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Our Families Come First Re: “Avoiding Another Gas Crisis,” News, Jan. 16 I wish to say “Bravo” and “Thank You!” to Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn for her bold support of beginning to divest from our antiquated SoCal Gas Company storage facility in Playa del Rey. The Aliso Canyon tragedy foretells a possible sleeping giant for the rest of the coastal gas storage facilities, of which the Playa del Rey is but one.

The Aliso Canyon scenario forced residents, business and schools to evacuate for months, leaving illness in the wake of a toxic leak. Hahn’s support is greatly appreciated by those who have lived in the area long enough to know of the current smell and toxic emissions that have been part and parcel of our exquisite beachside environment.

Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa Past President Cyndi Hench and the professor from Loyola Marymount University may take a cautiously slow approach, but as a longtime resident, I (and many others) favor the now-is-best attitude to address one of the small milestones in our need to address the coming-and-here climate crisis.

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Nearly the Whole Picture LAPD releases video footage of fatal police shooting in Mar Vista, but officer’s body camera wasn’t activated when he discharged his gun

By Gary Walker LAPD-compiled video footage taken before, during and after the Jan. 11 fatal officer-involved shooting on Venice Boulevard in Mar Vista depicts the suspect behaving erratically and brandishing what appeared to be a handgun, later discovered to be a modified bicycle part that resembled a handgun.

The 40-minute Critical Incident Community Briefing, posted to YouTube on Jan. 27, relies heavily on local business surveillance camera footage of 31-year-old Victor Valencia as he moves in the direction of LAPD Sgt. Colin Langsdale’s police cruiser and the moment after Valencia is felled by gunfire.

Multiple 911 calls included in the compilation describe Valencia as “unstable” or “erratic” and “waving” a gun or “pointing [what appeared to be a gun] at people and making bizarre

Surveillance video footage released by LAPD shows the man shot in Mar Vista by police waving and pointing what looks like a handgun but turned out to be a modified bicycle part

A video still of the immediate aftermath of the shooting (right) shows Victor Valencia still clutching the suspicious object (left) as if it were a handgun

gestures.” Two of the callers misidentified Valencia as African-American after dispatchers asked for a description.

The video doesn’t include body camera footage or audio of the shooting — Langsdale, who responded to the call from the

audio does not pick up for two minutes while the camera is booting up to full functionality, according to LAPD. LAPD Chief Michel Moore, who made the video footage public several weeks earlier than the standard 45 days, wrote in

LAPD Pacific Division Station on Culver Boulevard, did not activate his body camera until the shooting occurred, LAPD Capt.

Gisselle Espinosa says in the video. Langsdale’s body camera footage starts from when Valencia is on the ground, and

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One man died and at least seven others suffered smoke inhalation in the Jan. 29 fire at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Barrington Avenue, with firefighters making dramatic rescues of residents fleeing to the roof and even scaling the exterior of the 25-story building. The fire appeared to start on the sixth floor, and investigators are calling its origin “suspicious.”

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A Lifesaving Collaboration LMU blood drive helps UCLA doctors save the life a 2-year-old boy PHOTO COURTESY OF REED HUTCHINSON

By Gary Walker Santa Monica locals Jeff and Devra Schwartz have lived every parent’s nightmare: watching and wondering if their child would survive a life-threatening illness. Last year during an extended period of illness, their then 3-year-old son Judah fought for his young life, at one point undergoing an astounding 47 blood transfusions over just three weeks.

“It was very touch and go for a while. There were a few days where we were living lab test to lab test. There’s nothing more painful than watching your child suffer and there’s nothing you can do,” recalled Jeff Schwartz.

Soon, through the kindness of both friends and strangers and a collaboration between Loyola Marymount University and the UCLA Blood & Platelet Center, Judah, now 4, is on his way to recovery and is strong enough to play again with his older

Four-year-old Judah Shwartz, older brother Levi and parents Jeff and Devra pose for a celebratory photo with Dr. Patricia Weng and Dr. Alice Kuo

brother Levi.

The two universities mounted a blood drive last year at LMU, where Jeff Schwartz works in information technology services, and within a month the O-positive blood, platelets and plasma that Judah needed came pouring in, effectively saving his life.

Judah had Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, a blood disorder characterized by acute kidney failure, low levels of blood platelets and low red blood cell counts. Small blood vessels in the kidneys can become damaged and cause blood clots, which can block the kidneys’ filtering system and lead to potentially life-threatening kidney failure.

Originally thought to be a stomachache after Thanksgiving 2018, further tests showed the toddler had contracted the blood disorder via the E. coli virus. He suffered seizures and ministrokes and underwent 24-hour dialysis to clean his blood. To

lessen stress on his brain and support his breathing, Judah’s doctors placed him on a ventilator and induced a medical coma.

Judah’s platelets — blood cells that help the body form clots to prevent excessive bleeding — plummeted to just 13,000; a healthy person’s count is 250,000 to 450,000.

“Many people on the care team were concerned because he suffered from quite a few complications. There were some harrowing moments for a while,” said Judah’s pediatrician, Dr. Alice Kuo of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Crista Coop, LMU’s director of educational technology services and Jeff Schwartz’ direct supervisor, said her entire team wanted to help when they heard about Judah’s illness.

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Quiet West L.A. isn’t the epicenter of the opioid crisis, but it’s here too PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

By Danny Karel It is almost impossible to read, watch, or listen to the news without hearing about the unprecedented opioid epidemic that has gripped our nation by the throat. In 2017 alone — the latest year where victim totals have been fully counted — the CDC reported 70,237 overdose deaths in the United States, with 2,199 of them occurring in California. However, reports of the crisis’ impact within Los Angeles, and particularly the Westside, have been scant. But that doesn’t mean it’s not happening here, too.

John Shain is a substance abuse counselor who has worked on the Westside for almost five years. He’s the owner of Keep Left Recovery in Mar Vista, a private counseling business, which he founded after working for Muse Treatment in Culver City. Counselors like Shain have watched the opioid epidemic unfold from front-row seats, and he says he’s noticed some patterns among local clients.

“It usually starts with an injury of some sort, or they find the medications in their house — like either their parents had [an opioid] prescription, or their grandparents had a prescription,” says Shain. “And usually it just evolves into finding fentanyl and heroin.”

