefamilyclinic.org/ and that it doesn’t keep out communities justice2/. A recording of the Health, of color, and allows them to engage in Housing, and Justice talk is also availdifferent ways in which to create land,” Al-Mansour said. “Black home ownership able at venicefamilyclinic.org/justice1/. in the Black community is tied to the

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The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California, county of Los Angeles, Central Division, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-3117.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): D. Lilah McLean, State Bar No. 203594, 1444 North McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, CA 94954; Tel: 707.665.2170 D A TE ( Fe c h a ) : J u l y 0 2, 2020; Sherri R. Carter, Clerk (Secretario), by Natasha Chambers, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 8/6/20, 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 19CHLC24339 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): KENYA PATRICK, an individual; and DOES ONE through TEN, inclusive, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): OPTIO SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dba QUALIA COLLECTION SERVICES NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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, Fic. Business Name money, and property may be taken without further warning FICTITIOUS BUSINESS from the court.There are othNAME STATEMENT FILE er legal requirements. You NO. 2020113770 may want to call an attorney Type of Filing: Original. The right away. If you do not following person(s) is (are) know an attorney, you may doing business as: LOUNGE want to call an attorney referOF BEAUTY MEDICAL ral service. If you cannot afSPA, 780 Atlantic Ave., Ste., ford an attorney, you may be #200 Long Beach, CA 90813. eligible for free legal serLos Angeles. ArtCOUNTY: vices from a nonprofit legal icles of Incorporation or Orservices program. You can ganization Number: 4537875. locate these nonprofit groups REGISTERED OWNER(S) at the California Legal SerEllianna Aesthetics, Inc., 780 vices Web site Atlantic Ave., Ste., #200 (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), Long Beach, CA 90813. the California Courts Online State of Incorporation or LLC: Self-Help Center California.

THIS BUSINESS (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfIS CONDUCTED BY a Corhelp), or by contacting your poration. The registrant comlocal court or county bar asmenced to transact business sociation. under the fictitious business Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENname or names listed above DARIO después de que le on: N/A. I declare that all inentreguen esta citación y formation in this statement is papeles legales para true and correct. /s/ Solomon presentar una respuesta por Laktineh. TITLE: President, escrito en esta corte y hacer Corp or LLC Name: Ellianna que se entregue una copia al Aesthetics, Inc. This statedemandante. Una carta o ment was filed with the LA una llamada telefónica no lo County Clerk on: July 29, protegen. Su respuesta por 2020. NOTICE – in accordescrito tiene que estar en ance with subdivision (a) of formato legal correcto si deSection 17920, a Fictitious sea que procesen su caso en Name statement generally la corte. Es posible que haya expires at the end of five un formulario que usted years from the date on which pueda usar para su it was filed in the office of the respuesta. Puede encontrar county clerk, except, as estos formularios de la corte provided in subdivision (b) of y más información en el Section 17920, where it exCentro de Ayuda de las Corpires 40 days after any tes de California change in the facts set forth (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfin the statement pursuant to help/espanol/), en la bibliSection 17913 other than a oteca de leyes de su change in the residence adcondado o en la corte que le PAGE 18 THE ARGONAUT AUGUST 13, 2020 owner. dress of a registered quede más cerca. Si no a new Fictitious Business puede pagar la cuota de Name statement must be presentación, pida al secret-

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: 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020101918 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JMZ ROOTER AND PLUMBING; 3637 Maplewood Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Julian J. Jimenez, 3637 Maplewood Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066.

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/: Julian J. Jimenez. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 7, 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 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: 7/30/20, 8/6/20, 8/13/20, 8/20/20

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THE DEVIL EATS PURINA My girlfriend got a dog six weeks ago — a Chihuahua. I don’t hate the dog, but I’m not wild about him. I’ve almost stepped on him twice in the kitchen, and my snuggle time on the couch with my girlfriend has now become me watching him sit in her lap while they cootchie-coo it out. She hasn’t had the dog sleep in bed with us, but I know that’s next. Is this the end of our relationship?

—Annoyed

or platonic — and by motivating us to fend them off. Research by evolutionary social psychologist Jaimie Arona Krems and her colleagues suggests jealousy is an “overlooked tool” for “friendship maintenance.” The loss of a friendship if, say, our friend moves away makes us feel sad, but if we seem to be losing the friendship because our best friend is hanging out with some new person, we feel jealous. The threat of being replaced, not the mere loss of the friendship, triggers jealousy in us, It’s pretty depressing when doing risky motivating us to put effort into shoring up our friendship. stuff in bed means sleeping without a Researchers have yet to explore the flea collar. dog-as-mate-poacher angle, but it Though the interspecies bed-sharing likely triggers jealousy for the same reayou fear has yet to become a reality, sons human mate-poaching does: to chances are it’s next, especially if you alert you to a threat to a valued stick with your current strategy: resenting that the dog’s getting all the relationship so you can take steps to attention but saying nothing to try to get the affection and commitment change that. nozzle turned back in your direction.

