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An Individualized Approach to Education student throughout the process. In some cases, this leads to large shifts in course offerings and structure, making student success an institutional priority with curriculum, staffing and allocation of resources.

Beginning in middle school, RHP students are met with a dynamic learning environment that focuses heavily on the transition out of elementary school and builds the groundwork for skills and understanding that are crucial for success in high school and beyond. Recently, RHP became a candidate for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP), which reinforces an already progressive approach to education with inquiry-based learning approaches that encourage cross-curricular collaboration.

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a sea of middle and high school offerings in the greater Los Angeles area, it can be difficult for parents to identify schools with the right balance of academics, social emotional support, co-curricular activities and other crucial factors of education. Rolling Hills Preparatory School (RHP) in San Pedro has a long history of providing a balanced educational formula to ensure that the approach is individualized and tailored to every student’s needs, challenging them in the areas where they excel and helping students work through the subjects or material that they find difficult. Whether it’s a faculty advisor, a member of the college guidance staff or a counselor focused on social-emotional issues, students are supported by caring professionals who are constantly looking for new ways to

improve the school experience and educational outcomes.

RHP has long identified academic rigor as a core component of education. However, the School’s definition of “rigor” recognizes the importance of building upon students’ strengths and providing support or new learning approaches in areas where students may struggle. A deeply integrated advisory program ensures that every student is matched with a faculty mentor who goes above and beyond to ensure positive outcomes by identifying opportunities and challenges both in and out of the classroom.

Each year, these faculty advisors come together to assess student performance, course requirements and course placement in order to build the following year’s curriculum from the ground up, referencing the requests and needs of every RHP Advertorial

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This may come in the form of a science project that ties in with topics learned in social studies courses or a presentation utilizing both the world language and history of an event or topic. Numerous social-emotional support programs, such as professional counselors and a high school- led peer mentoring program, exist to nurture interpersonal development, deal with stress, celebrate diversity and confront bullying before it begins.

High school students are met with an academic program that promotes the development of individual agency and incorporates college counseling directly into the curriculum to ensure that students are informed and prepared for life after RHP. Students who wish to highlight excellence in specific subjects can apply for one of three “specialized diplomas” in the Arts, Math & Sciences or History & World Languages, requiring these students to

demonstrate a commitment to their fields of focus beyond the standard curricular requirements.

Students are encouraged to embrace “Sound Character” by giving back to the community in the form of community service-learning, and many students go even further in conjunction with service groups, athletic teams or the National Honor Society. Other non-academic traditions and opportunities encourage students to develop “soft skills” that can be crucial to future success, such as a requiring every graduating senior to develop their public speaking abilities and address the student body on a topic of their choice.

In addition to academic offerings, students of all grade levels are provided with numerous opportunities to explore and develop their interests in co-curricular activities with nocut policies. Middle school students are encouraged to explore their creative side with rotating arts courses that give them an introduction to visual and performing arts and the high school curriculum builds on that with advanced offerings in drawing and painting, 3D art, darkroom and digital photography, design, music and composition, and theater studies. There are also several annual opportunities for students to highlight their creative endeavors such as the fall play, spring musical, classical night, visual art shows and recurring talent shows.

teams, including high-performing basketball teams that have won regional and state championships in recent years and have featured top-ranked players such as Clarice Akunwafo ‘21, who is nationally ranked as the number two center in varsity girls’ basketball and was recruited in her junior year to play for USC. Students interested in STEM have opportunities to build problem-solving robots on the robotics team, imagine the future of municipal planning with a “Future Cities” team, and have several opportunities to present projects and research at the annual STEM Expo.

Even in the time of COVID-19, RHP has succeeded at fostering positive virtual learning experiences and is prepared to address learning impact upon a full return to campus. In the coming years, the school anticipates helping new students navigate subjects and skills that may have been impacted by unsuccessful experiences with virtual learning at other schools. To increase accessibility and address the financial impact of the current crisis, RHP has also committed to freezing or lowering tuition for its programs and offerings. The school accepts applications year-round on a rolling basis and more admission information, including recordings of virtual admission events, can be found at www.rollinghillsprep.org/learnmore

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Corona by the numbers & local updates Total Westside cases: 17,092 total Westside deaths: 347 total confirmed cases in LA County: 1,143,422 total deaths in LA County: 17,955 total new cases as of Feb. 7: 4,860 total new deaths: 193 hospitalizations: 4,607 positivity rate (seven-day daily average): 9.8% total number of people tested: 5,589,228 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

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ATTENTION Boating Organizations in Marina del Rey! The Commission invites recreational and commercial boating organizations to give a 2- to 3-minute presentation on activities and accomplishments, or comments and concerns, at this special night meeting.

Submission deadline for presentation materials is

Thursday, March 4, 2021 by 4:00 p.m.

Presentations received after this deadline cannot be added.

For more information or to submit presentation materials, please contact Yeni Womack at

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Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of Feb. 7: Culver City: 1,968 (deaths 71); Del Rey: 1,812 (deaths 19); El Segundo: 603 (deaths 4); Marina del Rey: 306 (deaths 0); Mar Vista: 1,783 (deaths 26); Palms: 2,367 (deaths 46); Playa Vista: 527 (deaths 6); Playa del Rey: 96 (deaths 0); Santa Monica: 4,030 (deaths 124); Venice: 1,396 (deaths 13); Westchester: 2,204 (deaths 38)

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L E T T E R S but our planet and her creatures as well.

Wendy Zacuto Educational Consultant ‘Restoration’ is a lie Editor: Please help. The “restoration” is a lie. There are pictures of wildlife still living on this last piece of wilderness we have in Los Angeles.

When they did restoration on Washington and Admiralty the wildlife left or died. Please keep getting the word out!

Mary E. Disney Marina del Rey resident of 35 years Ballona Wetlands ‘Restoration’ Editor: One of my favorite places in LA to walk and clear my head is by getting lost in my thrilling efforts to identify as many bird species as I can in the Ballona Wetlands. What a total joy!

Sometimes there are so many birds, I can’t keep track of them all. For a bird lover, there could hardly be anything more exhilarating.

Yet, I keep hearing that bulldozers are coming to

“restore” the wetlands. Over and over: “restore.” What are they talking about? The wetlands do not need to be restored. What is there, needs to be protected. The only acceptable restoration would be to expand the wetlands back to their original domain!

Sadly, that massive development prevents such an option.

I don’t want my tax dollars wasted on a project that can only decimate the extraordinary bird populations that have found sanctuary in the Ballona Wetlands. I don’t know whose idiotic idea it was to “restore” the Ballona Wetlands, but he or she needs to find another day job.

Sara R. Nichols Los Angeles Path to Main Street’s rescue: Time for a public comment period Editor: The present flawed thru traffic corridor/parklet outdoor dining plan was rushed through city council last April as a time valued emergency measure, one that would be endangered if it was delayed by ordinary public comment process.

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Stop bulldozing of Ballona Wetlands Editor: As someone who has been studying and voicing concern for our LA Ballona Wetlands, I am frustrated by the enormous and erroneous signage posted by SoCalGas. Now we have two lawsuits that actually support a sane approach to revitalization and restoration instead of bulldozers aimed at the area and its animal inhabitants.

When will the governor start to listen to the people who care for the wetlands instead of local organizations that have been co-opted by corporations that would benefit from a more destructive approach to restoration? There is a fully acceptable option, option 4, that would follow procedures in alignment with the science the governor speaks about as he talks about our concern for climate support for our planet.

As a Playa del Rey resident and educator, I sincerely hope that we can wrest the current dangerous plan from our California state leaders and replace it with a plan that will not only serve our community

VENICE on the beach. emergency, half a year’s experience has demonstrated alfresco 1.0 hasn’t performed well enough. The present layout does not provide enough seating area for the safe widely separated tables needed to enable sustainable customer service.

And without a sustainable restaurant/bar attraction, the business area collapses.

Now is the time to open a public comment period to produce a better plan and generate the political will to make it happen.

Write letters to your newspapers and your city council — or me at tim.tunks@aol.com for

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Students Making a Difference USC’s Philologos Society promotes academic versatility and community outreach PHOTO COURTESY THE PHILOLOGOS SOCIETY

By Sofia Santana Richard Petrosyan, a pre-med student studying neuroscience at the University of Southern California, spent his freshman year searching for an extracurricular activity that would allow him to exchange and debate ideas, grow academically and apply this knowledge into service for the community. After a failed search, he decided to create his own organization.

“I sought to create a platform on which it would really follow this idea of versatility,” Petrosyan said.

“That not only would you go with the academic and intellectual part, you grow intellectually on your own, but you also put that into the service of the community. I thought it would be interesting to connect my organization with nonprofits and establish partnerships.”

In July 2019, The Philologos

Richard Petrosyan, founder and president of The Philologos Society, at an event with guest speaker Professor Patricia George from USC. Society was born. Made up of 48 members with different majors, backgrounds and ages, the organization hosts various academic events such as debates, screenings, guest speaker conferences and even analytical writing, which gives members an opportu-

nity to be published in the Philologos Times, the organization’s journal.

