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while believing a role for an entertaining event in the company of other celebrants. But the deeper I plunge into the role, the more frightening it becomes. It is like people are willing to drop poisoned candy into my bag.

I think about how dangerous it is to live in today’s world without understanding basic science and allowing superstition to eclipse the reality we actually face. LSD in the ’60s taught many in my generation that you can actually choose nearly whatever reality you want for the duration of the chemical dose’s effects (and well beyond for some), but most of us came to recognize the world we live in as the common reality we must manage for the long run.

Considering and perhaps sympathizing with alternate realities provides a way to measure your own beliefs and perceptions.

Having endured real threatening experiences, I can empathize with terrors others feel. But I’ve now lived long enough to discriminate between prejudice, parented irrational fears and those that require real defensive actions.

From that perspective, I can understand how innocent thinkers can become enlisted in xenophobic armies.

I remember when parents would

pay rescuers to “kidnap” their children home from the Moonies to correct “deprogramming.” That vision shapes my point of view regarding the most zealous of Trump’s supporters as a dangerous cult, who, like COVID mask deniers, endanger us all.

Now that objective facts have been so successfully obscured and informative journalism has been discredited, how is this dangerous cult cohort to be challenged?

Logical persuasion techniques are mostly ineffective, and finding a way to redirect the passions imagined threats have built up for these people has been an elusive navigational challenge.

The only remedy I see in the near future is to simply beat the cr*p out of them in November’s election. Everyone — please help inform others how important it will be to vote for the future we want rather than the present Trump has given us.

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Corona by the Numbers & Local Updates: The Party’s Over in Santa Monica - City Bans Gatherings of 20 or more Compiled by Christina Campodonico Reported Cases by Neighborhood as of Tuesday, August 25 Culver City: 365; Del Rey: 313; El Segundo: 121; Marina del Rey: 65; Mar Vista: 281; Playa Vista: 122; Playa del Rey: 26; Santa Monica: 748; Venice: 261; Westchester: 361 Total Westside Cases: 2,663 Total Confirmed Cases in LA County: 233,772 Total Deaths in LA County: 5,605 • A man was stabbed in Venice Sunday night (Aug. 23) after an apparent argument between acquaintances, according to LAPD. The incident took place at 9:33 p.m. at 501 N. Venice Blvd., near Mildred Avenue. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene; the suspect fled. The reason for the argument is not known. (via Patch. com) • LAPD will resume enforcing a ban on tents and lean-tos being pitched on the grassy areas around the Venice Boardwalk, according to a report by the Los

Angeles Times. The move by the department reverses an earlier decision

by LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore and Westside City Councilman Mike Bonin to not enforce an anti-camping law in Venice due to concerns that displacing unhoused people residing in encampments could spread the coronavirus. (via L.A. Times) • It’s official: it’s a crime to party in Santa Monica. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, the city issued a supplement to its emergency order (now extended through Sept.

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A Room with a View for Zoom

Classes may be online and policies confusing but college students are itching to get as close to local campuses as they can

By Katherine Brubaker Entering the fall semester of college is always an exciting time for new beginnings. This year’s unprecedented pandemic events make it particularly interesting for students. Now versed in the art of taking online courses, many college students are now struggling with the housing situations of their respective universities.

Despite the school year rapidly approaching, university housing policies have shifted continuously throughout the summer, which has left many students confused and unprepared. To better understand their individual plights, I spoke to students at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Westwood, and Westchester’s Loyola Marymount University and Otis College of Art and Design.

At UCLA, the administration had initially planned to have 15% to 20% of fall courses in- person or in a hybrid format. But with

changing health and safety protocols from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the university recently reduced this in-person and hybrid instruction to courses that provide training for students preparing for essential workforce jobs, and which cannot be conducted remotely. These include classes in health and medicine, emergency services, social work, the sciences and engineering.

In terms of on-campus housing, it will be limited to students with no alternative housing options and whose current housing does not provide a safe and appropriate environment, student-athletes participating in on-campus training, and students enrolled in in-person or hybrid courses who do not have alternative local housing options. In July, UCLA announced that all dorm rooms would be single occupancy.

Sophia Walsh, a rising junior at

UCLA from California, has chosen to get off-campus housing this year. Walsh will be living in an apartment with five other roommates. “Housing is really expensive in LA. It’s hard to find something decent in Westwood for a good price,” explained Walsh. She will be living in a room with two others, and each will be paying $900.

Walsh believes the university shouldn’t be bringing anyone back with cases still on the rise.

“I would not be going back if it wasn’t for my lease, and I don’t think anyone should really have classes in person, at least like right now,” she said.

In July, ICE announced changes to the Student & Exchange Visitor Program, which endangered nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 visa students at schools operating entirely online due to the pandemic. Affected students would not have been permitted to take a fully online course load,

remain in the United States, receive visas issued by the State Department, or enter the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection.

This policy was retracted after lawsuits were filed by some universities, including Harvard, USC and MIT. Though the ICE policy was not put into action, Bhavna Sreekumar, a rising junior at UCLA from Dubai, still worries about her precarious position as an international student during an ongoing pandemic. “With the ICE policy there was a lot of confusion, but I’m still hoping that I’ll be able to return for the fall. But because I’m international, there’s always a sense of uncertainty and little clarity.

International policy is changing constantly, and I don’t know if flights are going to be happening.

Hopefully, I’m going to be back because I signed a lease for next year,” said Sreekumar.

Many of Sreekumar’s interna-

tional friends don’t plan on returning to the U.S. this fall.

“They don’t want to take the risk. I’m one of the few that wants to come back, even if that means putting myself at risk. The time difference is another big factor for me. Taking online classes over here has really messed up my sleep schedule,” said Sreekumar.