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s become the most terrifying player in the opioid epidemic. Fifty times more potent than heroin, it can be deadly when only “a few grains — as little as a quarter of a milligram” are ingested, according to a recent Los Angeles Times article. It has medical applications as a surgery anesthetic, and as a way to manage pain in terminal cancer patients, but illicit drug manufacturers have also

As little as two milligrams of fentanyl could constitute a lethal dose recognized an upside. Compared to heroin, which is developed from poppy seeds and requires months to cultivate, fentanyl is much less expensive and less time consuming to produce. As a result, the drug claimed no fewer than 31,000 lives in the United States in 2018. It was also implicated in the recent death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, a Santa Monica High School alum.

“I would say 80% to 90% of my clients that I have dealt with in the past two years, either in treatment or privately, are all [using] fentanyl,” Shain says.

“They tell me that heroin doesn’t really exist on the streets anymore; it’s mainly all fentanyl.”

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also learned that where addicts go to find drugs is shifting towards the Westside.

“A lot of my clients over the past year haven’t been going to Skid Row, they’ve been going under the 405 freeway,” he says, mentioning the homeless encampment on the north side of the Venice Boulevard underpass. “You find paraphernalia all up and down Venice Boulevard, from needles to aluminum foil to you-name-it.

Everyone knows it’s there. All of my clients know it’s there, and they know where to get it.”

Homeless Deaths Go Underreported Despite the presence of drugs like fentanyl in the streets of a metropolitan area as large as Los Angeles, a comparatively

few opioid-related overdoses — exactly 493 — were recorded in the city in 2018. However, that number is expected to climb as “pending” cases are closed. And although this figure represents an alarming 40% increase from the number of deaths recorded in 2016, it also means Los Angeles will continue to have one of the lowest overdose rates per capita anywhere the state. There are a number of ways to explain this, including factors related to L.A.’s ethnic diversity, the serious possibility that many deaths simply go unreported, and local preferences for other controlled substances.

Police officers in Santa Monica carry Narcan, a potentially lifesaving antidote to opioid overdoses, but rarely find

occasion to use it, said Sgt. Erika Aklufi of SMPD’s Homeless Liaison Program.

“Compared to parts of the Midwest or East Coast, where they’re giving two or three cans of Narcan a night, we’re not seeing anything like that. When it actually pops up, it’s kind of odd,” Aklufi said in an interview late last year. “That being said, meth[amphetamine] is something we do commonly see. …

“When I started 15 years ago, we dealt with a bunch of drunks out on the street. If you had drugs, you were hard core. Now our drunks have become meth addicts — at least the great majority of them — mostly because it’s cheaper and the supply pipeline is broad.”

As of mid-October, Santa Monica police had logged 734 cases in which drug use was the only or primary offense, 189 of which (25%) indicated the suspect was homeless. That’s out of about 120,000 calls for service per year.

Decriminalization of minor drug offenses by the 2014 state ballot initiative Proposition 47 means police officers who confiscate drugs and paraphernalia are often forced to issue citations to suspects rather than take them to jail. Options to place drug users into addiction rehabilitation programs also remain scarce, however.

“Occasionally a bed will open up and we can get someone into treatment, but we need more of that,” Aklufi said. “We’re waiting for the county to build up capacity for treatment.”

Lello Temesa, an associate medical director with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, explained in an email why many opioid overdose deaths likely miss the final tally: “… when an

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Fentanyl, a particularly powerful synthetic opioid, was implicated in the death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, an alumnus of Santa Monica High School.

Local Doctors Are Changing Protocol While pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma, maker of the deadly opioid OxyContin, are perhaps the easiest culprits to identify — in 2003, the

company flatly ignored a warning from the FDA stating that its OxyContin advertisements “grossly overstated the safety profile” of their marquee drug, leading consumers to underestimate its powerful addictive quality — medical doctors, the ones actually writing the prescriptions, have also fallen in the crosshairs.

In response to the epidemic, two Marina del Rey doctors have decided to stop prescribing opioids to manage their patients’ pain. Dr. Hooman Melamed, an orthopedic spine surgeon, and Dr. Akash Bajaj, a specialist in interventional pain management, have independently developed and implemented alternatives that leave no chance for patients to become addicted.

“I put patients on what I call a non-narcotic protocol,” says Melamed. “I give them a cocktail of a few medications right before surgery, put them on an anti-inflammatory diet, then afterwards we continue on the anti-inflammatory diet.”

He believes that many doctors are aware of alternatives, but they tend to fall back on their medical training, which recommends combating pain with opioids. Too often, this leads to overprescribing.

“You follow this protocol. All the doctors go into [medical

school] without asking why we are we doing this,” he says.

“You just follow it, and when you come to practice you just follow protocol.”

Bajaj made a similar observation.

“A large part of it is the way we’re trained,” he says. “We’re trained very classically. I think it’s a matter of taking what we already know as doctors, adding common sense, and realizing

Not All Users Get Hooked Opioid alternatives seem to be working for Melamed, Bajaj and their patients, but their practices are still far from mainstream.

Many, if not most, doctors still see opioids as the best remedy we have to combat pain.

Dr. David M. Cutler is director of Saint John’s Global Health Program and Chairman of the Santa Monica Family Physicians medical group. He’s noticed that, in response to the epidemic, many doctors are becoming more reluctant to prescribe opioids. This may seem like a step in the right direction, but for many patients, it means difficulty securing treatment.

“Most patients are not impacted by [addiction],” he says.

“Quite frankly, they are inconvenienced by it, because they may require a small amount of opioids.”

Studies reported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse back Cutler’s assertion that the majority of patients who are prescribed opioids do not develop an addiction. However, the number that do develop a dependency still seems unreasonably high. For patients who are prescribed opioids to manage chronic pain, between

21% and 29% misuse their prescription. Between 8% and 12% develop an opioid addiction. Of those who misuse their prescription opioids, between 4% and 6% make the transition to heroin.

These statistics demonstrate why the epidemic requires novel solutions. Pain patients are caught between choosing to forgo narcotics and accept their pain — a route often taken, Cutler notes, in foreign countries — or to roll the dice and accept opioids, and the possibility of developing an addiction.

Often, pain patients don’t know enough about the drugs to make an informed decision.

In the coming months and years, numerous lawsuits, organizations, governments, clinics, and individuals will attempt to battle the opioid epidemic on various fronts. At the same time, 130 people in the United States will continue to die every day. There are no indications that this number is going to decrease, at least any time soon. Statistics like these are not abstractions. The deaths they account for, along with the instances of addiction that precede them, are happening here, on the Westside.