As humiliating as it is to have your For your best chance at getting your top-dog status usurped by an actual girlfriend to scratch behind your ears dog, coming to understand the (or whatever!) at the rate she used to, evolved function of jealousy could help evoke her empathy while giving her you shift your focus — to see whether the sense your unhappiness could you can get your needs met or wheth- send you out the door. For example, er you need to blow this particular say, “It’s great how happy Cujo’s doghouse. making you, but when we’re on the Jealousy often gets confused with couch, I feel embarrassingly left out.” envy, but evolutionary psychologist You two might then brainstorm how David Buss explains that they are you each can get enough of what you “distinct emotions” that motivate want. (A possible solution might be to “distinctly different” behaviors in line get a little furry “cup” bed so he can with the differing problems they were curl up by her shoulder on the corner “designed” by evolution to solve. Buss’ of the couch.) research finds jealousy is activated By making your feelings known, you’ll “when there is a threat to a valued likely give her the sense the dog-in-bed social relationship.” Envy, on the other thing is something to ask you about, hand, is triggered “when someone else not just surprise you with when a paw has something that you desire or covet goes up your nose at 3 a.m. By the but currently lack.” way, I have a possible solution with So, while envy mainly sparks longing something for both of you: Have the (for the things, partner, or relationship dog next to the bed, in his own little someone else has), jealousy mainly bed, when you stay over. Dogs have an arouses fear (of losing one’s own extremely powerful sense of smell, and partner or friend to someone else).

I discovered while potty training mine Accordingly, a woman — envious — of that she would cry if she had to sleep the promotion her co-worker got in her little area in the living room but basically “plays offense”: perhaps was calm and content when I put her working harder and sucking up more bed next to mine in a giant Tupperware container. (She is a tiny Chinese to the boss in hopes of getting a crested, not a Great Dane.) promotion of her own. A woman Whatever you two decide, it’ll come experiencing jealousy over her hubby’s out of your using your jealousy produccoziness with his hot female co-worker tively: to see whether it’s possible to “plays defense”: possibly dressing redirect enough of her attention and sexier to compete with her rival in affection your way and to set some hopes of protecting her relationship dog boundaries going forward. If against infidelity or “mate-poaching” something furry comes between you (the other woman stealing her man).

Though jealousy is seen as maladap- and your woman, you’d like it to be a tive and toxic, it actually protects our mink bikini and not a small, growling interests, both by flagging threats to a four-legged thing that hates you and “valued social relationship” — romantic chews up your $200 sneakers.

ACROSS 1 Did gondola duty 6 “Today” rival, briefly 9 Middling 13 Short staff?

18 Dollar alternative 19 Short trip 20 Alpha’s antithesis 22 Beat in the kitchen 23 “Wait ... let me start over” 26 Najimy who voiced Peggy Hill in “King of the Hill” 27 Bad look 28 Heckle, but not Jeckle 29 The “P” in PIN: Abbr.

31 Unilever swab 32 Old manuscript copier 34 Scalpel sites, for short 35 Polynesian wrap 37 Rage 38 To the point 40 Spa sounds 41 Early pictures 43 Some online reads 45 Diamond surfaces 48 Georgia gridders, to fans 49 “Ginger __”: 1952 Newbery Medalwinning book 50 “Spring forward” letters 51 School reunion attendee 52 Car radio button 54 Oxygen-eating bacteria 56 Asian festival 57 Gets dirty 58 Busy center 61 Uncle Sam’s land, proudly 62 Bunny tail 63 Coral component 64 Big shot: Abbr.

65 Cellar, but not collar, opening 66 Belief common to much religion 68 “Explain, please?”

70 Western PA airport code 71 Disappearing retail giant 73 Hosp. readouts 74 Lodge opening?

75 Patel of “Slumdog Millionaire” 76 Gets one’s feet wet 77 Milne hopper 78 Caught 80 First novel in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle 82 Sign of a hit 83 Wks. and wks.

84 Platters in sleeves 85 Beautify 86 Puts down 88 Honors 90 Svelte 92 911 pro 93 Culture: Pref.

94 Friend of Goat in “Pearls Before Swine” 95 Some skippers 97 Flock hangout 99 List-shortening term 103 Sticks on a boat 105 Boat owner’s rental 106 Flat owner, maybe 108 Sound 109 Fitness mantra opening 111 Method for slow, steady progress 114 Like a fleabag motel 115 Asian wraps 116 Dusk, to Donne 117 __ dish 118 Half of scissors?

119 Hacking targets:

Abbr.

120 Sellout letters 121 Hackneyed DOWN 1 Beach toys 2 Early Mesoamerican sculptors 3 It may be golden 4 Some retired academics 5 Point 6 Karmann __: classic VW 7 President before an Adams 8 Eponymous newborn score creator 9 Sauces for sushi 10 Yoga syllables 11 Overlook 12 Lustful looker 13 Comics cry from a birdcage 14 Member of three L.A. Lakers championship teams 15 Feeling ecstatic 16 Stadium merch 17 Uses a Zoom alternative 21 “Hair” dos 24 First name of Dickens’ Madame Defarge 25 Ed.’s stack 30 Dudley’s toon foe 33 Make every effort 35 Brother of Ham 36 Fancy poultry dish 39 Retired fliers: Abbr.

40 Superior to all others 42 Sheepish girl?

43 Gentrification target 44 Negative forecast 45 Campaign funders 46 Alaskan native

47 “SNL” staples 49 Took a breather 53 Heat up 55 O’er and o’er again 57 Features of urns 59 Loosens, as a tot’s pajamas 60 Soft hits just over the infield 62 Big name in tennis 66 Carpenter’s groove 67 Sierra __ 69 LGBT History Mo. 72 Drawers?

78 “__ a loss” 79 Remote area known for its middle?

81 Hermione’s guy 82 Stream blockers 85 Assumed names 87 Paging devices 89 Family dinner fowl 90 Half of some couples 91 Hershey’s caramel candies 93 A time to dye 96 Granada girls 97 It’s a sign 98 __ Park, Colorado 100 Christine of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 101 Like radon, say 102 Home on high 104 Kick starter?

106 L, in box scores 107 “What a mess!”

110 TV’s Burrell and baseball’s Cobb 112 Ocean flipper 113 Back (out)

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