Loyola Marymount University’s plan for on-campus housing was “fluid” earlier this summer due to uncertainty about state and county reopening guidelines, but it is now limited and prioritizing students with urgent need. “In compliance with public health restrictions, we can only accommodate students with the most urgent housing needs in our reduced housing plan,” wrote Kristin Agostoni, Assistant Director of Media Relations & Communications, in an email.

“The university has strongly recommended students recon-

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sider housing plans, and remain home if possible this fall.”

As of now, priority for housing will be given to undergraduate students requiring on-campus disability accommodations, students who are housing insecure and international students who are currently in the U.S. without off-campus housing options. “Classes at LMU this fall will be primarily, and for most students exclusively, delivered remotely,” wrote Agostoni.

Like other college students in the LA area, Connor Rose, a rising sophomore at LMU, has decided to get an apartment with friends from school. “I got together with some friends, and we thought it would be good to find off-campus housing because we didn’t expect to be given on-campus housing. The nice thing about LA is that there are a lot of apartments,” said Rose.

Rose understands why his university’s housing policies have been uncertain and fluid until relatively recently. “I think at times it can be frustrating, but I get it. It’s one of those things where you really have to be in a bubble to not understand that it’s

On-campus housing may not be an option for most students this semester, but that’s not stopping them from signing a lease not only you frustrated, but the administration is also frustrated,” he said, “LMU has been really cautious and not willing to take any risks. They are being smart about not having any concrete, confirmed plans in place since LA County is continuously changing their guidelines.”

Zarii Arri is an incoming freshman at Otis College of Art and Design. Originally planning to live on campus for her first semester, Arri will be living at home due to the university’s new guidelines, which include the

closure of the school’s first-year residence hall for now, with some affiliate apartment options operating at reduced capacity.

“Usually there are two people to a room, and then four people in one common place at Otis. They were going to do one person to a room in order to properly social distance, and some of the classes would be online, and a lot of the studio art classes would be in person. However, they just notified us that the campus is still closed and that at least until Aug. 31 — when classes start — all

classes will be online,” said Arri.

There’s still a chance that Arri will live on campus at some point during the semester. “It’s really confusing because they told us that there is still a chance that we could live on campus, it’s just not going to be when school starts, it might be in the middle of the semester. I am completely in the dark about how this is going to go,” said Arri. Otis’ Vice President of Campus Life Laura Kiralla confirmed that if the LA County Department of Public Health greenlights in-person

instruction at college and universities Otis’ on-campus residence hall would reopen mid-semester and students would have the option of moving into affiliate housing if space is available.

When it comes to college housing in 2020, students have been faced with vague and changing plans. Though frustrating, this approach makes sense with the fluctuating health conditions of the state.

From my conversations with these college students, one thing was made very clear: even though most classes are online, the goal this semester is to get out of mom and dad’s house!

“A lot of us [students] started looking for off-campus housing, mostly so we can keep some semblance of independence from our parents,” said Rose. “The pandemic has really gutted the college experience and fasttracked the ultimatum of living like an adult or being stuck in what feels like extended high school.”

Argonaut Editor Christina Campodonico contributed to this story.

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Easier than Pie Savor the last slices of summer with this reliably delicious dessert PHOTOS BY AMY WATSKY

By Amy Watsky If you’re in a rush or need to make a presentable dessert, this is it. This is the pie (or rather galette) I would always make when I first started baking. No matter how inexperienced or inept the baker is, the galette reliably always turn out. There’s nothing perfect about it; each one turns out a little differently, which is the beauty of the galette! The dough doesn’t have to flake up into layers to please the eye and the filling is entirely customizable. There’s no crimping, no prebaking, or double crusting. One round of pie crust folded over some fruit filling; it’s literally half the pie and half the difficulty with all the deliciousness.

It’s stone fruit season, so I settled on some yellow and white peaches. The colors look amazing in the pastry, and it’s easy to layer it in an aesthetically pleasing pattern. Pistachios are creamy and rich with a slight crunch —

This easy-to-make fruit and pistachio galette could be your next dessert

the perfect counterbalance to the sweet fruit. The key to the filling is to taste everything; you should taste each peach to see how sweet or sour it is as well as after the additions of lemon and sugar to make sure it’s just right. I take this step to heart, so you’ll notice that while I say you need six peaches, you really probably only need four to five. I ended up tasting my way through an entire peach, so if you’re anything like me, start out with more than you need!

My family enjoys desserts that aren’t too sweet, so the sugar content of the dessert is also entirely customizable. I added just enough to balance out the lemon and to adjust to the tartness of some of the peaches.

Feel free to use other stone fruits that are in season; plums, nectarines and apricots also work amazingly well with this recipe.

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pieces (however many you want) 1 lemon Recipe Guide 1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, gently toss together the flour, sugar, salt and cold butter until the butter is coated with flour. With your fingers, smush each butter chunk and fold it into the flour until you have a crumbly mixture. Add in the water a couple of tablespoons at a time until it just comes together. (For those of you who don’t want to get your hands dirty, throw the dry ingredients and butter in a food processor and blitz until crumbly. Slowly add the water until the dough forms a ball.)

2. With the palm of your hands, flatten the dough into a disk, and cut into quarters. Stack the quarters and flatten down a bit.

This will help make the dough flaky. Wrap it in plastic wrap and throw it in the fridge while you make your filling. This step can be completed up to 24 hours in advance.

3. Cut the peaches into thin, even slices. Place in a bowl, and

combine with a squeeze of lemon, sugar and cornstarch.

Taste each peach to gauge how much lemon and sugar to add.

4. Take the dough out of the fridge, sprinkle with flour and roll it out. Try to make the dough as round as possible. If the edges crack, don’t worry! It’s all going to be folded over in the end anyways. Make sure that the dough isn’t sticking to the rolling surface and keep adding flour if it does start to stick.