Members of The Philologos Society (or Philologians) also partner with Meals on Wheels West (MOW West) by serving senior citizens in Los Angeles’ coastal communities including Venice, Santa Monica and Marina del Rey who need assistance with meals, groceries and even health kits.

“We knock on the door, we deliver their meal, and pre-pandemic we used to have a seat, sometimes come in when they invited us and had long conversations with them, but this has now been substituted with another program,” Petrosyan said.

Although members who live in LA are still able to safely deliver meals, The Philologos Society is now participating in a newer program, the MOW West Phone

Reassurance program. Philologians are provided with the contact information of community members and are able to provide information about local resources related to COVID-19, crisis lines, financial resources, or even just engage in comforting and friendly conversation.

“It has particularly taken route in Meals on Wheels when the pandemic started and this was about preventing the psychological burden of solitude by calling the clients,” Petrosyan said. “We provide them with support and not only ask them about their lives, but also crucial things like if they have COVID-19 symptoms and whether they need help with their medications. We try to prevent them from being lost during this time and point them to other social resources.”

The Philologos Society also partners with the Los Angeles

Metropolitan Debate League (LAMDL), an organization that helps low-income and students of color gain access to a competitive debate forum where they are encouraged to share ideas and learn public speaking skills.

While the plans for the Fall 2021 semester are still uncertain and dependent on city and county guidelines, Petrosyan and his fellow Philologians plan to continue their virtual debates and academic events, along with their partnership with MOW West and LAMDL to help serve the community.

The Philologos Society regularly updates its social media platforms to keep members and the community informed of its events and services. To find more information about its executive board, the Philologos Times and ways to get involved, visit philologossociety.com

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• Virtual classes with The Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories. Starting on Feb. 12, The Gourmandise School in Santa Monica is offering a special lineup of virtual Valentine’s Day cooking and baking classes that make the perfect at-home date. Aspiring chefs can learn how to bake an array of vibrantly colored macaron cookies during the Valentine’s Macaron Baking Class. Other offerings include Valentine’s Steak Dinner and

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By Holly Jenvey Whether you’re in a relationship or flying solo this year, there are a variety of fun ways that you can celebrate Valentine’s Day. From virtual cooking and baking classes to curated picnic boxes and more, read on to discover special offerings across the Westside.

Local businesses on the Westside are offering special Valentine’s Day gifts and activities.

Pasta Dinner classes, in addition to a Valentine’s Day Doughnuts class. Each class is taught by a Gourmandise chef and registered participants will receive a grocery list and a Zoom ID prior to the start of the course. thegourmandiseschool.com • Café Gratitude’s Valentine’s Day Cookie Kits. This year,

Café Gratitude will be selling their Valentine’s Day Chocolate Sugar Cookies Kit, pre-baked, gluten-free and plant-based with natural and organic colorings. Enjoy decorating them at home for date night or an evening with the kids. Available via their online store from Feb. 1-14 for

$25 plus shipping. Chef Dreux Ellis’ Artisanal Chocolate Box can be added on to any takeout or delivery. cafegratitude.com • Valentine’s Day Picnic Box from Destroyer. Michelin star chef Jordan Kahn’s minimalist cafe in Culver City is offering a Valentine’s Day Picnic Box. It includes three types of artisanal

cheeses, lemon thyme elderflower honey, a mini baguette with cranberry red currant jam and a slice of chocolate devil’s food cake. Other delicious add-ons such as bacon onion marmalade are available for an extra charge. The picnic box costs $55. Orders can be placed through Destroyer’s online store and will be available for delivery or pickup from February 12-14. destroyer.la • Vegan Chocolate-Covered Strawberries from Uplifters Kitchen. The new vegetarian café in Santa Monica will be selling vegan chocolate-covered strawberries packed with ribbon and a heart-shaped card for a personalized note. Available for pre-sale online through Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. They can be picked up on Feb. 13 from noon to 3 p.m. and on Feb. 14 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. uplifterskitchen.com

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The City Attorney’s Office, Public Rights Division, recently filed a lawsuit against local landlords for violations of the city’s tenant harassment ordinance and eviction moratorium.

According to the complaint, starting in 2017 when the defendants purchased the 30-unit apartment building, the defendants have “engaged in a campaign to empty out the building of long-term tenants.”

Santa Monica Rent Control Board records indicated that 23 of the units were vacant at the time the complaint was filed. The city further alleges the defendants engaged in unlawful behavior toward five of the last remaining tenants including fraud, intimidation and attempted evictions without justification.

The named defendants, Youseph Golshirazian, Hanokh Golshirazian and SoCal Investment Company LLC, own and manage the multiresidential property at 153 San Vicente Boulevard in Santa Monica.

The complaint alleges that in August 2020 the defendants informed five rent-controlled tenants that the city had approved plans for major repairs and all that remained was for rent control to approve the temporary relocation plans for the tenants. The defendants asked the tenants to sign a temporary move out agreement and assured them that they could move back in once the work was completed.

In another letter, the defendants indicated that once the repair work began, the building would be uninhabitable and refusal to temporarily relocate would constitute a nuisance.

Attorneys from the Santa Monica Rent Control Board and the city wrote to the defendants indicating that their letters contained multiple false and misleading statements, and that the proposed

remodeling plans had not been approved nor were the tenants required by law or any city order to be temporarily relocated.

The five tenants refused to temporarily relocate for fear that the landlords wouldn’t allow them to move back in after the work was completed, and due to COVID-19 public health concerns. In November, the defendants filed unlawful detainer actions against the tenants based on their refusal to temporarily relocate for work that had not been permitted.

In December, the tenants went to court to fight the evictions with legal aid attorneys from LAFLA-Santa Monica. The defendants dropped the eviction actions, only to then serve the tenants with a new three-day notice to quit.

The tenants have lived in their rent-controlled apartments for between four and 15 years, and include a family with two minor children, and a couple who are senior citizens over the age of 70.

According to the complaint, at the time it was filed the city had not approved the proposed construction work at the building and at least two of the vacant units were listed as vacation rentals on Airbnb. The complaint contends that the property was also advertised for sale on Loopnet.com, where it stated that “only five units are currently occupied and the seller is in the process of completing the buy-outs.”

“It is always illegal for landlords to harass or otherwise threaten tenants’ housing security with false or misleading statements,” said George Cardona, interim city attorney. “It is even worse when that happens during the middle of a public health and economic crisis. The city will take all appropriate actions against landlords who violate the city’s tenant protection laws and help tenants stay housed in their homes.”

Culver City accepting applications for commissions, boards and committees The City Clerk’s Office announced a special interim process to fill current vacancies for Culver City Commissions, Committees and Boards (CBCs). Five openings are available to Culver City residents on the following bodies: • Civil Service Commission (two positions: Seat 2 and Seat 3) • Committee on Homelessness (one position: Seat 5) • Fiesta La Ballona Committee (one position: Seat 1) • Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (one position: Seat 5) Appointments for these openings are

tentatively scheduled to be considered by the City Council at the regular meeting on March 8. Applications will be accepted by the city clerk’s office through 5 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 22. Late applications may not be accepted.

While appointments are made annually, an application may be completed at any time. All interested persons are encouraged to apply for all positions in which they have an interest.

Applications will be accepted online, by mail, by fax to 310-253-5830 or electronically to city.clerk@culvercity.org.

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Creating Job Opportunities COVID to Code Academy offers free software skills training to the unemployed PHOTOS COURTESY OF COVID TO CODE ACADEMY

The COVID to Code Academy was founded by Liliana Monge, who is the founder of Sabio, a Culver City-based software training company.

By Srianthi Perera A Culver City-based tech company has a unique response to the unemployment caused by the pandemic.

Sabio, a software training company that runs coding bootcamps for aspiring information technology engineers, has created the COVID to Code Academy, a free course for those who were recently fired or furloughed.

Participants, who may be located anywhere in the country, will receive free online software skills training to get a job in the booming industry of information technology. They will learn foundational knowledge of JavaScript and must commit the 100 hours of study necessary to complete the course.

After certification in web development, participants also receive help with their resumes, mentor support and coaching for IT job interviews.

Sabio founder and CEO Liliana Monge was inspired to help people when she saw the desperate need of fellow Americans unable to live with dignity. She, like many other Americans, saw the long lines

of cars awaiting groceries from food banks.

“Americans are struggling to put food on the table, avoid eviction and protect their families from the virus,” Monge said. “Adding to their stress, they continue searching for work in the same industry they came from, even though it may have been decimated by the pandemic.”

Monge believes job seekers should look into computer programming and informational technology because these industries have not been hit by the pandemic. In fact, professionals in these areas are even more coveted, she said, because of a shortage of workers in coding and other jobs.

More and more companies are embracing a digital transformation this year because the pandemic is causing them to build online platforms to interact with customers.