“These problems evolve slowly and resolve slowly, so I don’t think there’s going to be any major change in the years ahead,” says Cutler. “Until we find better alternatives than opioids for pain, it’s going to remain a problem.”

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opioid overdose occurs in the street or in the community, law enforcement or the fire department may or may not be called.

If they are, this data is registered in their respective databases. … However, overdoses that occur in [a] community where law enforcement, the fire department or health systems are not involved are not consistently captured in our aggregate data. For that reason, overdose related data is likely underreported.”

Homeless communities, in particular, appear to be the locus of many unreported opioid overdoses, Temesa and others suggest. This is more than just tragic: Accurate victim totals are useful for organizations looking to allocate resources to combat the epidemic. They are also needed if responsible parties are to be held fully accountable. Unsurprisingly, the question of blame is both complex and contentious — the only thing generally agreed upon is that there’s a lot of it to go around.

there are superior alternatives.”

Bajaj has made use of ketamine in his own practice, a promising but controversial anesthetic most commonly known as a party drug, and Alpha Mac, a naturally occurring enzyme that inhibits inflammation.

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Fire Drill Fridays Come to L.A. Greenpeace USA and Jane Fonda pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom to block fossil fuel extraction permits and remove oil and gas production from residential areas

Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard will risk arrest during this week’s climate change demonstration youth activists who are calling on us to act like our house is on fire. She realized she had not been acting like her house is on fire, but the situation really is that dire. … For four months she moved to D.C. to become a full-time climate activist, and I’m thrilled about the amount of energy this project has unleashed. We’re going to keep going because if enough people get active, we can build the people power we need to force our leaders to lead.

How will the L.A. event compare to the D.C. events, which are most famous for Jane Fonda being arrested?

We’re using the same model: engage a number of celebrities, which drives the public spotlight, and then use that platform to elevate the voices of those working the most on the issues.

We’ve had scientists, activists and we really prioritize voices that are often excluded from the mainstream of climate discourse. We prioritize women, people of color, indigenous people — people who live on the frontlines of climate impacts but are often sidelined in conversations about that.

We have a number of speakers from the community around L.A. who are living with oil and gas in their communities. …

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California is one of the only states that produces oil and gas but doesn’t have a setback [law], so people have drilling and wells in their front yards, in playgrounds. One of the things we’re calling for is a 2,500-foot health and safety buffer between oil and gas operations and where people live.

There will be a civil disobedience, but Jane will not be participating in the civil

disobedience [aspect of this demonstration] because of the lingering implications of her repeated arrests in D.C. She’s required not to participate in civil disobedience for 90 days. … But that’s OK, because there are lots of other people who will do it, and there are lots of other roles in the movement. …

She has a bunch of other people to pass the baton to. Others, including myself, will be engaging in civil disobedience.

Are you able to describe what that will be?

I can’t give details, but I will tell you that we are always peaceful. Greenpeace was founded with an act of civil disobedience. … Throughout history we have used civil disobedience to force all kinds of positive change, as have immigrant rights activists, civil rights activists and so many others. But it’s important to note that we’re not starting this conversation with an act of civil disobedience. For 30 years we have exhausted the polite methods that democracy offers us. We have presented the science. We have gathered petitions. We have testified in front of Congress, made documentaries, issued reports.

We have done everything one is

supposed to do in a democracy, but our leaders are refusing to lead as our climate is approaching an incredibly dangerous tipping point. The choice to do civil disobedience was in many ways forced on us because nothing else is working. We’re at a point where we can politely perish or we can scale up our disruption and force our leaders to lead.

Does civil disobedience mean the same thing when you’re in a more progressive community on climate issues versus the current administration in Washington D.C.?

In California, public sentiment is very much in support of taking strong climate action.

Sadly, [former Gov.] Jerry Brown was an excellent climate leader at talking about it, but not an excellent leader at actually doing something about it. There’s a huge gap between his rhetoric and the reality.

There were 22,000 new oil and gas permits under his administration. Nobody would know that, right?

When [Gov. Gavin] Newsom came in, our campaign approached him. … He has begun to take some small steps and seems much more collaborative than Jerry Brown. So we’re PHOTO BY TED EYTAN

THE ARGONAUT: What do you hope to accomplish by staging a Fire Drill Fridays protest in Los Angeles?

ANNIE LEONARD: I’ve been a climate activist for decades. One of the things that’s been really frustrating is that we have all the science, we have technological innovations, we have economic arguments — we’ve had everything we need to compel change except one thing, which was a massive public movement across this country, demanding it; engaged citizens really pressuring our elected leaders to lead. Fire Drill Fridays is a huge contribution to creating that.

When we started Fire Drill Fridays last fall in D.C., Jane had been reading about the Green New Deal and listening to some of the really inspiring

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By Joe Piasecki Fifty years after bombshell actress Jane Fonda’s anti-Vietnam War activism made her an icon of resistance movements, Fonda is once again making headlines — now in her eighties — as a leading celebrity voice in the movement to combat climate change.

Last year Fonda spent six months in Washington D.C. leading Fire Drill Fridays protests at the Capitol, the name referring to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg’s widely publicized remarks that “our house is on fire.” Those demonstrations attracted global attention for two reasons: Fonda routinely subjected herself to being arrested as an act of civil disobedience, and she brought plenty of her celebrity friends along for the ride, including actor Joaquin Phoenix and Fonda’s “Grace & Frankie” co-stars Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston.

Working with Greenpeace USA, Fonda moves her Fire Drill Fridays protests to Los Angeles City Hall this Friday — specifically hoping to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom into restricting production of fossil fuels in California, says Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard.

Actress and activist Jane Fonda spent six months leading Fire Drill Fridays protests in Washington D.C., including acts of civil disobedience that led to multiple arrests

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very hopeful, but he hasn’t done what’s needed yet.

So this is about forcing Newsom to live up to his words?

Absolutely. I believe Gavin Newsom cares, and this is his opportunity to be a real climate leader. This is his opportunity to be a hero. He will get pushback from Big Oil for sure, so what we need to do is surround him with the support it takes to buffer him so that he can be the climate leader the country and the world needs.

This week’s Fire Drill Friday happens Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. to noon on the Main Street side of Los Angeles City Hall (200 N. Spring St., Downtown Los Angeles). Visit janefonda.com/ events for more information.