5. Transfer the dough to a parchment-lined sheet pan. Layer the top of the crust with the pistachios.

6. Place the peach slices over the pistachios in a spiral design, starting from the center working out, and keep going until the filling is gone and there’s about an inch of dough around the perimeter that isn’t covered by the filling. The middle should be the best-looking section, as it’s the part that doesn’t get folded over and is left exposed.

7. Fold and pleat the edges of the crust over the filling. Sprinkle the galette with sugar, and pop it in the oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Serve and enjoy!

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to shut off water service at locations where such gatherings are held. You can also be fined $100 for not wearing a face covering. Ouch! “This is intended to make explicit that these ‘super spreader’ events are strictly prohibited in Santa Monica and will be enforced as private parties have increased regionally,” reads the release, which also reminds that small gatherings with non-household members remain “generally prohibited by LA County’s Safer at Home Order.”

•“Recovery depends on all of us remaining vigilant, especially as we approach a holiday weekend when it can be tempting to gather,” Interim City Manager Lane Dilg added in the release. “Private events that violate public health rules designed to put us back on track will be subject to fines and other enforcement action in Santa Monica.” As much as we all probably hate being patrolled by the party police… it’s probably for our own good.

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Ballet for the Small Screen Los Angeles Ballet’s “A Chance to Dance” community classes transition to Instagram PHOTOS COURTESY OF LOS ANGELES BALLET

Los Angeles Ballet soloist Laura Chachich directs the West LA-based dance company’s “A Chance to Dance” free ballet class series

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By Katherine Brubaker The dance world has been thrown for a loop with the COVID-19 pandemic. With in-person dance classes being limited, dancers have had to reconstruct their approach to dancing together. To adapt, classes have moved to outside studio spaces and online.

Los Angeles Ballet (LAB) dancers running “A Chance to Dance,” an outreach program meant to bring dance to the LA community, have done just this by hosting live classes over Instagram, then posting the footage on their Instagram page.

“A Chance to Dance” was created in 2012 by LAB’s founding executive director Julie Whittaker and one of LAB’s former principal ballerinas, Allynne Noelle. Laura Chachich, a soloist with LAB, took over the program in 2015 as director. She has been spearheading the program ever since.

Chachich explained that prior to COVID-19, “A Chance to Dance” events included community days hosted one Sunday a month during LAB’s season. They would be hosted at Los Angeles Ballet Center on Exposition Boulevard in West Los Angeles and be taught by current professional ballet dancers for free.

Classes would start at 11 a.m. and run until 2 or 3 in the afternoon.

“A Chance to Dance” tries to provide classes for all ages and skill levels. “We would start out the day with a children’s creative movement class, move to body conditioning, more like a Pilates or yoga, and then we would have our core ballet classes. We would have the youth level, intermediate level, the advanced level, and then we would often have a supplementary class, like a jazz or contemporary class,” said Chachich.

The program also includes “Behind the Ballet” seminars, which gave the community an inside look into LAB. Participants were told about the company’s repertoire, choreography, sets, costumes and got an inside look into production.

In 2019, “A Chance to Dance” expanded beyond the community days and took the program to Florence Griffith Joyner elementary school in South Los Angeles

to further the program’s reach.

Chachich and other dancers taught two different classes of student ballet, “which was one of the most fun experiences,” according to Chachich.

With the pandemic shutting down studios due to social distancing protocols, LAB has had to reinvent how the community participates in “A Chance to Dance.”

“We had to be creative, so we could reach the broadest audience possible. We are trying to invite people in who would not usually have the opportunity to be exposed to ballet,” said Chachich. She found that Instagram Live is the best platform on which to host the program.

“We now do events twice a month online. The classes are a little bit less - we usually have two to three classes per virtual event. We try to make each of them slightly different with different teachers and classes. It’s been really great to stay connected with the community and reach people in their homes,” said Chachich.

This adjustment with the program was not the only one Chachich has had to make. Being a professional ballet dancer who is unable to perform her craft is uncharted territory. “It’s so hard.

For dancers, so much of it is about connection and that interaction with people. Now, some studios are able to open up again by wearing masks and stuff like that, but the first few months we were at home. Our company gave us squares of Marley [dance flooring], and we set them up in our homes three days a week, just to try and keep moving,” said Chachich.

Though the current circumstances have created obstacles, professional ballet dancers like Chachich have found a way to continue dancing and sharing their love for dance with the community. It seems that nothing can stop them — not even a pandemic.

The next “A Chance to Dance” happens live on Instagram from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 30.

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Celebrating the Graduates The Rotary Club of Westchester honors 2020 scholarship winners $2000 are Saint Bernard graduates Rickey McGregor and Madison Brown and Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet graduates Elon Morris and Dere Je Assefa. Winners of “Interact” scholarships ($500) are Saint Bernard graduate Ashanti Salazar and Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet graduate Lenny Marquez.

“I would like to thank God and my parents for helping me achieve this scholarship,” says McGregor, who will be attending UC Berkeley. “My parents instilled in me the discipline I needed at an early age, and I wouldn’t have achieved this scholarship without them.”

Winners most commonly directed their thank-yous towards parents, Rotary Club staff and high school English teachers.

Marquez further explained how the scholarship will help him start college at San Diego State University.

“I am really happy and grateful for this scholarship,” Marquez said. “It means a lot coming from Rotary, especially since I have been apart of Interact since my freshman year. This is really going to help me this fall semester as I am going to be away from home. This will be helping me with food costs and school supplies I’ll be needing/using this fall.”

Salazar was also involved in Interact Club, the Rotary’s club for young people.