“In fact, the pandemic is pushing this transformation into overdrive,” Monge said. “Large and small companies in virtually every industry are building out their online platforms to interact with customers because face-to-

Participants will receive free online software skills training to get a job in the booming industry of information technology. face interactions are prohibited or severely restricted.”

There simply aren’t enough properly trained tech workers entering the marketplace to keep up with demand. As an example, she cited the demand for data engineers, which is growing at an annual rate of 35%.

“I’m sure the numbers of engineers is not increasing by 30% each year to keep pace with demand,” she noted.

One myth that Sabio wants to dispel is that you don’t require a computer science degree or a STEM education background to enter the information technology field. Monge said it’s “absolutely not true.”

“Whether you’re a fired chef, furloughed salesman or one of the other thousands of jobs that vanished in our shell-shocked economy this year, you can reinvent yourself in tech, one of the few pandemic-resistant industries forecast to thrive in 2021,” she said.

Within a few months and with no background in tech, a focused, diligent student can become a software engineer and be in great demand in the tech industry.

Hence, the company has reached out to support groups and nonprofits in the leisure and hospitality industry about the free academy. This includes waiters, kitchen staff, hotel workers and employees at places such as gyms, theme parks and bowling alleys.

Enrollment in the program is capped at 1,000 because it’s the capacity of students the company can manage at one time.

Sabio believes that the COVID to Code program will be a springboard for many committed individuals who may go on to other related specialist areas such as cybersecurity, cloud solutions and data science.

The company plans to award the top 50 graduates with $1,500 scholarships that may apply to its Full Stack Training Program. The intense 13-week, interactive course under the supervision of a coding expert enables students to learn at least 14 coding languages to attain an advanced level of software expertise.

Sabio has an 82% success rate in helping graduates of the Full Stack Web Development

Training Program find jobs.

People are not getting into IT because many people do not know that technology is created by individuals.

“They think that a factory somewhere creates the software we depend on daily to check our bank balance or our GrubHub orders,” Monge said.

“However, people in California are coding away night and day to make all of those applications operate properly.”

This is not the first time that Monge has participated in charity. She is a founding board member of DIY Girls, a nonprofit in San Fernando Valley that serves low-income young women and helps them gain critical exposure to all tech fields.

She is also a founding board member of ADDI, a nonprofit that is helping young adults learn about tech throughout California via hackathons and other events. Her other altruistic initiatives include a free coding camp for U.S. veterans.

To sign up for the COVID to Code program, visit covidtocode.academy

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S T O R Y PHOTOS COURTESY OF CLASSROOM OF COMPASSION

Classroom of Compassion is a Los Angeles-based floral and creative arts organization that works to create restorative and artistic spaces of compassion and love for people of all communities.

Teaching Compassion Couple brings comfort and flowers to communities experiencing loss

By Bridgette M. Redman In a land filled with gun violence, police brutality, domestic terrorism and acts of hatred based on a person’s skin color, ethnicity or sexual orientation, it becomes continually necessary to create a counterbalance to teach tolerance and love.

That is why Noah Reich and David Maldonado have created Classroom of Compassion, a floral and creative arts organization that builds altars to help people mourn loved ones.

Recent projects have included a tribute to Breonna Taylor that traveled around Los Angeles, a Parkland project and a six-year Sandy Hook anniversary commemoration.

They also created a tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Skirball Cultural Center and a tribute to Alex Trebek at his Hollywood Star. Their next project begins on Valentine’s Day. The two will spend a year honoring those lost

to COVID-19.

Reich and Maldonado, who called Santa Monica home for many years, came up with the original idea and launched the organization after the 2016 Pulse nightclub attack in Orlando.

“This new era of rhetoric of violence has been seeping into our community discourse, that was the awakening moment for us,” Reich said. “Now is the time for us to care for the community that had raised us.

We began showing up at activations all around the city.

We started really being in conversation with our community wherever our community was coming together.”

Their travels took them wherever there was tragedy — creating places to grieve in Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut; at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, in El Paso after the Walmart shooting.

And in each place, they used

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flowers, photos and words of compassion to help those who were grieving.

“The first year we began the Classroom of Compassion, we knew we wanted to honor communities and spaces that were going through tragedy,” Maldonado said. “It was really this focus on communal grief that began the Classroom of Compassion. For us it was seeing all of these broken hearts around us. We began a practice of compassion as a way of being in touch with the suffering around us.”

By traveling and using flowers, they felt they were bringing the sunshine of Los Angeles on the road with them, providing a warmth that comes with care.

With the exception of Sandy Hook, where the temperature was prohibitive, all the flowers are live and fresh. They are a symbol and a teaching method, the co-founders say.

“Our practice so often centers

around flowers for a few reasons,” Reich said. “The art of flower picking and arranging is one that affords us the opportunity to slow down to be still and experience beauty in a moment.

Flowers also teach us really powerful lessons about grief.

Beauty and life are so often connected to impermanence and that practice of impermanence is one we are continuously learning and relearning and reminding ourselves.”

Honoring those lost to COVID-19

This past year has seen an abundance of grief, even though according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University, there have been the least amount of mass shootings in more than a decade. Reich and Maldonado are launching a project to try to help process that grief and honor the lives that have been lost. It is also

important to them to help create communities for those who are mourning and help connect them with others.

“We can feel so alone in a moment or in a time when we are mourning 400,000 plus people lost to COVID-19 this past year,” Reich said. “That number, the gravity of loss can feel so large, can feel insurmountable. What we work to do is really honor the sanctity of life, life by life.”

Their goal is to invite others into their classroom where they can learn to do the kind of art that they do, to share their methods of creation with others.

“Our hope on this quest has always been to empower as many individuals as possible with the tool of creating so people can be compassion artists in their own community,” Reich said. “They can be upstanders for their neighbors and loved ones.”

The project will be called “Los Angeles, I Hope U Know How

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Classroom of Compassion founders David Maldonado and Noah Reich have set up installations and created altars across the country.

Loved U Are.” They plan to take all they have learned from Classroom of Compassion and create a community care response model to be in touch with families who are grieving those lost to the virus.

“We find ourselves at the epicenter of this crisis and I think the lessons Dave and I have learned all these years with Classroom of Compassion have been lessons of communal grief,” Reich said. “Our hope is to share those tools with as many families as possible in this moment, to share the practices of compassion with as many Angelenos in this moment, to show what it looks like so others can practice it.”

Starting Feb. 14, they will create at least one tabletop altar per day for families that request one. Families will submit photos of their loved ones and share stories about them. Reich and Maldonado will make a tabletop altar, which they’ll deliver along with a “compassion basket” filled with flowers so that family members can create their own

space and arrange the flowers as they choose. It marks a change in the scale and scope of their usual projects as each one will be in people’s homes rather than in public spaces.

“A lot of the work we have done has always been with large amounts of people,” Reich said.

“We’ve worked on the streets.

We work where we are always surrounded by people. We have been working to adapt how we continue doing this work as safely as possible in the current moment and how we can provide these practices for people in their homes.”

Their goal is to honor at least 365 love stories over the course of a year, sharing narratives and capturing life lessons from those who have been lost. They want to honor at least one loved one a day, but their intention is to exceed that goal.

“We’re giving ourselves the year to practice family by family with the hope and intention we can grow and offer it to any family that may need the space in this moment,” Reich said.

After the altars have been delivered to people’s homes, the pair will ask recipients to photograph themselves as they work on the altar and to share their final product. Classroom of Compassion will then collect the information and stories. They are in the process of partnering with other organizations in LA to create a larger, living memorial for the community.

Paying it forward

Maldonado shared a story about a woman for whom they created an altar. She had lost her son to violence in the street and didn’t have access to his body.

“For her, the altar, the memorial and the vigil were really that closure she needed for not being able to have both access to the body and access to any of the final steps of putting someone to rest,” Maldonado said. “Having that almost life-sized representation of her son—she was able to share that. It was one of the most healing things she could have experienced in that moment.”

They’ve stayed in contact with

her and she has gone on to become one of their biggest supporters, helping others have access to what she had and participating in the cycle of nurturing others going through grief.

It is that cycle that speaks to the “classroom” part of their name. They say that compassion is something we have to always be learning. It can often be an uncomfortable place to be. What they do provides places for communal healing where everyone can learn how to process grief together.

Reich said the Ruth Bader Ginsburg memorial was an example of that. It was established as a drive-by memorial so people could still come together but do it safely.

“Literally hundreds of Angelenos who came through that drive-through memorial got to pay their respects,” Reich said.

“The day started with the literal altar piece that Dave and I had created. By the end of the evening, the staircase of the Skirball Cultural Center was

filled up with thank-you cards, notes, gifts and stories of people from across the city who were so touched by this person who had done so much for our country and community. We found Angelenos from all walks of life that day who felt compelled, like us, to physically show up at a space and pay our respects. I think that is a practice for all of us.”

Ram Dass, an American spiritual teacher and author, is famous for his quote: “At the end of the day, we are all just walking each other home.” It is something both founders are committed to now and going forward.