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Another Homeless Death in Mar Vista A 31-year-old man whom police believe to have been homeless was found dead Sunday morning in a tent behind the Taco Bell at the northwest corner of Venice and Inglewood boulevards.

LAPD Capt. Steven Embrich said the man may have died of a drug overdose and that investigators do not suspect foul play. A friend of the deceased called 911 after finding him unresponsive, and paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

A homeless woman who lived in the tent encampment on Venice Boulevard under

the 405 Freeway died there in mid-December, according to local advocates for the homeless.

In October, a 24-year-old homeless man died of a drug overdose near the encampments outside the Mar Vista Post Office at Grand View Boulevard, according to Los Angeles County Coroner – Medical Examiner Records.

Nearly 1,000 homeless people died on the streets in Los Angeles County last year, according to L.A. County public health records.

LMU Statue Will Honor Hank Gathers Loyola Marymount University will erect a statue of the late Lions basketball great Hank Gathers outside Gersten Pavilion on Feb. 29, marking the 30th anniversary of Gathers leading the Lions in an unprecedented run to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship series.

Gathers collapsed and died during a semifinal matchup on March 4, 1990, and the Lions went on to defeat the defending national champion Michigan before falling to the eventual championship UNLV team.

A public dedication of the statue happens prior to the Lions’ final regular

season home game, with former head coach Paul Westhead and members of the 1989-’90 team expected to attend the ceremony and the game.

The Lions Athletic Fund is still seeking donations in support of the statue. For more information, visit hank44.lmu.edu.

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What’s that?

In terms of fossil fuels, two things have to happen. We have to use less of them by promoting renewable energy. Wind, solar, conservation, electric vehicles, energy efficiency — all those things can help us use less fossil fuels, and California has been fabulous on that front as a leader. Where California has dropped the ball is you also have to produce less. You have to stop pulling fossil fuels out of the ground. … Scientists say that 80% of known fossil fuel reserves are going to have to stay in the ground if we’re going to avoid the worst-case climate change scenarios, but California is continuing to expand its oil and gas operations. … If you reduce demand for fossil fuels but you don’t reduce production of it, these extra fossil fuels end up being exported, and that cancels out the benefits of reducing demand. It’s like a pair of scissors — you need both sides for it to work.

Our demand of Gov. Gavin Newsom is, No. 1, stop new fossil fuel extractions. No more permits, no more pipelines, no more investments. Stop expanding the problem so we can buy time to solve it. That’s not happening yet, and that’s really what climate leadership is today: Stop making it worse.

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The board of the Los Angeles Police Protective League has come out in support of Moore releasing videos early, “provided it does not jeopardize the integrity of the overall investigation,” according to an email from the board.

“In this case, the early release of the video validates that the initial 911 calls that describe the suspect with a handgun, the surveillance video captures the suspect wielding what clearly appears to be a handgun and photographs after the incident depict a black metal object that responding officers believed to be a handgun. Officers reacted to what they believed to be an armed suspect that posed a threat to the safety of nearby pedestrians and the officers,” the board’s email continues.

Police initially believed that Valencia was a transient associated with a homeless encampment under the 405 Freeway, but Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner – Coroner spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said that the office’s records do not indicate he was homeless.

According to Moore, Langsdale is not on administrative leave while LAPD’s Force Investigation Division, which handles all use of deadly force cases, investigates the shooting.

LAPD spokesman Josh Rubenstein said in the video compilation that the shooting investigation could take up to a year to complete.

Watch the video compilation on the Los Angeles Police Department’s YouTube channel or at argonautnews.com.

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in the hospital. But as the situation seemed more dire, this was not enough. I learned about the blood shortage and knew that LMU had hosted blood drives in the past, so I reached out to UCLA and somehow we were able to mobilize and get a blood drive scheduled in only nine days. We had over 109 scheduled slots filled, plus walk-ins and they collected almost 80 bags before they ran out,” Coop said.

Devra Schwartz is the university’s vice president for campus safety and security.

“LMU supported us during the ordeal and afterward. They were very flexible and caring when we needed time off to go to the hospital. It’s a special place to work,” Jeff Schwartz said.

Last month the family joined Judah’s medical team at UCLA to thank his doctors and some of the donors who had helped in Judah’s recovery.

Kuo was impressed by the number of donors who answered the call to donate blood.

“Those transfusions were very life saving for Judah. That’s one of the most remarkable things about Judah’s story: the overwhelming public support for him and his family,” she said.

After months of physical and occupational therapy, Judah is almost back to his old playful self.

“He characterizes this as his period of hibernation,” Schwartz said. “He was so resilient throughout this whole ordeal.

He’s my hero.”

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“Only three blocks to the beach yet sited on a large, flat lot in Santa Monica Canyon, this coastal Spanish-style retreat is an entertainer’s dream within the privacy of a gated compound,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Soaring ceilings in the entry welcome you to this inspiring home, where the terracotta fireplace strikes a focal point in the airy living room. The showpiece kitchen, superbly designed by Kitchens on Montana, was thoughtfully curated with top of the line appliances, Caesarstone counters and a large island. The family room NanaWall opens to optimize indoor/outdoor living. Enjoy the pool view from the elevated Trex deck or summer meals prepared in the outdoor chef’s kitchen, replete with built-in FireMagic grille, refrigerator & ice maker. Upstairs, the master suite is accented by vaulted ceilings and views from the walk-out balcony.

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE Q&A

Long-term outlook: Aging Boomers to boost California’s housing inventory California’s housing shortage is no secret.

Residential construction has lagged behind our state’s growing housing demand for years, especially in the low tier where first-time homebuyers usually enter the market.

But there is some hope for desperate homebuyers on the horizon: the coming tide of Baby Boomers expected to release their homes in the coming years.

The share of homes that are currently occupied by Baby Boomers which will be released on the market will steadily increase over the next two decades.

However, as long as Baby Boomers are still buying replacement property, their selling behavior can’t be counted toward the share of housing stock available.

That’s because while this sort of movement creates turnover — good for agents — it’s a zero-sum game when it comes to inventory — bad for first-time homebuyers.

But as Boomers age, they will more commonly move in with family, into retirement communities, to other states with more retirement-friendly prices and taxes or pass away. This gradual reduction in Boomer households will go toward propping up our state’s depleted inventory. But just how far will it go

toward returning the for-sale inventory to a healthy level?

Zillow estimates 34% of U.S. owneroccupied homes are currently owned by those 60 and older. As these Boomeroccupied homes are increasingly released onto the market in the coming years, the total inventory share will rise.