“Growing up, I didn’t have the privileges that other students have,” said Salazar, who plans to attend UCLA. “But I work to show that these privileges don’t matter if you work hard. I hope to be an inspiration for these communities that I work with, which may make them want to do the same.”

Have a spot of good news or know a student worth spotlighting? Email christinac@argonautnews.com.

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By Dev Jaiswal Senior year looked very different for most of West Los Angeles’ 2020 high school graduates.

In-person classes? No. College visits?

Nope. Prom? Absolutely not. Graduation?

Too bad. And for the six Rotary Club of Westchester scholarship recipients from Playa del Rey’s Saint Bernard High School and Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet, no traditional awards ceremony either.

Due to this year’s pandemic, the Rotary Club had to cancel their usual buffet meal at the LAX-adjacent Crowne Plaza Hotel honoring recipients of their scholarship awards program. But the club got creative and instead threw a celebratory drive-thru ceremony on June 24 at the Westchester Family YMCA Annex. Scholarship winners waited in their cars while Rotary Club staff members delivered recipients their scholarship checks, balloons and pizza from Westchester’s Tower Pizza.

The recipients then posed for a sociallydistanced photo-op.

The club also awarded $500 mini-grants to seven teachers for the purchase of classroom items such as stability balls, math manipulatives and workbooks for dyslexic students.

The Rotary Club is involved in many other year-round service projects, including delivering food, partnering with high school entrepreneurship programs, participating in humanitarian work in Mexico and running book sales.

“We have fun doing it,” said Darlene Fukuji, outgoing president of the Rotary Club of Westchester. “We go off each other’s energy here and we’re having fun being entrepreneurial in these trying times because we see that the community needs us now more than ever.”

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A New ‘Leash’ on Life Interest in pet adoption is on the rise thanks to working from home PHOTOS COURTESY OF WALLIS ANNENBERG PETSPACE

Proud new pet owners pose with their new addition, Ricky, who found a new home thanks to Playa Vista’s Annenberg PetSpace

By Anthony Torrise COVID-19 has turned daily schedules upside down, but the limitations that once came with owning a pet (like being chained to an office desk) have been lifted for those who suddenly have more disposable time and attention due to working from home. It’s a leap of faith for some but most of the time the result is an unbroken bond.

From March to July of 2020, there has been a nationwide decrease of animals brought into shelters compared to the same period of time last year, according to industry data by petpoint.com. It also indicates lower rates of adoption as well, which is actually a good thing.

Fewer intake and adoptions simply means that animals are not being surrendered as frequently. Most Westside

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shelters have closed down their in-person operations, but they have not stopped finding homes for the animals they care for.

The numbers of pets that found a new home through foster care and adoption are impressive for some of our Westside shelters.

Collectively, No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA), the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace in Playa Vista and the City of Santa Monica Animal Shelter all

claimed to have a lower intake of animals during the pandemic compared to the same time frame last year.

PR Manager Michelle Sathe of NKLA, an initiative of the Best Friends Animal Society, reported that 50 to 60% of the cats and dogs in the shelter found a foster home within two to three weeks of COVID-19 striking in March. That’s based on the shelter’s average of 250

animals at any one time.

“I’ve been with Best Friends for seven years here in Los Angeles, that has never happened, not even during the wildfires or anything like that.

This was like a whole new level of community engagement,” Sathe said with amazement.

By mid March, Sathe was fostering a four-year-old Chihuahua from the shelter named Sugar. After a brief two weeks under Sathe’s care, Sugar found her new home with a first-time pet owner who hadn’t planned to fully adopt in the beginning.

Morgan Saunders went through the process of fostering Sugar in late March, but when the month quickly passed, Saunders was asked for her opinion about Sugar being put up for adoption on NKLA’s website. Unable to part with the soft-eyed pup, Sugar became a fixture of the family and is now staying with the rest of the Saunders’ loved ones on the East Coast.

“It helped me a lot, just knowing someone else was there, knowing I can pick her up and hug her and she’d want to snuggle with me. ... It would just help me so much more to get through the day,” remarked Saunders.

In Playa Vista, things are looking to be on the up and up as well for the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace. PetSpace’s animal care manager Courtney Stone spoke with optimism as she said that interest in adoption has skyrocketed since more people are working from home and not in traditional office settings from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., (nor, we might add, stuck in LA’s notorious rushour traffic).

“Before COVID, that was probably one big deterrent that I frequently heard and saw from people being interested,” said Stone. “They just didn’t have enough time. They worked. They weren’t at home as much so that did deter people from adopting prior, where now that’s kind of a benefit because they are home and they’re able to spend time

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with their new pet.”

Through it all, the staff at PetSpace feel a shared sense of positivity thanks to the massive amounts of support coming from members of the surrounding community. This support has gone far in finding homes for some of PetSpace’s longterm residents, Stone notes.

Like other Westside shelters, the City of Santa Monica Animal Shelter reported that the amount of incoming dogs decreased from 81 to 39 from 2019 to 2020 and from 91 to 39 for cats since last year. From that decrease the shelter currently only has five dogs and three cats available for adoption, according to Animal Control Supervisor Ford Matsuoka.

Despite having to let go of the kennel staff due to less intake, the remaining staff at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter feel rather happy about the animals still being able to find homes.

“We’re ecstatic, even though people can’t just walk in and adopt the animal coming off the street. They have to make an appointment,” says Matsuoka.

“But people have been making appointments, they have been sticking to those appointments, coming in, viewing the animal, talking it over with the animal control officers that are now the staff for the kennel. Usually they end up adopting the animal.”

Even if we aren’t able to go about adoptions like we used to, the move to put more animals in foster care has done a massive amount of work in allowing pet personalities to fully come out in a home environment.

