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A man who was fatally shot last week by a supervisor from LAPD’s Pacific Division did not have a gun when he was shot, prompting Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore to call for the release of video surveillance footage of the incident to the public earlier than usual.

The officer who shot Victor Valencia, 31, at Venice Boulevard and Tuller Avenue near the Culver City border has been identified as Sgt. Colin Langsdale.

Langsdale responded to a radio call about a man armed with a gun on Jan.11 at approximately 12:40 p.m. and made contact with Valencia near Venice and Tuller in Palms before shooting him, striking him in the chest.

Moore confirmed to The Argonaut what he said at the Los Angeles Police Commission’s Jan. 14 hearing: that Valencia was not brandishing a handgun when he was shot.

“A bicycle part with a very similar makeup as a gun was found at the scene,” Moore told the The Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewards installed a temporary commissioners. perimeter and sand stabilization fencing to protect Playa del Rey’s In 2018, the commission voted to Toes Beach sand dunes release body camera and patrol car footage of “critical incidents” —including officer involved shootings—to the public within 45 days of the incident.

“I intend to move up the release of A 48-year-old man was sentenced at around 10:30 p.m., at which time the critical incident video sooner to 22 years in prison on Jan. 16 after he began shooting at the victim, than the standard 45 days, [possipleading no contest to charges of who was wounded and taken to a bly] within the next 10-12 days,” attempted murder and using a local hospital.

Moore wrote in an email to handgun in causing great bodily Pacific Division officers arrested The Argonaut. damage in connection with an Mewhorter the next day near the Valencia was taken to Ronald incident during which he fired nine crime scene. Deputy District Reagan UCLA Medical Center, times at a man outside a once Attorney Brenda Chan prosecuted where he died later that day. Sarah popular Venice Beach bar. the case.

Ardalani, a county coroner On March 7, 2018, Robert Leo Agents from the California Depart- spokeswoman, said Valencia was Mewhorter, who police say is a ment of Alcoholic Beverage Control from Lomita. transient, began arguing with a shut down Surfside Venice on Sept.

The shooting took place less than man inside Surfside Venice on 5 and subsequently suspended its two blocks away from a homeless Windward Avenue. The altercation liquor license following an underencampment under the 405 Freemoved outside and turned physical. cover sting operation that uncovway on the Mar Vista side.

Surveillance video shows Mewhorter ered blatant onsite sales of cocaine, A group of activists staged a rally leaving and returning to the scene ecstasy and other illegal drugs. on Jan. 16 near the scene of the Nearly five months after the ecologically sensitive dune area was bulldozed by contractors working for real estate developer the Legado Co., a temporary perimeter was established and sand stabilization fencing was installed on the property.

A path to the beach away from the Toes Beach Dunes has been marked and visitors to the beach are being asked to use the path and not trespass on the protected area.

“Also, please let us know if fencing is removed or needs to be replaced,” wrote Mark Waier and Trevor Daley of the Los Angeles public relations firm Cerrell Associates.

In addition to the fencing the state Coastal Commission is also requiring Legado to conduct interim erosion control and remedial grading to allow the dunes to begin to recover, with a state-approved specialist monitoring the effort.

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Police recovered this bicycle part and not a gun at the scene of the officer involved shooting shooting to demand justice for Valencia, including the organization White People 4 Black Lives, which meets monthly on the Westside.

Adam Smith, one of the group’s organizers, claimed Valencia suffered from mental difficulties and was homeless, although Ardalani said her office’s records indicated that Valencia was not homeless.

Smith could not be reached for comment.

For some in Venice, the about face on the suspect being armed is reminiscent of the killing of Brendon Glenn on the Venice Boardwalk by former Pacific Division Officer Clifford Proctor, who shot Glenn twice in the back on May 5, 2015.

In his report on the shooting, Proctor claimed that Glenn, a well-known homeless man on the boardwalk, had tried to grab his partner’s gun from its holster after an altercation outside a boardwalk nightclub. But after reviewing video surveillance from one of the nearby restaurants, then-LAPD Charlie Beck announced the video contradicted Proctor’s claims and the Police Commission determined by a vote of 4-0 that the shooting was not justified.

The video was never released publicly and Glenn’s family was awarded $4 million in a civil suit.

Proctor, who was not charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, resigned from the department in 2017.

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By Gary Walker Two new bombshells in the form of separate but related lawsuits roiled the Grammy Awards days before the nationally televised Jan. 26 music show when the assistant to Deborah Dugan filed a lawsuit against the Grammy CEO on Monday and the ousted Dugan took legal action of her own.

Dugan’s lawsuit, a gender discrimination suit brought against the Santa Monica–based Recording Academy, was filed on Jan. 21 and alleges “unlawful gender discrimination, sexual harassment, unlawful retaliation and unequal pay,” according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by The Argonaut. The suit was being reviewed by the Los Angeles Equal Employment Opportunity Commission district office.

The previous day, Claudine Little, who was Dugan’s executive assistant, filed a separate lawsuit, accusing Dugan of bullying and creating an “intoler-

Former Grammy CEO Deborah Dugan is accusing the Recording Academy of retaliating against her after she complained of sexual harassment and other improprieties able” work environment.

The music world was stunned when Dugan was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 16 after Little filed a formal complaint against her.

Attorneys at the New Yorkbased law firm Wigdor LLP, which is representing Dugan, allege that Dugan, a Santa Monica resident, complained about a lack of diversity, sexual

harassment, egregious conflicts of interest, improper self-dealing by board members, voting irregularities with respect to nominations for Grammy Awards, and other misconduct since she was hired last August.

Those complaints, they argue, went unheeded and were the basis for her being placed on administrative leave.

“It was retaliation, pure and simple,” Dugan’s lawsuit states.

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By Kellie Chudzinski | Photos by Ted Soqui Being a pageant queen was never in Rachel Thompson’s plans.

She knew she wanted to be a nurse, and build her skills to become a nurse practitioner. But before she could start her doctorate, an opportunity came her way that she couldn’t pass up: being Miss Marina del Rey. This choice would take her out of the exam and operating rooms and straight to the pageant stage.

Less than two weeks before she was set to compete in the early rounds of Miss California, she’s overlooking the Marina del Rey harbor. With her blonde hair—cut to just hit above her shoulders—bright smile, glowing skin and ultra-chic style, it’s easy to imagine her on a stage.

She’ll compete in the preliminary round of the Miss California pageant on Saturday, January 25, in San Gabriel, representing Marina del Rey just a year and a half after moving here from neighboring Venice.