Here in California, the share of inventory to become available due to Boomer exits is estimated to be between 11–12% by 2027.

For example, the number of owneroccupied units present in Sacramento’s current housing inventory is roughly 295,300 as of 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A relatively large share of this inventory will become available due to Boomer exits, equal to 12% or 35,400 units in the years between now and 2027. This will rise to 28% by 2037, for a total of 82,700 homes to be released onto the market.

How will the coming wave of Boomer exits impact local markets?

In a healthy housing market, the expectation is that a flood of inventory would dramatically reduce competition and depress home prices. But in California’s unhealthy housing market, the coming wave of homes has the

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potential to right the imbalance.

The actual result will depend on construction.

Zillow’s analysis rightly points out that, in many metros, the coming wave of Boomer homes is roughly equal to what’s needed to make up the past decades’ construction shortfall.

Continuing the above scenario, Sacramento will see roughly 35,400 new units hit the market due to Boomer exits in the coming decade. Meanwhile, the past decade (2007-2017) has seen 32,300 more households form than construction units started. Thus, the expected Boomer inventory wave will basically be a zero-sum game in terms of total inventory numbers.

While any amount of inventory addition is positive for California’s housing market, a flat outcome isn’t enough.

For construction to return to sustainable levels and support California’s growing population, some major changes need to occur. These include: • changing laws at the local and state level to adjust zoning and allow greater density; • lifting parking restrictions near public transit that currently restrict growth;

• incentivizing builders of low-tier housing; • shortening permitting times for all types of housing; and regularly evaluating regional housing need.

Some of these changes are already occurring through recent legislation to add more affordable housing. Therefore, expect construction to gradually pick up in the coming years. But some challenges remain, such as the current construction labor force shortage. Further, any legislative changes need to do battle with local not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) advocates.

Real estate professionals can get involved by being vocal yes-in-mybackyard advocates. More housing is crucial to curing the inventory shortage and bolstering home sales volume.

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THE SOCIOPATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE I discovered that the guy I’m dating has a girlfriend he’s cheating on. In fact, she confronted us, which was awful. I’ve had a history of guys cheating on me, and I want to end the pattern. Unfortunately, I’m not attracted to a lot of guys I go out with, and I’m really attracted to this guy.

— Chemistry Being really attracted to somebody is the go-to excuse for shrugging off a potential partner’s shady behavior — pretty much anything this side of “Well, sure, several of his neighbors are wintering in Ziploc in his basement freezer.”

It helps that attraction seems like some mysterious and magical force. It’s actually not. Who we’re attracted to — which people, with which features — is prearranged by our biological robot overlord, aka evolution, via genetic code written into each of us. It’s part of evolution’s scheme for building better babies, giving our genes the best shot at being passed on to future generations.

We see this in research by neuropsychologist Bruno Laeng that suggests we are attracted to potential partners who look like us — though not too much like us. Laeng found that people were most attracted to individuals who share about 22% of their facial features (as opposed to 11% or 33%, the other percentages tested). Other research by social-personality psychologists R. Chris Fraley and Michael J. Marks likewise hit the 22% mark.

Lang explains that this balancing of

“similarity and dissimilarity” (which we do subconsciously) helps us avoid “inbreeding with close relatives,” like siblings or first cousins. Inbreeding increases the chances that both partners would have the same nasty recessive genes for a disorder or disease. “Recessive” genes are true to label when they are paired with a dominant gene: They recede ... slumping into the background, unemployed, inactive. But when two recessive genes for a condition are paired (like when close relatives with the same recessive gene make a baby), these genes become active — and so does the disorder or the disease.

As for you, the features you happen to be attracted to come in the package of a guy who cheats on his girlfriend.

This reflects bad character. Assuming you didn’t go out into Datingland all, “I’ve just gotta find a sexy sociopath,” reflecting on the evolutionary nuts and bolts of attraction might help you stop using it as an excuse and give the shove to Mr. Morally At Leisure.

To avoid again letting the hots for some himbo blind you to his undesirable qualities, make a short checklist — what I call “man minimums,” the qualities you can’t do without in a man — and put character at the top of your list. When a man shows you he comes up short on your “must haves,” cut off contact and move on. Ideally, if you’re screaming in bed, it isn’t because the girlfriend of the guy you’re with just burst through the door brandishing a missile launcher.

HALVING IT ALL I’m a 20-something gay man dating someone who makes much more money than I do. He picks up the tab on most dates, and while he seems OK with this, it makes me uncomfortable. I pay here and there, but I can’t afford much beyond lunch or lattes. Does our financial inequality mean a relationship between us is doomed?

— Barely Scraping By Chances are the guy doesn’t think you’re hoofing it up to the Coinstar clutching a baggie of change because you feel the nickels and dimes between your couch cushions could do with a little sun.

What matters is how fair a relationship feels. Fair doesn’t mean everything’s exactly 50-50, as in, he puts in 50 cents; you put in 50 cents. It means you each seem equally invested — equally motivated to make sacrifices to benefit the other — as opposed to one of you pulling the cashwagon, plow-style, while the other just hops on, puts his

feet up, and enjoys the ride.

When there are imbalances (when one partner puts in a lot and gets comparatively little in return) it isn’t just the more giving person who gets socked with the feelbad. Social psychologist Elaine Hatfield finds that partners who are “over-benefited” — who fail to put in their fair share of the relationship effort — “may experience pity, guilt and shame,” while those who feel “under-benefited” for their contributions can experience “anger, sadness and resentment.”

The way to avoid either of these emotional dumpster fires is to voice your concerns. This should start a conversation that sets you two on track to be loving, equally contributing partners in the way you’re each most able — taking into account that your best bet for making a lot of money in the near future is probably counterfeiting hundred-dollar bills on your inkjet printer.

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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25 Drove at Indy 26 Tentative agreement 27 Baton Rouge-toJackson dir.

28 “Great” Russian czar 29 Sun Devils’ sch.

30 Updike’s “Rabbit Redux,” e.g.: Abbr.

31 Tennis immortal 33 Dull opening?

34 Gp. with a threefinger salute 35 Listing 37 Fish attending Mass?

41 Baroque painter Guido 42 Elvis sings it in “Blue Hawaii” 44 Sarcastic “So sad” 45 Lions marching event?

47 Cataract surgery replacement 48 Green-lights 50 Edmond __: the Count of Monte Cristo 51 Large body of eau 52 Fiscal execs 54 Pope’s jurisdiction 57 Reason for a star 61 Juno, to Socrates 62 Punk subgenre 63 Whales’ sorely lacking veggie supply?