In celebration of National Dog Day, which just happened on Aug. 26, Wags and Walks is celebrating with a virtual auction lasting through Sept. 2 in order to provide for the dogs under their care. Even those who aren’t able to adopt can support by bidding on prizes like a luxurious Montecito getaway, custom pet portraits and a personalized audio recording from Kristen Bell.

Six hundred dogs have been saved by Wags and Walks since social restrictions were established in March. While it’s not a full-blown shelter, the dog rescue reported to have moved all of their dogs to foster care as of April. The work has been nonstop but the end result is worth it. So far, it doesn’t look like Wags and Walks will be slowing down anytime soon.

“The challenges of COVID

PetSpace has made it easy to set up a virtual meet-and-greet to get to know your prospective pooch or furry friend have certainly taken a toll, but thanks to our incredible staff, volunteers and fosters, we’ve been able to maintain our rescue efforts without much of a hiccup,” says founder Leslie Brog. “With many people working from home now, folks are seeing the benefits of adopting a dog and we’re optimistic that we’ll see a significant spike in adoptions over the next few months! It’s a great time to rescue!”

The community of animal lovers on the Westside has spoken for itself. The outpouring of support through donations, volunteer foster care and adoptions have given a new “leash” on life, so to speak, to pets deserving of loving homes and the people who open their hearts to them. Pets do wonders for our mental health and if there is any time to help yourself as well as another, now seems to be the time.

Visit nkla.org, annenbergpetspace.org, bit.ly/santamonicaanimalshelter or wagsandwalks.org to learn more.

The Annenberg PetSpace may be closed for now, but its mission to foster connections between humans and animals remains strong AUGUST 27, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 13

Sparkling with Good Health WeHo smoothie spot Earthbar pops up in Santa Monica with a blend of new items every week PHOTOS BY HOLLY JENVEY

By Holly Jenvey As the pandemic hit, beloved West Hollywood health food institution and smoothie bar Earthbar responded with innovation and creativity.

By introducing The Discovery Bar, a new pop-up in the heart of Santa Monica which opened Aug. 10, customers can now experience and vote on Earthbar’s latest creations while still being able to enjoy their all-time favorites. Aside from bowls, supplements and their popular smoothies, Earthbar is planning to offer gluten-free paninis, waffles, toasts, superfood wellness lattes, herbal tinctures, vitamins and wellness shots, keto-friendly Nice Cream and other items

that customers would like to see on their menus.

Each week, the pop-up bar will showcase a new beverage or dish to see which items should make it permanently to Earthbar’s menus around Los Angeles and across Southern California. This is the first time, since its inception in 1971, that the holistic health supply company is giving this power to shape the palate of Earthbar to its customers.

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The first week of the pop-up launched Sparklers, a light and cool nutritious beverage that can be served with any other menu item.

The Sparklers came in three flavors: Charcoal Lemonade, Vanilla Butterfly and Tart Cherry Ginger. These are made with sparkling water and ice, making it a perfect drink for all customers as hot temperatures soar through California. After anyone tries a Sparkler, the Discovery Bar provides them with a strip of paper with a QR code to lead them to a survey to vote on whether they should be a permanent menu item. St. Clair explained that the Sparklers are low on sugar, having nutritional benefits while being delicious. They are $4.95 each.

“We’ve seen a lot more people drinking juice and smoothies and going out of their way to get them right now,” St.Clair said.

For the Sparklers in particular she noted, “We still wanted to stay close to what we’re originally built on, which is functional beverages.”

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WELCOME!

Rotary Connects the Community & the World Greetings, and Welcome to Westchester Rotary!

Our Rotary Club was founded in 1950 and we are proud of our 70 years of service to the Westchester community and the world! Our mission is “Service Above Self” and never has this been more evident than during the very challenging pandemic.

This special issue of the Argonaut will spotlight many of the 30+ annual projects that the Rotary Club of Westchester supports, both within our community and internationally. We hope that one or more of these projects will pique your interest and that you will consider joining us for one of our weekly Zoom meetings, until the pandemic is over, or in person at the Crowne Plaza Century Blvd., when we get back to our new normal!

What is Rotary International? Rotary is the world’s oldest and most important service organization with over 1,200,000 members in more than 30,000 clubs

Westchester Rotarians gathered on July 29 for a socially distanced Happy Hour at Chase Park for their only in person meeting since March.

Rotary Club of Westchester: People of Action

Service is what Rotarians do! We seek out opportunities to change the lives of others in need. Rotary gives our members the ability to make a difference and provides many avenues of service for our members to follow their passions in helping others in a multitude of capacities. At Westchester Rotary, we operate in a “Culture of Yes.” We empower our membership to dream large in addressing the needs of our local communities and the international community. Our projects focus on literacy, peace, clean water, health and economic development, always working to make a better community and a better world. Through our friendships and professional connections, we are able to turn our dreams into reality and get things done! Come join in the fun and service! u spread throughout 160 countries. Rotary provides clean water to those without it, feeds the hungry, battles crippling, debilitating and disfiguring diseases (most specifically polio) and helps people learn to read and write so they can compete in the modern workplace. Rotarians are business and professional leaders who aspire

to the highest ethical standards in their vocations and who not only help those in need in their own communities, but who also seek to advance the cause of peace, understanding and goodwill worldwide through scholarships, youth and adult exchanges and humanitarian projects.

Thank you for taking the time to learn

more about our club! We thank all of our friends and organizations that have supported us through the years and for helping us to make a difference! Together we continue to move mountains!