“I love the marina. It’s this little oasis inside of LA I feel like no one really knows about,” she says.

She took on the title of Miss Marina del Rey in October, and since she has been dedicated to learning the ins-and-outs of the $5 billion-a-year industry. When she’s not working at Stoker Plastic Surgery in the marina, she is practicing and working with her coach Erika Shay. Shay formerly coached Miss USA and Miss Universe winner Olivia Culpo.

“I thought it was a good experience to get out of [my] comfort zone and do something,” Thompson says on deciding to join the pageant world. “I figured it’s a good way to grow. It’s something I’ve never done, and only good things can come from it.”

Winning Miss California, along with a yearlong tenure and ability to compete in Miss USA, comes with $100,000 in cash, scholarships and prizes including fitness and dental packages, management and cosmetic gifts. The winner spends her year-long reign representing her state and working on a signature issue.

Growing up near cornfields in Illinois, Thompson is constantly amazed by the beauty of LA. It’s also something she wants to protect, and if she wins the California crown, pollution will be her platform.

“I live in the Marina, I work here, it’s part of my everyday life,” Thompson says. “I think people see a problem that big and don’t know what to do.”

She suggests small everyday changes that can limit waste, especially plastic waste, such as not using plastic straws. She believes that over time, small changes can greatly limit the damage done to the environment.

“It will make a big difference in the long run,” she adds.

Along with interview preparation, early morning workouts at a sponsor, Studio MDR, Thompson is eating healthy and is learning to walk in sky-high heels. She stresses, however, the competitions are “so much more complex” than walking on stage and answering questions.

“I had no idea what I was getting into,” Thompson says. “I have literally no idea what I’m doing and I’m having to learn all that. But at the end of the day, it’s like I had a teacher once said, ‘You need to learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable because that’s the only way you’re ever going to grow,’ so that’s why I’m doing it.”

Despite only being 26, she defined herself as on “the older end,” as the competitions don’t allow women older than 27. That’s just one rule for the contestants.

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Rachel Thompson enjoys activities around Marina del Rey and intends to fight pollution as her platform if she wins the Miss California crown Miss California, which falls under the Miss USA and Miss Universe system, (co-owned by Donald Trump from 1996 to 2015), also requires contestants to be single (never married or had a child) and to be “female in the United States (recognized medically and legally),” according to the competition website.

“I thought people still had a stigma around pageants,” Thompson says when discussing concerns she had before joining.

“But I’m learning people don’t. Everyone has been so supportive.”

In recent years the Big Four beauty pageants (Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Universe and Miss World) have evolved to have less superficial approaches. Pageant queens aren’t beauty and no brains; within the last five years a lawyer, a chemist and an Army reserve captain have been crowned Miss USA. “Pageants used to literally just be based on how good you looked,” Thompson says. “But that was also when women weren’t really allowed to do anything but that.”

Now, she says, the pageants take a holistic approach, looking at everything from political and social stances to health. They’re more “substance-based,” Thompson adds. And she has

faith that the established rules will change in the future.

“It’s going to become a lot more inclusive,” she says.

Of the women set to compete, she is already a fan.

“All of [the other contestants] are just, truthfully, so credible,” she says. “Some of these girls have two degrees and they’re super successful in their work or in school and also have time to [compete]. They are really, really inspiring women.”

And she is one of them.

Whenever she needs to be reminded of her faith, she merely looks at her wrist, which bears a “VI” tattoo.

“The number 6 to me, being a Christian in my faith, represents imperfection, where 7 represents completion or perfection,” she says. “After going through a difficult time mentally and being harder on myself than I should have been, I had this tattooed on my dominant wrist to serve as a constant reminder that I’m human and not made to be perfect.”

Even before her days at Arizona State University’s nursing program, she always had one goal: help people. For as long as she could remember she wanted to be a nurse. It wasn’t a career she felt she was pushed toward — no family members are in the medical field and she didn’t have any deep or

scary medical emergencies during childhood — but rather it has been a calling.

She settled on the exclusive Mayo Clinic nursing program at ASU, where she was one of just 20 students her year, and spending six days a week in class. Following graduation, she landed a job at UCLA Medical Center as a liver transplant ICU nurse. Her dream, at the time, was working in ICUs. While at UCLA she also took a part-time job at Skin Laundry in Santa Monica where she was able to work on a personal passion — skin. Growing up, Thompson struggled with eczema and to this day has scarring from the condition.

“It was much worse than it is now when I was younger — covering my legs, hands, back and even parts of my face,” she says. “I had many staph infections that occurred as a result of it. I know many people suffer from conditions much worse. I feel lucky that this was the worst health issue I had.

“I think mentally and emotionally it was hard being a young girl with these large — not to mention painful — rashes. I was self-conscious ever showing my legs or wearing dresses. I think I came to terms with just knowing that is part of me. We all have imperfections and I just accepted it.”

That led to her passion for skin treatments, as did her fantastic health care providers who helped her through the eczema journey. She longs to pay it forward.

“I still struggle with (eczema) and I have many scars to prove that, but I work hard to manage it and my overall health, diet, stress, etc., all contributes to controlling it significantly,” she says.

Esthetics is a part of the medical field many see as purely superficial, not unlike pageants.

She recognizes some procedures are for vanity, but she sees the ability to help people feel confident.

“Every single day it’s really rewarding,” Thompson says.

Her conversations sway toward helping and empowering others through building their confidence. Thompson wants to work in a field that empowers women — physically and emotionally.

“I think that part of what I do is kind of missing. Most people who see these treatments [don’t realize clients] want to feel really good about themselves,” Thompson says.

She hopes to start her doctorate to become a nurse practitioner in the fall, and to return to ASU through their hybrid program, which will keep her in her beloved Marina del Rey. The idea of owning her own practice is one she is still contemplating, but regardless of where she ends up, she does have one purpose: To empower her clients.

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A Show of Female Power Women’s March LA puts a spotlight on local activists and politicians

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By Christina Campodonico Hundreds of thousands of protesters pulled out their pink “pussyhats,” “Nasty Woman” T-shirts and sundry accoutrements of resistance and dissent for the fourth annual Women’s March Los Angeles in downtown LA on Saturday. The Women’s March Foundation estimates that more than 300,000 attended the rally that began in Pershing Square at 9 a.m. with an indigenous blessing and concluded at the foot of Los Angeles City Hall where a lineup of entertainers, activists and politicians spoke on a wide range of progressive topics from reproductive, disability, LGBTQ+ and voting rights to the environment, equal pay and the 2020 census.