67 Goof 68 Pringles alternative 70 Nestlé candy with

a white covering 71 “Shoulda listened to me!”

73 Cool, in ’90s slang 74 LAPD unit?

75 Madame’s Spanish counterpart 77 Pale __ 78 Dilute 80 Wolves from Lower Manhattan?

85 Things to avoid 87 Rangers’ domains 88 Wild plum 89 Bats living in an old Chrysler?

92 Whoopi’s role in “The Color Purple” 93 VCR button 94 Degree in math 95 Tinged 96 Texter’s qualifier 98 NBC show since 1975 99 Gives the slip 101 Be on duty at, as a battle station 102 Aids in DNA sequencing research 105 Fathered 106 Crows sailing from Ethiopia to Egypt?

110 Orson Scott Card protagonist __ Wiggin 111 Documented 112 Swimwear fabric 113 Short 114 Closed ecosystems 115 Net worth component DOWN 1 “black-ish” airer 2 Symbol of monastic life 3 Alfredo __, “Ratatouille” character named for a pasta 4 Alaskan island

invaded by Japan in WWII 5 Least likely to mingle 6 Connotation 7 Brinker on skates 8 Start to correct?

9 Gun lobby org.

10 __ Taco 11 Scott classic 12 “Race Matters” author West 13 Lyon lover’s word 14 Ask invasively 15 Certain owl’s howl 16 “How now? __?”: Hamlet 17 News source for millions 18 “Be it __ humble ... ”: song lyric 19 Phone button 24 Law firm abbr.

28 Baja bar tender?

29 __ The Magazine 31 Just barely 32 Oxford, but not Cambridge 33 Mousetrap brand 36 1970s Plumber 37 Exercise target 38 Shouts of discovery 39 Madrid-based airline 40 Moonshine 42 Reuters apps alternative 43 Tardy with 46 Down __: Maine nickname 47 Writer Uris 49 “My bad” 51 ER scans 53 “Love Song” singer Bareilles 54 Beatles album with a bang 55 The Wizard of Oz’s hometown 56 Rewards for regulars 57 Lukas of “Witness” 58 Debatable “gift”

59 Small piano 60 General __ 64 Refinement 65 Aspiring MBA’s major 66 Fishing boat 69 Boiling sign 72 What a subscription renewal prevents 75 WWII weapon 76 Crafts website 78 Hypes 79 Frozen planet in “The Empire Strikes Back” 80 Tree trunk 81 J.Lo’s fiancé 82 Pumpkin pie seasoning 83 Vending machine feature 84 Underwater projection 86 Not even moist 87 Based 89 Car radio button 90 Adam of Maroon 5 91 Mexican horseman 92 Rising stars 96 QB’s pass to a CB, say 97 L.A. Philharmonic Conductor Emeritus 100 Tick-ing bomb?

101 City bond, briefly 102 “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” author 103 Results 104 Spanish cordial 106 Rabble 107 “The Name of the Rose” author 108 __-com 109 Presumed UFO crew

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Or make your loved one’s heart soar with a special love-themed trapeze show on the pier at 6 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 8). It’s free!

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Thursday, Feb. 6 A History: Marina del Rey, Venice, The Argonaut and Beyond Baroque, 6:30 p.m. George Drury Smith, founder of Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and its magazine (as well as the former associate publisher, copy editor, and CFO of The Argonaut) presents an early history of the area, including the Venice literary scene and the emergence of Marina del Rey, as well as discusses persisting local issues. Burton Chace Park Community Room, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. $5; free for Marina del Rey Historical Society members.

(424) 391-6976 Run for Something in Mar Vista, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join the political organization Run for Something and co-founder Amanda Litman for a party helping progressive candidates, with a special appearance by comedian Morgan Jay. Neyborly, 12503 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. $25. runforsomething.net/mv2020 Return of Spicy Comedy, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Listen to hilarious comedy at the hottest gallery and beer pub on the Westside with host Jeffrey Scott Hendrick and improv group Hot Potatoes.

Project Artemis: NASA’s Return to the Moon, 8 p.m.

This special show covers the mission architecture and the work that must be done to accomplish a moon landing in 2024 after the Trump administration announced a refocus on NASA-crewed spaceflight. John Drescher Planetarium, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to $11. (310) 434-3005; smc.edu/planetarium Stunt Road & Andy Roth at Sonny McLean’s, 9 p.m. One of L.A.’s oldest classic rock and blues bands performing since the ’80s plays at Sonny McLean’s, 2615 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. sonnymcleans.com

Saturday, Feb. 8

Viver Brasil brings a colorful performance of Afro-Brazilian dance to The Broad Stage. SEE SATURDAY, FEB. 8.

ArtBarLA, 12017 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. eventbrite.com

Friday, Feb. 7 Kids Forum, 6 to 9 p.m.

KidScoop Media and the Culver City Unified School District host a free kid forum moderated by

students for the highly anticipated L.A. County Board of Supervisors (District 2) race with a meet-and-mingle hour featuring a DJ, voter registration table and an opportunity to visit with candidates. Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda St.,

Culver City. eventbrite.com Blackbox at the edye: Joshua White, 7:30 to 10 p.m. This creative and technically accomplished pianist performs with his bi-coastal quartet at the Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $29. thebroadstage.org

Frenchie Valentine’s Meet Up, 10 a.m. to noon. Let your Frenchie mix and mingle with other pups at this special Valentine’s Day meetup. Playa Vista Dog Park, 12604 W. Bluff Creek Drive., Playa Vista. facebook.com/lafrenchiemeetup Viver Brasil: Celebrating Samba, 11 a.m. Experience electrifying Afro-Brazilian dance and music with your family, including royal orixa dances, riveting capoeira and thrilling samba. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $5. thebroadstage.org

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“Love in Bloom” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Santa Monica Playhouse pays tribute to the Bard’s wenches and rogues with this bawdy feel-good musical featuring plenty of magic, mayhem, fops, fairies, romance and tongue-incheek humor.

Now playing at 6 p.m. Sundays through March 1. 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $35. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com “Women of a Certain Age” @ Beyond Baroque Creator/host Carole Montgomery brings some of the funniest mature female comics in the business (Feli-

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Dance at The Odyssey The Odyssey Theatre’s series dedicated to presenting new work by local L.A. dance-makers concludes with a presentation of new work by Herb Alpert Award-winning choreographer Victoria Marks.

Shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 7, 8 & 9).

2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $15 to $25. odysseytheatre.com

and hilarious bonds between mothers, daughters and good gal friends.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 16. 941 Temescal Canyon Road, Pacific Palisades. $20 to $22. (310) 454-1970; theatrepalisades.com

“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 shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer.

Now playing 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

“The Giver” @ Westchester Playhouse Lois Lowry’s dystopian young adult novel about a futuristic planned community devoid of free will or choice

“Disposable Necessities” @ The Electric Lodge Rogue Machine resident playwright Neil McGowan imagines a future where aging and death have become

Rogue Machine shakes things up with “Earthquakes in London”

cia Michaels, Monica Piper and Renee Percy) together for a night of laughs.

One performance only: 8 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 13). 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15 to $20. Eventbrite.com “Steel Magnolias” @ Theatre Palisades This heartfelt Southern tear-jerker (the basis for the 1989 film of the same name starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts) blooms again as its original stage version, exploring the fraught

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comes to life in this Kentwood Players production.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 22. 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $22. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org

obsolete thanks to “Module,” a process of downloading the digitized soul into a new host body. The process is something only the very wealthy can afford, however. If you are rich enough, you can be anyone you desire. With wit and humor, McGowan looks at greed beyond the grave as well as the summative value of life — and death.

Now playing at 5 p.m. Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 23.

1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $25 to $35. roguemachinetheatre.net “Earthquakes in London” @ The Electric Lodge Three sisters, a politician, a first-time pregnant mother and a university drop out struggle to find any sliver of hope amidst a crush of familial fractures, corporate greed and impending environmental doom — predicted by their genius scientist father.

Now playing at 8 p.m. most Fridays, 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 1. 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $25 to $50, or $20 on Feb. 7. roguemachinetheatre.net

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Fiddler Alasdair Fraser & cellist Natalie Haas bring the music of Scotland to McCabe’s for one night only. SEE SUNDAY, FEB. 9.

Physics/Philosophy Lecture in Venice: Part 2, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Physicist Dr. Bobbs presents the philosophical mysteries of quantum physics in an accessible way, with cartoons, jokes, trivia and personal anecdotes. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Donations welcomed.

(310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Daddy Daughter Sweetheart Dance, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Devote a special evening to the little lady in your life at this adorable dance party with music, laughter, crafts and treats specifically for dads and their daughters aged one through five.

Happy Baby, 353 Main St., El Segundo. $40 per couple. clients.mindbodyonline.com Poker Night at the Santa Monica Moose Lodge, 5 p.m.

Santa Monica’s Police Activities League hosts its second annual charity poker tournament, benefitting youth in its programs.

Those who make it to the final round are eligible for prizes such as a 50-inch LG television, a one-night stay at the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica or four VIP tickets to a Los Angeles Lakers or Clippers game. Santa Monica Moose Lodge, 1600 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. $50 to $125. 21+. (310) 4588988; smpal.org All Beethoven Chamber Music Concert, 5 to 8 p.m. The Culver City Chamber Orchestra presents a program featuring Beethoven’s “Archduke” piano trio in B-flat Op. 97, his piano quartet in E-flat Op. 16, his string quintet in C major Op. 29, and sextet in E-flat major Op. 81b.

Culver City Presbyterian Church, 11269 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $20 to $25. (310) 397-2490;

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Enjoy poignant and rocking tunes from James Taylor’s younger sister with special guests Jeff Alan Ross and Bill Cinque at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. store.mccabes.com Wayback Daddies, 9 p.m. The L.A. classic rock cover band plays two energetic sets featuring the music of the Beatles, Steely Dan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, the Who, the Eagles, Tom Petty, Elton John, Green Day, Foo Fighters and more at the Warehouse Restaurant, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. $10. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com

Sunday, Feb. 9 Screenland 5K, 9 a.m. to noon. Dress up as your favorite movie character on Oscar Sunday and run or walk with your family and friends through “The Heart of Screenland.”

Culver Blvd. and Main St. $5 to $45. screenland5k.com Booty Pop-Up Charity Class for Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Foundation, 9 to 10 a.m. Kick off Black History Month with a muscle-toning charity class where all proceeds go to the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation. Platform, 8850 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $30. BYOM. eventbrite.com Playtime at Neyborly, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Go back to your childhood and play. Explore and create with nostalgic games, interactive art installations, prizes and live performances by Morgan Jay from NBC’s “Bring the Funny,” actress and singer Laura Marano and “X Factor”

winning artist Alex Kinsey.

Neyborly Mar Vista, 12503 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $30. eventbrite.com K17 Presents: Emotive Jazz with Bill Laurence, 3 to 5:30 p.m. Enjoy a spellbinding afternoon of hypnotic jazz by Grammy-award winning pianist, keyboardist, composer and jazz maestro Bill Laurence at the house of one of Hollywood’s most sought after and prolific composers. Harry GregsonWilliams Residence, 620 Hightree Road, Santa Monica. $70. eventbrite.com In the Name of Love, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Celebrate love’s inspiring powers through magic, music, storytelling and comedy featuring Vinnie Caggiano, Solange Castro, Glendalf, Deana Barone, Brenda Pontiff, Jamie Vercauteren and Mick Green.

Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $6 to $10; free for members. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas at McCabe’s, 8 to 10 p.m.

Fiddle player Alasdair Fraser and brilliant cellist Natalie Haas perform an intimate night of Scottish and global music at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $25. store.mccabes.com The Love Shack Art and Music Show, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Packed Out presents a variety of live performers and visual art vendors at ArtBarLA, 12017 Venice Blvd., Venice. $5. artbarla.com

Monday, Feb. 10 Lilla Live at TRiP, 9 to 10 p.m.

The soulful songstress, writer and producer brings together today’s soul, R&B, jazz and pop to TRiP,

2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover; one drink minimum. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com

Tuesday, Feb. 11 Valentine’s Party, 11 a.m. Join the Westchester Senior Citizen Club for a special celebration of friendship and love with musical trivia and snacks. Westchester Senior Citizen Club, 8740 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. (310) 649-3317 ‘Been There, Married That’ Discussion and Book Signing, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Gigi Levangie discusses and signs her hilarious and cringe-worthy new book about a Hollywood wife on the brink of divorce. DIESEL, 225 26th St., Ste. 33, Santa Monica.