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Best Community Event! Emerson Avenue Community Garden Makeover Project Westchester Annual Book Sale

Every year for the past 65 years the Rotary Club of Westchester has held their annual book sale over Memorial Day weekend in May… until this year! The pandemic erased our event in May but we are undaunted! We have been collecting and sorting books for almost a year and we are ready and raring to go over Labor Day weekend from Thursday, September 3 to Tuesday, September 8, in the Ralph’s Parking lot on Sepulveda! The Book Sale has been voted as the Best Westchester Community Event for a very good reason — it brings the community together, even during a pandemic!

Scores of Westchester families and beyond contact us every spring, during spring cleaning, to donate already read books.

Hundreds of residents of every age come to our Book Sale every year to find their reading selections for the next 12 months at bargain prices. The Book Sale is a celebration of literacy and a celebration of community. We have 50 categories of books ranging from children’s books to art and architecture, history, literature, leadership, medicine, psychology, political science, reference books, textbooks and more! Please join us over Labor Day weekend and find out more about Westchester Rotary and why we are the Rotary District 5280 Club of Excellence! u

For more than a decade, the Rotary Club of Westchester has been completing extreme makeover projects in the community. We do makeover projects every other year, and they have become the signature hands-on projects for our club. This year, in the late fall through the early spring, we will be working with Emerson Avenue Community Garden on the campus of Orville Wright Middle School to improve drainage and make the garden completely accessible to individuals with disabilities.

The makeover will include the removal of all of the mulch pathways and urbanite (repurposed chunks of concrete), grading for improved drainage, and the installation of decomposed granite pathways throughout the garden, which contains 38 garden plots that are cultivated by local residents. The project will also include some surprise elements to enhance the experience of the gardeners and the public. Most of the work will be completed when the weather is cooler to minimize the disruption to the gardeners. It always rains during our makeover projects, so expect a wet winter!! Please come out and join us for some Rotary service and fun!

Other makeover projects that Westchester Rotary has completed include the Senior Center at Westchester Park, Safe Places for Youth (SPY) in Venice, and the Westchester Townhouse on the campus of Kentwood Elementary School. u

Emerson Avenue Community Garden has been selected for this year’s Westchester Rotary Makeover Project! Work begins in the late fall! Erica DeBear, Warren Bobrow and Tori Hettinger explore the community garden in preparation for this year’s makeover project.

Club Service: Staying Connected Through Cooking Like everyone else, Westchester Rotarians have had to find creative solutions to stay connected during the pandemic! One of our previous presidents of Westchester Rotary, Christa Ramey, came up with the idea of cooking dinner together on Sunday evenings through Zoom. Each week a member of our club, and sometimes a member of other District 5280 clubs, sends out a recipe and shopping list of ingredients and we all cook together and have a virtual gathering for an hour over a glass of wine or some other favorite beverage. So far 25 or our 62 members

have joined in the food, fun and comradery. Our gourmet meals have included Cabbage Rolls from Lebanon, Shoyu Chicken, Zuppa Contento, Carmela’s Lasagna, Tortilla Pizza, Sopa Seco con Camarones, Harrissa Chicken, Chile Relleno Casserole, Paprika Chicken and many others. If you like to cook and stay connected, all of you are welcome to join us every Sunday at 5:00 at Westchester Rotary! u

Lek Pollard shows off her Pad Thai masterpiece as she leads a Sunday Dinner with Westchester Rotarians on Zoom!

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Best Community/Social Club

Our Projects Extreme Makeover Projects that benefit community centers: Emerson Avenue Community Garden, Westchester Townhouse, Safe Place for Youth in Venice and Westchester Senior Center Annual book sale in support of community projects Honor our local police, firefighters & TSA at our Boots and Badges luncheon Help eradicate polio in the world Holiday parties at 1736 Family Crisis Center Organize a high school art, speech, dance, and music competition for scholarships Academic scholarships for high school students and teacher grants Back to school shopping spree for underprivileged youth International Humanitarian Trips (Costa Rica 2021) Support orphanages in Malawi & Thailand

Working on solutions for homeless teens with Safe Place for Youth Members of the COVID-19 Support Coalition with Westside Pacific Villages Supporting our Marine families at Camp Pendleton Support international Youth Exchange Prevent human trafficking And more! rotary-westchester.com facebook.com/WestchesterRotary90045 @westchester.rotary

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International Projects: Costa Rica

In addition to projects in our local community, the Rotary Club of Westchester is active in improving the lives of people in other countries around the globe. We provide support to orphanages in Malawi and Thailand, and to Jo Jo’s Sanctuary for abused children in Thailand. We actively support the eradication of polio throughout the world and we are happy to share that we are almost there! We also provided relief to people in Beirut through Rotary District 5280’s Beirut Relief Fund. We work directly with Rotary Clubs in Lebanon to ensure that every cent goes directly to the relief effort.

For well over a decade, Westchester Rotary has been actively involved, with many of the 60 Rotary Clubs in District 5280, (Western Los Angeles County) in annual humanitarian trips to countries throughout the western hemisphere. With funding from local clubs and

Global Grants from the Rotary International Foundation, we have completed major projects in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico and in the Caribbean.

Most recently, in Westchester Rotarians March 2020, 12 make adobe bricks members of Westches- to build a bakery in the town of Lachatao, ter Rotary joined a team of 120 Rotarians in Oaxaca, Mexico in February 2020. from District 5280 clubs to complete several projects in Oaxaca, Mexico. The projects included clean water, the installation of solar panels in a community that previously had no electricity, the construction of a bakery for economic sustainability in a town that was

founded in 1570, the conversion of a jail into a library and support for several elementary schools.