Just like the giant inflatable “Baby Trump” balloon that hovered over the jam-packed crowd in Grand Park during the rally, the subject of the president and his impeachment were an inescapable presence in the remarks of the demonstration’s speakers.

Academy Award-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin, speaking through an interpreter, taught marchers how to say “no” in sign language to “bigotry,” “racism,” and “children in cages” and transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner reiterated her condemnation of the Trump administration’s handling of trans issues.

English singer Seal uplifted the crowd with a stirring rendition of

the melodic pop anthem “Kiss From a Rose.”

Among the star-studded lineup of speakers were Rep. Karen Bass (whose congressional district includes Mar Vista, Del Rey and Culver City) and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (whose district includes Westchester and Playa del Rey).

Sporting a purple blazer, Bass emphasized the unfitness of Donald Trump to hold office, the importance of participating in the 2020 census, the importance of voting “blue” and assured the crowd that “we are on the right side of history.”

“There is somebody in the White House who is a clear and present danger, not just to the United States, but to the planet,” said Bass of Trump. “We impeached him. We know it’s forever. We don’t know whether we’ll get rid of him before November, but in November, he’s gone because we can’t lose, we can’t lose, we can’t lose, we can’t lose, we can’t lose!”

Giving shout outs to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, former Trump Russia advisor Dr. Fiona Hill, Mike Pence aide Jennifer Williams, Pentagon official Laura Cooper and sexual assault survivor Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Waters highlighted the ways women in every sector of “American life” have been instrumental in the impeachment

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of Donald Trump and the so-called “resistance” to his administration’s appointments and policies.

“Women are using their voices and making their resistance felt,” Waters said. “Just look at the women who have emerged over the past three years — these ‘sheroes,’ patriots and truth tellers have been unafraid to speak truth to power and place their careers and lives on the line to protect this democracy and save America from the most unqualified, untrustworthy, undignified, no-good, low-down president this country has ever seen.”

“She was the speaker of the day,” said writer Terrie Silverman, a Venice High alumna who’s attended the march every year since its inception and teaches a class at Beyond Baroque in Venice. “She doesn’t give up. She speaks up and that represents, I think, everything that’s great about America and democracy.”

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“If I can do it, so can you,” Fisher, who had become homeless during her time working for Sodexo, said triumphantly.

“There’s power in numbers and it’s a way to reinvigorate,” said Silverman of the march.

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By Brian Marks Among the greatest film directors of the 20th century, Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) occupies a special place in the hearts of cinephiles. He explored the darkest recesses of the mind and the awe-inspiring depths of the universe in films such as “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “A Clockwork Orange” and “The Shining.”

The Skirball Cultural Center’s current exhibit, “Through a Different Lens,” charts Kubrick’s growth from precocious photographer to seasoned magazine veteran, all before he would go on to revolutionize cinema.

The exhibit covers a short period in Kubrick’s life, from 1945 to 1950, when he sold his photographs to the picture-heavy Look magazine in his teens and early ’20s. A staggering 15,000 of the future director’s images were culled from around 300,000 photos from the magazine’s archives.

“I went through them several times, actually,” says Sean Corcoran, curator of print and photographs at the Museum for the City of New York, where Look’s archives are housed. He and his collaborator Donald Albrecht, curator of architecture and design, selected a few hundred photographs for a book they wrote and edited, before using half those images for the intimate exhibition.

The earliest black-and-white photos from 1945 show Kubrick finding visual intrigue in seemingly hum-drum scenes,

The Skirball Cultural Center’s “Through a Different Lens” highlights intimate and candid moments captured by filmmaker Stanley Kurbrick when he was a young and budding magazine photographer such as his high school teacher’s dramatic recitation of Shakespeare in the classroom.

“I can’t think of many other examples where teenagers who were still in high school were selling pictures to magazines,” muses Corcoran, who chatted about the exhibit over the phone.

“He was pretty young, but already had an eye and a certain amount of ambition.”

Many of the exhibit’s images are at least partially staged or suggested by Kubrick, foreshadowing the attention to detail he would display in his feature

films. Kubrick’s first published photo — a newspaper vendor looking dejected after the news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death in 1945 — was shot after he asked the man to try to look sadder.

Corcoran and Albrecht highlight the disconnect between Kubrick’s newsier photos and images that were unlikely to ever be published by placing issues of Look with his published pictures spread open under glass cases, whereas many of the unpublished images are hung on the walls. The magazine photos are

impeccably framed, but the pictures Kubrick made for himself are more abstract and experimental.

“He’s making the pictures he knows the magazine needs to publish, and occasionally he’s making pictures for himself,” explains Corcoran. “When it comes to the pictures he made for himself, I think he’s looking at a quirkier or darker side of the human condition.”

He points out a series of pictures of circus performers, the most striking of which is a large portrait of an elderly tattooed man whose nipples are pierced and weighed down with thick metal rings. The performer gazes directly into the camera, and the unusual image seems to prefigure the future work of the great photographer Diane Arbus.

“He had to know that this would never be published by the magazine, but there’s clearly a curiosity about who this person is,” says Corcoran. “There’s a certain quality about some of the pictures that were never published that I think shows his interest in the way humans behave and interact with each other, which maybe wasn’t right for a family-friendly magazine at the time, but he couldn’t resist making those pictures.”

Another large print from a series on the boxer Rocky Graziano shows the middleweight champion in profile while showering as he turns to stare at Kubrick’s camera during the intimate moment, something which would have been too

racy for Look.

The adult subject matter of some of Kubrick’s photos seems like a logical stepping stone for the auteur who would depict the “ultraviolence” of Anthony Burgess’ “A Clockwork Orange” or the dehumanizing military slaughter of “Full Metal Jacket.”

Other assignments find him photographing public figures such as Leonard Bernstein and Montgomery Clift, which may have given him an early taste of how to manage the actors in his films.

The exhibit’s most iconic image, of a scientist at Columbia University holding a glowing tube while wearing sunglasses, could be mistaken for an outtake of Peter Sellers as the eponymous character in his apocalyptic comedy “Dr. Strangelove.”

After 1950, Kubrick would largely leave behind still photography for his ultimate artistic ambition: the moving picture. He began making documentary shorts the following year, and he would go from making rickety war and noir films in the mid1950s to accomplished epics and generation-defining films made with large crews. But all of it, this exhibit reminds us, began with a young man and his camera.