“Compassion is a practice,” Maldonado said. “We are living through an extraordinary moment. This is very much a marathon of grief that we are all experiencing and any way we can be kind and compassionate to one another, to help walk one another home, we need to do.” classroomofcompassion.com

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Finding a Cure Nonprofit aims to raise funds and awareness about dementia-related conditions PHOTOS COURTESY ALZOUT

ALZOUT is a nonprofit that was founded in 2018 to help advance innovative research in Alzheimer’s and dementia-related diseases.

By Sara Edwards Angelenos Chad and Lexa Cole saw firsthand the taxing effect Alzheimer’s has on patients and family.

Chad, who works in real estate, has been an advocate for Alzheimer’s since 2011 and created ALZOUT with Lexa to accelerate the process of finding a cure.

“We could see that donors wanted a place where they could donate directly to research and that didn’t have a large infrastructure,” Chad said. “We saw the necessity for people to be able to direct their donation to research without the red tape or bureaucracy, so to speak.”

The Marina del Rey-based nonprofit organization is raising money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease through educational programs and donations to support research toward finding a cure.

The nonprofit was founded in 2018 but didn’t officially launch until 2019. It has continued to create donation opportunities despite the pandemic. Lexa said that while 2020 made raising money difficult, they were able to continue raising awareness through social media pages on Facebook and Giving Tuesday along with private donations.

The organization also has a partnership with Ralphs Community Contribution Program and the Amazon Smile program, where proceeds from purchases can be donated as well. Potential donors can learn more or sign up on ALZOUT’s website.

“Alzheimer’s has not gone away with COVID-19 here,” Lexa said. “We’re at an age where it’s our parents, early onset is more common and it could be us.”

ALZOUT works in association with the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, one of 30 places across the country that studies

aging and memory loss, including Alzheimer’s. According to ALZOUT’s website, the school has “made major contributions to our knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease, vascular risk factors and memory problems.” Chad said they work with USC to provide donations and funding for equipment because of the extensive research going on.

“They have been able to sustain and keep their lab going and keep their full staff,” he shared. “That’s what we’re trying to do, we’re trying to persevere through this to the light at the end of the tunnel.”

In its first year, Chad said ALZOUT was able to raise money for Keck School to help purchase a piece of medical equipment that accelerates the time it takes to test Alzheimer’s samples. They were also able to sponsor a symposium in 2019 that highlighted young researchers aiming for a cure for Alzheimer’s.

“We’re a very event-driven organization and with COVID-19, we’ve really taken a hit with those plans,” Chad said.

As the organization continues into 2021, it wants to expand outreach and fundraising opportunities to raise money for more research.

“Our plan now is to also engage some higher profile personalities and influencers to share their stories,” Chad said. “Our first year was really an attempt to gain credibility with the community and show them that we’re a legit organization that’s out there actually doing stuff.”

ALZOUT will hosting its first virtual town hall of 2021 with Dr. Hussein Yassine, a leading researcher at the Keck School on March 4. They will discuss the latest discoveries in Alzheimer’s and dementia research, as well as the effects the pandemic has had on patients and care providers. More information is available at alzout.org and on its Facebook page.

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STARE WAY TO HEAVEN I’m a girl in my early 20s and I recently started dating a guy I met in college. I’m very happy except for one issue: For as long as I’ve known him, he’s followed Instagram accounts of attractive women with provocative photos (ranging from half-naked to entirely naked), and he’ll “like” these pics. This really bothers me; however, I don’t want to be the overbearing girlfriend. Why does he do this and does it matter?

-Disturbed

reason: “Evolution makes me do it.”

Because men only get pregnant in women’s revenge fantasies, they evolved not to seek committed “providers” as partners as women do, but to prioritize physical attractiveness. We all like a nice view, but there’s more to this preference than aesthetics. The features men find beautiful in women – youth, smooth skin, pillowy lips, “neotenous” (aka childlike) features like big eyes, and an hourglass figure – are correlated with fertility and health. In other words, men evolved to be drawn to There’s a certain kind of man who’s drawn to the sight of half-naked pert women who look like really great candidates for passing on their breasts, and it’s the kind whose eyes have yet to be plucked out by crows. genes.

Men’s brains motivate them to stare This does not change when a man at sexual eye candy in ways womis in a relationship, even if he really, en’s brains do not. In brain imaging really loves the woman he’s with. But many women believe that the eyes of research by psychiatrist and neuroscientist Hans C. Breiter and his a man in love wouldn’t wander up colleagues, heterosexual men and down other women and that viewing attractive female faces being in a relationship should limit where eyeballs are allowed to travel: showed increased activation in the brain’s “reward regions,” areas basically, you can’t have your cake involved in the anticipation of reward and look at other cake, too. (also activated by food, drugs and Men have perhaps 15 to 20 times money). The message to the man: the testosterone women do, and this “That’s rewarding! Go get it!” seems to play a major role in how The good news is we are not mental visually powered male sexuality is. An robots, slaves to our urges. In most episode of NPR’s “This American Life” men, the brain’s “go get it!” message featured Griffin Hansbury, who was simply leads to more looking, not born female and lived as a lesbian nooners with the hot-erellas of and then underwent sex reassignInstagram. Some women consider ment surgery. Transitioning began looking cheating and they tell their with testosterone injections. Before starting testosterone, Hansbury would partner he’s not allowed to eyeball other women. Chances are this see a woman on the subway and think, “She’s attractive. I’d like to meet doesn’t stop the looking; it just turns her. What’s that book she’s reading?” men into sneaks and liars and their With the testosterone injections, even partner into the enemy they have to keep secrets from. You don’t say that noticing nice ankles on a woman when your boyfriend’s with you he flooded Hansbury’s mind “with aggressive pornographic images. ... It goes rude and unloving: stops talking midsentence while his eyes was like ... a pornographic movie house in my mind. And I couldn’t turn hike up some underdressed woman’s boobs. So, maybe you can use the it off.” strong biological and physiological It’s important to note that Hansbury basis of men’s girl gawking to keep overdid it on the testosterone injecyourself from taking his Instagram tions at first, giving himself two to sightseeing personally. seven times the testosterone of the Consider that the guy set aside average male. So, the 24-hour porno mind Hansbury describes is probably another strong evolved male preference – the longing for sexual variety seriously extreme compared with – to be with you. In other words, what goes through your boyfriend’s being with you means a lot to him. mind. However, a general idea of Sure, he still spends time browsing in what men experience points to why the online mall of naked and halfstrip clubs for men are big business, naked women, but browsing isn’t while the few strip clubs for women buying. Assess whether he seems to are funny business: places they go be a good person, a person of not to get turned on but to haze a character, and a guy who consisbride-to-be, laughing in her face at tently shows you he loves you and the giant flashing plastic vagina hat has your back. If so, your best bet they’ve made her wear. might be staying out of his browser Ask a man why he eye-humps a history and recognizing that a little woman, and if he’s honest, he’ll tell you it’s because she’s hot. But there’s eye-humping doesn’t mean there will be eye-penis coordination. an underlying (subconscious)

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Virtual Valentines Jim Brickman finds intimacy in Zoom performances PHOTO COURTESY JIM BRICKMAN

From Feb. 12 to Feb. 14, pianist-songwriter Jim Brickman will livestream Valentine’s Day performances that will benefit U.S. theaters.

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Pianist-songwriter Jim Brickman has captured the essence of livestreamed shows.

After 50 performances over Christmas, Brickman is playing Cupid this Valentine’s Day weekend with shows that benefit U.S. theaters, including the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University.

“Share the Love Live” will livestream Friday, Feb. 12, to Sunday, Feb. 14.

“It’s funny what we all get used to after a while,” he said.

“I kind of like this. In some ways, it’s even more intimate. I can actually see people. When I play in a theater, I don’t see people when I look out. It’s all darkness.

“I’m also not used to seeing people at their homes. ‘Intimate’ is the only word I can think to use.”

He said fans and their families can enjoy the virtual concert experience from the comfort of home, while supporting the arts during this challenging time.

Attendees can customize their concert experience with special merchandise or even a personal meet-and-greet with Brickman

after the show.

Joined by special guests Olivia Newton-John and her daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, Brickman is expected to perform songs including “Love of My Life,” “Destiny,” “Angel Eyes” and “Valentine.”

“I always play the hits,” he said. “People can also make a request or dedication when they buy the ticket.

“Also, I’m going to have Olivia Newton-John make an appearance. I was on tour with her for a while and we’ve done a lot of music together. She has a new album, and she sang ‘Valentine’ on one of my TV specials.”

Brickman’s requests aren’t limited, sometimes, to music.

One of his oddest requests — one he did not fulfill — happened at ASU Gammage in Tempe, Arizona.

“One person brought a live dove to one of my concerts,” he said. “They wanted me to release the dove when the guy got on his knees to propose. I thought that was pretty odd.”

Brickman is a best-selling solo pianist with 22 No.1 albums and 34 Top 20 radio singles in

Billboard magazine. He has garnered two Grammy nominations, gospel music’s Dove Award, two SESAC Songwriter of the Year Awards, and the Canadian Country Music Award.