This Rotary year, in April 2021, Westchester Rotarians will be venturing to Costa Rica to support several humanitarian projects. More specifically, Westchester will be the lead club on the Copalchi Potable Water Project. This project consists of the construction of a one kilometer water supply pipeline from a storage tank 165 meters higher in elevation, to the town of Copalchi, which currently does not have a source of potable water for all residents. This project will increase the supply of drinking water from the current 402 people, to 714. The total cost of the project is $70,000 and we are participating in a Global Grant to secure the funds. The Westchester Rotary contribution will be $5,000. u

Westside Pacific Villages: Senior Support Coalition

Val and Frank Velasco prepare to make a Friday Delivery to support seniors at Westside Pacific Villages.

Dexter Hall volunteers every Friday at Westside Pacific Villages.

Tori Hettinger and Tom Johnstone enjoy a day off from humanitarian projects in Peru in April 2019, visiting Machi Picchu.

SPRING FUNDRAISER

The Rotary Club of Westchester has been a proud participant in Westside Pacific Villages (WPV) Senior Support Coalition!

Every Friday since the pandemic began in March, Westchester Rotarians have showed up in force to deliver goodie bags, food donated by local restaurants, flowers and many other items to brighten up the days of seniors who are sheltering at home.

Support for seniors has also included assistance with technology to keep our seniors connected with loved ones and friends during the pandemic. Currently our Rotary Club is teaming with WPV to collect 75 new or gently used iPads, by September 30, to support senior connectivity! There are so many ways to support the community! u

We celebrated our 70th Annual Rotary Club of Westchester Spring Fundraiser on March 6th, 2020 at the William Turner Gallery located in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station. We honored our “Citizen(s) of the Year,” Bernie and Ed Massey of Portraits of Hope for their work developing oneof-a-kind motivational art projects that merge the production of dynamic public art works with creative therapy for hospitalized children and civic education for students of all ages. It was an evening to remember as everyone came dressed as their favorite artist or art piece. This was our last not physically distant event, and we wanted to thank everyone who sponsored this event, attended, and supported. u

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Educational Grants/Scholarships

The Rotary Club of Westchester presented a variety of scholarship awards to some of the area’s best and brightest high school students during a special “drive-through” ceremony and parade beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24 at the Westchester Family YMCA Annex. We awarded $9,000 in scholarships to local students and an additional $3,500 to local teachers.

Scholarship recipients were: Rickey McGregor (Saint Bernard High School, earned the $2,000 Jim Hill Memorial Scholarship, which is given to a graduating high school senior who demonstrates outstanding leadership in community service, resides in Westchester or Playa del Rey and/or attends WESM or SBHS. Madison Brown –Madison, who attends Saint Bernard High School, earned the $2,000 Kriston Palomo Scholarship, given to a graduating senior who has actively participated in a athletic program, participated in community service and maintained at least a 3.0 grade-point average.

Elon Morris – Elon, who attends Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet, earned the $2,000 Jerry Madera Scholarship, given to a graduating senior with a minimum grade-point average of 3.75 who demonstrates leadership and participates in community service.

Dere Je Assefa – Dere, who attends Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet, earned the $2,000 Judy Young First Generation College Scholarship, given to a graduating senior who is the first of his/her generation to attend college and has a demonstrated financial need.

Ashanti Salazar – Ashanti earned the $500 Saint Bernard High School Interact Scholarship, which is given annually to a graduating SBHS senior who is a member of Interact Club, demonstrates leadership in community service and lives by Rotary’s Four-Way Test.

Lenny Marquez – Lenny earned the $500 Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet Interact Scholarship, which is given annually to a graduating WESM senior who is a member of Interact Club, demonstrates leadership in community service and lives by

Serving Our United States Marine Families at Camp Pendleton

Darlene Fukuji and Vanessa Galvan present a scholarship to Kalema Brown Fisher in June 2020.

Rotary’s Four-Way Test.

Teacher Mini-Grants of $500 to each of the following teachers for use in their classrooms during the 2020-2021 school year: Hedako Brown (St. Jerome Catholic School) Amber Spence (St. Jerome Catholic School) Farrah Cocozza (Westport Heights Elementary School) Theodore Fortier (Westport Heights Elementary School) Jessica Oney (WISH Charter School) Jordann Ojeda (WISH Charter School) Kalema Brown Fisher (Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets) u

Did you know that, on average, there are 160 babies born at Camp Pendleton every month? Camp Pendleton is one of the largest United States Marine Bases in the United States.

Camp Pendleton serves as a training facility for many entry-level Marines and their young families. The needs of these families are many. Westchester Rotary joined more than 20 other Rotary Clubs in Rotary District 5280 to collect four truckloads of furniture, housewares and every day necessities for the families and infants. Many of our Westchester Rotarians sent items to support our Marine Families and our club made a COSTCO run for diapers, infant clothing and other items that we shipped to Camp Pendleton on behalf of our Rotary Club! Our Marines do so much for us and “We are all in this together”! The next Rotary District 5280 effort to support our Marine families is on October 26. If you would like to support this effort please contact us on our Facebook Page or contact Tom Johnstone at (310) 350-0896. u

PAGEANT OF THE ARTS We also believe in art education and sponsor/award middle and high school students in the areas of speech, dance, music, and art.

We would like to congratulate the 2020 Westchester Rotary Pageant of the Art high school winners: Grace Ellzey (violinist), Greta Davis (opera singer), and Ian Peterson (photographer). They were selected to compete at the Rotary district level which was held virtually this year, and Grace Ellzey (violin) received an honorable mention; Mayumi Rohne won first place for dancing; and Greta Davis won first place for singing (opera)! u Mark Florentino and Tom Johnstone shop for infant clothing to send to Marine families at Camp Pendleton.

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R O TA R Y C L U B O F W E S T C H E S T E R

WOMB WITH A VIEW My friend constantly talks to me about her baby on the way and asks me to help her pick out furniture and clothes for it. This is very painful for me because my husband doesn’t want kids and I agreed not to have any. I didn’t realize I’d have this deep longing for a child, but I love him and am not willing to leave him. I also have a hard time asking for things, even if a person is my friend. How do I tell her it would be better for me not to talk about this so much without making her feel bad?