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Offered at $2,750,000 Jane St. John RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-567-5971 PAGE 20 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION JANUARY 23, 2020

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El Departamento de Salud Mental, en colaboración con la Comisión de Salud Mental, tendrá un evento de partes interesadas para educar e informar y escuchar a los miembros de la comunidad sobre cómo mejorar el panorama de los servicios de salud mental en el oeste de Los Angeles (SA5).

The Department of Mental Health in collaboration with the Mental Health Commission will hold a stakeholder event to educate and inform and hear from community members on how to improve the landscape of mental health services in West Los Angeles (SA5).

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Este Ayuntamiento se celebra en el Club Histórico de la Mujer de Santa Mónica, cuyo objetivo es avanzar en las líneas de la cultura, la educación, el bienestar, el servicio y los asuntos cívicos. Su misión es enriquecer la vida de los miembros de la comunidad y su edificio histórico proporciona un lugar en la comunidad para programas y eventos sociales, civiles y culturales.

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Their mission is to enrich the lives of members of the community and their historic building provides a place in the community for social, civil, and cultural programs and event.

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For more info please call (213) 738-4772 or e-mail MHCommission@dmh.lacounty.gov JANUARY 23, 2020 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 21

In the matter of the Adoption of WADE HENRY WARREN, d.o.b. xx-xx-2013, a minor.

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310-477-AUTO (2886) PAGE 22 THE ARGONAUT JANUARY 23, 2020

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles In the Matter of: The Leila Sackett Britton 1994 Trust, Trust This notice is required by law. This notice does not require you to appear in court, but you may attend the hearing if you wish.

1. NOTICE is given that: Wayland Jeremiah Radin and Amadea Kendra Britton, Petitioners, has filed: VERIFIED PETITION FOR ORDER FOR: 1. BREACH OF TRUST; 2. REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE; 3. IMPOSING CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST; 4. SURCHARGE OF TRUSTEE; 5. DAMAGES; and 6. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS (Probate Code Section 850(a)(3)(A) and (B)) ****The Petition described above seeks an imposition of a construction trust over the following: Real Property located at 24600 Via Dolce, #2-219, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, with APN: 4295-012094 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FILE AN ANSWER TO THE PETITION. 2. You may refer to the filed documents for more information .

(Some documents filed with the court are confidential.)

3. A HEARING on the matter will be held as follows: Date: March 9, 2020 Time: 8:30 AM Dept.: 2D Address of court: 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012; Stanley Mosk Courthouse - Central District Assistive listening systems, computer-assisted real-time captioning, or sign language interpreter services are available upon request if at least 5 days notice is provided. Contact the clerk's office for Request for Accommodations by Persons With Disabilities and Order (form MC-410). (Civil Code section 54.8.)

Attorney or party without attorney: Louis Pacella, Esq. (SBN 227616), Louis Pacella, Attorneyat-Law, APLC, 5000 N. Parkway Calabasas, Suite 219, Calabasas, CA 91302 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13/20 CNS-3334452# THE ARGONAUT

To: William Barrett Bannon, and any and all other concerned persons: You are notified that a Petition for the adoption of Wade Henry Warren has been filed in the District Court of Saline County, Kansas by Steven J. Roths ll, praying that he be allowed to complete the adoption of said child. You are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or before February 7, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

CST, in the Saline County District Court, 300 W. Ash, Room 308 in Salina, Kansas.

If you fail to plead, judgment will be entered upon the Petition and the request granted. /s/ Elizabeth A. Bosch Elizabeth A. Bosch, #27899 HAMPTON & ROYCE 119 W. Iron, Fl. 9 P.O. Box 1247 Salina, KS 67402-1247 (785) 827-7251 Attorneys for Plaintiff

Fic. Business Name

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S T A T E M E N T F I L E N O . 2 0 1 9 3 2 4 3 7 0 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE ROOF ON WILSHIRE, THE ROOF AT THE HOTEL WILSHIRE. 6317 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, 1516 S. Bundy Dr., Ste. 300 Los Angeles, CA 90025. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Balboa Hospitailty LLC, 1516 S. Bundy Dr., Ste. 300 Los Angeles, CA 90025. State of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Michael Orwitz. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Balboa Hospitailty LLC,. This stateSummons ment was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 2019.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT – in accordance with NOTICE SALINE COUNTY, KANSAS subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a CASE NO. 2019 AD 61 Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five In the matter of the Adoption years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county of WADE HENRY WARREN, clerk, except, as provided in subd.o.b. xx-xx-2013, a minor. division (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any (Pursuant to K.S.A Chapter change in the facts set forth in the 59) statement pursuant to Section Plumbing Services 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered NOTICE OF SUIT • Repair owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed be• Faucets & Toilets fore the expiration. The filing of To: William Barrett Bannon, this statement does not of itself and anyCleaning and all other con• Drain authorize the use in this state of a cerned persons: fictitious business name in viola• Water Heaters tion of the rights of another under Since federal, state, or common law (see You are notified that a Peti1978 • Garbage Disposals Section 14411 et seq., Business tion for the adoption of Wade and&Professions code). Publish: The Neat Clean Plumbers • Repipe Specialist Henry Warren has been filed The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: in the District Court of Saline 01/9/20, 01/16/20, 01/23/20, • Water & Gas Leaks County, Kansas by Steven J. 01/30/20 #27384

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Roths ll, praying • Sewer Specialistthat he be allowed to complete the ad-Licensed-Bonded-Insured • Tankless Water Heaters option of said child.

You ALL are Work Guaranteed Lic. #799390 hereby required to plead to • Camera Inspections the Petition on or before 11520 Feb- Jefferson Blvd., Culver City 90230 ruary 7, Jetter 2020 at 3:30 p.m. 24 hr. Emergency Service • Hydro CST, in the Saline County District Court, 300 W. Ash, Room 308 in Salina, Kansas.

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boa Hospitailty LLC,. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 18, 2019.

NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 01/9/20, 01/16/20, 01/23/20, 01/30/20 #27384 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200005690 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: XLS LIMOS. 333 Washington Blvd., #56 Marina del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201919610601. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Xeauxtime Limousine Services LLC, 333 Washington Blvd., #56 Marina del Rey, CA 90292. 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: 07/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Christopher Alan Brazil TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: Xeauxtime Limousine Services LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 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: 01/16/20, 0 1/2 3/20 , 01/3 0/20 , 02 /6 /2 0 #275 23

205th St., Apt. 2 Torrance, CA 90501. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Britney Chanel Hall, 1538 W. 205th St., Apt. 2 Torrance, CA 90501.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Britney Chanel Hall. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 3, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 01/02/20, 01/09/20, 01/16/20, 01/23/20 #27219 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME – FILE NO: 2019324368 file no: 2015137559 Date filed: 05/22/2015. Name of Business(es) THE ROOF ON WILSHIRE, 6317 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. registered owner(s): STP Holdings LLC, 6317 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. Business was conducted by a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) registrants names/corp/llc (print) Payam Pedram title: General Partner. If corporation, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print tile of officer or manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of los angeles County on the date indicated by the filed stamp in the upper right corner: December 18, 2019. i hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. dean c. logan, los angeles county clerk by: Deputy Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 01/9/20, 01/16/20, 01/23/20, 01/30/20 #27388

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/: Kristine Claghorn. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 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: 01/16/20, 01/23/20, 01/30/20, 02/06/20 #27524 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200008741 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUMMER SUN SPRAY TAN, SUNLUVER SPRAY TAN; 12492 Osprey Lane Unit 2 Playa Vista, CA 90094. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christina Monique Owens, 12492 Osprey Lane Unit 2 Playa Vista, CA 90094. 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/: Christina Monique Owens. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 13, 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 N e w s p a p e r . D a t e s : 1 / 2 3 / 2 0, 1/30/20, 2/6/20, 2/13/20 #27745

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020005156 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CLAGGIE, CABIN VINFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME TAGE; 132 ½ North Avenue 57 STATEMENT FILE NO. Los Angeles, CA 90042.

2019311974 COUNTY: Los Angeles. REType of Filing: Original The followGISTERED OWNER(S) Kristine ing person(s) is (are) doing busiClaghorn, 132 ½ North Avenue 57 ness as: LASH STOP; 13455 Los Angeles, CA 90042. THIS Maxella Ave., Suite 110 Marina BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY del Rey, CA 90292, 1538 W. an Individual. The registrant com205th St., Apt. 2 Torrance, CA menced to transact business unClassifieds 90501. COUNTY: Los Angeles. der the Fictitious Business Name REGISTERED OWNER(S) Britor names listed above on: N/A. I (626) 584-8747 ney Chanel Hall, 1538 W. 205th declare that all information in this ann@argonaut.com St., Apt. 2 Torrance, CA 90501. statement is true and correct. /s/: THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCKristine Claghorn. TITLE: Owner.

TED BY an Individual. The regisThis statement was filed with the trant commenced to transact busiLA County Clerk on: January 8, Legal Notices ness under the Fictitious Busi2020. NOTICE – in accordance ness Name or names listed above with subdivision (a) of Section on: 12/2019. I ASSET declare thatMANAGEMENT, all in17920, a Fictitious Name StateMORLIN LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership as formation in this statement is true ment generally expires at the end Agent for the JOINT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, an unincorporated and correct. /s/: Britney Chanel of five years from the date on Hall.

TITLE: Owner.

This state- qualifications association, will receive packages which it was filed in the office of from contractors wishing ment was filed with the LA County the county clerk, except, as to become pre-qualified an available bidding opportunity at Los Angeles Clerk on: December 3, 2019. NO- for provided in subdivision (b) of Secwith TICE – in accordance Union Station. It issubdithe intent of thiswhere Joint Management Council to select a it expires 40 tion 17920, vision (a) of Section 17920, a Ficdays after any change in at theLos facts Angeles Union Station at firm Name that Statement will provide construction services titious generally set forth in the statement pursuexpires at theoverall end of five years In ant the best value. order to be fully for prequalification to Section 17913 otherconsidered than a from the date on which it was filed change in the residence address and subsequent bidding opportunities, please proceed to the RFIQ in the office of the county clerk, of a registered owner. a new Fictiexcept, as provided in subdivision questionnaire at: https://forms.gle/nqxFRoewToFDEwgk7.

Completed tious Business Name statement (b) of Section 17920, where it exmust beclose filed before expiration. by January 27, 2020. forms areafterdue on orin before of the business pires 40 days any change The filing of this statement does the facts set forth in the statementafter Submissions received pm on January 27, 2020 will be rejected. not5:00 of itself authorize the use in pursuant to Section 17913 other this state of a Fictitious Business than a change in the residence Name in violation rights of MORLIN ASSETowner.

MANAGEMENT, LP,ofatheDelaware Limited Partnership as address of a registered a another under federal, state, or new Fictitious Business Name Agent for the JOINT MANAGEMENT common law (seeCOUNCIL, Section 14411 an unincorporated statement must be filed before the et seq., business and professions from contractors wishing association, receive packages expiration.

The filingwill of this state- qualifications code). Publish: The Argonaut ment does not ofpre-qualified itself authorize for to become an available bidding opportunity at Los Angeles Newspaper.

Dates: 01/16/20, the use in this state of a Fictitious 01/23/20, 01/30/20, 02/06/20 Union Name Station.

It is ofthe of this Joint Management Council to select a Business in violation the intent #27524 rights another federal, firm ofthat will under provide construction services at Los Angeles Union Station at state, or common law (see Secthe14411 bestet overall value. tion seq., business and In order to be fully considered for prequalification professions code). Publish: The and subsequent bidding opportunities, please proceed to the RFIQ Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: questionnaire at: https://forms.gle/WMpCxq9wPXFrrQZDA. Completed 01/02/20, 01/09/20, 01/16/20, 01/23/20 #27219 forms are due on or before close of business by January 27, 2020.

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Submissions received after 5:00 pm on January 27, 2020 will be rejected.

LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE “NO MORE TEARS” By YAAKOV BENDAVID ACROSS 1 Stand array 6 Exams for aspiring MBAs 11 Border 15 Word with dance or union 19 Work as a team 20 Draw a bead on 21 Old alphabet character 22 Inter __: among others 23 Chicken lover’s comment?

27 Most exceptional, in recent lingo 28 Relish 29 Afternoon service 30 Not cluttered 31 Race 32 Tannery tub 33 Cycle starter 34 What many writers work on 37 Attains 41 Gondoliers’ tools 43 Denial from one with a very recent white mustache?

46 Ant or Arkin 50 Like much junk mail 51 Title words before Legend or Woman 52 Consume 53 “You __ Beautiful”: Joe Cocker hit 54 Roast job 55 Some notebooks 56 Reporter’s query 58 Decides one will 59 Ewe, for one 60 Biblical prophet 62 Local monastery VIP? 64 Air__, 2011 Southwest acquisition 65 Chicago’s __ Tower 66 “Now, where __ we?”

67 Bad do result?

71 Italian actress

Virna 72 Submissions to an ed.