He also has a music scholarship named for him by his alma mater, the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music.

Brickman is one of pop-music’s most fascinating success stories. He jumped from a career as a jingle writer of famous tunes for advertising, to reviving the romantic standard of the popular song. His first album release was 1995’s “No Words,” and he has gone on to sell 8 million albums worldwide.

He has written three best-selling books, starred in five TV concert specials, and is in the 22nd season of hosting the syndicated radio show, “The Jim Brickman Show.”

After living in Studio City for 25 years, Brickman returned to his hometown of Cleveland.

“Studio City is definitely where my career was developed,” he said. “It was partly to be closer to my family. My mom’s in Chicago. I thought it would be better to be closer.”

Wanting the best for people is just part of Brickman’s mission.

“I like to do anything that

makes people feel more emotional about the way they feel about someone,” he added.

“I think so much of what is in my music is what we hope for and what we want things to be.”

But Brickman explained his shows aren’t just for those involved in a romantic relationship. Parents and friends can enjoy the music as well.

“When I would play these Valentine’s Day shows, I would notice a lot of people say, ‘I don’t have anyone to go with.’ It puts that pressure on reminding somebody they don’t have a valentine that year.

“I feel, for me, it’s about love for your family and friends, your community, your kids, your parents. What’s happening now is people who live apart from their parents have been giving the gift of the show to somebody in another town and they see them on Zoom. That’s been kind of cool. I get to hear some of the conversations between them before the show starts like, ‘Hi Mom. Happy Valentine’s Day,’ and they’re talking with each other. Other people start talking to them and it’s cool. I feel like that’s a lot of what it’s accomplishing.”

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Capturing Dystopia City Garage Theatre hosts political talk shows with Steven Leigh Morris PHOTOS COURTESY CITY GARAGE THEATRE

By Bridgette M. Redman City Garage Theatre has never shied away from politics and it’s not about to stop due to the pandemic.

Like most arts organizations, City Garage Theatre searched for a way to pivot last year, looking for a way that would stay true to its 35 years of offbeat, European-style theater in Santa Monica. Their answer was two-fold.

First, they began to release videos of past performances, letting their audience re-experience or catch up on ones they’ve missed.

“I’ve been doing theater for 35 years,” said artistic director Frederique Michel. “This is my first time not directing at all for 10 months. We wanted to be sure we were staying alive, that no one would forget us. We decided to put all the plays we had done in the past on YouTube.”

Second, they’ve created something new, an ongoing podcast called “Animal Farm,” hosted by arts journalist Steven Leigh Morris. The series invites playwrights, actors, musicians, arts administrators, health care workers and lawyers to weigh in on the intersection of current events, politics and theater.

Morris has covered City Garage Theatre for years and it credits him as having connected it with large portions of its audience.

“He has been such an incredible hero,” Michel said. “We became known because of him.

He loved what we were doing.”

She and executive director Charles Duncombe reached out to Morris. Recognizing there was little theater for him to cover, he asked Morris if he wanted to try a talk show.

“Our theater has always been oriented toward society, politics and social discourse,” Duncombe said. “Steven has been really attuned to that as well.

How can we explore theater in terms of that? It has been a pretty broad-ranging show, talking to playwrights, theater makers, artistic directors, people in Poland and in London. We’re trying to give it that international and political flavor.”

Since its start in mid-2020, the show has explored things from local to international issues, the

During the pandemic, City Garage Theatre began to release videos of past performances, letting its audience re-experience or catch up on ones they have missed. impact of COVID-19 and how arts organizations are dealing with it, and the perceived changing role of theater in society.

Morris said he was attracted to the theater because City Garage Theatre was idiosyncratic and Eurocentric, something that wasn’t the norm in Santa Monica.

“They have a vision of theater that is European as opposed to British or American,” Morris said. “They really like stage pictures. They like a kind of choreographic approach to theater production. They’re very design-conscious. They were speaking a different theatrical language. The other issue is they are relentless. Their vision is uncompromising. They are completely dedicated to their view of theater and I started to get a respect for that.”

Partnership creates podcast

Morris, who is the founder and

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publisher of “Stage Raw” and was the theater editor and critic-at-large for LA Weekly, said the talk show offer interested him because it was new to him. The closest he’d come previously were radio reviews for the local NPR station when he was with LA Weekly.

“I thought this would be interesting,” Morris said. “They wanted me to just have a discussion of theater and politics.”

They also decided to include a segment on pets — thus the name evokes literal animals and the political flavor of George Orwell’s dystopian novel of the same name. It was something Morris, who owns chickens and dogs, said would add whimsy to a fairly serious topic.

“We can just do a little segment inviting people to submit videos of their pets,” Morris said. “If no one has the slightest interest in the political or theater discussion we are having, maybe they’ll just be

interested in seeing someone’s poodle.”

Duncombe called Morris one of the strongest political voices to support smaller, alternative theaters that are exploring innovative works, which is how they formed their connection with him. In the early days, Morris said he gave them constructive feedback on their shows, fulfilling what he felt was a critic’s role in helping a theater to improve.

City Garage Theatre has never shied away from politics, something Duncombe says sets them apart from other theaters.

“In the American theater, for the most part, politics seems to be a dirty word,” Duncombe said. “We’ve never felt that, and Steven has never felt that.

Theater is the place of the liveliest exchange of ideas. It is the natural home for politics and exploration — not politics in the didactic sense, but in exploring the ideas of the forces that are creating our society

moment by moment. Theater is one of the most exciting ways to bring that alive on stage.”

Looking to create historic recordings

When discussing the format for the “Animal Farm” podcasts, they decided to avoid creating highly edited conversations and have the episodes flow with greater authenticity.

“If you are familiar with Neil LaBute, you are able to participate in a real conversation that has not been heavily edited,” Duncombe said. “It’s more like being in the same room with him. That was our aesthetic and our vision with this. We think in the long run, they will be a valuable part of the archive for people studying theater in general. Decades from now, people can watch these in-depth conversations with prominent people that they won’t necessarily get in a front-page interview. It is our goal to leave it very organic. It

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lets you really see these people in a much more natural way rather than the artificial way of the conventional interview.”

Morris relates the conversations and their topics to his philosophy of theater criticism.

He wants the discussions to talk about what is going on and how it connects with the larger world.

“That’s always been my discussion of why criticism matters,” Morris said. “I don’t think we are there to discuss the wallpaper on the set. We are there to discuss what a production has to do with the times we are living in. Maybe in the talk show we can explore that further. It is still very much in development.”

The first “Animal Farm” episode featured Jon Rivera, the artistic director of Playwrights’ Arena, a theater that is committed to performing only new works by Los Angeles playwrights.

“They have a longevity and a dedication to mission that defies common sense,” Morris said. “Dedicating yourself to doing playwrights and plays no one has heard of seems an exercise in lunacy and they’ve sustained that for nearly 30 years, and they’ve played to full houses.”

Some of the other guests have included LaBute, playwright Sue Blundell, actor Lloyd Morris, performer and activist Vanessa Stewart and, most recently, lawyer Bryan Hawkins with Stoel Rives in Sacramento.

The latter two guests discussed AB5’s impact on theaters. AB5 is a law mandating that contractors be considered employees. Morris said he’s tired of talking just about COVID-19. He wants to move on to topics like AB5. However, he places no limits on what “Animal Farm” will cover in the future.

“In general, whatever is happening that the show can bring light and a different kind of light and perspective to, we will have a lively discussion on those issues of interest,” he said.

Audiences receptive to topics and podcasts

Morris has had no difficulty finding people willing to delve into the show’s purpose. He’s also had a positive response on social media to the shows when he promotes them. He said everyone has been very

supportive and respectful of the endeavors.

“I know that it is a common myth that artists don’t want to touch politics,” Morris said.

“It’s like getting into the profane. I haven’t found that to actually be the case, but I’m selecting people who are activist types. Their art is integrated into their political beliefs.”

The interviews keep alive the persona of City Garage at a time unlike any other in its history. They may represent a pivot, but they are still true to who City Garage is.

“If anything, it’s just going to be a reinvigoration of the identity we’ve always had,” Duncombe said.

Despite the controversial topics, Morris said they haven’t received unsupportive letters.

Michel credits it with the podcasts fulfilling a need that people have in this time when everyone is so isolated.

“I do believe that actually people are very excited about listening to writers, playwrights and people involved in theater,” Michel said. “I get a lot of feedback from the audience thanking us for doing this and helping them to learn about what is happening in the theater world.”

Morris also offered these interviews as a holdover for people until they are able to once again meet in theaters or communities.

“If you are not aware of what our local theater is and who the people are that are creating it as producers, directors and actors, this is a window into a kind of world that you might find appealing in ways that you would least expect,” Morris said.

Once the world reopens, City Garage Theatre hopes to continue much of the online work that it does. It has seen more than 37,000 people experience its online offerings over the past year, far more than what it would have had in its 99-seat theater. It is something they wish to maintain.