— Never-Be Mom

us on the inside.)

Paterson observes that passivity often emerges from a deep fear of being rejected and the mistaken sense that “the way to be accepted and appreciated by others is to give and give.” It leads us to keep our opinions to ourselves, give in to unreasonable demands and generally sell ourselves out in a desperate and typically counterproductive attempt to gain others’ approval.

Your passive style might have been protective for you once, like if you were a little kid trying to avoid getting smacked around by violent alcoholic It’s hard when hanging out with your parents. But chances are you’ve friend is one long “Look what the stork continued using it out of habit, because it’s become automatic, not is bringing!” and all you can think is because you closely evaluated it and “My stork got run over by a bus en decided that it still makes sense. And route to my house.”

Understandably, you don’t want your it still might — that is, if you, as an adult, have fisty alcoholic giants as friend to feel bad. But you’re protectyour legal guardians. ing your friend’s feelings at the You can choose to shift to a healthier expense of your own, feeling extra style: assertiveness, sticking up for bad because you aren’t telling her you need something from her: to stop yourself and your needs in an effort to rebalance your interactions with other bringing you in on crib picks and people so they feel fairer. You do this “which onesie is cuter?” because it by being direct and honest about shines a spotlight on the bare space how you’d like to be treated. State in your life where a baby would go. your needs calmly, using respectful In other words, she’s become a language, and do it in a timely way crappy friend to you — through no — as soon as possible — instead of fault of her own. Maybe she doesn’t know you chose your husband over a endlessly festering with resentment that someone hasn’t read your mind baby, or maybe she thinks you’ve and changed their behavior accordmade your peace with that. By ingly. keeping mum about your feelings, Assertiveness is ultimately the active you’ve effectively transformed her — form of self-respect (a person’s sense turned her into the pregnant version that they have value and thus have of some empathetically bankrupt the right to ask to be treated as if their Binge-Shopper Barbie dragging a needs matter). Keep that in mind friend with no head to all the hat when you first start asserting yourself, sales. which is sure to feel seriously uncomImagine if you were as attentive to emotional pain as you are to physical fortable and maybe even terrifying.

Do it despite that. Refuse to let your pain. If your friend backed her SUV onto your toes, you wouldn’t just stand fears be the boss of you, turning your there all, “I have a hard time asking for life into one big suck-it-up fest.

Be prepared for the other person to things, even if a person is my friend.” disagree with you, dislike what you You’d scream; she’d move the thing; say, or even get angry. All you can and then she’d whisk you off to the nearest urgent care for a lollypop and control is your own behavior — through putting your needs out there an X-ray.

In contrast, consider where submerg- in a calm, respectful, timely and nontoxic way. Mick Jagger, wisely, ing your emotions, opting for the noted that, “You can’t always get just-suck-it-up approach, leads. As what you want.” However, you’re more clinical psychologist Randy Paterson likely to have a crack at it if you don’t puts it: “If you cannot say no, you are just seethe with anger until your friend not in charge of your own life.” He finally figures it out at her baby shower explains that a “passive” style like (upon unwrapping your generous gift yours is “designed to avoid conflict at of matching Mommy-and-baby all costs.” (In fact, conflict we avoid Swarovski-encrusted muzzles). doesn’t go away; it just eats away at

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WARM, WELCOMING, & ELEGANT “Meticulously maintained gem of a home located in the heart of Silicon Beach,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “This crisp design is ideal for a growing family or work-from-home professionals; the functional layout boasts airy rooms, pristine hardwood floors, picture-perfect windows, and first floor family room with modern built-in fireplace. Spacious backyard provides both privacy and the perfect setting for unwinding or entertaining. The natural garden, based on permaculture principles, will provide a food basket for years to come with a variety of fruit trees, vegetable beds, and an herb spiral. Main floor offers a galley kitchen with white princess granite counters and flows into a bright dining room. A wall of windows floods the living room with natural light, highlighting an art deco fireplace.

Professionally finished bathrooms with stunning tile work are also not to be missed. Enjoy the exquisite curb appeal as you walk the quiet neighborhood or venture a stones throw to popular restaurants, cafes, and shopping.”

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“This luxurious, ocean view residence is in a prime Peninsula location,” says agent Denise Fast. “It is a decorator perfect, sun-drenched single-level condominium. The living room opens to a balcony to enjoy sunshine, ocean breezes and the sound of the waves crashing on the beach. Gourmet kitchen features quartz and butcher block counters, and marble back splash. The floors are Garrison wood with a walnut stain. Convenient side-by-side washer and dryer. Beautifully upgraded building with spa, sauna and event room. Tandem parking plus two large storage units.”

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“These four garden homes, six blocks to the beach, are sited individually between winding pathways and a zen -like gardenscape,” says agent Winston Cenac. “All four homes offer individual patios, hardwood floors, private laundry, great light and ocean breezes. Practical enhancements for all properties include a/c, tankless water heaters, ample storage space and parking All of this located just a few blocks to Whole Foods and Rose Ave shopping / dining. Property to be sold with owner’s unit vacant.”

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State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Solomon Laktineh. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Ellianna Aesthetics, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 29, 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: 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020116767 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE PAPERCUTS LIBRARY. 2567 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) The Papercuts Library LLC, 2567 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064. 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/ William Sellers. TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: The Papercuts Library LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 3, 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: 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20, 9/17/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020113339 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SANTA MONICA MOTEL. 2102 Lincoln Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pacificside, Inc., 479 Homewood Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90049. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/2012. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Johathan Farzam. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Pacificside, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 28, 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: 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20

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