75 Big name in plastic explosives 76 First name in folk 77 Hwy. crime 78 Hogwarts potions master 80 Word before county, river or Bill 81 Cincinnati-toDetroit dir.

82 Japanese assent 83 “Turn! Turn! Turn!” songwriter 84 Hand measure 85 Young shepherd resigned to losing his flock?

89 Resignee before Richard 91 More jumpy 92 Camp equipment 93 Soccer star Hamm 96 N. American land 97 82-Down’s predecessor 98 Lawless role 100 Short __: little or no consideration 102 Environs 104 Drives out 108 Evita’s exhortation to use sunscreen?

111 Aunt Bee’s charge 112 Boathouse items 113 Ancient: Pref.

114 Rock-’n’-roller whom Forrest Gump supposedly met 115 Look as though 116 Small amount 117 Strict 118 Saxes, e.g.

DOWN 1 New Mexico native 2 Aware of 3 Petty peeves 4 “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” co-director

5 Paris divider 6 Comic 7 Jazz legend Jackson 8 Friend of Paris 9 Personal point of view 10 “Casey at the Bat” autobiographer 11 Gas in some lasers 12 Cheer (up) 13 108-card game 14 Roger Ebert gave one entitled “Remaking My Voice” in 2011 15 “Funny not funny” 16 Sought-after guests 17 Hybrid big cat 18 “Swing Shift” actress Christine 24 Got warmer while searching for 25 “... __, and a lasting peace”: Lincoln 26 Head of Québec 32 Electrical unit 34 Jacob Riis concerns 35 Skosh 36 Like typical King novels 38 Reebok rival 39 Pros with schedules 40 That guy 41 Liszt’s instrument 42 “Being and Nothingness” philosopher 44 Unpredictable events 45 Tournaments 47 Bandleader Arnaz 48 Regarding 49 Peaty land 53 Kept in the know 55 Pioneering video game 56 Hacky Sack maker 57 Present

58 Change for a five 61 Tailless feline 62 Color named for a duck 63 D-Day conflict 64 Jackson Hole backdrop 65 Kate, pre-taming 67 Dangerous biters 68 Insightful 69 Community pool site 70 2009 Panasonic purchase 71 Mario’s brother 72 Myopic Mr. 73 Competed in a British bee 74 Feudal workers 77 Roast site 79 English coal mining city 81 Filmmaker Ephron 82 DDE’s predecessor 83 Unruffled 85 Small bars 86 “Barry” star Bill 87 Merging places 88 Common nut shape 90 Musical dragon loved by Little Jackie Paper 93 Windows precursor 94 “That’s my dream” 95 Memorable links nickname 97 Put icing on 99 Bay Area NFLer 101 Bullet point, e.g.

102 Curly do 103 Dodge City, to Ford County 104 Storied fox title 105 Honey site 106 Writer Bagnold 107 Cause for a kid’s grounding 109 Babble 110 Belgian or brown

“I HAVE A GLEAM...”

I’m a straight woman, and at my recent birthday party, several people remarked about this other woman, also straight,“Whoa, is she infatuated with you, or what?” Straight women getting intense girl crushes on me has actually been a pattern in my life. Weird. A friend says I have “charisma” but couldn’t really explain what that is.

— Mysteriously Popular Charisma is human magnetism. If you’re a mugger with charisma, you don’t even have to hold people up at gunpoint. They just come over and offer you their wallet.

Charisma can seem mysterious and magical — like psychological catnip for humans — but organizational psychologist Ronald Riggio explains that it comes out of a “constellation of ... social and emotional skills” that allow a person to “inspire others at a deep emotional level.”

This charisma skill set includes being gifted at talking, listening, connecting, and reading the room. When charismatic people talk, they grab others’ attention and emotions by being “real” — spontaneous and genuine. They’re usually great listeners, making people feel heard and understood. And they tend to be powerful public speakers, converting masses of people into followers with their voice, words, and presence.

Take Martin Luther King Jr., booming out — almost singing — “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” That idea gets its mojo sucked out if it’s delivered by some nervous little pastor, mumbling,

“Uh...I hope my kids can someday live in a country where people understand that skin color isn’t what’s really important.”

Though people with charisma are psychologically captivating, a person doesn’t have to be physically attractive to have it. Among world leaders considered charismatic, Mahatma Gandhi had a little round head hijacked by a giant mustachioed schnoz, and Golda Meir, the former prime minister of Israel, looked like she killed a small animal with matted fur and wore it as a hairdo.

Charisma might seem like the personality version of latte foam — nice but unnecessary for human functioning.

However, research by evolutionary psychologist Allen Grabo suggests that we evolved to have “psychological mechanisms which enable an individual — the potential follower — to make automatic, rapid and reasonably accurate assessments” of others’ leadership potential. Getting behind an effective leader would’ve allowed ancestral humans “to coordinate effectively and efficiently” for hunting, warfare, and other “recurrent” challenges so they could survive and pass on their genes.

Even people without much charisma can benefit by borrowing from the skill set of the charismatic. (Who among us couldn’t do with being a more attentive listener?) But lucky you; you have a social superpower — the power to charm the masses into following your lead. Hopefully, you’ll use it to do good, like by being a Pied Piper for kindness, as opposed to, say, starting a high-end travel business-slash-death cult: “Cyanide-tinis on the Lido Deck at 5!”

SPURNER PHONE My boyfriend of nine years often doesn’t reply to my texts and emails. He says that we talk daily, and whatever’s in my message could be discussed then. Well, it hurts my feelings to get zero response. Not even an emoji.

— Increasingly Angry Communicating with a man should not compare unfavorably with yelling into a manhole. (Shout “Hello?” into the sewer and you’ll at least get the courtesy of a faint “hellooo” or two back.)

An email to your boyfriend is not just an email. It’s what marriage researchers John Gottman and Janice Driver call a “bid for connection” — one of many small attempts people in relationships make to get their partner’s attention, affection, or emotional support. In response, their partner could ignore the bid (“turn away”), express irritation (“turn against”), or reply lovingly (“turn toward”) — even just with a smile, a nod, or a hug.

In Gottman and Driver’s research, newlywed couples who had “turned toward” each other 86% of the time, on average, were still married six years later.

The couples who ended up divorced had a 33% turn-toward rate. On a bleak note, Gottman writes,“I think that you can sometimes actually see people crumple physically when their partner has turned away from their bid for connection.”