“We’ve never really taken much advantage of our online presence,” Duncombe said.

“We’ve never done vigorous outreach to build an online audience and stay connected.

As a result, we have built up a lot of internal capabilities and stronger connections.”

For more information, visit citygarage.org

The Santa Monica-based theater has also created an ongoing podcast called “Animal Farm” hosted by arts journalist Steven Leigh Morris.

The series invites such guests as playwrights, actors, health care workers and others to weigh in on the intersection of current events, politics and theater.

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Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate. If your property is currently listed for sale this is not a solicitation.

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THE ARGONAUT PRESS RELEASES SPACIOUS MARINA CONDO

Buying or selling beach-front real estate?

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“Treat yourself to this fabulous two-bed, two-bath corner unit, at one of the Marina’s most sought after resort-style complexes,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “This private and spacious residence showcases an open floorplan with tons of natural light, city views, a spacious living room with adjacent dining area opening to an expansive wraparound balcony. The primary suite boasts a walk-in closet and oversized master bath. Only minutes to the beaches, parks, harbor, shopping, restaurants and dine-in movie theater.”

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SILVER STRAND ESTATE

“This five-bed, seven-bath home has a four-story elevator, and six-car garage,” says agent Barbra Stover. “ And is just minutes to the beach and canal in Marina del Rey. Extraordinary living room space with vaulted ceilings, fireplace, custom wet bar, vast dining room, a hand-painted mural on the wall by Martha Meade, and private outdoor patio with a relaxing fountain and garden. Gourmet chef’s kitchen equipped with built-ins, top-of-the-line appliances, granite countertops, and center island. The primary bedroom has a fireplace, walk-in closets, balcony, and stunning views.”

Offered at $3,799,000 Barbra Stover AKG / Compass 310-902-7122

CULVER CITY OASIS

“This gorgeous Culver City home is on a corner lots,” says agent Todd Miller. “The large living room with hardwood floors, fireplace and French doors that open to the private patio for outdoor dining. The gourmet kitchen has Calcutta Marble island, stainless-steel appliances and pantry. The master suite has sumptuous master bath. Finished 2-car garage makes a great office or gym. Gated large grass yard surrounded by tall hedges for privacy. Amazing neighborhood surrounded by shops and restaurants.”

Offered at $1,799,000 Todd Miller Keller Williams Santa Monica 310-923-5353

Call Rebecca Bermudez at 310-463-0633 or rebecca@argonautnews.com

Westside Farmers Market

DIRECTORY Where healthy food is always in season TUESDAYS

SATURDAYS

Culver City Farmers Market 2 to 7 p.m.

Marina del Rey 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Santa Monica Pico Farmers Market 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Via Marina at Panay Way, Marina del Rey

Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica

Main Street, between Venice and Culver boulevards

culvercity.org

WEDNESDAYS Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Arizona Avenue, between 4th St. and Ocean Ave.

smgov.net/portals/ farmersmarket

FRIDAYS Venice Farmers Market 7 to 11 a.m.

500 Venice Blvd. (at Venice Way), Venice

venicefarmersmarket.com

beaches.lacounty.gov/ mdrfarmersmarket

smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket

Playa Vista Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mar Vista Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

12775 W. Millennium Drive, Runway at Playa Vista

Venice and Grand View boulevards

www.farmermark.com/ playavista Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Arizona Avenue, between 2nd and 4th streets, Santa Monica

smgov.net/portals/ farmersmarket

SUNDAYS

marvistafarmersmarket.org Santa Monica Main Street Farmers Market 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Heritage Square, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica

smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket/ Westchester Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Triangle, 6200 W. 87th St.

westchesterfarmersmkt.com

Farmers markets, essential for the health of local communities, remain open but are making some changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Expect to see wider spaces between vendors, no samples, more gloves, possible waiting lines, and other precautions. As always wear a mask and practice social distancing.

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE BUSINESS NEWS

Southern California Is Having a Pandemic Real Estate Boom Bargain-basement mortgage rates and people with more money than living space drove a surge in Southern California home sales and prices last month compared to December 2019’s numbers, continuing a residential real estate boom in an otherwise pandemiccrippled economy.

According to data released Friday by real estate firm DQNews, the median home sales price in the region rose by 10.1 percent from December 2019 to $600,000 in December 2020, with sales rising by 29 percent over 2019, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Housing experts say the upswing is largely due to people whose finances have remained relatively stable throughout the crisis, and who were likely to have bought a home anyway—especially people looking for more space after their workplaces have shuttered.

“The number one thing I am hearing is that ‘We need more space—we are all at home now,” Rex brokerage agent Kara Birkenstock told the Times.

Another factor in the real estate rise are record-low interest rates, partially due to a Federal Reserve policy aimed at energizing the economy.

Government controlled mortgage lender Freddie Mac reported on Thursday that the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped by 3.6 percent from last year, hitting 2.77 percent this week.

According to a Redfin mortgage calculator, someone buying a $600,000 house with a 20 percent down payment at last year’s average rate would have a monthly mortgage payment of $2,892, including property taxes and insurance. By today’s rate, they’d pay $2,675,

saving $217 a month.

With such deals to be had, though, prospective buyers are finding out that rising demand has made home sales very much a seller’s market, where bidding wars ensue.

Some industry watchers predict that this year’s sales will see a smaller bump than in 2020, when prices jumped by double digits in recent months. One indicator of the slowing trend is the fact that December’s median price didn’t budged from November, and both months fell 2 percent short of September’s alltime high.

Still, some experts say it’s too soon to gage whether the market will actually lose steam, since prices rise and fall from month to month, and it’s certainly not unusual for real estate agents to boast about bidding wars.

Selma Hepp, an economist at

CoreLogic, tells the Times, “It continues to be a very strong market.”

John Burns Real Estate Consulting also forecasts a robust future for home sales in major SoCal markets this year, predicting price increases of 7 percent to 10 percent, compared to 2020’s estimated increases of 9 percent to 14 percent.

While some California renters are enjoying the benefit of slightly lower rents while vacancies rise, as a whole, news is bad: eviction cases are expected to double statewide over the next year.

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION WAS ANSWERED BY

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

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Obituaries

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OBITUARY JOAN ELIZABETH DEL MONTE

Joan Elizabeth Del Monte, age 87, died on January 14, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. A familiar figure rowing the Venice Canals in her skiff she dedicated her life to antiques, writing and cooking.

A life-long aficionado of antiques, Mrs. Del Monte partnered a love of history with her passion for writing, publishing a bibliography of antiques, in addition to four mystery novels. A long-time Venice resident, Mrs. Del Monte was the co-founder of the Venice Historical Society and the Friends of Venice Library. The UCLA alumna earned a bachelor’s and a masters.

Joan is survived by her son, Andrew, and her grandchildren, Casey, Luke, Gabrielle, and Samantha. Her husband, the sculptor and painter Robert “Bob” Del Monte, and her son, Nicholas, predeceased her.

Private funeral services were held on January 26, 2021. Friends wishing to honor Joan may join in a celebration of her life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to St. Jude’s Hospital for Children or to Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, 721 Parker Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118.

O B I T U A R Y DAVID DUDLEY JENNINGS January 15, 1925 – December 26, 2020 David Dudley Jennings was born January 15, 1925 at Manhattan, Kansas, to Harry Clayton Jennings and Leona Moore Jennings. He had two brothers, Gerald and Harry Jr. Their mother died from cancer when David was three years old and his family moved to Venice, California, and then to West Los Angeles when David was of school age. He graduated from University High School.

At age 18 he joined the Navy and served as a radioman on the troop transport ship, “U.S.S. Heywood” in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. At the end of the war he returned to the States and earned a bachelors degree at Kansas State University.

Upon graduation from college he returned to Los Angeles and joined the family business that was founded by his father, Everest & Jennings, which became the world leader in the design and manufacture of light-weight folding wheelchairs. He served as president of Jennings Plating Company and vice-president of Everest & Jennings International. In the 1960s and 1970s he designed, built, and operated Mystic Cove Marina, one of the first yacht anchorages in Marina del Rey, and also operated a boat storage and boat building yard called “Boulevard of Boats” on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice.

He was also an astute real estate investor and developer in West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Venice, and Marina del Rey. He met his first wife, Donna Yeager Jennings in Los Angeles. David and Donna made their home in Santa Monica, California. They had eight children: Craig, Gregory, Dennis, Joanne, Dianne, Steven, Karen, and Robert. The Jennings family loved outdoor activities and enjoyed many adventures that included camping, fishing, and travelling. Donna was taken by cancer in 1987. In 1995 David married his second wife, Rosalyn Goldsmith Jennings. Rosalyn preceded David in death in September, 2020. David passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara, California on December 26, 2020. David will always be remembered by his family and friends for his kindness, integrity, generosity, and good humor. He is survived by his eight children, twenty grandchildren, and, so far, eighteen great grandchildren.