(310) 576-9960; dieselbookstore.com ‘Yes No Maybe So’ Book Signing, 7 to 9 p.m. New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed sign copies of their new book about the power of love and resistance at The Ripped Bodice, 3806 Main St., Culver City. (424) 603-4774; therippedbodicela.com

Wednesday, Feb. 12 Laughtears Salon, Engage in a free politics, art and culture discussion. RSVP for time and location. (310) 306-7330 State of the City: Economic Summit 2020, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

This annual summit brings together the business and resident communities to hear about the latest trends and innovations regionally and globally. Mayor Kevin McKeown presents the State of the City, including the economic report of the past year and the latest initiatives. Founder of Not Impossible Labs Mike Ebeling speaks about changing the world through technology and storytelling. SGI Auditorium, 525 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. $60; free for residents. smchamber.com Salt Lake City Stars at South Bay Lakers, 7 to 10 p.m. Watch the South Bay Lakers take on the Salt Lake City Stars in a hotly contested NBA G League game.

UCLA Health Training Center, 2275 E. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo. $50+. sportsplug.net Culver City Democratic Club (Continued on page 27)

Raise a Glass to Rip City Skates Santa Monica Brew Works is celebrating Rip City Skates, the longest continuously operating skate shop in the area, with a new creation made with the spirit of Dogtown in mind.

Named after the iconic shop at the hub of Santa Monica’s skate scene since 1978, the Rip City Skates IPA packs a hop-forward punch with a citrus kick of fruity, tropical notes. The specialty brew is now available

on draft and in 16-ounce four-packs at Santa Monica Brew Works’ tasting room (1920 Colorado Ave., Ste. C, Santa Monica). Santa Monica Brew Works is open from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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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 .

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Petitioner: Adrianna Marie Gomez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Victor Isaiah Gomez Miranda to Victor Isaiah Najera 2.)

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 3/25/20. Time: 1:30 AM. Dept.: C. Room: 312.

The address of the court is 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90650.

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TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 15, 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: 1/30/20, 2/6/20, 2/13/20, 2/20/20 #27986

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Here are some reasons why: Build A Strong Local Economy:

Local merchants are your friends and neighbors and when you shop locally, your dollar is more likely to stay in our community. Local, independent businesses assist the community through a “multiplier effect”: one dollar spent at a locally owned business will return five times that amount within the community through city taxes, employees’ wages, and purchase of materials and supplies at other independent businesses.

Maintain Community Character:

When asked to name our favorite restaurant, cafe, or shop, we almost always cite a unique local business (look at the results in any “Best of” poll as proof). We embrace the idea of distinctive businesses with local character, but often forget their survival depends on our patronage. It is easy for us to get so consumed by efficiency that we forget how much of our lives we spend eating out, shopping, and doing other business. We owe it to ourselves to consider the quality of our experience, and ask if we benefit when we choose a community-based business.

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Happy Shopping!

Westside Happenings (Continued from page 25)

Meeting, 7 p.m. Join a group of like-minded Democrats at this monthly meeting featuring a speaker from Black Lives Matter L.A. Veteran’s Memorial Building 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. Culvercitydemocraticclub.com

Thursday, Feb. 13 LAX Coastal Chamber Lifestyle Group, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Join Diana Hoffman, Ph.D., Kari Jaffe and Teri Jo Wheeler for a panel on balancing the mind, body, soul and living “a five-star lifestyle.” LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce, 9100 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste 210, Westchester. (310) 645-5151; laxcoastal.com Ballona Wetlands Community Restoration Event, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Join your fellow

community members and remove invasive ice plant and other non-native vegetation with the Ballona Wetlands, 303 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. santamonicabay.org/events Spot the Love Yappy Hour, 6 to 8 p.m. Celebrate the month of love with your “pawtner-incrime” with craft cocktails for humans, “pup-tails” for pets, a Spot the Love photo opp, giveaways and treats from K9 Natural. Healthy Spot, 12746 Jefferson Blvd., Ste. 2130, Playa Vista. eventbrite.com Real Estate Vendors Expo, 6 to 8 p.m. The Los Angeles Real Estate Investors Club hosts an opportunity for investors to meet and network with over 40 real estate professionals. Any level of experience is welcome. Olympic Collection, 11301 W. Olympic Blvd., #204. Free. (310) 7926404; lareic.com

Bay Cities Coin Club Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Join a community interested in collecting coins and currency with a show and tell, auctions and a raffle. Westchester Municipal Building Community Room, 7166 W. Manchester Ave., Westchester. baycitiescoinclub. com Gardening for Geeks, 6:30 p.m. Local L.A. master gardener Christy Wilhelmi signs her new book about the science needed for successful organic gardening and shares her spring gardening tips. DIESEL, 225 26th St., Ste. 33, Santa Monica. (310) 5769960; dieselbookstore.com

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From Paris to Venice

Les Petits Chanteurs de France make a pit stop at St. Mark Church on world tour

Smooth harmonies, heavenly voices and a jubilant mood.

These are a few ways to describe the music of Les Petits Chanteurs de France, an eclectic all-boys choir based out of Paris, which performs at St. Mark Church on Sunday (Feb. 9). The group, composed of young French singers aged seven to 20 years old with the unique ability to sing angelic tunes in harmony, will be featured at the Catholic church’s three morning masses at 9 a.m.,10:30 a.m. and the Spanish mass at noon — all leading up to the Chanteurs’ 2:30 p.m. concert.

Directed by choirmaster Veronique Thomassin, the group is known for its rigorous recruitment process and its singers’ ability to belt out Latin classics like “Ave Maria” and “Gloria” by Vivaldi as well as perform pop, folk and Broadways songs in French and English. Sunday’s concert will be a mix of modern and classical music.

Since 2013, Les Petits Chanteurs have been touring all over the world, doing concerts everywhere from Taiwan to Russia. St. Mark pastor Father Albert van der Woerd decided to

bring the group to his Venice parish after hearing them perform last year.

“They are very good. I was very impressed,” he said.

The group will continue their tour of the United States through Feb. 23, but their Venice stop is not to be missed.

— Sofia Alfaro Les Petits Chanteurs de France perform at 2:30pm on Sunday, Feb. 9, at St. Mark Church, 940 Coeur D Alene Ave, Venice.

Call (310) 821-5058 or visit st-mark.net or lespetitschateursdefrance.fr.

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