Explain the “bid for connection” thing to your boyfriend. Tell him you’re just looking for some tiny loving reply to your texts and emails — even an emoji or two. He’s human, so he might sometimes let a message slip by unanswered. But if he mostly responds, you’ll mostly feel loved instead of “increasingly angry” that messaging him feels like grabbing a handful of words and hurling them into the void. (Of course, in space, no one can hear you scream, but here on Earth, the neighbors tend to call the cops 10 minutes into a blowout.)

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

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Thursday, Jan. 23 Aquarius B-Day Show at Cinema Bar, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Ring in Aquarian season with a rocking show featuring an eclectic mix of performers including Jennaisntfamous, Qwegg, Phoenyx and Dead Mama. Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City.

No cover. thecinemabar.com

Friday, Jan. 24 The Del Rey Chicken Shack Pop-up, 6 to 8 p.m. Feast on delicious homemade fried chicken sandwiches at this pop-up. Del Rey Deli, 8501 Pershing Drive, Playa del Rey. facebook.com/delreysupperclubpopup.com Bondi Harvest Bushfire Benefit, 7 to 9 p.m. Support an incredible cause with an evening of great food and some of Australia’s best wine. 100% of proceeds will be donated to Australian wildlife rescue WIRES. Platform, 8850 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $80. bondiharvest.us James Brewster with Suzanne Taix, 7 to 9 p.m. Eat, drink and dance while listening to jams from Sinatra to classic rock ’n’ roll at Windjammers Yacht Club, 13589 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. smwyc.org Captain Supernova at Del Monte Speakeasy, 8 p.m. Get down with Captain Supernova

Ring in the Year of the Rat with celebratory Korean fan dancing at Santa Monica Place’s Lunar New Year Celebration. SEE SATURDAY, JAN. 25.

and his friends at this special performance of “The Voyager Never Ends.” Townhouse & The Del Monte, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. facebook.com/ captainsupernova The Singers Lounge, 8 p.m. to midnight. Kick off Grammy weekend with an intimate and soulful night filled with some of

L.A.’s most talented singers and musicians at this new speakeasy.

Killer Yacht Club, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. facebook.com/houseofvibe White Chocolate Martini, 9 p.m. This bluesy band formed on the Westside performs a free show at Sonny McLean’s, 2615 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica.

(310) 449-1811; sonnymcleans.com

Saturday, Jan. 25 Super Bowl Charity Paddle, 10 a.m. to noon. Roam around the marina picking up trash while getting a lesson on paddling.

Windjammer Yacht Club, 13589 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey.

$10+. flipcause.com Candle Making, noon to 4 p.m.

Make your own scented soy wax candle with options to dye your wax in a variety of colors, and decorate the glass candle container with paints or bling every Saturday at Vavera Boutique, 318 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. $20. vaveraboutique.com Goal-Setting Simplified Book Signing, 2 to 4 p.m. Figure out what you want and how to get it with Argonaut contributor Debra Eckerling of the D*E*B* Method.

Mystic Journey Bookstore, 1624 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. mysticjourneybookstore.com Santa Monica Place Lunar New Year Celebration, 2 to 5 p.m. Welcome the Year of the Rat at Santa Monica’s Lunar New Year celebration with music, authentic cultural performances and family-friendly arts and crafts. 395 Santa Monica Pl., Santa Monica. santamonica.com Re/Sight Archives, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Learn how to preserve your family’s history with panelists Carolyne Edwards and Adrianne Edmonds as they share their personal journeys with family archives. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. eventbrite.com BigUP! LAX, 5 to 9 p.m. Feel the vibes of the music every last Saturday of the month with DJ Docta rocking top shelf Carib-

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“Crane & Man” @ Highways Performance Space Anna Ialeggio and Robyn O’Dell combine dance, theater and ecology in this multimedia performance that takes inspiration from a true story and explores the scientist-to-bird connection between a crane protagonist named “Tex ”and an ornithologist called “George” Archibald.

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“17 Border Crossings” @ The Broad Stage Thaddeus Phillips takes attendees around the world in planes, trains, and other automobiles where danger is present at all times. Through deportations, strip searches and illegal crossings, Phillips examines the concept of the invisible lines we call borders.

Limited Engagement: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday (Jan. 24 to 25).

1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $39 to $59. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.org

Thaddeus Phillips explores the concept of invisible lines in the play “17 Border Crossings”

Friday (Jan. 24). 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org “Veiled” @ Highways Performance Space Artist Julia Orquera Bianco reveals and liberates the female image by pulling inspiration from busts of veiled virgins commonly produced during the 19th century to experiment with ideas about

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gender, femininity, and sacredness.

Limited Engagement: 8:30 p.m.

Saturday (Jan. 25). 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org “Until the Flood” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre Drawing inspiration from extensive interviews with residents of greater St. Louis, performer and playwright Dael

Orlandersmith explores the struggle of a community to heal after the fatal shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer.

Opens Wednesday (Jan. 29) and continues at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays through Feb 23. 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $30 to $75. (213) 972-2772; centertheatregroup.org “Largo Desolato” @ City Garage Trapped in his apartment, Leopold Nettles awaits arrest by a totalitarian government, while friends, colleagues and other mysterious characters appear to challenge his beliefs and further loosen his grip on reality.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through March 1. 2525 Michigan Ave., Building T1, Santa Monica. $20 to $25 or pay what you can at the door on Sundays. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org

“The Unseen Hand + Killer’s Head” @ The Odyssey Theatre In these back-to-back to Sam Shepard plays, a trio of cowboys resurrected from the the dead help a mutant extraterrestrial to free his enslaved people and a murderer delivers his final words as he awaits execution.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays and 8 p.m. some Wednesdays and Thursdays through March 8. 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $37. (310) 477-2055; odysseytheatre.com “All Join In” @ Santa Monica Playhouse This interactive musical follows Cinderella, Snow White, Aladdin, Tinker Bell and other fairytale characters on a sing-along adventure.

Now playing at 2 p.m. Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays through April 5. 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $12.50 to $15.00. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com

bean beats at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 South Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. eventbrite.com Nine Mile Collective at Amiga Wild, 6 to 10 p.m. Listen to local musicians Will and Lainey, Aria Solome, Tiffany Stringer and Rich Sheldon as they perform songs from 1974. 2124 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. amigawild.com Twanguero Presents Backroads, 8 to 11 p.m. Latin twang artist Diego Garcia performs a musical journey of his search through the Americas for the “heart of the American guitar.”

Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. $17.50. boulevardmusic.com Tiki Au Gogo, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Go-go to the Warehouse for an authentic summer island ’60s party with music, go-go dancing, cocktails, psychedelic lighting and art. The Warehouse Restaurant. 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. $20. eventbrite.com The Bacchanal and ArtbarLA Present: Variété, 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. This interactive evening featuring music, dance, pole and performance art pushes the spectator’s boundaries.