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O B I T U A R Y

Robert Krauch “Bob”,

a 61-year resident of Playa del Rey, died of complications from aspiration pneumonia, non-COVID. He was 92.

Krauch, a native-born Californian, was “proud of it” — and that’s what this journalist and feature writer would say to his successive wives and five children as they would traverse trails and snow-filled slopes in hiking boots, reeling in rainbow trout from frigid alpine lakes, and summiting 14,496-ft. Mt. Whitney in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.

Diagnosed with dementia in 2017, his wish was to remain in his “pole house” with 57 stairs to the last. With the help of his caregiver of 2 ½ years, Carolina Diaz and, except for his last week at Cedars Sinai, Marina Del Rey, his wish came true.

Krauch served twice in the U.S. Marine Corps — first, fresh out of Hamilton High School’s “Victorians” class of ’46; then, after enrolling at Santa Monica City College in fall ‘48, he was editor of the weekly “Corsair.” Soon after he was recalled in the Marines, to edit the Camp Pendleton “Scout” weekly newspaper, during which time, he earned the rank of Sergeant.

Majoring in journalism at USC, he graduated in 1954 to start as a cub reporter on the Evening HERALD & Express. In 1956, Krauch was awarded the John Randolph and Dora Haynes scholarship to attend UCLA’s Graduate School of Journalism where he majored in city planning. He returned to the Herald the following year to pursue feature writing assignments.

Krauch married Philis “Bunny” Cheely in 1958. They moved from Cheviot Hills to Playa del Rey to raise their four children, Randy, Kathy, Kenny, and Colleen, who all attended Playa del Rey and Westchester public schools.

In 1960, before the merger of Hearst’s Herald-Express and the Examiner, Krauch was promoted to the editorial desk and news editing while still writing feature articles. Then, in December 1967, the L.A. Newspaper Guild went on strike and Krauch did too. After four months on the picket line, he was hired to be part of Southern California Edison Company’s Public Information Department, writing feature stories and preparing press kits for a decade of alternate and renewable projects — including those such as Solar One, coal gasification, geothermal, photovoltaic, wind turbine, and pumped storage hydroelectric.

Krauch’s wife, Bunny, died in July 1971. He remained a widower for five and a half years before marrying Suzette L. Dewalt, a Los Angeles elementary school teacher.

They had one child together, Nicole.

In addition to hiking the Sierra and John Muir Trail, Krauch was an active officer and instructor in the Marina Del Rey Fairwind Yacht Club. He served 13 years as cruise chairman, completing 75 cruises. He is member #43 in the All-Eight Channel Island Club, having been to and walked on each island. Until COVID-19 protocol, he would weekly sail with fellow boat members.

He was a member of the Westchester Community Planning and Update Committee, 2003 - 2004. He wrote feature stories about the history of Playa del Rey, served as Maintenance Director for the Del Rey Little League, ’70-’72, and served 20 years as Chairman of the Los Angeles 8-Ball Welfare Foundation, a charitable foundation that serves journalists in need and journalism students.

Robert was preceded in death by his two-years-older sister, Janice, his father, Herb Krauch, who worked for the Hearst paper from 1912, at age 16, to his retirement as Editor in 1962, and his wife, Suzette. He is survived by his two younger siblings, Karla Jordan, and John Krauch, his five children, Randy, Kathy King, Kenny, Colleen Hansen, Nicole, and (Philip) Stone. Five grandchildren, Tyler Krauch, Ella Hansen, Carter Hansen, Kelty Krauch, and Noah Stone. And, three great-grandsons, Walker, Grayson, and Jaxon Krauch.

Our father wished to have no service and for his remains to be scattered in the Sierra.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent's Trust: Watson Family Trust dated August 19, 1987, as amended. Date of Birth: June 25, 1921. NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS: The decedent, Carolyn Watson, who lived at 6675 West 80th Place, Los Angeles, CA. 90045, died October 18, 2020. No probate estate is currently contemplated for the decedent. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent and Watson Family Trust, dated August 19 , 1987, as amended will be forever barred unless presented to: Catherine McCabe named Trustee of Watson Family Trust, dated August 19, 1987, as amended, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

D a te J a n u a r y 2 7 , 2 0 2 1.

Catherine McCabe 16551 Rhone Lane Huntington Beach CA 92647 714-8487534 PUBLISHED: The Argonaut Newspaper 2/4/21, 2/11/21, 2/18/21

or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: David Welker 6100 De Soto Ave., Apt. 311 Woodland Hills, California 91367 (818) 930-4834 THE ARGONAUT NEWSPAPER 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

Probate

Summons

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DARRELL NORRIED CASE NO. 21STPB00906 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DARRELL NORRIED. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by David Welker in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: David Welker be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 26, 2021, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: Probate Dept. 11, Location: 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-Stanley Mosk Courthouse.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representat-

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 20STCV23135 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): THYME LEWIS, an individual: CARRIE SHAPIRO, an individual; and ABBY NEFF, an individual; and DOES 1-50, INCLUSIVE, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): 15 CATAMARAN LLC, a California limited liability company, NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y

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the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio d e remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de C a l i f o r n i a , (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California, For the County of Los Angeles, Central District, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): TODD M. LANDER (SBN: 173031) / JEFFREY S. GOODFRIED (SBN: 253804) FREEMAN, FREEMAN & SMILEY, LLP 1888 Century Park East, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067; Tel: 310. 255.6100, Fax: 310.

255.6200 DATE (Fecha): 06/18/2020; Sheri R. Carter, Clerk (Secretario), by C. Monroe, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: The Argonau t Newspaper 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21

Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021030275 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RODRIGUEZ ROMERO DESIGN, RODRIGUEZ ROMERO ARCHITECTURE, RODRIGUEZ ROMERO ARCHITECTS, RODRIGUEZ ROMERO DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE; 7904 Glider Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Daniel Alberto Rodriguez, 7904 Glider Ave.

ARCHITECTS, RODRIGUEZ ROMERO DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE; 7904 Glider Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Daniel Alberto Rodriguez, 7904 Glider Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 10/2009. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Daniel Alberto Rodriguez. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 4, 2021. 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: 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021009994 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SAMEDAY TESTING. 615 Mildred Ave. Venice, CA 90291. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Praesidium Diagnostics LLC, 615 Mildred Ave. Venice, CA 90291.

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Felix Huettenbach. TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: Praesildium Diagnostics LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 13, 2021. 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: 01/21/21, 01/28/21, 02/4/21, 02/11/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020227157 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TOBAGOTRIN; 7600 W .

Manchester Ave., 1109 Playa del Rey, CA 90293.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Roxann Taylor, Doyle Taylor, 7600 W. Manchester Ave., 1109 Playa del Rey, CA 90293. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Married Couple. 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/: Roxann Taylor. TITLE: Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 31, 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: 01/21/21, 01/28/21, 02/4/21, 02/11/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021007397 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRETZER GREEN CONSULTING; 8110 Manitoa St., #101 Playa del Rey, CA 90293. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Jonty Pretzer, 8110 Manitoba St., 101 Playa del Rey, CA 90293. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Jonty Pretzer. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 11, 2021. 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: 01/28/21, 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021012751 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FRK CONSULTING; 11620 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90025.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Frederick R. Kuhns, 3249 Butler Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 10/2005. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Frederick R. Kuhns. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 14, 2021. 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: 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021012751 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FISH OUT OF WATER DESIGN STUDIO; 8127 Chase Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Andrea Van Den Elkhof, 8127 Chase Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90045. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Andrea Van Den Elkhof. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 26, 2021. 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: 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

on: January 26, 2021. 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: 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021007199 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CITY STYLE BOUTIQUE; 133 W. Hillsdale St. Inglewood, CA 90302. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ondria Ortiz, 133 W. Hillsdale St. Inglewood, CA 90302. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 10/2020. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Ondria Ortiz. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 11, 2021. 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: 01/21/21, 01/28/21, 02/4/21, 02/11/21

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STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Current File No. 2020182676 The following person(s) has/have withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the fictitious business name of: WHITE CRANE PRODUCTIONS, 2554 Lincoln Blvd., #726, Venice, CA 90291 The fictitious business name statement for the partnership was filed on June 2015 in the County of Los Angeles, California.

Name of withdrawal from Partnership; Andrew Burke, 861 Amoroso Place Venice, CA 90291 This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on January 13, 2021, FILE # 2021010062 Published: Pasadena Weekly. Dates 01/28/21, 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21

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LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE “OUTER LIMITS” By PAUL COULTER ACROSS 1 Include so other recipients don’t know, briefly 4 California neighbor, familiarly 8 Bulk 12 Gloomy 18 Pleased sigh 19 Genesis victim 20 Train 21 Painful 22 It’s “gravy” to some Italian Americans 25 Tropical vines 26 Frau’s partner 27 Hit one in the trees, maybe 28 Off course 30 Bunch of bills 32 Somme soul 33 Gothic architecture feature 36 Tender spots 39 Preserved, in a way 41 “Melrose Place” complex 44 Derelict 46 Fine, lightweight cloth 47 Obamacare, for short 48 Venus, at times 52 With passion 55 Mao’s successor 56 Cartoonist Peter 57 AOL alternative 60 Events with bulls and barrels 61 Like desert climates, comparatively 62 Stern with a bow 64 Bit of statuary 65 Like some pkgs.

68 Real estate listing datum 71 D.C. bigwig 72 Classical name of Troy 74 Fool 75 Fervently wishes 76 “For honest men

78 79 80 84 85 88 89 94 95 101 102 103 104 105 106 108 111 114 116 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127

and bonie __”: Burns Star Wars initials Bar mitzvah staple Wells race Tropical Chinese tree Grade school presentation “I’ll take what I can get,” in classifieds Hearing tube Foray Favor asker’s lead-in Archaeological site Damascus’ land Introduction ’70s extremist gp.

“The A-Team” actor WNBA great Weatherspoon Off the wall Playground retort Long battles America’s most popular dogs in 2017 Go-ahead Big cat hybrid Beauty chain with a salon inside each store Black gold Assignations Ages Coordinate GATT successor

DOWN 1 Big blowout 2 Superhero garb 3 Dickens’ Mrs. Dilber and Andy Capp’s wife Flo 4 “Phooey!”

5 Fins in registers 6 Long-distance traveler’s concern 7 Nissan sedan 8 Caps, e.g.

9 Évian water 10 TV monitor

11 Mont Blanc’s range 12 Artist who created fashion designs for Schiaparelli 13 Most frigid 14 Hebrew hello ... and goodbye 15 Some Vulcans, via melds 16 Gasteyer of “Mean Girls” 17 NFLers near centers 20 “The Waste Land” monogram 23 Sampling the smorgasbord 24 “Happy birthday” writer, perhaps 29 Accomplishment 31 First name in early TV 34 Tiny queen 35 Ling of “The Crow” 37 Put inside 38 Remains awhile 39 One of the Weasley twins 40 Dream, in Dijon 42 Corporate alias abbr.

43 Back 45 Gobble (up) 49 Dirty money 50 Bad looks 51 Like the zone between two tropics 53 Many are mailed in 54 Altar avowal 57 No __: menu notice 58 Plato’s “tenth Muse” 59 Thin 61 Beneficiary 62 Publicity, slangily 63 “Goodies” singer 65 Resting places in cases 66 Magazine with a lagomorph logo 67 Rudeness

69 Here, to Henri 70 Printers’ primary colors 73 __Kosh B’gosh 77 Cabinet mem.

80 Ancient region of central Italy 81 When tripled, song that begins, “Oh, the weather outside is frightful” 82 Lena of “Chocolat” 83 Martinique et Guadeloupe 85 Mariner’s measures 86 Experienced, as fun 87 Quad building 90 Word after a drop 91 Responsive to treatment 92 “Westworld” airer 93 “Malcolm X” (1992) director 96 Feudal lords 97 Lacks the courage to 98 She, in Italy 99 Old-fashioned warning 100 Stick in one’s craw 107 Contractors’ figs.

109 Network with regular pledge drives 110 Little newts 112 “Laugh-In” segment 113 Munch Museum city 114 Convened 115 Leb. neighbor 117 Put on TV 118 NY airport named for a mayor 119 “Go team!”

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Compiled by Katie Lulla Lunar New Year at Santa Monica Place From Feb. 12 to Feb. 27, Santa Monica Place will commemorate the Lunar New Year’s Year of the Ox with a safe and physically distanced experience.

Overhead red and gold lanterns will illuminate Center Plaza, takeaway keepsake Lunar New Year craft kits will be available for the kids, as well as red envelopes with special deals from participating shops and restaurants. In Lunar New Year tradition, cherry blossom Wishing Trees will be available for well-wishers to hang their wish for prosperity and renewal for the new year.

395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica Marina Drive-In Movies presents “The Princess Bride,” 6:30 p.m.

Have a fun family night out at the Marina del Rey public boat launch. Watch as two lovers, Buttercup and Westley, try to find each other in the mythical land of Florin. The adventure comedy film will be hilarious for both kids and parents. There are many local restaurants open nearby so you can park early and have a nice dinner on the waterfront.

Tickets on sale at visitmarinadelrey.com

Saturday, Feb. 13 Marina del Rey Farmers Market, 8 to 9 a.m. (seniors), 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (general public) This weekly outdoor event allows Westside residents to support local produce sellers and other vendors. Food from a wide variety of businesses is available for purchase. Masks are required and only 40 people are allowed

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Friday, Feb. 12

This club, which meets every Tuesday and Thursday, allows for outdoor exercise during the pandemic. Take a walk around the park with other fitness aficionados for a chance to combine physical activity with socializing while staying COVID safe. Starts at 13650 Mindanao Way in Marina del Rey. It is free to attend and open to all.

More information can be obtained by calling 424-526-7910.

Wednesday, Feb. 17

From Feb. 12 to Feb. 27, Santa Monica Place will commemorate the Lunar New Year with a safe and socially distanced experience. to shop at any one time. Held in parking lot 11 at 14101 Panay Way. More information is available at beaches.lacounty.gov/ mdrfarmersmarket Milo & Olive’s Valentine’s Day Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Milo & Olive is hosting a Valentine’s Day Market with tasty baked goods and sweet, artisanal gifts in the back parking lot. They’ll have Valentine’s Day-themed Cookie Boxes, chocolate-dipped strawberries, house-made cocktail syrups, merchandise, and more.

St. Mark Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In response to its local community in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Mark Parish in Venice started an every-Saturday food pantry.

Since October 2020, the St. Mark Food Pantry has helped PHOTO CREDIT LINDSEY HUTTRER.

On Feb. 13, Milo & Olive in Santa Monica is hosting a Valentine’s Day Market in the back parking lot.

over 11,000 people and distributed more than 82,000 pounds of food. They invite in-need families who are from Venice and surrounding neighborhoods to come pick up free produce and other food items. No registration needed. Drive-thru and walk-in options are available. Please wear a mask.

St. Mark Church, 940 Coeur D’Alene Avenue, Venice (entrance on Garfield Avenue). For more information, call the parish office at 310-821-5058 or email loavesandfishes@ stmarkvenice.com Story Time at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, 2 to 2:30 p.m.

Every Saturday in the Dorothy Green Room, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium will have a fun story hour based on sea life.

Before you go, you can pet the sea urchins or visit the arts and crafts section for a marine-based craft. $3-$12.

For more information, visit smchamber.com Valentine’s Date Night DriveIn Screening of “L.A. Story,” 5 to 9 p.m.

Enjoy a socially distant evening under the stars with a Date Night Drive-In screening of the classic romantic comedy “L.A. Story” at Paramount Ranch. Come celebrate a romantic Valentine’s Eve with your sweetheart or a fun evening out with a friend at this fundraising kickoff event for The Paramount Ranch Restoration.

Paramount Ranch is a National Park Service site located in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Advance online purchase of

tickets and pre-screening windshield cleaning reservations are available for sale online.

Proceeds from the event sales will go to Santa Monica Mountains Fund to support the restoration of Paramount Ranch.

To purchase tickets, visit samofund.org/datenight Friends of Music Concerts presents pianist Gloria Chien, through Feb. 19 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will stream Gloria Chien’s piano concert for free. She will perform John Field’s Nocturne No. 2 in C minor for Piano, and more.

For more information, visit friendsofmusicconcerts.org

Sunday, Feb. 14 Jim Brickman Share the Love Concert, various times Known for his piano solos and “The Jim Brickman Show,” Jim Brickman will host a cheerful, live performance for Valentine’s Day from Feb. 12 to Feb. 14 with special appearances by Olivia Newton-John and her daughter, Chloe Lattanzi. Meet and greets also available once patrons pick their day/time. A portion of the proceeds of each ticket benefits different theaters; when placing your order, you can select which venue will receive the proceeds from your purchase. $50 per household.

For more information, visit jimbrickman.com

Tuesday, Feb. 16 Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Brandeis Mens’ Group – Juno: A New Renaissance, 10 a.m.

Learn about NASA’s mission to Jupiter and share fellowship with like-minded senior men who support Brandeis University. Usually, they meet monthly for their famous lox and cream cheese on bagel breakfasts. But now, their meetings are on Zoom. For this meeting, NASA contractor and consultant Theo Clarke will talk about the Juno mission to Jupiter and the Earth encounter that slung it there.

Clarke has worked on the Voyager and Galileo missions, as well as the Juno probe.

For the Zoom link invitation, visit bncla.org

Thursday, Feb. 18 Community Social Justice Book Discussion, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Santa Monica Public Library, in partnership with the Santa Monica city manager’s office, is hosting a series of Social Justice Book Discussions via Zoom.

The program offers an opportunity to connect and discuss social justice topics that are important to our community.

The first title in the series, “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo, explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequality.

Register for free at smpl.org

Send event information at least 10 days in advance to kkirk@ timespublications.com

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