ArtBarLA, 12017 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15. eventbrite.com

Sunday, Jan 26 Happy Birthday Marion, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Celebrate the silent film actress, famed party hostess and the original beach house resident with music, dancing and stories. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. Free with RSVP. eventbrite.com Facets of Fatherhood, 2 p.m.

Brothers and artists Carlo Ponti and Edoardo Ponti collaborate on an unforgettable afternoon of orchestral music performed by the L.A. Virtuosi Orchestra and poetry exploring the theme of fatherhood. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $29. thebroadstage.org Auradome at P.F. Candle Co., noon to 5 p.m. Get your aura read and photographed at this five minute session. P.F. Candle Co., 6144 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $40. eventbrite.com LMU’s Children’s Concerts, 1 and 3 p.m. Enjoy a delightful afternoon of music and dance geared toward children and families at this 21st annual concert. LMU’s Murphy Recital

Aussie Emily Coupe brings a soulful twist to her songs at Sonny McClean’s. SEE TUESDAY, JAN. 28

Hall, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester.

Free. cal.lmu.edu Historical Witness Project Live Interview, 3 p.m. The Wende Museum hosts a live interview with Polish artist, architect and former dissident Tomas Osinski as part of the Historical Witness Project documenting the impact of the Cold War on human lives. Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City. (310) 216-1600; wendemuseum.org

17th Annual Venice Film Fest, 7 p.m. Celebrate the colorful history of films made in Venice and otherworldly happenings at the legendary Venice West Gallery with live performances and “Spontofication Rituals.”

Beyond Baroque 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Donations accepted. laughtears.com One Night in Venice, 7 to 10 p.m. Guitarist Michael Jost leads a musical journey in time and space fueled by his passion and his instrument with special guest Marc Christian on the cello.

Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $20.

(310) 822-8392 Vintage Speakeasy, 8 to 10 p.m. This magical world of fantasy, dancing and variety acts featuring the Dollface Dames brings the Roaring ’20s to R6 Distillery, 909 E. El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo. $30+. eventbrite.com

Monday, Jan. 27

Life of the Party

Raise a toast to the forever fabulous Marion Davies at the Annenberg Community Beach House on Saturday

Silent film actress and famed Hollywood party hostess Marion Davies knew how to throw one heck of a bash. At her palatial estate on Santa Monica’s “Gold Coast” (where the Annenberg Community Beach House now stands) she threw fêtes for the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino during the wild twenties and thirties. Even Winston Churchill is known to have frolicked at the 110-room seaside pad (built for Davies by her lover, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst).

On Saturday (Jan. 26) the Santa Monica Conservancy and the city of Santa Monica continue that legacy of revelry with music, dancing and champagne at the Beach House — all in honor of Davies. (This January marks what would have been her 123rd birthday.)

“Happy Birthday Marion!” kicks off at 11 a.m. when guests can cut a rug like Davies would have done, with live music from LA Love Band and ballroom dancers from Arthur Murray Santa

Monica. Davies’ biographer Lara Fowler will offer guests insight into Davies’ life while docents from the conservancy decked out in 1920s and ’30s attire will recreate the festive party scenes that Davies and her inner circle enjoyed. Entertainer Tom Frank will be on hand to perform a series of sleight of hand card tricks and at 1:30 p.m. guests can raise a glass to the actress’ life during a celebratory champagne toast. Afterward, film historian Elaina Friedrichsen will introduce a screening of the 1933 MGM Davies film “Peg o’ My Heart’’ in the Marion Davies Guest House, the last remaining building of the original DaviesHearst estate. — Christina Campodonico “Happy Birthday Marion!” happens from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 26) at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica. Free. Search “Happy Birthday Marion!” at eventbrite.com to RSVP.

Sand and Sea Speakers Toastmasters, 7 to 9 p.m.

Whether attempting to overcome your fear of public speaking or looking to improve your presentation skills, Toastmasters will help develop your speaking skills in a supportive, friendly atmosphere. First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, 1220 Second St., Santa Monica. Free for guests; $15.50/month for members. sandandseaspeakers.com

Tuesday, Jan. 28 Emily Coupe, 9 p.m. The Australian pop-folk artist with a soul twist performs a free show at Sonny McLean’s, 2615 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 449-1811; sonnymcleans.com

Wednesday, Jan. 29 Hello America Live Recording, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Brandon Rainey addresses issues of

identity, purpose, sexuality, spirituality, love, lust and fatherhood while intentionally painting a picture of being a black man in America. The Willows Community School, 8509 Higuera St., Culver City. facebook.com/cbgarts Pacific Range, 9 p.m. This lofi indie rock band performs a free show twice a month at The Lincoln, 2537 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. bandisintown.com

Thursday, Jan. 30 In the Line of Duty: Michael Adams and the X-15, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Bestselling author Michelle Evans presents a fascinating story about America’s premiere experimental research aircraft and the only pilot to lose his life while flying in the program. The Proud Bird Food Bazaar & Events Center, 11022 Aviation Blvd., Westchester. facebook.com/aiaalalvsection She Connects Los Angeles, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Mix and mingle while building lasting connections at stylish zero-waste lifestyle boutique Recontained, 1629 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. sheconnects.us

Museums & Galleries “Caravan,” 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25. Artist Betsabee Romero discusses her collaborative art installation with LMU School of Film and Television faculty José Garcia Moreno and David Garden. Romero reworks craft traditions in paper, fabric, metal and rubber to comment on the liminal states of migration.

Laband Gallery, 1 LMU Dr., Westchester. cfa.lmu.edu/ labandgallery/exhibitions

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“On the morning of the day she was put on leave, the academy offered Ms. Dugan millions of dollars to drop all of this and leave the academy. The board chair demanded an answer within the hour. When Ms. Dugan refused to accept and walk away, she was put on leave. The academy claimed that Ms. Dugan was put on leave based on accusations made against her over a month prior that the board knows very well are meritless.

That is not a credible story,” stated Michael Willemin of Wigdor LLP. The academy says they launched independent probes of Dugan’s claims and what they call her potential misconduct.

“Both of these investigations remain ongoing. Ms. Dugan was placed on administrative leave only after offering to step down and demanding $22 million from the academy, which is a not-forprofit organization. Our loyalty will always be to the 21,000 members of the recording industry. We regret that ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ is being stolen from them by Ms. Dugan’s actions and we are working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible,” Lopez wrote.

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